August 7, 2010

Club 29554158 представляет сценарий фильма «Голодные игры» на английском языке.

The Hunger Games

(from the novel by Suzanne Collins)

Screenplay by Suzanne Collins

Current Revisions by

Billy Ray

Colorforce

Lions Gate

First Draft

August 7, 2010

FADE IN... on a PROLOGUE - words on a screen:

"The cause was a rebellion - called The Dark Days - the

thirteen districts of Panem rising up against the Capitol.

The rebellion was crushed. One District, the 13th, was

destroyed entirely. The other twelve barely survived.

When it was over, The Capitol decreed that those twelve

Districts - as a brutal reminder of their treasonous

rebellion - would forever suffer a punishment, once a year.

It was called The Hunger Games."

As those last words linger, we SMASH TO:

...a nightmare. Please, God, let it be a nightmare. We are:

EXT. ABANDONED RESORT TOWN - DAY

We're RUNNING through a battle-zone. BODIES right and left,

strewn on a street. We keep running, dodging death itself.

An ARROW just whizzed by us, barely missing, banging noisily

into what used to be a newsstand. Another arrow buzzes past.

Running, desperate - hearing our own footsteps, our shallow

breaths and groans of fear. There's another body on a

sidewalk, semi-impaled. This is a perfect Hell.

It used to be Aspen - 300 years ago. Abandoned now, overgrown *

with foliage, decaying, dead.

We run around a corner, our heart rate spiking -- a KNIFE,

hurtling at us out of nowhere. PFFFT! It buries itself into

our left arm. The pain is searing. We falter...

But we have to keep running, have to get to safety. Our eyes

darting, looking for somewhere to hide--

Old Coffee Shops, Ski Rental Shops, Yogurt shops - skeletal

now, covered in vegetation, their windows long since blown

away. Death waiting inside all of them. Then:

A SPEAR, thrown from what used to be a second-story window.

We DIVE OUT of its way. It just misses us. But we've landed

on that wounded arm. More searing pain.

We get to our feet. Please let this end. Behind us we hear

VOICES YELLING: "Get him!" We don't look back. Just can't.

There's a corner up ahead. Safety. We reach it, turning...

...to find a WELL-BUILT KID of 17 awaiting us, with a SPIKED

MACE in his arms. He swings it at us - at our head...

THEN - POP! - BLACKNESS, like a video feed shorting. We are: *

EXT. DISTRICT 12 - TOWN SQUARE - DAY

A bleak Town Square in what used to be Coal Country, known

now as "The Seam" - a colorless world of sagging buildings

and cinder streets; even the trees seem gray here.

Despair, poverty, hunger... And TV. A huge screen in the

heart of this Town Square, where 2,000 townspeople just

watched that horrific death, live and in color.

Their eyes are blank, lifeless. Years of struggle and death

etched into every face - as we hear the VOICE of famed

broadcaster CLAUDIUS TEMPLESMITH:

TEMPLESMITH (THRU TV)

Oh, that's too bad. Sage Blanken goes

down, knocked out by that Prospero

boy from District Three - who

certainly is handy with a mace!

Once again, both Tributes from

District 12 are out. But at least

they got one into Day Two this year!

2,000 townsfolk, watching the bloodbath on that huge screen:

A GIRL darts across another overgrown street in that

abandoned resort town. The long tongue of a WHIP lashes out,

trying to trip her. She bounds over it...

...as we start drifting through this Town Square...

TEMPLESMITH (THRU TV, O.S.)

Don't forget, friends, to VOTE for

your favorite Tribute! The cost is

six Florins - or eight Florins once

The Games are down to the Final Four.

We come upon a cluster of TOWNSFOLK, surrounding a stunned

WOMAN. This is CORRINA - her face white with grief.

...because it was her son that just died on that big screen.

A WAIL rises out of her - pure agony. A keening shriek... *

...as KATNISS EVERDEEN walks past without turning. She's 15, *

lean and hungry, with steel-gray eyes and a long dark braid - *

a fighter, robbed of her little-girl years long ago. *

On her right is that huge screen, broadcasting more of the *

spectacle. On her left, NEIGHBORS lead a shell-shocked *

Corrina away. Katniss continues through the Square. *

2.

...to find her sister, PRIMROSE EVERDEEN, (11, barely hanging *

on to some innocence.) Prim quietly watches the Games. *

KATNISS

I'm gonna go catch some dinner.

PRIM

Can I come?

KATNISS

It's sweet that you keep asking -

when you know I'm going to say no.

PRIM

You're gonna have to teach me

eventually, Katniss.

KATNISS

"Eventually" is a long time from now,

Prim. Look in on Mom.

Prim nods. Katniss drifts out of the Town Square, onto what

was once a viable Main Street, bleak now. Behind her, 2,000

people keep watching The Games in a semi-hypnotic fog.

...except for one: PEETA MELLARK, a broad-shouldered boy of

16, whose eyes, now and forever, are following Katniss - as:

TEMPLESMITH (THRU TV)

Yet another disappointment for the

folks from Coal Country and their

sotted mentor, Haymitch Abernathy...

INT. HAYMITCH'S QUARTERS - GAMES CENTER - SAME (DAY)

HAYMITCH ABERNATHY, 40, watches the broadcast from inside a *

fishbowl. The walls around him are WINDOWS, looking out on:

The GAMES CENTER, Mission Control for "The Hunger Games."

Huge screens. Data. Dazzling technology.

Haymitch eyes it bitterly, slugs down some pale alcohol, as:

EXT. DISTRICT 12 OUTSKIRTS - MEADOW/FOREST - DAY

An untended MEADOW gives way to a large CHAIN-LINK FENCE that

stretches on forever. On the other side of it, FOREST.

SIGNS line the fence: "No Trespassing Beyond This Point."

"Violators Will Be Electrocuted." "Poaching is a Felony."

Katniss, unimpressed, throws a stick at the fence. Nothing

happens. She crawls under it, scooting in unharmed.

3.

EXT. FOREST - DAY

She heads for a felled LOG, reaches into its hollow. Feeling

for something, then extracts it:

A BOW, and ARROWS, wrapped in a sheath of plastic.

EXT. FOREST - CLEARING - DAY

Katniss is a born hunter. A born climber too. With her bow

and arrow slung on her back, she climbs a tall tree,

navigating the branches like a monkey.

EXT. TREE - BRANCH - CONTINUING

She settles, 30 feet up. Great vantage-point. And there it

is, below - a WILD TURKEY. Katniss draws back her bow...

EXT. ANOTHER CLEARING - LATER DAY

The dead turkey has been tied to a stick, resting by

Katniss's side. She's behind a ROCK, scouting her next kill:

Two large gray RABBITS. Maybe 30 yards from here. Katniss

lines one up, draws back her bow. Tension in the string...

