The Horse Whisperer

 WE HEAR THE SOUND OF A HELICOPTER...

 INT. MACLEAN FARMHOUSE/KITCHEN - LATER MORNING

 ANGLE ON GRACE'S NOTE on the refrigerator as Robert enters
 from the outside with two bags of groceries. He places them on
 the counter near the PHONE MACHINE. He sees ONE MESSAGE is
 there. He presses PLAY as he puts away the groceries.

 A BEAT LATER the PHONE RINGS and he picks up, with the machine
 still playing...

      ROBERT
       (on phone)
      Hello? Paul, hi -- are you guys back?
      How was it? Oh that sounds great. Oh
      Paul.. hold on...

      LIZ
       (on machine)
      Robert! Are you there?... Robert! It's
      Liz!... Look, there's... there's been
      an accident... Uh... Jesus... uh...

 As Robert listens, the voice of Liz's on the machine from
 inside, pulls his attention. On hearing "accident," Robert
 lowers the receiver, frozen, as he listens to Liz...

      LIZ
       (on machine)
       Robert, just call me on my call phone...
       1-917-449-7805...

 EXT. THE WOODS - LATE MORNING

 Pilgrim is hiding in the shadows under an old railroad bridge,
 standing up to his knees in the river. His chest is cut open,
 bleeding. His face cut, contorted and swollen. LIZ HAMMOND,
 the local veterinarian, hides a hypodermic needle in her
 jacket, quietly walking into the water.

 A Policeman is going into the water downstream from Pilgrim,
 whose chest is heaving, blood drips into the water. He
 watches Liz. She is almost to him when suddenly he bolts,
 running upstream.

 The Policeman behind him shouts and waves his arm. Frightened,
 Pilgrim wheels back toward Liz, who manages to stick the hypo
 in his neck. He rears, knocking her down, then runs out of
 the river, the hypo still in his neck. He runs for the
 sanctuary of the woods.

 INT. TRAIN - LATE MORNING

 Annie sits on a train -- her laptop out, notes beside her,
 her cellular phone, ever-ready. The train passes through
 beautiful countryside but Annie is focused on an editorial
 she's writing.

 The train pulls into a station and stops, causing Annie to
 take a break and stretch her arms and neck. She looks out the
 window for the first time and sees:

 A MAN, his hands in his pockets, waiting on the platform. She
 watches as the Man holds out his arms to his two young
 children, who are getting off the train. He picks them up as
 his wife enters the scene, kissing him and wrapping her arm
 around his waist. The children talk a mile a minute and the
 father listens to every word.

 Annie doesn't even realize she is staring. As they leave the
 platform, she turns back to her laptop. As the train begins
 to move again, Annie returns to work.

 HER CELLULAR PHONE RINGS. She answers.

      ANNIE
      Yeah?... Hi. I made the 1:00 so...