BLACK AND WHITE.

CARD: "American Metascope Studios presents
an Alan Scrivener production"

MONTAGE: "HOLLYWOOD AND LAKEWOOD"
MUSIC: "Numb" by Portishead

CLOSE-UP: a man's hand emerging from a shirt sleeve switches on an industrial
    grade light switch

EXTERIOR: The Mousetrap strip club; neon lights come on; marquee says:
    "OPEN UNTIL 10 PM CHRISTMAS EVE"

INTERIOR: strip club dressing room: dancers are applying makeup in a
    long mirror, pulling on bras and stockings, and fixing their hair.

TITLE SUPERIMPOSED: The Mantrap

CLOSE-UP: a hand attatches a stocking top to a garter belt.

INTERIOR: strip club: a bartender in a white shirt and black vest is
    wiping down tables with a washcloth.

CLOSE-UP: stage lights cycle through patterns of illumination.

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CLOSE-UP: a man's hand emerging from a shirt sleeve switches on a standard
    home interior light switch.

EXTERIOR: Chrismas lights on a suburban home light up, along with
    spotlight illumination on a front yard nativity scene topped
    with a twinkling Christmas star.

INETERIOR: suburban living room, with a Christmas tree decorated and all
    lit up, with heaps of presents underneath.

CLOSE-UP: two children, Jane and Michael, the girl aged ten and the boy
    aged eight, hang their stockings from the mantle.

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LONG SHOT: the Hollywood sign is illuminated in the twilight.

CLOSE-UP: a dancer is applying mascara to one eye in the mirror.

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LONG SHOT: "Lakewood Center" 50's style shopping center sign in the twilight.

CLOSE-UP: face of the Madonna in the front yard nativity; it is beautific,
    with twinkling lights from the "Christmas star" above flashing across it.

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INTERIOR: strip club; the bartender unlocks the cash register, removes a
    stack of ones, and begins to count them.

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INTERIOR: suburban kitchen; the mom, Vera, opens the oven, releasing a
    cloud of steam, and checks a ham baking within.