...when, suddenly, a HAND is placed over mouth. Someone has

just come up behind her, out of nowhere. A BOY, whispering:

GALE ("BOY")

You're good. But I'm still better.

This is GALE HAWTHORNE, 17, her best friend/hunting partner. *

Handsome, dark-haired, he loves being with her, (more than *

he'd ever admit, even to himself.) Loves teasing her. *

...until she bites his finger, playfully. *

GALE (CONT'D)

Ow!

KATNISS

How do you do that? How do you move

without making a sound?

GALE

I'm lightfooted.

KATNISS

Get to work.

She gestures to the two large rabbits, drawing back her bow.

Gale draws his as well. They fire at the same time...

4.

EXT. CREEK - LATER DAY

Six rabbits on a stick now, and a second Wild Turkey. Gale

and Katniss sit by a stream, eating fresh-picked greens. He's

about to eat one when she yanks it away.

GALE

What'd you do that for?

KATNISS

That's Fawn's Leaf. You wanna throw

up all night?

GALE

I'd rather eat the rabbits, ya know? *

KATNISS

Great. And what would we have to

trade with?

A lousy reality. He pushes the rest of the "meal" away.

GALE

I didn't watch this morning. Is the

Blanken kid still in it?

(Katniss shakes her head)

So we're out again. Like every year.

KATNISS

I think the guy from 2 is gonna win.

Gale draws his bow back, indulging in a juvenile fantasy: *

GALE

One day, one of these'll be aimed at

Claudius Templesmith. And another one

at Seneca Crane. The last one at

President Snow. No more Games.

KATNISS

Right, except your name's gonna be

entered -- how many times? -- forty

two times in the Reaping next year?

GALE

My family needs grain and oil,

Katniss. Yours too.

Then, in a blur, Katniss grabs her bow, wheels around, and

aims fifty feet over Gale's head: PFFFFT. Just bagged a

SQUIRREL, high up in a branch. She starts to climb toward it.

5.

GALE (CONT'D)

Don't bother. It's too...

(she's already gone)

High.

Katniss is halfway up the tree. Gale sighs, to himself:

GALE (CONT'D)

Or we could just stay out here...

KATNISS

Oh. I almost forgot.

(tony Capitol accent:)

Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds

be--

GALE

--ever in your favor...

She climbs, disappearing up that impossibly-tall tree.

EXT. ANOTHER CLEARING - LATER DAY

They head for the electric fence with their haul. Katniss

spots something - bends down for it:

Purple berries, growing at the base of a tree. She eyes them,

then picks a few, putting them into the pouch on her hip.

Gale watches her... silent... until:

GALE

We could do it, ya know.

KATNISS

Do what?

GALE

Leave the District. Stay out here, in

the woods. We could make it.

KATNISS

Who'd take care of Prim? And my mom?

GALE

No, I don't mean now. Obviously. I

mean, when Prim got older.

KATNISS

Didn't really think this through -

did you?

She's trying to diffuse it. He reddens a bit.

6.

GALE

Unless you'd rather move into town *

and marry a coal-miner. Or a baker. *

Have ten kids or something. *

KATNISS

These are my options?

(Gale's silent)

And I'm never having kids. With

anybody. Not in this world. But *

thanks. *

They share a look...until an odd SILENCE suddenly falls...

The birds in the forest stop singing. Nothing moves. Eerie.

...Then a BLUR, racing past us in sheer terror.

It's a RED-HAIRED GIRL, (her name's LAVINIA), Katniss's age, *

but dressed differently. Running for her life now. *

KATNISS (CONT'D)

What was--

That fast, Lavinia is gone, racing for the fence. Katniss and *

Gale whip around, to see what's chasing the poor kid.

There's nothing back there.

...until they hear it, from above... A HOVERCRAFT. Huge, its

propwash blowing treetops sideways over the fleeing Lavinia. *

Katniss and Gale hide behind a rock-shelf, watching, as the

VOICE of an UNSEEN OFFICIAL booms from inside the craft:

UNSEEN VOICE

Surrender! You are to be returned to *

The Capitol for adjudication! *

Lavinia is frantic, almost at the fence... when a GIANT NET *

drops from the hovercraft like a rock, enveloping her.

She looks to Katniss and Gale, her eyes desperate. Help me...

Gale starts to rise - but Katniss yanks him back down.

KATNISS

They'll kill you.

Before Gale can reply, the net tightens, yanking Lavinia into *

the air. And she's GONE, into the Hovercraft, abducted in

mere seconds. Katniss just stares. We DISSOLVE TO:

7.

INT. "THE HOB" - LATE DAY *

Used to be a COAL WAREHOUSE. Now it's a BLACK MARKET: carts *

offering food, salt, coats, herbs - and all of it dicey. *

The feeling is hushed, dark, desperate. Gale trades with a *

woman named GREASY SAE: some greens for a chunk of PARAFFIN. *

Nearby, Katniss barters with a bread-seller named OPEQUON, *

who is eyeing her dead rabbits, evaluating two side by side. *

OPEQUON *

Looks narrow to me. I want that one. *

KATNISS *

That one's spoken for. This is the *

one I'm trading. *

OPEQUON *

Looks narrow to me. *

PEETA (O.S.) *

I'll give ya two for it. *

Katniss and Opequon turn: here's Peeta Mellark, approaching *

with two loaves of bread in hand. Katniss appreciates the *

offer. Opequon doesn't, glaring right through Peeta, as: *

OPEQUON *

I was offering one. *

PEETA *

I think it's worth two. *

Opequon grumbles, goes. Katniss grins as Peeta hands her the *

loaves of bread. (One of them is slightly black on top.) *

PEETA (CONT'D) *

This one's a little burned, so we *

couldn't sell it anyway. *

KATNISS *

What happened to your eye, Peeta? *

Peeta'd been trying to conceal it, but he has a SHINER... *

PEETA *

Oh. Just wasn't looking where I was *

going. *

She nods, hands over the rabbit. It's time to move on... *

...So how come Peeta's still standing here? *

8.

PEETA (CONT'D) *

I'll see ya, Katniss. *

KATNISS *

'Night, Peeta. Thanks. *

He drifts off. She goes in the opposite direction. Gale, not *

far from here, takes note, then returns to his trading. *

We FOLLOW KATNISS, through this warehouse of starving crumb- *

sellers, when something catches her eye: *

Corrina, the woman who lost a son this morning, sitting on a *

stool, her eyes haunted - as her husband TYGART hawks some *

meager-looking CHESTNUTS. *

Tygart is in a fog, but Corrina is catatonic. Katniss pauses, *

torn... then makes a decision. She passes by Tygart, and: *

KATNISS *

These'll help her sleep. My mom takes *

'em. *

She hands over two of the PURPLE BERRIES she picked today - *

and she's gone... before Tygart can even say thank you. *

EXT. DISTRICT 12 - PEERLESS STREET - NIGHT *

Katniss pulls a rickety wagon over cinder streets. A TRAIN *

rumbles outside town, loaded with coal. On its side:

"District 12 Coal - Powering the Capitol for 300 Years."

