Collateral 2004 screenplay by Stuart Beatti and Michael Mann
INT. BRADLEY TERMINAL - BLURS - DAY
Vincent arrives at LAX and executes a briefcase switch with another businessman.
FADE IN:
INT. BRADLEY TERMINAL - BLURS - DAY
slide past in a 400mm lens. Then, entering a plane of focus is VINCENT. He walks towards us...an arriving passenger. Suit. Shirt. No tie. Sunglasses and expensive briefcase say "confident executive traveler." The suit's custom-made but not domestic. His hair and shades are current, but it would be difficult to describe his identifying specifics...grey suit, white shirt, medium height. And that's the idea...
CLOSE BEHIND VINCENT
OVER his left shoulder, walking through milling travelers towards the distant wall of metal and glass, sunlight streaming at him...
ANOTHER BUSINESSMAN
- suit, blonde crew cut - walks to camera. Same sunlight, but it hits him from the side. His trajectory is from the left. His eyeline is slightly right. Just now, he looks down at a ticket in his hand...
OVER VINCENT'S LEFT SHOULDER...
right now something catches Vincent's eye. And the two men bump into each other...
TWO-SHOT...
VINCENT
You okay? Sorry...
Vincent puts down his briefcase. The man has a similar briefcase.
MAN
(North London working-class accent)
Yeah, yeah, I'm fine, mate. Enjoy LA...
VINCENT GRABS THE BRIEFCASE OF THE MAN
with the North London working-class accent. And continues towards the exit. Was it an accident? Was it a brush pass? The Man's accent signified nothing to us except one thing: foreign origin.
VINCENT
approaches until he's in ECU...