NATURAL BORN KILLERS - Daily Script

1 NATURAL born KILLERSbyQuentin TarantinoNovember 1990 Revised Third DraftFOR EDUCATIONALPURPOSES ONLYFADE IN:INT. COFFEE SHOP - DAYA coffee shop somewhere in New Mexico. MICKEY KNOX, hisback turned TO us, is sitting at the counter finishing ameal. We hear the of a PINBALL MACHINE being played , a waitress, comes over and fills Mickey's kind of pies do you have?MABELA pple, pecan, cherry, and key do you recommend?MABELWell, the key lime is great, butit's an acquired haven't had key lime pie in ya had it, did ya like it?MICKEYNo, but that don't mean much. Iwas a completely different personten years ago. Let's give keylime a day in court. And a largeglass of turns to her (to someone )Should I make that two pieces?CAMERA PULLS BACK and we see for the first time MALLORYKNOX, Mickey's wife, sitting on a counter stool next tohim. Her back is TO the CAMERA as , (annoyed)My name's not Rosey.

2 (points at nametag)It's Mabel.(CONTINUED) :Mabel EXITS hops from the stool, walks over and grabs the jarnext to the cash register, then dumping out the coins onthe counter, she selects a , what the hell do you thinkyou're doin'?Mallory saunters past the cowboy playing pinball. As hiseyes follow Mallory, he loses his walks to the JUKEBOX in the back, inserts thequarter, selects a song, punches the buttons, a needlelands on a record, and a good God almighty rockabillyTUNE cuts through the coffee brings Mickey his pie and (to Mickey)She ought not be doing 's for Jerry's kids, notrock 'n' MOVES AROUND TO a CLOSEUP of Mickey. This is thefirst time we see him. As he takes a bite of green pie:MICKEYI can't take her starts doing a slow, seductive fandango aroundthe coffee shop. She's really cooking and cowboy and Mabel are starting to wonder just whothe hell these people isn't paying much attention.

3 He's too busyenjoying his pie and COFFEE SHOP - DAYA dirty pickup truck, sporting a confederate flag decal,pulls up to the coffee shop. SONNY, OTIS, and EARL,three tough-looking rednecks, pile out. Steam rises frombeneath the pickup's this sumbitch is runnin'hot. Y'all go inside. I'm gonnacheck 'er COFFEE SHOP - DAYThe LOUDNESS of the rockabilly SONG slaps Sonny and Otisin their faces as they walk inside the door. The sexysight of Mallory doing the ubang stomp stops them intheir God almighty, what the hellis that?OTISThat's a bitch outta hell, and Sonny exchange a run at 'er, heads toward Mallory. Sonny moves over to thecounter next to , ' stands in front of Mallory, trying to copy whatshe's doing. Her eyes are closed at the moment, so shedoesn't see sets the Miller down in front of Sonny. Sonnytakes a swig, enjoying the floor (to Mickey)That's some sweet piece of meat,ain't it?

4 Mickey turns from his pie and looks at Sonny. Hisexpression betrays name's needle lifts off the record. The SONG opens her eyes and sees bells! Don't stop now,sugar. I'm just getting gives her his best shit-eating grin before turningto Sonny.(CONTINUED) :Sonny gurgles out a , I think she's sweet on turns to Mallory as she punches him hard in theface, spinning him spews a mouthful of grabs the back of Otis's head and smashes itdown on the table, cracking the buckles, dropping to his jumps off the counter stool, but Mickey's handclutches hold of his spins around toward Mickey, loaded for bear,and points his finger at him, any threat can be made, Mickey whips a largebuck knife out from its sheath, and in a flash, slicesoff Sonny's 's finger drops on his boot. He grabs his achinghand. Blood flows from the because my woman's mopping upthe floor with your buddy is noreason for you to join makes five lightning quick slashing swings.

5 Thebuck knife slips back into its sheath. At first, thereseems to be no difference with Sonny. Finally, bloodflows from the slices made in his face and chest. short-order cook charges out of the kitchen atMickey, wielding a meat cleaver and whips out a .45 AUTOMATIC from a shoulder holsterinside his jacket and 'S POVHEADING FAST TOWARD short-order cook's face. It TO SCENES hort-order cook puts his hands to his face and falls tothe ground, screaming.(CONTINUED) :Mickey spots Earl, who's standing outside the plateglasswindow. Earl's watched the whole mouths "Fuck!" He turns and runs for hurls the knife through the plate glass WINDOW,which SHATTERS. The knife plunges deep into Earl'sback. He hits the ground turns to Mallory. She's sitting on top of Otis,slamming his head repeatedly on the looks up at Mickey. She gets off Otis and movesto Mickey's trains his.