There are no streetlights on - no power to feed them - but *

that HUGE TV in the Town Square is on, as always... beaming

The Hunger Games, death as entertainment. A CROWD watches.

Katniss walks by without looking up.

EXT. HOLLER ST. - KATNISS'S HOME - NIGHT *

Small, crammed in, untended. Katniss leaves her wagon in the *

yard, where a small GOAT is tethered. *

INT. KATNISS'S HOME - NIGHT

Dusty, unkempt. At a table sits MRS. EVERDEEN. She's 40 but *

looks 60, deadened by grief and fear. Katniss enters. *

KATNISS *

I'm home.

PRIM

Katniss!

9.

Prim runs in, hugs her older sister. The bond here is deep.

KATNISS

Look what I traded for. *

Katniss holds up TWO THREADBARE COATS she traded for today. *

PRIM

Whoa! Coats!

KATNISS

Yours are both so worn. Let me see if

it fits.

Prim throws hers on. She's swimming in it.

PRIM

Perfect!

KATNISS

Mom?

No reply. Katniss crosses to Mrs. Everdeen. A cat, BUTTERCUP, *

(mashed-in face, half an ear missing) jumps in the way. *

KATNISS (CONT'D)

Move, Buttercup.

PRIM *

Be sweet with him. *

KATNISS *

Why, did he catch a mouse today? Did *

he do anything useful? *

(Buttercup hisses a bit) *

Another mouth to feed. *

She pushes Buttercup aside without much fanfare, then puts

the other coat across her mom's shoulders. No reaction.

PRIM

What about you, Katniss?

KATNISS

Mine's fine. Stand up, Mom. Let me *

see. *

MRS. EVERDEEN

I don't like you going to The Hob. *

(Katniss rolls her eyes) *

Peacekeepers're gonna shut it down *

eventually. *

10.

Katniss looks to Prim, who loves being in on a joke:

PRIM

Eventually is a long time from now,

Mom.

KATNISS *

And the Peacekeepers trade there too. *

Mrs. Everdeen nods blankly. It saddens Katniss and Prim. *

KATNISS (CONT'D)

C'mon, Prim. Help me with supper.

INT. KATNISS'S HOME - DEN - LATE NIGHT

The girls share a bed in the Den. Looking down from a mantle

is a picture of their FATHER. He had kind eyes...

PRIM

Katniss?

(Katniss waits)

What happens if they call you at The

Reaping next year?

KATNISS

Why would they call me?

PRIM

I'm not dumb, Katniss. I know that

every time you take out tesserae to

get us stuff it means your name's

gonna be in there more times next

year.

KATNISS

Don't worry. There'll be people with

their names in there lots more times

than me.

PRIM

Still.

KATNISS

Ssshhh.

Prim falls silent. But just for a second.

PRIM

Katniss...?

KATNISS

Mmm-hmmm.

11.

PRIM

Will you sing it?

KATNISS

Which one?

PRIM

The one Dad always sang?

KATNISS

And then you'll sleep?

PRIM

I promise.

Katniss clears her throat, then:

KATNISS

Deep in the Meadow/Under a willow/

A bed of grass/A soft green pillow/

Lay down your head/Close your sleepy

eyes/When they open again/The Sun

will rise...

Prim's eyes close. We DRIFT THROUGH this home... to find:

Mrs. Everdeen is across the room, wide awake, listening... *

KATNISS (CONT'D)

Here it's safe/Here it's warm/

Daisies guard you from every harm/

Dreams are sweet/They all come true/

Here is the place where I love you.

Mrs. Everdeen quietly weeps - pure dread. We GO TO BLACK:

...over which, a SUPER: "One Year Later." Then SMASH TO:

EXT. LOCATION UNKNOWN - MORNING

INSERTS, in rapid fire:

A COMBAT KNIFE - placed on what looks like a brass table-top.

A SPEAR - lain carefully beside the knife. *

A SPIKED MACE stands against a sheer wall. *

Lastly, a BOW and ARROWS are hung on a hook. Someone is *

preparing an arena for The Hunger Games. We CUT TO:

12.

EXT. FOREST - LOCATION UNKNOWN - MORNING

A pack of WILD DOGS prowls menacingly. These things are HUGE,

the size of bulls. With fangs and hungry eyes.

But they're being tracked - by a pair of HUNTING RIFLES, 200

yards away. Darts are chambered into each rifle... as: *

INT. CAPITOL - GAMES CENTER - MORNING

SENECA CRANE, a dark genius, looks over his domain. *

This is Mission Control, (seen from the windows surrounding *

Haymitch's quarters last year.) It's NASA on steroids: huge

screens, data, massive electronic coverage.

On an ILLUMINATED BOARD we see 24 EMPTY SLOTS, two for every *

District. Names will go here; two from District 12... Seneca *

eyes it, then spots something that irritates him greatly: *

An assistant, BETTO, is virtually drawing on a monitor (it's *

a hobby) - unaware that Seneca is in the vicinity... until *

Seneca leans in and angrily deletes Betto's screen. Uh-oh. *

SENECA *

You're here to work, Betto. *

(Betto gulps) *

Unless you think all those Tributes *

are just going to kill themselves. *

He walks away. Betto's too shaken to blink. *

INT. KATNISS'S HOME - MORNING

A quiet, somber feeling in here, like dressing for a funeral.

Katniss steps into a worn blue dress. Prim, now 12, tucks a

white blouse into a skirt. Their mother opens a wooden box.

MRS. EVERDEEN

I thought you might like to wear

this, Prim.

She shows Prim a GOLD MOCKINGJAY PIN. Beautiful.

PRIM

Why do we have to dress up for the

reaping?

MRS. EVERDEEN

It's expected.

(offering the pin)

Take it. Dad loved mockingjays.

13.

PRIM

What if I lose it?

Mrs. Everdeen shrugs. Prim takes the pin, tries to fix it to

her blouse, but her trembling fingers won't co-operate. So *

Katniss steps in and does it for her.

KATNISS

We’ll pin it on tight. There.

Katniss turns away - but Prim grabs her hand, urgently:

PRIM

They can't take you. Tell me they

can't take you.

KATNISS

Don't worry, Prim. We've used up all

our bad luck already.

The sisters study one another, then Prim turns away.

KATNISS (CONT'D)

Tuck in your tail, little duck.

Prim’s shirttail sticks out. Katniss takes care of it.

PRIM

Quack.

KATNISS

Quack, yourself.

Katniss hugs Prim tightly - letting on for the first time how

unnerving all this is - then kisses the top of her head.

KATNISS (CONT'D)

Can't be late, right?

