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INT - PROFESSOR DAVID’S OFFICE

Andrew and Professor David are seated across from each other at Professor David’s desk.

ANDREW

So what happened to Murray? Did he get out of Jerusalem? Did he return to Alexandria?

PROF DAVID

The scrolls don’t really say. We can only guess as to what eventually happened.

ANDREW

The other thing I’m wondering is, who wrote the Book of Murray?

PROF DAVID

A disciple of Murray. A friend of Murray. There’s no way to know for sure.

DISSOLVE TO:

A series of DISSOLVING SCENES show Murray working his way back to Alexandria. Along the way, we see him engaged in his missionary work, talking to people throughout his travels.

SUPERIMPOSED over these scenes is a CLOSE UP of a hand, holding a pen of reed, writing on a sheet of parchment. Murray’s story is being written by someone, but we can’t see who it is.

As Murray walks off into the sunset, it dissolves into the handwriting scene. We see an EXTREME CLOSE UP that shows that the author has reached the end of the manuscript. The author signs it at the bottom, “Murray.”

The camera ANGLES UP to show a “star of Bethlehem” pendent worn by the “anonymous” author.

The camera zooms out and pulls back to reveal Peter sitting at a desk. He is the author of Murray. He looks at the page just completed, nods his head, smiles with satisfaction, and then turns his head towards the heavens.

The scene dissolves to a MATCH-CUT of a renaissance painting identical to the previous scene.

The camera ZOOMS BACK just enough to show that the painting is hanging on the wall, just on the other side of Professor David’s research library door.

FADE OUT