Sleepy Hollow Being the true storie of one Ichabod Crane and the ...
Sleepy Hollow Being the true storie of one Ichabod Crane and the ...
Sleepy Hollow Being the true storie of one Ichabod Crane and the ...
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Down an embankment, <strong>the</strong> MAN, ano<strong>the</strong>r constable, has his back to us.<br />
He's waist deep in dark water, throwing aside his ALARM BELL,<br />
struggling to pull something from <strong>the</strong> murk...<br />
MAN<br />
I need your help with this.<br />
Constable Two <strong>and</strong> Constable One move forward, wary.<br />
CONSTABLE ONE<br />
Constable <strong>Crane</strong>? <strong>Ichabod</strong> <strong>Crane</strong>... is<br />
that you?<br />
The MAN turns. Meet ICHABOD CRANE, h<strong>and</strong>some, eyes piercing but nervous<br />
<strong>and</strong> unsettled.<br />
ICHABOD<br />
N<strong>one</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r, <strong>and</strong> not only me...<br />
(returns to lifting)<br />
I have found something...<br />
<strong>Ichabod</strong> drags a bloated MALE CORPSE out from <strong>the</strong> water. He backs away,<br />
shaken, looks to <strong>the</strong> constables...<br />
ICHABOD (CONT'D)<br />
... which was lately a man.<br />
INT. CITY WATCHHOUSE, JAIL -- NIGHT<br />
In a dank, cavernous room, <strong>the</strong> distinguished HIGH CONSTABLE lifts a<br />
blanket <strong>of</strong>f <strong>the</strong> corpse in a wheelbarrow manned by Constable Two.<br />
Constable One <strong>and</strong> <strong>Ichabod</strong> are near, watching.<br />
Burn it.<br />
Yes, sir.<br />
HIGH CONSTABLE<br />
CONSTABLE ONE<br />
Constable Two wheels <strong>the</strong> corpse down a RAMP to ano<strong>the</strong>r room.<br />
ICHABOD<br />
Just a moment, if I may... we do not<br />
yet know <strong>the</strong> cause <strong>of</strong> death.<br />
HIGH CONSTABLE<br />
When you find 'em in <strong>the</strong> river,<br />
cause <strong>of</strong> death is drowning.<br />
ICHABOD<br />
Possibly so if <strong>the</strong>re is water in <strong>the</strong><br />
lungs, but... by pathology we might<br />
determine whe<strong>the</strong>r or not he was dead<br />
when he went into <strong>the</strong> river.<br />
HIGH CONSTABLE<br />
Cut him up? Are we hea<strong>the</strong>ns? Let him<br />
rest in peace -- in <strong>one</strong> piece as<br />
according to God <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> New York<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Health.<br />
<strong>Ichabod</strong> is about to protest, but stops himself, frustrated.<br />
Two THUGGISH CONSTABLES -- different <strong>one</strong>s -- bring in a bleeding<br />
SEMICONSCIOUS MAN.<br />
HIGH CONSTABLE (CONT'D)<br />
What happened to him?<br />
THUGGISH CONSTABLE<br />
Nothing, sir. Arrested for burglary.<br />
The constables throw him against <strong>the</strong> bars <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> slammer while <strong>one</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong>m opens <strong>the</strong> cage door. With <strong>the</strong>ir lea<strong>the</strong>r truncheons, <strong>the</strong> cops beat<br />
<strong>the</strong>ir pris<strong>one</strong>r into <strong>the</strong> cage <strong>and</strong> lock him in.<br />
Good work...<br />
HIGH CONSTABLE<br />
<strong>Ichabod</strong> hurries to follow his two constables <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> corpse.<br />
EXT. CITY WATCHHOUSE -- DAY<br />
The metropolis thrives; horsedrawn vehicles plodding, MEN, WOMEN <strong>and</strong><br />
CHILDREN, MERCHANTS <strong>and</strong> TRADESMEN everywhere.<br />
MEN are held in chains <strong>and</strong> gibbets in front <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Watchhouse.<br />
INT. CITY WATCHHOUSE, JAIL -- DAY
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