EXT. DISTRICT 12 - TOWN SQUARE - MIDDAY

Packed - by the 8,000 RESIDENTS of District 12. They fill

adjacent streets too. CAMERA CREWS look down from rooftops.

In front of the Justice Building we find a PODIUM, three

chairs, a microphone... and two large GLASS BALLS, containing *

thousands of slips of paper. On each slip, a name... *

Katniss guides a white-with-fear Prim through the crowd. *

There's a grim buzz in the air, a shared tension.

PEACEKEEPERS in white uniforms herd everyone along: *

14.

UNNAMED PEACEKEEPER

All candidates stand with the others

in their age group! Twelve year-olds

here! Thirteens here!

...as we realize that the only people in this Square are

CHILDREN. 12 to 18. Adults stand outside the ropes.

Mrs. Everdeen is one of them, staring blankly.

Katniss guides Prim through. ANOTHER PEACKEEPER steps in.

KATNISS

She's twelve.

He tugs Prim away. She calls out to Katniss, desperately: *

PRIM

They call your name - you run, okay? *

KATNISS

I'll see you at dinner. Dress casual.

A reassuring smile - it helps - until Prim is led into the

herd of twelve year-olds, waiting together. Katniss turns

away, passing one tense teenage face after another, as: *

MAYOR UNDERSEE speaks into the microphone on the podium: *

MAYOR UNDERSEE

My Friends of District Twelve, in

anticipation of the Seventy-Fourth

Hunger Games, I welcome you to

Reaping Day...

Tepid applause. His speech continues, in b.g., as Katniss

drifts through. Not far from here are the EIGHTTEENS, maybe

200 kids, trying not to look terrified. Gale is among them.

It's just a look between him and Katniss, but it's loaded: "I *

hope it's not you." Gale smiles a thin smile. Katniss turns

away, finds her place in the herd of SIXTEENS. *

Plenty of posturing around her, all of it hiding terror. *

MAYOR UNDERSEE (CONT'D)

This Day, like The Games themselves,

provides us a chance to reflect on

the costs of our violent rebellion

all those years ago, and to be

grateful for the kindness now shown

to us by the Capitol. It’s a time for

both repentance and for thanks.

15.

Behind Undersee on the stage is EFFIE TRINKET, (her suit limegreen,

her hair pink.) Beside her is an empty chair... until:

HAYMITCH

'Scuse me. Sorry to be late.

Haymitch Abernathy stumbles on to the stage, inebriated. The

TV CAMERAS ZOOM IN on him... as Mayor Undersee continues:

MAYOR UNDERSEE

By law, each District is required to

send one boy and one girl into the

Games each year. 24 young people,

fighting to the death until one

emerges victorious - bringing great

pride, and great material reward, to

his or her District. Joining me now

on stage is the only Tribute from our

fair District to have ever done so.

Please welcome Haymitch Abernathy.

Haymitch rises drunkenly and gives the mayor an enthusiastic

slap on the back. But when he tries to hug Effie, he ends up

lurching across her and slamming into the empty chair.

And it all just went out LIVE, across Panem. The kids stifle

nervous laughter.

...as Effie, tight-lipped but professional, straightens her

wig. And Mayor Undersee does his best to go on.

MAYOR UNDERSEE (CONT'D)

I'm sure whoever's chosen today will -

under Haymitch's steady guidance -

represent our District well.

Katniss tightens. Another look to Gale.

MAYOR UNDERSEE (CONT'D)

Now it’s my privilege to introduce

our tributes’ escort. Joining us from

the Capitol, Miss Effie Trinket.

One hand steadying her wig, Effie trots to the podium.

Bright and bubbly, she speaks in a stilted Capitol accent.

EFFIE

Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds

be EVER in your favor! I know you're *

all excited, so let’s get right to *

the drawing! Boys first this year!

Nobody breathes. Hardened coal mining families - terrified. *

16.

Even the COAL-TRAIN on the elevated track a few blocks away

has come to a stop, its CONDUCTOR watching.

Effie squeezes her eyes shut, sticks her hand in the ball on

the boys’ side, and plucks a name out.

CLOSE ON Katniss, jaw clenched, fingers crossed at her side.

EFFIE (CONT'D)

The boy tribute from District Twelve

is--

We PUSH IN on Gale, as...

EFFIE (CONT'D)

Peeta Meelark!

...which is when we find Peeta, just a few feet from Katniss -

she'd somehow not noticed him before.

But she turns - just in time to see his face go pale... A

GROAN goes up from his PARENTS, outside the ropes.

TWO PEACEKEEPERS come to collect him as he steadies himself.

Katniss can't meet his eye, can barely mutter:

KATNISS

Sorry, Peeta.

Somehow he breathes out a smile, despite the horror. It

surprises her. Then Peeta's gone, and:

EFFIE

I'm sure Peeta will do a wonderful

job for us. Now, the ladies!

Not far from here, PEETA'S MOTHER has just fainted dead away.

Her HUSBAND is trying to revive her. Every boy who wasn't

chosen - except for Gale - is sagging with relief.

...as Peeta mounts the stage silently. And Effie digs her

hand into the GIRLS' GLASS BALL, and...

EFFIE (CONT'D)

The Girl Tribute from District Twelve

will be...

(Katniss gulps...)

Primrose Everdeen!

And the world simply stops. Time itself seems to hover.

Katniss freezes, replaying it in her head. Must have heard it *

wrong. Prim too - a look of utter confusion on her face... *

17.

*

PRIM *

Katniss? *

The Square is deathly SILENT. No one can believe what they *

just heard. Mrs. Everdeen staggers. Gale just stares, dazed: *

GALE

(mumbled, to no one)

But... her name was only in there

once.

And here's Prim, lost, surrounded by TWELVE YEAR-OLDS... *

PRIM (CONT'D) *

Katniss? *

Katniss slumps backward, dumb-struck. ANOTHER GIRL steadies *

her. Everything's spinning. Then she sees - dimly - TWO MORE

PEACEKEEPERS bulling their way through the 12 year-olds... *

Prim's face fills the huge tv screens - a lost little girl, *

her head swimming. The Peacekeepers begin to pull her away.

And all Prim can think to do is tuck in that loose shirttail

again as she's tugged through the crowd... We PUSH IN on *

Katniss, the world crashing around her - until: *

KATNISS

(top of her lungs)

I volunteer!

Hold it. Everything just stopped again. All eyes - even those

of the cameras - now find Katniss... whose voice seems to be

operating on its own.

KATNISS (CONT'D)

I volunteer as tribute!

No one replies. On the faces of Gale, Peeta, Effie, everyone -

shock. Katniss heads for the stage, almost in a trance.

GALE

Katniss...

Katniss keeps walking - all eyes on her - nearing her sister,

who is too dazed to reply. Can barely mutter:

PRIM

No...

Katniss walks right past her. Peeta watches from the stage.

18.

KATNISS

My name is Katniss Everdeen. I'll

represent District Twelve.

