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     We hear a clock ticking.

                                                      FADE IN:

1    INT. RIGGAN'S DRESSING ROOM - THEATER - DAY                  1
     Close on the brilliant colors of a middle eastern rug, the
     center of what seems to be a makeshift "meditation" space.

     We slowly tilt up to discover the back of Riggan Thomson (55).
     He is in the proper `Lotus' position, dressed only in tight
     white briefs and he