6 45 on pinball cowboy, who's shakingin his cowboy boots. Mickey aims at Mabel, who'sclutching her coffee pot, (to Mallory)Pick does eanie, meanie, minie, moe, pointing backand forth from Mabel to pinball , meanie, minie, moe, catcha nigger by the toe. If hehollars, let him go. Eanie,meanie, minie, moe. My mom toldme to pick the best one and youare ends, pointing at Mabel. Mabel's crying. Shescreams:MABELNo!Mickey FIRES the .45. The BULLET CHINKS through thecoffee pot Mabel's holding and explodes, thunking her inthe chest. She hits the floor and Mallory join hands and walk over to thepinball cowboy, who stands in a pool of his own you tell people what wenton here, tell 'em Mickey andMallory Knox did this. Understand?(CONTINUED) :Pinball cowboy nods two KILLERS plant a big wet kiss on each other'smouths. Then, holding hands, Mickey and Mallory walk outof the COUPE DE VILLE - MOVING - DAYM ickey and Mallory in a flashy '68 Cadillac Coupe DeVille.

7 Duane Eddy's "REBEL ROUSER" BLARES on theSOUNDTRACK. The is an outrageous PROCESS TITLES SPLASH OVER this image ' this sequence is over, we:CUT TO CREDIT BLACK SCREEN, we hear:CAPTAIN SQUERI ( )Send Scagnetti in IN:INT. POLICE STATION - SQUERI'S OFFICE - DAYCAMERA is positioned in the middle of the office. Thedoor is in the middle of the SCAGNETTI flings the door open and steps insideSqueri's office. Squeri's never wanted to see me, Capt'n?CAPTAIN SQUERI ( )Scagnetti, go up to interrogationroom C. Dewight McClusky, chairmanof the prison board, is waiting tomeet you. You're gonna delivertwo prisoners from the county jailto Nystrom Insane Asylum is bullshit. I'm a want an errand boy, call JerryLewis.(CONTINUED) :Scagnetti spins around and leaves the room, slamming thedoor shut behind him. Captain Squeri shouts after SQUERI ( )Jack!

8 INT. POLICE STATION CORRIDOR - DAYP olice Detective Scagnetti walks rapidly down thehallway, wearing an old, wrinkly, black suit walk by in the and Scagnetti slips analready-tied tie over his INTERROGATION ROOMC-DAYDEWIGHT MCCLUSKY, a man in his fifties, wearing abusiness suit, stands in the reading a book withhis back to the door. In the , Scagnetti enters Scagnetti. You wanted to seeme?McClusky turns toward on the CurtisFox case, Scagnetti. You put anend to a nightmare. The ladies ofthis city can get to sleep again,and they have you to you, McClusky of the CaliforniaPrison Board. Take a seat, lowers into a chair in front of theinterrogation (referring to book)This is damn good reading. I'msurprised Hollywood hasn't foundyou. This would make a bettermovie than that Serpico shit.(CONTINUED).CONTINUED:McClusky puts the book down, we see the title: CURTISFOX: The Capture and Death of a Serial killer , AuthorJack Scagnetti.

9 McClusky sits on the edge of the table,facing Scagnetti. He lifts a file off the table, thentosses it in Scagnetti's think you'll find that goodreading as well. Mickey andMallory's file. You familiar withthem?Scagnetti opens it. It's the files, reports, andphotographs of Mickey and Mallory Knox. Scagnetti's facelights isn't?MCCLUSKYYou been followin' the newscoverage?SCAGNETTIThey've been separated since theirincarceration in a couple ofpenitentiaries --MCCLUSKYS usanville, 've killed a shitload ofinmates and guards --MCCLUSKYFive inmates, eight guards andone psychiatrist all in one year' Very good. You do keep upwith the , our situation in a nutshellis, no prison wants 'em, no prisonwill take 'em. I'm even talkin'hellholes, where the warden's ashard as a bar of iron. No onewants those fuckin' assholesbehind their walls, dealin' with'em day in, day out.

10 (CONTINUED) :SCAGNETTII can appreciate can we. So the solution toour little problem is we had themdeemed crazy. And we're shippin''em to Nystrom Asylum for thecriminally bay?MCCLUSKYYou've heard of it?SCAGNETTISo, how do I fit into this scheme?MCCLUSKYThe public loves you, Youdon't mind if I call you Jack, doyou?SCAGNETTIBy all 're a celebrated cop. Twenty-six years on the force, a best-seller out on grabs Scagnetti's book and reads from the modern day Pat Garret. A hell-bent lawman with a deadly axe togrind with lowers the 're a breathing icon of justiceand that's why you were chosen todeliver Mr. and Mrs. Knox. We,the prison board, knows that onceyou get them on the road if anythingshould happen, an escape attempt, anaccident, a fire, Jack'Supercop' Scagnetti would be thereto look out for his public's bestinterests.(CONTINUED) :SCAGNETTII write the Script , Jack, callit, 'Showdown in Mohave: Theextermination of Mickey andMallory,' Have wefound our man?