EFFIE

Well, bravo! Brava! Quite a gesture!

And there's nothing in the rules

forbidding it, is there Haymitch?

Haymitch, his drunken brain catching up, shakes his head.

So Katniss keeps coming... even as Prim grabs her.

PRIM

No, Katniss! No! You can’t!

KATNISS

(pulling herself free)

It's okay, Prim.

PRIM

(not letting go)

You can't! I won't let you!

All of it going out LIVE. Gale steps forward. His eyes meet

Katniss's - another loaded moment - and he does what she's

begging him to do... pulling Prim away.

GALE

I've got her.

The Peacekeepers lead Katniss away. Prim shrieks, crying:

PRIM

No! Don’t take her! Don’t!

Gale carries Prim off as Katniss mounts the steps.

EFFIE

I bet my buttons that was your

sister, wasn't it! Don’t want her to

steal all the glory, do we? Let’s

give a big round of applause for our

latest tribute!

No one claps. Instead, they do something else - a gesture:

In unison, the people here touch the three middle fingers of

their left hand to their lips and then hold it out to her. It

is a gesture of immense respect. Also a fond farewell.

Katniss acknowledges it silently from the stage. Then the

NATIONAL ANTHEM begins to play through LOUDSPEAKERS.

19.

Peeta is beside her. Gale is suddenly a world away. And she

is fighting back tears as we CRANE UP... until she's just a *

tiny dot in this Town Square...

INT. JUSTICE BUILDING - SITTING ROOM - DAY

Katniss is escorted into an elegant room by A PAIR OF

PEACEKEEPERS who retreat and stand guard at the door. She

sits on a velvet couch. Then Prim and Mrs. Everdeen enter.

Prim runs across the room and buries her face in Katniss’s

lap, awash with tears. Katniss holds her tightly. Mrs.

Everdeen is outside the hug, too bereft to function.

KATNISS

It's gonna be okay, Mom. You'll have

the money from Prim's goat-milk. And

Gale will bring you game.

Mrs. Everdeen half-nods, breaking down in sobs.

KATNISS (CONT'D)

Listen, Mom.

PRIM

Don't go, Katniss...

KATNISS

(grabs her mom)

Listen to me!

(Mrs. Everdeen turns)

You can’t do to her what you did to

me. You can't disappear on her like

you did when dad died - because there

won't be any me around to look out

for everybody.

That registered. We can see Mrs. Everdeen take it in...

MOTHER

I know. I won’t, I--

KATNISS

Whatever happens, whatever you see on

the screen, you have to fight through

it and take care of her!

Another nod. Prim clasps Katniss’s face in her hands.

PRIM

You have to take care, too. You’re so

fast and brave. Maybe you can win.

20.

KATNISS

(trying)

Maybe. Then we’d be rich as Haymitch.

PRIM

I don’t care if we’re rich. I just

want you to come home.

(Katniss nods)

You will try, won’t you. Really,

really try?

KATNISS

Really, really try. I swear it.

Prim unlatches the MOCKINGJAY PIN from her dress and pins it

on Katniss with trembling hands.

PRIM

Wear this. It'll be like having a

piece of me with you.

Katniss nods, blinks back a tear.

KATNISS

Prim, there're some things you're

going to have to take care of now.

The trading. That's gonna be you. *

(Prim's eyes go wide)

You know what to pick in the forest. *

There are Katniss-plants by the *

creek; a bunch about this big is *

worth a loaf of bread at The Hob. *

Make sure you always bring back *

strawberries for the Mayor. He'll *

tell the Peacekeepers to leave you *

alone. But you have to check the *

fence with a stick EVERY time you go *

through it; one of these days they're *

gonna turn it on. Have you got all *

that?

Prim nods, sort of. Katniss tries to lighten things:

KATNISS (CONT'D)

And take care of Buttercup, okay? *

He's gonna be so sad without me! *

Prim almost smiles. Almost. Then the moment shatters:

FIRST PEACEKEEPER

That's all you get. Let's go.

He moves in. The family joins in a final, desperate embrace.

21.

PRIM

You're gonna keep the pin on, right?

Katniss nods. Peacekeeper pulls Prim and Mrs. Everdeen away.

PRIM (CONT'D)

And you're gonna come back?

KATNISS

I love you. *

And they're gone. The door slams shut. Katniss stands there,

her arms hanging limply at her sides. Utterly alone.

EXT. TOWN SQUARE - MOMENTS LATER (DAY)

The Square is empty now. The Podium set has been struck. Mrs.

Everdeen, trying to be strong, leads Prim away...

But Gale remains out here, alone, distraught. Staring... *

...at Katniss, barely visible through a second-story window *

in the Justice Building. It's a final, wordless goodbye - *

until she's pulled away. We hear the sound of a TRAIN, as... *

INT. TRAIN - KATNISS'S COMPARTMENT - MOVING - EVENING

Katniss sits in silence on a train doing 250 m.p.h. Out the *

window we just see darkness.

Then a light knock on her door, and Effie Trinket's voice:

EFFIE (O.S.)

Dinner's soon! Please bathe!

Then Effie's gone. Katniss rises, in a fog.

INT. TRAIN - KATNISS'S COMPARTMENT - BATHROOM - CONTINUING

Katniss drifts in. Everything in here is new to her.

There's no tub. Instead... a shower. Huh? She hits a knob -

shocked when water comes out. She literally recoils.

And there's her reflection, caught in the bathroom mirror.

Feels like a stranger looking back at her. We CUT TO:

INT. TRAIN - DINING CAR - MOVING - EVENING

Katniss, freshly showered, sits in a dull green jumpsuit, her

mockingjay pin on it. Effie and Peeta are here. No Haymitch.

22.

Before them is the biggest meal Katniss has ever seen: lamb

chops, carrot soup, mashed potatoes, green salad.

EFFIE

Eat, please. Food's always so scarce

in the Arena, you want to go into The

Games with some meat on your bones.

Katniss and Peeta begin - awed by the quantity.

PEETA

Where's our mentor?

EFFIE

Haymitch is taking a nap. It's been

an exhausting day.

On a MUTED TV behind Effie, we see a NIGHTLY ROUND-UP of

coverage from all the Reaping Ceremonies across Panem today:

Twelve Districts, each selecting a lucky boy and girl...

A monstrous boy from District 2, a fox-faced girl from 5, a

boy with a crippled foot from 10.

And, most hauntingly, a 12 year-old girl from District 11.

She has brown skin and soulful eyes. Katniss just stares...

Then, clips from the District 12 Reaping. Katniss herself.

And Prim. And Peeta... And Haymitch, stumbling on stage.

Her mentor. A drunk. It's unsettling as hell...

KATNISS

Is he going to tell us what to--

EFFIE

I'm thrilled you two have such decent

manners! The pair last year ate

everything with their hands! It

completely upset my digestion.

KATNISS

Hungry people don't think much about

manners.

Effie tightens. Peeta's silent - his eyes riveted on the TV.

EFFIE

(re: news on TV)

Checking out the competition, Peeta?

PEETA

Just the Careers.

23.

EFFIE

I'm afraid I don't know what that--

PEETA

(yes you do)

The Tributes that are trained for the

Games by their Districts.

EFFIE

No Districts do that.

Bullshit. Katniss and Peeta know it. But Effie tries:

EFFIE (CONT'D)

That's just a rumor. Everyone knows

District training is illegal.

KATNISS

Then why do the winners always come

from One, Two, and Four every year?

EFFIE

The Tributes from the wealthier

Districts get more Sponsors, that's

all. So they get more help. There's

nothing sinister about it.

She just lost them, officially. More tension... as Haymitch

stumbles in - hammered, as usual.

HAYMITCH

I miss supper?

Tense silence. He takes a seat, sets his drink down, unfolds

his napkin - reflexively reaching for a bottle of white Gin.

...but Peeta, just as reflexively, grabs Haymitch's hand. It

shocks the hell out of everyone - mostly Peeta himself.

PEETA

Sir, I think we'd both prefer it if

you didn't have anymore to drink.

You're supposed to be advising us.

HAYMITCH

Here's some advice. Don't die.

He bursts out laughing. Katniss looks to Peeta.

PEETA

That's very funny.

He throws Haymitch's glass to the floor, shattering it.

24.

PEETA (CONT'D)

Only not to us.

Haymitch considers that for a moment, impressed, then slugs

Peeta in the jaw, knocking him from his chair. Haymitch

reaches for the bottle...

...just as Katniss stabs at his hand with her knife, barely

missing flesh. The knife digs itself into the table. SILENCE.

Everyone awaiting an explosion from Haymitch... until:

HAYMITCH

Well. Did I actually get a pair of

fighters this year?

Katniss and Peeta weren't expecting that. Haymitch eyes her.

HAYMITCH (CONT'D)

Can you hit anything with that knife

besides a table?

Katniss yanks the knife from the table and throws it at the

far wall. It sticks between two panel-seams. Haymitch rises,

circles his two Tributes, studying them.

HAYMITCH (CONT'D)

I'll make a deal with you two. You

don't interfere with my drinking, and

I'll stay sober enough to help you.

Is that fair?

(they nod)

You'll have to do exactly as I say.

About everything.

Effie puts some ice in a napkin, hands it to Peeta for the

BRUISE reddening his jaw.

HAYMITCH (CONT'D)

No. Let it bruise. People will think

you've been mixing it up with the

other Tributes before you've even

entered the Arena.

(Peeta sets it down)

When we get to the Capitol, you'll be

put in the hands of stylists who'll

prepare you for your presentation.

Their work is vital.

KATNISS

Right. 'Cause it's a beauty contest.

25.

HAYMITCH

Yes. It is. And the people who figure

that out tend to be the ones who

survive. Are you through now?

That shut Katniss up. Haymitch looks right through her.

HAYMITCH (CONT'D)

The best-looking tributes get the

most sponsors. And sponsors are my

only means of helping you once you're

in The Arena. Understood?

...which is when Katniss sees something out the window - a

landmark, recognizeable to us... It's Chicago.

Or what used to be Chicago. Across Lake Michigan we see the

skeleton of a city. Decayed, lifeless. An empty ghost town.

Haymitch approaches the wall, eyes the knife Katniss threw.

HAYMITCH (CONT'D)

Is this where you were aiming?

KATNISS

More or less.

HAYMITCH

Good. Eat.

Katniss picks up a lamb chop with her hands, devours a bite,

then wipes her hands on the tablecloth. Effie sighs. CUT TO:

EXT. DISTRICT 12 - MARSHALLING YARD - NIGHT

A COAL TRAIN, in a grimy part of The Seam. We PUSH IN, to

look at its payload, a bed of BLACK COAL...

...with a STOWAWAY atop it - Gale. He throws a look at: *

...Prim, who stands at the fence of the marshalling yard. She *

nods, "Go." He nods back, then ducks out of sight. *

The train pulls out of the yard, into dark night. *

INT. CAPITOL - TRAIN STATION - DAY

Katniss tries to hide her awe, but it's an effort - because

we've just pulled into The Capitol - and it is dazzling.

Wealth and excess. Splendor. Even this TRAIN STATION.

26.

Everything gleams, overly bright. The colors look like candy.

Beautiful MUSIC drifts through hidden speakers. The CITIZENS

here are well-dressed, well-fed. And attentive:

They stop, and wave at us. (The arrival of a Tribute Train is

a very big deal around here.) Adults, kids, waving at us.

Katniss, looking out the window of her compartment, can't

quite bring herself to wave back.

But Peeta can - leaning out of his window, right next to

hers, waving graciously. The crowd loves it. Katniss doesn't.

EXT. TRAIN STATION - MOMENTS LATER - DAY

Haymitch and Effie lead the two junior celebrities through

the station. Feels like another planet to Katniss.

They pass a VIRTUAL NEWSSTAND. One face appears on DOZENS OF

I-MAGAZINE COVERS: "Seneca Crane - the genius behind the

Hunger Games." Something tells Katniss to study this face...

A GIRL passes by, Katniss's age... with two healthy parents,

clean hair, a poodle on a leash... and an ice cream cone in

her hand. Licking happily.

KATNISS

(re: ice cream)

What's that?

Effie laughs, certain that Katniss was kidding.

EFFIE

Silly!

But Haymitch knows better. He leads them away. We CUT TO:

EXT. CAPITOL - TRIUMPH AVENUE - DAY

Katniss just saw her first RESTAURANT. Ever. A clean place

where families eat... as she and Peeta are driven down the

biggest street in The Capitol.

Think Emerald City - but with a sinister underbelly. The

colors are heightened and saturated. The architecture is

immaculate. People are grinning. But it all feels synthetic.

KATNISS

Now I know where all that coal goes.

EFFIE

Let's get you two cleaned up already!

You're being presented today!

27.

(MORE)

(Katniss eyes her)

No one's going to sponsor you looking

like this, Katniss. Could you blame

them?

A look from Haymitch tells Katniss not to fire back.

INT. CAPITOL - REMAKE CENTER - PREP ROOM - DAY

Rippp! A woman named VENIA yanks a strip of WAX off our leg.

VENIA

(pitched Capitol accent)

Sorry! But you're just so hairy!

Katniss is naked, silent. And surrounded: eyebrows plucked by

a man named FLAVIUS, nails shaped by a portly woman named

OCTAVIA - (each with that same pitched Capitol accent.)

FLAVIUS

You're doing very well! If there's

one thing we can't stand, it's a

whiner!

Katniss doesn't reply - she hasn't said a word in hours.

OCTAVIA

(gossippy, to Venia:)

I'll tell you who'd be fun to prep.

