INT.  DENNY'S RESTAURANT, HOLLYWOOD - MORNING
 
Two well - dressed men HERB and DAN (mid 30's) are sitting at a table
drinking coffee.  Herb has finished eating his breakfast, but Dan
hasn't touched his bacon and eggs - he appears too nervous to eat.  A
blonde waitress with a nameplate saying "DIANE" lays the check on
their table - smiles, then walks off.
 
			HERB
		Why did you want to go to breakfast if
           you're not hungry?

			DAN
		I just wanted to come here.

			HERB 
		To Denny's?... I wasn't going to say
		anything, but why Denny's?
	
			DAN
		This Denny's.

			HERB
  		Okay, why this Denny's?

			DAN
		It's kind of embarrassing, but...          
                                            
			HERB
		Go ahead.  
                                                                                    
			DAN
		I had a dream about this place.
 
			HERB
		Oh boy.
 
			DAN
		You see what I mean...
 
 			HERB
 		Okay, so you had a dream about this
                place.  Tell me.
 

			DAN
		Well... it's the second one I've had, but
		they were both the same..... they start
		out that I'm in here but it's not day or
		night.  It's kinda half night, but it
		looks just like this except for the
		light, but I'm scared like I can't tell
		ya.  Of all people you're standing right
		over there by the counter.  You're in
		both dreams and you're scared.  I get
		even more frightened when I see how
		afraid you are and then I realize what it
		is - there's a man. . . in back of this
		place.  He's the one . . . he's the one
		that's doing it.  I can see him through
		the wall.  I can see his face and I hope
		I never see that face ever outside a dream.

Herb stares at Dan to see if he will continue.  Dan looks around
nervously, then stares at his uneaten food.
                                            
			DAN
		That's it. 
 
			HERB
		So you came to see if he's out there?    
 
			 DAN
 		To get rid of this god-awful feeling.

			HERB
		Right then.
 
Herb gets up, picks up the bill and goes to the cashier to pay.  Dan
just sits.  As Herb is paying the bill he looks over at Dan just as
Dan is turning to look at him.  From Dan's point of view Herb is
standing in exactly the same spot as he stood in the dream.  Herb
gets a strange feeling, turns back and finishes up with the cashier. 
He motions for Dan to follow him.  Dan rises reluctantly and he and
Herb make their way outside.
 
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EXT. DENNY'S
 
Now Herb waits for Dan to lead the way.
 
			DAN
		Around here.
 
Dan takes Herb across the front of Denny's to a narrow sidewalk that
leads down the side towards the back.  They begin walking down the
narrow sidewalk - past a payphone.  Dan begins to sweat the nearer he
gets to the rear corner of the building.  Red bricks glide by
slowly.
 
CLOSER ON DAN
 
Beads of sweat cover his face.  He finds it difficult to breathe. 
Herb is just behind him unable to see the fear overtaking his friend,
but Herb can feel something himself.
 
The red bricks moving by now are coming to an end - the corner is
coming closer - the corner is now very close.  Suddenly a man - a
face... a face dark and bum-like- moves quickly out from behind the
corner and stops - freezes - staring into Dan's eyes.  Dan lurches
back.  All his breath is suddenly gone.  He falls back into Herb who
tries to catch him as he's falling.  Dan hits the ground unable to
breathe - his eyes wide with horror.
 
Herb looks up - the man is gone.  He looks down to Dan.
       
			HERB
		Dan!... Dan!  You all right?... Dan!
 
He kneels down and studies his friend.  He feels for a pulse in the
neck.  He listens for breathing.  His friend is dead.
 
			 HERB (CONT'D)
		My God!
 
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