THE AMERICAN Screenplay by Rowan Joffe Based on the novel A ...

"The American" June 21st, 2010 page 3.
4B EXT. LAKESIDE - MORNING
4B
Then, about ten metres inland from the edge of the lake, a
low branch dips and a thick rug of snow falls from the
branch.
JACK grabs INGRID, yanks her towards the cover of the
lakeside trees and pushes her down into the snow.
She grunts, winded. He lies besides her.
We hear the CRACK of a bullet- so quiet it might be a bough
snapping under the weight of winter.
It isn’t.
Jack?
INGRID
JACK pulls a WAL<strong>THE</strong>R PPK/S semi-automatic handgun from the
pocket of his Parka.
Cocks it.
INGRID
You have a gun...why would you have
a gun...
There’s another CRACK from the trees.
JACK pinpoints the spot from the drift of BLUE SMOKE, almost
invisible in the winter air.
There’s someone in the shadows.
He rubs snow into his woollen hat, edges up until he can just
see over the snow and pumps THREE SHOTS into the dusk under
the trees.
We hear a muttering groan and then a sliding sound, as if
JACK has just shot a tobogganist.
More snow slides off the trees.
4C EXT. FOREST- MORNING
4C
Man steps out of the Mercedes, pistol in hand. Leaves car
door open.
4D EXT. LAKESIDE- MORNING
4D
JACK waits.
INGRID gathers her breath but loses her wits: