The Town screenplay - Movie Cultists

THE TOWN - Rev. 5/20/10 (Buff Reshoots) 1.
FADE IN:
1 EXT. HARVARD SQUARE PLAZA
1
Early morning. Just after eight. The Plaza where people
come up from the subway station. Some kiosks nearby.
An ARMORED TRUCK idles in front of Out of Town News. The
driver sits behind the wheel, taking slightly nervous
stock of the morning scene.
A CITY WORK TRUCK idles across from the bank.
The COURIER (the guy who “couries” the dolly in and out
of the bank) goes around to the back of the armored
truck. He opens the door and pulls out a DOLLY and a
METAL BOX. We see his SIDEARM on his hip.
The Courier begins pushing the dolly across the plaza
toward the bank. We TRACK WITH him. The walk winds
around kiosks. He weaves through various PEDESTRIANS and
LOITERERS, TRAVELERS, DRUGGIES, AND KIDS. We get the
sense that something must be about to happen. It
doesn’t. Sees a SUSPICIOUS PERSON, passes him, nothing
happens. Wends around a work truck stopped in front of
the bank. Still nothing.
The Courier reaches the bank doors. Safety. He opens
the door and steps in.
2 INT. CAMBRIDGE MERCHANTS BANK - CONTINUOUS ACTION
2
BOOM! With extraordinary violence, the Courier is
SLAMMED in to as if by a savage HOCKEY CHECK by a MAN
(DOUG) WHO is MASKED AND ARMED.
THREE MORE ARMED, MASKED MEN move past them shouting:
MASKED MEN
Empty your pockets! Take it out!
The stunned employees are PUSHED BACK while the bandits
quickly rifle their pockets for cell phones.
A TOUGH THIEF (JEM) JUMPS THE COUNTER and goes after the
employees in the back.
A HEAVY THIEF (GLOANSY) zip ties the door.
A LARGE THIEF (DEZ) gets cell phones from people in the
front.
(CONTINUED)