From the movie script: “The White Rose.”
Scene: Winter Park, Florida in the early evening just after a thunderstorm has cleared the air and cleaned Park Avenue, the main street. This is a beautiful, upscale town in Central Florida that could be taken on a village in Ohio were it not for the palm trees.
The camera moves up the street to focus on a middle age man with grey hair sitting at an outside table in front of Starbucks drinking coffee. The man is dressed in tourist style wearing a loud shirt, short pants and tennis shoes. He has a black backpack sitting in the chair opposite him and is giving a map of the local attractions his full attention, but on occasion looking up and down the street as if looking for someone.
A young 20 something woman with dark hair and eyes walks into the Starbucks to buy a cup of coffee. She returns outside and meets the man's glance. The woman is well dressed in professional fashion and has long hair neatly tied into a pony tail. She wears no jewlery aside from a large silver “Star of David” that hangs from her neck.
The woman walks to the man's table and pulls a white rose out of her small expensive looking purse and places it on the table in front of the man while looking quickly at the people drinking coffee around them to see if anyone takes note. No one does.
Ronbo: “The white rose is a symbol of liberty.”
Woman: “The white rose also represents the timeless values of Western Civilization.”
Ronbo: (Standing)“Sign and passwords. You must be Fanny Kaplan.”
Fanny: “At your service.You're Ronbo.” (They shake hands)
Ronbo: “Please have a seat.” (He moves the backpack off the chair)
Fanny. “Ronbo you've become something of a legend; I half expected not to meet anyone here this evening.”
Ronbo: “Very likely I'm a disappointment to you. I'm very plain and common. People seldom remember my face.”
Fanny: “I never judge a book by its cover.”
Ronbo: “I'm impressed by the large number of female revolutionists I'm meeting on this trip to Florida.”
Fanny: “We should let the guys have all the fun?” (She smiles briefly and her thin face is much improved) “As you are aware Mr. Bernestein couldn't make it tonight due to a family emergency.”
Ronbo: “Not a problem. The money and instructions are in the backpack. Tell Bernie to destroy the instructions after reading.” (He passes the backpack to Fanny)
Fanny: “Funny how life turns out – Three years ago I was a wall flower of a conservative Jewish girl from Miami and today I'm a radical in the Jewish Defense League involved with in a conspiracy that could land me in a federal prison for the rest of my life.”
Ronbo: “I'm a bit of a history buff – Didn't a Fanny Kaplan try to assassinate Lenin during the Russian Revolution?”
Fanny: “The Fanny Kaplan you're talking about was indeed one of my ancestors. She was a Social Revolutionary who tried to kill Lenin because he betrayed the revolution – Also Lenin turned out to be a raving anti-Semite. Tell me Mr. Ronbo, are you and your right wing pals anti-Semites? How many Jews get shot after your revolution?
Ronbo: (Taking a sip of coffee) “My people aren't in the habit of killing our allies.”
Fanny: (Looking at him with doubt) “Mr. Bernestein thinks you and your wild bunch are good people. I respect his opinion, after all he's been a member of the JDL longer than I've been alive.”
Ronbo: “Bernie and I go back a long way – He was my cellmate in the federal GULAG back in the 1990s. I believe Bernie got a three year sentence for owning automatic weapons.”
Fanny: I believe his words were to the effect that you are a Righteous Man. This is high praise for a man who has few Christian friends.”
Ronbo: “Thanks for the kind words.”
Fanny: “What about the weapons?
Ronbo: “Bernie will have to brief you on the details, but let your heart not be troubled – On Revolution Day your JDL chapter will be well armed and equipped.”
Fanny: “How do you know I won't take the money and run?”
Ronbo: “Because Bernie is your favorite uncle who raised you and your sister and you love him. Also you're a devout Jew and stalwart supporter of Israel. Bernie talked about you quite a bit in prison. He called you Fancine..”
Fanny: "I hate that name! It's so French! I much prefer Fanny."
Ronbo: "Well this ends our business this quiet evening. I have a train to catch just up the street at the AMTRAK station. (Ronbo rises and throws away his coffee cup and exits the out door cafe. Fanny follows his lead)
Fanny: "Do you mind if I walk with you to the train station? I have some questions?"
