Script, Draft 3

INT. FRONT CARRIAGE Of TRAIN.

CLOSE UP ON LARGE DIAMOND AROUND COUNTESS’S NECK.

The Count and Countess are on board an impressive, elegant train; they sit across from one another in their private, first class carriage.

The diamond reflects a grotesquely distorted image of large Count, he is admiring his view, and grinning stupidly.

The Countess is staring at the count with a look of disdainful puzzlement.

The Count sees the countess watching him, looks briefly embarrassed but quickly recovers. He lifts a tea pot and offers it questioningly. She turns away from him and stares out the window wistfully.

CAMERA PULLS BACK AND OUT THROUGH THE WINDOW. THE CAMERA PULLS AWAY FROM THE TRAIN, DRIFTING TO THE RIGHT TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE TRAIN.

CAMERA SPEEDS UP AS IT REACHES THE BACK BEFORE WHIPPING ROUND TO SHOW THE BACK, REVEALING THE BANDIT.

The Train moves through a mountainous region, as the sun is setting.

The bandit is clinging to the last carriage.

CUT TO:

INT. FRONT CARRIAGE

The Countess looks briefly at a pocket watch and glances out the window.

After a moment the bandit drops into the carriage with a flourish.

The Count and Countess are taken by surprise at his arrival.

The bandit snatches the necklace quickly from the countess, who is wide eyed.

The count leaps to his feet in shock.

The bandit bounds away through the carriage; the count gives chase.

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INT. TRAIN CORRIDOR

The bandit runs along the carriageway, stops and bangs on a

compartment door.

The carriage door opens on the count’s face as the Count comes charging down the corridor.

The passenger glances down the corridor, puzzled, then slams the door shut.

The Count is revealed, stunned from colliding with the door; he recovers, and begins running again, even more angry.

CUT TO:

INT. LAST CARRIAGE

The bandit reaches the end of train turns and holds the necklace up and over the end of the train.

The Count skids to a halt and raises his hands to stop the bandit dropping the diamond.

CUT TO:

EXT. BACK OF TRAIN

The bandit drops the necklace, from behind the diamond falls into the bandits other hand which is behind his back, he moves aside as the Count rushes forward for the diamond, leaning out over the tracks in the belief the diamond has been lost.

CUT TO:

EXT. FIRST CARRIAGE

the Countess unhooks the first carriage from the rest of the train, the bandit leaps the gap as it widens.

The bandit fastens the necklace around the Countess’s neck as she fixes on her own bandit mask. They embrace before turning to wave to the count on the quickly decelerating carriage.