That Glimmer girl. The tall one.

She's gorgeous! Those eyes!

VENIA

I know! And those white white teeth!

OCTAVIA

(to Katniss)

I have to admit it, I had the tiniest

thrill when they pulled your sister's

name at The Reaping!

(Katniss tightens)

I mean, her precious little face! I

just couldn't stop thinking of all

the ways we'd get to dress her and

make her up! Little Rose Everdeen!

VENIA

I know! Me too!

(at Katniss)

Not that we were disappointed when it

turned out to be you! No. Now that

we've gotten rid of all that hair and

filth, you're not horrible at--

28.

EFFIE (cont'd)

KATNISS

Prim.

Katniss's first word. In hours. The others eye her.

VENIA

I'm sorry?

KATNISS

It's Prim. And she hates make-up.

A beat... Then these three howl with LAUGHTER. Peals of it.

VENIA

You're hysterical! Let's go get

Cinna!

They vanish. Katniss, alone and naked, grabs a robe.

Then she notices - she's being watched:

Three stories above this room, visible through its glass

ceiling, FIFTEEN PEOPLE look down at her from an interior

balcony - each of them sipping a cocktail...

These are the GAMESMAKERS - studying the Tributes in each

Prep Room without expression. (Seneca is not among them.)

Katniss eyes them, utterly unnerved. Afraid... until:

CINNA (O.S.)

How despicable we must seem to you.

She turns. Standing in the doorway is CINNA, (30). He seems *

decent, unaffected - even his voice. But she's wary.

CINNA (CONT'D)

Your braid - who did it?

KATNISS

My mother.

CINNA

It's beautiful. Classic. We're not

going to touch it.

He enters, hits a button. The top of a table splits in two

and ANOTHER HUGE MEAL appears; Katniss won't react to it. *

CINNA (CONT'D)

I'm Cinna, Katniss. I'll be your

stylist - which means I'm here to

help you survive. Are you hungry?

29.

KATNISS

I'm scared.

That came out reflexively, shocking her. Cinna's touched.

CINNA

I know.

He smiles warmly. That fast, a trust begins to grow.

KATNISS

How'd you get stuck with District 12?

I know all the stylists hate it.

CINNA

They lack imagination. Katniss, I

asked for District 12. I wanted the

challenge, and not because I like

those stupid coal-miner outfits the

Tributes from Twelve always get

presented in. Right?

He might just be sincere. Human. He seems it. They sit.

CINNA (CONT'D)

I have an idea, but it's going to

require you to trust me a little.

(a beat)

Are you afraid of fire, Katniss?

Yes, she is. On her face, we CUT TO:

INT. REMAKE CENTER - UNDERGROUND - NIGHT

Katniss wears a black unitard, knee-high leather boots, a

cape of orange and yellow. Peeta's in the same outfit...

...as they stand on a CHARIOT. Four horses up front.

Up ahead, ANOTHER CHARIOT vanishes around a corner into the

BRIGHT-LIGHTS of a street outside. But our Chariot hasn't

been sent out yet. Cinna grins, excited.

CINNA

It's not real fire, of course. Just

some synthetic flames Portia and I

came up with. I want them to remember

you. Be right back.

He steps a few feet away, where a woman named PORTIA fusses

with a FLARE that seems to be malfunctioning. The two of them

tinker with it as Katniss and Peeta wait, anxious.

30.

KATNISS

What do you think about this?

PEETA

I'll rip off your cape if you rip off

mine.

KATNISS

Deal.

CINNA (O.S.)

Okay, got it! Here we go!

He approaches, that flare LIT now. Katniss's eyes go wide.

CINNA (CONT'D)

Meet Katniss Everdeen - the Girl Who

Was on Fire!

He lights their capes on "fire". SYNTHETIC FLAMES suddenly

rise up around us - looking awfully real.

CINNA

It works!

Thrilled, he makes a SSSSST sound at the HORSES up front.

They begin to trot - and we're moving.

...all of it before Katniss can adjust to the fact that her

cape is now burning. Cinna calls out to them:

CINNA (CONT'D)

Heads high! Smiles! They're going to

love you! Oh, and hold hands!

...as we're pulled through MASSIVE OPEN DOORS and onto:

EXT. CITY CIRCLE - NIGHT

A wide boulevard - filled with CHARIOTS bearing the OTHER 11

PAIRS OF TRIBUTES, gliding ahead of us gracefully.

But none of those Tributes are on fire - which is why

CHEERING CITIZENS, ten-deep, now gape at the sight of us,

dazzled. Katniss has to SHOUT:

KATNISS

Shouldn't Haymitch be around to

protect us from this sort of thing?

PEETA

Last thing I want is Haymitch near an

open flame! Here.

31.

He takes her hand. The CROWD ROARS: "Twelve! Twelve!" It's

thrilling. Cinna gives a thumbs-up.

Katniss glances to her left, where a GIANT TV SCREEN gives

her an oversized look at herself and Peeta, in flames. A gasp

escapes her lips. Is that me?!

The crowd blows kisses, calling out her NAME now: "Katniss!

Katniss!" It gives her an odd feeling of hope. A CITIZEN

throws her a red rose. She catches it, blows a kiss back.

A HUNDRED HANDS reach up to catch her kiss. Wow. She looks

down, noticing now that she is squeezing the color out of

Peeta's hand. She releases it - until he stops her:

PEETA

No, don't let go of me. I might fall

out of this thing!

KATNISS

Okay.

It feels now like every eye is on Katniss and Peeta, as:

INT. TV BOOTH - OVERLOOKING THE STREET - SAME *

A BROADCAST BOOTH, like you'd see at The Rose Parade. *

CLAUDIUS TEMPLESMITH is doing play-by-play live. He has a *

special guest tonight: Seneca, doing "color".

TEMPLESMITH (ON TV)

Tell me, Mister Crane. What are you

looking for at this point in the

proceedings? What characteristics in

a Tribute catch your eye?

SENECA

I'd imagine I'm looking for the same

things bettors look for: athleticism,

intelligence. Except my goal is to

deliver a great event, as opposed to

picking a winner.

TEMPLESMITH

That you do, Sir. That you do. Your

Games can always be counted on for

great drama and breathless pace!

(inside joke:)

And even on those rare occasions when

they hit a slow patch, we know we can

count on you to liven things up -

when appropriate of course.

32.

SENECA

Now, now, Claudius. Don't go starting

trouble! You know that my Gamesmakers

and I would never do anything to

influence the outcome of The Games.

TEMPLESMITH

Just now and then! Only now and then!

(laughs...)

Dazzling display tonight from

District 12; the crowd certainly

seems taken with it. That's the girl

who volunteered for her sister, hmm?

SENECA

Quite a thing. Probably the biggest *

moment District Twelve has given The *

Games in a few decades. Sad to say. *

BACK TO KATNISS - cheers from the crowd flowing over her.