(They walk down Park Avenue. The economic bad times are displayed even here with about half the shops empty and locked. The rest display sale signs to invite the few customers still available.)
Ronbo: "I'll be glad to answer your questions, but you may not like my answers."
Fanny: "Do you have a favorite philosopher? I'm working on my Ph.d. in philosophy at Rollins College. My favorite philosopher is Ayn Rand."
Ronbo: "Dear was Ayn Rand, but dearer still is the truth."
Fanny: "Why do you say that?"
Ronbo: "In ATLAS SHRUGS, Rand's greatest book, she does a very good job of playing the prophet and predicting exactly what is happening today, which is an economic and political meltdown to leading to socialism, yet she misses the fact that America was born in revolutionary war and cut its teeth in the most destructive civil war in modern history. In Rand's novel the opposition simply drops out; in reality we revolutionists will dropping in like a ton bricks on many a traitors' head."
Fanny: "True. America is in at least VERBAL revolt even as we speak - Just go into any public place and hear O'Hara being cursed to the high heavens! If the Secret Service arrested everyone who has threatened to kill O'Hara, they would need to jail about 150 million people."
(They walk thru a small city park to the station and waiting train.)
Ronbo: "I'll say goodbye and good luck to you Fanny Kaplan. I am curious about something - how do you square being a Jew with being an Objectivist - a follower of Randian philosophy - Ayn Rand was an atheist."
Fanny: "Simple. I'm born into the tribe of Israel and like Ayn Rand I'll always be a Jew. Like you too, Ronbo."
Ronbo: "I see you have been talking to Bernie - Yes, my grandmother on my mother's side was a Jew, but I was raised in the Baptist Church."
Fanny: (As Ronbo steps on the train) "A Jew always knows another Jew. Also the evil ones know who the Jews are as well."
(The train pulls out of the station and Ronbo seated by a window in the train waves at Fanny who smiles and waves back. The conductor motions for Ronbo's ticket and he pulls the ticket out of his pocket along with the Fanny's Star of David.)
Scene: Winter Park, Florida in the early evening just after a thunderstorm has cleared the air and cleaned Park Avenue, the main street. This is a beautiful, upscale town in Central Florida that could be taken on a village in Ohio were it not for the palm trees.
The camera moves up the street to focus on a middle age man with grey hair sitting at an outside table in front of Starbucks drinking coffee. The man is dressed in tourist style wearing a loud shirt, short pants and tennis shoes. He has a black backpack sitting in the chair opposite him and is giving a map of the local attractions his full attention, but on occasion looking up and down the street as if looking for someone.
A young 20 something woman with dark hair and eyes walks into the Starbucks to buy a cup of coffee. She returns outside and meets the man's glance. The woman is well dressed in professional fashion and has long hair neatly tied into a pony tail. She wears no jewlery aside from a large silver “Star of David” that hangs from her neck.
The woman walks to the man's table and pulls a white rose out of her small expensive looking purse and places it on the table in front of the man while looking quickly at the people drinking coffee around them to see if anyone takes note. No one does.
Ronbo: “The white rose is a symbol of liberty.”
Woman: “The white rose also represents the timeless values of Western Civilization.”
Ronbo: (Standing)“Sign and passwords. You must be Fanny Kaplan.”
Fanny: “At your service.You're Ronbo.” (They shake hands)
Ronbo: “Please have a seat.” (He moves the backpack off the chair)
Fanny. “Ronbo you've become something of a legend; I half expected not to meet anyone here this evening.”
Ronbo: “Very likely I'm a disappointment to you. I'm very plain and common. People seldom remember my face.”
Fanny: “I never judge a book by its cover.”
Ronbo: “I'm impressed by the large number of female revolutionists I'm meeting on this trip to Florida.”
Fanny: “We should let the guys have all the fun?” (She smiles briefly and her thin face is much improved) “As you are aware Mr. Bernestein couldn't make it tonight due to a family emergency.”
