Which Lie Did I Tell?
“I concentrated on four.
The first mark deals with Tucker’s capture. I think you’ve got to use it, though I’m not sure where it comes in the picture. Here’s how it might work as an opening.
FADE IN A POLICE VEHICLE, motor straining as it rockets down a two-lane road, motor screaming. As it roars along-- CUT TO ANOTHER POLICE CAR, and there are TWO COPS in the front seat and THE DRIVER’s gunning the car like crazy and THE SECOND COP is getting a rifle ready to fire, and the siren on this car is e...ven louder and now, holy shit-- CUT TO A THIRD POLICE CAR, passing the first two like they were standing still and the noise is getting painful now as we PULL BACK TO REVEAL HALF A DOZEN POLICE CARS, all of them racing along this road, all of them with rifles ready, sirens screaming and whoever they’re after stands zero chance of survival, not with this bunch after him, but he must be something, whoever he is, he must be a modern-day Capone, and now, as THE POLICE CARS begin to bunch together for the kill-- CUT TO This crummy heap they’re chasing, and it’s old and it was never meant to go as fast as it’s going, and the strain on the car is terrible, it’s a miracle it’s not falling apart, but you just know if it keeps on at this pace, it will, and now CUT TO FORREST TUCKER at the wheel, and maybe no one else alive could do more with the pile of junk he’s piloting, and this is our guy, folks, so get used to having him around, not an ounce of fat on him, not an ounce of fear inside, and what makes him unusual is this: TUCKER is eighty years old.MoreLess
The first mark deals with Tucker’s capture. I think you’ve got to use it, though I’m not sure where it comes in the picture. Here’s how it might work as an opening.
FADE IN A POLICE VEHICLE, motor straining as it rockets down a two-lane road, motor screaming. As it roars along-- CUT TO ANOTHER POLICE CAR, and there are TWO COPS in the front seat and THE DRIVER’s gunning the car like crazy and THE SECOND COP is getting a rifle ready to fire, and the siren on this car is e...ven louder and now, holy shit-- CUT TO A THIRD POLICE CAR, passing the first two like they were standing still and the noise is getting painful now as we PULL BACK TO REVEAL HALF A DOZEN POLICE CARS, all of them racing along this road, all of them with rifles ready, sirens screaming and whoever they’re after stands zero chance of survival, not with this bunch after him, but he must be something, whoever he is, he must be a modern-day Capone, and now, as THE POLICE CARS begin to bunch together for the kill-- CUT TO This crummy heap they’re chasing, and it’s old and it was never meant to go as fast as it’s going, and the strain on the car is terrible, it’s a miracle it’s not falling apart, but you just know if it keeps on at this pace, it will, and now CUT TO FORREST TUCKER at the wheel, and maybe no one else alive could do more with the pile of junk he’s piloting, and this is our guy, folks, so get used to having him around, not an ounce of fat on him, not an ounce of fear inside, and what makes him unusual is this: TUCKER is eighty years old.MoreLess
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