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CATWOMAN script analysis

CATWOMAN script - Save the Cat beat sheet analysis

Patience Price, a mild‐mannered accountant, is fired and subsequently killed but miraculously resurrected by a feline ritual. She discovers new cat‐like powers and dons the guise of Catwoman to uncover corporate malfeasance behind YP-3. Along the way she grapples with her dual identity and a budding romance with police officer Tom Lone. In a climactic showdown at Avenal HQ, she thwarts a bioweapon plot and accepts her fate as both woman and warrior.

85 Save the Cat fit score 71% analysis confidence / 97 parsed scenes

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1

Opening Image

Scene 1 / Page 1 / 1% target

68%

Introduces the ominous tone with acolytes’ suicide in the Temple of Bast, foreshadowing feline mysticism.

2

Theme Stated

Scene 6 / 5% target

74%

Georges tells Patience “All we have to sell is an image,” stating the film’s theme of identity and appearance.

I have no choice. All we have to sell is an image -- and you are not it....
3

Set-Up

Scenes 2-5 / 10% target

72%

We meet Patience adopting Midnight, spy on neighbor Tom Lone, and discover her accounting job and imminent firing.

4

Catalyst

Scene 6 / 12% target

75%

Patience is unceremoniously fired by Georges Avenal, upending her life and career.

I have no choice. All we have to sell is an image -- and you are not it....
5

Debate

Scenes 7-11 / 20% target

70%

Patience mourns her firing with Sally, chases Midnight, and awkwardly meets Lone, questioning what comes next.

6

Break into Two

Scene 19 / 25% target

73%

Through a ritual among cats in the marshland, Patience is resurrected with new abilities, entering the supernatural world.

7

B Story

Scenes 11-12 / 30% target

70%

Her initial flirtatious encounter with Tom Lone sets up the romantic B‐story.

I'm really sorry -- I'm a police officer, I heard the noise and just assumed... here, grab my...
8

Fun and Games

Scenes 20-23 / 40% target

68%

Patience roams the city with Midnight, tests her new feline senses, and confuses Edna with her resurrection.

9

Midpoint

Scene 32 / 50% target

75%

Patience fully transforms into Catwoman for the first time, embracing her alter‐ego.

10

Bad Guys Close In

Scene 65 / 65% target

72%

Catwoman’s factory sabotage draws Georges’ attention as he confronts her over the intercom, escalating the conflict.

That would be me, Georgy boy.
11

All Is Lost

Scene 81 / 75% target

74%

Captured and interrogated, Patience faces her lowest point when Lone doubts her identity.

One thing you learn in this line of work -- you never really know anybody, not completely.
12

Dark Night of the Soul

Scene 82 / 80% target

73%

Alone in her cell as Catwoman, she wrestles with her split identity and yearns for escape.

I am Catwoman... I am...
13

Break into Three

Scene 85 / 85% target

70%

With Midnight’s help, Patience breaks out, ready to confront the conspirators at Avenal HQ.

14

Finale

Scenes 91-94 / 95% target

72%

Catwoman infiltrates the helipad and penthouse, battles Laurel and Xavier, and rescues Lone while stopping the YP-3 bioweapon.

15

Final Image

Scene 97 / 99% target

71%

Patience, reconciled with her dual identity, plans her next move as she speaks with Lone on the phone.

You are a good detective. It just feels like time for a change.