Ronbo: “Not a problem. The money and instructions are in the backpack. Tell Bernie to destroy the instructions after reading.” (He passes the backpack to Fanny)
Fanny: “Funny how life turns out – Three years ago I was a wall flower of a conservative Jewish girl from Miami and today I'm a radical in the Jewish Defense League involved with in a conspiracy that could land me in a federal prison for the rest of my life.”
Ronbo: “I'm a bit of a history buff – Didn't a Fanny Kaplan try to assassinate Lenin during the Russian Revolution?”
Fanny: “The Fanny Kaplan you're talking about was indeed one of my ancestors. She was a Social Revolutionary who tried to kill Lenin because he betrayed the revolution – Also Lenin turned out to be a raving anti-Semite. Tell me Mr. Ronbo, are you and your right wing pals anti-Semites? How many Jews get shot after your revolution?
Ronbo: (Taking a sip of coffee) “My people aren't in the habit of killing our allies.”
Fanny: (Looking at him with doubt) “Mr. Bernestein thinks you and your wild bunch are good people. I respect his opinion, after all he's been a member of the JDL longer than I've been alive.”
Ronbo: “Bernie and I go back a long way – He was my cellmate in the federal GULAG back in the 1990s. I believe Bernie got a three year sentence for owning automatic weapons.”
Fanny: I believe his words were to the effect that you are a Righteous Man. This is high praise for a man who has few Christian friends.”
Ronbo: “Thanks for the kind words.”
Fanny: “What about the weapons?
Ronbo: “Bernie will have to brief you on the details, but let your heart not be troubled – On Revolution Day your JDL chapter will be well armed and equipped.”
Fanny: “How do you know I won't take the money and run?”
Ronbo: “Because Bernie is your favorite uncle who raised you and your sister and you love him. Also you're a devout Jew and stalwart supporter of Israel. Bernie talked about you quite a bit in prison. He called you Fancine..”
Fanny: "I hate that name! It's so French! I much prefer Fanny."
Ronbo: "Well this ends our business this quiet evening. I have a train to catch just up the street at the AMTRAK station. (Ronbo rises and throws away his coffee cup and exits the out door cafe. Fanny follows his lead)
Fanny: "Do you mind if I walk with you to the train station? I have some questions?"
(They walk down Park Avenue. The economic bad times are displayed even here with about half the shops empty and locked. The rest display sale signs to invite the few customers still available.)
Ronbo: "I'll be glad to answer your questions, but you may not like my answers."
Fanny: "Do you have a favorite philosopher? I'm working on my Ph.d. in philosophy at Rollins College. My favorite philosopher is Ayn Rand."
Ronbo: "Dear was Ayn Rand, but dearer still is the truth."
Fanny: "Why do you say that?"
Ronbo: "In ATLAS SHRUGS, Rand's greatest book, she does a very good job of playing the prophet and predicting exactly what is happening today, which is an economic and political meltdown to leading to socialism, yet she misses the fact that America was born in revolutionary war and cut its teeth in the most destructive civil war in modern history. In Rand's novel the opposition simply drops out; in reality we revolutionists will dropping in like a ton bricks on many a traitors' head."
Fanny: "True. America is in at least VERBAL revolt even as we speak - Just go into any public place and hear O'Hara being cursed to the high heavens! If the Secret Service arrested everyone who has threatened to kill O'Hara, they would need to jail about 150 million people."
(They walk thru a small city park to the station and waiting train.)
Ronbo: "I'll say goodbye and good luck to you Fanny Kaplan. I am curious about something - how do you square being a Jew with being an Objectivist - a follower of Randian philosophy - Ayn Rand was an atheist."
Fanny: "Simple. I'm born into the tribe of Israel and like Ayn Rand I'll always be a Jew. Like you too, Ronbo."
Ronbo: "I see you have been talking to Bernie - Yes, my grandmother on my mother's side was a Jew, but I was raised in the Baptist Church."
Fanny: (As Ronbo steps on the train) "A Jew always knows another Jew. Also the evil ones know who the Jews are as well."
(The train pulls out of the station and Ronbo seated by a window in the train waves at Fanny who smiles and waves back. The conductor motions for Ronbo's ticket and he pulls the ticket out of his pocket along with the Fanny's Star of David.)
TO BE CONTINUED....
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