It's an overwhelming experience - noise, light, energy. Then:

INT. TRAINING CENTER - CATACOMBS - MOMENTS LATER

Massive doors close behind us. The parade's over. Silence. *

And the letdown is profound: *

Buzz-kill, just like that as Katniss now faces ALL THE REST

OF THE TRIBUTES. 22 children, most of whom will soon be dead.

They exit their chariots, disrobing like strippers backstage

at a bad club. Katniss lets go of Peeta's hand.

PEETA

Thanks for keeping hold of me. I was

getting a little shaky there.

KATNISS

It didn't show.

PEETA

You should wear flames more often.

They suit you.

That said with a shy smile that Katniss can almost believe.

She removes her flaming cape. Above her is another HUGE TV:

TEMPLESMITH (ON TV) *

Hopefully, she'll be the picture *

people remember from The Reaping - as *

opposed to Haymitch Abernathy's *

stumbling drunkenly on to the stage! *

33.

Katniss notices the dark-skinned girl from District 11, RUE,

just a child, looking awfully shaky as she removes her

costume. For some reason, Katniss keeps staring at her... as:

SENECA (ON TV)

Frankly, that's something I wish *

hadn't been aired. The Games are *

meant to be family entertainment,

after all.

Katniss tightens, sick inside.

...which is when Haymitch and Effie arrive.

EFFIE

That was wonderful! Wonderful! I knew

there was a pretty girl under there

somewhere! And you too, Peeta.

Katniss barely heard that - still watching Rue...

EFFIE (CONT'D)

I always say, if you put enough

pressure on coal it turns to pearls!

KATNISS

Oysters. *

EFFIE

Hmmm?

KATNISS

Pearls come from oysters. *

Effie tightens...

Across the room are Tributes we'll come to know: CATO and

CLOVE from District 2. GLIMMER and MARVEL from District 1 -

all of them sculpted athletes. Katniss looks to Peeta.

KATNISS (CONT'D)

There they are. The Careers.

EFFIE

I really wish you'd stop using that

term, Katniss. It's unsportsmanlike.

Katniss notes a FOX-FACED GIRL from District 5, and a steelylooking

kid from District 4 - call him BRAVURA - as a woman

enters: CALLOWAY, carrying a large box. Effie sighs.

EFFIE (CONT'D)

Ugh. Paperwork!

34.

CALLOWAY

Mentors, I have the Pre-Games

Packages - please distribute them to

your Tributes. All forms must be

completed before entering the

Training Center: burial preferences,

organs to be donated, et cetera.

There are also six personalized

condolence cards in each package. If

anyone needs more, please see me.

This said as if she were handing out sandwiches.

Katniss spots the tiny little wisp from District 11 again.

Rue, whose hand is trembling so badly from fear that she

drops the papers her MENTOR just handed to her.

The boy from District 11 is THRESH: huge, iron-strong... and

kind. He calms Rue with a smile, grabs the papers for her...

...as Katniss watches, unable to turn away...

EFFIE

Don't let her distract you; it might

just be a stunt.

(Katniss studies Effie)

Johanna Mason, a few years ago - she

wept through the whole Training Week,

never saw such a scared little puppy!

Then Day One of the Games she

hatcheted six kids in two minutes!

And won! Sign, Dear. It's late.

Effie hands her a pen and the papers. Katniss glances at

them, then at Peeta. He nods. She takes the pen...

... when she's brushed aside, rudely, by Cato - as he and the

other Careers (Districts 1, 2, and 4), blow out of here.

She watches Cato go, then signs the papers...

EXT. COAL TRAIN - MOVING - DUSK

Gale, atop that bed of coal. He's hungry and cold. As the *

train pulls through a RURAL TRAIN STATION, he peeks out - and *

sees something odd on the station platform:

Those WILD DOGS - the size of bulls - we saw them hunted not

long ago. A few of them sleep in chains on the platform,

drugged, being loaded into TRANSPORT CAGES by HUNTERS.

Gale gets just a glimpse of it as the train pulls away...

35.

INT. TRAINING CENTER - LOBBY - LATER EVENING

Effie lectures Katniss and Peeta while touring them through

the TRAINING CENTER. Haymitch is here too, but only barely.

EFFIE

This is the Training Center, your *

home sweet home until the Games *

begin! Breakfast at seven, training *

during the day; at night you'll be

making appearances. Do either of you

have any special skills?

PEETA

Skills?

The place is teeming with SUPPORT STAFF - to clean, to bring

towels, etc. Something odd about them though. Katniss takes

notice... as Effie continues, with no help from Haymitch:

EFFIE

A talent that might be of use in the

Arena. Anything.

PEETA

Katniss can shoot. Bow and arrow.

EFFIE

Then please don't go near one until *

Evaluation Day! Right, Haymitch? *

Haymitch nods absently. So Effie has to continue: *

EFFIE (CONT'D) *

No need to let your competition know *

your strengths, you see? *

KATNISS

Isn't Peeta my competition too?

Effie sighs, waiting for Haymitch to pounce. Forget it. The

guy has checked out; it's less painful than engaging...

EFFIE

No. He's not. As of tonight he is

your partner.

(Katniss doesn't get it)

The crowd loved you two as a couple

up there. And where the crowds go,

Sponsors follow! So from now on,

you'll be joined at the hip - all

through your Training Period.

36.

Peeta nods. Katniss doesn't.

EFFIE

What about you, Peeta? Any special

skills?

PEETA

I work all day. My father's bakery.

EFFIE

Oh. And what do you do for him?

PEETA

I make cakes.

HAYMITCH

That should come in handy - if you

ever need to frost someone to death.

Katniss eyes Haymitch, Thanks for chiming in. Then:

KATNISS

He can wrestle. I've seen him. He's *

strong.

HAYMITCH *

Congratulations. No wrestling during *

training. Confine yourselves to knot- *

tying or something.

Two CUSTODIANS pass by, pushing carts. Again, something odd

about them - a dullness in their eyes...

EFFIE

As you can see, there are Avoxes all

over the Training Center. They're

here to make your stay more

comfortable. So don't hesitate to--

KATNISS

What's an Avox?

HAYMITCH

My Goodness, what a rube.

(Katniss tightens)

Avoxes are criminals of the State,

traitors. They work - and they don't

bitch - mostly because their

tongues've been cut out.

That sickened Katniss. She suddenly takes a second look at a

TOWEL-BOY she'd just walked past, his eyes lifeless.

37.

KATNISS

Doesn't look like a traitor to me.

HAYMITCH

I wonder if you might become less *

sullen at some point. *

No reply. An ELEVATOR OPENS. They enter.

EFFIE

Katniss, we really are all you've

got. You should treat us as friends.

Katniss's look says, "Not too likely."

EFFIE (CONT'D)

Well try and pretend!

Поиск по сайту: