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+Sr.No,Movie,Writers,Genre,Date,Sript
+1,9,"Pamela Pettler,Shane Acker","Animation,Adventure,Drama,Fantasy,Sci-Fi",September_2009,",SEQ.,05,-,PROLOGUE
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,The,Focus,Features,logo,appears,on,screen,and,we,slide,INTO
+,,,,,the,""O"",in,Focus.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Stock,dissolves,from,35mm,to,16mm.,,,,BLACK,&,WHITE.,,GRAINY,
+,,,,,like,OLD,DOCUMENTARY,FOOTAGE.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,SCIENTIST'S,VOICE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Experiment,208,day,20...
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,INT.,SCIENTIST'S,LAB,-,DAY
+
+,,,,,We,see,an,early,incarnation,of,a,MACHINE,(this,will,be,the
+,,,,,inner,brain,of,the,FABRICATION,MACHINE).,We,see,the
+,,,,,scientist,in,a,white,coat.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,We,pull,back,to,see,the,Scientist,is,playing,a,complicated
+,,,,,MULTI-LEVEL,3-D,chess,game,on,a,MULTI-LEVEL,GAME,BOARD,with
+,,,,,the,MACHINE.,The,Scientist,makes,an,elaborate,multi-level
+,,,,,move.,The,Machine,reaches,an,arm,out,into,the,chess,game,but
+,,,,,then,malfunctions,and,strews,the,game,everywhere.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,We,pull,back,further,to,see,the,back,and,legs,of,the
+,,,,,DICTATOR,with,black-uniformed,soldiers,flanking,him.,The
+,,,,,regime's,emblem,can,be,seen,on,the,uniforms.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,DICTATOR
+,,,,,,,,,,Useless.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,SCIENTIST
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Please.,,Give,it,a,chance.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,We're,on,the,machine,which,is,clicking,and,jerking,as,it
+,,,,,malfunctions.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,DICTATOR,(V.O.)
+,,,,,One,more.,,,That's,all.
+,,,,,We,turns,to,leave.,We,hear,the,clicking,of,boots,as,the
+,,,,,soldiers,accompany,him,out.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,We,see,the,scientist's,dejected,face,as,he,comes,towards,the
+,,,,,camera,to,turn,it,off.
+
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,CUT,TO:
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,BLACK
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,INT.,SCIENTIST'S,LAB,-,NIGHT
+,,,,,
+,,,,,The,grainy,footage,rolls,again;,we,see,the,scientist,moving
+,,,,,away,from,the,camera,(having,just,turned,it,on).
+,,,,,
+,,,,,The,lab,is,shadowy,late,at,night.,We,see,his,worktable,for
+,,,,,the,first,time,covered,with,discarded,sketches,a,furiously
+,,,,,filled-in,journal,and,pieces,of,failed,machinery,(the,floor
+,,,,,is,also,similarly,littered).,The,TALISMAN,sits,on,the
+,,,,,worktable.,Nearby,is,a,small,old-fashioned,tiny,little,box.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,SCIENTIST
+,,,,,,,,,,,,(tired,but,dictating,to
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,keep,the,documentary
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,record,complete)
+,,,,,,,,,,My,last,possible,solution....
+,,,,,,,,,,,,(muttering,to,himself)
+,,,,,,,,,,It,must,work...
+,,,,,
+,,,,,He,gently,brushes,his,fingers,over,the,little,box,as,though
+,,,,,for,good,luck.,He,picks,the,TALISMAN,up,off,the,table.,He
+,,,,,moves,over,to,insert,the,talisman,into,the,port,of,the
+,,,,,machine.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,His,back,to,us,he,faces,the,machine.,We,see,him,putting
+,,,,,something,over,his,face,(but,only,from,behind).
+,,,,,
+,,,,,There,is,a,sudden,FLASH,OF,GREEN,LIGHT,and,the,machine,JOLTS,
+,,,,,and,then,suddenly,starts,up...lighting,up,electricity
+,,,,,crackling,parts,moving,in,smooth,coordination,etc.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,The,scientist,waits,watching.,The,machine,continues,to,run.
+,,,,,Its,arms,move,smoothly,almost,curiously.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,The,scientist,puts,the,device,covering,his,face,down,and,gets
+,,,,,up,and,comes,towards,camera.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,We,see,the,camera's,POV,as,the,scientist,comes,towards,us:
+,,,,,CLOSE,on,the,scientist's,face,which,is,exhausted,cheeks
+,,,,,sunken,eyes,wide,pupils,dilated.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Pull,back,to,show,the,machine,purring,suddenly,full,of,a,new
+,,,,,sort,of,energy.,Something,new,has,happened.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,The,scientist,switches,off,the,camera,and:
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,CUT,TO:
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,3.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,INT.,SCIENTIST'S,LAB,-,A,DAY,LATER
+,,,,,
+,,,,,The,machine,zips,through,the,complex,3-D,chess,game,at
+,,,,,lightning,speed,checkmating,the,scientist,in,seconds,as,the
+,,,,,Dictator,watches.
+
+,,,,,The,scientist,laughs,fondly,and,pats,the,machine.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,DICTATOR
+,,,,,,,,,,,Perfect.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,SCIENTIST
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,(PROUDLY)
+,,,,,,,,,,,You,see,it,evolves.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,The,scientist,proudly,gives,the,machine,to,the,dictator.,A
+,,,,,flash,goes,off:,someone,is,taking,a,picture,O.S.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,The,dictator,exits;,we,hear,the,click,of,boots,and,see,as
+,,,,,much,as,possible,of,the,soldiers,flanking,him.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,OUT,OF,SIGHT,OF,THE,SCIENTIST,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,CLOSE,on,the,machine:,the,dictator,is,gripping,it,with,a
+,,,,,nasty,firmness.,The,machine,seems,to,try,to,squirm,away.
+,,,,,The,director's,BLACK-GLOVED,HAND,grasps,it,harder.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,he,machine,responding,to,the,brutality,lashes,an,arm,out
+,,,,,and,grabs,the,nearest,soldier,(seen,from,the,back,we,see
+,,,,,only,the,uniform,and,helmeted,head),by,the,back,of,his,arm,
+,,,,,BREAKING,his,ARM.,The,soldier,falls,(if,possible).
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,he,dictator,CONTINUES,ON,WITHOUT,BREAKING,STRIDE.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,DICTATOR
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,CHILLINGLY)
+,,,,,,,,,,,Yes.,Perfect.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,And,we:
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,DISSOLVE,TO:
+,,,,,
+,,,,,SEQ.,010,-,Title,Sequence
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,IN,BLACK:
+,,,,,
+,,,,,TITLE,CARD,#1
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,4.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,RADIO,(V.O.)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,(robotic,sounding)
+,,,,,,,,,,Alert.,We,are,in,a,state,of
+,,,,,,,,,,emergency...
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Sounds,of,WAR:,EXPLOSIONS,MACHINE,GUNS,SCREAMS...
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,FADE,UP,INTO:
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,INT.,SCIENTIST'S,WORKSHOP,-,DAY
+,,,,,
+,,,,,A,tiny,cluttered,attic,filled,with,bits,and,pieces,of,found
+,,,,,material--burlap,door,hinges,an,old,shoe,old,eyeglasses,
+,,,,,rusty,scissors,pen,nibs,gas,masks,etc.,,We,see,the,tiny
+,,,,,little,box,sitting,on,the,cluttered,makeshift,worktable.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,TITLE,CARD,#2
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,RADIO,(V.O.)
+,,,,,,,,,,...the,Machines,have,become
+,,,,,,,,,,uncontrollable...,they,are,shooting
+,,,,,,,,,,at,will...,ALERT:,stay,in,your
+,,,,,,,,,,homes.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Grainy,footage,as,we,see,the,scientist,looking,around
+,,,,,desperately--he's,obviously,in,hiding.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,SCIENTIST
+,,,,,,,,,,,,(HEARTBROKEN)
+,,,,,,,,,,My,invention...,my,beauty...,beauty
+,,,,,,,,,,was,taken...
+,,,,,
+,,,,,He,is,feverishly,cobbling,together,a,SMALL,BURLAP,DOLL.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,He,labels,the,burlap,doll,on,its,back:,""1."",He,makes,frantic
+,,,,,notes,in,a,journal.,He,brushes,his,fingers,over,the,little
+,,,,,box,for,good,luck,then,moves,towards,a,strange,contraption
+,,,,,on,the,table.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,LASHES,and,EXPLOSIONS,shake,the,workshop,horribly.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,ITLE,CARD,#3
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,RADIO,(V.O.)
+,,,,,,,,,,Reports,are,coming,in...,they've
+,,,,,,,,,,breached,the,Northern,walls,of,the
+,,,,,,,,,,city...
+,,,,,
+,,,,,The,radio,voice,is,DROWNED,OUT,BY,EXPLOSIONS.,D
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ISSOLVE,TO:
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,5.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,TITLE,CARD,#4
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,INT.,SCIENTIST'S,LAB,-,ANOTHER,DAY
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,RADIO,(V.O.)
+,,,,,,,,,,An,announcement,from,our
+,,,,,,,,,,Chancellor!
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,DICTATOR'S,VOICE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,(on,the,radio)
+,,,,,,,,,,Comrades,I,have,lost,control.,The
+,,,,,,,,,,Machine,is,now,our,enemy.,We,need
+,,,,,,,,,,to,join,forces,to,fight,against,it.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,We,hear,EXPLOSIONS,and,SCREAMS,outside.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,We,see,the,scientist,cobbling,together,another,SMALL,BURLAP
+,,,,,DOLL,a,little,more,evolved.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,He,labels,it,""5,"",then,makes,notes,in,a,journal.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,TITLE,CARD,#5
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,SCIENTIST
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,his,voice,a,mere,whisper
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,NOW)
+,,,,,,,,,,Five,so,far....I,can't,get,them
+,,,,,,,,,,right...
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ISSOLVE,TO:
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,TITLE,CARD,#6
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,INT.,SCIENTIST'S,LAB,-,ANOTHER,DAY
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,RADIO,(V.O.)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,(through,static)
+,,,,,,,,,,Gas,masks,are,being,distributed...
+,,,,,,,,,,ALERT:,beware....
+,,,,,
+,,,,,We,see,the,scientist,desperately,grabbing,bits,and,scraps,for
+,,,,,one,last,doll.,He,is,like,a,skeleton,almost,no,energy,left.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,ADIO,(V.O.),(cont'd)
+,,,,,,,,,,...deadly,gas....
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,he,radio,voice,dies,out.,,We,hear,nothing,but,STATIC.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,ITLE,CARD,#7
+,,,,,
+,,,,,H
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,H
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,C
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,(
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,6.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,The,scientist,totters,over,makes,a,note,in,his,journal.,He
+,,,,,clutches,the,little,box,and,suspends,this,last,doll,with,a
+,,,,,rope,in,a,strange,contraption.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,SCIENTIST
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,a,feeble,whisper)
+,,,,,,,,,,,My,last,one...,this,one,finally,
+,,,,,,,,,,,must,work...,it,must....
+,,,,,
+,,,,,TITLE,CARD,#8
+,,,,,
+,,,,,The,SOUND,of,the,scientist,collapsing,to,the,floor.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,DISSOLVE,TO:
+,,,,,
+,,,,,...........................................................
+,,,,,
+,,,,,SEQ.,020,-,Attic
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,SEQ.,020,-,INT.,WORKSHOP,-,DAY
+,,,,,
+,,,,,The,thin,strand,of,rope,stretches...,stretches...,and
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,RAAAACK.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,The,rope,SNAPS,and--
+,,,,,
+,,,,,--a,SMALL,BURLAP,FIGURE,falls,onto,the,table.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,As,he,falls,he,is,yanked,free,from,a,large,circular
+,,,,,Machine.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,e,had,been,attached,with,the,fraying,rope,and,a,long,cable,
+,,,,,attached,to,him,by,the,TALISMAN.,The,cable,still,dangles
+,,,,,from,the,Machine,but,the,force,of,his,fall,pulls,the
+,,,,,Talisman,off.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,The,little,burlap,figure,pulls,himself,to,his,feet,shaking
+,,,,,his,head.,Falling,free,from,the,connecting,cable,has,finally
+,,,,,awakened,him.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,e,is,made,up,of,odd,patchwork,items:,burlap,a,thick,zipper,
+,,,,,big,round,gas-mask,eyes,(which,we,recognize,as,what,we,saw
+,,,,,before,in,the,title,sequence).
+,,,,,
+,,,,,We,pull,around,to,see,the,number,""9"",painted,on,his,back.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,We,pull,back,further,to,see...
+,,,,,
+,,,,,9
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,H
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,T
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,R
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,H
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,S
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,""
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,7.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,SEQ.,020,-,INT.,RUINED,WORKSHOP,-,EERIE,INDETERMINATE
+,,,,,DAYLIGHT
+,,,,,.
+,,,,,,..he,is,on,the,tabletop,in,the,RUINS,OF,A,SMALL,ROOM.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Splintered,BITS,OF,WALL,jut,up,to,the,open,sky.,Rotted
+,,,,,FLOORBOARDS,are,BENT,and,WARPED.,The,room,is,full,of,years
+,,,,,of,DUST,and,ROT.,Dust,hangs,in,the,feeble,rays,of,dirty
+,,,,,sunlight.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,The,table,and,floor,are,covered,with,the,same,kinds,of,scraps
+,,,,,and,raw,materials,from,which,""9"",is,made:,burlap,hinges,
+,,,,,bits,of,Machinery.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,9"",blinks,and,turns,around,his,head,darting,this,way,and
+,,,,,that,trying,to,make,sense,of,his,surroundings.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,He,walks,over,to,the,edge,of,the,tabletop.,He,peers,over,and
+,,,,,sees...
+,,,,,
+,,,,,...the,SCIENTIST,LYING,DEAD,ON,THE,FLOOR.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,lumped,on,the,floor,we,clearly,see:,the,scientist's
+,,,,,skeletal,hand,is,clutching,a,tiny,box.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,He,hears,a,clattering,sound,and,turns,to,see
+,,,,,A
+,,,,,,,loose,window,shutter.,He,goes,over,to,the,window.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,e,pushes,opens,the,window,to,see--
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,SEQ.,020,-,EXT.,STREET,-,INDETERMINATE,DAYLIGHT
+,,,,,
+,,,,,...AN,APOCALYPTIC,WASTELAND.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,usting,machine,carcasses,bombed-out,ruins,and,emptiness
+,,,,,stretch,as,far,as,he,can,see.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Terrible,life-ending,destruction.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,here,is,no,other,living,being,anywhere.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,9,stares,in,disbelief,and,horror,and,fear.,He,can't,make,any
+,,,,,sense,of,it...,or,the,room...,or,the,endless,miles,of
+,,,,,lifeless,wasteland,stretching,out,in,front,of,him.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,e,seems,to,be,completely,alone.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,sees,a,glint,of,something,a,possible,sign,of,life.,,He
+,,,,,moves,to,go,outside.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,C
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,M
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,8.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,He,stops,and,is,strangely,drawn,to,the,TALISMAN.,He,turns
+,,,,,and,takes,it,stowing,it,inside,his,zippered,chest,before,he
+,,,,,heads,out.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,CUT,TO:
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,...........................................................
+,,,,,
+,,,,,SEQ.,029,-,9,Meets,2
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,SEQ.,029,-,EXT.,WASTELAND,-,DAY
+,,,,,
+,,,,,9,moves,warily,in,the,dusty,grim,light,along,the,deserted
+,,,,,RUINS,of,the,outside,streets.,It,is,the,remains,of,war.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Pulverized,HULKS,of,BUILDINGS,torn-open,suitcases,scattered
+,,,,,clothes,rusting,cars,and,the,grim,debris,of,human
+,,,,,civilization,surround,him.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,He,sees,a,dead,body,slouched,next,to,a,suitcase,in,the,front
+,,,,,seat,of,a,car.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Banners,hang,on,the,buildings,with,a,three,prong,symbol,on
+,,,,,them.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,achines,lie,deserted,on,the,sides,of,roads.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Distracted,by,the,spectacle,9,stumbles,and,lands,on,a,ragged
+,,,,,old,flyer:,REVOLT!,,He,looks,back,at,the,War,Machines,and
+,,,,,Dictator,flags.,,He,sees,a,vandalized,poster,of,what,appears
+,,,,,to,be,a,dictator/leader.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,9,looks,around,him,trying,to,piece,together,what,happened.
+,,,,,Suddenly,there,is,a,clanking,sound,in,front,of,him.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,9,sees,a,light,flicker,on,in,the,shattered,hulk,of,a,war
+,,,,,Machine.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,LOSE,on,9,as,the,light,crosses,his,face.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Scared,he,ducks,behind,a,huge,piece,of,debris.,,9,grabs,a
+,,,,,piece,of,metal,lying,in,front,of,him.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,The,shadow,moves,closer,9,shakes,nervously.,The,figure
+,,,,,emerges,with,spear,in,hand,and,9,swings,the,weapon,at,him
+,,,,,with,all,his,might.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,9,hits,him,square,in,the,chest.,It,is,another,ragdoll:,2.,2
+,,,,,is,propelled,backwards,and,falls,to,the,ground,on,the,debris
+,,,,,behind,him.,9,quickly,tries,to,hide.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,A
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,9.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,But,2,is,looking,at,9,with,surprise.,,He,struggles,to,get,up,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2
+,,,,,speaking,with,urgency,to,9.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,(firmly,kindly,almost
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,eagerly;,like,trying,to
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,soothe,a,wild,animal)
+,,,,,,,,,,Wait...,I,am,a,friend.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,LT:
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,(GENTLY)
+,,,,,,,,,,Friend...,I,am,a,friend.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,9,now,sees,he,has,hit,a,ragdoll,similar,to,himself.,He
+,,,,,hesitates,not,sure,what,to,make,of,this.,2,extends,his
+,,,,,hand,calmly,eagerly.,9,hesitates,again,then,still,timid,
+,,,,,but,showing,a,little,bravery,drops,his,weapon,and,goes,to
+,,,,,help,2,up.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,We,see,that,2,is,much,older,much,more,decrepit,much,more
+,,,,,primitively,constructed:,he,is,made,from,patchwork,bits,of
+,,,,,OLD,LEATHER,SHOES.,A,SHOELACE,stitches,up,his,front,and,is
+,,,,,tied,in,a,bow,at,his,neck.,Bits,of,leather,FRAY,off,him.
+,,,,,His,feet,are,primitive,small,HINGES.,Half,of,a,pair,of
+,,,,,eyeglasses,like,an,enormous,MONOCLE,is,attached,to,2's,hat.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,9,helps,straighten,2's,monocle.,2,smiles,at,him.,We,see
+,,,,,that,2,is,like,a,wise,mentor,a,kindly,professor,with,a
+,,,,,contagious,eagerness,and,imaginativeness.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,2,peers,eagerly,at,9.,,He,circles,9,and,spots,the,number,on
+,,,,,his,back.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,(eagerly,excited,like,an
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,intrigued,scholar)
+,,,,,,,,,,Yes...,yes...,I,always,thought
+,,,,,,,,,,there'd,be,one,more.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,He,nods,and,smiles.,He,extends,his,hand,to,shake,9's,hand.
+,,,,,While,doing,this,he,takes,9's,hand,and,studies,it,nodding
+,,,,,with,eager,excitement.,We,see,that,9's,hand,is,more
+,,,,,sophisticated,than,2's.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,,,,,,The,details...,how,exciting.
+,,,,,,,,,,,,(FASCINATED)
+,,,,,,,,,,Carved,wood...,steel,bolts...
+,,,,,,,,,,molded,copper...
+,,,,,
+,,,,,H
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,9
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,2
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,10.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,2,turns,slightly,and,9,sees,his,number,and,tries,to,say,it.
+,,,,,But,no,sound,comes,out,of,his,mouth.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,looks,at,him,nodding,again,the,kind,mentor.,He's
+,,,,,interested,observing,without,judging;,curious,kindly,and
+,,,,,ready,to,help.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,,,,,,,You,can't,speak.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,With,a,friendly,disarming,smile,he,taps,9's,zipper.,9
+,,,,,unzips,himself,and,2,peers,in.,2,looks,up,happy,that,he,can
+,,,,,help.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,,,,,,,Yes,yes...
+,,,,,
+,,,,,2,looks,around,nervously,and,hurries,over,to,his,roller-skate
+,,,,,cart,covered,with,detritus,-,odds,and,ends,a,broken,china
+,,,,,doll.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,,,,,,,...come,with,me.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,follows,looking,around,curiously.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,2,finds,the,china,doll.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,,,,,,,Here!
+,,,,,
+,,,,,As,2,rummages,through,the,chest,of,the,china,doll,9,picks,up
+,,,,,a,bullet,casing,from,2's,cart,and,starts,tapping,it.,2,turns
+,,,,,with,the,doll's,voice,box,in,his,hand.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,(sees,9,with,the,bullet;
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,whispers,sharply)
+,,,,,,,,,,,No!,Stop!
+,,,,,
+,,,,,2,eases,the,bullet,away,from,9,then,smiles,gently,at,9,
+,,,,,EXPLAINING:
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,(
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,QUIETLY)
+,,,,,,,,,,,Some,things,in,this,world,are
+,,,,,,,,,,,better,left,where,they,lie.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,e,puts,the,bullet,to,one,side,and,kneels,prying,into,9's
+,,,,,chest.,2,begins,to,connect,the,doll's,voice,box.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,A
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,9
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,11.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,,,,,,But,if,you,know,where,to,look,
+,,,,,,,,,,these,ruins,are,full,of,riches.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,2,concentrates,a,look,of,pleasure,on,his,face,as,he,twists,a
+,,,,,few,more,wires.,Static,and,unclear,sound,come,out,at,first,
+,,,,,but,as,2,tunes,the,voice,further...
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,9
+,,,,,,,,,,,,(as,his,voice,is,""tuned
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,in""..,starting,with,pure
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,static,then,slowly
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,moving,into,a,voice)
+,,,,,,,,,,Chhhhhhh.....chhhhehhhh...
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2
+,,,,,,,,,,Wait..
+,,,,,,,,,,,,(tunes,him,in)
+,,,,,,,,,,...almost,there...
+,,,,,
+,,,,,9,gets,a,little,panicky,look,on,his,face,at,the,strange
+,,,,,sounds,coming,out,of,him.,2,puts,a,calm,hand,on,his
+,,,,,shoulder.,9,calms,down,and,tries,again.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,9
+,,,,,,,,,,Friend?,,Friend?
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2
+,,,,,,,,,,,,(BEAMING)
+,,,,,,,,,,Friend.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,9
+,,,,,,,,,,,,(more,and,more,normal
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,SOUNDING)
+,,,,,,,,,,Are,we,alone?
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2
+,,,,,,,,,,,,(REASSURING)
+,,,,,,,,,,No.,There,are,others.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,and,2,stare,at,each,other.,9,looks,at,2,in,wonderment,
+,,,,,then,reaches,out,and,touches,2's,chest,where,he,hit,it.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,2,beams,at,9,happy,9,can,speak,happy,he,was,able,to,help,
+,,,,,and,happy,that,9,with,his,first,words,is,concerned,about
+,,,,,others.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,glow,beams,from,within,9's,chest.,,2,stares.,,9,removes,the
+,,,,,TALISMAN,from,his,chest.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,2,has,a,big,reaction--he,draws,his,breath,in,and,looks,at,it
+,,,,,in,ASTONISHMENT.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,9
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,2
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,I
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,9
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,T
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,12.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,He,takes,it,and,looks,at,it.,,,He,gives,9,a,look,of,surprise.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,,,,,,,But,how,strange....
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,muttering,to,himself,as
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,he,turns,the,Talisman,in
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,his,hands)
+,,,,,,,,,,,Yes,he,was,always,drawing,this...
+,,,,,,,,,,,exactly,like,this...,how,strange...
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,hey,both,stare,at,the,TALISMAN.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Suddenly,a,is,heard,OFFSCREEN.,2,looks,up,IN
+,,,,,HORROR.,He,grabs,his,spear.,He,pushes,9,away,almost
+,,,,,fiercely.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,ALT:
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(firmly,to,9)
+,,,,,,,,,,,GO!
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,..........................................................
+,,,,,
+,,,,,SEQ.,030,-,Cat,Beast,Attacks
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,SEQ.,030,-,EXT.,WASTELAND,-,DAY
+,,,,,
+,,,,,2,points,forcefully,to,an,old,rusted,can.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,2,runs,into,the,can.
+,,,,,,,stands,ready,to,attack.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,9,watches,2,wondering,what,is,coming.,Then,from,behind,him,
+,,,,,a,large,claw,of,a,mechanical,figure,settles,softly,next,to
+,,,,,9's,can.,He,tries,to,call,out,to,2...
+,,,,,
+,,,,,And,from,behind,2,enters--
+,,,,,
+,,,,,A,HIDEOUS,CAT,BEAST.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,t,is,a,nail,and,razor-studded,predatory,Machine,with,a,cat
+,,,,,skull-shaped,head,its,body,laced,with,bones,nails,and
+,,,,,razors.,9,now,understands,2,was,trying,to,protect,him.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,GASPS,as,he,turns,and,sees,it.,The,Cat,Beast,lets,out,a
+,,,,,roar,and,claws,at,2,KNOCKING,him,over,and,losing,his,spear.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,looks,on,with,horror.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,9
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,H
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,T
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,9
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,13.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,2,attempts,to,reach,for,his,spear,but,the,Beast,holds,him
+,,,,,down,with,its,razor-sharp,feet.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,The,Beast,is,attracted,to,the,Talisman.,It,picks,it,up,with
+,,,,,one,of,its,jagged,claws,and,looks,at,it,quizzically.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,cringes.,,His,movement,makes,his,hiding,place,teeter,
+,,,,,creaking.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,he,Cat,Beast,WHIRLS,at,the,sound.,Picking,up,2's,struggling
+,,,,,body,the,Cat,Beast,stalks,towards,the,noise,right,up,to,9's
+,,,,,hiding,place,sniffing,through,its,hollow,nostrils.,9
+,,,,,cringes,in,terror.,The,Cat,Beast,probes,with,one,of,his
+,,,,,claws,INTO,the,tin,can.,9,recoils.,The,claws,do,not,find
+,,,,,him,and,retreat.,9,is,relieved.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,A,beat,then:
+,,,,,
+,,,,,9,feels,himself,violently,LIFTED,UP,and,SMASHED.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,We,see,the,Cat,Beast,has,picked,up,the,entire,tin,can,and,is
+,,,,,smashing,it,to,get,at,what's,inside,it.,,Failing,it,hurls
+,,,,,the,tin,can,aside.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,9,is,almost,knocked,out.,Trying,to,stay,conscious,he
+,,,,,struggles,towards,the,entrance,of,the,can.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,is,POV:,through,his,haze,and,through,the,broken,edges,of,the
+,,,,,opening,to,the,can,he,sees,the,Cat,Beast,GRAB,the,Talisman
+,,,,,and,the,struggling,2,in,his,sharp-toothed,mouth,and
+,,,,,disappearing,into,the,smoky,mist.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,9,can,just,make,out,in,the,distance,the,silhouettes,of
+,,,,,
+,,,,,THREE,TALL,SHAPES.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(MUTTERING)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,The,others...
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,CUT,TO:
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,.............................................................
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,POV,SPYGLASS,-,ELSEWHERE,IN,THE,WASTELAND,-,LATER
+,,,,,
+,,,,,POV,SPYGLASS:,the,spyglass,searches,through,the,city,and
+,,,,,comes,across,a,lone,staggering,figure,(9).
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,W
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,9
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,9
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,5
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,14.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Pull,back,to,show,the,back,of,5's,head,as,he,peers,through
+,,,,,the,spyglass,then,pulls,away,so,we,can,see,into,the,spyglass
+,,,,,again.,,We,zoom,in,through,the,spyglass,to,a
+,,,,,
+,,,,,CLOSE,SHOT,on,9--
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,EXT.,WASTELAND,-,CLOSE,ON,9,-,CONTINUOUS
+,,,,,
+,,,,,9,staggers,weary,and,collapses.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,In,the,foreground,the,feet,of,another,ragdoll,(5),step,into
+,,,,,the,shot.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,CUT,TO:
+,,,,,
+,,,,,...........................................................
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Seq.,040,-,Meeting,5
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,SEQ.,040,-,INT.,5'S,WORKSHOP,-,DAY
+,,,,,
+,,,,,5,is,finishing,sewing,9,up.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,It's,all,right.,You're,safe,now.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,9
+,,,,,,,,,,Where,am,I?
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,5
+,,,,,,,,,,With,us.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,(MUTTERING)
+,,,,,,,,,,Yes...,he,told,me,there,were
+,,,,,,,,,,others...
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,5
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(suddenly,urgently)
+,,,,,,,,,,Who?
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,(still,dazed,trying,to
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,REMEMBER)
+,,,,,,,,,,He,was,older...,Out,there...
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,5
+,,,,,,,,,,2.,Out,in,the,emptiness?
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,HORRIFIED)
+,,,,,,,,,,Alone?,Was,he,all,right?
+,,,,,,,,,,,hen,is,he,coming,back?
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,I
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,1,,,,,,W
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,1
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,5
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,(
+,,,,,,,,,,,T
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,9
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,15.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,9,looks,at,him,the,whole,memory,suddenly,coming,back,to,him
+,,,,,as,though,fresh.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,HE--THE--
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,can't,think,of,the,right
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,WORD)
+,,,,,,,,,,,T
+,,,,,,,,,,,,hing!,It,took,him.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,5,reacts,with,horror.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,5
+,,,,,,,,,,,No...,,No!,,,,It,can't,be!
+,,,,,
+,,,,,He,turns,away,grief-stricken.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(O.S.)
+,,,,,,,,,,,Keeping,secrets,from,me,I,see.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Another,RAGDOLL,pushes,into,the,workroom.,This,is,a,bigger
+,,,,,ragdoll,the,most,primitive,one,we,have,seen.,He,has
+,,,,,primitive,wooden,hinges,for,feet.,He,is,very,frayed,and
+,,,,,patched,together.,The,number,1,is,painted,on,his,back.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,and,9,whirl,around.,,,,5,CRINGES.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,5
+,,,,,,,,,,,I...,I,was,coming,to,tell,you...
+,,,,,
+,,,,,1,carries,himself,with,authority.,He,wears,a,red,cloak,and
+,,,,,a,strange,mother,of,pearl,and,wire,hat,bound,together,as,an
+,,,,,almost,papal-like,headpiece,and,carries,a,staff,made,from,an
+,,,,,old,gear,with,a,bell,attached.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,pulls,at,9,with,his,staff,displaying,the,number,on,his
+,,,,,back.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1
+,,,,,,,,,,,,hat's,this?
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,turns,and,glares,at,5,like,a,general,glaring,at,a,new
+,,,,,privat"
+2,A Scanner Darkly,Charlie Kaufman,"Animation,Crime,Drama",July_2006,"SHOT,OF,NOTEBOOK,PAGE,DAPPLED,WITH,SUNLIGHT
+
+,,POV,of,someone,skimming,a,hand-written,entry.,The
+,,corresponding,voice-over,is,offhand,dispassionate.,In,the
+,,background,children,can,be,heard,laughing,and,playing.
+
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,BOB,ARCTOR,(V.O.)
+,,,,,Lately,Jerry,Fabin,stands,all,day
+,,,,,shaking,bugs,from,his,hair.,The
+,,,,,doctor,says,there,are,no,bugs,in,his
+,,,,,hair.
+
+
+,,The,sound,of,fingers,scratching,scalp,begins,and,grows,louder
+,,through,the,following,montage.
+
+,,EXT.,COCA-COLA,BOTTLING,PLANT,-,PRE-DAWN
+
+,,SUBTITLE:,ORANGE,COUNTY,CALIFORNIA,IN,THE,YEAR,1994
+
+,,A,massive,unlit,Coca-Cola,sign,is,eerily,silhouetted
+,,against,the,early,morning,sky.,Antiquated,delivery,trucks
+,,set,out,from,loading,docks,as,red,futuristic,cargo,planes,
+,,emblazoned,with,the,Coca-Cola,logo,take,off,from,the,roof.
+
+,,EXT.,FREEWAY,-,PRE-DAWN
+
+,,Birds-eye,view,of,Coca-Cola,trucks,spreading,out,through,the
+,,city.,Coke,planes,shoot,by,close,to,the,camera.
+
+,,EXT.,7-11,-,DAWN
+
+,,A,Coke,truck,pulls,into,the,parking,lot.
+
+,,EXT.,SUPERMARKET,-,DAWN
+
+,,A,Coke,plane,lands,gracefully,on,the,roof,of,the,supermarket.
+
+,,EXT.,MCDONALD'S,-,DAWN
+
+,,Uniformed,delivery,men,enter,hauling,cases,of,Coke,syrup.
+
+EXT.,RESIDENTIAL,STREET,-,DAWN
+
+A,Coca-Cola,truck,rumbles,slowly,past,a,row,of,low-income,
+plastic,pre-fab,houses.,We,hold,on,one,house,whose,front
+lawn,is,strewn,with,furniture,and,cleaning,products.
+
+INT.,JERRY,FABIN'S,LIVING,ROOM,-,DAWN
+
+The,windows,are,spray-painted,over,with,silver,paint.,A
+single,pole,lamp,with,bare,harsh,spot-lights,illuminates
+the,room,which,is,emptied,of,furniture,covered,in,a,sickly
+green,shag,carpet,and,littered,with,fast-food,wrappers.,In
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(CONTINUED)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2.
+CONTINUED:
+
+
+the,center,of,the,room,stands,Jerry,Fabin,thirty,with,wild-
+eyes,and,a,long,tangled,mass,of,hair.,He,is,naked,draped
+over,a,metal,garbage,can,and,vigorously,scratching,his
+head.,This,process,continues,for,an,uncomfortably,long
+time.,A,Golden,Retriever,sleeps,in,the,corner.
+
+INT.,JERRY,FABIN'S,BATHROOM,-,LATER
+
+Jerry,Fabin,stands,under,a,hot,shower.,Steam,fills,the
+stall.,He,scrubs,his,hair,violently,with,tensed,fingers.
+
+INT.,JERRY,FABIN'S,LIVING,ROOM,-,LATER
+
+We,hear,the,shower.,Steam,pours,out,the,open,bathroom,door.
+
+EXT.,JERRY,FABIN'S,HOUSE,-,MID-DAY
+
+The,sun,is,high;,the,day,is,bright,and,hazy.,,A,few,hippies
+stroll,by,or,sit,on,front,steps,discreetly,smoking,joints.
+We,hear,the,distant,sound,of,Jerry's,shower.
+
+INT.,JERRY,FABIN'S,BATHROOM,-,LATER
+
+Jerry,is,still,in,the,shower,scrubbing,away.,He,finally
+turns,it,off,and,steps,out,a,drowned,rat.,He,dries
+himself,wipes,the,mirror,and,squints,nervously,at,his
+reflection.,Tiny,bugs,hop,around,on,his,head.,He,screams.
+
+INT.,JERRY,FABIN'S,LIVING,ROOM,-,LATER
+
+Jerry,lies,on,the,cruddy,shag,carpet,open,volumes,of,the
+Encyclopedia,Brittanica,spread,around,him.,He,scratches
+himself,as,he,studies,one,of,the,volumes.,Insects,hop,up,and
+down,all,over,his,body,and,on,the,rug.,When,he,exhales,a
+cloud,of,bugs,pours,from,his,mouth;,he,shoos,them,away.
+
+EXT.,JERRY,FABIN'S,HOUSE,-,DAY
+
+Jerry,heads,up,the,walkway,carrying,a,shopping,bag.,Several
+cans,of,Raid,and,other,bug,sprays,poke,out,of,the,bag.,Bugs
+hop,around,on,Jerry.,He,puts,the,bag,down,on,the,stoop,to
+scratch,himself.,He,notices,tiny,bugs,chewing,the,shrubs.
+
+INT.,NURSERY,-,DAY
+
+Jerry,consults,with,a,man,behind,the,cash,register.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,NURSERY,CLERK
+,,,,,Eating,the,bushes?,,Could,be,aphids.
+
+
+
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(CONTINUED)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,3.
+CONTINUED:
+
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,JERRY,FABIN
+,,,,,Aphids!,Of,course.,Y'know,I,started
+,,,,,with,""A"",in,my,cyclopedia,yet,somehow
+,,,,,I,must've,skipped,right,over,aphids.
+,,,,,It,does,start,with,""A"",right?
+,,,,,Aphids?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,NURSERY,CLERK
+,,,,,Yes.,,Yes,it,does,sir.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,JERRY,FABIN
+,,,,,Boy,those,fuckers,can,really,bite.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,NURSERY,CLERK
+,,,,,Aphids,don't,bite,people.
+
+Fabin,just,stares,at,the,clerk.
+
+INT.,JERRY,FABIN'S,LIVING,ROOM,-,DAY
+
+Scrawled,charts,depicting,the,aphid,life-cycle,now,adorn,the
+walls.,As,Jerry,sprays,a,can,of,""Aphid-Off"",around,the
+room,he,notices,his,sleeping,dog,is,covered,with,the,bugs.
+
+INT.,JERRY,FABIN'S,BATHROOM,-,DAY
+
+Jerry,stands,in,the,shower,with,his,dog.,Jerry,is,lathered
+head-to-toe,and,in,the,process,of,lathering,the,dog.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,DISSOLVE,TO:
+
+INT.,BATHROOM,-,LATER
+
+Jerry,and,the,long-suffering,dog,are,still,in,the,shower.
+Charles,Freck,early,thirties,and,stoned,enters.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK
+,,,,,Hey,Jerry,I,was,in,the,neighborhood
+,,,,,looking,to,score,and,I,thought,--
+,,,,,What,the,fuck,are,you,doing,in,the
+,,,,,shower,with,the,goddamn,dog?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,JERRY,FABIN
+,,,,,I,got,to,get,the,aphids.
+
+Jerry,turns,off,the,shower,steps,out,with,the,dog,and
+begins,drying,him.,Freck,watches,silently,transfixed,as
+Jerry,proceeds,to,rub,oil,then,talc,into,the,dog's,coat.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK
+,,,,,I,don't,see,any,aphids.,What's,an
+,,,,,aphid?
+
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(CONTINUED)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,4.
+CONTINUED:
+
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,JERRY,FABIN
+,,,,,,,,(busy)
+,,,,,It,eventually,kills,you.,,,,That's,what
+,,,,,an,aphid,is.
+
+Freck,nods,sympathetically.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,JERRY,FABIN
+,,,,,They're,in,my,hair,and,my,skin,and,my
+,,,,,lungs.,The,goddamn,pain,is,unbearable.
+,,,,,I'm,gonna,have,to,go,to,the,hospital.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK
+,,,,,,,,(beat,squints)
+,,,,,How,come,I,can't,see,them,though?
+
+Jerry,stops,talcing,the,dog,looks,up,at,Freck.
+
+INT.,JERRY,FABIN'S,LIVING,ROOM,-,A,BIT,LATER
+
+Jerry,and,Freck,are,on,all,fours,on,the,carpet.,Bugs,hop
+all,around.,The,powdered-white,dog,sleeps,in,the,corner.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,JERRY,FABIN
+,,,,,I'll,find,an,especially,big,one,cause
+,,,,,they're,hard,for,many,people,to,see.
+
+Jerry,grabs,a,bug,from,the,carpet,throws,it,in,a,jar,and
+clamps,the,lid,down,fast.,He,shows,it,triumphantly,to,Freck.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK
+,,,,,Wow!,,That,is,a,big,one!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,JERRY,FABIN
+,,,,,Help,me,find,more,for,the,doctor,to
+,,,,,see.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,DISSOLVE,TO:
+
+INT.,JERRY,FABIN'S,LIVING,ROOM,-,LATER
+
+The,two,men,are,still,on,their,hands,and,knees,collecting
+bugs.,Three,jars,are,already,full,of,hopping,insects.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK
+,,,,,,,What,do,we,get,for,these?,I,mean,
+,,,,,,,does,the,doctor,pay,a,bounty,or
+,,,,,,,something?,A,prize?,Any,bread?
+
+
+
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(CONTINUED)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,5.
+CONTINUED:
+
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,JERRY,FABIN
+,,,,,I,get,to,help,perfect,a,cure,for,them.
+
+They,continue,to,collect,bugs,in,silence.,Jerry,starts
+scratching,himself,again,trying,not,to,be,too,obvious.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,JERRY,FABIN
+,,,,,Hey,man,you,continue,while,I,take,a
+,,,,,leak,and,like,that.
+
+Jerry,heads,to,the,bathroom.,The,dog,who,has,been,sleeping
+near,the,bathroom,door,skulks,to,the,other,side,of,the,room.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK
+,,,,,Jerry,these,bugs,sort,of,scare,me.,,I
+,,,,,don't,like,it,here,by,myself.
+
+Jerry,stops,holds,the,door,jam,for,support.,,He,is,in,pain.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,JERRY,FABIN
+,,,,,You're,a,chickenshit,bastard,Freck.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK
+,,,,,Couldn't,you,--
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,JERRY,FABIN
+,,,,,I,got,to,take,a,leak,and,like,that!
+
+Jerry,enters,the,bathroom,slams,the,door,shut,and,locks,it.
+
+INT.,BATHROOM,-,CONTINUOUS
+
+Jerry,turns,on,the,shower,climbs,in,and,begins,to,soap
+himself,vigorously.,Freck,is,barely,audible,throughout.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK,(O.S.)
+,,,,,I'm,afraid,out,here,man.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,JERRY,FABIN
+,,,,,Then,go,fuck,yourself,man!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK,(O.S.)
+,,,,,Do,these,fuckers,bite?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,JERRY,FABIN
+,,,,,Yeah,they,bite!,They're,aphids!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK
+,,,,,Can,I,wash,them,off,and,wait,for,you?
+
+Jerry,ignores,Freck.,He,scrubs,himself,intently,
+ritualistically,totally,absorbed,in,his,task.
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,6.
+
+
+INT.,LION'S,CLUB,HALL,-,DAY
+
+We,hear,pronounced,rhythmic,breathing,as,we,scan,the,hall,
+which,is,filled,with,middle-aged,businessmen,wearing,an
+array,of,brightly,colored,suits.,They,are,well-fed,and,dull-
+looking.,At,the,podium,is,another,bussinessman,this,one,fat
+in,a,pink,suit,and,yellow,tie.,He,addresses,the,assemblage.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,FAT,BUSINESSMAN
+,,,,,Gentlemen,we,have,a,wonderful
+,,,,,opportunity,this,afternoon.,The
+,,,,,county,of,Orange,has,provided,us,with
+,,,,,the,chance,to,hear,from,--,and,put
+,,,,,questions,to,--,an,undercover
+,,,,,narcotics,agent,from,the,Sheriff's
+,,,,,Office.
+
+The,fat,businessman,gestures,with,a,sweep,of,his,arm,toward
+the,camera.
+
+The,heavy,breathing,stops,as,we,angle,on,what,the,fat
+businessman,is,gesturing,toward:,a,generic,blur,of,a,human
+being,sitting,on,stage.,The,blur,is,clearly,human,but,it's
+impossible,to,settle,on,its,facial,features.,It's,as,if,the
+features,keep,changing.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,FAT,BUSINESSMAN,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,Now,you,will,notice,that,you,can
+,,,,,barely,see,this,individual,becuase,he
+,,,,,is,wearing,what,is,called,a,""scramble
+,,,,,suit"",which,he,wears,during,most,of
+,,,,,his,daily,activities,of,law
+,,,,,enforcement.,Due,to,potential
+,,,,,corruption,within,the,Sheriff's
+,,,,,Department,even,this,gallant
+,,,,,officer's,co-workers,and,superiors
+,,,,,must,not,know,his,""street"",identity.
+
+Heavy,breathing.,Again,we're,inside,the,suit.,Now,we,see,
+in,shadowy,profile,the,face,of,the,man,in,the,suit.,This,is
+Bob,Arctor,early,thirties,homely,and,looking,like,a
+druggie.,He,scans,the,audience,disdainfully.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,BOB,ARCTOR
+,,,,,,,,(under,breath)
+,,,,,Nitwits.,Pathetic,soulless,morons.
+
+We,cut,to,the,outside,of,the,suit,--,still,expressionless.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,FAT,BUSINESSMAN
+,,,,,This,man,--,whom,we,will,call,Fred,
+,,,,,because,that,is,the,code,name,under
+,,,,,which,he,reports,the,information,he
+,,,,,,,,,,,,(MORE)
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(CONTINUED)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,7.
+CONTINUED:
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,FAT,BUSINESSMAN,(cont'd)
+,,,,,gathers,--,cannot,be,identified,by
+,,,,,voice,or,by,appearance.,He,looks,
+,,,,,does,he,not,like,a,vague,blur.,This
+,,,,,is,because,his,scramble,suit,projects
+,,,,,thousands,of,different,human,faces
+,,,,,onto,your,retinas,thus,turning,Fred
+,,,,,into,a,veritable,Everyman.,All,things
+,,,,,to,all,people,translates,into,nothing
+,,,,,to,anyone,does,it,not?
+
+The,fat,businessman,smiles,a,big,toothy,smile.,,The,audience
+of,straights,smiles,back,almost,in,unison.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,FAT,BUSINESSMAN,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,So,let's,hear,it,for,our,vague,blur!
+
+The,audience,erupts,into,enthusiastic,applause.,Fred,rises
+and,replaces,the,fat,businessman,behind,the,podium.,When,he
+speaks,it,is,an,emotionless,computer,voice.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,FRED
+,,,,,If,you,saw,me,on,the,street,you'd
+,,,,,say,""There,goes,a,weirdo,freak
+,,,,,doper."",And,you'd,feel,aversion,and
+,,,,,walk,away.
+
+The,audience,is,silent,blank,their,blankness,a,reflection
+of,the,blankness,of,Fred's,scramble,suit.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,FRED,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,I,don't,look,like,you.,I,can't,afford
+,,,,,to.,My,life,depends,on,it.
+
+Dramatic,pause.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,FRED,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,I,am,not,going,to,tell,you,first,what
+,,,,,I'm,attempting,to,do,as,an,undercover
+,,,,,officer.,I'm,going,to,tell,you...
+,,,,,,,,(beat)
+,,,,,...,what,I,am,afraid,of.
+
+Now,the,audience,is,hooked,their,eyes,wide.
+
+We,move,inside,the,suit,and,watch,Bob,Arctor,watching,the
+audience,timing,the,pause,for,best,effect.,We,hear,the
+breathing,again,and,when,Arctor,speaks,it,is,in,his,normal
+voice,bored,delivering,a,memorized,speech.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,BOB,ARCTOR
+,,,,,,,What,I,fear,is,that,our,children,
+,,,,,,,your,children,and,my,children...
+,,,,,,,,,(pause)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,(MORE)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(CONTINUED)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,8.
+CONTINUED:
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,BOB,ARCTOR,(cont'd)
+,,,,,...,I,have,two.,Little,ones.
+
+QUICK,SHOT,OF,FAMILY,PHOTO,OF,ARCTOR,HIS,WIFE,AND,TWO
+LITTLE,GIRLS
+
+The,Arctor,in,the,photo,is,different,conservative,in,a
+colorful,suit,like,the,audience,members.,His,wife,and,kids
+are,smiling,and,suburban-looking.,Their,features,indistinct,
+generic,impossible,to,recall.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,BOB,ARCTOR,(V.O.),(CONT'D)
+,,,,,But,not,too,little,to,be,addicted...
+
+INT.,LION'S,CLUB,HALL,-,CONTINUOUS
+
+Arctor,is,speaking,from,inside,the,suit.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,BOB,ARCTOR
+,,,,,...,calculatedly,addicted,for,profit,
+,,,,,by,those,who,would,destroy,this
+,,,,,society.,We,do,not,yet,know,who,these
+,,,,,animals,are,who,pray,on,our,young,but
+,,,,,one,day,we,will.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,VOICE,FROM,CROWD
+,,,,,Sock,it,to,'em!
+
+The,audience,concurs.,,Bob,Arctor,sighs,disdainfully.
+
+Outside,the,suit,the,sigh,is,heard,as,a,computer-like
+exhalation,uninterpretable,lost,on,the,audience.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,FRED
+,,,,,We,believe,there,is,one,source,for
+,,,,,Substance,D,and,a,diversified
+,,,,,distribution,system,making,it
+,,,,,accessible,in,all,major,drug,using
+,,,,,areas.,It,my,job,as,an,undercover
+,,,,,officer,to,attain,the,confidence,of,low
+,,,,,level,dealers,and,work,my,way,up
+,,,,,through,the,network,to,arrive,at,the
+,,,,,drug's,source.,Now,the,profits,for...
+
+Fred,becomes,silent,stands,there.,,The,audience,waits.
+
+Inside,the,suit,Arctor,sweats,can't,remember,his,line.,He
+looks,panicked,out,at,the,sea,of,eyes,and,finally,wings,it.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,BOB,ARCTOR
+,,,,,Well,it,isn't,the,profits,anyhow.
+,,,,,It's,something,else...,what,you,see,...
+
+
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(CONTINUED)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,9.
+CONTINUED:
+
+
+Arctor,scans,the,hard,audience.,He,tries,a,new,tack.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,BOB,ARCTOR,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,If,you,were,a,diabetic,and,you,didn't
+,,,,,have,the,money,for,insulin,would,you
+,,,,,steal,to,get,the,money?,Or,just,die?
+
+A,tinny,voice,speaks,to,Arctor,through,his,headphone.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,HEADPHONE,VOICE
+,,,,,I,think,you'd,better,go,back,to,the
+,,,,,prepared,text,Fred.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,BOB,ARCTOR
+,,,,,,,,(quietly,into,throat,mike)
+,,,,,I,forgot,it.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,HEADPHONE,VOICE
+,,,,,Riiight.,I'll,read,it,to,you.,Repeat
+,,,,,it,after,me,but,try,to,make,it,sound
+,,,,,casual.,""Each,day,the,profits,flow.
+,,,,,Where,they,go,we,will,soon,determine.""
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,BOB,ARCTOR
+,,,,,,,,(quietly)
+,,,,,I,got,a,block,against,this,stuff.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,HEADPHONE,VOICE
+,,,,,""Then,retribution,will,swiftly,follow.
+,,,,,And,at,that,moment,for,the,life,of
+,,,,,me,I,would,not,be,in,their,shoes.""
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,BOB,ARCTOR
+,,,,,,,,(quietly)
+,,,,,You,know,why,I've,got,a,block,against
+,,,,,this,stuff?,Because,this,bullshit,is
+,,,,,what,gets,people,on,dope.
+
+The,audience,watches,the,vague,blur,mumbling,in,a,computer
+voice.,They,look,uneasy.,Fred,is,silent,for,a,moment,then
+starts,to,talk,again,in,his,drone.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,FRED
+,,,,,""D"",is,for,Substance,D.,Which,is,for
+,,,,,Dumbness,Despair,and,Desertion,the
+,,,,,desertion,of,your,friends,from,you,
+,,,,,you,from,them,everyone,from,everyone,
+,,,,,isolation,and,loneliness,and,hating
+,,,,,and,suspecting,each,other.,D,is
+,,,,,finally,death.,Slow,Death,we...
+,,,,,,,,(beat)
+,,,,,...,we,the,dopers,call,it...
+
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(CONTINUED)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,10.
+CONTINUED:
+
+
+Inside,the,suit,Bob,Arctor,talks.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,BOB,ARCTOR
+,,,,,,,,(raspy,sad)
+,,,,,...,Slow,Death.,From,the,head,on,down.
+,,,,,,,,(beat)
+,,,,,Well,that's,it.
+
+Arctor,goes,back,to,his,seat.,,The,audience,is,angry.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,HEADPHONE,VOICE
+,,,,,See,me,in,my,office,when,you,get,back.
+
+The,fat,businessman,is,at,the,podium,diffusing,the,situation.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,FAT,BUSINESSMAN
+,,,,,I,forgot,to,tell,you,that,Fred,asked
+,,,,,me,in,advance,to,make,this,lecture
+,,,,,primarily,a,Q,and,A,forum,with,only,a
+,,,,,short,introductory,statement.,So,any
+,,,,,questions?
+
+Arctor,stands.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,FAT,BUSINESSMAN,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,Oh,wait,it,appears,Fred,has
+,,,,,something,else,to,say.,Good,then.
+,,,,,,,,(to,Arctor)
+,,,,,Please.
+
+Arctor,approaches,the,podium,upset.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,BOB,ARCTOR
+,,,,,Just,this.,Don't,kick,their,asses
+,,,,,after,they're,on,it.,Half,of,them,
+,,,,,especially,the,girls,didn't,know,they
+,,,,,were,getting,on,anything,at,all.,See,
+,,,,,the,pushers,dissolve,some,reds,in,a
+,,,,,glass,of,wine,they,give,the,booze,to
+,,,,,an,underage,little,chick,she,passes
+,,,,,out,then,they,inject,her,with,a,mex
+,,,,,hit,--,half,heroin,half,Substance,D.
+,,,,,,,,(beat)
+,,,,,Thank,you.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,SECOND,VOICE,FROM,CROWD
+,,,,,How,do,we,stop,them,sir?
+
+We're,outside,the,suit,now,looking,at,Fred,the,vague,blur
+behind,the,podium.,He,talks,in,a,neutral,computer,voice.
+
+
+
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(CONTINUED)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,11.
+CONTINUED:
+
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,FRED
+,,,,,Kill,the,pushers.
+
+EXT.,PAYPHONE,-,DAY
+
+Charles,Freck,is,on,the,phone,speaking,in,hushed,tones.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK
+,,,,,Can,you,lay,about,ten,Deaths,on,me?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,TELEPHONE,VOICE
+,,,,,Christ,I'm,looking,to,score,myself.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK
+,,,,,Christ.
+,,,,,,,,(beat)
+,,,,,Christ.,Christ,Christ,Christ.
+
+INT.,CHARLES,FRECK'S,CAR,-,DAY
+
+Freck,drives,slowly,along,a,strip-malled,Anaheim,street.,He
+passes,a,Thrifty,pharmacy,and,notices,the,window,display:
+bottles,of,slow,death,slow,death,mixed,with,speed,and,junk
+and,psychedelics.,Dayglow,signs,in,the,window:,""Your
+Credit,is,Good,Here"",and,""Death,to,the,Masses"",He,looks
+again.,The,window,displays,combs,and,shampoo.,Freck,checks
+his,rearview,mirror,sees,a,police,car,following,him.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK
+,,,,,Fucking,goddamn,fuzzmobile.,What,was
+,,,,,I,doing?,Was,I,weaving?,I,don't,even
+,,,,,know.
+
+Freck,drives,very,deliberately,his,hands,gripped,white-
+knuckled,on,the,steering,wheel,in,an,attempt,to,keep,the,car
+completely,straight.,He,tries,his,best,to,plaster,a,non-
+stoned,regular,guy,look,on,his,face.,But,he's,sweating.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,What,I'll,do,is,pull,over,when,I,see,a
+,,,,,parking,space.,That's,it:,pull,over
+,,,,,like,I,was,gonna,pull,over,anyway.
+,,,,,Like,it's,totally,normal,to,pull,over.
+,,,,,Like,I'm,going,to,a,store.,That's
+,,,,,perfect.,Real,people,do,that,all,the
+,,,,,time.
+
+Freck,sees,an,angle,space,pulls,over,suddenly.,The,cop,car
+glides,past,apparently,having,had,no,interest,in,Freck.
+
+
+
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(CONTINUED)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,12.
+CONTINUED:
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,,Fuck.,Fucking,fuzz.,Now,I'll,never
+,,,,,,be,able,to,pull,back,into,traffic.
+
+Freck,sighs,resigns,himself,to,waiting,in,his,parking,spot
+and,checking,out,the,young,mini-skirted,women,walking,by.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,,,,(keeping,score)
+,,,,,,Fox...,fox...,not,a,fox...,fo...hey,I
+,,,,,,know,that,fox!
+
+Freck,opens,his,car,door,and,jumps,out.
+
+EXT.,,ANAHEIM,STREET,-,CONTINUOUS
+
+Freck,hurries,after,a,pretty,young,woman,nineteen,with
+black,hair.,This,is,Donna,Hawthorne.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK
+,,,,,,Hey!
+
+Donna,realizes,that,Freck,is,following,her,and,picks,up,her
+pace.,The,sidewalk,is,crowded,with,people.,Donna,weaves
+through,graceful,and,fast.,Freck,struggles,to,catch,up.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,,Hey!
+
+The,light,is,against,her,at,the,corner,and,while,the,other
+pedestrians,wait,for,the,WALK,sign,Donna,juts,out,into
+traffic,causing,a,Coke,truck,to,swerve,and,honk.,She,gives
+it,the,finger.,Freck,waits,with,the,others,till,the,light
+changes.,Then,he,runs,catches,up,with,Donna,and,walks
+backwards,ahead,of,her,sweating,and,panting.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,,Donna!
+
+She,ignores,him,keeps,walking.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,,Aren't,you,Bob,Arctor's,old,lady?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,DONNA,HAWTHORNE
+,,,,,,No.
+,,,,,,,,(pulls,out,a,little,pocket
+,,,,,,,,,knife,points,it,at,Freck)
+,,,,,,Get,lost.
+
+He,widens,the,distance,between,them,to,avoid,getting,stuck.
+
+
+
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(CONTINUED)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,13.
+CONTINUED:
+
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK
+,,,,,Sure,you,are.,I,met,you,at,his,place.
+
+Donna,turns,and,walks,directly,toward,Freck,her,little,knife
+pointing,at,his,stomach.,He,jumps,out,of,the,way.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK
+,,,,,,,Jeez.,,I,just...
+
+Donna,keeps,walking.,Freck,shrugs,and,slouches,dejectedly
+away.,He,turns,and,gives,one,last,glance,over,his,shoulder.
+Donna,has,stopped,amid,the,bustling,foot,traffic.,She,is
+squinting,at,him.,Freck,cautiously,approaches,her.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,,,One,night,me,and,Bob,and,another,chick
+,,,,,,,had,some,old,Simon,and,Garfunkel
+,,,,,,,tapes.,You,were,filling,caps,with
+,,,,,,,high-grade,Death,then,you,laid,one,on
+,,,,,,,each,of,us.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,DONNA,HAWTHORNE
+,,,,,,,I,thought,you,were,going,to,knock,me
+,,,,,,,down,and,bang,me.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK
+,,,,,,,No.,I,just,wondered,if,you,like,
+,,,,,,,wanted,a,ride,or...,Bang,you,on,the
+,,,,,,,sidewalk?,In,broad,daylight?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,DONNA,HAWTHORNE
+,,,,,,,I,thought,you,might,pull,me,into,a
+,,,,,,,doorway,or,something.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK
+,,,,,I,know,you.,Besides,Arctor,would
+,,,,,snuff,me,if,I,did,that.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,DONNA,HAWTHORNE
+,,,,,Well,I,didn't,recognize,you.,,I'm
+,,,,,sort,of,nearsighted.
+
+Donna,moves,a,few,steps,closer,to,Freck,and,squints,at,him.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK
+,,,,,You,want,a,ride,where,you're,going?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,DONNA,HAWTHORNE
+,,,,,You'll,bang,me,in,the,car.
+
+
+
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(CONTINUED)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,14.
+CONTINUED:
+
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK
+,,,,,Nah.,Besides,I,can't,get,it,up,these
+,,,,,days.,Must,be,something,they're
+,,,,,adulterating,all,the,stuff,with.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,DONNA,HAWTHORNE
+,,,,,,,That's,a,neat-o,line,but,I've,heard
+,,,,,,,it,before.,Everybody,bangs,me.,At
+,,,,,,,least,they,try,to.,That's,what,it's
+,,,,,,,like,to,be,a,chick.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK
+,,,,,,,That,really,sucks.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,DONNA,HAWTHORNE
+,,,,,I'm,suing,one,guy,right,now,for
+,,,,,molestation,and,assault.,We're,asking
+,,,,,punitive,damages,in,excess,of,forty
+,,,,,thousand.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK
+,,,,,How,far,he,get?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,DONNA,HAWTHORNE
+,,,,,A,hand,around,my,boob.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK
+,,,,,That's,not,worth,forty,thousand.
+
+INT.,CHARLES,FRECK'S,CAR,-,DAY
+
+Freck,drives,Donna,home.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK
+,,,,,Listen,you,got,anything,to,sell?,,I'm
+,,,,,really,hurting.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,DONNA,HAWTHORNE
+,,,,,I,can,get,it.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK
+,,,,,Tabs,though.,I,don't,shoot,up.
+,,,,,Needles,are,a,bummer,to,me.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,DONNA,HAWTHORNE
+,,,,,,,Sixty,dollars,a,hundred.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK
+,,,,,,,Jeez,man,that's,a,burn.
+
+
+
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(CONTINUED)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,15.
+CONTINUED:
+
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,DONNA,HAWTHORNE
+,,,,,They're,super,good.,Take,my,word.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK
+,,,,,All,right.,,,A,hundred,then.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,DONNA,HAWTHORNE
+,,,,,Cool.,,,How,do,I,get,in,touch?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK
+,,,,,Charles,B.,Freck,--
+
+Donna,pulls,a,little,pad,and,a,pencil,from,her,purse,and
+writes,down,Freck's,name.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,DONNA,HAWTHORNE
+,,,,,,,V.,Freck?
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK
+,,,,,,,Charles,Freck.
+She,corrects,the,name.,Freck,notices,that,her,writing,is,a
+slow,and,childish,scrawl.,It,makes,him,sad.,Then,he,steals
+a,glance,at,her,breasts,as,she,writes.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,658-4412.
+
+She,writes,down,the,phone,number.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,DONNA,HAWTHORNE
+,,,,,I,think,I,remember,you,now.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK
+,,,,,Hey,you,want,to,go,with,me,to,see
+,,,,,Jerry,Fabin?,I'm,hauling,some,of,his
+,,,,,stuff,over,to,the,Number,Three,Federal
+,,,,,Clinic,where,they,took,him,last,night.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,DONNA,HAWTHORNE
+,,,,,I,better,not.,Jerry,thinks,I
+,,,,,contaminated,him,originally,with,those
+,,,,,bugs.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,CHARLES,FRECK
+,,,,,They're,aphids.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,DONNA,HAWTHORNE
+,,,,,Yeah,well,then,he,didn't,know,what
+,,,,,they,were.
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,16.
+
+
+EXT.,ANAHEIM,STREET,-,DAY
+
+Bob,Arctor,now,out,of,his,scramble,suit,and,looking,like,a
+druggie,wanders,depressed,and,aimless,along,a,crowded
+street.,He,passes,a,McDonald's,a,7-11,a,mirrored,office
+building,pulls,a,pill,box,from,his,pocket,and
+surreptitiously,swallows,two,capsules.,He,studies,his
+reflection,in,the,office,building.,Behind,him,on,the,street
+are,the,disapproving,reflections,of,passing,straights.,He
+blends,back,into,the,flow,of,foot,traffic.,A,grungy,hippy
+smiles,at,him.,Arctor,nods,passes,another,McDonald's.,He
+passes,a,third,McDonald's,almost,immediately.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,BOB,ARCTOR
+,,,,,Fucking,McDonaldburger's,is,taking
+,,,,,over.
+
+EXT.,PHONE,BOOTH,-,LATER
+
+Arctor,dials,the,phone,and,takes,a,bite,from,a,partially
+unwrapped,McDonald's,hamburger.,He,chews,as,the,phone,rings.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,DONNA,HAWTHORNE,(O.S.)
+,,,,,Hello?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,BOB,ARCTOR
+,,,,,Donna.,,How,you,doin'?,It's,Bob.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,DONNA,HAWTHORNE,(O.S.)
+,,,,,,,,,(pause)
+,,,,,Oh.,,Hi.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,BOB,ARCTOR
+,,,,,How's,your,head,today,man?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,DONNA,HAWTHORNE,(O.S.)
+,,,,,Eh.,I,was,bumtripped,this,a.m.,by,my
+,,,,,boss.,This,gray,hair,bilked,us,out,of
+,,,,,ten,bucks.,So,my,boss,says,it's
+,,,,,coming,out,of,my,paycheck!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,BOB,ARCTOR
+,,,,,Hey,can,I,get,anything,from,you?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,DONNA,HAWTHORNE,(O.S.)
+,,,,,,,,(resistant)
+,,,,,I,don't,know.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,BOB,ARCTOR
+,,,,,Ten.,,Just,ten.
+
+
+
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(CONTINUED)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,17.
+CONTINUED:
+
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,DONNA,HAWTHORNE,(O.S.)
+,,,,,Yeah,okay.,I'll,come,over,tonight.
+,,,,,Hey,I,have,this,book,I,want,to,show
+,,,,,you.,About,wolves.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,BOB,ARCTOR
+,,,,,Oh,wow.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,DONNA,HAWTHORNE
+,,,,,You,know,what,the,male,wolf,does,when
+,,,,,he,defeats,a,foe?,He,doesn't,snuff
+,,,,,him.,He,pees,on,him!,Then,he,splits.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,BOB,ARCTOR
+,,,,,I,peed,on,some,people,today.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,DONNA,HAWTHORNE,(O.S.)
+,,,,,No,kidding?,,How,come?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,BOB,ARCTOR
+,,,,,Metaphorically,peed,I,mean.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,DONNA,HAWTHORNE,(O.S.)
+,,,,,Not,the,usual,way?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,BOB,ARCTOR
+,,,,,What,I,mean,is,I,told,this,group,of...
+
+Arctor,realizes,he's,saying,too,much.,He,tries,to,cover.
+He,glances,at,a,Foster's,Freeze,across,the,street,with,some
+Hell's,Angels,in,the,parking,lot.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,BOB,ARCTOR,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,,,...,biker-types,at,the,Foster's
+,,,,,,,Freeze.,I,was,cruising,around,and
+,,,,,,,they,said,something,raunchy,so,I
+,,,,,,,turned,and,said,something,like,--
+
+Arctor,has,no,idea,what,to,say.,,Suddenly,he's,exhausted.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,DONNA,HAWTHORNE,(O.S.)
+,,,,,,,You,can,tell,me,even,if,it's,super
+,,,,,,,gross.,You,have,to,be,super,gross,with
+,,,,,,,biker-types.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,BOB,ARCTOR
+,,,,,,,I,told,'em,I'd,rather,ride,a,pig,than
+,,,,,,,a,hog.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,DONNA,HAWTHORNE,(O.S.)
+,,,,,,,,,(beat)
+,,,,,,,I,don't,get,it.
+
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(CONTINUED)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,18.
+CONTINUED:
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,BOB,ARCTOR
+,,,,,Well,a,pig,is,a,chick,that,--
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,DONNA,HAWTHORNE,(O.S.)
+,,,,,Oh.,Okay,well,I,get,it.,Barf.,Oh,
+,,,,,I,forgot,to,tell,you,your,roommates,
+,,,,,Ernie,What's-His-Name,and,Barris,came
+,,,,,into,the,shop,today,looking,for,you.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,BOB,ARCTOR
+,,,,,They,didn't,try,me,at,my,job,did,they?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,DONNA,HAWTHORNE,(O.S.)
+,,,,,I,dunno.,They,said,they,wanted,to,use
+,,,,,your,cephalochromoscope,and,it,didn't
+,,,,,work.,So,Barris,took,it,apart,--
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,BOB,ARCTOR
+,,,,,The,hell,you,say,--
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,DONNA,HAWTHORNE,(O.S.)
+,,,,,And,apparently,it's,been,sabotaged.
+,,,,,The,wires,cut,and,sort,of,weird,stuff
+,,,,,like,that.,Barris,said,he'd,--
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,BOB,ARCTOR
+,,,,,Fuck,Barris!,That,cephscope,cost,me
+,,,,,nine,hundred,dollars.,I,need,to,get
+,,,,,home,right,now.,But,I,gotta...,Oh,
+,,,,,fuck,man.,Fuck,fuck,fuck,Barris!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,DONNA,HAWTHORNE,(O.S.)
+,,,,,You,gotta,what?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,BOB,ARCTOR
+,,,,,I,gotta,run,an,errand,and,like,that.
+
+INT.,BOB,ARCTOR'S,CAR,-,DAY
+
+Arctor,parks,across,from,the,New-Path,Drug,Rehab,Facility,a
+converted,wood,frame,house.,He,checks,the,police,photo,of
+Erroll,Weeks,a.k.a,Spade,Weeks,shoves,it,into,his,glove
+compartment,and,heads,business-like,toward,the,building.
+
+SHOT,OF,NOTEBOOK,PAGE,DAPPLED,WITH,SUNLIGHT
+
+Children,play,in,the,background.,Someone,skims,the,entry,as
+the,offhand,voice-over,reads,along.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,BOB,ARCTOR,,(V.O.)
+,,,,,The,S.O.,believes,Spade,,Weeks,has,lost
+,,,,,himself,inside,New-Path,,by,posing,as,a
+,,,,,junky.,New-Path,strips,,junkies,of,all
+,,,,,,,,,,,,(MORE)
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(CONTINUED)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,19.
+CONTINUED:
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,BOB,ARCTOR,(cont'd)
+,,,,,i.d.,and,gives,them,new,names,as,part
+,,,,,of,personality,rebuilding,process.
+,,,,,It'"
+3,Aladdin,"Roger Allers,Ron Clements","Animation,Family,Musical,Fantasy,Comedy",December_1992,"PEDDLER:,,Oh,I,come,from,a,land
+,,From,a,faraway,place
+,,Where,the,caravan,camels,roam
+,,Where,they,cut,off,your,ear,/Where,it's,flat,and,immense
+,,If,they,don't,like,your,face,/And,the,heat,is,intense
+,,It's,barbaric,but,hey--it's,home!
+,,When,the,wind's,at,your,back
+,,And,the,sun's,from,the,west
+,,And,the,sand,in,the,glass,is,right
+,,Come,on,down,
+,,Stop,on,by
+,,Hop,a,carpet,and,fly
+,,To,another,Arabian,night!
+
+,,Arabian,nights
+,,Like,Arabian,days
+,,More,often,than,not
+,,Are,hotter,than,hot
+,,In,a,lot,of,good,ways
+
+,,Arabian,nights
+,,'Neath,Arabian,moons
+,,A,fool,off,his,guard
+,,Could,fall,and,fall,hard
+,,Out,there,on,the,dunes.
+
+,,Ah,Salaam,and,good,evening,to,you,worthy,friend.
+,,Please,please,come,closer--(Camera,zooms,in,hitting
+,,peddler,in,face),Too,close,a,little,too,close.,(Camera
+,,zooms,back,out,to,CU)There.Welcome,to,Agrabah.,City,of
+,,mystery,of,enchantment,and,the,finest,merchandise,this
+,,side,of,the,river,Jordan,on,sale,today,come,on,down!
+,,Heh,heh.,Look,at,this!,Yes!,Combination,hookah,and
+,,coffee,maker--also,makes,Julienne,fries.,Will,not,break
+,,(taps,it,on,table),will,not--(it,falls,apart)--it
+,,broke.,Ooohhh!,Look,at,this!,Pulls,out,Tupperware),I
+,,have,never,seen,one,of,these,intact,before.,This,is,the
+,,famous,Dead,Sea,Tupperware.,Listen.,(Pries,it,open,
+,,makes,raspberry,sound.),Ah,still,good.,(Camera,begins
+,,to,pan,to,right.,PEDDLER,hurries,to,catch,it.),Wait,
+,,don't,go!,(Stop,pan.)I,can,see,that,you're,only
+,,interested,in,the,exceptionally,rare.,I,think,then,you
+,,would,be,most,rewarded,to,consider...this.,(PEDDLER
+,,pulls,the,MAGIC,LAMP,out,from,his,sleeve.),Do,not,be
+,,fooled,by,its,commonplace,appearance.,Like,so,many
+,,things,it,is,not,what,is,outside,but,what,is,inside
+,,that,counts.,(Another,pan,this,one,slower,to,left.
+,,Again,PEDDLER,rushes,to,catch,up.),This,is,no,ordinary
+,,lamp!,It,once,changed,the,course,of,a,young,man's,life.
+,,A,young,man,who,liked,this,lamp,was,more,than,what,he
+,,seemed.,A,diamond,in,the,rough.,Perhaps,you,would,like
+,,to,hear,the,tale?,(PEDDLER,pours,shiny,sand,from,the
+,,lamp,into,his,hand.),It,begins,on,a,dark,night,(PEDDLER
+,,throws,sand,into,the,sky,where,it,forms,a,starry
+,,nightscape.),,where,a,dark,man,waits,with,a,dark
+,,purpose.
+
+(Camera,tilts,down,to,find,JAFAR,sitting,on,his,horse,and,IAGO
+,,on,his,shoulder.,GAZEEM,comes,riding,up,to,the,pair.)
+
+JAFAR:,You...are,late.
+GAZEEM:A,thousand,apologies,O,patient,one.
+JAFAR:,You,have,it,then?
+GAZEEM:I,had,to,slit,a,few,throats,to,get,it.,(Pulls,out
+,,,,half,of,the,medallion.,JAFAR,reaches,out,for,it,
+,,,,but,GAZEEM,yanks,it,back.),Ah,ah,ahhh!,The,treasure!
+,,,,(IAGO,squawks,as,he,flies,by,and,grabs,the,medallion.),Ouch!
+JAFAR:,Trust,me,my,pungent,friend.,You'll,get,what's
+,,,,coming,to,you.
+IAGO:,,What's,coming,to,you!,Awk!
+
+(JAFAR,pulls,out,the,second,half,of,the,medallion.,He,connects
+,,them,and,the,insect,medallion,begins,to,glow.,Finally,it
+,,flies,out,of,JAFAR's,hand,scaring,the,horses,and,is,off
+,,towards,the,dunes.)
+
+JAFAR:,Quickly,follow,the,trail!
+
+(All,ride,off,following,the,glowing,speck,of,light,until
+,,it,reaches,a,large,dune.,It,separates,into,two,and,the
+,,halves,plunge,into,the,dune.,All,that,remains,are,two,glowing
+,,points,of,light,on,the,dune.,But,then,the,dune,begins,to,rise
+,,,up,transforming,into,a,giant,lion's,head,with,the,glowing
+,,points,serving,as,the,eyes.)
+
+JAFAR:,At,last,after,all,my,years,of,searching,,the,cave
+,,,,of,wonders!
+IAGO:,,,,Awk!,Cave,of,wonders!
+GAZEEM:,By,Allah!
+JAFAR:,Now,remember!,Bring,me,the,lamp.,The,rest,of,the
+,,,,treasure,is,yours,but,the,lamp,is,mine!
+
+(GAZEEM,starts,to,approach,the,lion's,mouth,which,forms,the
+,,entrance,to,the,cave.,He,chuckles,as,he,goes.)
+
+IAGO:,,Awk,the,lamp!,Awk,,the,lamp!,(Now,that,IAGO,and
+,,JAFAR,are,alone,IAGO,opens,up,in,normal,English.)
+,,Jeez,where'd,ya,dig,this,bozo,up?
+
+(JAFAR,puts,his,finger,to,his,lips,and,shushes,him.,GAZEEM,reaches
+,,the,cave,but,is,blown,away,by,the,roar,of,the,cave's,speaking.)
+
+CAVE:,,,,Who,disturbs,my,slumber?
+GAZEEM:,It,is,I,Gazeem,a,humble,thief.
+CAVE:,,,,Know,this.,Only,one,may,enter,here.,One,whose
+,,,,worth,lies,far,within.,A,diamond,in,the,rough.
+
+(GAZEEM,turns,to,JAFAR,with,a,questioning,look.)
+
+JAFAR:,What,are,you,waiting,for?,Go,on!
+
+(GAZEEM,hesitates,then,moves,one,foot,inside,the,cave.,With
+,,great,apprehension,he,plants,his,foot,down.,Nothing,happens.
+,,,Relieved,he,begins,his,trek,again.,Then,another,roar,comes.
+,,,He,turns,back,but,the,lion's,mouth,slams,shut,and,the,dune
+,,collapses,back,to,normal.,All,that,are,left,are,JAFAR,IAGO,
+,,,and,the,two,separated,halves,of,the,medallion.)
+
+CAVE:,,,,Seek,thee,out,the,diamond,in,the,rough.
+
+(IAGO,unburied,himself,from,the,sand,coughing,as,he,does,so.)
+
+IAGO:,,,,I,can't,believe,it.,I,just,don't,believe,it.,We're
+,,,,never,gonna,get,a,hold,of,that,stupid,lamp!,Just
+,,,,forget,it.,Look,at,this.,Look,at,this.,I'm,so
+,,,,ticked,off,that,I'm,molting!,(He,flies,up,to
+,,,,JAFAR's,shoulder.)
+JAFAR:,Patience,Iago.,Patience.,Gazeem,was,obviously
+,,,,less,than,worthy.
+IAGO:,,,,(Extremely,sarcastically),Oh,there's,a,big
+,,,,surprise.,That's,an,incred--I,think,I'm,gonna,have
+,,,,a,heart,attack,and,die,from,not,surprise!,What're
+,,,,we,gonna,do?,We,got,a,big,problem,here,a,big,prob-
+,,,,(JAFAR,pinches,his,beak,shut.)
+JAFAR:,Yes,we,do.,Only,one,may,enter.,I,must,find,this
+,,,,one,this...diamond,in,the,rough.
+
+(Cut,to,a,rooftop,where,ALADDIN,rushes,up,to,the,edge,carrying
+,,a,loaf,of,bread.,He,almost,drops,it,over,the,edge.)
+
+GUARD:,Stop,thief!,I'll,have,your,hands,for,a,trophy,
+,,,,street,rat!
+ALADDIN:,,(Looks,back,then,down,then,at,the,bread.),All
+,,,,this,for,a,loaf,of,bread?
+
+(He,jumps,off,landing,on,two,ropes,strung,between,buildings,with
+,,drying,clothes,on,them.,He,skies,down,them,collecting,bits
+,,and,pieces,of,clothing,on,him,as,he,goes.,Finally,he's
+,,nearing,the,end,of,the,rope,at,a,window,when,a,woman,reaches
+,,,out,and,slams,the,shutters,closed.,ALADDIN,slams,into,the
+,,shutters,and,falls,to,the,street,his,fall,being,broken,by
+,,numerous,awnings,and,the,pile,of,clothes,around,him.,He,pulls
+,,,off,the,top,layer,of,clothes,and,is,about,to,enjoy,his,bread
+,,when...)
+
+GUARD,1:,,There,he,is!
+GUARD,2:,,You,won't,get,away,so,easy!
+ALADDIN:,,You,think,that,was,easy?
+
+(He,looks,at,three,women,laughing,at,him.)
+
+GUARD,1:,,You,two,over,that,way,and,you,with,me.,We'll
+,,,,find,him.
+
+(ALADDIN,pulls,a,sheet,over,him,and,wraps,himself,as,a,disguise.
+,,He,rushes,over,to,the,women.)
+
+ALADDIN:,,Morning,ladies.
+WOMAN,1:,,Getting,into,trouble,a,little,early,today,aren't
+,,,,we,Aladdin?
+ALADDIN:,,Trouble?,No,way.,You're,only,in,trouble,if,you
+,,,,get,caught--
+
+(A,hand,grabs,ALADDIN's,shoulder,and,yanks,him,back.,It's,the
+,,first,GUARD.,ALADDIN's,disguise,falls,off.)
+
+ALADDIN:,,I'm,in,trouble!
+GUARD:,...and,this,time--(A,screeching,sound,from,ABU,
+,,,,then,the,guard's,turban,is,pulled,down,over,his
+,,,,eyes.,ABU,dances,on,the,GUARD's,head,laughing.)
+ALADDIN:,,Perfect,timing,Abu!
+ABU:,,,,Hello!
+ALADDIN:,,Come,on,let's,get,outta,here!
+,,,,Gotta,keep...one,jump,ahead,of,the,breadline
+,,,,One,swing,ahead,of,the,sword
+,,,,I,steal,only,what,I,can't,afford
+,,,,That's,everything!
+
+(ALADDIN,battles,a,GUARD,wielding,a,sword.,He,dodges,a,couple,of
+,,swings,then,pulls,down,the,GUARD's,pants.,ABU,raspberries,the
+,,GUARD,then,dodges,an,attack.,The,GUARD,swings,at,ALADDIN,
+,,but,destroys,a,barrel,of,fish.,As,ALADDIN,runs,off,the,GUARD
+,,,pulls,a,fish,over,his,lower,body,as,a,pair,of,pants.)
+
+,,,,One,jump,ahead,of,the,lawmen
+,,,,That's,all,and,that's,no,joke
+,,,,These,guys,don't,appreciate,I'm,broke!
+
+(ALADDIN,and,ABU,scamper,up,a,pile,of,barrels,then,kick,one,down
+,,on,top,of,another,GUARD.)
+
+GUARDS:,(one,at,a,time),Riffraff!,Street,rat!
+,,,,Scoundrel!,Take,that!
+ALADDIN:,,Just,a,little,snack,guys!
+
+(ALADDIN,scampers,to,the,top,of,a,platform.,The,GUARDS,shake,the
+,,platform,back,and,fro,trying,to,knock,him,off.)
+
+GUARDS:,Rip,him,open,take,it,back,guys!
+ALADDIN:,,I,can,take,a,hint,gotta,face,the,facts
+,,,,You're,my,only,friend,Abu!
+WOMEN:,Who?!?
+
+(ALADDIN,jumps,off,the,platform,to,certain,death,only,to,grab,ABU's
+,,hands,like,an,acrobat.,The,pair,swing,into,a,harem.)
+
+,,,,Oh,it's,sad,Aladdin's,hit,the,bottom
+,,,,He's,become,a,one-man,rise,in,crime
+
+(ABU,finds,a,plate,full,of,fruit,and,stuffs,his,mouth,full,like,a
+,,chipmunk.)
+
+WOMAN:,I'd,blame,parents,except,he,hasn't,got,'em!
+ALADDIN:,,Gotta,eat,to,live,gotta,steal,to,eat
+,,,,Tell,you,all,about,it,when,I,got,the,time!
+
+(ALADDIN,and,ABU,exit.,Cut,to,MUSCLEMAN,flexing,to,a,crowd.,The
+,,GUARDS,rush,past.,Cut,to,ALADDIN,and,ABU,behind,the,MUSCLEMAN,
+,,,matching,his,moves,until,they,make,a,mistake,and,are,discovered.)
+
+,,,,One,jump,ahead,of,the,slowpokes
+,,,,One,skip,ahead,of,my,doom
+,,,,Next,time,gonna,use,a,nom,de,plume.
+,,,,One,jump,ahead,of,the,hitmen
+,,,,One,hit,ahead,of,the,flock
+,,,,I,think,I'll,take,a,stroll,around,the,block.
+
+(A,chase,sequence,in,which,ALADDIN,and,ABU,pursued,by,the,GUARDS,
+,,race,through,a,flock,of,sheep,hurdle,a,MAN,sleeping,on,a,bed,of
+,,nails,{of,course,one,extremely,large,GUARD,lands,on,him}.,ABU
+,,,disguises,himself,with,jewels,until,a,SHOPKEEPER,discovers,him.
+
+CROWD:,Stop,thief!,Vandal!
+,,,,Outrage!,Scandal!
+ALADDIN:,,Let's,not,be,too,hasty
+
+(ALADDIN,is,surrounded,by,GUARDS,in,front,of,a,door.,The,door,opens
+,,and,a,large,ugly,LADY,comes,out.)
+
+LADY:,,Still,I,think,he's,rather,tasty
+
+(ALADDIN,tumbles,away,then,puts,his,arm,around,a,GUARD,acting
+,,like,they're,all,chums.)
+
+ALADDIN:,,Gotta,eat,to,live,gotta,steal,to,eat
+,,,,Otherwise,we'd,get,along!
+GUARDS:,WRONG!
+
+(They,all,jump,into,a,pile,and,fight.,When,they,stop,ALADDIN,and
+,,ABU,are,gone.,They,are,sneaking,away,in,barrels.,They,run
+,,across,a,flaming,pit,followed,by,GUARDS,who,hop,up,and,down,
+,,screaming,in,pain,as,they,cross,the,rocks.,ALADDIN,and,ABU
+,,pass,a,SWORD,SWALLOWER,then,ABU,goes,back,pulls,the,sword
+,,out,of,the,SWALLOWER's,mouth.,ABU,advances,on,the,guards,
+,,who,retreat,in,fear.)
+
+GUARD,1:,,He's,got,a,sword!
+GUARD,2:,,You,idiot--we've,ALL,got,swords!!
+
+(ABU,sets,the,sword,down,gently,then,runs.,ALADDIN,and,ABU,are
+,,once,again,surrounded,with,GUARDS,coming,from,left,and,right.
+,,,He,jumps,up,and,climbs,a,robe,trick,being,done,on,the,street,
+,,,as,the,GUARDS,all,crash,into,each,other.)
+
+ALADDIN:,,One,jump,ahead,of,the,hoofbeats!
+CROWD:,Vandal!
+ALADDIN:,,One,hop,ahead,of,the,hump!
+CROWD:,Street,rat!
+ALADDIN:,,One,trick,ahead,of,disaster
+CROWD:,Scoundrel!
+ALADDIN:,,They're,quick--but,I'm,much,faster
+CROWD:,Take,that!
+
+(The,GUARDS,chase,ALADDIN,up,a,staircase,into,a,room.,He,grabs,a
+,,,carpet,and,jumps,out,the,window)
+
+ALADDIN:,,Here,goes,better,throw,my,hand,in
+,,,,Wish,me,happy,landin'
+,,,,All,I,gotta,do,is,jump!
+
+(The,GUARDS,follow,him,out,the,window,but,they,go,straight,down,to
+,,,the,street,and,land,in,a,pile,with,the,sign,""Crazy,Hakim's
+,,Discount,Fertilizer."",ALADDIN,uses,the,carpet,as,a,parachute
+,,to,land,safely,and,out,of,danger.,ALADDIN,and,ABU,high-five,each
+,,other.)
+
+ALADDIN:,,And,now,esteemed,effendi,we,feast!,All,right!
+
+(ALADDIN,breaks,the,bread,in,two,and,gives,half,to,ABU,who,begins
+,,to,eat.,But,ALADDIN,looks,over,and,sees,two,young,children
+,,rummaging,through,the,garbage,for,food.,The,GIRL,sees,him,then
+,,drops,her,find,and,tries,to,hide.,ALADDIN,looks,at,them,then
+,,the,bread,then,at,ABU.)
+
+ABU:,,,,Uh-oh!
+
+(ABU,takes,a,big,bite,of,his,food,but,ALADDIN,gets,up,and,walks
+,,over,to,the,children.,The,GIRL,pulls,her,brother,back.)
+
+ALADDIN:,,Here,go,on--take,it.
+
+(The,children,giggle,with,delight.,ABU,tries,to,swallow,his,bite,
+,,then,looks,guilty.,He,walks,over,to,the,children,and,offers,his
+,,,bread,to,them.,In,delight,they,pet,him,on,the,head.)
+
+ABU:,,,,Ah,don't.,Huh?
+
+(ABU,sees,ALADDIN,walking,into,the,daylight,where,there,is,a,parade
+,,going,on.ALADDIN,peers,over,the,shoulders,of,people.,He,sees
+,,PRINCE,ACHMED,riding,on,a,horse.)
+
+BYSTANDER,1:,,On,his,way,to,the,palace,I,suppose.
+BYSTANDER,2:,,Another,suitor,for,the,princess.
+
+(ALADDIN,is,startled,as,the,two,children,come,running,out,from,the
+,,alley.,The,BOY,runs,out,in,front,of,the,PRINCE's,horse,
+,,startling,it.)
+
+PRINCE:,Out,of,my,way,you,filthy,brat!
+
+(The,PRINCE,brings,up,his,whip,to,attack,the,children,but,ALADDIN
+,,jumps,in,front,of,them,and,catches,the,whip.)
+
+ALADDIN:,,Hey,if,I,were,as,rich,as,you,I,could,afford,some,manners
+PRINCE:,Oh--I,teach,you,some,manners!
+
+(The,PRINCE,kicks,ALADDIN,into,a,mud,puddle.,The,crowd,laugh,at,him.)
+
+ALADDIN:,,Look,at,that,Abu.,It's,not,every,day,you,see,a
+,,,,horse,with,two,rear,ends!
+
+(The,PRINCE,stops,and,turns,back,to,ALADDIN.)
+
+PRINCE:,You,are,a,worthless,street,rat.,You,were,born,a
+,,,,street,rat,you'll,die,a,street,rat,and,only
+,,,,your,fleas,will,mourn,you.
+
+(ALADDIN,rushes,the,PRINCE,but,the,doors,to,the,castle,slam,shut
+,,in,his,face.)
+
+ALADDIN:,,I'm,not,worthless.,And,I,don't,have,fleas.,Come
+,,,,on,Abu.,Let's,go,home.
+
+(ALADDIN,makes,the,climb,to,his,home,with,the,view,then,tucks,in
+,,ABU,for,the,night.)
+
+ALADDIN:,,Riffraff,street,rat.
+,,,,I,don't,buy,that.
+,,,,If,only,they'd,look,closer
+,,,,Would,they,see,a,poor,boy?,No,siree.
+,,,,They'd,find,out,there's,so,much,more,to,me.
+
+(He,pulls,back,a,curtain,to,reveal,the,beautiful,palace.)
+
+,,,,Someday,Abu,things,are,gonna,change.,We'll,be
+,,,,rich,live,in,a,palace,and,never,have,any,problems
+,,,,at,all.
+
+(Dissolve,to,same,shot,during,day.,Cut,to,int.,of,SULTAN's,chamber.
+,,,The,door,bursts,open,and,PRINCE,ACHMED,storms,in,missing,the
+,,rear,end,of,his,pants.)
+
+PRINCE:,I've,never,been,so,insulted!
+
+SULTAN:,Oh,Prince,Achmed.,You're,not,leaving,so,soon,are
+,,,,you?
+
+PRINCE:,Good,luck,marrying,her,off!
+
+SULTAN:,Oh,Jasmine!,Jasmine!,Jasmine!,(The,SULTAN,goes
+,,,,off,into,the,garden,looking,for,his,daughter.,He
+,,,,finds,her,but,is,interrupted,by,RAJAH,JASMINE's
+,,,,pet,tiger,who,blocks,him,off.,RAJAH,has,a,piece
+,,,,of,the,PRINCE's,undershorts,in,his,mouth.The,SULTAN
+,,,,grabs,the,cloth,and,yanks,it,out,of,RAJAH's,mouth.)
+,,,,Confound,it,Rajah!,So,this,is,why,Prince,Achmed
+,,,,stormed,out!
+JASMINE:,,Oh,father.,Rajah,was,just,playing,with,him,
+,,,,weren't,you,Rajah.,(RAJAH,comes,over,and,allows
+,,,,JASMINE,to,pet,and,hug,him.),You,were,just,playing
+,,,,with,that,overdressed,self-absorbed,Prince,Achmed,
+,,,,weren't,you?,(She,cuddles,with,RAJAH,enjoying,the
+,,,,moment,until,she,looks,up,at,her,angry,father.,)
+,,,,Ahem.
+SULTAN:,Dearest,you've,got,to,stop,rejecting,every,suitor
+,,,,that,comes,to,call.,The,law,says,you...
+BOTH:,,,,...must,be,married,to,a,prince.
+
+(They,walk,over,to,a,dove,cage.)
+
+SULTAN:,By,your,next,birthday.
+JASMINE:,,The,law,is,wrong.
+SULTAN:,You've,only,got,three,more,days!
+JASMINE:,,Father,,I,hate,being,forced,into,this.,(She,takes
+,,,,a,dove,out,of,the,cage,and,pets,it.),If,I,do,marry,
+,,,,I,want,it,to,be,for,love.
+SULTAN:,Jasmine,it's,not,only,this,law.,(She,hands,him
+,,,,the,dove,and,he,puts,it,back,in,the,cage.),I'm,not
+,,,,going,to,be,around,forever,and,I,just,want,to,make
+,,,,sure,you're,taken,care,of,provided,for.
+JASMINE:,,Try,to,understand.,I've,never,done,a,thing,on,my
+,,,,own.,(She,swirls,her,finger,in,the,water,of,the
+,,,,pond,petting,the,fish.)I've,never,had,any,real
+,,,,friends.,(RAJAH,looks,up,at,her,and,growls.)
+,,,,Except,you,Rajah.,(Satisfied,he,goes,back,to
+,,,,sleep.),I've,never,even,been,outside,the,palace
+,,,,walls.
+SULTAN:,But,Jasmine,you're,a,princess.
+JASMINE:,,Then,maybe,I,don't,want,to,be,a,princess.,(She
+,,,,splashes,the,water.)
+SULTAN:,Oooohhh!,Allah,forbid,you,should,have,any
+,,,,daughters!
+
+(RAJAH,looks,up,and,thinks,for,a,second.,JASMINE,goes,to,the,dove
+,,cage,and,yanks,open,the,door.,The,birds,fly,off,into,freedom.
+,,,She,watches,them,go.,Cut,to,int.,of,SULTAN's,chambers.)
+
+SULTAN:,I,don't,know,where,she,gets,it,from.,Her,mother
+,,,,wasn't,nearly,so,picky.,(A,shadow,falls,over,him.
+,,,,He,looks,up,startled,and,sees,JAFAR.),Ooh,oh.
+,,,,Ah,Jafar--my,most,trusted,advisor.,I,am,in
+,,,,desperate,need,of,your,wisdom.
+JAFAR:,My,life,is,but,to,serve,you,my,lord.,(He,bows.)
+SULTAN:,It's,this,suitor,business.,Jasmine,refuses,to
+,,,,choose,a,husband.,I'm,at,my,wit's-end.
+IAGO:,,(In,the,parrot,voice),Awk!,Wit's-end.
+SULTAN:,Oh,ha,ha.,Have,a,cracker,pretty,polly!,(He
+,,,,pulls,a,cracker,out,from,his,pocket.,IAGO,looks
+,,,,terrified.,Then,the,SULTAN,stuffs,it,in,IAGO's
+,,,,mouth.,IAGO,grimaces,as,he,tries,to,eat,it.,JAFAR
+,,,,and,the,SULTAN,both,laugh.)
+JAFAR:,Your,majesty,certainly,has,a,way,with,dumb,animals.
+,,,,(IAGO,glares,at,him.),Now,then,perhaps,I,can
+,,,,divine,a,solution,to,this,thorny,problem.
+SULTAN:,If,anyone,can,help,it's,you.
+JAFAR:,Ah,but,it,would,require,the,use,of,the,mystic,blue
+,,,,diamond.
+SULTAN:,Uh,my,ring?,But,it's,been,in,the,family,for
+,,,,years.
+JAFAR:,It,is,necessary,to,find,the,princess,a,suitor.
+,,,,(JAFAR,says,the,word,'princess',with,the,accent,on
+,,,,the,second,syllable,""cess."",He,turns,his,staff
+,,,,with,a,cobra,head,towards,the,SULTAN.,The,eyes,of
+,,,,the,staff,begin,to,glow.,The,room,darkens,JAFAR's
+,,,,voice,slows,down,and,deepens.,The,SULTAN's,eyes
+,,,,get,a,hypnotized,look.),Don't,worry.,Everything
+,,,,will,be,fine.
+SULTAN:,Everything...will,be...fine.
+JAFAR:,The,diamond.
+SULTAN:,Here,Jafar.,Whatever,you,need,will,be,fine.
+
+(The,SULTAN,removes,his,ring,and,hands,it,to,JAFAR.,The,room,returns
+,,to,normal,as,JAFAR,pulls,back,the,staff.)
+
+JAFAR:,You,are,most,gracious,my,liege.,Now,run,along,and
+,,,,play,with,your,little,toys.
+SULTAN:,(Still,hypnotized),Yes...that'll,be...pretty,good.
+
+(JAFAR,and,IAGO,exit.,We,follow,them.,When,they're,out,of,the,room,
+,,the,parrot,spits,out,the,cracker.)
+
+IAGO:,,,,I,can't,take,it,anymore!,If,I,gotta,choke,down,on
+,,,,one,more,of,those,moldy,disgusting,crackers...bam!
+,,,,Whack!
+
+(JAFAR,pulls,a,rope,which,reveals,a,hidden,entrance,to,his,chambers.)
+
+JAFAR:,Calm,yourself,Iago.
+IAGO:,,,,Then,I'd,grab,him,around,the,head.,Whack!,Whack!
+JAFAR:,(Speaking,over,IAGO.),Soon,I,will,be,sultan,not
+,,,,that,addlepated,twit.
+IAGO:,,,,And,then,I,stuff,the,crackers,down,his,throat!,Ha
+,,,,ha!
+
+(The,pair,pass,through,a,door,and,slam,it,shut.,Diss.,to,ext.,gardens
+,,at,night.,A,shadowy,figure,walks,through.,We,see,it,is,JASMINE
+,,in,disguise.,She,reaches,the,palace,wall,then,begins,to,climb,it.
+,,,She,is,tugged,from,behind,by,RAJAH.)
+
+JASMINE:,,Oh,I'm,sorry,Rajah.,But,I,can't,stay,here,and
+,,,,have,my,life,lived,for,me.,I'll,miss,you.(She
+,,,,begins,to,climb,again,and,is,helped,up,by,RAJAH,
+,,,,who,begins,to,whine,and,whimper.),Good,bye!
+
+(She,disappears,over,the,wall.,Cut,to,daytime,on,the,street,ALADDIN
+,,and,ABU,are,up,to,their,capers,again.,They,are,on,top,of,the
+,,awning,of,a,fruit,stand.)
+
+ALADDIN:,,,,Okay,Abu.,Go!
+
+(ABU,dips,over,the,edge,and,looks,at,the,PROPRIETOR.)
+
+PROPRIETOR:,(To,passing,crowd),Try,this,your,taste,buds
+,,,,,,will,dance,and,sing.,(ABU,grabs,a,melon,and
+,,,,,,hangs,there,distracting,his,attention.),Hey,
+,,,,,,get,your,paws,off,that.
+ABU:,,,,,,Blah,blah,blah!
+PROPRIETOR:,Why,you!,Get,away,from,here,you,filthy,ape!
+
+(He,grabs,the,melon,away,from,ABU.,But,in,the,foreground,ALADDIN
+,,dips,down,and,snatches,another,melon,from,the,stand.)
+
+ABU:,,,,,,Bye,bye!
+
+(He,zings,back,up.,The,PROPRIETOR,takes,the,melon,to,the,front,
+,,where,he,places,it,on,top,of,a,stack.,He,looks,confused,like
+,,he,has,just,done,this.)
+
+ALADDIN:,,Nice,goin',Abu.,Breakfast,is,served.
+
+(ALADDIN,and,ABU,on,the,roof,break,open,the,melon,and,eat.,We,see,J
+,,ASMINE,walking,through,the,street.)
+
+SHOPKEEPER,1:,,Pretty,lady,buy,a,pot.,No,finer,pot,in,brass
+,,,,,,or,silver.
+SHOPKEEPER,2:,,Sugar,dates,sugar,dates,and,figs!,Sugar
+,,,,,,dates,and,pistachios!
+SHOPKEEPER,3:,,Would,the,lady,like,a,necklace.,A,pretty
+,,,,,,necklace,for,a,pretty,lady.
+
+(She,is,charmed,by,the,action,but,is,startled,by,a,fish,thrust
+,,into,her,face.)
+
+SHOPKEEPER,4:,,Fresh,fish!,We,catch,'em,you,buy,'em!
+JASMINE:,,I,don't,think,so.,(She,backs,away,but,bumps,into
+,,,,a,fire,eater,who,is,startled,into,swallowing,his
+,,,,fire.),Oh,excuse,me.,(He,gulps,then,belches
+,,,,fire,from,his,mouth.,JASMINE,is,disgusted.,He,is
+,,,,pleased,and,taps,his,stomach.,ALADDIN,sees,her,
+,,,,and,a,strange,look,comes,over,his,face.),I'm
+,,,,really,very,sorry.
+ALADDIN:,,(He's,obviously,deeply,in,love,with,her.),Wow!
+
+(She,pulls,the,hood,of,her,cloak,over,her,head.,ABU,sees,him,and
+,,jumps,up,on,his,shoulder,waving,his,hand,in,front,of,ALADDIN's
+,,face.)
+
+ABU:,,,,Uh,oh.,Hello?,Hello?
+
+(JASMINE,stops,at,the,fruit,stand,and,sees,a,young,homeless,child
+,,reaching,for,a,piece,of,fruit.,She,picks,one,up,and,gives,it,to
+,,him.)
+
+JASMINE:,,,,Oh,you,must,be,hungry.,Here,you,go.,(The
+,,,,,,boy,runs,off.)
+PROPRIETOR:,You'd,better,be,able,to,pay,for,that.
+JASMINE:,,,,(Mystified),Pay?
+PROPRIETOR:,No,one,steals,from,my,cart!
+JASMINE:,,,,Oh,I'm,sorry,sir.,I,don't,have,any,money.
+PROPRIETOR:,Thief!
+JASMINE:,,,,Please,if,you,let,me,go,to,the,palace,I,can
+,,,,,,get,some,from,the,Sultan.
+PROPRIETOR:,Do,you,know,what,the,penalty,is,for,stealing?
+
+(He,takes,her,hand,and,pins,it,down,on,the,table,intending,to
+,,chop,it,off.)
+
+JASMINE:,,,,No,no,please!
+
+(The,sword,drops,but,his,hand,is,stopped,by,ALADDIN's.)
+
+ALADDIN:,,,,Thank,you,kind,sir.,I'm,so,glad,you've,found
+,,,,,,her.,I've,been,looking,all,over,for,you.
+JASMINE:,,,,(whispering),What,are,you,doing?
+ALADDIN:,,,,(whispering,back),Just,play,along.
+PROPRIETOR:,You,know,this,girl?
+JASMINE:,,,,Sadly,yes.,She,is,my,sister.,She's,a,little
+,,,,,,crazy.,(He,circles,his,finger,around,his,ear.
+,,,,,,She,is,shocked.,The,PROPRIETOR,grabs,him,by
+,,,,,,the,vest.)
+PROPRIETOR:,She,said,she,knows,the,Sultan!
+ALADDIN:,,,,She,thinks,the,monkey,is,the,Sultan.
+
+(ABU,is,picking,a,pocket.,He,hears,this,then,straightens,up.
+,,JASMINE,playing,along,kneels,and,bows,to,ABU.)
+
+JASMINE:,,,,Oh,wise,Sultan.,How,may,I,serve,you?
+ABU:,,,,,,Well,blah,blah,blah,blah.
+ALADDIN:,,,,Tragic,isn't,it?,(He,leans,forward,picking
+,,,,,,up,another,apple,from,the,cart,with,his
+,,,,,,foot.),But,no,harm,done.,(Walks,over,to
+,,,,,,Jasmine.),Now,come,along,sis.,Time,to,see,the
+,,,,,,doctor.
+JASMINE:,,,,(To,a,camel,standing,nearby),Oh,hello,doctor.
+,,,,,,How,are,you?
+ALADDIN:,,,,No,no,no.,Not,that,one.,(To,ABU,whose
+,,,,,,pockets,are,bulging.),Come,on,Sultan.
+
+(ABU,bows,to,the,crowd,and,everything,he's,stolen,from,the,cart,falls
+,,out.)
+
+PROPRIETOR:,Huh?,What,is,it?,(ABU,picks,up,what,he,can
+,,,,,,carry,and,the,trio,run,off.),Come,back,here,
+,,,,,,you,little,thieves!
+
+(Cut,to,int.,of,JAFAR's,lab.,IAGO,is,running,on,a,gear,in,a,bizarre
+,,contraption.,At,the,top,of,the,contraption,is,a,storm,brewing.)
+
+IAGO:,,,,(huffing,and,puffing),With,all,due,respect,your
+,,,,rottenness,couldn't,we,just,wait,for,a,real,storm?
+JAFAR:,Save,your,breath,Iago.,Faster!,(He,places,the
+,,,,SULTAN's,ring,in,the,contraption.)
+IAGO:,,,,Yes,o,mighty,evil,one.
+
+(IAGO,runs,faster.,A,lightning,bolt,streaks,through,the,ring,passing
+,,into,an,hourglass,below.,The,sands,begin,to,swirl.)
+
+JAFAR:,Ah,sands,of,time--reveal,to,me,the,one,who,can
+,,,,enter,the,cave.,(The,sand,in,top,forms,the,Cave,of
+,,,,Wonders.,It,falls,through,into,a,storm,but,it
+,,,,shows,ALADDIN,climbing,up,a,ladder,followed,by
+,,,,JASMINE,who,is,covered,in,her,cloak.),Yes,yes!
+,,,,There,he,is.,My,diamond,in,the,rough!
+IAGO:,,,,That's,him?!?!,,That's,the,clown,we've,been
+,,,,waitin',for?,(IAGO,loses,his,footing,and,is,sucked
+,,,,into,the,gears.)
+JAFAR:,Let's,have,the,guards,extend,him,an,invitation,to
+,,,,the,palace,shall,we?
+
+(IAGO,goes,flying,past,and,slams,into,the,wall,upside,down.)
+
+IAGO:,,Swell.
+
+(JAFAR,laughs,hideously,and,the,camera,zooms,in,on,the,sandstorm,with
+,,ALADDIN,in,it.,Finally,we,dissolve,into,the,real,ALADDIN,climbing
+,,to,the,top,of,the,ladder,followed,by,JASMINE.)
+
+ALADDIN:,,Almost,there.
+
+(JASMINE,climbs,over,the,top,but,trips,and,falls,into,ALADDIN's,arms.
+,,She,stands,up.)
+
+JASMINE:,,I,want,to,thank,you,for,stopping,that,man.
+ALADDIN:,,Uh,forget,it.,(He,grabs,a,pole.),So,uh,this,is
+,,,,your,first,time,in,the,marketplace,huh?
+
+(ALADDIN,pole,vaults,to,the,next,building,leaving,JASMINE,behind.)
+
+JASMINE:,,Is,it,that,obvious?
+ALADDIN:,,Well,you,do,kinda,stand,out.,(He,stares,at,her,
+,,,,still,in,love.,She,returns,the,look.,But,he
+,,,,realizes,what,he,is,doing,and,returns,to,normal.)
+,,,,I,mean,uh,you,don't,seem,to,know,how,dangerous
+,,,,Agrabah,can,be.,(He,lays,a,plank,between,the
+,,,,buildings,for,her,to,walk,over,but,as,he,is,leaned
+,,,,down,she,vaults,over,his,head.,He,looks,back,in
+,,,,surprise.,She,tosses,the,pole,to,him.,Both
+,,,,ALADDIN's,and,ABU's,eyes,bulge.)
+JASMINE:,,I'm,a,fast,learner.
+ALADDIN:,,Right.,C'mon,this,way.,(They,go,inside,the,roof
+,,,,of,a,building,dodging,planks,and,beams,as,they
+,,,,go.),Whoa.,Watch,your,head,there.,Be,careful.
+JASMINE:,,Is,this,where,you,live?
+ALADDIN:,,Yep.,Just,me,and,Abu.,Come,and,go,as,we,please.
+JASMINE:,,Fabulous.
+ALADDIN:,,Well,it's,not,much,(he,pulls,back,the,curtain,and
+,,,,exposes,the,palace),but,it's,got,a,great,view.
+,,,,Palace,looks,pretty,amazing,huh?
+JASMINE:,,Oh,it's,wonderful.
+ALADDIN:,,I,wonder,what,it,would,be,like,to,live,there,to
+,,,,have,servants,and,valets...
+JASMINE:,,Oh,sure.,,People,who,tell,you,where,to,go,and,how
+,,,,to,dress.
+ALADDIN:,,It's,better,than,here.,Always,scraping,for,food
+,,,,and,ducking,the,guards.
+JASMINE:,,You're,not,free,to,make,your,own,choices.
+ALADDIN:,,Sometimes,you,feel,so--
+JASMINE:,,You're,just--
+BOTH:,,,,(in,unison),--trapped.
+
+(They,look,at,each,other,realizing,that,they're,perfect,for,one
+,,another.,But,ALADDIN,then,realizes,where,he,is,and,breaks,the
+,,look.,He,takesthe,apple,out,of,ABU's,hand,and,rolls,it,down,his
+,,arm,into,the,hand,of,JASMINE.)
+
+ALADDIN:,,So,where're,you,from?
+JASMINE:,,What,does,it,matter?,I,ran,away,and,I,am,not
+,,,,going,back.
+ALADDIN:,,Really?,(He,takes,a,bite,from,the,apple,in,his
+,,,,hand,then,hands,it,to,ABU,who,has,a,disgusted
+,,,,look,on,his,face.)
+ABU:,,,,Why,you!
+
+(ALADDIN,walks,over,and,sits,next,to,JASMINE.)
+
+JASMINE:,,My,father's,forcing,me,to,get,married.
+ALADDIN:,,That's--that's,awful.,(ABU,appears,from,behind,the
+,,,,princess,and,tries,to,steal,the,apple.),Abu!
+
+(ABU,races,up,to,a,higher,point,chattering,and,cursing,as,he,goes.)
+
+JASMINE:,,What?
+ALADDIN:,,Abu,says,that--uh--that's,not,fair.
+ABU:,,,,What?
+JASMINE:,,Oh,did,he?
+ALADDIN:,,Yeah,of,course.
+JASMINE:,,And,does,Abu,have,anything,else,to,say?
+ALADDIN:,,Well,uh,he,wishes,there,was,something,he,could,do
+,,,,to,help.
+ABU:,,,,Oh,boy!
+JASMINE:,,Hmm,tell,him,that's,very,sweet.
+
+(ALADDIN,and,JASMINE,have,been,getting,closer,and,closer,until
+,,ALADDIN,leans,in,to,kiss,her.,He,is,interrupted,however,
+,,by,the,GUARDS,who,have,found,them.)
+
+GUARD:,Here,you,are!
+ALADDIN,and,JASMINE:,,They've,found,me!,(To,each,other),They're
+,,,,,,,,after,you?
+JASMINE:,,My,father,must,have,sent,them--
+ALADDIN:,,Do,you,trust,me?
+JASMINE:,,What?
+ALADDIN:,,Do,you,trust,me?,(He,extends,his,hand)
+JASMINE:,,Yes.,(She,takes,it.)
+ALADDIN:,,Then,jump!
+
+(They,both,jump,off,the,roof,fall,and,land,in,a,pile,of,salt.,They
+,,try,to,get,away,but,the,exit,is,blocked,by,a,GUARD.)
+
+GUARD:,We,just,keep,running,into,each,other,don't,we,
+,,,,street,rat?
+
+(Again,the,GUARD's,turban,is,pulled,down,by,ABU,but,more,guards,are
+,,here,and,block,the,exit.,The,first,GUARD,pulls,ABU,off,his,head,and
+,,,throws,him,in,a,vase.,Three,other,GUARDS,grab,ALADDIN.)
+
+GUARD:,It's,the,dungeon,for,you,boy.
+ALADDIN:,,Hey,get,off,of,me!
+JASMINE:,,Let,go,of,him.
+GUARD:,(Not,realizing,she,is,the,princess),Look,what,we
+,,,,have,here,men--a,street,mouse.,(He,throws,her
+,,,,down.)
+JASMINE:,,(standing,up,and,pulling,off,the,hood,of,her,cloak)
+,,,,Unhand,him,by,order,of,the,princess.
+
+(The,GUARDS,suddenly,stop,and,bow,forcing,ALADDIN,to,bow,as,well.)
+
+GUARD:,Princess,Jasmine.
+ALADDIN:,,The,princess?
+ABU:,,,,(peeking,out,from,the,vase),The,princess?
+GUARD:,What,are,you,doing,outside,the,palace?,And,with
+,,,,this,street,rat?
+JASMINE:,,That's,not,your,concern.,Do,as,I,command.,Release
+,,,,him!
+GUARD:,Well,I,would,princess,but,my,orders,come,from
+,,,,Jafar.,You'll,have,to,take,it,up,with,him.
+
+(The,GUARDS,drag,ALADDIN,out,bowing,as,they,go.)
+
+JASMINE:,,(getting,a,very,pissed-off,look),Believe,me,I
+,,,,will.
+
+(Cut,to,int.,of,palace,JAFAR,emerging,from,his,secret,chambers.,He
+,,slides,the,door,shut,carefully,but,the,princess,comes,storming
+,,in,before,he,is,finished.,He,slams,it,shut,pinning,IAGO,inside
+,,the,door,frame.)
+
+JASMINE:,,Jafar?
+JAFAR:,Oh,uh,princess.
+IAGO:,,,,Awk!,Jafar,I'm,stuck!
+JAFAR:,How,may,I,be,of,service,to,you?,(He,spreads,out,his
+,,,,cape,hiding,the,door.)
+JASMINE:,,The,guards,just,took,a,boy,from,the,market,on,your
+,,,,orders.
+JAFAR:,Your,father's,charged,me,with,keeping,peace,in
+,,,,Agrabah.,The,boy,was,a,criminal.
+JASMINE:,,What,was,the,crime?
+IAGO:,,,,I,can't,breathe,Jafar!
+JAFAR:,Why,kidnapping,the,princess,of,course.
+IAGO:,,,,If,you,could,just--(JAFAR,kicks,him,back,inside,the
+,,,,door,and,it,slams,shut)--wow,that,hurt!
+JASMINE:,,He,didn't,kidnap,me!,I,ran,away!
+JAFAR:,(Walking,away,as,if,shocked),Oh,dear!,Oh,why
+,,,,frightfully,upsetting.,Had,I,but,known.
+JASMINE:,,What,do,you,mean?
+JAFAR:,Sadly,the,boy's,sentence,has,already,been,carried
+,,,,out.
+JASMINE:,,What,sentence?
+JAFAR:,(with,a,sinister,tone),Death.,(JASMINE,gasps.)
+,,,,By,beheading.
+JASMINE:,,No!,(She,collapses,to,the,floor.)
+JAFAR:,I,am,exceedingly,sorry,princess.
+JASMINE:,,How,could,you?,(She,runs,from,the,room,crying.)
+
+(IAGO,finally,makes,it,out,through,the,door.,He,flies,up,and,lands,on
+,,JAFAR's,shoulder,coughing.)
+
+IAGO:,,,,So,how,did,it,go?
+JAFAR:,I,think,she,took,it,rather,well.,(They,both,get,a
+,,,,sinister,smile,on,their,faces.)
+
+(Diss.,to,JASMINE,at,night,crying,at,the,edge,of,the,fountain.,RAJAH
+,,comes,over,to,comfort,her.,She,pets,him.)
+
+JASMINE:,,It's,all,my,fault,Rajah.,I,didn't,even,know,his
+,,,,name.
+
+(Cut,to,int.,of,dungeon.,Rats,scurry,by,and,we,descend,until,we,see
+,,ALADDIN,chained,to,the,wall.)
+
+ALADDIN:,,(to,himself),She,was,the,princess.,I,don't,believe
+,,,,it.,I,must,have,sounded,so,stupid,to,her.
+ABU:,,,,(from,a,distance),Yoo-hoo!,Aladdin?,Hello!
+
+(ABU,appears,at,the,window,at,the,top,of,the,dungeon.)
+
+ALADDIN:,,Abu!,Down,here!,Hey,c'mon--help,me,outta,these.
+
+(ABU,stops,then,begins,chattering,wildly,dropping,to,the,ground.,He
+,,,wraps,a,cloth,around,his,head,and,makes,his,eyes,big,in,an
+,,,imitation,of,the,princess.)
+
+ALADDIN:,,Hey,she,was,in,trouble.,Ah,she,was,worth,it.
+
+(ABU,jumps,up,on,ALADDIN's,shoulders,and,pulls,a,small,set,of,tools
+,,out,of,his,pocket,then,frees,ALADDIN.)
+
+ABU:,,,,Yeah,yeah,yeah.
+ALADDIN:,,Don't,worry,Abu.,I'll,never,see,her,again.,I'm,a
+,,,,street,rat,remember,and,there's,a,law.,She's
+,,,,gotta,marry,a,prince,she,deserves,it.
+
+(ABU,finally,frees,AL"
+4,Anastasia ,"Susan Gauthier,Bruce Graham","Family,Animation,Musical",December_1997,"FADE,IN:
+
+on,a,well-worn,PHOTOGRAPH,ALBUM.,An,ELDERLY,WOMAN'S
+HAND,touched,the,album,caressing,it,lovingly,for,a
+moment,as,WE,HEAR,her,voice.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,TATIANA,(O.C.)
+,,,,,Once,we,lived,in,an,enchanted
+,,,,,world.,.,.,
+
+She,opend,the,ALBUM,to,reveal,a,BLACK,AND,WHITE
+PHOTOGRAPH,of,the,PALACE,AT,ST.,PETERSBERG,on,a
+brilliant,summer,day.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,TATIANA,(CONT)
+,,,,,A,world,of,Tsars,and,Princesses
+,,,,,and,elegant,palaces.,.,.,
+
+CAMERA,MOVES,CLOSER,TO,the,picture.,.,.,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,TATIANA,(CONT)
+,,,,,and,grand,parties.,.,.,
+
+The,PHOTO,dissolves,into,REALITY,in,brilliant,color,as
+the,day,turns,into,night,and,the,summer,cools,into
+winter.,We,see,the,palace,at,night,blanketed,in,a
+beautiful,almost,glowing,snow,as,hourse,drawn,carriages
+pull,up,to,the,front,door.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,TATIANA,(CONT)
+,,,,,A,beautiful,magical,time.,.,.,
+
+MOVE,INTO,THE,PALACE
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,TATIANA,(CONT)
+,,,,,That,would,soon,be,gone
+,,,,,forever.,.,.,
+
+INT.,PALACE,AT,ST.,PETERSBERG,-,NIGHT
+
+Elegant,ROYALISTS,mingle,around,the,MAIN,HALL,as,an
+ORCHESTRA,plays.
+
+All,eyes,turn,to,the,GLASS,DOORS,OF,TWO,ELEVADORS,which
+descend,grandly,on,either,side,of,a,beautiful,staircase.
+Through,the,glass,doors,we,see,TATIANA,the,Dowager
+Empress,60,imperious,and,bedecked,with,jewels,she,is
+seemingly,unapproachable.,TSAR,NICHOLAS,and,his,SON,are
+with,her.,In,the,other,elevador,ALEXANDRA,and,her
+daughters,-,well,,all,her,daughters,except.,.,.,
+
+ANASTASIA,eight,years,old,and,apparently,late,for,the
+party,rushes,down,the,upstairs,hallway,followed,by,a
+SERVENT,(SONYA),16,,who,is,trying,to,catch,up,with
+Anastasia,to,tie,a,large,ribbon,in,her,long,dark,hair.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,SONYA
+,,,,,,,,,(whispering)
+,,,,,Princess,Anastasia,-,you're
+,,,,,late,and,it's,all,my,fault!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ANASTASIA
+,,,,,Don't,worry,Sonya,no,one'll
+,,,,,notice.,.,.,
+
+Just,then,Sonya,lassoes,the,ribbon,around,her,hair,
+stopping,Anastasia,with,a,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ANASTASIA
+,,,,,,,,,(loudly)
+,,,,,.,.,.,owwwwwwwww!
+
+All,eyes,turn,to,Anastasia,who,once,she,realizes,that
+she's,the,center,of,attention,flashes,a,mischievous
+smile,and,descends,the,staircase,in,grand,style.,As,the
+ribbon,falls,out,of,her,hair,and,down,her,back,
+Anastasia,kicks,it,to,Sonya,without,breaking,stride.
+
+Tatiana,sees,her,and,can't,help,but,smile.
+
+The,music,suddenly,becomes,a,FLOURISH,OF,TRUMPETS.
+SERVENTS,open,the,elevador,doors,as,the,ROYAL,FAMILY
+steps,out,and,begins,a,proccession,through,their
+subjects.,Tatiana,holds,out,her,arm,to,Anastasia,as,she
+makes,it,to,Tatiana's,side,just,in,time.,Anastasia,has
+a,beautiful,but,slightly,impish,face,dominated,by
+large,blue,mischievous,eyes.,She,an,abundance,of,
+energy,and,confidence,for,a,girl,her,age.
+
+""THE,RULARS,OF,RUSSIA"",(OPENING,NUMBER)
+
+,,The,elegant,guests,sing,their,admiration,as,the
+beautiful,and,happy,Romanov,family,makes,it's,entrance
+into,the,ball,they're,""the,pride,of,all,Russia"".
+Vladimir,invites,Sophie,to,dance,and,the,entire
+glittering,assembly,assembly,swings,into,a,GLORIOUS,SWEEPING,
+WALTZ.,Singing,their,certainty,that,the,Romanovs,will
+rule,forever.
+
+During,the,above,the,ball,is,in,full,swing.,Beautiful
+COUPLES,swirls,across,the,dance,floor,including
+Anastasia,dancing,gracefully,with,her,father.
+
+Under,a,long,buffet,table,we,see,DMITRI,11,darkly
+handsome,dressed,in,ragged,servant,clothes,with,a
+shock,of,dark,hair,which,continuoually,falls,accross,his
+eyes,as,watches,the,guest,enviously.,Anastasia,still
+waltzing,with,her,father,sees,him.,SERVENTS,cross,the
+room,carrying,a,trays,of,BEAUTIFUL,TROPICAL,FRUIT.,The
+guests,""Ew"",and,""ah"",at,the,sumptuous,fruit.,Anastasia
+sees,Dmitri,eyeing,it,hungrily,and,without,missing,a
+dance,step,she,grabs,an,orange,off,thr,tray,and,tosses
+it,to,Dmitri.,He,catches,it,and,smiles,broadly,at,her.
+
+Suddenly,A,HAND,grabs,Dmitri,and,pulls,him,out,from
+under,the,table.,It's,IVAR,the,HEAD,SERVENT,who,pulls
+Dmitri,into,an,open,wall,panel.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,IVAR
+,,,,,,,,,(angrily)
+,,,,,You're,a,servent!,Never,forget
+,,,,,your,place!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,DMITIRI
+,,,,,,,,,(defiant)
+,,,,,Someday,my,place,will,be,out
+,,,,,there!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,IVAR
+,,,,,Never!,You're,a,peasant,
+,,,,,Dmitri!,Back,in,the,kitchen
+
+RULARS,OF,RUSSIA,(CONT.)
+
+,,UNDERSCORE,CONTINUES,as,Dmitri,is,dragged,from,his
+hiding,place,under,the,table,and,back,to,the,kitchen.
+It's,like,the,Moscow,circus,back,there,COMIC,MUSICAL
+CONFUSION.,The,servants,sing,about,their,demanding
+employers,and,mockingly,imitate,their,behavior:,they
+imply,that,they,have,their,own,""party"",,that,change,is
+coming.
+
+,,While,back,in,the,ballroom,the,Royalists,are
+oblivious,to,the,servants,discontent,and,sing,their
+satisfaction,with,their,own,lives.
+
+,,DRAMATIC,UNDERSCORE,CONTINUES,though,the,following
+scenes.
+
+ON,TATIANA
+
+in,a,large,throne-like,chair.,Tatiana,is,very,serious
+and,very,regal.,She,slides,over,to,make,room,for
+Anastasia,who,sits,next,to,her.
+
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,TATIANA
+,,,,,Why,were,you,so,late,tonight,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ANASTASIA
+,,,,,I,was,showing,Sonya
+,,,,,something,.,.,.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,TATIANA
+,,,,,What,were,you,showing,her?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ANASTASIA
+,,,,,,,,,(sheepishly)
+,,,,,How,to,read.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,TATIANA
+,,,,,I,thought,you,were,told,not,to
+,,,,,tutor,your,servants,anymore.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ANASTASIA
+,,,,,I,know,but,I,had,to,because,.,.,.
+
+Anastasia,looks,up,at,Tatiana,and,sees,her,smile,with
+pride.,Anastasia,knows,she,doesn't,have,to,explain.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ANASTASIA
+,,,,,,,,,(cuddling)
+,,,,,Oh,Grandmama,why,do,you,have
+,,,,,to,go,back,to,Paris?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,TATIANA
+,,,,,It's,where,I've,made,my,home
+,,,,,but,I,do,have,something,for
+,,,,,you,.,.,.
+
+Tatiana,reaches,from,behind,the,chair,and,brings,out,a
+beautiful,MUSIC,BOX.,Tatiana,takes,the,key,a,small
+silver,and,enamel,flower,on,a,silver,neck,chain,and
+winds,it,up.,MUSIC,BEGINS,she,hands,Anastasia,the,key.
+
+CLOSE,UP
+
+the,key,bearing,the,inscription,""Together,in,Paris"".
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ANASTASIA
+,,,,,""Together,in,Paris""!,Oh,when
+,,,,,can,we,be,""together,in,Paris?!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,TATIANA
+,,,,,When,you're,older,.,.,.
+
+Anastasia,makes,a,disgruntled,face.,Tatiana,laughs.
+
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,TATIANA
+,,,,,Until,then,whenever,you,hear
+,,,,,this,song,think,of,me,and,know
+,,,,,that,I'm,waiting,for,you.
+
+Tatiana,puts,the,key,around,Anastasia's,neck,and,they
+embrace.,Then,suddenly,.,.,.
+
+ON,THE,GRAND,CHANDELIER
+
+the,lights,begin,to,fade,in,and,out.
+
+GROUP,SHOT
+
+as,PEOPLE,in,the,ballroom,look,around,bewildered.,Then,
+a,WHIRLWIND,kicks,up,sending,everyone,off,the,dance
+floor,as,the,whirlwind,becomes,a,TORNADO.
+
+Suddenly,an,ALBINO,BAT,(BARTOK),with,huge,eyes,springs
+out,of,the,funnel,screeching,and,swooping,over,the
+crowd,causing,everyone,to,duck,and,cover,their,heads,in
+fear.
+
+The,tornada,reaches,it's,peak,and,EXPLODES,in,smoke,-
+leaving,RASPUTIN,standing,alone,in,the,middle,of,the
+floor.,He,is,of,indeterminate,age,towering,over,other
+men,in,the,room,his,most,striking,feature,are,his,eyes
+-,which,at,this,moment,are,burning,a,fiery,red.,He,is
+dressed,in,a,flowing,black,monk's,robe,with,a,satin,rope
+tied,around,his,waist.,Connected,to,the,rope,is,a
+glowing,RELIQUARY,a,mystical,lantern.
+
+VARIOUS,SHOTS
+
+of,Nicholas,Alexandra,Sophie,and,Vladimir,Dmitri
+peeking,out,ofthe,wallpanel,Tatiana,and,Anastasia,
+all,of,whom,are,frightened.
+
+NICHOLAS
+
+as,he,gathers,his,son,and,wife,to,his,side
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,NICHOLAS
+,,,,,Rasputin!,You're,alive,.,.,.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,RASPUTIN
+,,,,,,,,,(advancing)
+,,,,,Despite,being,shot,poisoned
+,,,,,and,thrown,into,an,icy,river,.,.,.
+,,,,,YES!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,NICHOLAS
+,,,,,,,,,(honestly)
+,,,,,I,had,nothing,to,do,with,it!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,RASPUTIN
+,,,,,You,gave,the,orders!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,NICHOLAS
+,,,,,I,did,no,such,thing!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,RASPUTIN
+,,,,,After,all,I've,done,for,your
+,,,,,family,-,YOU,TRIED,TO,KILL
+,,,,,MEEEEEE,!,!,!
+
+Rasputin,swings,the,reliquary,wrapping,himself,in,smoke
+which,seems,to,grow,larger.,Eerie,moaning,noises,come
+from,the,reliquary.,PEOPLE,back,awayin,terror.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,RASPUTIN,(CONT.)
+,,,,,The,Romanov,dynasty,ends,here!
+,,,,,You,your,wife,and,children
+,,,,,will,all,die,within,the
+,,,,,fortnight!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ANASTASIA
+,,,,,NO!
+
+Anastasia,leaves,Tatiana,and,rushes,to,stand,in,front,of
+her,father.,Still,holding,her,Music,Box,Anastasia's
+shaking,hands,are,the,only,thing,that,gives,away,her,
+fear.,Rasputin,spins,toward,the,voice.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ANASTASIA
+,,,,,We're,not,afraid,of,you!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,RASPUTIN
+,,,,,,,,,(furious)
+,,,,,You,.,.,.,my,little,babushka,.,.,.
+,,,,,you'll,be,so,much,fun,to,kill,
+,,,,,that,I'll,save,you,for,last!
+
+Twirling,the,reliquary,again,the,MOANS,grow,louder,as
+Bartok,circles,around,his,head.,The,smoke,that,emerges
+seems,to,have,almosy,a,human,shape,to,it.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,RASPUTIN
+,,,,,THIS,IS,THE,END,OF,THE,ROMANOV
+,,,,,LINE,-,FOREVER,!!!!
+
+The,tornada,of,smoke,begins,again,whipping,into,a
+frenzy,and,then,EXPLODING.
+
+The,smoke,clears,and,Rasputin,is,gone.,As,the,lights
+return,to,normal,the,Romanov,family,all,stand,together,
+and,try,to,look,regal,and,in,control,once,again.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,TATIANA,(O.C.)
+,,,,,Some,say,Rasputin,ad,harnessed
+,,,,,all,the,dark,powers,of,evil,and,
+,,,,,that,it,was,his,curse,which,
+,,,,,brought,about,the,end,.,.,.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,DISSOLVE,TO:
+
+the,ROMANOV,FAMILY,fades,into,a,PORTRAIT,OF,THE,FAMILY.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,TATIANA,(O.C.)
+,,,,,I,will,never,know,for,sure.
+,,,,,All,I,do,know,is,that,the
+,,,,,beauty,of,our,world,was,soon
+,,,,,Gone,.,.,.,Forever,.,.,.
+
+a,lick,of,BRIGHT,ORANGE,FLAME,creeps,into,view.
+
+""RULERS,OF,RUSSIA"",(VOCAL,REPRISE)
+
+,,HUGE,OMINOUS,VOCALS,reprise,the,onceglorious,watlz
+of,the,Romanovs,heralding,the,end,of,their,world,and
+underscoring,the,coming,revolution.
+
+PULL,BACK
+
+to,see,the,PORTRAIT,a,huge,FRIEZE,which,covers,an
+entire,entire,wall,singeing,as,the,FLAME,creeps,up,the,nearby
+drapery,tinting,the,room,in,a,red,glow.
+
+A,SCREAMING,MOB,some,in,uniform,some,not,has,crashed
+into,the,palace,and,is,heading,up,the,stairs.,A,few,in
+the,mob,fire,off,orange,RIFLE,SHOTS.
+
+INT.,ANASTASIA'S,BEDROOM,-,NIGHT
+
+Anastasia,BOLTS,UP,hearing,the,shots.,Her,music,box,is
+next,to,her,on,her,nightstand.
+
+INT.,HALLWAY,-,NIGHT
+
+Mass,confusion,as,the,MOB,is,met,by,a,few,SERVANTS,who
+try,to,stop,them,from,advancing.,More,shots.
+
+ON,THE,ROMANOV'S
+
+still,in,nightclothes,are,being,rushed,down,the
+hallway.,Tatiana,is,next,to,Anastasia,as,Anastasia
+stopsdead,in,her,tracks.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ANASTASIA
+,,,,,My,music,mox!
+
+Anastasia,turns,around,and,runs,back,down,the,hall.
+Tatiana,tries,to,stop,her.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,TATIANA
+,,,,,Anastasia,no!
+
+It's,too,late,Anastasia,fights,her,way,back,into,her
+room,with,Tatiana,following,her.
+
+FROM,THE,OTHER,END,OF,THE,HALLWAY
+
+we,see,Dmitri,watching,amidst,all,the,confusion.
+
+INT.,ANASTASIA'S,BEDROOM,-,NIGHT
+
+Anastasia,grabs,her,music,box,as,Tatiana,rushes,in.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,TATIANA
+,,,,,Hurry,child!
+
+LOUD,RIFLE,SHOTS,are,heard,as,Dmitri,bursts,into,the
+room,closing,the,door,behind,him.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,DMITRI
+,,,,,No,-,this,way!
+
+Dmitri,runs,to,a,wall,panel,and,thows,his,weight
+against,it.,It,opens,revealing,a,passage,way.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,DMITRI,(CONT.)
+,,,,,Go!,Run!!,Out,the,servant's
+,,,,,quarters!
+
+Tatiana,enormously,grateful,looks,at,Dmitri,as,he
+flips,his,hair,out,of,his,face,unconsciously.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,DMITRI
+,,,,,Go!
+
+Tatiana,goes,in,as,Dmitri,shoves,Anastasia,toward,the
+passageway,knocking,the,music,box,out,of,her,hand.,She
+reaches,for,it,but,hearing,the,mob,voices,growing
+closer,he,pushes,her,through,the,panel,without,it.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,DMITRI,(CONT.)
+,,,,,Go!
+
+Tatiana,quickly,follows,Anastasia,into,the,passageway
+and,Dmitri,closes,the,panel,JUST,AS,the,mob,bursts,in.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,DMITRI,(CONT.)
+,,,,,,,,,(lying,to,the,mob)
+,,,,,No,one's,here!,Let's,try,the
+,,,,,next,room!
+
+The,MOB,accepts,the,word,of,a,peasant,boy,and,rushes
+out.,Dmitri,picks,up,the,music,box,and,looks,sadly
+toward,the,panel.
+
+EXT.,TRAIN,STATION,-,NIGHT
+
+Which,is,under,siege,by,ROYALISTS,trying,to,board,the
+overcrowded,train,and,the,REVOLUTIONARIES,who,are,trying
+to,stop,them.
+
+A,TOURING,CAR,pulls,up,RIGHT,ON,THE,TRACKS,behind,the
+caboose,as,the,train,starts,to,pull,away.
+
+Tatiana,and,Anastasia,climb,out,of,the,car,and,race,for
+the,train,fighting,their,way,through,the,frenzied,and
+frightened,crowd.,WE,HEAR,shouts,of,""The,Empress,-,let
+her,through!"",which,helps,clear,the,way.
+
+Anastasia,reaches,the,train,first,then,turns,to,see
+Tatiana.,trying,to,catch,up.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ANASTASIA
+,,,,,Hurry,Grandmama!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,TATIANA
+,,,,,Get,on!,Anastasia,get,on!
+
+Anastasia,refuses,to,board,the,train.
+
+UP,AHEAD
+
+A,MOB,OF,REVOLUTIONARIES,block,the,tracks,with,a,TRUCK
+
+ON,ANASTASIA
+
+who,pushes,Tatiana,up,the,stairs,of,the,caboose.,This
+puts,Anastasia,a,few,steps,behind,as,the,train,speeds
+up.,Tatiana,is,gripped,by,other,passengers,as,she
+reaches,out,to,Anastasia.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,TATIANA
+,,,,,Grab,my,hand!
+
+Anastasia,reaches,up,and,takes,Tatiana's,hand.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ANASTASIA
+,,,,,Don't,let,go!
+
+CLOSE,ON
+
+the,TWO,HANDS.,then,suddenly.,her,small,hand,is,pulled
+from,Tatiana's,grasp,and,falls,out,of,the,frame.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,TATIANA,(O.C.)
+,,,,,ANASTASIA!
+
+ON,ANASTASIA
+
+who,has,stumbled,hitting,the,ground,hard.
+
+ON,TATIANA
+
+horrified,screaming:
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,TATIANA
+,,,,,ANASTASIA!
+
+Tatiana,rushes,to,jump,off,the,train,after,her,but,is
+caught,and,held,back,by,the,ROYALIST,PASSANGERS,as,the
+train,CRASHES,through,the,truck,and,picks,up,speed.
+
+TATIANA's,POV:
+
+Anastasia,rising,from,the,ground,her,hand,outstretched.
+But,she,is,suddenly,swallowed,up,by,the,mob.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,SUPERIMPOSE:
+
+A,BLACK,AND,WHITE,PHOTOGRAPH
+
+of,Anastasia,in,a,happier,time,smiling.
+
+UNDERSCORE:,""THE,MUSIC,BOX,THEME""
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,TATIANA,(O.C.)
+,,,,,I,never,saw,her,again.,.,.,
+
+The,PHOTO,ALBUM,slowly,closes.,.,.
+
+END,OPENING,NUMBER
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,DISSOLVE,TO:
+
+EXT.,ORPHANAGE,-,DAY
+
+A,gray,and,ugly,post-revolution,building,with,a,sign
+above,the,door,that,identifies,it:,""Young,Comrades
+Without,Parents"".
+
+INT.,ORPHANAGE,-,DAY
+
+CHILDREN,of,all,ages,clean,the,cold,gray,dormitory.
+Their,clothes,are,ragged,and,they,look,underfed.
+
+CLOSE,ON
+
+ANYA,18,pretty,despite,the,boy's,hand-me-down,clothes
+she,is,forced,to,wear,is,busy,scrubbing,the,floor.
+Unlike,the,others,she,is,determined,not,to,let,her
+surroundings,get,to,her.,She,hums,a,tune.
+
+The,door,suddenly,SLAMS,open,and,GREGOR,8,and,clearly
+terrified,comes,running,in,followed,by,COMRADE
+PHLEGMENKOF,-,a,huge,woman,carrying,a,switch.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,GREGOR
+,,,,,Anya!,Anya!
+
+All,of,the,OTHER,KIDS,turn,away,not,wanting,to,get
+involved.,Anya,focuses,on,Gregor,who,is,shivering,with
+fright,and,on,the,verge,of,tears,as,Phlegmenkof
+approaches,swinging,the,switch,menacingly.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,PHLEGMENKOF
+,,,,,You,can't,get,away,from,me
+,,,,,now,.,.,.
+
+Phlegmenkof,advances,on,Gregor.,Anya,takes,the,scrub
+brush,and,SHOVES,it,across,the,floor,right,under
+Phlegmenkof's,unsuspecting,foot.,Phlegmenkof's,feet,fly
+out,from,under,her,and,she,SMASHES,to,the,floor.,Gregor
+hops,over,her,huge,body,and,runs,to,Anya,for,safety.
+
+Some,of,the,OTHER,KIDS,glance,over.,A,CHUBBY,GIRL,and,a
+very,pretty,LITTLE,GIRL,look,at,Anya,with,greeat
+admiration,.,.,.,someof,the,OTHERS,think,she's,crazy.
+
+Phlegmenkof,rises,covered,with,soap,bubbles,,and,spins
+on,Anya,-,who,gives,her,a,very,innocent,smile.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,PHLEGMENKOF,(CONT.)
+,,,,,You!,You,did,this!
+
+Some,of,the,OTHER,CHILDREN,laugh,as,soap,bubbles,fly,off
+the,enraged,woman.,She,spins,on,them,her,back,to,Anya.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,PHLEGMENKOF,(CONT.)
+,,,,,Brats!,There'll,be,no,supper
+,,,,,for,any,of,you!,Back,to,work!
+
+Anya,behind,Phlegmenkof,mimics,her,outraged,face,and
+angry,gestures,perfectly,-,as,the,CHILDREN,laugh,harder.
+
+Phlegmenkof,spins,and,almost,catches,Anya.,She,advances
+on,Anya,as,Gregor,hides,behind,her,legs.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ANYA
+,,,,,Don't,touch,him.,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,PHLEGMENKOF
+,,,,,,,,,(to,Anya)
+,,,,,You,ragged,skinny,little
+,,,,,nothing!,I,have,had,just,about
+,,,,,enough,of,you,.,.,.
+
+Phlegmenkof,raises,her,hand,to,slap,Anya,who,hold,her
+ground.,Suddenly,Phlegmenkof,SNIFFS,the,air.
+
+ON,THE,KIDS
+
+as,the,horrible,smell,reaches,them,too.,They,all,make
+faces,and,hold,their,noses.
+
+ON,PHLEGMENKOF
+
+who,first,sniffs,under,her,raised,arm,then,realized,the
+cause,of,the,stench,.,.,.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,PHLEGMENKOF,(CONT.)
+,,,,,Comrade,Serebreakov!
+
+She,tries,to,straighten,herself,out,nervously,-,this
+must,be,someone,very,important.
+
+COMRADE,SEREBREAKOV,stands,in,the,doorway,lecherously
+eyeing,the,girls.,He,is,a,huge,fleshly,man,with,facial,features,which,are,reminiscent,of,a,fish.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,PHLEGMENKOF,(CONT.)
+,,,,,,,,,(flirting)
+,,,,,Comrade,Serebreakov!,What,a
+,,,,,lovely,surprise!,What,brings
+,,,,,you,here?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,SEREBREAKOV,
+,,,,,I,need.,.,.,a,worker.
+
+His,eye,catches,Anya.,He,looks,her,up,and,down,his
+beady,eyes,showing,a,touch,of,lust,for,her.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,SEREBREAKOV,(CONT.)
+,,,,,I,will,take,her.
+
+He,leans,close,close,to,Anya.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,SEREBREAKOV,(CONT.)
+,,,,,Tomorrow,you,begin,your,life's
+,,,,,work,in,my,hearing,factory.
+,,,,,You'll,start,by,cutting,off,the
+,,,,,tails,-,but,if,I'm,pleased,with
+,,,,,,,,,,,,(MORE)
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,SEREBREAKOV,(CONT.)
+,,,,,you,-,you,just,may,move,up,to
+,,,,,cutting,off,the,heads.,How
+,,,,,does,that,sound?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ANYA
+,,,,,About,as,bad,as,you,smell!
+
+Phlegmenkof,moves,between,them,pulling,Serebreakov
+away.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,PHLEGMENKOF,
+,,,,,No,no,Comrade,-,you,don't
+,,,,,want,her,.,.,.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,SEREBREAKOV
+,,,,,I,want,her.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,PHLEGMENKOF
+,,,,,That's,horrible,skinny,thing?!
+,,,,,She's,crazy,-,she,has,no,memory
+,,,,,of,anything,before,she,came
+,,,,,here!,She,didn't,even,know,her
+,,,,,name!,That,one,is,a,rotten
+,,,,,troublemaker,willful.,.,.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,SEREBREAKOV
+,,,,,I'll,break,her,will.,.,.
+,,,,,,,,,(to,Anya)
+,,,,,I,shall,come,for,you,tomorrow
+,,,,,at,dawn.
+,,,,,,,,,(he,touches,her,face,as
+,,,,,,,,,,she,pulls,away)
+,,,,,You,will,enjoy,serving,under
+,,,,,me.
+
+Smiling,in,anticipation,he,exit.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,PHLEGMENKOF
+,,,,,I,couldn't,break,you,-,but,he
+,,,,,can!
+
+And,she,turns,to,leave,in,a,huff.,Anya,does,one,more
+imitation,of,her,making,the,CHILDREN,laugh.,But,as
+Anya,turns,away,from,her,audience,we,see,her,facade
+fade,and,realize,her,terror,of,the,future.
+
+
+INT.,ORPHANAGE,-,NIGHT
+
+The,CHILDREN,huddle,in,their,cots,under,tattered,thin
+blankets.,Anya,is,fully,dressed,illuminated,by,the
+
+light,of,a,FULL,MOON,she,ties,a,dull,gray,sheets,together
+and,anchors,the,""rope"",to,an,ice,cold,radiator,and
+throws,the,other,end,out,of,the,window.,She,is,about,to
+climb,out,when,she,looks,at,the,sleeping,children,and
+smiles,sadly.,She,walks,over,to,Gregor's,bed,and,puts
+one,hand,lovingly,on,his,head,and,then,reaches,over,and
+takes,the,hand,of,a,sleeping,LITTLE,GIRL,who,opens,her
+eyes,and,smiles.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,GREGOR
+,,,,,,,,,(loudly)
+,,,,,Anya?
+
+The,other,childern,wake,up,as,Anya,gently,""shushes"",him.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,GREGOR,(CONT.)
+,,,,,,,,,(quietly)
+,,,,,Are,you,running,away?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ANYA
+,,,,,No.,I'm,running,to.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,LITTLE,GIRL
+,,,,,Running,to?,Running,to,what?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ANYA
+,,,,,To,find,my,home.
+
+A,CHUBBY,TWELVE,YEAR,OLD,GIRL,looks,at,Anya.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,CHUBBY,GIRL
+,,,,,But,you,are,home.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ANYA
+,,,,,No.,This,isn't,a,home,-,it's,
+,,,,,just,a,building.,Home,is,where
+,,,,,you,belong,and,none,of,us
+,,,,,belong,here.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,GREGOR
+,,,,,Where,is,your,home,Anya?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ANYA
+,,,,,I'm,not,sure,but,look.,.,.
+
+Anya,shows,Gregor,the,key,around,her,neck.
+CLOSE,UP,on,the,inscription:,""Together,in,Paris""
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ANYA
+,,,,,It,says,""Together,in,Paris"".,I
+,,,,,was,wearing,this,when,I,came
+,,,,,here,ten,years,ago,-,it's,the
+,,,,,only,way,that,I,know,.,.,.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ANYA,(CONT.)
+,,,,,,,,,(beat)
+,,,,,.,.,.,that,I,must,have,been
+,,,,,someone,someone,loved.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,CHUBBY,GIRL
+,,,,,Is,your,home,in,Paris?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ANYA
+,,,,,It,might,be.,I,have,to,go,and
+,,,,,find,out.
+
+Anya,smiles,lovingly,at,the,children.
+
+""A,SOMEPLACE,AND,A,SOMEONE""
+
+,,(Anya's,""I,want"",song).,Anya,SINGS,SOFTLY,to,the
+children,about,how,all,she,has,is,the,key,around,her
+neck,to,the,""someone,and,thesomeplace"",she,was,""lost
+from,long,ago"".,She,tells,the,children,that,she,must,go
+find,them,again.
+
+UNDERSCORE,continues.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ANYA
+,,,,,I,have,to,go,now,before,it
+,,,,,gets,light.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,GREGOR
+,,,,,,,,,(worried)
+,,,,,But,what,if,we,can't,ever,find
+,,,,,where,we,came,from?!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ANYA
+,,,,,Then,you'll,have,to,make,your
+,,,,,own,home.,Lots,of,people,do.
+
+Anya,embraces,the,children,and,walks,to,the,window.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,GREGOR
+,,,,,,,,,(nervous,sad)
+,,,,,Anya!,What,if,we,can't,find
+,,,,,anyone,who,loves,us?!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ANYA
+,,,,,Then,come,find,me.
+
+Gregor,is,relieved,and,cuddles,into,his,bed,as,Anya
+smiles,lovingly,and,crawls,out,the,window.
+
+EXT.,ORPHANAGE,-,NIGHT
+
+Anya,begins,to,climb,down,the,street,testing,the,knots.
+The,knotshold,tight,but,the,old,sheet,RIPS,in,half,
+sending,her,PLUMMETING,into,a,snow,drift.,From,the
+depths,of,the,snow,we,HEAR,her,voice.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ANYA,(O.C.)
+,,,,,I,hope,there's,no,snow,in
+,,,,,Paris.,.,.
+
+EXT.,HILLSIDE,-,DAWN
+
+A,glorious,bright,(and,cold),dawn,creeps,over,the
+horizon.,Anya,stands,at,edge,of,the,hill,looking
+down,on,the,city,of,ST.PETERSBURG.,The,old,gray
+orphanage,looms,behind,her.,Anya,""borrows"",an,old,
+beat-up,bicycle,from,the,orphanage,and,rides,down,the
+hill.
+
+Music,picks,up,in,energy,and,excitement,as,Anya,zooms,on
+her,way,bumping,and,bouncing,downhill,as,the,sunrises
+and,St.,Petersburg,looms,nearer.
+
+""A,SOMEONE,AND,A,SOMEPLACE"",(CONT.)
+
+,,Music,becomes,UPTEMPO,HOPEFUL,ACTIVE,ACTIVE.,Anya,SINGS,-
+-,full,of,hope,energy,and,excitement,as,she,peddls,her
+rickety,bike,toward,the,city.,""Her,heart,is,on,its,way""
+and,nothing,is,going,to,stop,her.
+
+Anya,passes,though,the,countryside,toward,the,city.,A
+peasant,family,waves,to,her,as,she,goes,by.,A,Gypsy
+Troupe,performs,tricks,by,the,side,of,the,road.,A,very
+fancy,car,zooms,by.
+
+""A,SOMEONE,AND,A,SOMEPLACE"",(CONT.)
+
+,,Anya,SINGS,imagining,who,she,might,be,--,anyone,from
+a,peasant,to,a,princess!,But,it,doesn't,matter,as,long
+as,she,finds,her,real,family.
+
+People,stare,at,her,as,she,rides,into,the,edge,of,the
+city.,She,is,captivated,by,all,the,activity:,cars,
+busses,stores,long,lines,of,people,etc.
+
+""A,SOMEONE,AND,A,SOMEPLACE"",(CONT.)
+
+,,Anya,SINGS,--,in,this,sea,faces,there,must,be
+someone,who,has,a,clue,to,her,identity.,She'll,stop,at
+nothing,to,find,the,someone,who,once,loved,her.,SOARING
+MUSICAL,AND,VOCAL,CONCLUSION.
+END,MUSICAL,NUMBER
+
+Anya,does,not,see,a,cute,little,PUPPY,(MEETOO),with,a
+HUGE,BONE,in,his,mouth,being,chased,along,the,sidewalk
+by,a,pack,of,much,larger,vicious,DOGS,until,he,bolts
+across,Anya's,path,forcing,her,to,skid,to,a,stop.,She
+watched,him,as,he,scoots,into,an,alley,followed,by,the
+angry,pack.
+
+On,reflex,Anya,drops,the,bike,and,reuns,into,the,alley
+after,him.
+
+EXT.,ALLEY,-,DAY
+
+Meetoo,is,trapped.,The,PACK,surrounds,him,ready,to
+pounce,when,Anya,LEAPS,into,the,middle,of,the,circle.
+The,PACK,is,startled,but,begins,to,advance,on,both,Anya
+and,Meetoo.
+
+Anya,doesn't,know,what,to,do.,She,crouches,and,then.,.,.,
+growls,back,at,them,making,her,eyes,look,as,ferocious
+as,possible.,The,PACK,exchange,a,confused,look;,there's
+a,girl,growling,at,them.,Meetoo,stands,suddenly,brave,
+behind,her,and,growls,along,with,her.
+
+Suddenly,Anya,pounced,toward,the,pack,growling,louder.
+The,pack,has,definately,had,enough,-,some,start,to,back
+out,quizzically,others,turn,and,run,like,hell.
+
+Anya,turns,to,Meetoo,who,looks,up,at,her,gratefully,
+wagging,his,tail.,Anya,picks,up,the,bone,and,puts,it
+back,in,his,mouth.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ANYA
+,,,,,I,think,you,should,be,more
+,,,,,careful,about,who,you,invite,to
+,,,,,dinner!
+
+Meetoo,nods,and,lets,out,a,little,""bark"",that,sounds,as
+if,he,were,saying,""retu"".,Anya,pats,him,and,heads,back
+to,her,bike.
+
+EXT.,ST.,PETERSBURG,STREET,-,DAY
+
+Anya,rides,down,the,street.,She,doesn't,see,Meetoo,
+running,like,a,little,maniac,behind,her.
+
+Anya,approaches,a,STERN,LOOKING,BUILDING,with,a,sign
+over,the,door:,""The,People's,Bureau,of,Bureaucracy"".
+
+She,leaps,off,her,bike,and,heads,up,the,stais.,Meetoo,
+breathing,heavily,from,his,run,follows,and,almost
+reaches,her,when,the,heavy,door,slams,in,his,face.,He
+slumps,against,it,panting,his,little,paw-to,chest.
+
+INT.,BUREAU,OF,BUREAUCRACY,-,DAY
+
+Anya,enters,and,STOPS,when,she,sees.,.,.,LINES,and,LINES
+of,people,which,seem,to,go,on,forever.,She,walks,down
+the,side,of,one,line,trying,to,figure,out,which,one,to
+stand,in.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ANYA
+,,,,,Could,someone,tell,me.,.,.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,PEASANT,1
+,,,,,End,of,the,line!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ANYA
+,,,,,Which,line?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,PEASANT,2
+,,,,,Any,line.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,PEASANT,3
+,,,,,All,lines,are,good,lines.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,PEASANT,1,2,&,3
+,,,,,,,,,(in,unison)
+,,,,,In,our,beloved,Soviet,Union!
+
+They,turn,toward,an,armed,Soviet,Guard,and,smile
+sweetly,hoping,he,heard,their,flattery.,He,did.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,GUARD
+,,,,,Very,good.,.,.,
+
+He,jots,something,down,in,his,notebook.
+
+ON,ANYA
+
+as,she,gets,closer,to,the,window.,She,turns,to,the
+person,behind,her.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ANYA
+,,,,,Is,this,the,right,line,to,get
+,,,,,papers,to,travel?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,PEASANT,4
+,,,,,Travel?,Travel,to,where?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ANYA
+,,,,,To,Paris.,I,have,to,get,to
+,,,,,Paris
+
+PEASANT,5,in,front,of,her,turns,around.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,PEASANT,5
+,,,,,Paris?!,What,do,they,have,in
+,,,,,Paris,that,they,don't,have
+,,,,,here?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,PEASANT,6
+,,,,,Shorter,lines?!
+
+Peasant,6,is,immediately,carted,off,by,TWO,ARMED,GUARDS
+for,his,blasphamy,against,the,state.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,PEASANT,7
+,,,,,,,,,(quietly)
+,,,,,Nobody,leaves,Soviet,Russia.
+
+The,OTHER,PEASANTS,join,in,with,variations,of,""Nobody
+leaves,Russia"",as,Anya,reaches,the,window,and,speaks,to
+the,clerk.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ANYA
+,,,,,Is,this,where,I,get,traveling
+,,,,,papers?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,CLERK
+,,,,,It,would,be,if,we,let,you
+,,,,,travel,which,we,don't,so,it
+,,,,,isn't.
+,,,,,,,,,(loudly,for,all,to
+,,,,,,,,,,hear)
+,,,,,Russia,is,the,people's,
+,,,,,paradise!
+
+And,to,further,make,his,point,he,slams,shut,his,window,
+which,immediately,opens,a,crack,as,he,whispers,to,Anya.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,CLERK,(CONT.)
+,,,,,See,Dmitri.,He,can,help.
+
+He,shuts,the,window,only,to,open,it,again,immediately.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,CLERK,(CONT.)
+,,,,,But,you,didn't,hear,it,from,me.
+
+He,shuts,the,window.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ANYA
+,,,,,,,,,(doesn't,get,it)
+,,,,,I,didn't
+
+He,opens,it,again.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,CLERK
+,,,,,No.
+
+The,clerk,sticks,out,a,sign:,""Samovar,Break,-,back,in
+ten,minutes"",and,slams,the,window,shut.
+
+EXT.,BUREAU,OF,BUREAUCRACY
+
+Anya,steps,out,of,the,building,still,not,seeing,Meetoo
+and,looks,around,at,the,hoards,of,people,waiting,in
+lines,for,everything:,bread,gas,clothes,etc.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ANYA
+,,,,,,,,,(to,herself)
+,,,,,Dmitri?,There,must,be,a
+,,,,,million,Dmitris.,.,.,
+
+FOLLOW,ANYA
+
+as,she,wades,into,the,crowded,street.,Meetoo,getting
+tangled,in,the,legs,of,waiting,Soviets.
+
+Anya,stops,suddenly.,She,sniffs,the,air.,Her,eyes
+widen,as,she,recognizes,the,stench,that,is,floating
+through,the,air.,She,spins,around,and,sees,Serebreakov
+DIRECTLY,ACROSS,THE,STREET.
+
+Serebreakov,is,on,a,mission,to,find,Anya.,He,turns,in
+her,direction,just,as,a,bus,passes.,Anya,is,gone.
+
+We,now,see,Anya,clinging,to,the,side,of,the,bus,as,it
+drives,down,the,street.,Meetoo,looks,his,face,dropping
+-,he,knows,he'll,never,catch,up,to,her,now.,Then,he
+sees,the,bus,hit,a,huge,pothole,and,Anya,is,knocked,off
+into,the,mud.,Happily,Meetoo,trots,off,in,her
+direction.
+
+Anya,approaches,TWO,PEASANTS,who,are,waiting,in,line,in
+front,of,a,cafe.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,PEASANT,9
+,,,,,,,,,(to,Peasant,10)
+,,,,,Which,line,is,this?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,PEASANT,10
+,,,,,The,line,to,get,into,the,line.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ANYA
+,,,,,Excuse,me,do,you,know
+,,,,,Dmitri.,.,.,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,PEASANT,9
+,,,,,I,know,nothing!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,PEASANT,10
+,,,,,Nothing!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,PEASANTS,9,&,10
+,,,,,,,,,(whispering
+,,,,,,,,,,simultaneously)
+,,,,,Try,the,tavern/,library.
+
+They,begin,to,bicker,back,and,forth,in,forced,whispers
+as,to,wether,Dmitri,is,at,the,tavern,or,the,library.
+Exasperated,Anya,walks,away.,They,call,after,her.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,PEASANTS9&,10
+,,,,,But,we,didn't,tell,you!
+
+Anya,rolls,her,eyes,in,frustration.,She,doesn't,see
+Meetoo,at,her,feet.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ANYA
+,,,,,,,,,(To,herself)
+,,,,,I,wish,they'd,all,stop,telling
+,,,,,me,they,didn't,tell,me!
+
+Meetoo,gives,a,""retu"",of,agreement.,Anya,looks,down,and
+sees,him.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ANYA,(CONT.)
+,,,,,What,are,you,doing.,.,.
+
+Just,then,she,catches,another,whiff,of,something,foul
+in,the,air.,Anya,duck,quickly,into,a,doorway,and,loses
+Meetoo.,Anya,peeks,out.,A,GARBAGE,WAGON,full,of,dead
+fish,and,rotten,food,passes,Anya.,She,sighs,with,relief,
+it,wasn't,Serebreakov,-,it,just,smelled,like,him.
+
+Anya,steps,out,of,the,doorway,and,approaches,a,STREET
+ARTIST,sketching,a,LARGE,PEASANT,WOMAN,as,her,TINY
+HUSBAND,looks,over,his,shoulder.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,TINY,HUSBAND
+,,,,,,,,,(To,Artist)
+,,,,,Could,you,get,rid,of,her
+,,,,,moustache?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ANYA
+,,,,,Excuse,me,-,I'm,looking,for,a
+,,,,,man,named,Dmitri.,.,.
+
+The,Artist,quickly,scribbles,and,address,on,his,pad,and
+hands,it,to,her,without,turning,around.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ARTIST
+,,,,,But,I,didn't,write,it.
+
+Anya,looks,down,at,the,note
+
+CLOSE,ON,NOTE
+
+""St.,Petersburg,Art,Theatre,-,99,Pushkin,Street""
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,DISSOLVE,TO
+A,SIGN
+
+""Pushkin,Street""
+
+CAMERA,PANS,TO:
+
+EXT.,ST.,PETERSBURG,ART,THEATRE,-,DAY
+
+Where,WE,HEAR,a,cacophony,of,FEMALE,VOICES,as,the,camera
+moves,inside.
+
+INT.,ST.,PETERSBURG,ART,THEATRE
+
+The,waiting,room,is,filled,with,YOUNG,WOMEN,of,various
+shapes,and,sizes,holding,reading,aloud,from,a,piece,of
+paper.,WE,HEAR,many,variations,of,""Oh,Grandmama!,It's
+me,Anastasia.,I've,waited,so,long,to,see,you"".
+
+INT.,STAGE
+
+An,ACTRESS,stands,in,front,of,what,looks,to,be,an,OLD
+WOMAN,in,a,shawl,who's,back,is,to,the,""audience"".
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,ACTRESS,1
+,,,,,,,,,(over,the,top)
+,,,,,Oh,Grandmama!,It's,me,
+,,,,,Anastasia!,I've,waited,so
+,,,,,long,to,see,you!
+
+The,Actress,then,LUMBERS,over,to,the,OLD,WOMAN,with,a
+g"
+5,Antz ,"Todd Alcott,Chris Weitz,Paul Weitz","Adventure,Animation,Comedy,Fantasy",,"Z,(O.S.)
+,,,,,,,,,,,(over,a,dark,screen)
+,,,,,,,,All,my,life,I've,lived,and,worked,in
+,,,,,,,,the,big,city...
+
+,,,We,see:
+
+,,,EXT.,AN,ANT,MOUND,-,DAY
+
+,,,The,camera,swoops,towards,the,entrance,then,dives,inside,
+,,,past,a,couple,of,tough-looking,soldier,ants,who,stand,at,the
+,,,gates,of,the,ant,colony,like,insect,bouncers...into,an,access
+,,,tunnel,that,snakes,this,way,and,that,past,a,row,of,ants
+,,,plodding,along...
+
+,,,...and,into,the,MAIN,CHAMBER,of,the,colony,a,huge,teeming
+,,,vista,that,seems,to,stretch,away,forever,filled,with,ants
+,,,rushing,here,and,there,on,their,business.,We,see,--,a
+,,,""traffic,cop"",directing,foot,traffic,waving,his,arms,like
+,,,crazy,so,both,sides,move,at,once,--,a,column,of,soldier,ants
+,,,marching,along,in,formation,--,a,chain,of,ants,letting,down
+,,,a,matchbox,elevator,filled,with,workers.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,Z,(V.O.)
+,,,,,,,,...which,is,kind,of,a,problem,since
+,,,,,,,,I've,always,felt,uncomfortably,in
+,,,,,,,,crowds.
+
+,,,INT.,MOTIVATIONAL,COUNSELLOR'S,OFFICE,-,DAY
+
+,,,We,join,Z,a,worker,ant,with,issues.,He's,lying,on,a,couch,
+,,,recounting,his,woes.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,Z
+,,,,,,,,I,feel...isolated.,Different.,I've
+,,,,,,,,got,abandonment,issues.,My,father
+,,,,,,,,flew,away,when,I,was,just,a,larva.
+,,,,,,,,My,mother,didn't,have,much,time,for
+,,,,,,,,me...when,you,have,five,million
+,,,,,,,,siblings,it's,difficult,to,get
+,,,,,,,,attention.
+,,,,,,,,,,,(pause)
+,,,,,,,,I,feel,physically,inadequate,--,I've
+,,,,,,,,never,been,able,to,lift,more,than,ten
+,,,,,,,,times,my,own,weight.,Sometimes,I
+,,,,,,,,think,I'm,just,not,cut,out,to,be,a
+,,,,,,,,worker.,But,I,don't,have,any,other
+,,,,,,,,options.,I,was,assigned,to,trade
+,,,,,,,,school,when,I,was,just,a,grub.,The
+,,,,,,,,whole,system,just...makes,me
+,,,,,,,,feel...insignificant.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,MOTIVATIONAL,COUNSELLOR
+,,,,,,,,,,,(enthusiastic)
+,,,,,,,,Terrific!,You,should,feel
+,,,,,,,,insignificant!
+
+,,,For,the,first,time,we,see,the,ant,MOTIVATIONAL,COUNSELLOR.
+,,,He's,a,mixture,of,Tony,Robbins,and,Ron,Popiel,(the
+,,,hyperactive,late-night,TV,huckster,and,founder,of,""Ronco"").
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,Z
+,,,,,,,,...I,should?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,MOTIVATIONAL,COUNSELLOR
+,,,,,,,,,,,(hopping,around
+,,,,,,,,,,,,enthusiastically)
+,,,,,,,,YES!!!,You,know,people,ask,me,
+,,,,,,,,""Doctor,why,are,you,always,happy?""
+,,,,,,,,And,I,tell,them,it's,mind,over
+,,,,,,,,matter.,I,don't,mind,that,I,don't
+,,,,,,,,matter!,Do,you,get,it?,Do,you,get
+,,,,,,,,it?
+
+,,,Z,gives,a,fake,smile.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,MOTIVATIONAL,COUNSELLOR
+,,,,,,,,,,,(incredibly,""up"")
+,,,,,,,,Z,we're,part,of,the,fastest,growing
+,,,,,,,,species,in,the,whole,world!
+
+,,,The,counsellor,rolls,down,a,chart,from,the,wall.,An,arrow
+,,,shows,ant,population,going,up,up,up.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,MOTIVATIONAL,COUNSELLOR
+,,,,,,,,Ask,me,why,we're,so,successful.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,Z
+,,,,,,,,Why,are,we,so,successful?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,MOTIVATIONAL,COUNSELLOR
+,,,,,,,,I'm,glad,you,asked,me,that,question!
+
+,,,The,motivational,counsellor,opens,some,blinds...and,we,see,a
+,,,vista,of,the,ant-filled,chamber,below.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,MOTIVATIONAL,COUNSELLOR
+,,,,,,,,What,do,you,see,out,there?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,Z
+,,,,,,,,...Ants...
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,MOTIVATIONAL,COUNSELLOR
+,,,,,,,,Right!,Ants!,Millions,of,creatures,
+,,,,,,,,each,with,his,assigned,task,all
+,,,,,,,,pulling,together!
+
+,,,Down,below,we,see,a,group,of,ants,carrying,a,boulder,up,an
+,,,incline.,One,worker,ants,slips,and,the,boulder,rolls,down,
+,,,crushing,his,leg.,The,other,ants,rush,over,--,it,looks,like
+,,,they're,going,to,help,their,fallen,comrade,but,instead,they
+,,,climb,right,over,him,and,pick,up,the,boulder,continuing
+,,,with,their,task.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,MOTIVATIONAL,COUNSELLOR
+,,,,,,,,You,see?,Being,an,ant,is,being,able
+,,,,,,,,to,say,""Hey,--,I'm,meaningless,
+,,,,,,,,you're,meaningless.""
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,Z
+,,,,,,,,But,--,but,I've,always,felt,life,was
+,,,,,,,,about,finding,meaning...and,then
+,,,,,,,,sharing,it,with,someone,special,
+,,,,,,,,someone,you,love.
+
+,,,The,motivational,counsellor,puts,his,arm,on,Z's,shoulder...he
+,,,seems,to,understand...
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,MOTIVATIONAL,COUNSELLOR
+,,,,,,,,Z...you,need,help.
+,,,,,,,,,,,(looking,at,a,clock)
+,,,,,,,,Whoops!,We're,gonna,have,to,stop
+,,,,,,,,there.,Your,minute,is,up!
+
+,,,The,counsellor,ushers,Z,out,of,his,seat,and,towards,the,door.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,MOTIVATIONAL,COUNSELLOR
+,,,,,,,,Now,back,to,work!,We've,made,real
+,,,,,,,,progress!,Remember,--,let's,be
+,,,,,,,,best,superorganism,we,can,be!
+
+,,,INT.,EARLY,MEGA-TUNNEL,-,DAY
+
+,,,A,gigantic,tunnel,with,the,size,and,scale,of,the,""Chunnel"".
+,,,A,banner,strung,overhead,reads:,""The,Mega-Tunnel,--,Tunneling
+,,,Our,Way,to,a,Bright,Future!"",Along,the,walls,hang,50's,work-
+,,,incentive,style,posters,with,messages,like,""You,asked,for
+,,,it,you,got,it,--,more,work!"",and,""TWO,MEALS,A,WEEK,IS
+,,,ENOUGH!!!"",Line,after,line,of,ants,is,working,on,the,tunnel,
+,,,digging,passing,clumps,of,dirt,from,ant,to,ant,everyone
+,,,synchronized.
+
+,,,CLOSE,on,a,clump,of,DIRT,being,passed,from,hand,to,hand.
+,,,PULL,OUT,TO,REVEAL
+
+,,,AZTECA,a,feisty,cynical,female,worker,ant,who,stands
+,,,there,waiting,to,pass,the,dirt,on.,Z,is,daydreaming,behind
+,,,her,with,clumps,of,dirt,starting,to,pile,up,in,front,of,him.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,AZTECA
+,,,,,,,,Hello?!,Earth,to,Z!,You,better,snap
+,,,,,,,,out,of,it,or,there's,gonna,be,a,lot
+,,,,,,,,of,pissed,off,ants!
+
+,,,Z,looks,back,and,sees,the,ants,behind,staring,at,him,angrily.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,Z
+,,,,,,,,,,,(snapping,out,of,it)
+,,,,,,,,Sorry,Azteca.,Here,you,go,fellas!
+,,,,,,,,Fresh,dirt!,Alley,oop!
+,,,,,,,,,,,(looking,at,the,dirt)
+,,,,,,,,Shouldn't,we,be,wearing,gloves?,I
+,,,,,,,,mean,this,dirt,is,very...dirty.
+,,,,,,,,Doesn't,anyone,think,of,hygiene?
+,,,,,,,,,,,(Z's,stomach,growls)
+,,,,,,,,Boy,am,I,hungry.,I'm,so,hungry,I'm
+,,,,,,,,seeing,double.,It,looks,like,there's
+,,,,,,,,two,million,ants,in,here.,When's
+,,,,,,,,lunch?,Tomorrow,or,the,day,after?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,AZTECA
+,,,,,,,,,,,(sweetly)
+,,,,,,,,Z,old,pal...
+,,,,,,,,,,,(shouts)
+,,,,,,,,SHUT,UP!!!,It's,bad,enough,there's
+,,,,,,,,a,food,shortage,without,you
+,,,,,,,,complaining,about,it,every,day.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,Z
+,,,,,,,,The,squeaky,wheel,gets,the,oil.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,AZTECA
+,,,,,,,,No,Z.,The,squeaky,wheel,gets,thrown
+,,,,,,,,away,alright?,You're,a,good,ant,Z,
+,,,,,,,,even,though,you,are,a,pain,in,my,rear-
+,,,,,,,,segment.,I,don't,wanna,see
+,,,,,,,,anything,happen,to,you.,So,quit
+,,,,,,,,mouthing,off,before,you,get,in
+,,,,,,,,trouble.
+
+,,,A,WHISTLE,BLOWS.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,Z
+,,,,,,,,Thank,goodness.,Breaktime.
+
+,,,All,the,ants,put,down,their,tools.,A,beat.,Then,the,WHISTLE
+,,,BLOWS,AGAIN.,All,the,ants,pick,up,their,tools,again.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,AZTECA
+,,,,,,,,,,,(resigned)
+,,,,,,,,Break's,over.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,Z
+,,,,,,,,,,,(getting,back,to,work)
+,,,,,,,,This,colony,needs,another,tunnel,like
+,,,,,,,,a,hole,in,the,ground.,Why,are,we
+,,,,,,,,even,digging,this,thing?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,AZTECA
+,,,,,,,,Who,cares,Z.,All,I,know,is,we
+,,,,,,,,gotta,dig.,We're,not,the,ones,in
+,,,,,,,,charge.
+
+,,,INT.,TOWN,CENTER,-,DAY
+
+,,,The,huge,spacious,main,chamber,of,the,colony.,Looming,over
+,,,the,scene,is,the,royal,palace,which,seems,to,be
+,,,inaccessible,perched,on,top,of,a,hill-like,pedestal.
+
+,,,Around,the,base,of,the,pedestal,a,crew,of,workers,loiters,
+,,,seemingly,aimlessly...can,these,be,the,only,unemployed,ants
+,,,in,the,place?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,GENERAL,FORMICA
+,,,,,,,,STAIRS!
+
+,,,The,workers,look,up,and,GROAN.,Then,they,start,forming,a
+,,,stairway,with,their,own,bodies,linking,arms,stepping,on
+,,,each,other's,shoulders.,It's,extremely,unpleasant,work.,One
+,,,ant,is,a,little,tardy,and,just,manages,to,get,in,place
+,,,before...
+
+,,,GENERAL,FORMICA,the,Pattonesque,military,leader,of,the
+,,,colony,STEPS,ON,HIS,HEAD,using,it,as,the,first,step,as,he
+,,,ascends,to,the,palace,his,aide-de-camp,Carpenter,in,tow.,As
+,,,Formica,mounts,the,""stairs"",we,can,hear,the,workers,going,
+,,,""OUCH!,OOF!,YIKES!"",etc.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,GENERAL,FORMICA
+,,,,,,,,Cut,the,chit-chat,down,there!
+,,,,,,,,,,,(turning,to,Carpenter)
+,,,,,,,,We've,spoiled,these,workers,
+,,,,,,,,Carpenter.,They've,never,had,it,so
+,,,,,,,,good,and,listen,to,them,--,always
+,,,,,,,,grumbling,and,complaining...
+
+,,,Formica,steps,on,the,foot,of,one,of,the,""stairway"",ants,who
+,,,muffles,a,yelp.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,CARPENTER
+,,,,,,,,...Yes,sir.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,GENERAL,FORMICA
+,,,,,,,,What,have,they,got,to,complain,about?
+,,,,,,,,Three,square,meals,a,day...
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,CARPENTER
+,,,,,,,,Actually,sir,we've,cut,them,down,to
+,,,,,,,,three,roughly,rectangular,meals,a
+,,,,,,,,week.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,FORMICA
+,,,,,,,,Don't,give,me,statistics,Carpenter.
+,,,,,,,,I,know,what,I'm,talking,about.,DOORS!
+
+,,,Formica,and,Carpenter,have,reached,the,top,of,the,staircase.
+,,,There,the,two,guard,ants,on,either,side,of,the,massive
+,,,throne,room,doors,pull,them,open,--,and,one,door,hinge
+,,,SQUEAKS.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,FORMICA
+,,,,,,,,,,,(to,guard,ant,while
+,,,,,,,,,,,,passing)
+,,,,,,,,Oil,that,soldier.
+
+,,,INT.,THRONE,ROOM,-,DAY
+
+,,,The,QUEEN,is,on,her,throne,her,huge,abdomen,sprawled,behind
+,,,her.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,QUEEN
+,,,,,,,,Ah!,General,Formica.
+
+,,,Formica,salutes,and,marches,to,her,Carpenter,behind,him.
+
+,,,Note:,Throughout,this,scene,the,Queen,is,giving,birth
+,,,repeatedly.,Each,birth,is,accompanied,by,a,herald,playing,a
+,,,short,""Happy,Birthday"",fanfare,on,his,trumpet.,Mid-wife,ants
+,,,bring,each,baby,to,the,Queen,for,inspection,who,COOS,a,few
+,,,words.,The,midwives,put,the,babies,on,a,moving,bassinet-
+,,,line,powered,by,ants,on,a,treadmill.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,QUEEN
+,,,,,,,,General,the,severe,food,shortage
+,,,,,,,,that,faces,the,colony...pains,me.
+,,,,,,,,The,thought,of,any,of,my,children
+,,,,,,,,going,hungry...
+,,,,,,,,,,,(she,shudders;,then,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,to,baby)
+,,,,,,,,Who's,the,cutest,widdle,worker?,You
+,,,,,,,,are!,Yes,you!,Don't,forget,to
+,,,,,,,,brush,your,teeth!
+,,,,,,,,,,,(to,mid-wife)
+,,,,,,,,Ship,'er,out.
+,,,,,,,,,,,(back,to,Formica)
+,,,,,,,,What,steps,are,you,taking,to,remedy
+,,,,,,,,the,situation?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,FORMICA
+,,,,,,,,We,are,launching,a,major,offensive,to
+,,,,,,,,expand,our,foraging,territory...
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,QUEEN
+,,,,,,,,Yes,what,else?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,FORMICA
+,,,,,,,,Please,don't,worry,your,majesty.
+,,,,,,,,Leave,the,worrying,to,me.,As,you
+,,,,,,,,know,I'm,not,an,ant,of,half-
+,,,,,,,,measures.,I,don't,pussyfoot,around.
+,,,,,,,,This,crisis,is,my,number,one
+,,,,,,,,priority,and,I,promise,you,it's
+,,,,,,,,being,dealt,with,swiftly,and
+,,,,,,,,decisively.
+
+,,,The,Queen's,attention,is,interrupted,by,another,baby,being
+,,,put,in,her,arms.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,QUEEN
+,,,,,,,,,,,(to,baby)
+,,,,,,,,No,snacking,between,meals!,Off,you
+,,,,,,,,go!
+,,,,,,,,,,,(to,Formica)
+,,,,,,,,Now,--,what,were,we,saying?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,FORMICA
+,,,,,,,,,,,(Oliver,North-style)
+,,,,,,,,I,do,not,recollect,your,majesty.
+,,,,,,,,Will,that,be,all?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,QUEEN
+,,,,,,,,Yes,General,Formica.,Carry,on,my
+,,,,,,,,good,man!,I,don't,know,what,we,would
+,,,,,,,,do,without,you.
+
+,,,Formica,clicks,his,heels,and,bows,his,head.,Carpenter,bows
+,,,low.,Formica,smartly,about,faces,--
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,BALA,(O.S.)
+,,,,,,,,General,Formica!
+
+,,,PRINCESS,BALA,hurries,through,a,second,doorway,carrying,a
+,,,swatch,book.,Something,about,her,sets,her,apart,from,the
+,,,HANDMAIDEN,ANTS,with,her.,Her,tiara,probably.
+
+,,,Formica,tilts,his,head,quizzically,to,Carpenter,behind,him.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,CARPENTER
+,,,,,,,,,,,(sotto)
+,,,,,,,,Princess,Bala,sir.,Your,fiancee.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,FORMICA
+,,,,,,,,Princess!,You,look,--,outstanding.
+,,,,,,,,Is,there,anything,I,can,do,for,you?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,BALA
+,,,,,,,,Well,--,I,thought,--,since,we're
+,,,,,,,,getting,married...it,might,be,nice,if
+,,,,,,,,we...got,to,know,one,another.
+
+,,,Formica,looks,confused.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,QUEEN
+,,,,,,,,Bala,has,always,been,a,hopeless
+,,,,,,,,romantic,General.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,BALA
+,,,,,,,,It's,just,that,--,well,I'm,honored
+,,,,,,,,that,you,selected,me,and,everything,
+,,,,,,,,I,just,thought,the,marriage,might,go
+,,,,,,,,a,little,more,smoothly,if,--,we,had
+,,,,,,,,a,conversation?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,FORMICA
+,,,,,,,,,,,(uncomfortable)
+,,,,,,,,Conversation...yes...well...
+,,,,,,,,,,,(to,Carpenter)
+,,,,,,,,Wasn't,she,briefed?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,QUEEN
+,,,,,,,,,,,(holding,up,a,baby)
+,,,,,,,,Look,General!,A,darling,baby
+,,,,,,,,soldier!
+,,,,,,,,,,,(emotionally,to,baby)
+,,,,,,,,Don't,try,to,be,a,hero!,Just,make
+,,,,,,,,sure,you,come,back,in,one,piece!
+,,,,,,,,,,,(handing,it,off)
+,,,,,,,,Next!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,FORMICA
+,,,,,,,,,,,(using,the
+,,,,,,,,,,,,interruption)
+,,,,,,,,I'll,take,your,suggestion,under
+,,,,,,,,advisement,Princess.,In,the
+,,,,,,,,meanwhile,--
+
+,,,Formica,turns,to,go.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,BALA
+,,,,,,,,General,--,we,have,to,talk,sometime!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,FORMICA
+,,,,,,,,Very,well.,Carpenter,is,there,a
+,,,,,,,,convenient,time,to,talk,vis-a-vis:
+,,,,,,,,relationship?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,CARPENTER
+,,,,,,,,Actually,sir,we're,ahead,of
+,,,,,,,,schedule.,We,have,thirty-six,seconds
+,,,,,,,,available,right,now.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,FORMICA
+,,,,,,,,Outstanding.,Princess...?
+
+,,,Bala's,a,little,fazed...but,grabs,her,chance.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,BALA
+,,,,,,,,So,um...how,was,your,day?,What,did
+,,,,,,,,you,do?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,FORMICA
+,,,,,,,,,,,(scouring,his,mind)
+,,,,,,,,Well...
+,,,,,,,,,,,(that's,it!)
+,,,,,,,,I,declared,war!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,BALA
+,,,,,,,,,,,(sadly)
+,,,,,,,,Oh...and,I,was,afraid,we,had,nothing
+,,,,,,,,in,common...
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,CARPENTER
+,,,,,,,,,,,(under,his,breath)
+,,,,,,,,Fourteen-fifty,hours,sir.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,FORMICA
+,,,,,,,,Duty,calls!
+
+,,,He,strides,across,the,floor.,Bala,watches,him,go,her
+,,,antennae,drooping,unhappily.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,FORMICA
+,,,,,,,,No,squeak.,Outstanding!
+
+,,,We,see,through,the,now-open,doors,into,the,throne-room,as
+,,,Formica,and,Carpenter,double-time,out,of,the,frame.
+
+,,,The,Queen,sees,that,Bala,is,unhappy.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,QUEEN
+,,,,,,,,,,,(sympathetically)
+,,,,,,,,I,felt,the,same,way,before,I,got
+,,,,,,,,married.,Confused.,Scared.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,BALA
+,,,,,,,,,,,(hopefully)
+,,,,,,,,You,did?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,QUEEN
+,,,,,,,,Yes,--,but,I,did,my,duty,and,sorted
+,,,,,,,,out,all,those,messy,feelings.,The
+,,,,,,,,wonderful,thing,about,ant,life,is
+,,,,,,,,that,everything,is,arranged.,Even
+,,,,,,,,marriage.,You're,lucky,--,General
+,,,,,,,,Formica,is,a,paragon,of,anthood.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,BALA
+,,,,,,,,,,,(unconvinced)
+,,,,,,,,Yes...he's,wonderful...
+
+,,,The,doors,swing,shut,on,them,--,revealing,the,two,guard,ants
+,,,who,were,CRUSHED,in,the,wake,of,Formica's,exit.
+
+,,,INT.,BALA'S,QUARTERS,-,DAY
+
+,,,Bala,enters,followed,by,her,handmaidens,who,are,in,a,state
+,,,of,giggling,infatuation,over,Formica.,Bala,is,scowling,as
+,,,she,leafs,through,a,wedding,catalogue.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,HANDMAIDEN,#1
+,,,,,,,,,,,(swooning,over
+,,,,,,,,,,,,General,Formica)
+,,,,,,,,The,General's,body,segments,are
+,,,,,,,,so...symmetrical.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,HANDMAIDEN,#2
+,,,,,,,,,,,(giggling)
+,,,,,,,,I'd,let,him,order,me,into,battle
+,,,,,,,,anyday.
+
+,,,Bala,hurls,the,swatch,book,against,the,wall.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,HANDMAIDEN,#1
+,,,,,,,,Princess?,What's,wrong?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,BALA
+,,,,,,,,Wrong?,How,could,anything,be,wrong?
+,,,,,,,,I'm,going,to,marry,General,Formica
+,,,,,,,,and,be,a,queen,and,have,millions,of
+,,,,,,,,babies,just,like,my,mom.
+,,,,,,,,,,,(concerned)
+,,,,,,,,Do,I,look,fat,to,you?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,HANDMAIDEN,#2
+,,,,,,,,,,,(knowingly,to
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Handmaiden,#2)
+,,,,,,,,Pre-wedding,jitters.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,HANDMAIDEN,#1
+,,,,,,,,You,just,need,to,blow,off,some,steam.
+,,,,,,,,Let's,go,to,the,bar,at,the,Royal,Club!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,BALA
+,,,,,,,,The,Club's,so,stuffy.,I,want,to,try
+,,,,,,,,someplace,different.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,HANDMAIDEN,#2
+,,,,,,,,There,isn't,anyplace,else,--
+,,,,,,,,,,,(making,a,joke)
+,,,,,,,,Except,the,worker,bar.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,BALA
+,,,,,,,,The,worker,bar!,Yes!,That's,where
+,,,,,,,,I,want,to,go!
+
+,,,The,handmaidens,look,shocked.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,HANDMAIDEN,#1
+,,,,,,,,But,--,we,can't,--,there'll,be
+,,,,,,,,workers,there.
+
+,,,INT.,ANT,BAR,-,NIGHT
+
+,,,A,long,bar,filled,with,ants.,The,bar,itself,seems,to,stretch
+,,,for,miles,and,there,are,hundreds,of,ants,trying,to,get,a
+,,,drink...unfortunately,there's,only,one,bartender.,Z,is,at
+,,,the,bar,with,WEAVER,a,burly,ant,soldier.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,Z
+,,,,,,,,We,declared,war,again?
+,,,,,,,,,,,(off,Weaver's,nod)
+,,,,,,,,Are,you,scared?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,WEAVER
+,,,,,,,,,,,(shrugs)
+,,,,,,,,I'll,be,back.
+
+,,,The,BARTENDER,a,grizzled,veteran,slaps,down,what,looks,like
+,,,a,couple,of,large,green,beer,mugs.,Actually,they're,aphids,
+,,,little,green,critters,he,fills,up,from,a,number,of,kegs
+,,,hanging,from,the,ceiling.,The,kegs,are,specialized,ants,with
+,,,hugely,distended,stomachs,which,spray,liquid,into,the,aphids.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,APHIDS
+,,,,,,,,,,,(as,they're,slapped
+,,,,,,,,,,,,on,bar)
+,,,,,,,,Ouch!,Ouch!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,BARTENDER
+,,,,,,,,Two,aphid,beers.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,Z
+,,,,,,,,,,,(as,Bartender,leaves)
+,,,,,,,,Did,you,see,that?,How,he,gave,you
+,,,,,,,,the,beers,not,me?,I'm,telling,you,
+,,,,,,,,he's,got,something,against,workers.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,WEAVER
+,,,,,,,,I,don't,know,what,you're,talking
+,,,,,,,,about,Z.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,Z
+,,,,,,,,Come,on,--,everybody,dumps,on,us
+,,,,,,,,workers.,You,soldiers,get,all,the
+,,,,,,,,glory.,Plus,you,get,to,go,out,into
+,,,,,,,,the,world,meet,interesting,insects,
+,,,,,,,,and,kill,them.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,WEAVER
+,,,,,,,,Yeah,but,you,get,to,spend,all,day
+,,,,,,,,with,those,fabulous,worker,babes.
+
+,,,We,can,see,that,Weaver,is,eyeing,a,nearby,table,of,""Worker
+,,,Babes"",including,Z's,friend,Azteca.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,Z
+,,,,,,,,Weaver,they're,career,girls.
+,,,,,,,,They're,obsessed,with,digging.
+,,,,,,,,,,,(sighs)
+,,,,,,,,No,I'll,probably,never,meet,the,girl
+,,,,,,,,for,me.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,WEAVER
+,,,,,,,,Who,said,there,was,a,girl,for,you?
+,,,,,,,,I,was,talking,about,a,girl,for,me.
+,,,,,,,,,,,(quaffing,his,aphid
+,,,,,,,,,,,,beer)
+,,,,,,,,Don't,you,want,your,aphid,beer?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,Z
+,,,,,,,,I,can't,help,it.,I,have,a,thing
+,,,,,,,,about,drinking,from,the,anus,of
+,,,,,,,,another,creature.,Call,me,crazy.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,WEAVER
+,,,,,,,,Z,we've,known,each,other,a,long
+,,,,,,,,time,right?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,Z
+,,,,,,,,Of,course.,You,were,born,two,seconds
+,,,,,,,,after,me.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,WEAVER
+,,,,,,,,And,all,the,time,I've,known,you,
+,,,,,,,,you've,been,grumping,and,groaning.
+,,,,,,,,You,should,quit,making,waves.,Go
+,,,,,,,,with,the,flow.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,Z
+,,,,,,,,Weaver,I'm,an,insect,not,a,liquid.
+
+,,,Down,the,bar,there's,a,commotion.,A,grizzled,old,SCOUT,ant
+,,,has,had,too,much,to,drink.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,DRUNK,SCOUT
+,,,,,,,,Have,you,been,to,Insectopia?,Have
+,,,,,,,,you?,No,ya,goddam,larvas!,But,I
+,,,,,,,,have...
+,,,,,,,,,,,(becoming,emotional)
+,,,,,,,,...Mosquitos,n',caterpillars,n'
+,,,,,,,,beetles,--,all,livin',in,peace,
+,,,,,,,,stuffin,their,guts,with,food...No
+,,,,,,,,rules,no,regulations...you,can,be
+,,,,,,,,your,own,ant,there...
+,,,,,,,,,,,(howling,drunkenly)
+,,,,,,,,It's,Insectopia!,Insectopia!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,Z
+,,,,,,,,Hey,Weaver,listen!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,DRUNK,SCOUT
+,,,,,,,,I,was,cut,off,from,my,unit,--,found
+,,,,,,,,it,by,mistake,--
+,,,,,,,,,,,(slurring)
+,,,,,,,,It,changed,my,life!
+,,,,,,,,,,,(spraying,another
+,,,,,,,,,,,,soldier,with,saliva)
+,,,,,,,,You,see,--,ya,follow,the,great,yellow
+,,,,,,,,egg,and,you,come,to,the,land,of,red
+,,,,,,,,and,white,--
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,SOLDIERS
+,,,,,,,,You've,had,enough,for,one,night!
+,,,,,,,,Come,on,Gramps,before,you,get,in
+,,,,,,,,trouble.
+
+,,,The,soldiers,pull,him,from,the,bar,carrying,him,out.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,Z
+,,,,,,,,,,,(excited)
+,,,,,,,,Hey,did,you,hear,what,he,said?!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,WEAVER
+,,,,,,,,Poor,guy's,had,one,too,many,scouting
+,,,,,,,,missions.
+
+,,,MUSIC,STARTS,UP.
+
+,,,INT.,ANT,BAR,ENTRANCE,-,NIGHT
+
+,,,Princess,Bala,is,peering,in,at,the,entrance,to,the,ant,bar,
+,,,accompanied,by,her,worried-looking,handmaidens.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,HANDMAIDEN,#2
+,,,,,,,,We,shouldn't,be,doing,this,--,it
+,,,,,,,,isn't,proper!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,BALA
+,,,,,,,,I'm,the,Princess,aren't,I?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,HANDMAIDEN,#2
+,,,,,,,,Of,course,--
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,BALA
+,,,,,,,,And,do,Princesses,do,improper,things?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,HANDMAIDEN,#2
+,,,,,,,,Of,course,not,--
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,BALA
+,,,,,,,,Then,if,I,go,to,the,worker,bar,it
+,,,,,,,,isn't,improper.,Anyway,don't,worry.
+,,,,,,,,No,one,will,recognize,us,in,our
+,,,,,,,,disguises.
+
+,,,She,adjusts,her,""disguise"",a,hardhat,tied,down,Jackie,O.-
+,,,style,with,an,ant's,version,of,a,Chanel,scarf.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,BALA
+,,,,,,,,I'm,just,a,common,worker,cooling,off
+,,,,,,,,after,a,rough,day!
+
+,,,Music,starts.,An,ant,BARKER,takes,the,mic,at,one,end,of,the
+,,,dance,floor.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,BARKER
+,,,,,,,,,,,(on,loudspeaker)
+,,,,,,,,Okay,folks.,It's,six-fifteen,and
+,,,,,,,,that,means,it's,time,to,dance.
+
+,,,Every,ant,gets,up,to,dance.,Weaver,turns,to,Z.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,WEAVER
+,,,,,,,,,,,(draining,his,beer)
+,,,,,,,,Time,to,cut,a,rug,Z!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,Z
+,,,,,,,,I'm,not,in,the,mood.
+,,,,,,,,,,,(disgusted)
+,,,,,,,,Even,when,they're,off,work,they
+,,,,,,,,follow,orders.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,WEAVER
+,,,,,,,,Well,you,just,sit,here,and,be,a
+,,,,,,,,party-pooper.
+
+,,,Weaver,joins,the,rest,of,the,ants,who,are,lining,up,for,the
+,,,dance.,The,Barker,calls,out,the,steps,in,a,bored,monotone,--
+,,,all,the,ants,already,know,the,steps.,Everyone,dances,in
+,,,perfect,synch.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,BARKER
+,,,,,,,,,,,(southern,twang)
+,,,,,,,,And,a,left-right-quarterstep-back
+,,,,,,,,step-halfstep,--,a,left-right-
+,,,,,,,,quarterstep-backstep-halfstep,--
+,,,,,,,,a,left-right-quarterstep-backstep
+,,,,,,,,halfstep,--
+
+,,,AT,THE,ENTRANCE,Bala,smiles,mischievously,at,her,handmaidens.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,BALA
+,,,,,,,,I'm,going,to,ask,one,of,these
+,,,,,,,,mindless,primitive,worker-types,to
+,,,,,,,,dance,with,me!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,HANDMAIDEN,#1
+,,,,,,,,But,General,Formica,would,be,furious!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,BALA
+,,,,,,,,,,,(enjoying,the,idea)
+,,,,,,,,I,know.
+
+,,,The,handmaidens,are,appalled.,Bala,whirls,away,from,them,
+,,,sets,her,sights,and,searches,the,crowd,--,zeroing,in,on,--
+
+,,,Z,who's,watching,the,other,ants,dance.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,Z
+,,,,,,,,What,a,bunch,of,losers.,Mindless
+,,,,,,,,zombies,capitulating,to,an,oppressive
+,,,,,,,,system,--
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,BALA
+,,,,,,,,Wanna,dance?
+
+,,,Bala's,standing,right,there.,Z,is,instantly,smitten.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,Z
+,,,,,,,,Me?!,Yes!!!,I,mean,--
+,,,,,,,,,,,(regaining,suavosity)
+,,,,,,,,Just,let,me,finish,my,beer.
+
+,,,Not,breaking,eye,contact,with,Bala,Z,smiles,suavely.
+,,,Reaches,suavely,for,a,beer.,Suavely,grabs,the,candle,in,a
+,,,glass,jar,off,the,bar.,Suavely,singes,his,face.
+
+,,,He,plays,it,off,with,a,rakish,little,laugh.,A,bit
+,,,apprehensive,Bala,heads,onto,the,floor.,Z,follows,her.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,Z
+,,,,,,,,So,uh,--,how,come,I,haven't,seen,you
+,,,,,,,,around,here,before?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,BALA
+,,,,,,,,,,,(covering,up)
+,,,,,,,,I,work,in,the,palace,I,don't,get,out
+,,,,,,,,much.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,Z
+,,,,,,,,The,palace,hunh?,I,bet,those,royals
+,,,,,,,,really,live,it,up.,Of,course,they're
+,,,,,,,,all,a,little,you,know,from
+,,,,,,,,inbreeding,--
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,BALA
+,,,,,,,,,,,(shocked)
+,,,,,,,,What?
+
+,,,Z,and,Bala,step,onto,the,dance,floor,with,the,rest,of,the
+,,,ants,but,Z,can't,do,any,of,the,steps.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,Z
+,,,,,,,,Now,let's,see,I,--,it's,been,a
+,,,,,,,,while,since,I,--,I,think,you,--
+
+,,,Bala,watches,Z,trying,to,follow,along.,It's,the,blind
+,,,leading,the,blind,as,Z,tries,in,vain,to,follow,the,barker's
+,,,rapid,instructions.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,Z
+,,,,,,,,Here,I'll,lead.
+
+,,,Z,starts,doing,his,own,individual,dance.,With,a,suave
+,,,expression,on,his,face,he,leads,Bala,in,a,helter-skelter
+,,,mixture-of,Tango,Charleston,and,hand-jive.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,BALA
+,,,,,,,,Are,you,sure,this,is,a,real,dance?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,Z
+,,,,,,,,Well,actually,uh,--,I'm,sort,of
+,,,,,,,,making,it,up,--
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,BALA
+,,,,,,,,,,,(surprised)
+,,,,,,,,Really?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,Z
+,,,,,,,,Why,should,everyone,dance,the,same
+,,,,,,,,way?,It's,as,exciting,as,watching
+,,,,,,,,fungus,grow.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,BALA
+,,,,,,,,You're,right!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,Z
+,,,,,,,,,,,(surprised)
+,,,,,,,,You,--,you,think,I'm,right?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,BALA
+,,,,,,,,Why,can't,I,just,do,whatever,I,want
+,,,,,,,,to,do?,Why,can't,I,just,go,wild?!
+,,,,,,,,Yahoo!
+
+,,,Bala,starts,to,get,into,it,making,up,her,own,steps,in,reply
+,,,to,Z's,loosening,up,having,fun.,For,a,moment,the,two,of
+,,,them,are,actually,sexy,together.,Then,they,get,a,little,too
+,,,wild,--,and,the,other,ants,who,are,still,doing,their
+,,,intricate,dance,start,to,collide,with,Bala,and,Z.,Z,almost
+,,,knocks,over,a,big,soldier,ant.,We,can,only,see,the,ant's
+,,,back,at,the,moment.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,SOLDIER
+,,,,,,,,Hey!,Watch,your,step,worker.
+
+,,,Z,has,turned,around,to,see,the,soldier,ant,MAJOR,MANDIBLE,
+,,,glaring,at,him.,Mandible,is,about,twice,Z's,size.,He's,got
+,,,one,eye,missing,and,half,of,his,left,antenna,his,been,chewed
+,,,off.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,BALA
+,,,,,,,,You,watch,yours,soldier,or,my
+,,,,,,,,worker,friend,will,beat,you,up!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,Z
+,,,,,,,,,,,(terrified)
+,,,,,,,,Oh,that's,okay,I'll,let,him,off
+,,,,,,,,this,time.
+,,,,,,,,,,,(whispering,to,Bala)
+,,,,,,,,Are,you,crazy?,This,guy's,built,like
+,,,,,,,,a,pebble!
+,,,,,,,,,,,(ineptly,trying,to
+,,,,,,,,,,,,placate,the,soldier)
+,,,,,,,,You,know,they,do,great,prosthetic
+,,,,,,,,antennas,nowadays,--
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,BALA
+,,,,,,,,Aren't,you,gonna,stand,up,for
+,,,,,,,,yourself?
+
+,,,Z's,caught,between,a,rock,and,a,hard,place.,He,doesn't,want
+,,,to,get,beaten,up,but,on,the,other,hand,he,doesn't,want,to
+,,,lose,face,in,front,of,Bala.,More,soldiers,have,gathered
+,,,around,looking,hostile.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,SOLDIER
+,,,,,,,,How,come,you,don't,dance,like,the
+,,,,,,,,rest,of,us?
+
+,,,Z,glances,over,at,Bala.,Then,shaking,with,nervousness,he
+,,,says,defiantly...
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,Z
+,,,,,,,,Because,--,because,I'm,an,individual!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,SOLDIER,#2
+,,,,,,,,An,individual?,Never,heard,of,it.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,MANDIBLE
+,,,,,,,,You,look,like,a,worker,to,me.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,WEAVER
+,,,,,,,,Hey,lay,off,my,little,buddy!
+
+,,,Z,meanwhile,looks,far,away,ecstatic,as,if,he's,just
+,,,realized,something,very,important.,Unfortunately,just,at
+,,,this,moment,A,soldier,pushes,Weaver...Weaver,pushes,him
+,,,back...somebody,makes,a,dive,for,Z,--,and,before,you,know,it,
+,,,there's,a,regular,bar,brawl,going,on,with,Weaver,in,the
+,,,middle,of,it,cracking,heads,together,punching,ants,in,the
+,,,face,having,a,great,time.,Just,then,the,Princess'
+,,,handmaidens,hurries,over.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,HANDMAIDEN,#1
+,,,,,,,,Princess,Bala!,Princess,Bala!
+
+,,,Z,who's,scrabbling,around,on,the,floor,overhears.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,Z
+,,,,,,,,Princess?,You're,a,Princess?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,HANDMAIDEN,#2
+,,,,,,,,The,police,are,coming!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,BALA
+,,,,,,,,Uh,oh.
+,,,,,,,,,,,(to,Z)
+,,,,,,,,Goodbye!,Gotta,run!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,Z
+,,,,,,,,Wait!,When,can,I,see,you,again?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,BALA
+,,,,,,,,Let,me,think.,Hmmnn...
+,,,,,,,,,,,(thinks)
+,,,,,,,,Never.,Bye!
+
+,,,Bala,rushes,off,with,her,handmaiden,just,before,a,squad,of
+,,,whistle-blowing,POLICE,wade,into,the,crowd.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,Z
+,,,,,,,,Wait!,Princess!,Wait!
+
+,,,But,she's,already,gone,leaving,Z,holding,her,scarf.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,CUT,TO:
+
+,,,INT.,DORMITORY,-,THE,NEXT,DAY
+
+,,,Z,is,talking,to,Weaver,who's,getting,ready,to,go,off,to,war.
+,,,Nearby,columns,of,ant,soldiers,march,by.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,WEAVER
+,,,,,,,,Get,real,Z!,She,just,dropped,the
+,,,,,,,,scarf,by,accident!
+
+,,,,"
+6,Beavis and Butt-head Do America,"Mike Judge,Joe Stillman","Animation,Comedy",,"""BEAVIS,AND,BUTT-HEAD,DO,AMERICA""
+	
+	by
+	
+	Mike,Judge,and,Joe,Stillman
+	
+	
+	
+	
+		The,movie,begins,with,scenes,of,people,screaming,in,horror,
+	and,running,down,the,streets,of,a,big,city.,The,ground,shakes,from,
+	what,seems,like,giant,footsteps.,There,are,pieces,of,building,
+	debris,falling,everywhere,people,getting,crushed,power,lines,
+	coming,down,etc.,-,complete,pandemonium.,It,all,looks,very,much,
+	like,a,Japanese,animated,King-Kong,or,Godzilla,movie.,We,hear,the,
+	footsteps,getting,closer,and,the,ground,shaking,becomes,more,
+	intense,-,more,debris,falling.,Then,we,see,a,HUGE,BLACK,TENNIS,
+	SHOE,come,into,frame,and,smash,a,National,Guard,truck.,As,we,pan,
+	up,we,see,the,white,socks,then,the,red,shorts,the,AC/DC,T-
+	shirt,then,we,hear,the,familiar,""Huh,huh,huh."",-,only,it's,a,
+	huge,sound...this,is,a,THREE-HUNDRED,FOOT,TALL,BUTT-HEAD.,""Butt-
+	Kong"",continues,his,path,of,destruction,-,stomping,on,cars,and,
+	buildings,and,saying,""This,is,cool.,Huh,huh,huh.""
+		Airplanes,and,tanks,start,firing,at,Butt-Head,(Butt-Kong).,
+	He,looks,irritated,and,says,""Cut,it,out,butt-munch!"",Butt-Head,
+	swats,at,the,planes,sending,them,crashing,to,the,ground,and,
+	stomps,on,the,tanks.,Then,something,catches,his,eye.,Butt-Head,
+	reaches,into,a,skyscraper,and,picks,up,a,nice,looking,woman,-,a,
+	lot,like,the,one,from,the,King,Kong,movie.,He,looks,down,at,her,in,
+	his,hand,and,goes,wide-eyed,""Whoa!,Huh,huh,huh."",The,woman,
+	screams,in,terror,as,Butt-Head,looks,down,at,her,and,tries,a,few,
+	lame,pick,up,lines.,""Uuuuh...Hey,baby.,I'm,like,pretty,tall.,Huh,
+	huh,huh."",He,swats,down,a,helicopter,that,is,circling,his,head,
+	""Dammit,I'm,trying,to,score!"",The,helicopter,goes,down,in,flames.,
+	We,CUT,TO,some,guys,sitting,on,a,tank,firing,at,him.,They,notice,
+	giant,footsteps,coming,from,the,other,direction,and,turn,the,tank,
+	around.,Through,their,binoculars,we,see,a,THREE-HUNDRED,FOOT,
+	BEAVIS,coming,from,the,horizon.,The,giant,Beavis,is,even,more,
+	destructive,than,Butt-Kong,(maybe,he,could,be,breathing,fire).,
+	Beavis,starts,trying,to,pick,up,on,Butt-Head's,woman.,Butt-Head,
+	puts,the,woman,down,and,he,and,Beavis,begin,to,go,at,it,leveling,
+	the,city,with,one,of,their,stupid,juvenile,smack-fights.
+		We,CROSS-DISSOLVE,from,three-hundred,foot,Beavis,shaking,
+	Butt-Kong,to,Butt-Head,asleep,on,the,couch,with,Beavis,shaking,
+	him.
+	
+	
+	INT.,B&B'S,HOME,-,DAY
+	
+	
+					BEAVIS,(O.C.)
+			Butt-Head!,Butt-Head!,Hey,Butt-Head!
+	
+	Butt-Head,is,dead,asleep,on,the,couch.,Beavis,shakes,him.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			Butt-Head,wake,up,wake,up!
+	
+	Butt-Head,comes,around.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Dammit,Beavis,I,was,about,to,score.
+			Huh,huh.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			Yeah,but,check,it,out.,It's,gone!
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			What's,gone?
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			The,TV.
+	
+	Beavis,is,making,STRANGE,NOISES,in,a,state,of,shock.
+	
+	Butt-Head,rubs,his,eyes,and,looks,at,the,empty,space,where,the,TV,
+	was.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Uuuuuuh,huh,huh.,Uuh,...
+	
+	Out,the,window,we,see,two,YOUNG,MEN,carrying,B&B's,TV,into,their,
+	van.
+	
+	Still,on,the,couch,Butt-Head,looks,over,at,the,broken,window.,We,
+	see,a,CROWBAR,lying,on,the,floor,and,the,front,door,left,open.
+	
+	Butt-Head,looks,at,the,BROKEN,WINDOW,at,the,CROWBAR,the,OPEN,
+	DOOR,then,back,at,the,EMPTY,SPACE,where,the,TV,was.,He,does,this,
+	a,couple,of,times,-,piecing,it,all,together.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD,(CONT.)
+			Whoa!,I,think,I,just,figured,something
+			out,Beavis.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			What?
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			This,sucks.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			Yeah,heh,heh.
+	
+	Beavis,is,still,in,shock.,They,both,stare,at,the,empty,space,where,
+	the,TV,was,for,a,beat,not,quite,sure,what,to,do.
+	
+	Beavis,is,SHAKING,AND,MAKING,WEIRD,NOISES.,He,presses,buttons,on,
+	the,remote,a,few,times,as,if,it,might,help,somehow.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			This,sucks,more,than,anything,that
+			has,ever,sucked,before.,We,must,find
+			this,butt-hole,that,took,the,TV.
+	
+	
+	EXT.,CITY,STREET,-,NIGHT
+	
+	Bad,neighborhood.,70's,music,blares.
+	
+	A,fast,driving,car,drives,right,at,us,and,stops.,Punks,run,in,
+	fear.,Beavis,hops,out,of,the,driver's,seat,wearing,bell-bottoms,
+	chain,jewelry,and,a,70's,afro.,Into,a,dramatic,CLOSE-UP,he,takes,
+	off,his,glasses.
+	
+	FREEZE,ON,BEAVIS
+	
+					ANNOUNCER
+			Beavis!
+	
+	FRAME,UNFREEZES.,Beavis,whips,out,a,huge,gun.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			Freeze,butt-wipe!
+	
+	An,attacker,comes,from,one,side.,Beavis,uses,Judo.,Another,tosses,
+	a,knife.,Beavis,ducks,then,shoots,with,two,hands,police,style.
+	
+	
+	INT.,BEDROOM,-,NIGHT
+	
+	Swinger's,pad.,Totally,70's.,A,group,of,bikini'd,girls,on,a,
+	waterbed.,Butt-Head,approaches,them.,He,wears,a,leisure,suit,
+	collar,way,open.,He,plops,down,in,the,bed.
+	
+	FREEZE,ON,BUTT-HEAD
+	
+					ANNOUNCER
+			Butt-Head!
+	
+	FRAME,UNFREEZES.,The,girls,wrap,their,arms,around,him.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Huh,huh,huh.,Come,to,Butt-Head,baby.
+	
+					ANNOUNCER
+			Star,in...
+	
+	
+	MAIN,TITLE,-,FULL,FRAME
+	
+	
+	EXT.,CITY,STREETS,-,DAY/NIGHT
+	
+	ACTION,MONTAGE,BEGINS.,Styled,like,a,70's,cop,show,opening.
+	
+	OPENING,CREDITS,to,the,movie,appear,just,as,cop,show,credits,
+	would.
+	
+	Beavis,does,a,Starsky,and,Hutch-style,roll,with,a,gun.
+	
+	Butt-Head,slaps,a,pimp.
+	
+	Beavis,drives,chasing,a,car.
+	
+	Butt-Head,is,slapped,by,a,girl.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Huh,huh,huh.,That,was,cool.
+	
+	Beavis,and,Butt-Head,are,in,a,warehouse,shoot-out.
+	
+	A,black,police,chief,rises,from,a,desk,to,yell,at,B&B.
+	
+	B&B,dive,for,cover,just,before,a,building,explodes.
+	
+	In,CLOSE-UP,Beavis,smiles,for,an,ID,shot.
+	
+	Butt-Head,does,the,same.
+	
+	Beavis,in,a,rooftop,fight,kicks,his,opponent,over,the,edge.
+	
+	A,beautiful,woman,back,to,us,takes,off,her,dress,for,Butt-Head.,
+	FINAL,OPENING,CREDIT,APPEARS.,Butt-Head,and,the,woman,fall,into,
+	bed.,Suddenly...
+	
+	
+	INT.,SCHOOL,HALLWAY/DOOR,TO,A.V.,ROOM,-,DAY
+	
+	From,inside,SOUND,of,equipment,crashing.
+	
+	B&B,come,out,wheeling,a,TV,on,one,of,those,carts.,There,are,cables,
+	attached,to,it,still,leading,back,into,the,A.V.,room.,As,they,push,
+	the,cart,we,hear,more,equipment,falling.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Dammit,it's,stuck.
+	
+	They,give,it,one,big,push,and,it,finally,breaks,free.,We,see,that,
+	the,cables,are,tangled,with,cables,from,other,TVs,and,VCRs,which,
+	all,come,crashing,to,the,ground.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD,(CONT.)
+			Huh,huh,huh.,That,was,cool.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			Yeah,heh,heh.,Let's,just,wheel,this
+			thing,back,to,the,house.
+	
+	
+	INT.,SCHOOL/ANOTHER,HALLWAY,-,DAY
+	
+	MR.,VAN,DRIESSEN,stops,B&B.
+	
+					VAN,DRIESSEN
+			Ah,excuse,me,boys.,What's,going,on
+			here?
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Uh,someone,stole,our,TV.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			Yeah.,We're,just,gonna,use,this,one.
+			Get,outta,the,way.,Heh,heh.
+	
+					VAN,DRIESSEN
+			I'm,afraid,that,TV,belongs,to,the,school.
+			Mmmkay?,You,know,this,could,be,a,positive
+			experience,for,you,guys.,There's,a
+			wonderful,world,out,there,when,we,discover
+			we,don't,need,TV,to,entertain,us.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Huh,huh,huh.,He,said,""anus.""
+	
+					BEAVIS
+					(to,himself)
+			Entert-ain...us...an-us...Oh,yeah!,Heh,
+			heh.,Anus.,Heh,heh.
+	
+					VAN,DRIESSEN
+					(frustrated)
+			Have,you,guys,heard,a,word,I've,said?
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Yeah,""anus."",Huh,huh,huh,huh.
+	
+					VAN,DRIESSEN
+			Look,guys,just,take,the,TV,back,to,the
+			A.V.,room,right,now.,And,try,to,be,a,little
+			more,open-minded.,Mmkay?
+	
+	Van,Driessen,leaves.,B&B,continue,to,wheel,the,cart,home.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			What,a,dork.,Huh,huh.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			Yeah,heh,heh.,He's,a,anus.,Heh,heh.
+	
+	
+	EXT.,SCHOOL/STAIRWAY,-,DAY
+	
+	B&B,arrive,with,the,cart,at,the,top,of,a,stairway.,They,lamely,
+	attempt,to,let,it,slowly,down,the,steps.,The,cart,is,too,top-heavy,
+	and,goes,tumbling,to,the,bottom,of,the,stairs,shattering,the,TV.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Huh,huh,huh.,That,was,cool.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			No,it,wasn't!
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Uh,...Oh,yeah.
+	
+	B&B,stand,at,the,top,of,the,stairs,looking,down,at,the,wrreckage.,
+	PRINCIPAL,McVICKER,shows,up,by,the,TV.
+	
+					McVICKER
+			Why....,You...,You,bastards...,Ge...
+			get,out!,You're,suspended.,One,more
+			screw,up...,and,you're,expelled.
+	
+	B&B,walk,off,laughing.
+	
+	
+	EXT.,THE,ANDERSON'S,DRIVEWAY,-,DUSK
+	
+	B&B,walk,up.,There's,a,camper,in,the,driveway.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Whoa,check,it,out,Beavis.,I,didn't
+			know,Anderson,had,a,Camper.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			Yeah,heh,heh.,Maybe,it,has,a,TV.
+			Heh,heh.,TV.
+	
+	B&B,walk,up,to,the,camper,and,start,to,open,the,door,just,as,MARCY,
+	ANDERSON,opens,it.,(As,usual,she,doesn't,recognize,them.)
+	
+					MARCY
+			Oh,hello.,Are,you,guys,here,to,look
+			at,the,refrigerator?
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Uh,no.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			We're,here,to,look,at,the,TV.,Heh,heh.
+	
+					MARCY
+			Oh,I,didn't,realize,it,was,broken.
+			Come,on,in.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Cool.,Huh,huh,huh.
+	
+	B&B,walk,into,the,camper.,Marcy,stays,outside.
+	
+	
+	EXT.,ANDERSON'S,CAMPER,-,SAME,TIME
+	
+	Tom,is,adjusting,the,trailer-hitch.,Marcy,watches.
+	
+					TOM
+			Well,that,oughtta,hold,her.,Ya,know,
+			the,most,important,thing,you,can,have
+			on,a,camper,is,a,good,propane,regulator,
+			and,this,here's,the,best,one,they,make.
+	
+					MARCY
+			I,sure,hope,we,can,get,the,'fridge,fixed
+			before,we,leave.
+	
+					TOM
+			Now,Marcy,we've,been,savin',for,this,trip
+			our,whole,lives,and,we're,gonna,go,come
+			Hell,or,high,water...
+	
+	Through,the,camper,walls,we,hear,the,faint,sound,of,B&B,
+	AIR/MOUTH-GUITARING,""IRON,MAN.""
+	
+					TOM,(CONT.)
+			What,the,hell,is,that,noise?
+	
+	
+	INT.,ANDERSON'S,CAMPER,-,DUSK
+	
+	B&B,watch,a,""Cops""-type,show.,Beavis,gets,up,goes,to,the,
+	refrigerator,and,grabs,a,soda.,The,refrigerator,is,under,the,
+	counter,on,which,the,TV,is,sitting.
+	
+	Beavis,takes,a,sip,and,then,does,a,SPIT,TAKE,SPRAYING,SODA,ALL,
+	OVER,THE,TOP,OF,THE,TV.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			AAAAAAGH!!!,This,crap,is,warm!
+	
+	ANGLE,ON,TV:,The,soda,Beavis,spit,out,drips,into,the,inside,of,the,
+	TV.,We,see,smoke,and,hear,SIZZLING,AND,SHORT,CIRCUIT,SFX.,The,TV,
+	goes,dead.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Beavis,you,butt-hole!,You,broke,it.
+	
+	
+	EXT.,ANDERSON'S,CAMPER,-,DUSK
+	
+	B&B,come,out.,Tom,notices,them.		
+	
+					TOM
+			Hey,what's,goin',on,here?
+	
+					MARCY
+			They're,here,to,fix,the,TV,Tom.
+	
+					TOM
+			The,TV,ain't,broken.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Yeah,it,is.,Huh,huh,huh.
+	
+	Tom,adjusts,his,glasses,as,he,looks,at,B&B.
+	
+	TOM'S,BLURRY,P.O.V.:,We,see,B&B,out,of,focus.
+	
+					TOM
+			Hey,wait,a,minute.,You,two,look,kinda
+			familiar.,Ain't,you,them,kids,that've
+			been,whackin',off,in,my,tool,shed?
+	
+					BEAVIS,&,BUTT-HEAD
+			Huh,huh,huh,huh,huh.
+	
+	ANGLE,ON,BEAVIS:,looking,particularly,guilty,eyes,shifting,back,
+	and,forth.
+	
+	B&B,walk,off,leaving,Tom,wondering.
+	
+	
+	EXT.,STREET,IN,A,SEEDY,PART,OF,TOWN,-,JUST,BEFORE,DAWN
+	
+	B&B,are,having,TV,withdrawal.,Butt-Head,is,bug-eyed.,Beavis,has,
+	the,shakes,bad,arms,folded,like,Dustin,Hoffman,in,""Midnight,
+	Cowboy.""
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			Nnnnooo.,Oooooh,nooooo.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			What's,your,problem,Beavis?
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			I,need,TV,now!,Now!,NNNNDAMMIT!!!
+	
+	Butt-Head,stops,short.,He,looks,up.,His,face,is,bathed,in,a,
+	golden,throbbing,light.
+	
+	BUTT-HEAD'S,P.O.V.:,We,see,a,flashing,neon,sign,that,says,""TV"".,
+	Pull,back,to,show,B&B,are,standing,outside,the,Elite,Motel,Lodge,
+	featuring,""Color,TV"",and,""Air-Cooled,Rooms"",with,""Special,Nap,
+	Rates.""
+	
+	B&B,stare,up,as,if,at,a,god.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+					(crazed)
+			Heh,heh.,TV.,Heh,Teee,Veee.
+	
+	
+	EXT.,MOTEL,COURT,-,CONTINUOUS
+	
+	Butt-Head,tries,the,first,door.,It's,locked.,He,tries,the,second,
+	door.,It's,locked.,He,tries,the,third,door.,It,opens.
+	
+	B&B's,eyes,bulge.,Inside,PRINCIPAL,McVICKER,is,lying,across,the,
+	legs,of,an,obvious,prostitute,his,pants,pulled,down.,She,SPANKS,
+	him.
+	
+					McVICKER
+			Please,mmm...,may,I,have,another?!
+	
+	B&B,LAUGH.,McVicker,hears,and,looks,up.
+	
+					McVICKER,(CONT.)
+			Beavis,and,Butt-Head!,Y...y...you
+			bastards.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			Can,we,watch,your,TV?
+	
+					McVICKER
+			Y...,Y...,You're,expelled!,Get,out!
+	
+	Butt-Head,closes,the,door,laughing,and,starts,to,walk,towards,
+	the,next,door.,The,muffled,sound,of,a,SPANK,can,be,heard,followed,
+	by,McVicker,asking,for,another.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Huh,huh,huh.,That,was,cool.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			Dammit!,I,need,a,TV,now!,We're,missing
+			everything!
+	
+	
+	INT.,MOTEL,ROOM,-,CONTINUOUS
+	
+	The,only,light,in,the,room,is,a,flickering,TV.,Sitting,on,the,bed,
+	talking,on,the,phone,is,MUDDY.,He's,a,tough,mean,looking,red-neck,
+	-,a,Jack,Ruby,type.
+	
+	On,the,nightstand,next,to,him,is,a,three-quarter,drunk,bottle,of,
+	bourbon,and,a,manila,envelope.,On,his,lap,is,a,big,gun.
+	
+					MUDDY
+			...Are,you,sure,these,guys,can,pull,this
+			off?,It's,gotta,look,like,an,accident...
+	
+	We,hear,a,knock,on,the,door,and,muffled,B&B,laughs.
+	
+					MUDDY,(CONT.)
+			Hold,on,a,minute.,That,must,be,them,now.
+			I'll,call,you,back.,(Hangs,up,phone)...
+			Come,in!
+	
+	B&B,walk,in.,Muddy,turns,on,the,light.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+					(sounding,suddenly,sedated)
+			Aaaah.,TeeeVeeeee,heh,heh.
+	
+					MUDDY
+			Yer,late.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Why?,Did,we,miss,American,Gladiators?
+	
+	MUDDY'S,P.O.V.:,B&B,are,a,drunken,blur.
+	
+					MUDDY
+			Well,Earl,said,you,guys,were,young,but
+			jeez...,Oh,well,as,long,as,you,can,get
+			the,job,done.,So,what,are,your,names?
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Uh,Butt-Head.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			Beavis.
+	
+					MUDDY
+			That's,alright.,I'd,rather,not,know,your
+			real,names,anyways.,I'm,Muddy.,Look,I'm
+			gonna,get,right,to,the,point.,I'll,pay,you
+			ten,grand,plus,expenses,all,payable,after
+			you,do,her...
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+					(full,of,innuendo)
+			Do,her?,Huh,huh.
+	
+					MUDDY
+			That's,right.,I'm,offering,you,ten,grand
+			plus,expenses,to,do,my,wife.,We,gotta,deal?
+	
+	Butt-Head,stares,in,shock.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			Actually,we,just,wanna,watch,TV...
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Shut,up,Beavis!,Uh,yeah.,We'll,do,your
+			wife.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+					(trembling)
+			Nnnnaah...We,need,to,watch,TV,DAMMIT!!!
+	
+	Butt-Head,SMACKS,Beavis,and,pulls,him,aside.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Beavis,you,butt-munch,this,guy,wants,us
+			to,score,with,his,wife.,And,he's,gonna,pay
+			us.,We,can,buy,a,new,TV.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			Oh,heh,heh,really?,Cool.,Heh,heh.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+					(to,Muddy)
+			Uh,huh,huh...,We'll,do,it,sir.
+	
+					MUDDY
+			Okay,then,let's,get,down,to,business.
+	
+	ANGLE,ON,THE,BED.,Muddy,slaps,down,a,picture,of,DALLAS,his,wife.,
+	Leather,clad,biker,beautiful.
+	
+					MUDDY,(CONT.)
+			Here,she,is.,Her,name's,Dallas.,She,ain't
+			as,sweet,as,she,looks.,She,stole,everything
+			from,me.,Ya,gotta,watch,out,'cause,she'll
+			do,you,twice,as,fast,as,you'd,do,her.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Whoa,huh,huh.,Cool.
+	
+	Muddy,plunks,down,PLANE,TICKETS.
+	
+					MUDDY
+			She's,holed,up,in,a,hotel,room,in,Las
+			Veags.,Your,flight,leaves,in,a,couple,of
+			hours.,Now,c'mon,I'll,drive,you,to,the
+			airport.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Holed,up.,Huh,huh,huh.,Holed.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			Can,we,watch,some,TV,first?
+	
+	Muddy,picks,up,the,gun,and,SHOOTS,the,TV.
+	
+					MUDDY
+			No.
+	
+	
+	EXT.,CITY,STREETS,-,MORNING
+	
+	Muddy,driving,his,loud,four-by-four,like,a,maniac,drunk,with,
+	bloodshot,eyes.,B&B,are,in,the,back,seat.,He,eyes,them,through,the,
+	rearview.,Meanwhile,a,cat,bounces,off,the,windshield,with,a,
+	SHRIEK.
+	
+					MUDDY
+			One,more,thing.,Mah,wife's,got,this
+			leather,satchel.,It's,black,about,this
+			big.,I,need,ya,to,bring,it,back.,It's
+			real,important.,Sentimental,value...,Any
+			questions,so,far?
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Uh,yeah.,Does,she,have,big,hooters?
+	
+					MUDDY
+			She,sure,does.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			This,is,gonna,be,cool!,Huh,huh,huh.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			Yeah,heh,heh.,Boooooiiiing!!!
+	
+					MUDDY
+			Just,make,sure,it,looks,like,an,
+			accident...
+	
+					BEAVIS
+					(spastic)
+			Yeah,heh,heh.,I,think,I,just,had,an
+			accident.,Heh,heh,hmm,heh,hmm,heh.
+	
+					MUDDY
+			Huh,huh.,You,guys,are,funny.,Let's,have
+			a,drink,on,it.
+	
+	Muddy,swigs,the,last,swallow,from,his,bottle,of,bourbon.
+	
+	
+	EXT.,AIRPORT,-,EARLY,MORNING
+	
+	In,an,overhead,view,the,four-by-four,screeches,up,to,the,gate,
+	fishtails,to,a,stop,throwing,B&B,onto,the,sidewalk,and,peels,
+	away.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			We're,gonna,get,paid,to,score.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			Yeah,heh,heh,and,then,we're,gonna
+			get,a,big-screen,TV!,Heh,heh.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Beavis,this,is,the,greatest,day,of
+			our,lives.,Huh,huh,huh.
+	
+	
+	INT.,AIRPLANE,-,DAY
+	
+	B&B,enter,the,plane.,They,sit,down,in,the,first,two,seats,on,the,
+	right,-,in,First,Class.,A,flight,attendant,DOLORIS,approaches,
+	them.
+	
+					DOLORIS
+			Hi.,Can,I,help,you,find,your,seats?
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Uuh,nah.,These,seats,are,OK.
+	
+					DOLORIS
+			I,think,your,tickets,have,you,seated
+			in,row,fourteen,coach.,So,why,don't
+			you,just,go,ahead,and,move,back,OK?
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			That's,OK.,Someone,else,can,have,those.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			Yeah,it's,not,that,important,to,me,
+			really.,Those,seats,are,too,small,anyways.
+	
+	Doloris,yanks,them,out,of,their,seats,and,leads,them,down,the,
+	aisle.
+	
+	ANGLE,DOWN,AISLE,in,coach.,Doloris,stops,by,a,row,where,an,elderly,
+	woman,MARTHA,sits,by,the,window.,Next,to,her:,Two,empty,seats.
+	
+					DOLORIS
+			Here,you,are.
+	
+	She,gestures,to,the,seats,and,leaves.,Beavis,climbs,in,the,middle,
+	Butt-Head,in,the,aisle,-,still,watching,Doloris.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Hey,Beavis.,When,she,was,leading,us,down
+			here,huh,huh,she,touched,my,butt.,Huh
+			huh,huh.
+	
+	Martha,her,senses,a,bit,dimmed,from,age,turns,to,B&B.
+	
+					MARTHA
+			Hello,there.,Are,you,two,heading,for,Las
+			Vegas?
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			Yeah,we're,gonna,score.
+	
+					MARTHA
+			I,hope,to,score,big,there,myself.,I'm
+			mostly,going,to,be,doing,the,slots.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			Yeah,I'm,hoping,to,do,some,sluts,too.,
+			Heh,heh.,Do,they,have,lots,of,sluts,in
+			Las,Vegas?
+	
+					MARTHA
+			Oh,there,are,so,many,slots,you,won't
+			know,where,to,begin.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			Whoa!,heh,heh.,Hey,Butt-Head,this,chick
+			is,pretty,cool.,She,says,there's,gonna,be
+			tons,of,sluts,in,Las,Vegas!,Heh,heh,heh.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Cool.,Huh,huh,huh.
+	
+					MARTHA
+			It's,so,nice,to,meet,young,men,who,are,so
+			well,mannered.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			Yeah,heh,heh.,I'm,gonna,have,money,and,a
+			big-screen,TV,and,sluts,everywhere!
+	
+					MARTHA
+			Oh,that's,nice.
+	
+					CAPTAIN'S,VOICE,(V.O.)
+					(through,P.A.)
+			Good,morning.,This,is,your,captain
+			speaking.,Welcome,aboard,flight,151
+			non-stop,to,Las,Vegas.,We,ask,that,you
+			turn,your,attention,to,the,front,of,the
+			cabin,for,pre-flight,safety,instructions.
+	
+	B&B,see,Doloris,stepping,nearby,to,demonstrate,the,seat,belt.
+	
+					ATTENDANT'S,VOICE
+			To,fasten,your,seat,belt,insert,the,free
+			end,into,the,coupling.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Insert.,Huh,huh,huh.
+	
+	Doloris,demonstrates.,B&B,are,dumbfounded.,It's,too,complicated.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD,(CONT.)
+			Uh...
+	
+	They,struggle,to,make,their,seat,belts,fit,getting,each,other's,
+	parts.
+	
+					TAMMY,(O.C.)
+			Hi,I'm,Tammy?,Can,I,help,you,with,that?
+	
+	Butt-Head,looks,up.
+	
+	From,his,P.O.V.,we,see,a,beautiful,woman,TAMMY,smiling,her,
+	hands,reaching,down.,FALLING,IN,LOVE/HARP,MUSIC,STING,plays.
+	
+	CLOSE,on,Butt-Head's,lap,as,two,female,hands,reach,down,and,pull,
+	one,strap,from,between,Butt-Head's,legs.
+	
+	Butt-Head,looks,down,at,his,lap,as,Tammy,leans,over,him.,A,loud,
+	CLICKING,can,be,heard.,Butt-Head,stares,blankly.
+	
+					TAMMY,(CONT.)
+			There,you,go.,You're,all,set.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+					(stunned)
+			I,love,you.
+	
+	Suddenly,Martha,buckles,Beavis',belt.,Tammy,goes.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			Wait,I,wanted,her,to,do,it.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Huh,huh.,Soon,she,will,be,mine.
+	
+					CAPTAIN'S,VOICE
+			Flight,attendants,please,prepare,for
+			take-off.
+	
+	The,engines,start,to,hum.,The,plane,is,rolling.
+	
+	Butt-Head,struggles,to,get,his,seat,belt,off.,He,does,everything,
+	but,pull,the,handle.,Beavis,goes,white,with,fear.
+	
+	The,plane,starts,to,shake.,The,engines,rumble.,Beavis,starts,to,
+	freak.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			Hey,wait,a,minute.,What's,going,on?!
+	
+	Butt-Head,bangs,away,at,his,seat,belt.,Beavis,looks,out,the,window,
+	and,realizes,they're,in,the,air.
+	
+					BEAVIS,(CONT.)
+					(screams)
+			Aaaagh!,We're,gonna,die!!!!!
+	
+	ANGLE,ON,COUPLE,IN,FRONT,OF,B&B:
+	
+					MAN
+			D'ya,hear,that?,Something,must,be,wrong!
+	
+					WOMAN
+			Oh,my,God!!!!!!!
+	
+	ANGLE,ON,CABIN,people,start,screaming.,The,plane,quakes,lifting,
+	up.
+	
+	ON,BUTT-HEAD,furiously,pulling:
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Dammit!,Huh,huh.,That,chick,wants,me.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			Aggghg!,We're,gonna,die!,We're,all
+			gonna,die!
+	
+	The,plane,arcs,upward.,Butt-Head,finally,gets,the,belt,off,as,the,
+	plane,is,in,full,thrust.,He,rises,and,goes,tumbling,backward,down,
+	the,aisle.
+	
+	ON,PEOPLE,seeing,Butt-Head,flying,screaming,in,panic.
+	
+	In,free,fall:
+	
+	Butt-Head,grabs,the,door,to,the,hangable,luggage.,It,all,comes,
+	tearing,out.
+	
+	Butt-Head,flies,up,hitting,several,overhead,luggage,racks,which,
+	open,and,spill,their,contents.
+	
+	Butt-Head,lands,in,the,galley,causing,food,to,go,flying,and,
+	coffee,to,pour,freely.
+	
+	ON,THE,CABIN,as,the,plane,starts,to,level,out.,People,stop,their,
+	screaming.
+	
+	ON,BUTT-HEAD,underneath,the,rubble,poking,his,head,out.,He's,
+	directly,across,from,the,flight,attendant,station,where,Tammy,is,
+	strapped,in.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Uh,huh,huh...,could,you,like,do,that
+			thing,with,my,belt,again?
+	
+	
+	INT.,PLANE,-,LATER
+	
+	All's,in,order.,Flight,attendants,roll,the,beverage,cart,up,the,
+	aisle.,People,read,relaxed.
+	
+	ON,BEAVIS,AND,MARTHA.,Martha,is,showing,pictures,of,her,
+	grandchildren.,Beavis,is,showing,the,picture,of,Dallas,that,Muddy,
+	gave,him.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			I'm,probably,going,to,make,out,with,her
+			first,before,we,you,know,get,down...
+	
+					MARTHA
+			You'll,have,to,speak,up,son.,I,have,this
+			ringing,in,my,ears.,My,doctor,says,it
+			could,be,related,to,my,heart
+			palpitations.,I've,had,two,operations,on
+			my,heart.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			Really?,I,poop,too,much.
+	
+					MARTHA
+			Oh,maybe,you're,lactose,intolerant.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			Uh...,No,(louder),I,poop,too,much.,Then
+			I,get,tired.
+	
+					MARTHA
+			Well,if,you,find,yourself,getting,tired,
+			take,a,couple,of,these.
+	
+	She,hands,him,a,box,of,NoDrowz.
+	
+					MARTHA,(CONT.)
+			They,perk,me,right,up.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			Heh,heh,thanks.
+	
+	He,pours,the,contents,into,his,hand,and,chews,them,like,candy.,
+	Then,his,eyes,open,wide.
+	
+					BEAVIS,(CONT.)
+					(strange)
+			Uh,tastes,like,crap.,Heh,heh.,Mmmmm.
+	
+	Beavis,starts,wolfing,them,down.
+	
+	
+	INT.,PLANE,-,A,BIT,LATER
+	
+	Tammy,passes,out,meals,from,a,rolling,cart.,She,works,with,
+	Doloris.,Butt-head,stands,behind,Tammy,attempting,to,hit,on,her.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+					(to,Tammy)
+			So,uh,huh,huh,are,you,going,to,Las
+			Vegas?,Huh,huh,huh.
+	
+	Tammy,ignores,him,and,moves,on,leaving,Butt-Head,there.
+	
+	ANGLE,ON,BUTT-HEAD,looking,down,at,something.
+	
+	PAN,DOWN,to,reveal,he's,looking,at,a,BEER,on,a,fat,guy's,tray.,The,
+	guy's,asleep.
+	
+	Butt-head,picks,up,the,beer.
+	
+	ANGLE,ON,BEAVIS,nearby.,The,NoDrowz,is,starting,to,take,effect.,
+	Beavis,starts,shaking,babbling,staring,cross-eyed,at,his,fist,
+	etc.,(pre-Cornholio,stuff)
+	
+	Tammy,reaches,her,next,passenger.
+	
+					TAMMY
+			Hi,we're,serving,dinner.,Our,selections
+			tonight,are,chicken,piccata,or,seafood
+			gumbo...
+	
+					BEAVIS,(O.S.)
+			Piccata?,Piccata!,Picattatta,tatta!
+	
+	Tammy,moves,forward,leaving,Butt-Head,standing,there.,In,the,
+	background,we,see,Beavis,starting,to,quake,on,the,verge,of,
+	Cornholio,mode.
+	
+					PASSENGER
+			Does,the,gumbo,have,corn,in,it?
+	
+	ANGLE,ON,BEAVIS:,Turned,facing,the,cabin,T-shirt,pulled,over,his,
+	head,in,full,Cornholio,mode.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			I,am,Cornholio!,I,need,picatta,for
+			my,bunghole!
+	
+					TAMMY
+			You'll,have,to,wait,your,turn,sir.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			Are,you,threatening,me?,My,bunghole
+			will,not,wait!
+	
+	Beavis,starts,to,wander,down,the,aisle.
+	
+	ANGLE,ON,CURTAIN,TO,FIRST,CLASS,CABIN.,Beavis,enters.,From,the,
+	other,side,SOUND,of,screams.,We,hear,several,CALL,BUTTONS,being,
+	pressed.
+	
+	ON,BUTT-HEAD.,He,approaches,Tammy,from,behind.,She,ignores,him.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Uh,I,got,a,beer.,Want,some?,Huh,huh.
+	
+	ANGLE,INSIDE,THE,COCKPIT.
+	
+	The,PILOTS,are,relaxed,and,settled,in,when,the,door,to,the,cockpit,
+	slams,open.,Beavis,is,in,the,doorway,SCREAMING.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			Bargarajjjaaaahhh!!!,I,am,Cornholio!!
+	
+	The,pilots,SCREAM.,The,copilot,jumps,up,so,fast,he,causes,coffee,
+	to,spill,everywhere,including,on,the,captain's,lap.,The,captain,
+	then,jumps,up,hitting,the,controls,and,SENDING,THE,PLANE,INTO,A,
+	NOSE-DIVE.
+	
+	ON,BUTT-HEAD
+	
+	In,the,back,of,the,plane,standing,next,to,Tammy.,He,starts,to,take,
+	a,sip,of,beer.,The,nose-dive,of,the,plane,causes,Butt-Head,to,go,
+	FLYING,TOWARDS,THE,FRONT,OF,THE,PLANE.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			AAAAAHHH!!!,Huh,huh.,AAAAHHH!!!
+	
+	Butt-Head,bounces,all,overthe,plane,and,then,gets,tangled,up,in,
+	the,curtain,that,separates,first,class,and,coach.,It,tears,off,
+	and,he,continues,to,fly,forward.
+	
+	COCKPIT
+	
+	The,captain,is,desperately,trying,to,regain,control,of,the,plane.
+	
+	Butt-Head,slams,into,the,cockpit,landing,on,the,control,panel,
+	facing,the,captain.
+	
+					CAPTAIN
+			Get,the,hell,out,of,the,cockpit!
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Huh,huh,you,said...
+	
+					CAPTAIN
+			NOW!!!
+	
+	The,captain,throws,Butt-Head,back,behind,him,and,pulls,the,plane,
+	out,of,the,dive.
+	
+	
+	EXT.,LAS,VEGAS,AIRPORT,-,EARLY,EVENING
+	
+	The,plane,lands.
+	
+	
+	INT.,COCKPIT,DOOR,-,EARLY,EVENING
+	
+	The,flight,attendants,shaken,smile,at,a,line,of,people,
+	deplaning.,The,people,are,white,with,fear,some,covered,with,
+	flecks,of,spilled,food,and,other,matter.
+	
+					ATTENDANTS
+			Bye-bye.,Bye-bye.,Bye-bye.
+	
+	They,grow,silent,and,still,as,B&B,pass,by.,Beavis,takes,the,T-
+	shirt,off,his,head,coming,down,from,Cornholio.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Huh,huh,huh.,That,was,cool.
+	
+	
+	INT.,TERMINAL/ARRIVAL,GATE,-,DAY
+	
+	Arriving,passengers,are,greeted.,A,family,is,reunited.,Two,
+	businessmen,walk,up,to,limo,drivers,holding,cards,with,their,
+	names.,A,reunited,couple,hugs.
+	
+	B&B,look,around,in,confusion.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Uh,huh,huh,this,is,Las,Vegas?
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			Yeah,heh,heh.,I,thought,there'd,be
+			casinos,and,lights,and,stuff.
+	
+	People,greet,and,walk,away.,The,place,starts,to,clear,out.
+	
+	One,limo,driver,is,left,standing.,He,wears,sunglasses,and,holds,a,
+	sign,that,reads:,Beavis,and,Butt-Head.
+	
+	B&B,look,around.,Except,for,the,driver,they're,alone.
+	
+					BEAVIS,(CONT.)
+			Hey,Butt-Head,why's,that,guy,holding
+			a,sign?
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Uh...,maybe,he's,blind...,Huh,huh,check
+			this,out.
+	
+	B&B,go,up,to,him.,Butt-Head,turns,around,drops,his,pants,and,
+	hangs,a,""B.A."",at,the,guy.
+	
+					B&B
+			Huh,huh,huh,huh,huh,huh,huh.
+	
+					DRIVER
+			Ah,excuse,me.,You,wouldn't,know,where
+			I,can,find,these,guys,would,ya?
+	
+	He,indicates,the,sign.,Butt-Head,turns,around,and,pulls,up,his,
+	pants.,They,look,and,try,to,read:
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+					(reads)
+			Uh,B...A...U...,No,uh,V...
+	
+					BEAVIS
+					(reads)
+			Uh...,Buuuuut.,Boot.,Someone,named,boot.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+					(realizes)
+			Huh,huh.,This,says,Beavis.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			And,Boot-Head.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			That's,Butt-Head.,Don't,you,get,it,
+			Beavis.,These,dudes,have,the,same,name,as
+			us.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			Yeah,we,should,party.
+	
+	The,limo,driver,rolls,his,eyes,and,walks,away.
+	
+					DRIVER
+			This,way,sirs.
+	
+	B&B,follow,the,driver,away.,Beavis,looks,around.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			So,where's,those,guys?
+	
+	
+	EXT.,MUDDY'S,MOTEL,ROOM,-,DAY
+	
+	HARLAN,and,ROSS,the,two,dumb-looking,rough-necks,that,stole,B&B's,
+	TV,are,standing,outside,Muddy's,motel,room.,Harlan,knocks,on,the,
+	door.
+	
+					ROSS
+			Where,the,hell,is,he?
+	
+					HARLAN
+			You,sure,this,is,the,right,place?
+	
+	Harlan,looks,through,the,window,and,sees,the,shattered,TV.,No,
+	one's,there.
+	
+	Muddy's,four-by-four,SQUEALS,into,the,lot,and,skids,to,a,stop,next,
+	to,Harlan,and,Ross',van.,Muddy,gets,out,looking,really,drunk,now.
+	
+					HARLAN,(CONT.)
+			You,Muddy?
+	
+					MUDDY
+					(slurring)
+			You,the,cops?
+	
+					ROSS
+			Uh,no.,Earl,sent,us.,You,know,to,take
+			care,of,your,wife...
+	
+	Muddy,grabs,Ross,by,the,collar.
+	
+					MUDDY
+			What,the,hell?!...,What,about,those,other...
+	
+					ROSS
+			Huh?
+	
+	Muddy,tosses,Ross,to,the,sidewalk,and,starts,back,to,they,four-by-
+	four.
+	
+					MUDDY
+			Dammit!!!,She,did,it,to,me,again!!!
+	
+					HARLAN
+			Hey,I,noticed,your,TV,was,broken.,You
+			wanna,buy,a,new,one?
+	
+	Muddy,gets,in,the,four-by-four,and,starts,it.
+	
+					MUDDY
+			I'm,gonna,go,to,Vegas,and,kill,all
+			three,a',them!
+	
+	Harlan,and,Ross,seem,momentarily,confused.
+	
+	Muddy,revs,the,engine,peels,out,backwards,HITTING,THE,FRONT,OF,
+	THE,VAN.,This,causes,B&B's,TV,and,some,other,loot,to,spill,out,the,
+	back,onto,the,sidewalk.
+	
+	Ross,starts,to,pick,it,up.
+	
+					HARLAN
+			Just,leave,it.,Worthless,piece,o',crap.
+	
+					ROSS
+			Yeah,really.,We,gotta,start,stealin'
+			from,rich,people.
+	
+	
+	EXT.,LAS,VEGAS,-,DAY
+	
+	MONTAGE,SONG,BEGINS.
+	
+		Note:,I,would,like,this,to,be,a,well-known,band,(Red,Hot,
+		Chili,Peppers),doing,their,best,imitation,of,a,modern,Las,
+		Vegas,lounge,act.,I,think,a,song,like,""What,Am,I,Gonna,Do,
+		With,You"",by,Barry,White,or,something,obnoxious,like,
+		""Bicostal"",by,Peter,Allan,would,be,cool.,Or,maybe,Sinatra's,
+		""You,Make,Me,Feel,So,Young"",would,be,best.
+	
+	The,car,passes,by,major,hotels,and,tourist,sights,finally,pulling,
+	up,to,a,big,luxurious,hotel,and,casino.
+	
+	
+	INT.,HOTEL/CASINO,-,DAY
+	
+	Establishing,shots.,Excitement.,Gambling,tables,going,on,forever.
+	
+	ON,THE,LOUNGE,BAND,playing,the,song,we've,been,hearing.,They,
+	should,vaguely,resemble,the,actual,band,doing,the,song.
+	
+	PAN,DOWN,rows,of,slot,machines.
+	
+	PAN,ACROSS,DEALERS,handling,cards,and,chips.
+	
+	DOLLY,RIGHT,UP,TO,B&B,staring,in,utter,awe.
+	
+	REVERSE,ANGLE,REVEALS:,They're,staring,at,a,huge,Roman,statue,of,a,
+	bare-chested,woman.
+	
+	Their,faces,are,blank.,They're,seeing,God.,Finally:
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Beavis.,This,is,what,it's,all,about.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+					(speechless)
+			Heh,heh.,Yeah.
+	
+	
+	EXT.,VEGAS,-,DUSK
+	
+	Lights,are,popping,on.
+	
+	Billboards,and,signs,are,lighting,up.
+	
+	The,whole,strip,is,coming,alive.,Pure,excitement.
+	
+	
+	INT.,HOTEL/CASINO,-,DUSK
+	
+	ON,B&B,still,staring,at,the,statue.
+	
+					B&B
+					(in,awe)
+			Huh,huh,huh,huh,huh.
+	
+	A,security,guard,comes,and,drags,B&B,away.
+	
+	ON,THE,LOUNGE,BAND,continuing,the,song,we've,been,hearing.
+	
+	
+	INT.,B&B'S,HOTEL,ROOM,-,NIGHT
+	
+	The,door,is,opened,by,a,bellboy.
+	
+					BELLBOY
+			I'm,so,sorry,about,that,little
+			misunderstanding.,We,didn't,know,you
+			were,registered,guests.,Here's,some
+			playing,chips,compliments,of...
+	
+	Beavis,rushes,in,and,grabs,the,remote,which,is,attached,to,the,
+	night,table.,He,tries,to,pull,it,up,and,can't.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			This,remote's,too,heavy!
+	
+					BELLBOY
+			Sir,it's,attached,to,the...
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Here,dumbass!,Let,me,try!
+	
+	They,both,struggle,to,pull,it,up.,Finally,they,fall,over,
+	backwards.
+	
+	Annoyed,the,bellboy,leaves.
+	
+	
+	INT.,ELEVATOR,BANK/9TH,FLOOR,-,NIGHT
+	
+	The,elevator,arrives.,B&B,get,on.,There's,several,sophisticated,
+	people.,From,inside,a,computerized,FEMALE,ELEVATOR,VOICE:
+	
+					ELEVATOR,VOICE
+			Ninth,floor,going,down.
+	
+					B&B
+			Huh,huh,huh,huh,huh,huh.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Going,down.,Huh,huh,huh.
+	
+	The,sophisticated,people,look,repulsed.,The,doors,close.
+	
+	
+	INT.,HOTEL/CASINO,-,NIGHT
+	
+	MUSIC,DIPS,DOWN,FOR,DIALOGUE.,B&B,step,off,the,elevator,and,walk,
+	among,the,gambling,tables.
+	
+	Beavis,pulls,one,of,the,playing,chips,out,of,his,pocket,and,bites,
+	into,it.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			Ow!,These,chips,suck.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			What,a,rip-off.,Come,on.,We,gotta,find
+			that,chick.
+	
+	Beavis,tosses,the,chip,on,a,roulette,table.
+	
+	ANGLE,ON,THE,WHEEL.,The,ball,lands,on,13.
+	
+	At,the,table,the,DEALER...
+	
+					DEALER
+			13.,We,have,a,winner.,(to,Beavis),Sir,
+			your,chips?
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			I,don't,want,'em!,Keep,'em.
+	
+					DEALER
+			Let,it,ride!
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+					(to,dealer)
+			Uh...,could,you,help,us,find,a,chick?
+	
+					DEALER
+					(uneasy)
+			Sir,the,casino,does,not,partake,in,that
+			kind,of,activity.
+	
+	The,wheel,stops.
+	
+					DEALER,(CONT.)
+					(amazed)
+			13!,Winner!
+	
+	People,oooh,and,aaah.,More,gather,to,watch.
+	
+	Through,the,gathering,throng,comes,CHERYL,a,hooker.
+	
+					CHERYL
+			Excuse,me,boys.,Did,I,hear,you,say,
+			you're,looking,for,a,date?
+	
+	B&B,freeze,shocked.
+	
+					CHERYL,(CONT.)
+			I'm,Cheryl,and,I,can,show,you,a,real
+			fine,time.
+	
+	B&B,don't,move.,The,dealer,rolls,again.
+	
+					CHERYL,(CONT.)
+			A,time,you'll,remember,for,the,rest,of
+			your,lives,if,you,know,what,I,mean.
+	
+					DEALER
+					(to,Beavis)
+			Sir,do,you,want,your,chips?
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			No,Dammit!,I,don't,want,any,chips!
+	
+					DEALER
+			Let,it,ride.
+	
+	Cheryl,puts,her,hands,on,their,thighs.
+	
+					CHERYL
+			What,say,we,three,go,up,to,your,room,
+			take,off,our,clothes,and,just,see,what
+			comes,up.
+	
+	B&B's,eyes,open,wide.
+	
+					BUTT-HEAD
+			Huh,huh,huh,huh,huh,huh.
+	
+					BEAVIS
+			Uh."
+7,Boxtrolls The,"Irena Brignull,Adam Pava","Animation,Adventure,Comedy",September_2014,"EXT. CHEESEBRIDGE ALLEY - NIGHT
+                         
+          Lightning strikes, illuminating a vine covered wall as the
+          camera moves across a dark alley filled with CARDBOARD BOXES
+          and CRATES. They boxes have stylized LABELS; the box in
+          front is labeled FOCUS FEATURES.
+                         
+          SFX: FOOTSTEPS running on cobblestones and LABORED BREATHING.
+                         
+                              HERBERT (O.S.)
+                    No. Not my boy!
+                         
+          Lightning strikes again, highlighting the boxes and rubbish
+          in the alley. Something is coming. Whatever it is, its
+          breath is hurried and animalistic.
+                         
+          SFX: A BABY CRIES out.
+                         
+          Stumpy CLAWED FEET wrapped in rag run past a boxed labeled
+          LAIKA. The camera follows the shadowed figure as it runs
+          along cobblestones to the end of the lane. The creature
+          pauses under an arched entryway and turns, revealing GLOWING
+          EYES, a large mouth full of wonky teeth, and a BABY SHAPED
+          BUNDLE in its arms.
+                         
+          LIGHTING CRASHES as the BABY wriggles and cries.
+                         
+                                                                            CUT TO:
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. CHEESE GUILD - ENTRANCE HALL - NIGHT - CONTINUOUS
+                         
+          CLOSE ON: A FIST pounds a door.
+                         
+                                             SNATCHER
+                                       (WHEEZING)
+                    Wake his lordship.
+                         
+          SFX: A SERIES OF LOCKS being unlatched on the door.
+                         
+          A BUTLER opens the double doors, frowns. He starts to close
+          the doors but Snatcher pushes against the effort.
+                         
+                                             SNATCHER (CONT'D)
+                    The unspeakable has happened.
+                    (GASP) We must speak of it
+                    immediately!
+                         
+          A voice calls out from behind them.
+                                                                   2.
+                         
+                         
+                              LORD PORTLEY-RIND (O.S.)
+                                       (TIRED)
+                    What is it, Snatcher?
+                         
+          The butler moves aside, revealing a regal man with a white
+          hat at the top of an ornate marble staircase.
+                         
+                         
+          INT. CHEESE GUILD - ENTRANCE HALL - NIGHT - CONTINUOUS
+                         
+          LORD PORTLEY-RIND looks on from the mezzanine. The man in
+          the red hat casts a long shadow across the gleaming checkered
+          floors of the Cheese Guild.
+                         
+                                             SNATCHER
+                                       (GESTURING THEATRICALLY)
+                    Boxtroll monsters have stolen a
+                    child.
+                         
+          CLOSE ON: Lord Portley-Rind, perfectly groomed and perfectly
+          horrified.
+                         
+                                               LORD PORTLEY-RIND
+                                         (AGHAST)
+                    No.
+                         
+          CLOSE ON: ARCHIBALD SNATCHER in the door, backlit by
+          streetlights, sheets of rain falling behind him. He's a big
+          man, but out of shape (all belly and no butt), with long
+          shreds of greasy hair sprouting from beneath his crooked hat.
+                         
+                                              SNATCHER
+                                       (NODS)
+                    They're no doubt picking their
+                    teeth with his adorable baby bones
+                    by now!
+                         
+                                             LORD PORTLEY-RIND
+                    A horrible tragedy.
+                        (beat, flippant)
+                    Let's deal with it in the morning!
+                         
+          Portley-Rind turns to go.
+                         
+                                SNATCHER (O.S.)
+                    STOP!
+                         
+          The Butler closes the door, but Snatcher shoves his foot in
+          the way.
+                         
+                                             SNATCHER (CONT'D)
+                                       (STRUGGLING)
+                    Oh, oof! That's not the worst of
+                    it! Next they'll come after...
+                                                                      3.
+                         
+                         
+          The Butler shoves at the door, slapping and shoving
+          Snatcher's face until the door slams shut. Snatcher opens the
+          mail slot and yells through it.
+                         
+                                             SNATCHER (CONT'D)
+                    ...OUR CHEESES!
+                         
+                                                LORD PORTLEY-RIND
+                                       (GASP)
+                    My Gouda!?
+                         
+                                             SNATCHER
+                                       (LOW)
+                    They'll stop at nothing.
+                         
+          Portley-Rind suddenly flings open the doors, stares wide eyed
+          at Snatcher. He is crouched on the ground near the mail
+          slot.
+                         
+                                             LORD PORTLEY-RIND
+                    You're the town exterminator. I'll
+                    pay whatever it takes.
+                         
+          Snatcher stands slowly.
+                         
+                                             SNATCHER
+                    Oh, I don't want money.
+                         
+          He steps into the house and into the light, REVEALING his
+          greedy face for the first time. He smiles an oily smile.
+                         
+                                             SNATCHER (CONT'D)
+                    I want one of those.
+                         
+          Snatcher points to the WHITE HAT on Portley-Rind's head. Lord
+          Portley-Rind grabs his hat protectively.
+                         
+                                             LORD PORTLEY-RIND
+                    A White Hat? You?! Absurd!
+                         
+          Snatcher turns to leave, moving towards the damp Market
+          Square.
+                         
+                                             SNATCHER
+                    Alright then. But prepare to say
+                    bye bye to your Brie. Cheerio to
+                    your Cheddar. Goodbye to your...
+                         
+          Portley-Rind's resolve disappears. He raises his hand as if
+          to stop Snatcher from leaving.
+                                                                     4.
+                         
+                         
+                                             LORD PORTLEY-RIND
+                                       (DESPERATE)
+                    Very well. Every boxtroll gone.
+                    With proof!
+                         
+          Snatcher stops halfway down the stairs in the pouring rain,
+          his back still turned to Portley-Rind.
+                         
+                                             SNATCHER
+                                       (LOW PURR)
+                    For a white hat?
+                         
+          CLOSE ON: Snatcher's grinning face as he turns back toward
+          Portley-Rind.
+                         
+                                             SNATCHER (CONT'D)
+                    I will destroy every last boxtroll
+                    in this town!
+                         
+          LIGHTNING CRASHES as Snatcher laughs maniacally.
+                         
+                                                         SMASH CUT TO:
+                         
+                         
+          TITLES: ""THE BOXTROLLS""
+                         
+                         
+                         (0100 MON) MONSTERS
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. CHEESEBRIDGE - WORLD VIEW - SUNSET
+                         
+          WIDE VIEW OF CHEESEBRIDGE, a steep hill-town that looms over
+          the countryside. A jumble of roofs, a tangle of twisting
+          alleys, and perched at the summit, the imposing Cheese Guild
+          Hall. The last rays of the setting sun disappear.
+                         
+          EXT. CHEESEBRIDGE STREETS
+                         
+          --a deep voice echoes out of a scratchy MEGAPHONE.
+                         
+                              SNATCHER (O.S.)
+                    Hear ye! Hear ye! Good citizens of
+                    Cheesebridge, the curfew is in
+                    force. Don't dawdle or the beasts
+                    will tear you limb from limb!
+                         
+          CLOSE ON: A FABRIC BANNER reading ""BOXTROLL EXTERMINATORS"".
+                         
+          The banner hangs on a strange rattletrap TRUCK that winds its
+          way up the city streets. Sinister looking men in BLOOD RED
+          TOP HATS hang onto the running boards. The most sinister of
+          them all, Snatcher, rides on the roof.
+                                                                   5.
+                         
+                         
+                              SNATCHER (O.S.) (CONT'D)
+                    They will add your flesh to their
+                    rivers of blood and mountains of
+                    bones.
+                         
+          As the truck passes, PEDESTRIANS gasp and hurry into their
+          houses, heeding the amplified warning. A CHEESEMONGER at The
+          Cheesery pulls his FOLDING SIGN from the sidewalk and hurries
+          inside. A COUPLE stops mid-conversation and heads indoors. A
+          MAN CARRYING A CRATE brings his load into his shop,
+          abandoning the crate sitting at the curb. Two FEMALE
+          TOWNSFOLK head off down the street.
+                         
+          CLOSE ON: Archibald Snatcher as the truck rounds a corner.
+          He holds a MEGAPHONE TUBE to his mouth and orates as he zeros
+          in on a BOY playing ball in the street.
+                         
+                                             SNATCHER (CONT'D)
+                    Child! Do you want to end up like
+                    the Trubshaw Baby?
+                         
+          The boy watches the truck as it passes, curiosity changing to
+          horror.
+                         
+                                             SNATCHER (CONT'D)
+                    Dragged underground and feasted
+                    upon one year ago this very night?!
+                         
+          The terrified boy shakes his head and GASPS as he is yanked
+          inside by his MOTHER. His BALL bounces out of his hands and
+          rolls across the cobbles.
+                         
+                                             SNATCHER (CONT'D)
+                    Lock your windows! Bolt your doors!
+                    Hide anything that is not bolted
+                    down.
+                         
+          One man grabs his DOOR KNOCKER and bolts inside.
+                         
+          Another man grabs his MAILBOX.
+                         
+          Another a BARBER POLE.
+                         
+          With a terrified look the last man peers out of the peep hole
+          in his door, then slams it shut.
+                         
+                              SNATCHER (O.S.) (CONT'D)
+                    Hide your cheese. Hide your tender
+                    and delicious babies!
+                                                                      6.
+                         
+                         
+          EXT CHEESEBRIDGE STREETS - CONTINUOUS - NIGHT
+                         
+          The wind blows trash down the empty streets. Snatcher's
+          vehicle, rattling from its boiler, prowls past with Snatcher
+          still calling out his warning until the sound fades in the
+          distance.
+                         
+                              SNATCHER (O.S.)
+                    Beware the bloodthirsty monsters!
+                    They'll fry your eyes, gnaw on your
+                    knees, gobble your gizzards...
+                    Beware! BEWARE!
+                         
+          After Snatcher's truck has passed the CAMERA lands on: A
+          MANHOLE. Carved in the heavy iron cover is a warning: ""HERE
+          BE MONSTERS"".
+                         
+          A LONG BEAT OF SILENCE. The manhole cover slowly twists and
+          lifts, a pudgy blue hand emerges. Two pairs of yellow,
+          glowing eyes peer out. The creatures talk in expressive but
+          unintelligible GURGLES. Down the street, two more manhole
+          covers lift.
+                         
+          In pairs and in gangs, these BOXTROLLS -- so called for the
+          cardboard boxes they wear -- emerge from the sewers and
+          scurry through the streets of the besieged town. Their long,
+          forboding SHADOWS creep across walls plastered with posters
+          that read: ""CHEESEBRIDGE: A GOUDA PLACE TO LIVE"", ""REDHATS -
+          BOXTROLL EXTERMINATORS"".
+                         
+          We watch them scurry through streets and alleyways, gurgling
+          quiet directions to each other. They move swiftly and travel
+          in packs. We see a lone boxtroll jump and pull himself in to
+          his box as a DOG BARKS. He pops back out of his box and moves
+          along quickly.
+                         
+          CLOSE ON: what appears to be a LARGE BOXTROLL MONSTER peering
+          around the corner of a moonlight street. Its glowing eyes
+          turn toward the camera as it sways slowly. Five more pairs of
+          eyes light up within the large, boxy shadow and SIX BOXTROLLS
+          separate from the mass, popping off to run their errands
+          while the coast is clear.
+                         
+          BIRDS EYE VIEW: Groups of two and three boxtrolls snake their
+          way down streets, skirting carefully around areas lit by
+          street lamps.
+                         
+          In a small lane, groups of boxtrolls stop to collect
+          mechanical stuff. They work together, using their boxes as
+          tools and props.
+                         
+          SIX BOXTROLLS stack up in the background to steal a SHOP
+          SIGN, while THREE BOXTROLLS cooperatively steal the WHEEL
+          from a WOODEN CART.
+                                                                          7.
+                         
+                         
+          One boxtroll uses his box to prop up a       corner while the other
+          two release the wheel from the axle. A       LONE BOXTROLL crosses
+          the frame to see what treasures he may       find in a trash bin;
+          as he knocks it over with a CLANG, TWO       BOXTROLLS scurry past
+          and stack together, stealing the HOUSE       NUMBER from the front
+          of a brownstone.
+                         
+          CLOSE ON: the boxtrolls' booty - the shiny brass number `2',
+          the shop sign for `TIMELESS TIMEPIECES', the wheel that rolls
+          along between two boxtrolls.
+                         
+          Six other boxtrolls on the hunt stack together against a
+          fence. We watch as one boxtroll makes it over the top,
+          cooperatively pulling the others into the alley behind him.
+                         
+          (0200 BXT) BOXTROLL       EXTERMINATORS
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. CHASE ALLEY - NIGHT
+                         
+          CLOSE ON: The inside of a trash can as the lid is removed.
+          Two BOXTROLL HANDS wriggle into view over the rubbish, fill
+          of NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, an APPLE CORE, a BANANA PEEL, and a
+          FISH CARCASS. The boxtroll gurgles ""EWW"" and ""BLECH"" sounds
+          as he moves these unwanted items aside. He gurgles with joy
+          when a bit of brass is revealed.
+                         
+          FISH, a nervous 4-foot tall, wonky-toothed, pointy-eared,
+          gangly-limbed boxtroll, pulls an old broken ALARM CLOCK from
+          the trash barrel. He is in a large alley, filled with old
+          boxes, crates, broken items and tarps strewn about.
+                         
+          Fish stares curiously at the object, turning it over in his
+          hands and holding it to his ear, listening. He shakes the
+          clock and hears loose gears RATTLE.
+                         
+                                                   FISH
+                           Hmm...
+                         
+          Fish opens the clock face        and gurgles, intently toying with
+          the mechanical interior.         After a moment, the clock begins to
+          TICK with activity. Fish         gurgles excitedly and closes the
+          clock face, holding it to        his ear to listen to the rhythmic
+          ticking.
+                         
+                                             FISH (CONT'D)
+                    (GURGLES) Oh yeah...
+                         
+          Fish's eyes go wide as the clock's alarm RINGS, attracting
+          the attention of an uglier, 2-foot-2 boxtroll.
+                         
+                                                   SHOE
+                    Huh?
+                                                                      8.
+                         
+                         
+          As Fish stands proudly admiring the sound of his ringing
+          alarm clock, SHOE bounces around his feet.
+                         
+                                             SHOE (CONT'D)
+                    (GURGLES) Gimme that!
+                         
+          Shoe, short and feisty, grabs the alarm clock from Fish and
+          scampers away with it. Fish watches as Shoe climbs a stack of
+          crates and hisses back at him, sniffing at his new prize.
+          Fish scowls at Shoe and returns to the rubbish pile, shaking
+          his head and muttering.
+                         
+          Behind him a half-dozen boxtrolls methodically pick through
+          an assortment of trash barrels and old boxes. It's like a
+          troop of monkeys at the dump. They find mechanical stuff,
+          inspect it, and then either drop it into their box to keep or
+          toss it back into the trash.
+                         
+          A filthy TEDDY BEAR WITH A MUSICAL KEY is discarded by
+          another boxtroll, landing with a THUNK and A FEW TINNY
+          MUSICAL NOTES. Fish turns excitedly.
+                         
+                                             FISH
+                                       (CURIOUS)
+                    Ohhhh...
+                         
+          He picks up the teddy bear and cranks a key in its back as
+          Shoe toys with the stolen alarm clock. The teddy bear plays
+          MUSIC. Fish gurgles along to the tune and bobs his head,
+          enjoying the moment.
+                         
+          Again, Shoe notices Fish has found something interesting. He
+          shoves the alarm clock into his box, stealthily sneaks up on
+          Fish and makes a grab for the teddy bear! Fish refuses to let
+          go and they squabble over it. Suddenly all the boxtrolls snap
+          to attention, their ears alert--
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. CHASE ALLEY
+                         
+          The creepy RATTLING SOUNDS of the Redhats' truck returns.
+                         
+          All the boxtrolls hide in their boxes. The ""camouflage""
+          works. Their boxes fit in perfectly with the trash barrels
+          and packing crates.
+                         
+          The rattling comes closer... closer... then STOPS.
+                         
+          BAM! HEADLIGHTS light up the alley.
+                         
+          Three men dismount from the truck and cast long shadows
+          across the alley and all of the boxes: the giant MR. TROUT,
+          the beanpole thin MR. PICKLES, and the short, pit bull MR.
+          GRISTLE.
+                                                                      9.
+                         
+                         
+          The boxtrolls don't run -- they just KEEP HIDING IN THEIR
+          BOXES.
+                         
+                                 SNATCHER (O.S.)
+                    GENTLEMEN!
+                         
+          Snatcher spreads his arms theatrically and wades into the
+          garbage-strewn alley.
+                         
+                                             SNATCHER (CONT'D)
+                    Look at all these boxes left lying
+                    about. How curious, how peculiar. I
+                    do believe... evil is afoot.
+                         
+          Gristle chuckles and breaks into a psychotic grin.
+                         
+                              MR. GRISTLE
+                                       (COLD BLOODED)
+                    HAHAHA. FOOT.
+                         
+                                 MR. PICKLES
+                    Huh.
+                         
+          Fish peeks out of his box momentarily, then retreats when he
+          sees the Redhats advancing into the alley.
+                         
+          Mr. Trout and Mr. Pickles absentmindedly check boxes for
+          boxtrolls, but Mr. Gristle methodically stomps and smashes
+          every box he can. When he finds a box with a boxtroll, he
+          uses a CRICKET BAT to WHACK it back to the others to load
+          onto the truck.
+                         
+                              MR. PICKLES (CONT'D)
+                    You ever seen someone's foot be
+                    evil, Mr. Trout?
+                         
+                              MR. TROUT
+                    I believe the boss meant evil is
+                    nearby, Mr. Pickles.
+                         
+                              MR. PICKLES
+                    My foot had a pretty nasty bunion
+                    once. I wouldn't say the foot
+                    itself was evil.
+                         
+                              MR. TROUT
+                    No, it's just a fancy-man's word
+                    for vicinity.
+                         
+                              MR. PICKLES
+                    Wrinkly ol' bunion looked like my
+                    grandmum. Had to saw her off. The
+                    bunion, not my grandmum.
+                                                                  10.
+                         
+                         
+          Mr. Gristle spots a shivering box and positions himself over
+          it, cricket bat in hand.
+                         
+                               MR. GRISTLE
+                    Ah, yes.   FOOT!
+                         
+          WHACK! Gristle kicks the box, and it flies toward Mr. Pickles
+          and Mr. Trout.
+                         
+                              MR. TROUT
+                    There's one!
+                         
+          Mr. Pickles scoops it up in a dog catcher's net.
+                         
+                              MR. PICKLES
+                    Come on, ya squirmy monster. Your
+                    days of evil-doin' are over.
+                         
+          Mr. Gristle finds another shivering box. He swings his bat.
+                         
+                               MR. GRISTLE
+                    BOOM!
+                         
+          WHACK! A box slides over to Trout. A dizzy boxtroll pops out
+          for a moment, groaning. Trout taps its head and the boxtroll
+          retreats.
+                         
+                              MR. TROUT
+                    You really think these boxtrolls
+                    understand the duality of good and
+                    evil?
+                         
+                              MR. PICKLES
+                    They must, right? Why else would
+                    they hide from us. We are the good
+                    guys.
+                         
+          Mr. Pickles strolls off with both boxtroll and net.
+                         
+                              MR. GRISTLE (O.S.)
+                        (hitting more boxes)
+                    Nice! NICE!
+                         
+          WHACK! Another box slides over to Trout. Trout scoops up the
+          box before the creature can get away. The boxtroll's legs
+          dangle below as it is carried away.
+                         
+                              MR. TROUT
+                    Yeah... I suppose we are.
+                         
+          CLOSE ON: Fish and Shoe, in the shadows at the edge of the
+          alley, gurgle to each other while the Red Hats are
+          distracted. Their heads stay hidden in their boxes as they
+          waddle slowly out of the alley.
+                                                                    11.
+                         
+                         
+          Mr. Gristle is too preoccupied with smashing other boxes to
+          notice them. He grunts and laughs with the effort.
+                         
+          Snatcher spots Fish and Shoe as they exit the alley and
+          points at them.
+                         
+                                             SNATCHER
+                    MR. GRISTLE!
+                         
+                              MR. GRISTLE
+                    Hmm?
+                         
+                                             SNATCHER
+                    ACQUIRE THEM!
+                         
+          Brandishing his cricket bat, Gristle springs after Fish and
+          Shoe.
+                         
+                              MR. GRISTLE
+                    Acquire! ACQUIRE! HAHAHA!
+                         
+          The boxtrolls pop out of their boxes and RUN!
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. CHEESEBRIDGE STREET
+                         
+          Gristle closes in on them as they sprint down an alley. The
+          boxtrolls join hands and vault over a fence like a Slinky
+          toy.
+                         
+          Gristle smashes THROUGH the fence--
+                         
+                              MR. GRISTLE
+                    COME BACK AND LET ME HIT YOU!
+                         
+          --but the boxtrolls have disappeared. Gristle stalks down the
+          street and disappears around a corner.
+                         
+          After Gristle disappears, two boxes that are holding up a
+          broken street cart suddenly move. It's Fish and Shoe hiding
+          in plain sight.
+                         
+          Once they are sure they are not being followed they open a
+          drainage pipe and slip underground into the sewers--
+                         
+          (0300 UDW) UNDERWORLD Eggs
+                         
+                         
+          INT. BOXTROLL CAVERN - ENTRANCE CHUTES
+                         
+          -- where they leap into cardboard-lined BOXTROLL CHUTES. They
+          drop through the chutes, sliding on the cardboard, until they
+          join up with other boxtrolls returning from a night of
+          gathering.
+                                                                     12.
+                         
+                         
+          They descend deeper underground until they are collected
+          together in a funnel-shaped cave and one by one drop onto an--
+                         
+                         
+          INT. BOXTROLL CAVERN
+                         
+          -- elaborate conveyor belt system for a roller coaster ride
+          into a HUGE DARK SPACE with blinking lights and a cacophony
+          of MECHANICAL NOISE. Fish, Shoe and boxtrolls of all shapes
+          and sizes shoot off the end of the conveyor belt and tumble
+          across the floor.
+                         
+          ON FISH AND SHOE where the alarm clock lands on the floor as
+          they tumble to a halt. Shoe grabs the clock possessively,
+          hisses at Fish, and runs away laughing. He has his treasure.
+          Fish shrugs it off and rights himself, raising a hand to his
+          mouth.
+                         
+                                             FISH
+                                       (GURGLED QUESTION)
+                    ""Eggs?""
+                         
+          REVEAL THE CAVERN, the hub of the boxtroll world. It's full
+          of workshops, interconnected machines and a constellation of
+          lights that make it look like a subterranean Coney Island
+          amusement park. Fish stands in front of a large STALAGMITE,
+          around which the mechanical underground city is built.
+                         
+                                             FISH (CONT'D)
+                                       (GURGLED QUESTION)
+                    ""Eggs?""
+                         
+          WHEELS - a boxtroll riding a unicycle - zooms quickly past,
+          humming.
+                         
+                                             FISH (CONT'D)
+                                       (TO WHEELS)
+                    ""You see Eggs?""
+                         
+          Wheels shrugs his shoulders and rides away as OIL CAN - the
+          smallest boxtroll - tumbles from the conveyor belt and rights
+          himself with a squeak. Oil Can pulls, well, an OIL CAN from
+          inside of his box and scurries off.
+                         
+          Fish makes his way to the base of a waterwheel made from
+          scraps of metal.
+                         
+          High overhead, the boxtroll KNICKERS - a picture of
+          underpants adorning the front of it's box - struggles with an
+          armful of light bulbs while swinging from a rope. Two small
+          boxtrolls hold the rope steady below.
+                                                                    13.
+                         
+                         
+          SPARKY, a boxtroll wearing welding goggles, and a small
+          boxtroll named BUCKET work side by side on an electrical
+          generator, fitting dinner forks into a toaster as makeshift
+          fuses.
+                         
+                                             FISH (CONT'D)
+                                       (GURGLED QUESTION)
+                    ""Eggs?""
+                         
+          Sparky and Bucket look up from their work and give Fish
+          directions to find Eggs.
+                         
+                              SPARKY AND BUCKET
+                        (gurgled in unison)
+                    ""Over there!""
+                         
+          In the background, Oil Can climbs down a pipe to grease up
+          the generator and then scrambles back up the pipe.
+                         
+          Fish heads off as Sparky and Bucket turn on the toaster and
+          get ZAPPED! They jerk and squirm as electricity courses
+          through their boxes and they collapse on the ground. The
+          strands of light bulbs flicker and light up.
+                         
+          Sparky and Bucket smile and beat their boxes in delight -
+          they fixed the generator. The two boxtrolls holding the rope
+          let go and beat their boxes. Knickers falls to the ground.
+                         
+                                              KNICKERS
+                    AHHH!!!!
+                         
+                         
+          INT. BOXTROLL CAVERN - GARDEN - CONTINUOUS
+                         
+          Fish arrives at a SUBTERRANEAN GARDEN where boxtrolls sit
+          among huge cabbages eating ladybugs and slugs. Fish stops in
+          front of FRAGILE, a giant, slow moving, dim-witted boxtroll.
+          Fragile slowly mists a seedling plant.
+                         
+                                             FISH
+                     "
+8,Cars 2,Ben Queen,"Animation,Action,Adventure",June_2011,"A sleek British sports car talks directly to us in a
+          pixilated, garbled video. He's OUT OF BREATH. Crates are
+          visible behind him. We're in the shadowy bowels of a steel
+          room.
+                         
+                          LELAND TURBO
+           This is Agent Leland Turbo. I have
+           a flash transmission for Agent Finn
+           McMissile.
+                         
+          SUPERIMPOSE OVER BLACK: WALT DISNEY PICTURES PRESENTS
+                         
+                          LELAND TURBO
+           Finn. My cover's been compromised.
+           Everything's gone pear-shaped.
+                         
+          SUPERIMPOSE OVER BLACK: A PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS FILM
+                         
+                          LELAND TURBO
+           You won't believe what I've found
+           out here.
+                         
+          He angles our camera view, reveals a PORTHOLE through which
+          we can see flames rising in the distance.
+                         
+                          LELAND TURBO
+           This is bigger than anything we've
+           ever seen. And no one even knows it
+           exists. Finn, I need backup. But
+           don't call the cavalry - it could
+           blow the operation. And be careful.
+           It's not safe out here!
+                         
+          ANGRY VOICES O.S. Time for Turbo to go.
+                         
+                          LELAND TURBO
+           Transmitting my grids now. Good
+           luck!
+                         
+          Coordinates appear: 40 6.80' N - 172 23.84' W
+                         
+          TITLE CARD: CARS 2
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. SOMEWHERE IN THE NORTH PACIFIC - NIGHT
+                         
+          A TINY CRAB BOAT (CRABBY) crests over massive swells.
+                         
+                          CRABBY
+           Alright buddy, we're here. Right
+           where you paid me to bring you.
+           Question is, why?
+                         
+          A metallic blue sports car, circa the `60s, emerges from the
+           2.
+                         
+                         
+          shadows. Cagey, smooth, he'd turn heads driving through any
+          intersection in the world. Meet FINN MCMISSILE.
+                         
+                          FINN
+           I'm looking for a car.
+                         
+                          CRABBY
+           A car? Hey pal, you can't get any
+           further away from land than out
+           here.
+                         
+                          FINN
+           Exactly where I want to be.
+                         
+                          CRABBY
+           Well I got news for you, buddy.
+           There's nobody out here but us.
+                         
+          Suddenly, a HORN -- a COMBAT SHIP, the size of most cruise
+          ships. FINN quickly backs into the shadows, out of sight.
+                         
+                          COMBAT SHIP
+           What are you doing out here?
+                         
+                          CRABBY
+           What does it look like, genius? I'm
+           crabbing!
+                         
+                          COMBAT SHIP
+           Well turn around and go back where
+           you came from.
+                         
+                          CRABBY
+           Yeah? And who's gonna make me?
+                         
+          A laser sight hits Crabby between the eyes.
+                         
+                          CRABBY
+           Alright, alright! Don't get your
+           prop in a twist.
+           (as he turns to leave)
+           What a jerk. Sorry, buddy. Looks
+           like it's the end of the line.
+           Buddy?
+                         
+          ON CRABBY'S DECK: Finn is gone.
+                          CUT TO:
+                         
+          FINN - He HANGS off the side of COMBAT SHIP, clandestine.
+                         
+          We're with Finn as the ship continues on, cuts through the
+          darkness with purpose. Suddenly small flames appear, perhaps
+          a knot or so away. Then WHOOSH!!! A flame rises above Finn,
+          the ship. It illuminates an OIL DERRICK.
+           3.
+                         
+                         
+          THWAP! Finn fires a GRAPPLING HOOK to the derrick and SWINGS
+          toward it. He's going to SLAM into the side with brute force
+                         WHEN ---
+                         
+          --- HIS TIRES sprout a magnetic exoskeleton. He STICKS to the
+          derrick and now DRIVES VERTICALLY UP UP UP...
+                         
+          From this vantage point, hundreds of derricks appear.
+                         
+          EXT. PLATFORM - OIL DERRICK - MOMENTS LATER
+                         
+          Finn approaches a loading bay from above, hides. He watches
+          as GREMLINS, PACERS and assorted other cars scurry about.
+                         
+           FINN (INTO RADIO)
+           Leland Turbo, this is Finn
+           McMissile. I'm at the rally point.
+           Over.
+                         
+          No response.
+                         
+           FINN (INTO RADIO)
+           Leland, it's Finn. Please respond.
+           Over.
+                         
+          AN ACCESS DOOR OPENS LOUDLY below. A boxy, monacle-wearing
+          German car enters. This is PROFESSOR OTTO ZUNDAPP.
+                         
+                          PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP
+           (in German and English)
+           Too many cars here. Out of my way!
+                         
+                          FINN
+           Professor Zundapp?
+                         
+           PACER (O.S.)
+           Here it is, Professor.
+                         
+          Zundapp approaches a NOSY PACER who idles next to a CRATE.
+                         
+                          NOSY PACER
+           You wanted to see this before we
+           load it?
+                         
+                          PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP
+           Ah, yes. Very carefully...
+                         
+          A forklift opens the crate -- inside is a TV CAMERA, packed
+          carefully in foam. Finn SNAPS PHOTOS FURIOUSLY.
+                         
+                          NOSY PACER
+           Oh. A TV camera. What does it
+           actually do?
+           4.
+                         
+                         
+                          PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP
+           This camera is extremely dangerous.
+                         
+                          FINN
+                          (TO HIMSELF)
+           What are you up to now, Professor?
+                         
+          Finn, angling for a better view, FIRES SUSPENSION WIRES ---
+                         
+          --- which sail clear to the other side of the derrick ---
+                         
+          --- THOK! They hook tightly onto a steel girder.
+                         
+          Finn slides out ONTO THE WIRE like an acrobat, then expels
+          another cross-wire for support.
+                         
+                          PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP
+           This is valuable equipment. Make
+           sure it is properly secured for the
+           voyage.
+                         
+                          NOSY PACER
+           You got it.
+                         
+          Finn LOWERS HIMSELF. He snaps more pictures.
+                         
+           GREM (O.S.)
+           Hey, Professor Z!
+                         
+          Zundapp turns as a CRANE LOWERS A CAR-SIZED CRATE. GREM and
+          ACER, an orange Gremlin and a green Pacer, flank it.
+                         
+                          GREM
+           This is one of those British spies
+           we told you about.
+                         
+                          ACER
+           Yeah. This one we caught sticking
+           his bumper where it didn't belong.
+                         
+          Finn PRODUCES SEMI-AUTOMATIC GUNS from his side, readies
+          himself for a tag-team spy fight with his buddy Leland.
+                         
+                          PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP
+           Agent Leland Turbo.
+                         
+          The crate is lifted, revealing a CRUSHED, CUBED Leland Turbo.
+                         
+          Finn's eyes go wide. Suddenly --- WHOOOSHHH! Another derrick
+          flame rises behind him, casts a Finn-shaped SHADOW over the
+          Professor. He looks up.
+           5.
+                         
+                         
+                          PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP
+           It's Finn McMissile! He's seen the
+           camera! Kill him!!
+                         
+          Finn UNLOADS with bullets as he starts to retreat --- He
+                         STOPS:
+                         
+          BAD GUY CARS are waiting for him on the catwalk where he just
+          came from - BLOWTORCHES ready.
+                         
+          Finn, stuck in midair, notices an angry CRANE. Finn GRINS,
+          having just found his escape.
+                         
+          THWAPTHWAPTHWAP!!! Finn releases three of his four cables,
+          swinging, Indiana Jones-style on the last one TOWARD THE
+                         CRANE ---
+                         
+          --- where he lands on its BOOM, drives UP and LAUNCHES OFF IT
+          where he LANDS - MOVING - onto another deck!
+                         
+          Finn now DRIVES, spraying oil and screeching around corners.
+          A GREMLIN in pursuit hits the oil patch, loses control ---
+                         
+          --- and PLUMMETS OFF the side of the rig!
+                         
+          The Gremlin FALLS... it's like an eternity...
+                         
+          He smashes into the water and breaks into a million pieces.
+                         
+          ON FINN - Now set upon by 20 or 30 MORE pursuing cars. He has
+          nowhere to go but UP UP UP a ramp toward the helipad. He
+          spies some GASOLINE BARRELS, fires a SINGLE BULLET which cuts
+          through its leather straps, sending barrels DOWN the ramp,
+          PAST FINN ---
+                         
+          --- PAST the pursuing CARS ---
+                         
+          --- to the bottom where they EXPLODE in a CHAIN REACTION back
+          UP THE RAMP, taking out at least 15 CARS!
+                         
+          ON THE HELIPAD - Finn blasts into view, pulls to a stop. No
+          more road. Nowhere else to go.
+                         
+          The 20 BAD GUY CARS that are still in pursuit surround him,
+          fire up their blowtorches. About to pounce.
+                         
+          Finn GRINS. The second time we've seen this grin. It means
+          he's got something cooking.
+                         
+          Finn's REVERSE LIGHTS appear. He DRIVES BACKWARD off the edge
+          of the helipad to the SHOCK of the other cars.
+                         
+          Finn falls. He turns himself so he's grill first, cleanly
+          cutting into the water.
+           6.
+                         
+                         
+          He EMERGES, now sprouting HYDROFOIL and speeds away.
+                         
+                          GREM
+                          (NONPLUSSED)
+           Get to the boats.
+                         
+          THE BOATS - an army of combat ships quickly DROP into the sea
+          and CHURN WATER with unprecedented fury as they quickly make
+          up the distance between them and Finn, FIRING BULLETS as they
+          do so.
+                         
+                          ACER
+           He's getting away!
+                         
+                          COMBAT SHIP
+           Not for long.
+                         
+          The LEAD COMBAT SHIP quietly drops a TORPEDO into the water.
+          It skips along, connecting with Finn in his rear and
+          EXPLODING with such force that water skyrockets into the
+          night clouds.
+                         
+          UNDERWATER - McMissile SINKS. Then, he blinks. He GRINS.
+          We're starting to like this grin and what follows it. He now
+          CONVERTS into a submarine. From his trunk he releases four
+          DECOY tires which float to the surface like body parts.
+                         
+          ON THE DERRICK - Professor Zundapp watches it all from far
+          away.
+                         
+           GREM (OVER RADIO)
+           He's dead, Professor.
+                         
+                          PROFESSOR ZUNDAPP
+           Wunderbar. With Finn McMissile
+           gone, who can stop us now?
+                         
+          EXT. RADIATOR SPRINGS - DAY
+                         
+          TOW MATER, a rusty tow truck, putters into view.
+                         
+                          MATER
+           Mater. Tow Mater, that's who... is
+           here to help you!
+                         
+          He approaches a broken-down sedan on the side of the road. He
+          drives around to the front, catching OTIS' face for the first
+          time.
+                         
+                          MATER
+           Hey, Otis!
+           7.
+                         
+                         
+                          OTIS
+           Hey, Mater. Gosh, I'm so sorry. I
+           thought I could make it this time,
+           but...
+           (he tries to start his
+           engine, stalls)
+           Smooth like pudding, huh? Ah, who
+           am I kidding? I'll always be a
+           lemon.
+                         
+          Mater hooks his friend and starts towing him.
+                         
+                          MATER
+           Well dadgum, you're leaking oil
+           again. Must be your gaskets. Hey,
+           look on the bright side: This is
+           your tenth tow this month, so that
+           means it's on the house.
+                         
+                          OTIS
+           You're the only one that's nice to
+           lemons like me, Mater.
+                         
+                          MATER
+           Don't sweat it. These things happen
+           to everybody, Otis.
+                         
+                          OTIS
+           But you never leak oil.
+                         
+                          MATER
+           Yeah, but I ain't perfect. Don't
+           tell nobody, but I think my rust is
+           starting to show through.
+                         
+          Mater and Otis drive past THE RADIATOR SPRINGS WELCOME SIGN.
+          It has been amended to say: ""Home of Lightning McQueen.""
+                         
+                          OTIS
+           Hey, is Lightning McQueen back yet?
+                         
+                          MATER
+           Not yet.
+                         
+                          OTIS
+           He must be crazy-excited about
+           winning his fourth Piston Cup.
+           Four! Wow!
+           8.
+                         
+                         
+                          MATER
+           Yeah, we're so dadgum proud of him.
+           But I sure wish he'd hurry up and
+           get back `cause we got a whole
+           summer's worth of best friend fun
+           to make up for. Just me and --
+                         
+          Ahead of them, a half-mile off, a RED RACE CAR is visible.
+                         
+                          MATER
+           --- McQueen!
+                         
+          Mater FLOORS IT, dragging poor Otis behind him.
+                         
+                          OTIS
+           Uh, Mater? I'm in no hurry. You
+           don't need to go so fast!
+                         
+          Boom! They hit a bump. Otis catches air.
+                         
+          EXT. RADIATOR SPRINGS - DAY
+                         
+          Lightning McQueen is surrounded by his hometown friends.
+                         
+                          LUIGI
+           Oh, Lightning. Welcome home.
+                         
+                          FLO
+           Good to have you back, honey.
+                         
+                          FILLMORE
+           Congratulations, man.
+                         
+                          SARGE
+           Welcome home, soldier.
+                         
+                          SHERIFF
+           The place wasn't the same without
+           you, son.
+                         
+                          LIZZIE
+           What? Did he go somewhere?
+                         
+                          MCQUEEN
+           It's good to be home, everybody.
+                         
+           MATER (O.S.)
+           McQueen!
+                         
+          They all turn around, see Mater speeding into town, with Otis
+          swerving behind him.
+                         
+                          MCQUEEN
+           Mater!
+           9.
+                         
+                         
+                          MATER
+           McQueen!
+                         
+          Mater skids into main street and in one swift motion,
+          slingshots Otis forward ---
+                         
+                          OTIS
+           Woaahhhhh!
+                         
+          --- right through Ramone's front door ---
+                         
+          INT. RAMONE'S - CONTINUOUS
+                         
+          --- where he lands perfectly on the hydraulic lift. Ramone
+          lifts him up, routine.
+                         
+                          RAMONE
+           Hey. How far'd you make it this
+           time, Otis?
+                         
+                          OTIS
+           Halfway to the county line.
+                         
+                          RAMONE
+           Not bad, man.
+                         
+                          OTIS
+           I know, I can't believe it either!
+                         
+          EXT. RADIATOR SPRINGS - CONTINUOUS
+                         
+                          MATER
+           McQueen, welcome back!
+                         
+                          MCQUEEN
+           Mater, it's so good to see you.
+                         
+                          MATER
+           You too, buddy.
+                         
+          Mater and McQueen do an ELABORATE TIRE BUMP (fist bump
+          style).
+                         
+                          MATER
+           Oh, man. You ain't gonna believe
+           the things I got planned for us.
+                         
+          Everyone watches as the tire bump continues.
+                         
+                          MACK
+           (to Lizzie, an aside)
+           These best friend greetings get
+           longer every year.
+           10.
+                         
+                         
+                          MATER
+                          (TO MCQUEEN)
+           You ready to have some serious fun?
+                         
+                          MCQUEEN
+           Well, actually I've got something
+           to show you first.
+                         
+          INT. RADIATOR SPRINGS MUSEUM - DAY
+                         
+          CLOSE ON THE PISTON CUP. It has now changed, been adorned
+          with a small likeness of Doc. It says ""Hudson Hornet Piston
+          Cup.""
+                         
+                          MATER
+           Wow. I can't believe they renamed
+           the Piston Cup after our very own
+           Doc Hudson.
+                         
+          McQueen and Mater are alone, the museum closed to the public.
+          McQueen approaches a ""Hudson Hornet"" wall with Doc's three
+          Piston cups, framed articles, other racing ephemera.
+                         
+                          MCQUEEN
+           I know Doc said these things were
+           just old cups, but to have someone
+           else win it just didn't feel right,
+           you know?
+                         
+                          MATER
+           Well, Doc would've been real proud
+           of you. That's for sure.
+                         
+          McQueen takes this in.
+                         
+          EXT. RADIATOR SPRINGS - LATER
+                         
+          McQueen and Mater exit the Doc Hudson Museum.
+                         
+                          MCQUEEN
+           Alright, pal. I've been waiting all
+           summer for this. What've you got
+           planned?
+                         
+                          MATER
+           You sure you can handle it?
+                         
+                          MCQUEEN
+           Come on, you know who you're
+           talking to? This is Lightning
+           McQueen. I can handle anything.
+           11.
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. RADIATOR SPRINGS - DAY
+                         
+          Mater and McQueen roll on an old train track, their tires
+          off. They're on their rims.
+                         
+                          MCQUEEN
+           Uh.... Mater?!
+                         
+                          MATER
+           Just remember, your brakes ain't
+           gonna work on these!
+                         
+          As they head INTO A DARK TUNNEL ---
+                         
+           MCQUEEN (O.S.)
+           Mater!
+                         
+           MATER (O.S.)
+           Relax, these train tracks ain't
+           been used in years!
+                         
+          From inside the tunnel a loud TRAIN HORN. The two friends
+          emerge, going as fast as they can on train tracks, uphill,
+          with no tires.
+                         
+                          MCQUEEN
+           Come on, come on! Faster, faster!
+                         
+          Moments later a harmless GALLOPING GOOSE appears, oversized
+          horn visible, cackling and laughing at his prank.
+                         
+          EXT. FIELD - OUTSIDE RADIATOR SPRINGS - LATER
+                         
+          An ENORMOUS EARTH MOVER sleeps. McQueen and Mater sneak up.
+                         
+                          MATER
+           This is gonna be good!
+                         
+          They blow their horns and he TIPS OVER, tractor-tipping
+          style. They LAUGH at the gag, but soon realize the earth
+          mover's GIANT EXHAUST PIPE is directly above them.
+                         
+                          MATER
+           Uh-oh. This ain't gonna be good.
+                         
+          The exhaust pipe BELCHES. McQueen and Mater are BLASTED out
+          of view.
+                         
+          INT. RADIATOR SPRINGS - DUSK
+                         
+          The sun sets. McQueen and Mater roll into town. McQueen looks
+          exhausted. Mater is still full of energy.
+           12.
+                         
+                         
+                          MATER
+           Boy, this was the best day ever!
+           And my favorite souvenir?
+                         
+          Mater proudly shows off a dent.
+                         
+                          MATER
+           This new dent!
+                         
+                          MCQUEEN
+           Boy, Mater. Today was, uh...
+                         
+                          MATER
+           Shoot, that was nothing. Wait til
+           you see what I got planned for
+           tonight.
+                         
+                          MCQUEEN
+           Mater, Mater. Whoa. I was kind of
+           thinking of just a quiet dinner.
+                         
+                          MATER
+           That's exactly what I was thinking.
+                         
+                          MCQUEEN
+           No, I... I meant with Sally, Mater.
+                         
+                          MATER
+           Even better! You, me and Miss Sally
+           going out for supper.
+                         
+          McQueen pulls around in front of Mater, stops.
+                         
+                          MCQUEEN
+           Mater, I meant it would be just me
+           and Sally.
+                         
+                          MATER
+           Oh.
+                         
+                          MCQUEEN
+           It's just for tonight. We'll do
+           whatever you want tomorrow.
+                         
+                          MATER
+                          (DISAPPOINTED)
+           Okay.
+                         
+                          MCQUEEN
+           Thanks for understanding.
+                         
+                          MATER
+           Yeah, sure. Y'all go on and have
+           fun now.
+           13.
+                         
+                         
+                          MCQUEEN
+           Alright, then. See ya soon, amigo!
+                         
+          McQueen drives off. Mater watches him go.
+                         
+          EXT. THE WHEEL WELL - NIGHT
+                         
+          It's been converted into a white-tablecloth restaurant, with
+          cars dining al fresco and a hopping gastropub inside.
+                         
+          MCQUEEN AND SALLY have a prime table with a view of Radiator
+          Springs and the starry night sky.
+                         
+                          SALLY
+           This is so nice.
+                         
+                          MCQUEEN
+           I can't tell you how good it is to
+           be here alone. Just the two of us.
+           Finally, you and me ---
+                         
+           MATER (O.S.)
+           Good evening.
+                         
+          Mater is at their table, dressed as a waiter.
+                         
+                          MATER
+           My name is Mater and I'll be your
+           waiter.
+                          (TO HIMSELF)
+           Mater the waiter. That's funny
+           right there.
+                         
+                          MCQUEEN
+           Mater, you work here?
+                         
+                          MATER
+           Well yeah I work here. What'd you
+           think, I just snuck in here when
+           nobody was looking and pretended to
+           be your waiter, just so I could
+           hang out with you?
+                         
+          McQueen and Sally exchange a look.
+                         
+                          MCQUEEN
+           Oh, yeah. How ridiculous would that
+           be?
+                         
+                          MATER
+           Now, can I start you two lovebirds
+           off with a couple drinks?
+           14.
+                         
+                         
+                          MCQUEEN
+           Yes. I'll have my usual.
+                         
+                          SALLY
+           You know what? I'm going to have
+           that too.
+                         
+          Mater blinks.
+                         
+                          MATER
+           Uh, right. Your usual.
+                          CUT TO:
+                         
+          INSIDE AT THE BAR - Fillmore and Sarge watch as Guido mixes
+          drinks, ala ""Cocktail."" Mater arrives.
+                         
+                          MATER
+           Guido! What's McQueen's usual?
+                         
+                          GUIDO
+           (in Italian, subtitled)
+           How should I know?
+                         
+                          MATER
+           Perfect! Give me two of `em.
+                         
+                          SARGE
+           Quiet! My program's on.
+                         
+           MEL DORADO (O.S.)
+           Tonight on ""The Mel Dorado Show""!
+                         
+          ON THE BAR TV - ""THE MEL DORADO SHOW,"" a cable talk show,
+          begins with file footage of MILES AXLEROD, a sleek SUV.
+                         
+           MEL DORADO (ON TV)
+           His story gripped the world! Oil
+           billionaire Miles Axlerod, in an
+           attempt to become the first car to
+           circumnavigate the globe without
+           GPS, ironically ran out of gas and
+           found himself trapped in the wild!
+                         
+          We see images of newspaper headlines, search crews.
+                         
+           MEL DORADO (ON TV)
+           Feared dead, he emerged 36 days
+           later, running on a fuel he'd
+           distilled himself from the natural
+           elements! Since then he's sold his
+           oil fortune, converted himself from
+           a gas-guzzler into an electric car,
+           and has devoted his life to finding
+           a renewable, clean-burning fuel!
+           15.
+                         
+                         
+          Images of oil derricks torn down; Miles Axlerod getting
+          converted to electric; lab scientists testing chemicals.
+                         
+           MEL DORADO (ON TV)
+           Now he claims to have done it with
+           his Allinol.
+                         
+          Images of fields, rivers, vegetables, and mountains all
+          combining to form the Allinol logo.
+                         
+           MEL DORADO (ON TV)
+           And to show the world what his new
+           superfuel can do, he's created a
+           racing competition like no other,
+           inviting the greatest champions
+           from around the globe to battle in
+           the first ever World Grand Prix.
+           Welcome Sir Miles Axlerod.
+                         
+          SIR MILES AXLEROD arrives, parks across from Mel's desk.
+                         
+           MILES AXLEROD (ON TV)
+           Thank you, Mel. It is very good to
+           be here. Now listen to me: Big Oil.
+           It costs a fortune. Pollution is
+           getting worse. I mean, come on.
+           It's a fossil fuel. Fossil. As in
+           dead dinosaurs. And we all know
+           what happened to them. Alternative
+           energy is the future. Trust me,
+           Mel, after seeing Allinol in action
+           at the World Grand Prix, nobody
+           will ever go back to gasoline
+           again.
+                         
+                          MATER
+                          (TO FILLMORE)
+           What happened to the dinosaurs,
+           now?
+                         
+           MEL DORADO (ON TV)
+           And on satellite, a World Grand
+           Prix competitor and one of the
+           fastest cars in the world,
+           Francesco Bernoulli.
+                         
+          Across the screen: LIVE FROM ROME, ITALY. We meet Formula
+          race car FRANCESCO BERNOULLI.
+                         
+           FRANCESCO (ON TV)
+           It is an honor, Signore Dorado. For
+           you.
+           16.
+                         
+                         
+           MEL DORADO (ON TV)
+           Miles, why not invite Lightning
+           McQueen?
+                         
+          Mater, collecting his drinks, looks up, half-intrigued.
+                         
+           MILES AXLEROD (ON TV)
+           Of course we invited him. But
+           apparently after a very long racing
+           season he is taking some time off
+           to rest.
+                         
+           FRANCESCO (ON TV)
+           Lightning McQueen would not have a
+           chance against Francesco!
+                         
+          Mater doesn't like this.
+                         
+           FRANCESCO (ON TV)
+           I can go over 300 kilometers an
+           hour! In miles that is like, uh...
+           way faster than McQueen.
+                         
+           MEL DORADO (ON TV)
+           Let's go to the phones. Baltimore,
+           Maryland, you're on the air.
+                         
+           CALLER (ON TV)
+           Am I on? Hello?
+                         
+           MEL DORADO (ON TV)
+           You're on. Go ahead.
+                         
+           CALLER (ON TV)
+           Hello?
+                         
+           MEL DORADO (ON TV)
+           Go ahead, caller.
+                         
+          Dial tone.
+                         
+           MEL DORADO (ON TV)
+           Let's go to Radiator Springs.
+           You're on, caller.
+                         
+           MATER'S VOICE (ON TV)
+           Yeah, that Italian feller you got
+           on there can't talk that way about
+           Lightning McQueen. He's the bestest
+           race car in the whole wide world.
+                         
+          Fillmore and Sarge look around. Mater is visibl"
+9,Coco,"Lee Unkrich,Jason Katz,Matthew Aldrich,Adrian Molina","Animation,Adventure,Comedy",November_2017,"EXT. MARIGOLD PATH - DUSK
+
+      A path of marigold petals leads up to an altar lovingly
+      arranged in a humble cemetery. An old woman lights a candle
+      as the smoke of burning copal wood dances lyrically upward...
+
+      CARD: DISNEY PRESENTS
+
+      CARD: A PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS FILM
+
+      The smoke lifts up toward lines of papel picado ?- cut paper
+      banners -- that sway gently in the breeze.
+
+      PAPEL PICADO CARD: ""COCO""
+
+                            MIGUEL (V.O.)
+                  Sometimes I think I'm cursed...
+                  'cause of something that happened
+                  before I was even born.
+
+      A story begins to play out on the papel picado.
+
+                            MIGUEL (V.O.)
+                  See, a long time ago there was this
+                  family.
+
+      The images on the papel picado come to life to illustrate a
+      father, a mother, and a little girl. The family is happy.
+
+                            MIGUEL (V.O.)
+                  The pap?, he was a musician.
+
+      The pap? plays guitar while the mother dances with her
+      daughter.
+
+                             MIGUEL (V.O.)
+                  He and his family would sing, and
+                  dance, and count their blessings...
+                      (beat)
+                  But he also had a dream... to play
+                  for the world.
+                      (beat)
+                  And one day he left with his
+                  guitar... and never returned.
+
+      The man walks down a road, guitar slung on his back. In
+      another vignette his daughter stands in the doorway, watching
+      her pap? leave. Two feet step up next to her. It is her
+      mam?, hardened.
+
+      She shuts the door.
+
+
+
+
+
+                                                                     2.
+
+
+                             MIGUEL (V.O.)
+                  And the mam?...? She didn't have
+                  time to cry over that walkaway
+                  musician!
+                      (beat)
+                  After banishing all music from her
+                  life...
+
+      The woman gets rid of all of her husband's instruments and
+      records.
+
+                             MIGUEL (V.O.)
+                  She found a way to provide for her
+                  daughter...
+                      (beat)
+                  She rolled up her sleeves and she
+                  learned to make shoes.
+                      (beat)
+                  She could have made candy!
+
+      Amongst the papel picado, a stick swings at a strung up
+      pi?ata which bursts with candy...
+
+                            MIGUEL (V.O.)
+                  Or fireworks!
+
+      Fireworks go off in the background...
+
+                            MIGUEL (V.O.)
+                  Or sparkly underwear for wrestlers!
+
+      Sparkly underwear and a luchador mask hang on a line amongst
+      other linens...
+
+                            MIGUEL (V.O.)
+                  But no... she chose shoes...
+
+      On the papel picado, the little girl becomes a young woman.
+
+                            MIGUEL (V.O.)
+                  Then she taught her daughter to
+                  make shoes. And later, she taught
+                  her son-in-law.
+
+      She introduces a suitor to the family business.
+
+                            MIGUEL (V.O.)
+                  Then her grandkids got roped in.
+                  As her family grew, so did the
+                  business.
+
+      In the next vignette, a bunch of goofy grandchildren join in
+      the shoemaking. The shoe shop is full of family!
+
+
+
+
+                                                                     3.
+
+
+                             MIGUEL (V.O.)
+                  Music had torn her family apart,
+                  but shoes held them all together.
+                      (beat)
+                  You see, that woman was my great-
+                  great grandmother, Mam? Imelda.
+
+      TILT DOWN from the papel picado to the
+
+
+      OFRENDA ROOM - DAY
+
+      where a photo sits at the top of a beautiful altar. The
+      photo features MAM? IMELDA -- serious, formidable. She holds
+      a baby on her lap. Her husband stands beside her, but his
+      face has been torn away.
+
+                             MIGUEL (V.O.)
+                  She died WAY before I was born.
+                  But my family still tells her story
+                  every year on D?a de los Muertos --
+                  the Day of the Dead...
+                      (beat)
+                  And her little girl?
+
+      Fade from the face of the little girl to present day MAM?
+      COCO (97), a living raisin, convalescing in a wicker
+      wheelchair.
+
+                            MIGUEL (V.O.)
+                  She's my great grandmother, Mam?
+                  Coco.
+
+      A boy (12) walks into frame and kisses her on the cheek.
+      This is our narrator, MIGUEL.
+
+                            MIGUEL
+                  Hol?, Mam? Coco.
+
+                            MAM? COCO
+                  How are you, Julio?
+
+                            MIGUEL (V.O.)
+                  Actually, my name is Miguel. Mam?
+                  Coco has trouble remembering
+                  things... But it's good to talk to
+                  her anyway. So I tell her pretty
+                  much everything.
+
+      QUICK CUTS of Miguel with Mam? Coco:
+
+
+
+
+
+                                                                         4.
+
+
+      EXT. COURTYARD
+
+                            MIGUEL
+                  I used to run like this...
+
+      Miguel pumps his arms with his hands in fists.           Then he
+      switches to flat palms.
+
+                            MIGUEL
+                  But now I run like this which is
+                  way faster!
+
+                                                       CUT TO:
+
+
+      INT. MAM? COCO'S ROOM
+
+      Miguel, in a luchador mask, climbs onto the bed, arms raised.
+
+                            MIGUEL
+                  And the winner is... Luchadora
+                  Coco!
+
+      Miguel leaps off the bed onto a pile of pillows that bursts,
+      sending feathers onto Mam? Coco who wears a mask of her own.
+
+                                                       CUT TO:
+
+
+      EXT. DINING AREA
+
+      Miguel leans toward Mam? Coco at the dinner table.
+
+                            MIGUEL
+                  I have a dimple on this side, but
+                  not on this side. Dimple. No
+                  dimple. Dimple. No dimple--
+
+                             ABUELITA
+                  Miguel!   Eat your food.
+
+      Miguel's ABUELITA (70s) runs the table like a ship captain.
+      She gives Mam? Coco a kiss on the head.
+
+                            MIGUEL (V.O.)
+                  My Abuelita? She's Mam? Coco's
+                  daughter.
+
+      Abuelita piles extra tamales on Miguel's plate.
+
+                            ABUELITA
+                  Aw, you're a twig, mijo.         Have some
+                  more.
+
+
+
+
+                                                                       5.
+
+
+                            MIGUEL
+                  No, gracias.
+
+                            ABUELITA
+                  I asked if you would like more
+                  tamales.
+
+                               MIGUEL
+                  S-s??
+
+                            ABUELITA
+                  That's what I THOUGHT you said.
+
+                            MIGUEL (V.O.)
+                  Abuelita runs our house just like
+                  Mam? Imelda did.
+
+                                                   CUT TO:
+
+
+      INT. OFRENDA ROOM - DAY
+
+      Abuelita adjusts the photo of her beloved Mam? Imelda. Then
+      she perks her ear at a hooting sound.
+
+
+      INT. KITCHEN - MOMENTS LATER
+
+      Miguel idly blows into a glass soda bottle.     Abuelita takes
+      the bottle away.
+
+                               ABUELITA
+                  No music!
+
+
+      INT. MAM? COCO'S ROOM - DAY
+
+      Miguel listens as a truck drives by the window, blaring radio
+      tunes. Abuelita angrily slams the window shut.
+
+                               ABUELITA
+                  No music!!
+
+
+      EXT. STREET - EVENING
+
+      A trio of gentlemen serenade each other as they stroll by the
+      family compound.
+
+                            MUSICIANS
+                      (singing)
+                  AUNQUE LA VIDA--
+
+
+
+
+
+                                                                      6.
+
+
+      Abuelita bursts out of the gate and chases them away.
+
+                            ABUELITA
+                  NO MUSIC!!!
+
+      Terrified, the musicians stumble as they run away.
+
+                            MIGUEL (V.O)
+                  I think we're the only family in
+                  M?xico who hates music...
+
+
+      INT. RIVERA WORKSHOP - DAY
+
+      We see the Rivera family tinkering in the shoe shop, no music
+      to be heard. Miguel jogs past them.
+
+                            MIGUEL (V.O.)
+                  And my family's fine with that...
+
+      He grabs his shine box, and heads out of the shoe shop.
+
+                              MIGUEL (V.O.)
+                  But me?
+
+                            MAM?
+                  Be back by lunch, mijo!
+
+                            MIGUEL
+                  Love you, Mam?!
+
+      Once outside, Miguel makes his way through the small town of
+
+
+      SANTA CECILIA - MORNING
+
+                            MIGUEL (V.O.)
+                  I am NOT like the rest of my
+                  family...
+
+      He passes a woman sweeping a stoop.
+
+                            WOMAN
+                  Hola, Miguel!
+
+                              MIGUEL
+                  Hola!
+
+      He passes a band of musicians playing a tune. Miguel joins
+      with some air guitar and the further down the street he goes,
+      the more instruments and sounds layer in. The bells of the
+      church chime in harmony, a radio blares a cumbia rhythm.
+
+
+
+
+
+                                                                      7.
+
+
+      Running past a food stand, Miguel grabs a roll of pan dulce
+      and tosses the vendor a coin.
+
+                            MIGUEL
+                  Muchas gracias!
+
+                            STREET VENDOR
+                  De nada, Miguel!
+
+      As Miguel passes all these scenes, the music synthesizes and
+      he can't help but tap out rhythms along a table of alebrijes.
+      The fantastical wooden animal sculptures each play a
+      different tone like a marimba. Miguel finishes with a SMACK
+      on a trash can, out of which a pops up a scrappy hairless
+      Xolo dog. The dog, DANTE, barks and jumps up to lick Miguel,
+      who laughs.
+
+                              MIGUEL
+                  Hey, hey!    Dante!
+
+      Miguel holds the pan dulce over Dante's head.
+
+                             MIGUEL
+                  Sit. Down. Roll over.        Shake.
+                  Fist bump.
+
+      Dante obeys to the best of his ability.
+
+                            MIGUEL
+                  Good boy, Dante!
+
+      Miguel tosses the pan dulce to his furless friend who topples
+      back into the trash can.
+
+                                                    CUT TO:
+
+
+      MARIACHI PLAZA - MOMENTS LATER
+
+      Miguel rounds the corner toward the town square. Vendors
+      sell sugar skulls and marigolds, and musicians fill the
+      square with music.
+
+                             MIGUEL (V.O)
+                  I know I'm not supposed to love
+                  music -- but it's not my fault!
+                      (beat)
+                  It's his: Ernesto de la Cruz...
+
+      Miguel approaches a statue of a handsome mariachi at the
+      heart of the plaza.
+
+
+
+
+
+                                                                      8.
+
+
+                            MIGUEL (V.O)
+                  ...The greatest musician of all
+                  time.
+
+      A tour group and their TOUR GUIDE are gathered around the
+      base of the statue.
+
+                            TOUR GUIDE
+                  And right here, in this very plaza,
+                  the young Ernesto de la Cruz took
+                  his first steps toward becoming the
+                  most beloved singer in Mexican
+                  history!
+
+                                                   CUT TO:
+
+      CLIPS of de la Cruz in his hay day: playing as a young man in
+      the plaza, serenading bystanders in a train car...
+
+                            MIGUEL (V.O.)
+                  He started out a total nobody from
+                  Santa Cecilia, like me. But when
+                  he played music, he made people
+                  fall in love with him.
+
+      MORE CLIPS from de la Cruz's films. He leaps from a tree
+      branch onto a galloping horse. He plays his signature skull
+      guitar with flourish and flair.
+
+                            MIGUEL (V.O.)
+                  He starred in movies. He had the
+                  coolest guitar... He could fly!
+
+      A CLIP features de la Cruz dressed as a hovering priest, held
+      up by strings, in front of a cycling sky flat.
+
+                            MIGUEL (V.O.)
+                  And he wrote the best songs! But
+                  my all-time favorite? It's--
+
+      A CLIP of de la Cruz performing in a fancy nightclub.
+
+                            DE LA CRUZ
+                      (singing)
+                  REMEMBER ME
+                  THOUGH I HAVE TO SAY GOODBYE
+                  REMEMBER ME
+                  DON'T LET IT MAKE YOU CRY
+                  FOR EVEN IF I'M FAR AWAY
+                  I HOLD YOU IN MY HEART
+                  I SING A SECRET SONG TO YOU
+                  EACH NIGHT WE ARE APART
+                  REMEMBER ME
+                            (MORE)
+
+
+                                                                     9.
+
+                            DE LA CRUZ (CONT'D)
+                  THOUGH I HAVE TO TRAVEL FAR
+                  REMEMBER ME
+                  EACH TIME YOU HEAR A SAD GUITAR
+                  KNOW THAT I'M WITH YOU THE ONLY WAY
+                  THAT I CAN BE...
+
+                            MIGUEL (V.O.)
+                  He lived the kind of life you dream
+                  about... Until 1942...
+
+      As the audience swoons over de la Cruz, an absent-minded
+      stagehand leans on a lever. Ropes and pulleys go flying.
+
+                            DE LA CRUZ
+                  UNTIL YOU'RE IN MY ARMS AGAIN
+                  REMEMBER ME!
+
+      De la Cruz is subsequently crushed by a giant bell.
+
+                            MIGUEL (V.O.)
+                  When he was crushed by a giant
+                  bell.
+
+                                                   CUT TO:
+
+
+      MARIACHI PLAZA - DAY
+
+      Miguel gazes up at the statue of de la Cruz in awe.
+
+                            MIGUEL (V.O)
+                  I wanna be just like him.
+
+                                                   CUT TO:
+
+
+      EXT. CEMETERY - MOMENTS LATER
+
+      Miguel weaves up to de la Cruz's mausoleum and peeks in the
+      window. He catches a glimpse of de la Cruz's signature skull
+      guitar.
+
+                            MIGUEL (V.O.)
+                  Sometimes, I look at de la Cruz and
+                  I get this feeling... like we're
+                  connected somehow. Like, if HE
+                  could play music, maybe someday I
+                  could too...
+
+
+
+
+
+                                                                       10.
+
+
+      EXT. MARIACHI PLAZA - DAY
+
+                            MIGUEL (CONT'D)
+                  ...If it wasn't for my family.
+
+                            PLAZA MARIACHI
+                      (playful)
+                  Ay, ay, ay, muchacho.
+
+                              MIGUEL
+                  Huh?
+
+                            PLAZA MARIACHI
+                  I asked for a shoe shine, not your
+                  life story.
+
+      Miguel comes out of his reverie and looks up at the PLAZA
+      MARIACHI whose shoes he is shining.
+
+                            MIGUEL
+                  Oh, yeah, sorry.
+
+      He goes back to scrubbing the man's shoe.    As Miguel shines,
+      the mariachi plucks his guitar idly.
+
+                            MIGUEL
+                  I just can't really talk about any
+                  of this at home so...
+
+                            PLAZA MARIACHI
+                  Look, if I were you I'd march right
+                  up to my family and say, ""Hey! I'm
+                  a musician. Deal with it!""
+
+                            MIGUEL
+                  I could never say that...
+
+                            PLAZA MARIACHI
+                  You ARE a musician, no?
+
+                            MIGUEL
+                  I don't know. I mean... I only
+                  really play for myself--
+
+                            PLAZA MARIACHI
+                  Did de la Cruz become the world's
+                  best musician by hiding his sweet,
+                  sweet skills? No! He walked out
+                  onto that plaza and he played out
+                  loud!
+
+
+
+
+
+                                                                     11.
+
+
+      The mariachi gets an idea. He points to the gazebo where
+      organizers are setting up for a show. They unfurl a canvas
+      poster which reads ""TALENT SHOW.""
+
+                            PLAZA MARIACHI (CONT'D)
+                  Ah, mira, mira! They're setting up
+                  for tonight. The music competition
+                  for D?a de Muertos. You wanna be
+                  like your hero? You should sign
+                  up!
+
+                            MIGUEL
+                  Uh-uh, my family would freak!
+
+                            PLAZA MARIACHI
+                  Look, if you're too scared, then,
+                  well... have fun making shoes.
+
+      Miguel considers this.
+
+                              PLAZA MARIACHI (CONT'D)
+                  C'mon.    What did de la Cruz always
+                  say?
+
+                            MIGUEL
+                  ...Seize your moment?
+
+      The mariachi appraises Miguel, then offers his guitar.
+
+                            PLAZA MARIACHI
+                  Show me what you got, muchacho.
+                  I'll be your first audience.
+
+      Miguel's brows rise, surprised. He reaches to take the
+      instrument, regarding it as if holding a holy relic.
+
+      Miguel spreads his fingers across the strings anticipating
+      his chord and...
+
+                              ABUELITA (O.S.)
+                  MIGUEL!
+
+      Startled, Miguel impulsively throws the guitar back onto the
+      mariachi's lap. He turns to see Abuelita marching toward
+      him. Miguel's T?O BERTO (40s) and PRIMA ROSA (16), follow
+      with supplies from the market.
+
+                              MIGUEL
+                  Abuelita!
+
+                            ABUELITA
+                  What are you doing here?
+
+
+
+
+
+                                                                      12.
+
+
+                               MIGUEL
+                  Um...uh...
+
+      Miguel quickly packs away his shine rag and polishes.
+      Abuelita barrels up to the mariachi.
+
+      She hits his hat with her shoe and waves him away.
+
+                            ABUELITA
+                  You leave my grandson alone!
+
+                            PLAZA MARIACHI
+                  Do?a, please -- I was just getting
+                  a shine!
+
+                            ABUELITA
+                  I know your tricks, mariachi!
+                      (to Miguel)
+                  What did he say to you?
+
+                            MIGUEL
+                  He was just showing me his
+                  guitar...
+
+      Gasps from the family.
+
+                            T?O BERTO
+                  Shame on you!
+
+      Abuelita lords over the mariachi, shoe aimed directly between
+      his eyes.
+
+                            ABUELITA
+                  My grandson is a sweet little
+                  angelito querido cielito -- he
+                  wants no part of your music,
+                  mariachi! You keep away from him!
+
+      The mariachi scrambles away, snatching his hat off the
+      ground before he goes. Abuelita hugs Miguel protectively to
+      her bosom.
+
+                            ABUELITA
+                  Ay, pobrecito! Est?s bien, mijo?
+
+      She peppers him with kisses then releases him from the
+      embrace. He gasps for air.
+
+                             ABUELITA
+                       (distressed)
+                  You know better than to be here in
+                  this place! You will come home.
+                  Now.
+
+
+
+
+                                                                     13.
+
+
+      Abuelita turns toward home. Miguel sighs and gathers his
+      shine box. Then, seeing a flyer for the plaza ""TALENT SHOW"",
+      he can't help but pocket it. He follows Abuelita.
+
+
+      EXT. STREET - MOMENTS LATER
+
+      Miguel catches up to his family.
+
+                             T?O BERTO
+                  How many times have we told you --
+                  that plaza is crawling with
+                  mariachis!
+
+                            MIGUEL
+                  Yes, T?o Berto.
+
+      Dante ambles up to Miguel, sniffing and whining for a treat.
+
+                            MIGUEL
+                  No, no, no!
+
+      Abuelita shoos him away.
+
+                            ABUELITA
+                  Go away, you! Go!
+
+      Dante darts off, scared.
+
+                            MIGUEL
+                  It's just Dante...
+
+      Abuelita throws her shoe at the dog.
+
+                             ABUELITA
+                  Never name a street dog.         They'll
+                  follow you forever.
+                      (beat)
+                  Now, go get my shoe.
+
+                                                       CUT TO:
+
+      INT. RIVERA WORKSHOP
+
+      The Rivera workshop is abuzz with family making shoes.
+      WHOMP! Miguel is plopped onto a stool, ready for a lecture.
+
+                            ABUELITA
+                  I found your son in Mariachi Plaza!
+
+                            PAP?
+                      (disappointed)
+                  Miguel...
+
+
+
+
+                                                                              14.
+
+
+                             MAM?
+                  You know how Abuelita feels about
+                  the plaza.
+
+                            MIGUEL
+                  I was just shining shoes!
+
+                            T?O BERTO
+                  A musician's shoes!
+
+      Gasps from the family. PRIMO ABEL (19) is so shocked he
+      loses his grip on the shoe he is polishing, which zips away
+      from the polisher and lodges itself in the roof.
+
+                            MIGUEL
+                  But the plaza's where all the foot
+                  traffic is.
+
+                            PAP?
+                  If Abuelita says no more plaza,
+                  then no more plaza.
+
+                            MIGUEL
+                      (blurting)
+                  But what about tonight?
+
+                            PAP? FRANCO
+                  What's tonight?
+
+                            MIGUEL
+                  Well they're having this talent
+                  show-
+
+      Abuelita perks her ear, suspicious.          Miguel squirms, deciding
+      whether to go on.
+
+                            MIGUEL
+                  And I thought I might...
+
+      Mam? looks at Miguel, curious.
+
+                            MAM?
+                  ...Sign up?
+
+                            MIGUEL
+                  Well, maybe?
+
+                            PRIMA ROSA
+                      (laughing)
+                  You have to have talent to be in a
+                  talent show.
+
+
+
+
+
+                                                                   15.
+
+
+                            PRIMO ABEL
+                  What are YOU going to do, shine
+                  shoes?
+
+      The shoe from the ceiling falls back down on Abel's head.
+
+                            ABUELITA
+                  It's D?a de los Muertos -- no one's
+                  going anywhere. Tonight is about
+                  family.
+
+      She deposits a pile of marigolds in Miguel's arms.
+
+                            ABUELITA
+                  Ofrenda room. V?monos.
+
+                                                   CUT TO:
+
+
+      INT. OFRENDA ROOM - MOMENTS LATER
+
+      Miguel follows his Abuelita to the family ofrenda, holding
+      the pile of flowers as she arranges them on the altar.
+
+                             ABUELITA
+                  Don't give me that look. D?a de
+                  los Muertos is the one night of the
+                  year our ancestors can come visit
+                  us.
+                      (beat)
+                  We've put their photos on the
+                  ofrenda so their spirits can cross
+                  over. That is very important! If
+                  we don't put them up, they can't
+                  come!
+                      (beat)
+                  We made all this food -- set out
+                  the things they loved in life,
+                  mijo. All this work to bring the
+                  family together. I don't want you
+                  sneaking off to who-knows-where.
+
+      She looks up to find Miguel sneaking away.
+
+                            ABUELITA (CONT'D)
+                  Where are you going?
+
+                            MIGUEL
+                  I thought we were done...
+
+
+
+
+
+                                                                 16.
+
+
+                            ABUELITA
+                  Ay, Dios m?o... Being part of this
+                  family means being HERE for this
+                  family... I don't want to see you
+                  end up like--
+
+      Abuelita looks up to the photo of the faceless musician.
+
+                            MIGUEL
+                  Like Mam? Coco's pap??
+
+                            ABUELITA
+                  Never mention that man!      He's
+                  better off forgotten.
+
+                            MIGUEL
+                  But you're the one who--
+
+                            ABUELITA
+                  Ta, ta, ta-tch!
+
+                            MIGUEL
+                  I was just--
+
+                              ABUELITA
+                  Tch-tch!
+
+                              MIGUEL
+                  But--
+
+                              ABUELITA
+                  Tch!
+
+                              MIGUEL
+                  I--
+
+                              ABUELITA
+                  Tch-tch!
+
+                              MAM? COCO
+                  Pap??
+
+      They look to find Mam? Coco agitated.
+
+                            MAM? COCO (CONT'D)
+                  Pap? is home...?
+
+                            ABUELITA
+                  Mam?, c?lmese, c?lmese.
+
+                            MAM? COCO
+                  Pap? is coming home?
+
+
+
+
+
+                                                                      17.
+
+
+                             ABUELITA
+                  No Mam?.   It's okay, I'm here.
+
+      Mam? Coco looks up at Abuelita.
+
+                            MAM? COCO
+                  Who are you?
+
+      Sadness rises in Abuelita; she swallows it down.
+
+                            ABUELITA
+                  Rest, Mam?.
+
+      Abuelita returns to the ofrenda.
+
+                             ABUELITA (CONT'D)
+                  I'm hard on you because I care,
+                  Miguel.
+                      (beat)
+                  Miguel... Miguel?
+
+      She looks around the room. Miguel is nowhere to be found.
+      Abuelita steps up to the ofrenda.
+
+                             ABUELITA (CONT'D)
+                      (sigh)
+                  What are we going to do with that
+                  boy...?
+
+      She looks to the photo of Mam? Imelda.       Abuelita's eyes
+      brighten with an idea.
+
+                            ABUELITA (CONT'D)
+                  You're right. That's just what he
+                  needs!
+
+                                                    CUT TO:
+
+
+      EXT. SIDE STREET
+
+      T?o Berto unloads rolls of leather from a truckbed. Nearby,
+      Dante sleeps under the shade of a tree. He startles awake by
+      a faint TWANGING. The dog scrambles up to the roof.
+
+      He reaches a shoe sign advertising the Rivera Family business
+      and lifts it up.
+
+
+      INT. ROOFTOP HIDEOUT
+
+      Dante pokes his head in.      Miguel turns and gasps.
+
+
+
+
+
+                                                                    18.
+
+
+                            MIGUEL
+                  Oh, it's you. Get in here, c'mon,
+                  Dante. Hurry up.
+
+      Dante wriggles into the hideout. Miguel is huddled over
+      something. The dog peeks around his shoulder.
+
+                            MIGUEL (CONT'D)
+                  You're gonna get me in trouble,
+                  boy. Someone could hear me!
+
+      Miguel reveals a makeshift guitar, cobbled together from a
+      beat up old soundboard and random other items.
+
+      He takes a china marker and sketches a nose on what appears
+      to be his own version of a skull guitar head.
+
+                            MIGUEL (CONT'D)
+                  I wish someone wanted to hear me...
+
+      Miguel tunes the guitar.
+
+                            MIGUEL (CONT'D)
+                  Other than you...
+
+      Dante gives Miguel a big sloppy lick. Miguel gives a grossed-
+      out chuckle. He lifts his guitar and strums.
+
+                              MIGUEL (CONT'D)
+                  Perfecto!
+
+      He crawls to the far side of the attic where he's built his
+      own ofrenda to Ernesto de la Cruz. Posters, candles, and
+      songbooks are arranged with care. Miguel lights the candles
+      with reverence, illuminating an album cover of de la Cruz
+      holding his skull guitar.
+
+      Miguel compares the head of his guitar to the album cover.
+      Then he imitates de la Cruz's pose and smile.
+
+      He switches on a beat up old TV and pushes a tape into the
+      VCR, ""Best of de la Cruz"" scrawled on the spine.
+
+      A montage of the greatest moments from de la Cruz's films
+      plays out.
+
+      A clip from ""A QUIEN YO AMO:""
+
+                            DE LA CRUZ (FILM CLIP)
+                  I have to sing. I have to play.
+                  The music, it's -- it's not just in
+                  me. It is me.
+
+
+
+
+
+                                                                     19.
+
+
+      Miguel strums his guitar as de la Cruz imparts his wisdom.
+      More clips run in the background as Miguel plays:
+
+                            DE LA CRUZ (FILM CLIP)
+                  When life gets me down, I play my
+                  guitar.
+
+      In a clip from ""A QUIEN YO AMO:""
+
+                            DE LA CRUZ (FILM CLIP)
+                  The rest of the world may follow
+                  the rules, but I must follow my
+                  heart!
+
+      De la Cruz kisses a woman passionately.      Miguel cringes.
+
+      Another clip from ""A QUIEN YO AMO:""
+
+                            DE LA CRUZ (FILM CLIP)
+                  You know that feeling? Like
+                  there's a song in the air and it's
+                  playing just for you...
+
+      As Miguel watches de la Cruz play guitar in the video, he
+      repeats the melody on his own guitar.
+
+                            DE LA CRUZ (FILM CLIP)
+                      (singing)
+                  A FEELING SO CLOSE
+                  YOU COULD REACH OUT AND TOUCH IT
+                  I NEVER KNEW I COULD
+                  WANT SOMETHING SO MUCH
+                  BUT IT'S TRUE...
+
+      As a good-natured priest in ""NUESTRA IGLESIA:""
+
+                            DE LA CRUZ (FILM CLIP)
+                  You must have faith, sister.
+
+                            NUN (FILM CLIP)
+                  Oh but Padre, he will never listen.
+
+                            DE LA CRUZ (FILM CLIP)
+                  He will listen... to MUSIC!
+                      (singing)
+                  ONLY A SONG
+                  ONLY A SONG
+                  HAS THE POWER TO CHANGE A HEART...
+
+      Miguel loses himself in the music.
+
+
+
+
+
+                                                                         20.
+
+
+                            DE LA CRUZ (FILM CLIP)
+                  Never underestimate the power of
+                  music...
+
+      Miguel's tune intertwines with the m"
+10,Coraline ,"Henry Selick,Neil Gaiman","Animation,Adventure,Family,Fantasy",February_2009,"HEAD CREDIT SEQUENCE MYSTERIOUS SEWING ROOM - NIGHT,
+
+          
+          A HAUNTING LULLABY plays against a black, star-pricked
+          sky when something appears in the distance. A BUTTON-EYED
+          DOLL floats towards CAMERA, through the open window of a
+          small sewing room where it lands in a pair of WAITING
+          HANDS, hands that are made of SEWING NEEDLES.
+
+          
+          The doll - which resembles a YOUNG BLACK GIRL in old-
+          fashioned clothes, hair fixed with ribbons and braids -
+          is placed on a sewing table. An elaborate sewing kit is
+          opened, and, in flickering green light, the NEEDLE-HANDS
+          go to work. The doll's old clothes are cut away; button-
+          eyes torn off; hair pulled out. The doll's stuffing is
+          removed and then the empty cloth body is pulled inside
+          out, turning from NUT BROWN to PALE PINK.
+
+          
+          Sawdust is poured in the NEW DOLL's mouth; facial
+          features added; blue yarn hair punched in; and then a
+          fresh pair of shiny black button eyes is selected from a
+          button drawer.
+
+          
+          The transformed doll, in a LITTLE YELLOW RAINCOAT, its
+          new button eyes affixed, is released out the window and
+
+          BACK INTO THE NIGHT.
+
+          
+
+          LAST HEAD CREDIT APPEARS, THEN FADES.
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          EXT PINK PALACE, ASHLAND OREGON - DAY
+
+          
+          WIDE ANGLE on a rambling old Queen Anne-style house with
+          tacked-on outside stairs. It's late winter, the sky a
+          damp, grey sponge. A SIGN in the foreground reads ""Pink
+          Palace, Apartment for Rent"".
+
+          
+          MR. BOBINSKY - a seven-foot-tall blue-skinned man -
+          performs calisthenics on the rooftop, counting in
+          Russian.
+
+          
+
+                                 MR. BOBINSKY
+                    Dras, dva, tri, chetyri.
+                    Dras, dva, tri, chetyri.
+                    Dras, dva, tri ...
+
+          
+
+          
+          A BEEPING SOUND begins and he pauses. A tired MOVING VAN
+          backs into frame and up the muddy driveway. A VW BEETLE -
+          suitcases roped to its top - recklessly passes the truck
+          and disappears around the side of the house. Bobinsky
+          shakes his fist angrily after the car and shouts:
+
+          
+
+                                   MR. BOBINSKY (CONT'D)
+                    Mer-sa-vich!
+
+          
+          He marches away indignantly. One of the MOVERS, unseen in
+          the truck, speaks to his companion.
+
+          
+
+                                 MOVER 2 (O.C.)
+                    We're here. Time to muscle up.
+
+          
+
+          
+          ANGLE ON moving truck's REAR DOORS as they're wrenched
+          open by two men - MOVER 1, tall and bear-shaped, and
+          MOVER 2, built like a brick top - to reveal a lot of
+          BOXES and BEAT-UP FURNITURE.
+
+          
+          They haul out the LOADING RAMP towards CAMERA.
+
+          
+          NEW ANGLE, EXTERIOR STAIRS to BASEMENT FLAT. APRIL SPINK,
+          a rotund little old English lady with bad legs, surveys
+          the MOVERS as they pass by her chair-lift with boxes and
+          furniture. The old gal can't wait to tell her flat mate
+          below about the young, strapping men.
+
+          
+
+                                 MOVER 2 (CONT'D)
+
+                           (EFFORTS)
+                    Got it? Almost there, just a few more.
+                    Come on, now, LIFT.
+
+          
+          ANGLE ON FRONT PORCH. The job finished, Mover 2 heads
+          down the front steps while Mover 1 waits for a signature
+          from the unseen-but-for-his-hands new tenant. Papers
+          signed, a tip of a single, grubby dollar bill is placed
+          in the outstretched hand of the disappointed mover, and
+          the door is shut.
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          EXT HOUSE, REAR VIEW - SAME
+
+          
+          ANGLE from BACK YARD. Hiding behind shrubs, WE SHARE the
+          POV of a MYSTERIOUS SPY. With a CLICK, a close-up lens is
+          rotated into place to better see the movers quietly pack
+          into the truck and drive away. A MANGY BLACK CAT walks
+          right in front of the lens and looks at us with concern.
+          OFF-SCREEN, a door bangs open. WE FOLLOW the cat as it
+          races up a tree and out a branch towards the BACK PORCH
+          to investigate.
+
+          
+          CORALINE JONES, 11, steps onto the porch in a YELLOW
+          RAINCOAT with a shoulder bag. WE - SPY'S POV - CLICK to a
+          CLOSE-UP to find this new tenant has BLUE HAIR and a
+          skeptical face.
+
+          
+          NEW ANGLE, non-spy reverse, on Coraline as she glances
+          furtively over her shoulder, then hops down the steps and
+          moves diagonally away from the house.
+
+          
+          NEW Angle, SPY POV. We watch Coraline head towards the
+          WOODY SHRUB we've hidden ourselves in. We DUCK DOWN.
+
+          
+          ANGLE on Coraline, non-spy, shrub by garden gate. She
+          reaches into the shrub and breaks off a FORKED BRANCH.
+          She removes the stick's red leaves, aims it like a
+          DOWSING ROD and heads into the garden.
+
+          
+          CAM PUSH IN to shrub as the SPY RISES UP, wearing a three-
+          eyed SKELETON MASK on his head and SKELETON GLOVES on his
+          hands. The black cat hops into frame, glances at the spy
+          and follows the girl.
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          MONTAGE VARIOUS EXT - SAME
+
+          
+
+          AFISH POND IN GARDEN - SAME
+
+          
+          Coraline explores the drained, crumbling pond. She finds
+          an old TURTLE SHELL in the muck and holds it up. After
+          rapping on it to make sure it's empty, she puts the shell
+          into her shoulder bag.
+
+          
+          ANGLE ON CAROLINE, SPY POV. WE PUSH ASIDE dead vines from
+          the railing of the GARDEN BRIDGE for a better look.
+          Coraline aims her forked stick once more then follows it
+          up from the pond and out the BACK GATE. A gust of WIND
+          blows DEAD LEAVES into a swirling eddy WE TRACK high up
+          into the air.
+
+          
+
+                                                       DISSOLVE TO:
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          ROCKY PATH HIGH ABOVE HOUSE - LITTLE LATER
+
+          
+          SPY POV on sky, now dark with GATHERING STORM. Hidden
+          behind a NATURAL WALL OF STONES, WE TILT DOWN to view
+          Coraline crossing frame on a STEEP HILLSIDE path. She
+          steps on an old RAILROAD TIE, and her foot SINKS into the
+          rotted wood, stopping her.
+
+          
+          WE LEAN OUT for a better view, and DISLODGE some stones
+          that roll down past her. WE DUCK as she jerks her head
+          our way.
+
+          
+          NEW ANGLE, non-spy. Unnerved, Coraline calls out.
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE
+                    Hello?...   Who's there?
+
+          
+          She throws a rock over the wall of stones, HITS THE
+          UNSEEN SPY, causing a CRY OF PAIN. ANIMAL? HUMAN? Freaked
+          out, she GASPS, runs up the trail.
+
+          
+          NEW ANGLE, SPY POV. We rise up to watch and the black cat
+          hops onto the stone wall.
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          EXT. OVERGROWN ORCHARD - CONT.
+
+
+          
+          Coraline races down past an OLD TRACTOR and into an
+          ORCHARD. WIND begins to blow.
+
+          
+          NEW ANGLE as we move beside Coraline through the old
+          apple trees, where she nearly trips on the tongue of a
+          harvest cart.
+
+          
+          DOWN ANGLE ON on Coraline as she BACKS INTO a circle of
+          TOADSTOOLS in front of a STUMP. BREATHING HARD, she looks
+          out for her pursuer.
+
+          
+          NEW ANGLE. The black cat shoots past Coraline in the tall
+          grass. She can't see him but she knows something is
+          there. Already behind her now, the cat LEAPS onto the
+          stump with a loud, warning MEROWWW!
+
+          
+          STARTLED, Coraline YELLS and whips around. She's both
+          angry and relieved when she sees it's just some cat.
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE
+                    You scared me to death, you mangy thing!
+
+          
+          Cat GLARES at her with BLUE OPAL EYES, makes a low growl
+          as she stands. She exhales.
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE (CONT'D)
+                    I'm just looking for an old well. Know
+                    it?
+
+          
+          Cat BLINKS EYES slowly.
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE(CONT'D)
+                    Not talking, huh?
+
+          
+          The wind picks up. She grasps the forks of her stick,
+          closes her eyes, and, tracing a figure eight above her,
+
+          SAYS:
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE (CONT'D)
+                    Magic dowser, magic dowser: show... me...
+                    the well!
+
+          
+          ANGLE ON CORALINE FROM HIGH BLUFF. The SPY moves into
+          frame, astride some kind of MOTOR-BIKE. He presses a
+          button on the handlebars and BLASTS a loud AIR HORN.
+          STARTLED, Coraline SPINS around.
+
+          
+          UP ANGLE ON SPY. As LIGHTNING FLASHES and THUNDER ROLLS,
+          Coraline sees him for the first time. With his turret-
+          lensed SKULL MASK and SKELETON GLOVES and black FIREMAN'S
+          COAT flapping in the wind, he looks like a PSYCHO KILLER!
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE (CONT'D)
+                           (freaked out)
+
+                    AHHHHH!
+
+          
+          He REVS his motor, pops a wheelie, then SWOOPS DOWN the
+          bluff towards her. She HOLLERS IN FEAR, then tries to
+          WHACK HIM with her forked stick.
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE (CONT'D)
+
+                    GET AWAY FROM ME--
+
+          
+          He SNATCHES it from her as he passes, KNOCKING HER to the
+          ground. He SIDE-SKIDS his bike, hops off and JUMPS UP
+          onto the stump. Looking TEN FEET TALL from the ground,
+          THUNDER AND LIGHTNING at a peak, the Spy turns his THREE-
+          EYED TURRET LENS and studies her like a predatory alien.
+
+          
+          And then, the thunder and lightning just FADE OUT and
+          this psycho-killer, three-eyed spy pulls off his mask and
+          Coraline GASPS -- he's just a short kid in a costume.
+
+          
+          Shoulders hunched, neck bent, the Spy - real name WYBIE
+          LOVAT - aged 12 - examines Coraline's forked stick, aims
+          it around.
+
+          
+
+                                 WYBIE
+
+                           (OBLIVIOUS)
+                    Hoo! Let me guess, you're from Texas or
+                    Utah; someplace dried out and barren,
+                    right? I heard about water-witching
+                    before but it doesn't make sense; I mean,
+                    it's just an ordinary branch.
+
+          
+          Coraline, SNATCHES it from his GLOVED HANDS.
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE
+
+                           (ENRAGED)
+
+                    IT'S A DOWSING ROD!
+
+          
+          Coraline smacks Wybie.
+
+          
+
+                                   WYBIE
+                    Ow!
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE
+                    And I DON'T LIKE BEING STALKED, not by
+
+                    PSYCHO-NERDS OR THEIR CATS!
+
+          
+          He crouches, nervous, to scratch the cat behind his ears.
+
+          
+
+                                 WYBIE
+                    He's not really my cat; he's kinda feral
+                    ? you know, wild? Of course, I do feed
+                    him every night and sometimes he'll come
+                    in my window `n bring me little dead
+                    things.
+
+          
+          The cat PURRS like a diesel.
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE
+
+                           (TOUGH)
+                    Look, I'm from Pontiac.
+
+          
+
+                                 WYBIE
+                    Huh?
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE
+                    MICHIGAN? And if I'm a ""water witch"",
+
+                    THEN--
+                           (points stick, stomps foot)
+                    --where's the secret WELL?
+
+          
+
+                                 WYBIE
+                    You stomp too hard and you'll fall in it!
+
+          
+          Coraline reacts, hops out of the springy circle. The boy
+          scrapes at the ground, revealing a CIRCULAR COVERING
+          made of WOODEN PLANKS. He wedges a fallen branch under
+          one side, and, using a rock for the fulcrum, pries up the
+          covering.
+
+          
+
+                                 WYBIE (CONT'D)
+                    See? Supposed to be so deep if you fell
+                    to the bottom and looked up, you'd see a
+                    sky full of stars in the middle of the
+                    day.
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE
+
+                           (SOFTENS)
+                    Huh.
+
+          
+          Her frown RELAXES and the black cat tilts his head,
+          noticing her change in tone. He steps off the branch, and
+          the well cover thumps in place.
+
+          
+
+                                 WYBIE
+                    Surprised she let you move in...
+
+          
+          Jerks his head toward the pink house in distance.
+
+          
+
+                                 WYBIE (CONT'D)
+                    ... my Gramma. She owns the ""Pink Palace""
+                           (indicates house in distance)
+                    Won't rent to people with kids.
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE
+                    What do you mean?
+
+          
+
+                                 WYBIE
+                           (suddenly worried)
+                    Uh... I'm not supposed to talk about it.
+
+          
+          Changing the subject, he lifts a gloved hand to shake.
+
+          
+
+                                 WYBIE (CONT'D)
+                    I'm Wybie, Wybie Lovat.
+
+          
+
+                                   CORALINE
+
+                             (SKEPTICAL)
+                    Wybie?
+
+          
+
+                                 WYBIE
+                    Short for Wyborne. Not my idea, of
+                    course. What'd you get saddled with?
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE
+                    I wasn't saddled with anything. It's
+                    Coraline.
+
+          
+
+                                 WYBIE
+                    Caroline what?
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE
+                    Coraline. Coraline Jones.
+
+          
+
+                                 WYBIE
+                           (confused, not hearing it)
+                    Hmmm... It's not real scientific, but I
+                    heard an ordinary name, like Caroline --
+
+          
+          Her face goes as DARK as the rain clouds above.
+
+          
+
+                                 WYBIE (CONT'D)
+                    -- can lead people to have ordinary
+                    expectations about a person--
+
+          
+
+                                 WYBIE'S GRANDMOTHER (O.C.)
+                           (calling from afar)
+                    Wyborne!
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE
+                    I think I heard someone calling you,
+                    Wyborne.
+
+          
+
+                                 WYBIE
+                    What? I didn't hear anything--
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE
+                    Oh, I definitely heard someone, Why-were-
+                    you-born.
+
+          
+          A distant dinner bell clangs.
+
+          
+
+                                  WYBIE'S GRANDMOTHER (O.C.)
+                    Wyborne!
+
+          
+
+                                 WYBIE
+                           (under his breath, nervous)
+                    Grandma!
+
+          
+          He holds up his hands in surrender, nodding with eyes
+          closed, forcing some laughs.
+
+          
+
+                                 WYBIE (CONT'D)
+                    Heh. Well, great to meet a Michigan
+                    water witch.
+
+          
+          He picks up his bike, wheels it around, then holds up his
+          gloved hands.
+
+          
+
+                                 WYBIE (CONT'D)
+                    But I'd wear gloves next time.
+
+          
+
+                                  CORALINE
+
+                            (SKEPTICAL)
+                    Why?
+
+          
+          He points to her dowsing rod, nods.
+
+          
+
+                                 WYBIE (CONT'D)
+                    `Cause that dowsing rod of yours? Uh,
+                    it's poison oak.
+
+          
+
+                                  CORALINE
+                    Ehh!!
+
+          
+          Coraline drops the stick as he zooms away and wipes her
+          hands on her clothes.
+
+          
+          The cat merows at her, shaking his head with a pitying
+          look, then trots away after Wybie. She STICKS OUT HER
+          TONGUE at him.
+
+          
+          She looks down at the COVERING to the well. Coraline
+          finds a PEBBLE and drops it through A SMALL KNOT-HOLE.
+          Ear at the knot-hole, she counts until there's a watery
+          ""plop"" far below. FAT RAINDROPS start to fall around her.
+
+          
+
+                                                 ROTATE DISSOLVE TO:
+
+          
+
+          INT. KITCHEN - NEXT MORNING
+
+
+          
+          It's POURING out. Coraline looks out a window at the DEAD-
+          LOOKING GARDEN, and places PACKETS OF SEEDS - pumpkins,
+          squash, snap dragons, bleeding hearts - on the sill.
+          She's developed a REDDISH RASH - poison oak - on one
+          hand.
+
+          
+          The main floor kitchen, like most   things in the Pink
+          Palace, is barely maintained, and   looks worn and faded.
+          Coraline's MOTHER, MEL JONES, 40,   bangs away at her
+          laptop on the table, MOVING BOXES   stacked nearby. She's
+          plain-looking and tired and wears   a NECK-BRACE.
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE
+                    I almost fell down a well yesterday, Mom.
+
+          
+
+                                 MEL
+                           (not listening)
+                    Uh huh.
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE
+                    I would have died.
+
+          
+
+                                 MEL
+                           (continues typing)
+                    That's nice.
+
+          
+          Coraline scratches the rash on her hand, changes subject.
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE
+                    Hmmm. So can I go out? I think it's
+                    perfect weather for gardening.
+
+          
+
+                                 MEL
+                    No, Coraline. Rain makes mud. Mud makes a
+                    mess.
+
+          
+          Coraline turns to her.
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE
+                    But Mom, I want stuff growing when my
+                    friends come to visit. Isn't that why we
+                    moved here?
+
+          
+
+                                 MEL
+                    Something like that. But then we had the
+                    accident.
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE
+                    Wasn't my fault you hit that truck.
+
+          
+
+                                 MEL
+                    I never said it was.
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE
+
+                           (MUTTERS)
+                    I can't believe it -- you and Dad get
+                    paid to write about plants and you hate
+                    dirt.
+
+          
+          Mel stops typing, loses her patience.
+
+          
+
+                                 MEL
+                    Coraline, I don't have time for you right
+                    now. And you still have unpacking to do.
+                    Lots of unpacking.
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE
+                    That sounds exciting.
+
+          
+          Mel remembers something.
+
+          
+                                 Mel (CONT'D)
+                    Oh - some kid left this on the front
+                    porch.
+
+          
+          Coraline walks over and is handed a NEWSPAPER-WRAPPED
+          PACKAGE. Attached note reads:
+
+          
+
+                                 WYBIE (V.O.)
+                    Hey Jonesy, look what I found in Gramma's
+                    trunk. Look familiar? Wybie.
+
+          
+          She rips open the package and finds the BUTTON-EYED, BLUE-
+          HAIRED, YELLOW RAINCOAT-WEARING DOLL from the head
+          credits - it's a litte Coraline!
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE
+                           (to herself)
+                    Huh... a little me? That's weird.
+
+          
+          She crumples the note, both annoyed and charmed.
+
+          
+
+                                 MEL
+                    What's his name, anyway?
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE
+                    Wybie. And I'm way too old for dolls.
+
+          
+          But Coraline takes it with her and leaves the room.
+
+          
+
+          INT. STUDY - SAME
+
+
+          
+          CHARLIE Jones, 40, goose-necked and gangly with thinning
+          dark hair, HUNT-AND-PECKS at his ancient computer,
+          surrounded by boxes of GARDENING MAGAZINES and empty
+          coffee cups. Coraline, with doll, opens the SQUEAKY DOOR.
+          He doesn't turn.
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE
+                    Hey Dad, how's the writing going?... Dad?
+
+          
+          He ignores her reflection in his computer screen as he
+          types away, green letters on black. She CLEARS HER
+
+          THROAT.
+
+          
+
+                                 CHARLIE
+                    Hello, Coraline...
+                           (notices doll's reflection)
+                    And... Coraline doll?...
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE
+                    D'you know where the garden tools are?
+
+          
+          He hears rain outside.
+
+          
+
+                                 CHARLIE
+                    It's pouring out there, isn't it.
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE
+                    Humph, it's just raining.
+
+          
+
+                                 CHARLIE
+                    What'd the boss say?
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE
+
+                           (MOCKING)
+                    ""Don't even think about going out,
+                    Coraline Jones.""
+
+          
+
+                                 CHARLIE
+                    Then you won't need the tools.
+
+          
+          Coraline GROANS, stamps her feet. Charlie just taps
+          harder on the keys. Pouting, she makes the door squeak,
+          opening and shutting it till he can't take any more. He
+          spins around.
+
+          
+
+                                 CHARLIE (CONT'D)
+                    Uhhh, you know, this house is a hundred
+                    and fifty years old.
+
+          
+
+                                   CORALINE
+                    So?
+
+          
+
+                                 CHARLIE
+                    So explore it!
+
+          
+          He grabs a pen and pad, holds it out.
+
+          
+
+                                 CHARLIE (CONT'D)
+                    Go out and ... count all the doors and
+                    windows and write that down. List
+                    everything blue!
+
+                           (BEGGING)
+                    Just let me work.
+
+          
+          She rolls her eyes, takes paper and pen and leaves.
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          MONTAGE, VARIOUS - SAME
+
+          
+
+          HALLWAY NEAR STAIRS
+
+          
+          Coraline, with doll, jumps on BUMP in carpet that moves
+          with each jump.
+
+          
+
+          LAUNDRY ROOM/WINTER GARDEN
+
+          
+          She wipes off the misted glass so she and the doll can
+          see out, then writes in her pad: 7 leaky windows. A drop
+          of water lands on the pad, smearing the ink. She adds
+          really between 7 and leaky windows.
+
+          
+
+          HALLWAY NEAR STAIRS
+
+          
+          Coraline thumps the carpet bump again and pounds up the
+          stairs.
+
+          
+
+          PARENT'S ROOM/BATHROOM
+
+          
+          A FRAMED PHOTO sits in the foreground on a beside table.
+          It shows a younger, happier Coraline with her parents by
+          the BEAR FOUNTAIN at the Detroit Zoo. RACK FOCUS to
+          bedroom door as it swings into the room, with Coraline
+          hanging on it. She drops to the ground and, doll and pad
+          in hand, decides to check out the bathroom.
+
+          
+          When she pulls aside the mildewed shower curtain she
+          finds a hundred skittering SILVERFISH BUGS.
+
+          
+
+                                    CORALINE
+                    Ewww!
+
+          
+          Disgusted, she jumps into the tub and smashes as many as
+          she can.
+
+          
+          She turns on the faucet to wash her hands, only to get
+          soaked with rusty water from the shower head.
+
+          
+
+                                    CORALINE (CONT'D)
+                    Ahh!!
+
+          
+          She shakes out her hair.
+
+          
+
+          HALLWAY NEAR STAIRS
+
+          
+          Coraline pounds down the stairs, spots the carpet bump
+          again in the hallway and jumps on it. A closet door
+          opens, a light on inside, and she goes to investigate.
+
+          
+
+          WATER HEATER CLOSET
+
+          
+          ANGLE OVER water heater on Coraline. She jots down one
+          rusty water heater in her pad. As she leaves, she flicks
+          off the light switch, not noticing a note taped beside it
+          that says: Do not turn off!
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          INT. STUDY - SAME
+
+
+          
+          Lights flicker and then Charlie's computer dies. He
+          hollers.
+
+          
+
+                                 CHARLIE
+                    No, no, no, no, no; GAAAA--!
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          INT. HALLWAY - SAME
+
+
+          
+
+                                    CHARLIE (O.S.)
+
+                    --AAAAAAA!
+
+          
+          Coraline reacts with guilty alarm, runs back to the
+          closet and --
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          INT. CLOSET - SAME
+
+
+          
+          -- spots the Do not turn off note. She flips the light
+          switch back on and gets out of there.
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          INT. LIVING ROOM - SAME
+
+
+          
+          The room is faded and cold with bare windows looking out
+          on rain and gray. The floor is strewn with moving boxes,
+          a few pieces of furniture, Charlie's old Nordic Track. A
+          few garden tools lean against one wall; a cardboard
+          mattress box leans against a corner wall.
+
+          
+          Coraline enters, counting windows and doors to note in
+          her pad. She sets the doll on a low table beside an open
+          moving box and smiles.
+
+          
+          The box is filled with her mom's collection of
+          SNOWGLOBES. She takes out her favorite - the BEAR
+          FOUNTAIN AT THE DETROIT ZOO - and shakes it. She studies
+          the globe and sighs with homesickness. She sets it
+          carefully on the FIREPLACE MANTEL, then unwraps the rest
+          of the snowglobes and places them beside it.
+
+          
+          Over the mantel hangs a PAINTING of a CRYING BOY IN BLUE -
+          a scoop of ice cream melting on his shirt, his hand
+          holding an EMPTY CONE. Coraline takes up pad and pen and
+          adds to her list, muttering aloud.
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE
+                    One boring blue boy in a painfully boring
+                    painting ... four incredibly boring
+                    windows ... and no... more... doors...
+
+          
+          She turns to grab the doll off the table by the snow
+          globe box. It's gone.
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE (CONT'D)
+                    All right, little me, where are you
+                    hiding?
+
+          
+          Scanning the room, she spots the doll LOOKING OUT FROM
+          BEHIND THE MATTRESS BOX leaned against the corner wall.
+          Perplexed, she walks over and kneels down to grab the
+          doll when she notices SOMETHING ON THE WALL behind the
+          box.
+
+          
+          She shoves the box aside, and discovers the outline of a
+          SMALL DOOR that's been wallpapered over.
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE (CONT'D)
+                    Huh?
+
+          
+          Intensely curious, she calls to the kitchen.
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE (CONT'D)
+                    Hey Mom...
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          INT. KITCHEN - CONTINUOUS
+
+
+          
+          Mom, typing away, ignores her.
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE (O.S.)
+                    Where does this door go?
+
+          
+
+                                 MEL
+                    I'm really, really busy!
+
+          
+
+          INT LIVING ROOM - CONTINUOUS
+
+          
+          Coraline tries to open it but there's no handle.
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE
+                    I think it's locked.
+
+          
+
+                                    MEL (O.S.)
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          INT. KITCHEN - CONTINUOUS
+
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE (O.S.)
+                    Pleeeeeeeeease!
+
+          
+          Mel gets up, really annoyed. Big sigh.
+
+          
+
+                                    MEL
+                    Uhhh...
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          INT. LIVING ROOM - SAME
+
+
+          
+          She walks over to Coraline, looks at the outline of the
+          door in the ratty old wallpaper.
+
+          
+
+                                  MEL
+                    Will you stop pestering me if I do this
+                    for you?
+
+          
+          Coraline nods her head quickly, PANTING like a dog.
+
+          
+
+                                    MEL (CONT'D)
+                    Fine.
+
+          
+          She heads back to the kitchen.
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          INT KITCHEN - CONTINUOUS
+
+          
+          Mel pulls open a drawer, pushes a bunch of loose brass
+          and nickel keys aside to find a small, sharp black key.
+          Holds it up.
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          INT LIVING ROOM - CONTINUOUS
+
+          
+          Mel cuts the wallpaper around the door and sticks the key
+          in the lock. Coraline looks on, giddy with anticipation,
+          the doll at her side. Mel turns the key, unlocks the
+          door, and pulls it open to reveal ... an UNBROKEN BRICK
+          WALL. Coraline is totally disappointed.
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE
+                    Bricks? I don't get it.
+
+          
+          Coraline scratches her wrist rash with annoyance.
+
+          
+
+                                 MEL
+                    They must have closed this off when they
+                    divided up the house.
+
+          
+          Mel gets up to leave.
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE
+                    You're kidding? And why is the door so
+                    small?
+
+          
+          Mel leaving room, turns back, and loses it.
+
+          
+
+                                 MEL
+                    We made a deal. ZIP IT!
+
+          
+          She exits. Coraline makes annoyed sound.
+
+          
+
+                                 CORALINE
+                    You didn't lock it.
+
+          
+
+                                  MEL (O.S.)
+                    AaaaaH!!!
+
+          
+          Coraline pushes the little door shut, her head lowered.
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          EXT. HOUSE - NIGHT
+
+
+          
+          WIDE ANGLE ON HOUSE. Pouring rain. We hear Charlie
+          singing a song about Coraline, badly.
+
+          "
+11,Croods The ,"Kirk DeMicco,Chris Sanders","Animation,Adventure,Comedy",December_2012,"SEQ. 75 - PROLOGUE
+                         
+                         FADE IN:
+                         
+          A cave painting of the Dreamworks logo. Push past the
+          moon to the sun. Bright. Beautiful. The sun DISSOLVES
+                         TO:
+
+                         
+          Cave paintings of a family of cavemen -- we will come to
+          know them as The Croods.
+                         
+                          EEP (V.O.)
+           With every sun comes a new day. A new
+           beginning. A hope that things will be
+           better today than they were yesterday.
+                         
+          The Croods scurry out of their cave like mice looking for
+          food. Scared. Fast.
+                         
+          The Croods are chased by beasts across the desert. They
+          escape from creatures up trees. They hide behind rocks.
+                         
+                          EEP (V.O.)
+           But not for me. My name's Eep. This, is
+           my family, the Croods. If you weren't
+           clued in already by the animal skins and
+           sloping foreheads - we're cavemen. Most
+           days we spend in our cave, in the dark.
+           Night after night, day after day. Yep.
+           Home sweet home. When we did go out, we
+           struggled to find food in a harsh and
+           hostile world. And I struggled to
+           survive my family.
+                         
+          The Croods are chased by beasts across the desert. They
+          escape from creatures up trees. They hide behind rocks.
+
+                          EEP (V.O.)
+           We were the last ones around. There used
+           to be neighbors. The Gorts, smashed by a
+           mammoth. The Horks, swallowed by a sand
+           snake. The Erfs, mosquito bite. Throgs,
+           common cold. And, the Croods. That's
+           us. The Croods made it...
+                         
+          Grug protects his family from a GIANT BEAR OWL.
+                         
+                          EEP (V.O.)
+           Because of my Dad. He was strong... and
+           he followed the rules.
+                         
+          A shadow falls across their feet and Grug ushers his
+          family home.
+
+          2.
+                         
+                         
+                          EEP (V.O.)
+           ... the ones painted on the cave walls.
+           Anything new is bad, curiosity is bad,
+           going out at night is bad. Basically,
+           anything fun is bad. Welcome to my
+           world.
+                         
+          They all run back into the cave where Grug slams the rock
+          door closed.
+                         
+          SLOWLY LIGHT ON CAVE PAINTINGS COMES UP AGAIN. But this
+          time the light casts an ominous tone.
+                         
+                          EEP (V.O.)
+           But this is a story about how all that
+           changed in an instant.
+                         
+          RAPID SHOTS OF THE GREAT SPLIT CUTTING THROUGH THE LAND.
+          HEADED TOWARDS CROOD VALLEY.
+                         
+          SHOTS OF CATACLYSM. CUT FASTER AND FASTER UNTIL...
+                         
+                          EEP (V.O.)
+           Because what we didn't know, was that our
+           world was about to come to an end. And
+           there were no rules on our cave walls to
+           prepare us for that.
+                         
+          CAVEMAN HANDS PRESS against the rock wall. They PUSH. A
+          BLINDING LIGHT FLOODS the screen.
+                         
+                          CUT TO:
+                         
+                         
+          SEQ. 100 - MEET THE CROODS
+          A HUGE CAVEMAN, GRUG, RUSHES forward, screaming,
+          growling, and throwing handfuls of dirt in a THREAT
+          DISPLAY. He BLINKS in the bright morning light. He
+          LIFTS and HURLS a large boulder.
+                         
+                          GRUG
+           Raaaaar grooooOOOOoooowwwll ERF ERF
+           Glaaaaaabbbbllllllllthhhh!
+                         
+          As suddenly as he began, Grug stops. Panting, he waits
+          for the echoes of his outburst to fade.
+                         
+          Grug TURNS to the cave entrance, he prepares to BELLOW a
+          signal, but before any sound escapes his lips--
+                         
+          A CAVE GIRL, EEP, bursts from the cave.
+          3.
+                         
+                         
+                          GRUG (CONT'D)
+           You're supposed to wait for my signal
+           Eep. Eep?
+                         
+          Eep scares a pack of nearby Liyotes away. They pounce on
+          Grug briefly before scampering off. Eep spreads out on
+          an overhanging rock. She BASKS IN THE SUN.
+                         
+                          EEP
+           We've been in that cave forever.
+                         
+                          GRUG
+           Three days is not forever.
+                         
+                          EEP
+           It is with this family.
+                         
+                          GRUG
+           Eep would you come down here? You're
+           being so dramatic.
+                         
+          A LITTLE GIRL, SANDY, charges out next. Her display is
+          more terrier-like.
+                         
+                          GRUG (CONT'D)
+           No, no, no Sandy, come back here.
+           Remember the signal. Good girls wait for
+           the signal.
+                         
+          A CAVE WOMAN, UGGA, scrambles out next. She is mostly
+          focused on catching Sandy, giving only cursory effort to
+          her display.
+                         
+                          GRUG (CONT'D)
+           Ugga.
+                          UGGA
+           As soon as I get Sandy, I'll go back in,
+           and you can give the signal.
+                         
+                          GRUG
+           No, I mean, you're already out now.
+                         
+           THUNK (O.S.)
+           I am waiting for the signal, dad.
+                         
+          We HEAR the voice of Grug's nine-year-old son from inside
+          the cave. THUNK is eager to please his dad and emulates
+          his every move.
+                         
+                          GRUG
+           Never mind, Thunk. Just, come out.
+          4.
+                         
+                         
+                          THUNK
+           (not so fast)
+           Uhh, but if you don't give the signal,
+           how do I know you're my dad?
+                         
+                          GRUG
+           The signal isn't so you know it's me,
+           it's so you know I wasn't eaten by an
+           animal.
+                         
+          Beat.
+                         
+                          THUNK
+           Then why is the signal an animal noise?
+           I mean, doesn't that just confuse things?
+                         
+          Grug sighs.
+                         
+                          THUNK (CONT'D)
+           I don't know... I'm still waiting for the
+           signal.
+                         
+                          GRUG
+           Sigh. Hoo hooooo! Hoo hooooo!
+                         
+          Thunk comes out growling, and barrels into Grug. Thunk
+          picks up a boulder and throws it. It ricochets off the
+          cliff wall and careens into Grug. Grug gets plowed over
+          by the boulder.
+                         
+                          UGGA
+           Mom, we're ready to leave.
+                          (BEAT)
+           Mom!
+                         
+          Grug sits up and smiles.
+                          GRAN
+           Still alive!
+                         
+          Grug's face drops.
+                         
+                          GRUG
+           It's still early.
+                         
+                          GRAN
+           And you're still fat.
+                         
+                          GRUG
+           Breakfast formation!
+                         
+          The Croods form up in a flying wedge, with Grug in the
+          lead.
+          5.
+                         
+                         
+                          GRUG (CONT'D)
+           I want to see some real caveman action
+           out there. We do this fast. We do this
+           loud, we do this as a family and never
+           not be afraid. Go!
+                         
+                          THUNK
+           YAY, BREAKFAST!!!!
+                         
+          COMPRESSED TIME - The Croods RUN out of Crood canyon,
+          across the wide expanses of desert.
+                         
+                          CUT TO:
+                         
+                         
+          SEQ. 150 - SMASH & GRAB
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. MOUTH OF CROOD CANYON - MORNING
+                         
+          Grug and the Croods come to a stop at the HUNTING
+          GROUNDS. They are spent from a fifteen-mile run.
+                         
+                          THUNK
+                          (HUFFING)
+           Yeah... breakfast...
+                         
+          We see a nest with a huge unguarded blue egg. The Croods
+          take shelter behind a rock. Grug PEERS over the top.
+                         
+                          GRUG
+           Who's up?
+                         
+          Eep's hand SHOOTS up. Thunk is less than enthusiastic.
+                         
+                          GRUG (CONT'D)
+           We'll flip for it.
+                         
+          Grug LIFTS Gran on his hand, and FLIPS her up in the air.
+                         
+                          GRUG (CONT'D)
+           Call her in the air.
+                         
+                          EEP
+           Heads.
+                         
+          Gran FACE-PLANTS, her head buried in the sand. Only her
+          tail is showing.
+                         
+                          GRUG
+           Tails. Thunk's in.
+                         
+                          GRUG (CONT'D)
+           Positions.
+          6.
+                         
+                         
+          The family fades back and splits up. They get into
+          fighting/running position.
+                         
+                          GRUG (CONT'D)
+           Ok. Thunk. Go. Come on Thunk.
+                         
+          Thunk BREAKS COVER. He dashes into the open, SNATCHES
+          the egg.
+                         
+                          GRUG (CONT'D)
+           Hah! Way to go. Take it to the cave!
+                         
+          Thunk PASSES Grug and makes a bee-line for Crood Canyon.
+                         
+          A Gerf bird smashes Thunk and steals the egg back.
+                         
+                          GRUG (CONT'D)
+           Oooh!
+                         
+                          GRUG (CONT'D)
+           Release the baby.
+                         
+          Eep and Sandy MOVE IN on the bird. Sandy NIPS at its
+          heels while UGGA CLIMBS up onto its head. She PULLS the
+          egg from its beak.
+                         
+          Down range, TRIP GERBILS SURFACE. They STRETCH their
+          shared tail across the Ramu's path like an arresting
+          cable on a carrier.
+                         
+          Ugga RISES to THROW the egg to Grug - the gerbils WRAP
+          their tail around the Ramu like a bola. The Ramu GOES
+          DOWN hard. Ugga and the egg ROLL forward. The Trip
+          Gerbils SNATCH up the egg and make off with it.
+                         
+                          UGGA
+           Get um Mom! Do it for the Croods!
+                         
+          Gran's cane HOOKS the gerbils in the middle of their tail
+          and WHIPS them up and over her shoulder.
+                         
+                         ON GRAN
+                         
+          DRIBBLING the egg down-range with her cane like a hockey
+          player. LIYOTES POP UP from behind hoodoos. They SWARM
+          in behind her.
+                         
+          The Liyotes TRIP Gran. They steal the egg, and HIT THE
+          GAS. They are INCREDIBLY FAST.
+                         
+                          GRAN
+           Old lady down! Eep, avenge me.
+          7.
+                         
+                         
+                         ON EEP
+                         
+          Crouched in the shade of a scrubby bush, like a runner on
+          the blocks - she has the Liyotes in her sights. Eep
+          LAUNCHES.
+                         
+          Eep runs after the Liyote with the egg, cutting him off
+          in his tracks he slams into a cactus launching the egg
+          into the air. Eep leaps into the air taking back the egg.
+                         
+                          EEP
+           Thanks!
+                         
+          A bunch of Jackrobats see Eep and swarm around her. She
+          loses her footing and throws the egg to Grug.
+                         
+                          GRUG
+           Eep!
+                         
+                          EEP
+           Heads Up!
+                         
+          Grug catches the egg and runs by the entrance of a small
+          cave. Thunk following close behind accidentally trips
+          over the tail of a sleeping Bear Owl knocking Grug to the
+          ground and fumbling the egg once again.
+                         
+          Thunk catches the egg just as the Girelephant bears down
+          on him from behind and lifts him onto one of its tusks.
+          The family members meet up as they begin their long run
+          back to the cave.
+                         
+          An entire swarm of animals chase the Croods as they head
+          back to their cave.
+                         
+          The Bear Owl is awakened and goes after everyone on the
+          chase.
+                         
+          Grug protecting his family from the BearOwl tosses each
+          family member onto the Girelephant's back.
+                         
+          Grug dodges the BearOwl's attack and uses him as a
+          launching pad to get himself safely on the Girelephant.
+                         
+          Thunk is happy to see Dad is safe.
+                         
+                          THUNK
+           Oh hey Dad, can we eat now?
+                         
+                          GRUG
+           Just wait till we get home. Eep put on
+           the brakes.
+                         
+          The entrance to Crood canyon appears on the horizon.
+          8.
+                         
+                         
+          Eep hangs off the edge of one of its tusks as Grug takes
+          over the other. Together they dig their heels into the
+          ground, slowing down the Girelephant.
+                         
+          The Bearowl continues the chase. The Croods maneuver the
+          Girelephant to fend off the Bearowl.
+                         
+                          GRUG (CONT'D)
+           Eep!
+                         
+          The Girelephant moving way too fast readies for the
+          crash. The Girelephant crashes into the entrance of the
+          canyon, sending the Croods flying in. They all tumble.
+          Grug makes an extraordinary football catch. He holds
+          tight to the meal as he slams into a rock. Grug holds up
+          the egg.
+                         
+                          GRUG (CONT'D)
+           Who's hungry?
+                         
+                          THUNK
+           Alright! Good one, dad!
+                         
+                          GRUG
+           Here you go, Thunk. Drink up.
+                         
+          Grug tosses the egg to Thunk, Thunk fumbles it and it
+          cracks open.
+                         
+                          THUNK
+           Sorry, dad.
+                         
+                          UGGA
+           Looks like fast food tonight!
+                         
+          The family passes the leaky egg around quickly, each
+          Crood gets a taste. Thunk is the last Crood to get a
+          mouthful, he hands it over to Grug-- the egg is empty.
+                         
+                          GRUG
+           That's alright. I ate last week.
+                         
+          A SHADOW TOUCHES Grug's feet. He looks up - the sun is
+          setting behind the canyon wall. He HOLDS UP his hand to
+          gauge how much daylight is left.
+                         
+                          GRAN
+           Two knuckle warning.
+                         
+                          UGGA
+           Come on Croods. Go, go, go.
+                         
+                          CUT TO:
+          9.
+                         
+                         
+          SEQ. 200 - WELCOME TO CROOD CAVE
+                         
+          INT. CROOD CAVE - EVENING
+                         
+                          GRUG
+           Come on, come on. Darkness brings death!
+           We know this.
+                         
+          The Croods RUN INSIDE THE CAVE. Ugga picks up a heavy
+          stick off the floor.
+                         
+                          UGGA
+           The moon is full. Bath night.
+           (grumbling, Gran tries to run
+                          AWAY)
+           You too, Mom.
+                         
+                          GRAN
+           Run for your life.
+                         
+          Ugga pulls Gran back.
+                         
+                          GRAN (CONT'D)
+           I don't want to lose my protective layer.
+                         
+                          UGGA
+           Mom, you've got ants.
+           (hanging Sandy up)
+                         
+          Whack! Like she's cleaning a rug, Ugga SMACKS Sandy hard
+          with the stick. Dust and bugs fly off of her.
+                         
+                          UGGA (CONT'D)
+           See? Sandy doesn't fuss.
+                         
+          Ugga CLAPS her hands together and Sandy knows to let go.
+          She hits the floor and SCAMPERS away.
+                         
+                          GRAN
+                          (UPSET)
+           Aaaaaaaaaah.
+                         
+          Grug enters and looks around the cave.
+                         
+                          GRUG
+           Is she still out there?
+                         
+                          UGGA
+           You know she hates the cave, Grug.
+                         
+          ON EEP clinging to the side of the sheer rock face above
+          Crood cave. She RAISES HER HAND to `catch' a few more
+          moments of sun.
+          10.
+                         
+                         
+                          EEP
+           Please come back tomorrow.
+                         
+          ON GRUG getting his `bath.'
+                         
+                          GRUG
+           How can she not like the cave? It's so
+           cozy.
+                         
+                          UGGA
+           It is a little, dark, Grug.
+                         
+                          GRUG
+           It's not that dark.
+                         
+          Grug is finished with his bath.
+                         
+                          GRUG (CONT'D)
+                          (LOSING PATIENCE)
+           Eep! Eep?
+                         
+          Eep begins to climb down the wall outside when she hears
+          a sound in the distance. Curious, she begins to climb
+          even higher. Grug leaves the cave, searching for her.
+                         
+                          GRUG (CONT'D)
+           Come on, I gotta close the cave...
+                         
+          ON GRUG exiting the cave... Grug sees that Eep is at the
+          very top.
+                         
+                          GRUG (CONT'D)
+           Eep!
+                         
+          Eep continues to climb.
+                          EEP
+           Okay, okay!
+                         
+                          GRUG
+           Come on.
+                         
+          Behind Grug, the Bear Owl appears up the canyon. It
+          SPOTS Grug and the open cave and RACES to attack. Grug
+          sees the BearOwl in full attack mode.
+                         
+                          GRUG (CONT'D)
+           EEP! COME DOWN!!
+                         
+          Grug throws a rock which momentarily stuns the creature,
+          allowing Eep to JUMP DOWN and DART into the cave. Grug
+          barely gets the cave closed in time.
+          11.
+                         
+                         
+                          GRUG (CONT'D)
+                          SIGH 
+                         
+                          CUT TO:
+                         
+                         
+          SEQ. 210 - BEDTIME STORY
+                         
+          The Bear Owl PUSHES his paw through the narrow opening,
+          and FEELS around for the Croods. The Croods are like
+          mice in this world.
+                         
+                          GRUG
+           That was too close!
+                         
+                          EEP
+           I was watching. I was fine.
+                         
+                          GRUG
+           What were you doing up there, Eep?
+                         
+                          EEP
+           I don't know.
+                         
+                          GRUG
+           What were you looking for?
+                         
+                          EEP
+           Nothing.
+                         
+                          GRUG
+           Well then why did you go up there?
+                         
+                          EEP
+                          (ANNOYED)
+           I don't know.
+                          GRUG
+           Why don't you know? Stop looking for
+           things. Fear keeps us alive Eep. Never
+           not be afraid.
+                         
+          Eep climbs up on a ledge and curls up in the corner where
+          a tiny spot of light seeps in.
+                         
+                          EEP
+                          (TO HERSELF)
+           What's the point of all this?
+                         
+                          GRUG
+           Hmmm? What was that?
+          12.
+                         
+                         
+                          EEP
+           (a little louder)
+           I mean, why are we here? What are we
+           doing this for?
+                         
+                          CROODS
+                          GROAN 
+                         
+                          GRUG
+           No one said survival was fun.
+                         
+                          EEP
+           Nothing is fun.
+                         
+                          GRUG
+           Hmm? Would you come down here. Eep?
+                         
+          No answer. Grug CLIMBS up. Ugga PULLS Grug back down.
+                         
+                          UGGA
+           Grug. Off.
+                         
+                          GRUG
+           Yes.
+                         
+          Grug climbs back up.
+                         
+                          UGGA
+           Off!
+                         
+                          GRUG
+           I just don't see why she needs her own
+           ledge. That's all. That's what this is
+           about.
+                         
+                          UGGA
+           She's working through some things and
+           needs her own space.
+                         
+                          GRUG
+           What things? How long is this going to
+           take? Really? I mean she already
+           doesn't listen to me.
+                         
+          A pebble hits Grug in the head. It came from Eep's
+          ledge.
+                         
+                          GRUG (CONT'D)
+           Hey!
+                         
+                          UGGA
+           See? She's listening.
+          13.
+                         
+                         
+                          GRUG
+           If she wants to survive, she has to
+           follow our rules.
+                         
+                          UGGA
+           How about a story? Eep loves those.
+                         
+          Grug brightens.
+                         
+                          GRUG
+                          (BRIGHTENING)
+           That's a good idea ... How about a story,
+           huh?
+                         
+                          THUNK
+           Oh yeah, tell us a story.
+                         
+          The Croods minus Eep gather in a semi-circle on the
+          ground. Grug retrieves Sandy and her Krispy Bear from
+          the bone-crib.
+                         
+                          GRUG
+           Ok. Can I borrow that? Thank you. Eep!
+           Your old favorite?
+                         
+                          EEP
+           I haven't played with that thing in
+           years.
+                         
+                          GRUG
+           Tonight we'll hear the story of Krispy
+           Bear.
+                         
+          Grug sits and waits a beat for Eep to join, but she stays
+          put.
+          As Grug talks, he gestures at a rough sketch on the wall
+          of the cave.
+                         
+                          GRUG (CONT'D)
+           A long time ago, this little bear was
+           alive. She was alive because she
+           listened to her father and lived her life
+           in routine and darkness and terror. So
+           she was happy. But Krispy had one,
+           terrible problem. She was filled with...
+           curiosity.
+                         
+                          UGGA
+           Grug!
+                         
+          Ugga covers Sandy's ears.
+          14.
+                         
+                         
+                          GRUG
+           Yes. And one day, while she was in a
+           tree, the curious little bear wanted to
+           climb to the top.
+                         
+                          THUNK
+           Wha?
+                         
+                          GRUG
+           And no sooner than she climbed to the
+           top, she saw something new and died.
+                         
+          Grug SWATS the painting.
+                         
+                          THUNK
+           Just like that?
+                         
+                          GRUG
+           Yes! Her last moments of terror still
+           frozen on her face.
+                         
+          Grug holds out Krispy Bear. The family is terrified.
+                         
+                          GRAN
+           Oh, same ending as everyday.
+                         
+                          THUNK
+                          (FREAKED OUT)
+           I get it, dad. I get it. I will never
+           do anything new or different.
+                         
+                          GRUG
+           Good man, Thunk.
+                         
+          Pan across the walls to reveal they are covered with
+          stories all seemingly with the same ending.
+                          UGGA
+           Alright, everyone sharpen your teeth and
+           let's pile up.
+                         
+          All their worst fears confirmed, the Croods snuggle into
+          one big heap, warm and comfy. Grug casts a glance to
+          Eep's ledge. She doesn't budge.
+                         
+           FADE TO BLACK:
+                         
+                         
+          SEQ. 500 - FOLLOW THE LIGHT
+          15.
+                         
+                         
+          INT. CROOD CAVE - NIGHT
+                         
+          The Croods sleep peacefully in their pile. Except Eep,
+          who tosses restlessly on her LEDGE. Outside, we hear the
+          ROARS and HOWLS of prehistoric creatures fighting.
+                         
+          But then, SILENCE.
+                         
+          And then cutting through the primordial night is a
+          MUSICAL SOUND. Unsettling. Unearthly. Eep creeps
+          around her sleeping family and cautiously approaches the
+          ""door"" to peer outside, when suddenly--
+                         
+          WHOOSH! A bright light blazes through the gaps around
+          the boulder door, bathing Eep in an OTHER-WORLDLY GLOW.
+          She chases the flash of light around the cave trying to
+          catch it in her hands.
+                         
+          Eep presses her face against the cold boulder, trying to
+          get a look at what is outside, but she can't get more
+          than a blurred glimpse of the canyon beyond - and the
+          disappearing light.
+                         
+          Desperate to see more, Eep braces her back against the
+          cave and PUSHES the plug rock with her legs. Slowly, she
+          shifts the rock, careful not to wake her father. It takes
+          all of her strength, but she manages to move it just
+          enough for her to BARELY SQUEEZE out.
+                         
+          EXT. CROOD CANYON - CONTINUOUS
+                         
+          Eep stands outside at night for the first time ever. Her
+          heart races. The hot night wind blows against her face
+          and through her hair. The forbidden sensation is
+          exhilarating.
+          The canyon beyond is quickly swallowing the light - it
+          will be gone in another few seconds. With one of her
+          hands pressed tightly to the cave `door', she steels
+          herself.
+                         
+          Eep LETS GO and DASHES after the light, SCRAMBLING
+          through the SANDSTONE NARROWS, bounding from side to
+          side. As she disappears into the darkness of the canyon,
+          we...
+                         
+                          CUT TO:
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. CANYON
+                         
+          The light ahead is growing brighter. Eep is closing on
+          it. In her excitement, she missteps and SNAPS a stick
+          underfoot.
+          16.
+                         
+                         
+          It was barely audible. Eep instinctively FREEZES.
+                         
+          A huge SHADOW of a TUSKED CREATURE is cast on the wall
+          above her. Eep throws a rock at the shadow.
+                         
+          She POWERS STRAIGHT UP the stone wall with unexpected
+          speed.
+                         
+          The Creature RUNS. Eep tops the wall and...
+                         
+                          CUT TO:
+                         
+                         
+          SEQ. 550 - CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. ROCK ARCH - NIGHT
+                         
+          Eep steps into a small clearing. Stuck in the ground, is
+          a TORCH. As far as Eep knows, this is the thing she was
+          following. Eep crouches down and cautiously approaches.
+                         
+          REVERSE ANGLE - Eep can feel the heat from the fire on
+          the palms of her hands and her face. TENSE. EXCITING.
+                         
+          But camouflaged against the rock wall behind her,
+          something MOVES. A WARTHOG CREATURE stands upright and
+          creeps up behind her.
+                         
+          Eep reaches out to TOUCH the flame. The torch blows away
+          from her. The wind has changed direction. The breeze at
+          her back, Eep smells the Creature behind her. On her
+          face, awe turns to determination as she wheels and grabs
+          the creature. She THROWS and FLIPS it over her shoulder.
+          It hits the torch, knocking it to the ground. Eep jumps
+          back, GRABBING a good-sized rock - she's poised to bash
+          the Creature's brains in.
+                         
+                          CREATURE
+           Nuh! Nuh!
+                         
+          The Creature defensively raises its arms, hands in front
+          of its face.
+                         
+                          GUY
+           No!
+                         
+          Hands? Eep GASPS, shocked to see HUMAN HANDS attached to
+          this monstrosity.
+                         
+          The Creature slowly puts his hands to"
+12,Despicable Me 2,"Cinco Paul,Ken Daurio","Animation,Adventure,Comedy",July_2013,"EXT: ARCTIC CIRCLE - DAY
+
+   Snow and ice as far as the eye can see. What looks like a
+   windowless MILITARY BASE surrounded by barbed wire fences
+   sits in the middle of the wasteland.
+
+   TITLE CARD: TOP SECRET RESEARCH LABORATORY.   ARCTIC CIRCLE.
+
+   At the GUARD GATE, two RUSSIAN GUARDS play poker using an
+   overturned barrel as a table.
+
+   Russian Guard 1 shows a five of diamonds... and four Aces.
+   The other Guard folds. Russian Guard 1 LAUGHS and drags in
+   the pile of coins.
+
+   While he SPEAKS IN RUSSIAN and does a celebratory dance, the
+   coins fly up into the air. Russian Guard 1 stops dancing and
+   sees that the coins are gone. He accuses the other Guard of
+   stealing them. Russian Guard 2 swears he didn't take them.
+
+   Russian Guard 1 grabs a shovel and wields it menacingly,
+   until it flies up into the air. They both look up to see
+   where it's gone. Then the metal barrel they were using as a
+   table flies up, knocking them over.
+
+   Russian Guard 2 looks up to see a GIGANTIC MAGNET SHIP
+   LOWERING DOWN FROM ABOVE AND HOVERING OVER THE LABORATORY.
+
+   A watchtower guard shouts. A door below opens as a bunch of
+   Guards run out and point their guns at the magnet ship.
+   Then...WOOSH! All of their guns are pulled up towards the
+   ship, including the guards themselves, who are strapped to
+   their guns.
+
+   A SNOWMOBILE lifts off the ground and flies up to the magnet.
+   Other vehicles and small buildings begin to pull away from
+   the ground.
+
+   Then--
+
+   THE ENTIRE LAB STARTS TO GET PULLED UP OUT OF THE GROUND.
+
+   CLANK! The lab makes contact with the ship. It flies up and
+   down, shaking the scientists and guards off. They fall to
+   the ground. The magnet ship flies away with their lab,
+   vehicles, and weapons.
+
+   The remaining guards and scientists are strewn across the
+   snow with the remnants of the damaged base. We see a porta-
+   potty door open. A Confused Guard is sitting on the can
+   reading a newspaper, having missed the entire incident. He
+   closes the door.
+
+                                              MATCH CUT TO:
+          DESPICABLE ME 2            CINCO & KEN DRAFT   2.
+
+
+   INT: AVL HEADQUARTERS - NIGHT
+
+   SECURITY FOOTAGE of the research station named PX LABS being
+   carried away by the magnet ship plays on the screens at AVL
+   Headquarters.
+
+   We see the back of several heads watching the footage.
+
+   There's a heavy sigh.
+
+                    SILAS
+          Three weeks and we're still no
+          closer to cracking this?
+
+No response.
+
+                    SILAS (CONT'D)
+          Right... bring him in.
+
+                      LUCY (O.S.)
+          Yes, sir.
+
+
+EXT: SUBURBAN STREET - DAY
+
+Gru steps toward camera, holding some sort of menacing gun,
+which he loads and cocks. He pulls the trigger, which shoots
+out an inflatable unicorn balloon.
+
+Smiling, he ties it to the windowsill next to some others.
+
+
+
+EXT: GRU'S BACKYARD - DAY
+
+A banner reads: ""Happy Birthday Agnes!"" and a massive
+backyard party is in full swing. The yard is decorated with
+pink balloons and streamers, and a BOUNCY HOUSE shaped like a
+castle.
+
+AGNES and several other LITTLE GIRLS slide down a slide.
+They are all dressed as princesses, but Agnes is dressed as a
+princess riding a unicorn.
+
+                    AGNES
+          This is the best party EVER!!!
+
+Edith, dressed as a ninja, emerges from beneath a table and
+climbs across the monkey bars as a series of jousts, blades,
+and boxing gloves come up from the ground underneath her.
+She jumps down, narrowly avoiding a bear trap.
+
+                     EDITH
+          Haha!   Yeah!
+          DESPICABLE ME 2           CINCO & KEN DRAFT       3.
+
+
+Two LITTLE GIRLS fish in a small kiddie pool. One of the
+girls pulls up a toy duck and then razzes the other girl, but
+then a LIVE PIRANHA jumps out and eats the toy duck.
+
+A BOY and a GIRL sword fight. The Boy does a bunch of fancy
+moves. The Girl waits for him to finish and then pounds him
+on the head with a club.
+
+Two kids in the background are on a see-saw made of bombs.
+Agnes runs into the middle of the yard and points offscreen.
+
+                     AGNES
+          Oh no!   A dragon is approaching!
+
+All of the kids turn and see KYLE dressed as a dragon. He
+GRUMBLES and then they SCREAM and huddle around Agnes. Then
+Margo enters wearing a SUIT OF ARMOR and wielding a SWORD.
+
+                    MARGO
+          Fear not, for here come the gallant
+          knights to save us!
+
+She gestures to a group of minions wearing tiny suits of
+armor and wielding various MEDIEVAL WEAPONS. The Kids CHEER
+as the minions charge toward Kyle. One accidentally hits
+another with his sword. A fight ensues in which they use the
+medieval weapons on each other.
+
+One minion pounds another with a MACE. One Minion wanders off
+from the fight with his helmet on backwards, wildly swinging
+his mace.
+
+Across the yard, Gru is busy grilling burgers and talking on
+the phone. Not happy.
+
+                    GRU
+          No, no, no! What do you mean she's
+          not coming?! I have a backyard
+          full of these little girls who are
+          counting on a visit from a fairy
+          princess!
+
+The mace-swinging Minion walks by and accidently, repeatedly
+hits Gru with the mace in the shin.
+
+                     GRU (CONT'D)
+          Ah!   Hurts! Ah! Stop it!
+
+Gru kicks the minion's helmet and chases him off with a
+spatula, sending him towards the party swinging his mace.
+Gru SIGHS and returns to the call.
+          DESPICABLE ME 2              CINCO & KEN DRAFT   4.
+
+
+                    GRU (CONT'D)
+          Listen! I don't want a refund! I
+          want a fairy princess... please!
+          Please, I am begging you.
+              (Resigned)
+          You know what? I hope that you can
+          sleep at night, you crusher of
+          little girls' dreams!!!
+
+Gru hits the phone with his spatula and hangs up.    Turns and
+sees Agnes standing there.
+
+                     AGNES
+          Ooh ooh!   When's the Fairy Princess
+          coming?
+
+Gru stares down at Agnes' big excited eyes. He opens his
+mouth to tell her the truth, but can't do it.
+
+                    GRU
+          Any minute now!
+
+Agnes squeals with excitement and runs off.
+
+                     AGNES
+          Yayyy!
+
+Gru looks worried--what do I do now?    He signals two minions.
+
+                    GRU
+          Stall them.
+
+
+EXT: BACKYARD - LATER
+
+A hand-painted piece of cardboard reading ""THE MAGIC SHOW"" is
+placed on an easel. Agnes and all of the little kids sit in
+a semicircle on the grass. Two minions dressed as magicians
+are doing a magic act with Edith as their assistant. One
+minion blows up a balloon and puts it in Edith's mouth. Then
+the other whips out a CHAINSAW and fires it up, heading
+toward her.
+
+Margo sees this and quickly intervenes.
+
+                    MARGO
+          Whoa! Whoa! Okay, okay, alright.
+          That's enough of the magic show!
+
+The minions don't hide their disappointment.
+
+                     MINIONS
+          Awwww.
+          DESPICABLE ME 2            CINCO & KEN DRAFT   5.
+
+
+Margo suddenly looks around as if she just heard something.
+
+                    MARGO
+          Wait, did you hear that? It
+          sounded like the twinkling sounds
+          of magical fairy dust.
+
+                    AGNES
+              (gasps)
+          It's the fairy princess!   She's
+          coming!
+
+Margo gasps and points up to the sky.
+
+                      MARGO
+          Look!
+
+Edith spits out her magic balloon in horror and we follow it
+up to reveal--
+
+Gru. Dressed in a PUFFY PINK DRESS, fairy wings, glittery
+eyelashes and tiara and magical wand.
+
+Up on top of Gru's house, the minions struggle to lower him
+down on a rope. Edith's balloon floats by and distracts
+them.
+
+They let go of the rope and Gru swings wildly, smashing into
+the wall of the house and crashing to the ground.
+
+                      GRU
+          Aaaaaahh!
+
+He stands up and tries to cover.
+
+Agnes SIGHS HAPPILY, in awe of the fairy princess.
+
+                    GRU (CONT'D)
+              (in falsetto)
+          It is I, Gru...zinkerbell! The
+          most magical fairy princess of all!
+          And I am here to wish Princess
+          Agnes a very happy birthday!
+
+Gru sprinkles the girls with glitter and they continue to
+stare, frozen. Then a LITTLE GIRL raises her hand and speaks
+with a lisp.
+
+                    LITTLE GIRL
+          How come you're tho fat?
+
+Gru grits his teeth, then forces a smile and speaks with a
+high-pitched, dreamy voice.
+          DESPICABLE ME 2            CINCO & KEN DRAFT    6.
+
+
+                    GRU
+          Because my house is made of candy
+          and sometimes I eat instead of
+          facing my problems.
+
+The girl starts to ask another question.
+
+                    LITTLE GIRL
+          How come you have-
+
+Gru cuts her off with a puff of fairy dust to the face.   She
+COUGHS.
+
+                     GRU
+          Okay!   Time for cake!
+
+As the kids run to the table, Agnes approaches Gru.
+
+                    AGNES
+          Thank you, Gru-zinkerbell. You're
+          the best fairy princess ever!
+
+Gru smiles.
+
+                    GRU
+              (in falsetto)
+          You are welcome, little girl.
+
+She runs off, but quickly returns.
+
+                    AGNES
+              (whispers in his ear)
+          I know it's really you, Gru. I'm
+          just pretending for the other kids.
+
+She runs off again to join her friends. Gru watches her go.
+Couldn't be happier. Then he is approached by JILLIAN, a
+heavily-Botoxed mom.
+
+                    JILLIAN
+          Hey there, Gru, Mr. Life of the
+          Party!
+
+                    GRU
+              (forcing a smile)
+          Hello, Jillian.
+
+                    JILLIAN
+          Sooooo, I'm gonna go out on a limb
+          here, but my friend Natalie is
+          recently single, and...
+           DESPICABLE ME 2             CINCO & KEN DRAFT   7.
+
+
+In the background, a homely NATALIE leans against a buffet
+table and seductively raises her eyebrows at Gru. The table
+collapses to the ground beneath her.
+
+                     GRU
+               (realizes what's going on)
+           No, no, no, get off of the limb
+           right now. No limb.
+
+                     JILLIAN
+           Oh, come on...she's a riot. She
+           sings karaoke, she has a lot of
+           free time, looks aren't that
+           important to her...
+
+In the background, Natalie inadvertently walks in front of a
+bottle pitch game, is struck by a ball, and falls to the
+ground.
+
+                     GRU
+           No, Jill's, that is not happening.
+           Seriously. I'm fine.
+
+                     JILLIAN
+               (calling after Gru)
+           Okay, fine. Forget Natalie.        How
+           about my cousin Linda?
+
+Gru walks off, passing by Edith and Margo.
+
+                        GRU
+           No.
+
+                     JILLIAN
+           Oh, oh! I know someone whose
+           husband just died!
+
+SPLASH!   Suddenly Jillian is sprayed in the face with water.
+
+Reveal Gru holding a HOSE with a SPRAY NOZZLE.
+
+                        GRU
+           I'm sorry.     I did not see you
+           there.
+
+SPLASH!   He sprays her again.    She falls down.
+
+                        GRU (CONT'D)
+           Or there.
+
+He drops the hose and walks away, CHUCKLING softly.
+             DESPICABLE ME 2             CINCO & KEN DRAFT         8.
+
+
+EXT: GRU'S HOUSE - DUSK
+
+Gru takes Kyle out to the front yard.
+
+CAMERA POV
+
+A camera with nightvision is watching them. The screen
+analyzes Kyle and a readout comes out as ""SPECIES: UNKNOWN.""
+Kyle sniffs Gru's flowers.
+
+                       GRU
+             Kyle... Kyle!
+
+Then it analyzes Gru and the readout says ""TARGET ACQUIRED.""
+
+                       GRU (CONT'D)
+             Ky--Kyle!   No, do not do your
+             business on the petunias!
+
+Kyle lifts up his leg next to Gru's flowers.
+
+He picks Kyle up and places him next to his neighbor's bush.
+
+                       GRU (CONT'D)
+             There you go. Those are Fred's.
+             Go crazy.
+
+Kyle does and the bush immediately withers and dies.         Gru
+CHUCKLES.
+
+                         GRU (CONT'D)
+             Good boy.
+
+                         VOICE (O.S.)
+             Mr. Gru?
+
+Gru turns and sees Lucy Wilde standing there.
+
+                        GRU
+             Wha?   I didn't... What... Yes?
+
+                       LUCY
+                 (holds up her badge)
+             Hi! Agent Lucy Wilde of the AVL.
+                 (realizes her badge is
+                  upside down)
+             Oh. Whoops.
+                 (clears her throat, all
+                  business)
+             Sorry, you're gonna have to come
+             with me.
+
+                       GRU
+             Oh, sorry, I--Freeze Ray!
+          DESPICABLE ME 2                 CINCO & KEN DRAFT      9.
+
+
+Gru whips out his FREEZE RAY and fires it.       A WALL OF ICE
+heads for Lucy.
+
+But before it gets to her, Lucy pulls out a retractable gun
+from her purse, which acts as a FLAMETHROWER. Melting the
+ice.
+
+                    LUCY
+          You know you really should announce
+          your weapons after you fire them,
+          Mr. Gru. For example--
+
+She pulls out a LIPSTICK. Fires it at Gru. The tip flies
+through the air and connects with his chest, latching on.
+ZZZZZAPPP! It tases him, which sends his body flailing in
+different funny poses before passing out.
+
+                    LUCY (CONT'D)
+          Lipstick Taser! Oh, it works so
+          good.
+
+
+EXT: STREET - LATER
+
+Lucy tries to drag Gru to her car, but he's too heavy.
+
+                         LUCY
+          Man.    Ugh.     Large...person.
+
+She gets an idea.
+
+Lucy gets into her car. In the background, we see Gru begin
+to come to, but he is struck by Lucy's car as she pulls back
+and is knocked out again.
+
+                    LUCY (CONT'D)
+          Oh...sorry!
+
+Closer now, Lucy gets out and stuffs his body into the trunk.
+
+Just then Tom and Stuart come out of Gru's garage and see
+their boss being loaded in. Lucy struggles to close the
+trunk.
+
+                    LUCY (CONT'D)
+          Get...in...there...you...big...man!
+
+SLAM! Lucy finally slams the trunk then quickly gets into
+the vehicle.
+
+Tom and Stuart exchange horrified looks.
+
+                         TOM AND STUART
+          Boss!
+         DESPICABLE ME 2             CINCO & KEN DRAFT   10.
+
+
+They take off running after the car as it pulls away, running
+as fast as their tiny legs will carry them. They get right
+behind it and Tom LEAPS up onto the trunk. He reaches his
+hand out to Stuart, who is falling behind.
+
+                    TOM
+          Koom ey lah!
+
+                    STUART
+          Koom ey lah! Koom ey lah!
+
+Stuart leaps for the bumper and Tom catches him by his
+overall straps. Tom holds on tight as Stuart dangles from
+the back of the car, his overall straps stretching way out.
+
+                    STUART (CONT'D)
+          Aaaaaaiiieeeaaaiiieeeaaaah!
+
+As Lucy turns a corner, he slams into some garbage cans and
+ends up skiing behind the car in a cardboard box.
+
+Now in the box, Stuart continues to ride behind the car, and
+even starts to get the hang of that, too. He waves at Tom,
+and Tom waves back.
+
+                    STUART (CONT'D)
+          Woooo!
+
+                    TOM
+          Ooooh!
+
+All is good until they go past a clothesline and a sheet gets
+stuck on Stuart.
+
+The sheet forms a parasail which lifts Stuart up into the
+air. He strikes a Superman flying pose. Then a flock of
+GEESE fly toward him and one actually slams into his face.
+
+                    STUART
+          Quack quack!
+
+It SQUAWKS at him as it flies off.
+
+Lucy spots the commotion in her side view mirror and slams on
+the brakes. SCREECH! Both minions fly forward--
+
+
+INT: LUCY'S CAR - SAME
+
+Lucy sees this, drives forward, and opens the convertible
+top, causing the Minions to land right in the passenger's
+seat. They strike threatening karate poses.
+          DESPICABLE ME 2                CINCO & KEN DRAFT   11.
+
+
+                        TOM AND STUART
+           Hi-YAH!!
+
+Lucy tases them and they pass out.       She floors it.
+
+
+EXT: STREET - SAME
+
+Lucy's car continues driving until it reaches a crowded PIER.
+And doesn't stop. It drives right off the end of the pier.
+A confused fisherman leaps for his life.
+
+                        CONFUSED FISHERMAN
+           What the--     Oh!
+
+SPLASH!
+
+
+INT: OCEAN - SAME
+
+Lucy's car now transforms into an UNDERWATER VEHICLE. As the
+minions come to, one of them tries playing with the radio
+until Lucy slaps his hand away. They speed through the sea
+and an octopus slams into her windshield. She turns on the
+wipers, which hits the octopus in the face until he's had
+enough and swims off in a cloud of ink.
+
+She HONKS her HORN as she passes through a school of fish.
+
+                        MINIONS
+           Whoa...
+
+As the fish pass the Minions look ahead to see a shark
+heading for them with his mouth open. They SCREAM. Lucy
+quickly steers the car out of harm's way. They pass by
+several more sharks until they arrive at a GIANT SUBMARINE
+with the letters ""AVL"" on the side.
+
+A HATCH opens and Lucy's car goes inside.       The hatch closes
+behind her.
+
+
+INT: AVL SUB - SAME
+
+The water drains out from the holding dock. A buffer and
+hair dryer come out to dry off the car. A squeegee wipes off
+the windshield.
+
+Then the platform the car is on lowers down.
+         DESPICABLE ME 2             CINCO & KEN DRAFT   12.
+
+
+INT: AVL ROOM - DAY
+
+Lucy's car lowers into the center of the room as a large
+circular table assembles around it, effectively locking them
+in.
+
+Lucy and the Minions get out of the car. She pushes a button
+on her remote and Gru, with a starfish attached to his head,
+is ejected from the trunk.
+
+                     GRU
+              (groggily)
+          Ugh...ooh...what...where...ah...oh,
+          foot's asleep...ah...pins and
+          needles...
+
+                    SILAS (O.S.)
+          Good afternoon, Mr. Gru.
+
+                      GRU
+          Ehhh...
+
+                    SILAS
+          I apologize for our methods in
+          getting you here.
+
+                    LUCY
+          I don't. I'd do it again in a
+          heartbeat. I am not gonna lie--I
+          enjoyed that. Every second of it.
+          Gave me a bit of a buzz, actually.
+
+                    SILAS
+          That's enough, Agent Wilde.
+
+                    LUCY
+          Sorry, sir.
+
+                    GRU
+          Okay, this is bogus!
+
+Gru peels the starfish off his head and drops it onto Tom's.
+Stuart LAUGHS at him.
+
+                    GRU (CONT'D)
+          I don't know who you people think
+          you are, but--
+
+A WAITER comes over with tea for Silas.
+
+                    SILAS
+          We are the Anti-Villain League.
+         DESPICABLE ME 2             CINCO & KEN DRAFT   13.
+
+
+As Silas summons a map that shows all of the AVL offices
+around the world, Lucy's car drops out of the way. Stuart is
+trapped on the lowering platform and he scrambles to get back
+onto stable ground. Silas continues.
+
+                    SILAS (CONT'D)
+          An ultra-secret organization
+          dedicated to fighting crime on a
+          global scale. Rob a bank? We're
+          not interested. Kill someone? Not
+          our deal. But you want to melt the
+          polar ice caps? Or vaporize Mt.
+          Fuji? Or even steal the moon?
+          Then we notice.
+
+                    GRU
+          First of all, you've got no proof
+          that I did that. Second, after I
+          did do that, I put it back!
+
+                     SILAS
+          We're well aware of that, Mr. Gru.
+          That's why we've brought you here.
+              (beat)
+          I am the League's director, Silas
+          Ramsbottom.
+
+Upon hearing the name, Tom and Stuart start giggling.
+
+                       TOM
+          Bottom.
+
+                    TOM AND STUART
+          Heeheheeeeheeehee.
+
+Silas bristles at this, and glances over at Lucy.
+
+                       SILAS
+          Hilarious.     Agent Wilde...
+
+                    LUCY
+          Oh, me now...?
+
+She continues the de-briefing, turning to the screens, which
+show an image of the Magnet Ship stealing the lab.
+
+                     LUCY (CONT'D)
+          Um, recently an entire top secret
+          lab disappeared from the Arctic
+          Circle. Yeah, the entire lab.
+          Just whoosh. Voom! Gone. Where
+          did it go?
+         DESPICABLE ME 2              CINCO & KEN DRAFT    14.
+
+
+                    GRU
+          I don't care.
+
+The screen shows FOOTAGE of a TINY LITTLE BUNNY in a
+scientific lab. Furry and adorable.
+
+                    LUCY
+          The lab was devoted to experiments
+          involving PX-41, a transmutation
+          serum. What is PX-41, you ask?
+          Mmmm, it's pretty bad... Look.
+
+A LABCOAT TECHNICIAN approaches the bunny with a SYRINGE
+containing the purple liquid. Injects some in its butt.
+
+                     TOM AND STUART
+          Aaah!
+
+Instantly the bunny transforms into a HIDEOUS PURPLE MONSTER
+BUNNY. Gru and the Minions smile, impressed.
+
+Then it goes crazy and attacks the scientist.    Gru covers his
+eyes and the Minions pass out.
+
+                     GRU
+          Oh!
+
+The bunny attacks the technician, then the camera...and the
+film is over.
+
+                    GRU (CONT'D)
+          Hmm, you usually don't see that in
+          bunnies.
+
+                     SILAS
+          As you can see, in the wrong hands,
+          the PX-41 serum could be the most
+          devastating weapon on earth.
+              (struggles to get through
+                the opening in the table)
+          Fortunately it has a very distinct
+          chemical footprint, and using the
+          latest chemtracking technology, we
+          found traces of it in the Paradise
+          Mall.
+
+On the screens we see images depicting a highly technical
+diagram of the shopping mall.
+
+                     GRU
+          Ha!   A mall?
+         DESPICABLE ME 2             CINCO & KEN DRAFT   15.
+
+
+                    SILAS
+          Precisely. And we believe that one
+          of these shop owners is a master
+          criminal.
+
+Silas scrolls through pictures of the mall's shop owners.
+
+                    SILAS (CONT'D)
+          And that's where you come in. As
+          an ex-villain, you know how a
+          villain thinks, how a villain acts.
+
+                    LUCY
+          The plan is to set you up
+          undercover at a shop in the mall,
+          where hopefully you'll be able to--
+
+                    GRU
+          Okay, I see where this is going,
+          with all the Mission Impossible
+          stuff, but no. No! I am a father
+          now. And a legitimate businessman.
+          I am developing a line of delicious
+          jams and jellies.
+
+Silas shoots him a look.    He CHUCKLES.
+
+                    SILAS
+          Jams and...jellies?
+
+                     GRU
+          Oh, attitude! That's right! So
+          thanks, but no thanks.
+              (beat)
+          And here's a tip--instead of tasing
+          people and kidnapping them, maybe
+          you should just give them a call!
+          Good day, Mr. Sheepsbutt!
+
+                    SILAS
+          Ramsbottom.
+
+                    GRU
+              (chuckles)
+          Oh, yeah, like that's any better!
+
+Gru turns and heads for the door, followed by Tom and Stuart,
+who continue to GIGGLE about Ramsbottom's name.
+
+
+EXT: OCEAN - NIGHT
+
+Gru exits the AVL headquarters, which he now sees is on a
+SUBMARINE.
+         DESPICABLE ME 2            CINCO & KEN DRAFT       16.
+
+
+Lucy leans out the door and taps him on the shoulder.
+
+                    LUCY
+          Look, I probably shouldn't be
+          saying this, but your work as a
+          villain was kind of amazing, so if
+          you ever want to get back to doing
+          something awesome--give us a call.
+
+She hands Gru her BUSINESS CARD.   Gru takes it and stares at
+it.
+
+
+EXT: OCEAN - LATER
+
+Gru rows back to shore as Tom yells to him like a coxswain.
+Gru GRUNTS with each stroke.
+
+                    TOM
+              (""Stroke!"")
+          Mack-oh! Mack-oh!    Mack-oh!
+
+
+INT: GRU'S HOUSE - NIGHT
+
+Gru carries a sleeping Agnes upstairs.
+
+
+INT: GIRLS' BEDROOM - CONTINUOUS
+
+Gru enters to find Margo and Edith not in bed.   Margo is
+texting someone.
+
+                    GRU
+              (whispers)
+          Hey, I told you guys to get to bed.
+
+                       MARGO
+          Oh, sorry.
+
+                    EDITH
+          So when ya goin' on your date?
+
+                       GRU
+          What?
+
+                    EDITH
+          Remember? Miss Jillian said she
+          was arranging a date for you.
+
+                    GRU
+          Yeah, well, she is a nutjob.    And
+          I'm not going on any date.
+         DESPICABLE ME 2              CINCO & KEN DRAFT    17.
+
+
+                      EDITH
+          Why not?    Are you scared?
+
+Gru stares back at Edith.     Gets a far-away look in his eyes.
+
+
+EXT: PLAYGROUND - FLASHBACK - DAY
+
+We flash back to LITTLE GRU on the school playground. He
+stares, lovesick, at a CUTE LITTLE BLONDE GIRL, named LISA.
+
+                    LISA
+              (to her friends)
+          Hey, did you guys see the moon
+          landing on TV?
+
+                    GIRLS
+          Yeah, I can't believe it.     It's so
+          cool...
+
+                    LISA
+          Yeah, and you know what--
+
+Gru approaches her.
+
+                    LITTLE GRU
+          Excuse me, Lisa?
+
+But she doesn't notice him.    He tries again.
+
+                     LISA
+               (to her friends)
+          I was talking to Billy the other
+          day.
+
+                      GIRLS
+          No way.
+
+                    LISA
+          He is so cute.
+
+Gru clears his throat.
+
+                    LISA (CONT'D)
+          And I think he likes me.
+
+                    GRU
+          Hey Lisa, I was wondering if you--
+
+Gru reaches out and taps her shoulder with his pointer
+finger.
+
+Then one of the other little girls points to Gru's finger on
+Lisa's shoulder.
+         DESPICABLE ME 2                 CINCO & KEN DRAFT   18.
+
+
+                    GIRL
+          Ewww! Gru touched Lisa!         Gru
+          touched Lisa!
+
+The other girls turn and squeal, horrified.
+
+                      GIRLS
+          Eeeeewww!
+
+A little buck-toothed red-haired girl shouts out to the
+entire playground.
+
+                    RED HAIRED GIRL
+          Lisa's got Grooties!
+
+The playground erupts with SCREAMS and everyone turns and
+runs away.
+
+Little Gru is left alone.     Crushed.
+
+
+INT: GIRLS' BEDROOM - NIGHT
+
+Gru comes out of the flashback.
+
+                    GRU
+          Scared? Of what? Women?! No,
+          that's bonkers! I just-- I have no
+          interest in going on a date, that's
+          all. Case closed. I'm not scared--
+          of women... or dates... let's go to
+          bed.
+
+Gru gives each girl a goodnight kiss.
+
+                    GRU (CONT'D)
+          Goodnight, Edith.
+
+Then he goes over to Margo, who's already in bed.
+
+                    GRU (CONT'D)
+          Goodnight, Margo.
+
+She continues texting as he gives her a kiss.
+
+                    GRU (CONT'D)
+          Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Well, hold
+          the horses. Who are you texting?
+
+                     MARGO
+          No one.   Just my friend Avery.
+         DESPICABLE ME 2            CINCO & KEN DRAFT   19.
+
+
+                    GRU
+          Avery... Avery? Is that a girl's
+          name or a boy's name?
+
+                    MARGO
+          Does it matter?
+
+                    GRU
+          No, no, it doesn't matter... Unless
+          it's a boy!
+
+                    AGNES
+          I know what makes you a boy.
+
+Gru turns to Agnes, concerned.
+
+                    GRU
+          Uh...oooh...you...do?
+
+                    AGNES
+          Your bald head.
+
+Gru nods, relieved.
+
+                       GRU
+          Oh, yes...
+
+                    AGNES
+          It's really smooth. Sometimes I
+          stare at it and imagine a little
+          chick popping out. Peep peep peep.
+
+Gru sighs and gives her a kiss.
+
+                    GRU
+          Goodnight, Agnes.   Never get older.
+
+Gru turns out the light and leaves the room.
+
+
+INT: LAB - DAY
+
+Gru rides the elevator tube down to his lab, passing minions
+in various stages of jelly making. A sign reading, JELLY
+TESTING AREA"" has been hastily pasted over a nuclear warning
+sign.
+
+A SUPERVISOR MINION checks his clipboard as the MINION next
+to him steals a banana from his pocket. He turns, but the
+Minion who stole the banana has hidden it in his mouth. We
+see the ends of the banana pushing out his cheeks.
+
+                      SUPERVISOR MINION
+          Hey, oh!    Me banana!
+         DESPICABLE ME 2             CINCO & KEN DRAFT   20.
+
+
+The Minion with the banana in his mouth shrugs.
+
+A single apple is passed down a line of Minions in the least
+efficient way possible.
+
+A few Minions mash fruits in large vats ala ""I Love Lucy.""
+
+One wears a bunch of fruit on his head like Carmen Miranda
+and sings the CHIQUITA BANANA song. His supervisor comes
+over and tells him to get back to work.
+
+The Minion tries to get out of the vat of fruit, but slips
+and falls down into a large test-tube filled with mashed
+fruit.
+
+Then all of the mashed fruit is flushed down a large hole
+where it is injected into jelly jars passing by on a conveyor
+belt. The trapped Minion is injected into one of the jars.
+
+Gru enters the lab and greets the minions.
+
+                    GRU
+          Hey, Tim, nice haircut!
+
+He points at Tim.
+
+                    GRU (CONT'D)
+          Donnie, hang in there, baby!    It's
+          almost Friday.
+
+Gru high-fives Donnie as he approaches Dr. Nefario.
+
+                    GRU (CONT'D)
+          So, how's today's batch, Dr.
+          Nefario?
+
+                    DR.    NEFARIO
+          I developed a    new formula which
+          allowed me to    get every known kind
+          of berry into    one flavor of jelly.
+
+Gru sticks his finger in and tastes the purple goo in the
+jar. Makes a disgusted face, then attempts a smile.
+
+                     GRU
+              (faking it)
+          That tastes good...
+              (gags)
+          Love the flavor of that...
+
+                    DR. NEFARIO
+          It's horrible, isn't it?
+         DESPICABLE ME 2           CINCO & KEN DRAFT    21.
+
+
+                    GRU
+          No! No! Oh, we're making great
+          progress!
+              (to the Minions)
+          Here, try some of this.
+
+He hands a jar to a minion, who tries it. He GAGS!   Another
+minion tastes some and scrapes it off his tongue. They smash
+the jar and all the minions run away, disgusted.
+
+                    GRU (CONT'D)
+          Whoa... okay, just because
+          everybody hates it doesn't mean
+          it's not good.
+
+Dr. Nefario hangs his head.
+
+                    DR. NEFARIO
+          Listen, Gru. There's something
+          I've been meaning to talk to you
+          about for some time now.
+
+                     GRU
+          What?   What's wrong?
+
+                    DR. NEFARIO
+              (clears his throat)
+          I miss being evil. Sinister plots,
+          large-scale crimes...It's what I
+          live for! I mean, don't you think
+          there's more to our future than
+          jelly?
+
+                     GRU
+          Well, I'm also considering a line
+          of jams...
+
+                     DR. NEFARIO
+          Um...the thing is, Gru...
+              (deep breath)
+          I've had an offer of employment
+          elsewhere.
+
+                    GRU
+          Dr. Nefario! Come on, you're
+          kidding, right?
+
+                    DR. NEFARIO
+          It's a great opportunity for me,
+          bigger lab, more evil, full
+          dental...
+
+Dr. Nefario presses a button and his stuff folds itself up
+into a traveling suitcase.
+          DESPICABLE ME 2             CINCO & KEN DRAFT     22.
+
+
+Dr. Nefario hangs his head.    Gru stares back at his old
+friend.
+
+                     GRU
+           Very well. Let us give you the
+           proper send-off.
+               (calls off screen)
+           Minions!
+
+
+INT: GRU'S LAB - LATER
+
+Seven minions are lined up with seven fart guns. Dr. Nefario
+sits in his scooter.
+
+                     GRU
+           The highest honor awarded. To Dr.
+           Nefario for your years of service.
+           The twenty-one fart gun salute!
+
+FART!   FART!   FART!
+
+Dr. Nefario COUGHS.     His eyes are watering (and not only "
+13,Fantastic Mr Fox,"Roald Dahl,Wes Anderson,Noah Baumbach","Animation,Adventure,Comedy,Family",March_2007,"EXT. WOODS. DAY
+
+          An apple tree stands alone at the top of a hill. A handsome
+          fox dressed in an Edwardian-style navy velvet suit leans
+          against it with his arms folded and his legs crossed, chewing
+          on a reed of wild grass. He holds an apple core in his paw.
+          He spits out a seed. He looks off across a meadow that
+          descends into the valley below.
+          A female fox strides briskly up the hill. Her coat is a
+          paler, especially beautiful shade of fox-red, and she wears
+          men's trousers and a dark tunic. Fox says as she approaches:
+
+                         FOX
+          What'd the doctor say?
+
+          MRS. FOX
+          Nothing. Supposedly, it's just a twenty-
+          four hour bug. He gave me some pills.
+
+                         FOX
+
+                         (REASSURINGLY)
+          I told you. You probably just ate some
+          bad gristle.
+          Fox brushes the fur on Mrs. Fox's ears with his paws. They
+          walk together along the crest of the hill to a fork in the
+          path. Fox points:
+
+                         FOX
+          Should we take the short cut or the
+          scenic route?
+
+          MRS. FOX
+          Let's take the short cut.
+
+                         FOX
+          But the scenic route is so much prettier.
+
+          MRS. FOX
+
+                         (SHRUGS)
+          OK, let's take the scenic route.
+
+                         FOX
+          Great. It's actually slightly quicker,
+          anyway.
+          Fox throws his apple core away over his shoulder and dances a
+          quick circle around Mrs. Fox, wrapping his arm around her
+          waist extravagantly and making her laugh as they start off
+          down the scenic route.
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+          2.
+
+          EXT. FARM. DAY
+
+          A rustic cottage surrounded by a small barn, a tin silo, and
+          a rickity windmill. There is a sheep in a little pasture. A
+          sign on a rail says Berkus Squab. Fox and Mrs. Fox watch from
+          the bushes outside a fence.
+
+          MRS. FOX
+          What is a squab?
+
+                         FOX
+          You know what a squab is. It's like a
+          pigeon, I suppose. Anyway, it's a type of
+          bird we can eat.
+          Fox motions toward the edge of the property.
+
+                         FOX
+          Should we go through the hole under the
+          horse fence or climb the rail over the
+          bridle path?
+
+          MRS. FOX
+          Well, I guess the horse fence would be a
+          little safer.
+
+                         FOX
+          But the bridle path puts us out right
+          next to the squab shack.
+          Mrs. Fox hesitates. She fiddles with her paws. She nods
+          nervously. She shakes slightly. Fox looks at her funny.
+
+                         FOX
+          What's wrong? I've never seen you like
+          this. You're acting all skittish. Don't
+          worry. I've been stealing birds for a
+          living since before I could trot.
+
+          MRS. FOX
+
+                         (SHRUGS)
+          OK, let's take the --
+
+                         FOX
+          No, we'll do the horse fence. You gave me
+          the scenic route already.
+          Fox flashes a smile. He says suddenly:
+
+                         FOX
+          By the way, you look unbelievably
+          beautiful tonight. You're practically
+          glowing. Maybe it's the lighting.
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+          3.
+          Mrs. Fox is, in fact, glowing, albeit ever so slightly. She
+          stares at Fox enigmatically. Fox touches his paw to her
+          cheek.
+          (NOTE: an alternate version of Mrs. Fox will be used for this
+          shot which can be literally lit from within.)
+          With the speed, grace, and precision of athletes, Fox and
+          Mrs. Fox: dart through a hole under a painted fence; race
+          along a thin trail next to a garage; crawl beneath a window
+          where a blonde woman serves an early dinner, dealing
+          hamburgers like playing cards to three little, blond
+          children; creep past a doghouse where a golden retriever
+          sleeps with an airline sleeping mask over his eyes; and
+          shimmy over a doorway outside a workshop where a blond,
+          bearded farmer hacks into a stump with a hatchet, completely
+          pulverizing it into sawdust. They arrive in front of a wooden
+          shed. Fox whistles sharply with a half-chirp and performs a
+          rapid reverse-flip with a flourish.
+          Fox lifts a loose board. He looks to Mrs. Fox and puts his
+          finger to his lips for her to be quiet. She shrugs
+          impatiently. They duck inside.
+          They come back out. Each holds a dead, bloody pigeon in
+          his/her teeth. They start to run away. Fox looks up above
+          them. He stops. He frowns. He takes the pigeon out of his
+          mouth and says curiously, pointing toward the sky:
+
+                         FOX
+          What's that? I think that's a fox-trap!
+          Look at this.
+
+          MRS. FOX
+          Get away from there.
+
+                         FOX
+          Is it spring-loaded? Yeah...
+          (pointing to different spots)
+          I guess if you come from over there, and
+          you're standing at the door to the squab
+          shack, this little gadget probably
+          triggers the --
+          (gesturing to Mrs. Fox)
+          Move out of the way, darling. That's
+          right where it's going to land.
+          Mrs. Fox runs back to Fox and tugs at his arm.
+
+          MRS. FOX
+          Come on! Stop it! Let's go!
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+          4.
+          Fox pulls on a little, hanging wire. A chain unrolls rapidly
+          from a pulley, and a steel cage falls slap down on top of
+          them. A small tag on the base of it says Badoit et Fils. Fox
+          and Mrs. Fox stand motionless, side by side, in disbelief.
+
+                         FOX
+          No, it just falls straight down right
+          here, doesn't it? I guess it's not spring-
+          loaded.
+          Sounds come from around the farm: the dog barks, doors open,
+          voices yell, lights come on. Mrs. Fox turns to Fox and says
+
+                         QUIETLY:
+
+          MRS. FOX
+          I'm pregnant.
+          Fox stares at Mrs. Fox. He is confused but moved.
+
+                         FOX
+          Wow. We're going to have a cub. Honey,
+          that's great news!
+
+          MRS. FOX
+          If we're still alive tomorrow morning, I
+          want you to find another line of work.
+          Pause. Fox nods.
+
+                         CUT TO:
+          A wide shot of the entire valley. There are thick woods,
+          green and yellow fields, two ponds, a small village, and a
+          river running through the middle.
+
+                         TITLE:
+          2 YEARS LATER ( 12 Fox-Years)
+
+          EXT. HOLE. DAY
+
+          The entrance to a tunnel under a dirt mound covered with
+          holly bushes.
+
+          INT. HOLE. DAY
+
+          A small, comfortable kitchen off a living room with two
+          bedrooms behind it. Fox sits at the kitchen table reading a
+          newspaper called the Gazette. His fur has gone grey at the
+          temples, and he now wears a dark, double-breasted, pin-
+          striped suit with a conservative necktie. Mrs. Fox stands at
+          the counter-top stirring something in a bowl with a whisk.
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+          5.
+          She is dressed in a paint-splattered, cream-colored,
+          Victorian-style dress.
+
+                         INSERT:
+          A column in the newspaper with Fox's picture at the top of
+          it. The caption reads: Fox about Town with Fantastic Mr. Fox.
+
+                         FOX
+          Does anybody actually read my column? Do
+          your friends ever talk about it?
+
+          MRS. FOX
+
+                         (STILL STIRRING)
+          Of course. In fact, Rabbit's ex-
+          girlfriend just said to me last week, ""I
+          should read Foxy's column,"" but they
+          don't get the Gazette.
+          (yelling into the next room)
+          Ash! Let's get cracking!
+
+                         FOX
+          Why would they? It's a rag-sheet.
+
+                         (SIGHS)
+          I want to say I hate my job, but that
+          would make it seem more important to me
+          than I want people to think it is.
+          Mrs. Fox puts down her bowl and starts slicing a loaf of
+          bread. A small, narrow fox cub comes out of one of the
+          bedrooms wearing white pants and no shirt. His hair is
+          smashed all onto one side sticking up wrong. He is Ash.
+
+                         ASH
+          I'm sick.
+
+          MRS. FOX
+          You're not sick.
+
+                         ASH
+          I have a temperature.
+          Mrs. Fox goes quickly over to Ash and puts her paw to his
+          forehead.
+
+          MRS. FOX
+          You don't have a temperature.
+          Ash turns away and says as he goes back into his bedroom:
+
+                         ASH
+          I don't want to go.
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+          6.
+
+          MRS. FOX
+          Hurry up. You're going to be late.
+          Mrs. Fox goes back into the kitchen and starts making toast
+          and coffee. Fox whispers to her:
+
+                         FOX
+          I love the way you handled that.
+          Mrs. Fox looks at Fox sideways. She says loudly to Ash:
+
+          MRS. FOX
+          Your cousin Kristofferson's coming first
+          thing tomorrow morning. I want you to be
+          extra nice to him, because he's going
+          through a very hard time right now, OK?
+          Ash comes back out of his bedroom. He now wears a white
+          cardigan and white socks with his white pants tucked into
+          them. He says aggressively:
+
+                         ASH
+          Where's he going to sleep?
+
+          MRS. FOX
+          We're going to make a bed for him in your
+          room tonight.
+
+                         ASH
+          I can't spare the space. Put him in Dad's
+          study.
+          Fox says without looking up from his newspaper:
+
+                         FOX
+          Dad's study is occupied by Dad.
+          Ash goes back into his bedroom. Fox lowers his newspaper. He
+          looks around the room. He says to Mrs. Fox:
+
+                         FOX
+          I don't want to live in a hole anymore.
+          It makes me feel poor.
+          Mrs. Fox stops buttering the toast. She looks to Fox and says
+
+                         SOFTLY:
+
+          MRS. FOX
+          We are poor -- but we're happy.
+          Fox twists his paw in the air, indicating:
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+          7.
+
+                         FOX
+          Comme-ci, comme-ga. Anyway, the views are
+          better above ground.
+          Mrs. Fox nods. She brings Fox a plate of toast and a cup of
+          coffee. Fox takes her paw and says:
+
+                         FOX
+          I'm seven non-fox-years old now. My
+          father died at seven and a half. I don't
+          want to live in a hole anymore, and I'm
+          going to do something about it.
+          Fox kisses Mrs. Fox's paw. He suddenly eats three slices of
+          toast in a second and a half, savagely but neatly. He stands
+          and picks up his cup of coffee.
+
+                         FOX
+          Well, I'm off.
+          Fox throws back the last of his coffee, kisses Mrs. Fox on
+          the back of her neck, grabs his briefcase, tucks his
+          newspaper under his arm, and walks to the door. He shouts
+
+                         CHEERILY:
+
+                         FOX
+          Have a good day, my darlings!
+          Ash comes out the bedroom again. He has now added a white
+          cape to his ensemble and is in the middle of brushing his
+          teeth. There is toothpaste all over his mouth. He waves
+          briefly to Fox and goes back into his bedroom. Fox looks
+          puzzled.
+
+                         FOX
+          What's he wearing?
+          Mrs. Fox shrugs. She smiles sadly and waves to Fox. Fox waves
+          back. He starts to go out but pauses to look down at a folded
+          up section of his newspaper.
+
+                         INSERT:
+          A clipping from the real estate section. There is a
+          photograph of a wide, sprawling beech tree at the top of a
+          hill. A caption below it reads:
+          Tree Living, Great Views, Classic Beech
+
+          INT. TREE. DAY
+
+          A door opens into a wide, low space with peeling paint. There
+          is an old chair against the wall, a bare light bulb hanging
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+          8.
+          from the ceiling, and a layer of dust over everything. A
+          skinny weasel in a khaki outfit immediately starts in as Fox
+          comes into the living room:
+
+                         WEASEL
+          Obviously, it's first growth, indigenous.
+          Original dirt floor, good bark, skipping
+          stone hearth --
+          Weasel is interrupted by a loud banging clank. He and Fox
+          peer into the next room. A heavy-set opossum with a cowlick
+          tinkers with some pipes under the kitchen sink. He is Kylie.
+          Weasel snaps at him:
+
+                         WEASEL
+          What'd I tell you? I'm showing the
+          property. You're not supposed to be here.
+
+                         KYLIE
+          (checking his watch)
+          Oh, cuss. What time is it? I'm sorry.
+           Weasel sighs. He waves his arm in Kylie's direction and says
+          distractedly, slightly annoyed:
+
+                          WEASEL
+           This is Kylie. He's the super.
+           (aside to Fix)
+          He's a little --
+          Weasel makes a fluttering gesture with his paw. Fox nods. He
+          points at a bucket on the floor next to Kylie among bolts,
+          tools, and washers.
+
+                         FOX
+          What's in the bucket, Mr. Kylie?
+
+                         KYLIE
+
+                         (HESITATES)
+          Just minnows. You want one?
+
+                         FOX
+          Certainly. Thank you.
+          Kylie reaches into his bucket and hands Fox a live, wriggling
+          minnow. Fox swallows it whole.
+          Fox stares out the window at three sprawling poultry
+          compounds in the distance. Black smoke pours out of a
+          farmhouse chimney on each property. A sign on a water tower
+          in the first compound reads Boggis Farms and has a picture of
+          a chicken on it. A sign on a silo in the second compound
+          reads Bunce Industries and has a picture of a goose on it. A
+          sign on a windmill in the third compound reads Bean, inc.
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+          9.
+          (since 1976) and has a picture of a turkey with an apple on
+          it.
+          Weasel says pointedly from across the room:
+
+                         WEASEL
+          May I ask what you do for a living, Mr.
+          Fox?
+          Fox's eyes narrow as he looks out, entranced, with his mouth
+          slightly open. He says almost inaudibly:
+
+                         FOX
+          I used to steal birds, but now I'm a
+          newspaper man.
+
+                         WEASEL
+
+                         (PLEASED)
+          Oh, sure. I've seen your by-line.
+          Fox snaps out of his reverie and says suddenly:
+
+                         FOX
+          Good afternoon, gentlemen.
+          Fox shakes hands abruptly with Weasel and starts across the
+          room. Weasel is about to ask something when Fox stops in the
+          doorway, looks back, and says:
+
+                         FOX
+          Oh, and Kylie -- thank you for the
+          minnow. It was superb.
+          Kylie smiles. Fox exits.
+
+          EXT. RIVER. DAY
+
+          A beaver dam across a bend in a fast stream. A still pond
+          sits above it. There is an entrance tunnel tucked beneath a
+          rock.
+
+          INT. BEAVER DAM. DAY
+
+          A large room of twig, stick, and mud construction. A card on
+          the door reads Badger, Beaver, and Stoat, L.L.P, Attorneys at
+          Law. An anxious badger sits at his desk reviewing some
+          documents. Fox paces the floor with his hands clasped behind
+          his back.
+
+                         BADGER
+          Don't buy this tree, Foxy. You're
+          borrowing at nine and a half, which
+          stinks like cuss, plus moving into the
+          most dangerous neighborhood in the
+
+                         (MORE)
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+          10.
+
+                         BADGER (CONT'D)
+          country for someone of your type of
+          species.
+
+                         FOX
+          You're exaggerating, Badger.
+
+                         BADGER
+
+                         (YELLING)
+          Bull-cuss! I'm sugar-coating it, man!
+          This is Boggis, Bunce, and Bean! Three of
+          the meanest, nastiest, ugliest farmers in
+          the history of this valley!
+          An uneasy otter secretary peers in at them from the outer
+          office. Fox looks intrigued.
+
+                         FOX
+          Really? Tell me about them.
+          Silence. Badger sighs. He loosens his tie and settles in.
+
+                         BADGER
+          All right...
+
+                         CUT TO:
+          A fat man with a huge moustache. He wears a tweed suit which
+          stretches at the buttons so much that they look like they are
+          about to snap off. He holds a carbine rifle. He stands in
+          front of his farm, which contains row upon row of chicken
+          houses. He has an ugly face. He is Boggis.
+
+          BADGER (V.0.)
+          Walter Boggis is a chicken farmer.
+          Probably the most successful in the
+          world.
+
+          INT. BOGGIS' KITCHEN. DAY
+
+          Boggis sits at a chopping block tearing into a boiled chicken
+          with a fork and a meat cleaver.
+
+          BADGER (V.0.)
+          He's unbelievably fat -- which maybe is
+          genetic -- but he also eats three boiled
+          chickens smothered with dumplings every
+          day for breakfast, lunch, supper, and
+          dessert. That's twelve in total, per
+          diem.
+
+                         INSERT:
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+          11.
+          Boggis' ear. Furry black and white hairs grow out of it. A
+          fly buzzes around, lands on it, and crawls inside. Boggis
+          sticks his pinky in after it and scratches.
+
+          BADGER (V.0.)
+          He never takes a bath, as a result of
+          which his ear holes are clogged with all
+          kinds of muck and wax and bits of chewing
+          gum and dead flies and so on.
+
+                         CUT TO:
+          A short, overweight man with one slightly wandering eye. He
+          wears overalls and a cap. He holds a twelve-gauge shotgun. He
+          stands in front of his farm, which consists of several long
+          buildings in rows like a factory. He has a nasty face. He is
+          Bunce.
+
+          BADGER (V.0.)
+          Nathan Bunce is a duck and goosefarmer.
+          He owns about 2 million ducksand 500,000
+          geese. You might say he's kind ofa pot-
+          bellied dwarf of some kind.
+
+          EXT. SWIMMING POOL. DAY
+
+          Bunce stands up to his nose in water. The depth reads 4FT.
+
+          BADGER (V.0.)
+          He's so short his chin would probably be
+          under water in the shallow end of any
+          swimming pool on the planet.
+
+          INT. BUNCE'S KITCHEN. DAY
+
+          Bunce sits on two stacked telephone books on a chair. He guts
+          a dead goose, cutting out its liver and mashing it with a
+          fork. A plate of doughnuts cools on the table.
+
+          BADGER (V.0.)
+          He eats only doughnuts with smashed-up
+          goose livers injected into them.
+
+                         CUT TO:
+          A tall, skinny man in a long trench-coat. He holds a Luger
+          pistol. He stands in front of his farm, which is an apple
+          orchard that stretches over thousands of acres. He has a mean
+          face. He is Bean.
+
+          BADGER (V.0.)
+          Franklin Bean is a turkey and apple
+          farmer. He keeps his birds in an orchard
+
+                         (MORE)
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+          12.
+          BADGER (V.0.) (cont'd)
+          where they run around squawking and
+          gobbling, surrounded by apples.
+          Bean aims his Luger and shoots a humming bird. Crazy turkeys
+          run about among the trees.
+
+          INT. BEAN'S SHED. DAY
+
+          Bean works at a moonshine-type cider still, boiling chemicals
+          and sipping from a bottle.
+
+          BADGER (V.0.)
+          He's probably anorexic, because he never
+          eats anything. He's on a liquid diet of
+          strong, alcoholic cider, which he makes
+          from his apples. He's as skinny as a
+          pencil, as smart as a whip -- and easily
+          the biggest cusshole I've ever met in my
+          life.
+
+                         CUT TO:
+          Fox and Badger in Badger's office.
+
+                         BADGER
+          In summation, I think you just got to not
+          do it, man. That's all.
+
+                         FOX
+          I understand what you're saying, and your
+          comments are valuable, but I'm going to
+          ignore your advice.
+          Badger leaps out of his chair and slams the office door. He
+          points his finger at Fox and screams:
+
+                         BADGER
+          The cuss you are!
+
+                         FOX
+
+                         (IN DISBELIEF)
+          The cuss am I?
+          Fox jumps up and points back at Badger, screaming:
+
+                         FOX
+          Don't cussing point at me!
+
+                         BADGER
+
+                         (SCREAMING)
+          Are you cussing with me?
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+          13.
+
+                         FOX
+
+                         (SCREAMING)
+          Do I look like I'm cussing with you?
+          Fox and Badger begin to snarl and snap savagely, knocking
+          into the furniture as they circle around the room pointing in
+          each other's faces. Suddenly, they calm down all at once,
+          sighing deeply. Pause.
+
+                         FOX
+          One last thing: something's probably
+          about to happen to me at work which I
+          can't put my finger on but have a funny
+          feeling about. How can I protect myself
+          legally?
+
+                         BADGER
+
+                         (PAUSE)
+          Are you about to get fired?
+
+                         FOX
+
+                         (SHRUGS)
+          Slash quit.
+
+                         CUT TO:
+          A door with a frosted glass window. Letters painted on it
+          read Gazette, Editor-in-Chief, Phillip Squirrel. Fox's
+          silhouette stands across from that of a small squirrel
+          sitting at a desk. The squirrel's silhouette says in a
+
+                         GRAVELLY VOICE:
+
+                         SQUIRREL
+          You're fired.
+
+                         FOX
+          Slash I quit. Here's my letter of
+          resignation.
+          Fox's silhouette throws an envelope onto the squirrel's desk.
+
+                         MONTAGE:
+          Two muskrats in orange moving company uniforms unloads boxes
+          and furniture from a wagon and carries them into the tree.
+          Fox holds open the front door and barks orders at them.
+          Two muskrats in white painter's uniforms paints the walls of
+          the living room and the trim around the windows with rollers
+          and brushes. Fox stands on the drop-cloth and barks orders at
+          them.
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+          14.
+          Two muskrats in blue electrician's uniforms work in the
+          kitchen. Mrs. Fox watches over their shoulders and barks
+          orders at them.
+          Fox holds up a pair of flowered curtains in front of a
+          window. He looks to Mrs. Fox. She stares at the curtains
+          thoughtfully. She raises an eyebrow.
+          Fox and Mrs. Fox sit in the windowsill looking out at the
+          sunset. Ash stands in-between them. The flowered curtains
+          wave in the breeze. Fox puffs on a pipe. Ash blows a soap
+          bubble. Mrs. Fox puts out her paw and a butterfly lands on
+          it. She smiles at Fox. He puts his arm around her. He raises
+          a pair of binoculars to his eyes.
+
+                         INSERT:
+          A binocular shot of an industrial shack with Boggis Chicken
+          House #1 stencilled on the front of it.
+          Fox lowers the binoculars. His eyes sparkle.
+
+          EXT. TREE. DAY
+
+          Ash stands poised on a high branch over an inflatable
+          swimming pool printed with a red-tartan plaid pattern. He
+          wears over-sized swim trunks with a pattern of acorns printed
+          on them. Fox sits in the grass eating an apple below with
+          Mrs. Fox. She is painting at an easel. Ash yells:
+
+                         ASH
+          Watch this, Dad!
+          Fox looks up. Ash leaps into the air and does a spectacularly
+          awkward back-flip during which he appears to have four arms
+          and three legs randomly attached to his body, flailing
+          wildly. He hits the water by the side of his head and smacks
+          into the surface back-first with a pained yelp. Fox grimaces.
+          He claps mildly.
+          (NOTE: an alternate version of Ash with four arms and three
+          legs randomly attached to his body will be used for this
+          stunt.)
+
+                         FOX
+          Good jump, Ash! Remember to keep your
+          tail tucked!
+          Fox looks at Mrs. Fox's canvas. It is a picture of the pond
+          and landscape in severe weather with black clouds and
+          lightning bolts. It is signed Felicity Fox. Fox raises an
+          eyebrow.
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+          15.
+
+                         FOX
+          Still painting thunderstorms, I see.
+          Fox sees a small, Samsonite suitcase on the ground next to a
+          pair of yellow sneakers. He frowns.
+
+                         FOX
+          Whose suitcase is that?
+          A boy's voice shouts from the high tree branch:
+
+                         KRISTOFFERSON
+          Hello, everyone! Good afternoon!
+          Fox, Mrs. Fox, and Ash look up, surprised. A second Fox cub
+          stands poised on the edge of the limb. He is taller, leaner,
+          sleeker, and it is immediately apparent even by his posture
+          infinitely more graceful than Ash. He is Kristofferson. He
+          wears a professional Speedo with a patch on it that says Swim
+          Team. Fox brightens.
+
+                         FOX
+          Kristofferson! Welcome to our little
+          tree! I see you brought your swimming
+          trunks!
+          Kristofferson steps off the branch and performs a reserved
+          but perfect jack-knife. He enters the water splashlessly. Fox
+          leaps to his feet, applauding with his paws above his head,
+          whistling and hollering:
+
+                         FOX
+          Look at that! This kid's a natural! I'm
+          speechless, Kristofferson!
+          Kristofferson smiles modestly and shrugs. Ash stares at him
+          stonily. Fox turns to Mrs. Fox.
+
+                         FOX
+          Plus, he knows karate.
+
+          INT. LIVING ROOM. EVENING
+
+          Fox sits in his armchair reading the Gazette. Ash sits on a
+          braided rug on the floor beside him reading a comic book
+          called The Adventures of White Cape. On the cover, there is a
+          picture of a ferret leaping off a motorcycle. Mrs. Fox is in
+          the kitchen in the background flattening a hunk of dough with
+          a rolling pin. Kristofferson is in the next room practicing
+          tae-kwon-do. He wears khaki shorts, yellow sneakers, and a
+          blue, short-sleeved, button-down shirt.
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+          16.
+
+                         ASH
+          Do you think I'm an athlete?
+
+                         FOX
+          (without looking up)
+          What are you talking about?
+
+                         ASH
+          Well, you know, I think I'm an athlete,
+          and sometimes I feel like you guys don't
+          see me that way.
+
+                         FOX
+          What's the sub-text here?
+          Ash thinks for a minute. He looks at Kristofferson in the
+          next room. Kristofferson is now sitting Indian-style on the
+          floor meditating. His paws are turned upward with his thumbs
+          touching his index fingers forming a ring. Ash says loudly to
+          Mrs. Fox in the kitchen:
+
+                         ASH
+          How long is Kristofferson supposed to
+          stay with us?
+
+          MRS. FOX
+          Until your uncle gets better.
+
+                         ASH
+          Right, but roughly how long do we plan to
+          give him on that? Double-pneumonia isn't
+          even really that big of a deal, is it?
+          In the background, Kristofferson stands up again and starts
+          practicing violent karate kicks. Mrs. Fox leans into the
+          doorway and whispers forcefully:
+
+          MRS. FOX
+          As a matter of fact, it is. He's lucky to
+          be alive. Now --
+
+                         ASH
+          Right, but --
+          Kristofferson yells suddenly as he does a spinning double-
+          kick with a chop:
+
+                         KRISTOFFERSON
+          Ki-ya!
+          Everyone looks startled. Kristofferson resumes his tae-kwon-
+          do practice with an angry, wounded look on his face. Mrs. Fox
+
+                         SAYS COLDLY:
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+          17.
+
+          MRS. FOX
+          Lower your voice, Ash.
+
+          EXT. TREE. NIGHT
+
+          Fox and Kylie sit in a porch swing on one of the middle
+          branches of Fox's tree. They drink cups of coffee. Crickets
+          chirp.
+
+                         FOX
+          Kids are crazy, aren't they? You got to
+          try it, though. Raising a family.
+
+                         KYLIE
+          Yeah. Sometimes I feel like maybe I
+
+                         MIGHT --
+
+                         FOX
+          What do you think of this tree, by the
+          way? It's great, huh?
+
+                         KYLIE
+
+                         (HESITATES)
+          Yeah. No, I was just saying how some-
+
+                         TIMES --
+
+                         FOX
+          I have one last part of what I was about
+          to say.
+
+                         KYLIE
+          OK. Go ahead.
+
+                         FOX
+          I'm going broke. You want to help me
+          steal some chickens?
+
+                         CUT TO:
+          Fox's study, the next morning. A map of the valley with notes
+          and arrows written all over it is spread across a desk. The
+          door is closed with a towel jammed under it. A cricket match
+          plays loudl"
+14,Finding Nemo ,Andrew Stanton,"Adventure,Animation,Comedy,Family",May_2003,"MARLIN
+Wow.
+
+CORAL
+Mmm.
+
+MARLIN
+Wow.
+
+CORAL
+Mmm-hmm.
+
+MARLIN
+Wow.
+
+CORAL
+Yes, Marlin. No, I see it. It's beautiful.
+
+MARLIN
+So, Coral, when you said you wanted an ocean view, you didn't think that we we're gonna
+get the whole ocean, did you? Huh? [sighs] Oh yeah. A fish can breath out here. Did your
+man deliver or did he deliver?
+
+
+                                             1
+
+CORAL
+My man delivered.
+
+MARLIN
+And it wasn't so easy.
+
+CORAL
+Because a lot of other clownfish had their eyes on this place.
+
+MARLIN
+You better believe they did--every single one of them.
+
+CORAL
+Mm-hmm. You did good. And the neighborhood is awesome.
+
+MARLIN
+So, you do like it, don't you?
+
+CORAL
+No, no. I do, I do. I really do like it. But Marlin, I know that the drop off is desirable
+with the great schools and the amazing view and all, but do we really need so much space?
+
+MARLIN
+Coral, honey, these are our kids we're talking about. They deserve the best. Look, look,
+look. They'll wake up, poke their little heads out and they'll see a whale! See, right by
+their bedroom window.
+
+CORAL
+Shhh, you're gonna wake the kids.
+
+MARLIN
+Oh, right. Right.
+
+CORAL
+Aww, look. They're dreaming. We still have to name them.
+
+MARLIN
+You wanna name all of 'em, right now? All right, we'll name this half Marlin Jr. and then
+this half Coral Jr. Okay, we're done.
+
+CORAL
+I like Nemo.
+
+MARLIN
+Nemo? Well, we'll name one Nemo but I'd like most of them to be Marlin Jr.
+
+CORAL
+Just think that in a couple of days, we're gonna be parents!
+
+MARLIN
+Yeah. What if they don't like me?
+
+CORAL
+Marlin.
+
+MARLIN
+No, really.
+
+CORAL
+There's over 400 eggs. Odds are, one of them is bound to like you.
+
+CORAL
+What?
+
+MARLIN
+You remember how we met?
+
+CORAL
+Well, I try not to.
+
+MARLIN
+Well, I remember. 'Excuse me, miss, can you check and see if there's a hook in my lip?'
+
+CORAL
+Marlin!
+
+MARLIN
+
+                                             2
+
+'Well, you gotta look a little closer because it's wiggling'.
+
+CORAL
+Get away!
+
+MARLIN
+Here he is. Cutie's here! Where did everybody go?
+
+MARLIN
+[gasps] Coral, get inside the house, Coral. No, Coral, don't. They'll be fine. Just get
+inside, you, right now.
+
+MARLIN
+No!
+
+MARLIN
+Coral! Coral?
+
+MARLIN
+Coral? Oh!
+
+MARLIN
+Ohh. There, there, there. It's okay, daddy's here. Daddy's got you. I promise, I will
+never let anything happen to you...Nemo.
+
+======================================================================================
+
+NEMO
+First day of school! First day of school! Wake up, wake up! C'mon, first day of school!
+
+MARLIN
+I don't wanna go to school. Five more minutes.
+
+NEMO
+Not you, dad. Me!
+
+MARLIN
+Okay...huh?
+
+NEMO
+Get up, get up! It's time for school! It's time for school! It's time for school!
+It's time for school! Oh boy! Oh boy!
+
+MARLIN
+All right, I'm up.
+
+NEMO
+Oh boy--whoa!
+
+MARLIN
+Nemo!
+
+NEMO
+First day of school!
+
+MARLIN
+[gasps] Nemo, don't move! Don't move! You'll never get out of there yourself. I'll do it.
+All right, where's the break? You feel a break?
+
+NEMO
+No.
+
+MARLIN
+Sometimes you can't tell 'cause fluid is rushing to the area. Now, any rushing fluids?
+
+NEMO
+No.
+
+MARLIN
+Are you woozy?
+
+NEMO
+No.
+
+MARLIN
+How many stripes do I have?
+
+
+                                             3
+
+NEMO
+I'm fine.
+
+MARLIN
+Answer the stripe question!
+
+NEMO
+Three.
+
+MARLIN
+No! See, something's wrong with you. I have one, two, three--that's all I have? Oh,
+you're okay. How's the lucky fin?
+
+NEMO
+Lucky.
+
+MARLIN
+Let's see.
+
+MARLIN
+Are you sure you wanna go to school this year? 'Cause there's no problem if you don't.
+You can wait 5 or 6 years.
+
+NEMO
+Come on, dad. It's time for school.
+
+MARLIN
+Ah-ah-ah! Forgot to brush.
+
+NEMO
+Ohh...
+
+MARLIN
+Do you want this anemone to sting you?
+
+NEMO
+Yes.
+
+MARLIN
+Brush.
+
+NEMO
+Okay, I'm done.
+
+MARLIN
+You missed a spot.
+
+NEMO
+Where?
+
+MARLIN
+There. Ha ha! Right there. And here and here and here!
+
+======================================================================================
+
+MARLIN
+All right, we're excited. First day of school, here we go. We're ready to learn to get
+some knowledge. Now, what's the one thing we have to remember about the ocean?
+
+NEMO
+It's not safe.
+
+MARLIN
+That's my boy. So, first we check to see that the coast is clear. We go out and back in.
+And then we go out, and back in. And then one more time--out and back in. And sometimes,
+if you wanna do it four times--
+
+NEMO
+Dad..
+
+MARLIN
+All right. Come on, boy.
+
+NEMO
+Dad, maybe while I'm at school, I'll see a shark!
+
+MARLIN
+
+                                             4
+
+I highly doubt that.
+
+NEMO
+Have you ever met a shark?
+
+MARLIN
+No, and I don't plan to.
+
+NEMO
+How old are sea turtles?
+
+MARLIN
+Sea turtles? I don't know.
+
+NEMO
+Sandy Plankton from next door, he said that sea turtles, said that they live to be about
+a hundred years old!
+
+MARLIN
+Well, you know what, if I ever meet a sea turtle, I'll ask him. After I'm done talking
+to the shark, okay? Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hold on, hold on, wait to cross. Hold my fin,
+hold my fin.
+
+NEMO
+Dad, you're not gonna freak out like you did at the petting zoo, are you?
+
+MARLIN
+Hey, that snail was about to charge. Hmm, I wonder where we're supposed to go.
+
+FISH KIDS
+Bye, mom!
+
+FISH MOM
+I'll pick you up after school.
+
+CRAB KID
+Come on, you guys. Stop it! Give it back!
+
+MARLIN
+Come on, we'll try over there.
+
+MARLIN
+Excuse me, is this where we meet his teacher?
+
+BOB
+Well, look who's out of the anemone.
+
+MARLIN
+Yes. Shocking, I know.
+
+BOB
+Marty, right?
+
+MARLIN
+Marlin.
+
+BOB
+Bob.
+
+TED
+Ted.
+
+BILL
+Bill. Hey, you're a clownfish. You're funny, right? Hey, tell us a joke.
+
+BOB/TED
+Yeah, yeah. Come on, give us a funny one.
+
+MARLIN
+Well, actually, that's a common misconception. Clownfish are no funnier than any
+other fish.
+
+BILL
+Aw, come on, clownie.
+
+TED
+Yeah, do something funny.
+
+                                             5
+
+BOB
+Yeah!
+
+MARLIN
+All right, I   know one joke. Um, there's a mollusk, see? And he walks up to a sea, well he
+doesn't walk   up, he swims up. Well, actually the mollusk isn't moving. He's in one place
+and then the   sea cucumber, well they--I mixed up. There was a mollusk and a sea cucumber.
+None of them   were walking, so forget that I--
+
+BOB
+Sheldon! Get out of Mr. Johansenn's yard, now!
+
+KIDS
+Whoa!
+
+MR. JOHANSSEN
+All right, you kids! Ooh! Uuh, where'd you go? Where'd you go? Where, where'd you go?
+
+NEMO
+Dad, dad...can I go play too? Can I?
+
+MARLIN
+I would feel better if you go play over on the sponge beds.
+
+MARLIN
+That's where I would play
+
+PEARL
+What's wrong with his fin?
+
+TAD
+He looks funny!
+
+SHELDON
+Ow! Hey, what'd I do? What'd I do?
+
+BOB
+Be nice. It's his first time at school.
+
+MARLIN
+He was born with it, kids. We call it his lucky fin.
+
+NEMO
+Dad.
+
+PEARL
+See this tentacle? It's actually shorter than all my other tentacles but you can't really
+tell.Especially when I twirl them like this.
+
+SHELDON
+I'm H2O-intolerant. [sneezes]
+
+TAD
+I'm obnoxious.
+
+MR. RAY
+[singing] Oooh, let's name the zones, the zones, the zones. Let's name the zones of the
+open sea.
+
+KIDS
+Mr. Ray!
+
+SHELDON
+Come on, Nemo.
+
+MARLIN
+Whoa, you better stay with me.
+
+MR. RAY
+[singing]..mesopolagic, bathyal, abyssalpelagic. All the rest are too deep for you and
+me to see.
+
+MR. RAY
+Huh, I wonder where my class has gone?
+
+KIDS
+
+                                               6
+
+We're under here!
+
+MR. RAY
+Oh, there you are. Climb aboard, explorers. [singing] Oh, knowledge exploring is oh so
+lyrical, when you think thoughts that are empirical.
+
+NEMO
+Dad, you can go now.
+
+MR. RAY
+Well, hello. Who is this?
+
+NEMO
+I'm Nemo.
+
+MR. RAY
+Well, Nemo, all new explorers must answer a science question.
+
+NEMO
+Okay.
+
+MR. RAY
+You live in what kind of home?
+
+NEMO
+An anemo-none. A nemenem-menome-nememen-nenemone--
+
+MR. RAY
+Okay, okay, don't hurt yourself. Welcome aboard, explorers!
+
+MARLIN
+Just so you know, he's got a little fin. I find if he's having trouble swimming, let him
+take a break. Ten, fifteen minutes.
+
+NEMO
+Dad, it's time for you to go now.
+
+MR. RAY
+Don't worry. We're gonna stay together as a group. Okay, class, optical orbits up front.
+And remember, we keep our supraesophogeal ganglion to ourselves...that means you, Jimmy.
+
+JIMMY
+Aw, man!
+
+MR. RAY
+[singing]
+
+MARLIN
+Bye, Nemo!
+
+NEMO
+Bye, dad!
+
+MARLIN
+Bye, son! Be safe.
+
+BOB
+Hey, you're doing pretty well for a first timer.
+
+MARLIN
+Well, you can't hold onto them forever, can you?
+
+BILL
+Yeah, I had a tough time when my oldest went out at the drop off.
+
+MARLIN
+They just gotta grow up--the drop off?! They're going to the drop off?! Wh-what are you,
+insane?! Why don't we fry 'em up now and serve them with chips!?
+
+BOB
+Hey, Marty. Calm down.
+
+MARLIN
+Don't tell me to be calm, pony boy!
+
+BOB
+'Pony boy'?
+
+                                             7
+
+BILL
+You know for a clownfish, he really isn't that funny.
+
+TED
+Pity.
+
+======================================================================================
+
+MR. RAY
+[singing] Oh, let's name the species, the species, the species. Let's name the species
+that live in thesea.
+
+NEMO
+Whoa.
+
+MR. RAY
+[singing] There's porifera, coelenterata, hydrozoa, scyphozoa, anthozoa, ctenophora,
+bryozoas, three! Gastropoda, arthropoda, echinoderma, and some fish like you and me. Come
+on, sing with me. Oh...!
+
+MR. RAY
+Just the girls this time. [singing] Oh, seaweed is cool. Seaweed is fun. It makes it's food
+with the rays of the sun...
+
+MR. RAY
+Okay, the drop off. All right, kids, feel free to explore but stay close. [gasps]
+Stromalitic cyanobacteria! Gather. An entire ecosystem contained in one infinitesimal speck.
+There are as many protein pairs contained in this...
+
+TAD
+Come on, let's go.
+
+MR. RAY
+Come on, sing with me! [singing] There's porifera, coelentera, hydrozoa, scyphozoa, anthozoa,
+ctenophora, bryozoas, three!
+
+NEMO
+Hey guys, wait up! Whoa.
+
+TAD
+Cool.
+
+TAD
+Saved your life!
+
+PEARL
+Aw, you guys made me ink.
+
+NEMO
+What's that?
+
+TAD
+I know what that is. Oh, oh! Sandy Plankton saw one. He called, he said it was called a...a
+butt.
+
+NEMO
+Whoa.
+
+PEARL
+Wow. That's a pretty big butt.
+
+SHELDON
+Oh, look at me. I'm gonna go touch the butt. [sneezes] Whoa!
+
+SHELDON
+Oh yeah? Let's see you get closer.
+
+PEARL
+Okay. Beat that.
+
+TAD
+Come on, Nemo. How far can you go?
+
+NEMO
+Uh, my dad says it's not safe.
+
+
+                                             8
+
+MARLIN
+Nemo, no!
+
+NEMO
+Dad?
+
+MARLIN
+You were about to swim into open water!
+
+NEMO
+No, I wasn't go out--but dad!
+
+MARLIN
+It was a good thing I was here. If I hadn't showed up, I don't know--
+
+PEARL
+Sir, he wasn't gonna go.
+
+TAD
+Yeah, he was too afraid.
+
+NEMO
+No, I wasn't.
+
+MARLIN
+This does not concern you, kids. And you're lucky I don't tell your parents you were out
+there.
+You know you can't swim well.
+
+NEMO
+I can swim fine, dad, okay?
+
+MARLIN
+No, it's not okay. You shouldn't be anywhere near here. Okay, I was right. You'll start school
+in a year or two.
+
+NEMO
+No, dad! Just because you're scared of the ocean--
+
+MARLIN
+Clearly, you're not ready. And you're not coming back until you are. You think you can do
+these
+things but you just can't, Nemo!
+
+NEMO
+I hate you.
+
+MR. RAY
+There's--nothing to see. Gather, uh, over there. Excuse me, is there anything I can do? I am a
+scientist, sir. Is there any problem?
+
+MARLIN
+I'm sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt things. He isn't a good swimmer and it's a little
+too soon for him to be out here unsupervised.
+
+MR. RAY
+Well, I can assure you, he's quite safe with me.
+
+MARLINLook, I'm sure he is. But you have a large class and he can get lost
+from sight if you're not looking. I'm not saying you're not looking--
+
+FISH KID
+Oh my gosh! Nemo's swimming out to sea!
+
+MARLIN
+Nemo! What do you think you're doing? You're gonna get stuck out there and I'll have to get
+you before another fish does! Get back here! I said get back here, now! Stop! You take one
+move, mister. Don't youdare! If you put one fin on that boat..are you listening to me?
+Don't touch the bo--Nemo!
+
+TAD
+[whispering] He touched the butt.
+
+MARLIN
+You paddle your little tail back here, Nemo. That's right. You are in big trouble, young man.
+Do you hear me? Big...big--
+
+
+                                             9
+
+NEMO
+Aaaah! Daddy! Help me!
+
+MARLIN
+I'm coming, Nemo!
+
+KIDS
+Aaaah!
+
+MR. RAY
+Get under me, kids!
+
+NEMO
+Ah! Oh no! Dad! Daddy!
+
+MARLIN
+Oh! Nemo! Unh! Nemo! Nemo, no! Nemo! Nemo! Nemo! No! No! Aah! Nemo! Nemo!
+
+DIVER
+Whoa! Hold on.
+
+MARLIN
+Oh no. No, no. It's gone, it's gone. No, no, it can't be gone. No, no! Nemo! Nemo! Nemo! No!
+Nemo! Nemo! No! No, please, no! No, no!
+
+MARLIN
+Has anybody seen a boat!? Please! A white boat! They took my son! My son! Help me, please!
+
+DORY
+Look out!
+
+MARLIN
+Waaaah!
+
+MARLIN
+Ooh, ooh...
+
+DORY
+Ohh. Oh, oh. Sorry! I didn't see you. Sir, are you okay?
+
+MARLIN
+He's gone, he's gone..
+
+DORY
+There, there. It's all right.
+
+MARLIN
+He's gone.
+
+DORY
+It'll be okay.
+
+MARLIN
+No, no. They took him away. I have to find the boat.
+
+DORY
+Hey, I've seen a boat.
+
+MARLIN
+You have?
+
+DORY
+It passed by not too long ago.
+
+MARLIN
+A white one?
+
+DORY
+Hi. I'm Dory.
+
+MARLIN
+Where!? Which way!?
+
+DORY
+Oh, oh, oh! It-it went, um, this way! And it went this way! Follow me!
+
+MARLIN
+
+                                             10
+
+Thank you! Thank you, thank you so much!
+
+DORY
+No problem.
+
+MARLIN
+Hey! Wait!
+
+DORY
+Will you quit it?
+
+MARLIN
+What?
+
+DORY
+I'm trying to swim here. What, ocean ain't big enough for you?
+
+MARLIN
+Huh?
+
+DORY
+You got a problem, buddy? Huh? Huh? Do 'ya? Do 'ya? Do 'ya? You want a piece of me? Yeah,
+oooh, I'm scared now. Whaat!?
+
+MARLIN
+Wait a minute..
+
+DORY
+Stop following me, okay!?
+
+MARLIN
+What? You're showing me which way the boat went!
+
+DORY
+A boat? Hey, I've seen a boat. It passed by not too long ago. It went this way, it went this
+way. Follow me!
+
+MARLIN
+Wait a minute, wait a minute! What is going on? You already told me which way the boat
+was going!
+
+DORY
+I did? Oh dear...
+
+MARLIN
+If this is some kind of practical joke, it's not funny! And I know funny..I'm a clownfish!
+
+DORY
+No, it's not. I know it's not. I'm so sorry. See, I suffer from short-term memory loss.
+
+MARLIN
+Short-term memory loss..I don't believe this!
+
+DORY
+No, it's true. I forget things almost instantly. It runs in my family..or at least I think
+it does. Hmmm..where are they? Can I help you?
+
+MARLIN
+Something's wrong with you, really. You're wasting my time. I have to find my son. [gasps]
+
+BRUCE
+Hello.
+
+DORY
+Well, hi!
+
+BRUCE
+Name's Bruce. It's all right, I understand. Why trust a shark, right? So, what's a couple of
+bites like you doing out so late, eh?
+
+MARLIN
+Nothing. We're not doing anything. We're not even out.
+
+BRUCE
+Great! Then how'd you morsels like to come to a little get-together I'm havin'?
+
+DORY
+
+                                             11
+
+You mean like a party?
+
+BRUCE
+Yeah, yeah, that's right--a party! What do you say?
+
+DORY
+Ooh, I love parties! Parties are fun!
+
+MARLIN
+Parties are fun, and it's tempting but--
+
+BRUCE
+Oh, come on, I insist.
+
+MARLIN
+O-okay..that's all that matters.
+
+DORY
+Hey, look--balloons! It is a party!
+
+BRUCE
+Ha ha ha! Mind your distance, though. Those balloons can be a bit dodgy. You wouldn't want
+one of them to pop.
+
+BRUCE
+Anchor! Chum!
+
+ANCHOR
+There you are, Bruce, finally!
+
+BRUCE
+We got company.
+
+ANCHOR
+It's about time, mate.
+
+CHUM
+We've already gone through all the snacks and I'm still starvin'!
+
+ANCHOR
+We almost had a feeding frenzy.
+
+CHUM
+Come on, let's get this over with.
+
+======================================================================================
+
+BRUCE
+Right, then. The meeting has officially come to order. Let us all say the pledge..
+
+BRUCE/ANCHOR/CHUM
+'I am a nice shark, not a mindless eating machine. If I am to change this image, I must
+first change myself. Fish are friends, not food'.
+
+ANCHOR
+Except stinkin' dolphins.
+
+CHUM
+Dolphins! Yeah, they think they're sooo cute! 'Hey, look at me. I'm a flippin' little dolphin!
+Let me flip for 'ya! Ain't I a somethin'!'
+
+BRUCE
+Right, then. Today's meeting is step 5, 'BRING A FISH FRIEND'. Now do you all have your
+friends?
+
+ANCHOR
+Got mine.
+
+DORY
+Hey there!
+
+BRUCE
+How 'bout you, Chum?
+
+CHUM
+Oh, um, I seem to have misplaced my uh, friend.
+
+
+                                             12
+
+BRUCE
+That's all right, Chum. I had a feeling this would be a difficult step, you can help yourself
+to one of my friends.
+
+CHUM
+Oh, thanks, mate. A little chum for Chum, eh?
+
+BRUCE
+I'll start the testimonies. Hello, my name is Bruce.
+
+ANCHOR/CHUM
+Hello, Bruce.
+
+BRUCE
+It has been three weeks since my last fish, on my honor, or may I be chopped up and
+made into soup.
+
+CHUM
+You're an inspiration to all of us.
+
+ANCHOR
+Amen.
+
+BRUCE
+Right, then. Who's next?
+
+DORY
+Ooh! Pick me! Pick me!
+
+BRUCE
+Yes, the little Sheila down the front.
+
+DORY
+Woo-hoo!
+
+BRUCE
+Come on up here.
+
+DORY
+Hi. I'm Dory.
+
+BRUCE/ANCHOR/CHUM
+Hello, Dory.
+
+DORY
+And, uh, well, I don't think I've ever eaten a fish.
+
+CHUM
+Hey, that's incredible.
+
+BRUCE
+Good on 'ya, mate!
+
+DORY
+Whew! I'm glad I got that off my chest.
+
+BRUCE
+All right, anyone else? Hello, how 'bout you, mate? What's your problem?
+
+MARLIN
+Me? I don't have a problem.
+
+BRUCE
+Oh. Okay..
+
+BRUCE/ANCHOR/CHUM
+Denial.
+
+BRUCE
+Just start with your name.
+
+MARLIN
+Okay. Uh, hello. My name is Marlin. I'm a clownfish--
+
+CHUM
+A clownfish? Really?!
+
+
+                                             13
+
+BRUCE
+Go on, tell us a joke!
+
+CHUM
+Ooh! I love jokes!
+
+MARLIN
+Actually I do know one that's pretty good. There was this mollusk and he walks up to a sea
+cucumber. Normally, they don't talk, sea cucumbers, but in a joke, everyone talks. So the
+sea mollusk says to the cucumber...
+
+NEMO
+Daddy!
+
+MARLIN
+Nemo!
+
+CHUM
+Nemo! Ha ha ha! Nemo! I don't get it.
+
+BRUCE
+For a clownfish, he's not that funny.
+
+MARLIN
+No, no, no, no. He's my son. He was taken by these divers.
+
+DORY
+Oh my, you poor fish.
+
+CHUM
+Humans. Think they own everything.
+
+ANCHOR
+Probably American.
+
+BRUCE
+Now there is a father looking for his little boy.
+
+MARLIN
+Ugh! What do these markings mean?
+
+BRUCE
+I never knew my father! [sobs]
+
+CHUM
+Aw, come here.
+
+ANCHOR
+Group hug.
+
+CHUM
+We're all mates here, mate.
+
+MARLIN
+I can't read human.
+
+DORY
+Well then we gotta find a fish who can read this. Hey, look. Sharks!
+
+MARLIN
+No, no, no, Dory!
+
+DORY
+Guys, guys!
+
+MARLIN
+No, Dory!
+
+DORY
+That's mine! Give it to me! Gimme! Oww!
+
+MARLIN
+Oh, I'm sorry. Are you okay?
+
+DORY
+Ow, ow, ow.
+
+
+                                             14
+
+MARLIN
+I'm so sorry.
+
+DORY
+You really clocked me there. Am I bleeding?
+
+MARLIN
+Ohh...
+
+DORY
+Ow, ow, ow.
+
+BRUCE
+Dory, are you oka--oohh. Oohh, that's good.
+
+ANCHOR/CHUM
+Intervention!
+
+BRUCE
+Just a bite!
+
+ANCHOR
+Hold it together, mate!
+
+CHUM
+Remember, Bruce, fish are friends, not food!
+
+BRUCE
+FOOD!
+
+MARLIN
+Dory, look out!
+
+BRUCE
+I'm havin' fish tonight!
+
+CHUM
+Remember the steps, mate!
+
+BRUCE
+Just one bite!
+
+BRUCE
+G'day!
+
+MARLIN/DORY
+Aaaaaaaah!
+
+BRUCE
+Arrrr!
+
+MARLIN
+There's no way out! There's got to be a way to escape!
+
+DORY
+Who is it?
+
+MARLIN
+Dory, help me find a way out!
+
+DORY
+Sorry, you'll have to come back later. We're trying to escape.
+
+MARLIN
+There's gotta be a way out!
+
+DORY
+Look, here's something! 'ESSS-CA-PE'! I wonder what that means. It's funny, it's spelled
+just like the word 'escape'.
+
+MARLIN
+Let's go!
+
+BRUCE
+Here's Brucey!
+
+MARLIN
+
+                                               15
+
+Wait a minute..you can read?!
+
+DORY
+I can read? That's right, I can read!
+
+MARLIN
+Well, then here. Read this now!
+
+ANCHOR
+He really doesn't mean it, y'know! He never even knew his father!
+
+CHUM
+Don't fall off the wagon!
+
+MARLIN
+Oh no, it's blocked!
+
+ANCHOR
+No, Bruce. Focus!
+
+CHUM
+Sorry about--this, mate!
+
+ANCHOR
+He's really--a nice guy!
+
+MARLIN
+I need to get that mask!
+
+DORY
+You want that mask? Okay.
+
+MARLIN
+No, no, no, no, no, no!
+
+MARLIN
+Quick grab the mask!
+
+ANCHOR
+Oh no. Bruce?
+
+BRUCE
+What? [gasps] Swim away! Swim away!
+
+DORY
+Aw, is the party over?
+
+PELICAN
+Nice.
+
+======================================================================================
+
+NEMO
+Dad? Daddy?
+
+DENTIST
+Barbara?
+
+BARBARA
+Uh-huh?
+
+DENTIST
+Prep for his anterior crown, would you, please? And I'm going to need a few cotton rolls.
+
+BARBARA
+Okay.
+
+DENTIST
+Hello, little fella!
+
+NEMO
+Aah!
+
+DENTIST
+Heh heh heh! Beauty, isn't he? I found that guy struggling for life out on the reef and
+I saved him. So, has that novocaine kicked in yet?
+
+
+                                             16
+
+PATIENT
+I think so. We're ready to roll.
+
+BUBBLES
+Bubbles! [muttering] My bubbles.
+
+PEACH
+He likes bubbles.
+
+NEMO
+Aah! Ohh! No! Uhh!
+
+JACQUES
+Bonjour.
+
+NEMO
+Aah!
+
+BLOAT
+Heh heh! Slow down, little fella. There's nothing to worry about.
+
+DEB
+Oh, he's scared to death.
+
+NEMO
+I wanna go home. Do you know where my dad is?
+
+PEACH
+Honey, your dad's probably back at the pet store.
+
+NEMO
+Pet store?
+
+BLOAT
+Yeah, you know, like I'm from Bob's Fish Mart.
+
+GURGLE
+Pet Palace.
+
+BUBBLES
+Fish-O-Rama.
+
+DEB
+Mail order.
+
+PEACH
+Ebay.
+
+GURGLE
+So which one is it?
+
+NEMO
+I'm from the ocean.
+
+GURGLE
+Ah, the ocean. The ocean! Aaah! He hasn't been decontaminated yet! Jacques!
+
+JACQUES
+Oui.
+
+GURGLE
+Clean him!
+
+JACQUES
+Oui.
+
+GURGLE
+Ocean!
+
+JACQUES
+Ooh, la mer. Bon. Voila. He is clean.
+
+BUBBLES
+Wow. The big blue. What's it like?
+
+NEMO
+Big...and blue?
+
+                                             17
+
+BUBBLES
+I knew it.
+
+DEB
+Kid, if there's anything you need, just ask your auntie Deb, that's me. Or if I'm not
+around, you can always talk to my sister Flo. Hi,how are you? Don't listen to anything
+my sister says, she's nuts! Ha ha ha ha!
+
+PEACH
+[muffled] We got a live one!
+
+BLOAT
+Can't hear you, Peach.
+
+PEACH
+I said we got a live one.
+
+GURGLE
+Yes!
+
+BLOAT
+Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!
+
+DEB
+What do we got?
+
+PEACH
+Root canal, and by the looks of those x-rays it's not gonna be pretty.
+
+PATIENT
+Owwwwwwwww!
+
+BLOAT
+Rubber dam and clamp installed?
+
+PEACH
+Yep.
+
+GURGLE
+What did he use to open?
+
+PEACH
+Gator-Glidden drill. He seems to be favoring that one lately.
+
+DEB
+I can't see, Flo.
+
+PATIENT
+You're getting a little too--aaaaah!!!
+
+PEACH
+Now he's doing the Schilder technique.
+
+BLOAT
+Oooh, he's using a Hedstrom file.
+
+GURGLE
+That's not a Hedstrom file. That's a K-Flex.
+
+BLOAT
+It's got a teardrop cross-section. Clearly a Hedstrom.
+
+GURGLE
+No, no. K-Flex.
+
+BLOAT
+Hedstrom!
+
+GURGLE
+K-Flex!
+
+BLOAT
+Hedstro--! [inflates] There I go. A little help over here.
+
+DEB
+I'll go deflate him.
+
+                                               18
+
+DENTIST
+All right, go ahead and rinse.
+
+GURGLE
+Ugh! The human mouth is a disgusting place.
+
+PEACH
+Hey, Nigel.
+
+NIGEL
+What did I miss? Am I late?
+
+PEACH
+Root canal and it's a doozy.
+
+NIGEL
+Root canal, eh? What did he use to open?
+
+PEACH
+Gator-Glidden drill.
+
+NIGEL
+He seems to be favoring that one. Hope he doesn't get surplus sealer at the portal terminus...
+hello.
+
+NEMO
+[gasps]
+
+NIGEL
+Who's this?
+
+DEB
+New guy. Ha ha ha!
+
+GURGLE
+The dentist took him off the reef.
+
+NIGEL
+An outie. From my neck of the woods, eh? Sorry if I ever took a snap at you. Fish gotta swim,
+birds gotta eat. [gasps]
+
+DENTIST
+Hey! No, no,   no, no! They're not your fish. They're my fish. Come on, go! Go on, shoo! Oh,
+the picture   broke. This here's Darla. She's my niece. She's going to be eight next week.
+Hey, little   fella. Say hello to your new mummy. She'll be here Friday to pick you up. You're
+her present.   Shh, shh, shh! It's our little secret. Well, Mr. Tucker, while that sets up
+I'm going to   see a man about a wallaby.
+
+BLOAT
+Oh, Darla.
+
+NEMO
+What? What's wrong with her?
+
+GURGLE
+She wouldn't stop shaking the bag.
+
+BUBBLES
+Poor Chuckles.
+
+DEB
+He was her present last year.
+
+BLOAT
+Hitched a ride on the porcelain express.
+
+PEACH
+She's a fish killer.
+
+NEMO
+I can't go with that girl! I have to get back to my dad! Aaah! Daddy! Help me!
+
+GURGLE
+Oh, he's stuck!
+
+GILL
+
+                                               19
+
+Nobody touch him! Nobody touch him.
+
+NEMO
+Can you help me?
+
+GILL
+No. You got yourself in there, you can get yourself out.
+
+PEACH
+Gill..
+
+GILL
+I just wanna see him do it, okay? Calm down. Alternate wiggling your fins and your tail.
+
+NEMO
+I can't. I have a bad fin.
+
+GILL
+Never stopped me.
+
+GILL
+Just think about what you need to do.
+
+BLOAT
+Come on.
+
+GILL
+Perfect.
+
+BUBBLES
+Yay!
+
+GURGLE
+You did it!
+
+DEB
+Good squirming! Ha ha ha!
+
+PEACH
+Wow. From the ocean. Just like you, Gill.
+
+GILL
+Yeah.
+
+PEACH
+I've seen that look before. What are you thinking about?
+
+GILL
+I'm thinking, tonight, we give the kid a proper reception.
+
+BLOAT
+So kid, you got a name or what?
+
+NEMO
+Nemo. I'm Nemo.
+
+======================================================================================
+
+MARLIN
+Nemo. Nemo. [mutters]
+
+DORY
+Are you gonna eat that? Careful with that hammer...
+
+MARLIN
+Huh? No, no! What does it say? Dory!
+
+DORY
+Sea monkey has my money...
+
+MARLIN
+Wake up! Get up! Come on! Come on!
+
+DORY
+Yes, I'm a natural blue...
+
+MARLIN
+
+                                             20
+
+Get up!
+
+DORY
+Look out! Sharks eat fish! Aaaaaah!
+
+MARLIN/DORY
+AAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!
+
+DORY
+Wow. Dusty.
+
+MARLIN
+[gasps] The mask! Where's the mask? No! No, not the mask! Get it! Get the mask!
+Get the mask! Get it!
+
+DORY
+[singing] Hoo doot doo doot doot doo doot. Whoo-hoo! La la la la la la. Just keeps
+going on, doesn't it? Echo! Echo! Hey, what are you doing?
+
+MARLIN
+It's gone. I've lost the mask.
+
+DORY
+Did you drop it?
+
+MARLIN
+You dropped it! That was my only chance of finding my son, now it's gone.
+
+DORY
+Hey, Mr. Grumpy Gills. When life gets you down, you know what you gotta do?
+
+MARLIN
+I don't wanna know what you gotta do when life gets you down.
+
+DORY
+[singing] Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming. What do we do?
+We swim, swim.
+
+MARLIN
+Dory, no singing.
+
+DORY
+[singing] Ho ho ho ho ho ho! I love to swim! When you want to swim..
+
+MARLIN
+See, I'm going to get stuck now with that song now it's in my head!
+
+DORY
+Sorry.
+
+MARLIN
+Dory, do you see anything?
+
+DORY
+Aaah! Something's got me!
+
+MARLIN
+That was me. I'm sorry.
+
+DORY
+[gasps] Who was that?
+
+MARLIN
+Who could it be? It's me!
+
+DORY
+Are..are you my conscience?
+
+MARLIN
+Yeah, yeah. I'm your conscience. We haven't spoken for a while. How are you?
+
+DORY
+Hmm, can't complain.
+
+MARLIN
+Yeah? Good. Now, Dory. I want you to tell me..do you see anything?
+
+
+                                             21
+
+DORY
+I see..I see a light.
+
+MARLIN
+A light.
+
+DORY
+Yeah. Over there. Hey, conscience. Am I dead?
+
+MARLIN
+No, I see it too. What is it?
+
+DORY
+It's so pretty.
+
+MARLIN
+I'm feeling...happy. Which is a big deal for me.
+
+DORY
+I want to touch it. Oh!
+
+MARLIN
+Hey, come back. Come on back here.
+
+DORY
+[singing] I'm gonna get you. I'm gonna get you. I'm gonna swim with you.
+
+MARLIN
+I'm gonna get you. I'm gonna be your best friend...good feeling's gone.
+
+MARLIN
+I can't see! I don't know where I'm going!
+
+DORY
+Haah!
+
+MARLIN
+The mask!
+
+DORY
+What mask?
+
+DORY
+Okay, I can't see a thing.
+
+MARLIN
+Oh, gee!
+
+DORY
+Hey, look! A mask!
+
+MARLIN
+Read it!
+
+DORY
+I'm sorry, but if you could just bring it a little closer, I kind of need the light.
+That's great, keep it right there.
+
+
+MARLIN
+Just read it!
+
+DORY
+Okay, okay. Mr. Bossy. Uh, 'P'. Okay, 'P'. 'Shh-eer...Sher--P. Sher--P. Shirley? P.--'. Oh!
+The first line's 'P. Sherman'!
+
+MARLIN
+P. Sherman doesn't make any sense!
+
+DORY
+Okay, second line. '42'.
+
+MARLIN
+Don't eat me! Don't eat me! Aaaah!
+
+DORY
+Light, please. 'Walla--Walla--Walla-beee'...
+
+                                               22
+
+MARLIN
+Waah! Waaah! Waaaah!
+
+DORY
+The second line's '42 Wallaby Way'!
+
+MARLIN
+That's great! Speed read! Take a guess! No pressure! No problem! There's a lot of pressure!
+Pressure! Take a guess now with pressure!
+
+DORY
+'Sydney'. It's 'Sydney'!
+
+MARLIN
+Duck!
+
+DORY
+Aaah!
+
+MARLIN
+I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead, I died, I'm dead.
+
+MARLIN
+Whoo-hoo! [singing] We did it, we did it! Oh yeah, yeah, yeah! No eating here tonight, whoo!
+
+BOTH
+[singing] Eating here tonight!
+
+MARLIN
+Dory.
+
+DORY
+[singing] No, no, no eating here tonight. You on a diet--
+
+MARLIN
+Dory! What did the mask say?
+
+DORY
+'P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney'. [gasps] I remember what it said! I usually forget
+things, but I remembered it this time!
+
+MARLIN
+Whoa, whoa, wait! Where is that?
+
+DORY
+I don't know. But who cares? I remembered!
+
+MARLIN/DORY
+Aaah!
+
+DORY
+P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. I remembered it again!
+
+======================================================================================
+
+JACQUES
+Psst. Nemo.
+
+NEMO
+Mmmm...
+
+JACQUES
+Nemo.
+
+NEMO
+Huh?
+
+JACQUES
+Suivez-moi. Follow me.
+
+BLOAT/BUBBLES/GURGLE
+[chanting] Ha! Ho! Hwa! Hwee! Ha! Ho! Ho! Ho! Ha! Ho! Hwa! Hwee! Ha! Ho! Ho! Ho! Ha! Ho!
+Hwa! Hwee! Ha! Ho! Ho! Ho! Hahoo! Wahoo! Yahoo! Ho! Ha! Ho! Wahee! Ha! Ho! Ho! Ho! Hoo!
+
+GILL
+State your name.
+
+                                             23
+
+NEMO
+Nemo.
+
+GILL
+Brother Bloat, proceed.
+
+BLOAT
+Nemo! Newcomer of orange and white, you have been called forth to the summit of Mount
+Wannahockaloogie to join with us in the fraternal bonds of tankhood.
+
+NEMO
+Huh?
+
+PEACH
+We want you in our club, kid.
+
+NEMO
+Really?
+
+BLOAT
+If you are able to swim through..THE RING OF FIRE! [whispers to Jacques] Turn on the
+Ring of Fire! The Ring of Fire, you said you could do it--THE RING OF FIRE!
+
+BUBBLES
+Bubbles! Bubbles! Let me--oww!
+
+BLOAT/BUBBLES/GURGLE
+[chanting]
+
+PEACH
+Isn't there another way? He's just a boy!
+
+JACQUES
+[wailing]
+
+GILL
+From this moment on, you will now be known as Sharkbait.
+
+BLOAT/BUBBLES/GURGLE
+Sharkbait! Ooh ha ha!
+
+GILL
+Welcome, brother Sharkbait!
+
+BLOAT/BUBBLES/GURGLE
+Sharkbait! Ooh ha ha!
+
+GILL
+Enough with the Sharkbait.
+
+GURGLE
+Sharkbait! Ooh..ba-ba-doo.
+
+GILL
+Okay, Sharkbait's one of us now, agreed?
+
+BLOAT/BUBBLES/GURGLE
+Agreed!
+
+GILL
+We can't send him off to his death. Darla's coming in 5 days, so what are we gonna do?
+I'll tell you what we're gonna do: we're gonna get him outta here. We're gonna help
+him escape.
+
+NEMO
+Escape? Really?
+
+GILL
+We're all gonna escape!
+
+GURGLE
+Gill, please, not another one of your escape plans.
+
+DEB
+Sorry, but they, they just, they never work.
+
+
+                                               24
+
+BLOAT
+Yeah. Why should this be any different?
+
+GILL
+'Cause we've got him.
+
+NEMO
+Me?
+
+GILL
+You see that filter?
+
+NEMO
+Yeah?
+
+GILL
+You're the only one who can get in and out of that thing. What we need you to do is take
+a pebble inside and jam the gears. You do that and this tank's gonna get filthier and
+filthier by the minute. Pretty soon, the dentist'll have to clean the tank himself. And
+when he does, he'll take us out of the tank, put us in the individual baggies, then we roll
+ourselves down the counter, out of the window, off the awning, into the bushes, across the
+street and into the harbor! It's foolproof! Who's with me?
+
+BLOAT
+Aye!
+
+JACQUES
+Aye!
+
+DEB
+Aye!
+
+BUBBLES
+Aye!
+
+GURGLE
+I think your nuts.
+
+GILL/NEMO
+[sighs]
+
+GURGLE
+No offense, kid, but, um..you're not the best swimmer.
+
+GILL
+He's fine, he can do this. So Sharkbait, what do you think?
+
+NEMO
+Let's do it.
+
+======================================================================================
+
+DORY
+I'm going to P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. Where are you going? I'm going to P.
+Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. If you're askin' where I'm goin'. I'll tell you that's
+where I'm going. It's P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. Where? I'm sorry, I didn't hear
+you. P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way...
+
+MARLIN
+Excuse me. Ex-excuse me, um, hi. Do you know how to get to--hello? W-w-w-wait! Can you
+tell me--hey! Hold it! Wait a minute! I'm trying to talk to you. Okay, fellas, come back
+here. Please, one quick question. I need to aaaaand they're gone again. [sighs]
+
+DORY
+P. Sherman 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney. Why do I have to tell you over and over again? I'll tell
+you again. I don't get tired of it--
+
+MARLIN
+Okay, all right.
+
+DORY
+Huh?
+
+MARLIN
+Here's the thing.
+
+DORY
+
+                                             25
+
+Uh-huh.
+
+MARLIN
+Y'know, I just, I-I think it's best if I just, if I just, carry on from here by..by myself.
+
+DORY
+Okay.
+
+MARLIN
+Y'know, alone.
+
+DORY
+Uh-huh.
+
+MARLIN
+Without, without..well, I mean, not without you. I mean, it's just that I don't want you...
+with me.
+
+DORY
+Huh?
+
+MARLIN
+I don't wanna hurt your feelings..
+
+DORY
+You want me to leave?
+
+MARLIN
+Well, I mean not..yes, yeah. It's just that you know I-I just can't afford anymore delays
+and you're one of those fish that cause delays. And sometimes it's a good thing. There's
+a whole group of fish. They're..'delay fish'.
+
+DORY
+You mean..[whimper]you mean you don't..like me? [sobs]
+
+MARLIN
+No, of course I like you. It's because I like you I don't wanna be with you. It's a
+complicated emotion. Oh, don't cry. I like you.
+
+MOONFISH LEADER
+Hey, you! Lady, is this guy botherin' you?
+
+DORY
+Um, I don't remember. Were you?
+
+MARLIN
+No, no, no, no, no. We're just, we're..hey, do you guys know how I can get to--
+
+MOONFI"
+15,Frozen (Disney),Jennifer Lee,"Animation,Adventure,Comedy",September_2013,"OPEN ON: ICE.
+
+   We're underwater looking up at it. A saw cuts through,
+   heading right for us.
+
+
+   EXT. SNOW-CAPPED MOUNTAINS -- DUSK
+
+   ICE HARVESTERS, dressed in traditional Sami clothing, score a
+   frozen lake. They SING.
+
+                   ""The Frozen Heart (Ice Worker's Song)""
+
+                            ICE HARVESTERS
+                  BORN OF COLD AND WINTER AIR
+                  AND MOUNTAIN RAIN COMBINING,
+                  THIS ICY FORCE BOTH FOUL AND FAIR
+                  HAS A FROZEN HEART WORTH MINING.
+
+   The men drag giant ice blocks through channels of water.
+
+                            ICE HARVESTERS (CONT'D)
+                  CUT THROUGH THE HEART, COLD AND CLEAR.
+                  STRIKE FOR LOVE AND STRIKE FOR FEAR.
+
+                  SEE THE BEAUTY SHARP AND SHEER.
+                  SPLIT THE ICE APART!
+                  AND BREAK THE FROZEN HEART.
+                  Hup! Ho! Watch your step! Let it go!
+
+   A young Sami boy, KRISTOFF (8), and his reindeer calf, SVEN,
+   share a carrot as they try to keep up with the men.
+
+                            ICE HARVESTERS (CONT'D)
+                  Hup! Ho! Watch your step! Let it go!
+
+   Young Kristoff struggles to get a block of ice out of the
+   water. He fails, ends up soaked. Sven licks his wet cheek.
+
+                            ICE HARVESTERS (CONT'D)
+                  BEAUTIFUL! POWERFUL! DANGEROUS! COLD!
+                  ICE HAS A MAGIC CAN'T BE CONTROLLED.
+
+   A sharp ice floe overtakes the workers, threateningly. They
+   fight it back.
+
+                            ICE HARVESTERS (CONT'D)
+                  STRONGER THAN ONE, STRONGER THAN TEN
+                  STRONGER THAN A HUNDRED MEN!
+
+   Massive fjord horses drag heavy ice plows.
+                                                                2
+FROZEN - J. Lee
+
+
+
+                            ICE HARVESTERS (CONT'D)
+                  BORN OF COLD AND WINTER AIR
+                  AND MOUNTAIN RAIN COMBINING
+
+   The sun sets. Lanterns are lit.
+
+                            ICE HARVESTERS (CONT'D)
+                  THIS ICY FORCE BOTH FOUL AND FAIR
+                  HAS A FROZEN HEART WORTH MINING.
+                  CUT THROUGH THE HEART, COLD AND CLEAR.
+
+   In the dark, Kristoff and Sven finally manage to get a single
+   block of ice out of the water.
+
+                            ICE HARVESTERS (CONT'D)
+                  STRIKE FOR LOVE AND STRIKE FOR FEAR.
+                  THERE'S BEAUTY AND THERE'S DANGER HERE.
+                  SPLIT THE ICE APART!
+                  BEWARE THE FROZEN HEART.
+
+   The workers pile onto the giant horse-drawn ice sled as it
+   pulls away.
+
+   Left behind, Kristoff and Sven push their ice block onto a
+   dinky little sled then head off.
+
+   We sweep up from them to the Northern Lights filling the
+   sky...then move across the mountains...beneath the
+   snowline...and descend upon...
+
+
+   EXT. THE KINGDOM OF ARENDELLE -- NIGHT
+
+   A humble castle, built of wood, nestled in a deep fjord.
+
+
+   INT. CASTLE, NURSERY -- NIGHT
+
+   ELSA (8) sleeps in her bed. Her little sister ANNA (5) pops
+   up beside her.
+
+                            YOUNG ANNA
+                  Elsa. Psst. Elsa! Psst.
+
+   Elsa doesn't stir. Anna sits on Elsa and bounces.
+
+                            YOUNG ANNA (CONT'D)
+                  Wake up. Wake up. Wake up.
+
+                            YOUNG ELSA
+                      (grumbling)
+                  Anna, go back to sleep.
+
+   Anna rolls onto her back and spreads all her weight on Elsa.
+                                                              3
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+
+
+
+                            YOUNG ANNA
+                      (drama queen-ish)
+                  I just can't. The sky's awake, so
+                  I'm awake, so we have to play.
+
+                            YOUNG ELSA
+                  ...Go play by yourself.
+
+   Elsa shoves Anna off the bed.
+
+   Anna lands butt to floor, sighs, defeated. But then she gets
+   an idea. She hops back on the bed and lifts one of Elsa's
+   eyelids.
+
+                            YOUNG ANNA
+                      (mischievously)
+                  Do you want to build a snowman?
+
+   Elsa's eyes both pop open. She smiles.
+
+
+   INT. CASTLE STAIRCASE -- NIGHT
+
+   Anna, now wearing snow boots, pulls Elsa by the hand.
+
+                            YOUNG ANNA
+                  Come on, come on, come on, come on.
+
+   Elsa tries to shush her, but Anna's too excited.
+
+
+   INT. BALLROOM -- NIGHT
+
+   The girls sneak into the ballroom. Elsa shuts the door.
+
+                            YOUNG ANNA
+                  Do the magic! Do the magic!
+
+   Elsa laughs and waves her hands together. Snowflakes suddenly
+   burst forth and dance between her palms, forming a snowball.
+   Elsa throws the snowball high into the air. Snow bursts out
+   and flurries around the room. Anna dances about, catching
+   flakes in her palms and mouth.
+
+                            YOUNG ANNA (CONT'D)
+                  This is amazing!
+
+                            YOUNG ELSA
+                  Watch this!
+
+   Elsa stomps her little slippered foot and a layer of ice
+   suddenly coats the floor, forming a giant ice rink. Anna
+   slides off, laughing.
+                                                              4
+FROZEN - J. Lee
+
+
+
+   PLAY MONTAGE:
+
+   -Anna and Elsa roll giant snowballs and build a snowman
+   together. Elsa moves his stick arms around.
+
+                            YOUNG ELSA (CONT'D)
+                      (goofy voice)
+                  Hi, I'm Olaf and I like warm hugs.
+
+   Anna jumps up and hugs him.
+
+                            YOUNG ANNA
+                  I love you, Olaf.
+
+   -Anna and Olaf appear to be dancing. REVEAL: Elsa is actually
+   propelling them across the ice floor with her magic.
+
+   -The girls slide down snowbanks together!
+
+   -Anna fearlessly jumps off a snow peak into mid air.
+
+                              YOUNG ANNA (CONT'D)
+                  Catch me!
+
+   Elsa makes another peak to catch Anna.
+
+                              YOUNG ELSA
+                  Gotcha!
+
+   Anna keeps jumping. Elsa keeps casting magic.
+
+                            YOUNG ANNA
+                      (jumping faster)
+                  Again! Again!
+
+                             YOUNG ELSA
+                      (struggling to keep up)
+                  Slow down!
+
+   Elsa suddenly slips.
+
+   Her magic accidentally STRIKES Anna in the head. Anna tumbles
+   down a snowbank and lands, unconscious.
+
+                              YOUNG ELSA (CONT'D)
+                  ANNA!
+
+   Elsa runs to Anna and takes her in her arms. A streak of
+   Anna's hair, where struck, turns white.
+
+                            YOUNG ELSA (CONT'D)
+                  MAMA! PAPA!
+
+   The room around them fills with frightening ice spikes.
+                                                                     5
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+
+
+
+   The parents burst through the frozen door. GASP at the sight
+   of the room.
+
+                            KING
+                  Elsa, what have you done? This is
+                  getting out of hand!
+
+                            QUEEN
+                      (seeing Anna)
+                  Anna!
+
+   The King and Queen rush to Anna and take her in their arms.
+
+                            ELSA
+                  It was an accident. I'm sorry,
+                  Anna.
+
+                            QUEEN
+                      (about Anna)
+                  She's ice cold.
+
+                            KING
+                  ...I know where we have to go.
+
+                                                      SLAM CUT TO:
+
+
+   INT. DARK ROOM -- NIGHT
+
+   The King sifts through a shelf to find an ancient book
+   inscribed with Old Norse runes. He opens the book, scrambles
+   to a page with an ancient map.
+
+
+   EXT. ARENDELLE -- NIGHT
+
+   Carrying the girls, the King and Queen ride their horses out
+   of the kingdom. Snow streams from Elsa's hands, leaving a
+   trail of ice behind them.
+
+
+   EXT. FJORD MOUNTAIN FOREST -- NIGHT
+
+   A sleepy Kristoff and Sven travel alone through the dark
+   woods. All of a sudden, the King and Queen race by with the
+   girls, leaving the wake of ice.
+
+                            KRISTOFF
+                  Ice?
+
+                                                      SLAM CUT TO:
+                                                                6
+FROZEN - J. Lee
+
+
+
+   EXT. BLACK MOUNTAINS -- NIGHT
+
+   Kristoff rides Sven as they follow the trail of ice.
+
+                            YOUNG KRISTOFF
+                  Faster, Sven!
+
+
+   EXT. THE VALLEY OF THE LIVING ROCK -- NIGHT
+
+   Kristoff hops off Sven at the edge of a deep valley. They
+   hide behind a rock and peek out.
+
+   Down below, the King holds a frightened Elsa. The Queen holds
+   the still unconscious Anna.
+
+                            KING
+                  Please, help. My daughter!
+
+   Suddenly, a bunch of rocks tumble down the valley toward
+   them. It looks as though they'll be crushed!
+
+   But, luckily, the rocks stop at their feet. The rocks then
+   unfold, revealing bright faces.
+
+                               YOUNG KRISTOFF
+                  Trolls...?
+
+   The rock in front of Kristoff ""wakes up."" Meet BULDA.
+
+                            BULDA
+                  Shush. I'm trying to listen.
+
+   She grabs Kristoff and Sven by hand and hoof and hugs them
+   close. Sven licks her face and she eyes them both.
+
+                            BULDA (CONT'D)
+                  Cuties. I'm gonna keep you.
+
+   Back below, the crowd parts for a troll as old as the Earth.
+   They call him GRAND PABBIE. He approaches arthritically, but
+   determined. He nods respectfully to the king.
+
+                            GRAND PABBIE
+                  Your Majesty.
+                      (referring to Elsa)
+                  Born with the powers or cursed?
+
+                            KING
+                  Born. And they're getting stronger.
+
+   Grand Pabbie motions for the Queen to bring Anna to him. She
+   does. He examines her.
+                                                              7
+FROZEN - J. Lee
+
+
+
+                            GRAND PABBIE
+                      (about Anna)
+                  You are lucky it wasn't her heart.
+                  The heart is not so easily changed,
+                  but the head can be persuaded.
+
+                            KING
+                  Do what you must.
+
+                            GRAND PABBIE
+                  I recommend we remove all magic,
+                  even memories of magic to be
+                  safe.... But don't worry, I'll
+                  leave the fun.
+
+   Grand Pabbie pulls out a glowing blue energy from Anna's
+   head. We see her memories floating right above her. Grand
+   Pabbie changes all of her magical memories to ordinary
+   memories -- snowy play indoors with the girls in their
+   nightgowns changes to outdoors on the winter fjords with the
+   girls in winter gear. He puts the ordinary memories back in
+   her head.
+
+                            GRAND PABBIE (CONT'D)
+                  She will be okay.
+
+                            YOUNG ELSA
+                  But she won't remember I have
+                  powers?
+
+                            KING
+                  It's for the best.
+
+                             PABBIE
+                  Listen to me, Elsa, your power will
+                  only grow.
+
+   As he speaks, he conducts the Northern Lights to show a
+   silhouette of an adult Elsa creating magical snowflakes.
+
+                            PABBIE (CONT'D)
+                  There is beauty in your magic....
+                  But also great danger.
+
+   The snowflakes turn to sharp spikes.
+
+                           PABBIE (O.S.) (CONT'D)
+                  You must learn to control it.
+
+   In the Northern Lights display, the sharp spikes cause human
+   figures to panic and attack Elsa.
+
+                            PABBIE (CONT'D)
+                  Fear will be your enemy.
+                                                                     8
+FROZEN - J. Lee
+
+
+
+   Elsa gasps and buries her face in the King's chest. The King
+   wraps his arms around Elsa, protectively.
+
+                            KING
+                  No. We'll protect her. She can
+                  learn to control it. I'm sure.
+
+   Over the King's words we...
+
+                                                      DISSOLVE TO:
+
+   -The Arendelle castle gates shutting.
+
+                            KING (O.S.) (CONT'D)
+                  Until then, we'll lock the gates.
+                  We'll reduce the staff. We will
+                  limit her contact with people and
+                  keep her powers hidden from
+                  everyone... including Anna.
+
+   -The castle shutters close.
+
+   -Anna sits on her bed as Elsa's furniture disappears.
+
+   -Anna rushes to the hall to see Elsa shut the door to her new
+   room. Anna watches, confused and sad.
+
+                                                      DISSOLVE TO:
+
+
+   INT. CASTLE WINDOW -- DAY
+
+   We look out on a gentle snowfall. Little Anna skips up to the
+   window. She lights up at the sight of the snow and rushes
+   down the hall.
+
+
+   INT. HALLWAY, ELSA'S DOOR -- DAY
+
+   Anna knocks on Elsa's door and SINGS.
+
+                     ""Do You Want to Build a Snowman?""
+
+                            YOUNG ANNA
+                  DO YOU WANT TO BUILD A SNOWMAN?
+                  COME ON LET'S GO AND PLAY.
+
+   Anna peeks under the door.
+
+                            YOUNG ANNA (CONT'D)
+                  I NEVER SEE YOU ANYMORE.
+                  COME OUT THE DOOR.
+                  IT'S LIKE YOU'VE GONE AWAY.
+                                                                 9
+FROZEN - J. Lee
+
+
+
+   -INT. ANNA'S ROOM -- Anna plays with two dolls, gives up, sad.
+
+                            YOUNG ANNA (CONT'D)
+                  WE USED TO BE BEST BUDDIES
+                  AND NOW WE'RE NOT.
+                  I WISH YOU WOULD TELL ME WHY.
+
+   -ELSA'S DOOR. Anna peeks through the key hole.
+
+                            YOUNG ANNA (CONT'D)
+                  DO YOU WANT TO BUILD A SNOWMAN?
+
+   -Anna calls through the keyhole.
+
+                            YOUNG ANNA (CONT'D)
+                  IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A SNOWMAN.
+
+                            YOUNG ELSA (O.S.)
+                  Go away, Anna.
+
+                            YOUNG ANNA
+                      (hearbroken)
+                  ...OKAY BYE.
+
+   -BEHIND THE DOOR -- DAY. Elsa sits at the window looking out,
+   longingly. Suddenly, her icy hands freeze the windowsill.
+
+   -LATER. The King slips leather gloves onto Elsa's hands.
+
+                            KING
+                  The gloves will help.
+
+   He pats her gloved hand.
+
+                            KING (CONT'D)
+                  See? You're good....
+                      (starting their mantra)
+                  Conceal it.
+
+                            YOUNG ELSA
+                  Don't feel it.
+
+                            YOUNG ELSA & KING
+                  Don't let it show.
+
+   -INT. HALLWAY, ELSA'S DOOR -- DAY. Anna, now 9, knocks on
+   Elsa's door.
+
+                            ANNA (9)
+                  DO YOU WANT TO BUILD A SNOWMAN?
+
+   -INT. HALLWAY -- DAY. Alone, Anna rides a bicycle built for
+   two in the hall by standing on the back seat.
+                                                               10
+FROZEN - J. Lee
+
+
+
+                            ANNA (9) (CONT'D)
+                  OR RIDE OUR BIKE AROUND THE HALL?
+                  I THINK SOME COMPANY IS OVERDUE...
+
+   -INT. PORTRAIT ROOM -- DAY. Anna runs around the portrait
+   room, gaining momentum to flip over the arm of the couch.
+
+                            ANNA (9) (CONT'D)
+                  I'VE STARTED TALKING TO
+                  THE PICTURES ON THE WALLS.
+
+   Anna lands PLOP on the cushions, then looks up at the
+   painting above her of the courageous Joan of Arc.
+
+                            ANNA (9) (CONT'D)
+                  Hang in there, Joan.
+
+   -INT. EMPTY LIBRARY -- DAY. Looks like no one's around.
+
+                            ANNA (9) (CONT'D)
+                  IT GETS A LITTLE LONELY
+                  ALL THESE EMPTY ROOMS.
+
+   But then we find Anna, laying at the base of the grandfather
+   clock, playing with her braids, bored out of her mind.
+
+                            ANNA (9) (CONT'D)
+                  JUST WATCHING THE HOURS TICK BY.
+
+   Anna's eyes follow the grandfather clock's pendulum.
+
+                            ANNA (9) (CONT'D)
+                  TICK TOCK. TICK TOCK. TICK TOCK.
+
+   -INT. ELSA'S ROOM -- NIGHT. Elsa (now 12) paces as she panics.
+   The entire wall is frozen behind her.
+
+                            ELSA (12)
+                  I'm scared. It's getting stronger.
+
+                            KING
+                  Getting upset only makes it worse.
+
+   The King goes to hug her.
+
+                            ELSA (12)
+                  No. Don't touch me. I don't want to
+                  hurt you.
+
+   He and the Queen look at each other with alarmed sadness.
+
+   -INT. LIBRARY -- DAY. Anna, now a teenager, slides past Elsa's
+   room without stopping.
+                                                                11
+FROZEN - J. Lee
+
+
+
+   -INT. KING AND QUEEN'S QUARTERS -- DAY. Anna runs into the
+   room and throws herself into her parents' arms.
+
+                            TEEN ANNA
+                  See you in two weeks.
+
+   -INT. ELSA'S ROOM -- DAY. Elsa curtsies in front of her
+   parents, formally, not touching them.
+
+                            TEEN ELSA
+                  Do you have to go?
+
+                            KING
+                  You'll be fine, Elsa.
+
+   -EXT. DOCKS -- DAY. The King and Queen leave on a ship.
+
+   -EXT. ROUGH SEAS -- NIGHT. Lightning flashes. The sea rages in
+   a storm. The King and Queen's ship is lost in the waves.
+
+   -INT. CASTLE -- DAY. A portrait of the King and Queen is
+   covered in mourning cloth.
+
+   -EXT. CEMETERY -- DAY. Anna looks small, standing before her
+   people, beside burial stones.
+
+   -INT. HALLWAY, ELSA'S DOOR. Anna, still in her mourning
+   clothes, approaches and knocks.
+
+                            ANNA
+                      (singing)
+                  Elsa? PLEASE I KNOW YOU'RE IN THERE
+                  PEOPLE ARE ASKING WHERE YOU'VE BEEN
+                  THEY SAY HAVE COURAGE
+                  AND I'M TRYING TO
+                  I'M RIGHT OUT HERE FOR YOU.
+                  PLEASE LET ME IN.
+
+   Anna slides down the door and sits with her head against it.
+
+                            ANNA (CONT'D)
+                  WE ONLY HAVE EACH OTHER.
+                  IT'S JUST YOU AND ME.
+                  WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?
+                      (weak, internal)
+                  DO YOU WANT TO BUILD A SNOWMAN?
+
+   We move through the door...
+
+   -INT. ELSA'S ROOM -- DAY. Elsa is sitting in the exact same
+   pose as Anna. Her bedroom is frozen with ice. Snowflakes hang
+   in the air, suspended by grief.
+
+                                                        FADE OUT.
+                                                               12
+FROZEN - J. Lee
+
+
+
+   EXT. THE KINGDOM OF ARENDELLE -- MORNING
+
+   A new dawn rises over the fjords.
+
+   Ships pull up to the docks. Guests pile out.
+
+                            DOCK MASTER
+                  Welcome to Arendelle!
+
+   A BOY tries to get away as his MOTHER tries to stuff him in
+   his bunad jacket.
+
+                            BOY
+                  Why do I have to wear this?
+
+                            MOTHER
+                  Because the Queen has come of age.
+                  It's Coronation Day!
+
+                            BOY
+                  That's not my fault.
+
+   They pass the May Pole being raised and a Sami ice harvester
+   chatting with his reindeer. We recognize them as Kristoff and
+   Sven, all grown up. Sven hops around excitedly like a dog and
+   nuzzles Kristoff's chest.
+
+                            KRISTOFF
+                  What do you want, Sven?
+
+   Kristoff leans in and speaks for Sven, as if he can.
+
+                            KRISTOFF (AS SVEN) (CONT'D)
+                  Give me a snack.
+
+                            KRISTOFF (CONT'D)
+                  What's the magic word?
+
+                            KRISTOFF (AS SVEN) (CONT'D)
+                  Please!
+
+   Kristoff pulls a carrot out of his shirt pocket and hands it
+   to Sven. Sven tries to bite the whole thing.
+
+                            KRISTOFF (CONT'D)
+                  Hey, hey, hey! Share!
+
+   Sven takes a smaller bite. Kristoff then has a bite himself,
+   not seeming to care that it's covered in reindeer slobber.
+
+   We move on to PERSI and AGGIE, a super-excited couple who
+   rush towards the castle.
+                                                              13
+FROZEN - J. Lee
+
+
+
+                            PERSI
+                  I can't believe they're finally
+                  opening up the gates!
+
+                            AGGIE
+                  And for a whole day! Faster, Persi!
+
+   They pass a tiny but menacing DUKE, who wears taps on his
+   shoes to ""enhance"" his presence. Two THUG guards follow close
+   behind him.
+
+                            DUKE
+                  Ah, Arendelle, our most mysterious
+                  trade partner. Open those gates so
+                  I may unlock your secrets and
+                  exploit your riches.
+                      (catching himself)
+                  ...Did I just say that out loud?
+
+   We leave him and head down the bridge towards the castle
+   gates, passing an Irishman and a Spanish Dignitary.
+
+                            IRISHMAN
+                  Oh, me sore eyes can't wait to see
+                  the Queen and the Princess. I bet
+                  they're absolutely lovely.
+
+                            SPANISH DIGNITARY
+                  I bet they are beautiful.
+
+   We move past them, to a particular castle window.
+
+                                                        CUT TO:
+
+
+   INT. CASTLE, ANNA'S BEDROOM -- DAY
+
+   Anna, 18, snores. Drools. KNOCK. KNOCK.
+
+                            KAI (O.S.)
+                  Princess Anna...?
+
+   Anna sits up. She's got major bedhead. She coughs. Snorts.
+   Pulls a hair from her mouth.
+
+                            ANNA
+                  ...Huh? Yeah?
+
+                            KAI (O.S.)
+                  Sorry to wake you, ma'am but--
+
+                            ANNA
+                  No, you didn't. I've been up for
+                  hours.
+                                                                 14
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+
+
+
+   She falls back asleep while sitting. She snores. Her head
+   drops, startling her awake.
+
+                               ANNA (CONT'D)
+                  Who is it?
+
+                            KAI (O.S.)
+                  It's still me, ma'am. Time to get
+                  ready.
+
+                            ANNA
+                  Ready for what?
+
+                            KAI (O.S.)
+                  Your sister's coronation, ma'am.
+
+                            ANNA
+                  My sister's cor-neration...
+
+   One eye opens enough to catch sight of her coronation dress.
+   She bolts, wide awake in excitement.
+
+                            ANNA (CONT'D)
+                  Coronation Day! Ha ha!
+
+                                                      SLAM CUT TO:
+
+
+   EXT. CASTLE HALL -- DAY
+
+   Anna bursts out of her room, wearing her coronation dress.
+   She finishes pinning ribbons in her hair. Seeing the hustle
+   and bustle of preparations, she can't help but SING.
+
+                       ""For the First Time in Forever""
+
+                            ANNA
+                  THE WINDOW IS OPEN!
+                  SO'S THAT DOOR!
+                  I DIDN'T KNOW THEY DID THAT ANYMORE.
+                  WHO KNEW WE OWNED 8000 SALAD PLATES...?
+
+   -Anna slides along the floor of the ballroom in her socks.
+
+                            ANNA (CONT'D)
+                  FOR YEARS I HAVE ROAMED THESE EMPTY HALLS
+                  WHY HAVE A BALLROOM WITH NO BALLS?
+                  FINALLY, THEY'RE OPENING UP THE GATES!
+
+   -She shakes hands with a suit of armor. Breaks it. Hides the
+   evidence.
+                                                            15
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+
+
+
+                            ANNA (CONT'D)
+                  THERE'LL BE REAL, ACTUAL PEOPLE -
+                  IT'LL BE TOTALLY STRANGE.
+                  BUT WOW AM I SO READY FOR THIS CHANGE!
+
+   -Anna comes to a window and jumps out onto a window washer's
+   pulley. She raises herself up to see the ships arriving.
+
+                            ANNA (CONT'D)
+                  FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOREVER,
+                  THERE'LL BE MUSIC, THERE'LL BE LIGHT.
+                  FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOREVER,
+                  I'LL BE DANCING THROUGH THE NIGHT.
+
+   -Anna walks through the garden and follows a family of geese.
+
+                            ANNA (CONT'D)
+                  DON'T KNOW IF I'M ELATED OR GASSY,
+                  BUT I'M SOMEWHERE IN THAT ZONE
+                  'CAUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOREVER,
+                  I WON'T BE ALONE.
+                      (speaking)
+                  I can't wait to meet everyone....
+                  (GASP) What if I meet THE ONE?
+
+   -Anna twists herself in a velvet drape like it's a gown. She
+   acts like she looks gorgeous, but she looks ridiculous.
+
+                            ANNA (CONT'D)
+                  TONIGHT, IMAGINE ME GOWN AND ALL-
+                  FETCHINGLY DRAPED AGAINST THE WALL.
+                  THE PICTURE OF SOPHISTICATED GRACE.
+
+   -She notices the bust of a man across the room.
+
+                            ANNA (CONT'D)
+                      (google-eyed)
+                  I SUDDENLY SEE HIM STANDING THERE,
+                  A BEAUTIFUL STRANGER TALL AND FAIR.
+                      (mouth full of chocolate)
+                  I WANNA STUFF SOME CHOCOLATE IN MY
+                  FACE!
+
+   -She grabs the bust of the man and swings it around.
+
+                            ANNA (CONT'D)
+                  BUT THEN WE LAUGH AND TALK ALL EVENING,
+                  WHICH IS TOTALLY BIZARRE.
+                  NOTHING LIKE THE LIFE I'VE LED SO FAR.
+
+   The bust goes flying and lands on the top of the cake.
+
+   -Anna bursts into the portrait room, bounces on the
+   furniture, and interacts with the paintings.
+                                                               16
+FROZEN - J. Lee
+
+
+
+                            ANNA (CONT'D)
+                  FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOREVER,
+                  THERE'LL BE MAGIC, THERE'LL BE FUN.
+                  FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOREVER,
+                  I COULD BE NOTICED BY SOMEONE.
+                  AND I KNOW IT IS TOTALLY CRAZY
+                  TO DREAM I'D FIND ROMANCE.
+                  BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOREVER,
+                  AT LEAST I'VE GOT A CHANCE!
+
+   -INT. LIBRARY. ELSA, now a very poised 21, watches out the
+   window as the coronation guests arrive.
+
+                            ELSA
+                  DON'T LET THEM IN.
+                  DON'T LET THEM SEE.
+                  BE THE GOOD GIRL
+                  YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BE.
+
+   Elsa moves to a painting of her father's coronation. She
+   takes off her gloves and mimics the painting by holding a
+   candlestick and ornament in place of an orb and scepter.
+
+                            ELSA (CONT'D)
+                  CONCEAL. DON'T FEEL.
+                  PUT ON A SHOW.
+                  MAKE ONE WRONG MOVE
+                  AND EVERYONE WILL KNOW.
+
+   The candlestick and ornament ice over. Elsa gasps, slams them
+   back down onto the table. She tries to reassure herself.
+
+                            ELSA (CONT'D)
+                  BUT IT'S ONLY FOR TODAY.
+
+   We cut between Anna's excitement and Elsa's nerves.
+
+                            ANNA
+                  IT'S ONLY FOR TODAY!
+
+                            ELSA
+                  IT'S AGONY TO WAIT.
+
+                            ANNA
+                  IT'S AGONY TO WAIT!!!
+
+                            ELSA
+                  TELL THE GUARDS TO OPEN UP THE GATE.
+
+                            ANNA
+                  THE GATE!!!
+
+   -Finally, the gates are open! Anna moves through the crowd,
+   admiring the people around her.
+                                                                  17
+FROZEN - J. Lee
+
+
+
+            ANNA (CONT'D)                              ELSA
+   FOR THE FIRST TIME IN                  DON'T LET THEM IN
+   FOREVER.                               DON'T LET THEM SEE
+
+                ANNA                                   ELSA
+   I'M GETTING WHAT I'M DREAMING          BE THE GOOD GIRL
+   OF                                     YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BE
+
+                ANNA                                   ELSA
+   A CHANCE TO LEAVE MY SISTER'S          CONCEAL.
+   WORLD                                  CONCEAL. DON'T FEEL.
+   A CHANCE TO FIND TRUE LOVE             DON'T LET THEM KNOW.
+
+   -Anna hurries over the bridge and into the village square.
+
+                            ANNA (CONT'D)
+                  I KNOW IT ALL ENDS TOMORROW,
+                  SO IT HAS TO BE TODAY!!
+                  `CAUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
+                  FOREVER. . .
+                  FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOREVER!
+                  NOTHING'S IN MY WAY!!!
+
+   -Anna SLAMS right into the breast of a HORSE!
+
+   She falls back and lands in a small wooden boat. It tips off
+   of the dock. She's heading overboard. But just then, the
+   horse slams his hoof into the boat and steadies it.
+
+                               ANNA (CONT'D)
+                         (frustrated)
+                  Hey!
+
+                            HANS
+                  I'm so sorry. Are you hurt?
+
+   The rider, HANS, sure is handsome and regal.
+
+                            ANNA
+                      (gentler)
+                  Hey. I-ya, no. No. I'm okay.
+
+                            HANS
+                  Are you sure?
+
+                            ANNA
+                  Yeah, I just wasn't looking where I
+                  was going. But I'm okay.
+
+   He hops down from his horse and steps into the boat.
+
+                            ANNA (CONT'D)
+                  I'm great, actually.
+                                                            18
+FROZEN - J. Lee
+
+
+
+                            HANS
+                  Oh, thank goodness.
+
+   He offers her a hand and their eyes meet. Chemistry. He helps
+   her to her feet.
+
+                            HANS (CONT'D)
+                      (bowing)
+                  Prince Hans of the Southern Isles.
+
+                            ANNA
+                      (curtseying)
+                  Princess Anna of Arendelle.
+
+                            HANS
+                  Princess...? My Lady.
+
+   He drops to his knees, head bowed. The horse bows too,
+   curling his hoof up and out of the boat.
+
+   The boat tips. Hans tumbles on top of Anna. Awkward.
+
+                            ANNA
+                  Hi...again.
+
+   The horse slams his foot back into the boat to stabilize it.
+   Anna and Hans tumble the other way. Anna lands on top of him.
+
+                            HANS
+                  Oh boy.
+
+                            ANNA
+                  Ha. This is awkward. Not you're
+                  awkward, but just because we're--
+                  I'm awkward. You're gorgeous.
+                      (did she just say that?)
+                  Wait, what?
+
+   Hans quickly gets to his feet and helps Anna up again.
+
+                            HANS
+                  I'd like to formally apologize for
+                  hitting the Princess of Arendelle
+                  with my horse...and for every
+                  moment after.
+
+                            ANNA
+                  No. No-no. It's fine. I'm not THAT
+                  Princess. I mean, if you'd hit my
+                  sister Elsa, that would be-- yeash!
+                  `Cuz, you know...
+                      (patting the horse)
+                  Hello.
+                            (MORE)
+                                                               19
+FROZEN - J. Lee
+
+                            ANNA (CONT'D)
+                      (to Hans)
+                  But, lucky you, it's-it's just me.
+
+                              HANS
+                  Just you?
+
+   Hans smiles, amused. She smiles back. The bells RING. She
+   doesn't notice at first; she's too busy drinking in Hans's
+   handsomeness.
+
+                            ANNA
+     "
+16,Happy Feet,"George Miller,John Collee","Animation,Comedy,Family",November_2006,"SPACE
+
+    Distant STARS, with vast tracts of darkness stretching
+    between them. Move in on OUR SUN, dwarfed in the immense
+    cosmic ocean.
+
+                    MUMBLE (VO)
+          You ever feel small?
+
+    Moving in on....
+
+    PLANET EARTH
+
+    The spinning blue marble.
+
+    FADE IN: A strange cacophony of MUSIC, growing louder as the
+    familiar CONTINENTS revolve below us and we spiral down onto
+    ANTARCTICA
+
+
+    THE ICE SHELF
+
+    Vast, pristine, stupendous. Washed with dawn light. A few
+    small BLACK-SUITED FIGURES are moving towards us.
+
+                    MUMBLE (VO)
+          Like you're no-one, cos the world is full
+          of us, and everyone's the same
+
+    Wait a minute. These aren't humans... they are PENGUINS!
+
+                    MUMBLE (CONT'D)
+          How do you stand out from the crowd?
+          How do you find someone special?
+
+    A GREAT COMMUNITY
+
+    EMPEROR PENGUINS all over the place, Its chaos - Grand
+    central station - with everyone SINGING to each other.
+
+                    MUMBLE (VO)
+          I know. I know. ""You sing your heart
+          out."" That's how mum found dad in the
+          first place
+
+    Follow a female penguin as she waddles through the massive
+    crowd past an assortment of crooning males
+
+
+                                                    (CONTINUED)
+                                                             2.
+CONTINUED:
+
+                         KEEN MALE
+                 (trying to connect)
+             ""Babe...I got you Babe...""
+
+She ignores him
+
+                       NEXT MALE
+                 (giving it his all)
+             ""When a man loves a woman...""
+
+She keeps moving, until she sees the male of her dreams:
+
+                       WISHFUL
+             ""Love me tender love me true, all my
+             dreams fulfil.
+
+He stands a bit apart from the rest. And what a voice. What a
+hip movement. She sings along.
+
+                       NORMA J. AND WISHFUL
+             ...for my darling I love you and I always
+             will.
+
+                       MUMBLE (VO)
+             With them it was love at first song.
+
+Close up on the two penguins as their necks intertwine.
+
+                       MUMBLE (VO) (CONT'D)
+             But with me everything was a different,
+             right from the moment I was born
+
+
+THE ICE SHELF
+
+With infinite care, THE EGG is passed from Norma J's feet
+onto WISHFUL's.
+
+                       MUMBLE
+             First rule of survival: get yourself laid
+             before winter.
+
+WISHFUL covers the egg, glancing up at the darkening sky
+
+                       MUMBLE (CONT'D)
+             Apparently I only just made it.
+
+Women are leaving and heading off over the ice. The community
+resounds with sad songs of parting.
+
+
+                                                       (CONTINUED)
+                                                           3.
+CONTINUED:
+
+                       MUMBLE (CONT'D)
+             Afterwards Mum went off to the sea to
+             keep warm. Dad stayed home like dad's do,
+             incubating.
+
+Norma J is having difficulty tearing herself away. Finally
+she pads off after the others.
+
+                       WISHFUL
+             Safe home baby....
+
+As he watches her dwindle into the distance, where huge STORM
+CLOUDS are building.
+
+                       WISHFUL (CONT'D)
+             I'll miss you.
+
+THE DARKNESS
+
+Wind comes shreiking across the ice shelf to where THOUSANDS
+OF MALES are huddled, ice crusting on their feathers.
+
+                       MUMBLE (VO)
+             Tell me what it is about the cold and the
+             dark. Soon as the sun goes away, everyone
+             gets religious
+
+The huddled penguins are engaged in ritual chanting
+
+                       LEAD VOICE
+             When all others leave...
+
+                          CHORUS
+             We Remain.
+
+                       LEAD VOICE
+             When the Sun vanishes...
+
+                          CHORUS
+             We Remain.
+
+INSIDE THE HUDDLE
+
+The adult males are packed shoulder to shoulder, looking
+downwards at the eggs balanced on their feet.
+
+CU on the Lead male, a CARUSO
+
+
+
+
+                                                     (CONTINUED)
+                                                              4.
+CONTINUED:
+
+                       CARUSO
+             Deny the pangs of hunger.
+             Seal the gaps. Share the warmth....
+
+                       MUMBLE (VO)
+             Caruso's the leader because he's so
+             incredibly old. Some say more than 40,
+             but you know how penguins exaggerate.
+
+OUTSIDE
+
+WINDWARD PENGUINS peel off and walk around to the leeward
+side. WISHFUL is among them
+
+                       CARUSO
+             ....Each one taking his turn to defy the
+             wind.
+
+WIDE SHOT
+
+The MASSED VOICES rise above the gale, the frosty plumes of
+their breath forming a shared `thought bubble'...a benevolent
+?BERPENGUIN.
+
+                       CARUSO.
+             ...As we invoke the Great One, Penguin of
+             Penguins
+
+                       WISHFUL
+                 (pushing back inside)
+             OK. Invoke. But keep moving
+
+                       MUMBLE (VO)
+             My dad was never that devout. Often his
+             mind was on other stuff.
+
+As the chanting builds, a little thought-bubble appears next
+to the communal imagination: An image of Norma J
+
+                       NORMA J.
+                 (Sings)
+             ""I wanna be loved by you, alone and
+             nobody else by you boo boo pee doo""
+
+WISHFUL raises his head, breaking the seal. A little puff of
+steam escapes
+
+                       WISHFUL
+             Amen to that honey
+
+
+                                                        (CONTINUED)
+                                                            5.
+CONTINUED:
+
+                       VARIOUS PENGUINS
+             Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa, pal!
+             Ya lettin' out the heat!
+
+Penguins around him start jostling to close the gap
+
+                       PENGUINS
+             ...Quit shovin'!
+             ...Hey watch where you're putting your
+             feet
+
+                       CARUSO
+             Brothers, BROTHERS! The Devotions!
+
+An egg rolls out of the HUDDLE and onto the ICE.
+
+                       WISHFUL
+             Oh no! I dropped it! Where's my egg!
+
+WISHFUL barges out of the huddle, retrieves the egg and
+waddles back into the warmth again.
+
+                       WISHFUL (CONT'D)
+             S'okay. S'okay. No harm done.
+
+                       MUMBLE (VO)
+             I guess he was wrong about a lot of
+             things.
+
+Pulling back, till the powerful rhythmic chanting is drowned
+out by the HOWLING GALE.
+
+                       WISHFUL
+             But I did learnt this from him:    the
+             power of positive thinking
+
+We are moving in again, towards the huddle, the voices of the
+Great Male Gathering begin to cut through the wind blasts.
+
+Louder and louder, until...
+
+                       ELDER
+             By the power of our Devotions...
+
+                       ALL PENGUINS
+             We turn the world once more.
+
+                       ELDER
+             By our devotion to the Wisdoms
+
+
+                                                      (CONTINUED)
+                                                          6.
+CONTINUED: (2)
+
+                    ALL PENGUINS
+          We bring back the sun.
+
+The CHANTING crescendos, awe-inspiring, as it rises above the
+sound of the gale, and, as if in response
+
+THE EARTH TURNS!
+
+The CURTAIN OF DARKNESS which overshadows Antarctica begins
+to LIFT from the curvature of the southern hemisphere. The
+vast ice-continent is BRILLIANTLY ILLUMINATED once more.
+
+ON THE ICE SHELF
+
+The ICE itself is moaning and groaning, like a living thing.
+
+A SINGLE CRACK appears and widens, then forks and forks
+again.
+
+The whole expanse of fast-ice is DISINTEGRATING, starting at
+the sea-ice and progressing towards the ice-cliffs.
+
+Somewhere an ICEBERG breaks free from the face of a glacier
+and smashes down into the frozen sea below. At the same
+time...
+
+THE EMPEROR COMMUNITY
+
+An EGG cracks open, then another, then all in a rush, like
+POPCORN.
+
+Fathers are calling out to each other as their fluffy CHICKS
+emerge to greet the daylight.
+
+                          EXCITED FATHERS
+          ...It's   a   boy!
+          ...It's   a   girl!
+          ...What   a   peach!
+          ...What   a   bruiser!
+
+Amongst the excited crowd of males and hatchlings we find
+WISHFUL staring down at his egg still balanced on his feet.
+
+                    FRIENDLY PENGUIN
+          Late opener, huh? You thinks its alive?
+
+                    WISHFUL
+          I'll say. Listen...
+
+
+
+                                                    (CONTINUED)
+                                                              7.
+CONTINUED:
+
+He taps the egg with his beak. Bending close they hear a
+TAPPING SOUND in REPLY.
+
+                       FRIENDLY PENGUIN
+             Well, how about that?
+
+WISHFUL taps again. The tapping comes back louder. A TINY
+FOOT pops out of the egg. Then ANOTHER. The Egg flips and
+lurches off in a giddy DANCE.
+
+                       WISHFUL
+             Whoa li'l buddy, slow down!
+
+THE FRIENDLY PENGUIN'S chick giggles at the DANCING EGG,
+which finally trips and cracks, depositing baby MUMBLE.
+
+                       MUMBLE
+                 (hopping from one foot to the
+                  other)
+             Ow! Freezy, Fuh-Fuh-Freeezy! All Freezy!
+
+                       OTHER PENGUINS
+             ...Jees!
+             ...You ever see a chick move like that
+             before?
+             ...is he damaged?
+             ...is he deranged?
+
+They gather round staring down at this strange little jigging
+ball of fluff
+
+                       WISHFUL
+             What? Come on. He'll grow out of it.
+
+Shovelling MUMBLE off the ice and into his BROOD POUCH.
+
+                       WISHFUL (CONT'D)
+             Come here, li'l Mumble. Let's get you
+             warm and toasty.
+
+Mumble SNUGGLES contentedly between his father's legs,
+surveying his new world. The friend's chick, ELLA is staring
+at him fascinated
+
+                       ELLA
+             Get him to do it again Daddy
+
+                          FRIENDLY PENGUIN
+             Shh. Quiet
+
+
+                                                        (CONTINUED)
+                                                            8.
+CONTINUED: (2)
+
+She disappears under his brood pouch
+
+                    MUMBLE
+              (looks up)
+          So What happens now, Dad?
+
+                    WISHFUL
+          We Wait
+
+
+THE ICE
+
+A LONG LINE of male penguins, thousands of them, all with
+their chicks, stand staring expectantly across the ice shelf.
+
+At the front, we find WISHFUL and MUMBLE, who is jiggling
+with anticipation, hopping from one foot to the other.
+
+                    MUMBLE
+          Is she coming soon?
+
+                    WISHFUL
+          Any day now.
+
+                    MUMBLE
+          Tell me again what she's like
+
+                    WISHFUL
+              (sings)
+          a wiggle when she walks, a giggle when
+          she talks, makes my world go round....
+
+MUMBLE does a little SOFT SHOE SHUFFLE.
+
+                    WISHFUL (CONT'D)
+              (sharply)
+          Hey. Thought I told you not to do that
+
+                    MUMBLE
+          Sorry. When I get happy my feet get happy
+          too.
+
+                    WISHFUL
+          Well tell em don't.
+
+                    MUMBLE
+          But Why Dad?
+
+
+
+
+                                                   (CONTINUED)
+                                                            9.
+CONTINUED:
+
+Caruso waddles past: A stern glance down at little Mumble as
+he carries on along the line
+
+                       WISHFUL
+             `Cos it ain't penguin.
+
+LATER
+
+MIST rises off the ice shelf. The males are still waiting
+with their chicks. Over this: The sound of Chicks crying.
+
+MUMBLE between his father's feet, follows his father's
+concentrated gaze.
+
+                       MUMBLE
+             Gee I'm hungry
+
+                       WISHFUL
+             Everyone's hungry son. The mommas are
+             bringing fish soon.
+
+Long pause
+
+                       MUMBLE
+             What's fish look like.
+
+                       WISHFUL
+             You'll see it when she brings one
+
+STILL LATER
+
+The baby penguins are HOWLING now.
+
+Anxious fathers lean forward, peering into the distance.
+
+Out of the thickening mist, a cluster of little BLACK DOTS
+materialises.
+
+                         PENGUIN LOOKOUTS
+             ...Wives-ho! Wives-ho!
+             ...Hubba-hubba! Wives-ho!
+             ...Better late than never.
+
+The distant females look exhausted as they totter unsteadily
+across the ice towards their partners. The MALES break ranks
+and rush towards the distressed females.
+
+                         MALE PENGUINS
+             ...Barbra-Ann!
+             ...Peggy Sue!
+                         (MORE)
+                                                     (CONTINUED)
+                                                             10.
+CONTINUED:
+                          MALE PENGUINS (CONT'D)
+             ...Hey Paula!
+             ...Roxanne!!
+
+A tumult of re-unions as partners find each other. But no
+luck for WISHFUL.
+
+                           WISHFUL
+             NORMA J.?!
+
+Weaving anxiously through the throng, overhearing:
+
+                       MALE#1
+             You're not as fat as I thought you'd be.
+
+                       FEMALE#1
+             It was pretty slim pickings. Something's
+             happened I tell you
+
+                       FEMALE#2
+             Even the squid were hard to get
+             We had to swim forever
+
+                       FEMALE#3
+             Everyone split up. A lot of the gals
+             never made it back.
+
+                           MALE #2
+             ...Delilah?
+
+                         MALE #3
+             ...Gloria?! Gloria??!
+
+WISHFUL, is running frantically through the crowd, singing
+all the time in the hope of being recogniosed
+
+                       WISHFUL
+             Since my baby left me. I found a new
+             place to dwell.
+             Down the bottom of lonely street at
+             heartbreak hotel
+
+MUMBLE hippity-hops after his father, trying to keep up...
+
+                       WISHFUL (CONT'D)
+             Woah I'm so lonely baby. I'm so lonely
+             baby. I'm so lonely I could...
+
+Moving beyond the crowd, WISHFUL sees a last few stragglers.
+Amongst them...
+
+
+                                                        (CONTINUED)
+                                                        11.
+CONTINUED: (2)
+
+                      NORMA J.
+          WISHFUL?
+
+                    WISHFUL
+              (overcome)
+          O Honey. O Baby. You made it!
+
+She staggers into his waiting flippers.
+
+                      WISHFUL (CONT'D)
+          You hurt?
+
+                    NORMA J.
+              (breathless)
+          Just tired and hungry is all.
+          It was dreadful out there....
+
+Over WISHFUL' shoulder, she sees the infant Mumble HIPPITY-
+HOPPING towards them.
+
+                    NORMA J
+          But who's this.
+
+                    WISHFUL
+          I called him Mumble.
+
+Mumbles feet start to tap involuntarily, Then he catches his
+dad's warning look.
+
+                    MUMBLE
+          Did she get one. Did she bring one back.
+
+                    NORMA J
+          Just a little krill that's all
+
+                    MUMBLE
+          Can I see it?
+
+                    WISHFUL
+          Later, bud. Give your ma time to
+          regurgitate
+
+                    NORMA J
+          Aw. But isn't he just a darling?
+
+                    MUMBLE
+              (yells ecstatically)
+          I got one! I got a mum everyone. I got a
+          MUM!!
+                                                             12.
+
+
+THE GREAT COMMUTE
+
+The ICE-SHELF is as busy as a freeway at peak hour with males
+and females are hurrying BACK AND FORTH from the sea.
+
+                       MUMBLE (VO)
+             After that, with food being so scarce
+             everyone was busy busy busy. Mom and dad
+             were working so hard I didn't see much of
+             them. Besides I had school to go to.
+
+THE CRECHE
+
+An efficient, caring TEACHER is giving a lesson to a class of
+about thirty young chicks grouped in front of her.
+
+                       TEACHER
+             Settle class. Settle. We will begin with
+             the most important lesson you will ever
+             learn. Now does anyone know what that is?
+
+MANY flippers go up.
+
+                        TEACHER (CONT'D)
+             Michael?
+
+                       MICK
+             Don't eat yellow snow?
+
+                       TEACHER
+             True but, that's not it. Mumble?
+
+                       MUMBLE
+             Swimming? Catching Food?
+
+                       TEACHER
+             Anyone else?
+
+Mumble looks astonished. What's more important than that
+
+                       ELLA
+             It's our Heartsong, Miss.
+
+                       TEACHER
+             Your Heartsong. Yes. The melody you hear
+             inside, the thing that makes you
+             different from every other penguin. So.
+             Let's all be very still now and listen.
+             And when you hear your song, let it come
+             out. Who's first.
+
+                                                        (CONTINUED)
+                                                               13.
+CONTINUED:
+
+A few flippers go up
+
+                         MICK
+             Me! Me! I've got one!
+                 (sings)
+             ""I can't get no...satisfaction.... I can't
+             get no...girly action...""
+
+                       TEACHER
+             Well Michael, if you think that's really
+             you. What have you got for us, Ella?
+
+                       ELLA
+                 (sings)
+             Voulez-vous coucher avec moi...ce soir?
+
+                       MUMBLE
+                 (laughs)
+             That doesn't make any sense.
+
+                       TEACHER
+             Well Mumble...perhaps you can do better
+
+                       MUMBLE
+             Mine is more sort of a...
+
+He hesitates, as if listening to something in his head.Then,
+he sings UTTERLY TUNELESS, like a drum solo.
+
+                       MUMBLE (CONT'D)
+             Bim bam-a-loolah a bim bam bom
+
+                       TEACHER
+             You heard that in there?
+
+Mumble is still going. TITTERS and SNIGGERS from the class.
+
+                       MUMBLE
+             You like it?
+
+                       TEACHER
+             Dear, that's not even a tune.
+
+                         MUMBLE
+             It's not?
+
+                       TEACHER
+             No, a tune is like...
+                 (she sings a scale)
+             La la la la la la la la.
+
+                                                          (CONTINUED)
+                                                            14.
+CONTINUED: (2)
+
+                    MUMBLE
+          Oh, La la la la la
+
+A croaky monotone.   The class LAUGHS OPENLY.
+
+                     TEACHER
+              (getting worried)
+          Listen carefully, Mumble. La la la la la
+          la la la!!
+
+                    MUMBLE
+          La la la la la la la la!!
+
+                    TEACHER
+              (emphatically)
+          La La La La La La La La!
+
+                    MUMBLE
+          But that's what I'm doing,
+
+The class fall about in HYSTERICS.
+
+                    MUMBLE (VO) (CONT'D)
+          Whats funny?
+              (genuinely perplexed)
+          What's funny?
+
+LATER
+
+MUMBLE's PARENTS are talking to the TEACHER.
+
+                    TEACHER
+              (sotto)
+          It's bizarre. I don't understand it. Did
+          anything happen - you know...- during early
+          development?
+
+                    NORMA J.
+          No. All fine. Normal incubation, wasn't
+          it honey?
+
+Wishful shuffles guiltily.
+
+                       WISHFUL
+          Well Yeah, it was a kinda...a tough winter
+          I guess, and he did hatch a little late,
+          but...
+                 (at a loss.)
+          Is there really nothing we can do?
+
+
+                                                       (CONTINUED)
+                                                              15.
+CONTINUED:
+
+                       TEACHER
+             Of course there is. Thats why we have
+             Mrs Astrakhan.
+
+MRS ASTRAKHAN'S
+
+Some distance from the creche, MUMBLE stands with MRS
+ASTRAKHAN, a Russian-accented remedial teacher.
+
+                       MRS ASTRKHAN
+             CAN'T SINK? Rubbeesh. Every little
+             pengvin has a sonk. Vhen I have
+             feenished, your singink vill be givink
+             everyone the goosepeempel.
+
+CU on MUMBLE looking up.
+
+                       MRS ASTRAKHAN
+             So. Closink the eyes. Liftink chin. Deep
+             breathe here in the downbelow. Now...most
+             important part, find a feelink. Happy
+             feelink, sad feelink, maybe lonely
+             feelink.
+
+MUMBLE closes his eyes.
+
+                            MRS ASTRAKHAN (CONT'D)
+             So?...So?...
+
+                       MUMBLE
+             I'm thinking.
+
+                       MRS ASTRAKHAN
+             Don't think EET!! Feel eet!
+             Through the whole body, from the beak
+             right down to tippy-toes.
+
+Her voice is seductive, hypnotic.
+
+                       MRS ASTRAKHAN (CONT'D)
+             And then slowly, very slowly...
+
+She hears a strange TAPPING sound and looks down.
+
+                       MRS ASTRAKHAN (CONT'D)
+             Vhat? Vhat is this?
+
+                            MUMBLE
+             What?
+
+
+                                                         (CONTINUED)
+                                                              16.
+CONTINUED:
+
+                         MRS ASTRAKHAN
+             The feet. The jiggy-jog. Don't do eet. Do
+             not move muscle.
+             Rigid like plank, like board. NO
+             MOVINK!!!
+             Now...calm. Remember the feelink.
+
+                         MUMBLE
+             Feelink...ok.
+
+                       MRS ASTRAKHAN
+             And be spontanuous.
+
+Once again his feet start twitching uncontrollably.
+
+                       MRS ASTRAKHAN (CONT'D)
+             No! Stop! No jiggy-jog!
+
+                       MUMBLE
+             I'm being spontanuous.
+
+                       MRS ASTRAKHAN
+             Not with the feet, with the sonk!
+             You vant to meet beautiful girl?
+             You vant to make the Egg?
+
+                        MUMBLE
+             Oh yes.
+
+                       MRS ASTRAKHAN
+             Well singk! ""Ba Ba Bleckship,
+             tvinklestar...La la la la la la, la"".
+
+                       MUMBLE
+                 (totally unmusical)
+             ""Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How I...""
+
+                       MRS ASTRAKHAN
+             Hokay. Enough. Stop. Hokay! Ve go back to
+             the top. Forget the body, look inside the
+             soul. No notes, no sonk, only feelink.
+             Happy feelink. Sad feelink. Enormous
+             feelink, so enormous it fills the whole
+             body. It must escape or you explode! Now,
+             open your leetle beak...
+
+Mumble opens his beak, inspired.
+
+                       MRS ASTRAKHAN (CONT'D)
+             Yes, yes, lift up the head! That's it!
+
+                                                         (CONTINUED)
+                                                          17.
+CONTINUED: (2)
+
+Mumble inhales, his eyes are shining, his body is shaking.
+
+                    MRS ASTRAKHAN (CONT'D)
+          You take a big breath, good and...now! Now!
+
+He's off again, DANCING LIKE A FOOL...wild, exuberant, totally
+uninhibited and unselfconscious.
+
+After some time, he remembers himself, stops and turns to the
+Mrs Astrakhan who is BANGING HER HEAD against a lump of ice.
+
+                    MRS ASTRAKHAN (CONT'D)
+          Disaster! Catastroff! I never fail!
+          Never!
+
+THE ICE SHELF
+
+Follow Mumble as he wanders alone, back towards his class.
+
+He stops some distance away, listening to the other kids who
+are now performing with increasing virtuosity.
+
+Ella is among them, her clear high voice borne to him on the
+wind.
+
+Mumble sighs and his little shoulders sink, no way he'll ever
+be able to sing like that.
+
+                    MUMBLE
+          Its tough when you realise you'll never
+          fit in. Plus I was beginning to moult
+
+A piece of downy fluff is peeling off one wing
+
+                    MUMBLE (CONT'D)
+          I couldn't face the class in this mood So
+          I just kept going.
+
+Music over: Walk on By as he wanders through the vast colony
+head down against the wind, little feet padding over the ice,
+
+Gradually the colony begins to thin.
+
+                    MUMBLE (CONT'D)
+          Looking for what? I don't know? A
+          different type of penguin?
+
+The noise of the colony has faded behind him. He stops and
+looks up.
+
+
+                                                    (CONTINUED)
+                                                             18.
+CONTINUED:
+
+                       MUMBLE (CONT'D)
+             And that's exactly what I found.
+
+
+
+
+THE EDGE
+
+
+Before him, a wasteland of discoloured ice covered with
+broken eggs and bits of feather. There are very few penguins
+here and the ones he can see are all, frankly, weird.
+
+A Penguin walks in an endless figure of eight muttering to
+himself. Another has his flippers wrapped tightly around
+himself like a straightjacket. A troubled Penguin sings
+angrily...""There's no business like show business.
+
+CU on Mumble. As he looks back to the sanctuary of the colony
+and then back out over the wasteland
+
+                       MUMBLE
+             Not the nicest place in the world but at
+             least you could do what you liked here.
+
+Fade in Music: (I'm Free by the Who) and Mumble is off,
+skittering over the rubbish strewn ice, little feet dancing
+to his hearts content until....
+
+a shadow passes over him and
+
+Whump! a huge SKUA BIRD, twice Mumbles size, with a cruel
+flesh-eating beak, lands on the ice right on front of him.
+
+                       SKUA
+             Hey, whacha doin' dere flipperbird?
+
+                       MUMBLE
+             Me? Oh, nothing. What are you doing?
+
+THREE MORE SKUAS descend. MUMBLE is surrounded.
+
+                       SKUA#1
+             Oh we just dropped in for a spota lunch.
+             Hey hey hey...
+
+                         MUMBLE
+                 (hopefully)
+             Lunch?...There's food? Here?
+
+
+                                                        (CONTINUED)
+                                                             19.
+CONTINUED:
+
+                       SKUA#1
+                 (to others)
+             Leg or wing?
+
+Their dark eyes fix on Mumble. He is starting to feel uneasy
+and backs away.
+
+                       MUMBLE
+             But ...but. I'm a penguin.
+
+                        SKUA#1
+             Exackly! De flipperbirds - dat's you -
+             eat de fish. De flyinbirds - dat's me -
+             eat de flipperbird an' de fish.
+             Right now D'ain't no fish -- so...you do the
+             math.
+
+The FIRST SKUA moves in on MUMBLE.
+
+                       FIRST SKUA
+             And dis time I'm getting the juicy bits.
+
+                       MUMBLE
+             I don't have juicy bits! Look...
+             all bone and feather! Feel for yourself.
+
+They fall over each other, fighting to take up Mumble's
+invitation.
+
+                       SKUAS
+             ...Hey, break me off a piec'a dat!
+             ...'Smyturn ta pullimapart ya skanky shit-
+             squirter.
+             ...You! Lastime ya pullimapart ya took
+             all the choice stuff!
+
+                       MUMBLE
+             Wait! WAIT!
+
+The Skuas stop momentarily.
+
+                       MUMBLE (CONT'D)
+             Every seen anything like this?
+
+He does a wild little TAPDANCE hoping to distract them.
+
+                       FIRST SKUA
+                 (unimpressed)
+             Nope.
+
+
+                                                        (CONTINUED)
+                                                           20.
+CONTINUED: (2)
+
+He knocks Mumble down and places his HUGE CLAW on his chest.
+
+                    FIRST SKUA (CONT'D)
+          Ok boys, for once we gonna do dis
+          civilised. Now...
+
+The FIRST SKUA opens his beak to strike. Mumble has noticed a
+YELLOW PLASTIC BAND around the Skua's leg.
+
+                    MUMBLE
+          Hey! What's that on your leg?
+
+The FIRST SKUA halts his attack.
+
+                    FIRST SKUA
+          Interesting you should ask?
+
+                    OTHER SKUAS
+          No! No! Don't startim on that!
+
+He turns and whacks the other SKUAS over the head with his
+wing.
+
+                    FIRST SKUA
+          Shaddap! The flipperbird aksed me a
+          question.
+              (fixing Mumble with a crazy
+               bloodshot eye.)
+          I got two words for ya: ""Alien
+          Abduction"".
+
+                      OTHER SKUAS
+                (groaning)
+          ... Now of all times
+          ... Always before we eat
+
+                      FIRST SKUA
+          Quiet ya ignorant morons!
+                (to Mumble)
+          ...a lotta folks don't believe this but
+          ...dere's somet'in out dere. Creatures. Not
+          like us. Bigger...Fiercer...smarter, too.
+
+MUMBLE takes a few steps back, looking for an escape.The
+FIRST SKUA towering over him...
+
+                    FIRST SKUA (CONT'D)
+          Aks me how I know.
+
+
+
+                                                    (CONTINUED)
+                                                           21.
+CONTINUED: (3)
+
+                    MUMBLE
+          How...?
+
+                    FIRST SKUA
+          `Cos I bin capturebyem that's how! I seen
+          `em!
+
+Mumble keeps backing off, feigning interest...
+
+                    MUMBLE
+          Unbelievable.
+
+                      FIRST SKUA
+          Whaddayamean unbelievable?! It's true!
+          I'm sittin' on a rock, mindin' my own
+          business when suddenly...
+          dere onta me. Dese bein's...like big ugly
+          penguins, fat flabby faces
+          with frontways eyes, no feathers, no
+          beaks...an' dese, dese appendages!
+          Dey probe me, dey tiemeup and
+          strapmedown...dey take dis pointy t'ing
+          and stick it inta me! Den...blackout!
+
+                    MUMBLE
+          You don't say
+
+                     FIRST SKUA
+          Gets worse! I woke up and there's dis
+          thing on me!
+              (the leg band)
+          Go home and every flyinbird starts
+          dissin' me: `Hey Yellaleg'`What's
+          happenin' Whats that on your leg,
+          Yellaleg?'
+          It was humiliatin'!!
+
+                    MUMBLE
+          At least those aliens didn't eat you.
+
+                    FIRST SKUA
+          True. I guess my cries for mercy appealed
+          to their better nature.
+
+                    MUMBLE
+          So - You think I could appeal to your
+          better nature?
+
+                    FIRST SKUA
+          Nice try kid. But No...
+
+                                                      (CONTINUED)
+                                                             22.
+CONTINUED: (4)
+
+He opens his beak wide as MUMBLE stumbles backwards and falls
+into a narrow CREVICE in the ice.
+
+                       FIRST SKUA (CONT'D)
+             Hey! Whatcha think ya doin' down dere
+             flipperbird? Get back up here dis minute!
+
+The other Skuas move in to help. MUMBLE cowers in the CRACK
+as they spear at him with their beaks.
+
+                         SKUAS
+             ...Come on, out witcha!
+             ...Ya sneaky-ass flipperbird!
+
+They can't get hold of him. Frustrated, they turn on the
+FIRST SKUA, squabbling and whacking each other with their
+wings.
+
+                         SKUAS (CONT'D)
+             ...Great, Yellaleg.
+             ...What did we tell ya
+             ...ya leddim geddaway, dincha with ya
+             screwy alientalk.
+
+                       FIRST SKUA
+             Hey, Don't peck me or I'll peck you and
+             when I peck you know you've been
+             pecked...(fade)
+
+MUMBLE watches from the safety of the crack as they fight and
+argue viciously among themselves
+
+                       MUMBLE (VO)
+             Compared "
+17,Heavy Metal ,"Dan Goldberg,Len Blum","Action,Adventure,Animation,Fantasy,Horror,Sci-Fi",July_1980,"FADE UP ON
+
+A WHEATFIELD
+
+A beautiful field of wheat glistens in the morning sun.
+As the camera skims overtop, titles start to roll.  Ahead
+of us an odd-looking service van comes into view, sputtering
+along a dirt road.  Getting closer, we can see the driver, a
+thin, bookish man with a neat mustache.  This is AUSTIN GRIMALDI.
+
+The truck pulls up to a strange Victorian house in the middle
+of the wheatfield.  The house has several futuristic radar
+devices on the roof that rotate constantly.
+
+AUSTIN gets out, opens the van's rear doors, and pulls out
+two large metal boxes.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE ATTIC WINDOW
+
+The curtains part ever so slightly, and a pair of eyes peer
+down.
+
+
+                                             CUT BACK TO
+
+
+THE VAN
+
+AUSTIN shuts the van's rear doors, and carries the two metal
+boxes into the house.  The titles stop rolling as we;
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+INSIDE THE HOUSE
+
+AUSTIN is reading a schematic diagram as he sits in front of
+the exposed chassis of a complicated futuristic electronic
+contraption, twice his size.  There are strange tools all
+over the floor.
+
+Putting down the diagram, he opens one of the metal cases and
+takes out a sophisticated-looking glass sphere with electronic
+receptacles mounted in the sides.
+
+He places this sphere in a space in the middle of the contraption,
+clamps it down, and plugs some wires into the globe's receptacles.
+Then he opens the second box.  Inside is a glowing green ball.
+Using a pair of special tongs, AUSTIN carefully lifts the ball
+out, and inserts it into an opening at the base of the machine,
+in the back.
+
+As soon as the ball is inside, the machine hums to life.  The
+glass sphere sparkles, and a holographic picture of a green
+planet in space appears inside it.
+
+
+                      AUSTIN
+                    (looking at the holograph)
+
+                 Hmmmm ....
+
+
+He takes a strange tool, and moves out of frame to make an
+adjustment underneath the machine.  Suddenly a wire comes
+loose from the sphere and begins to spark.
+
+
+                      AUSTIN
+                    (seeing sparks)
+
+                 Uh - oh ....
+
+
+As the camera pulls closer to the holograph screen, the
+green planet begins to silently shake.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+SPACE
+
+With an explosion that rocks the universe, a huge chunk rips
+out of the green planet and shoots off into space, leaving
+thousands of glowing particles in its wake.
+
+
+                                             CUT BACK TO
+
+
+AUSTIN
+
+Not noticing the silent image on the holograph, he quickly
+repairs the sparkling connection and returns to his other
+adjustments.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+A FOREST
+
+From the forest floor we see the green planetoid fly overhead,
+dropping balls.  We watch as it moves away and disappears beyond
+a far-off mountain range.  The forest rumbles as the planetoid
+crashes in the distance.
+
+The camera then pans over to a forest patch, where a beautiful
+girl approaches, picking mushrooms.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+A GREEN BALL NEAR HER FEET
+
+An ominous note is struck as the girl notices the glowing
+ball, and is drawn to it.  Picking the sphere up, she looks
+at it.  Something inside her warns her of its danger, but,
+unable to resist, she puts it in her basket and continues on.
+
+
+                                             DISSOLVE TO
+
+
+THE GATES OF KRAAN
+
+Night falls over this futuristic chromoid city as the beautiful
+girl passes through the glass gates and heads home.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE GIRL'S BEDROOM
+
+The girl yawns and gets into bed as the camera pans over to
+her basket in the corner.  Through its side, the green ball
+begins to glow brightly.
+
+Getting closer, we see a slimy silk-like webbing ooze out of
+the ball and move towards the sleeping girl, pulling the green
+ball behind it.
+
+The ball starts to glow and pulse as the webbing begins to
+surround the girl, like a cocoon.  Slowly the camera pans
+up the wall, and moves out through the window, and beyond
+the city gates, rising higher and higher.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE OUTLANDS
+
+Flying quickly overtop futuristic villages, the camera
+heads further and further out into the less civilized sectors,
+where the rusting pipelines and crumbling utility stations of
+a past civilization have been overgrown by scrub-bush and weeds.
+
+The camera zooms across this strange landscape toward the distant
+mountains where the huge planetoid fell.  Finally, from high
+above the foothills, we begin to come down.
+
+In the hills below us, hundreds of blue humanoid barbarians are
+moving along, mesmerized, toward a pulsing green glow high in
+the mountaintops.  Suddenly the mountains begin to rumble.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE LINE OF BARBARIANS
+
+At the front of the line, the largest barbarian - obviously
+their leader - stops and points.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE MOUNTAINS
+
+A strange, green, foamy liquid comes pouring down the mountains
+toward the barbarians.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE LINE OF BARBARIANS
+
+The barbarians stand frozen as the foam washes over them and keeps
+on going.  One by one, their eyes turn green and they start to
+change, becoming hairier, uglier, and stronger.
+
+As their transformations are complete, the barbarians gather
+behind their leader into an ever-growing mob of murderous
+looking sub-humans.
+
+
+                                             DISSOLVE TO
+
+
+THE GATES OF KRAAN
+
+A frightened Kraanian councillor spurs his horse forward through
+the beautiful glass gates, as in the distance we hear the sound
+of ten thousand approaching footsteps.
+
+The camera pans to a hillside overlooking Kraan.  In the glow
+of sunset, the outline of the BARBARIAN LEADER, riding a black
+war-horse, appears at the hillside and stops.  Then with a
+thundering of footsteps, the outline of five thousand barbarians
+comes into view behind him, filling the horizon.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE BARBARIAN LEADER
+
+He is now wearing a strange medallion around his neck as, wild-
+eyed, he screams to signal the attack.  The bloodthirsty horde
+charges down the hill behind him.
+
+The camera moves with the barbarians as they crash through the
+gates of the city, destroying everything in their path.  Smoke
+and flames are everywhere.  Ahead of us, terrified Kraanians
+run from the onslaught.
+
+As we track up over the burning rooftops, we see the BARBARIAN
+LEADER riding his war-horse in the streets below.  Shouting
+a command, he waves his men on as they move toward an impressive
+doomed building in the middle of the city.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS
+
+At the far end of this huge glass hall, the Kraanian Council
+sits around a marble table.  From outside, we hear the battle
+raging.
+
+Pulling closer we can hear the worried voices of the Council
+members.
+
+
+                      COUNCILMAN #3
+
+                 They're killing everyone.  We
+                 must escape!
+
+
+                      COUNCILMAN #2
+
+                 The city is burning!
+
+
+                      COUNCILMAN #4
+                    (throwing a parchment
+                     before the Elder)
+
+                 Even the mountains glow green and an
+                 evil slime oozes down!
+
+
+                      COUNCILMAN #1
+
+                 Elder, we must arm ourselves!  We
+                 must fight!
+
+
+                      ELDER
+
+                 Silence!
+
+
+Everyone gets quiet.  Looking at the parchment thrown before
+him, the ancient, withered ELDER rises to his feet.
+
+
+                      ELDER
+
+                 We are not a race of warriors.
+                 We are statesmen, and scientists.
+                 From our very beginning it was ordained
+                 that the warrior-race of Taarak the
+                 Defender would aid us in times of need.
+                 This was the Pact!
+
+
+                      COUNCILMAN #1
+
+                 Taarak the Defender?  His race is
+                 dead!  They cannot defend anyone!
+
+
+                      COUNCILMAN #2
+
+                 Some say that the race is not dead
+                 - that one still lives.
+
+
+                      COUNCILMAN #1
+
+                 One?  What good is one?
+
+
+                      ELDER
+
+                 One of Taarak's blood can do much.
+
+
+Outside, the sounds of battle grow louder.  A boy appears at
+the doorway.
+
+
+                      BOY
+
+                 Elder!  They are at the walls!
+
+
+                      COUNCILMAN #3
+
+                 Well who is this last Defender?
+                 How can he be summoned?
+
+
+                      ELDER
+
+                 It is Taarna, of the blood of
+                 Taarak the Defender - the last of
+                 the race.  And must be summoned as
+                 my forefathers summoned Taarak
+                 himself - from within!
+
+
+                      COUNCILMAN #2
+
+                 But will this Defender answer?
+
+
+                      ELDER
+
+                 A Taarakian has no choice.  They
+                 must answer.  It is in their blood.
+
+
+The clattering of armour becomes audible.
+
+
+                      BOY
+
+                 They are in the halls!  They are coming!!
+
+
+                      ELDER
+                    (calmly to the boy)
+
+                 Bar the door.
+                 (to the Councilmen)
+                 We will summon the
+                 Defender together.
+
+
+The Councilmen nod.
+
+
+                      ELDER
+                    (shutting eyes)
+
+                 Taarna ... Taarna ...
+
+
+As the Councilmen take up the chant;
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE DOOR
+
+As the boy begins to bar the door, it bursts open, flinging him
+aside.  Standing in the doorway, surrounded by his men, is
+the BARBARIAN LEADER.
+
+With a laugh, he raises a Medieval-looking multiple cross-bow
+and fires a burst of arrows into the boy's chest, as the crazed
+troops rush in around him.
+
+The chanting continues as we;
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE OUTLANDS
+
+We look down over this uncivilized wilderness with only
+decaying pipelines and the occasional jagged rock structure
+breaking the barren uniformity of the land.  As the Council's
+distant chanting fades out, all is quiet.
+
+Suddenly from behind us, we hear the sound of flapping wings
+and a huge rush of air.  Just above our heads, TAARNA THE
+DEFENDER comes flying in, sitting proudly in the saddle of
+a giant crimson bird.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+TAARNA'S FACE
+
+She is beautiful, with dark eyes and wild red hair blowing
+behind her in the wind.
+
+Below her, on the ground, she sees a humanoid running in terror,
+chased by an ugly, four-legged mutant creature.
+
+Spurring her bird forward, TAARNA sweeps down over the ugly
+beast and lassoes it.  She then hoists the creature up into
+the air and, tossing her end of the rope over a tall jagged
+rock, she leaves the snarling beast hanging helplessly.
+
+Flying down to the grateful humanoid, she dismounts.  As
+she approaches we see that he has a barbarian medallion
+on a chain around his neck.
+
+
+                      HUMANOID
+
+                 I owe you my life.  Let me
+                 repay you ...
+
+
+He takes off his medallion and places it around her neck.
+Suddenly he twists the chain tight in his hand, pulling her
+towards him.  His eyes change to a bright green as he forces
+her to the ground and starts ripping at her clothes.  As he
+molests her, TAARNA is distracted.  She hears something - voices
+inside her, chanting her name.
+
+Quickly she grabs the chain and rips it apart.  Then she
+powerfully smashes both her hands together around her attacker's
+ears.  As he holds his ringing ears, she gets up, lifts him
+above her head, and hurls him mercilessly to the ground.
+
+Still hearing the chanting, she jumps on her bird, pulls out
+a second rope, and lassoes the barbarian's feet.  She then
+lifts him up and leaves him hanging from the tall, jagged rock,
+next to the growling creature.
+
+As TAARNA flies off, the hanging beast eyes the barbarian
+hungrily.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+AUSTIN GRIMALDI
+
+He is still sitting on the floor, working on his machine.
+As the camera pulls closer, we see that AUSTIN is reaching
+deep inside the machineworks, trying to solder a small orange
+diode in place with an odd-style soldering iron.  The connection
+breaks, and the diode and some hot solder fall deeper into the
+machine and start smoking and sputtering.  As the smoke grows
+thicker, the machine starts to buzz loudly.
+
+
+                      AUSTIN
+
+                 Dammit!
+
+
+AUSTIN pulls his face out of the smoking chassis, grabs a pair
+of needlenose pliers, and reaches back to retrieve the part.
+
+The camera follows AUSTIN'S arm into the chassis, where smoke
+surrounds it and clouds over everything.  The buzzing sound
+grows, and changes into the sound of powerful, throbbing
+engines.  Slowly the smoke begins to clear as we hear a voice
+crackling over a radiophone.
+
+
+                      BOMBARDIER
+                    (V.O.)
+
+                 Where the hell are we?
+
+
+Suddenly the smoke dissipates and a formation of B-17 bombers
+come tearing out into the moonlit night.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE GROUND BELOW
+
+The sound of jungle night creatures fills the air.  We see
+palm trees silhouetted against the moon bright sky.  The
+scene is almost serene.  The camera pans and suddenly the
+nose of a large parked bomber fills the screen, and as the
+camera continues panning, we pass a large red rising sun on
+the bomber's fuselage.  The pan stops at the tail of the
+aircraft, and we see a Japanese soldier - a guard.
+
+There is a moment of tranquillity, as jungle sounds fill the
+air.  The soldier almost dozes ... suddenly the cacophony of
+sound stops, and for a brief moment there is complete silence
+... then with an agonizing wail an air raid siren shatters
+the silence and the guard looks skyward, startled.
+
+Instantly all hell breaks loose as we hear pounding feet.
+Silhouetted figures rush by.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+A GUN EMPLACEMENT
+
+Japanese soldiers crank the barrel of an anti-aircraft gun
+skyward.  We begin to hear the sound of approaching engines.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+CLOSEUP OF A SHELL
+
+It is thrust into a breech.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE B-17 FORMATION
+
+As the bombers press on, the camera moves in to the lead
+aircraft.  In the moonlight we see her name, ""Pacific Pearl"".
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+INT. - THE ""PACIFIC PEARL""
+
+
+                      NAVIGATOR
+
+                 We're there Stepek, right on
+                 target ... Rabual dead ahead!
+
+
+Suddenly a cacophony of explosions split the air as anti-aircraft
+shells explode ahead of the aircraft, lighting the inside with
+electric blue flashes.
+
+
+                      BOMBARDIER
+
+                 Gee!  Thanks for telling me,
+                 Holden.  I thought it was Cleveland.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE GROUND
+
+Ackack guns blast shells skyward.  The gun blasts light up
+the palm tree background, causing momentary silhouettes.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE BOMBARDIER
+
+
+                      BOMBARDIER
+
+                 For Christ sake, hold her steady!
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE BELLYGUNNER
+
+He can be seen from outside the plane as the shell flashes
+light up his turret.
+
+
+                      BELLYGUNNER
+
+                 Quit yer bitching Stepek, just drop
+                 'em and let's get outta here!
+
+
+                                             CUT BACK TO
+
+
+THE BOMBARDIER
+
+
+                      BOMBARDIER
+
+                 Keep your shirts on guys, tonight I'm
+                 gonna hit something.
+                 (he settles over the bomb sight)
+                 Left two degrees ... steady ...
+                 steady ...
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE BELLYGUNNER
+
+The flak is severe, with electric blue flashes lighting up
+the fuselage interior.
+
+
+                      BELLYGUNNER
+
+                 Hey kid, how ya doing back there?
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE TAILGUNNER
+
+Tailgunner momentarily lit with a shell burst, he's scared
+shitless.  He looks nervously back behind the aircraft at
+the flak puffs behind the tail.
+
+
+                      TAILGUNNER
+
+                 Gulp, ah ... I'm ah ... okay
+                 ... I think.
+
+
+                      PILOT
+                    (V.O.)
+
+                 Button it up, we're almost there.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE BOMBARDIER
+
+He is crouched over his bomb-sights, concentrating.
+
+
+                      NAVIGATOR
+                    (V.O.)
+
+                 C'mon Stepek, there's the
+                 whole island of Rabaul down
+                 there, you can't miss!
+
+
+                      BOMBARDIER
+
+                 Screw you ...
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE PILOT'S COMPARTMENT
+
+Suddenly a shell explodes almost on the windshield and the
+pilot rears back with the blast.  The right windshield is
+shattered.
+
+
+                      PILOT
+
+                 We took a hit ...
+
+
+The co-pilot sags forward, held back only by his shoulder
+straps.  His eyes stare.  Blood runs from under his helmet.
+We know he is dead.
+
+
+                      PILOT
+
+                 Shit.  Elkhorn just bought it.
+
+
+                      BELLYGUNNER
+                    (V.O.)
+
+                 We took one back here too.
+                 C'mon Stepek, blast 'em!
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE BOMBARDIER
+
+
+                      BOMBARDIER
+                    (hand on the release button)
+
+                 Steady ... steady ... bombs away!
+                 Let's get the hell outta here!
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE GROUND
+
+We hear the shriek of descending bombs.  The explosions walk
+across the airfield, and in the light of the explosions we
+see devastation.  The last bomb hits a fuel dump, causing an
+enormous ball of fire.
+
+
+                      BOMBARDIER
+                    (V.O.)
+
+                 Yahoo!  Bullseye!
+
+
+                                             CUT BACK TO
+
+
+THE PACIFIC PEARL
+
+
+                      PILOT
+                    (exhilarated)
+
+                 Nice shooting Stepek, how are the
+                 rest of you guys?
+
+
+                      FLIGHT ENGINEER
+                    (V.O.)
+
+                 Flight Engineer okay.
+
+
+                      RADIO OPERATOR
+                    (V.O.)
+
+                 Radio okay.
+
+
+                      NAVIGATOR
+                    (V.O.)
+
+                 Navigator check.
+
+
+                      BELLYGUNNER
+                    (V.O.)
+
+                 Belly okay.
+
+
+                      TAILGUNNER
+                    (V.O.)
+
+                 Ah ... tail okay ...
+
+
+There is abrupt silence.
+
+
+                      PILOT
+
+                 Bellson ... Lewis?
+
+
+Still silence, no reply from either name.
+
+
+                      PILOT
+
+                 Kid, check the waist positions, see if
+                 they're okay.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE TAILGUNNER
+
+
+                      TAILGUNNER
+
+                 Yeah ... will do, skipper.
+
+
+TAILGUNNER crosses himself, then exits back into the body of
+the machine.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE PILOT
+
+
+                      PILOT
+                    (wearily)
+
+                 Let's go home.
+
+
+We hear jumbled comments from all positions.  Everyone is
+happy.
+
+
+                      CREW
+                    (V.O.)
+
+                 Cheers and whoops.
+
+
+The mood of high spirits is stopped abruptly as the tailgunner
+reports back.
+
+
+                      TAILGUNNER
+                    (V.O.)
+
+                 Skipper, Bellson and Lewis are both
+                 dead.
+
+
+This is the first time the kid's voice is not scared, just
+puzzled.
+
+
+                      PILOT
+
+                 Dammit!
+
+
+                      BOMBARDIER
+                    (V.O.)
+
+                 Well kid, now you got a real
+                 bombing mission under your belt.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE BOMBARDIER
+
+He removes his oxygen mask and takes a long swig from a
+bottle.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+EXT. - THE ""PACIFIC PEARL""
+
+She rejoins the rest of the group.  The formation is not
+quite as tight as before.  As the formation flies along,
+puffs of cloud pass by, occasionally obscuring a machine.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+LOW VIEW OF THE ""PACIFIC PEARL""
+
+Under the ""Pacific Pearl's"" belly, we see the bellygunner
+suspended in his small glass pod.  A red glow brightens up
+as he drags on a cigar.  The rest of the formation are
+visible stretched to the side and behind as puffs of cloud
+waft past.  We begin to feel as if the weather might be
+changing.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE NOSE OF THE ""PACIFIC PEARL""
+
+The BOMBARDIER is relaxing inside as he swigs from the bottle
+and sings raucously.  From the front we look in on the pilot
+with the dead co-pilot sagging in his seat next to him.
+
+
+                      BELLYGUNNER
+                    (V.O.)
+
+                 Sorry about Elkhorn, skip.
+                 What happened?
+
+                      PILOT
+
+                 I dunno.  The shell exploded and he
+                 collapsed.  I think he took it in
+                 the head.
+
+
+                      BELLYGUNNER
+                    (V.O.)
+
+                 Are ya sure he's dead, Skipper?
+
+
+                      PILOT
+
+                 He's dead.
+
+
+                      BOMBARDIER
+                    (sings drunkenly)
+
+                 Oh I put my finger in a woodpecker's
+                 hole and the woodpecker said God
+                 bless my soul; take it out, take it
+                 out, take it out, remove it ...
+
+
+                      TAILGUNNER
+                    (bolder)
+
+                 Hey Stepek, just shut up, okay?
+
+
+                      BOMBARDIER
+
+                 Up yours kid, wassa matter, you don't
+                 like my voice?
+
+
+While all this banter has been going on the cloud has been
+thickening.  Suddenly a serious voice cuts in on the small
+talk. It's the NAVIGATOR.
+
+
+                      NAVIGATOR
+                    (V.O.)
+
+                 Something's wrong!
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE NAVIGATOR
+
+He is frantically tapping the compass.
+
+
+                      PILOT
+                    (V.O.)
+
+                 You got a problem, Holden?
+
+
+                      BOMBARDIER
+                    (V.O.)
+
+                 Naw, the kid's the one with the
+                 problem.  He don't like my voice!
+
+
+                      PILOT
+                    (V.O.)
+
+                 Button it up Stepek.  What's the
+                 problem, Holden?
+
+
+                      NAVIGATOR
+
+                 I must have a malfunction, my compass
+                 says we're heading north!
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+PILOT
+
+He looks at his compass.
+
+
+                      PILOT
+
+                 Mine says east.
+
+
+                      NAVIGATOR
+                    (V.O.)
+
+                 Hey, can you guys see the rest of the
+                 squadron?
+
+
+                      BELLYGUNNER
+                    (V.O.)
+
+                 Negative, there's too much cloud.
+
+
+A sudden flash of lightning illuminates the whole inside of
+the plane.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE COCKPIT
+
+The dead co-pilot's pale face is momentarily electric blue,
+lit by the lightning flash.  We pan past him to the compass in
+the instrument panel.  It is spinning madly.
+
+
+                      PILOT
+
+                 What the hell ...
+
+
+He reaches forward to tap the compass.
+
+
+                      PILOT
+
+                 Hey Holden, now my compass has gone
+                 crazy.  It's spinning like a son of
+                 a bitch!
+
+
+                      NAVIGATOR
+                    (V.O.)
+
+                 Mine too, we must have hit a magnetic
+                 field or something !!
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+OUTSIDE THE PLANE
+
+We see a dull glow coming from all crew positions from the
+on-board lights.  Suddenly a curtain of rain lashes the machine.
+
+
+                      PILOT
+                    (V.O.)
+
+                 Christ, now they're all doing it!!
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE INSTRUMENT PANEL
+
+All the dials are going haywire.  Above the instrument panel
+we see the windshield is spattered with rain.
+
+
+                      BOMBARDIER
+                    (V.O.)
+
+                 You guys quit talking business?
+                 I'm trying to sing here!  Oh I
+                 put my finger in a woodpecker's ...
+
+
+                      PILOT
+                    (irritably)
+
+                 Can it Stepek, we got real problems.
+
+
+Just then through the rain, a strange green glow is seen
+in the distance.  It begins to curve toward the aircraft.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+OUTSIDE THE PLANE - NEAR BELLY TURRET
+
+The turret swings as the gunner spots the glow.
+
+
+                      BELLYGUNNER
+
+                 Jesus!  Look at that!!
+
+
+From under the starboard wing, we see the object approaching.
+
+
+                      PILOT
+                    (V.O.)
+
+                 Look at what ... look at what!!?
+
+
+                      BELLYGUNNER
+
+                 It's out there, just look at it ...
+
+
+                      PILOT
+                    (V.O.)
+
+                 For Christ sake, give us a position!
+
+
+                      BELLYGUNNER
+
+                 It's about four o'clock, just below
+                 ... Holy Shit, it's coming right at us!
+
+
+The glow suddenly zooms at the plane with great speed and hits
+the starboard inner engine.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+PILOT'S POV
+
+He has to push the dead co-pilot back to peer out the
+broken starboard window ... the number three prop is bent
+and windmilling wildly.  It has a strange green luminescence
+about it ... the whole machine shakes.
+
+
+                      PILOT
+
+                 Damn.
+
+
+The PILOT tries to fly the plane and do the co-pilot's job of
+feathering the bad engine.  Suddenly it's too late as the prop
+wobbles loose and cartwheels over the wing.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+OUTSIDE THE PLANE
+
+The prop flies back and slices a great gash in the aircraft's
+skin, near the TAILGUNNER'S position.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE PILOT
+
+
+                      PILOT
+
+                 We lost the goddamned prop ...
+                 Did it do any damage?  Kid, check
+                 the tail.
+
+
+Silence.
+
+
+                      PILOT
+
+                 Come in kid ... kid are you okay?
+
+
+Silence.
+
+
+                      PILOT
+
+                 Travis; go check the back.
+
+
+                      BELLYGUNNER
+                    (V.O.)
+
+                 Will do, skipper.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+INSIDE HATCH
+
+TRAVIS' turret opens and TRAVIS pulls himself up into the fuselage.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE PILOT
+
+The gauges are now settled except for the oil pressure to
+No. 2 engine.  The pressure drops.  The engine heat gauge
+climbs rapidly.  A red warning light begins to flash.
+
+
+                      PILOT
+                    (to himself)
+
+                 Goddamn it, now what?
+
+
+He glances out of his window just in time to see a strange,
+claw-like feeler coming out of the engine casing.  It detaches
+one of the cooling gills, then another, and another.  They blow
+away in the slipstream.
+
+
+                      PILOT
+
+                 Gremlins!
+                 (rubbing his eyes)
+                 Jesus, I must be getting tired.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE BELLYGUNNER
+
+He looks in to the kid's reargun compartment.  All that is left
+of him is a tattered skeleton.
+
+TRAVIS turns, horror frozen on his face.  Quick as a flash,
+from seemingly nowhere, something flies at him and grabs his
+throat.  The mask on his face falls off, and we get a split
+second look of abject horror as he falls out of frame.
+
+
+                      PILOT
+                    (V.O.)
+
+                 Travis, what's goin' on back there?
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+TRAVIS
+
+His eyes are open but he is obviously dead.  Through his helmet
+headphone, we hear his name.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE PILOT
+
+
+                      PILOT
+
+                 Holden, how far to base?
+
+
+                      NAVIGATOR
+                    (V.O.)
+
+                 Skip, with everything screwed up here, I'd,
+                 I'd guess about two hundred miles.
+
+
+All the time the engine pops and bangs wildly.
+
+
+                      PILOT
+
+                 For Christ's sake, find us a place I
+                 can put her down!
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE NAVIGATOR
+
+
+                      NAVIGATOR
+
+                 It's all ocean down there, skip!
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE PILOT
+
+
+                      PILOT
+
+                 Mack, can you get us a radio fix?
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE RADIO OPERATOR
+
+
+                      RADIO OPERATOR
+
+                 Negative skip, too much interference.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE PILOT
+
+He is fighting the controls.
+
+
+                      PILOT
+
+                 Shit!  I've gotta put her down!
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE BOMBARDIER
+
+
+                      BOMBARDIER
+
+                 Hey Holden ... ya old stuff shirt ...
+                 ya wanna snort?
+
+
+                      PILOT
+                    (V.O.)
+
+                 For God sakes Stepek, shut up!
+
+
+STEPEK takes another swig from his bottle.  He is lying on
+his back partly propped up by the curving nose of the aircraft.
+He is about to make another smart ass reply, when he hears a
+strange scratching and chirping noise above his head.  He
+looks up in time to see sharp teeth and claws start to appear
+through the lining above his head.  He blinks in disbelief and
+throws his bottle away as if the image came from the whiskey.
+
+
+                      BOMBARDIER
+
+                 Oh my God, there's ... there's ...
+                 ahh ... keep away ... keep away ...
+                 (struggles)
+                 ... hey no ... hey somebody ...
+                 (screams)
+
+
+                      NAVIGATOR
+                    (V.O.)
+
+                 Stepek, you stupid sonovabitch, will
+                 you lay off the booze, you've got the
+                 D.T.'s ...
+
+
+STEPEK is wide-eyed and scared silly as the sound now begins
+under his feet and pincers begin to snip through the floor.
+He suddenly realizes that the whole floor is giving way beneath
+him, and he grabs for a handful of cables as the floor collapses.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+OUTSIDE THE AIRCRAFT
+
+The lower half of STEPEK is hanging in the slipstream, kicking
+madly.  We see that his legs are covered in wriggling creatures.
+
+
+                                             CUT BACK TO
+
+
+STEPEK
+
+He is losing his grip with one hand, but still desperately
+clinging on to a bunch of cables with the other.  Suddenly
+an ugly pincer cuts the cables and STEPEK is gone ... out
+into the night.
+
+
+                                             CUT TO
+
+
+THE PLANE
+
+Suddenly the No. 2 engine begins to backfire, blasting back
+large gobs of orange flame.  The oil, heat and manifold gauges
+are off the dial and red lights frantically flash.  Desperately
+the PILOT looks out of the window.
+
+Pieces begin flying off the engine.  The cowling disintegrates
+revealing the bare engine beneath.  Small figures are frantically
+busy ripping the engine to pieces.
+
+
+                                        "
+18,How to Train Your Dragon,"Dean DeBlois,Chris Sanders","Animation,Adventure,Comedy",March_2010,"FADE IN:
+
+          EXT. NORTH SEA/VILLAGE - NIGHT
+
+          We skim above a dark, wild ocean. The camera turns toward a
+          lone island, Berk. It is a gigantic shard of rock jutting
+          straight out of the water.
+
+          HICCUP (V.O.)
+          This, is Berk. It's twelve days
+          North of hopeless, and a few
+          degrees South of freezing to death.
+          It's located solidly on the
+          meridian of misery.
+          The camera drifts over rolling hills to reveal a small
+          village nestled on an outcropping of sea mounts.
+
+          HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D)
+          My village. In a word, sturdy.
+          And it's been here for seven
+          generations, but every single
+          building is new.
+          The camera drifts closer, circling.
+
+          HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D)
+          We have fishing, hunting, and a
+          charming view of the sunsets. The
+          only problems are the pests. You
+          see, most places have mice or
+          mosquitos. We have...
+          Sheep graze peacefully on a hillside. Suddenly one is
+          snatched.
+
+                         CUT TO:
+
+          INT. STOICK'S HOUSE - CONTINUOUS
+
+          A door is pulled open... as a DRAGON swoops directly toward
+          it, BLASTING FIRE. The door is SLAMMED. The fire shoots
+          through the slats of wood, illuminating HICCUP, a gangly
+          teenage Viking.
+
+                         HICCUP
+          ...dragons.
+
+          EXT. STOICK'S HOUSE
+
+          He reopens the sizzling door, as leaps off of the front
+          porch. He weaves through the erupting mayhem as Vikings pour
+          out of the buildings, ready for a fight.
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+          ""Dragon"" DeBlois/Sanders Final Draft (Rev.19) 02-13-2010 2.
+          More dragons swarm in, setting rooftops alight and hauling
+          off sheep.
+
+          HICCUP (V.O.)
+          Most people would leave. Not us.
+          We're Vikings. We have stubbornness
+          issues.
+          Vikings sound the alarm. Viking men and women pour out into
+          the streets, axes in hand.
+          ON HICCUP darting through alleys, staying under eaves, making
+          his way through the battle.
+
+          HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D)
+          My name's Hiccup. Great name, I
+          know. But it's not the worst.
+          Parents believe a hideous name will
+          frighten off gnomes and trolls.
+          Like our charming Viking demeanor
+          wouldn't do that.
+          Dragons sweep back and forth, dodging axes and blasting the
+          Vikings who throw them. A burly warrior gets tossed in an
+          explosion, knocking Hiccup to the ground.
+
+                         VIKING
+
+                         (FIERCE)
+          Arggghhhhh!
+          (cheery, insane)
+          Mornin'!
+          Hiccup gets to his feet and continues to rush past gigantic
+          men and women.
+
+          HICCUP (V.O.)
+          Meet the neighbors. Hoark the
+          Haggard...
+
+                         HOARK
+          What are you doing out!?
+
+                         HICCUP
+          ... Burnthair the Broad...
+
+                         BURNTHAIR
+          Get inside!
+
+                         HICCUP
+          ... Phlegma the Fierce...
+
+          PHLEGMA THE FIERCE
+          Get back inside!
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+          ""Dragon"" DeBlois/Sanders Final Draft (Rev.19) 02-13-2010 3.
+
+                         HICCUP
+          . Ack.
+          He passes a silent ox of a viking, picking his ear.
+
+          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+          Yep, just Ack.
+          Enter STOICK, the biggest Viking of all. He yanks Hiccup from
+          the path of a strafing dragon and holds aloft to the crowd.
+
+                         STOICK
+          Hiccup!?
+          (accusingly; to the crowd)
+          What is he doing out again?!
+
+                         (TO HICCUP)
+          What are you doing out?! Get
+          inside!
+          The flames light up his scowling face and matted red beard.
+          He sets Hiccup down and turns to the sky, searching.
+
+          HICCUP (V.O.)
+
+                         (IN AWE)
+          That's Stoick the Vast. Chief of
+          the tribe. They say that when he
+          was a baby he popped a dragon's
+          head clean off of its shoulders.
+          Do I believe it?
+          Stoick grabs a wooden cart and hurls it, knocking the
+          strafing dragon out of the sky.
+
+          HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D)
+          Yes I do.
+          An EXPLOSION forces Vikings to DUCK. Stoick stands firm,
+          brushing flaming debris off of his shoulder.
+
+                         STOICK
+          (barking; to his men)
+          What have we got?
+
+                         VIKING #1
+          Gronkles. Nadders. Zipplebacks. Oh,
+          and Hoark saw a Monstrous
+          Nightmare.
+
+                         STOICK
+          Any Night Furies?
+
+                         VIKING #1
+          None so far.
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+          ""Dragon"" DeBlois/Sanders Final Draft (Rev.19) 02-13-2010 4.
+
+                         STOICK
+
+                         (RELIEVED)
+          Good.
+
+                         VIKING
+          Hoist the torches!
+          Massive flaming braziers are raised on poles, lighting up the
+          night sky... and revealing swirling dragons of all types.
+          Below, Hiccup crosses an open plaza and ducks into an open
+          building with a tall chimney.
+
+          INT. BLACKSMITH STALL - CONTINUOUS
+
+          He crosses behind a counter, where a peg-legged, one-armed
+          hulk of a Blacksmith reshapes blades with a hammer and tongs
+          appendage.
+
+                         GOBBER
+          Ah! Nice of you to join the party.
+          I thought you'd been carried off.
+          Hiccup dons a leather apron and starts to put away Gobber's
+          scattered appendages.
+
+                         HICCUP
+          Who me? Nah, come on! I'm way too
+          muscular for their taste. They
+          wouldn't know what to do with all
+          this.
+          Hiccup strikes a bodybuilder pose.
+
+                         GOBBER
+          They need toothpicks, don't they?
+          Hiccup gets to work, transferring bent and chipped weapons to
+          the forge as Vikings crowd the counter for replacements.
+
+          HICCUP (V.O.)
+          The meathead with attitude and
+          interchangeable hands is Gobber.
+          I've been his apprentice ever since
+          I was little. Well...littler.
+
+          EXT. VILLAGE - CONTINUOUS
+
+
+                         ON STOICK
+
+                         STOICK
+          We move to the lower defenses.
+          We'll counter-attack with the
+          catapults.
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+          ""Dragon"" DeBlois/Sanders Final Draft (Rev.19) 02-13-2010 5.
+          Armed men rush past, flanking others who carry sheep to
+          safety. Stoick follows up the rear as, overhead, a dragon
+          strafes the rooftops with Napalm-like fire.
+
+          HICCUP (V.O.)
+          See? Old village. Lots and lots
+          of new houses.
+
+                         VIKING
+
+          FIRE!
+          In response, the fire brigade charges through the plaza --
+          four TEENS, tugging a large wooden cask on wheels. From it,
+          they fill buckets of water to douse the flames. One among
+          them is a cute, energetic Viking girl.
+          Hiccup leans out of the stall to watch her.
+
+          HICCUP (V.O.)
+          Oh and that's Fishlegs, Snotlout.
+          The twins Ruffnut and Tuffnut.
+          And...
+
+                         (DREAMY)
+          Astrid.
+          A SLOW-MOTION explosion erupts behind her, framing her in a
+          sexy ball of fire. The others join her, looking awesome and
+          heroic.
+
+          HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D)
+          Their job is so much cooler.
+          Hiccup tries to join them as they pass, but he's hooked by
+          Gobber and hoisted back inside.
+
+          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+
+                         (PLEADING)
+          Ah, come on. Let me out, please. I
+          need to make my mark.
+
+                         GOBBER
+          Oh, you've made plenty of marks.
+          All in the wrong places.
+
+                         HICCUP
+          Please, two minutes. I'll kill a
+          dragon. My life will get infinitely
+          better. I might even get a date.
+
+                         GOBBER
+          You can't lift a hammer. You can't
+          swing an axe...
+          Gobber grabs a bola (iron balls connected by rope).
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+          ""Dragon"" DeBlois/Sanders Final Draft (Rev.19) 02-13-2010 6.
+
+          GOBBER (CONT'D)
+          ... you can't even throw one of
+          these.
+          A Viking runs by and nabs it out of Gobber's hand, hurling it
+          at a dive-bombing Gronkle. The bola binds its legs, sending
+          it into a heavy crash.
+
+                         HICCUP
+          (ready with the answer)
+          Okay fine, but...
+          He rushes to the back corner of the stall and presents a
+          bizarre, wheel barrow-like contraption.
+
+          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+          ... this will throw it for me.
+          Hiccup OPENS the hinged lid of the device. An arm springs up,
+          equipped with twin bows. They prematurely launch a bola,
+          narrowly missing Gobber... and taking out a Viking at the
+          counter.
+
+                         VIKING
+          Arggh!
+
+                         GOBBER
+          See, now this right here is what
+          I'm talking about.
+
+                         HICCUP
+          Mild calibration issue.
+
+                         GOBBER
+          Hiccup. If you ever want to get out
+          there to fight dragons, you need
+          to stop all...
+          Gobber gestures in Hiccup's general direction.
+
+          GOBBER (CONT'D)
+          ... this.
+
+                         HICCUP
+
+                         (ASTONISHED)
+          But... you just pointed to all of
+          me.
+
+                         GOBBER
+          Yes! That's it! Stop being all of
+          you.
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+          ""Dragon"" DeBlois/Sanders Final Draft (Rev.19) 02-13-2010 7.
+
+                         HICCUP
+
+                         (THREATENING)
+          Ohhhh...
+
+                         GOBBER
+
+                         (MIMICKING)
+          Ohhhhh, yes.
+
+                         HICCUP
+          You, sir, are playing a dangerous
+          game. Keeping this much,
+          raw...Vikingness contained.
+
+                         (BEAT)
+          There will be consequences!
+          Gobber tosses him a sword.
+
+                         GOBBER
+          I'll take my chances. Sword.
+          Sharpen. Now.
+          Hiccup takes it begrudgingly and lobs it onto the grinding
+          wheel. He stews... fantasizing...
+
+          HICCUP (V.O.)
+          One day I'll get out there. Because
+          killing a dragon is everything
+          around here.
+
+          EXT. VILLAGE - LOWER PLAINS - CONTINUOUS
+
+          Nadders land, gathering like seagulls around a seemingly
+          vacant house.
+
+          HICCUP (V.O.)
+          A Nadder head is sure to get me at
+          least noticed.
+          The Nadders clamber onto the building, tearing the roof and
+          walls apart. Sheep pour out and SCATTER.
+          Elsewhere, hippo-like Gronckles pick drying racks clean of
+          fish and fly off like loaded pelicans.
+
+          HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D)
+          Gronckles are tough. Taking down
+          one of those would definitely get
+          me a girlfriend.
+          A stealthy, snake-like dragon head peeks over a rooftop,
+          breathing gas into a chimney.
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+          ""Dragon"" DeBlois/Sanders Final Draft (Rev.19) 02-13-2010 8.
+
+          HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D)
+          A Zippelback? Exotic, exciting. Two
+          heads, twice the status.
+          A second head pokes through the door and lights it. KABLAM!
+          The two heads fly through the explosion, their necks zipping
+          together to reveal a single body.
+          It flies past Stoick as he climbs to the top of a CATAPULT
+
+          TOWER.
+
+                         CATAPULT OPERATOR
+          They found the sheep!
+
+                         STOICK
+
+                         (FRUSTRATED)
+          Concentrate fire over the lower
+          bank!
+
+                         CATAPULT OPERATOR
+          Fire!
+          Boulders are catapulted at the corralling Nadders...
+          Just as a huge red dragon whips past, spraying the base of
+          the catapult with sticky fire.
+
+          HICCUP (V.O.)
+          And then there's the Monstrous
+          Nightmare. Only the best Vikings go
+          after those. They have this nasty
+          habit of setting themselves on
+          fire.
+          It emerges from the flames, climbing the catapult with a
+          leering, toothy grin.
+
+                         STOICK
+          Reload! I'll take care of this.
+          Stoick takes on the Nightmare, face to hammer.
+          Suddenly, a LOUD BALLISTIC MOANING streaks overhead. The
+          catapult crew ducks.
+
+          INT. BLACKSMITH STALL - CONTINUOUS
+
+          ON HICCUP, looking up from his work, reacting to the same
+          sound.
+
+          HICCUP (V.O.)
+          But the ultimate prize is the
+          dragon no one has ever seen. We
+          call it the--
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+          ""Dragon"" DeBlois/Sanders Final Draft (Rev.19) 02-13-2010 9.
+
+                         VIKING
+          Night Fury! Get down!
+          Vikings everywhere take shelter. The moaning sound BUILDS.
+
+          EXT. VILLAGE - CATAPULT - CONTINUOUS
+
+          The Monstrous Nightmare suddenly stops fighting and takes
+          flight. Stoick looks skyward.
+
+                         STOICK
+
+          JUMP!
+          KABOOM! The Catapult EXPLODES as though hit by an artillery
+          shell... sending Stoick and the crew leaping for their lives.
+
+          HICCUP (V.O.)
+          This thing never steals food, never
+          shows itself, and...
+          The sound recedes, leaving the crippled catapult in flames.
+
+          HICCUP (V.O.) (CONT'D)
+          ...never misses.
+
+                         (BEAT)
+          No one has ever killed a Night
+          Fury. That's why I'm going to be
+          the first.
+
+          IN THE STALL
+          Gobber trades his hammer for an axe.
+
+                         GOBBER
+          Man the fort, Hiccup, they need me
+          out there!
+          Gobber pauses. Turns with a threatening glare.
+
+          GOBBER (CONT'D)
+          Stay. Put. There. You know what I
+          mean.
+          Gobber charges into the fray, HOLLERING.
+          ON HICCUP, a smirk crosses his face.
+
+          EXT. VILLAGE - MOMENTS LATER
+
+          WHAM! Hiccup pushes his wheeled contraption through a wall of
+          clustered Vikings. He weaves through the ongoing mayhem, as
+          fast as his legs can carry him.
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+          ""Dragon"" DeBlois/Sanders Final Draft (Rev.19) 02-13-2010 10.
+
+          VIKING #6 (O.S.)
+          Hiccup, where are you going!
+
+                         VIKING #7
+          Come back here!
+
+                         HICCUP
+          I know. Be right back!
+
+          ON THE PLAIN BELOW
+          The Nadders have cornered the house-full of sheep. They close
+          in, ready to spring upon them.
+          Stoick suddenly appears, HURLING FISHING NETS over them. The
+          surprised Nadders are caught. Stoick and his men rush in.
+          A Nadder blasts a hole through its net. Stoick leaps onto it,
+          clamping his thick arms around its head, forcing its jaws
+          shut.
+
+                         STOICK
+          Mind yourselves! The devils still
+          have some juice in them.
+
+          ON THE PLAIN ABOVE
+          Hiccup reaches a cliff overlooking the smoking CATAPULT and
+          drops the handles to the ground. He cranks several levers,
+          unfolding and then cocking the bowed arms of his contraption.
+          He drops a bola onto a chamber and then pivots the weapon on
+          a gimbal head toward the dark sky.
+          He listens, with his eye pressed to the scope, hand poised on
+          the trigger. He hears the NIGHT FURY approaching... and turns
+          his aim to the defense tower. It closes in for the final
+          strike, completely camouflaged in the night.
+
+                         HICCUP
+
+                         (TO HIMSELF)
+          Come on. Give me something to shoot
+          at, give me something to shoot at.
+          KABLAM! The tower topples. The blast of fire illuminates the
+          dragon for a split second. Hiccup pulls the trigger.
+          KERTHUNK! The flexed arms SNAP forward, springing the weapon
+          off the ground. The bola disappears into the sky, followed by
+          a WHACK and a SCREECH.
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+          ""Dragon"" DeBlois/Sanders Final Draft (Rev.19) 02-13-2010 11.
+
+          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+          (surprised, then elated)
+          Oh I hit it! Yes, I hit it! Did
+          anybody see that?
+          Hiccup's victory is short-lived. A Monstrous Nightmare
+          appears, slithering up over the lip of the cliff.
+
+          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+          Except for you.
+          ON STOICK, holding down the netted Nadders. He hears a
+          familiar HOLLER and looks up to see...
+          HICCUP running through the PLAZA, SCREAMING, with the
+          NIGHTMARE fast on his heels.
+          Alarmed, Stoick abandons the Nadders and runs off.
+
+                         STOICK
+          (to his men, re: the
+
+                         NADDERS)
+          DO NOT let them escape!
+
+          IN THE PLAZA
+          Vikings scatter as Hiccup dodges a near fatal blast. The
+          Nightmare's sticky, Napalm-like fire splashes up onto
+          buildings, setting them alight.
+          Hiccup ducks behind the last standing brazier -- the only
+          shelter available. The Nightmare blasts it, spraying fire all
+          around him. Hiccup peers around the smoldering post. No sign
+          of the Nightmare.
+          He turns back to find it leering at him, blocking his escape.
+          It takes a deep breath. Hiccup is finished.
+          Suddenly, Stoick LEAPS between them, tackling the Nightmare
+          to the ground. They tumble and wrestle, resuming their
+          earlier fight. The Nightmare tries to toast him, but only
+          coughs up smoke.
+
+          STOICK (CONT'D)
+          You're all out.
+          He smashes the Nightmare repeatedly in the face, driving it
+          away. It takes to the air and disappears. Winded, Stoick
+          turns to Hiccup.
+
+          HICCUP (V.O.)
+          Oh, and there's one more thing you
+          need to know...
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+          ""Dragon"" DeBlois/Sanders Final Draft (Rev.19) 02-13-2010 12.
+          The burnt brazier pole collapses, sending the massive iron
+          basket crashing. It bounces down the hill, destroying as it
+          goes and scattering the Vikings who were holding down the
+          netted Nadders. The freed dragons escape... with several
+          sheep in tow.
+
+          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+          Sorry, dad.
+
+          EXT. VILLAGE - UPPER PLAZA - CONTINUOUS
+
+          The escaped Nadders fly past with sheep in their clutches.
+          The raid is over. The dragons have clearly won.
+          The murmuring crowd eyes Stoick, awaiting his response.
+
+                         HICCUP
+
+                         (SHEEPISH)
+          Okay, but I hit a Night Fury.
+          Stoick grabs Hiccup by the back scruff of his collar and
+          hauls him away, fuming with embarrassment.
+
+          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+          It's not like the last few times,
+          Dad. I mean I really actually hit
+          it. You guys were busy and I had a
+          very clear shot. It went down, just
+          off Raven Point. Let's get a search
+          party out there, before it--
+
+                         STOICK
+          --STOP! Just....stop.
+          He releases Hiccup. Everyone goes silent, staring
+          expectantly.
+
+          STOICK (CONT'D)
+          Every time you step outside,
+          disaster follows. Can you not see
+          that I have bigger problems?
+          Winter's almost here and I have an
+          entire village to feed!
+          Hiccup looks around. All eyes are upon him.
+
+                         HICCUP
+          Between you and me, the village
+          could do with a little less
+          feeding, don't ya think?
+          A few rotund Vikings stir self-consciously.
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+          ""Dragon"" DeBlois/Sanders Final Draft (Rev.19) 02-13-2010 13.
+
+                         STOICK
+          This isn't a joke, Hiccup!
+
+                         (EXASPERATED)
+          Why can't you follow the simplest
+          orders?
+
+                         HICCUP
+          I can't stop myself. I see a dragon
+          and I have to just... kill it, you
+          know? It's who I am, Dad.
+
+                         STOICK
+          You are many things, Hiccup. But a
+          dragon killer is not one of them.
+          Sting. Hiccup looks around to see many nods of agreement.
+
+          STOICK (CONT'D)
+          Get back to the house.
+
+                         (TO GOBBER)
+          Make sure he gets there. I have his
+          mess to clean up.
+          Stoick lumbers off in the opposite direction.
+          Gobber leads Hiccup through the walk of shame. They pass the
+          teen fire brigade as they snicker.
+
+                         TUFFNUT
+          Quite the performance.
+
+                         SNOTLOUT
+          I've never seen anyone mess up that
+          badly. That helped!
+
+                         HICCUP
+          Thank you, thank you. I was
+          trying, so...
+          Hiccup avoids Astrid's glare and heads up toward a large
+          house, standing prominently on the hill above the others.
+
+          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+          I really did hit one.
+
+                         GOBBER
+          Sure, Hiccup.
+
+                         HICCUP
+          He never listens.
+
+                         GOBBER
+          Well, it runs in the family.
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+          ""Dragon"" DeBlois/Sanders Final Draft (Rev.19) 02-13-2010 14.
+
+                         HICCUP
+          And when he does, it's always with
+          this... disappointed scowl. Like
+          someone skimped on the meat in his
+          sandwich.
+
+                         (MIMICKING STOICK)
+          Excuse me, barmaid. I'm afraid you
+          brought me the wrong offspring. I
+          ordered an extra large boy with
+          beefy arms. Extra guts and glory on
+          the side. This here. This is a
+          talking fish bone.
+
+                         GOBBER
+          You're thinking about this all
+          wrong. It's not so much what you
+          look like. It's what's inside that
+          he can't stand.
+          Beat.
+
+                         HICCUP
+          Thank you, for summing that up.
+          They reach the doorway.
+
+                         GOBBER
+          Look, the point is, stop trying so
+          hard to be something you're not.
+          Hiccup SIGHS heavily.
+
+                         HICCUP
+          I just want to be one of you guys.
+          Gobber eyes him sympathetically. Hiccup turns and goes
+          through the front door.
+          And straight out the back door. He hurries off into the
+          woods, determined.
+
+          INT. GREAT HALL - DAY
+
+          A noisy din of PROTESTING VOICES leads to...
+          STOICK, glowering in the firelight. Surrounded by his men.
+
+                         STOICK
+          Either we finish them or they'll
+          finish us! It's the only way we'll
+          be rid of them! If we find the
+          nest and destroy it, the dragons
+          will leave. They'll find another
+          home.
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+          ""Dragon"" DeBlois/Sanders Final Draft (Rev.19) 02-13-2010 15.
+          He sinks his blade into a...
+          LARGE NAUTICAL MAP, spread out on the table... the blade
+          pierces the middle of an uncharted corner, swirling with
+          painted sea monsters and dragons.
+
+          STOICK (CONT'D)
+
+                         (DECIDEDLY)
+          One more search. Before the ice
+          sets in.
+
+                         VIKING
+          Those ships never come back.
+
+                         STOICK
+
+                         (MATTER-OF-FACT)
+          We're Vikings. It's an occupational
+          hazard. Now who's with me?
+          Stoick throws up his fist. No one follows. The crowds shifts
+          in restless silence. Head scratches. Eyes averted.
+
+                         VIKING
+
+                         (FEEBLE)
+          Today's not good for me.
+
+          VIKING (CONT'D)
+
+                         (EQUALLY FEEBLE)
+          I've gotta do my axe returns.
+
+                         STOICK
+          Alright. Those who stay will look
+          after Hiccup.
+          Hands jut into the air, volunteers galore. Enthusiastic
+          murmurs of prep and packing fill the room.
+
+          PHLEGMA THE FIERCE
+          To the ships!
+
+                         SPITELOUT
+          I'm with you Stoick!
+
+                         STOICK
+
+                         (DRY)
+          That's more like it.
+          The Vikings rush for the door, leaving Gobber and Stoick
+          alone. Gobber gulps back the contents of his tankard
+          attachment and scrapes back the bench.
+
+                         GOBBER
+          I'll pack my undies.
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+          ""Dragon"" DeBlois/Sanders Final Draft (Rev.19) 02-13-2010 16.
+
+                         STOICK
+          No, I need you to stay and train
+          some new recruits.
+
+                         GOBBER
+          Oh, perfect. And while I'm busy,
+          Hiccup can cover the stall. Molten
+          steel, razor sharp blades, lots of
+          time to himself...what could
+          possibly go wrong?
+          Stoick sinks onto the bench beside Gobber, his brow burdened.
+
+                         STOICK
+          What am I going to do with him
+          Gobber?
+
+                         GOBBER
+          Put him in training with the
+          others.
+
+                         STOICK
+          No, I'm serious.
+
+                         GOBBER
+          So am I.
+          Stoick turns to him, glaring.
+
+                         STOICK
+          He'd be killed before you let the
+          first dragon out of its cage.
+
+                         GOBBER
+          Oh, you don't know that.
+
+                         STOICK
+          I do know that, actually.
+
+                         GOBBER
+          No, you don't.
+
+                         STOICK
+          No, actually I do.
+
+                         GOBBER
+          No you don't!
+
+                         STOICK
+          Listen! You know what he's like.
+          From the time he could crawl he's
+          been...different. He doesn't
+          listen.
+
+                         (MORE)
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+          ""Dragon"" DeBlois/Sanders Final Draft (Rev.19) 02-13-2010 17.
+
+                         STOICK (CONT'D)
+          Has the attention span of a
+          sparrow. I take him fishing and he
+          goes hunting for... for trolls.
+
+                         GOBBER
+
+                         (DEFENSIVE)
+          Trolls exist! They steal your
+          socks.
+
+                         (DARKLY)
+          But only the left ones. What's with
+          that?
+
+                         STOICK
+          When I was a boy...
+
+                         GOBBER
+
+                         (GRUMBLING)
+          Oh here we go.
+
+                         STOICK
+          My father told me to bang my head
+          against a rock and I did it. I
+          thought it was crazy, but I didn't
+          question him. And you know what
+          happened?
+
+                         GOBBER
+          You got a headache.
+
+                         STOICK
+          That rock split in two. It taught
+          me what a Viking could do, Gobber.
+          He could crush mountains, level
+          forests, tame seas! Even as a boy,
+          I knew what I was, what I had to
+          become.
+
+                         (BEAT)
+          Hiccup is not that boy.
+
+                         GOBBER
+          You can't stop him, Stoick. You can
+          only prepare him.
+
+                         (BEAT)
+          Look, I know it seems hopeless. But
+          the truth is you won't always be
+          around to protect him. He's going
+          to get out there again. He's
+          probably out there now.
+          ON STOICK, as Gobber's words hit their mark.
+
+          EXT. WOODS - DAY
+
+
+          ON AN OPEN NOTEBOOK
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+          ""Dragon"" DeBlois/Sanders Final Draft (Rev.19) 02-13-2010 18.
+          A drawn map of the island, covered in X's.
+          Hiccup looks up from it and peeks over a gorge, expectantly.
+          Sees nothing.
+          He adds another 'X' to the page, then scratches his pencil
+          over the whole map in frustration. He snaps the book closed
+          and pockets it.
+
+                         HICCUP
+          Uggh, the gods hate me. Some people
+          lose their knife or their mug. No,
+          not me. I manage to lose an entire
+          dragon.
+          Hiccup WHACKS a low-hanging branch. It SNAPS back at him,
+          hitting him in the face. He looks up to see a snapped tree
+          trunk. His eyes follow it to a long trench of up-turned
+          earth.
+          He follows it to a downed, black dragon, its body and tail
+          tangled in a bola. It appears dead. Hiccup approaches,
+          beaming.
+
+          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+
+                         (IN SHOCK)
+          Oh wow. I did it. I did it. This
+          fixes everything.
+
+                         (ELATED)
+          Yes!
+          He strikes a victory pose, planting his foot on the fallen
+          Night Fury.
+
+          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+          I have brought down this mighty
+          beast!
+          It suddenly shifts.
+
+          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+          Whoa!
+          Hiccup springs back, terrified. He turns his blade on it.
+          Rattled, Hiccup creeps along the length of the weak, wounded
+          dragon, dagger poised to strike.
+          As he reaches the head, Hiccup finds the Night Fury staring
+          coldly at him. Hiccup tries to look away, but he's drawn back
+          to its unnerving, unflinching stare.
+          With the dragon safety tangled in the ropes, Hiccup jabs with
+          his dagger, puffing himself up with false bravado.
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+          ""Dragon"" DeBlois/Sanders Final Draft (Rev.19) 02-13-2010 19.
+
+          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+          I'm going to kill you, Dragon. I'm
+          gonna cut out your heart and take
+          it to my father. I'm a Viking.
+
+                         (BEAT)
+          I am a VIKING!
+    "
+19,How to Train Your Dragon 2,"Dean DeBlois,Cressida Cowell","Animation,Action,Adventure",May_2014,"EXT. OPEN SEA - DAY
+
+
+                         
+           Hiccup and Toothless BLUR PAST, leaving a wake that leads...                         
+
+                         
+
+           EXT. BERK - DAY
+
+           (Sequence 0200 - New Berk)
+           To the island village of Berk, festively adorned with flags
+           and banners. Major new additions alter its familiar skyline.
+
+           HICCUP (V.O.)
+           This... is Berk. The best kept
+           secret this side of, well,
+           anywhere. Granted, it may not look
+           like much, but this wet heap of
+           rock packs more than a few
+           surprises.
+
+          ON A CLUSTER OF SHEEP, hiding nervously between buildings as
+          shadows of passing dragons race by. The group moves as one,
+          receding into a shadowy alley, pushing one sheep out into the
+          light. It's suddenly snatched and carried into the air!
+
+                         
+
+           HICCUP (V.O.)
+           Life here is amazing, just not for
+           the faint of heart. See, where most
+           folks enjoy hobbies like whittling
+           or needlepoint, we Berkians prefer
+           a little something we like to call--
+
+          WHOOSH, WHOOSH, WHOOSH! A wash of VIBRANT COLORS blurs by.
+          DRAGONS BARREL PAST at a dizzying speed. Their RIDERS SWIPE,
+          KICK, and ROLL into one another while they WEAVE neck in neck
+          between the houses, docks, and revamped structures of Berk.
+
+           HICCUP (V.O.)
+
+           DRAGON RACING!
+
+          It's like an aerial version of the Monte Carlo race.
+          Spectators ROAR from wooden bleachers, fastened to cliff
+          faces and perched over the sea.
+
+                         
+          FISHLEGS, now 20 and even larger, rides his gronkle, MEATLUG,
+          who carries the sheep in her claws, until...
+
+                         
+          SNOTLOUT, also 20, but every bit as juvenile, and his
+          Monstrous Nightmare, HOOKFANG, steal the sheep from them.
+           HTTYD 2 (D. DeBlois) - FINAL DRAFT - 05/05/14 2.
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                          SNOTLOUT
+           Oh, I'm sorry, Fishlegs! Did you
+           want that?
+
+                         
+
+                          FISHLEGS
+           Snotlout! That's mine!
+          Snotlout FALLS BACK toward RUFFNUT and TUFFNUT, who lag on
+          their two-headed Zippleback, BARF & BELCH.
+
+                          SNOTLOUT
+           Here ya go, babe.
+          With a chivalrous grin, Snotlout tosses the sheep to Ruffnut.
+          She SNATCHES it with a sneer and a GRUMBLE.
+
+                          SNOTLOUT (CONT'D)
+           Did I tell you that you look
+           amazing today? `Cause you do.
+
+                          RUFFNUT
+           Come on, Barf. It's starting to
+           stink around here.
+          Barf starts to peel off, spewing gas. Tuffnut mocks Snotlout
+          with a mugging grin.
+
+                          TUFFNUT
+           Nope. Still hates you. Let's blow
+           this place, Belch!
+          Belch ignites the gas, sparking a flashy explosion, and
+          leaving Snotlout behind in the smoke.
+          As they rush past the main bleachers, Ruffnut DROPS her sheep
+          into one of five baskets suspended over a chasm at the lap
+          crossing. Each backboard bears an image of its corresponding
+          dragon. The Barf/Belch basket filled to the brim with sheep.
+          Presiding over the game, STOICK turns to the frenzied crowd.
+
+                          STOICK
+           That's nine for the Twins, Astrid
+           lags with three, Fishlegs and
+           Snotlout trail with NONE!
+          Stoick eyes an empty basket at the far end, its backboard
+          painted with an image of Toothless.
+
+                         
+
+                          STOICK (CONT'D)
+           And Hiccup is... nowhere to be
+           found. Hmmm.
+           HTTYD 2 (D. DeBlois) - FINAL DRAFT - 05/05/14 3.
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                          GOBBER
+           Scared him off with the big talk,
+           didn't ya, Stoick?
+          WHACK! Snotlout, still smoldering from the blast, gets
+          CLIPPED from behind. ASTRID, rolls in, astride STORMFLY --
+          spirited and competitive as ever, and beautiful despite
+          herself.
+
+                          ASTRID
+           What are you doing, Snotlout?!
+           They're going to win now!
+
+                          SNOTLOUT
+           She's my princess! Whatever she
+           wants, she gets.
+
+                          ASTRID
+           Ruffnut?! Didn't she try to bury
+           you alive?!
+
+                         
+
+                          SNOTLOUT
+           Only for a few hours!
+          BACK TO THE RACERS, as they peel away, pouring on the speed.
+
+           HICCUP (V.O.)
+           Dragons used to be a bit of a
+           problem here. But that was five
+           years ago. Now they've all moved
+           in. And, really, why wouldn't they?
+          The racers chase each other through a sprawling hangar and
+          into a vast cave, teeming with colorfully painted dragon
+          stables. They exit through the far side and circle back
+          through the village, blasting past many of its dragon-
+          friendly additions.
+
+           HICCUP (V.O.)
+           We have custom stables... all-you-
+           can-eat feeding stations... a full
+           service dragon wash...
+
+                         
+          In the village, a baby Gronkle sneezes, accidentally setting
+          one of the Viking houses aflame.
+
+           HICCUP (V.O.)
+           Even top-of-the-line fire
+           prevention, if I do say so myself.
+          Astrid rolls her eyes, peels away from the other dragon
+          racers, and yanks open a spout on the overhead network of
+          aqueducts, dousing the flames with a surge of water.
+           HTTYD 2 (D. DeBlois) - FINAL DRAFT - 05/05/14 4.
+
+                         
+
+                         
+          BACK TO STOICK, amused as he watches the racers round the
+          island, searching for sheep. He turns to Gobber and nods.
+
+                         
+
+                          STOICK
+           It's time, Gobber.
+
+                         
+
+                          GOBBER
+           Righty-ho!
+           (aloud, to the crowd)
+           Last lap!
+          A HORN sounds. The racers all turn to each other, excited.
+
+                          ASTRID
+           The black sheep! Come on, Stormfly!
+           We can still win this thing!
+
+                         
+
+                          RUFFNUT
+           Come on, Barf!
+
+                         
+
+                          TUFFNUT
+           Let's go!
+
+                         
+
+                          FISHLEGS
+           Go, Meatlug!
+          GOBBER loads the BLACK SHEEP onto a catapult.
+
+                         
+
+                          GOBBER
+           This is your big moment. Have a
+           nice flight!
+
+                         
+          He pulls the trigger, LAUNCHING the black sheep into the air.
+          Astrid spots it and steers Stormfly into a steep climb toward
+          it.
+
+                         
+
+                          ASTRID
+           Up, up, up!
+          In a flash, Fishlegs and Meatlug blur past, NABBING the
+          sheep.
+
+                          ASTRID (CONT'D)
+           No!
+
+                          FISHLEGS
+           Good job, Meatlug!
+          Fishlegs tosses his captured prize to Ruffnut.
+
+                          FISHLEGS (CONT'D)
+           Here you go, darling. Mine's worth
+           ten!
+           HTTYD 2 (D. DeBlois) - FINAL DRAFT - 05/05/14 5.
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                          RUFFNUT
+           Yeah! The Black Sheep!
+          Snotlout sighs, frustrated.
+
+                          ASTRID
+           You guys are fighting for Ruffnut?!
+
+                          RUFFNUT
+           I'm totally winning!
+
+                         
+          Fishlegs hovers up nest to Ruffnut with a starry-eyed smile.
+
+                         
+
+                          FISHLEGS
+           We're winning together!
+          She RAMS BARF into Meatlug, sending Fishlegs into an
+          uncontrolled SPIN. He SLAMS into Snotlout, sending their
+          dragons TUMBLING head over tail. The crowd goes wild.
+
+                          RUFFNUT
+           No one can stop me now!
+
+                          TUFFNUT
+           Except for me. We're attached,
+           genius!
+
+                         
+          He GRABS at the sheep. Ruffnut fights back, inciting a tug-of-
+          war.
+
+                          TUFFNUT (CONT'D)
+           Quit trying to steal all my glory!
+          And while they're distracted, Astrid steers Stormfly toward
+          them, CLOSING IN.
+
+                         
+
+                          STOICK
+           Get `em, Astrid!
+
+                         
+
+                          TUFFNUT RUFFNUT
+          It's MY glory! No sheep, no You're always ruining
+          glory! EVERYTHING!
+          Astrid leaps off of Stormfly, runs up Belch's spindly neck,
+          and PLUCKS the black sheep from the Twins' hands.
+
+                          ASTRID
+           Gotcha!
+
+                         
+          She tumbles through the air onto Stormfly, sticking a perfect
+          landing, black sheep in hand.
+
+                         
+
+                          RUFFNUT
+           Astrid!
+           HTTYD 2 (D. DeBlois) - FINAL DRAFT - 05/05/14 6.
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                         
+          BACK TO STOICK, beside himself. The crowd ROARS.
+
+                         
+
+                          STOICK
+           Well played! Hahaha!
+           (gloating, to the crowd)
+           That's my future daughter-in-law!
+
+          BACK TO ASTRID ON STORMFLY
+          eyeing the fast-approaching FINISH LINE, unaware as...
+          FISHLEGS suddenly RAMS Meatlug into Stormfly, sending Astrid
+          off-course. She recovers and sees Snotlout flying headlong
+          toward her, war hammer cocked, aiming at Astrid.
+
+                          SNOTLOUT
+           Uh, excuse me.
+
+                          ASTRID
+           Stormfly!
+          Snotlout HURLS his hammer. Astrid ducks and rolls Stormfly
+          out of the way. The hammer catches Fishlegs in the face with
+          a CLANG. The crowd collectively winces.
+
+                         
+          Astrid and Stormfly recover from their roll, loop over the
+          water, and they BLAST past the finish line, DUNKING the black
+          sheep into their basket!
+
+                         
+
+                          STOICK
+           That's thirteen! Astrid takes the
+           game!
+          The crowd COMES UNHINGED. Astrid flies over the crowd,
+          basking in her victory.
+
+           HICCUP (V.O.)
+           Yep. Berk is pretty much perfect.
+           All of my hard work has paid off.
+           And it's a good thing, too, because
+           with Vikings on the backs of
+           dragons, the world just got a whole
+           lot bigger.
+
+                         
+
+          EXT. OPEN SKY/ISLAND COASTLINE - DAY
+
+          (Scene 0300 - AWOL Part One)
+          A boundless sky. Vast. Clear. Crisp. And from it, a BLACK
+          SPECK rockets across the horizon. The image of unbridled
+          freedom.
+           HTTYD 2 (D. DeBlois) - FINAL DRAFT - 05/05/14 7.
+
+                         
+
+                         
+          Tucked into his riding position, HICCUP appears to be part of
+          TOOTHLESS. They dip, roll and dive, over a sea teeming with
+          Thunderdrums, pulling off daring maneuvers with honed
+          refinement, making them seem effortless.
+
+                          HICCUP
+           Yeah!
+          They jackknife, heading skyward, rolling and tumbling through
+          the ethereal cloud-scapes and joining high-flying Timberjacks
+          as they soar in formation.
+          Hiccup is bound head-to-toe in a snug, aerodynamic flight
+          suit -- an asymmetrical, functional design of leather and
+          articulated plates. It has an air of Viking bike leather.
+
+                         
+
+                          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+           What do you think, bud? Wanna give
+           this another shot?
+
+                         
+          Toothless grumbles in protest.
+
+                         
+
+                          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+           Toothless! It'll be fine.
+          With a click of a lever, he LOCKS the pedals in the flared
+          tail position. Hiccup then unhooks himself from the saddle.
+
+                         
+
+                          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+           Ready?
+          Toothless SNORTS unenthusiastically.
+          Suddenly, Hiccup SLIDES OFF of Toothless, peeling away from
+          him like a skydiver from a plane, YELLING as he plummets.
+
+                         
+          Toothless dives after him. They spiral through the air, face-
+          to-face. Toothless is having fun, despite himself.
+          Hiccup slips his forearms through a pair of tucked leather
+          flaps... and YANKS, unfurling SHEETS OF LEATHER as he extends
+          his arms. They catch the wind, SNAPPING OPEN like WINGS...
+          and sending him GLIDING -- out of control, at first, then
+          stabilizing. The turbulence buffets his flight suit heavily.
+          But he's flying!
+          Toothless unfolds his wings, too, catching up with Hiccup.
+          The freedom is palpable. Hiccup and Toothless are, for the
+          moment, the same. Feeling the same rush of adrenaline.
+          Independently together.
+          They PLUNGE past cloud formations, splitting apart then
+          crossing paths again.
+           HTTYD 2 (D. DeBlois) - FINAL DRAFT - 05/05/14 8.
+
+                         
+
+                         
+          Impressive as it is, Hiccup is gliding at a steep angle.
+          Toothless launches fireballs ahead of Hiccup, boosting him
+          higher with the expanding heat bursts.
+
+                         
+
+                          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+           This is amazing!
+          A cloud layer washes past, exposing a towering ROCK
+          FORMATION, dead ahead.
+
+                         
+
+                          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+           No longer amazing! Toothless!
+          Hiccup tries to steer himself away, to no avail.
+          Toothless POURS ON THE SPEED, trying to catch Hiccup as he
+          HURTLES toward collision. His locked tail makes maneuvering
+          difficult. He's UNABLE TO PULL UP at a steep enough angle.
+
+                         
+
+                          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+           Oh, no!
+          At the last second, Toothless BLASTS the jagged rocks just
+          ahead of Hiccup, then WRAPS Hiccup in his wings as they fly
+          through it. The obliterated peak rains down around them.
+          Toothless emerges through the cloud of debris and HURTLES
+          into the trees of a neighboring peak. They tumble down the
+          uneven terrain, coming to rest on a small plateau.
+          Hiccup emerges from the cocoon of Toothless' wings. He
+          switches his prosthetic riding foot to his walking foot and
+          stows his leather wings.
+
+                         
+
+                          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+           That really came out of nowhere.
+          The blown up sea stack collapses.
+
+                          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+           We gotta work on your solo gliding
+           there, bud. That locked-up tail
+           makes for some pretty sloppy rescue
+           maneuvers, eh?
+          Hiccup reels in his dorsal fin and removes his helmet,
+          revealing a 20 year old Hiccup framed by wild hair, complete
+          with a Viking braid.
+          He walks to the edge of the cliff, taking in the NEW LAND
+          stretching off into the horizon, its tall cliffs and sea-
+          stacks adorned with swaying gold birch trees basking in the
+          dappled afternoon sunlight.
+           HTTYD 2 (D. DeBlois) - FINAL DRAFT - 05/05/14 9.
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+           Looks like we found another one,
+           bud.
+          Toothless FUSSES and SNORTS, not amused, shaking off dust and
+          pebbles like a wet dog.
+          Hiccup flinches as a pebble WHACKS him on the back of the
+          head. He looks back to Toothless, who averts his eyes.
+
+                          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+           Oh, what? Do you want an apology?
+           Is that why you're pouting, big
+           baby boo? Well... try this on!
+          Hiccup TACKLES Toothless and tries to put him in a headlock.
+
+                          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+           Ya feeling it yet? Huh? Picking up
+           on all my heartfelt remorse?
+          Toothless simply stands on his hind legs, lifting Hiccup off
+          of his flailing feet and dangling him over the cliff's edge.
+
+                          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+           Oh, come on. You wouldn't hurt a
+
+                          ONE-LEGGED--
+
+                         
+          Hiccup looks down, seeing the precipitous drop below.
+
+                         
+
+                          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+           You're right! You're right! You
+           win! You win!
+          WHAM! Toothless flips him over, pinning him to the ground.
+          Hiccup squirms, throwing mock punches. Toothless playfully
+          retaliates with feline taps to Hiccup's head.
+
+                          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+           He's down! And it's ugly! Dragons
+           and Vikings, enemies again, locked
+           in combat to the bitter -- URFFF!
+          Toothless rests his head on Hiccup -- SQUEEZING THE AIR out
+          of him. Toothless then suddenly starts grooming Hiccup,
+          lapping at his face and covering him in slobber.
+
+                         
+
+                          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+           Gaaaaagh!
+
+                         
+          Hiccup fights to get free, finally springing to his feet and
+          shaking off the viscous saliva.
+           HTTYD 2 (D. DeBlois) - FINAL DRAFT - 05/05/14 10.
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+           You KNOW that doesn't wash out.
+
+                         
+          Toothless LAUGHS, pleased with himself.
+
+                         
+          Shifting his attention back to the new land stretched out
+          before them, Hiccup reaches beneath his chest plate and
+          produces a leather-bound book.
+
+                         
+          He unfurls it to reveal an EXPLORERS MAP, modified with added
+          strips in every direction to accommodate their ever-expanding
+          world. Drawings indicate new lands, new tribes, and many new
+          dragons.
+          Hiccup peels a fresh strip of paper from a hidden fold in his
+          flight suit and holds it out for Toothless to lick.
+          Hiccup affixes the moistened strip to the map's outer edge,
+          then whittles a pencil and consults a compass affixed to his
+          forearm.
+
+                          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+           So what should we name it?
+          Toothless GURGLES as he gnaws under his wing, preoccupied.
+
+                          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+           ""Itchy Armpit"" it is.
+          Hiccup carefully draws the new island's outline.
+
+                          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+           Whaddya reckon, bud? Think we might
+           find a few Timberjacks in those
+           woods? The odd Whispering Death or
+           two in the rocks? Who knows...
+           maybe we'll finally track down
+           another Night Fury.
+
+                          (BEAT)
+           Wouldn't that be something?
+
+                          (BURDENED)
+           So, whaddya say? Just keep going?
+          Toothless' ear plates suddenly SHOOT UP. He ROARS, and his
+          call is answered by a familiar SCREECH. Hiccup turns to
+          see...
+
+                         
+
+          EXT. SEA STACK/ISLAND COASTLINE - DAY
+
+          (Scene 0325 - AWOL Part Two)
+
+                         
+          ASTRID rising into view, astride Stormfly. Stormfly grabs
+          talon-fulls of rock to slow her landing.
+           HTTYD 2 (D. DeBlois) - FINAL DRAFT - 05/05/14 11.
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                          HICCUP
+           `Afternoon m'lady. Where have you
+           been?
+
+                         
+          Astrid dismounts and throws back her fur hood as Toothless
+          rushes up to greet them.
+
+                         
+
+                          ASTRID
+           Winning races. What else? The real
+           question is... where have YOU been?
+
+                         
+
+                          HICCUP
+           Avoiding my dad.
+
+                         
+
+                          ASTRID
+           Oh, no. What happened now?
+
+                         
+          Astrid sits beside Hiccup, inspecting his latest addition to
+          the map. Behind them, Toothless greets Stormfly, inciting a
+          play fight.
+
+                         
+
+                          HICCUP
+           Oh, you're gonna love this. I wake
+           up. The sun's shining. Terrible
+           Terrors are singing on the rooftop.
+           I saunter down to breakfast,
+           thinking all is right with the
+           world, and I get...
+
+                         
+          He gets to his feet and puffs out his chest.
+
+                         
+
+                          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+
+                          (APING STOICK)
+           ... Son, we need to talk.
+
+                         
+          Astrid smiles and adopts Hiccup's sloppy slouch.
+
+                          ASTRID
+
+                          (APING HICCUP)
+           Not now, Dad. I've got a whole day
+           of goofing off to get started.
+
+                         
+          Hiccup breaks character, grimacing at her impression of him.
+
+                         
+
+                          HICCUP
+           Okay, first of all, I don't sound
+           like that. What is this character?
+           And second... what is that thing
+           you're doing with my shoulders?
+
+                         
+          Astrid laughs, jostling her shoulders in an awkward way.
+           HTTYD 2 (D. DeBlois) - FINAL DRAFT - 05/05/14 12.
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+                          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+           A truly flattering impersonation.
+           Anyway, he goes...
+           (resuming Stoick's brogue)
+           You're the pride of Berk, son, and
+           I couldn't be prouder...
+
+                         
+
+                          ASTRID
+           (continuing her impression
+
+                          OF HICCUP)
+           Aw, thanks, Dad. I'm pretty
+           impressed with myself, too.
+
+                         
+
+                          HICCUP
+           WHEN have I ever done that with my
+           hands?
+
+                         
+
+                          ASTRID
+           You just did.
+
+                         
+          She laughs, playfully.
+
+                         
+
+                          HICCUP
+           Okay... just...
+           (holding her arms, mock-
+
+                          STERN)
+           Hold still. It's very serious.
+
+                         
+          She giggles, trying to hold a straight face.
+
+                         
+
+                          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+           (resuming Stoick's brogue)
+           You're all grown up, and since no
+           chief could ask for a better
+           successor, I've decided--
+
+                         
+          Astrid straightens, her face brightening.
+
+                          ASTRID
+           --TO MAKE YOU CHIEF! Oh, my gods!
+
+                         
+          She jumps to her feet, beaming...
+
+                         
+
+                          ASTRID (CONT'D)
+           Hiccup, that's amazing!
+
+                         
+          And socks Hiccup in congratulations, deliberately hitting the
+          dorsal fin release button and triggering it to pop up. She
+          laughs as Hiccup reels it back in, self-consciously.
+
+                         
+
+                          HICCUP
+           You're gonna wear out the spring
+           coil. The calibration is very
+           sensitive!
+           HTTYD 2 (D. DeBlois) - FINAL DRAFT - 05/05/14 13.
+
+                         
+
+                         
+          They're suddenly BOWLED OVER by Toothless and Stormfly.
+
+                         
+
+                          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+           Yeah, so... this is what I'm
+           dealing with.
+
+                         
+          Astrid helps him up and dusts him off.
+
+                         
+
+                          ASTRID
+
+                          (EXCITED)
+           What did you tell him?
+
+                         
+
+                          HICCUP
+           I didn't. By the time he turned
+           around, I was gone.
+
+                         
+          Astrid picks up the map, folding it as she paces around him,
+          processing it all.
+
+                         
+
+                          ASTRID
+           Well, it's a lot of responsibility.
+           The map will have to wait for sure,
+           and I'll need to fly Toothless,
+           since you'll be too busy...
+
+                         
+          She pauses, wincing in sympathy. She turns to Hiccup. He nods
+          knowingly, taking the map from her.
+
+                         
+
+                          HICCUP
+           It's not me, Astrid. All those
+           speeches, and planning, and running
+           the village... that's his thing.
+
+                         
+
+                          ASTRID
+           I think you're missing the point. I
+           mean, chief. What an honor. I'd be
+           pretty excited.
+          Hiccup shakes his head.
+
+                         
+
+                          HICCUP
+           I'm not like you. You know exactly
+           who you are. You always have.
+           But...
+
+                         
+          He shuffles to the cliff's edge, gazing out at the new land.
+
+                         
+
+                          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+           I'm still looking. I know that I'm
+           not my father... and I never met my
+           mother... so, what does that make
+           me?
+           HTTYD 2 (D. DeBlois) - FINAL DRAFT - 05/05/14 14.
+
+                         
+
+                         
+          He sits at the edge, looking burdened, restless. Astrid
+          approaches and settles beside him, joining him in looking out
+          at the distant horizon. She weaves another braid into his
+          hair as she speaks.
+
+                         
+
+                          ASTRID
+           What you're searching for... isn't
+           out there, Hiccup.
+
+                         
+          She places a hand on his chest.
+
+                         
+
+                          ASTRID (CONT'D)
+           It's in here.
+
+                          (BEAT)
+           Maybe you just don't see it yet.
+
+                         
+          She kisses his cheek, but gets a mouthful of Toothless'
+          slobber. She grimaces, wiping it off.
+
+                         
+          Distracted, Hiccup eyes the horizon keenly.
+
+                         
+
+                          HICCUP
+           Maybe. But, y'know... there is
+           something out there.
+
+                         
+
+                          ASTRID
+
+                          (EXASPERATED)
+           Hiccup...
+
+                         
+          He turns her face to the horizon. A distant smoke plume rises
+          from a misty valley.
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+          EXT. LAPLAND WOODS/TRAPPER'S FORT - MOMENTS LATER
+
+
+                         
+          (Scene 0400 - Shot Down!)
+          Hiccup and Toothless fly over the fjord, winding deep through
+          undulating crimson and gold forests.
+
+                         
+          Astrid and Stormfly catch up as the autumn colors suddenly
+          give way to charred timbers. They fly deeper, through ash and
+          wafting smoke. Ahead, in a sheltered harbor, an explosion of
+          ice stands as an eerie marker of what used to be a TRAPPER'S
+
+          FORT.
+
+                         
+
+                          HICCUP
+           Stay close.
+
+                         
+          They fly through the suspended remains of the buildings,
+          splintered, and frozen in mid-destruction.
+
+                         
+
+                          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+           What happened here?
+           HTTYD 2 (D. DeBlois) - FINAL DRAFT - 05/05/14 15.
+
+                         
+
+                         
+          It's at once harrowing and puzzling. Toothless spots an
+          enormous DRAGON FOOTPRINT in the muddy shoreline below,
+          leaving him uneasy.
+
+                         
+
+                          HICCUP (CONT'D)
+           Easy, bud.
+
+                         
+          As they crest the ice formations, Astrid spots a CREW OF MEN
+          at the stern of a moored ship below.
+
+                         
+
+                          ASTRID
+           Hiccup!
+
+                         
+
+           ERET (O.S.)
+           Fire!
+
+                         
+          The men fire a stern-mounted cannon. The projectile unfurls
+          into a NET. Hiccup and Toothless dart out of its way.
+
+                         
+
+                          HICCUP
+           Astrid! Look out!
+
+                         
+          It HITS Stormfly, TANGLING her wings and causing her to spin
+          uncontrolled. Astrid struggles to free her as they HURTLE
+          toward a collision.
+
+                         
+
+                          ASTRID
+
+           HICCUP!
+
+                         
+          Astrid falls off of Stormfly, but Toothless SNATCHES her at
+          the last second.
+
+                         
+          Stormfly hits the ground, tangled in the net. Trappers rush
+          out of hiding, piling onto her with ropes and weapons. She
+          whips her tail, sending spikes flying.
+
+                         
+
+                          ERET
+           Watch the tail!
+
+                         
+          A large, raven-haired trapper lunges over the spray of spikes
+          and lands upon Stormfly's head, twisting it and taking her
+          down like a rodeo cowboy.
+
+                         
+
+                          ERET (CONT'D)
+           Tie those legs up!
+
+                         
+          Eret deftly ties her gnashing jaws shut, wrangling her into
+          submission -- clearly a pro among pros. He looks up,
+          revealing a handsome face and gleaming, intelligent eyes that
+          search the sky as Toothless' tell-tale BANSHEE scream rings
+          out.
+
+                         
+
+                          ERET (CONT'D)
+           Is that what I think it is?
+           HTTYD 2 (D. DeBlois) - FINAL DRAFT - 05/05/14 16.
+
+                         
+
+                         
+          Toothless suddenly streaks across the sky, banking and
+          landing with a FEROCIOUS ROAR.
+
+                         
+
+                          HICCUP
+
+           STOP!
+
+                         
+
+                          ASTRID
+
+           STORMFLY!
+           (to the trappers)
+           What are you doing?
+
+                         
+          Astrid and Hiccup leap off of Toothless, rushing toward
+          Stormfly.
+
+                         
+          Eret's men immediately draw weapons. Hiccup extends and
+          ignites his DRAGON BLADE -- a telescoping fiery sword --
+          impressive enough to wow Eret's men.
+
+                         
+
+                          ERET
+           Back again?
+
+                         
+          Eret steps forward, focused only on Toothless.
+
+                         
+
+                          ERET (CONT'D)
+           Soil my britches... that is a Night
+           Fury. Thought they were all gone
+           for good.
+           (to his fellow trappers)
+           Looks like our luck's had a turn
+           for the better, lads! Don't think
+           Drago has one of those in "
+20,Incredibles The ,Brad Bird,"Animation,Family,Adventure,Action,Comedy,Sci-Fi",November_2004,"MR. INCREDIBLE
+
+Is this on?
+
+
+
+INTERVIEWER
+
+That's fine.
+
+
+
+MR. INCREDIBLE
+
+I can break through walls, I just can't...
+
+
+
+INTERVIEWER
+
+That's fine.
+
+
+
+MR. INCREDIBLE
+
+I can't get this on.
+
+
+
+INTERVIEWER
+
+So, Mr. Incredible...do you have a secret identity?
+
+
+
+MR. INCREDIBLE
+
+Every superhero has a secret identity. I don't know a
+single one who doesn't. Who wants the pressure of being super all the time?
+
+
+
+ELASTIGIRL
+
+Of course I have a secret identity. Can you see me in this
+at the supermarket? Come on. Who'd want to go shopping as Elastigirl, y'know
+what I mean?
+
+
+
+FROZONE
+
+Superladies, they're always trying to tell you their secret
+identity. Think it'll strengthen the relationship or something like that. I
+said, ''Girl, I don't want to know about your mild-mannered alter ego.'' or
+anything like that. I mean, you tell me you're a
+super-mega-ultra-lightning-babe, that's all right with me. I'm good. I'm good.
+
+
+
+MR. INCREDIBLE
+
+No matter how many times you save the world, it always
+manages to get back in jeopardy again. Sometimes I just want it to stay saved,
+you know? For a little bit. I feel like the maid. ''I just cleaned up this
+mess. Can we keep it clean for ten minutes?''
+
+
+
+INTERVIEWER
+
+I could get to that point.
+
+
+
+MR. INCREDIBLE
+
+''Please?''
+
+
+
+INTERVIEWER
+
+Wait, no, don't get up. We're not finished.
+
+
+
+MR. INCREDIBLE
+
+Sometimes l think I'd just like the simple life, you know?
+Relax a little and raise a family.
+
+
+
+ELASTIGIRL
+
+Settle down? Are you kidding? I'm at the top of my game!
+I'm right up there with the big dogs! Girls, come on. Leave the saving of the
+world to the men? I don't think so. I don't think so.
+
+
+
+
+
+__________________________________________SCENE
+2__________________________________________
+
+
+
+POLICE RADIO
+
+We interrupt for an important bulletin. A deadly high-speed
+pursuit between police and armed gunmen is underway, traveling northbound on
+San Pablo Ave.
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Yeah, I've got time.
+
+
+
+OLD LADY
+
+Mr. lncredible. Um, Mr. Incredible...
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+What is it, ma'am?
+
+
+
+OLD LADY
+
+My cat, Squeaker, won't come down.
+
+
+
+[cat meows]
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Certainly, ma'am but I suggest you stand clear. There could
+be trouble.
+
+
+
+OLD LADY
+
+No, no. He's quite tame.
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Let go now!
+
+
+
+[cat yowls]
+
+
+
+POLICE OFFICER 1
+
+Thank you, Mr. lncredible. You've done it again.
+
+
+
+POLICE OFFICER 2
+
+Yeah, you're the best.
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+No, I'm just here to help.
+
+
+
+POLICE RADIO
+
+Attention all units. We have a tour bus robbery...
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Tour bus robbery. I've still got time. Officers. Ma'am.
+Squeaker.
+
+
+
+BUDDY (INCREDIBOY)
+
+Cool! Ready for take-off!
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+What the...? Who are you supposed to be?
+
+
+
+BUDDY (INCREDIBOY)
+
+Well, I'm lncrediBoy.
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+What? No. You're that kid from the fan club. [stammering]
+Brophy. Brody. Buddy! Buddy!
+
+
+
+BUDDY (INCREDIBOY)
+
+My name is lncrediBoy.
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Look, I've been nice, I've stood for photos, signed every
+scrap of paper you pushed at me but this is...
+
+
+
+BUDDY (INCREDIBOY)
+
+No, you don't have to worry about training me. I know all
+your moves, your crime fighting style, favorite catch phrases, everything! I'm
+your number one fan!
+
+
+
+BUDDY (INCREDIBOY)
+
+Hey! Hey, wait!
+
+__________________________________________SCENE
+3__________________________________________
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+You know...you can tell a lot about a woman by the contents
+of her purse, but maybe that's not what you had in mind.
+
+
+
+THIEF
+
+Hey, look--
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Elastigirl.
+
+
+
+HELEN (ELASTIGIRL)
+
+Mr. lncredible.
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+No, it's all right. I've got him.
+
+
+
+HELEN (ELASTIGIRL)
+
+Sure, you've got him. I just took him out for you.
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Sure, you took him out. His attention was on me.
+
+
+
+HELEN (ELASTIGIRL)
+
+A fact I exploited to do my job.
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+My job, you mean.
+
+
+
+HELEN (ELASTIGIRL)
+
+A simple thank you will suffice.
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Thanks, but I don't need any help.
+
+
+
+HELEN (ELASTIGIRL)
+
+Whatever happened to ''ladies first''?
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Well, whatever happened to equal treatment?
+
+
+
+THIEF
+
+Hey, look, the lady got me first.
+
+
+
+HELEN (ELASTIGIRL)
+
+Well, we could share, you know.
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+I work alone.
+
+
+
+HELEN (ELASTIGIRL)
+
+Well, I think you need to be more...flexible.
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Are you doing anything later?
+
+
+
+HELEN (ELASTIGIRL)
+
+I have a previous engagement.
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+[whistles]
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Now, you just stay here. They usually pick up the garbage
+in an hour.
+
+
+
+LUCIUS (FROZONE)
+
+Hey, lncredible!
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Hey, Frozone!
+
+
+
+LUCIUS (FROZONE)
+
+Shouldn't you be getting ready?
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+I still got time.
+
+
+
+[crowd screaming]
+
+
+
+WOMAN
+
+He's gonna jump!
+
+
+
+SANSWEET
+
+I think you broke something.
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+With counseling, I think you'll come to forgive me.
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Wait a minute.
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+[coughing] Bomb Voyage.
+
+
+
+VOYAGE
+
+[French] Mr. Incredible!
+
+
+
+BUDDY (INCREDIBOY)
+
+And lncrediBoy!
+
+
+
+VOYAGE
+
+lncrediBoy?
+
+
+
+BUDDY (INCREDIBOY)
+
+Hey, hey! Aren't you curious about how I get around so fast?
+See? I have these rocket boots--
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Go home, Buddy.
+
+
+
+BUDDY (INCREDIBOY)
+
+What?
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Now.
+
+
+
+VOYAGE
+
+[French] Little oaf.
+
+
+
+BUDDY (INCREDIBOY)
+
+Can we talk? You always say be true to yourself, but you
+never say which part of yourself to be true to. Well, I've finally figured out
+who I am. I am your ward... lncrediBoy!
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+And now, you have officially carried it too far, Buddy.
+
+
+
+BUDDY (INCREDIBOY)
+
+This is because I don't have powers, isn't it? Well not
+every superhero has powers, you know. You can be super without them. I invented
+these. I can fly. Can you fly?
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Fly home, Buddy. I work alone.
+
+
+
+VOYAGE
+
+[French] And your outfit is totally ridiculous!
+
+
+
+BUDDY (INCREDIBOY)
+
+Just give me one chance! I'll show you. I'll go get the
+police.
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Buddy, don't!
+
+
+
+BUDDY (INCREDIBOY)
+
+It'll only take a second, really.
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+No, stop! There's a bomb!
+
+
+
+BUDDY (INCREDIBOY)
+
+Let go! You're wrecking my flight pattern! I can do this if
+you let go!
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Will you just...? I'm trying to help! Stop!
+
+
+
+BUDDY (INCREDIBOY)
+
+Let go of my cape!
+
+__________________________________________SCENE
+4__________________________________________
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Take this one home. And make sure his mom knows what he's
+been doing.
+
+
+
+BUDDY (INCREDIBOY)
+
+I can help you. You're making a mista---hey!
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+The injured jumper. You sent paramedics?
+
+
+
+POLICE OFFICER
+
+They've already picked him up.
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+The blast in that building was caused by Bomb Voyage who I
+caught in the act robbing the vault. Now, we might be able to nab him if we set
+up a perimeter.
+
+
+
+POLICE OFFICER
+
+You mean he got away?
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Well, yeah. Skippy here made sure of that.
+
+
+
+BUDDY (INCREDIBOY)
+
+lncrediBoy!
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+You're not affiliated with me! Holy smokes, I'm late.
+Listen, I've gotta be somewhere.
+
+
+
+POLICE OFFICER
+
+What about Bomb Voyage?
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Any other night, I'd go after him myself, but I really
+gotta go. But don't worry. We'll get him! Eventually!
+
+
+
+__________________________________________SCENE
+5__________________________________________
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Is the night still young?
+
+
+
+LUCIUS (FROZONE)
+
+You're very late.
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+How do I look? Good?
+
+
+
+LUCIUS (FROZONE)
+
+Oh, the mask! You still got the mask.
+
+
+
+[cracks neck]
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Showtime.
+
+
+
+PRIEST
+
+Robert Parr, will you have this woman to be your lawful
+wedded wife?
+
+
+
+HELEN (ELASTIGIRL)
+
+You're late. When you asked me if I was doing anything
+later, I didn't realize you'd actually forgotten. I thought it was playful
+banter.
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+It was playful banter.
+
+
+
+HELEN (ELASTIGIRL)
+
+Cutting it kinda close, don't you think?
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+You need to be more... flexible.
+
+
+
+HELEN (ELASTIGIRL)
+
+I love you, but if we're gonna make this work, you've gotta
+be more than Mr. lncredible. You know that. Don't you?
+
+
+
+PRIEST
+
+...so long as you both shall live?
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+I do.
+
+
+
+PRIEST
+
+I pronounce this couple husband and wife.
+
+
+
+[people cheering and whistling]
+
+
+
+HELEN (ELASTIGIRL)
+
+As long as we both shall live. No matter what happens.
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Hey, come on. We're superheroes. What could happen?
+
+
+
+ANNOUNCER
+
+In a stunning turn of events, a superhero is being sued for
+saving someone who, apparently, didn't want to be saved. The plaintiff, Oliver Sansweet,
+who was foiled in his attempted suicide by Mr. Incredible, has filed suit
+against the famed superhero in Superior Court.
+
+
+
+SANSWEET'S LAWYER
+
+Mr. Sansweet didn't ask to be saved. Mr. Sansweet didn't
+want to be saved. And the injury received from Mr. Incredible ''actions'', so
+quote, causes him daily pain.
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Hey, I saved your life!
+
+
+
+SANSWEET
+
+You didn't save my life! You ruined my death, that's what
+you did!
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Listen--
+
+
+
+MR. INCREDIBLE'S LAWYER
+
+My client has no further comment at this time.
+
+
+
+ANNOUNCER
+
+Five days later, another suit was filed by victims of the
+el train accident. Incredible's court losses cost the government millions. And
+opened the flood gates for dozens of superhero lawsuits the world over.
+
+
+
+WOMAN
+
+It is time for their secret identity to become their only
+identity. Time for them to join us, or go away.
+
+
+
+ANNOUNCER
+
+Under tremendous public pressure, and the crushing
+financial burden of an ever mounting series of lawsuits, the government quietly
+initiated the superhero relocation program. The supers will be granted amnesty
+from responsibility for past actions, in exchange for the promise to never
+again resume hero work. Where are they now? They are living among us. Average
+citizens, average heroes. Quietly and anonymously continuing to make the world
+a better place.
+
+
+
+__________________________________________SCENE
+6__________________________________________
+
+
+
+style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>(15 YEARS LATER)
+
+
+
+MRS. HOGENSON
+
+Denied? You're denying my claim? I don't understand. I have
+full coverage.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+I'm sorry, Mrs. Hogenson, but our liability is spelled out
+in paragraph 17. It states clearly...
+
+
+
+MRS. HOGENSON
+
+I can't pay for this.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+[phone rings] Excuse me. [answers phone] Claims, Bob Parr.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+I'm calling to celebrate a momentous occasion. We're now
+officially moved in.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Yeah, well, that's great, honey. In the last three years
+don't count because...
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Because I finally unpacked the last box. Now, it's
+official. Ha, ha, ha. Why do we have so much junk?
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Listen, honey, I've got a client.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Say no more. Go save the world one policy at a time, honey.
+Oh! I gotta go pick up the kids from school. See you tonight.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Bye, honey. Excuse me. Where were we?
+
+
+
+MRS. HOGENSON
+
+[sobbing] I'm on a fixed income, and if you can't help me,
+I don't know what I'll do. [blows nose loudly] [sobbing]
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+All right, listen closely. I'd like to help you, but I
+can't. I'd like to tell you to take a copy of your policy to Norma Wilcox
+on...[whispering] Norma Wilcox. W-l-L-C-O-X. On the third floor. But I can't. I
+also do not advise you to fill out and file a WS2475 form with our legal
+department on the second floor. I wouldn't expect someone to get back to you
+quickly to resolve the matter. I'd like to help, but there's nothing I can do.
+
+
+
+MRS. HOGENSON
+
+Oh, thank you, young man.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Shhh! [shouting] I'm sorry, ma'am! I know you're upset!
+[whispering] Pretend to be upset.
+
+
+
+MRS. HOGENSON
+
+[sobbing]
+
+
+
+MR. HUPH
+
+Parr! You authorized payment on the Walker policy?!
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Someone broke into their house, Mr. Huph. Their policy
+clearly covers--
+
+
+
+MR. HUPH
+
+I don't wanna know about their coverage, Bob! Don't tell me
+about their coverage. Tell me how you're keeping Insuricare in the black. Tell
+me how that's possible, with you writing checks to every Harry Hardluck and
+Sally Sobstory that gives you a phone call.
+
+
+
+[PA Announcement]
+
+Morning break is over. Morning break is over.
+
+
+
+__________________________________________SCENE
+7__________________________________________
+
+
+
+PRINCIPAL
+
+I appreciate you coming down here, Mrs. Parr.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+What's this about? Has Dash done something wrong?
+
+
+
+BERNIE
+
+He's a disruptive influence and he openly mocks me in front
+of the class.
+
+
+
+DASH
+
+He says.
+
+
+
+BERNIE
+
+Look, I know it's you! He puts thumbtacks on my stool.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+You saw him do this?
+
+
+
+BERNIE
+
+Well...not really. No. Actually, not.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Oh, then how do you know it was him?
+
+
+
+BERNIE
+
+I hid a camera. Yeah, and this time, I've got him. See? You
+see? You don't see it? He moves! Right there! Wait, wait! Right there! Right as
+I'm sitting down! I don't know how he does it, but there's no tack before he
+moves and after he moves, there's a tack. Coincidence? I think not!
+
+
+
+PRINCIPAL
+
+Bernie...
+
+
+
+BERNIE
+
+Don't ''Bernie'' me. [screaming] This little rat is guilty!
+
+
+
+PRINCIPAL
+
+You and your son can go now, Mrs. Parr. I'm sorry for the
+trouble.
+
+
+
+BERNIE
+
+You're letting him go again? He's guilty! You can see it on
+his smug little face. Guilty, I say, guilty!
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Dash, this is the third time this year you've been sent to
+the office. We need to find a better outlet. A more...constructive outlet.
+
+
+
+DASH
+
+Maybe I could, if you'd let me go out for sports.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Honey, you know why we can't do that.
+
+
+
+DASH
+
+I promise I'll slow up. I'll only be the best by a tiny
+bit.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Dashiell Robert Parr, you are an incredibly competitive boy.
+And a bit of a showoff. The last thing you need is temptation.
+
+
+
+DASH
+
+You always say, ''Do your best.'' But you don't really mean
+it. Why can't I do the best that I can do?
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Right now, honey, the world just wants us to fit in, and to
+fit in, we just gotta be like everybody else.
+
+
+
+DASH
+
+Dad always said our powers were nothing to be ashamed of.
+Our powers made us special.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Everyone's special, Dash.
+
+
+
+DASH
+
+Which is another way of saying no one is.
+
+
+
+BOY
+
+Hey, Rydinger. Where you headed?
+
+
+
+GIRL
+
+Hi, Tony.
+
+
+
+TONY
+
+Hey.
+
+
+
+BOY
+
+Hey, Tony, can I carry your books?
+
+
+
+TONY
+
+That's kind of funny.
+
+
+
+BOY 1
+
+Hey, Tony, do you play football?
+
+
+
+BOY 2
+
+Tony, I thought we were gonna go swimming.
+
+
+
+VIOLET
+
+He looked at me.
+
+
+
+[car horn honking]
+
+
+
+DASH
+
+Come on, Violet!
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+[muttering] Darn kids. Sitting on the driveway...
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Oh, great.
+
+
+
+[unintelligible muttering]
+
+__________________________________________SCENE
+8__________________________________________
+
+
+
+DASH
+
+Mom. You're making weird faces again.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+No, I'm not.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+You make weird faces, honey.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Do you have to read at the table?
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Uh-huh. Yeah.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Smaller bites, Dash. Yikes! Bob, could you help the
+carnivore cut his meat?
+
+
+
+DASH
+
+Ow.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Dash, you have something you wanna tell your father about
+school?
+
+
+
+DASH
+
+[nervously] Well, we dissected a frog.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Dash got sent to the office again.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+[distracted] Good. Good.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+No, Bob, that's bad.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+What?
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Dash got sent to the office again.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+What?! What for?
+
+
+
+DASH
+
+Nothing.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+He put a tack on the teacher's chair...during class.
+
+
+
+DASH
+
+Nobody saw me. You could barely see it on the tape.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+They caught you on tape and you still got away with it? Whoa!
+You must have been booking. How fast did you think were you going?
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Bob! We are not encouraging this.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+I'm not encouraging, I'm just asking how fast...
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Honey!
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Great. First the car, now I gotta pay to fix the table...
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+The car? What happened to the car?
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Here. I'm getting a new plate.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+So, how about you, Vi? How was school?
+
+
+
+VIOLET
+
+Nothing to report.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+You've hardly touched your food.
+
+
+
+VIOLET
+
+I'm not hungry for meatloaf.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Well, it is leftover night. We have steak, pasta. What are
+you hungry for?
+
+
+
+DASH
+
+Tony Rydinger.
+
+
+
+VIOLET
+
+Shut up!
+
+
+
+DASH
+
+Well, you are.
+
+
+
+VIOLET
+
+I said, shut up, you little insect!
+
+
+
+DASH
+
+Well, she is.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Do not shout at the table. Honey!
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Kids! Listen to your mother.
+
+
+
+DASH
+
+She'd eat if we were having Tony loaf.
+
+
+
+VIOLET
+
+That's it!
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Stop it!
+
+
+
+DASH
+
+You're gonna be toast!
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Stop running in the house. Sit down!
+
+
+
+DASH
+
+Ow! Hey, no force fields!
+
+
+
+VIOLET
+
+You started it.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+You sit down! You sit down! Violet!
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+''Simon J. Paladino, longtime advocate of superhero rights,
+is missing''? Gazerbeam.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Bob! It's time to engage. Do something! Don't just stand
+there! I need you to intervene!
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+You want me to intervene? Okay. I'm intervening. I'm
+intervening!
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Violet, let go of your brother!
+
+
+
+JACK-JACK
+
+Hello?
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Get the door.
+
+
+
+DASH
+
+Hey, Lucius!
+
+
+
+LUCIUS
+
+Hey, Speedo. Hey, Helen. Vi, Jack-Jack.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+He-hey! Ice of you to drop by.
+
+
+
+LUCIUS
+
+Ha! Never heard that one before.
+
+
+
+DASH
+
+[gargling] Lucius!
+
+
+
+LUCIUS
+
+Whoa!
+
+
+
+LUCIUS
+
+Ha, ha.
+
+
+
+DASH
+
+Oh! I like it when it shatters.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+I'll be back later.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Hey, where are you two going?
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+It's Wednesday.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Oh. Bowling night. Say hello to Honey for me, Lucius.
+
+
+
+LUCIUS
+
+Will do. Good night, Helen. Good night, kids.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Don't think you've avoided talking about your trip to the
+principal's office, young man. Your father and I are still gonna discuss it.
+
+
+
+DASH
+
+I'm not the only kid who's been sent to the office, you
+know.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Other kids don't have superpowers. Now, it's perfectly
+normal...
+
+
+
+VIOLET
+
+Normal? What do you know about normal? What does anyone in
+this family know about normal?
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Now, wait a minute, young lady.
+
+
+
+VIOLET
+
+We act normal, mom. I wanna be normal! The only normal one
+is Jack-Jack, and he's not even toilet trained.
+
+
+
+[Jack-Jack laughing]
+
+
+
+DASH
+
+Lucky. I meant about being normal.
+
+
+
+__________________________________________SCENE
+9__________________________________________
+
+
+
+LUCIUS
+
+So now I'm in deep trouble. I mean, one more jolt of this
+death ray and I'm an epitaph. Somehow I managed to find cover and what does
+Baron Von Ruthless do?
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+He starts monologuing.
+
+
+
+LUCIUS
+
+He starts monologuing! He starts like this prepared speech
+about how feeble I am compared to him. How inevitable my defeat is, how the
+world will soon be his! Yada, yada, yada.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Yammering.
+
+
+
+LUCIUS
+
+Yammering! I mean, the guy has me on a platter, and he
+won't shut up.
+
+
+
+POLICE RADIO
+
+Municiberg, we have a 23-56...
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+23-56, what is that? Robbery?
+
+
+
+LUCIUS
+
+This is just sad.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Yeah, robbery. Want to catch a robber?
+
+
+
+LUCIUS
+
+No. Tell you the truth, I'd rather go bowling. Look, what
+if we actually did what our wives think we're doing? Just to shake things up.
+
+
+
+WOMAN
+
+He's not alone. The fat guy's still with him. They're just
+talking.
+
+
+
+LUCIUS
+
+What are we doing here, Bob?
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Protecting people.
+
+
+
+LUCIUS
+
+Nobody asked us.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+You need an invitation?
+
+
+
+LUCIUS
+
+I'd like one, yes. We keep sneaking out to do this,
+and...you remember Gazerbeam?
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Yeah. There was something about him in the paper.
+
+
+
+LUCIUS
+
+He had trouble adjusting to civilian life, too.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+When's the last time you saw him?
+
+
+
+LUCIUS
+
+I don't see anyone from the old days, Bob. Just you. And
+we're pushing our luck as it is.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Oh, come on.
+
+
+
+LUCIUS
+
+It was fun the first time, but if we keep doing this, we're
+gonna get--
+
+
+
+POLICE RADIO
+
+We have a report on a fire...
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+A fire. We're close! [yelling] Yeah, baby!
+
+
+
+LUCIUS
+
+We're gonna get caught.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Woohoo! Haha!  Fire! Yeah!
+
+
+
+LUCIUS
+
+Is that everybody?
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Yeah, that's everyone.
+
+
+
+LUCIUS
+
+It better be.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Can't you put this out?
+
+
+
+LUCIUS
+
+I can't lay down a layer thick enough! It's evaporating too
+fast!
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Well, what's that mean?
+
+
+
+LUCIUS
+
+It means it's hot! And I'm dehydrated, Bob!
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+You're out of ice? You can't run out of ice! I thought you
+can use water in the air!
+
+
+
+LUCIUS
+
+There is no water in this air! What's your excuse, run out
+of muscle?
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+I just can't go smashing into walls! The building's getting
+weaker by the second! It's gonna come down on top of us!
+
+
+
+LUCIUS
+
+I wanted to go bowling!
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+All right! Stay right on my tail! This is gonna get hot!
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Yeah.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+[realizes they're in a jewelry store...] Uh-oh.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+[...and unknowingly trips the alarm] Oh, good.
+
+
+
+[alarm sounds]
+
+
+
+LUCIUS
+
+Oh, now...that ain't right!
+
+
+
+LUCIUS/BOB
+
+- We look like bad guys! Incompetent bad guys!
+
+- You can get water out of the air!
+
+
+
+POLICE OFFICER
+
+Freeze!
+
+
+
+POLICE OFFICER
+
+Freeze!
+
+
+
+LUCIUS
+
+I'm thirsty.
+
+
+
+POLICE OFFICER
+
+I said freeze!
+
+
+
+LUCIUS
+
+I'm just getting a drink.
+
+
+
+POLICE OFFICER
+
+Alright. You've had your drink. Now I want you to...
+
+
+
+LUCIUS
+
+I know. I know. Freeze.
+
+
+
+[police radio chatter]
+
+
+
+POLICE RADIO
+
+Shots fired!
+
+
+
+OFFICERS
+
+Police officers!
+
+
+
+LUCIUS
+
+That was way too close. We are not doing that again.
+
+
+
+MAN
+
+[over radio] Verify you want to switch targets? Over.
+
+
+
+WOMAN
+
+Trust me. This is the one he's been looking for.
+
+
+
+__________________________________________SCENE
+10__________________________________________
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+I thought you'd be back by 11 .
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+I said I'd be back later.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+I assumed you'd be back later. lf you came back at
+all...you'd be ''back later''.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Well, I'm back, okay?
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Is this rubble?
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+[with mouth full] It was just a little workout. Just to
+stay loose.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+You know how I feel about that, Bob. Darn you! We can't
+blow cover again!
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+The building was coming down anyway.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+What?! You knocked down a building?!
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+It was on fire. Structurally unsound. It was coming down
+anyway.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Tell me you haven't been listening to the police scanner
+again?
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Look, I performed a public service. You act like that's a
+bad thing.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+It is a bad thing, Bob! Uprooting our family again, so you
+can relive the glory days is a very bad thing.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Reliving the glory days is better than acting like they
+didn't happen!
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Yes! They happened! But this, our family, is what's
+happening now, Bob. And you are missing this! I can't believe you don't want to
+go to your own son's graduation.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+It's not a graduation. He's moving from the fourth grade to
+the fifth grade.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+It's a ceremony!
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+It's psychotic! They keep creating new ways to celebrate
+mediocrity but if someone is genuinely exceptional...
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+This is not about you, Bob. This is about Dash.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+You want to do something for Dash? Then let him actually
+compete. Let him go out for sports!
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+I will not be made the enemy here! You know why we can't do
+that.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Because he'd be great!
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+This is not about you!
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+All right, Dash. I know you're listening. Come on out.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Vi? You, too, young lady.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Come on. Come on out. It's okay, kids. We're just having a
+discussion.
+
+
+
+VIOLET
+
+Pretty loud discussion.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Yeah. But that's okay. Because what's important is that
+Mommy and I are always a team. We're always united against, uh, the forces of,
+uh...
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Pigheadedness?
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+I was gonna say evil or something.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+We're sorry we woke you. Everything's okay. Go back to bed.
+It's late.
+
+
+
+DASH
+
+Good night, Mom. Night, Dad.
+
+
+
+VIOLET
+
+Good night.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+In fact, we should all be in bed.
+
+
+
+[crickets chirping, dog barks]
+
+
+
+__________________________________________SCENE
+11__________________________________________
+
+
+
+WOMAN [on phone]
+
+Request claim on claim numbers 158183...
+
+
+
+MR. HUPH [over the intercom]
+
+Haven't you got him yet?! Where is he?!
+
+
+
+HUPH'S SECRETARY [over the intercom]
+
+Mr. Huph would like to talk to you in his office.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Now?
+
+
+
+HUPH'S SECRETARY [over the intercom]
+
+Now.
+
+
+
+MR. HUPH
+
+Sit down, Bob.
+
+
+
+MR. HUPH
+
+I'm not happy, Bob. Not happy. Ask me why.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Okay. Why?
+
+
+
+MR. HUPH
+
+Why what? Be specific, Bob.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Why are you unhappy?
+
+
+
+MR. HUPH
+
+Your customers make me unhappy.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+What, you've gotten complaints?
+
+
+
+MR. HUPH
+
+Complaints I can handle. What I can't handle is your
+customers' inexplicable knowledge of lnsuricare's inner workings! They're
+experts. Experts, Bob! Exploiting every loophole, dodging every obstacle!
+They're penetrating the bureaucracy!
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Did I do something illegal?
+
+
+
+MR. HUPH
+
+No.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Are you saying we shouldn't help our customers?
+
+
+
+MR. HUPH
+
+The law requires that I answer no.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+We're supposed to help people.
+
+
+
+MR. HUPH
+
+We're supposed to help our people! Starting with our
+stockholders, Bob. Who's helping them out, huh? You know, Bob, a company...
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Is like an enormous clock.
+
+
+
+MR. HUPH
+
+...is like an enormous clo--yes. Precisely. It only works if
+all the little cogs mesh together. Now, a clock needs to be cleaned,
+well-lubricated and wound tight. The best clocks have jewel movements, cogs
+that fit, that cooperate by design. [chuckling] I'm being metaphorical, Bob.
+You know what I mean by cooperative cogs? Bob? Bob? Look at me when I'm talking
+to you, Parr!
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+That man out there, he needs help.
+
+
+
+MR. HUPH
+
+Do not change the subject, Bob. We're discussing your
+attitude!
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+He is getting mugged!
+
+
+
+MR. HUPH
+
+Well, let's hope we don't cover him.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+I'll be right back.
+
+
+
+MR. HUPH
+
+Stop right now or you're fired! Close the door. Get over
+here, now.
+
+
+
+MR. HUPH
+
+I'm not happy, Bob. Not happy.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+He got away.
+
+
+
+MR. HUPH
+
+Good thing, too. You were this close to losing your jo--
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Uh-oh.
+
+
+
+__________________________________________SCENE
+12__________________________________________
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+How is he?
+
+
+
+RICK
+
+He'll live.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+I'm fired, aren't I?
+
+
+
+RICK
+
+Oh, you think?
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+What can I say, Rick?
+
+
+
+RICK
+
+Nothing you haven't said before.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Someone was in trouble.
+
+
+
+RICK
+
+Someone's always in trouble.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+I had to do something.
+
+
+
+RICK
+
+Yeah. Every time you say those words, it means a month and
+a half of trouble for me, Bob. It means hundreds of thousands of taxpayer's
+dollars.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+I know.
+
+
+
+RICK
+
+We gotta pay to keep the company quiet. We gotta pay
+damages, erase memories, relocate your family. Every time it gets harder.
+Money, money, money, money. We can't keep doing this, Bob! We appreciate what
+you did in the old days, but those days are over. From now on, you're on your
+own.
+
+
+
+RICK
+
+Listen, Bob. Maybe I could relocate you, you know, for old
+times' sake.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+No, I can't do that to my family. Everyone just got
+settled. I'll make it work. Thanks.
+
+
+
+RICK
+
+Take care of yourself.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Well, what are you waiting for?
+
+
+
+KID
+
+I don't know. Something amazing, I guess.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+[sighs] Me too, kid.
+
+
+
+__________________________________________SCENE
+13__________________________________________
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Huh? ''Hold still''?
+
+
+
+COMPUTER
+
+Match: Mr. Incredible. Room is secure. Commence message.
+
+
+
+MIRAGE
+
+Hello, Mr. Incredible. Yes, we know who you are. Rest
+assured, your secret is safe with us. My name is Mirage. We have something in common.
+According to the government, neither of us exist. Please pay attention, as this
+message is classified and will not be repeated. I represent a top secret
+division of the government, designing and testing experimental technology, and
+we have need of your unique abilities. Something has happened at our testing
+facility.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Honey!
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Huh? What?
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Dinner's ready.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Okay.
+
+
+
+MIRAGE
+
+...it is contained within an isolated area, it threatens to
+cause incalculable damage to itself and to our facilities, jeopardizing
+hundreds of millions of dollars worth of equipment...
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Is someone in there?
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+It's the TV, trying to watch.
+
+
+
+MIRAGE
+
+Because of its highly sensitive nature...
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Well, stop trying. It's time for dinner.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+One minute!
+
+
+
+MIRAGE
+
+If you accept, your payment will be triple your current
+annual salary. Call the number on the card. Voice-matching will be used to
+ensure security. The supers aren't gone, Mr. Incredible. You're still here. You
+can still do great things. Or...you can listen to police scanners. Your choice.
+You have 24 hours to respond. Think about it.
+
+
+
+[beeping]
+
+
+
+COMPUTER
+
+This message will self-destruct.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Uh-oh.
+
+
+
+__________________________________________SCENE
+14__________________________________________
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+You are one distracted guy.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Hmm? Am I? I don't mean to be.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+I know you miss being a hero and your job is frustrating. I
+just want you to know how much it means to me that you stay at it anyway.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Honey? About the job?
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+What?
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Something's happened.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+What?
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+The, uh...
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+What?
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+The company is sending me to, uh, a conference.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+A conference?
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+[stammering] Out of town. And I'm just gonna be gone for a
+few days.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+They've never sent you to a conference before. This is
+good, isn't it?
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+[hesitating] Yes.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+You see? They're finally recognizing your talents. You're
+moving up.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Yes.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Honey! This is wonderful!
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Yes, it is.
+
+
+
+[phone ringing]
+
+
+
+MIRAGE [over phone]
+
+Hello?
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+This is Mr. lncredible. I'm in.
+
+
+
+__________________________________________SCENE
+15__________________________________________
+
+
+
+MIRAGE
+
+The Omnidroid 9000 is a top secret prototype battle robot.
+lts artificial intelligence enables it to solve any problem it's confronted
+with. And, unfortunately...
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Let me guess. It got smart enough to wonder why it had to
+take orders.
+
+
+
+MIRAGE
+
+We lost control. And now it's loose in the jungle,
+threatening our facility. We've had to evacuate all personnel from the island
+for their own safety.
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+How am I going in?
+
+
+
+MIRAGE
+
+The Omnidroid's defenses necessitate an air drop from 5000
+feet. lts cloaking devices make it difficult to track. Although we're pretty
+sure it's on the southern half of the island. One more thing. Obviously it
+represents a significant investment.
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+You want me to shut it down without completely destroying
+it.
+
+
+
+MIRAGE
+You are Mr. lncredible.
+
+
+
+MIRAGE
+
+I've got to warn you, it's a learning robot. Every moment
+you spend fighting it only increases its knowledge of how to beat you.
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Shut it down. Do it quickly. Don't destroy it.
+
+
+
+MIRAGE
+
+And don't die.
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Great. Thanks.
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Showtime.
+
+
+
+style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'><Not much going on
+here. This is the Mr. Incredible versus the Omnidroid prototype fight. Use your
+imagination in filling in the blanks.>
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Huh?
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Hmm.
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Uh-oh.
+
+
+
+[laughing, loud crack]
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Oh, my back!
+
+
+
+[loud crack]
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Oh!
+
+
+
+MAN
+
+Surprising. We must bring him back. Sound the all clear,
+and invite him to dinner.
+
+
+
+__________________________________________SCENE
+16__________________________________________
+
+
+
+MAN
+Most important, keep things light. Praise him. Make him feel like we appreciate
+his abilities.
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Am I overdressed?
+
+
+
+MIRAGE
+
+Actually, you look rather dashing.
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+I take it our host is...
+
+
+
+MIRAGE
+
+Oh, I'm sorry. He won't be dining with us. He hopes you'll
+understand.
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Of course. I do usually make it a point to know who I'm
+working for.
+
+
+
+MIRAGE
+
+He prefers a certain amount of anonymity. Surely, you of
+all people understand that.
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+I was just wondering, of all the places to settle down, why
+live...
+
+
+
+MIRAGE
+
+With a volcano? He's attracted to power. So am I. It's a
+weakness we share.
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Seems a bit unstable.
+
+
+
+MIRAGE
+
+I prefer to think of it as misunderstood.
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+[chuckling] Aren't we all?
+
+
+
+MIRAGE
+
+Volcanic soil is among the most fertile on Earth.
+Everything at the table was grown right here. How does it compare?
+
+
+
+BOB (MR. INCREDIBLE)
+
+Everything's delicious.
+
+__________________________________________SCENE
+17__________________________________________
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Jeez.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Hurry, honey. Or you'll be late for work.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Have a great day, honey.
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Thanks.
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+Help customers, climb ladders...
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+Bring bacon?
+
+
+
+HELEN
+
+All that jazz.
+
+
+
+GUARD
+
+You have an appointment?
+
+
+
+BOB
+
+I'm an old friend. I just wanted to...
+
+
+
+GUARD
+
+All visi"
+21,Kung Fu Panda ,"Jonathan Aibel,Glenn Berger","Animation,Action,Comedy,Family",June_2008,"EXT. VALLEY -- DAY
+          
+          A MYSTERIOUS WARRIOR treks across the rugged landscape.
+          
+                                NARRATOR (V.O.)
+                     Legend tells of a legendary warrior
+                     whose Kung Fu skills were the stuff
+                     of legend.
+          
+          The warrior, his identity hidden beneath his flowing robe and
+          wide-brimmed hat, gnaws on a staff of bamboo.
+          
+                               NARRATOR (V.O.) (CONT'D)
+                     He traveled the land in search of
+                     worthy foes.
+          
+                                                            CUT TO:
+          
+          
+          INT. BAR
+          
+          The warrior sits at a table drinking tea and gnawing on his
+          bamboo. The door BLASTS open. The MANCHU GANG rushes in and
+          surrounds him.
+          
+                                GANG BOSS
+                         (to warrior)
+                     I see you like to CHEW!
+                         (beat)
+                     Maybe you should chew on my FIST!!
+          
+          The Boss punches the table.
+          
+                               NARRATOR (V.O.)
+                     The warrior said nothing for his
+                     mouth was full. Then, he swallowed.
+          
+          He swallows.
+          
+                               NARRATOR (V.O.) (CONT'D)
+                     And then, he spoke.
+          
+                               WARRIOR
+                         (dubbed hero voice)
+                     Enough talk. Let's FIGHT!
+                     SHASHABOOEY!
+          
+          WHAM! The warrior delivers a punch and the whole gang goes
+          flying.
+          
+                               NARRATOR (V.O.)
+                     He was so deadly in fact that his
+                     enemies would go blind from
+                     overexposure to pure awesomeness.
+          
+                                                                   2.
+          
+          
+          The gang members blindly flail about.
+          
+                                NINJA CAT
+                    MY EYES!
+          
+                              GATOR
+                    HE'S TOO AWESOME!
+          
+          ONLOOKERS swoon.
+          
+                              SMITTEN BUNNY
+                    And ATTRACTIVE!
+          
+                              GRATEFUL BUNNY
+                    How can we repay you??
+          
+                              WARRIOR
+                    There is no charge for awesomeness,
+                    or attractiveness.
+          
+          ONE HUNDRED ASSASSINS appear and surround the warrior.
+          
+                                                            CUT TO:
+          
+          
+          EXT. BAR - CONTINUOUS
+          
+          The entire bar swells, packed to the rafters with ninjas.
+          
+                                WARRIOR
+                    KABLOOEY!
+          
+                                                            CUT TO:
+          
+          
+          EXT. BAR - CONTINUOUS
+          
+          The roof EXPLODES and a cloud of ninjas erupts into the sky.
+          Like a tornado, the warrior spins and knocks them all down.
+          
+                              NARRATOR (V.O.)
+                    It mattered not how many foes he
+                    faced. They were no match for his
+                    bodacity.
+          
+          The warrior beats up a thousand ninjas, delivering his final
+          blow while doing a split between two trees.
+          
+          The warrior stands amongst a field of vanquished foes as god-
+          rays shine down upon him.
+          
+                              NARRATOR (V.O.) (CONT'D)
+                    Never before had a panda been so
+                    feared... and so loved.
+                              (MORE)
+          
+                                                                   3.
+                                NARRATOR (V.O.) (CONT'D)
+                      Even the most heroic heroes in all
+                      of China, the Furious Five, bowed
+                      in respect to this great master.
+          
+                                MONKEY
+                      We should hang out.
+          
+                                 WARRIOR
+                      Agreed.
+          
+          As the Five salute the warrior, he turns to see more bandits
+          approaching. The Five strike an attack pose. The warrior
+          brandishes a shiny green sword and leaps off the mountain
+          into the sea of bandits.
+          
+                                NARRATOR (V.O.)
+                      But hanging out would have to wait.
+                      `Cause when you're facing the ten
+                      thousand demons of Demon Mountain,
+                      there's only one thing that
+                      matters. And that's--
+          
+          In mid air, the Five talk to the warrior in a strange voice.
+          
+                                MONKEY
+                      Po! Get up!
+          
+                                TIGRESS
+                      You'll be late for work!
+          
+                                 PO
+                      Whu?
+          
+          
+          INT. PO'S ROOM - DAY
+          
+          Po lands hard on the floor. He tries to clear his head and
+          wake up.
+          
+                                PO'S DAD (O.S.)
+                      Po! Get up!
+          
+          We see his room is filled with various kung fu posters
+          (including a poster featuring all of the Five) and souvenirs,
+          and a wooden version of the Sword of Heroes (the green
+          sword).
+          
+          Po SIGHS.
+          
+          He attempts to kick himself to his feet but alas, his belly
+          is too worthy a foe.
+          
+                                PO'S DAD (O.S.) (CONT'D)
+                      Po! What are you doing up there?
+          
+                                                                      4.
+          
+          
+                              PO
+                    Uh, nothing!
+          
+          Po hops to his feet, imitating his Kung Fu action figures.
+          
+                              PO (CONT'D)
+                    Monkey! Mantis! Crane! Viper!
+                    Tigress! Rowrrrr...
+          
+          OUTSIDE on the balcony of the neighboring house, a pig
+          watering flowers stares at Po. Po tries to play it cool and
+          then quickly ducks out of sight.
+          
+                              PO'S DAD (O.S.)
+                    Po! Let's go! You're late for work!
+          
+                               PO
+                    Coming!
+          
+          He takes a ninja star from his floor and chucks it at the
+          wall. It bounces off.
+          
+          He throws the star again, but it bounces off again. He picks
+          it up and heads downstairs. He trips and falls the rest of
+          the way.
+          
+          
+          INT. KITCHEN - DAY
+          
+          Po falls flat on his face on the kitchen floor. A panda-
+          shaped shadow looms over Po.
+          
+                              PO
+                    Sorry, Dad.
+          
+                              PO'S DAD
+                    Sorry doesn't make the noodles.
+          
+          Reveal that the shadow is actually caused by a basket being
+          carried by a small DUCK. This is PO'S DAD. Po gets to work,
+          which is not easy since the kitchen's not really made for a
+          panda his size.
+          
+                              PO'S DAD (CONT'D)
+                    What were you doing up there? All
+                    that noise.
+          
+                              PO
+                    Oh, nothing. Just had a crazy
+                    dream.
+          
+          He gets back to work.
+          
+                                                                      5.
+          
+          
+                              PO'S DAD
+                    About what?
+          
+                               PO
+                    Huh?
+          
+                              PO'S DAD
+                    The dream. What were you dreaming
+                    about?
+          
+                              PO
+                    What was I... eh, I was dreaming
+                    about uh... heh...
+          
+          Push in on Po -- is he going to admit his dream? He hides his
+          throwing star behind his back.
+          
+                               PO (CONT'D)
+                    Noodles.
+          
+          THOK. Dad stops chopping vegetables.
+          
+                              PO'S DAD
+                    Noodles. You were really dreaming
+                    about noodles?
+          
+                              PO
+                    Uh, yeah. What else would I be
+                    dreaming about?
+          
+          Po hands a noodle bowl to a customer, then realizes his
+          throwing star is sitting in it.
+          
+                              PO (CONT'D)
+                        (to customer)
+                    Careful, that soup is... sharp!
+          
+                              PO'S DAD
+                    Oh, happy day! My son, finally
+                    having the noodle dream!
+          
+          He throws his arms around Po.
+          
+                              PO'S DAD (CONT'D)
+                    You don't know how long I have been
+                    waiting for this moment.
+          
+          When Dad pulls out of the hug, Po is now wearing a noodle
+          apron.
+          
+                              PO'S DAD (CONT'D)
+                    This is a sign, Po!
+          
+                                                                   6.
+          
+          
+          Po looks at the apron nervously -- what has he gotten himself
+          into?
+          
+                              PO
+                    Uh...a sign of what?
+          
+                              PO'S DAD
+                    You are almost ready to be
+                    entrusted with the secret
+                    ingredient of my ""Secret Ingredient
+                    Soup."" And then you will fulfill
+                    your destiny and take over the
+                    restaurant, just as I took it over
+                    from my father, who took it over
+                    from his father, who won it from a
+                    friend in a game of mahjong.
+          
+                              PO
+                    Dad Dad Dad, it was just a dream.
+          
+                              PO'S DAD
+                    No, it was the dream. We are noodle
+                    folk. Broth runs through our veins.
+          
+                              PO
+                    But Dad, didn't you ever, I dunno,
+                    want to do something else?
+                    Something besides noodles?
+          
+                              PO'S DAD
+                    Actually...
+          
+          Po looks surprised.
+          
+                              PO'S DAD (CONT'D)
+                    When I was young and crazy...
+          
+          Dad gets a wistful look in his eyes.
+          
+                              PO'S DAD (CONT'D)
+                    I thought about running away and
+                    learning how to make tofu.
+          
+                              PO
+                    So why didn't you?!
+          
+                              PO'S DAD
+                    Oh, because it was a stupid dream.
+                    Can you imagine, me making tofu?
+                        (laughs at the thought)
+                    No. We all have our place in this
+                    world. Mine is here. And yours is--
+          
+                                                                      7.
+          
+          
+                              PO
+                    I know. Is here.
+          
+                              PO'S DAD
+                    No, it's at tables two, five,
+                    seven, and twelve.
+          
+          He loads Po's arms with bowls of soup.
+          
+                              PO'S DAD (CONT'D)
+                    Service with a smile!
+          
+          A GONG sounds in the distance. Po looks out the window at the
+          distant JADE PALACE.
+          
+          
+          EXT. JADE PALACE - DAY
+          
+          SLAM ZOOM in towards Palace.
+          
+          End next to palace on an old red panda (SHIFU) playing a
+          FLUTE. He is surrounded by the bushes and trees that nestle
+          between the Palace buildings.
+          
+          Wider: We dolly around from behind the bushes. Stealthy dark
+          shapes move in the foreground.
+          
+          Back on Shifu, still playing. He seems oblivious.
+          
+          Five figures explode from the undergrowth simultaneously,
+          diving on Shifu.
+          
+          Shifu moves like lightning - the flute now wielded like a
+          staff - he deflects, blocks, dodges, parries - the attackers
+          go flying -
+          
+          They roll and pick themselves up, turning to face Shifu, who
+          is now standing - poised - ready for their next move.
+          
+                              SHIFU
+                    Well done, students... if you were
+                    trying to disappoint me.
+          
+          He uses his flute to correct the Five's technique.
+          
+                              SHIFU (CONT'D)
+                    Tigress, you need more ferocity.
+                    Monkey, greater speed.
+          
+          Each of the Five bows respectfully as their name is
+          mentioned.
+          
+                                                                      8.
+          
+          
+                              SHIFU (CONT'D)
+                    Crane - height. Viper - subtlety.
+                    Mantis--
+          
+          Shifu suddenly points the flute at a scared PALACE GOOSE.
+          
+                              ZENG
+                    Master Shifu!
+          
+                              SHIFU
+                        (impatiently)
+                    What?!
+          
+                              ZENG
+                        (startled)
+                    Aah! It's Master Oogway. He wants
+                    to see you.
+          
+          Shifu looks up, concerned.
+          
+          
+          INT. HALLWAY
+          
+          Shifu strides purposefully down the hallway, which is lined
+          with palace geese.
+          
+          
+          INT. SCROLL ROOM - DAY
+          
+          Candles, incense, and smoke fill the room. The door bursts
+          open, the candles flicker. Shifu enters.
+          
+                              SHIFU
+                    Master Oogway? You summoned me.
+          
+          He bows. Then looks up without unbowing.
+          
+                              SHIFU (CONT'D)
+                    Is something wrong?
+          
+          Reveal Master Oogway... a wise, old tortoise.
+          
+                              OOGWAY
+                    Why must something be wrong for me
+                    to want to see my old friend?
+          
+                              SHIFU
+                    So... nothing's wrong?
+          
+                              OOGWAY
+                    Well, I didn't say that.
+          
+          Shifu looks up, concerned. Oogway opens his mouth... and
+          blows out a candle. And another candle. And another.
+          
+                                                                     9.
+          
+          
+          Finally, Shifu uses his Kung Fu to blow them all out. Oogway
+          smiles knowingly.
+          
+                              SHIFU
+                    You were saying?
+          
+                              OOGWAY
+                    I have had a vision... Tai Lung
+                    will return.
+          
+          Shifu looks stricken.
+          
+          
+          FLASHBACK - INT. SCROLL ROOM
+          
+          Quick, impressionistic images of Shifu battling a large,
+          shadowy figure (Tai Lung).
+          
+          
+          PRESENT - INT. SCROLL ROOM
+          
+          Shifu is rattled. He looks at the claw marks that still scar
+          the wall and quickly looks away. But he regains his
+          composure.
+          
+                              SHIFU
+                    That is impossible. He is in
+                    prison.
+          
+                              OOGWAY
+                    Nothing is impossible.
+          
+          Shifu makes a split decision.
+          
+                              SHIFU
+                    Zeng!
+          
+          He comes flying in. Shifu gets in his face.
+          
+                              SHIFU (CONT'D)
+                    Fly to Chogun Prison and tell them
+                    to double the guards, double their
+                    weapons. Double everything! Tai
+                    Lung does not leave that prison!
+          
+                              ZENG
+                    Yes, Master Shifu.
+          
+          The goose flies off, but... SMACK! He hits a column. Then he
+          is off. Back on Oogway, as he walks toward camera, away from
+          Shifu.
+          
+                                                                   10.
+          
+          
+                              OOGWAY
+                    One often meets his destiny on the
+                    road he takes to avoid it.
+          
+                              SHIFU
+                    We have to do something. We can't
+                    just let him march on the valley,
+                    and take his revenge! He'll, he'll--
+          
+          Oogway looks into the water of the moon pool.
+          
+                              OOGWAY
+                    Your mind is like this water, my
+                    friend. When it is agitated, it
+                    becomes difficult to see. But if
+                    you allow it to settle, the answer
+                    becomes clear.
+          
+          Shifu and Oogway stare into the pool. Oogway settles the
+          water, revealing the reflection of an intricately carved
+          dragon clutching a SCROLL in its mouth.
+          
+                              SHIFU
+                    The Dragon Scroll...
+          
+                              OOGWAY
+                    It is time.
+          
+                              SHIFU
+                    But who? Who is worthy to be
+                    trusted with the secret to
+                    limitless power? To become...the
+                    Dragon Warrior?!
+          
+          Dramatic music as we push in on Oogway's face. Then...
+          
+                              OOGWAY
+                    I don't know.
+          
+          
+          INT. NOODLE SHOP - DAY
+          
+          Po is serving customers, but has trouble squeezing between
+          tables.
+          
+                              PO
+                    Oop...sorry.
+          
+                              ANGRY PATRON
+                    Hey! Watch it, Po!
+          
+                              PO
+                    Sorry. Suck it up.
+          
+                                                                 11.
+          
+          
+          He sucks his belly in, but this causes his butt to interfere
+          with a bunny family's meal.
+          
+                              DISGUSTED PATRON
+                    Ugh!
+          
+                              PO
+                    Oop! Sorry! A thousand pardons.
+          
+          A couple palace geese put up a poster on the wall and a
+          palace pig hits a tiny gong. This gets Po's attention. He
+          rushes up to the poster.
+          
+                              PO (CONT'D)
+                    What?! Master Oogway's choosing the
+                    Dragon Warrior! Today!
+          
+          Customers jump up excitedly.
+          
+                              PO (CONT'D)
+                    Everyone! Everyone! Go! Get to the
+                    Jade Palace!
+          
+          Po urges the villagers out the restaurant.
+          
+                              PO (CONT'D)
+                    One of the Five is gonna get the
+                    Dragon Scroll!
+          
+          Customers rush to finish their food.
+          
+                              PO (CONT'D)
+                    We've been waiting a thousand years
+                    for this! Just take the bowl!
+          
+          Other customers are finishing their soup.
+          
+          One old lady customer slowly counts out coins and puts them
+          on the table.
+          
+                              PO (CONT'D)
+                    This is the greatest day in Kung Fu
+                    history! Don't worry about it, just
+                    go!
+          
+          He starts to run.
+          
+                              PO'S DAD
+                    Po! Where are you going?
+          
+          Po stops dead in his tracks, busted.
+          
+                              PO
+                    To the...Jade Palace?
+          
+                                                                  12.
+          
+          
+                              PO'S DAD
+                    But you're forgetting your noodle
+                    cart! The whole valley will be
+                    there, and you'll sell noodles to
+                    all of them.
+          
+                              PO
+                    Selling noodles? But Dad, you know,
+                    I was kinda thinking maybe I...
+          
+                              PO'S DAD
+                    Yeah?
+          
+                              PO
+                    I was kinda thinking maybe I...
+          
+                              PO'S DAD
+                    Uh huh?
+          
+          Po wants to say something to his dad, but he loses his nerve.
+          
+                              PO
+                    ...Could also sell the bean buns.
+                    They are about to go bad.
+          
+                              PO'S DAD
+                    That's my boy! I told you that
+                    dream was a sign!
+          
+                              PO
+                    Yeah, ha ha, glad I had it.
+          
+          
+          EXT. VALLEY SQUARE - DAY
+          
+          Throngs of Villagers are streaming into the arena. A couple
+          BUNNY KIDS run by.
+          
+                              BUNNY FAN #1
+                    Yippee!
+          
+                              BUNNY FAN #2
+                    I'm a Kung Fu warrior!
+          
+                              BUNNY FAN #1
+                    Me too!
+          
+          Where's Po?
+          
+          PAN DOWN a long, long, long, long flight of stairs. Po stands
+          at the bottom with his noodle cart, looking up at the
+          daunting task before him.
+          
+          Po struggles to pull his noodle cart up the stairs.
+          
+                                                                   13.
+          
+          
+          The sun beats down on Po, but he presses forward. Climbing.
+          Climbing.
+          
+                                                         DISSOLVE TO:
+          
+          
+          EXT. VALLEY SQUARE - LATER
+          
+          Po is still struggling up the stairs.
+          
+                              PO
+                    Come on! Come on, ya-- Almost
+                    there...
+          
+          He stops, flopping onto his back to catch his breath.
+          
+          WIDEN TO REVEAL he's only made it up seven steps.
+          
+                              PO (CONT'D)
+                    What? No! Oh No!
+          
+          Two Pigs pass by.
+          
+                                 KG SHAW
+                    Sorry, Po.
+          
+                              JR SHAW
+                    We'll bring you back a souvenir.
+          
+          Po watches as they run up the stairs. His eyes narrow. This
+          is his heroic moment.
+          
+                              PO
+                    No. I'll bring me back a souvenir.
+          
+          Po tosses off his hat and apron and begins his ascent up the
+          stairs.
+          
+          
+          EXT. JADE PALACE - ARENA PLATFORM
+          
+          Oogway reaches the bottom of the palace stairs and a Palace
+          Pig bangs a gong.
+          
+                              SHIFU
+                    It is an historic day, isn't it,
+                    Master Oogway?
+          
+                              OOGWAY
+                    Yes, and one I feared I would not
+                    live to see. Are your students
+                    ready?
+          
+                                                                 14.
+          
+          
+                              SHIFU
+                    Yes, Master Oogway.
+          
+                              OOGWAY
+                    Now know this, old friend. Whomever
+                    I choose will not only bring peace
+                    to the Valley, but also to you.
+          
+          As Shifu contemplates what this could mean, Oogway starts
+          walking off. Shifu quickly joins Oogway as they head towards
+          the roaring crowd below. The pig bangs the gong.
+          
+                              ANNOUNCER
+                    Let the tournament begin!
+          
+          
+          EXT. VALLEY SQUARE - DAY
+          
+          Throngs of Villagers are streaming into the arena.
+          
+          
+          EXT. TOP OF STAIRS - DAY
+          
+          Po gasps for air as he hoists himself over the last step,
+          laughing victoriously.
+          
+                              PO
+                        (out of breath)
+                    Yeah!
+          
+          The doors to the palace arena begin to close.
+          
+                              PO (CONT'D)
+                    Oh no! No no no! Wait! I'm coming!
+          
+          Po runs to the entrance and proceeds to bang on the door.
+          
+                              PO (CONT'D)
+                    Hey! Open the door!
+          
+          DRUMS inside drown out Po's pounding. He yells.
+          
+                                 PO (CONT'D)
+                    Let me in!
+          
+          Inside, spectators' screams drown out Po's yelling.
+          
+          Po panics for a beat and then finds a window. He jumps and
+          weakly struggles to pull himself up.
+          
+          Po struggles to peek through the window.
+          
+                                                                  15.
+          
+          
+          INT. PALACE ARENA - CONTINUOUS
+          
+                               SHIFU
+                     Citizens of the Valley of Peace! It
+                     is my great honor to present to
+                     you... Tigress! Viper! Crane!
+                     Monkey! Mantis! The Furious Five!
+          
+          The Five jump into the middle of the ring.
+          
+                               PO
+                     The Furious Five!
+          
+          Po manages a brief glimpse of the Five before a gust of wind
+          knocks Po to the ground and shuts the window.
+          
+                               SHIFU
+                     Warriors prepare!
+          
+          Po runs over to a crack in the wall.
+          
+                               PO
+                     Peeky-hole!
+          
+                               SHIFU
+                     Ready for battle!
+          
+          Inside the arena, Po catches a glimpse of Crane as he spreads
+          his wings.
+          
+                               PO
+                     Yeah! Woo! The Thousand Tongues of
+                     Fire!
+          
+          One of the spectators walks in front of Po, cutting off his
+          view.
+          
+                               PIG FAN
+                     Whoa! Look at that.
+          
+                               PO
+                     Hey, get out of the way!
+          
+          Po backs up to get a better look at Crane in the sky and
+          accidentally falls down the stairs.
+          
+          Po climbs back up and drops his head -- he missed it.
+          
+          MONTAGE:
+          
+          Po tries karate chopping the door open...to no avail. He
+          slumps to the ground.
+          
+                                                                 16.
+          
+          
+                               PO (CONT'D)
+                    Ow...
+          
+          Po attempts a pole vault, but falls on his back. The pole
+          whips around and hits him into the arena wall.
+          
+          Po rigs a catapult, only to get clobbered by it. The crowd
+          CHEERS.
+          
+          Po sits atop the stairs. Alone.
+          
+                              SHIFU
+                    And finally...Master Tigress!
+          
+          Po snaps to attention.
+          
+          Po pulls on a rope tied to a tree.
+          
+                              SHIFU (O.S.) (CONT'D)
+                    And believe me citizens, you have
+                    not seen anything yet!
+          
+                               PO
+                    I KNOW!!
+          
+                              SHIFU (O.S.)
+                    Master Tigress! Face Iron Ox and
+                    his Blades of Death!
+          
+          Tigress sets up to deliver her move.
+          
+          Po launches himself up above the fence, gets a peek at
+          Tigress, then falls out of view just as she does her move.
+          
+          Po lands outside the arena in a fireworks tent.
+          
+          
+          INT. TOURNAMENT RING - DAY
+          
+          Oogway senses something. He raises his hand and the crowd
+          hushes.
+          
+                              OOGWAY
+                    I sense the Dragon Warrior is among
+                    us.
+          
+          Shifu motions for the Five to gather in the center of the
+          ring.
+          
+                              SHIFU
+                    Citizens of the Valley of Peace!
+                    Master Oogway will now choose...
+                    the Dragon Warrior!
+          
+                                                                  17.
+          
+          
+          EXT. TOURNAMENT RING - DAY
+          
+          Po comes to.
+          
+                              PO
+                    Huh? Oh no! Wait!
+          
+          He sees the fireworks and has an idea.
+          
+                              PO (CONT'D)
+                    Yeah!
+          
+          
+          INT. TOURNAMENT RING - DAY
+          
+          Oogway closes his eyes and raises his hand as ceremonial
+          DRUMS start to play.
+          
+          
+          EXT. TOURNAMENT RING - DAY
+          
+          Po struggles with something, his back turned to us. Reveal he
+          has tied a load of fireworks to a chair. He hops on and
+          lights the fuse.
+          
+                              PO'S DAD (O.S.)
+                    Po?!
+          
+          Po's Dad rushes over and tries to blow out the fuse.
+          
+                              PO'S DAD (CONT'D)
+                    What are you doing?
+          
+                              PO
+                    What does it look like I'm doing?
+                    Stop! Stop! I'm going to see the
+                    Dragon Warrior!
+          
+                              PO'S DAD
+                    But I don't understand. You finally
+                    had the noodle dream.
+          
+          Po looks uneasy.
+          
+                              PO
+                    I lied. I don't dream about
+                    noodles, Dad!
+          
+          He looks at the fuse... almost all gone... Po holds onto the
+          chair for dear life, closes his eyes, and braces himself for
+          liftoff.
+          
+                              PO (CONT'D)
+                    I love kung fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-
+          
+                                                    "
+22,LEGO Movie The,"Chris Miller,Phil Lord","Animation,Action,Adventure",February_2014,"FADE IN:
+                         
+          On the awesome WB LOGO made of LEGO bricks. We PUSH
+          through it and find ourselves in a STARFIELD.
+                         
+          A COMET streaks towards us. We FOLLOW as it blasts past.
+          The ground plane rushes up to camera. BLACK.
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. LANDSCAPES - DAY
+                         
+          HELICOPTER SHOTS over various landscapes.
+                         
+                          NARRATOR
+           No one knows where it came from.
+           There had been others. Mysterious
+           relics of another world. But only
+           one with the power to stop the
+           world.
+                         
+          SHKBOOM!!! The comet makes impact! A LEGO explosion!
+          We peer into the smoking crater. Fire amid blackness.
+                         
+                          NARRATOR
+           Many vied for its dark magic. A
+           few brave souls endeavoured to
+           hide it from those who would use
+           it for ill. Until finally,
+           thankfully it was lost to history.
+                         
+          Suddenly, we are blinded by a powerful TUNNEL OF LIGHT.
+          It's an animated LEGO version of the light tunnel in
+          2001, which was directed by Stanley Kubrick, who knows a
+          thing or two about making movies, so don't step.
+                         
+          We push forwards, headed into a new world.
+                         
+                          NARRATOR
+           Ours is a story of a world that
+           knows not where it comes from.
+           That cannot imagine what it is
+           capable of. Perhaps you can
+           relate. I know I can.
+                         
+                         
+          MAIN TITLE: ""LEGO: THE PIECE OF RESISTANCE""
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. AWESOME TEMPLE - DUSK
+                         
+          The most killer looking ancient vine-encrusted jungle
+          temple of all time. The whole thing is made of LEGO.
+                         
+          CHYRON: ""Ten billion years later""
+           2.
+                         
+                         
+          REVEAL LEGO INDIANA JONES and two GUIDES. Indy puts up a
+          hand for them to stop. He removes a RUBY RED PIECE from
+          his bag and connects it to the temple. The piece GLOWS.
+                         
+          A dark passageway opens, and Indy lights a torch. The
+          flames are made of ANIMATED LEGO BRICKS. The guides are
+          too scared to continue. Indy's not.
+                         
+                         
+          INT. AWESOME TEMPLE - DUSK
+                         
+          A beautiful room made entirely of GOLDEN BRICKS. In the
+          center is a GOLDEN SARCOPHAGUS guarded by statues of gods
+          from every ancient civilization imaginable.
+                         
+          Indy carefully lifts a tablet from a statue of Zeus and
+          places it into the sarcophagus like an ATM card. He
+          pushes a bunch of cuneiform buttons - a PIN NUMBER.
+                         
+          The sarcophagus opens. A white-hot glow on Indy's face.
+                         
+          BLAM!!! The entire room shakes. The statues are blown
+          apart!
+                         
+          The smoke clears. Enter THE BLACK FALCON, the most evil
+          person in the universe. He's flanked by ROBOT guards.
+                         
+                          INDY
+           The Black Falcon. I should've
+           known.
+                         
+                          BLACK FALCON
+           Hey Indy. Uch. Who built this
+           place? Must have been a bunch of
+           lazy hippies, sitting around a
+           table agreeing with each other.
+                         
+                          INDY
+           It was built by the ancients.
+           With more wisdom and artistry than
+           you can ever know.
+                         
+          The Black Falcon basks in the glow of the sarcophagus.
+                         
+                          BLACK FALCON
+           The Kragle...
+                         
+                          INDY
+           That belongs to the Maker. It
+           must be protected!
+           3.
+                         
+                         
+                          BLACK FALCON
+           What a lame boyscout thing to say!
+           You're standing before the most
+           powerful object in the world and
+           you don't want to use it? You're a
+           real nerd, Indiana Jones.
+                         
+          The BF motions and his guards carry the sarcophagus away.
+                         
+                          INDY
+           The MasterBuilders will learn of
+           this.
+                         
+                          BLACK FALCON
+           And what do you know of them?
+                         
+                          INDY
+           Only that they will be your
+           undoing.
+                         
+                          BLACK FALCON
+           Adieu, Dr. Jones. That's French
+           for ciao.
+                         
+          He exits. As the sarcophagus crosses the threshold of
+          the temple, walls shake. The temple is CRUMBLING.
+                         
+          Left for dead, Indy uses the falling pieces to build
+          himself a sweet rocket ship and blasts out of the temple.
+          Narrowly avoiding a big rolling LEGO ball, probably.
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. FIELD - DAY
+                         
+          A farmhouse in the hills. Indy rolls up and pulls the
+          teat of a goat, which opens a SECRET DOOR.
+                         
+                         
+          INT. MASTERBUILDERS SECRET HIDEOUT - DAY
+                         
+          Art studio meets SuperFriends headquarters. Badasses are
+          MEDITATING, including GEMINI, a mysterious cloaked
+          figure, and KRAV M'GA, the boss. Indy bursts in.
+                         
+          PUSH IN dramatically:
+                         
+                          INDY
+           The Black Falcon has the Kragle.
+                         
+          PUSH IN dramatically:
+                         
+                          KRAV M'GA
+           Gemini. Find the Chosen One.
+           4.
+                         
+                         
+          PUSH IN dramatically:
+                         
+                          GEMINI
+           Okay.
+                         
+          BOOM. Something big just landed outside. Indy looks at
+          his foot. Attached is a blinking red brick. Oh no.
+                         
+                          INDY
+           They followed me...
+                         
+                          KRAV M'GA
+                          (TO GEMINI)
+           GO! NOW!
+                         
+          CRASH! It's a full scale assault by hundreds of ROBOTS.
+          The MasterBuilders fight valiantly but are overwhelmed.
+                         
+          Gemini runs from the fight, then stumbles, overcome with
+          emotion as we hear the battle being lost. Amid the
+          screams, Krav M'Ga's final words echo through Gemini's
+          head...
+                         
+           KRAV M'GA (V.O.)
+           Find the Chosen One...
+                         
+                         
+          INT. CRAPPY APARTMENT - DAY
+                         
+                          DORIS
+           Emmet!
+                         
+          DORIS, a dowdy mom, calls through her son's door.
+                         
+                          DORIS
+           Did you clean your room?! The
+           cleaning woman is coming today!
+                         
+           EMMET (O.S.)
+           Then why do I need to clean?
+                         
+                          DORIS
+           Because I want her to know what a
+           nice rule-following son I have!
+                         
+          Doris walks into his meticulously clean room to find
+          Emmet, 22, a total square, in his underpants.
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           Mom!
+                         
+                          DORIS
+           Aw, it is clean.
+           5.
+                         
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           It's always clean!
+                         
+                          DORIS
+                          (CHOKING UP)
+           Just like I taught you.
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           What's the point of having my own
+           apartment across the hall from
+           your apartment if you're going to
+           check up on me like I still live
+           at home?
+                         
+          Emmet ""pulls"" on a pair of mini-fig legs. Replaces his
+          torso with a shirt. Takes off his hair and puts on a
+          construction hat. Ready for work. Doris is so proud.
+                         
+                          DORIS
+           I just love you and want my son to
+           be safe and happy. Can't you work
+           from home? Like a sociopath or
+           children's book author?
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           Mom. I've spent my whole life
+           here. I need to go out there and
+           follow my dream of fitting in and
+           being like everybody else.
+                         
+                          DORIS
+           My boy. All grown up. Maybe soon
+           you'll meet a girl and be married!
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           Mom, please!
+                         
+                          DORIS
+           I'm just saying, it's been how
+           many years since Lucy?
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           (changing the subject)
+           Mom... I had the dream again.
+                         
+                          FLASH TO:
+                         
+                         
+          INT. ART CLASS - DAY
+                         
+          EMMET'S RECURRING DREAM: A middle school classroom.
+          Everyone wears blue. Young Emmet wears red. The ART
+          TEACHER walks around, commenting.
+           6.
+                         
+                         
+           EMMET (V.O.)
+           It was the same as it always is.
+           Seared in my memory...
+                         
+          Everyone dutifully draws the same drawing of a hand, but
+          Emmet draws two hands close together so they look like
+          eyes. He draws a mouth and pupils. The teacher stops.
+                         
+           BAD ART TEACHER
+           Emmet. This wasn't the assignment.
+           You've got to learn to follow the
+           rules.
+                         
+          She holds up Emmet's drawing for all to see.
+                         
+           BAD ART TEACHER
+           Everyone, the assignment is to
+           draw your hand, not a silly face.
+                         
+          SLOW MOTION: All the kids in the class GASP.
+                         
+                         
+          INT. CAFETERIA - MOMENTS LATER
+                         
+          Emmet sits alone, crying. The other kids sit at other
+          tables and whisper...
+                         
+                          KIDS
+           That's the guys who drew a face. /
+           What a weirdo. / He doesn't know
+           how to follow instructions. / He's
+           not invited to my birthday.
+                         
+          Emmet ERASES his drawing, a pariah. A little GIRL looks
+          at him from afar with sympathy.
+                         
+          BACK TO SCENE
+                         
+                          DORIS
+           I hated that day. The kids were so
+           mean, the school tried to expel
+           you... I promised myself I'd never
+           let anything like that happen to
+           you again. And it hasn't. So you
+           need to let your memory of that
+           day go. It never happened.
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           I just want to be normal, Mom.
+                         
+                          DORIS
+           Listen. You're my son. And you're
+           the most normal, regular, average
+           person I know.
+           7.
+                         
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           You mean it?
+                         
+                          DORIS
+           Yeah.
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           Are you crying?
+                         
+                          DORIS
+           No. Yes. Emmet...
+                         
+          She wants to tell him something, but thinks better of it.
+                         
+                          DORIS
+           Don't forget dinner.
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           Promise.
+                         
+                          DORIS
+           Be safe.
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           Of course.
+                         
+                          DORIS
+           Don't make waves.
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           I never do.
+                         
+                          DORIS
+           And follow the instructions.
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           Always.
+                         
+                          DORIS
+           If they weren't so firm and flush
+           with your head, I would pinch your
+           cheeks right now.
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           Love you, Mom.
+                         
+                          DORIS
+           Love you.
+                         
+                         
+          He EXITS, leaving her alone in the room. She SIGHS.
+           8.
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. LEGOPOLIS - DAY
+                         
+          Emmet drives into the most elaborate LEGO city set ever.
+          Everywhere are dozens of STREET SIGNS offering detailed
+          instructions for what you should and shouldn't do.
+          Everyone drives the same speed in the same direction,
+          listening to the same station, moving to the same beat.
+                         
+          MUSIC: An insanely catchy pop song.
+                         
+                          RADIO DJ
+           It's another beautiful day in
+           Legopolis and on Empura Radio.
+           Reminding you don't forget to re-
+           elect President Iamnotarobot for
+           President of the City on Tuesday.
+           Now, for the 258th consecutive
+           week at #1, here's the No News
+           Gnus with their hit ""Everything is
+           Awesome.""
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           Yeah. I love this song! And so
+           does everyone else!
+                         
+          In what feels like a musical number, Emmet drives past
+          vignettes of citizens happily going about their day and
+          loving this song! BILLBOARDS everywhere advertise
+          EMPURA, a company which apparently owns everything.
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. ALTERNATIVE AVENUE - DAY
+                         
+          Everyone walks in the same direction and goes in to
+          various identical-seeming coffee shops.
+                         
+          SECURITY CAMERA FOOTAGE: A camera scans for something, or
+          someone, but can't tell Emmet from the rest of the crowd.
+                         
+                         
+          INT. KREATIVE KOFFEE - DAY
+                         
+          A Starbucks by a different name. Mixed with a Hot Dog on
+          a Stick. Emmet arrives at the counter.
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           Hello.
+                         
+                          BARRISTA
+           What'll it be?
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           I'm Emmet.
+           9.
+                         
+                         
+                          BARRISTA
+          Larry?
+                         
+                          EMMET
+          Well, Larry, I'll have one coffee
+          please.
+                         
+                          BARRISTA
+          Cappuccino, macchiato, espresso,
+          americano.
+                         
+                          EMMET
+          What are those? Sounds a little
+          foofy.
+                         
+                          BARRISTA
+          They're all coffee.
+                         
+                          EMMET
+          Oh. Well, whatever isn't too wild.
+          I don't know, what do you think?
+                          (LAUGHS NERVOUSLY)
+                         
+                          BARRISTA
+          A decaf.
+                         
+                          EMMET
+          Okay, yeah. Cool.
+                         
+                          BARRISTA
+          Venti, Grande, or Super Grande?
+                         
+                          EMMET
+          Oh, goodness. So much selection.
+          So hard to decide! You pick.
+                         
+                          BARRISTA
+          That's a personal decision that
+          only you can make.
+                         
+                          EMMET
+          Uh. Gosh, which is the most
+          popular?
+                         
+                          BARRISTA
+          Super Grande. It's Italian for
+          medium.
+                         
+                          EMMET
+          Medium. That's what I'm havin'!
+          That is my style.
+                         
+                          BARRISTA
+          Fantastic.
+           10.
+                         
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           You creative types! So
+           delightfully sardonic!
+                         
+                          BARRISTA
+           I push one of two buttons on a
+           machine. I would hardly call that
+           creative. I would call that
+           following instructions.
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           But it says Kreative right on your
+           shirt! With an extra ""kreative""
+           spelling aberration! I totally
+           don't get it!
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. ALTERNATIVE AVENUE - DAY
+                         
+          As Emmet exits the shop and passes an EMPURA billboard
+          asking him to reelect President Iamnotarobot.
+                         
+          A television in a shop window shows highlights of a
+          debate between Iamnotarobot and Stooge Strawman.
+                         
+          Emmet finishes the drive to work. Everyone pulls into
+          their parking spaces at the same time, like clockwork.
+                         
+          Emmet walks out and looks at his new work place. His
+          breath is taken away as he gazes on a beautiful...
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. INSTRUCTION SITE - DAY
+                         
+          A fantastical construction site. Super-awesome cranes.
+          Emmet walks and talks to his new boss.
+                         
+                          FOREMAN
+           Alright, kid. Here's the rules.
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           Ooh, great.
+                         
+                          FOREMAN
+           Stay on your feet--
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           Mmm hmm.
+                         
+                          FOREMAN
+           Stick to the instructions--
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           Uh huh.
+           11.
+                         
+                         
+                          FOREMAN
+           And don't get creative!
+                         
+          Emmet GUFFAWS like that's the craziest idea ever.
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           Oh, Steve, don't worry. I'm not
+           some kind of foofy weirdo, Steve!
+                         
+          The laugh together for a LONG TIME. Then,
+                         
+                          FOREMAN
+           It's Sean.
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. INSTRUCTION SITE - MOMENTS LATER
+                         
+          They walk past BIG STACKS OF PIECES moved by MACHINES.
+                         
+                          FOREMAN
+           The pieces get sent down from
+           corporate bundled together with
+           the instructions. Take the one
+           with your section on it and follow
+           it to the letter. Keep track of
+           all the pieces. If you lose one of
+           the special ones it'll seriously
+           drive you crazy.
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. INSTRUCTION SITE - MOMENTS LATER
+                         
+          They casually step across girders high above the city.
+                         
+                          FOREMAN
+           Today you'll be putting together
+           an artists' loft.
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           Is it for an artist?
+                         
+                          FOREMAN
+           Oh, no. It's for an accountant.
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           Oh, great.
+                         
+                          FOREMAN
+           Pretty soon, the whole city will
+           look like this. All part of some
+           big master plan from Central.
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           Wow...
+           12.
+                         
+                         
+          They arrive at the COOLEST CONSTRUCTION MACHINE EVER.
+          Emmet opens up his actual size LEGO instructions.
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           What if I mess up or lose my place
+           or something?
+                         
+                          FOREMAN
+           Just do what everyone else does.
+           Keep your head down, follow
+           instructions, and you could get
+           promoted. Central's got some big
+           project coming up overseas.
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           Overseas? I don't know. I'm not
+           big on travel.
+                         
+                          FOREMAN
+           Whatever, kid.
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           One more question.
+                         
+          Emmet puts a hand on his shoulder.
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           Thank you. For making my dreams
+           come true.
+                         
+                          FOREMAN
+           Is that a question?
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. INSTRUCTION SITE - LATER
+                         
+          Emmet puts his hands on the controls, savoring this
+          moment, and finally puts his first brick in, according to
+          the plan. It's an awesome feeling. Another. Another.
+          He gets in the zone of building. This feels right.
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. INSTRUCTION SITE - DAY
+                         
+          Lunchtime. Emmet looks at a heart-shaped COOKIE his mom
+          baked for him. ""I love you"" in frosting. He flips it
+          over. ""Be Safe!"" He looks over to the other INSTRUCTION
+          WORKERS, eating lunch.
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           So.
+                         
+          Silence.
+           13.
+                         
+                         
+                          EMMET
+          How about that local sports team?
+          What do you think of how they
+          played the other day?
+                         
+                          LUNCH CONSUMER
+          Ugh, they were awful.
+                         
+                          EMMET
+          Right? They should make a
+          personnel change of some kind.
+                         
+                          LUNCH CONSUMER
+                         THAT COACH--
+                         
+                          EMMET
+          Yes, the coach!
+                         
+                          LUNCH CONSUMER
+          He's the only good thing about
+          that team.
+                         
+                          EMMET
+          They should so keep him!
+                         
+                          LUNCH CONSUMER
+          We're all going to watch the game
+          after work. Eat a little grub.
+          Want to join?
+                         
+                          EMMET
+          Really?!
+                          (CATCHES HIMSELF)
+          Actually, I'm supposed to have
+          dinner with my-- What the heck?
+          I'm in.
+                         
+                          LUNCH CONSUMER
+          Alright then.
+                         
+                          EMMET
+          Cool. Definitely cool.
+                          (THEN)
+          Hey did you hear that song on the
+          way in to work this morning?
+                         
+                          LUNCH CONSUMER
+          Everything is Awesome? I love
+          that song.
+                         
+                          ANOTHER LUNCHER
+          Me too!
+           14.
+                         
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           I think I know why I like that
+           song so much.
+                         
+                          LUNCH CONSUMER
+           Why's that?
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           Because everything is awesome.
+                         
+                          LUNCH CONSUMERS
+           Oh yeah. / Good point. / I never
+           thought of it like that.
+                         
+          Emmet smiles his butt off.
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. INSTRUCTION SITE - LATER
+                         
+          Emmet is back to building. He takes a look at the city
+          from the highest height. It's beautiful. He's downright
+          INSPIRED looking at it. He sees the LEGO brick clouds in
+          the sky slowly form the shape of a FACE.
+                         
+          We ZOOM IN to Emmet's MIND. We see LEGO SYNAPSES firing.
+          A CONNECTION between two halves of the brain. An IDEA.
+                         
+          We pull back to REVEAL that Emmet has accidentally built,
+          instead of a window, a SMILING FACE, reminiscent of the
+          one he drew in class all that time ago.
+                         
+                          FOREMAN
+           Kid! What the heck is that?!
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           Oh, uh. I don't know. What?
+                         
+                          FOREMAN
+           That's not the instructions.
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           I don't know what happened. I was
+           just looking out at the clouds,
+           and-- It was an accident.
+                         
+          The Foreman picks up the phone.
+                         
+                          FOREMAN
+                          (INTO PHONE)
+           We got a loose brick! Code Danger!
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           Code Danger? What's so dangerous?
+           15.
+                         
+                         
+          Just then, A CRANE OPERATOR notices the happy face. His
+          distraction causes the crane to go in the wrong direction
+          and SMASH a wall. The falling bricks cause an elaborate
+          chain reaction that tips the structure over.
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           Oh.
+                         
+          Chaos! Instruction workers run away for their lives!
+                         
+                         
+          INT. POLICE CAR - DAY
+                         
+           DISPATCHER (OVER RADIO)
+           Loose brick!
+                         
+                          POLICEMAN
+           Loose brick!
+                         
+                          POLICEMAN'S PARTNER
+           Loose brick!
+                         
+          The cops throw their lunch out the window, shattering it.
+          They pop the sirens and take off!
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. CITY STREET - CONTINUOUS
+                         
+          The cops hit the gas! We PULL WIDER revealing dozens of
+          other POLICE CARS doing the same. Sirens blaring.
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. INSTRUCTION SITE - SAME TIME
+                         
+          The condo tips over an adjacent condo (with someone
+          living in it, of course) which hits another and another,
+          the buildings going down like elaborate dominoes.
+                         
+          Thirty COP CARS, an AMBULANCE and FIRE TRUCK screech in.
+          Cops run full tilt to keep the buildings from falling.
+                         
+                          POLICE CHIEF
+           Stop that building!
+                         
+          The cops jump out and stare up at the last domino, which
+          falls on them. SMASH! The remaining cops look at Emmet.
+                         
+                         
+          INT. POLICE CAR - MOMENTS LATER
+                         
+          Emmet is in the back of the car.
+           16.
+                         
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           --unbelievably sorry. I am
+           honestly the last person who would
+           do something like thi--
+                         
+                         
+          INT. POLICE STATION - MOMENTS LATER
+                         
+          Emmet is being booked.
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           --eriously, a model citizen. I
+           got straight As. I vote! Even in
+           the off-year elections, for school
+           board and stuff--
+                         
+                         
+          INT. INTERROGATION ROOM - DAY
+                         
+          Emmet sits chained to a desk in the shadow of two
+          DETECTIVES. They look slicker than the others.
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           --swear, I'm not special at all.
+           Just ask my mom! I'm a totally
+           average normal person!
+                         
+                          BAD COP
+           Oh yeah? What size coffee do you
+           drink?
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           Super grande.
+                         
+                          BAD COP
+           Dammit! I can't break him.
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           You don't need to break me! I'm
+           just a regular old totally
+                          UNSPECIAL LAW-ABIDING--
+                         
+          SFX: SLAM!
+                         
+                         
+          INT. LEGOPOLIS CORRECTIONAL FACILITY - NIGHT
+                         
+          Emmet is in jail. He has a huge scary convict roommate.
+                         
+                          EMMET
+           I'm Emmet. What's your name?
+                         
+                          CONVICT
+                          (< NOTHING >)
+           17.
+                         
+                         
+          BLACK.
+                         
+                         
+          INT. EMMET'S APARTMENT - SAME TIME
+                         
+          Doris sits at an empty dinner table set for two. She
+          picks at her food and sighs. Her only company is the TV.
+                         
+                          TV ANCHOR
+           ...we're still following the story
+           of the construction worker who got
+           a little creative on his first day
+           on the job. The subject was
+           described as looking and acting
+           exactly like everybody else...
+           Police have take"
+23,Little Mermaid The,"Roger Allers,Hans Christian Andersen,Howard Ashman,Ron Clements,John Musker","Family,Animation,Comedy,Musical,Romance,Fantasy",December_1989,"(An ocean. Birds are flying and porpoises are swimming happily.
+  From the fog a ship appears crashing through the waves)
+
+Sailors: I'll tell you a tale of the bottomless blue
+  And it's hey to the starboard, heave ho
+  Look out, lad, a mermaid be waitin' for you
+  In mysterious fathoms below.
+Eric: Isn't this great?  The salty sea air, the wind blowing in your face . . .
+  a perfect day to be at sea!
+Grimsby: (Leaning over side.) Oh yes . . . delightful . . . .
+Sailor 1: A fine strong wind and a following sea.  King Triton must be in a
+  friendly-type mood.
+Eric: King Triton?
+Sailor 2: Why, ruler of the merpeople, lad.  Thought every good sailor knew
+  about him.
+Grimsby: Merpeople!  Eric, pay no attention to this nautical nonsense.
+Sailor 2: But it ain't nonsense, it's the truth!  I'm tellin' you, down in the
+  depths o' the ocean they live. (He gestures wildly, Fish in his hand flops
+  away and lands back in the ocean, relieved.)
+Sailors: Heave. ho. Heave, ho. In mysterious fathoms below. (Fish sighs and
+  swims away.)
+
+     (Titles. Various fish swimming. Merpeople converge on a great undersea
+palace, filling concert hall inside. Fanfare ensues.)
+
+Seahorse: Ahem . . . His royal highness, King Triton! (Triton enters
+  dramatically to wild cheering.) And presenting the distinguished court
+  composer, Horatio Thelonious Ignatius Crustaceous Sebastian! (Sebastion
+  enters to mild applause.)
+Triton: I'm really looking forward to this performance, Sebastian.
+Sebastian: Oh, Your Majesty, this will be the finest concert I have ever con-
+  ducted.  Your daughters - they will be spectacular!
+Triton: Yes, and especially my little Ariel.
+Sebastian: Yes, yes, she has the most beautiful voice. . . .  [sotto] If only
+  she'd show up for rehearsals once in a while. . . . (He proceeds to podium
+  and begins to direct orchestra.)
+Triton's daughters: Ah, we are the daughters of Triton.
+  Great father who loves us and named us well:
+  Aquata, Andrina, Arista, Atina, Adella, Allana.
+  And then there is the youngest in her musical debut,
+  Our seventh little sister, we're presenting her to you,
+  To sing a song Sebastian wrote, her voice is like a bell,
+  She's our sister, Ar-i . . .
+  (Shell opens to reveal that Ariel is absent.)
+Triton: (Very angry.) Ariel!!
+
+      (Cut to Ariel looking at sunken ship.)
+
+Flounder: (From distance.) Ariel, wait for me . . .
+Ariel: Flounder, hurry up!
+Flounder: (Catching up.) You know I can't swim that fast.
+Ariel: There it is.  Isn't it fantastic?
+Flounder: Yeah . . . sure . . . it - it's great.  Now let's get outta here.
+Ariel: You're not getting cold fins now, are you?
+Flounder: Who, me?  No way.  It's just, it, err . . . it looks - damp in there.
+  Yeah.  And I think I may be coming down with something.  Yeah, I got this
+  cough. (Flounder coughs unconvincingly)
+Ariel: All right.  I'm going inside.  You can just stay here and - watch for
+  sharks. (She goes inside.)
+Flounder: O.K.  Yeah - you go.  I'll stay and - what?  Sharks!  Ariel!
+  (He tries to fit through porthole.) Ariel . . . I can't . . . I mean-
+  Ariel help!
+Ariel: (Laughs.) Oh, Flounder.
+Flounder: (Wispering.)Ariel, do you really think there might be sharks around
+  here? (Shark passes outside.)
+Ariel: Flounder, don't be such a guppy.
+Flounder: I'm not a guppy. (Gets pulled through porthole.)This is great - I
+  mean, I really love this.  Excitement, adventure, danger lurking around
+  every corn- YAAAAHHHHHHHH!! Ariel!! (He sees a skull, crashes into pillar
+  causing cave in, and swims frantically away, knocking over Ariel.)
+Ariel: Oh, are you okay?
+Flounder: Yeah sure, no problem, I'm okay . . .
+Ariel: Shhh . . . (Seeing a fork.) Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh! Have you ever
+  seen anything so wonderful in your entire life?
+Flounder: Wow, cool!  But, err, what is it?
+Ariel: I don't know.  But I bet Scuttle will.
+  (Puts fork in bag. Skark swims by outside.)
+Flounder: What was that? Did you hear something?
+Ariel: (Distracted by pipe.) Hmm, I wonder what this one is?
+Flounder: Ariel . .
+Ariel: Flounder, will you relax. Nothing is going to happen.
+Flounder: (Seeing Shark looming behind him.) AAHHHH!! Run!! Run!! We're
+  gonna die!! (Shark chases them all around. Ariel's bag is hung up. She
+  goes back for it. Shark almost gets them. They head for porthole.) Oh No!!
+  (They crash through and go round and round. Flounder gets knocked silly
+  but Ariel saves him and traps Shark) You big bully. THBBBTTTT . . .
+  (Shark snaps at him and he swims away.)
+Ariel: (Laughing.) Flounder, you really are a guppy.
+Flounder: I am not.
+
+     (On surface. Scuttle on his island humming and looking through his
+telescope.)
+
+Ariel: Scuttle!
+Scuttle: (Looking through the telescope the wrong way, shouting.) Whoa!
+   Mermaid off the port bow! Ariel, how you doin' kid? (Lowers telescope to
+   reveal Ariel at wing's length.) Whoa, what a swim!
+Ariel: Scuttle - look what we found.
+Flounder: Yeah - we were in this sunken ship - it was really creepy.
+Scuttle: Human stuff, huh?  Hey, lemme see. (Picks up fork.) Look at this.
+  Wow - this is special - this is very, very unusual.
+Ariel: What?  What is it?
+Scuttle: It's a dinglehopper! Humans use these little babies . . . to
+  straighten their hair out. See - just a little twirl here an' a yank
+  there and - voiolay!  You got an aesthetically pleasing configuration
+  of hair that humans go nuts over!
+Ariel: A dinglehopper!
+Flounder: What about that one?
+Scuttle: (Holding pipe) Ah - this I haven't seen in years.  This is wonderful!
+  A banded, bulbous - snarfblat.
+Ariel and Flounder: Oohhh.
+Scuttle: Now, the snarfblat dates back to prehistorical times, when humans used
+  to sit around, and stare at each other all day.  Got very boring.  So, they
+  invented the snarfblat to make fine music.  Allow me.
+  (Scuttle blows into the pipe; seaweed pops out the other end.)
+Ariel: Music?  Oh, the concert! Oh my gosh, my father's gonna kill me!
+Flounder: The concert was today?
+Scuttle: (Still contemplating pipe.) Maybe you could make a little planter
+  out of it or somethin'.
+Ariel: Uh, I'm sorry, I've gotta go. Thank you Scuttle. (Waves.)
+Scuttle: Anytime sweetie, anytime.
+
+     (Cut to Flotsam and Jetsam, then Ursula in background watching magic
+projection of Ariel swimming.)
+
+Ursula: Yeeeeeees, hurry home, princess.  We wouldn't want to miss old daddy's
+  celebration, now, would we?  Huh!  Celebration indeed.  Bah!  In MY day, we
+  had fantastical feasts when I lived in the palace.  And now, look at me -
+  wasted away to practically nothing - banished and exiled and practically
+  starving, while he and his flimsy fish-folk celebrate.  Well, I'll give 'em
+  something to celebrate soon enough.  Flotsam!  Jetsam!  I want you to keep an
+  extra close watch on this pretty little daughter of his.  She may be the key
+  to Triton's undoing. . . .
+
+     (Fade to the palace throne room where Ariel is being admonished.)
+
+Triton: I just don't know what we're going to do with you, young lady.
+Ariel: Daddy, I'm sorry, I just forgot, I -
+Triton: As a result of your careless behaviour -
+Sebastian: Careless and reckless behaviour!
+Triton: - the entire celebration was, er -
+Sebastian: Well, it was ruined!  That's all.  Completely destroyed! This
+  concert was to be the pinnacle of my distinguished career. Now thanks to
+  you I am the laughing stock of the entire kingdom!
+Flounder: But it wasn't her fault! Ah - well - first, ahh, this shark chased us
+  - yeah - yeah!  And we tried to - but we couldn't - and - grrrrrrrrr - and -
+  and we - whoooaaaaaa - oh, and then we were safe. But then this seagull came,
+  and it was this is this, and that is that, and -
+Triton: Seagull?  What?  Oh - you went up to the surface again, didn't you?
+  DIDN'T YOU?
+Ariel: Nothing - happened. . . .
+Triton: Oh, Ariel, How many times must we go through this?  You could've been
+  seen by one of those barbarians - by - by one of those humans!
+Ariel: Daddy, they're not barbarians!
+Triton: They're dangerous.  Do you think I want to see my youngest daughter
+  snared by some fish-eater's hook?
+Ariel: I'm sixteen years old - I'm not a child anymore -
+Triton: Don't you take that tone of voice with me young lady.  As long as you
+  live under my ocean, you'll obey my rules!
+Ariel: But if you would just listen -
+Triton: Not another word - and I am never, NEVER to hear of you going to the
+  surface again.  Is that clear? (Ariel leaves, crying.)
+Sebastian: Hm! Teenagers. . . .  They think they know everything.  You give
+  them an inch, they swim all over you.
+Triton: Do you, er, think I - I was too hard on her?
+Sebastian: Definitely not.  Why, if Ariel was my daughter, I'd show her who was
+  boss.  None of this ""flitting to the surface"" and other such nonsense.  No,
+  sir - I'd keep her under tight control.
+Triton: You're absolutely right, Sebastian.
+Sebastian: Of course.
+Triton: Ariel needs constant supervision.
+Sebastian: Constant.
+Triton: Someone to watch over her - to keep her out of trouble.
+Sebastian: All the time -
+Triton: And YOU are just the crab to do it.
+
+     (Cut to Sebastion walking down corridor.)
+
+Sebastian: How do I get myself into these situations?  I should be writing
+  symphonies - not tagging along after some headstrong teenager. (Sees Ariel
+  and Flounder sneaking off and follows.) Hmm? What is that girl up to? (He
+  barely makes it into cave and sees Ariel's collection.) Huh?
+Flounder: Ariel, are you okay?
+Ariel: If only I could make him understand.  I just don't see things the way he
+  does. I don't see how a world that makes such wonderful things - could be
+  bad.
+
+   Look at this stuff
+   Isn't it neat?
+   Wouldn't you think my collection's complete?
+   Wouldn't you think I'm the girl
+   The girl who has ev'rything?
+   Look at this trove
+   Treasures untold
+   How many wonders can one cavern hold?
+   Lookin' around here you'd think
+   Sure, she's got everything
+
+   I've got gadgets and gizmos aplenty
+   I've got whozits and whatzits galore
+   (You want thingamabobs?
+   I got twenty)
+   But who cares?
+   No big deal
+   I want more
+
+   I wanna be where the people are
+   I wanna see
+   Wanna see 'em dancin'
+   Walkin' around on those
+   (Whad'ya call 'em?) oh - feet
+   Flippin' your fins you don't get too far
+   Legs are required for jumpin', dancin'
+   Strollin' along down a
+   (What's that word again?) street
+
+   Up where they walk
+   Up where they run
+   Up where they stay all day in the sun
+   Wanderin' free
+   Wish I could be
+   Part of that world
+
+   What would I give
+   If I could live
+   Outta these waters?
+   What would I pay
+   To spend a day
+   Warm on the sand?
+   Betcha on land
+   They understand
+   Bet they don't reprimand their daughters
+   Bright young women
+   Sick o' swimmin'
+   Ready to stand
+
+   And ready to know what the people know
+   Ask 'em my questions
+   And get some answers
+   What's a fire and why does it
+   (What's the word?) burn?
+
+   When's it my turn?
+   Wouldn't I love
+   Love to explore that shore above?
+   Out of the sea
+   Wish I could be
+   Part of that world
+
+  (Sebastion has been struggling around and now comes crashing down making
+  a lot of noise.)
+Ariel: Sebastion!?
+Sebastian: Ariel - what, are you mad?  How could you - what is all this?
+Ariel: It, err, it's just my - collection. . . .
+Sebastian: Oh.  I see.  Your collection.  Hmmm.  IF YOUR FATHER KNEW ABOUT THIS
+  PLACE HE'D -
+Flounder: You're not gonna tell him, are you?
+Ariel: Oh, please, Sebastian, he would never understand.
+Sebastian: Ariel.  You're under a lot of pressure down here.  Come with me,
+  I'll take you home and get you something warm to drink. (A ship passes by
+  overhead.)
+Ariel: What do you suppose?. . .
+Sebastion: Ariel? Ariel!
+
+     (On surface. Fireworks in the sky around ship. Ariel looks on,
+amazed. Sebastion and Flounder arrive.)
+
+Sebastion: Ariel, what - what are you- jumpin' jellyfish! Ariel, Ariel!
+  Please come back! (Ariel swims to ship and watches party until Max finds
+  her.)
+Eric: (Whistles.) Max, here boy. Hey, come on, mutt, whatcha doing, huh
+  Max? Good boy. (Ariel sees him and is stricken.)
+Scuttle: Hey there, sweetie!  Quite a show, eh?
+Ariel: Scuttle, be quiet!  They'll hear you.
+Scuttle: Oooh, I gotcha, I gotcha.  We're being intrepidatious.  WE'RE OUT TO
+  DISCOVER! (Ariel grabs his beak.)
+Ariel: I've never seen a human this close before.  Oh - he's very handsome,
+  isn't he?
+Scuttle: (Looking at Max) I dunno, he looks kinda hairy and slobbery to me.
+Ariel: Not that one - the one playing the snarfblat.
+Grimsby: Silence!  Silence!  It is now my honour and privilege to present our
+  esteemed Prince Eric with a very special, very expensive, very large birthday
+  present.
+Eric: Ah, Grimsby - y'old beanpole, you shouldn't have.
+Grimsby: I know. Happy birthday, Eric! (Large, gaudy statue of Eric is
+  revealed. Max growls.)
+Eric: Gee, Grim.  It's, err, it's, err - it's really somethin'. . . .
+Grimsby: Yes, I commissioned it myself.  Of course, I had hoped it would be a
+  wedding present, but . . .
+Eric: Come on, Grim, don't start.  Look, you're not still sore because I didn't
+  fall for the princess of Glauerhaven, are you?
+Grimsby: Oh, Eric, it isn't me alone.  The entire kingdom wants to see you
+  happily settled down with the right girl.
+Eric: Well, she's out there somewhere.  I just - I just haven't found her yet.
+Grimsby: Well, perhaps you haven't been looking hard enough.
+Eric: Believe me, Grim, when I find her I'll know - without a doubt.  It'll
+  just - bam! - hit me - like lightning. (Lightning and thunder appear and the
+  sky grows dark.)
+Sailor: Hurricane a'commin'!! Stand fast! Secure the riggin'! (Storm hits.)
+Scuttle: Whoa! The wind's all of a sudden on the move here. (He is blown
+  away.) Oh! Ariel . . . (Ship crashes through storm. Lightning starts a fire.
+  A rock looms ahead.)
+Eric: Look out! . . . (Ship crashes and all are thrown overboard except Max.)
+  Grim, hang on! (Sees Max.) Max! (Goes back to save him.) Jump Max! Come
+  on boy, jump! You can do it Max. (He saves Max but is trapped on board.)
+Grimsby: ERIC! (Ship explodes. Ariel finds Eric near drowning and pulls him
+  away.)
+
+     (On beach. Ariel is sitting next to an unconscious Eric.)
+
+Ariel: Is he - dead?
+Scuttle: (Opens Eric's eyelid.) It's hard to say. (Puts his ear against Eric's
+  foot.)  Oh, I - I can't make out a heartbeat.
+Ariel: No, look! He's breathing. He's so, beautiful.
+
+   What would I give
+   To live where you are?
+   What would I pay
+   To stay here beside you?
+   What would I do to see you
+   Smiling at me?
+
+   Where would we walk?
+   Where would we run?
+   If we could stay all day in the sun?
+   Just you and me
+   And I could be
+   Part of your world
+
+  (Sebastion and Flounder have washed up and are watching scene. Max and
+  Grimsby approach. Ariel hurries away.)
+Grimsby: Eric!  Oh, Eric.  You really delight in these sadistic strains on my
+  blood pressure, don't you?
+Eric: A girl - rescued me. . . .  She was - singing . . . she had the most -
+  beautiful voice.
+Grimsby: Ah, Eric, I think you've swallowed a bit too much seawater.  Off we
+  go.  Come on, Max.
+Sebastian: We just gotta forget this whole thing ever happened.  The sea king
+  will never know.  You won't tell him, I won't tell him.  I will stay in one
+  piece.
+Ariel:
+   I don't know when
+   I don't know how
+   But I know something's starting right now
+   Watch and you'll see
+   Some day I'll be
+   Part of your world
+
+     (Flotsam and Jetsam appear. Fade to Ursula watching from her chamber.)
+
+Ursula: Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.  I can't stand it - it's too easy.  The
+  child is in love with a human.  And not just any human - a prince!  Her
+  daddy'll LOVE that.  King Triton's headstrong, lovesick girl would make a
+  charming addition to my little garden.
+
+     (Fade to palace. Then sister's dressing room.)
+
+Andrina: Ariel, dear, time to come out.  You've been in there all morning.
+  (Ariel emerges, singing to herself.)
+Atina: What is with her lately?
+Ariel: Morning, Daddy.  (Ariel swims off.)
+Atina: Oh, she's got it bad.
+Triton: What? What has she got?
+Andrina: Isn't it obvious, Daddy?  Ariel's in love.
+Triton: Ariel?  In love?
+
+     (Cut to Sebastion pacing on rock outside.)
+
+Sebastian: O.K. So far, so good.  I don't think the king knows. But it will not
+  be easy keeping something like this a secret for long.
+Ariel: (Picking petals off a flower) He loves me . . . hmmm, he loves me
+  not. . . .  He loves me!  I knew it!
+Sebastian: Ariel, stop talking crazy.
+Ariel: I gotta see him again - tonight!  Scuttle knows where he lives.
+Sebastian: Ariel - please.  Will you get your head out of the clouds and back
+  in the water where it belongs?
+Ariel: I'll swim up to his castle.  Then Flounder will splash around to get his
+  attention, and then with -
+Sebastian: Down HERE is your home! Ariel - listen to me.  The human world -
+  it's a mess.  Life under the sea is better than anything they got up there.
+
+   The seaweed is always greener
+   In somebody else's lake
+   You dream about going up there
+   But that is a big mistake
+   Just look at the world around you
+   Right here on the ocean floor
+   Such wonderful things surround you
+   What more is you lookin' for?
+
+   Under the sea
+   Under the sea
+   Darling it's better
+   Down where it's wetter
+   Take it from me
+   Up on the shore they work all day
+   Out in the sun they slave away
+   While we devotin'
+   Full time to floatin'
+   Under the sea
+
+   Down here all the fish is happy
+   As off through the waves they roll
+   The fish on the land ain't happy
+   They sad 'cause they in their bowl
+   But fish in the bowl is lucky
+   They in for a worser fate
+   One day when the boss get hungry
+   Guess who's gon' be on the plate
+
+   Under the sea
+   Under the sea
+   Nobody beat us
+   Fry us and eat us
+   In fricassee
+   We what the land folks loves to cook
+   Under the sea we off the hook
+   We got no troubles
+   Life is the bubbles
+   Under the sea
+   Under the sea
+   Since life is sweet here
+   We got the beat here
+   Naturally
+   Even the sturgeon an' the ray
+   They get the urge 'n' start to play
+   We got the spirit
+   You got to hear it
+   Under the sea
+
+   The newt play the flute
+   The carp play the harp
+   The plaice play the bass
+   And they soundin' sharp
+   The bass play the brass
+   The chub play the tub
+   The fluke is the duke of soul
+   (Yeah)
+   The ray he can play
+   The lings on the strings
+   The trout rockin' out
+   The blackfish she sings
+   The smelt and the sprat
+   They know where it's at
+   An' oh that blowfish blow
+
+   Under the sea
+   Under the sea
+   When the sardine
+   Begin the beguine
+   It's music to me
+   What do they got? A lot of sand
+   We got a hot crustacean band
+   Each little clam here
+   know how to jam here
+   Under the sea
+   Each little slug here
+   Cuttin' a rug here
+   Under the sea
+   Each little snail here
+   Know how to wail here
+   That's why it's hotter
+   Under the water
+   Ya we in luck here
+   Down in the muck here
+   Under the sea
+
+  (They discover that Ariel has left with Flounder.)
+  Ariel? Ariel? Oh . . . somebody's got to nail that girl's fins to the floor.
+Seahorse: Sebastian!  Sebastian, I've been looking all over for you.  I've got
+  an urgent message from the sea king.
+Sebastian: The sea king?
+Seahorse: He wants to see you right away - something about Ariel.
+Sebastian: He knows!
+
+     (In palace throne room. Triton looking at flower.)
+
+Triton: Let's see, now. . . .  Oh, who could the lucky merman be? (Notices
+  Sebastion.) Come in, Sebastion.
+Sebastian: (Sotto) I mustn't overreact.  I must remain calm.  (Five octaves
+  higher than normal) Yes - (loco) yes, Your Majesty.
+Triton: Now, Sebastian, I'm concerned about Ariel.  Have you noticed she's been
+  acting peculiar lately?
+Sebastian: Peculiar?
+Triton: You know, moaning about, daydreaming, singing to herself. . . .  You
+  haven't noticed, hmm?
+Sebastian: Oh - well, I -
+Triton: Sebastian. . . .
+Sebastian: Hmmm?
+Triton: I know you've been keeping something from me. . . .
+Sebastian: Keeping . . . something?
+Triton: About Ariel?
+Sebastian: Ariel . . . ?
+Triton: In love?
+Sebastian: I tried to stop her, sir.  She wouldn't listen.  I told her to stay
+  away from humans - they are bad, they are trouble, they -
+Triton: Humans?  WHAT ABOUT HUMANS?
+Sebastian: Humans?  Ho ho ho ho. . . . Who said anything about humans?
+
+     (Fade to Ariel and Flounder entering cave.)
+
+Ariel: Flounder, why can't you just tell me what this is all about?
+Flounder: You'll see. It's a suprise.
+Ariel: (Sees statue of Eric.) Oh, Flounder- Flounder you're the best! it looks
+  just like him.  It even has his eyes.  ""Why, Eric, run away with you?  This
+  is all so - so sudden. . . . (Turns around and sees Triton.) Daddy! . . .
+Triton: I consider myself a reasonable merman. I set certain rules, and I
+  expect those rules to be obeyed.
+Ariel: But Daddy!-
+Triton: Is it true you rescued a human from drowing?
+Ariel: Daddy, I had to-
+Triton: Contact between the human world and the mer-world is strictly for-
+  bidden. Ariel, you know that! Everyone knows that!
+Ariel: He would have died-
+Triton: One less human to worry about!
+Ariel: You don't even know him.
+Triton: Know him? I don't have to know him. They're all the same. Spineless,
+  savage, harpooning, fish-eaters, incapable of any feeling-
+Ariel: Daddy, I love him!
+Triton: No . . . Have you lost your senses completely? He's a human, you're
+  a mermaid!
+Ariel: I don't care.
+Triton: So help me Ariel, I am going to get through to you. And if this is the
+  only way, so be it. (Begins to blast the artifacts with his trident.)
+Ariel: Daddy!. . . No . . . No, please- Daddy, stop!. . . Daddy, Nooo!!. . .
+  (He blasts statue. Ariel begins crying and he leaves, ashamed.)
+Sebastion: Ariel, I . . .
+Ariel: (Still crying.) Just go away. (He leaves and Flotsan and Jetsam appear.)
+Flotsam: Poor child.
+Jetsam: Poor, sweet child.
+Flotsam: She has a very serious problem
+Jetsam: If only there were something we could do.
+Flotsam: But there is something.
+Ariel: Who - who are you?
+Jetsam: Don't be scared.
+Flotsam: We represent someone who can help you.
+Jetsam: Someone who could make all your dreams come true.
+Flotsam and Jetsam: Just imagine -
+Jetsam: You and your prince -
+Flotsam and Jetsam: Together, forever. . . .
+Ariel: I don't understand.
+Jetsam: Ursula has great powers
+Ariel: The sea witch?  Why, that's - I couldn't possibly - no!  Get out of
+ here!  Leave me alone!
+Flotsam: Suit yourself.
+Jetsam: It was only a suggestion.
+  [Jetsam flicks the statue's broken face towards Ariel.]
+Ariel: [Looking at the face] Wait.
+Flotsam and Jetsam: Yeeeeeeeeeess?
+
+     (Cut to outside of cave with Flounder and Sebastion.)
+
+Flounder: (snif) Poor Ariel.
+Sebastion: I didn't mean to tell, it was an accident. (Ariel passes by.)
+  Ariel - where are you going?  Ariel, what are you doing here with this
+  riff-raff?
+riel: I'm going to see Ursula.
+Sebastian: Ariel, no!  No, she's a demon, she's a monster!
+Ariel: Why don't you go tell my father?  You're good at that.
+Sebastion: But . . . But, I . . . (To Flounder.) Come on. (They travel towards
+  Ursula's cavern.)
+Flotsam and Jetsam: This way. (Ariel enters and is hung up in the garden of
+  souls.)
+Ursula: Come in.  Come in, my child.  We mustn't lurk in doorways - it's rude.
+  One MIGHT question your upbringing. . . . Now, then.  You're here because
+  you have a thing for this human.  This, er, prince fellow.  Not that I blame
+  you - he is quite a catch, isn't he?  Well, angel fish, the solution to your
+  problem is simple.  The only way to get what you want - is to become a human
+  yourself.
+Ariel: Can you DO that?
+Ursula: My dear, sweet child. That's what I do - it's what I live for. To help
+  unfortunate merfolk - like yourself. Poor souls with no one else to turn to.
+
+   I admit that in the past I've been a nasty
+   They weren't kidding when they called me, well, a witch
+   But you'll find that nowadays
+   I've mended all my ways
+   Repented, seen the light and made a switch
+   True? Yes
+
+   And I fortunately know a little magic
+   It's a talent that I always have possessed
+   And here lately, please don't laugh
+   I use it on behalf
+   Of the miserable, lonely and depressed
+   (Pathetic)
+
+   Poor unfortunate souls
+   In pain
+   In need
+   This one longing to be thinner
+   That one wants to get the girl
+   And do I help them?
+   Yes, indeed
+   Those poor unfortunate souls
+   So sad
+   So true
+   They come flocking to my cauldron
+   Crying, ""Spells, Ursula please!""
+   And I help them?
+   Yes, I do
+
+   Now it's happened once or twice
+   Someone couldn't pay the price
+   And I'm afraid I had to rake 'em 'cross the coals
+   Yes, I've had the odd complaint
+   But on the whole I've been a saint
+   To those poor unfortunate souls
+
+  Now, here's the deal.  I will make you a potion that will turn you into
+  a human for three days.  Got that?  Three days.  Now listen, this is import-
+  ant.  Before the sun sets on the third day, you've got to get dear ol'
+  princey to fall in love with you.  That is, he's got to kiss you.  Not just
+  any kiss - the kiss of true love.  If he does kiss you before the sun sets on
+  the third day, you'll remain human, permanently, but - if he doesn't, you
+  turn back into a mermaid, and - you belong to me.
+Sebastion: No Ariel! (He is silenced by Flotsam and Jetsam.)
+Ursula: Have we got a deal?
+Ariel: If I become human, I'll never be with my father or sisters again.
+Ursula: That's right. . . .  But - you'll have your man.  Life's full of tough
+  choices, innit? Oh - and there is one more thing. We haven't discussed the
+  subject of payment.  You can't get something for nothing, you know.
+Ariel: But I don't have any -
+Ursula: I'm not asking much. Just a token, really, a trifle.  You'll never even
+  miss it.  What I want from you is . . . your voice.
+Ariel: My voice?
+Ursula: You've got it, sweetcakes.  No more talking, singing, zip.
+Ariel: But without my voice, how can I -
+Ursula: You'll have your looks! Your pretty face! And don't underestimate the
+  importance of body language! Ha!
+
+   The men up there don't like a lot of blabber
+   They think a girl who gossips is a bore
+   Yes, on land it's much preferred
+   For ladies not to say a word
+   And after all, dear, what is idle prattle for?
+
+   Come on, they're not all that impressed with conversation
+   True gentlemen avoid it when they can
+   But they dote and swoon and fawn
+   On a lady who's withdrawn
+   It's she who holds her tongue who gets her man
+
+   Come on, you poor unfortunate soul
+   Go ahead!
+   Make your choice!
+   I'm a very busy woman
+   And I haven't got all day
+   It won't cost much
+   Just your voice!
+   You poor unfortunate soul
+   It's sad
+   But true
+   If you want to cross a bridge, my sweet
+   You've got to pay the toll
+   Take a gulp and take a breath
+   And go ahead and sign the scroll!
+   Flotsam, Jetsam, now I've got her, boys
+   The boss is on a roll
+   This poor unfortunate soul.
+
+  (Ariel signs contract.)
+   Paluga, sarruga, come winds of the Caspian Sea.
+   Now rings us glossitis and max laryngitis,
+   La voce to me!
+  Now . . . sing!
+Ariel: (Sings.)
+Ursula: Keep singing! (Giant magical hands rip out Ariel's voice and give it to
+  Ursula. She laughs as Ariel is changed into a human and rushed to the surf-
+  ace by Flounder and Sebastion.)
+
+     (Fade to beach. Eric and Max are walking near castle.)
+
+Eric: (Playing flute.) That voice. I can't get it out of my head. I've looked
+  everywhere, Max - where could she be? (On other side of rocks Ariel is
+  washed up. Sebastion and Flounder are exausted. Ariel sees her legs and is
+  amazed.)
+Scuttle: Well, look at what the catfish dragged in!  Look at ya!  Look at ya!
+  There's something different.  Don't tell me - I got it.  It's your hairdo,
+  right?  You've been using the dinglehopper, right?  No?  No huh, well let me
+  see.  New . . . seashells?  No new seashells.  I gotta admit I can't put my
+  foot on it right now, but if I just stand here long enough I know that I'll -
+Sebastian: SHE'S GOT LEGS, YOU IDIOT!  She traded her voice to the sea witch
+  and got legs.  Jeez, man . . .
+Scuttle: I knew that.
+Flounder: Ariel's been turned into a human. She's gotta make the prince fall in
+  love with her, and he's gotta ki- he's gotta kiss her. (Ariel tries to get
+  up.)
+Sebastion: And she's only got three days. Just look at her. On legs. On human
+  legs! My nerves are shot. This is a catastrophe!  What would her father say?
+  I'll tell you what her father'd say, he'd say he's gonna kill himself a crab,
+  that's what her father'd say! I'm gonna march meself straight home right now
+  and tell him just like I shoulda done de minute- (Ariel grabs him.) . . . and
+  don't you shake your head at me, young lady.  Maybe there's still time. If
+  we could get that witch to give you back your voice, you could go home with
+  all the normal fish, and just be . . . just be . . . just be miserable for
+  the rest of your life.  All right, all right.  I'll try to help you find that
+  prince.  Boy.  What a soft-shell I'm turning out to be.
+Scuttle: Now, Ariel, I'm tellin' ya, if you wanna be a human the first thing
+  you gotta do is dress like one. Now lemme see.
+
+     (Cut to Eric and Max. Max smells Ariel and gets excited.)
+
+Eric: Max? Huh . . . what, Max!
+Scuttle: (Whistles.) Ya look great kid. Ya look - sensational. (They hear Max.
+  He arrives and chases Ariel up on a rock.)
+Eric: Max . . . Max - Quiet Max! What's gotten into you fella? (Sees Ariel.)
+  Oh . . . Oh, I see. Are you O.K., miss?  I'm sorry if this knucklehead
+  scared you.  He's harmless, really - . . . you . . . seem very familiar . . .
+  to me.  Have we met?  We have met?  I knew it!  You're the one - the one I've
+  been looking for!  What's your name? (Ariel mouths ""Ariel"" but no words come
+  out.) What's wrong?  What is it?  You can't speak? (Ariel shakes her head.)
+  Oh.  Then you couldn't be who I thought. (Ariel and Max look frustrated. She
+  tries pantomime.) What is it?  You're hurt?  No, No . . . You need help.
+  (She falls into him.) Whoa, whoa, careful - careful - easy. Gee, you must
+  have really been through something. Don't worry, I'll help you. Come on . . .
+  Come on, you'll be okay.
+
+     (Fade to Ariel in bath playing with bubbles.)
+
+Carlotta: Washed up from a shipwreck.  Oh, the poor thing.  We'll have you
+  feeling better in no time.  [Picks up Ariel's ""dress""] I'll just - I'll just
+  get this washed for you.
+
+     (Cut to Sebastion in dress getting washed.)
+Woman 1: Well you must have at least heard about this girl.
+Woman 2: Well, Gretchen says . . . (Sebastion is dunked.) . . . since when has
+  Gretchen got anything right. I mean really, this girl shows up in rags and
+  doesn't speak-
+Sebastion: Madame, please ! . . .
+Woman 2: . . . not my idea of a princess. If Eric's looking for a girl, I know
+  a couple of highly available ones right here . . . (Sebastion dives into
+  kitchen and sees various fish cooking. He faints.)
+
+     (Cut to castle dining room.)
+
+Grimsby: Oh, Eric, be reasonable.  Nice young ladies just don't - swim around
+  rescuing people in the middle of the ocean and then - flutter off into
+  oblivion, like some -
+Eric: I'm tellin' you, Grim, she was REAL!  I'm gonna find that girl - and I'm
+  gonna marry her.
+Carlotta: Ha Ha. Come on honey. Don't be shy. (Ariel enteres in a beautiful
+  dress.)
+Grimsby: Oh, Eric, isn't she a vision?
+Eric: You look - wonderful.
+Grimsby: Come come come, you must be famished. Let me help you my dear. There
+  we go - ah - quite comfy? Uh. It's - It's not ofen that we have such a lovely
+  dinner guest, eh Eric? (Ariel starts combing hair with a fork. They look
+  dumbfounded and she is embarrased. She sees pipe and brightens.) Uh, do you
+  like it? It is rather - fine . . . (She blows its contents into his face.
+  Eric laughs.)
+Carlotta: Oh, my!
+Eric: Ahem, so sorry Grim.
+Carlotta: Why, Eric, that's the first time I've seen you smile in weeks.
+Grimsby: (Wiping his face.) Oh, very amusing. Carlotta, my dear, what's for
+  dinner?
+Carlotta: Oooh, you're gonna love it.  Chef's been fixing his specialty,
+  stuffed crab.
+
+     (Cut to Sebastion watching Louis cook. He is humming to himself.)
+
+Louis:
+   Les poissons
+   Les poissons
+   How I love les poissons
+   Love to chop
+   And to serve little fish
+   First I cut off their heads
+   Then I pull out the bones
+   Ah mais oui
+   Ca c'est toujours delish
+   Les poissons
+   Les poissons
+   Hee hee hee
+   Hah hah hah
+   With the cleaver I hack them in two
+   I pull out what's inside
+   And I serve it up fried
+   God, I love little fishes
+   Don't you?
+
+   Here's something for tempting the palate
+   Prepared in the classic technique
+   Fi"
+24,Mary Poppins,"Bill Walsh,Don DaGradi","Family,Comedy,Musical,Fantasy,Drama,Animation",December_1964,"Bert:
+
+
+
+All right, ladies and gents,
+
+
+
+Comical poems suitable for the occasion, extemporized and thought up before your very eyes.
+All right, here we go.
+
+
+
+	Room here for everyone gather around
+
+
+
+	The constable's ""responstable."" Now, how does that sound?
+
+
+
+	Hello, Miss Lark I got one for you.
+
+
+
+	Miss Lark likes to walk in the park with Andrew.
+
+
+
+Hello, Andrew.
+
+
+
+	Ah, Mrs. Cory a story for you.
+
+
+
+	Your daughters were shorter than you, but they grew.
+
+
+
+	Dear Miss Persimmon--
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Miss Persimmon:
+
+
+
+Yes?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Bert:
+
+
+
+	Wind's in the east, mist comin' in.
+
+
+
+	Like something is brewin' about to begin
+
+
+
+	Can't put me finger on what lies in store
+
+
+
+	But I feel what's to happen, all happened before.
+
+
+
+I'm sorry. Where was I? Thank you, one and all, for your kind support. Ah, Miss Lark, thank you.
+Crikey. Bless you, guv. Generosity itself, that's what you are. No charge.
+
+
+
+Oh, it's you! Hello. Number 17 Cherry Tree Lane, you say? All right. Come along with me. This
+here's Cherry Tree Lane. Nice little spot, you might say. Number 17's just down a bit. Now, this
+imposing edifice what first greets the eye, is the home of Admiral Boom, late of His Majesty's
+Navy. Likes his house shipshape, he does, shipshape and Bristol fashion at all times.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Admiral Boom:
+
+
+
+Time gun ready?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr Binnacle:
+
+
+
+Ready and charged, sir.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Admiral Boom:
+
+
+
+Three minutes and six seconds.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr Binnacle:
+
+
+
+Aye, aye, sir.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Bert:
+
+
+
+What he's famous for is punctuality. The whole world takes its time from Greenwich. But
+Greenwich, they say, takes its time from Admiral Boom. What cheer, admiral?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Admiral Boom:
+
+
+
+Good afternoon to you, young man. Where are you bound?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Bert:
+
+
+
+Number 17. Got some parties here in tow what wants to see it.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Admiral Boom:
+
+
+
+Enter that in the log.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr Binnacle:
+
+
+
+Aye, aye, sir.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Admiral Boom:
+
+
+
+A word of advice, young man: storm signals are up at number 17. Bit of heavy weather brewing
+there.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Bert:
+
+
+
+Thank you, sir. Keep an eye skinned. Here we are. Number 17 Cherry Tree Lane. Residence
+of George Banks, Esquire. Hello, hello, hello. The admiral's right. Heavy weather brewin' at
+number 17, and no mistake.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Brill:
+
+
+
+Leave her alone!
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Ellen:
+
+
+
+Shut up!
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Brill:
+
+
+
+I'll show you. Don't you be trying to stop the wretched creature! Let her go, that's what I say, and
+good riddance! I never liked her from the moment she set foot in the door.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Ellen:
+
+
+
+But who gets stuck with the children with no nanny in the house? Me, that's who!
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Brill:
+
+
+
+Her and her high and mighty ways! And that face of her that would stop a coal barge, it would.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Katie Nanna:
+
+
+
+Indeed, Mrs. Brill! I wouldn't stay in this house another minute, not if you heap me with all the
+jewels in Christendom.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Ellen:
+
+
+
+No, no, Katie Nanna, don't go!
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Katie Nanna:
+
+
+
+Stand away from that door, my girl!
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Ellen:
+
+
+
+But what am I gonna tell the master about the children?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Katie Nanna:
+
+
+
+It's no concern of mine. Those little beasts have run away from me for the last time.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Ellen:
+
+
+
+They must be somewhere. Did you look around the zoo in the park? You know how Jane and
+Michael is. Coo! You don't think the lion could've got at them, do ya? You know how fond they
+was of hangin' around the cage.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Katie Nanna:
+
+
+
+I said my say, and that's all I'll say. I've done with this house forever.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Brill:
+
+
+
+Well, hip, hip, hooray! And don't stumble on the way out, dearie.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Ellen:
+
+
+
+Now, now, Katie Nanna!
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks! She's home!
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+	Our daughter's daughters will adore us
+
+
+
+	And we'll sing in grateful chorus
+
+
+
+	""Well done, Sister Suffragette""
+
+
+
+Good evening, Katie Nanna, Ellen. We had the most glorious meeting! Mrs. Whitbourne-Allen
+chained herself to the wheel of the prime minister's carriage. You should've been there.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Katie Nanna:
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks, I would like a word with you.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+And Mrs. Ainslie, she was carried off to prison, singing and scattering pamphlets all the way!
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Katie Nanna:
+
+
+
+I'm glad you're home, madam. I've always given the best that's in me.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+On, thank you, Katie Nanna. I always knew you were one of us.
+
+
+
+	We're clearly soldiers in petticoats
+
+
+
+	And dauntless crusaders for women's votes
+
+
+
+	Though we adore men individually
+
+
+
+	We agree that as a group they're rather stupid
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Katie nanna:
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+	Cast off the shackles of yesterday
+
+
+
+	Shoulder to shoulder into the fray
+
+
+
+	Our daughter's daughters will adore us
+
+
+
+	And they'll sing in grateful chorus
+
+
+
+	""Well done, Sister Suffragette""
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Katie Nanna:
+
+
+
+Being that as it may, I do not wish to offend, but I--
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+	From Kensington to Billingsgate
+
+
+
+	One hears the restless cries
+
+
+
+	From every corner of the land: womankind arise
+
+
+
+	Political equality and equal rights with men
+
+
+
+	Take heart for Mrs. Pankhurst has been clapped in irons again
+
+
+
+	No more the meek and mild subservients we
+
+
+
+	We're fighting for our rights, militantly - never you fear
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Katie Nanna:
+
+
+
+If I may have a word, Mrs. Banks.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+	So cast off the shackles of yesterday
+
+
+
+	
+
+
+
+Katie Nanna:
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks!
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+	And shoulder to shoulder into the fray
+
+
+
+	Our daughter's daughters will adore us
+
+
+
+	And they'll sing in grateful chorus - ""well done""
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Katie Nanna:
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+	""Well done""
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Katie Nanna:
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+	""Well done, Sister Suf--""
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Katie Nanna:
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks!
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+What is it, Katie Nanna?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Katie Nanna:
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks, I have something to say to you.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+Where are the children?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Katie Nanna:
+
+
+
+The children, madam, to be precise, are not here. They've disappeared again.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+Katie Nanna, this is really too careless of you. Doesn't it make the third time this week?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Katie Nanna:
+
+
+
+The fourth, madam. And I for one have had my fill of it. I'm not one to speak ill of the children,
+but--
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+Oh, please, when do you expect them home?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Katie Nanna:
+
+
+
+I really couldn't say. And now if you'd be good enough to compute my wages, I'll--
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+Oh, gracious, Katie Nanna! You're not leaving? What will Mr. Banks say? He's going to be cross
+enough as it is to come home and find the children missing. Ellen, put these things away. You
+know how the cause infuriates Mr. Banks.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Ellen:
+
+
+
+Yes, ma'am.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+Katie Nanna, I beseech you. Please reconsider. Think of the children. Think of Mr. Banks. He
+was just beginning to get used to you.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Admiral Boom:
+
+
+
+Posts, everyone! Four, three, two, one. Fire!
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+Katie Nanna, I do beseech you--
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Katie Nanna:
+
+
+
+My wages, if you please.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+Bit early tonight, aren't you, admiral?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Admiral Boom:
+
+
+
+Nonsense. Bang on the dot, as usual. How are things in the world of finance?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+Never better. Money's sound. Credit rates are moving up, up, up. And the British pound is the
+admiration of the world.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Admiral Boom:
+
+
+
+Good man.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+How do things look from where you stand?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Admiral Boom:
+
+
+
+Bit chancy, I'd say. The wind's coming up and the glass is falling. - don't like the look of it.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+Good, good, good.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Admiral Boom:
+
+
+
+Banks, shouldn't wonder if you weren't steering into a nasty piece of weather. Banks! Do you
+hear me?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+Hello, Katie Nanna. That must be heavy. Allow me.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Katie Nanna:
+
+
+
+Hmph!
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+What a very pretty hat.
+
+
+
+	I feel a surge of deep satisfaction
+
+
+
+	Much as a king astride his noble steed - thank you.
+
+
+
+	When I return from daily strife, to hearth and wife
+
+
+
+	How pleasant is the life I lead
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+Dear, it's about the children.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+Yes, yes, yes.
+
+
+
+	I run my home precisely on schedule
+
+
+
+	At 6:01 I march through my door
+
+
+
+	My slippers, sherry and pipe are due at 6:02
+
+
+
+	Consistent is the life I lead
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+George, they're missing.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+Splendid. Splendid.
+
+
+
+	It's grand to be an Englishman in 1910
+
+
+
+	King Edward's on the throne it's the age of men
+
+
+
+	I'm the lord of my castle the sovereign, the liege
+
+
+
+	I treat my subjects, servants children, wife with a firm but gentle hand, noblesse oblige
+
+
+
+	It's 6:03 and the heirs to my dominion
+
+
+
+	Are scrubbed and tubbed and adequately fed
+
+
+
+	And so I'll pat them on the head and send them off to bed
+
+
+
+	Ah, lordly is the life I lead
+
+
+
+Winifred, where are the children?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+They're not here, dear.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+What? Well, of course they're here! Where else would they be?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+I don't know, George
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+You don't know?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+Well, they're missing. Katie Nanna has looked everywhere.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+Very well. I'll deal with this at once.
+
+
+
+Give me the police station, quickly, please.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+I don't think we need bother the police, dear. The facts of the matter--
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+Kindly do not attempt to cloud the issue with facts. One fact, and one fact alone is crystal clear!
+Katie Nanna's faltered at her post. She's let the family down. And I shall bring her to boo-- oh.
+She's left us, hasn't she?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+Yes, dear, only just.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+What, uh-- yes. George Banks here. Yes. 17 Cherry Tree Lane. It's a matter of some urgency.
+I should like you to send a policeman around immediately.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+The policeman's here, George!
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+What? Oh, how very prompt. What wonderful service. Thank you so much. Good night. Come
+in, constable. Come in.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Constable:
+
+
+
+Thank you, sir. While going about my duties on the other side of the park, I noted some
+valuables that had gone astray. I believe they're yours, sir.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+Valuables?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Constable:
+
+
+
+Come along, now. Come along.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+Jane! Michael!
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+Winifred, please don't be emotional.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Constable:
+
+
+
+Oh, I wouldn't be too hard on 'em, sir. They've had a long, weary walk today.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+Children, come here at once. Well?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Jane:
+
+
+
+I'm sorry we lost Katie Nanna, Father. You see, it was windy. And the kite was too strong for us.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Constable:
+
+
+
+In a manner of speaking, sir, it was the kite that ran away, not the children.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+Thank you, Constable. I think I can manage this.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Jane:
+
+
+
+Actually it wasn't a very good kite. We made it ourselves. Perhaps if you helped us to make
+one--
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Constable:
+
+
+
+Ah, that's the ticket, sir. Kites are skittish things. Why, only last week with me own youngsters--
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+I'm very grateful to you, Constable, for returning the children. And I'm sure that if you go to the
+kitchen, Cook'll find you a plate of something.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Constable:
+
+
+
+Thank you, sir. I shall now return to my duties.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Jane:
+
+
+
+Thank you, Constable.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Constable:
+
+
+
+Good night, miss. Good night, ma'am. Good night, sir. Cook'll find me something. I never--
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+I'm awfully sorry about this, George. I'll expect you'll want to discuss it.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+I would indeed! Ellen, take Jane and Michael upstairs straightaway.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Ellen:
+
+
+
+Yes, sir. I knew it. When all's said and done, who bears the brunt of everything around here?
+Me, that's who! They don't want an honest, hard-workin' girl around here. They need a ruddy
+zookeeper.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+I'm sorry, dear, but when I chose Katie Nanna, I thought she would be firm with the children. She
+looked so solemn and cross.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+Winifred, never confuse efficiency with a liver complaint.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+I'll try to do better next time.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+Next time? My dear, you've engaged six nannies in the last four months! And they've all been
+unqualified disasters.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+I quite agree.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+Choosing a nanny for the children is an important and delicate task. It requires insight, balanced
+judgment, and an ability to read character. Under the circumstances, I think it might be apropos
+to take it upon myself to, uh, select the next person.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+Oh, would you, George?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+Obviously the way to find a proper nanny, is to go about it in a proper fashion. I shall put an
+advertisement in The Times. Take this down please.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+Yes, of course, dear.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+Wanted. Uh, no. Uh, required. Nanny: firm, respectable, no nonsense.
+
+
+
+	A British nanny must be a general
+
+
+
+	The future empire lies within her hands
+
+
+
+	And so the person that we need
+
+
+
+	To mold the breed
+
+
+
+	Is a nanny who can give commands
+
+
+
+You getting this, Winifred?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+Oh, yes, dear. Every word.
+
+
+
+	A British bank is run with precision
+
+
+
+	A British home requires nothing less
+
+
+
+	Tradition, discipline and rules must be the tools
+
+
+
+	Without them, disorder, catastrophe, anarchy
+
+
+
+	In short you have a ghastly mess
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+Splendid, George! Inspirational. The Times will be so pleased.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Jane:
+
+
+
+Father?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+Yes?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Jane:
+
+
+
+We've discussed everything, and we're very sorry about what we did today.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+I should certainly think so.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Jane:
+
+
+
+It was wrong to run away from Katie Nanna.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+It was indeed.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Jane:
+
+
+
+And we do so want to get on with the new nanny.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+Very sensible. I shall be glad to have your help in the matter.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Jane:
+
+
+
+We thought you would. That's why we wrote this advertisement.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+Advertisement for what?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Jane:
+
+
+
+For the new nanny.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+You wrote an advert--
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+George, I think we should listen.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Jane:
+
+
+
+You said you wanted our help.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+But, I-- oh, very well.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Jane:
+
+
+
+""Wanted: a nanny for two adorable children.""
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+""Adorable."" well, that's debatable, I must say.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Jane:
+
+
+
+	If you want this choice position
+
+
+
+	Have a cheery disposition
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+Jane, I don't--
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Jane:
+
+
+
+	Rosy cheeks, no warts
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Michael:
+
+
+
+That's the part I put in.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Jane:
+
+
+
+	Play games, all sorts
+
+
+
+	You must be kind you must be witty
+
+
+
+	Very sweet and fairly pretty
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+Well, of all the ridic-
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+George, please!
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Jane:
+
+
+
+	Take us on outings give us treats
+
+
+
+	Sing songs bring sweets
+
+
+
+	Never be cross or cruel never give us castor oil or gruel
+
+
+
+	Love us as a son and daughter
+
+
+
+	And never smell of barley water
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Michael:
+
+
+
+I put that in, too.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Jane:
+
+
+
+	If you won't scold and dominate us
+
+
+
+	We will never you give you cause to hate us
+
+
+
+	We won't hide your spectacles so you can't see
+
+
+
+	Put toads in your bed or pepper in your tea
+
+
+
+	Hurry, nanny
+
+
+
+	Many thanks
+
+
+
+	Sincerely
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Jane & Michael:
+
+
+
+	Jane and Michael Banks
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+Thank you. Most interesting. And now I think we've had quite enough of this nonsense. Please
+return to the nursery.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+They were only trying to help. They're just children.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+I'm well aware they're just children, Winifred. I only congratulate myself that I decided to step in
+and take a hand. ""Play games, sing songs, give treats."" Ridiculous. There's no question in my
+mind whatsoever. Now is the time for action.
+
+
+
+Give me The Times, please. No, I do not know the number.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+Oh, George, you're always so forceful.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+The Times? George Banks here. 17 Cherry Tree Lane. I wish to place an advertisement in your
+column.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Admiral Boom:
+
+
+
+Time gun ready?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Binnacle:
+
+
+
+Ready and charged, sir.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Admiral Boom:
+
+
+
+I'll take the report, Mr. Binnacle.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Binnacle:
+
+
+
+The wind has changed, Sir. Seems to be comin' in from a new quarter.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Admiral Boom:
+
+
+
+So it is.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Binnacle:
+
+
+
+Sir?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Admiral Boom:
+
+
+
+What is it?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Binnacle:
+
+
+
+Bit of somethin' or other taking place off the port bow.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Admiral Boom:
+
+
+
+Ghastly looking crew, I must say!
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Ellen:
+
+
+
+Coo! There's a fair queue of nannies outside, sir. Shall I show 'em in?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+Ellen, I said 8:00, and 8:00 it shall jolly well be. You see? Twelve seconds to go. Ten, nine,
+eight---
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+Posts! Seven, six, five, four, three, two, one!
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+Ellen, it is now 8:00.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Ellen:
+
+
+
+Yes, sir.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+But I have told you time and time again, Ellen, I dislike being hurried into things.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Jane:
+
+
+
+I don't understand. They're not what we advertised for at all.
+
+
+
+Michael, look!
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Michael:
+
+
+
+Perhaps it's a witch.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Jane:
+
+
+
+Of course not. Witches have brooms.
+
+
+
+It's her. It's the person. She's answered our advertisement.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Michael:
+
+
+
+Rosy cheeks and everything.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+Ellen, you may now show them in, one at a time.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Ellen:
+
+
+
+Yes, sir. You may come in one at a time.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+Thank you.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Ellen:
+
+
+
+Oh.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+You are the father of Jane and Michael Banks, are you not? I said, you are the father of Jane
+and Michael Banks.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+Well, well ye-- yes, of course, I mean. Uh-- you brought your references, I presume. May I see
+them?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+Oh, I make it a point never to give references. A very old-fashioned idea to my mind.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+Is that so? We'll have to see about that then, won't we?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+Now then, the qualifications. ""Item one: a cheery disposition."" I am never cross. ""Item two: rosy
+cheeks."" Obviously. ""Item three: play games, all sorts."" Well, I'm sure the children will find my
+games extremely diverting.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+May I? Eh, this paper? Where did you get it from? I thought I tore it up.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+Excuse me. ""Item four: you must be kind."" I am kind, but extremely firm. Have you lost
+something?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+Ah! Yeah. That paper, you see. I thought that I--
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+You are George Banks, are you not?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+What?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+And you did advertise for a nanny, did you not?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+George Banks.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+Very well then.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+I tore it up, turned it over. Tore it up again and threw it in there. Yes.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+I beg your pardon. Are you ill?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+I hope not.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+Now, about my wages. The reference here is very obscure.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+Very obscure.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+We must be very clear on that point, mustn't we?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+Yes, we must indeed.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+I shall require every second Tuesday off.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+Every Tuesday.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+On second thoughts, I believe a trial period would be wise. Hmm. I'll give you one week. I'll know
+by then. I'll see the children now. Thank you.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Close your mouth please, Michael. We are not a codfish. Well, don't stand there staring. Best
+foot forward. Spit spot!
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+George? Aah! George, what on earth are you doing? I thought you were interviewing nannies.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+I was! I was!
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+You mean you've selected one already?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+Yes, it's done. It's, it's all done.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+Well, where is she?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+What? Well, eh, she's in the nursery of course, I mean. I put her to work straightaway, I mean.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+How clever of you! I would have muddled the whole thing. Tell me, is she everything that we'd
+hoped she be?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+Well, I - it all happened rather quickly. I mean, I-- I, uh--
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+Will she be firm? Will she give commands? Will she mold our young breed?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+You know, Winifred, I think she will. I think she will.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mrs. Banks:
+
+
+
+In that case, perhaps you'd better tell Ellen to dismiss the others.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+The others? Oh, yes. Ellen?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Ellen:
+
+
+
+Y-yes, sir?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+Tell the other applicants they may go. The position has been filled.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Ellen:
+
+
+
+The others, sir?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mr. Banks:
+
+
+
+Yes, the others. How many n-nannies does she think we need in this house?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Ellen:
+
+
+
+The position has been filled.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Jane:
+
+
+
+I'm afraid the nursery isn't very tidy.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+It is rather like a bear pit, isn't it?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Michael:
+
+
+
+That's a funny sort of bag.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+Carpet.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Michael:
+
+
+
+You mean to carry carpets in?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+No. Made of.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Jane:
+
+
+
+This is your room, and there's a lovely view of the park.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+Hmm. Well, it's not exactly Buckingham Palace. Still, it's clean. Yes, I think it will be quite
+suitable. Just needs a touch here and there. Well, first things first. I always say, the place to
+hang a hat is on a hat stand. Ah! This will never do! I much prefer seeing all of my face at the
+same time.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Michael:
+
+
+
+There-- but there was nothing in it.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+Never judge things by their appearance. Even carpetbags. I'm sure I never do. A thing of beauty
+is a joy forever. Mmm, a little more light, perhaps.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Michael:
+
+
+
+We better keep an eye on this one. She's tricky.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Jane:
+
+
+
+She's wonderful.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+Much better! Now, let me see. That's funny. I always carry it with me. It must be here
+somewhere.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Michael:
+
+
+
+What?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+My tape measure.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Michael:
+
+
+
+What do you want it for?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+I want to see how you two measure up. Well, that's the funniest thing I ever saw. I know it's
+down here somewhere. Ah, ha-ha, ha-ha! Here it is. Good. Come along, then. Quickly. Head up,
+Michael. Don't slouch. Just as I thought. Extremely stubborn and suspicious.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Michael:
+
+
+
+I am not!
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+See for yourself.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Michael:
+
+
+
+""Extremely stubborn and sus--""
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+Suspicious.
+
+
+
+Now you, Jane. Mmm. ""Rather inclined to giggle. Doesn't put things away.""
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Michael:
+
+
+
+How 'bout you?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+Very well. Hold this for me. As I expected. ""Mary Poppins. Practically perfect in every way.""
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Jane:
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins! Is that your name? It's lovely.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+Thank you. I've always liked it. Now, shall we get on with it?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Jane:
+
+
+
+Get on with what?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+In your advertisement, did you not specifically request to play games?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Jane:
+
+
+
+Oh, yes!
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+Very well, then. Our first game is called ""well begun is half done.""
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Michael:
+
+
+
+I don't like the sound of that.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+Otherwise entitled, ""let's tidy up the nursery.""
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Michael:
+
+
+
+I told you she was tricky.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+Shall we begin?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Jane:
+
+
+
+It is a game, isn't it, Mary Poppins?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+Well, it depends on your point of view. You see,
+
+
+
+	In every job that must be done,
+
+
+
+	There is an element of fun.
+
+
+
+	You find the fun, and snap!
+
+
+
+	The job's a game.
+
+
+
+	And every task you undertake
+
+
+
+	Becomes a piece of cake
+
+
+
+	A lark, a spree it's very clear to see
+
+
+
+	That a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
+
+
+
+	The medicine go down
+
+
+
+	Medicine go down
+
+
+
+	Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
+
+
+
+	In a most delightful way
+
+
+
+	A robin feathering his nest
+
+
+
+	Has very little time to rest
+
+
+
+	While gathering his bits of twine and twig
+
+
+
+	Though quite intent in his pursuit,
+
+
+
+	He has a merry tune to toot
+
+
+
+	He knows a song will move the job along
+
+
+
+	For a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
+
+
+
+	The medicine go down
+
+
+
+	Medicine go down
+
+
+
+	Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
+
+
+
+	In a most delightful way
+
+
+
+	The honeybees that fetch the nectar from the flowers to the comb
+
+
+
+	Never tire of ever buzzing to and fro
+
+
+
+	Because they take a little nip from every flower that they sip
+
+
+
+	And hence
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Reflection:
+
+
+
+	And hence
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+	They find
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Reflection:
+
+
+
+	They find
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins & Reflection:
+
+
+
+	Their task is not a grind
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+Cheeky.
+
+
+
+Don't be all day about it, please.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Michael:
+
+
+
+Let me out! Let me out! Let me out!
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+Well, that was very--
+
+
+
+Thank you now-- when you've quite finished!
+
+
+
+Thank you. That will be quite sufficient. Hats and coats, please. It's time for our outing in the
+park.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Michael:
+
+
+
+I don't want an outing. I want to tidy up the nursery again.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+Enough is as good as a feast. Come along, please. Let me look at you. Well, you're not as well
+turned out as I'd like. Still, there's time. There's time. Spit spot! And off we go.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Jane & Michael:
+
+
+
+	For a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
+
+
+
+	The medicine go down
+
+
+
+	Medicine go down
+
+
+
+	Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine
+
+
+
+	Go down in the most delightful way
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Bert:
+
+
+
+	Chim chiminy, chim chiminy chim chim cheroo
+
+
+
+	I does what I likes and I likes what I do
+
+
+
+Hello, art lovers.
+
+
+
+	Today I'm a screever and as you can see
+
+
+
+	A screever's an artist of highest degree
+
+
+
+	And it's all me own work
+
+
+
+	From me own memory
+
+
+
+Well, not Royal Academy, I suppose. Still they're better than a finger in your eye, ain't they?
+
+
+
+	Chim chiminy, chim chiminy chim chim cheroo
+
+
+
+	I draws what I likes and I likes what I drew
+
+
+
+	No remuneration do I ask of you
+
+
+
+	But me cap would be glad of a copper or two
+
+
+
+	Me cap would be glad of a copper or two
+
+
+
+Wait! Don't move. Don't move a muscle. Stay right where you are. I'd know that silhouette
+anywhere! Mary Poppins!
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+It's nice to see you again, Bert. I expect you know Jane and Michael.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Bert:
+
+
+
+Well, I've seen 'em here and about. Chasin' a kite last time, weren't it?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Jane:
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins is taking us to the park.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Bert:
+
+
+
+To the park? Not if I know Mary Poppins. Other nannies take children to the park. When you're
+with Mary Poppins, suddenly you're in places you've never dreamed of. And quick as you can
+say ""Bob's your uncle,"" the most unusual things begin to happen.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+I'm sure I haven't the faintest idea what you're talking about.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Bert:
+
+
+
+Well mind, it's not my place to say, but what she's probably got in mind, is a jolly holiday
+somewheres or other. Something along these lines, I shouldn't be surprised. ""Punting on the
+Thames."" That's always good if you like an outing. Here we go.
+
+
+
+The circus. How about a lovely circus? Lions and tigers. World-famous artistes performing
+death-defyin' feats, of dexterity and skill before your very eyes. Ta-da! Ta-da!
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Jane:
+
+
+
+Oh, that's lovely. If you please, I'd much rather go there.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Bert:
+
+
+
+Beautiful, ain't it? A typical English countryside, as done by a true and lovin' hand. Though you
+can't see it, there's a little country fair down that road and uh, over the hill.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Michael:
+
+
+
+I don't see any road.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Bert:
+
+
+
+What? No road? Just wants a bit of somethin' here, and a bit of somethin' there. There. A
+country road suitable for travel and high adventure.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Jane:
+
+
+
+Please may we go, Mary Poppins? Please? Such a lovely place. Don't you think it's lovely, Mary
+Poppins?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Bert:
+
+
+
+Now's the time, Mary Poppins. No one's lookin'.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Jane & Michael:
+
+
+
+Please, Mary Poppins. Please! Please, Mary Poppins. Please!
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+I have no intention of making a spectacle of myself, thank you.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Bert:
+
+
+
+All right, I'll do it myself.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+Do what?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Bert:
+
+
+
+Bit of magic.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Michael:
+
+
+
+A bit of magic?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Bert:
+
+
+
+It's easy. Let's see. You think. You wink. You do a double blink. You close your eyes and jump.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Jane:
+
+
+
+Is something 'sposed to happen?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+Bert, what utter nonsense! Ohh! Why do you always complicate things that are really quite
+simple? Give my your hand, please, Michael. Don't slouch. One, two.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Bert:
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins, you look beautiful.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+Do you really think so?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Bert:
+
+
+
+Cross my heart you do. Like the day I met ya.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+You look fine, too, Bert.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Michael:
+
+
+
+I thought you said there was a fair.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Bert:
+
+
+
+So I did. Down the road behind the hill, remember?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Jane:
+
+
+
+Come on! I hear the merry-go-round.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Bert:
+
+
+
+Tell 'em Bert sent ya.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+Don't fall and smudge the drawing.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Bert:
+
+
+
+	Ain't it a glorious day
+
+
+
+	Right as a mornin' in May
+
+
+
+	I feel like I could fly
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+Now, Bert. None of your larking about.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Bert:
+
+
+
+	Have you ever seen
+
+
+
+	The grass so green
+
+
+
+	Or a bluer sky
+
+
+
+	Oh, it's a jolly holiday with Mary
+
+
+
+	Mary makes your heart so light
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+You haven't changed a bit, have you?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Bert:
+
+
+
+	When the day is gray and ordinary
+
+
+
+	Mary makes the sun shine bright
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+Oh, honestly!
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Bert:
+
+
+
+	Oh, happiness is bloomin' all around her
+
+
+
+	The daffodils are smilin' at the dove
+
+
+
+	When Mary holds your hand you feel so grand
+
+
+
+	Your heart starts beatin' like a big brass band
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+You are lightheaded.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Bert:
+
+
+
+	It's a jolly holiday with Mary
+
+
+
+	No wonder that it's Mary that we love
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Animals:
+
+
+
+	Oh, it's a jolly holiday with Mary
+
+
+
+	Mary makes your heart so light
+
+
+
+	When the day is gray and ordinary
+
+
+
+	Mary makes the sun shine bright
+
+
+
+	Oh, happiness is bloomin' all around her
+
+
+
+	The daffodils are smiling at the dove oink, oink.
+
+
+
+	When Mary holds your hand
+
+
+
+	You feel so grand
+
+
+
+	Your heart starts beatin' like a big brass band
+
+
+
+	It's a jolly holiday with Mary
+
+
+
+	No wonder that it's Mary that we love
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+Thank you.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Turtles:
+
+
+
+Our pleasure, Mary Poppins.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+	Oh, it's a jolly holiday with you, Bert
+
+
+
+	Gentlemen like you are few
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Bert:
+
+
+
+A vanishing breed, that's me.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+	Though you're just a diamond in the rough, Bert
+
+
+
+	Underneath your blood is blue
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Bert:
+
+
+
+Common knowledge.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+	You'd never think of pressing your advantage
+
+
+
+	Forbearance is the hallmark of your creed
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Bert:
+
+
+
+True.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+	A lady needn't fear
+
+
+
+	When you are near
+
+
+
+	Your sweet gentility is crystal clear
+
+
+
+	Oh, it's a jolly holiday with you, Bert
+
+
+
+	A jolly, jolly holiday with you
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Bert:
+
+
+
+Waiter! Waiter!
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+Now then, what'd be nice?
+
+
+
+	We'll start with raspberry ice
+
+
+
+	and then some cakes and tea
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Waiter
+
+
+
+	Order what you will
+
+
+
+	There'll be no bill
+
+
+
+	It's complimentary
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+You're very kind.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Waiter:
+
+
+
+Anything for you, Mary Poppins. You're our favorite person.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Bert:
+
+
+
+Right you are.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+It's true that Mavis and Sybil have ways that are winnin'
+
+
+
+And Prudence and Gwendolyn set your hearts spinnin'
+
+
+
+Phoebe's delightful
+
+
+
+Maude is disarming
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Waiters:
+
+
+
+Janice Felicia Lydia
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Bert:
+
+
+
+.. charming
+
+
+
+Cynthia's dashing,
+
+
+
+Vivian's sweet,
+
+
+
+Stephanie's smashing
+
+
+
+Priscilla a treat
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Waiters:
+
+
+
+Veronica Millicent Agnes and Jane
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Bert:
+
+
+
+convivial company time and again
+
+
+
+Dorcas and Phyllis and Glynis are sorts
+
+
+
+I'll agree they're three jolly good sports
+
+
+
+But cream of the crop
+
+
+
+Tip of the top
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Bert & Waiters:
+
+
+
+Is Mary Poppins
+
+
+
+And there we stop
+
+
+
+
+
+
+	When Mary holds your hand
+
+
+
+	You feel so grand
+
+
+
+	Your heart starts beatin' like a big brass band
+
+
+
+	It's a jolly holiday with Mary
+
+
+
+	No wonder that it's Mary that we love
+
+
+
+	No wonder that it's Mary that we love
+
+
+
+	No wonder that it's Mary that we love
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Michael:
+
+
+
+Ya-hoo! Ya-hoo! Ya-hoo! Ya-hoo! -ya-hoo!
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Jane:
+
+
+
+Our own private merry-go-round.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Bert
+
+
+
+Very nice. Very nice, indeed, if you don't wanna go nowhere.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+Who says we're not going anywhere? Oh, guard!
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Guard:
+
+
+
+Righto, Mary Poppins.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+Thank you.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Guard:
+
+
+
+They're off! It's Mary Poppins leadin' by two lengths. Jane is second by a length. Michael third.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Michael:
+
+
+
+My horse is the fastest.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Bert:
+
+
+
+Do you hear that, mate? Do you wanna put up with that? That's the ticket! Come on, my lad. Is
+that the best you can do?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Michael:
+
+
+
+Hurry up, boy. Hurry up!
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+Not so fast, please. Michael! Now really, Bert. You're as bad as the children.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Bert:
+
+
+
+Sorry. Whoa, boy! Whoa! Whoa. Easy, boy. Whoa. Whoa. Just a bit of high spirits, Mary
+Poppins.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Mary Poppins:
+
+
+
+Please control yourself. We are not on a racecourse.
+
+
+
+Follow me, please.
+
+
+
+Good morning.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+Hunter:
+
+
+
+Oh, yes, quite. Wha-- I say! "
+25,Megamind,"Alan Schoolcraft,Brent Simons","Animation,Action,Comedy,Family,Sci-Fi",November_2010,"CREDITS SEQUENCE
+      
+      NEWSPAPER HEADLINE MONTAGE:
+      
+      HEADLINES flash before us, displaying their accompanying
+      photographs.
+      
+      ""UBERMAN - METRO CITY'S HERO AFTER DEFEATING MASTER MIND!
+      
+      PHOTO: A chiseled, statuesque man wearing the COOLEST SUPER
+      HERO SUIT IMAGINABLE, COMPLETE WITH FLOWING CAPE, shines a
+      confident smile at the lens. This is UBERMAN, champion of
+      METRO CITY.
+      
+      ""UBERMAN DEFEATS MASTER MIND'S GIANT ROBOT!""
+      
+      PHOTO: Wide-shot of Uberman in mid-flight lifting the GIANT
+      ROBOT in the sky above the city buildings.
+      
+      ""MASTER MIND ALL WET AFTER UBERMAN FOILS AQUARIUM HEIST!""
+      
+      PHOTO: Uberman stands knee-deep in water. He has his enemy by
+      the collar. The villain blocks his face from the shot with a
+      METALLIC GAUNTLET.
+      
+      The images start to flash by even quicker, each showing the
+      MYSTERIOUS VILLAIN in various stages of humiliation. In each
+      photograph he successfully blocks his face with his armored
+      glove.
+      
+      We ZOOM IN to the last headline.
+      
+      ""MASTER MIND BEHIND BARS ONCE AGAIN - THANKS TO UBERMAN!""
+      
+      PHOTO: Uberman stands in a gallant pose with his fists on his
+      hips, obviously trying to accentuate the ""U"" insignia on his
+      chest.
+      
+      END OF CREDITS SEQUENCE
+      
+      EXT. BUILDING - DAY
+      
+      We DISSOLVE from the photograph to Uberman standing in the
+      exact same position.
+      
+      WE PULL BACK showing him atop a BUILDING overlooking the city
+      below. A perfect view for our guardian hero.
+      
+      He watches the thriving metropolis, bristling with life as
+      people happily go about their day.
+      
+      Yet, we can't help but detect a hint of sadness in Uberman's
+      expression.
+                                                               2.
+      
+      
+      
+                          UBERMAN
+                You look so peaceful from up here.
+      
+      His serenity is suddenly interrupted by a loud BEEPING SOUND
+      coming from his wrist.
+      
+      He looks down at a BRACELET (a manly one) on his right arm.
+      It's a silver band with a FLASHING red letter ""U"".
+      
+                          UBERMAN (CONT'D)
+                Looks like Roxanne's in trouble
+                again.
+      
+      Uberman leaps off the building and into the air. His cape
+      gracefully flows in the breeze behind him as he shoots off
+      into the distance like a speeding bullet.
+      
+      EXT. OBSERVATORY HIDEOUT - ESTABLISHING SHOT
+      
+      Grime and moss decorate the outside of this long abandoned
+      building overlooking the COAST. Once a place of knowledge and
+      wonder - now home to a great evil.
+      
+      INT. OBSERVATORY HIDEOUT - DAY
+      
+      The inside is in complete contrast to the exterior. The huge
+      hall with a GIANT TELESCOPE teems with advanced ELECTRONIC
+      EQUIPMENT. Computers, monitors and machines which do not have
+      an obvious function FLASH and HUM.
+      
+      A STEEL DOOR slides open, revealing the subject of our story
+      MASTER MIND - a villainous sight to behold. His FACE IS
+      INEXPLICABLY LIGHT BLUE, topped by an OVERSIZED, MUSHROOM-
+      SHAPED HEAD with a CIRCULAR PATCH OF WHITE HAIR ON TOP.
+      
+      He's dressed in the kind of costume only a super villain
+      could pull off: a PURPLE JUMPSUIT AND BLACK BOOT ENSEMBLE
+      WITH A GIANT GREEN ""M"" ON THE CHEST. His right hand, hanging
+      at his side, is a METAL GAUNTLET WITH THREE SHORT SPIKES
+      PROTRUDING BETWEEN HIS KNUCKLES.
+      
+      Master Mind begins to survey the room with his TWO
+      PERMANENTLY ARCHED EYEBROWS.
+      
+      A man dressed as ALBERT EINSTEIN is busy ranting to two other
+      men. One, a hulking brute, is dressed as LEONARDO DA VINCI.
+      The other, a small intellectual-type carrying a clip-board,
+      is dressed as the philosopher PLATO.
+      
+                          EINSTEIN
+                I hate the outfits. I mean, I get
+                it: we're all supposed to be
+                ""masterminds"" - very clever.
+                          (MORE)
+                                                                3.
+                          EINSTEIN(cont'd)
+                I just feel stupid. I mean, what
+                the hell did Einstein really do
+                anyway?
+      
+                          PLATO
+                Theory of relativity.
+      
+      Einstein starts feverishly scratching his side.
+      
+                          EINSTEIN
+                Well, you'd think he'd invent a
+                wool sweater that didn't itch so
+                much.
+      
+      Da Vinci and Plato's eyes suddenly grow with concern as they
+      see Master Mind walk up behind Einstein.
+      
+      Einstein notices his colleague's staring over his right
+      shoulder and turns around.
+      
+      He turns around and Master Mind SEIZES HIM BY HIS THROAT with
+      his metal gauntlet.
+      
+                          MASTER MIND
+                The real Einstein once said, ""God
+                does not play dice with the world.""
+                He was right, because the world is
+                MY dice. Is that understood?
+      
+                          DA VINCI & PLATO
+                Sir! Yes, sir!
+      
+                          EINSTEIN
+                    (gasping for air)
+                Yes, sir.
+      
+      Master Mind undoes his grip on Einstein's throat.
+      
+                          MASTER MIND
+                Alright, then - clean slate. Do we
+                have the girl?
+      
+                          DA VINCI
+                Yes, sir. She fell into our trap
+                just like you knew she would.
+      
+                          MASTER MIND
+                Reporters are a curious lot, and
+                easily manipulated.
+      
+      He quickly checks his physique in a GIANT MIRROR, adjusts his
+      posture and sucks in his gut.
+                                                                  4.
+      
+      
+      
+                          MASTER MIND
+                Alright, let's not keep the lady
+                waiting.
+      
+      MOMENTS LATER
+      
+      Da Vinci escorts a BLINDFOLDED and bound woman, ROXANNE
+      RITCHI, to the back of the room where Plato and Einstein are
+      standing guard over a large BLACK SWIVEL-CHAIR facing away
+      from us.
+      
+      She pulls free of Da Vinci's grasp and waits for him to undo
+      the blindfold.
+      
+      Her face uncovered, we finally see Roxanne's striking
+      features - all of which seem overshadowed by piercing eyes
+      that seem more put off by the situation than afraid of it.
+      
+                          MASTER MIND (O.S.)
+                Miss Ritchi, we meet again.
+      
+      The chair turns menacingly slow, finally revealing Master
+      Mind.
+      
+                          ROXANNE
+                You didn't need to turn around like
+                that. I can recognize the stench of
+                failure.
+      
+      Master Mind unleashes a wicked laugh.
+      
+                          MASTER MIND
+                I trust you gentlemen know the very
+                sassy Roxanne Ritchi, highly
+                regarded investigative journalist
+                who some say has a more than
+                friendly relationship with our
+                super powered foe Uberman. And Miss
+                Ritchi, I trust you've already met
+                my new crew: The Mad Geniuses!
+      
+      Roxanne gives Einstein a once over.
+      
+                          ROXANNE
+                Looks like a real group of winners.
+                At the risk of sounding cliche',
+                you'll never get away with this.
+      
+                          MASTER MIND
+                In a way, I already have.
+      
+      Roxanne unleashes an exhausted SIGH.
+                                                               5.
+      
+      
+      
+                          ROXANNE
+                We go through this every time. You
+                kidnap me to get to Uberman, he
+                immediately finds your hideout,
+                escapes whatever lame trap you've
+                come up with, and takes you and
+                your cronies to jail. I propose we
+                just save everybody some heartache
+                this time by YOU letting me go, and
+                ME forgetting this whole thing ever
+                happened?
+      
+                          MASTER MIND
+                What about my revenge?
+      
+                          ROXANNE
+                We can say it was wasting
+                everyone's time.
+      
+                          MASTER MIND
+                You have a wicked tongue. I hope
+                you rid yourself of that when
+                you're my queen.
+      
+      Roxanne unleashes a snort-filled laugh.
+      
+                          ROXANNE
+                I'm sorry. What makes you think I
+                would want to be your queen?
+      
+                          MASTER MIND
+                Power corrupts absolutely, Miss
+                Ritchi. And when I have ultimate
+                power over this city, I have
+                absolutely every intention of
+                corrupting you with it.
+      
+                          PLATO
+                Sir!
+      
+      Master Mind turns to Plato who's now standing at a computer
+      terminal.
+      
+                          MASTER MIND
+                    (annoyed)
+                What is it!?
+      
+      EXT. OBSERVATORY HIDEOUT - DAY
+      
+      Uberman flies toward the Observatory like a rocket.
+                                                                  6.
+      
+      
+      
+      
+      INT. OBSERVATORY HIDEOUT - DAY
+      
+      Uberman crashes through the wall to the room we were just in.
+      He looks around, but there's suddenly NOT A SOUL IN SIGHT.
+      
+                                                       CUT TO:
+      
+      EXT. MASTER MIND'S HYDROFOIL - DAY
+      
+      The boat is shooting through the ocean, away from the
+      observatory.
+      
+      INT. HYDROFOIL CONTROL ROOM - DAY
+      
+      Machines, cables and terminals criss-cross the craft's main
+      bridge. Through the enormous surrounding windows we can see
+      the observatory shrinking in the distance.
+      
+      Master Mind watches Uberman on a small TV monitor as the hero
+      intently searches his hideout.
+      
+                          UBERMAN
+                    (on monitor)
+                Master Mind!
+      
+      INT. OBSERVATORY HIDEOUT - DAY
+      
+      Uberman throws up his arms in frustration when suddenly -
+      
+                          MASTER MIND (O.S.)
+                Over here, old friend.
+      
+      He turns to see a FAMILIAR BLUE FACE OF EVIL ON A GIANT
+      SCREEN.
+      
+                           UBERMAN
+                What's the matter, miss your old
+                jail cell?
+      
+      Uberman starts walking toward the monitor.
+      
+                          MASTER MIND (ON MONITOR)
+                Actually, I wanted to share the
+                experience with my oldest friend.
+      
+      A MECHANIZED CAGE shoots out of the floor, suddenly trapping
+      Metro City's protector.
+      
+      Totally unfazed, our hero stares on.
+                                                                  7.
+      
+      
+      
+                           UBERMAN
+                You can't possibly believe this
+                will work.
+      
+      Master Mind pulls out a SMALL BLACK BOX with a SINGLE RED
+      BUTTON on it.
+      
+                          MASTER MIND (ON MONITOR)
+                Oh, can't I? I have attained
+                control of the Earth's most
+                abundant energy source. I doubt
+                even you are strong enough to
+                withstand the FULL CONCENTRATED
+                POWER OF THE SUN!!!
+      
+      He presses the button.
+      
+      EXT. OUTER SPACE
+      
+      A sinister-looking SATELLITE orbits Earth's atmosphere. Its
+      bay doors suddenly open, deploying two huge SOLAR PANELS.
+      
+      The panels shift, angling themselves in the direction of the
+      sun. They immediately start GLOWING as they absorb the
+      burning star's power.
+      
+      The front of the satellite begins to make a loud HUMMING
+      SOUND as it prepares to unleash its unholy power.
+      
+      INT. HYDROFOIL CONTROL ROOM - DAY
+      
+      From the giant window we can see the boat is a good mile from
+      the observatory.
+      
+                          PLATO
+                We're now at minimum safe distance,
+                master.
+      
+      Master Mind turns from the CAMERA he was broadcasting on and
+      puts down the control box.
+      
+                          MASTER MIND
+                Excellent. Stop here, I like this
+                view.
+      
+                          PLATO
+                Twenty seconds until impact.
+      
+      Master Mind turns to Roxanne who is being held by Da Vinci
+      and Einstein. She almost appears a little bored.
+      
+      Disappointed by her lack of horror, he walks over to the
+      monitor now showing Uberman trapped in the cage.
+                                                               8.
+      
+      
+      
+                          MASTER MIND
+                Any last words?
+      
+      Uberman looks up at the screen with a cocky smile.
+      
+                          UBERMAN (ON MONITOR)
+                Yes: there's no caging the power of
+                justice.
+      
+                          PLATO
+                Ten seconds to impact.
+      
+      On the screen we see Uberman take two of the cage's bars in
+      his hands. He yanks...NOTHING.
+      
+                           PLATO (CONT'D)
+                Nine...
+      
+      Master Mind stares at the monitor, slightly confused.
+      
+                           PLATO (CONT'D)
+                Eight...
+      
+      Uberman yanks on the bars again, this time using his foot as
+      leverage.
+      
+                          MASTER MIND
+                    (genuinely concerned)
+                What's going on?
+      
+                          UBERMAN
+                    (straining)
+                Hold...on...a second.
+      
+      Master Mind looks back at Plato and Einstein. They're equally
+      befuddled at the hero's sudden weakness.
+      
+                           PLATO
+                Seven...
+      
+      Uberman loses his grip and FALLS BACKWARD ON HIS ASS.
+      
+                          UBERMAN
+                SON OF A BITCH!!
+      
+      Master Mind and the minions all cringe in unison.
+      
+      Da Vinci turns to Roxanne not believing his ears.
+      
+                          DA VINCI
+                What did he just say?
+                                                               9.
+      
+      
+      
+                          PLATO
+                Six......Five...
+      
+      Master Mind begins to laugh.
+      
+                          MASTER MIND
+                What kind of trick is this?
+      
+      Uberman looks up at the camera with a very grave expression.
+      
+                          UBERMAN
+                Like you don't know. These bars are
+                made of copper, aren't they?
+      
+                             PLATO
+                Four...
+      
+                             MASTER MIND
+                Yeah, so?
+      
+      Uberman tries to shield his grief with his hand.
+      
+                          UBERMAN
+                You figured out my weakness, damn
+                you. I CAN'T BEND COPPER!
+      
+                             PLATO
+                Three...
+      
+                          MASTER MIND
+                Your weakness is copper?
+      
+                             PLATO
+                Two...one.
+      
+      Everyone turns to the window.
+      
+      EXT. OUTER SPACE
+      
+      The satellite fires a giant BEAM OF LIGHT toward the earth.
+      
+      EXT. OBSERVATORY HIDEOUT - DAY
+      
+      The beam hits the observatory. The building instantly
+      EXPLODES in a white nova blast of fire.
+      
+      INT. HYDROFOIL CONTROL ROOM - DAY
+      
+      The blast is so bright everyone turns away from the window.
+      Then, as suddenly as it began, the awesome light dies out.
+      
+      One by one, the passengers unshield their eyes and look out
+      toward the observatory.
+                                                                10.
+      
+      
+      
+      All we can see through the haze of destruction is fire and
+      smoke.
+      
+                          PLATO
+                I don't think even he could have
+                survived that.
+      
+      Einstein suddenly turns giddy with excitement.
+      
+                          EINSTEIN
+                Whoa! Is it me or did you just
+                finally destroy Uberman?
+      
+                           MASTER MIND
+                    (carefully skeptical)
+                Well...let's not get ahead of
+                ourselves.
+      
+      Da Vinci suddenly sees something outside.
+      
+                          DA VINCI
+                Look, there's something in the sky,
+                coming this way.
+      
+                           ROXANNE
+                Uberman!
+      
+      Master Mind turns toward the window.
+      
+      An object is in the air, flying directly toward them. As it
+      closes in we can just make out the FAMILIAR OUTLINE OF A
+      CAPPED FIGURE.
+      
+                          MASTER MIND
+                I KNEW IT! PREPARE YOURSELVES! HE'S
+                GONNA RAM US!!!
+      
+      Everyone scatters and braces themselves for the impact.
+      
+      Master Mind, seeing all the good places taken, doesn't know
+      what to do with himself. He just covers his giant head with
+      his hands.
+      
+      The figure CRASHES THROUGH THE WINDOW and lands at his feet.
+      
+      He looks down to see a CHARRED BLACK HUMAN SKELETON. Around
+      its neck is the unmistakable black cape of Uberman.
+      
+                           MASTER MIND (CONT'D)
+                    (horrified)
+                HOLY SHIT!
+                                                              11.
+      
+      
+      
+      Roxanne breaks out of Da Vinci's hold and runs over to the
+      body.
+      
+                           ROXANNE
+                Uberman?
+      
+      She stares down at the still smoking corpse, the tattered
+      black cape with the yellow ""U"" on it.
+      
+      Roxanne turns to Master Mind, who's still visibly dumbfounded
+      at the grotesque sight before him.
+      
+                          ROXANNE (CONT'D)
+                You killed him!
+      
+      Roxanne's eyes roll back. Da Vinci catches her from behind as
+      she FAINTS.
+      
+      Einstein turns to Master Mind, looking at him as if he's just
+      walked on water.
+      
+                          EINSTEIN
+                You did it!
+      
+      Now that he's committed the impossible - our villain is at a
+      complete loss.
+      
+                          MASTER MIND
+                ...so I did.
+      
+                          EINSTEIN
+                I mean, I know you always wanted
+                to. I mean, all the schemes all the
+                plots - I never thought you'd
+                actually be capable of it.
+      
+      Giddy as a school girl, Einstein turns to his fellow
+      henchmen.
+      
+                          EINSTEIN
+                This is history. Every villain and
+                lackey in the history of villains
+                and lackeys dream of this moment,
+                but when does it actually EVER
+                happen?
+      
+      A sudden realization comes over his face.
+      
+                          EINSTEIN
+                Good lord...You do all realize what
+                we get to do now, don't you?
+                                                                 12.
+      
+      
+      
+      His question is met with acquisitive looks from Master Mind
+      and the others.
+      
+                          EINSTEIN
+                We get to go on a crime wave.
+      
+      CRIME WAVE MONTAGE - SET TO ""Fun Fun Fun"" by The Beach Boys.
+      
+      SPINNING HEADLINE: ""UBERMAN'S DEATH IGNITES CITY WIDE CRIME
+      WAVE!""
+      
+      ARMORED TRUCK
+      
+      It's driving along when the men inside suddenly notice
+      something - THEY'RE FLYING HIGH ABOVE THE CITY STREETS.
+      
+      We PULL BACK to see the truck being carried by a giant claw
+      at the bottom of a BRAIN COPTER.
+      
+      Inside the cockpit Master Mind and his henchmen laugh
+      maniacally.
+      
+      SPINNING HEADLINE: ""CHAMPION-LESS CITY AT THE MERCY OF
+      HOOLIGANS.""
+      
+      METRO CITY BANK
+      
+      Da Vinci and Einstein run out the front of the bank holding
+      BAGS OF MONEY.
+      
+      Two beat officers see them and take chase after them around
+      the corner and into an alley.
+      
+      After a moment the police reemerge from the alley screaming
+      and running for their lives as a GIANT ROBOT CHASES after
+      them.
+      
+      The robot stops, then suddenly it's head opens up like
+      convertible car top with Master Mind and Plato at the
+      driver's wheel.
+      
+      They smile and shake hands at a bad deed well done.
+      
+      SPINNING HEADLINE: ""MASTER MIND BLACKMAILS METRO!!!""
+      
+      A VICIOUS TORNADO
+      
+      It's heading for downtown Metro as Master Mind and the
+      lackeys coolly look on.
+      
+      Three large DUMP TRUCKS pull up, filled to the brim with
+      bricks of CASH.
+                                                              13.
+      
+      
+      
+      The DRIVERS jump out as the lackeys take the driver seats in
+      the three trucks.
+      
+      Master Mind is about to climb into the passenger seat of one
+      when a drivers taps him on the shoulder and motions toward
+      the tornado.
+      
+                           MASTER MIND
+                    (absentmindedly)
+                Oh, right.
+      
+      Master Mind pulls a television REMOTE from his pocket and
+      aims it at approaching windstorm of death.
+      
+      He presses the button marked ""Tornado Off.""
+      
+      The tornado shrinks and disappears just before it hits the
+      city.
+      
+      As they drive through the city streets, Master stares out the
+      window with a hint of something in his eyes. Is it
+      melancholy?
+      
+      END OF MONTAGE
+      
+      EXT. KINGPIN BOWLING - DAY
+      
+      It's Metro City's premier bowling alley. On top of the neon
+      lit building is a GIANT 30 FOOT TALL CEMENT BOWLING BALL.
+      
+      INT. KINGPIN BOWLING - DAY
+      
+      HAL STEWART (early 30's) takes careful aim with his BOWLING
+      BALL.
+      
+                          HAL
+                It's a sport of honor, focus and
+                grace. Honor the ball, focus on the
+                pins, release the ball not hard and
+                fast, but as if you were releasing
+                a baby dove.
+      
+      He takes a step, pulls back his arm, and releases the ball,
+      following it with his eyes.
+      
+      It's a horrible shot - INSTANT GUTTER BALL.
+      
+      An aged barmaid type with a cigarette hanging from her mouth
+      looks over at him.
+      
+                          HAL
+                Okay, do something like that - but
+                center it more.
+                                                                14.
+      
+      
+      
+      She picks up her custom made FOGHAT BALL and takes aim.
+      
+                          ATTRACTIVE BLOND
+                Tell me how my form looks, honey.
+      
+      Hal focuses on the misshapen bumps of her enormous Johnson
+      administration era derriere.
+      
+                           HAL
+                Oh, it's lookin' good. It's lookin'
+                REAL good.
+      
+      It doesn't get anymore clear. This man is a pig.
+      
+                          VINNIE (O.S.)
+                Hal, I want to see you in my
+                office!
+      
+      Hal turns to see VINNIE, owner of the bowling alley, calling
+      him.
+      
+                          VINNIE
+                Now!
+      
+      INT. KINGPIN BOWLING - VINNIE'S OFFICE - MOMENTS LATER
+      
+      Hal sits down, facing Vinnie who's sitting at his desk.
+      
+                          VINNIE
+                You're fired. Leave your shirt and
+                locker key.
+      
+      This bit of news hits Hal like a freight train.
+      
+                          HAL
+                Fired? Are you going to tell me
+                why?
+      
+                          VINNIE
+                Showing up to work late. Showing up
+                to work late drunk. Sexually
+                harassing customers. Stealing from
+                the register.
+      
+                          HAL
+                Vinnie, I don't know where you're
+                getting these accusations -
+      
+      Vinnie takes out a video tape from his desk drawer and puts
+      in a VCR.
+                                                              15.
+      
+      
+      
+                              HAL
+                   Oh, which one do you supposedly
+                   have here?
+      
+                             VINNIE
+                   This is all of them at once.
+      
+      TELEVISION
+      
+      A WOMAN walks up to a BOWLING EMPLOYEE and hands him a pair
+      of shoes.
+      
+      As the employee turns to the wall of shoes, a very drunk and
+      disheveled Hal comes running in and pushes him aside.
+      
+                             HAL
+                   I've got this one, Benny. So,
+                   Cinderella. Can I help you find
+                   your glass slipper?
+      
+                             WOMAN
+                   Yeah, I'm looking for a seven.
+      
+      He folds his arms on the counter and leans into her with a
+      cat-like grin on his face.
+      
+                             HAL
+                       (with a leer)
+                   Seven - Well, maybe I could
+                   interest you in something in an
+                   EIGHT. Namely, me.
+      
+      Disgusted, she walks off screen.
+      
+                             HAL
+                   Lesbo.
+      
+      Suddenly realizing the register's open, he quickly grabs a
+      stack of cash and shoves it in his pocket.
+      
+      BACK TO OFFICE
+      
+      Vinnie turns off the television and waits for Hal to respond.
+      
+                             HAL
+                   From the angle of the camera, I can
+                   see where you might have gotten the
+                   wrong idea. Listen, Vinnie, I don't
+                   think you've thought this through.
+                   If you fire me, who's gonna be
+                   captain of the alley's bowling
+                   team?
+                                                                16.
+      
+      
+      
+                          VINNIE
+                Um, I don't know. Maybe somebody
+                who can actually bowl. You guys
+                have never won a game. I hired you
+                because you said you were on the
+                pro circuit.
+      
+                          HAL
+                No, I said I WILL BE on the pro
+                circuit.
+      
+                          VINNIE
+                Please, a loser like you will never
+                amount to anything.
+      
+      This harsh remark seems to leave Hal genuinely stunned.
+      
+                          HAL
+                Wow...If that's how you feel...I
+                guess we should then talk about
+                what kind of severance I'm gonna
+                get.
+      
+      EXT. KINGPIN BOWLING - DAY
+      
+      TWO BRUISERS open the door and throw Hal out onto the street.
+      
+      He quickly picks himself up and turns back toward the
+      building.
+      
+                          HAL
+                Hey...what about my ball?
+      
+      A bowling ball sails past him, just missing his head.
+      
+                             HAL
+                Thank-you!
+      
+      EXT. CHANNEL 7 NEWS BUILDING - DAY
+      
+      The massive building with a giant 7 on the roof stands in the
+      heart of Metro City.
+      
+      INT. CHANNEL 7 NEWS BUILDING - OFFICE - DAY
+      
+      The cubicles and offices are alive with the hustle and bustle
+      of a busy news day.
+      
+      Phones are RINGING, REPORTERS are TALKING, and Editors are
+      SHOUTING.
+      
+      The elevator doors open and out steps Roxanne Ritchi.
+                                                              17.
+      
+      
+      
+      Everything stops as the entire office suddenly falls SILENT.
+      
+      Somewhat taken aback by the reaction, Roxanne scans the room
+      to see every eye on her.
+      
+                          ROXANNE
+                It's...um...It's good to be back.
+                Thanks for everyone's cards and
+                concerns. I really appreciated it -
+                now I'm ready to climb back on the
+                horse.
+      
+      No one is budging - their looks of pity are really starting
+      to make her uncomfortable.
+      
+      The back office door suddenly opens and out comes FRANK
+      BONIN, the gruff, middle-aged Producer of Channel 7 News.
+      
+      Noticing the silence, he looks up and sees the sad
+      expressions on everybody's face.
+      
+                          FRANK
+                Someone die or something?
+      
+      He suddenly notices Roxanne - both feet are placed firmly in
+      his mouth.
+      
+                           FRANK
+                    (cursing himself)
+                Oh, Jesus.
+      
+                             ROXANNE
+                It's okay.
+      
+      Frank quickly walks up to Roxanne and takes her gently by the
+      arm.
+      
+                          FRANK
+                Come on into my office, sweetie.
+      
+      INT. CHANNEL 7 NEWS BUILDING - FRANK'S OFFICE - CONTINUOUS
+      
+      He sits her down on his leather couch, then quickly turns
+      toward his door.
+      
+                          FRANK
+                Can we get this woman some water
+                for God's sake?
+                    (to Rebecca)
+                I gave you two months off. What're
+                you doing back? People are gonna
+                think I'm a slave driver.
+                                                              18.
+      
+      
+      
+                          ROXANNE
+                Aren't you?
+      
+                          FRANK
+                Yeah, but I don't want people to
+                think it.
+      
+                          ROXANNE
+                Frank, listen. I want to go back to
+                work. I NEED to go back to work.
+      
+                          FRANK
+                ...You're hysterical, aren't you?
+      
+      Frank sits down on the couch and blankets Roxanne with A WARM
+      EMBRACE.
+      
+                          ROXANNE
+                What're you doing?
+      
+                          FRANK
+                Keeping you warm before you go into
+                shock.
+                    (toward the open door)
+                DO I HAVE SLICE OPEN A CAMEL HUMP
+                TO GET A GLASS OF WATER AROUND
+                HERE?
+      
+      A SECRETARY quickly enters with a bottled water. She sets it
+      on the table in front of them and leaves.
+      
+      Roxanne pulls herself out of Frank's grasp and stands up to
+      face him.
+      
+                          ROXANNE
+                It was a traumatic experience. Yes,
+                everyone knows Uberman and me
+                were...close. But what I really
+                need - what would really make me
+                better is getting back to work.
+      
+      There's a sudden awkward silence from Frank.
+      
+                          FRANK
+                Well, that's going to be...
+      
+                          ROXANNE
+                I thought you'd be happy to have me
+                back.
+                                            19.
+      
+      
+      
+                FRANK
+      Oh, we are. Honey, nothing makes us
+      happier than to have our girl back,
+      but.."
+26,Monkeybone,"Sam Hamm,Kaja Blackley,Vanessa Chong","Animation,Fantasy,Comedy",February_1999,"FADE IN:
+
+MAIN CREDITS ROLL
+
+over BLACK SCREEN, with PORTENTOUS SPOOKY MUSIC underneath. Just as the
+music reaches its crescendo, we hear a simian SCREECH.
+
+A BUCK-TOOTHED CARTOON MONKEY swings past on a vine. TITLE WIPES IN with
+him:
+
+                             MONKEYBONE(tm)
+                                   in
+                            ""FREUD CHICKEN!""
+
+TIGHT CLOSEUP - STANLEY (ANIMATED)
+
+A POCKETWATCH swings back and forth in F.G. Gaping at it is a goofy,
+bespectacled CARTOON CHARACTER, sucking his thumb as his EYES move back
+and forth. After a moment, the LEFT EYE freezes in place - but the right
+eye keeps going back and forth with the watch.
+
+                           SHRINK'S VOICE (o.s.)
+            Back, Stanley...you're going back...back to when
+            it all began. Are you going back yet? Come on,
+            get back, ve haven't got all day.
+
+Now BOTH EYES are locked in place. The patient is hypnotized.
+
+INT. SCHOOLROOM - DAY (ANIMATED)
+
+A squat, lumpy TEACHER, MISS HUDLAPP, is straining to erase the
+Gettysburg Address, which is written along the very top of the
+blackboard. There's an obtrusive, rhythmic BANGING noice in B.G.
+
+                           STANLEY (V.O.)
+            It was third grade. The teacher was Miss
+            Hudlapp. She was kinda squat and lumpy - she
+            smelled funny - but she was kind.
+
+                           MISS HUDLAPP
+            CLASS!
+                 (turning around suddenly)
+            How many times have I told you? In this class we
+            do not pound tenpenny nails into Stanley's head!
+
+
+REVERSE ANGLE - ON STANLEY
+
+Hapless ten-year-old STANLEY, still goofy and bespectacled, in his
+front-row desk. NAILS stick out of his head. The FOUR MEAN KIDS poised
+around him lower their hammers and return to their seats, grumbling.
+
+A dreamy SMILE crosses STANLEY's face as he gazes at MISS HUDLAPP.
+
+                           STANLEY (V.O.)
+            You know how some teachers have those, kind of,
+            flaps on their arms - those big sacks of limp
+            flab that like, dangle?
+
+As MISS HUDLAPP pulls her sweater off, TWO MASSIVE ARM-FLAPS - fifty
+gallons of flab apiece - SPILL OUT and SMACK INTO THE FLOOR.
+
+MISS HUDDLAPP claps two erasers together, kicking up a cloud of dust.
+Young STANLEY watches, transfixed by her massive ARM FLAPS. We TRACK IN
+on the gigantic ARM FLAPS as they swing hypnotically back and forth,
+with a loud SLAP each time they collide.
+
+                           STANLEY (V.O.)
+            It sounds weird...but for some reason, as I
+            watched those big old flaps of hers, I began to
+            feel...well...oddly...
+
+Now we TRACK IN on the mesmerized STANLEY. A SONG comes up underneath:
+Donna Summer, ""I FEEL LOVE.""
+
+                           STANLEY (V.O.)
+            ...aroused.
+                 (beat)
+            And then the horror began.
+
+DOINK! STANLEY looks down at his LAP in horror. The boys and girls
+around him are pointing and tittering.
+
+Grimacing in embarrassment, he discreetly places a heavy TEXTBOOK onto
+his lap, suppressing the bulge in his pants. But SPROING!! - the BOOK
+goes flying across the room. The BULGE is fighting back!
+
+The kids DUCK AND COVER beneath their desks as STANLEY slams a STACK of
+textbooks onto his lap. It's no use - the WHOLE STACK goes flying, and
+BOOKS come raining down on the entire class! Now MISS HUDLAPP is staring
+directly at him...
+
+                           MISS HUDLAPP
+            Young man. What's that in your lap?
+
+She marches toward him. STANLEY pulls his BACKPACK over his lap.
+
+                           STANLEY (V.O.)
+            It was useless. Like putting a baseball cap on
+            the Washington Monument. And then...all at once
+            ...there he was.
+
+The BACKPACK bucks and wriggles, as if something inside is trying to GET
+OUT. And then - with a flourish of rousing disco strings - IT DOES!
+
+                           STANLEY (V.O.)
+            Monkeybone!!
+
+The libidinous cartoon monkey BURSTS OUT of the backpack, POINTS at MISS
+HUDLAPP - and announces, in his Barry White baritone:
+
+                           MONKEYBONE
+            Oooo-oo-ooh, baby. I love your way.
+
+KC and the SUNSHINE BAND comes up underneath as MONKEYBONE DANCES to the
+front of the class. He grabs MISS HUDLAPP by the hands and begins
+dancing The Bump with her ARM FLAPS. Butt left, WHAP. Butt right, WHAP.
+
+The KIDS are bug-eyed - agog. With each WHAP their little heads turn
+back and forth as if they're watching a nude tennis match.
+
+
+INT. SCREENING ROOM - ON AUDIENCE (LIVE-ACTION)
+
+A roomful of LIVE HUMANS watching the cartoon, heads turning in sync
+with the kids onscreen. TV-INDUSTRY HIPSTERS, AD EXECS, MANUFACTURER'S
+REPS...they're all guests at this sneak preview of the Monkeybone show,
+and they're LAUGHING UPROARIOUSLY.
+
+In the midst of the crowd is a handsome young couple: JULIE McELROY and
+STU MILEY. JULIE's a research scientist, brainy, professional,
+abnormally well-adjusted - and pretty enough that she'd be intimidating
+if it weren't for a prominent goofy streak.
+
+STU is the one guy in the auditorium who isn't laughing at the cartoon
+on the screen. In fact, he's solemn as a judge - peering nervously
+around to see how the rest of the audience is responding.
+
+Why? Because he's the cartoonist who created the characters on screen.
+In his looks (gangly, disheveled) and manner (sardonic, self-
+deprecating), he's the obvious model for the character of STANLEY.
+
+INT. CLASSROOM (ANIMATED)
+
+As the monkey dance continues, we ZOOM IN on the mortified face of
+LITTLE STANLEY. His eyes begin doing the familiar HYPNO-SWIRL...
+
+INT. SHRINK'S OFFICE (ANIMATED)
+
+A CUCKOO pops out of a wall clock. ADULT STANLEY'S THUMB pops out of his
+mouth. He awakens from his trance in a cold sweat.
+
+                           STANLEY
+            How about it, Doc? Can you help me?
+
+                           SHRINK
+            Not overnight. These imaginary monkey cases take
+            time. I vould estimate...roughly...
+
+On the desk is a CATALOGUE, open to a two-page spread depicting a 40-
+foot CABIN CRUISER. ""NEW FOR SUMMER! ONLY $229,999.95!"" With his free
+hand, the SHRINK is working a CALCULATOR...
+
+                           SHRINK
+            Twelve years and three months ought to do it.
+
+The SHRINK hustles STANLEY to the door and shakes his hand.
+
+                           STANLEY
+            One question, doc - what did you mean when you
+            said ""imaginary""?
+
+                           SHRINK
+            All in good time, my boy. All in good time.
+
+The SHRINK shoves STANLEY out and slams the door behind him. Two beats.
+Then he doubles over, WEEPING with LAUGHTER.
+
+                           SHRINK
+            Vot a crackpot! Monkey on ze back - HAH!! ROLL
+            OUT ZE WACKY WAGON!!
+
+Now he notices a BACKPACK, which STANLEY has left on the couch. It
+TWITCHES slightly - of its own free will.
+
+                           VOICE IN BACKPACK
+            Imaginary, huh? You quack.
+
+
+EXT. SHRINK'S BUILDING (ANIMATED)
+
+A WINDOW shatters. The SHRINK comes hurtling out. MONKEYBONE STRADDLES
+HIM like Slim Pickens riding an H-bomb, hootin' and hollerin' all the
+way down to the street.
+
+SPLAT! A gob of gore hits STANLEY in the face as he exits the building.
+He kneels on the sidewalk - finding a PIPE and a GOATEE.
+
+                           STANLEY
+            Aw, Monkeybone! At this rate I'll never find a
+            good shrink.
+
+                           MONKEYBONE
+            Those guys are a waste of money! I'll show you
+            how to stop sucking your thumb...
+
+MONKEYBONE sticks his thumb in his butt as he and STANLEY toddle off
+into the sunset.
+
+INT. SCREENING ROOM - THAT MOMENT
+
+STANDING O from the crowd as the cartoon ends and the lights come up.
+HERB, an all-purpose sidekick type, appears at the podium:
+
+                           HERB
+            Thank you...that's our pilot...the good news is,
+            Comedy Channel has just picked us up with an
+            order for six new episodes!
+
+HERB leads a round of APPLAUSE. JULIE nudges STU - the only guy in the
+room who's still in his seat.
+
+                           HERB
+            Now, let's give it up for the guy who started it
+            all. Creator of America's most disturbed comic
+            strip...the man behind the monkey...Mister Stu
+            Miley!
+
+A SPOTLIGHT hits him, and he STANDS to tumultuous applause. He looks
+genuinely stunned. He can't believe it's happening.
+
+JULIE surreptitiously PINCHES him on the bottom, giving him a start. She
+WINKS at him. He shoots her a small private smile - then turns to WAVE
+at the adoring crowd.
+
+INT. LOBBY - HALF-HOUR LATER - NIGHT
+
+STU working his way through a crowd of well-wishers and FANS.
+
+                           STU
+            I don't actually draw all the animation, no. We
+            have sweatshop workers who couldn't get jobs at
+            Nike doing that.
+
+A beautiful, heavily-pierced FEMALE FAN hands STU a marker.
+
+                           BEAUTIFUL FAN
+            Mr. Miley, would you draw Monkeybone on my
+            belly? As a guide?
+
+                           STU
+            Guide...?
+
+                           BEAUTIFUL FAN
+            For my tattoo artist?
+
+She exposes her taut midriff. STU thinks for a moment, then goes to
+work. When he's done, Monkeybone appears to be climbing out of the
+girl's pants and WAVING to her. Nearby FANS APPLAUD.
+
+                           BEAUTIFUL FAN
+            Wait! You have to draw the rest of him -
+
+She begins unbuckling her belt so STU will have enough room to draw
+Monkeybone's bottom half. STU demurs...
+
+                           STU
+            I - I have to, uh, check in with my doctor. DO-
+            OCCCC!!
+
+He wanders across the room, finds JULIE deep in conversation with a
+bunch of other GUESTS, and pulls her aside.
+
+                           STU
+            Hey, Doc. Come here. There's something really
+            cool I want to show you.
+
+He grabs her by the sleeve, pulls her across the floor to -
+
+INT. ALCOVE - OFF LOBBY - CONTINUOUS
+
+There's nothing ""cool"" about it - it's a stairway landing, with metal
+fire doors that open onto the parking lot outside.
+
+                           STU
+            See these doors? The cool thing is, you go out
+            ...they close...you can't get back in!
+
+He opens one door and holds it for JULIE.
+
+                           JULIE
+            You want to leave? But Stu - you're a big hit!
+            Everyone loves you!
+
+                           STU
+            They don't love me. They love Monkeybone.
+
+                           JULIE
+            It was you who got the standing O. It was you
+            drawing on the belly over there...
+
+                           STU
+            That was especially Monkeybone. Come on, Doc, I
+            don't want to be stuck here with this bunch of
+            media creeps. I just want to be us. Home. Alone!
+                 (conspiratorially)
+            I have something I have to give you.
+
+                           JULIE
+            Can't you give it to me later?
+
+                           STU
+            Yeah, I could, but the thing is, if later got
+            here sooner, it would be...better.
+
+He gives up trying to explain...pulls her close and kisses her. For a
+moment they completely forget about the party in the next room.
+
+Then HERB appears behind them, trying to catch STU's eye as he waits for
+the clinch to break up. Finally he pries them apart:
+
+                           HERB
+            Sorry, Julie - won't be a minute. Now Stu - I
+            know you don't like the idea, but you really
+            ought to talk to these guys -
+
+                           STU
+            Julie and I - we were just gonna go...
+
+But before STU knows what's hit him, HERB is leading him back to -
+
+
+INT. LOBBY - THAT MOMENT - CONTINUOUS
+
+                           HERB
+            Go? There's a potload of money here, pal. You
+            got three major toy companies...you got the guys
+            from Burger God over here...
+
+                           STU
+            Burger God. The ones that found the pig hair in
+            the french fries?
+
+                           HERB
+            Never proven. They're ready to pop for a pre-
+            emptive endorsement. Kids love Burger God -
+
+The MERCHANDISERS shoot STU an expectant wave. STU waves back and turns
+in the opposite direction. HERB grabs him by the sleeve.
+
+                           STU
+            Herb, it's too much. It's all out of hand.
+
+                           HERB
+            Do you know what kind of opportunity you have
+            here? You gotta strike. I'm talking mansions.
+            Lamborghinis. Champagne for mouthwash when you
+            brush your teeth!
+
+                           STU
+            I don't want to be rich. It's just a trap!
+
+                           HERB
+            Being rich is not a trap. That is a dirty lie
+            perpetuated by rich people to keep the failures
+            from killing them.
+
+                           STU
+            Herb. I have to go.
+
+                           HERB
+            Why?
+
+                           STU
+            I got the ring.
+                 (beat)
+            Tonight's the night, Herb. Tonight's the night.
+
+He nods toward JULIE, who's at the open bar grabbing two glasses of
+punch. HERB realizes a proposal is in the works.
+
+                           HERB
+            Oh my God...you're proposing?
+
+                           STU
+            My life was totally crappy, Herb, and she...
+            fixed it. She made me happy. Which I'd never
+            been. She loves me the way I am - right now.
+                 (beat)
+
+            I don't want everything to change. I don't want
+            her saying yes to some big success. I just want
+            her saying yes to me.
+
+                           HERB
+            ...In some weird way I respect that.
+
+JULIE's over by the punchbowl. She sees the two boys staring at her
+conspiratorially - MAKES A FACE at them as she waves back.
+
+                           HERB
+            Okay then. If I get you out of here - you pop
+            the question - tonight. Or else. Get me?
+
+STU nods gravely.
+
+EXT. PARKING LOT - NIGHT
+
+STU, JULIE, and HERB in the parking lot. A small safari of FLUNKIES is
+loading enormous boxes full of MONKEYBONE JUNK into STU's beat-up car -
+stuffed dolls, action figures, board games, lunchboxes, beach towels,
+team jackets and more! STU groans at the sight of it...
+
+                           HERB
+            They're just prototypes...take 'em home and look
+            at 'em before you say no...
+                 (scanning the streets)
+            If you could just hold on a minute or two, we're
+            expecting a couple more trucks.
+
+STU GLOWERS at HERB as he opens the car door for JULIE.
+
+                           HERB
+            Okay, okay! You're a beautiful couple. Go.
+
+INT. CAR - NIGHT - MOVING
+
+STU backs out of his space. The small parking lot is full of DELIVERY
+TRUCKS from would-be merchandisers - all too large for the spaces
+they're parked in. STU has to keep backing up because the exit lanes are
+blocked. It's like negotiating a labyrinth.
+
+                           STU
+            Look at this! He won't let us leave!
+
+                           JULIE
+            Who?
+
+                           STU
+            The monkey!! He's everywhere! He'll take over
+            both our lives if we let him.
+
+                           JULIE
+            Stu - stop it. That monkey is good luck. You
+            thought him up, and everybody loves him, and
+            he's probably going to make you rich. So relax!
+            Enjoy it!
+
+                           STU
+            I'm trying. It's weird, that's all. I never had
+            any good luck, until I met you...what if it's
+            all just another bad dream?
+
+                           JULIE
+            What's the ""bad"" part?
+
+                           STU
+            I might wake up.
+
+                           JULIE
+                 (laughing; taking his hand)
+
+            If you do, I'll be right there beside you. So
+            face it. You're just going to have to be happy!
+
+                           STU
+            I am happy. It just so happens this is the
+            happiest night of my life.
+
+He says it so solemnly that she cracks up. After a moment he joins in.
+
+EXT. PARKING LOT - THAT MOMENT - NIGHT
+
+A PLASTIC BANNER stretches between two poles on either side of the entry
+to the lot. It shows MONKEYBONE in a typical languorous pose:
+
+                  It's His World. We Just Live in It!
+                               MONKEYBONE
+                        Sunday Nights This Fall
+
+TWO GUYS on EXTENSION LADDERS are taking the sign down as STU'S CAR
+idles at the exit below. There's a strong wind tonight, and one guy
+LOSES HOLD of his end of the banner just as he gets it detached...
+
+INT. CAR - THAT MOMENT - NIGHT
+
+As STU pulls into the intersection he sees a DELIVERY TRUCK approaching
+in the opposite lane, with a cardboard likeness of MONKEYBONE mounted
+atop the cab. He chuckles...
+
+                           STU
+            That damn monkey is everywh--
+
+Suddenly his view of the street DISAPPEARS. The MONKEYBONE BANNER has
+fallen DIRECTLY ACROSS HIS WINDSHIELD, like a huge SHROUD. All he can
+see is a great, grinning MONKEY FACE!!
+
+JULIE SCREAMS. STU SCREAMS. Unable to see, he slams on the brakes and
+JERKS THE WHEEL RIGHT.
+
+Off screen: HORNS BLARING. TIRES SQUEALING. The horrible crunch of METAL
+ON METAL.
+
+But Stu's car comes to a halt untouched. After a moment he opens his
+eyes...and JULIE opens hers...
+
+                           STU
+            Did we just - hit something?
+
+                           JULIE
+            I don't think so.
+
+                           STU
+            Are you okay??
+
+She thinks it over, nods. STU takes a moment to catch his breath, then
+opens the door gingerly. A HORN BLARES as a car speeds past in the
+opposite lane, nearly taking STU's door off. He jumps back inside,
+waits, opens the door again...
+
+EXT. INTERSECTION - THAT MOMENT
+
+His eyes widen in horror as he steps out to survey the scene. The
+asphalt is strewn with MONKEYBONE MERCHANDISE - stuffed dolls, games,
+lunchboxes. SKID MARKS show where the TRUCK which was carrying all this
+SWERVED...
+
+...and slammed into the rear of a BUICK REGAL, pinning it up against a
+TELEPHONE POLE. STU races up to the Buick. Its front end is mashed up
+like an accordion, but the occupants - a couple of TEENAGERS dressed for
+the prom - seem to be okay.
+
+                           STU
+            Hey! Are you guys all right in there?
+
+                           TEENAGE GIRL
+            We're fine.
+
+                           STU
+            That stupid monkey banner! It fell on my
+            windshield - it practically killed us all!
+                 (to JULIE)
+            God, Julie, if anything had happened to you -
+
+                           JULIE
+            I'm fine, baby. We're all okay. We were lucky.
+
+                           STU
+            I'd better go report this...
+
+He spots a PHONE BOOTH and starts across the street. On the way there he
+plucks a STUFFED MONKEYBONE DOLL off the pavement and CHOKES IT with
+both hands.
+
+JULIE stays behind with the prom kids. The TEENAGE BOY in his tux is
+glassy-eyed, miserable beyond description.
+
+                           JULIE
+            Dad's car?
+
+The BOY begins to SOB softly. JULIE nods in sympathy.
+
+Then: EVERYONE WINCES. The air is full of a horrible CREAKING noise,
+like nails on a blackboard...
+
+                           TEENAGE GIRL
+            What was that? Did you hear that?
+
+The horrible CREAKING NOISE continues. JULIE turns. Behind her, the
+TELEPHONE POLE that the car slammed into is beginning to TEETER. Then it
+TOPPLES. Directly toward...
+
+                           JULIE
+            STU!!
+
+ON STU - IN PHONE BOOTH
+
+He sees JULIE running toward him and holds up a single finger.
+
+                           STU
+            Operator? I want to report an accident.
+
+Finally he glances up - just in time to see the TELEPHONE POLE coming
+down toward the phone booth like a gigantic sledgehammer. His eyes
+widen. The STUFFED MONKEYBONE slips from his grasp...
+
+CLOSEUP - MONKEYBONE
+
+A HORRIBLE CRASH. SCREAMS. CAMERA ZEROES IN on the MONKEYBONE DOLL which
+STU was holding, surrounded by broken glass, its face twisted into an
+insane, almost macabre grin.
+
+The screen fades to PITCH BLACK for a few seconds...until we hear a
+DISTANT SIREN, and an IMAGE comes swimming into focus...
+
+STU'S POV: ON JULIE
+
+He's in the back of an ambulance, with PARAMEDICS all around him,
+working feverishly. JULIE hovers above him, holding his hand.
+
+                           JULIE
+            Stu? I'm here, baby. It's me. It's Julie. I love
+            you. You're gonna be okay, baby, I promise -
+
+All at once he seems to be RECEDING from JULIE and the others - as if
+SINKING THROUGH the bottom of the stretcher, and BEYOND - through the
+floor of the ambulance! JULIE's voice grows weaker, more distant:
+
+                           JULIE (V.O.)
+            I'm here, baby. I won't leave you...
+
+And then all trace of the ambulance is gone, and he's floating down
+through some strange LIMBO, surrounded by the silhouettes of billowing
+SHROUDS, with the sound of BIRDS CALLING all around him...
+
+An AWFUL MECHANICAL RATCHETING NOISE fills the soundtrack. STU's eyes
+close - and when they reopen, he finds himself in:
+
+EXT. TROLLEY - MOVING
+
+A tiny ROLLER-COASTER CAR descends from dense clouds down the length of
+an impossibly long and rickety METAL TRACK. The track leads through a
+vast black VOID...
+
+...to a tiny ISLAND floating in the darkness...an island that looks not
+unlike a disembodied FIST.
+
+And, as the car draws closer, the fist begins to OPEN - tulip-like -
+turning into a HAND, with a full-sized TOWN nestled in its palm! In the
+town, CARNIVAL LIGHTS begin to glitter. MUSIC begins to tinkle...
+
+
+EXT. PLATFORM - NIGHT
+
+The car - a one-passenger job with a CARTOON ANIMAL FACE on its prow -
+stops with a lurch. STU steps out onto a fog-shrouded TRAIN STATION
+PLATFORM. Before he knows it, the little car DEPARTS behind him. He's
+stranded - alone.
+
+                           STU
+            Hello? Anybody? - Am I dead?
+                 (beat)
+            PLEASE. I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF I'M DEAD.
+
+Off in the fog is a big wheeled CART with the sign: ""PSYCHOLOGICAL
+BAGGAGE CLAIM."" There STU finds two SUITCASES and a BACKPACK. He
+examines the TAGS. They all belong to him!
+
+He sits on the edge of the cart, opens a SUITCASE, and pulls out...
+
+ - A bagged copy of Marvel Comics' Conan the Barbarian #1;
+
+ - An 8mm reel of highlights from Ray Harryhausen's Jason and the
+   Argonauts, with swordfighting skeletons on the box cover;
+
+ - A SPIRAL NOTEBOOK, its cover labelled ""STU M. - GEOGRAPHY,"" its
+   inside pages covered with drawings of dinosaurs and airplanes;
+
+ - Transparent plastic models of ""THE VISIBLE MAN"" and his mate, ""THE
+   VISIBLE WOMAN,"" with a couple of spare organs that young STU never
+   quite found a place for;
+
+ - A vinyl LP of ""BREAD'S GREATEST HITS,"" which STU quickly slips back
+   into the suitcase lest anyone see it.
+
+As he gathers his bags, he hears odd SQUEAKS and CHITTERING...
+
+                           RACCOON (o.s.)
+            Carry your bags, mister?
+
+A STRANGE FURRY CREATURE pops out from beneath the platform and yanks on
+STU's pants leg. It looks like a raccoon, but it's FLAT - an animated
+pelt. Before STU has time to let out a yell, a FLAT SNAKESKIN comes
+slithering out from beneath the baggage cart...
+
+                           SNAKE
+            Cigars, mister? Genuine Coobans!
+
+STU looks down and sees a SQUASHED RABBIT humping his leg.
+
+                           RABBIT
+            Wanna meet my sister?
+
+These bordertown types are known as ROADKILL, and they're sporting the
+tire tracks to prove it. STU SCREAMS, shakes them off, and RUNS.
+
+EXT. DARK TOWN GATES - NIGHT
+
+A long stone STAIRWAY leads to decorative wrought-iron GATES. SHADOWY
+CARVED SPHINXES sit on either side. As STU races up the steps, a
+sputtering NEON SIGN comes to life overhead:
+
+                               D RK TOWN
+
+A FANFARE BLOWS as the creaky gates begin to part. A SPOTLIGHT hits the
+SPHINXES - and they COME TO LIFE! They rise up on their hind legs, put
+on boater hats. One of them blows a note on a kazoo...
+
+                           SINGING SPHINXES
+            Weeee...welcome you to Dark Town
+            And while you're in your coma
+            This odd amusement park-town
+            Will be your Home Sweet Homa -
+
+STU bolts THROUGH THE GATES, with the ROADKILL TRIO right on his heels.
+The indignant SPHINXES exchange a look of outrage.
+
+EXT. DARK TOWN - MIDWAY - NIGHT
+
+It's a carny town, a tourist trap, seedy and nightmarish. Despite the
+festive trappings, there's something off about it - an air of neglect
+and decrepitude - as if they'd tried to turn Alcatraz into Disneyland,
+and given up halfway through.
+
+STU looks back and sees the ROADKILL gaining on him. He spots a small
+group of OTHER HUMANS...
+
+                           STU
+            Help me. Please. There's animals. They -
+
+The humans just YAWN. They're COMA VICTIMS, just like STU. He ditches
+one of his SUITCASES as the ROADKILL come after him.
+
+                           VOICE
+            Pony ride, Mister?
+
+He turns and spots a helpful-looking fellow in a COWBOY OUTFIT. The
+COWBOY is in fact a CENTAUR - rider and mount rolled into one!
+
+The characters who run this place - the BARKERS, TICKET-TAKERS, and RIDE
+OPERATORS - are all weird HYBRIDS, part human, part ANIMAL. They could
+be the ancient Gods of some primitive culture - reduced to working as
+street entertainers in this ramshackle resort town.
+
+STU pinballs down the street, bouncing from one shock to another:
+
+ - JOE CAMEL, doing community service as a STREET SWEEPER -
+
+                           JOE CAMEL
+            Hey, Mister. Mister! Got a smoke?
+
+ - a YETI selling SNO-CONES from a cart outside the MORPHEUM THEATRE.
+   The marquee reads:
+
+                        LIVE! NIGHTMARES! LIVE!
+          First-Run - Continuous Performances - Popular Prices
+                Rated NR-H - Not Recommended for Humans
+
+ - A CYCLOPS working as a barker at the Penny Arcade;
+
+ - A VIDEO RENTAL OUTLET - ""BAD DREAMS VIDEO,"" offering your favorite
+   nightmares, cult and classic, three nights for $2.95. A THREE-HEADED
+   DEVIL emerges from the shop carrying a sackful of videos - and
+   recognizes STU, much to his horror.
+
+                           HEAD #1
+            Hey, aren't you Stu Miley?
+
+                           HEAD #2
+            We're big fans.
+
+                           HEAD #3
+            Could we have your autograph?
+
+Reduced to babbling hysteria, STU ducks into the nearest building. Above
+the door, an ANIMATED NEON SIGN shows a happy boozer lifting his martini
+glass, then falling over flat on his back, at which point his eyes are
+replaced by the traditional cartoon X's. This is the COMA BAR.
+
+
+INT. COMA BAR - A MOMENT LATER - NIGHT
+
+STU bursts in, flattens himself against the wall as the ROADKILL skitter
+past outside. He's given them the slip. He looks around.
+
+The bar's a weird melange of styles. COMA VICTIMS ride around in
+wheelchairs refurbished as BUMPER CARS, drinking cocktails from IV
+bottler. A four-armed ELEPHANT GOD is at the Mighty Wurlitzer while a
+MERMAID VOCALIST in a half-shell belts out the wistful lyrics of Johnny
+Mercer's ""DREAM."" And over at the BAR...
+
+                           BULL (o.s.)
+            New in town, huh? What're you drinking?
+
+Out of breath, STU edges toward the bar as the BARTENDER, BULL, turns
+away to grab a fresh glass.
+
+                           STU
+            Chasing me - animals - horrible -
+
+                           BULL
+            Animals? What kind of animals?
+
+STU GAGS. BULL is a full-fledged MINOTAUR, body of a man, head of a
+BULL. His features are CUBIST - weirdly squashed over to one side.
+
+                           BULL
+            Yeah, I know - Picasso. Guernica, right? That's
+            what everybody says - although personally, I
+            don't see the resemblance. What are you
+            drinking?
+
+                           STU
+            Uhh - martini?
+
+                           BULL
+            Olive or eyeball?
+
+                           STU
+            Olive. - Where exactly am I?
+
+                           BULL
+            Dark Town. Land of nightmares. I'm Bull.
+
+                           STU
+            Stu Miley.
+
+                           BULL
+            Yeah, I've seen a few of your dreams. You're
+            quite a celebrity down here.
+
+STU gives him a cockeyed look. BULL points to a MONITOR mounted over the
+bar, on which a panicked man in pajamas is trying to run barefoot
+through a great sticky SEA OF MOLASSES.
+
+                           BULL
+            I told you, it's the land of nightmares. Same on
+            every channel...all the stuff people dream,
+            after they have the extra anchovies.
+
+He changes channels with a remote. Now we see a guy falling through
+midair, arms and legs flailing, falling, falling, falling...
+
+                           STU
+            Jeez, it all looks like bad late-night cable.
+
+                           BULL
+            Sad commentary, huh?
+
+Now a small muffled VOICE speaks from the area of STU'S BACKPACK:
+
+                           DISEMBODIED VOICE (o.s.)
+            ""Bull,"" huh? That's cute. What's your last name
+            - ""Shit""??
+
+                           BULL
+                 (turning angrily to STU)
+            I beg your pardon?
+
+                           STU
+            I didn't say anything.
+
+                           VOICE (o.s.)
+            Nice face. Lemme guess. You were in a bullfight
+            ...with a Mack Truck!!
+
+STU claps both hands over his mouth to prove he's not the one talking.
+BULL glowers at him, snorting STEAM out of both nostrils.
+
+                           STU
+            I was, uh, just getting ready to leave...
+
+                           BULL
+            Yo, Jumbo. We got us some kind of ventriloquist
+            here.
+
+The ELEPHANT GOD from the Wurlitzer organ comes lumbering over.
+
+                           VOICE (o.s.)
+            Well, hello, sailor. Get a lot of dates with
+            that ding-dong on your face??
+
+BULL and JUMBO rear back to PUNCH STU'S LIGHTS OUT. He's saying his
+prayers when his BACKPACK begins to BULGE and QUIVER - and a SMALL FURRY
+BEAST pops out, CACKLING HIS HEAD OFF!!
+
+                           MONKEYBONE
+            Just kiddin', folks! Drinks for everybody -
+                 (pointing at STU)
+
+            On him!! HIYA, BOSS!!
+
+BULL and JUMBO back off, STUNNED. The monkey grabs STU'S FACE and plants
+a big wet SMOOCH right on his NOSE. STU SCREAMS.
+
+                                                     CUT TO:
+
+INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - THAT MOMENT - NIGHT
+
+TIGHT ON an EEG monitor. There's a sudden BLIP on the readout.
+
+                           NURSE
+            Just a spike, ma'am. It happens. It's perfectly
+            natural with coma patients.
+
+                           JULIE
+            I'm a doctor too. I know this man's brain -
+
+JULIE strokes STU's limp hand. He's COMATOSE, cocooned in a tangle of
+wires and tubes. His head and shoulders are heavily bandaged. He's
+hooked up to as much machinery as you can cram into one room.
+
+                           DOCTOR
+            Go home, Doctor. Rest. Come back when you can do
+            us some good.
+
+INT. HOSPITAL - WAITING ROOM - NIGHT
+
+Dead on her feet, JULIE stumbles toward the exit. As she's leaving she
+passes the WAITING ROOM -
+
+                           WOMAN'S VOICE
+            Julie?
+
+She turns and sees an older colleague from work - ALICE - waiting in the
+doorway. Hovering right behind ALICE is HERB. And behind him -
+
+It appears that almost everyone in the waiting room is a friend of JULIE
+and STU's. Disheveled and groggy, they rouse themselves and make their
+way over to JULIE's side. She's overcome with emotion.
+
+INT. STU & JULIE'S HOUSE - ENTRY - NIGHT
+
+The sound of the key in the lock is met by INSANE BARKING. JULIE and
+ALICE enter and are met by BUSTER, the pet basset - jumping and yipping
+like crazy after 24 hours without food or human company.
+
+                           ALICE
+            Now don't pick a fight. I'm staying over.
+
+                           JULIE
+            Oh, poo"
+27,Mulan,Robert D. San Souci,"Family,Animation,Comedy,Musical,Adventure",December_1998,"[Chinese guard is seen walking on The Great Wall.  Shan-Yu's falcon swoops
+down and hits the guard on the head knocking his helmet off.  The falcon lands
+on top of a flag pole in front of a full moon and lets out a large cry.  One
+grappling hook comes over The Great Wall.  The guard walks over to the edge
+and sees many grappling hooks coming towards him]
+
+Guard [yelling]:  We're under attack!  Light the signal!
+
+[Guard runs to the tower and up the ladder as Hun Bald Man #1 and Hun Long
+Hair Man appear trying to stop him.  Hun Bald Man #1 breaks the ladder with
+his sword just as Guard reaches the top.  The guard picks up the torch to
+light the fire and sees Shan-Yu jump over the edge of the tower and looks at
+him across from the caldron.  The guard throws the torch into the caldron
+lighting a large fire.  Shan-Yu watches as each tower lights their caldrons
+one by one]
+
+Guard [sternly]:  Now all of China knows you're here.
+
+Shan-Yu [taking the flag and holding it over the fire]:  Perfect.
+
+[Cut to the palace.  The large doors to the central chamber open as General Li
+walks in flanked on his left and right by soldiers and approaches the Emperor. 
+He bows, then looks up]
+
+General Li:  Your Majesty, the Huns have crossed our Northern border.
+
+Chi Fu:  Impossible! No one can get through The Great Wall.  [The Emperor
+motions for Chi Fu's silence]
+
+General Li:  Shun-Yu is leading them.  We'll set up defenses around your
+palace immediately.
+
+Emperor [forcefully]:  No!  Send your troops to protect my people.  Chi Fu, 
+
+Chi Fu:  Yes, your highness.
+
+Emperor: Deliver conscription notices throughout all the provinces.  Call up
+reserves and as many new recruits as possible.
+
+General Li:  Forgive me your Majesty, but I believe my troops can stop him.
+
+Emperor:  I wont take any chances, General.  A single grain of rice can tip
+the scale.  One man may be the difference between victory and defeat.
+
+[Cut to Mulan using her chopsticks to single out a grain of rice on top of the
+mound of rice]
+
+Mulan: Quiet and demure...graceful...polite...[picking up some rice with her
+chopsticks and eating a mouthful] delicate...refined...poised... [She sets
+down her chopsticks and writes down a final word on her right arm] punctual.
+[A cock crows]  Aiya.  [Calling out]  Little brother. Little brother.  Lit-
+ahhh, there you are.  Who's the smartest doggie in the world?  Come on smart
+boy, can you help me with my chores today?
+
+[Mulan ties a sack of grain around Little Brother's waist.  She ties a stick
+onto Little brother so that end of it is in front of Little Brother's face. 
+She ties the bone on the end of the stick just out of reach.  Little Brother
+begins to run after the bone which he cannot reach.  Mulan opens the door for
+Little Brother and he runs into the door frame, then out the open door. 
+Little brother runs by the chickens and Khan - the family horse]
+
+[Cut to Mulan's Father, Fa Zhou, kneeling and praying before the Fa family's
+ancestors]
+
+Fa Zhou:  Honorable ancestors, please help Mulan impress the matchmaker today. 
+
+
+Little Brother [running into the temple and around Fa Zhou scattering grain
+around the floor]: Bark, bark, bark, bark, bark.
+
+[The chickens follow Little Brother into the temple and begin to feed on the
+grain]
+
+Fa Zhou:  Please, PLEASE, help her.
+
+[Mulan steps up to the temple seeing Little Brother on his hind legs trying to
+get the bone.  Mulan bends the stick down so that Little brother can reach the
+bone.  Little brother gnaws on the bone happily.  Mulan continues toward the
+temple]
+
+Mulan [calling out]: Father I brought your--whoop!  [Fa Zhou bumps into Mulan. 
+The cup falls to the ground and Fa Zhou catches the teapot with the handle of
+his cane]
+
+Fa Zhou:  Mulan--
+
+Mulan:  I brought a spare. [Mulan pulls out a cup from underneath the back of
+her dress and begins to pour the tea]  
+
+Fa Zhou:  Mulan--
+
+Mulan [hurried]: Remember, the doctor said three cups of tea in the morning--
+
+Fa Zhou:  Mulan--
+
+Mulan:  And three at night. 
+
+Fa Zhou:  Mulan, you should already be in town.  We're counting on you to up--
+
+Mulan:  --uphold the family honor.  Don't worry father.  I wont let you down. 
+[Mulan covers over the writing on her arm with here sleeve]  Wish me luck. 
+[Mulan hurries down the stairs]
+
+Fa Zhou [calling out]:  Hurry!  [to himself] I'm going to...pray some more.
+[Fa Zhou turns and walks back into the temple]
+
+[Cut to the town with Fa Li looking worried]
+
+Bath Lady [poking out of her building]:  Fa Li, is your daughter here yet? 
+The matchmaker is not a patient woman.  [She goes back into the building]
+
+Fa Li:  Of all days to be late.  I should have prayed to the ancestors for
+luck.
+
+Grandma Fa [walking in with a Cri-Kee in a cage]:  How lucky can they be,
+they're dead.  Besides,  I've got all the luck we'll need.  [Speaking to
+Cri-Kee]  This is your chance to prove yourself.  [Cri-Kee chirps approvingly. 
+Grandma Fa covers her eyes steps into a busy street]
+
+Fa Li [excitedly]:  Grandma No!
+
+[The traffic barely misses Grandma Fa as she crosses the busy street.  But two
+horse and carriage collide causing a big accident.  She arrives at the other
+side of the street, uncovers here eyes and looks at Cri-Kee]
+
+Grandma Fa:  Yep, this cricket's a lucky one. [Cri-Kee falls over out of
+fright]
+
+Fa Li [sighing in relief]:  Hai.
+
+[Mulan arrives on Khan jumping over the recent accident in the street and
+jumps off with hay stuck in her hair]
+
+Mulan: I'm here.  [Seeing a stern look from her mother] What?  But Mama I had
+to--
+
+Fa Li:  None of your 'xcuses.  Now let's get you cleaned up. [They walk
+together into the preparation area]
+
+[Song: Honor to us all]
+
+Bath Lady:  [all the while Bath Lady undresses Mulan and pushes her into the
+Bath]
+This is what you give me 
+to work with?
+Well, honey, I've seen worse.
+We're gonna turn 
+this sow's ear
+Into a silk purse. [Bath Lady moves the silk partition aside showing Mulan in
+the bath] 
+
+Mulan [spoken]:  It's freezing.
+
+Fa Li [spoken]:  It would have been warm if you were here on time.  
+
+Bath Lady [washing Mulan's hair]:
+We'll have you
+Washed and dried
+Primped and polished 
+till you glow with pride
+Trust my recipe for 
+instant bride
+You'll bring honor to us all
+
+Fa Li [grabbing a sponge and Mulan's right arm to start cleaning her.  She
+notices the writing] [spoken]:  Mulan, what's this?
+
+Mulan [Drawing her arm back and batting her eyelashes] [spoken]:  Ahh, notes,
+in case I forget something?
+
+Grandma Fa [spoken]:  Here, hold this [hands the cricket to Fa Li].  We'll
+need more luck than I thought.  [Mulan looks on with an air of disappointment]
+
+[Cut to the hair dressers]
+
+Hair Dresser 1 [Brushing and combing Mulan's hair much to Mulan's chagrin]:
+Wait and see
+When we're through
+
+Hair Dresser 2:
+Boys will gladly go to 
+war for you
+
+Hair Dresser 1:
+With good fortune 
+
+Hair Dresser 2 [Finalizing the hairdo to look exactly like hers]:
+And a great hairdo
+
+Both:
+You'll bring honor to us all
+
+Fa Li and others:  [Mulan following her Mother passes a xiangqi game and
+pauses to make an impressive move.  Mulan has a smug look on her face when Fa
+Li comes back and drags Mulan away]
+A girl can bring her family
+Great honor in one way
+By striking a good match
+And this could be the day
+
+Dresser 1 [Dresser 1, Dresser 2, and Fa Li dress Mulan]:
+Men want girls 
+with good taste
+
+Dresser 2:
+Calm
+
+Fa Li:
+Obedient
+
+Dresser 1:
+Who work fast-paced
+
+Fa Li:
+With good breeding
+
+Dresser 2 [Pulling the dress tight around her waist]:
+And a tiny waist 
+
+Mulan [expressing her waist being squeezed tight] [spoken]: huh.
+
+All Three:
+You'll bring honor to us all 
+
+Chorus:  [Mulan follows Fa Li and sees boy stealing a doll from a girl.  Mulan
+grabs the doll from the boy and returns it to its owner]
+We all must serve 
+our Emperor
+Who guards us from the Huns
+A man by bearing arms
+A girl by bearing sons 
+
+Make-up Lady/Fa Li: [Putting on Mulan's face, powder, lipstick and eye liner]
+[in a 3 person round]
+ When we're through 
+you can't fail
+Like a lotus blossom 
+soft and pale
+How could any fellow 
+say ""No sale""
+You'll bring honor to us all
+[Make-Up Lady holds a mirror so Mulan can see her reflection.  Not looking
+pleased, Mulan takes her single, short bang and brings it down in front of her
+forehead and smiles]
+
+Fa Li [spoken. Fa Li places a hair comb in Mulan's hair]:  There, you're
+ready.
+
+Grandma Fa [spoken]:  Not yet! An apple for serenity [putting an apple in
+Mulan's mouth]...A pendant for balance [places a yin-yang pendant under her
+sash] [sings]
+
+Beads of jade for beauty [putting beads around Mulan's neck]
+You must proudly show it [Grandma Fa raises her chin high with her hand]
+Now add a cricket just for luck [putting the cage with Cri-Kee under Mulan's
+sash in the back.  Cri-Kee doesn't look pleased]
+And even you can't blow it
+
+Mulan:  [Walking to catch up with the other maidens]
+Ancestors
+Hear my plea
+Help me not to make a fool of me
+And to not uproot my fam'ly tree
+Keep my father standing tall
+
+Maidens and Mulan: [Mulan taking the parasol from Fal Li and running to fall
+in line with the other 4 maidens]
+Scarier than the undertaker
+We are meeting our 
+matchmaker
+
+All Townspeople:
+Destiny
+Guard our girls
+And our future 
+as it fast unfurls
+Please look kindly on 
+these cultured pearls
+Each a perfect porcelain doll
+
+Maiden #1:  Please bring honor to us
+Maiden #2:  Please bring honor to us
+Maiden #3:  Please bring honor to us
+Maiden #4:  Please bring honor to us
+Mulan and Maidens:  Please bring honor to us all! 
+
+[All Girls and Mulan arrive before the Matchmaker crouched down behind their
+parasols.  End of song]
+
+Matchmaker [looking at her clipboard]:  Fa Mulan
+
+Mulan [Jumping up and raising her hand]:  Present.
+
+Matchmaker:  Speaking without permission.
+
+Mulan:  Oops. 
+
+Grandma Fa [to Fa Li]:  Who spit in her bean curd?
+
+[Mulan walks into the Matchmaker's building with the Matchmaker following
+behind and closing the door]
+
+Matchmaker [looking over Mulan]: Huh, Hmm, too skinny.  [Cri-Kee escapes from
+his cage.  Mulan struggles to catch him] Hmph, not good for bearing sons. 
+[Mulan puts Cri-Kee in her mouth when Matchmaker turns around to face her]
+Recite the final admonition.
+
+Mulan [nodding and smiling]:  Mmm-Hmm.  [Takes out fan and covers her mouth as
+she spits out Cri-Kee] Ptu
+
+Matchmaker:  Well...
+
+Mulan [with dignity]: Fulfill your duties calmly and re...f--[looking at her
+arm with smeared writing] spectfully.  Reflect before you snack [surprised,
+Mulan looks at her arm again] act.  [now rapidly] This shall bring you honor
+and glory.  [Fanning herself rapidly and sighing in relief] Huh.
+
+Matchmaker [snatches the fan and looks at it on both sides looking for notes
+not finding any.  Mulan smiles big when Matchmaker looks at her.  Matchmaker
+grabs Mulan's right arm pulling her along while smearing the writing and
+leaving some ink on her hand]  Hmmm, this way.  Now, pour the tea  [Pushing a
+teapot towards Mulan].  To please your future in-laws you must demonstrate a
+sense of dignity [Matchmaker smears ink around her mouth.  Mulan staring at
+Matchmaker pours some tea onto the table then notices her mistake and pours
+the tea into the cup] and refinement.  You must also be poised.  [Mulan
+notices Cri-kee in the tea-cup as Matchmaker takes the cup]
+
+Mulan [quiet and timid]:  Um, pardon me.
+
+Matchmaker:  And silent! [Matchmaker sniffs the tea]
+
+Mulan [reaching and grabbing the teacup]:  Could I just take that back...one
+moment.
+
+[They struggle for the teacup and it turns over on Matchmaker and Cri-kee
+jumps down matchmaker's dress]
+
+Matchmaker:  Why you clumsy--[Matchmaker feels Cri-Kee in her dress and dances
+around]  Wooo, woooo, wooooooo, [Matchmaker knocks over her pot of coals, and
+sits down on the coals.  Matchmaker jumps around screaming]  Ahhhhhhhhhhh 
+[Mulan grabs her fan and briskly fans the charred area on Matchmaker's behind
+causing it to flame up.  Mulan looks surprised about her mistake]
+
+[Cut to outside Matchmakers building showing Grandma Fa with much noise coming
+from Matchmaker's building]
+
+Grandma Fa [to Fa Li]:  I think it's going well, don't you?
+
+Matchmaker [running out of the building screaming]:  Put it out! Put it out! 
+Put it out! [Mulan takes the teapot, throws the tea on Matchmaker and puts out
+the fire.  She bows, hands the teapot back to Matchmaker and covers her face
+as she walks toward Fa Li and Grandma Fa] [with anger]  You are a disgrace! 
+[Matchmaker throws the teapot down smashing it to pieces]  You may look like a
+bride, but you will never bring your family honor!
+
+[The townsfolk who have gathered whisper and walk away]
+
+[Cut to Mulan walking through the gate with her home leading khan.  She looks
+sorrowful.  Fa Zhou sees his daughter and smiles.  Mulan sees her father's
+smile.  She covers her face with Khan's head and leads him to the water
+trough]
+
+[Song: Reflection]
+
+Mulan: 
+Look at me [looking at her reflection in the water trough]
+I will never pass for 
+a perfect bride [taking off her earrings and beads of jade]
+Or a perfect daughter [Mulan watches Fa Li relating what happened at the
+Matchmaker's to Fa Zhou]
+Can it be
+I'm not meant to play 
+this part?  [Mulan releases Cri-Kee back to the wild]
+Now I see
+That if I were to truly
+To be myself [Mulan hops along the bridge railing]
+I would break my 
+family's heart
+
+Who is that girl I see  [Mulan looks into the pond and sees her own
+reflection]
+Staring straight
+Back at me? [Mulan puts her hand on the Great Stone Dragon and looks toward
+the temple]
+Why is my reflection someone 
+I don't know? [Cri-Kee rowing across the pond on a lily pad]
+Somehow I cannot hide [Mulan walking into the family temple]
+Who I am [Cri-Kee watches Mulan in the temple seeing multiple reflections of
+herself in the ancestors' stones]
+Though I've tried  [Mulan bows to the ancestors]
+When will my reflection show
+Who I am inside?  [Mulan finishes wiping off her make-up seeing her reflection
+in the stones]
+When will my reflection show
+Who I am inside? [Mulan gets up and heads out the temple]
+
+[End of song.  Mulan sits on a bench under the blossom tree.  Fa Zhou
+approaches her, clearing his throat.  Mulan sees him approaching and turns her
+head away.  Fa Zhou sits down beside Mulan]
+
+Fa Zhou:  My, my, what beautiful blossoms we have this year [looking up into
+the blossom tree].  But look, this one's late.  But, I'll bet that when it
+blooms, it will be the most beautiful of all.  [Mulan and Fa Zhou share
+smiles.  Drums start pounding announcing the arrival of Chi Fu and two guards
+on horseback]
+
+Mulan:  What is it?
+
+[Fa Zhou gets up and walks to the entrance of their house with Mulan
+following]
+
+Fa Li:  Mulan, stay inside.
+
+[Grandma Fa clears her throat catching Mulan's attention and motions inside. 
+Mulan spies the railing near the wall and climbs up to watch over the roof]
+
+Chi Fu:  Citizens  I bring you a proclamation from the Imperial City:  the
+Huns have invaded China! 
+
+Townspeople [expressing surprise]:  No!
+
+Chi Fu:  By order of the Emperor, one man from every family must serve in the
+Imperial Army.  The Xiao family [a family member steps up, bows to the guard
+and takes the conscription notice from the guard].  The Yi family.
+
+Yi's Son [holding his old father back]:  I will serve the Emperor in my
+father's place.
+
+Chi Fu:  The Fa Family.
+
+Mulan:  No.
+
+[Fa Zhou gives his cane to Fa Li and walks toward Chi Fu.  Fa Zhou bows before
+the horsemen]
+
+Fa Zhou [standing proud]:  I am ready to serve the Emperor.  [Fa Zhou reaches
+for the conscription notice]
+
+Mulan [running outside to keep her father from taking the conscription
+notice]:  Father, you can't go.
+
+Fa Zhou [turning to see his daughter]:  Mulan!
+
+Mulan:  Please sir, my father has already fought bravely--
+
+Chi Fu:  Silence!  You would do well to teach your daughter to hold her tongue
+in a man's presence.
+
+Fa Zhou [looking away from Mulan]:  Mulan, you dishonor me.
+
+[Grandma Fa guides Mulan back away]
+
+Chi Fu [handing Fa Zhou the conscription notice]:  Report tomorrow at the Wu
+Shu camp.
+
+Fa Zhou:  Yes, sir. [Fa Zhou walks back into the homestead refusing to take
+his cane from Fa Li]
+
+Chi Fu [fading out as we follow Fa Zhou]:  The Chu family.  The Wen family. 
+The Chang family.  The...
+
+[Cut to Fa Zhou in his armory at night.  Fa Zhou takes out his sword and
+practices his stances.  Whan he balances on his right leg, his leg injury acts
+up and he falls.  Unbeknownst to her father, Mulan watches in horror.  She
+breathes heavily]
+
+[Cut to dinner.  The Fa Zhou, Grandma Fa, Fa Li, and Mulan eat in silence. 
+Thunder can be heard and lightning can be seen through the opaque window. 
+Mulan pours the tea for her family.  She slams her teacup down on the table
+and stands up]
+
+Mulan:  You shouldn't have to go.
+
+Fa Li:  Mulan!
+
+Mulan:  There are plenty of young men to fight for China.
+
+Fa Zhou:  It is an honor to protect my country and my family.
+
+Mulan [angrily]:  So you'll die for honor!
+
+Fa Zhou [standing up and angered]:  I will DIE doing what's right.
+
+Mulan [starts to speak but is cut off]: But if you--
+
+Fa Zhou:  I know my place, it is time you learned yours.
+
+[Mulan looking like she's about to cry, turn away from Fa Zhou and runs
+outside into the rain storm and cries]
+
+[Cut to Mulan sitting at the base of the Great Stone Dragon in the rain. 
+Mulan looks down to see her reflection in the puddle caused by the rain. She
+watches her parents in the bedroom.  Fa Li turns away from Fa Zhou and walks
+out of site.  Fa Zhou blows out the light.  Mulan gets up and walks to the Fa
+Family Temple.  Mulan's image reflects off the stone tablets as she lights
+incense and places it in the hanging encense holder.  She bows and prays to
+her ancestors. Getting up, Mulan hurries down the steps.  Cri-Kee sees her and
+hops down from above and follows her.  Mulan goes to her parent's bedroom and
+takes the conscription notice replacing it with the hair comb her mother gave
+to her.  She pauses to give her parents a loving, sorrowful look and hurries
+out.  Cut to Mulan in the armory.  She opens the cabinet with the armor. 
+Using her father's sword, she cuts her hair short and ties it up above her
+head.  She finishes putting on the armor and ties it in the front.  She takes
+the sword and places it in the scabbard to her left.  Cut to Mulan in the
+stable doorway.  Khan rears back in fright at the sight of Mulan.  Mulan goes
+forward and comforts Khan letting him know her identity.  Mulan walks Khan out
+of the stable, Cri-Kee watches from the ground as she passes by.  Mulan takes
+one sorrowful glance back at her parents bedroom and rides Khan through the
+gate and off to camp.]
+
+[Cut to the face of a statue in the Fa Family Temple.  The eyes glow.  Cut to
+Grandma Fa.  She wakes up with a start rising in bed.  Cut to Grandma Fa
+walking into Fa Li and Fa Zhou's bedroom, both are in bed]
+
+Grandma Fa:  Mulan is gone.
+
+Fa Zhou [waking up]:  What?  It can't be.  [Fa Zhou looks at his night stand
+and notices the hair comb in place of his conscription notice.  He checks the
+cabinet and sees his armor is gone.  He hurries outside] [calling out]  Mulan! 
+[He stumbles while walking because of his leg injury] No.
+
+Fa Li [kneeling down beside the fallen Fa Zhou]:  You must go after her.  She
+could be killed!
+
+Fa Zhou [sadly]:  If I reveal her, she will be. [Fa Zhou embraces Fa Li]
+
+Grandma Fa:  Ancestors, hear our prayer: Watch over Mulan.
+
+[Cut to the Fa Family Temple.  A wind blows out the incense at the base of the
+center stone.  The center stone begins to glow as First Ancestor comes to
+life]
+
+First Ancestor [motioning to a bronze dragon]:  Mushu, awaken!
+
+[Mushu comes to life and falls to the ground flat on his back all being
+obscured by smoke]
+
+Mushu [rising from the smoke arms stretched out]:  I live!  So tell me what
+mortal needs my protection Great Ancestor.  You just say the word and I'm
+there.
+
+First Ancestor [agitated]:  Mushu!
+
+Mushu:  Hey, let me say something. Anybody who is foolish enough to threaten
+our family, vengeance will be MINE.  Hrrrrr.
+
+First Ancestor [sternly to silence Mushu]:  Mushu!  These are the family
+guardians [motioning towards the stone statues on pedestals near the ceiling]. 
+They...
+
+Mushu [dejectedly]:  Protect the family.
+
+First Ancestor [pointing to the empty pedestal]:  And you, oh demoted one.
+
+Mushu:  I...ring the gong.
+
+First Ancestor:  That's right, now, wake up the ancestors.
+
+Mushu:  One family reunion coming right up.  [ringing the gong] Okay people,
+people look alive, lets go! C'mon get up.  Let's move it, rise and shine. 
+You're way past the beauty sleep thing now trust me!
+
+Ancestor 1:  I knew it, I knew it. That Mulan was a trouble maker from the
+start.
+
+Ancestor 3:  Don't look at me, she gets it from your side of the family.
+
+Ancestor 2:  She's just trying to help her father.
+
+Ancestor 4 [appearing out of thin air]:  But, if she is discovered, Fa Zhou
+will be forever shamed.  Dishonor will come to the family.  Traditional values
+will disintegrate.
+
+Ancestor 5:  Not to mention they'll lose the farm.
+
+Ancestor 1:  My children never caused such trouble.  They all became
+acupuncturists.
+
+Ancestor 3:  Well, We can't all be acupuncturists.
+
+Ancestor 6:  No, your great granddaughter had to be cross-dresser!
+
+[All ancestors argue at once, except First Ancestor]
+
+Ancestor 7:  Let a guardian bring her back.  
+
+Ancestor 8 [grabbing Mushu and bringing him next to a guardian]: Yeah, awaken
+the most cunning.
+
+Ancestor 4 [taking Mushu and holding him next to the stone rabbit guardian]: 
+No, the swiftest.
+
+Ancestor 9 [grabbing Mushu and holding him next to the stone monkey guardian]: 
+No, send the wisest.
+
+First Ancestor:  Silence!  We must send the most powerful of all [Motioning to
+the Great Stone Dragon as it is seen through the window]
+
+Mushu [climbs up the empty guardian post laughing]:  Ho, ho, heh, heh. Okay,
+okay, I get the drift, I'll go. [All Ancestors give a quick look of surprise
+and laugh uncontrollably]  You all don't think I can do it.  Watch this here. 
+[Mushu produces a small flame from his mouth]  Ah, ha, Jump back, I'm pretty
+hot huh.  Don't make me have to singe nobody to prove no point.
+
+First Ancestor [grabbing Mushu and pulling away from the post]:  You had your
+chance to protect the Fa family.
+
+Ancestor 6:  Your mis-guidance led Fa Deng to disaster.
+
+Fa Deng [with his decapitated head on his lap]:  Yeah, thanks a lot.
+
+Mushu:  And your point is?
+
+First Ancestor:  The point is we will be sending a real dragon to retrieve
+Mulan.
+
+Mushu:  What?  But I'm a real dragon.
+
+First Ancestor [grabbing Mushu and pulling him away from the guardian post as
+Mushu fights to hold on]:  You are not worthy of this spot.  Now, awaken the
+Great Stone Dragon.  [First Ancestor throws Mushu out of the temple]
+
+Mushu [looking back into the temple]:  So you'll get back to me on the job
+thing.
+
+[An ancestor throws Mushu's gong and hits Mushu in the face]
+
+Mushu [walking with a slouch and banging the gong on the ground]:  Just one
+chance is that too much to ask?  I mean, it's not like it'll kill ya.
+
+Mushu [rings the gong and looks at the Great Stone Dragon]:  Yo rocky, wake
+up!  You gotta go fetch Mulan.  [pauses as nothing happens.  Mushu walks over
+to the side of the statue] C'mon boy, go get her, go on, [throws the gong
+stick off the screen and whistles] Come on.  [Angrily while climbing up the
+Great Stone Dragon] Grrr, Grrrr.  [speaking in his ear and banging the ear
+with the gong] Hello, helloooooo. [curtly] Hello [bangs the gong extra hard
+against the ear causing it to break off].  Uh oh.  [The Great Stone Dragon
+crumbles to the ground, head intact minus the ear].  [knocks on the dragon's
+head] Uh, Stoney, Stooooneeey.  Oh man, they're gonna kill me!
+
+First Ancestor [calling out through the temple window]:  Great Stone Dragon,
+have you awaken? 
+
+Mushu [holding the head of the Great Stone Dragon up to that First Ancestor
+can only see it's head and Mushu's body]:  Uhhh, Yes, I just woke up.  And I
+am the Great Stone Dragon, good morning [Mushu waves].  I will go forth and
+fetch Mulan.  Did, did I mention that I was the Great Stone Dragon?
+
+First Ancestor:  Go, The fate of the Fa Family rests in your claws.
+
+Mushu:  Don't even worry about it, I will not lose face.  [Mushu falls down
+the hill under the weight of the Great Stone Dragon's head and lands on the
+dragon's pedestal with the head falling on top of him]
+
+Mushu [muffled]:  Ow, my elbow.  Aw, aw, I know I twisted something. 
+[Throwing the head off him]  That's just great.  Now what?  I'm doomed!   And
+all 'cause miss man decides to take her little drag show on the road.
+
+[Cri-Kee enters stage right]
+
+Cri-Kee:  Chirp, Chirp.
+
+Mushu:  Go get her?   What's the matter with you?  After this great stone
+Humpty Dumpty mess, I'd have to bring her home with a medal to get back in the
+temple.  Wait a minute, that's it!  I make Mulan a war hero, then they'll be
+begging me to come back to work.  That's the master plan.  Oh, you've gone and
+done it now. [Mushu runs off stage right]
+
+Cri-Kee [hopping along side of Mushu]:  Chirp.  Chirp Chirp Chirp.
+
+Mushu [pushing Cri-Kee away]:  Hey, what makes you think you're coming?
+
+Cri-Kee:  Chirp, Chirp. 
+
+Mushu:  You're lucky?  Ho, ho, heh.  Do I look like a sucker to you?
+
+Cri-Kee:  Chirp. Chirp.
+
+Mushu:  Whach' you mean loser?  How 'bout I pop one of your antenna's off and
+throw it across the yard.  Then who's a loser, me or you?
+
+[Interlude]
+
+[Cut to Shan-Yu leading his army at a charge on horseback through a forest. 
+He stops and motions stage right.  Hun Archer, Hun Strong Guy, Hun Long-Hair
+Guy dismount and walk into the forest.  They throw down two Imperial scouts
+before the rest of the army]
+
+Hun Long-Hair Guy:  Imperial scouts. 
+
+[Shan Yu dismounts and walks towards the scouts]
+
+Scout #1:  Shan-Yu.
+
+[He crouches down in front of them]
+
+Shan-Yu [adjusting Scout #1's collar]:  Nice work, gentlemen.  You found the
+Hun army. [motioning to the soldiers on horseback.  The Hun army laughs]
+
+Scout #2:  The Emperor will stop you.
+
+Shan-Yu [grabs Scout #2 by the shirt collar and lifts him up to his face]: 
+Stop me?  He invited me.  By building his wall, he challenged my strength. 
+Well I'm here to play his game  [Shan-Yu throws Scout #2 to the ground and
+points his sword at Scout #1 as he gets up and runs] [calling out to the
+scouts] Go!  Tell your emperor to send his strongest armies.  [Quietly]  I'm
+ready. 
+
+[The Imperial Scouts run off towards the palace]
+
+Shan-Yu [scratching his chin]:  How many men does it take to deliver a
+message.
+
+Archer Guy [drawing back his bow]:  One.
+
+[End Interlude]
+
+[Cut to Mulan on a hill outside of the camp.  Khan is sitting watching]
+
+Mulan:  Okay, okay, how 'bout this?  Ahem, [in her manly voice] excuse me,
+where do I sign in?  Hah, I see you have a sword.  I have one too.  They're
+very manly and tough [Mulan bites her lip as she mishandles pulling the sword
+out of the scabbard and it falls to the ground.  Khan rolls on his back in
+laughter.  Mulan throws her shoe and hits Khan in the head with it quieting
+Khan].  I'm working on it.  Who am I fooling?  It's going to take a miracle to
+get me into the army.
+
+[Mushu appears as a giant shadow being cast on a rock with flames on either
+side.  Mushu's real appearance remains out of sight]
+
+Mushu [in a Southern Baptist Preacher's voice]:  Did I hear someone ask for a
+miracle!?  Let me hear you say aye!
+
+Mulan [Running and hiding behind a rock]:  Ahhhhhh.
+
+Mushu:  That's close enough.
+
+Mulan [from behind a rock]:  Ghost.
+
+Mushu:  Get ready Mulan your serpentine salvation is at hand.  For I have
+been sent by your ancestors-- [notices Cri-Kee making a hand shadow of a
+dragon on the rock and stamps him down with his foot] to guide you through
+your masquerade.  [bending down to Cri-Kee]  C'mon, you're gonna stay you're
+gonna work. [returning to Mulan] Heed my word, 'cause if the army finds out
+that you are a girl, the penalty is death. [big flames shoot up from the
+rocks]
+
+Mulan:  Who are you?
+
+Mushu:  Who am I?  Who am I?  I am the guardian of lost souls. [Mulan smiles
+big in anticipation of seeing her guardian] I am the powerful, the
+pleasurable, the indestructible [coming out from the rocks to show his real
+size] Mushu! Oh hah, hah, pretty hot, huh? [Khan stomps on Mushu.  Mulan
+pushes Khan back]
+
+Mulan:  Ah, my ancestors sent a little lizard to help me?
+
+Mushu:  Hey, dragon, dragon,  not lizard.  I don't do that tongue thing [flips
+out his tongue to show Mulan what he means].
+
+Mulan:  You're uh...
+
+Mushu:  Intimidating?  Awe inspiring?
+
+Mulan [making a hand gesture to denote his smallness of size]: Tiny.
+
+Mushu [with a look of disappointment]:  Of course.  I'm travel size for your
+convenience.  If I was my real size, your cow here [patting Khan on the nose]
+would die of fright.  [Khan tries to bite Mushu]  [pointing to the ground
+speaking to Khan] Down Bessy.  My powers are beyond your mortal imagination. 
+For instance, [leaning in and looking at Mulan's chest] my eyes can see
+straight through your armor.  [Mulan cover her bust with her left arm and
+slaps Mushu with the right]  Ow.  [angrily] All right, that's it!  Dishonor! 
+Dishonor on your whole family.  [aside to Cri-Kee] Make a note of this
+[Cri-Kee grabs a leaf and a pen and starts writing].  [Loudly with gusto]
+Dishonor on you.  Dishonor on your cow.  Dis-
+
+Mulan [pleadingly while covering Mushu's mouth]:  Stop!  I'm sorry, I'm sorry
+[kneeling down in front of Mushu].  I'm just nervous.  I've never done this
+before.
+
+Mushu: Then you're gonna have to trust me.  And don't you slap me no more, we
+clear on that?  [Mulan nods emphatically].  All right.  Okey dokey, let's get
+this show on the road.  Cri-Kee, get the bags [Mushu starts walking to the
+camp].  [to Khan] Let's move it heifer.
+
+[Cut to Mulan at the camp's entrance]
+
+Mushu [hiding in Mulan's armor poking his head out from her back]:  Okay this
+is it, time to show 'em your man walk.  Shoulders back,  chest high, feet
+apart, head up [Mushu pulls Mulan's head back]  ...and strut 2, 3, break it
+down, 2, 3 and work it, [Mulan walks into the camp drawing the attention the
+men who see her.  Mulan walks into a tent and sees a man picking his nose and
+another man picking out dirt from between his toes with chopsticks] Beautiful
+isn't it?
+
+Mulan [making a face of disgust and continuing to walk]:  They're disgusting.
+
+Mushu:  No, they're men.  And you're going to have to act just like them, so
+pay attention.
+
+[Mulan stops and watches Yao, Ling, Chien-Po and Tattoo Soldier]
+
+Tattoo Soldier [showing the dragon tattoo on his chest and belly]:  Look, this
+tattoo will protect me from harm.
+
+[Yao thinks for a moment, then punches Tattoo Soldier in the stomach causing
+Ling to laugh.  Mulan watches in utter amazement.  Yao kisses his hand]
+
+Ling [laughing]:  I hope you can get your money back.
+
+Mulan:  I don't think I can do this.
+
+Mushu:  It's all attitude.  Be tough like this guy here [looking at Yao].
+
+[Mulan looks at Yao as he hocks up a loogie and spits]
+
+Yao [noticing Mulan watching him]:  What are you looking at?
+
+Mushu:  Punch him, it's how men say 'hello.'
+
+[Mulan looks at her fist, then punches Yao from behind on the shoulder.  The
+force causes Yao to run into Chien-Po]
+
+Chien-Po:  Oh Yao, you made a friend.
+
+Mushu:  Good, Now slap him on the behind, they like that.
+
+[Mulan slaps Yao on the behind]
+
+Yao:  Wu hoo hooooo.  [grabbing Mulan buy the collar]  I'm going to hit you so
+hard it'll make your ancestors dizzy.
+
+Chien-Po [Holding and picking up Yao]:  Yao, relax and chant with me. 
+Yaaaaaaa Moouuuu Ahhhhhh Doooou Fuuuu Daaaaa.
+ 
+Yao:  Ya Mi Ah To Fu Da.
+
+Chien-Po:  Feel better? 
+
+Yao [relaxed]:  Yeah. [Chien-Po places Yao back on the ground]  [to Mulan
+while walking away] Aaaaa, you ain't worth my time chicken boy.
+
+Mushu [loudly]:  Chicken boy!?  Say that to my face ya limp noodle!
+
+[Yao grabs Mulan by the collar cocking back his arm to punch.  Mulan ducks as
+Yao hits Ling standing behind her]
+
+Yao:  Oh, sorry Ling.  Hey!
+
+[Yao grabs Mulan's foot as she starts to crawl away.  Ling kicks Yao on the butt causing him to land on Chien-Po's stomach. Ling Jump
+attacks Mulan, but she ducks and he lands on Yao on top of Chien-Po]
+
+Ling:  You're dead.  [They fight on top of Chien-Po.  Mulan runs away.  Ling notices Mulan and then points toward her] Oh, there he goes.
+
+[Mulan runs into a tent and stops.  Yao, Ling, and Chien-Po (in that order) run through the tent.  Yao stops short as he is about to run into a
+soldier in a line for food.  He looks behind him with concerned eyes as Ling stops in time.  Chien-Po bumps into Ling causing the entire line
+of soldiers to fall forward and knock over the pot of congee and the cook behind it.  The men look to the back of the line and spy Mulan"
+28,Nightmare Before Christmas The,"Tim Burton,Michael McDowell","Animation,Comedy,Fantasy,Horror,Musical",August_1991,"NARRATOR
+'Twas a long time ago, longer now than it seems, in a place 
+that perhaps you've seen in your dreams.  For the story that you are 
+about to be told, took place in the holiday worlds of old.  Now, you've 
+probably wondered where holidays come from.  If you haven't, I'd say it's 
+time you begun.
+
+	This Is Halloween
+
+SHADOW
+Boys and girls of every age
+Wouldn't you like to see something strange?
+
+SIAMESE SHADOW
+Come with us and you will see
+This, our town of Halloween
+
+PUMPKIN PATCH CHORUS
+This is Halloween, this is Halloween
+Pumpkins scream in the dead of night
+
+GHOSTS
+This is Halloween, everybody make a scene
+Trick or treat till the neighbors gonna die of fright
+It's our town, everybody scream
+In this town of Halloween
+
+CREATURE UNDER BED
+I am the one hiding under your bed
+Teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red
+
+MAN UNDER THE STAIRS
+I am the one hiding under your stairs
+Fingers like snakes and spiders in my hair
+
+CORPSE CHORUS
+This is Halloween, this is Halloween
+Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
+
+VAMPIRES
+In this town we call home
+Everyone hail to the pumpkin song
+
+MAYOR
+In this town, don't we love it now?
+Everybody's waiting for the next surprise
+
+CORPSE CHORUS
+Round that corner, man hiding in the trash can
+Something's waiting now to pounce, and how you'll scream
+
+HARLEQUIN DEMON, WEREWOLF, AND MELTING MAN
+Scream! This is Halloween
+Red 'n' black, slimy green
+
+WEREWOLF
+Aren't you scared?
+
+WITCHES
+Well, that's just fine
+Say it once, say it twice
+Take the chance and roll the dice
+Ride with the moon in the dead of night
+
+HANGING TREE
+Everybody scream, everybody scream
+
+HANGED MEN
+In our town of Halloween
+
+CLOWN
+I am the clown with the tear-away face
+Here in a flash and gone without a trace
+
+SECOND GHOUL
+I am the ""who"" when you call, ""Who's there?""
+I am the wind blowing through your hair
+
+OOGIE BOOGIE SHADOW
+I am the shadow on the moon at night
+Filling your dreams to the brim with fright
+
+CORPSE CHORUS
+This is Halloween, this is Halloween
+Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
+Halloween! Halloween!
+
+CHILD CORPSE TRIO
+Tender lumplings everywhere
+Life's no fun without a good scare
+
+PARENT CORPSES
+That's our job, but we're not mean
+In our town of Halloween
+
+CORPSE CHORUS
+In this town
+
+MAYOR
+Don't we love it now?
+
+MAYOR WITH CORPSE CHORUS
+Everyone's waiting for the next surprise
+
+CORPSE CHORUS
+Skeleton Jack might catch you in the back
+And scream like a banshee
+Make you jump out of your skin
+This is Halloween, everybody scream
+Won't ya please make way for a very special guy
+Our man Jack is king of the pumpkin patch
+Everyone hail to the Pumpkin King now
+
+EVERYONE
+This is Halloween, this is Halloween
+Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
+
+CORPSE CHILD TRIO
+In this town we call home
+Everyone hail to the pumpkin song
+
+EVERYONE
+La la-la la, Halloween! Halloween! (etc.)
+
+EVERYONE
+[applause]
+
+WITCHES
+Cackling
+
+CLOWN
+It's over!
+
+BEHEMOTH
+We did it!
+
+[tummy bump]
+
+WEREWOLF
+Wasn't it terrifying?
+
+HYDE & CYCLOPS
+What a night!
+
+MAYOR
+Great Halloween everybody.
+
+JACK
+I believe it was our most horrible yet!  Thank you everyone.
+
+MAYOR
+No, thanks to  you, Jack.  Without your brilliant leadership - 
+
+JACK
+Not at all Mayor.
+
+VAMPIRE (fat)
+You're such a scream, Jack
+
+WITCH
+You're a witch's fondest dream!
+
+WITCH (little)
+You made walls fall, Jack
+
+WITCH
+Walls fall?  You made the very mountains crack, Jack
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+The deadly nightshade you slipped me wore off, Sally.  
+
+SALLY
+Let go!
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+You're not ready for so much excitement!
+
+SALLY
+Yes I am!
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+You're coming with me!
+
+SALLY
+No I'm not!
+[Sally pulls out the thread that's holding her arm on]
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+Come back here you foolish oaf!  Ow!
+
+CREATURE FROM BLACK LAGOON
+Ooo Jack, you make wounds ooze and flesh crawl.
+
+JACK
+Thank you, thank you, thank you -- very much
+
+MAYOR
+Hold it!  We haven't given out the prizes yet!  Our first award goes to 
+the vampires for most blood drained in a single evening.
+[applause]
+
+MAYOR
+A frightening and honorable mention goes to the fabulous Dark Lagoon leeches
+
+SAX PLAYER
+Nice work, Bone Daddy.
+
+JACK
+Yeah, I guess so.  Just like last year and the year before that and the 
+year before that.
+
+[entering graveyard] 
+
+	Jack's Lament
+	Performed by Danny Elfman
+
+There are few who'd deny, at what I do I am the best
+For my talents are renowned far and wide
+When it comes to surprises in the moonlit night
+
+I excel without ever even trying
+With the slightest little effort of my ghostlike charms
+I have seen grown men give out a shriek
+With the wave of my hand, and a well-placed moan
+I have swept the very bravest off their feet
+
+Yet year after year, it's the same routine
+And I grow so weary of the sound of screams
+And I, Jack, the Pumpkin King
+Have grown so tired of the same old thing
+
+Oh, somewhere deep inside of these bones
+An emptiness began to grow
+There's something out there, far from my home
+A longing that I've never known
+
+I'm the master of fright, and a demon of light
+And I'll scare you right out of your pants
+To a guy in Kentucky, I'm Mister Unlucky
+And I'm known throughout England and France
+
+And since I am dead, I can take off my head
+To recite Shakespearean quotations
+No animal nor man can scream like I can
+With the fury of my recitations
+
+But who here would ever understand
+That the Pumpkin King with the skeleton grin
+Would tire of his crown, if they only understood
+He'd give it all up if he only could
+
+Oh, there's an empty place in my bones
+That calls out for something unknown
+The fame and praise come year after year
+Does nothing for these empty tears
+
+[leaving graveyard and entering forest]
+
+SALLY
+Jack, I know how you feel.  
+
+[Sally gathers herbs]
+
+[back at Dr. Finkelstein's castle]
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+Sally, you've come back.
+
+SALLY
+I had to.
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+For this?
+
+[showing her arm]
+
+SALLY
+Yes.
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+Shall we then.
+That's twice this month you've slipped deadly nightshade into my tea
+ and run off --
+
+SALLY
+Three times!
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+You're mine you know!  I made you with my own hands.
+
+SALLY
+You can make other creations.  I'm restless, I can't help it.
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+It's a phase my dear, it'll pass.  We need to be patient that's all.
+
+SALLY
+But, I don't want to be patient.
+
+[forest]
+
+ZERO
+bark
+
+JACK
+No Zero, not now.  I'm not in the mood.
+
+ZERO
+bark
+
+JACK
+All right.  [giving Zero a rib from himself]  Here ya go boy.
+
+[Zero gets rib and shows off his nose]
+
+[Back to Halloweentown]
+
+MAYOR
+Morning gents [to the band]
+
+[humming This Is Halloween, walks up to Jack's front door and rings bell]
+
+MAYOR
+Jack, you home?
+
+[getting worried, switches face and knocks with desperation then switch 
+back to happy face]
+
+MAYOR
+Jack?  I've got the plans for next Halloween.  I need to go over them 
+with you so we can get started.  
+
+MAYOR (with worried face)
+Jack, please, I'm only an elected an official here, I can't make 
+decisions by myself.  Jack, answer me!!
+
+[falls down steps]
+
+ACCORDION PLAYER
+He's not home.
+
+MAYOR
+Where is he?
+
+SAX PLAYER
+He hasn't been home all night.
+
+MAYOR
+ooooo
+
+[back to forest]
+
+JACK
+(yawning)  Where are we?  It's someplace new.
+
+ZERO
+bark bark
+
+JACK
+What is this?
+
+[Jack sees Valentine's tree, shamrock tree, Easter egg tree, turkey tree]
+
+JACK
+[gasps]
+
+[sees Xmas tree]
+
+[turns knob and gets sucked in]
+
+ZERO
+bark bark
+
+JACK
+Whoa!!!!
+
+	What's This?
+	Performed by Danny Elfman
+
+What's this? What's this?
+There's color everywhere
+What's this?
+There's white things in the air
+What's this?
+I can't believe my eyes
+I must be dreaming
+Wake up, Jack, this isn't fair
+What's this?
+What's this? What's this?
+There's something very wrong
+What's this?
+There's people singing songs
+
+What's this?
+The streets are lined with
+Little creatures laughing
+Everybody seems so happy
+Have I possibly gone daffy?
+What is this? 
+What's this?
+
+There's children throwing snowballs
+instead of throwing heads
+They're busy building toys
+And absolutely no one's dead
+
+There's frost on every window
+Oh, I can't believe my eyes
+And in my bones I feel the warmth
+That's coming from inside
+
+Oh, look
+What's this?
+They're hanging mistletoe, they kiss
+Why that looks so unique, inspired
+They're gathering around to hear a story
+Roasting chestnuts on a fire
+What's this?
+
+What's this?
+In here they've got a little tree, how queer
+And who would ever think
+And why?
+
+They're covering it with tiny little things
+They've got electric lights on strings
+And there's a smile on everyone
+So, now, correct me if I'm wrong
+This looks like fun
+This looks like fun
+Oh, could it be I got my wish?
+What's this?
+
+Oh my, what now?
+The children are asleep
+But look, there's nothing underneath
+No ghouls, no witches here to scream and scare them
+Or ensnare them, only little cozy things
+Secure inside their dreamland
+What's this?
+
+The monsters are all missing
+And the nightmares can't be found
+And in their place there seems to be
+Good feeling all around
+
+Instead of screams, I swear
+I can hear music in the air
+The smell of cakes and pies
+Are absolutely everywhere
+
+The sights, the sounds
+They're everywhere and all around
+I've never felt so good before
+This empty place inside of me is filling up
+I simply cannot get enough
+
+I want it, oh, I want it
+Oh, I want it for my own
+I've got to know
+I've got to know
+What is this place that I have found?
+What is this?
+Christmas Town, hmm...
+
+SANDY CLAWS
+Ho Ho Ho Ho ho ho ho ho
+
+JACK
+hmm..
+
+[Halloweentown]
+
+CLOWN
+This has never happened before.
+
+Witch
+It's suspicious.
+
+Witch (little)
+It's peculiar.
+
+VAMPIRES
+It's scary.
+
+MAYOR
+Stand aside.
+
+WEREWOLF
+grrrr
+
+MAYOR
+Coming through.  We've got find Jack.  There's only 365 days left till 
+next Halloween.
+
+WEREWOLF
+364!
+
+MAYOR
+Is there anywhere we've forgotten to check?
+
+Clown
+I looked in every mausoleum.
+
+WITCHES
+We opened the sarcophagi.
+
+Hyde
+I tromped through the pumpkin patch.
+
+VAMPIRE
+I peeked behind the Cyclops's eye.  I did!  But he wasn't there.
+
+MAYOR
+It's time to sound the alarms.
+
+[DR. FINKELSTEIN's castle]
+
+SALLY
+Frog's breath will overpower any odor.  Bitter.  [coughing]  Worm's 
+wart.  Where's that worm's wart?
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+Sally, that soup ready yet?
+
+SALLY
+Coming....lunch
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+Ah, what's that?  Worm's wart, mmm, and...frog's breath.
+
+SALLY
+What's wrong?  I-I thought you liked frog's breath.
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+Nothing's more suspicious than frog's breath. Until you taste it I won't 
+swallow a spoonful.
+
+SALLY
+I'm not hungry... [knocking spoon]  Oops!
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+You want me to starve.  An old man like me who hardly has strength as it 
+is.  Me, to whom you owe your very life.
+
+SALLY
+Oh don't be silly.  [eats soup with trick spoon]  Mmmm, see.  Scrumptious.
+
+[Dr. Finkelstein eats soup] 
+
+[Halloween]
+
+MAYOR
+Did anyone think to dredge the lake?
+
+VAMPIRE
+Ah, this morning!
+
+ZERO
+barks
+
+Witch
+Hear that?
+
+Witch (little)
+What?
+
+Witch
+Shh!
+
+ZERO
+barks
+
+VAMPIRE
+Zero!
+
+[fanfare as Jack and Zero arrive]
+
+Kid
+Jack's back!
+
+MAYOR
+Where have you been?
+
+JACK
+Call a town meeting and I'll tell everyone all about it.
+
+MAYOR
+When?
+
+JACK
+Immediately!
+
+MAYOR
+[in his mayor truck]
+Town meeting, town meeting, town meeting tonight, town meeting tonight
+
+[at meeting]
+
+Clown
+[giggles as he hits Sally]
+
+JACK
+Listen everyone.  I want to tell you about Christmastown.
+
+	Town Meeting Song
+	Performed by Danny Elfman and Cast
+
+JACK
+There are objects so peculiar
+They were not to be believed
+All around, things to tantalize my brain
+It's a world unlike anything I've ever seen
+And as hard as I try
+I can't seem to describe
+Like a most improbable dream
+But you must believe when I tell you this
+It's as real as my skull and it does exist
+Here, let me show you
+
+This is a thing called a present
+The whole thing starts with a box
+
+DEVIL
+A box?
+is it steel?
+
+WEREWOLF
+Are there locks?
+
+HARLEOUIN DEMON
+Is it filled with a pox?
+
+DEVIL, WEREWOLF, HARLEQUIN DEMON
+A pox
+How delightful, a pox
+
+JACK
+If you please
+Just a box with bright-colored paper
+And the whole thing's topped with a bow
+
+WITCHES
+A bow?
+But why?
+How ugly
+What's in it?
+What's in it?
+
+JACK
+That's the point of the thing, not to know
+
+CLOWN
+It's a bat
+Will it bend?
+
+CREATURE UNDER THE STAIRS
+It's a rat
+Will it break?
+
+UNDERSEA GAL
+Perhaps it s the head that I found in the lake
+
+JACK
+Listen now, you don't understand
+That's not the point of Christmas land
+
+Now, pay attention
+We pick up an oversized sock
+And hang it like this on the wall
+
+MR. HYDE
+Oh, yes! Does it still have a foot?
+
+MEDIUM MR. HYDE
+Let me see, let me look
+
+SMALL MR. HYDE
+Is it rotted and covered with gook?
+
+JACK
+Um, let me explain
+There's no foot inside, but there's candy
+Or sometimes it's filled with small toys
+
+MUMMY AND WINGED DEMON
+Small toys
+
+WINGED DEMON
+Do they bite?
+
+MUMMY
+Do they snap?
+
+WINGED DEMON
+Or explode in a sack?
+
+CORPSE KID
+Or perhaps they just spring out
+And scare girls and boys
+
+MAYOR
+What a splendid idea
+This Christmas sounds fun
+I fully endorse it
+Let's try it at once
+
+JACK
+Everyone, please now, not so fast
+There's something here that you don't quite grasp
+Well, I may as well give them what they want
+And the best, I must confess, I have saved for the last
+For the ruler of this Christmas land
+Is a fearsome king with a deep mighty voice
+Least that's what I've come to understand
+
+And I've also heard it told
+That he's something to behold
+Like a lobster, huge and red
+When he sets out to slay with his rain gear on
+Carting bulging sacks with his big great arms
+That is, so I've heard it said
+
+And on a dark, cold night
+Under full moonlight
+He flies into a fog
+Like a vulture in the sky
+And they call him Sandy Claws
+
+Well, at least they're excited
+But they don't understand
+That special kind of feeling in Christmas land
+Oh, well...
+
+[Jack's house]
+
+JACK
+There's got to be a logical way to explain this Xmas thing.
+
+[Dr. Finkelstein's castle]
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+You've poisoned me for the last time you wretched girl.
+
+[locks Sally away]
+
+[dingdong]
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+Oh my head...the door is open.
+
+JACK
+Hel-lo
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+Jack Skellington, up here my boy.
+
+JACK
+Dr. I need to borrow some equipment.
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+Is that so, whatever for?
+
+JACK
+I'm conducting a series of experiments.
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+How perfectly marvelous.  Curiosity killed the cat, you know.
+
+JACK
+I know.
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+Come on into the lab and we'll get you all fixed up.
+
+SALLY
+Hmm.  Experiments?
+
+[Jack's house]
+
+JACK
+Zero, I'm home.
+
+[Jack examines & experiments with Xmas stuff]
+
+JACK
+Interesting reaction....but what does it mean?
+
+[Sally's room]
+
+[after Sally jumps to give Jack his basket...]
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+You can come out now if you promise to behave.  Sally.  Sally.  Oooh!  Gone 
+again!
+
+[Jack's house]
+
+[Sally gives Jack his basket and sneaks off and picks a flower which 
+catches on fire]
+
+	Jack's Obsession
+	Performed by Danny Elfman and Cast
+
+CITIZENS OF HALLOWEEN
+Something's up with Jack
+Something's up with Jack
+Don't know if we're ever going to get him back
+
+He's all alone up there
+Locked away inside
+Never says a word
+Hope he hasn't died
+Something's up with Jack
+Something's up with Jack
+
+JACK
+Christmas time is buzzing in my skull
+Will it let me be? I cannot tell
+There's so many things I cannot grasp
+When I think I've got it, and then at last
+Through my bony fingers it does slip
+Like a snowflake in a fiery grip
+
+Something here I'm not quite getting
+Though I try, I keep forgetting
+Like a memory long since past
+Here in an instant, gone in a flash
+What does it mean?
+What does it mean?
+
+In these little bric-a-brac
+A secret's waiting to be cracked
+These dolls and toys confuse me so
+Confound it all, I love it though
+
+Simple objects, nothing more
+But something's hidden through a door
+Though I do not have the key
+Something's there I cannot see
+What does it mean?
+What does it mean?
+What does it mean?
+Hmm...
+
+I've read these Christmas books so many times
+I know the stories and I know the rhymes
+I know the Christmas carols all by heart
+My skull's so full, it's tearing me apart
+As often as I've read them, something's wrong
+So hard to put my bony finger on
+
+Or perhaps it's really not as deep
+As I've been led to think
+Am I trying much too hard?
+Of course! I've been too close to see
+The answer's right in front of me
+Right in front of me
+
+It's simple really, very clear
+Like music drifting in the air
+Invisible, but everywhere
+Just because I cannot see it
+Doesn't mean I can't believe it
+ 
+You know, I think this Christmas thing
+It's not as tricky as it seems
+And why should they have all the fun?
+It should belong to anyone
+
+Not anyone, in fact, but me
+Why, I could make a Christmas tree
+And there's no reason I can find
+I couldn't handle Christmas time
+
+I bet I could improve it too
+And that's exactly what I'll do
+Hee,hee,hee
+
+JACK
+Eureka!!  This year, Christmas will be ours!
+
+MAYOR
+Patience, everyone.  Jack has a special Job for each of us.  Dr. 
+Finkelstein, your Xmas assignment is ready.  Dr. Finkelstein to the front 
+of the line.
+
+VAMPIRE
+What kind of a noise is that for a baby to make?
+
+JACK
+Perhaps it can be improved?
+
+VAMPIRES
+No problem!
+
+JACK
+I knew it!  Dr. thank you for coming.  We need some of these.
+[showing picture of Santa and sleigh]
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+Hmm.. their construction should be exceedingly simple.  I think.
+
+MAYOR
+How horrible our Xmas will be.
+
+JACK
+No--how jolly.
+
+MAYOR
+[switches face]
+Oh, how jolly our Xmas will be.  [gets pelted]  What are you doing here?
+
+LOCK
+Jack sent for us.
+
+SHOCK
+Specifically.
+
+BARREL
+By name.
+
+LOCK
+Lock
+ 
+SHOCK
+Shock
+
+BARREL
+Barrel
+
+MAYOR
+Jack, Jack it's Oogie's boys!
+
+JACK
+Ah, Halloween's finest trick or treaters.  The job I have for you is top 
+secret.  It requires craft, cunning, mischief.
+
+SHOCK
+And we thought you didn't like us, Jack.
+[giggles]
+
+JACK
+Absolutely no one is to know about it.  Not a soul.  Now--
+[whispers to LS&B] 
+And one more thing -- leave that no account Ooogie Boogie out of this!
+
+BARREL
+Whatever you say, Jack.
+
+SHOCK
+Of course Jack.
+
+LOCK
+Wouldn't dream of it Jack.
+
+[all said with their fingers crossed]
+
+	Kidnap the Sandy Claws
+	Performed by Paul Reubens, Catherine O'Hara, and Danny Elfman
+
+LOCK, SHOCK, AND BARREL
+Kidnap Mr. Sandy Claws
+
+LOCK
+I wanna do it
+
+BARREL
+Let's draw straws
+
+SHOCK
+Jack said we should work together
+Three of a kind
+
+LOCK, SHOCK, AND BARREL
+Birds of a feather
+Now and forever
+Wheeee
+La, la, la, la, la
+
+Kidnap the Sandy Claws, lock him up real tight
+Throw away the key and then
+Turn off all the lights
+
+SHOCK
+First, we're going to set some bait
+Inside a nasty trap and wait
+When he comes a-sniffing we will
+Snap the trap and close the gate
+
+LOCK
+Wait! I've got a better plan
+To catch this big red lobster man
+Let's pop him in a boiling pot
+And when he's done we'll butter him up
+
+LOCK, SHOCK, AND BARREL
+Kidnap the Sandy Claws
+Throw him in a box
+Bury him for ninety years
+Then see if he talks
+
+SHOCK
+Then Mr. Oogie Boogie Man
+Can take the whole thing over then
+He'll be so pleased, I do declare
+That he will cook him rare
+
+LOCK,SHOCK, AND BARREL
+Wheeee
+
+LOCK
+I say that we take a cannon
+Aim it at his door
+And then knock three times
+And when he answers
+Sandy Claws will be no more
+
+SHOCK
+You're so stupid, think now
+lf we blow him up to smithereens
+We may lose some pieces
+And then Jack will beat us black and green
+
+LOCK,SHOCK, AND BARREL
+Kidnap the Sandy Claws
+Tie him in a bag
+Throw him in the ocean
+Then, see if he is sad
+
+LOCK AND SHOCK
+Because Mr. Oogie Boogie is the meanest guy around
+If I were on his Boogie list, I'd get out of town
+
+BARREL
+He'll be so pleased by our success
+That he'll reward us too, I'll bet
+
+LOCK, SHOCK, AND BARREL
+Perhaps he'll make his special brew
+Of snake and spider stew
+Ummm!
+
+We're his little henchmen and
+We take our job with pride
+We do our best to please him
+And stay on his good side
+
+SHOCK
+I wish my cohorts weren't so dumb
+
+BARREL
+I'm not the dumb one
+
+LOCK
+You're no fun
+
+SHOCK
+Shut up
+
+LOCK
+Make me
+
+SHOCK
+I've got something, listen now
+This one is real good, you'll see
+We'll send a present to his door
+Upon there'll be a note to read
+Now, in the box we'll wait and hide
+Until his curiosity entices him to look inside
+
+BARREL
+And then we'll have him
+One, two, three
+
+LOCK, SHOCK, AND BARREL
+Kidnap the Sandy Claws, beat him with a stick
+Lock him up for ninety years, see what makes him tick
+Kidnap the Sandy Claws, chop him into bits
+Mr. Oogie Boogie is sure to get his kicks
+Kidnap the Sandy Claws, see what we will see
+Lock him in a cage and then, throw away the key
+
+OOGIE BOOGIE
+Sandy Claws..hahaha
+
+[city hall]
+
+JACK
+It goes something like this.  [Jingle bells]
+How about it?  Think you can manage?
+
+PERSON INSIDE BASS
+a one, and a two, and a three, and a. . . 
+
+[Jingle in a flat key by the band]
+
+MAYOR
+Next!
+
+JACK
+Fantastic!  Now why don't you all practice on that and we'll be in great 
+shape.  Sally, I need your help more than anyone's.  
+
+SALLY
+You certainly do, Jack.  I had the most terrible vision.
+
+JACK
+That's splendid.
+
+SALLY
+No, it was about your Xmas.  There was smoke and fire.
+
+JACK
+That not my Xmas.  My Xmas is filled with laughter and joy and this--my 
+Sandy Claws outfit.  I want you to make it.
+
+SALLY
+Jack, please, listen to me--it's going to be a disaster.
+
+JACK
+How could it be--just follow the pattern.  This part is red, the trim is 
+white.
+
+SALLY
+It's a mistake, Jack.
+
+JACK
+Now don't be modest, who else is clever enough to make my Sandy claws outfit.
+
+MAYOR
+Next!
+
+JACK
+I have every confidence in you.
+
+SALLY
+But it seems wrong to me, very wrong.
+
+[to Behemoth]
+
+JACK
+This device is called a nutcracker.
+
+LOCK, SHOCK & BARREL
+Jack, Jack we caught him we caught him.
+
+JACK
+Perfect!  Open it up.  Quickly!
+
+[opens to reveal the Easter bunny]
+
+JACK
+That's not Sandy Claws!
+
+SHOCK
+It isn't?
+
+BARREL
+Who is it?
+
+BEHEMOTH
+Bunny!
+
+JACK
+Not Sandy Claws...take him back!
+
+LOCK
+We followed your instructions--
+
+BARREL
+we went through the door--
+
+JACK
+Which door?  There's more than one.  Sandy Claws is behind the door 
+shaped like this.  
+
+[shows Xmas cookie in shape of tree]
+
+SHOCK
+I told you!
+
+[LS&B start fighting]
+
+JACK
+Arr!!  [making scary face at LS&B]
+
+JACK
+I'm very sorry for the inconvenience, sir.  Take him home first  and 
+apologize again.  Be careful with Sandy Claws when you fetch him.  Treat 
+him nicely.
+
+LOCK, SHOCK & BARREL
+Got it.  We'll get it right next time.
+
+[Dr. Finkelstein's castle]
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+You will be a decided improvement over that treacherous Sally.
+
+IGOR
+Master, the plans.
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+Excellent, Igor.
+
+[throws him a dog bone]
+
+	Making Christmas
+	Performed by Danny Elfman and the Citizens of Halloween
+
+
+CLOWN
+This time, this time
+
+GROUP
+Making Christmas
+
+ACCORDION PLAYER
+Making Christmas
+
+MAYOR
+Making Christmas, making Christmas
+Is so fine
+
+GROUP
+It's ours this time
+And won't the children be surprised
+It's ours this time
+
+CHILD CORPSE
+Making Christmas
+
+MUMMY
+Making Christmas
+
+MUMMY AND CORPSE CHILD
+Making Christmas
+
+WITCHES
+Time to give them something fun
+
+WITCHES AND CREATURE LADY
+They'll talk about for years to come
+
+GROUP
+Let's have a cheer from everyone
+It's time to party
+
+DUCK TOY
+Making Christmas, making Christmas
+
+VAMPIRES
+Snakes and mice get wrapped up so nice
+With spider legs and pretty bows
+
+VAMPIRES AND WINGED DEMON
+It's ours this time
+
+CORPSE FATHER
+All together, that and this
+
+CORPSE FATHER, WOLF MAN
+With all our tricks we're
+
+CORPSE FATHER, WOLF MAN, DEVIL
+Making Christmastime
+
+WOLF MAN
+Here comes Jack
+
+JACK
+I don't believe what's happening to me
+My hopes, my dreams, my fantasies
+Hee, hee, hee, hee
+
+HARLEQUIN
+Won't they be impressed, I am a genius
+See how I transformed this old rat
+Into a most delightful hat
+
+JACK
+Hmm, my compliments from me to you
+On this your most intriguing hat
+Consider though this substitute
+A bat in place of this old rat
+Huh! No, no, no, now that's all wrong
+This thing will never make a present
+It's been dead now for much too long
+Try something fresher, something pleasant
+Try again, don't give up
+
+THREE MR. HYDES
+All together, that and this
+With all our tricks we're making Christmastime
+
+(Instrumental)
+
+GROUP
+This time, this time
+
+JACK
+It's ours!
+
+GROUP
+Making Christmas, making Christmas
+La, la, la
+It's almost here
+
+GROUP AND WOLF MAN
+And we can't wait
+
+GROUP AND HARLEOUIN
+So ring the bells and celebrate
+
+GROUP
+'Cause when the full moon starts to climb
+We'll all sing out
+
+JACK
+It's Christmastime
+Hee, hee, hee
+
+[Christmastown]
+
+SANDY CLAWS
+Kathleen, Bobby, Susie, yes, Susie's been nice.  Nice, nice, naughty, 
+nice, nice, nice.  There are hardly any naughty children this year.
+
+[door chime:  jingle all the way]
+
+SANDY CLAWS
+Now who could that be?
+
+LOCK, SHOCK & BARREL
+Trick or treat!
+
+SANDY CLAWS
+Huh?
+
+[back to Halloweentown]
+
+[to Jack in Sandy garb]
+
+SALLY
+You don't look like yourself Jack, not at all.
+
+JACK
+Isn't that wonderful.  It couldn't be more wonderful!
+
+SALLY
+But you're the Pumpkin King.
+
+JACK
+Not anymore.  And I feel so much better now.
+
+SALLY
+Jack, I know you think something's missing.  But --
+
+[pricks Jack's finger with needle]
+
+JACK
+
+SALLY
+Sorry
+
+JACK
+You're right, something is missing but what?  I've got the beard, the 
+coat, the boots --
+
+LOCK, SHOCK & BARREL
+Jack, Jack  this time we bagged him!
+
+LOCK
+This time we really did!
+ 
+BARREL
+He sure is big Jack!
+
+SHOCK
+And heavy!
+
+SANDY CLAWS
+Let me out!
+
+JACK
+Sandy Claws in person.  What a pleasure to meet you.  Why you have 
+hands!  You don't have claws at all.
+
+SANDY CLAWS
+Where am I?
+
+JACK
+Surprised aren't you?  I knew you would be.  You don't need to have 
+another worry about Xmas this year.  
+
+SANDY CLAWS
+What?
+
+JACK
+Consider this a vacation Sandy,  a reward.  It's your turn to take it easy.
+
+SANDY CLAWS
+But there must be some mistake!
+
+JACK
+See that he's comfortable.  Just a second fellows.  Of course, that's 
+what I'm missing.  
+
+SANDY CLAWS
+But --
+
+JACK
+Thanks!  [took Sandy's hat]
+
+SANDY CLAWS
+You just can't...  Hold on where are we going now?
+
+JACK
+ho ho ho
+
+SALLY
+This is worse than I thought, much worse.  I know...
+
+SANDY CLAWS
+Me?  On vacation on Xmas eve?
+
+BARREL
+Where are we taking him?
+
+SALLY
+Where?
+
+LOCK
+To Oogie boogie, of course.  There isn't anywhere in the whole world more 
+comfortable than that and Jack said to make him comfortable.  Didn't he?
+
+SHOCK & BARREL
+Yes he did.
+
+SANDY CLAWS
+Haven't you heard of peace on earth and good will toward men?
+
+LOCK, SHOCK & BARREL
+No!
+
+[Dr. Finkelstein's castle]
+
+[getting fog juice] 
+
+SALLY
+This'll stop Jack.
+
+[working on new creation to replace Sally]
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+What a joy to think of all we'll have in common.  We'll have 
+conversations worth having.
+
+[Oogie's]
+
+LOCK, SHOCK & BARREL
+[laughing]
+
+SANDY CLAWS
+Don't do this.  Naughty children never get any presents.
+
+SHOCK
+I think he might be too big.
+
+LOCK
+No he's not.  If he can go down a chimney, he can fit down here!
+
+[in Oogie's lair]
+
+	Oogie Boogie's Song
+	Performed by Ken Page with Ed lvory
+
+OOGIE BOOGIE
+Well, well, well, what have we here?
+Sandy Claws, huh?
+Oh, I'm really scared
+So you're the one everybody's talkin' about, ha, ha
+
+You're jokin', you're jokin'
+I can't believe my eyes
+You're jokin' me, you gotta be
+This can't be the right guy
+He's ancient, he's ugly
+I don't know which is worse
+I might just split a seam now
+If I don't die laughing first
+
+Mr. Oogie Boogie says
+There's trouble close at hand
+You'd better pay attention now
+'Cause I'm the Boogie Man
+And if you aren't shakin'
+There's something very wrong
+'Cause this may be the last time
+You hear the boogie song, ohhh
+
+THREE SKELETONS
+Ohhh
+
+OOGIE BOOGIE
+Ohhh
+
+TWO SKELETONS IN VICE
+Ohhh
+
+OOGIE BOOGIE
+Ohhh
+
+THREE BATS
+Ohhh, he's the Oogie Boogie Man
+
+SANTA
+Release me now
+Or you must face the dire consequences
+The children are expecting me
+So please, come to your senses
+
+OOGIE BOOGIE
+You're jokin', you're jokin'
+I can't believe my ears
+Would someone shut this fella up
+I'm drownin' in my tears
+It's funny, I'm laughing
+You really are too much
+And now, with your permission
+I'm going to do my stuff
+
+SANTA
+What are you going to do?
+
+OOGIE BOOGIE
+I'm gonna do the best I can
+
+Oh, the sound of rollin' dice
+To me is music in the air
+'Cause I'm a gamblin' Boogie Man
+Although I don't play fair
+
+It's much more fun, I must confess
+With lives on the line
+Not mine, of course, but yours, old boy
+Now that'd be just fine
+
+SANTA
+Release me fast or you will have to
+Answer for this heinous act
+
+OOGIE BOOGIE
+Oh, brother, you're something
+You put me in a spin
+You aren't comprehending
+The position that you're in
+It's hopeless, you're finished
+You haven't got a prayer
+'Cause I'm Mr. Oogie Boogie
+And you ain't going nowhere
+
+[LS&B laughing]
+
+[back to Halloweentown]
+
+[Sally pouring fog juice into fountain]
+
+[Jack appears from coffin and there's applause]
+
+MAYOR
+Think of us as you soar triumphantly through the sky outshining every 
+star.  Your silhouette a dark blot on the moon, you who are our pride, 
+you who are our glory, you who have frightened billions into an early grave.  
+
+[the fog starts to get worse]
+
+MAYOR
+You who have eh, devastated the souls of the living...
+
+JACK
+Oh no!  We can't take off in this!  The reindeer can't see an inch in 
+front of their noses.
+
+SALLY
+Whew!
+
+VAMPIRE
+This fog's as thick as, as...
+
+CYCLOPS
+Jelly brains
+
+VAMPIRE
+Thicker!
+
+JACK
+There go all of my hope, my precious plans, my glorious dreams.
+
+Kid
+[crying]  There goes Xmas.
+
+ZERO
+barks
+
+JACK
+No Zero, down boy.  My what a brilliant nose you have.  The better to 
+light my way!  To the head of the team, Zero!  We're off!
+
+SALLY
+Wait Jack, no!
+
+[Jack is off!]
+
+[cheers]
+
+JACK
+ho ho ha ha ha 
+
+SALLY
+Good bye Jack, my dearest Jack.  Oh how I hope my premonition is wrong.
+
+	Sally's Song
+	Performed by Catherine O'Hara
+
+I sense there's something in the wind
+That feels like tragedy's at hand
+And though I'd like to stand by him
+Can't shake this feeling that I have
+The worst is just around the bend
+
+And does he notice my feelings for him?
+And will he see how much he means to me?
+I think it's not to be
+
+What will become of my dear friend?
+Where will his actions lead us then?
+Although I'd like to join the crowd
+In their enthusiastic cloud
+Try as I may, it doesn't last
+
+And will we ever end up together?
+No, I think not, it's never to become
+For I am not the one
+
+[Jack playing Sandy]
+
+JACK
+ho ho ho ho ho ho he he he 
+
+[lands loudly & wakes up little kid]
+
+A little kid
+Santa!
+[sees Jack]
+[gasps]  Santa?
+
+JACK
+Merry Xmas!  And what is your name?
+
+Kid
+uh uh
+
+JACK
+That's all right.  I have a special present for you anyway.
+There you go sonny.  Hohohohehehe 
+
+[goes back up chimney]
+
+Mother
+And what did Santa bring you honey?
+
+[pulls out shrunken head]
+
+[mother and father scream]
+
+JACK
+Merry Xmas!
+
+Cop
+[ON PHONE]
+Hello, police.
+[frantic peanuts-type talk]
+Attacked by Xmas toys?  That's strange.  That's the second toy complaint 
+we've had.
+
+JACK
+hohohohehehe
+
+[killer wreath, snake, vampire toy, killer duck]
+
+[screams]
+
+[Jack puts toys down chimneys]
+
+[screams]
+
+[Jack in the box chases fat kid]
+
+JACK
+You're welcome one and all!
+
+Cop
+[on phone]
+Where'd you spot him?
+---Fast as we can, ma'am
+---Police
+---I know, I know a skeleton
+---Keep calm
+---Turn off all the lights
+---Make sure the doors are Locked
+---Hello, police
+
+Newscaster
+Reports are pouring in from all over the globe
+that an impostor is shamelessly impersonating Santa Claus,
+mocking and mangling this joyous holiday.
+
+Halloween residents
+[cheers]
+
+Newscaster
+Police assure us that this moment, military units are mobilizing to stop 
+the perpetrator of this heinous crime.
+
+SALLY
+[over the Newscaster]
+Jack, someone has to help Jack.  Where'd they take that Sandy Claws?
+
+Newscaster
+--Come back and save Xmas
+
+JACK
+Look Zero, search lights!  
+
+[firing at Jack]
+
+JACK
+They're celebrating!  They're thanking us for doing such a good job.
+
+[almost hits Zero]
+
+JACK
+Whoa, careful down there, you almost hit us.  
+
+ZERO
+bark
+
+JACK
+It's ok, Zero.  Head higher!
+
+[Oogie lair]
+
+OOGIE BOOGIE
+Are you a gamblin man, Sandy?  Let's play.   
+
+[sees sally's leg]
+
+OOGIE BOOGIE
+Mmmm.. my, my....what have we here?
+
+[Sally's hands start to rescue Sandy]
+
+SALLY
+[whispering]  I'll get you out of here.
+
+OOGIE BOOGIE
+Ah, lovely.  Tickle, tickle, tickle.  Tickle, tickle, tickle.
+
+[Sally's hands untie Sandy]
+
+[Oogie realizes that there's no body to the leg]
+
+OOGIE BOOGIE
+What?!?  You trying to make a dupe out of me?
+
+[Oogie sucks Sandy and Sally back in]
+
+[back to Jack]
+
+JACK
+Who's next on my list.  Ah, little Harry and Jordan.  Won't they be 
+surprised.
+
+[sleigh gets hit]
+
+JACK
+They're trying to hit us!  ZERO!
+
+ZERO
+Bark
+
+[sleigh gets hit]
+
+[as Jack's falling]
+
+JACK
+Merry Xmas to all and to all a good night...
+
+[Halloween]
+
+WEREWOLF
+howl!
+
+MAYOR (with white face)
+I knew this Xmas thing was a bad idea.  I felt it in my gut.  Terrible 
+news folks.  The worst tragedy of our times.  Jack has been blown to 
+smithereens.  Terrible, terrible news.
+
+[back to ""no"
+29,Nightmare Before Christmas The,Caroline Thompson,"Animation,Comedy,Fantasy,Horror,Musical",August_1991,"NARRATOR
+'Twas a long time ago, longer now than it seems, in a place 
+that perhaps you've seen in your dreams.  For the story that you are 
+about to be told, took place in the holiday worlds of old.  Now, you've 
+probably wondered where holidays come from.  If you haven't, I'd say it's 
+time you begun.
+
+	This Is Halloween
+
+SHADOW
+Boys and girls of every age
+Wouldn't you like to see something strange?
+
+SIAMESE SHADOW
+Come with us and you will see
+This, our town of Halloween
+
+PUMPKIN PATCH CHORUS
+This is Halloween, this is Halloween
+Pumpkins scream in the dead of night
+
+GHOSTS
+This is Halloween, everybody make a scene
+Trick or treat till the neighbors gonna die of fright
+It's our town, everybody scream
+In this town of Halloween
+
+CREATURE UNDER BED
+I am the one hiding under your bed
+Teeth ground sharp and eyes glowing red
+
+MAN UNDER THE STAIRS
+I am the one hiding under your stairs
+Fingers like snakes and spiders in my hair
+
+CORPSE CHORUS
+This is Halloween, this is Halloween
+Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
+
+VAMPIRES
+In this town we call home
+Everyone hail to the pumpkin song
+
+MAYOR
+In this town, don't we love it now?
+Everybody's waiting for the next surprise
+
+CORPSE CHORUS
+Round that corner, man hiding in the trash can
+Something's waiting now to pounce, and how you'll scream
+
+HARLEQUIN DEMON, WEREWOLF, AND MELTING MAN
+Scream! This is Halloween
+Red 'n' black, slimy green
+
+WEREWOLF
+Aren't you scared?
+
+WITCHES
+Well, that's just fine
+Say it once, say it twice
+Take the chance and roll the dice
+Ride with the moon in the dead of night
+
+HANGING TREE
+Everybody scream, everybody scream
+
+HANGED MEN
+In our town of Halloween
+
+CLOWN
+I am the clown with the tear-away face
+Here in a flash and gone without a trace
+
+SECOND GHOUL
+I am the ""who"" when you call, ""Who's there?""
+I am the wind blowing through your hair
+
+OOGIE BOOGIE SHADOW
+I am the shadow on the moon at night
+Filling your dreams to the brim with fright
+
+CORPSE CHORUS
+This is Halloween, this is Halloween
+Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
+Halloween! Halloween!
+
+CHILD CORPSE TRIO
+Tender lumplings everywhere
+Life's no fun without a good scare
+
+PARENT CORPSES
+That's our job, but we're not mean
+In our town of Halloween
+
+CORPSE CHORUS
+In this town
+
+MAYOR
+Don't we love it now?
+
+MAYOR WITH CORPSE CHORUS
+Everyone's waiting for the next surprise
+
+CORPSE CHORUS
+Skeleton Jack might catch you in the back
+And scream like a banshee
+Make you jump out of your skin
+This is Halloween, everybody scream
+Won't ya please make way for a very special guy
+Our man Jack is king of the pumpkin patch
+Everyone hail to the Pumpkin King now
+
+EVERYONE
+This is Halloween, this is Halloween
+Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
+
+CORPSE CHILD TRIO
+In this town we call home
+Everyone hail to the pumpkin song
+
+EVERYONE
+La la-la la, Halloween! Halloween! (etc.)
+
+EVERYONE
+[applause]
+
+WITCHES
+Cackling
+
+CLOWN
+It's over!
+
+BEHEMOTH
+We did it!
+
+[tummy bump]
+
+WEREWOLF
+Wasn't it terrifying?
+
+HYDE & CYCLOPS
+What a night!
+
+MAYOR
+Great Halloween everybody.
+
+JACK
+I believe it was our most horrible yet!  Thank you everyone.
+
+MAYOR
+No, thanks to  you, Jack.  Without your brilliant leadership - 
+
+JACK
+Not at all Mayor.
+
+VAMPIRE (fat)
+You're such a scream, Jack
+
+WITCH
+You're a witch's fondest dream!
+
+WITCH (little)
+You made walls fall, Jack
+
+WITCH
+Walls fall?  You made the very mountains crack, Jack
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+The deadly nightshade you slipped me wore off, Sally.  
+
+SALLY
+Let go!
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+You're not ready for so much excitement!
+
+SALLY
+Yes I am!
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+You're coming with me!
+
+SALLY
+No I'm not!
+[Sally pulls out the thread that's holding her arm on]
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+Come back here you foolish oaf!  Ow!
+
+CREATURE FROM BLACK LAGOON
+Ooo Jack, you make wounds ooze and flesh crawl.
+
+JACK
+Thank you, thank you, thank you -- very much
+
+MAYOR
+Hold it!  We haven't given out the prizes yet!  Our first award goes to 
+the vampires for most blood drained in a single evening.
+[applause]
+
+MAYOR
+A frightening and honorable mention goes to the fabulous Dark Lagoon leeches
+
+SAX PLAYER
+Nice work, Bone Daddy.
+
+JACK
+Yeah, I guess so.  Just like last year and the year before that and the 
+year before that.
+
+[entering graveyard] 
+
+	Jack's Lament
+	Performed by Danny Elfman
+
+There are few who'd deny, at what I do I am the best
+For my talents are renowned far and wide
+When it comes to surprises in the moonlit night
+
+I excel without ever even trying
+With the slightest little effort of my ghostlike charms
+I have seen grown men give out a shriek
+With the wave of my hand, and a well-placed moan
+I have swept the very bravest off their feet
+
+Yet year after year, it's the same routine
+And I grow so weary of the sound of screams
+And I, Jack, the Pumpkin King
+Have grown so tired of the same old thing
+
+Oh, somewhere deep inside of these bones
+An emptiness began to grow
+There's something out there, far from my home
+A longing that I've never known
+
+I'm the master of fright, and a demon of light
+And I'll scare you right out of your pants
+To a guy in Kentucky, I'm Mister Unlucky
+And I'm known throughout England and France
+
+And since I am dead, I can take off my head
+To recite Shakespearean quotations
+No animal nor man can scream like I can
+With the fury of my recitations
+
+But who here would ever understand
+That the Pumpkin King with the skeleton grin
+Would tire of his crown, if they only understood
+He'd give it all up if he only could
+
+Oh, there's an empty place in my bones
+That calls out for something unknown
+The fame and praise come year after year
+Does nothing for these empty tears
+
+[leaving graveyard and entering forest]
+
+SALLY
+Jack, I know how you feel.  
+
+[Sally gathers herbs]
+
+[back at Dr. Finkelstein's castle]
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+Sally, you've come back.
+
+SALLY
+I had to.
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+For this?
+
+[showing her arm]
+
+SALLY
+Yes.
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+Shall we then.
+That's twice this month you've slipped deadly nightshade into my tea
+ and run off --
+
+SALLY
+Three times!
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+You're mine you know!  I made you with my own hands.
+
+SALLY
+You can make other creations.  I'm restless, I can't help it.
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+It's a phase my dear, it'll pass.  We need to be patient that's all.
+
+SALLY
+But, I don't want to be patient.
+
+[forest]
+
+ZERO
+bark
+
+JACK
+No Zero, not now.  I'm not in the mood.
+
+ZERO
+bark
+
+JACK
+All right.  [giving Zero a rib from himself]  Here ya go boy.
+
+[Zero gets rib and shows off his nose]
+
+[Back to Halloweentown]
+
+MAYOR
+Morning gents [to the band]
+
+[humming This Is Halloween, walks up to Jack's front door and rings bell]
+
+MAYOR
+Jack, you home?
+
+[getting worried, switches face and knocks with desperation then switch 
+back to happy face]
+
+MAYOR
+Jack?  I've got the plans for next Halloween.  I need to go over them 
+with you so we can get started.  
+
+MAYOR (with worried face)
+Jack, please, I'm only an elected an official here, I can't make 
+decisions by myself.  Jack, answer me!!
+
+[falls down steps]
+
+ACCORDION PLAYER
+He's not home.
+
+MAYOR
+Where is he?
+
+SAX PLAYER
+He hasn't been home all night.
+
+MAYOR
+ooooo
+
+[back to forest]
+
+JACK
+(yawning)  Where are we?  It's someplace new.
+
+ZERO
+bark bark
+
+JACK
+What is this?
+
+[Jack sees Valentine's tree, shamrock tree, Easter egg tree, turkey tree]
+
+JACK
+[gasps]
+
+[sees Xmas tree]
+
+[turns knob and gets sucked in]
+
+ZERO
+bark bark
+
+JACK
+Whoa!!!!
+
+	What's This?
+	Performed by Danny Elfman
+
+What's this? What's this?
+There's color everywhere
+What's this?
+There's white things in the air
+What's this?
+I can't believe my eyes
+I must be dreaming
+Wake up, Jack, this isn't fair
+What's this?
+What's this? What's this?
+There's something very wrong
+What's this?
+There's people singing songs
+
+What's this?
+The streets are lined with
+Little creatures laughing
+Everybody seems so happy
+Have I possibly gone daffy?
+What is this? 
+What's this?
+
+There's children throwing snowballs
+instead of throwing heads
+They're busy building toys
+And absolutely no one's dead
+
+There's frost on every window
+Oh, I can't believe my eyes
+And in my bones I feel the warmth
+That's coming from inside
+
+Oh, look
+What's this?
+They're hanging mistletoe, they kiss
+Why that looks so unique, inspired
+They're gathering around to hear a story
+Roasting chestnuts on a fire
+What's this?
+
+What's this?
+In here they've got a little tree, how queer
+And who would ever think
+And why?
+
+They're covering it with tiny little things
+They've got electric lights on strings
+And there's a smile on everyone
+So, now, correct me if I'm wrong
+This looks like fun
+This looks like fun
+Oh, could it be I got my wish?
+What's this?
+
+Oh my, what now?
+The children are asleep
+But look, there's nothing underneath
+No ghouls, no witches here to scream and scare them
+Or ensnare them, only little cozy things
+Secure inside their dreamland
+What's this?
+
+The monsters are all missing
+And the nightmares can't be found
+And in their place there seems to be
+Good feeling all around
+
+Instead of screams, I swear
+I can hear music in the air
+The smell of cakes and pies
+Are absolutely everywhere
+
+The sights, the sounds
+They're everywhere and all around
+I've never felt so good before
+This empty place inside of me is filling up
+I simply cannot get enough
+
+I want it, oh, I want it
+Oh, I want it for my own
+I've got to know
+I've got to know
+What is this place that I have found?
+What is this?
+Christmas Town, hmm...
+
+SANDY CLAWS
+Ho Ho Ho Ho ho ho ho ho
+
+JACK
+hmm..
+
+[Halloweentown]
+
+CLOWN
+This has never happened before.
+
+Witch
+It's suspicious.
+
+Witch (little)
+It's peculiar.
+
+VAMPIRES
+It's scary.
+
+MAYOR
+Stand aside.
+
+WEREWOLF
+grrrr
+
+MAYOR
+Coming through.  We've got find Jack.  There's only 365 days left till 
+next Halloween.
+
+WEREWOLF
+364!
+
+MAYOR
+Is there anywhere we've forgotten to check?
+
+Clown
+I looked in every mausoleum.
+
+WITCHES
+We opened the sarcophagi.
+
+Hyde
+I tromped through the pumpkin patch.
+
+VAMPIRE
+I peeked behind the Cyclops's eye.  I did!  But he wasn't there.
+
+MAYOR
+It's time to sound the alarms.
+
+[DR. FINKELSTEIN's castle]
+
+SALLY
+Frog's breath will overpower any odor.  Bitter.  [coughing]  Worm's 
+wart.  Where's that worm's wart?
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+Sally, that soup ready yet?
+
+SALLY
+Coming....lunch
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+Ah, what's that?  Worm's wart, mmm, and...frog's breath.
+
+SALLY
+What's wrong?  I-I thought you liked frog's breath.
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+Nothing's more suspicious than frog's breath. Until you taste it I won't 
+swallow a spoonful.
+
+SALLY
+I'm not hungry... [knocking spoon]  Oops!
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+You want me to starve.  An old man like me who hardly has strength as it 
+is.  Me, to whom you owe your very life.
+
+SALLY
+Oh don't be silly.  [eats soup with trick spoon]  Mmmm, see.  Scrumptious.
+
+[Dr. Finkelstein eats soup] 
+
+[Halloween]
+
+MAYOR
+Did anyone think to dredge the lake?
+
+VAMPIRE
+Ah, this morning!
+
+ZERO
+barks
+
+Witch
+Hear that?
+
+Witch (little)
+What?
+
+Witch
+Shh!
+
+ZERO
+barks
+
+VAMPIRE
+Zero!
+
+[fanfare as Jack and Zero arrive]
+
+Kid
+Jack's back!
+
+MAYOR
+Where have you been?
+
+JACK
+Call a town meeting and I'll tell everyone all about it.
+
+MAYOR
+When?
+
+JACK
+Immediately!
+
+MAYOR
+[in his mayor truck]
+Town meeting, town meeting, town meeting tonight, town meeting tonight
+
+[at meeting]
+
+Clown
+[giggles as he hits Sally]
+
+JACK
+Listen everyone.  I want to tell you about Christmastown.
+
+	Town Meeting Song
+	Performed by Danny Elfman and Cast
+
+JACK
+There are objects so peculiar
+They were not to be believed
+All around, things to tantalize my brain
+It's a world unlike anything I've ever seen
+And as hard as I try
+I can't seem to describe
+Like a most improbable dream
+But you must believe when I tell you this
+It's as real as my skull and it does exist
+Here, let me show you
+
+This is a thing called a present
+The whole thing starts with a box
+
+DEVIL
+A box?
+is it steel?
+
+WEREWOLF
+Are there locks?
+
+HARLEOUIN DEMON
+Is it filled with a pox?
+
+DEVIL, WEREWOLF, HARLEQUIN DEMON
+A pox
+How delightful, a pox
+
+JACK
+If you please
+Just a box with bright-colored paper
+And the whole thing's topped with a bow
+
+WITCHES
+A bow?
+But why?
+How ugly
+What's in it?
+What's in it?
+
+JACK
+That's the point of the thing, not to know
+
+CLOWN
+It's a bat
+Will it bend?
+
+CREATURE UNDER THE STAIRS
+It's a rat
+Will it break?
+
+UNDERSEA GAL
+Perhaps it s the head that I found in the lake
+
+JACK
+Listen now, you don't understand
+That's not the point of Christmas land
+
+Now, pay attention
+We pick up an oversized sock
+And hang it like this on the wall
+
+MR. HYDE
+Oh, yes! Does it still have a foot?
+
+MEDIUM MR. HYDE
+Let me see, let me look
+
+SMALL MR. HYDE
+Is it rotted and covered with gook?
+
+JACK
+Um, let me explain
+There's no foot inside, but there's candy
+Or sometimes it's filled with small toys
+
+MUMMY AND WINGED DEMON
+Small toys
+
+WINGED DEMON
+Do they bite?
+
+MUMMY
+Do they snap?
+
+WINGED DEMON
+Or explode in a sack?
+
+CORPSE KID
+Or perhaps they just spring out
+And scare girls and boys
+
+MAYOR
+What a splendid idea
+This Christmas sounds fun
+I fully endorse it
+Let's try it at once
+
+JACK
+Everyone, please now, not so fast
+There's something here that you don't quite grasp
+Well, I may as well give them what they want
+And the best, I must confess, I have saved for the last
+For the ruler of this Christmas land
+Is a fearsome king with a deep mighty voice
+Least that's what I've come to understand
+
+And I've also heard it told
+That he's something to behold
+Like a lobster, huge and red
+When he sets out to slay with his rain gear on
+Carting bulging sacks with his big great arms
+That is, so I've heard it said
+
+And on a dark, cold night
+Under full moonlight
+He flies into a fog
+Like a vulture in the sky
+And they call him Sandy Claws
+
+Well, at least they're excited
+But they don't understand
+That special kind of feeling in Christmas land
+Oh, well...
+
+[Jack's house]
+
+JACK
+There's got to be a logical way to explain this Xmas thing.
+
+[Dr. Finkelstein's castle]
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+You've poisoned me for the last time you wretched girl.
+
+[locks Sally away]
+
+[dingdong]
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+Oh my head...the door is open.
+
+JACK
+Hel-lo
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+Jack Skellington, up here my boy.
+
+JACK
+Dr. I need to borrow some equipment.
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+Is that so, whatever for?
+
+JACK
+I'm conducting a series of experiments.
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+How perfectly marvelous.  Curiosity killed the cat, you know.
+
+JACK
+I know.
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+Come on into the lab and we'll get you all fixed up.
+
+SALLY
+Hmm.  Experiments?
+
+[Jack's house]
+
+JACK
+Zero, I'm home.
+
+[Jack examines & experiments with Xmas stuff]
+
+JACK
+Interesting reaction....but what does it mean?
+
+[Sally's room]
+
+[after Sally jumps to give Jack his basket...]
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+You can come out now if you promise to behave.  Sally.  Sally.  Oooh!  Gone 
+again!
+
+[Jack's house]
+
+[Sally gives Jack his basket and sneaks off and picks a flower which 
+catches on fire]
+
+	Jack's Obsession
+	Performed by Danny Elfman and Cast
+
+CITIZENS OF HALLOWEEN
+Something's up with Jack
+Something's up with Jack
+Don't know if we're ever going to get him back
+
+He's all alone up there
+Locked away inside
+Never says a word
+Hope he hasn't died
+Something's up with Jack
+Something's up with Jack
+
+JACK
+Christmas time is buzzing in my skull
+Will it let me be? I cannot tell
+There's so many things I cannot grasp
+When I think I've got it, and then at last
+Through my bony fingers it does slip
+Like a snowflake in a fiery grip
+
+Something here I'm not quite getting
+Though I try, I keep forgetting
+Like a memory long since past
+Here in an instant, gone in a flash
+What does it mean?
+What does it mean?
+
+In these little bric-a-brac
+A secret's waiting to be cracked
+These dolls and toys confuse me so
+Confound it all, I love it though
+
+Simple objects, nothing more
+But something's hidden through a door
+Though I do not have the key
+Something's there I cannot see
+What does it mean?
+What does it mean?
+What does it mean?
+Hmm...
+
+I've read these Christmas books so many times
+I know the stories and I know the rhymes
+I know the Christmas carols all by heart
+My skull's so full, it's tearing me apart
+As often as I've read them, something's wrong
+So hard to put my bony finger on
+
+Or perhaps it's really not as deep
+As I've been led to think
+Am I trying much too hard?
+Of course! I've been too close to see
+The answer's right in front of me
+Right in front of me
+
+It's simple really, very clear
+Like music drifting in the air
+Invisible, but everywhere
+Just because I cannot see it
+Doesn't mean I can't believe it
+ 
+You know, I think this Christmas thing
+It's not as tricky as it seems
+And why should they have all the fun?
+It should belong to anyone
+
+Not anyone, in fact, but me
+Why, I could make a Christmas tree
+And there's no reason I can find
+I couldn't handle Christmas time
+
+I bet I could improve it too
+And that's exactly what I'll do
+Hee,hee,hee
+
+JACK
+Eureka!!  This year, Christmas will be ours!
+
+MAYOR
+Patience, everyone.  Jack has a special Job for each of us.  Dr. 
+Finkelstein, your Xmas assignment is ready.  Dr. Finkelstein to the front 
+of the line.
+
+VAMPIRE
+What kind of a noise is that for a baby to make?
+
+JACK
+Perhaps it can be improved?
+
+VAMPIRES
+No problem!
+
+JACK
+I knew it!  Dr. thank you for coming.  We need some of these.
+[showing picture of Santa and sleigh]
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+Hmm.. their construction should be exceedingly simple.  I think.
+
+MAYOR
+How horrible our Xmas will be.
+
+JACK
+No--how jolly.
+
+MAYOR
+[switches face]
+Oh, how jolly our Xmas will be.  [gets pelted]  What are you doing here?
+
+LOCK
+Jack sent for us.
+
+SHOCK
+Specifically.
+
+BARREL
+By name.
+
+LOCK
+Lock
+ 
+SHOCK
+Shock
+
+BARREL
+Barrel
+
+MAYOR
+Jack, Jack it's Oogie's boys!
+
+JACK
+Ah, Halloween's finest trick or treaters.  The job I have for you is top 
+secret.  It requires craft, cunning, mischief.
+
+SHOCK
+And we thought you didn't like us, Jack.
+[giggles]
+
+JACK
+Absolutely no one is to know about it.  Not a soul.  Now--
+[whispers to LS&B] 
+And one more thing -- leave that no account Ooogie Boogie out of this!
+
+BARREL
+Whatever you say, Jack.
+
+SHOCK
+Of course Jack.
+
+LOCK
+Wouldn't dream of it Jack.
+
+[all said with their fingers crossed]
+
+	Kidnap the Sandy Claws
+	Performed by Paul Reubens, Catherine O'Hara, and Danny Elfman
+
+LOCK, SHOCK, AND BARREL
+Kidnap Mr. Sandy Claws
+
+LOCK
+I wanna do it
+
+BARREL
+Let's draw straws
+
+SHOCK
+Jack said we should work together
+Three of a kind
+
+LOCK, SHOCK, AND BARREL
+Birds of a feather
+Now and forever
+Wheeee
+La, la, la, la, la
+
+Kidnap the Sandy Claws, lock him up real tight
+Throw away the key and then
+Turn off all the lights
+
+SHOCK
+First, we're going to set some bait
+Inside a nasty trap and wait
+When he comes a-sniffing we will
+Snap the trap and close the gate
+
+LOCK
+Wait! I've got a better plan
+To catch this big red lobster man
+Let's pop him in a boiling pot
+And when he's done we'll butter him up
+
+LOCK, SHOCK, AND BARREL
+Kidnap the Sandy Claws
+Throw him in a box
+Bury him for ninety years
+Then see if he talks
+
+SHOCK
+Then Mr. Oogie Boogie Man
+Can take the whole thing over then
+He'll be so pleased, I do declare
+That he will cook him rare
+
+LOCK,SHOCK, AND BARREL
+Wheeee
+
+LOCK
+I say that we take a cannon
+Aim it at his door
+And then knock three times
+And when he answers
+Sandy Claws will be no more
+
+SHOCK
+You're so stupid, think now
+lf we blow him up to smithereens
+We may lose some pieces
+And then Jack will beat us black and green
+
+LOCK,SHOCK, AND BARREL
+Kidnap the Sandy Claws
+Tie him in a bag
+Throw him in the ocean
+Then, see if he is sad
+
+LOCK AND SHOCK
+Because Mr. Oogie Boogie is the meanest guy around
+If I were on his Boogie list, I'd get out of town
+
+BARREL
+He'll be so pleased by our success
+That he'll reward us too, I'll bet
+
+LOCK, SHOCK, AND BARREL
+Perhaps he'll make his special brew
+Of snake and spider stew
+Ummm!
+
+We're his little henchmen and
+We take our job with pride
+We do our best to please him
+And stay on his good side
+
+SHOCK
+I wish my cohorts weren't so dumb
+
+BARREL
+I'm not the dumb one
+
+LOCK
+You're no fun
+
+SHOCK
+Shut up
+
+LOCK
+Make me
+
+SHOCK
+I've got something, listen now
+This one is real good, you'll see
+We'll send a present to his door
+Upon there'll be a note to read
+Now, in the box we'll wait and hide
+Until his curiosity entices him to look inside
+
+BARREL
+And then we'll have him
+One, two, three
+
+LOCK, SHOCK, AND BARREL
+Kidnap the Sandy Claws, beat him with a stick
+Lock him up for ninety years, see what makes him tick
+Kidnap the Sandy Claws, chop him into bits
+Mr. Oogie Boogie is sure to get his kicks
+Kidnap the Sandy Claws, see what we will see
+Lock him in a cage and then, throw away the key
+
+OOGIE BOOGIE
+Sandy Claws..hahaha
+
+[city hall]
+
+JACK
+It goes something like this.  [Jingle bells]
+How about it?  Think you can manage?
+
+PERSON INSIDE BASS
+a one, and a two, and a three, and a. . . 
+
+[Jingle in a flat key by the band]
+
+MAYOR
+Next!
+
+JACK
+Fantastic!  Now why don't you all practice on that and we'll be in great 
+shape.  Sally, I need your help more than anyone's.  
+
+SALLY
+You certainly do, Jack.  I had the most terrible vision.
+
+JACK
+That's splendid.
+
+SALLY
+No, it was about your Xmas.  There was smoke and fire.
+
+JACK
+That not my Xmas.  My Xmas is filled with laughter and joy and this--my 
+Sandy Claws outfit.  I want you to make it.
+
+SALLY
+Jack, please, listen to me--it's going to be a disaster.
+
+JACK
+How could it be--just follow the pattern.  This part is red, the trim is 
+white.
+
+SALLY
+It's a mistake, Jack.
+
+JACK
+Now don't be modest, who else is clever enough to make my Sandy claws outfit.
+
+MAYOR
+Next!
+
+JACK
+I have every confidence in you.
+
+SALLY
+But it seems wrong to me, very wrong.
+
+[to Behemoth]
+
+JACK
+This device is called a nutcracker.
+
+LOCK, SHOCK & BARREL
+Jack, Jack we caught him we caught him.
+
+JACK
+Perfect!  Open it up.  Quickly!
+
+[opens to reveal the Easter bunny]
+
+JACK
+That's not Sandy Claws!
+
+SHOCK
+It isn't?
+
+BARREL
+Who is it?
+
+BEHEMOTH
+Bunny!
+
+JACK
+Not Sandy Claws...take him back!
+
+LOCK
+We followed your instructions--
+
+BARREL
+we went through the door--
+
+JACK
+Which door?  There's more than one.  Sandy Claws is behind the door 
+shaped like this.  
+
+[shows Xmas cookie in shape of tree]
+
+SHOCK
+I told you!
+
+[LS&B start fighting]
+
+JACK
+Arr!!  [making scary face at LS&B]
+
+JACK
+I'm very sorry for the inconvenience, sir.  Take him home first  and 
+apologize again.  Be careful with Sandy Claws when you fetch him.  Treat 
+him nicely.
+
+LOCK, SHOCK & BARREL
+Got it.  We'll get it right next time.
+
+[Dr. Finkelstein's castle]
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+You will be a decided improvement over that treacherous Sally.
+
+IGOR
+Master, the plans.
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+Excellent, Igor.
+
+[throws him a dog bone]
+
+	Making Christmas
+	Performed by Danny Elfman and the Citizens of Halloween
+
+
+CLOWN
+This time, this time
+
+GROUP
+Making Christmas
+
+ACCORDION PLAYER
+Making Christmas
+
+MAYOR
+Making Christmas, making Christmas
+Is so fine
+
+GROUP
+It's ours this time
+And won't the children be surprised
+It's ours this time
+
+CHILD CORPSE
+Making Christmas
+
+MUMMY
+Making Christmas
+
+MUMMY AND CORPSE CHILD
+Making Christmas
+
+WITCHES
+Time to give them something fun
+
+WITCHES AND CREATURE LADY
+They'll talk about for years to come
+
+GROUP
+Let's have a cheer from everyone
+It's time to party
+
+DUCK TOY
+Making Christmas, making Christmas
+
+VAMPIRES
+Snakes and mice get wrapped up so nice
+With spider legs and pretty bows
+
+VAMPIRES AND WINGED DEMON
+It's ours this time
+
+CORPSE FATHER
+All together, that and this
+
+CORPSE FATHER, WOLF MAN
+With all our tricks we're
+
+CORPSE FATHER, WOLF MAN, DEVIL
+Making Christmastime
+
+WOLF MAN
+Here comes Jack
+
+JACK
+I don't believe what's happening to me
+My hopes, my dreams, my fantasies
+Hee, hee, hee, hee
+
+HARLEQUIN
+Won't they be impressed, I am a genius
+See how I transformed this old rat
+Into a most delightful hat
+
+JACK
+Hmm, my compliments from me to you
+On this your most intriguing hat
+Consider though this substitute
+A bat in place of this old rat
+Huh! No, no, no, now that's all wrong
+This thing will never make a present
+It's been dead now for much too long
+Try something fresher, something pleasant
+Try again, don't give up
+
+THREE MR. HYDES
+All together, that and this
+With all our tricks we're making Christmastime
+
+(Instrumental)
+
+GROUP
+This time, this time
+
+JACK
+It's ours!
+
+GROUP
+Making Christmas, making Christmas
+La, la, la
+It's almost here
+
+GROUP AND WOLF MAN
+And we can't wait
+
+GROUP AND HARLEOUIN
+So ring the bells and celebrate
+
+GROUP
+'Cause when the full moon starts to climb
+We'll all sing out
+
+JACK
+It's Christmastime
+Hee, hee, hee
+
+[Christmastown]
+
+SANDY CLAWS
+Kathleen, Bobby, Susie, yes, Susie's been nice.  Nice, nice, naughty, 
+nice, nice, nice.  There are hardly any naughty children this year.
+
+[door chime:  jingle all the way]
+
+SANDY CLAWS
+Now who could that be?
+
+LOCK, SHOCK & BARREL
+Trick or treat!
+
+SANDY CLAWS
+Huh?
+
+[back to Halloweentown]
+
+[to Jack in Sandy garb]
+
+SALLY
+You don't look like yourself Jack, not at all.
+
+JACK
+Isn't that wonderful.  It couldn't be more wonderful!
+
+SALLY
+But you're the Pumpkin King.
+
+JACK
+Not anymore.  And I feel so much better now.
+
+SALLY
+Jack, I know you think something's missing.  But --
+
+[pricks Jack's finger with needle]
+
+JACK
+
+SALLY
+Sorry
+
+JACK
+You're right, something is missing but what?  I've got the beard, the 
+coat, the boots --
+
+LOCK, SHOCK & BARREL
+Jack, Jack  this time we bagged him!
+
+LOCK
+This time we really did!
+ 
+BARREL
+He sure is big Jack!
+
+SHOCK
+And heavy!
+
+SANDY CLAWS
+Let me out!
+
+JACK
+Sandy Claws in person.  What a pleasure to meet you.  Why you have 
+hands!  You don't have claws at all.
+
+SANDY CLAWS
+Where am I?
+
+JACK
+Surprised aren't you?  I knew you would be.  You don't need to have 
+another worry about Xmas this year.  
+
+SANDY CLAWS
+What?
+
+JACK
+Consider this a vacation Sandy,  a reward.  It's your turn to take it easy.
+
+SANDY CLAWS
+But there must be some mistake!
+
+JACK
+See that he's comfortable.  Just a second fellows.  Of course, that's 
+what I'm missing.  
+
+SANDY CLAWS
+But --
+
+JACK
+Thanks!  [took Sandy's hat]
+
+SANDY CLAWS
+You just can't...  Hold on where are we going now?
+
+JACK
+ho ho ho
+
+SALLY
+This is worse than I thought, much worse.  I know...
+
+SANDY CLAWS
+Me?  On vacation on Xmas eve?
+
+BARREL
+Where are we taking him?
+
+SALLY
+Where?
+
+LOCK
+To Oogie boogie, of course.  There isn't anywhere in the whole world more 
+comfortable than that and Jack said to make him comfortable.  Didn't he?
+
+SHOCK & BARREL
+Yes he did.
+
+SANDY CLAWS
+Haven't you heard of peace on earth and good will toward men?
+
+LOCK, SHOCK & BARREL
+No!
+
+[Dr. Finkelstein's castle]
+
+[getting fog juice] 
+
+SALLY
+This'll stop Jack.
+
+[working on new creation to replace Sally]
+
+DR. FINKELSTEIN
+What a joy to think of all we'll have in common.  We'll have 
+conversations worth having.
+
+[Oogie's]
+
+LOCK, SHOCK & BARREL
+[laughing]
+
+SANDY CLAWS
+Don't do this.  Naughty children never get any presents.
+
+SHOCK
+I think he might be too big.
+
+LOCK
+No he's not.  If he can go down a chimney, he can fit down here!
+
+[in Oogie's lair]
+
+	Oogie Boogie's Song
+	Performed by Ken Page with Ed lvory
+
+OOGIE BOOGIE
+Well, well, well, what have we here?
+Sandy Claws, huh?
+Oh, I'm really scared
+So you're the one everybody's talkin' about, ha, ha
+
+You're jokin', you're jokin'
+I can't believe my eyes
+You're jokin' me, you gotta be
+This can't be the right guy
+He's ancient, he's ugly
+I don't know which is worse
+I might just split a seam now
+If I don't die laughing first
+
+Mr. Oogie Boogie says
+There's trouble close at hand
+You'd better pay attention now
+'Cause I'm the Boogie Man
+And if you aren't shakin'
+There's something very wrong
+'Cause this may be the last time
+You hear the boogie song, ohhh
+
+THREE SKELETONS
+Ohhh
+
+OOGIE BOOGIE
+Ohhh
+
+TWO SKELETONS IN VICE
+Ohhh
+
+OOGIE BOOGIE
+Ohhh
+
+THREE BATS
+Ohhh, he's the Oogie Boogie Man
+
+SANTA
+Release me now
+Or you must face the dire consequences
+The children are expecting me
+So please, come to your senses
+
+OOGIE BOOGIE
+You're jokin', you're jokin'
+I can't believe my ears
+Would someone shut this fella up
+I'm drownin' in my tears
+It's funny, I'm laughing
+You really are too much
+And now, with your permission
+I'm going to do my stuff
+
+SANTA
+What are you going to do?
+
+OOGIE BOOGIE
+I'm gonna do the best I can
+
+Oh, the sound of rollin' dice
+To me is music in the air
+'Cause I'm a gamblin' Boogie Man
+Although I don't play fair
+
+It's much more fun, I must confess
+With lives on the line
+Not mine, of course, but yours, old boy
+Now that'd be just fine
+
+SANTA
+Release me fast or you will have to
+Answer for this heinous act
+
+OOGIE BOOGIE
+Oh, brother, you're something
+You put me in a spin
+You aren't comprehending
+The position that you're in
+It's hopeless, you're finished
+You haven't got a prayer
+'Cause I'm Mr. Oogie Boogie
+And you ain't going nowhere
+
+[LS&B laughing]
+
+[back to Halloweentown]
+
+[Sally pouring fog juice into fountain]
+
+[Jack appears from coffin and there's applause]
+
+MAYOR
+Think of us as you soar triumphantly through the sky outshining every 
+star.  Your silhouette a dark blot on the moon, you who are our pride, 
+you who are our glory, you who have frightened billions into an early grave.  
+
+[the fog starts to get worse]
+
+MAYOR
+You who have eh, devastated the souls of the living...
+
+JACK
+Oh no!  We can't take off in this!  The reindeer can't see an inch in 
+front of their noses.
+
+SALLY
+Whew!
+
+VAMPIRE
+This fog's as thick as, as...
+
+CYCLOPS
+Jelly brains
+
+VAMPIRE
+Thicker!
+
+JACK
+There go all of my hope, my precious plans, my glorious dreams.
+
+Kid
+[crying]  There goes Xmas.
+
+ZERO
+barks
+
+JACK
+No Zero, down boy.  My what a brilliant nose you have.  The better to 
+light my way!  To the head of the team, Zero!  We're off!
+
+SALLY
+Wait Jack, no!
+
+[Jack is off!]
+
+[cheers]
+
+JACK
+ho ho ha ha ha 
+
+SALLY
+Good bye Jack, my dearest Jack.  Oh how I hope my premonition is wrong.
+
+	Sally's Song
+	Performed by Catherine O'Hara
+
+I sense there's something in the wind
+That feels like tragedy's at hand
+And though I'd like to stand by him
+Can't shake this feeling that I have
+The worst is just around the bend
+
+And does he notice my feelings for him?
+And will he see how much he means to me?
+I think it's not to be
+
+What will become of my dear friend?
+Where will his actions lead us then?
+Although I'd like to join the crowd
+In their enthusiastic cloud
+Try as I may, it doesn't last
+
+And will we ever end up together?
+No, I think not, it's never to become
+For I am not the one
+
+[Jack playing Sandy]
+
+JACK
+ho ho ho ho ho ho he he he 
+
+[lands loudly & wakes up little kid]
+
+A little kid
+Santa!
+[sees Jack]
+[gasps]  Santa?
+
+JACK
+Merry Xmas!  And what is your name?
+
+Kid
+uh uh
+
+JACK
+That's all right.  I have a special present for you anyway.
+There you go sonny.  Hohohohehehe 
+
+[goes back up chimney]
+
+Mother
+And what did Santa bring you honey?
+
+[pulls out shrunken head]
+
+[mother and father scream]
+
+JACK
+Merry Xmas!
+
+Cop
+[ON PHONE]
+Hello, police.
+[frantic peanuts-type talk]
+Attacked by Xmas toys?  That's strange.  That's the second toy complaint 
+we've had.
+
+JACK
+hohohohehehe
+
+[killer wreath, snake, vampire toy, killer duck]
+
+[screams]
+
+[Jack puts toys down chimneys]
+
+[screams]
+
+[Jack in the box chases fat kid]
+
+JACK
+You're welcome one and all!
+
+Cop
+[on phone]
+Where'd you spot him?
+---Fast as we can, ma'am
+---Police
+---I know, I know a skeleton
+---Keep calm
+---Turn off all the lights
+---Make sure the doors are Locked
+---Hello, police
+
+Newscaster
+Reports are pouring in from all over the globe
+that an impostor is shamelessly impersonating Santa Claus,
+mocking and mangling this joyous holiday.
+
+Halloween residents
+[cheers]
+
+Newscaster
+Police assure us that this moment, military units are mobilizing to stop 
+the perpetrator of this heinous crime.
+
+SALLY
+[over the Newscaster]
+Jack, someone has to help Jack.  Where'd they take that Sandy Claws?
+
+Newscaster
+--Come back and save Xmas
+
+JACK
+Look Zero, search lights!  
+
+[firing at Jack]
+
+JACK
+They're celebrating!  They're thanking us for doing such a good job.
+
+[almost hits Zero]
+
+JACK
+Whoa, careful down there, you almost hit us.  
+
+ZERO
+bark
+
+JACK
+It's ok, Zero.  Head higher!
+
+[Oogie lair]
+
+OOGIE BOOGIE
+Are you a gamblin man, Sandy?  Let's play.   
+
+[sees sally's leg]
+
+OOGIE BOOGIE
+Mmmm.. my, my....what have we here?
+
+[Sally's hands start to rescue Sandy]
+
+SALLY
+[whispering]  I'll get you out of here.
+
+OOGIE BOOGIE
+Ah, lovely.  Tickle, tickle, tickle.  Tickle, tickle, tickle.
+
+[Sally's hands untie Sandy]
+
+[Oogie realizes that there's no body to the leg]
+
+OOGIE BOOGIE
+What?!?  You trying to make a dupe out of me?
+
+[Oogie sucks Sandy and Sally back in]
+
+[back to Jack]
+
+JACK
+Who's next on my list.  Ah, little Harry and Jordan.  Won't they be 
+surprised.
+
+[sleigh gets hit]
+
+JACK
+They're trying to hit us!  ZERO!
+
+ZERO
+Bark
+
+[sleigh gets hit]
+
+[as Jack's falling]
+
+JACK
+Merry Xmas to all and to all a good night...
+
+[Halloween]
+
+WEREWOLF
+howl!
+
+MAYOR (with white face)
+I knew this Xmas thing was a bad idea.  I felt it in my gut.  Terrible 
+news folks.  The worst tragedy of our times.  Jack has been blown to 
+smithereens.  Terrible, terrible news.
+
+[back to ""no"
+30,ParaNorman ,Chris Butler,"Animation,Adventure,Comedy",August_2012,"1 INT. RESEARCH LABORATORY - NIGHT 1
+
+           An attractive FEMALE SCIENTIST in a gore-spattered lab
+           coat moves fearfully along a wall, passing benches strewn
+           with broken lab equipment. Her ample bosom heaves as she
+           PANTS nervously, mascara-rimmed eyes darting to and fro.
+           Glass SMASHES on the floor nearby and MELODRAMATIC MUSIC
+           swells. The woman backs into a shadow, not noticing a
+           pair of dead eyes catching the moonlight behind her.
+           The music climbs to a frenzy as something GROANS horribly
+           into the woman's ear. She spins around on her stiletto
+           heels as a rotted face looms out of the darkness,
+           drooling through broken teeth, and lunges at her neck.
+
+                          ZOMBIE
+           Brains!
+           CLOSE ON the woman as she raises her hands and SCREAMS.
+
+                          CUT TO:
+
+                         
+
+                         2 2
+
+           INT. BABCOCK'S HOUSE, LIVING ROOM - NIGHT
+
+           Eleven year-old NORMAN BABCOCK sits on the floor
+           watching TV. He has large piercing eyes and a messy shock
+           of hair. The movie scene we just witnessed continues off-
+           screen with the sound of bloodcurdling SCREAMS.
+           Behind him sitting upon a sofa is GRANDMA BABCOCK, a
+           plump old lady squinting through thick glasses.
+
+                          GRANDMA BABCOCK
+           What's happening now?
+
+                          NORMAN
+           The zombie is eating her head,
+           Grandma.
+
+                          GRANDMA BABCOCK
+           That's not very nice. What's he
+           doing that for?
+
+                          NORMAN
+           Because he's a zombie. That's what
+           they do.
+
+                          GRANDMA BABCOCK
+           Well he's going to ruin his
+           dinner. I'm sure if they just
+           bothered to sit down and talk it
+           through it'd be a different story.
+           Norman CHUCKLES, as if the idea is absurd, then winces as
+           he hears his father shout from the kitchen.
+           ParaNorman 2.
+
+                         2 CONTINUED: 2
+
+           PERRY BABCOCK (O.S.)
+           Norman! Didn't I tell you to take
+           out the garbage?
+
+                          NORMAN
+           Coming, Dad!
+
+                          GRANDMA BABCOCK
+           Tell him to turn up the thermostat
+           too, will ya? My feet are like
+           ice.
+           Norman nods to her and shuffles over to the kitchen door.
+
+                         
+
+                         3 3
+
+           INT. BABCOCK'S HOUSE, KITCHEN - CONTINUOUS
+
+           Norman's mother, SANDRA BABCOCK, is emptying the
+           dishwasher. She is in her late thirties, and wears `mom'
+           clothes that do no favors for her figure. His father,
+           PERRY BABCOCK, is older, with a neatly-trimmed beard
+           trying hard to delineate chin from neck. He stands on a
+           chair, decked out in tool belt and safety goggles, even
+           though he's only changing a light bulb in a ceiling
+           fixture.
+           Sandra smiles at her son as he makes his way silently to
+           an overstuffed trash can as tall as he is.
+
+                          SANDRA BABCOCK
+           Hi. Whatcha watching in there?
+
+                          NORMAN
+           Sex and violence.
+
+                          SANDRA BABCOCK
+           Oh. That's nice.
+           Perry glares over as Norman wrestles with the garbage.
+
+                          PERRY BABCOCK
+           Can't you be like other kids your
+           age and pitch a tent in the yard,
+           or have a healthy interest in
+           carpentry?
+
+                          SANDRA BABCOCK
+           Perry...
+
+                          NORMAN
+           I thought you said kids my age
+           were too busy shoplifting and
+           joyriding?
+
+                          SANDRA BABCOCK
+           Norman!
+           He hefts the bag onto the floor and ties it in a knot.
+           ParaNorman 3.
+
+                         3 CONTINUED: 3
+           Breezing into the kitchen through the back door while
+           CHATTING inanely on her cell phone, Norman's older sister
+           COURTNEY is fifteen years-old and is the bleached-blonde
+           cheerleader archetype of every schoolboy's sordid dreams.
+
+                          COURTNEY
+           Oh yeah, he's r-i-double p-e-d.
+           Like, a seven pack at least.
+
+                          (TO NORMAN)
+           Ew! Watch it!
+           She pushes her brother out of the way as he drags the
+           garbage outside.
+
+                          SANDRA BABCOCK
+           Courtney, be nice.
+
+                          COURTNEY
+           Yeah, she totally doesn't deserve
+           him. I mean, she's nice and I
+           really like her, but she's a
+           complete loser. Yeah, I know.
+           Courtney slumps into a chair at the table, twisting a
+           strand of gum out of her mouth with a finger.
+           Norman returns inside and shuts the door, pausing a
+           moment as if thinking something over.
+
+                          NORMAN
+           Dad? Grandma says, ""Can you turn
+           up the heating?"" Her feet are
+           cold.
+           The bubble Courtney is blowing POPS against her face,
+           Perry rolls his eyes and GROANS, and Sandra pales.
+
+                          SANDRA BABCOCK
+           Now, Perry...
+
+                          PERRY BABCOCK
+           How many times do we have to go
+           through this, Son? Your
+           grandmother is dead!
+
+                          NORMAN
+           I know!
+
+                          PERRY BABCOCK
+           Then why do you keep on talking to
+           her?
+
+                          NORMAN
+           Because she talks back!
+
+                          COURTNEY
+           O-M-G, you are such a liar!
+           ParaNorman 4.
+
+                         3 CONTINUED: (2) 3
+
+                          NORMAN
+           I'm not making this up! I swear!
+           She talks to me all the time!
+
+                          COURTNEY
+           Oh yeah? Prove it!
+           Norman levels her a look that says ""you asked for this"".
+
+                          NORMAN
+           She said it's not very ladylike to
+           hide photos of the High School
+           quarterback with his shirt off in
+           your underwear drawer.
+           Sandra and Perry raise their eyebrows.
+
+                          COURTNEY
+           I knew it! You've been sneaking
+           around in my personal stuff!
+
+                          NORMAN
+           No I haven't! Grandma told me!
+
+                          COURTNEY
+           You are the worst!
+           Courtney, brimming with outrage, storms out of the
+           kitchen, her ponytail wagging furiously behind her.
+           Sandra kneels down beside Norman with a wearily
+           sympathetic smile.
+
+                          SANDRA BABCOCK
+           Norman, I know you and Grandma
+           were very close, but we all have
+           to move on. Grandma's in a better
+           place now.
+
+                          NORMAN
+           No she's not, she's in the living
+           room.
+           Perry throws his arms in the air, swaying on the chair.
+
+                          PERRY BABCOCK
+           Your grandmother was old and sick,
+           and she died. That's all there is
+           to it!
+
+                          SANDRA BABCOCK
+           Perry, this is just part of the
+           mourning process.
+           ParaNorman 5.
+
+                         3 CONTINUED: (3) 3
+
+                          PERRY BABCOCK
+           Stop indulging him! I'm nothing if
+           I'm not liberal, but that limp-
+           wristed, hippie garbage needs to
+           be nipped in the bud!
+           Norman SIGHS and steps between his parents as they argue.
+           He mutely heads out of the room.
+
+                         
+
+                         4 4
+
+           EXT. BABCOCK'S HOUSE, FRONT YARD - CONTINUOUS
+
+           The argument in the kitchen continues, slightly muted.
+
+           PERRY BABCOCK (O.S.)
+           This behavior might be okay with
+           your side of the family, but I'm
+           not putting up with it anymore!
+           Not me!
+
+           SANDRA BABCOCK (O.S.)
+           Oh, not this again!
+           PAN UP to find a light go on in Norman's bedroom window.
+
+                         
+
+                         5 5
+
+           INT. BABCOCK'S HOUSE, NORMAN'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
+
+           Norman sits on his bed, using a couple of zombie action
+           figures to act out his parents' ongoing ""discussion""
+           which carries upstairs.
+           Norman gets up off the bed and approaches the door.
+
+                          PERRY BABCOCK
+           This isn't the West Coast, Sandra;
+           people talk! They do!
+
+           SANDRA BABCOCK (O.S.)
+           He's just sensitive, Perry.
+
+           PERRY BABCOCK (O.S.)
+           Oh please, ""sensitive"" is writing
+           poetry and being lousy at team
+           sports... not this! I won't have
+           him turn out like that uncle of
+           yours! If that crazy old tramp has
+           been around here putting ideas in
+           Norman's head...
+
+           SANDRA BABCOCK (O.S.)
+           Perry, no one's had anything to do
+           with Uncle Prenderghast in years!
+           I bet he doesn't even know what
+           Norman looks like!
+           Norman quietly closes the door, and the room goes black.
+           ParaNorman 6.
+
+                         
+
+                         
+
+          6 INT. MR PRENDERGHAST'S HOUSE, STUDY - NIGHT 6
+
+           CLOSE ON a faded photograph of Norman, held in the grimy
+           hand of MR PRENDERGHAST. He stands over a dusty desk
+           scattered with pictures of Norman, Sandra and older
+           family members. He is in a dark study; a wall-to-wall
+           trove of curious miscellanea and dumpster-dived junk.
+
+                          MR PRENDERGHAST
+           Not much time, not much time...
+           He pulls an old leather-bound book out from the mess, and
+           traces a finger over a woodcut illustration on its cover;
+           an ethereal woman lying beneath a cluster of stars.
+           Wincing with pain, the man drops the book and clutches at
+           his chest, COUGHING and GASPING horribly.
+           CAMERA PANS to a wall covered in countless photographs,
+           newspaper clippings and scrawled occult markings. It is a
+           shrine of sorts; a madman's recondite genealogy project,
+           and at its center is a photograph of Norman, posing with
+           his family on vacation.
+           ZOOM IN to the photograph, hurtling past the Babcocks and
+           through dense trees further and further into a dark
+           forest.
+
+                          TITLE: PARANORMAN
+
+                         
+
+                         7 7
+
+           INT. BABCOCK'S HOUSE, NORMAN'S BEDROOM - MORNING
+
+           Norman opens bleary eyes, turns off his zombie hand alarm
+           clock, and slides out of bed.
+
+                         
+
+          8 INT. BABCOCK'S HOUSE, LIVING ROOM - MORNING 8
+
+           Dressed for school, Norman pauses at the front door and
+           turns to look at the sofa in the living room. He waves
+           happily, and Grandma smiles back.
+           Courtney passes him as she comes down the stairs in the
+           opposite direction. She also stops to look at the sofa,
+           but to her eyes it is empty. She sneers contemptuously.
+
+                         
+
+                         9 9
+
+           EXT. SUBURBAN STREET - MORNING
+
+           Norman ambles past houses and lawns spotted with small-
+           town America detritus; cheap plastic lawn furniture,
+           peeling-paint fences and cookie-cutter topiary. Here the
+           quaint colonial buildings are mostly in disrepair, their
+           picket fences rotten or daubed in graffiti.
+           ParaNorman 7.
+
+                         9 CONTINUED: 9
+           Norman is watched dubiously by the occasional passer-by
+           as he shouts amiable greetings to people who simply
+           aren't there.
+
+                          NORMAN
+           Good morning! Hey Bruce! How's it
+           goin'? Not much. I'm kind of late
+           for school. I need to go. Hi, nice
+           to see you guys. Good morning.
+           Sorry I gotta run. Excuse me.
+           Pardon me. See ya.
+           At one street corner, Norman bends over a gutter. He is
+           watched curiously by a man retrieving his morning paper
+           across the other side of the street.
+           MAN'S POV - Norman crouches over the flattened remains of
+           raccoon road kill.
+
+                          NORMAN (CONT'D)
+           Hey there little buddy! C'mere!
+           He realizes he is being stared at and slowly turns to
+           face the onlooker, then hurries away.
+           Though no one else sees them, to Norman's eyes, a whole
+           host of ghosts are meandering through the streets.
+
+                          NORMAN (CONT'D)
+           Yeah, good to see you! How you
+           doin'? Hi Mrs Hardman. You look
+           nice today. I like what you've
+           done with your hair.
+
+                          HAIRDRYER GHOST
+           Does anyone smell burning?
+
+                          HIPPY GHOST
+           Hey, peace, man.
+
+                          NORMAN
+           Totally.
+
+           CIVIL WAR GHOST
+           As you were, soldier.
+
+                          NORMAN
+           Sir, yes sir!
+
+                          GREASER GHOST
+           Yo Norman, you playin' hookie?
+
+                          NORMAN
+           No no, I'm just late for school.
+           Sorry, I gotta go.
+           (to Mobster Ghost)
+           How you doin'?
+           ParaNorman 8.
+
+                         9 CONTINUED: (2) 9
+
+                          MOBSTER GHOST
+           Hey, how you doin'?
+           A little further along Norman nods pleasantly to the
+           ghost of a parachutist impaled in the branches of a
+           roadside tree.
+
+                          NORMAN
+           Hi! How's it hanging?
+
+                          PARACHUTIST GHOST
+           Ho ho! Haven't heard that one
+           before. Well, it's a nice day.
+
+                         
+
+                         11 11
+
+           EXT. MAIN STREET - MORNING
+
+           Its industrial days now rusted behind it, Blithe Hollow
+           has become a run-down tourist town, celebrating its
+           heritage with lame fetes and crass knick-knacks. A
+           massive billboard beside the main square reads ""BLITHE
+           HOLLOW - A GREAT PLACE TO HANG!"" illustrated by a group
+           of waving Puritans beside an equally cheerful witch
+           hanging from a gallows. Across the street a huge banner
+           suggests this year is particularly important for the
+           town; ""BLITHE HOLLOW - 300 BEWITCHIN' YEARS!""
+           The town center is lacking in charm; its historical
+           buildings subsumed into a vulgar modern thoroughfare with
+           gaudy witch-themed shop fronts and cracked sidewalks.
+           Everywhere Norman walks, the witch theme is prevalent.
+           Cars have bumper stickers that extol such witticisms as
+           ""MY OTHER CAR IS A BROOM"". There's a dingy bar, the BAR
+           GENTO, and a greeting card store called BEST WITCHES.
+           Norman hurries past SHERIFF HOOPER, a heavyset black
+           woman, and DEPUTY DWAYNE, lanky and awkward and looking
+           like he'd rather be elsewhere.
+
+                          SHERIFF HOOPER
+           Watch and learn. ""Parking
+           violation"" is my middle name.
+
+                          DEPUTY DWAYNE
+           Really? I thought it was Rhona.
+           They glance up disdainfully as Norman passes by. Clearly
+           in this town Norman has something of a bad reputation.
+
+                         
+
+          12 EXT. SCHOOL ENTRANCE - MORNING 12
+
+           Norman walks up a tree lined path that leads to a squat
+           school building. Out front, the name ""BLITHE HOLLOW
+           MIDDLE SCHOOL"" is carved into an ugly hunk of granite.
+           ParaNorman 9.
+
+                         12 CONTINUED: 12
+           SCHOOL KIDS line the path in front of Norman; a gauntlet
+           of jeering, merciless, pre-pubescent horror. Norman takes
+           a deep breath as he begins his daily walk of ridicule.
+           Most of the kids give him a wide berth, but others sneer
+           and WHISPER as he passes.
+           A bell RINGS the start of the school day, and everyone
+           makes a bee-line for the building.
+           Someone barges Norman with their shoulder, knocking his
+           backpack to the ground. Other kids SNICKER as they step
+           over him.
+           As the last of them head through the lobby doors, Norman
+           is left alone on the path.
+           Norman bends down to retrieve his spilled possessions,
+           and a dark shape beyond the gate catches his eye.
+           NORMAN'S POV - Mr Prenderghast, barely visible as he
+           stands within the shadow of a tree, stares back at him.
+           Norman frowns and squints his eyes, but now sees only
+           trees and shadows, so he continues up the steps.
+
+                         
+
+                         13 13
+
+           INT. SCHOOL HALLWAY, LOCKERS - MORNING
+
+           An expanse of unevenly lacquered floor, scuffed by scores
+           of dragged heels. Rows of dented lockers line the walls.
+           Norman stands before his locker, across which someone has
+           daubed the word ""FREAK"" in marker. Clearly something of a
+           daily ritual, he reaches inside, takes out a bottle of
+           surface cleaner and a rag and proceeds to wipe it off.
+           Across the hallway, another kid is removing graffiti from
+           his locker. NEIL is overweight with frizzy red hair, and
+           is busily rubbing a handkerchief over the word ""FATTY"".
+           He watches Norman with interest.
+           A voice behind his shoulder gives Norman a start.
+
+                          ALVIN
+           Hey, ghost jerk! You know what?
+           Norman turns to find textbook bully ALVIN, the only 6th
+           grader in his class who shaves, looming over him. He is
+           flanked by a couple of leering sycophants, one of whom
+           wears a T-shirt emblazoned with ""TEAM ALVIN"".
+           Norman SIGHS.
+
+                          NORMAN
+           What do you want, Alvin?
+
+                          ALVIN
+           Why don't you see some more
+           ghosts, goober?
+           ParaNorman 10.
+
+                         13 CONTINUED: 13
+           The kids LAUGH uproariously, encouraging Alvin to show
+           off some more.
+
+                          ALVIN (CONT'D)
+           Hey! Hey! Norman!
+           Alvin points to a fly that has landed on the locker
+           beside him. He swats it flat with his hand.
+
+                          ALVIN (CONT'D)
+           Talk to that.
+           The kids around Alvin burst into LAUGHTER.
+
+                          ALVIN (CONT'D)
+           That is so Alvin!
+           The bullies strut away, content in the psychological
+           damage they've managed to inflict.
+
+                          PUG
+           Loser!
+
+                          ALVIN
+           That was good, right guys?
+           Norman mutters as they leave, but not loud enough so as
+           anyone might hear.
+
+                          NORMAN
+           Flies don't talk.
+           Across the hall, Neil continues to watch with sympathy,
+           but he is already being hurried along by his friend
+           SALMA, a nerdy Indian kid with braces.
+
+                          SALMA
+           Neil, come on. Let's go.
+
+                         
+
+                         14 14
+
+           INT. SCHOOL GYMNASIUM - DAY
+
+           Amidst stacked bleachers, foam mats and stray dodge
+           balls, a crudely constructed stage fills one end of the
+           gymnasium. Mediocre art class scenery represents a
+           colonial town, complete with plywood hills, chapel and
+           crescent moon dangling perilously from a basketball hoop.
+           In a director's chair far too small for the job is MRS
+           HENSCHER, an imposing woman with spectacles and beret who
+           looks like she smells of too-much perfume.
+           At the front of the stage wearing a pilgrim hat and
+           carrying a large scroll, is NORMAN. He is surrounded by
+           kids whose attempts at home made period costume leave a
+           lot to be desired.
+           ParaNorman 11.
+
+                         14 CONTINUED: 14
+
+                          MRS HENSCHER
+           You stink of illiteracy!
+
+                          (A BEAT)
+           Pilgrims? The Mayflower? Don't any
+           of you know anything about the
+           history of this town?
+           Mrs Henscher tries her best to remain unfazed.
+
+           MRS HENSCHER (CONT'D)
+           Puritans were strict and devout
+           settlers, who came here to build a
+           home, a place without sin. What is
+           it now Salma?
+           Salma is holding her hand up. She looks like the Wicked
+           Witch of the West. Even beneath green makeup and plastic
+           warty nose, it is clear she is not best pleased.
+
+                          SALMA
+           Why is the witch always a hideous
+           old crone with a pointy hat and a
+           broomstick? I don't believe it's
+           historically accurate, Mrs
+           Henscher!
+           Mrs Henscher's knuckles clench white around her script.
+           She attempts an understanding smile, in the same way a
+           shark might.
+
+                          MRS HENSCHER
+           It's not supposed to be. It's
+           supposed to sell postcards and key
+           chains.
+
+                          (CLAPS HANDS)
+           So let's try it again. Top of page
+           six, Norman.
+           Norman skips ahead on his scroll.
+
+                          NORMAN
+           The founding fathers of Blithe
+           Hollow discovered an evil witch
+           amongst them...
+
+                          MRS HENSCHER
+           No no, Norman, with gusto! Like
+           this!
+           Waving her arms theatrically, she bellows Norman's lines,
+           milking every syllable for effect.
+
+           MRS HENSCHER (CONT'D)
+           They put her on trial and hanged
+           her!
+
+                          (MORE)
+           ParaNorman 12.
+
+                         14 CONTINUED: (2) 14
+
+           MRS HENSCHER (CONT'D)
+           But the vengeful witch cursed her
+           accusers, seven of them in all, to
+           die a horrible and gruesome death,
+           and rise from their graves as the
+           living dead; their souls doomed to
+           an eternity of damnation!
+
+                          (A BEAT)
+           Now I want you to try that again,
+           but with conviction! My reputation
+           is at stake here, and I won't have
+           this turn out like that wretched
+           Kabuki debacle of oh-nine!
+           As she launches into her lecture, Norman notices a change
+           in the room. The lights dim, the wind outside picks up,
+           and indistinct shapes flicker at the corners of his eyes.
+           Norman glances around at the other kids on the stage, to
+           see if they are seeing what he is seeing. For a split
+           second the children are replaced with faded figures in
+           real Puritan dress. Seven solemn figures.
+           As he turns around nervously, Norman sees the suggestion
+           of another place fizzing in and out of the shadows...
+
+           MRS HENSCHER (CONT'D)
+           Norman! Are you listening to me,
+           boy?
+           Norman is brought back to the real world with a start,
+           and nods timidly from behind his scroll.
+
+                          NORMAN
+           Sorry, Mrs Henscher.
+
+                          MRS HENSCHER
+           So am I. Now, unless there's any
+           other issues, let us resume...
+           They put her on trial and hanged
+           her!
+           Neil turns excitedly to Norman.
+
+                          NEIL
+           Ooh! This is my moment!
+           He shuffles toward Salma and swings his branch around,
+           not realizing Alvin has slung the hangman's noose around
+           Norman's neck.
+           Norman is yanked off balance and staggers into Neil who
+           keels over, rigid branch arms unable to stop his fall. He
+           lands on top of Salma, her kicking legs sticking out from
+           under him as though Dorothy's house had just landed on
+           stage.
+           The kids break into uncontrollable LAUGHTER.
+           ParaNorman 13.
+
+                         14 CONTINUED: (3) 14
+
+                          ALVIN
+           Boom, baby!
+
+                          NEIL
+           Sorry!
+           Mrs Henscher flings her script into the air, her face
+           beet red.
+
+                          MRS HENSCHER
+           Oh, you useless bunch of...
+           The school bell RINGS drowning out her howling voice.
+
+                         
+
+                         15 15
+
+           INT. SCHOOL HALLWAY, LOCKERS - LATER
+
+           As kids hotfoot it out of the building as quickly as
+           possible, Norman stands pitiably in front of his locker.
+           Fresh graffiti reads ""SEE YOU TOMORROW, FREAK"".
+           Norman heads for the door, and pretends not to hear when
+           Neil shouts out behind him.
+
+                          NEIL
+           Norman, wait up!
+
+                         
+
+                         16 16
+
+           EXT. MAIN STREET - LATER
+
+           Norman keeps going, but Neil quickly catches up, beaming
+           intently at the side of his head.
+
+                          NORMAN
+           I keep telling you, Neil. I like
+           to be alone.
+
+                          NEIL
+           So do I. Let's do it together!
+           You shouldn't let them get you
+           down. They always do stuff like
+           that to me.
+
+                          NORMAN
+           Why?
+
+                          NEIL
+           Because I'm fat. And my allergies
+           make my eyes leak. And I sweat
+           when I walk too fast. And I have a
+           lunchbox with a kitten on it. And
+           I have Irritable Bowel Syndrome. I
+           guess there's a whole bunch of
+           stuff.
+
+                          NORMAN
+           Doesn't it bother you?
+           ParaNorman 14.
+
+                         16 CONTINUED: 16
+
+                          NEIL
+           Nah. You can't stop bullying, it's
+           part of human nature. If you were
+           bigger and more stupid, you'd
+           probably be a bully too. It's
+           called ""survival of the thickest"".
+
+                         
+
+                         17 17
+
+           EXT. URBAN STREET - DAY
+
+           Norman and Neil walk away from the school along a tree
+           lined street at the end of which stands a huge
+           commemorative statue. It is a grotesque effigy of the
+           evil witch from the local legend.
+
+           MR PRENDERGHAST (O.S.)
+           Psssst!
+           The boys stop. It seems to be coming from the witch.
+
+                          NEIL
+           That statue just ""pissst"" at us!
+           Wild-eyed Mr Prenderghast suddenly leaps in front of
+           them, startling them as he staggers closer.
+
+                          MR PRENDERGHAST
+           You know who I am?
+
+                          NEIL
+           The weird stinky old bum who lives
+           up the hill?
+
+                          MR PRENDERGHAST
+           (points to Norman)
+           I was asking him.
+
+                          NORMAN
+           Yes. I know. I was told not to
+           talk to you. Sorry.
+           Mr Prenderghast steps in front of Neil, leaning closer to
+           Norman and whispering conspiratorially.
+
+                          MR PRENDERGHAST
+           And you know why you're not
+           supposed to talk to me?
+           Norman tries to back away.
+
+           MR PRENDERGHAST (CONT'D)
+           I can see ghosts too! And I know
+           that's not all you've been seeing
+           lately, is it? Bad omens? Things
+           you can't quite explain? Strange
+           faces peering through the veil?
+           Norman's eyes widen further.
+           ParaNorman 15.
+
+                         17 CONTINUED: 17
+
+           MR PRENDERGHAST (CONT'D)
+           And I'll bet no one told you about
+           the witch's curse, did they?
+
+                          NORMAN
+           Actually, we're learning about it
+           in school..?
+
+                          NEIL
+
+                          (BEAMING PROUDLY)
+           I'm a tree!
+           Mr Prenderghast impatiently turns his back on Neil and
+           leans close to Norman.
+
+                          MR PRENDERGHAST
+           There's something you really need
+           to know! This is the most
+           important thing you will ever
+           hear! The fate of everyone depends
+           on it! Now listen close... The
+           witch's curse is real, and you're
+           the one who has to stop it!
+           Mr Prenderghast grabs Norman's arm and leans closer.
+
+           MR PRENDERGHAST (CONT'D)
+           You've gotta use your gift of
+           talking to the dead!
+           He breaks into a HACKING COUGH, face turning beet red and
+           bloodshot eyes bulging.
+
+           MR PRENDERGHAST (CONT'D)
+           Because if you don't the witch's
+           ghost...
+
+                          (COUGHING)
+           And this is the most important
+           thing of all... You have to go up
+           to the old graveyard and...
+
+           NEIL (O.S.)
+           Leave him alone!
+           An apple bounces off Mr Prenderghast's head. He turns to
+           find Neil standing behind them on the path, lunchbox open
+           in his hand providing leftover low-carb ammunition.
+
+                          NEIL (CONT'D)
+           Don't make me throw this hummus!
+           It's spicy!
+           Mr Prenderghast thinks better of it and turns to flee the
+           scene. He HISSES out of the side of his mouth at Norman.
+           ParaNorman 16.
+
+                         17 CONTINUED: (2) 17
+
+                          MR PRENDERGHAST
+           This ain't done with! You'll see
+           it soon enough! Watch for the
+           sign!
+           As he hobbles away, Neil peers down the street after the
+           old man.
+
+                          NEIL
+           Jeez, what a dirty old creep!
+
+                          NORMAN
+           He's my uncle.
+
+                          NEIL
+           So is it true?
+
+                          NORMAN
+           What?
+           Norman just stares at him.
+
+                          NEIL
+           Can you see ghosts? Like,
+           everywhere? All the time?
+
+                          NORMAN
+           Uh, yeah?
+
+                          NEIL
+           Awesome! Do you think you can see
+           my dog Bub? He was run over by an
+           animal rescue van. Tragic and
+           ironic. We buried him in the yard.
+           Could you see him?
+           Norman frowns disbelievingly, completely taken aback.
+
+                          NORMAN
+           Maybe.
+
+                          NEIL
+           Sweet! Come on!
+
+                         
+
+                         20 20
+
+           EXT. NEIL'S DRIVEWAY
+
+           Neil forcibly drags Norman up the front driveway of a
+           pastel-painted house. A pair of legs spotted in oil stick
+           out from beneath a pimped-up camper van.
+           Neil's brother MITCH calls out from under the van.
+
+                          MITCH
+           Neil? That you?
+           ParaNorman 17.
+
+                         20 CONTINUED: 20
+
+                          NEIL
+           Hey Mitch! We're gonna go play
+           with the dead dog in the garden
+           and we're not even gonna have to
+           dig him up first!
+           Mitch sits up. He's a strapping six-foot jock with
+           tattooed biceps. The kind of guy who wears year-round
+      "
+31,Pokemon: Mewtwo Returns,Masamitsu Hidaka,"Animation,Adventure,Family,Fantasy",January_2000,"(Opens when the camera is underwater.)
+
+Voice
+Who am I? I've been dreaming about this world which doesn't exist 
+in my memory. 
+	(Mew swims by)
+Who are you? Wait! Am I apart of you...? Or not...?
+	(Camera goes into a darker place with orange bubbles then 
+it shows someone's eye open. Human figures are seen outside where 
+he is.)
+Where is this? Who am I? Who brought me here?
+	
+	(We now see who the voice belongs to, it's Mewtwo.)
+
+Mewtwo
+Who am I and why am I here? I just appeared here. I haven't even 
+been born to this world yet. Who am I?
+	(Mewtwo opens his eyes completely and shatters the glass 
+and all the wires fall of him!)
+
+Scientist
+It has awakened!
+
+Mewtwo
+Did he do this? 
+
+Scientist
+Wonderful! Mewtwo has been completed.
+
+   
+
+Mewtwo
+Mewtwo?
+
+Scientist
+That's you. We created you from a Mew the rarest pok?mon in the 
+world! Yes, that's the pok?mon which is said to be the most rare 
+of all pok?mon. Mew.
+
+Mewtwo
+Mew? Is that my parent? My father? My mother?
+
+Scientist
+You can say that, but not really. You've been made stronger based 
+on a Mew.
+
+Mewtwo
+Who is this? If neither my father nor mother. Then was it god? 
+Did God create me?
+
+Scientist
+In the world the only ones that can create new life is man and 
+god.
+
+Mewtwo
+Who did this? Humans made me?
+
+Scientist
+This is truly a victory for science.
+
+Another scientist
+With this we've proven our theory correct. We can continue the 
+study.
+
+Third scientist
+This place will become the new Mecca.
+
+Scientist
+	(all shaking hands)
+I'm going to contact the other offices.
+
+Mewtwo
+Who am I? Where is this place? What was I born for?
+	(Mewtwo floats up and starts destroying the whole lab. Then 
+tons of little metal hand like things come down to stop him but 
+he just blows them up. Soon the whole lab is in flames.)
+
+Scientist
+To make the strongest pok?mon ever.. that was our dream...
+	(The whole lab blows up. Giovanni, the leader of Team 
+Rocket comes down in a chopper and confronts Mewtwo.)
+
+Mewtwo
+Is this my power? I'm the strongest pok?mon in the world. Mew. Am 
+I stronger then you?
+
+Giovanni
+You surly are the strongest pok?mon in the world. But there is 
+another that would be the strongest.
+
+Mewtwo
+The humans?
+
+Giovanni
+
+	(nods)
+If you and a human were to cooperate then the world would be 
+ours.
+
+  
+
+Mewtwo
+The world would be ours?
+
+Giovanni
+If your power is set free the world would be ruined. You must 
+control your power.
+
+Mewtwo
+Control?
+
+Giovanni
+Are you okay with destroying the world as it is with that power?
+
+Mewtwo
+What should I do? 
+	(Giovanni smiles. Mewtwo is at TRHQ getting loads of armor 
+put on.)
+
+Mewtwo
+Control myself with the armor that protects me? What are you 
+going to make me do?
+
+Giovanni
+It's simple. All you have to do are the things everyone else has 
+been doing...
+
+Mewtwo
+and that is?
+
+Giovanni
+Fighting, destruction, and plunder. The stronger will win.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------
+Mewtwo is sent into an arena to fight pok?mon first an Onix which 
+Mewtwo throws into a wall with his mind. Then it shows Mewtwo out 
+in a field with a lot of wild Tauros. He raises them up with his 
+mind control and TR throws pok?balls out and catches them all. 
+Then it shows Mewtwo in the gym again fighting Alakazam, Mewtwo 
+does just what he did to Onix. Then came Electron and he used an 
+electric attack and Mewtwo reflected it back at him. Next came 
+Gary's Arcanine and Nidoking... he took care of them easily. Next 
+scene, back in Giovanni's lab.
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+Mewtwo
+What am I fighting for? What am I living for?
+
+Giovanni
+You are a pok?mon. Pok?mon made by humans, what else are you 
+worth?
+
+Mewtwo
+My worth? Who am I? What do I live for?
+	(Mewtwo starts breaking free of the wires)
+
+Giovanni
+What are you doing?
+
+Mewtwo
+I was made by humans. But I, who was created by humans, am not 
+even a pok?mon.
+	(Mewtwo blows up the place and flies off while all his 
+armor slowly falls of into the sea. He lands on a rock.)
+Who am I? Where is this place? Who asked to make me? Who wished 
+to make me? I hate everything that made me! So this is neither an 
+attack not a declaration of war but revenge on you who made me!
+
+----------------------------------------------------
+Introduction
+----------------------------------------------------
+
+
+	(Brock is cooking lunch for everyone.)
+
+Narrator
+Ash and the others are on a journey training to be pok?mon 
+masters. It's a beautiful day so they take a break in a field.
+
+Ash
+Is it ready yet?
+
+Misty
+Ash you can help too.
+
+Ash
+I can't I can't even move one millimeter because I'm so starved.
+
+Brock
+Stew well and raise slowly. You mustn't be in a rush with both 
+soup or pok?mon.
+	(Pikachu and Togepy spot someone coming)
+
+Pirate
+Hey you! The boy over there! Are you Ash from Pallet Town?
+
+Ash
+That's right.
+
+Pirate
+Can I have a Pok?mon battle with you?
+
+Ash
+
+	(runs over to him)
+Okay! I must have a solid fight!
+
+Misty
+I thought you couldn't move one millimeter?
+
+Ash
+Just one or two pok?mon fights before breakfast.
+
+Brock
+This is lunch, so that would be before lunch.
+
+Pikachu
+pika..chu...
+
+
+	(Has the Japanese Pok?mon intro music through this battle 
+the whole time. Ash pulls out a pok?ball and throws out 
+Bulbasaur. Then the pirate throws out Donfan. Bulbasaur charges 
+and Donfan rolls into a ball and hits Bulbasaur, then turns 
+around and hits him again! Then he tries it again but Bulbasaur 
+uses Solar Beam and Donfan faints. The Pirate then sends out 
+Machamp. Ash sends out Squirtle. Machamp kicks Squirtle down and 
+then goes to kick him again but Squirtle dodges it and bubbles 
+him till Machamp faints. The pirate gets mad and throws 3 
+pok?balls down. one is a Venomoth another is a Golem and the 
+other is a Pinsir. Pikachu jumps off ashes shoulder and does 
+Thundershock and all 3 faint.)
+
+   
+
+Pirate
+Oh My God! 
+	(this was possibly the funniest part of the entire movie :)
+
+Ash
+I did it!
+
+Misty
+It was just because your opponent was weak.
+
+Brock
+He didn't even raise them well
+
+
+	(flash to Team Rocket who is on a cliff watching our 
+heroes.)
+
+James
+Pikachu gets stronger and stronger.
+
+Jessie
+Beautiful
+
+Meowth
+We couldn't beat him even once. But the word surrender isn't in 
+our dictionary.
+
+Jessie
+I will get that Pikachu.
+
+James
+But look at that. 
+	(looks at them all eating)
+
+Meowth
+I'm so hungry.
+
+Jessie
+I got a frying pan...
+
+Meowth
+What good is such a thing without meat and vegetables? It's just 
+an iron board.
+
+---------------------------------------------
+A Fearow with a camera flies over head then it shows inside some 
+place where you can see Ash and Pikachu on the screens.
+---------------------------------------------
+
+     
+
+Lady
+Are you sending them an invitation?
+
+Mewtwo
+Certainly.
+	(Dragonite flies out of the control center with a purse. It 
+flies over the sees and then over Team Rocket and they fall then 
+it flies over Ash and everyone's head knocking them all over then 
+she lands.)
+
+Ash
+What are you? 
+	(Dragonite hands Ash an invitation)
+This? For me?
+	(He hits a button and a hologram of the lady is displayed)
+
+Lady
+Please forgive me for the abrupt letter.
+
+Brock
+What a beautiful lady...
+
+Lady
+Since you are a promising pok?mon trainer of the future, we'd 
+like to invite you to a party of my master who is the strongest 
+pok?mon trainer in the world. The place is the New Island, 
+Pok?mon Castle. Please check the reply card for whether your 
+coming or not. Please accept the invitation for the strongest 
+trainer in the world.
+
+Brock
+Beautiful Lady...
+
+Misty
+What do we do?
+
+Brock
+Lets go for it. We should go for it.
+
+Ash
+I don't feel uncomfortable with being told I'm a promising future 
+trainer.
+
+Misty
+Well then check yes on the card.
+
+
+	(They check yes, and hand the invitation back to Dragonite. 
+Dragonite takes the card and flies off but Jessie, James and 
+Meowth take out a net in an attempt to steal this rare pok?mon. 
+Ash's invitation falls out of Dragonites purse.)
+
+Jessie
+Don't say Goodbye without saying hello.
+
+Meowth
+a post card?
+
+---------------------------------------------
+Scene change. We see Mewtwo waving his hand back and forth moving 
+the clouds, causing a big storm to start. We then see mew 
+sleeping in a bubble underwater as the bubble floats to the top 
+and pops, Mew wakes up and flies off. Ash and everyone run out of 
+the storm and into a ocean side house that has all the other 
+trainers who were invited.
+---------------------------------------------
+
+A Trainer
+Calm down Kingler! Cut it out!
+	(Our heroes run inside wet.)
+
+Ash
+It was a beautiful day!
+
+Brock
+The weather along this beach can change easily.
+	(we notice a big crowd of trainers by the door and Officer 
+Jenny standing with a woman talking to them all)
+
+Crowd
+Huh? The ferry has been canceled?
+
+Sweet
+We can't go to the New Island?!
+
+Crowd
+Oh No! We were invited to go!
+
+Officer Jenny
+Be quiet everyone. Here is the Pier Master.
+
+Boijer
+I'm Boijer. If you want to know about the sea ask the seagulls on 
+the pier. No need to bother. Just look at the flaw of the clouds. 
+I've never seen such a hurricane in all my years.
+
+Officer Jenny
+Is it that terrible?
+
+Boijer
+I grew up on a port and I've never experienced such a storm. 
+Besides the storm is above New Island offshore of this pier. I 
+can't let you be placed in danger. That's my wish as the one who 
+guards this pier.
+
+Officer Jenny
+As you heard the ferry has been cancelled.
+
+Umio
+Its okay with my pok?mon. My pok?mon are stronger in water. I can 
+cross the sea.
+
+Boijer
+Wait. I'm the one who knows the sea and I say no!
+
+Officer Jenny
+She's right! Besides if the pok?mon were to get hurt now they 
+wouldn't be able to get treatment at a Pok?mon Center.
+
+Ash
+What do you mean?
+
+Officer Jenny
+Nurse Joy at the Pok?mon Center is missing. Pok?mon can't receive 
+treatment without Nurse Joy. The poster over there is the missing 
+person report
+	(Brock looks at it)
+
+Brock
+Beautiful... Who? I've seen her somewhere before...
+	(Some of the trainers go outside in the storm wanting to 
+cross the ocean. Soroa gets onto his Pidgeot and flies off. Umio 
+gets on his Gyarados and swims across.)
+
+Officer Jenny
+Stop! Stop or I'll arrest you!
+	(Sweet gets on her Dewgong and starts swimming away.)
+
+Boijer
+There's no use trying to stop them. After all they're pok?mon 
+trainers. If they were children who would stop after being told 
+to, they wouldn't have gathered here. Let's just pray for there 
+safety.
+	(Ash, Brock, Misty and Pikachu run outside and see everyone 
+leaving.)
+
+Ash
+Across the sea lives the strongest trainer in the world. I can't 
+cop out now.
+
+Misty
+But we can't cross this sea using our pok?mon.
+
+Ash
+Right.
+	(A Small wooden ship pulls up with 2 people in it. Guess 
+who?)
+
+Jessie
+Want a ride? Not saying that it's free but depending on the 
+situation. I might allow you onboard. 
+	(They get on and start going and Meowth is dressed like a 
+girl in front of the boat, then a huge wave and Team Rocket's 
+costumes fall off. then the waves start getting really rough.)
+
+Ash
+You guys! You guys again?!
+
+Brock
+You guys appear at the very worst times!
+
+Ash
+What do you want?
+
+Jessie
+If we're asked what we want...
+
+James
+The answer to that is..
+
+Meowth
+There's no time for saying that!
+	(A huge wave flips the boat. Misty shoots out Staryu and 
+swims to the surface.)
+
+Brock
+Ash! Misty!
+	(Misty comes up and he grabs onto Staryu.)
+
+Misty
+Where is Ash and Pikachu?!
+(A big wave comes again, and they go back under and see As h 
+swimming up with Squirtle.)
+
+  
+
+Ash
+Hold on tight everyone!
+	(Squirtle and Staryu keep swimming under the waves until 
+they see light. Then it shows Mew flying above the clouds. Ash 
+and everyone get to the castle and climb out of the water, and 
+the mysterious lady is standing there.
+
+Lady
+Welcome to the New Island. Please show me your invitation.
+
+Ash
+How's this?
+	(He shows her).
+
+B rock
+That was you just as I thought!
+
+Lady
+Yes?
+
+Brock
+That picture of Nurse Joy I saw in the missing person report at 
+the pier was you.
+
+Misty
+That reminds me, she looks like her.
+
+Lady
+I don't know what your talking about. I've been serving this 
+castle ever since I was born. Come this way. The other guests are 
+already waiting.
+
+---------------------------------------------
+They go inside and Team Rocket floats up from the water on top of 
+Weezing. Then it shows Mew playing with the windmill on top of 
+the castle. MEANWHILE Ash and everyone are inside the castle.
+---------------------------------------------
+
+Lady
+Those are the trainers who have already arrived.
+
+Ash
+Only 3?
+
+Lady
+The trainers who couldn't cross that storm aren't worth inviting.
+
+Brock
+So then you tested us?
+
+Lady
+Please take out the pok?mon from the pok?balls and be seated. You 
+are the chosen trainers.
+
+James
+
+	(outside and the front door shuts)
+Well then, let's sneak into this castle...
+
+Jessie
+The only way is to use the exit.
+
+Meowth
+Where's the exit?
+
+Jessie
+Over there...
+
+Meowth
+The s..s..sewer!? I'm not a brown rat!
+
+Jessie
+Don't complain!
+	(All of a sudden Mew comes down from behind TR and looks at 
+them. Jessie turns her head but Mew disappeared.)
+
+James
+What's wrong Jessie?
+
+Jessie
+Nothing lets go.
+
+---------------------------------------------
+Meanwhile...
+---------------------------------------------
+
+Sorao
+You came too?
+
+Ash
+You?
+
+Sorao
+I flew here. My Pidgeot can cross such a hurricane in one flight. 
+Everyone greet them! 
+	(all his pok?mon say their names Then they see a Gyarados.)
+
+Umio
+That's my Gyarados. I rode him across the sea. Those kind of 
+waves are nothing for it. 
+
+Ash
+Gyarados is a brutal pok?mon isn't it?
+
+Umio
+Yeah, but if you can handle it, no one is more reliable.
+
+Sweet
+My pok?mon are just the same over there. 
+	(points to her Blastoise, Wigglytuff, and more. Then all 
+the lights turn off, there is a bright beam of light coming down 
+the center of a huge spiral staircase.)
+
+Lady
+That you for waiting everyone. The strongest pok?mon trainer is 
+coming. 
+	(All of a sudden Mewtwo starts floating down and all the 
+pok?mon get worried.)
+
+
+Lady
+Yes, this is the strongest pok?mon trainer and strongest pok?mon. 
+Mr. Mewtwo.
+	(The lights come back on and everyone can see him clearly.)
+
+Ash
+Mewtwo?
+
+Umio
+A Pok?mon is a pok?mon trainer? It can't be. 
+	(It becomes apparent that MewTwo is telepathically 
+controlling Joy...)
+
+Mewtwo
+I've decided my own rules.
+
+Misty
+That voice!
+
+Brock
+Telepathy!
+	(Mewtwo raises Umio up in the air and throws him into a 
+pool 
+	(using his mind)
+
+Umio
+Darn it! Go Gyarados!
+	(Gyarados attacks with Hyper Beam, it goes to Mewtwo and 
+Mewtwo stops it and turns it around and it hits Gyarados causing 
+it to faint.)
+
+Mewtwo
+That was easy. 
+	(looks at Joy)
+I no longer have any need for you anymore.
+	(Joy faints into Brock's arms)
+
+Brock
+Nurse Joy.
+
+Nurse Joy
+Where is this place? Why am I here?
+
+Mewtwo
+To make you take care of me, I took you from the Pok?mon Center. 
+A doctor who is familiar with pok?mon is convenient. You were 
+quite useful. You don't remember anything though.
+
+Brock
+What did you say?
+
+Mewtwo
+Humans can be manipulated in any way with my power.
+
+Misty
+With what power?
+
+Pikachu
+PIKA!
+	(Meanwhile TR are in the castle and they find a strange 
+room and they enter it.)
+
+
+Meowth
+What is this place? 
+	(They look and see a Charizard, Venusaur and a Blastoise in 
+Big Glass Test Tubes sleeping.)
+
+Meowth
+Cute!
+
+James
+Is it really?
+
+Jessie
+These aren't like any treasures I've seen.
+	(Jessie walks away and sits on some button and a computer 
+turns on with a very fuzzy screen.)
+
+Computer
+...our study... to continue in our research ... we would have to 
+collect samples from our test subjects...
+	(All of a sudden something grabs Meowth and throws him in a 
+machine)
+
+Meowth
+HELP! HELP!
+
+Jessie
+Meowth!
+	(Both Jessie and James start pull to get Meowth out and 
+they do get him out but not before the machine got 3 hairs from 
+off of his tail.)
+
+Meowth
+OUCH! My hair!
+	(on the computer screen a figure of a Meowth shows up and 
+the computer starts saying some weird stuff then in an empty test 
+tube next to Team Rocket, a Meowth falls down from a pipe into 
+it)
+
+All of TR
+MEOWTH?!
+
+Meowth
+I am Meowth.
+
+James
+Then this is.... Meowth's copy? 
+	(Mew appears behind Team Rocket again.)
+
+Computer
+But the copy we created is more than we've imaged. The pok?mon 
+which we found.... in the depths... it's name is Mew... We 
+succeeded in finding fossilized eye lashes of a mew. From the 
+gathered components we created Mewtwo with this machine. The goal 
+was to make the strongest pok?mon with our own hands. That was 
+our dream. But soon Mewtwo displayed unmeasurable violence. Its 
+all over. The research office will be destroyed. The only way 
+left to abandon this place and escape. 
+	(the computer shuts off)
+
+Jessie
+This is the research office?
+
+James
+I think so.
+
+Meowth
+Yeah
+
+James
+But there's nothing wrong with it.
+
+Jessie
+Or maybe something created it again.
+
+James
+But who?
+
+Mewtwo
+I thought of working with humans once. But I was disappointed. 
+Humans are the worst creatures inferior to pok?mon. If creatures 
+that are weak and cruel like humans control this world, this 
+planet will come to ruin. 
+
+Brock
+Are you saying like your gonna rule it?
+
+Mewtwo
+
+	(shakes his head)
+Pok?mon are no good either because this planet is ruled by humans 
+our pok?mon... pok?mon who lived for humans.
+
+Pikachu
+Pika..pika pika!
+
+Mewtwo
+What did you say? You're not being controlled? You're with the 
+humans because you want to be? To be with them by itself is 
+wrong.
+	(Mewtwo lifts Pikachu up with his mind and throws him but 
+Ash jumps back and catches him!)
+
+Pikachu
+pika!
+
+Ash
+Pikachu!
+
+Mewtwo
+Weak pok?mon rely on humans.
+
+Misty
+Ash! Are you ok?
+
+Ash
+Yeah. How dare you attack Pikachu?!
+
+Soroa
+We can get him no matter what kind of pok?mon he is, as long as 
+he's a pok?mon, GO RYHORN!
+	(Ryhorn charges at Mewtwo and is 1 inch from him and Mewtwo 
+stops him and raises him into the air, and shoots Ryhorn across 
+the room!)
+
+ 
+
+Soroa
+Ryhorn!
+
+Mewtwo
+It's no use. I was born as the strongest of any pok?mon in the 
+world.
+
+Ash
+You don't know that before we try.
+
+Mewtwo
+You wan to try?
+
+Ash
+We can ask for nothing better.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------
+Mewtwo eyes start glowing then it shows in the lab with Team 
+Rocket in it Charizard, Venusaur, and Blastoise come out of there 
+test tubes and walk out the door. then Mew flies out with them.
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+James
+Was that a..?
+
+Jessie
+Mew?
+
+
+
+Mewtwo
+Any human who are aiming to be pok?mon trainers go first. 
+Charizard, Blastoise, Venusaur.
+	(The 3 copies raise up from the ground.)These are the 
+evolved forms of the copies I've made. 
+
+Sweet
+Copies?
+
+Soroa
+They are...?
+	(Everything starts shaking and a huge door opens and inside 
+is a pok?mon battle field.)
+
+Brock
+A battle field? Is he going to have a pok?mon battle?
+
+Soroa
+I've got Venusaur for that copy one!
+
+Sweet
+I've got Blastoise for that copy one!
+
+Ash
+I've got Charizard too. Charizard I chose you!
+	(Charizard comes out and gives Mewtwo and evil look then 
+shoots fire out at him but Mewtwo makes a force field around him 
+so it doesn't even touch him.)
+Charizard, that's a surprise attack. 
+	(Mewtwo shoots up water and the fire goes out.)
+
+Mewtwo
+What a bad tempered Charizard. So who's first?
+	(Soroa's Venusaur walks out.)
+
+
+Soroa
+I was careless before, but it won't go that way this time.
+
+
+	(The copied Venusaur walks out.)
+
+Soroa
+Venusaur! Razorleaf!
+
+Mewtwo
+Vine Whip.
+	(Copied Venusaur's vines chop up the razor leafs then his 
+vines wrap around Venusaur and tosses him across the room!)
+
+Soroa
+Venusaur!
+
+Sweet
+I'm next! Go Blastoise!
+	(Mewtwo points for copied Blastoise to go.)
+
+Sweet
+Blastoise, Hydro Pump!
+	(Copied Blastoise spins right threw the water and hits 
+Blastoise causes him to go crashing hard into the wall.)
+
+Sweet
+Blastoise!
+
+ 
+
+Misty
+Be careful Ash! His skills are strong!
+
+Ash
+I know.
+	(Mewtwo signals Copied Charizard to go.)
+
+Ash
+Charizard! Lets fight with speed not power! Okay go!
+	(Both Charizard fly up. Ashes Charizard keeps using Flame-
+thrower but copied Charizard dodges them all and keeps hitting 
+Charizard in the stomach.)
+
+Misty
+Where are the speed attacks?
+
+Brock
+The enemy is to fast!
+	(Copied Charizard grabs Charizard and starts flying down to 
+the ground!)
+
+Ash
+Charizard!
+
+Mewtwo
+Dive Bomb Slam!
+
+Charizard hits into the ground then gets up.. roars loudly.. then 
+faints.
+
+Ash
+
+	(Runs out to Charizard)
+Hold on Charizard! Are you okay?
+
+Mewtwo
+Both speed and power are lacking.
+	(Mewtwo then throws his hands up and 3 black pok?balls 
+appear he shoots them all out and captures Sweet's Blastoise 
+another gets Soroa's Venusaur and the other captures ashes 
+Charizard! A small gold statue lifts up and the 3 balls shoot 
+down into the hole.)
+
+Ash
+STOP!
+
+Misty
+Are you taking the other's pok?mon?!
+
+Mewtwo
+Taking them? No. I'm going to make stronger copies than the 
+pok?mon you are so proud of.
+	(Mewtwo raises his arms again and hundreds of Black 
+pok?balls appear!)
+It's suitable enough for me.
+
+Brock
+Copies?
+
+Ash
+Stop! That's a violation of the rules!
+
+Mewtwo
+Don't tell me what to do. 
+	(Mewtwo looks at Ash and throws him into Brock)
+I've decided my own rules.
+	(Mewtwo drops his arms and all the black pok?balls start 
+flying everywhere)
+
+Brock
+They're Coming!
+
+Ash
+Run everyone!
+
+--------------------------------------------------------
+The pok?balls are everywhere catching the trainers pok?mon, the 
+Gyarados was caught then the Golduck, then Seaking, then Scyther, 
+then Hitmonlee, then Sandslash the trainers are trying to protect 
+there pok?mon but there is nothing they can do! then Dewgong was 
+caught, then Rapidash, then Vileplume. Then Bulbasaur and 
+Squirtle are fighting them off, then Wigglytuff was caught, then 
+Pidgeot and when they get caught the pok?balls fly back into the 
+whole under the statue lifted up in the air.
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+Ash
+I've got it! Take your own pok?mon back to your own pok?balls! 
+Return Squirtle and Bulbasaur! 
+	(they both go back into their pok?balls)
+
+
+  
+
+Mewtwo
+It's no use.
+	(2 black pok?balls go to Ash, open, and capture the 
+pok?balls Bulbasaur and Squirtle are in!)
+Nothing is impossible with the black pok?balls I have made. 
+	(Misty puts Togepy in her bag and shuts it tight while 
+Brock holds Vulpix close.)
+
+Nurse Joy
+This place is no good. Let's run outside!
+	(Nurse Joy, Psyduck, Misty and Brock start running but then 
+a black ball catches Psyduck)
+
+Misty
+My Psyduck!
+	(A black ball catches Vulpix.)
+
+Brock
+Vulpix!
+	(Pikachu is being hunted down by tons of black pok?balls! 
+Then Pikachu falls and is about to be caught! But Ash jumps in 
+front of him and the pok?balls hit him.)
+
+Ash
+Run Pikachu! 
+	(Pikachu is running and starts climbing the spiral stairs 
+with ash running after him. Pikachu keeps using Thundershock to 
+blow up all the pok?balls around him but more keep coming! Ash 
+starts running up the stairs a little behind Pikachu)
+Don't give up Pikachu! 
+	(Pikachu gets tired and he accidentally falls of the 
+stairs! Ash jumps after him and is about to grab him but then a 
+black pok?balls snatches Pikachu! But Ash catches the pok?ball 
+and then falls into some water but when he does the pok?balls 
+slips out of his hands and goes into the hole. Since it was the 
+last pok?mon the statue starts to drop but Ash just barely makes 
+it and jumps down into the hole after the Pikachu in the ball! 
+Team Rocket is still in the Lab, which is where all the copies 
+are going. They are amazed at all the copies dropping into all 
+the test tubes everywhere but then Ash falls down chasing after 
+Pikachu!)
+
+Jessie
+Brat?
+
+Ash
+I'm sorry, I don't have time to deal with you today!
+	(Ash jumps and grabs Pikachu's pok?ball but right when he 
+does about 25 little metal mini hand like things come down trying 
+to keep Pikachu, Ash is fighting off the mini hands.)
+Let it go! Darn it! Let him go! Let go of my Pikachu! Let go! 
+	(All the hands break and the whole copy machine starts 
+blowing up and Pikachu comes out of his ball.)
+Pikachu!
+
+Pikachu
+Pika!
+
+But then all the Copy pok?mon start coming out of there tubes 
+because the whole copy machine is all blown up. All the copies 
+start walking out of the room.
+
+Jessie
+Oh no! There coming out!
+
+Meowth
+My copy to!
+
+Ash
+Those are all copies?
+
+Jessie
+Where are they all going?
+
+All of a sudden there's an explosion and all the black pok?balls 
+come out and all the original pok?mon come out!
+
+James
+The real ones have come out to!
+
+2 of the black balls open and 2 normal pok?balls come out, then 
+those open and Squirtle and Bulbasaur come out! Ash and Pikachu 
+runs over and starts laughing and hugging each other then ash 
+stops and looks up and looks angry!
+
+Meanwhile up stairs...
+
+Mewtwo
+Humans, I won't take your lives too. Leave here.
+
+The doors open to the exit.
+
+Mewtwo
+That is if you an make it out in that storm.
+
+Then there is an explosion and all the copied pok?mon come 
+walking out.
+
+Mewtwo
+What happened here?
+
+From the smoke, Ash and all the original pok?mon come walking 
+out.
+
+Ash
+I can not forgive...! I will not forgive you!
+
+Misty/Brock
+Ash!
+
+Misty
+
+	(sees Psyduck)
+Psyduck!
+
+Brock
+
+	(sees Vulpix)
+Vulpix!
+
+Mewtwo
+Did you set them free?
+
+Ash
+I will protect my pok?mon, my friends.
+	(Ash charges at Mewtwo and goes to punch him but Mewtwo 
+throws him down to the ground. Ash gets up and tries again and 
+Mewtwo lifts him up.)
+
+Misty
+Ash!
+
+Brock
+Stop!
+	(Mewtwo throws Ash into a huge statue but just as he's 
+about to hit it -which we know would really hurt
+a pink bubble stops him and Ash bounces a few times on that.)
+
+Mewtwo
+What?
+	(Mew flies up to Ash and stares at him, Ash then looks at 
+Mew and Mew pops the bubble and Ash falls -only like a foot then 
+Mew starts giggling.)
+You're... 
+	(Mew makes another bubble and starts jumping up and own on 
+it giggling and having a good time, then Mewtwo makes a black 
+electric ball and shoots it up and it pops mew bubble. Mew turns 
+around and looks at Mewtwo confused. Mewtwo makes another and 
+blows up when it hits Mew. Mewtwo makes 3 more and throws them 
+all up at Mew, Mew dodges them all and starts giggling again.)
+
+Brock
+That's...
+
+Misty
+Pok?mon?
+
+Mew flies down and looks at Mewtwo
+
+Mewtwo
+Mew. The pok?mon that's supposed to be the rarest pok?mon in the 
+world.
+
+Brock
+Mew? 
+	(Mew looks around at everyone... I love this guy!)
+
+Mewtwo
+I was made from you. But I am the stronger one...I am the true 
+one.
+	(Mew is still looking around acting like its paying no 
+attention to Mewtwo.)
+
+Brock
+Mew and Mewtwo.
+
+Sweet
+Mewtwo was made from Mew.
+
+Mewtwo
+
+	(starts glowing)
+I am the only one who will survive. 
+	(Mewtwo starts chasing mew everywhere shooting tons of 
+those black electric balls at him. But Mew keeps running away 
+dodging everything.)
+
+Mewtwo
+Who don't you want to fight? The reason why you avoid fighting is 
+because your afraid of me? 
+	(Mewtwo makes another black electric ball and shoots it at 
+Mew and knocks Mew right in the face and mew goes flying in the 
+distance. Everyone is then shocked, but then the same type of 
+ball only blue comes back and hits Mewtwo and he goes into a 
+wall. Mew flies back down. and Mewtwo floats up from the fire and 
+rubble. TR Enters the room.)
+
+Mewtwo
+Your attacks are ineffective against me. Now is the time to 
+decide which one of us is the true one, you the copy... which is 
+the stronger? We were made stronger than the real ones.
+
+Mew
+mew, mew..mew mew mew...mew, mew..mew mew mew
+
+Meowth
+I see.
+
+Jessie
+What is it saying?
+
+Meowth
+The real one is real. If they fight only using bodies without 
+skills. The true ones will not be beaten by their copies
+
+Mewtwo
+The real one is real?.... Fine! 
+	(Mewtwo shoots another black electric ball at Mew but Mew 
+dodges it and just barely misses Ash! Ash then starts climbing 
+down the statue.)
+Lets decide which is the real one without skills. You're the 
+stronger ones, GO! 
+	(All the copies start attacking their originals. The copies 
+are winning. Mewtwo makes a visible blue force field around 
+himself. Mew does the same except its pink and they fly up high 
+in the air and keep ramming into each other. Then Pikachu is 
+looking around at the big copy war then he sees his copy standing 
+there ready to fight him! Pikachu can't believe it.)
+
+
+Nurse Joy
+What is this fighting? Both the real ones and copies are alive 
+now.
+
+Sweet
+Everyone is a living thing
+
+Brock
+Though they were created, there are living beings that live in 
+this world.
+
+Misty
+The real ones and the copies... But both of them are the same 
+living things. There's no such thing as a win and losing.
+
+James
+If we were asked that, I wouldn't know what to say
+
+Jessie
+I feel so sorry
+
+James
+They're bullying themselves.
+
+Jessie
+Its like seeing what we used to be.
+
+James
+Its like seeing what we are now.
+
+Both
+Feels Bad! 
+	(Meowth's copy walks up to Meowth.)
+
+Meowth
+Its you! 
+	(they take out there claws and are ready fight)
+This is gonna hurt. But every pok?mon is fighting each other, 
+you're unfair.
+
+Copy Meowth
+Meow meow...
+
+Meowth
+What? I'm more unfair? It's because I'm not fighting with you? 
+Your nails would hurt more wouldn't they?
+
+Copy Meowth
+meow meow meow
+
+Meowth
+You said tonight's moon would be round? You're right, it must be 
+a full moon.
+
+Copy Meowth
+meow meow
+
+Meowth
+Talking about the moon at a time like this is tasteful. Its 
+philosophical.
+	(Meanwhile Mew and Mewtwo are still bouncing around 
+fighting. And Ash finally makes it back to the ground.)
+
+Ash
+
+	(looks at everyone fighting and getting so tired)
+That's Enough! Stop!
+
+Brock
+Ash!
+
+Ash
+I've got to stop them.
+
+Brock
+No. The battle will continue unless Mew and Mewtwo stop fighting.
+
+Nurse Joy
+Animals don't hand over there territory to the same type of 
+animal.
+
+Misty
+oh no.
+
+Nurse Joy
+They will fight until they drive their opponents away. That is 
+the way of living beings.
+
+Brock
+That may be for living beings but Mewtwo was made by humans.
+
+Misty
+But now he's a living being. 
+
+Ash
+Now they are all living beings. Mew and Mewtwo, Pikachu and that 
+other Pikachu. 
+	(Mew and Mewtwo's fight finally goes on ground and they 
+both take off there force field. Mew and Mewtwo both shoots a 
+beam out at each other and starts to run between them not seeing 
+the 2 beams coming!)
+Stop!
+
+Brock
+Ash! 
+	(Both beams hit Ash and he falls to the ground and turns to 
+stone.)
+
+Mewtwo
+It can't be. A human tried to stop our fight. 
+	(Pikachu runs out to Ash and starts shaking Ash. Then he 
+thunder shocks him many times and Ash still doesn't move. Pikachu 
+begins to cry. Then all the other pok?mon look at Pikachu -
+including the copies
+and they start crying. All there tears float over and land on ash 
+then last, Pikachu's tears fall onto Ash and Ash regains his hold 
+on life, and turns back to flesh from rock)
+
+Ash
+Pikachu!
+
+Pikachu
+Pika pi!!
+
+Mewtwo
+Actually, both you and I are pok?mon that already exist.
+
+Mew
+mew.
+
+Mewtwo
+It might be better if no one knows about us, or any of this...
+
+Mew
+mew...
+	(Mew and Mewtwo start flying away and then all the copies 
+pok?mon lift up into the air and fly with them!)
+
+Ash
+Why are you going everyone?
+
+Mewtwo
+
+	(flying away with all the copies)
+We were born and alive. We will continue to live somewhere in 
+this world. 
+	(All of a sudden the whole castle fills up with bright 
+light and everyone disappears......... Now we are back where all 
+the trainers what to go on the ferry.)
+
+Officer Jenny
+The ferry has been canceled! There's a hurricane coming!
+
+Nurse Joy
+
+	(walks through the crowd)
+Don't worry everyone. I'm going to open the Pok?mon Center as a 
+shelter. Follow me those who need it.
+
+Brock
+Nurse Joy, the officer, and Ms. Boijer. Even more beautiful than 
+usual when they are wet by the rain.
+
+Ash
+But why are we here?
+
+Misty
+I don't know. We're here because we're here.
+
+Ash
+It doesn't matter. Well... Huh? 
+	(Everyone runs outside)
+It can't be...
+
+Officer Jenny
+The hurricane... it's as if it never existed.
+
+Boijer
+I can run the ferry for again tomorrow.
+
+Ash
+
+	(looks up and sees a mew in the sky)
+Look.
+
+Misty
+What? I can't see anything.
+
+Brock
+Besides the clouds.
+
+Ash
+On the day I left to become a pok?mon trainer, I saw a phantom 
+pok?mon... and now.. I've seen it again.
+
+Brock
+Phantom Pok?mon.
+
+Ash
+Yes, someday I will 
+	(Meanwhile, TR is still on the New Island except now the 
+castle is gone.)
+
+Jessie
+Well if its this empty...
+
+James
+Clean and clear...
+
+Meowth
+And different than it usually is. 
+
+Jessie/James/Meowth
+FEELS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!!"
+32,Rescuers Down Under The ,"Margery Sharp,Jim Cox,Karey Kirkpatrick","Animation,Family,Adventure",November_1990,"(opening:     The camera slowly zooms through a variety of insects and rocks.
+              We follow a small yellow bug climb up a blade of grass.  As it
+              spreads its wings to fly, we are whisked along the Australian
+              outback and prairie by Ayers rock and eventually slow down as we
+              approach Cody's house.)
+
+(scene:  inside Cody's room.  The camera pans around to show Cody sleeping
+         in his hammock.  The sound of Faloo's call is heard.  Cody hears
+         it, jumps out of bed, and runs to the window.  He puts on his
+         shirt and grabs his knife.)
+
+(scene:  Cody sneaks past his mother who is in the kitchen listening to the
+         radio.)
+
+Announcer:    ... thundershowers are expected in the Crocodile Falls area and
+              some of the surrounding gullies so take out your...
+
+(scene:  Outside Cody's house.  Cody leaves the house, and closes the door
+         behind him, but not quietly.)
+
+Mom:     (from inside upon hearing the door) Cody!
+
+Cody:    (whincing) Yeah mom?
+
+Mom:     What about your breakfast?
+
+Cody:    I've got some sandwiches in my pack.
+
+Mom:     Well be home for supper.
+
+Cody:    (hopping the gate) No worries mom.
+
+(scene:  Cody runs toward the forest; Faloo's call is heard in the
+         background.  He runs past some rock formations and enters the
+         woods.  Birds follow him; and squak at him.)
+
+Cody:    (to the birds) I know, I'm coming.
+
+    (Cody jumps over a hollow log)
+          Hustle up Nelson, Faloo's sounding the call!
+
+    (Cody slides through a log, picks up a stick, and beats on the roof of
+    the wombats home.)
+          C'mon little wombats, hurry!
+
+    (Cody continues to run through the forest with all of the animals
+    following him.)
+
+    (Cody arrives at the tree where Faloo has been sounding the call.)
+
+         (to Faloo) Who's caught this time?
+
+Faloo:   You don't know her, Cody, her name is Marahute, the great golden
+         eagle.
+
+Cody:    Where is she?
+
+Faloo:   She's caught, high on a cliff in a poacher's trap.  You're the
+         only one who can reach her.
+
+Cody:    I'll get her loose.
+
+Faloo:   Right-oh, hop on, no time to lose.
+
+    (Cody hops onto Faloo and they travel through the forest and along a
+    stream/river; more scenes of animals and the forest.)
+
+    (They arrive at the cliff.)
+
+         (pointing up towards the cliff) She's up on top of that ridge.  Be
+         careful lit'l friend.
+
+(scene:  various ""time lapse"" views of Cody climbing up the cliff.)
+
+    (Cody reaches the top and sees the eagle.)
+
+Cody:    Marahute!
+
+    (Cody looks at the eagle; he approaches her slowly; she hears him and
+    wakes up; Marahute screeches and struggles to get free.)
+
+         (reassuring) Calm down, calm down.  I'm not gonna hurt you.  (Cody
+         strokes Marahute on the head) That's a girl.
+         Stay still... it's o.k.
+
+    (Cody gets out his knife; Marahute sees the glint of the knife and
+    begins to struggle and scream)
+
+         No wait!  I'm here to help you... easy!... easy!
+
+    (Cody cuts two ropes.  Cody cuts the last rope to free Marahute.)
+
+         You're free!!
+
+    (As Marahute spreads her wings to fly, she knocks Cody off the cliff.)
+
+         Aaaiigh!
+
+    (Cody falls; Marahute dives down to catch him; she catches him just
+    before he hits the ground; they begin to fly around; the animals see
+    Cody on Marahute and stand in awe; Marahute files over several rock
+    formations; the fly up above the clouds; Cody looks at his reflection in
+    Marahute's eye.)
+
+         Higher!
+
+    (They fly even higher above the clouds; Marahute throws Cody and catches
+    him; Cody is now held in Marahute's talons.)
+
+         Woah!
+
+    (Cody mocks an eagle screech; he laughs as Marahute tickles him; they
+    cruise above the clouds which eventually open up to show the ground;
+    Marahute nose dives towards the ground and a stream; she holds Cody just
+    high enough above the water so that he is water skiing; they approach a
+    flock of birds; Marahute lets Cody go and he skims through the birds,
+    scattering them; Marahute grabs Cody just before he falls in and then
+    put Cody right in front of her, on her beak (pushing him from behind);
+    they go over the egde of a waterfall; Marahute catches Cody again; this
+    time he rides by standing on her back; they arrive at Marahute's nest)
+
+         Wow!
+
+    (Cody and Marahute look at each other; Cody falls over as he attempts to
+    look at Marahute upside down. Marahute moves some grass and feathers to
+    show Cody her eggs)
+
+         You're a mom!
+
+    (Cody puts his ear to the eggs)
+
+         They're very warm.  Are they gonna hatch soon?
+
+    (Marahute ruffles her neck feathers in an affectionate manner; she sits
+    on the eggs and then looks out ""over her domain"".)
+
+         Where's the daddy eagle?  (Marahute drops her head) Oh... my dad's
+         gone too.
+
+    (Cody give Marahute an affectionate stroke;  as they fix the covering on
+    the eggs, the wind picks up and blows a feather in Cody's face; he looks
+    at it, plays with it, and puts it back.  Marahute picks it up and gives
+    it to Cody and he gives her a hug.)
+
+    (Marahute and Cody are now on the ground; Marahute takes off and Cody
+    runs around making flying noises)
+
+(scene:  just inside the forest.  A wanted poster of McLeach is posted on a
+         tree; A mouse is tied up with a bell attached to it that rings as
+         it struggles; Cody hears the bell and goes over to the mouse.)
+
+Cody:    Heh heh... hey little fella, what happened to you?
+
+Baitmouse:    (panicking) Oh no! No, no, no, no!!  Get away, get away! It's a
+              trap, it's a trap.  Be careful, NO!
+
+Cody:    (as the mouse is speaking) Don't worry, I'll get you loose.  Woah!
+         (Cody falls into the trap.  He looks up to see a blinking light
+         and the alarm.)
+
+(scene:  McLeach's truck; the radar has a blip on the screen.)
+
+McLeach: (laughs)  Got one!!
+
+(scene:  back in the hole/trap where Cody has fallen.)
+
+Baitmouse:    (from the top of the hole) Are you alright?
+
+Cody:    (rubbing his head) Yeah, I think so.
+
+Baitmouse:    Okey-dokey. (he runs off)
+
+Cody:    Wait!  Hey!  Come back!
+
+    (Cody tries to climb out; he gets halfway up, grabs a tree root; it
+    breaks and he falls; the baitmouse begins to lower a vine down to help
+    Cody)
+
+Baitmouse:    Here you go, grab on.
+
+Cody:    That's great, just a little more, a little further... there!  I
+         got it.
+
+    (a rumble is heard and the ground begins to shake.)
+
+Baitmouse:    Uh-oh.
+
+    (view of McLeach's vehicle trampling through the forest disturbing
+    everything)
+
+Baitmouse:    Yipe!
+
+    (The vine is severed as McLeach's truck comes to a screeching halt; Cody
+    falls; the truck opens; Joanna leans over pit and growls; Cody yells)
+
+McLeach: (unseen, approaching the trap) Well Joanna, what'd we get today?
+         A dingo, a fat ol' razorback, or a nice big.... (he sees Cody)
+         boy?!?
+
+    (McLeach thinks for a second, gives a dirty look to Joanna and kicks
+    her.)
+         Joanna, you been diggin' holes out here again??  (mumbling to
+         himself) Dumb lizard always tryin' to bury squirrels out here.
+
+Cody:    Unh-unh.  It's a trap, and poachin's against the law.
+
+McLeach: Trap?!  Where'd you get an idea like that??  Boy I think you've
+         been down in that hole for too long.  (he holds his gun out so
+         that Cody can grab it) Well c'mon, grab ahold.  We'll get you out
+         of this little ol' lizard hole and you can just run along home.
+
+    (Joanna has spotted the baitmouse on Cody's backpack.  She hisses and
+    makes a face.)
+
+Cody:    This IS a poacher's trap and YOU'RE a poacher.
+
+    (The mouse ducks back into the backpack; Joanna jumps on Cody, knocking
+    McLeach into the hole; his gun goes off; Joanna begins to attach Cody's
+    backpack.)
+
+         (to Joanna) Let go!!  Hey get off of me!!
+
+McLeach: I'm gonna kill her.  (climbing out of the hole) I'm gonna kill
+         that dumb, slimey, egg-sucking salamander.
+
+Cody:    Cut it out!  Get off of me!
+
+    (Joanna continues to attack the backpack; McLeach picks up his gun; he
+    points it at Joanna; looking through gun scope McLeach aims at Joanna,
+    she tries to get out of his view; as she does this, McLeach spots the
+    feather in Cody's pack; he picks up Cody by his backpack.)
+
+McLeach: Hmmm.... good girl Joanna.  (Joanna looks up and grins happily.)
+
+         (to Cody) Say where'd you get this pretty feather boy?
+
+Cody:    (humbly) It was a present.
+
+McLeach: (coddling) Oh, that's real nice.  Who gave it to ya?
+
+Cody:    (stumbling) It's a s... secret.
+
+McLeach: That's no secret boy, you see, (menacing) I already got the
+         father.  (makes a cutting sound and draws a feather across his
+         neck like he was slashing a throat).  He, he he.  You just tell me
+         where momma and those little eggs are.
+
+    (Cody breaks free from McLeach by slipping out of his backpack.)
+
+Cody:    NO!!
+
+McLeach: Joanna, sick 'em!
+
+    (Cody runs through forest with Joanna close behind; he enters an open
+    area where we see a waterfall and water; Cody stops right at the edge of
+    the small cliff that drops into the water (Crocodile Falls); Joanna
+    follows close behind; Cody reaches into his pocket and pulls out his
+    knife; he drops it; McLeach steps on his hand.)
+
+McLeach: You're comin' with me boy.
+
+Cody:    My mom'll call the rangers!
+
+McLeach: (sarcastically)  Oh no.... not the rangers, what'll I do??
+         What'll I do??!  Don't let your mom call the rangers!!  Please
+         don't!!  (Joanna laughs) (McLeach laughs)  (McLeach throws Cody's
+         backpack into the river)  My poor baby boy got eaten by the
+         crocodiles, boo-hoo-hoo!  Let's go boy!
+
+Cody:    (from inside McLeach's cage)  Help!  Help!
+
+    (The baitmouse sees Cody in the cage; he runs to the local RAS telegraph
+    office; it begins to rain and wind is blowing; he bursts through the
+    door as the telegraph mouse is eating.)
+
+Baitmouse:  (very fast and excited) Help, help, help!!  Someone help!  McLeach
+            took the boy.  He took the little boy.  Send for help!!
+
+    (The telegraph mouse begins typing the message in morse code; camera
+    pans up to roof, where other mice aim the antenna; message is seen being
+    relayed to the Marshall Islands)
+
+    (In a wrecked plane on the Marshall Islands, a mouse listens to the
+    morse code message; he recognizes the distress call, activates the
+    controls on the plane, and relays message to Hawaii.)
+
+    (Message is seen being relayed to Hawaii.  Screens fill with RAS RAS
+    RAS.  Mice are watching through binoculars in the back.  The send a
+    signal to other mice.  They dial the phone to distract guard.  Phone
+    rings.  Guard leaves.  Mice take over, type (jump) on keyboard and read
+    message.  ""RAS... RAS... ATTENTION BOY KIDNAPPED IN AUSTRALIA IMMEDIATE
+    ACTION REQUIRED""  They type ""Relay to New York"".)
+
+    (Message then journeys across the ocean to Los Angeles, then to Denver,
+    St. Louis, Chicago, Washington D. C. and then New York.)
+
+(scene:  It is winter in New York; through the clouds, the camera descends
+         upon the UN building; a mouse is listening to the transmission at
+         the RAS headquarters in New York)
+
+Mouse:   Code red, code red!!  Attention all Rescue Aid Society delegates,
+         all delegates please report immediately to the main assembly hall.
+         This is an emergency meeting.  I repeat, this is a code red
+         emergency meeting!!
+
+    (the delegates have been assembling as the announcement was being made)
+
+(scene:  inside the RAS meeting hall)
+
+Chairmouse:   Order!  Order!  Yes, yes I know it's late but I'm... oh really!
+            Sir Charles.  Hello, hello Frank, how are you, nice to see you!
+            And Esmerelda, there you are!  Ha ha.. all right, quiet now
+            please, everyone pay attention.  There has been a kidnapping in
+            Australia.  (delegates gasp)  A young boy needs our help.  This is
+            a mission requiring our very finest, and I know we are all
+            thinking of the same two mice.  (everyone looks to the seats of
+            Hungary and USA, which are empty)  (delegates gasp again.)  What's
+            this?!?  Gone?  We must find Bernard and Miss Bianca at once!
+
+(scene:  a posh restaurant)
+
+    (as a waiter walks by a pillar/column in the restaurant, a pea drops on
+    the floor; a cricket comes out of the column and picks it up.)
+
+Cricket: Oh.... pea soup.
+
+    (With an elaborate contraption, he launches the pea up the column where
+    it drops into a thimble-pot of the cook)
+
+Cricket cook: Pea soup!
+
+    (A waiter cricket comes along and picks up the soup; the scene changes
+    to the chandelier over the restaurant and we see a mini-restaurant above
+    the real one.)
+
+Bianca:  To my dear Bernard, and our wonderful partnership.
+
+Bernard: (nervous and fumbling) Ah... yeah.. yeah.. ah.. won... wonderful.
+
+Bianca:  You've been very quiet this evening, is there something on your
+         mind?
+
+Bernard: Well, ummm... actually... I, ah... I was wondering.... (he reaches
+         into his pocket.)
+
+Bianca:  Yes darling?
+
+Bernard: I... Miss Bianca would you.... would you... (the ring falls
+         through a hole in Bernard's pocket onto the floor) would you
+         excuse me for a minute?
+
+    (Bernard chases the ring across the floor; he crawls around, sees it,
+    and just as he goes to grab it, a waiter kicks it under another table;
+    Francois arrives at their table.)
+
+Francois:     (French accent) Pardonnez moi, mademoiselle Bianca, I have
+              important news.  (He hands her a piece of paper.)
+
+Bianca:  Yes Francois?  What is it?
+
+Francois:     You and Bernard have been asked to accept a dangerous mission to
+              Australia.
+
+Bianca:  (reading message) Oh the poor boy.  This is dreadful.  Now where
+         is Bernard I must tell him at once!
+
+Francois:     Allow me madame, I will tell him immediately.
+
+    (Bernard is seen under a table retrieving ring; the ring finds its way
+    onto the foot of a rather large woman mouse who is having dinner with a
+    rather nerdy looking man mouse; as Bernard removes the ring from her
+    foot, she think the man mouse is playing footsie with her and smacks the
+    man mouse.)
+
+Bernard: (practicing)  Miss Bianca, will you marry me?  Miss Bianca, will
+         you please marry me?
+
+Francois:     (as Bernard practices) Quickly monsieur Bernard!  I must speak
+              with you....
+
+Bernard: Not now Francois, I'm busy!
+
+Francois:     No, no, no, no, monsieur you don't......
+
+    (As Francois attempts to follow Bernard he collides with another cricket
+    watier and falls on his back; various crickets run to help him.)
+
+    (Bernard returns to the table)
+
+Bianca:  Bernard, did you talk to Francois?
+
+Bernard: Ah yes, but uh.. there's... there's something I want ......
+
+Bianca:  I know exactly what you're going to say.  Francois told me all
+         about it.
+
+Bernard: He did?  How, how... how did he ...
+
+Bianca:  Oh it doesn't matter, I think it's a marvelous idea.
+
+Bernard: (shocked) You do?  I mean, you... you really want to?
+
+Bianca:  I don't think it's a matter of wanting, it's a matter of duty.
+
+Bernard: D-duty?  I... I never thought of it, well, umm... all righ.... all
+         right.  How does... how does next ah-April sound to you?
+
+Bianca:  Heavens no!  We must act immediately, tonight!  (she leaves the
+         restaurant with Bernard close behind)
+
+Bernard: Tonight?  But, but, ah.. wait!  Uh, Bianca, this is so sudden, I
+         mean, don't you at least need a gown or something?
+
+Bianca:  No, just a pair of khaki shorts and some hiking boots!
+
+Bernard: Hiking boots?
+
+(scene:  in the RAS meeting hall)
+
+Chairmouse:   Ah, there you are, come along, come along.
+
+Bianca:  Delegates, we have an important announcement.  Bernard and I have
+         decided, (pause) to accept the mission to Australia.
+
+Bernard: (surprised)  Australia?
+
+Chairmouse:   Oh good show!  Now, you must fly out immediately!  It's a little
+              nippy outside, but we won't let that stop us, will we?  What?
+              (laughs)
+
+(scene:  on top of a building, snow and wind blowing all around)
+
+Bernard: (yelling) Miss Bianca, I'm not sure it's such a good idea to... to
+         fly this soon after eating!
+
+Bianca:  Darling you'll be just fine!
+
+Bernard: But aren't, aren't you supposed to wait 45 minutes?
+
+Bianca:  (annoyed) Oh, just knock on the door and see if Orville is there!!
+
+Bernard: (knocks slightly)  (quickly) Well, nobody's home, let's go.
+
+    (Bernard gets buried with snow)
+
+Bianca:  Bernard!!  (scodling) This is no time to play in the snow.
+
+Bernard: I wasn't playing in the snow.  It... it was an avalanche.
+
+Bianca:  Oh look Bernard!   (reading the sign) Under new management, see
+         Wilbur.  C'mon darling, let's get a move out!
+
+(scene:  inside Wilbur's hangar; Wilbur is seen singing and dancing along
+         with some music)
+
+Bianca:  Yoo-hoo!  Mr. Wilbur!  Hello?
+
+Bernard: Look out!!  Excuse me!
+
+Bianca:  Bernard DO something!  He can't hear us!
+
+    (Bernard ""struggles"" to get to the boom box and Wilbur continues to
+    dance.)
+
+Wilbur:  (singing) The girls all look (music stops) when I go by..... Hey,
+         who killed the music?!?
+
+Bernard: That's better.
+
+Bianca:  Excuse us for interrupting, we're from the Rescue Aid Society.  I
+         am Miss Bianca...
+
+Wilbur:  (interrupting) Miss Bianca!?!
+
+Bianca:  and this is my....
+
+Wilbur:  (still interrupting) THE Miss Bianca?  I don't believe it.  My
+         brother Orville told me ALL about you, oh boy, I... this is an
+         honor to have.... may I just say enceinte senorita to you?  May I?
+         (kisses her hand)
+
+Bernard: Ahem.  (deliberately) We need to charter a flight.
+
+Wilbur:  Well, you've come to the right place, buddy boy, welcome to
+         (pause) ""Albatross Air""  -  a fair fare from here to there.
+         (laughs)  Get it?  A fair fare?  It's a... a play on... nevermind,
+         I've got tons of exotic destinations, far away places, custom
+         designed for (in a seductive voice) ""romantic weekend getaways"".
+         (laughs)  As well as the finest in-flight accomodations.  Speaking
+         of which, what can I get ya?  (fumbles, searches through his
+         cooler)  How about a nice mango-Maui cooler?  Very, very nice,
+         very tasty....
+
+Bianca:  No thank you...
+
+Wilbur:  Or a ah..... (fumbles about) Coconut guava nectar?  It's
+         carbonated.  Very nice.  I got little umbrellas for each one of
+         them and a little coconut thing....
+
+Bianca:  No, it's urgent that we leave immediately!
+
+Wilbur:  (disappointed)  Nothing?  Nothing at all?
+
+Bernard: (dismayed) Wilbur.
+
+Wilbur:  How about a cream soda?
+
+Bernard: Now look, we need a flight to Australia.
+
+Wilbur:  Australia?  The Land Down Under?  That's a fabulous idea!  So when
+         can I pencil you in?  Ah... after spring thaw?  You know, mid-June
+         would be very nice.
+
+Bianca:  Oh know, we must leave TONIGHT.
+
+Wilbur:  (spits out his drink) TONIGHT?  (coughs and laughs) C'mon you're
+         kiddin' me right?  (laughs) Have you looked outside?  (he opens
+         the window) It's suicide out there!  Oh-ho, oh no.  OH NO....I'm
+         afraid your jolly little holiday will have to wait.  (laughs)
+         What a bunch of jokers.
+
+Bianca:  But you don't understand, a boy needs our help, he's in trouble.
+
+Wilbur:  A boy?  You mean, a little kid kinda boy?
+
+Bianca:  He was kidnapped.
+
+Wilbur:  Kidnapped?  (remorseful) Aw... that... that's awful.  Lockin' up a
+         little kid.  A kid should be free.  Free to run wild through the
+         house on Saturday mornings, (gathering strength) free to have
+         cookies and milk, and get those little white moustaches, you know,
+         with the..... (determined) NOBODY'S gonna take a kid's freedom
+         away while I'm around, nobody, do you hear me?!?
+
+Bianca:  Does that mean you'll take us?
+
+Wilbur:  (with conviction) Storm or no storm, Albatross Airlines, at your
+         service!! (Wilbur salutes)
+
+    (scene changes to Bernard and Bianca on Wilbur's back)
+
+         Passengers are requested to please fasten their seat belts and
+         secure all carry-ons.  We'll be departing following our standard
+         pre-flight maintenance.  Thank you.
+
+    (Wilbur begins to exercise)
+
+         Yeah, loosen up, get the blood flowin' up to the head, annnnnd,
+         couple of these....oh!  (tries to do a push-up) O.k.  one's
+         enough, here we go.  Oh!  Ah yeah!!  That feels better.  Oh baby.
+         Tie your kangaroos down sports fans, here, we, COME!
+
+    (opens hangar doors, gets blown back by wind)
+
+         Yeah, let's go for it!!  Woah!  Hey!  Woah!  Hey, I didn't adjust
+         for the winds.  All right we're gonna make it!!  I just gotta duck
+         down a little lower, that's all.    Go under the wind, go under
+         it!  Here we go (screams)!!  Ow this is cold!  Slippery!  Ice!
+         Ice!  We got ice!  We got ice!  Oh hang on now!!  Here we go!
+         Here we go!  Here we go!!!  HERE WE GO!!  COWABUNGA!!!!!!!
+
+    (Wilbur dives for the street; ""flies"" just in time to miss the ground.)
+
+Bianca:  Captain, is this a non-stop flight to Australia??
+
+Wilbur:  Well, ah...not exactly no, I could definitely say no.  We're gonna
+         have to make connections with a bigger bird.  (aside)  Non-stop?
+         What do I look like, Charles Lindburgh??
+
+(scene:  McLeach driving his vehicle with Cody in the cage in the
+         Australian outback.)
+
+Cody:    (pounding on the cage) Lemme outta here!!  Lemme go!!  You can't
+         do this!!  Help!  Help!  Help!
+
+McLeach: (on speaker)  Breaker, breaker, little mate.  I forgot to tell ya
+         around here, you need to be QUIET!!  (Cody trips)  Or the rangers
+         might hear ya.  Now sit down and relax, enjoy the view.  (laughs)
+         Nothin' but abandoned opal mines as far as the eye can see.  And
+         dead ahead, is home sweet home.  (begins singing) (from a
+         distance) Home, home on the range.  Where the critters are tied up
+         in chains.  I cut through their sides, and I rip off their hides.
+         And the next day I do it again.  Everybody!  Home, home on the
+         range.....
+
+(scene:  long shot of Cody's house)
+
+Mom:     Cody!  Cody!  Cody!
+
+(scene:  cargo hold of airplane; Wilbur, Bernard, and Miss Bianca are
+         sleeping on an airplane tire.)
+
+Announcer:    (heard from inside of plane)  Ladies and gentlemen, Flight 12 is
+         now approaching Sydney airport, make sure you pick up your parcels
+         and packages and enjoy your stay in Australia.
+
+    (Miss Bianca wakes up, gives Bernard a kiss to wake him up.)
+
+Bernard: (just waking up) (yawns) Are we there yet?
+
+Bianca:  Yes.  You know, perhaps we should wake up Wilbur.
+
+Bernard: Oh, oh... alright, I'll get him up.  (leaning over)  Ahhh...
+         Wilbur?  (Wilbur is snoring)  Wilbur?  Wilbur??
+
+Wilbur:  (half awake) Um, yeah, just five more minutes ma.  (Wilbur rolls
+         over, trapping Bernard and Bianca)
+
+Bianca and Bernard:     (screams) Wilbur!!
+
+Wilbur:  (groggy) That's all I need, five more minutes.
+
+Bianca:  (pleading) Wilbur??  Are you awake??
+
+Bernard: Get, get up we're there!!
+
+Wilbur:  O.k. I'm up, I'm up. (he rolls back over)
+
+Bernard: Watch out you got....
+
+Wilbur:  (groans)  Oh!  I must'a been sleepin' on a bolt.  Ooo.  (plane
+         body opens)  Oh boy.  Throw another shrimp on the barbie girls,
+         cause HERE I COME!!
+
+Bernard: Here we go again!!
+
+Wilbur:  CANNONBALL!!!!!
+
+Bianca:  Weeee!!
+
+    (Wilbur ""cannonballs"" out of the airplane; he runs into a flock of
+    seagulls on his way down and passes the Sydney Opera House.)
+
+Wilbur:  Gang way!  Comin' through, mice on board!!  Clear the way!  Move
+         over madam, there you go!  Comin' through sir, thank you.
+         (laughs)  Next stop, Mugwomp Flats.  Did we lose anyone back
+         there?  (laughs).
+
+Bernard: Miss Bianca, from.. from now on, can't... can't we just take the
+         train?
+
+(scene:  Mugwomp flats ""control tower"".  Jake and Sparky are playing
+         checkers.)
+
+Jake:    Well Sparky, you've had this comin' for a long time.  And now,
+         you're gonna get it.  Ha!
+
+    (Jake jumps one of Sparky's pieces; Sparky spits and then jumps a bunch
+    of Jake's pieces.)
+
+Jake:    Hmmm... wise fly.  (Sparky laughs)
+
+Wilbur:  (over radio)  Mugwomp tower, Mugwomp tower, this is Albatross One
+         Three requesting permission to land.  Over?
+
+Jake:    Albatross?  (Jake flips over the checkerboard to a chart that has
+         various bird sizes)  Let's see... finch, wren, scrub bird,
+         lockeet, freckled duck, culah, kukaberra, parrot, cockatoo,
+         alba... alba...?!?!  It's a jumbo!!
+
+         (into radio)  Negative one three, you'll have to turn back, our
+         runway isn't long enough for a bird your size.
+
+Wilbur:  Not long enough?!?  Look pal, I can land this thing on a dime!
+
+Bernard: (heard over radio) Uh... Wilbur, if, if the runway isn't long
+         enough...
+
+Wilbur:  Listen you can't let these radar jockeys push you around.  Just
+         leave it to me alright?
+
+Jake:    (into radio) I say again mate, our runway is too short.
+
+Wilbur:  And I say again, MATE, I'm comin' in!!
+
+Jake:    Crazy Yank.  Quick Sparky, we gotta find a way to extend the
+         runway.
+
+    (Jake and Sparky begin to make the runway longer; Jake kicks a cinder
+    block raising part of the roof.)
+
+Wilbur:  Here we go!
+
+Bernard: We..., we'll never make it!!
+
+Wilbur:  (as he bounces along roof)  Hot!  Oooh!  Ow!  Passengers please
+         remain seated until the aircraft comes to a full and complete
+         stop.  Thank you.
+
+    (Jake and Sparky continue to extend the runway; Wilbur lands on an
+    umbrella and spins around.)
+
+Jake:    Quick Sparky, we need to make a drag line!
+
+    (an elaborate clothesline/hangar/brassiere drag line is constructed;
+    Wilbur is catapulted into the drag line; when he stops, he is ""wearing""
+    the bra.)
+
+Wilbur:  (cocky) Don't try and tell ME the runway's too short.  Ha!  (to
+         Jake) Hold this for me will ya pal?  (Wilbur ""hands"" him the bra
+         which launches Jake backwards.)
+
+Jake:    Bloke oughtta have his wings clipped.
+
+Wilbur:  You captain thanks you for flying Albatross Airlines.....
+
+Jake:    (aside to Sparky) Crazy Yanks.  They think they can do any fool
+         thing, without regard for.....
+
+    (he sees Bianca; becomes starry-eyed; Sparky wonders what happened;
+    looks at Jake; Sparky buzzes in dismay)
+
+         (being suave) Welcome to Australia ma'am.  My name's Jake and if
+         there's any way I can make your stay more pleasant, don't hesitate
+         to ask.
+
+Bianca:  Oh, how kind.
+
+Jake:    Allow me to get that bag for ya.
+
+Bernard: (struggling)  I've a.... I've got a lot of... luggage here...
+
+Wilbur:  Here let me give you a hand with those bags pal, all part of the
+         friendly service here at Albatross Air (Wilbur picks up two of the
+         bags; a crunch is heard)  Ow!  Oh!  Big time hurt!  Ah back!!  Oh
+         it's out!
+
+Bianca:  Wilbur, are you alright?
+
+Jake:    Don't worry ma'am, I'll handle this.  Sparky, you watch the tower,
+         we gotta get this bird to the hospital.
+
+Wilbur:  Oh.... can't go down, can't go up.  Oh ! Take the bags, take the
+         bags!
+
+(scene:  an old military hospital vehicle.  Wilbur is being lowered inside
+         by a series of ropes, gears and nursemice.)
+
+Nursemice:    Heave!  Ho!  Heave!  Ho!
+
+Wilbur:  Hey, whaddya doin'?  Hey, what... what's going on?  Wait!  Hey
+         wait a minute... just stop everything.
+
+Bianca:  Wilbur, don't worry.  We'll come back the moment we find the boy.
+
+Wilbur:  (begging) Wait!  Hey!  Wait a minute!  Don't leave me here,
+         please!  I'm feeling much better now.  I'm even ready to hit the
+         beaches (laughs).  I'm even ready to mambo.  (Wiggles in the
+         restraints).
+
+Bianca:  Doctor, will he be alright?
+
+Doctor:  (consoling) Now, now, my dear.  Keep a stiff upper lip.  They all
+         come in with a whimper, and leave with a grin.  Off with you now.
+         Leave everything to me.  Shoo, shoo, off you go.
+
+(they leave)
+
+         Hop to it ladies, we've got a bent bird on our hands.  Move, move,
+         move, bustle, bustle, bustle.  That's it, ah-ha.
+
+Wilbur:  Will it, will it hurt doc?
+
+Doctor:  Dear boy, you won't feel a thing.  (to the nurse mice) Launch the
+         back brace!
+
+    (the ""back brace"" (a cane) is ""launched"" to immobilize Wilbur's back.)
+
+Wilbur:  Hey!  Hey wait!  Wait!  Woah!! I've been skewered.
+
+Doctor:  (cross) I've already missed tea, Mr. Albatross, now don't force me
+         to take drastic measures.  You MUST relax.
+
+Wilbur:  Relax?!?  I have never been more relaxed in my life!!  (begins to
+         get hyper) If I were any more relaxed, I'd be dead!!!
+
+Doctor:  (smug) I'm not convinced.  (to the nurse mice) Sixty milligrams!
+
+Nursemice:    Sixty milligrams.
+
+    (the nursemice fill hypodermic needle with liquid and put it into the
+    chamber of a shotgun.)
+
+Wilbur:  Hey... wha.... are... are you guys crazy?  You can't do that to
+         me!  I'm an American citizen buddy!!!
+
+Doctor:  Better double it!
+
+Wilbur:  DOUBLE?!?
+
+Nursemice:    Double, coming up! (they load up another needle in the other
+              chamber.)
+
+Wilbur:  Nooo!!
+
+Doctor:  Prepare the albatross for medication.
+
+Wilbur:  Oh, I'm dreamin'... I'm dreamin'!!  Come on Wilbur, wake up boy,
+         wake up!!
+
+Doctor:  (giving directions to aim the gun.) Three degrees right.
+
+Wilbur:  Come on!!
+
+Nursemice:    Three degrees right.
+
+Wilbur:  Come on, it's a joke, it's a joke!
+
+Doctor:  Down two degrees.
+
+Wilbur:  Oh no, don't go down two degrees!
+
+Nursemice:    Down two degrees.
+
+Doctor:  Ready!
+
+Wilbur:  No I'm not ready!!  No, please!!
+
+Doctor:  Aim!!
+
+Wilbur:  (crying) please don't do this to me......
+
+Doctor:  FIRE!!
+
+    (the scene changes to outside and we hear the gun fire.)
+
+Wilbur:  Ow, ow, oh. ooo......
+
+(scene:  Mugwomp Flats; Bernard and Bianca are looking at a map)
+
+Bernard: Now we just.... gotta figure out how to get there.
+
+Jake:    So, ah... you and your umm... husband here on a little outback
+         excursion?
+
+Bianca:  Oh no, no, we're not married.
+
+Bernard: In fact we're, we're here on a, a top ah.. secret mission.
+         Very... very.. hush, hush.
+
+Jake:    Oh!  Gotta rescue that kid McLeach nabbed eh?
+
+Bianca:  Why that's right!  How did you know?
+
+Jake:    (he bumps Bernard out of the way) (whispering to Bianca) You'll
+         find it's tough to keep secrets in the outback miss.  (outloud)
+         So ah.... which way ya takin'?  (looking at Bernard's map.)
+         Suicide trail through Nightmare Canyon, or the shortcut at Satan's
+         ridge?
+
+Bernard: Su... Suicide trail?
+
+Jake:    Good choice.  (dramatically) More snakes, less quicksand.  Then
+         once you cross Bloodworm Creek, you're scot free, this is until
+         ummm... Dead Dingo Pass.
+
+Bernard: (puzzled) Wait, wait, wait a minute, I don't.... I don't see any,
+         any of that, that stuff on the map.
+
+Jake:    A map's no good in the outback!  (folding up the map)  What you
+         really need is someone, (schmoozing to Bianca) someone who KNOWS
+         the territory.
+
+Bianca:  Oh Mister Jake, will you guide us?
+
+Jake:    At your service!  (he bows and shoves the map behind him into
+         Bernard's gut.)  Here better take my arm miss it's gonna be a
+         treacherous hike.  (beginning to tell a story) I remember the time
+         Miss B. it was just me and four hundred of these big giant.....
+
+Bernard: Doesn't even know how to fold a map....
+
+(scene:  the rangers are at Crocodile Falls searching the water; then we
+         see Bernard, Miss Bianca and Jake on a wombat in a tree getting
+         ready to jump.)
+
+Jake:    This is how we get around in the outback Miss B.  (shouting)  The
+         only way to travel, eh Berno?
+
+Bernard: Ah yeah, yeah, it's just a little, a little ah.. bumpy back here.
+
+    (Bernard is bobbing along on the tail; the wombat climbs to the top of
+    the tree and jumps.)
+
+Jake:    Cinch up your seatbelts mates, we're comin' in for a landing.
+
+    (the wombat lands on a small bush; Jake and Miss Bianca get off the
+    wombat; however the bush isn't exactly stable yet...)
+
+Bernard: Hold it, not, not yet!! (Bernard gets launched into a patch of
+        "
+33,Rise of the Guardians,David Lindsay-Abaire,"Animation,Adventure,Family",September_2012,"SEQ. 125 - ALONE IN THE WORLD
+                         
+                         DARKNESS
+                         
+           JACK (V.O.)
+           Darkness. That's the first thing I
+           remember. It was dark, and it was
+           cold. And I was scared.
+                         
+          The silhouette of a body appears as it drifts into a ray of
+          light, refracted through water, which turns into...
+                         
+                         
+          A MOON - SEEN IN REFLECTION ON A SHEET OF ICE
+                         
+          The moonlight intensifies almost magically, and the ice above
+          begins to spider-web and crack.
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. FROZEN POND - NIGHT
+                         
+          Snow-covered trees in every direction. The ice in the pond
+          continues to crack, until finally a hole splinters open. A
+          young man floats out of the water, bathed in the intense
+          moonlight. This is JACK FROST - thin, pale, barefoot, his
+          tousled hair frosted white.
+                         
+           JACK (V.O.)
+           But then...then I saw the moon. It
+           was so big and it was so bright,
+           and it seemed to chase the darkness
+           away. And when it did...I wasn't
+           scared anymore.
+                         
+          Jack floats back down onto the ice as the hole closes up
+          underneath him.
+           JACK (V.O.)
+           Why I was there, and what I was
+           meant to do - that I've never
+           known. And a part of me wonders if
+           I ever will.
+                         
+          Jack looks around, confused, then turns toward the moonlight
+          as it dims a bit.
+                         
+          Jack carefully treads across the ice until he hits something
+          with his feet. He looks down, and at his feet is a wooden
+          staff. Curious, he picks it up. Almost immediately the
+          staff begins to glow a cold blue in his hands. Odd.
+           Guardians Screening Script 9/6/12 Avid 2.
+                         
+                         
+          Jack almost drops it as the base of the staff comes in
+          contact with the ground. Frost shoots out and spreads across
+          the ice. Jack is visibly confused.
+                         
+          He touches a few trees with his staff sending frost up their
+          trunks. Then he swings the staff again, more confident, as
+          he begins to run across the frozen pond.
+                         
+          Another swing, and a gust of wind swirls him high up into the
+          air. Jack floats for a moment only to fall back down to
+          earth and into the trees. Jack grabs hold of a tree branch
+          and pulls himself up to see a small town off in the distance.
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. BURGESS SETTLEMENT - TOWN CENTER - CONTINUOUS
+                         
+          A collection of simple timber houses with thatched roofs.
+          Jack comes in for a landing, and it's a rocky one. He stands
+          up, still elated, and brushes himself off.
+                         
+          As Jack makes his way into town, settlers are warming their
+          hands by campfire. Jack doesn't recognize anyone.
+                         
+                          JACK
+           (to the townsfolk)
+           Hello. Hello. Good evening,
+           ma'am.
+                          (BEAT)
+           Ma'am?
+                         
+          The settlers walk past Jack, not noticing him. Jack crouches
+          down as a YOUNG BOY runs toward him.
+                         
+                          JACK
+           Oh, ah, excuse me, can you tell me
+           where I am?
+                         
+          The boy runs right through Jack, as if he were a ghost. Jack
+          staggers back in shock. He's speechless, as if the wind had
+          been knocked out him. His emotions causing it to snow.
+                         
+                          JACK
+           Hello! Hello!
+                         
+          Townsfolk continue to pass through Jack, unaware of his
+          presence. Shaken, Jack turns and retreats into the forest.
+                         
+           JACK (V.O.)
+           My name is Jack Frost -- how do I
+           know that? The moon told me so.
+           But that was all he ever told me.
+           And that was a long, long time ago.
+           Guardians Screening Script 9/6/12 Avid 3.
+                         
+                         
+          We pan up as the moon shines down over the snow covered
+          trees.
+                         
+                          CUT TO:
+                         
+                         
+          SEQ. 175 - INTRO TO NORTH
+                         
+          EXT. NORTH POLE - DUSK
+                         
+          FIERY GYPSY VIOLIN MUSIC as we move through clouds to reveal
+          a MASSIVE ICE CANYON, and just around a bend, the incredible
+          hidden fortress of NORTH, aka SANTA CLAUS.
+                         
+                         
+          INT. NORTH'S WORKSHOP - DUSK
+                         
+          We glimpse a familiar-looking RED JACKET and CAP with white
+          trim on a coat hanger just as a pair of tongs SLAM a block of
+          ice onto a stone work table--
+                         
+          IN QUICK CUTS: A CHAINSAW shears the block in half, spraying
+          ice. North lifts up the chainsaw revealing a massive tatoo
+          on his arm, the word NAUGHTY clearly visible.
+                         
+          Three ELVES huddle in a doorway around a plate of cookies,
+          each licking their own tasty morsel.
+                         
+           NORTH (O.S.)
+           Still waiting for cookies!
+                         
+          As North crosses the background, the elves lower the cookies
+          from their mouths, their faces frozen in fear.
+                         
+          The elves duck out of the way as North launches himself
+          across the floor on his rolling chair -- CLOSE as his huge
+          HAND gropes furiously among his WORK TOOLS, finally grabbing
+          a miniature HAMMER. As North's humming along with his music,
+          delicately CHISELING into the ice, we see a second arm sleeve
+          tatoo, the word NICE clearly visible--
+                         
+          His INTENSE BLUE EYE magnified in a JEWELER'S EYEPIECE -- a
+          delicate SCULPTING TOOL cuts fine details into the ice--
+                         
+          His hands place the finished piece on a curving ICE TRACK: An
+          ice LOCOMOTIVE. It belches ice vapor and chugs down the
+          track, picking up speed--
+                         
+                          NORTH
+           Yes!
+                         
+          North's hand grabs a cookie from a plate held up by the two
+          Elves.
+           Guardians Screening Script 9/6/12 Avid 4.
+                         
+                         
+          One of the elves gives his cohort a look and points to the
+          plate as it chews with a mouth full of food, to which it then
+          unfurls its tongue and lets the half eaten morsels spill out
+          onto the plate.
+                         
+                          NORTH
+           Ah, finally!
+                         
+          He takes a bite and leans toward the ice track. He chuckles
+          as the train hits a loop, and launches off a ramp into midair
+          -- then WINGS unfold -- JET ENGINES sprout and ignite and the
+          train lifts off the track--
+                         
+          Suddenly, the DOOR is thrown open by one of North's concerned
+          YETIS, sending the flying ice locomotive skidding across the
+          floor in pieces.
+                         
+                          YETI
+           Arghbal...
+                         
+                          NORTH
+           Ach!
+                         
+          The yeti cries out covering his mouth in shame. North cries
+          out, devastated. The yeti, equally emotional, lets out
+          another whimper. North looks down at the broken toy and
+          takes a moment to collect himself.
+                         
+                          NORTH
+           How many times have I told you to
+           knock?
+                         
+                          YETI
+           Warga blarghgha!
+                         
+                          NORTH
+           What...? The Globe?
+                         
+          North leaps up -- draws a HUGE SCIMITAR from its sheath and
+                         HEADS OUT--
+                         
+                         
+          INT. NORTH'S GLOBE ROOM - CONTINUOUS
+                         
+          A sea of tiny BELLS on the heads of panicking elves part as
+          North's huge boots stomp through.
+                         
+                          NORTH
+           Shoo with your pointy heads. Why
+           are you always under boot?
+                         
+          He pushes his way past a couple of his YETI WORKERS --
+          they're looking up in fear at -
+           Guardians Screening Script 9/6/12 Avid 5.
+                         
+                         
+          THE GLOBE OF BELIEF
+                         
+          Covered with LIGHTS blanketing the continents. But North
+          notices that all at once, HUNDREDS OF LIGHTS suddenly go out.
+                         
+                          NORTH
+           What is this?
+                         
+          Now MORE LIGHTS, in GREATER NUMBERS, as if something is
+          snuffing them out by the thousands. North's concern grows.
+                         
+                          NORTH
+                          (TO YETI)
+           Have you checked the axis? Is
+           rotation balanced?
+                         
+                          YETI
+                          (SHRUGS SHOULDERS)
+           Wardle bawddrel.
+                         
+          Before the Yeti can finish, a WIND whips up from out of
+          nowhere -- North stares in outrage as a blanket of SWIRLING
+          BLACK SAND, crawls over the lights, and shrouds the ENTIRE
+          GLOBE in inky DARKNESS--
+                         
+          The elves scurry in a panic, then all at once the BLACK SAND
+          WHOOSHES UP off the Globe -- rushes up through the ceiling as
+          the remaining sand bursts into a puff of smoke and dissipates
+          into the air --
+                         
+          As the wind dies, the scattered pieces of debris settle to
+          the ground, and the globes lights come back on, North whirls
+          to see a HUGE SHADOW flash across the floors and curving
+          walls of his fortress. It quickly disappears, leaving
+          nothing but the distant ECHO of...LAUGHTER?
+                         
+          North is frozen, looking up into the darkness, gravely:
+                         
+                          NORTH
+           Can it be?
+           (then calls off)
+           Dingle!
+                         
+          A group of elves step forward gleefully pointing to
+          themselves, as if they're all ""Dingle"". The excitement
+          quickly turns to confusion.
+                         
+                          NORTH
+           Make preparations! We are going to
+           have company.
+                         
+          North reaches out for a large EMERGENCY LEVER, TWISTS and
+                         PRESSES IT--
+           Guardians Screening Script 9/6/12 Avid 6.
+                         
+                         
+          The Globe pulses with ENERGY, which lights up and ZOOMS UP
+          the AXIS SHAFT toward the roof--
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. NORTH POLE - CONTINUOUS
+                         
+          From the tallest spire of North's fortress, NORTHERN LIGHT
+          ENERGY radiates outward: for the first time in decades, the
+          GUARDIANS' CALL GOES OUT!
+                         
+                          CUT TO:
+                         
+                         
+          SEQ. 225 - GUARDIANS GATHER
+                         
+                         
+          INT. CHILD'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
+                         
+          A little fairy, carrying a coin, flies above the head of a
+          sleeping child. She quickly ducks under the pillow and comes
+          out the other side with a tooth in hand.
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. TOOTH'S PALACE - DAY
+                         
+          Hundreds of fairies fly toward a hollowed out mountain, this
+          is Tooth's palace and it's a majestic site.
+                         
+                         
+          INT. TOOTH'S PALACE
+                         
+          Dozens of tiny FAIRIES flit about. Teeth are filed away in
+          tiny wooden drawers. Coins are handed out.
+                         
+           TOOTH (O.S.)
+           Chicago, Sector 6 -- 37 molars, 22
+           bicuspids, 18 central incisors.
+           Moscow, Sector 9 -- 22 incisors, 18
+           premolars: Uh oh, heavy rain
+           advisory!
+                          (BEAT)
+           Des Moines, we've got a cuspid at
+           23 Maple. Head out!
+                         
+          A hive of activity, and at the center a winged figure barks
+          out orders like a harried air-traffic controller. This is
+          TOOTH. A Mini Tooth Fairy flies up to Tooth as thousands of
+          tiny MINI TOOTH FAIRIES continue their work behind them.
+                         
+           TOOTH (O.S.)
+           Wait!
+                         
+          And suddenly everything stops. Tooth whips around, and we
+          finally see her beautiful FACE.
+           Guardians Screening Script 9/6/12 Avid 7.
+                         
+                         
+          She's holding up a little tooth, and gazing at it with dreamy
+          adoration. The surrounding fairies tweet with excitement.
+                         
+                          TOOTH (CONT'D)
+           It's her first tooth. Have you
+           ever seen a more adorable lateral
+           incisor in all of your life?!
+                          (GASPS)
+           Look how she flossed!
+                         
+          The fairies' tweets turn to concern, turning Tooth's
+          attention to North's AURORA SIGNAL stretching across the sky.
+          She gasps, and flies off like a rocket toward the source of
+          the signal, accompanied by a few of her ranking fairies.
+                         
+           NORTH (V.O.)
+           My fellow Guardians - It is our job
+           to watch over the children of the
+           world, and keep them safe - to
+           bring wonder, hope and dreams.
+           And so, I've called us all here for
+           one reason, and one reason only -
+           the children are in danger.
+                         
+          Much of this we hear over the following...
+                         
+                         
+          EXT./INT. CHILD'S BEDROOM
+                         
+          We pull out from the face of a sleeping child to reveal a
+          stream of sand swirling overhead. It's a dream and it's taken
+          the shape of a child playing soccer.
+                         
+          We FOLLOW the Dreamsand stream out his window and up into the
+          sky where we see DOZENS of strands of sand descending to
+          earth. Keep following up, through majestic CLOUDS...
+                         
+          ...to reveal a small, GLOWING GOLDEN CLOUD of Dreamsand
+          shimmering among the clouds, trailing the golden threads.
+                         
+          The strands are being controlled by a small portly figure,
+          THE SANDMAN. Suddenly, North's emergency signal zips by. The
+          Sandman turns to look and his eyes narrow, visibly concerned.
+                         
+          Sandy closes his eyes and in an instant the Dreamsand cloud
+          suddenly SWIRLS around him, changing form into a small
+          BIPLANE, with Sandy in the cockpit. He BARREL ROLLS the
+          plane into a dizzying dive through the spectacular cloudscape
+          and flies off into the distance.
+           Guardians Screening Script 9/6/12 Avid 8.
+                         
+                         
+           NORTH (V.O.)
+           An enemy we have kept at bay for
+           centuries has finally decided to
+           strike back. We alone can stop
+           him.
+                         
+          Much of this we hear over the following...
+                         
+                         
+          INT. EGG TUNNEL
+                         
+          A few EASTER EGGS pop up out of the ground; their little legs
+          carry them out of the way of a fast approaching object.
+                         
+          Speeding along through a subterranean tunnel, we can barely
+          keep up with a DIMLY-LIT FIGURE as it races at blinding
+          speed, leaping and zigzagging through a series of TUNNELS --
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. A SNOWY EXPANSE IN THE NORTH POLE
+                         
+          A hole opens in the snow, and a pair of rabbit ears pops out.
+          A huge rabbit climbs out and brushes off the snow, annoyed.
+          The six foot tall figure is BUNNYMUND.
+                         
+                          BUNNYMUND
+           Ah, it's freezing.
+                         
+          He shivers with cold, then goes slogging through the snow.
+                         
+                          BUNNYMUND (CONT'D)
+           I can't feel my feet! I can't feel
+           my feet!
+                         
+          In the distance is North's ornately decorated and dimly lit
+          palace built into the side of a mountain of ice.
+                         
+                          CUT TO:
+                         
+                         
+          SEQ. 250 - THE CEREMONY
+                         
+                         
+          INT. GLOBE ROOM - NIGHT
+                         
+          Sandy's biplane circles the massive chamber, leaving trails
+          of Dreamsand.
+                         
+           NORTH (O.S.)
+           Cookies? Eggnog, anyone?
+                         
+                         
+           BUNNYMUND (O.S.)
+           Oh, this better be good, North.
+           Guardians Screening Script 9/6/12 Avid 9.
+                         
+                         
+           TOOTH (O.S.)
+           (to her fairies)
+           Montreal, sector six: ten
+           premolars, eight incisors and
+           twelve canines. Steer clear of the
+           wild goose migration.
+                         
+                          NORTH
+           Sandy, thank you for coming.
+                         
+          Sandy descends from the plane and floats to the ground. He
+          joins North, Bunny and Tooth as they walk through the Globe
+          Room. Sand glyphs appear above Sandy's head communicating
+          that he is busy and has a lot of work to do.
+                         
+                          NORTH
+                          (TO SANDY)
+           I know, I know, but I obviously
+           wouldn't have called you all here
+           unless it was serious.
+                         
+          North, Bunny, Tooth and Sandy reach the center of the room.
+          Tooth does her best to shush her mini-fairies.
+                         
+                          NORTH (CONT'D)
+           The Boogie Man was here - at the
+           Pole.
+                         
+          North points to the globe. The other Guardians turn to look.
+                         
+                          TOOTH
+                          (SHOCKED)
+           Pitch? Pitch Black? Here?!
+                         
+                          NORTH
+           Yes! There was black sand covering
+           the globe.
+                         
+                          BUNNYMUND
+                          (CONFUSED)
+           What, what...what do you mean black
+           sand?
+                         
+                          NORTH
+           And then a shadow!
+                         
+                          BUNNYMUND
+           Hold on, hold on, I thought you
+           said you saw Pitch.
+                         
+                          NORTH
+           Well, ah, not exactly...
+           Guardians Screening Script 9/6/12 Avid 10.
+                         
+                         
+                          BUNNYMUND
+           Not exactly? Can you believe this
+           guy?
+                         
+          Bunny turns to Sandy, who shrugs while forming a Dreamsand
+          question mark above his head.
+                         
+                          BUNNYMUND
+           Yeah, you said it, Sandy.
+                         
+          Bunny goes back to painting one of his Easter eggs.
+                         
+                          NORTH
+           Look, he is up to something very
+           bad. I feel it, in my belly.
+                         
+                          BUNNYMUND
+           (his eyes narrow)
+           Hang on, hang on, you mean to say,
+           you summoned me here THREE DAYS
+           BEFORE EASTER - because of your
+           belly? Mate, if I did this to you
+           three days before Christmas--
+                         
+                          TOOTH
+           (to her fairies)
+           Argentina. Priority alert! A
+           batch of bicuspids in Buenos Aires.
+                         
+                          NORTH
+           Please. Bunny. Easter is not
+           Christmas.
+                         
+                          BUNNYMUND
+           Here we go...
+                         
+          North grabs Bunny's painted egg, casually juggling it in his
+          hand as he walks off. Meanwhile Sandy, who is being served
+          eggnog by a yeti, suddenly notices something high above.
+                         
+           BUNNYMUND (O.S.)
+                          (LAUGHS)
+           North, I, I don't have time for
+           this. I've still got two million
+           eggs to finish up.
+                         
+          The moon rises into view, high up in the ceiling; its rays of
+          light begin to shine brightly through as they cascade down
+          the walls of the globe room.
+                         
+           NORTH (O.S.)
+           No matter how much you paint, is
+           still egg!
+           Guardians Screening Script 9/6/12 Avid 11.
+                         
+                         
+          Sandy points to the moon unsuccessfully to get the others'
+          attention.
+                         
+                          BUNNYMUND
+           Look, mate, I'm dealing with
+           perishables. Right. You've got
+           all year to prepare.
+                         
+                          TOOTH
+           (to her fairies)
+           Pittsburg, boy eight, two molars.
+           Saltwater taffy.
+                         
+          Sandy puts his fingers in his mouth to whistle, a silent
+          musical note forming above his head.
+                         
+                          NORTH
+                          (TO BUNNY)
+           Why are rabbits always so nervous.
+                         
+                          BUNNYMUND
+           And why are you always such a
+           blowhard!
+                         
+           TOOTH (O.S.)
+           (to her fairies)
+           Ontario, sector nine: five canines,
+           two molars, and fourteen incisors.
+           Is that all in one house?
+                         
+          Sandy waves a sand flag above his head, pointing and jumping
+          up and down as the moonlight continues to fill the room.
+                         
+                          NORTH
+           (turning his attention)
+           Tooth! Can't you see we're trying
+           to argue.
+                         
+                          TOOTH
+           Sorry, not all of us get to work
+           one night a year. Am I right,
+           Sandy?
+                         
+          Sandy tries to signal with a golden arrow, pointing toward
+          the ceiling, but to no avail as the others continue their
+          bickering. Sandy thinks Tooth has noticed for a split
+          second, but then -
+                         
+                          TOOTH
+           (to her fairies)
+           San Diego, sector two! Five
+           incisors, a bicuspid and a really
+           loose molar on stand-by.
+           Guardians Screening Script 9/6/12 Avid 12.
+                         
+                         
+                          BUNNYMUND
+                          (MOCKING)
+           Come on, mate, Pitch went out with
+           the dark ages. We made sure of
+           that - remember?
+                         
+           NORTH (O.S.)
+           I know it was him. We have serious
+           situation!
+                         
+           BUNNYMUND (O.S.)
+           Well, I've got a serious situation
+           with some eggs.
+                         
+           TOOTH (O.S.)
+           Hey, I hate to interrupt the, ""We
+           work so hard once a year club"" but
+           could we concentrate on the matter--
+                         
+          Sandy can't take it anymore, grabs an elf by his hat, and
+          vigorously shakes it's bell. The other Guardians are finally
+          silenced and all turn to look at Sandy, who points up, a sand
+          crescent moon forming above his head. The dizzy elf staggers
+          away. Finally the others turn to see the shaft of moonlight
+          as it concentrates on the circle between them.
+                         
+                          NORTH
+           Aah! Man in Moon! Sandy, why
+           didn't you say something?
+                         
+          Sandy gives him a deadpan stare, Dreamsand smoke shoots out
+          his ears.
+                         
+                          NORTH
+           (to Man in Moon)
+           It's been a long time old friend!
+           What is big news?
+                         
+          Everyone looks to the center of the intense spot of
+          moonlight, the light ebbs away, leaving a dark spot --
+                         
+          -- which resolves into the shadowed silhouette of PITCH. The
+          Guardians look on, stunned.
+                         
+                          BUNNYMUND
+           It is Pitch.
+                         
+          North pats his belly and gives Bunny a look.
+                         
+                          NORTH
+           (back up to the moon)
+           Manny...what must we do?
+           Guardians Screening Script 9/6/12 Avid 13.
+                         
+                         
+          In answer, the shadow of Pitch disappears and the circle of
+          moonlight intensifies and SHRINKS, concentrating further
+          illuminating an ORNATE SYMBOL on the floor, at the center of
+          their circle. The symbol rises out of the ground revealing a
+          large gem at the head of a pillar.
+                         
+                          TOOTH
+           Ah, guys, you know what this means?
+                         
+          The moons light suddenly refracts through the gem casting
+          light all over the chamber.
+                         
+                          NORTH
+                          (AWED)
+           He's choosing a new Guardian.
+                         
+                          BUNNYMUND
+           What?! Why?
+                         
+                          NORTH
+           Must be big deal! Manny thinks we
+           need help!
+                         
+                          BUNNYMUND
+                          (ANNOYED)
+           Since when do we need help?!
+                         
+                          TOOTH
+           I wonder who it's gonna be?
+                         
+          A Dreamsand Four-Leaf clover forms above Sandy's head.
+                         
+                          TOOTH (CONT'D)
+           Maybe the Leprechaun?
+                         
+                          BUNNYMUND
+           Please not the groundhog, please
+           not the groundhog.
+                         
+          Then A BRIGHT FLASH, a rush of WIND - and a FIGURE resolves
+          over the central pillar: slight, hooded, bearing a familiar
+          hooked STAFF.
+                         
+                          NORTH
+           Jack Frost.
+                         
+          The Mini-Teeth all sigh and swoon as the Guardians stand
+          there, stunned.
+                         
+                          BUNNYMUND
+           Ah, I take it back! The
+           Groundhog's fine!
+           Guardians Screening Script 9/6/12 Avid 14.
+                         
+                         
+                          TOOTH
+           (caught admiring Jack)
+           Well, ah, as long he helps to
+           ah...to protect the children,
+           right?
+                         
+                          BUNNYMUND
+           Jack Frost!? He doesn't care about
+           children! All he does is freeze
+           water pipes and mess with my egg
+           hunts. Right? He's an
+           irresponsible, selfish...
+                         
+                          NORTH
+           Guardian.
+                         
+          This stops Bunnymund in his tracks.
+                         
+                          BUNNYMUND
+           Jack Frost is many things, but he
+           is not a Guardian.
+                         
+          As we turn toward the face of the hooded figure.
+                         
+                          DISSOLVE TO:
+                         
+                         
+          SEQ. 600 - SNOWBALL FIGHT
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. ST. PETERSBURG - NIGHT
+                         
+          A hooded figure with a familiar looking staff rests atop a
+          Post Office box on the opposite end of the street. The man
+          touches the staff to the ground, sending a streak of frost
+          across the street.
+                         
+          A RUSSIAN BOY approaches a water fountain, turns the handle
+          and moves in for a sip. But as he does, the water freezes
+          magically, and the boy's tongue is stuck to the frozen water.
+          His friends can't help but laugh.
+                         
+                          RUSSIAN BOY
+           (tongue stuck to frozen
+                          ICE)
+           Aahhhhh...!
+                         
+          A mail man walks across the street and a PATCH OF ICE
+          magically appears under his feet. He scrambles, and BOOM! -
+          lands on his butt. Just behind the man, we see the TRAIL OF
+          FROST climb up the side of a building. We stay on the frost
+          as it moves up along a rain pipe, and through the windows we
+          see...
+           Guardians Screening Script 9/6/12 Avid 15.
+                         
+                         
+          A boy try to feed his gold fish, but a layer of ice suddenly
+          forms along the water surface and prevents the fish from
+          reaching its food. We move along the side of the building...
+                         
+          A writer in his study sits next to stacks of papers. The
+          window suddenly swings open and a gust of wind sends the
+          pages flying out the window. We move along the building,
+          across clothes lines and power lines as they freeze.
+                         
+          We continue to move up, and finally discover the culprit.
+          Jack Frost makes his way atop a cathedral spire and takes in
+          the view; the full moon bathes the city in moonlight.
+                         
+                          JACK
+                          (AMUSED)
+           Ah, now that, that was fun.
+                          (BEAT)
+           Hey wind...
+                         
+          Jack chuckles as he calls the wind. The trees begin to sway
+          and leaves fly into the air. Jack grabs hold of the spire,
+          smiling as the wind blows past.
+                         
+                          JACK
+           Take me home!
+                         
+          Jack lets go and t"
+34,Shrek,"William Steig,Ted Elliott","Animation, Adventure,Comedy,Family,Fantasy,Romance",May_2001," SHREK
+                         Once upon a time there was a lovely 
+                         princess. But she had an enchantment 
+                         upon her of a fearful sort which could 
+                         only be broken by love's first kiss. 
+                         She was locked away in a castle guarded 
+                         by a terrible fire-breathing dragon. 
+                         Many brave knights had attempted to 
+                         free her from this dreadful prison, 
+                         but non prevailed. She waited in the 
+                         dragon's keep in the highest room of 
+                         the tallest tower for her true love 
+                         and true love's first kiss. (laughs) 
+                         Like that's ever gonna happen. What 
+                         a load of - (toilet flush)
+ 
+               Allstar - by Smashmouth begins to play. Shrek goes about his 
+               day. While in a nearby town, the villagers get together to go 
+               after the ogre.
+ 
+               NIGHT - NEAR SHREK'S HOME
+
+                                     MAN1
+                         Think it's in there?
+
+                                     MAN2
+                         All right. Let's get it!
+
+                                     MAN1
+                         Whoa. Hold on. Do you know what that 
+                         thing can do to you?
+ 
+                                     MAN3
+                         Yeah, it'll grind your bones for it's 
+                         bread.
+ 
+               Shrek sneaks up behind them and laughs.
+
+                                     SHREK
+                         Yes, well, actually, that would be a 
+                         giant. Now, ogres, oh they're much worse. 
+                         They'll make a suit from your freshly 
+                         peeled skin.
+ 
+                                     MEN
+                         No!
+
+                                     SHREK
+                         They'll shave your liver. Squeeze the 
+                         jelly from your eyes! Actually, it's 
+                         quite good on toast.
+ 
+                                     MAN1
+                         Back! Back, beast! Back! I warn ya! 
+                         (waves the torch at Shrek.)
+ 
+               Shrek calmly licks his fingers and extinguishes the torch. The 
+               men shrink back away from him. Shrek roars very loudly and long 
+               and his breath extinguishes all the remaining torches until the 
+               men are in the dark.
+ 
+                                     SHREK
+                         This is the part where you run away. 
+                         (The men scramble to get away. He laughs.) 
+                         And stay out! (looks down and picks 
+                         up a piece of paper. Reads.) ""Wanted. 
+                         Fairy tale creatures.""(He sighs and 
+                         throws the paper over his shoulder.)
+ 
+                         
+               THE NEXT DAY
+
+               There is a line of fairy tale creatures. The head of the guard 
+               sits at a table paying people for bringing the fairy tale creatures 
+               to him. There are cages all around. Some of the people in line 
+               are Peter Pan, who is carrying Tinkerbell in a cage, Gipetto 
+               who's carrying Pinocchio, and a farmer who is carrying the three 
+               little pigs.
+ 
+                                     GUARD
+                         All right. This one's full. Take it 
+                         away! Move it along. Come on! Get up!
+ 
+                         
+                                     HEAD GUARD
+                         Next!
+
+                                     GUARD
+                         (taking the witch's broom) Give me that! 
+                         Your flying days are over. (breaks the 
+                         broom in half)
+ 
+                                     HEAD GUARD
+                         That's 20 pieces of silver for the witch. 
+                         Next!
+ 
+                                     GUARD
+                         Get up! Come on!
+
+                                     HEAD GUARD
+                         Twenty pieces.
+
+                                     LITTLE BEAR
+                         (crying) This cage is too small.
+
+                                     DONKEY
+                         Please, don't turn me in. I'll never 
+                         be stubborn again. I can change. Please! 
+                         Give me another chance!
+ 
+                                     OLD WOMAN
+                         Oh, shut up. (jerks his rope)
+
+                                     DONKEY
+                         Oh!
+
+                                     HEAD GUARD
+                         Next! What have you got?
+
+                                     GIPETTO
+                         This little wooden puppet.
+
+                                     PINOCCHIO
+                         I'm not a puppet. I'm a real boy. (his 
+                         nose grows)
+ 
+                                     HEAD GUARD
+                         Five shillings for the possessed toy. 
+                         Take it away.
+ 
+                                     PINOCCHIO
+                         Father, please! Don't let them do this! 
+                         Help me!
+ 
+               Gipetto takes the money and walks off. The old woman steps up 
+               to the table.
+ 
+                                     HEAD GUARD
+                         Next! What have you got?
+
+                                     OLD WOMAN
+                         Well, I've got a talking donkey.
+
+                                     HEAD GUARD
+                         Right. Well, that's good for ten shillings, 
+                         if you can prove it.
+ 
+                                     OLD WOMAN
+                         Oh, go ahead, little fella.
+
+               Donkey just looks up at her.
+
+                                     HEAD GUARD
+                         Well?
+
+                                     OLD WOMAN
+                         Oh, oh, he's just...he's just a little 
+                         nervous. He's really quite a chatterbox. 
+                         Talk, you boneheaded dolt...
+ 
+                                     HEAD GUARD
+                         That's it. I've heard enough. Guards!
+ 
+                         
+                                     OLD WOMAN
+                         No, no, he talks! He does. (pretends 
+                         to be Donkey) I can talk. I love to 
+                         talk. I'm the talkingest damn thing 
+                         you ever saw.
+ 
+                                     HEAD GUARD
+                         Get her out of my sight.
+
+                                     OLD WOMAN
+                         No, no! I swear! Oh! He can talk!
+
+               The guards grab the old woman and she struggles with them. One 
+               of her legs flies out and kicks Tinkerbell out of Peter Pan's 
+               hands, and her cage drops on Donkey's head. He gets sprinkled 
+               with fairy dust and he's able to fly.
+ 
+                                     DONKEY
+                         Hey! I can fly!
+
+                                     PETER PAN
+                         He can fly!
+
+                                     3 LITTLE PIGS
+                         He can fly!
+
+                                     HEAD GUARD
+                         He can talk!
+
+                                     DONKEY
+                         Ha, ha! That's right, fool! Now I'm 
+                         a flying, talking donkey. You might 
+                         have seen a housefly, maybe even a superfly 
+                         but I bet you ain't never seen a donkey 
+                         fly. Ha, ha! (the pixie dust begins 
+                         to wear off) Uh-oh. (he begins to sink 
+                         to the ground.)
+ 
+               He hits the ground with a thud.
+
+                                     HEAD GUARD
+                         Seize him! (Donkey takes of running.) 
+                         After him!
+ 
+                                     GUARDS
+                         He's getting away! Get him! This way! 
+                         Turn!
+ 
+               Donkey keeps running and he eventually runs into Shrek. Literally. 
+               Shrek turns around to see who bumped into him. Donkey looks scared 
+               for a moment then he spots the guards coming up the path. He 
+               quickly hides behind Shrek.
+ 
+                                     HEAD GUARD
+                         You there. Ogre!
+
+                                     SHREK
+                         Aye?
+
+                                     HEAD GUARD
+                         By the order of Lord Farquaad I am authorized 
+                         to place you both under arrest and transport 
+                         you to a designated resettlement facility.
+ 
+                         
+                                     SHREK
+                         Oh, really? You and what army?
+
+               He looks behind the guard and the guard turns to look as well 
+               and we see that the other men have run off. The guard tucks tail 
+               and runs off. Shrek laughs and goes back about his business and 
+               begins walking back to his cottage.
+ 
+                                     DONKEY
+                         Can I say something to you? Listen, 
+                         you was really, really, really somethin' 
+                         back here. Incredible!
+ 
+                                     SHREK
+                         Are you talkin' to...(he turns around 
+                         and Donkey is gone) me? (he turns back 
+                         around and Donkey is right in front 
+                         of him.) Whoa!
+ 
+                                     DONKEY
+                         Yes. I was talkin' to you. Can I tell 
+                         you that you that you was great back 
+                         here? Those guards! They thought they 
+                         was all of that. Then you showed up, 
+                         and bam! They was trippin' over themselves 
+                         like babes in the woods. That really 
+                         made me feel good to see that.
+ 
+                                     SHREK
+                         Oh, that's great. Really.
+
+                                     DONKEY
+                         Man, it's good to be free.
+
+                                     SHREK
+                         Now, why don't you go celebrate your 
+                         freedom with your own friends? Hmm?
+ 
+                         
+                                     DONKEY
+                         But, uh, I don't have any friends. And 
+                         I'm not goin' out there by myself. Hey, 
+                         wait a minute! I got a great idea! I'll 
+                         stick with you. You're mean, green, 
+                         fightin' machine. Together we'll scare 
+                         the spit out of anybody that crosses 
+                         us.
+ 
+               Shrek turns and regards Donkey for a moment before roaring very 
+               loudly.
+ 
+                                     DONKEY
+                         Oh, wow! That was really scary. If you 
+                         don't mind me sayin', if that don't 
+                         work, your breath certainly will get 
+                         the job done, 'cause you definitely 
+                         need some Tic Tacs or something, 'cause 
+                         you breath stinks! You almost burned 
+                         the hair outta my nose, just like the 
+                         time...(Shrek covers his mouth but Donkey 
+                         continues to talk, so Shrek removes 
+                         his hand.) ...then I ate some rotten 
+                         berries. I had strong gases leaking 
+                         out of my butt that day.
+ 
+                                     SHREK
+                         Why are you following me?
+
+                                     DONKEY
+                         I'll tell you why. (singing) 'Cause 
+                         I'm all alone, There's no one here beside 
+                         me, My problems have all gone, There's 
+                         no one to deride me, But you gotta have 
+                         faith...
+ 
+                                     SHREK
+                         Stop singing! It's no wonder you don't 
+                         have any friends.
+ 
+                                     DONKEY
+                         Wow. Only a true friend would be that 
+                         cruelly honest.
+ 
+                                     SHREK
+                         Listen, little donkey. Take a look at 
+                         me. What am I?
+ 
+                                     DONKEY
+                         (looks all the way up at Shrek) Uh ...really 
+                         tall?
+ 
+                                     SHREK
+                         No! I'm an ogre! You know. ""Grab your 
+                         torch and pitchforks."" Doesn't that 
+                         bother you?
+ 
+                                     DONKEY
+                         Nope.
+
+                                     SHREK
+                         Really?
+
+                                     DONKEY
+                         Really, really.
+
+                                     SHREK
+                         Oh.
+
+                                     DONKEY
+                         Man, I like you. What's you name?
+
+                                     SHREK
+                         Uh, Shrek.
+
+                                     DONKEY
+                         Shrek? Well, you know what I like about 
+                         you, Shrek? You got that kind of I-don't-care-what-nobody-thinks-of-me 
+                         thing. I like that. I respect that, 
+                         Shrek. You all right. (They come over 
+                         a hill and you can see Shrek's cottage.) 
+                         Whoa! Look at that. Who'd want to live 
+                         in place like that?
+ 
+                                     SHREK
+                         That would be my home.
+
+                                     DONKEY
+                         Oh! And it is lovely! Just beautiful. 
+                         You know you are quite a decorator. 
+                         It's amazing what you've done with such 
+                         a modest budget. I like that boulder. 
+                         That is a nice boulder. I guess you 
+                         don't entertain much, do you?
+ 
+                                     SHREK
+                         I like my privacy.
+
+                                     DONKEY
+                         You know, I do too. That's another thing 
+                         we have in common. Like I hate it when 
+                         you got somebody in your face. You've 
+                         trying to give them a hint, and they 
+                         won't leave. There's that awkward silence. 
+                         (awkward silence) Can I stay with you?
+ 
+                         
+                                     SHREK
+                         Uh, what?
+
+                                     DONKEY
+                         Can I stay with you, please?
+
+                                     SHREK
+                         (sarcastically) Of course!
+
+                                     DONKEY
+                         Really?
+
+                                     SHREK
+                         No.
+
+                                     DONKEY
+                         Please! I don't wanna go back there! 
+                         You don't know what it's like to be 
+                         considered a freak. (pause while he 
+                         looks at Shrek) Well, maybe you do. 
+                         But that's why we gotta stick together. 
+                         You gotta let me stay! Please! Please!
+ 
+                         
+                                     SHREK
+                         Okay! Okay! But one night only.
+
+                                     DONKEY
+                         Ah! Thank you! (he runs inside the cottage)
+ 
+                         
+                                     SHREK
+                         What are you...? (Donkey hops up onto 
+                         a chair.) No! No!
+ 
+                                     DONKEY
+                         This is gonna be fun! We can stay up 
+                         late, swappin' manly stories, and in 
+                         the mornin' I'm makin' waffles.
+ 
+                                     SHREK
+                         Oh!
+
+                                     DONKEY
+                         Where do, uh, I sleep?
+
+                                     SHREK
+                         (irritated) Outside!
+
+                                     DONKEY
+                         Oh, well, I guess that's cool. I mean, 
+                         I don't know you, and you don't know 
+                         me, so I guess outside is best, you 
+                         know. Here I go. Good night. (Shrek 
+                         slams the door.) (sigh) I mean, I do 
+                         like the outdoors. I'm a donkey. I was 
+                         born outside. I'll just be sitting by 
+                         myself outside, I guess, you know. By 
+                         myself, outside. I'm all alone...there's 
+                         no one here beside me...
+ 
+               SHREK'S COTTAGE - NIGHT
+
+               Shrek is getting ready for dinner. He sits himself down and lights 
+               a candle made out of earwax. He begins to eat when he hears a 
+               noise. He stands up with a huff.
+ 
+                                     SHREK
+                         (to Donkey) I thought I told you to 
+                         stay outside.
+ 
+                                     DONKEY
+                         (from the window) I am outside.
+
+               There is another noise and Shrek turns to find the person that 
+               made the noise. He sees several shadows moving. He finally turns 
+               and spots 3 blind mice on his table.
+ 
+                                     BLIND MOUSE1
+                         Well, gents, it's a far cry from the 
+                         farm, but what choice do we have?
+ 
+                         
+                                     BLIND MOUSE2
+                         It's not home, but it'll do just fine.
+ 
+                         
+                                     GORDO
+                         (bouncing on a slug) What a lovely bed.
+ 
+                         
+                                     SHREK
+                         Got ya. (Grabs a mouse, but it escapes 
+                         and lands on his shoulder.)
+ 
+                                     GORDO
+                         I found some cheese. (bites Shrek's 
+                         ear)
+ 
+                                     SHREK
+                         Ow!
+
+                                     GORDO
+                         Blah! Awful stuff.
+
+                                     BLIND MOUSE1
+                         Is that you, Gordo?
+
+                                     GORDO
+                         How did you know?
+
+                                     SHREK
+                         Enough! (he grabs the 3 mice) What are 
+                         you doing in my house? (He gets bumped 
+                         from behind and he drops the mice.) 
+                         Hey! (he turns and sees the Seven Dwarves 
+                         with Snow White on the table.) Oh, no, 
+                         no, no. Dead broad off the table.
+ 
+                         
+                                     DWARF
+                         Where are we supposed to put her? The 
+                         bed's taken.
+ 
+                                     SHREK
+                         Huh?
+
+               Shrek marches over to the bedroom and throws back the curtain. 
+               The Big Bad Wolf is sitting in the bed. The wolf just looks at 
+               him.
+ 
+                                     BIG BAD WOLF
+                         What?
+
+               TIME LAPSE
+
+               Shrek now has the Big Bad Wolf by the collar and is dragging 
+               him to the front door.
+ 
+                                     SHREK
+                         I live in a swamp. I put up signs. I'm 
+                         a terrifying ogre! What do I have to 
+                         do get a little privacy? (He opens the 
+                         front door to throw the Wolf out and 
+                         he sees that all the collected Fairy 
+                         Tale Creatures are on his land.) Oh, 
+                         no. No! No!
+ 
+               The 3 bears sit around the fire, the pied piper is playing his 
+               pipe and the rats are all running to him, some elves are directing 
+               flight traffic so that the fairies and witches can land...etc.
+ 
+               
+                                     SHREK
+                         What are you doing in my swamp? (this 
+                         echoes and everyone falls silent.)
+ 
+                         
+               Gasps are heard all around. The 3 good fairies hide inside a 
+               tent.
+ 
+                                     SHREK
+                         All right, get out of here. All of you, 
+                         move it! Come on! Let's go! Hapaya! 
+                         Hapaya! Hey! Quickly. Come on! (more 
+                         dwarves run inside the house) No, no! 
+                         No, no. Not there. Not there. (they 
+                         shut the door on him) Oh! (turns to 
+                         look at Donkey)
+ 
+                                     DONKEY
+                         Hey, don't look at me. I didn't invite 
+                         them.
+ 
+                                     PINOCCHIO
+                         Oh, gosh, no one invited us.
+
+                                     SHREK
+                         What?
+
+                                     PINOCCHIO
+                         We were forced to come here.
+
+                                     SHREK
+                         (flabbergasted) By who?
+
+                                     LITTLE PIG
+                         Lord Farquaad. He huffed and he puffed 
+                         and he...signed an eviction notice.
+ 
+                         
+                                     SHREK
+                         (heavy sigh) All right. Who knows where 
+                         this Farquaad guy is?
+ 
+               Everyone looks around at each other but no one answers.
+
+                                     DONKEY
+                         Oh, I do. I know where he is.
+
+                                     SHREK
+                         Does anyone else know where to find 
+                         him? Anyone at all?
+ 
+                                     DONKEY
+                         Me! Me!
+
+                                     SHREK
+                         Anyone?
+
+                                     DONKEY
+                         Oh! Oh, pick me! Oh, I know! I know! 
+                         Me, me!
+ 
+                                     SHREK
+                         (sigh) Okay, fine. Attention, all fairy 
+                         tale things. Do not get comfortable. 
+                         Your welcome is officially worn out. 
+                         In fact, I'm gonna see this guy Farquaad 
+                         right now and get you all off my land 
+                         and back where you came from! (Pause. 
+                         Then the crowd goes wild.) Oh! (to Donkey) 
+                         You! You're comin' with me.
+ 
+                                     DONKEY
+                         All right, that's what I like to hear, 
+                         man. Shrek and Donkey, two stalwart 
+                         friends, off on a whirlwind big-city 
+                         adventure. I love it!
+ 
+                                     DONKEY
+                         (singing) On the road again. Sing it 
+                         with me, Shrek. I can't wait to get 
+                         on the road again.
+ 
+                                     SHREK
+                         What did I say about singing?
+
+                                     DONKEY
+                         Can I whistle?
+
+                                     SHREK
+                         No.
+
+                                     DONKEY
+                         Can I hum it?
+
+                                     SHREK
+                         All right, hum it.
+
+               Donkey begins to hum 'On the Road Again'.
+
+               DULOC - KITCHEN
+
+               A masked man is torturing the Gingerbread Man. He's continually 
+               dunking him in a glass of milk. Lord Farquaad walks in.
+ 
+                                     FARQUAAD
+                         That's enough. He's ready to talk.
+ 
+                         
+               The Gingerbread Man is pulled out of the milk and slammed down 
+               onto a cookie sheet. Farquaad laughs as he walks over to the 
+               table. However when he reaches the table we see that it goes 
+               up to his eyes. He clears his throat and the table is lowered.
+ 
+               
+                                     FARQUAAD
+                         (he picks up the Gingerbread Man's legs 
+                         and plays with them) Run, run, run, 
+                         as fast as you can. You can't catch 
+                         me. I'm the gingerbread man.
+ 
+                                     GINGERBREAD MAN
+                         You are a monster.
+
+                                     FARQUAAD
+                         I'm not the monster here. You are. You 
+                         and the rest of that fairy tale trash, 
+                         poisoning my perfect world. Now, tell 
+                         me! Where are the others?
+ 
+                                     GINGERBREAD MAN
+                         Eat me! (He spits milk into Farquaad's 
+                         eye.)
+ 
+                                     FARQUAAD
+                         I've tried to be fair to you creatures. 
+                         Now my patience has reached its end! 
+                         Tell me or I'll...(he makes as if to 
+                         pull off the Gingerbread Man's buttons)
+ 
+                         
+                                     GINGERBREAD MAN
+                         No, no, not the buttons. Not my gumdrop 
+                         buttons.
+ 
+                                     FARQUAAD
+                         All right then. Who's hiding them?
+ 
+                         
+                                     GINGERBREAD MAN
+                         Okay, I'll tell you. Do you know the 
+                         muffin man?
+ 
+                                     FARQUAAD
+                         The muffin man?
+
+                                     GINGERBREAD MAN
+                         The muffin man.
+
+                                     FARQUAAD
+                         Yes, I know the muffin man, who lives 
+                         on Drury Lane?
+ 
+                                     GINGERBREAD MAN
+                         Well, she's married to the muffin man.
+ 
+                         
+                                     FARQUAAD
+                         The muffin man?
+
+                                     GINGERBREAD MAN
+                         The muffin man!
+
+                                     FARQUAAD
+                         She's married to the muffin man.
+
+               The door opens and the Head Guard walks in.
+
+                                     HEAD GUARD
+                         My lord! We found it.
+
+                                     FARQUAAD
+                         Then what are you waiting for? Bring 
+                         it in.
+ 
+               More guards enter carrying something that is covered by a sheet. 
+               They hang up whatever it is and remove the sheet. It is the Magic 
+               Mirror.
+ 
+                                     GINGERBREAD MAN
+                         (in awe) Ohhhh...
+
+                                     FARQUAAD
+                         Magic mirror...
+
+                                     GINGERBREAD MAN
+                         Don't tell him anything! (Farquaad picks 
+                         him up and dumps him into a trash can 
+                         with a lid.) No!
+ 
+                                     FARQUAAD
+                         Evening. Mirror, mirror on the wall. 
+                         Is this not the most perfect kingdom 
+                         of them all?
+ 
+                                     MIRROR
+                         Well, technically you're not a king.
+ 
+                         
+                                     FARQUAAD
+                         Uh, Thelonius. (Thelonius holds up a 
+                         hand mirror and smashes it with his 
+                         fist.) You were saying?
+ 
+                                     MIRROR
+                         What I mean is you're not a king yet. 
+                         But you can become one. All you have 
+                         to do is marry a princess.
+ 
+                                     FARQUAAD
+                         Go on.
+
+                                     MIRROR
+                         (chuckles nervously) So, just sit back 
+                         and relax, my lord, because it's time 
+                         for you to meet today's eligible bachelorettes. 
+                         And here they are! Bachelorette number 
+                         one is a mentally abused shut-in from 
+                         a kingdom far, far away. She likes sushi 
+                         and hot tubbing anytime. Her hobbies 
+                         include cooking and cleaning for her 
+                         two evil sisters. Please welcome Cinderella. 
+                         (shows picture of Cinderella) Bachelorette 
+                         number two is a cape-wearing girl from 
+                         the land of fancy. Although she lives 
+                         with seven other men, she's not easy. 
+                         Just kiss her dead, frozen lips and 
+                         find out what a live wire she is. Come 
+                         on. Give it up for Snow White! (shows 
+                         picture of Snow White) And last, but 
+                         certainly not last, bachelorette number 
+                         three is a fiery redhead from a dragon-guarded 
+                         castle surrounded by hot boiling lava! 
+                         But don't let that cool you off. She's 
+                         a loaded pistol who likes pina colads 
+                         and getting caught in the rain. Yours 
+                         for the rescuing, Princess Fiona! (Shows 
+                         picture of Princess Fiona) So will it 
+                         be bachelorette number one, bachelorette 
+                         number two or bachelorette number three?
+ 
+                         
+                                     GUARDS
+                         Two! Two! Three! Three! Two! Two! Three!
+ 
+                         
+                                     FARQUAAD
+                         Three? One? Three?
+
+                                     THELONIUS
+                         Three! (holds up 2 fingers) Pick number 
+                         three, my lord!
+ 
+                                     FARQUAAD
+                         Okay, okay, uh, number three!
+
+                                     MIRRO"
+35,Shrek the Third,"Peter Seaman,Jeffrey Price,Chris Miller,Aron Warner","Animation,Adventure,Comedy",May_2007,"INT. MEDIEVAL TIMES THEATER - NIGHT
+                         
+          A familiar beam of light shines down. The beam of light
+          descends onto a stage. Lightning flashes to reveal Prince
+          Charming riding his valiant steed Chauncey across the open
+          plains. The wind blows back his golden mane.
+                         
+                          PRINCE CHARMING
+           Onward Chauncey, to the highest
+           room of the tallest tower! Where
+           my princess awaits rescue from her
+           handsome Prince Charming.
+                         
+          Lightning cracks. Thunder booms. Charming straddles a
+          wooden hobby horse and gallops in place. A stage hand uses a
+          bellow to blow air into Prince Charming's face. Another
+          stage hand turns a crank that creates the moving background.
+          In the orchestra, a man uses coconuts to create the sound
+          effects of a galloping horse. Two more stage hands back
+          stage create the cheap sound effects of thunder and
+          lightning. A crudely constructed castle tower sits in front
+          of a cheaply painted backdrop.
+                         
+          The Fairytale Creatures are sitting at a table in the
+          audience.
+                         
+                          GINGERBREAD MAN
+           This is worse than Love Letters! I
+           hate dinner theatre.
+                         
+                          PINOCCHIO
+           Me too.
+                         
+          Pinocchio's nose grows as he is caught in the lie.
+                         
+          Prince Charming rides to the base of the tower.
+                         
+                          PRINCE CHARMING
+           Whoa there, Chauncey!
+                         
+          He dismounts and sets his hobby horse on the ground. He
+          strikes a dramatic pose.
+                         
+          A Princess leans from a tower window.
+                         
+                          ACTRESS
+           Hark! The brave Prince Charming
+           approach-ith.
+                         
+          Prince Charming puffs his chest out.
+           Shrek the Third - Final Screening Script 2.
+                         
+                         
+                         
+                          PRINCE CHARMING
+           Fear not fair maiden! I shall slay
+           the monster that guards you and
+           take my place as rightful King.
+                         
+          An old couple at a table look confused.
+                         
+                          OLD LADY
+           (to old man)
+           What did she say?
+                         
+          Prince Charming glares as the bored audience largely ignores
+          him.
+                         
+          A man in a bad ogre costume comes onto the stage.
+                         
+                          OGRE
+           Grrrrrrr!
+                         
+          The crowd erupts into applause. The Fairytale Creatures
+          cheer.
+                         
+                          FAIRYTALE CREATURES
+                          (CHEERING)
+           Woooo hoooo!!!
+                         
+                          GINGERBREAD MAN
+           Yea! Shrek!
+                         
+          At first, Prince Charming is put off by the cheers for the
+          Shrek-like beast. He pulls his sword and confronts the
+          monster.
+                         
+                          PRINCE CHARMING
+           Prepare foul beast to enter into a
+           world of pain with which you are
+           not familiar!
+                         
+          He is cut off as a waiter enters with a birthday cake.
+                         
+                          WAITER
+                          (SINGING)
+           Happy Birthday to thee.
+                         
+                          PRINCE CHARMING
+           Do you mind?
+                         
+          Prince Charming hops out of the way when a chair lands on
+          stage. It slides past him and bumps into the tower facade.
+                         
+                          GINGERBREAD MAN
+           Do you mind? Bo-ring!
+           Shrek the Third - Final Screening Script 3.
+                         
+                         
+                         
+          The audience laughs. Prince Charming glares at them and then
+          tries to recover. He points his sword at the monster again.
+          The tower facade starts to topple.
+                         
+                          PRINCE CHARMING
+                          (CLEARS THROAT)
+           Prepare foul beast-
+                         
+          Prince Charming looks over his shoulder and sees the facade
+          falling. He cringes.
+                         
+          The scenery slams against the stage, but Prince Charming is
+          unharmed, perfectly framed in the princesses' window. The
+          crowd laughs at the embarrassed Prince Charming. He shakes
+          his mangled sword at the audience.
+                         
+                          PRINCE CHARMING
+           (shaking his sword again)
+           Someday you'll be sorry.
+                         
+                          HECKLER
+           (O.S.)
+           We already are!
+                         
+          They laugh again. Prince Charming throws down his sword,
+          picks up his hobby horse and exits.
+                         
+                          OGRE
+           Grrrrrrr!
+                         
+          The song and the laughter follow Prince Charming backstage.
+                         
+                         
+          INT. BACKSTAGE DRESSING ROOM - MOMENTS LATER
+                         
+          Prince Charming walks through a tunnel backstage that leads
+          to a door. The door has a star with his name written on it.
+          He opens it.
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. MEDIEVAL TIMES RESTAURANT - CONTINUOUS
+                         
+          Prince Charming sits at his broken vanity and sobs. His make-
+          shift dressing room is in an alley way next to the theater.
+                         
+          Horses whinny as a carriage passes by. The castle of Far Far
+          Away can be seen on the hill in the background. Prince
+          Charming breaks down and cries.
+                         
+          He looks up and sees a picture of the Fairy Godmother taped
+          to the vanity. ""Don't stop believing! Mommy's Little Angel""
+          is written on the picture.
+           Shrek the Third - Final Screening Script 4.
+                         
+                         
+                         
+                          PRINCE CHARMING
+                          (HEAVY SOBS)
+           Oh mommy.
+                         
+          He weeps again and then looks back at the picture. A
+          determined change grows across his face.
+                         
+                          PRINCE CHARMING
+           Oh, you're right. I can't let this
+           happen. I can't.
+                         
+          Prince Charming looks at the castle on the hill. His
+          expression hardens. He stands and faces the castle. He
+          holds his chin up high.
+                         
+                          PRINCE CHARMING
+           I am the rightful King of Far Far
+           Away and I promise you this mother.
+           I will restore dignity to my
+           throne!
+                         
+          A big gust of wind blows a newspaper page across his face.
+          He peels it off and looks at the headline. His eyes tense
+          and narrow.
+                         
+           PRINCE CHARMING (CONT'D)
+           And this time, no one will stand in
+           my way!
+                         
+          In the newspaper is a picture of Shrek and Fiona waving to a
+          crowd.
+                         
+          Prince Charming crumples up the newspaper in his fists.
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. CASTLE - MORNING
+                         
+          The camera booms down from the Far Far Away sign. The sun
+          rises and the birds sing.
+                         
+                         
+          INT. SHREK AND FIONA'S BEDROOM - CONTINUOUS
+                         
+          The sun shines through the bedroom window as the camera pans
+          over to Shrek and Fiona waking up.
+                         
+                          SHREK
+           Good morning.
+                         
+                          FIONA
+           Good morning.
+                          (DREAMY)
+           Oh... morning breath...
+           Shrek the Third - Final Screening Script 5.
+                         
+                         
+                         
+          Shrek breathes in and smiles.
+                         
+                          SHREK
+                          (DREAMY)
+           I know. Isn't it wonderful?
+                         
+          The bedroom doors fly open and Donkey and the Dronkeys rush
+          in. The Dronkeys head right for Shrek and Fiona. Shrek
+          cowers beneath the bedclothes.
+                         
+                          DONKEY
+                          (SINGING)
+           ""Good morning! Good morning!""
+                         
+          Shrek sinks further into the blankets as the Dronkeys
+          exuberantly lick him. Fiona is amused.
+                         
+          Donkey starts to sing ""Good Morning"" from Singin' in the Rain
+          as he enters the room.
+                         
+                          DONKEY
+                          (SINGING)
+           ""The sun is shining through! Good
+           morning! Good morning.
+           (coming closer and closer
+                          TO SHREK)
+           ""To you!""
+                          (TO SHREK)
+           ""And you!""
+                          (TO DRONKEY)
+           And you!
+                         
+          The Dronkeys fly out of the room, knocking down everything in
+          their path.
+                         
+                          DONKEY
+           Oh, they grow up so fast.
+                         
+          Shrek, greatly annoyed, lifts his hand and snuffs out a
+          little fire on the bed left behind by the Dronkeys.
+                         
+                          SHREK
+           Not fast enough.
+                         
+          Puss leaps onto the bed.
+                         
+                          PUSS
+           Okay. You have a very full day
+           filling in for the King and Queen.
+           There are several functions that
+           require your attendance, sir.
+           Shrek the Third - Final Screening Script 6.
+                         
+                         
+                         
+                          SHREK
+           Great! Let's get started.
+                         
+          Shrek immediately pulls the covers up over his head and
+          starts to snore.
+                         
+                          DONKEY
+           C'mon, lazy bones, time to get
+           movin'!
+                         
+          Donkey yanks the sheets off of Fiona and Shrek. He is
+          surprised to see Shrek's bare legs.
+                         
+                          DONKEY
+           Aaahhh! You know you really need
+           to get yourself a pair of jammies.
+                         
+          Shrek sighs.
+                         
+                          CUT TO:
+                         
+                         
+          INT. KNIGHTING CEREMONY - DAY
+                         
+          The camera pans down from a stained glass window. The song
+          ""Royal Pain"" by the Eels plays in the background as the
+          title: ""Shrek The Third"" is superimposed.
+                         
+          A large crowd has gathered to watch the knighting. Shrek
+          walks down the aisle of the church.
+                         
+          Shrek walks up to the knight who seems a bit nervous.
+                         
+          Shrek takes a sword from Puss, but he doesn't have any idea
+          what he is supposed to do with it. Shrek looks at Puss, who
+          indicates how to knight a person with his own sword. Shrek
+          starts to knight the knight.
+                         
+                          SHREK
+           I knight thee...
+                         
+          Shrek accidentally stabs the knight.
+                         
+                          SHREK
+           He-he. Ooh.
+                         
+          The crowd, Fiona, Puss and Donkey look on, shocked.
+                         
+                         
+                          CUT TO:
+           Shrek the Third - Final Screening Script 7.
+                         
+                         
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. BOAT DOCKS - DAY
+                         
+          Shrek and Fiona officiate at a boat christening for the Royal
+          Navy.
+                         
+          Shrek is holding a bottle of champagne. He leans on the
+          boat, accidentally pushing it down the ramp. Shrek throws
+          the bottle at the boat and it punches an enormous hole in the
+          side of the hull. The boat quickly sinks.
+                         
+          Shrek turns to find the patrons of Far Far Away shaking their
+          heads as they leave.
+                         
+                          CUT TO:
+                         
+                         
+          INT. DRESSING ROOM - DAY
+                         
+          Raul, the make-up specialist, tightens some aprons around
+          Shrek and Fiona. Donkey, Puss and Raul stand in front of
+          them.
+                         
+                          DONKEY
+           Well, since you're filling in for
+           one, you might as well look like a
+           real King. Can somebody come in
+           here and work on Shrek please?
+                         
+          Raul stares at Shrek. Shrek raises his eyebrow.
+                         
+                          RAUL
+                          (AHEM)
+           I will see what I can do.
+                         
+          He unrolls a satchel full of different gardening tools.
+                         
+          Suddenly Shrek's arms and legs are strapped into a chair.
+                         
+          A man stands with his back to the camera and pulls on a rip
+          cord as if he's holding a chain saw. VROOM! VROOM! He
+          turns around to reveal a circular sander and starts to grind
+          away at Shrek's gruesome toenails. Shrek cringes.
+                         
+          We see a close-up of Shrek's eye. A mascara brush comes into
+          frame and pulls at Shrek's eyelash.
+                         
+          Fiona gets her nose hairs plucked.
+                         
+                          FIONA
+           Ow!
+           Shrek the Third - Final Screening Script 8.
+                         
+                         
+                         
+          Lipstick is applied to some lips. The camera pulls back to
+          reveal that the lips are Shrek's.
+                         
+          A hand tries to tighten a zipper on Shrek's back. It keeps
+          snagging on the skin until they finally rip it past and
+          tighten up the zipper all the way.
+                         
+          A small sock is placed onto Shrek's foot. With a shoe horn,
+          Shrek's foot is shoved into a small shoe. POP!
+                         
+          A collar is placed around Fiona's neck and her corset is
+          tightened.
+                         
+          A drill comes into frame and tightens the rivet on Shrek's
+          belt. A mole is placed on his cheek.
+                         
+                         
+          INT. BACKSTAGE - LATER
+                         
+          REVEAL: Shrek and Fiona standing awkwardly in outrageous
+          Renaissance outfits.
+                         
+          Donkey gasps.
+                         
+                          DONKEY
+           Oh!
+                         
+          Puss rolls his eyes.
+                         
+                          PUSS
+           Yeah, wow.
+                         
+          Fiona is uncomfortable.
+                         
+                          FIONA
+           Uh, is this really necessary?
+                         
+                          RAUL
+                          (TO SHREK)
+           Ho, ho. Quite necessary, Fiona.
+                         
+                          SHREK
+           I'm Shrek, you twit.
+                         
+                          RAUL
+           Whatever.
+                         
+                          PUSS
+           Okay peoples! This isn't a
+           rehearsal. Let's see some hustle.
+                         
+                          DONKEY
+           Smiles everyone, smiles!
+           Shrek the Third - Final Screening Script 9.
+                         
+                         
+                         
+          Off-screen, the Master of Ceremonies announces the couples
+          arriving at the party.
+                         
+          Fiona turns to Shrek and sees he is not in a good mood.
+                         
+                          SHREK
+           I don't know how much longer I can
+           keep this up Fiona.
+                         
+                          FIONA
+           I'm sorry Shrek, but can you please
+           just try to grin and bear it? It's
+           just until Dad gets better.
+                         
+          Shrek lets out another frustrated sigh.
+                         
+                          FIONA
+           Shrek?
+                         
+                          SHREK
+           Yeah.
+                         
+                          FIONA
+           You look handsome.
+                         
+                          SHREK
+           Ah. Come here, you.
+                         
+          She gives him a supportive smile. He relaxes and smiles
+          back.
+                         
+          Fiona puckers up her lips and Shrek leans in for a kiss, but
+          their bulky outfits prevent it.
+                         
+          Shrek and Fiona let out a huge breath of air.
+                         
+                          SHREK
+           Oh, my butt is itching up a storm
+           and I can't reach it in this monkey
+           suit!
+                         
+          Shrek tries to scratch his butt but to no avail.
+                         
+                          SHREK
+           Oh.
+                          (WHISTLE)
+           Hey you. Come here!
+                         
+          A man holding a ruby scepter walks over to Shrek.
+                         
+                          SHREK
+           What's your name?
+           Shrek the Third - Final Screening Script 10.
+                         
+                         
+                         
+                          FIDDLESWORTH
+           Eh, Fiddlesworth, sir.
+                         
+                          SHREK
+           Hoo hoo hooo. Perfect.
+                         
+                         
+          INT. BALLROOM - CONTINUOUS
+                         
+          The announcer introduces Shrek and Fiona.
+                         
+           MASTER OF CEREMONIES
+           Ladies and gentlemen, Princess
+           Fiona and Sir Shrek!
+                         
+          The audience claps. The curtain starts to open.
+          Fiddlesworth is scratching away at Shrek's butt.
+                         
+                          SHREK
+           You've done it. Oh, a little over
+           to the left, yeah. That's great.
+                         
+                          FIONA
+           Uh Shrek?
+                         
+          Fiddlesworth struggles to reach Shrek's itch. The crowd
+          looks on in horror. Fiona tries to get his attention.
+                         
+                          SHREK
+           Ahh! All right, you got it...Oh
+           yeah, you're on it. Oh that's it!
+           Oh that's good!
+                         
+                          FIONA
+           Shrek...
+                         
+                          SHREK
+           Oh yeah! Scratch that thing! You
+           got it. You're on it. That's
+           great!
+                         
+                          FIONA
+           SHREK!
+                         
+          Shrek and Fiddlesworth finally see the crowd. They both
+          freeze. Shrek laughs nervously.
+                         
+          Suddenly Shrek's belt buckle snaps off and hits Donkey in the
+          eye. He stumbles through the crowd screaming.
+                         
+                          DONKEY
+           Ow!! My eye! My eye!
+           Shrek the Third - Final Screening Script 11.
+                         
+                         
+                         
+          As he is stumbling, he grabs hold of a lady in the crowd.
+                         
+                          WOMAN
+           What are you doing?
+                         
+          The woman pushes Donkey away. He falls, knocking over a
+          guard holding an axe on his way down. The guard drops the
+          axe. It flies past Puss, who is in the arms of a lady. The
+          axe knocks over a vase. The vase flies up on stage and Fiona
+          maneuvers to catch it. In flight, water spills out of the
+          vase which causes Fiona to fall over.
+                         
+          Shrek's tuxedo bib slaps him in the face. The clasp holding
+          Shrek's pants up breaks off. Shrek stands on stage with his
+          pants around his ankles. He shuffles towards Fiona.
+                         
+                          SHREK
+           Fiona!
+                         
+          He trips over his pants and hits a loose wooden plank on the
+          stage. The plank flings up and sends Fiddlesworth flying
+          through the air where his jacket slips over a banner pole,
+          trapping him.
+                         
+                          FIDDLESWORTH
+           Uhhh...
+                          (WIMPER)
+                         
+          Shrek has reached Fiona who is still lying on the floor.
+                         
+                          SHREK
+           Are you okay?
+                         
+                          FIONA
+           Yeah. I'm fine.
+                         
+          Fiona's eyes suddenly widen.
+                         
+          Fiddlesworth's jacket rips and he falls onto a waiter
+          carrying flaming skewers.
+                         
+                          FIDDLESWORTH
+           Ahhhh!
+                         
+          The skewers fly through the air. Donkey stands up in frame
+          with one eye half shut. The flaming skewers shoot by him and
+          land in the curtains, setting them on fire. He blows one of
+          the skewers out and takes a bite.
+                         
+                          DONKEY
+           Oh! Shrimp! My favorite.
+           Shrek the Third - Final Screening Script 12.
+                         
+                         
+                         
+          The fire causes a Far Far Away shield to detach from a wooden
+          ceiling beam and fall onto the stage, breaking it in half.
+                         
+          The whole stage collapses in the middle. The buffet tables
+          slide toward Shrek and Fiona at the other end and collide.
+                         
+          CRASH! BANG!
+                         
+           CUT TO BLACK:
+                         
+                         
+          INT. SHREK AND FIONA'S BEDROOM - NIGHT
+                         
+          The door to Fiona's room flies open.
+                         
+                          SHREK
+           That's it! We're leaving!
+                         
+          Shrek storms in pulling bits of buffet food off his face.
+                         
+                          FIONA
+           Honey, please calm down...
+                         
+          Shrek grabs the wig off of his head and throws it aside.
+                         
+                          SHREK
+           Calm down? Who do you think we're
+           kidding? I am an ogre! I'm not cut
+           out for this, Fiona and I never
+           will be.
+                         
+          Shrek wipes off his makeup with his shirt sleeve and flings
+          his shirt to the floor. He falls onto the bed next to
+          Donkey.
+                         
+                          DONKEY
+           I think that went pretty well.
+                         
+          Shrek startles.
+                         
+                          SHREK
+           Donkey!
+                         
+          Shrek picks him up and throws him out the door.
+                         
+                          DONKEY
+           Aww, come on now Shrek!
+                         
+          Shrek slams the door shut.
+                         
+          Shrek turns back towards the bed and sees Puss reclining on
+          his pillow.
+           Shrek the Third - Final Screening Script 13.
+                         
+                         
+                         
+                          PUSS
+           Some people just don't understand
+           boundaries.
+                         
+          Shrek picks Puss up by the scruff of his neck and tosses him
+          outside the window. He shuts it. Puss sits sadly on the
+          ledge, giving Shrek his sad-eyes routine. Shrek draws the
+          blinds.
+                         
+          Shrek stomps over and falls back onto the bed. Fiona tries
+          to calm him down.
+                         
+                          FIONA
+           Just think... a couple more days,
+           and we'll be back home in our
+           vermin-filled shack, strewn with
+           fungus, filled with the rotting
+           stench of mud and neglect.
+                         
+          This thought calms him. Shrek takes in a long, deep breath
+          and exhales. He smiles.
+                         
+                          SHREK
+           Oh, you had me at ""vermin-filled.""
+                         
+                          FIONA
+           And, uh... maybe even the pitter-
+           patter of little feet on the
+           floor...?
+                         
+                          SHREK
+                          (LAUGHS)
+           That's right. The swamp rats will
+           be spawning.
+                         
+                          FIONA
+           Uh, no... you know, what I was
+           thinking of is a little bit bigger
+           than a swamp rat.
+                         
+                          SHREK
+           Donkey?
+                         
+                          FIONA
+           No, Shrek. Um... what if -
+                          THEORETICALLY -
+                         
+                          SHREK
+           Yeah?
+                         
+                          FIONA
+           They were little ogre feet?
+           Shrek the Third - Final Screening Script 14.
+                         
+                         
+                         
+                          SHREK
+           Oh.
+                          (NERVOUS LAUGH)
+                         
+          Shocked, Shrek falls off the bed.
+                         
+          He slowly emerges from behind the bed.
+                         
+                          SHREK
+           Honey? Let's try and be rational
+           about this. Have you seen a baby
+           lately? They just eat and poop and
+           they cry and then they cry when
+           they poop and they poop when they
+           cry...Now, imagine an ogre baby.
+           They extra cry and they extra poop.
+                         
+                          FIONA
+           Shrek.
+                         
+          She grabs his hands and looks deeply into his eyes.
+                         
+                          FIONA
+           Don't you ever think about having a
+           family?
+                         
+          Shrek takes her hand.
+                         
+                          SHREK
+           Right now, you're my family.
+                         
+          There is a knock on the bedroom door. The door bursts open,
+          revealing a Royal Page.
+                         
+          Shrek springs up.
+                         
+                          SHREK
+           Well, somebody better be dying.
+                         
+                          CUT TO:
+                         
+                         
+          INT. KING'S ROOM - MOMENTS LATER
+                         
+          The camera pushes through a corridor that leads to the King's
+          bedroom. The King is lying on his lily pad, coughing.
+                         
+                          KING HAROLD
+           I'm dying.
+                         
+          The King inhales and launches into a violent coughing fit.
+          Shrek looks a bit guilty about his last admission. The Queen
+          comes to the King's aid and he settles down.
+           Shrek the Third - Final Screening Script 15.
+                         
+                         
+                         
+                          QUEEN
+           Harold.
+                         
+                          KING HAROLD
+           Don't forget to pay the gardener,
+           Lillian.
+                         
+          The Queen is used to these kind of non-sequiturs.
+                         
+                          QUEEN
+           Of course darling.
+                         
+          The King suppresses a few coughs. He turns to his daughter.
+                         
+                          KING HAROLD
+           Fiona...
+                         
+                          FIONA
+           Yes Daddy?
+                         
+                          KING HAROLD
+           I know I've made many mistakes with
+           you.
+                         
+                          FIONA
+           It's okay.
+                         
+                          KING HAROLD
+           But your love for Shrek has taught
+           me so much.
+                         
+          Fiona smiles. The King addresses Shrek.
+                         
+                          KING HAROLD
+           My dear boy, I am proud to call you
+           my son.
+                         
+                          SHREK
+           And I'm proud to call you my
+           Frog... King Dad in-law.
+                         
+          Shrek smiles.
+                         
+                          KING HAROLD
+           Now, there is a matter of business
+           to attend tooo...
+                         
+          The King starts wheezing and coughing. Eventually he stops.
+          They think he's dead. Puss solemnly removes his hat.
+                         
+                          PUSS
+           The Frog King is dead.
+           Shrek the Third - Final Screening Script 16.
+                         
+                         
+                         
+          Fiona starts crying. The King suddenly wakes up, coughing.
+                         
+                          DONKEY
+                          (TO PUSS)
+           Put your hat back on, fool.
+                         
+                          KING HAROLD
+           Shrek, please come hither.
+                         
+          Fiona gives Shrek a look. Shrek walks over to the King.
+                         
+                          SHREK
+           Yeah, Dad?
+                         
+                          KING HAROLD
+           This Kingdom needs a new king. You
+           and Fiona are next in line for the
+           throne.
+                         
+                          SHREK
+           Ooo. Next in line. Now you see
+           Dad, that's why people love you.
+           Even on your deathbed you're still
+           making jokes.
+                         
+          The King stares at Shrek, stone-faced. Shrek leans in
+          closer.
+                         
+                          SHREK
+           Oh, come on Dad...an Ogre as King?
+           I don't think that's such a good
+           idea. There's got to be somebody
+           else. Anybody?
+                         "
+36,South Park ,"Trey Parker,Matt Stone,Pam Brady","Animation,Comedy,Musical",January_1999,"FADE IN:
+
+        Very happy, Disneyesque MUSIC swirls in.
+
+        PAN DOWN from a pretty blue sky, to a small quaint town
+        nestled in the hills. A wooden sign tells us this is South
+        Park.
+
+        EXT. SOUTH PARK AVENUE - DAY
+
+        Birds fly into the air, TOWNSPEOPLE smile to each other as
+        they walk by.
+
+        It is a scene reminiscent of, if not directly ripped off
+        from, the opening number of 'Beauty and the Beast'.
+
+        A little eight year old boy walks happily down the street. He
+        is STAN MARSH, a noble looking boy with piercing blue eyes
+        and a strong chin. As he walks, he sings a happy song.
+
+                             STAN
+                   I'm going to the movies
+                   To see the brighter side of life!
+                   I'm going to the movie
+                   Everything's gonna be alright!
+                   Forget all my troubles
+                   Put my own life on hold
+                   Let a studio tell me
+                   how I should view the world
+                   Where everything works out
+                   I love it that way
+                   I'm going to the movies
+                   The movies today!
+
+        Stan merrily walks up to a crappy looking house.
+
+        INT. BEDROOM - MORNING
+
+        We are in a young boy's bedroom, just as his alarm clock goes
+        off. BRRRRRTTT!!!
+
+                             RADIO ANNOUNCER
+                   Good morning South Park! It's five-thirty
+                   a.m. on Sunday!! Time to feed the horses
+                   and water the cows!!
+
+        From the back, we see the blond haired kid sit up from his
+        bed. He stretches, and then walks over to his closet.
+
+        We still only see the boy from the back as he reaches in his
+        closet and pulls out an orange coat.
+
+        The kid puts his coat on, then turns to camera and pulls the
+        hood shut, so that we never get a good look at his face.
+
+                             MOTHER (O.S.)
+                   KENNY! YOU'RE GONNA BE LATE FOR CHURCH!!!
+
+        This boy's name is KENNY, and under his orange coat, we have
+        no idea what he looks like, except for his European nose and
+        hazel eyes.
+
+                             KENNY
+                   Mph rmph rm!
+
+        INT. KENNY'S HOUSE - KITCHEN
+
+        Kenny walks through his small, dirty house and into the
+        kitchen, where his MOTHER, FATHER and OLDER BROTHER are
+        sitting at the humble table.
+
+                             KENNY'S MOTHER
+                   Sit down, you can share some of your
+                   brother's waffle.
+
+        The doorbell rings. Kenny walks over to the door.
+
+        EXT. KENNY'S HOUSE - DAY
+
+        Kenny opens the door to find Stan.
+
+                             STAN
+                   Kenny! The Terrance and Phillip movie is
+                   out! You wanna come?!
+
+        Stan shows Kenny a newspaper clipping. It's an ad for the new
+        Terrance and Phillip movie 'Asses of fire'. Kenny's eyes
+        light up.
+
+                             KENNY
+                   Mph rmph rm, rmph!
+
+        Kenny walks away with Stan. His mother comes out after him.
+
+                             KENNY'S MOTHER
+                   Kenny! Where're you going?
+
+                             KENNY
+                   Mph mprh mprh rm!
+
+                             KENNY'S MOTHER
+                   What do you mean you don't want to go to
+                   church?
+
+                             KENNY
+                   Mrmph, rmph rmph rm rmph.
+
+        Kenny and Stan walk down the street.
+
+                             KENNY'S MOTHER
+                   Well fine, go ahead and miss church!! And
+                   then when you die and go to hell you can
+                   ANSWER TO SATAN!!
+
+        Dramatic MUSIC STING. Kenny stops, thinks for a minute... And
+        then walks off with Stan anyway.
+
+        EXT. SOUTH PARK AVENUE - DAY
+
+        Stan and Kenny now both happily march down the street to the
+        happy beat.
+
+        TOM, a plastic surgeon, peeps his head out the door of his
+        Rhinoplasty office.
+
+                             TOM
+                   Say, where are you boys going?
+
+                             STAN
+                   We're going to the movies!
+                   To see the brighter side of life!
+                   Where everyone is beautiful
+                   And have their hair combed just
+                   right!
+
+                             KENNY
+                   Mph rmph rm rmph rm!
+                   Mph rm rmph rm!
+                   Mprh rm rmph rm rm
+                   Rmph rm rmph rm rmph!
+
+                             TOM
+                   Have fun you rascals!
+
+        EXT. KYLE'S HOUSE - DAY
+
+        Kenny and Stan knock at the door.
+
+        A handsome eight year old Semite, KYLE, answers the door.
+
+                             KYLE
+                   Hey, dudes... Aren't you supposed to go
+                   to church, Kenny?
+
+                             STAN
+                   Kyle, check it out.
+
+        Kenny holds up the newspaper clipping.
+
+                             KYLE
+                   OH MY GOD, DUDE!!!
+
+        Kyle slips on his coat and heads out the door. But just then,
+        Kyle's little brother, IKE, a two year old adopted Canadian
+        boy bounces up next to him.
+
+                             KYLE
+                   No, Ike! You can't come with me!
+
+        Kyle's MOTHER, a big fat bitch, comes to the door and yells.
+
+                             KYLE'S MOTHER
+                   Kyle, you take your little brother out to
+                   play with you!
+
+                             KYLE
+                   Aw, ma!!
+
+                             KYLE'S MOTHER
+                   Do as I say, Kyle!
+
+        Kyle's mother closes the door.
+
+                             KYLE
+                   Damn it!!
+
+        EXT. SOUTH PARK AVENUE - DAY
+
+        Now the three boys, and little Ike, merrily strut down the
+        street and sing in unison.
+
+                             BOYS
+                   We're going to the movies
+                   To see the better side of life
+                   Where something interesting happens
+                   Every day and night!
+
+                             KYLE
+                   In movies we can pretend
+                   That love is real
+                   and good always wins-
+
+                             STAN
+                   We can even make believe marriages
+                   last!
+
+        A HOMELESS guy is lying in the alley.
+
+                             HOMELESS GUY
+                   Spare a dollar? Spare a dollar?
+
+        Stan walks by and throws a dollar at him. The homeless guy
+        suddenly jumps up.
+
+                             HOMELESS GUY
+                   I'm going to the movies!
+                   To see the brighter side of life!
+                   I'm going to the movies
+                   Everything's gonna be alright!
+                   Forget my troubles
+                   Put my own life on hold
+                   Let a studio tell me
+                   how to view the world!
+
+                             KYLE
+                   Let's go get fat ass!
+
+        EXT. ANOTHER HOUSE - DAY
+
+        This house looks just like all the others.
+
+        INT. THAT SAME HOUSE
+
+        CLOSE UP on a bag that reads 'CHEESY POOFS'. A hand reaches
+        into the bag, pulls out a wad of orange crunchies and raises
+        them --
+
+        BOOM UP to reveal the fat face of eight year old ERIC CARTMAN
+        who chows down on the chips.
+
+        Now we see that fat little Eric is sitting on his couch,
+        eating Cheesy Poofs and watching television.
+
+        The doorbell rings. Cartman doesn't move a muscle.
+
+                             CARTMAN
+                   MOM! SOMEBODY'S AT THE DOOR!
+
+        CARTMAN'S MOTHER enters. She is extremely June Cleaveresque
+        (except that she's a hermaphrodite crack whore). She returns
+        with Stan, Kyle and Kenny.
+
+                             CARTMAN'S MOTHER
+                   Look, Eric it's your little friends.
+
+                             CARTMAN
+                   What the hell are you guys doing here?
+
+                             IKE
+                   Baba turtre bad!
+
+        Kyle holds up the newspaper ad.
+
+                             CARTMAN
+                   Ooh!
+
+        EXT. SOUTH PARK AVENUE
+
+        Now all four boys are merrily walking down the street and
+        singing.
+
+                             BOYS
+                   We're going to the movies
+                   To see the better side of life!
+
+                             CARTMAN
+                   Maybe there'll be pirates!
+                   Or a whole city burnin'!
+                   Maybe we'll see a monster
+                   Or, better yet, Uma Thurman!
+
+                             BOYS
+                   We're going to the movies!
+                   Everything's gonna be okay!
+
+        The boys skip out of frame.
+
+        EXT. MOVIE THEATRE - DAY
+
+        The movie theatre is nestled neatly between two other South
+        Park buildings.
+
+        The boys walk up to the geeky, teenage TICKET GUY.
+
+                             BOYS
+                   Going to the movies!
+                   The movies today!!!!!
+
+                             STAN
+                   Can I get five tickets to Terrance and
+                   Phillip Asses of Fire, please?
+
+                             TICKET GUY
+                   No.
+
+        Suddenly, all the happy music that has permeated the film
+        comes to an ABRUPT HALT.
+
+        The boys look confused.
+
+                             KYLE
+                   What'dya mean, no?
+
+                             TICKET GUY
+                   Terrance and Phillip Asses of Fire is
+                   rated 'R'. You kids can't get in.
+
+        The boys look shocked. They just stand there, in silence.
+
+                             CARTMAN
+                   The hell we can't! My money is just as
+                   good as any white person's!
+
+                             TICKET GUY
+                   You have to be accompanied by a parent or
+                   guardian.
+
+                             KYLE
+                   But why?
+
+                             TICKET GUY
+                   Because this movie has naughty language,
+                   and it might make you kids start using
+                   bad words.
+
+                             CARTMAN
+                   Listen you son of a bitch, if you don't
+                   let us in to see this movie I'm gonna
+                   kick you square in the nuts.
+
+                             TICKET GUY
+                   Sorry, Charlie.
+
+                             KYLE
+                   Damn it!
+
+                             TICKET GUY
+                   Next, please?
+
+        A few TEENAGERS walk up to get their tickets. The boys step
+        aside.
+
+                             STAN
+                   This is terrible! This can't be
+                   happening!!
+
+                             KYLE
+                   We HAVE to see this movie, dude!
+
+                             CARTMAN
+                   Aw, screw it. It probably isn't all that
+                   good anyway.
+
+                             KYLE
+                   Cartman! What the hell are you talking
+                   about?! You LOVE Terrance and Philiip!
+
+                             CARTMAN
+                   Yeah, but the animation's all crappy - it
+                   probably can't sustain itself over ninety
+                   minutes.
+
+                             IKE
+                   Poo baba!
+
+                             STAN
+                   Wait! I've got an idea!
+
+        EXT. MOVIE THEATRE - A LITTLE LATER
+
+        The old Homeless guy from the intro song walks up to the
+        Ticket Guy with the boys.
+
+                             HOMELESS GUY
+                   Uh, hi. I want five tickets to Terrance
+                   and Phillip Asses of Fire.
+
+                             TICKET GUY
+                   You realize this movie is rated R? It may
+                   not be appropriate for your little ones.
+
+                             HOMELESS GUY
+                   Oh.
+                       (Turning to boys)
+                   Hey, he says this movie isn't appropriate
+                   for you.
+
+                             STAN
+                       (Whispering)
+                   Look, homeless guy, if you don't want to
+                   buy us tickets, and NOT get your ten
+                   bucks and NOT go buy yourself a bottle of
+                   Vodka and not forget about how miserable
+                   your life is and not stop the voices in
+                   your head then go right ahead.
+
+                             HOMELESS GUY
+                   Five tickets please.
+
+        The Ticket guy suspiciously hands them over.
+
+        INT. MOVIE THEATER - DAY
+
+        The boys are all sitting in the front row. Cartman has a huge
+        tub of popcorn, all kinds of candy, and a large drink.
+
+                             IKE
+                   Purpre mama!
+
+                             KYLE
+                   Be quiet, Ike! The movie's starting!
+
+        ANGLE - MOVIE SCREEN
+
+        A TITLE reads 'Terrance and Phillip - Asses of Fire'
+
+                             BOYS
+                   HOORAY!!!
+
+        On the screen, we come across PHILLIP, a very handsome
+        Canadian star with a great body.
+
+                             PHILLIP
+                   Say Terrance, what did the Spanish Priest
+                   say to the Uranian gynecologist?
+
+        PAN OVER to TERRANCE, who is also Canadian, and equally
+        handsome in a more rugged way.
+
+                             TERRANCE
+                   I don't know, Phillip, what?
+
+        Phillip rips a big fart. Terrance and Phillip laugh merrily.
+
+        ANGLE - BOYS
+
+        Laughing their asses off.
+
+                             KYLE
+                   That was sweet!
+
+                             STAN
+                   Where do they come up with this stuff?!
+
+                             CARTMAN
+                   How come Terrance and Phillip are so
+                   weird looking?
+
+                             KYLE
+                   Cuz, dummy they're Canadian, just like
+                   Ike!
+
+                             CARTMAN
+                   Oh.
+
+                             IKE
+                   Poo bada!
+
+        ANGLE - SCREEN
+
+                             TERRANCE
+                   You're such a pigfucker, Phillip!
+
+                             PHILLIP
+                   What?! Why would you call me a
+                   pigfucker?!
+
+                             TERRANCE
+                   Well, let's see... First of all, you fuck
+                   pigs.
+
+                             PHILLIP
+                   Oh yeah!
+
+        Terrance and Phillip laugh merrily.
+
+        ANGLE - BOYS
+
+                             KYLE
+                   Woa, dude! Did they say what I think they
+                   said?
+
+        ANGLE - SCREEN
+
+        Terrance pulls out a white envelope.
+
+                             TERRANCE
+                   Well, fuck my ass and call me a bitch, I
+                   just got a letter!
+
+                             PHILLIP
+                   A letter from who, you shit sucking cock
+                   master?
+
+        TRACK IN on the boys' wide eyed faces as the dialogue from
+        the film enters their innocent ears.
+
+                             TERRANCE
+                   It's from your mother.
+
+                             PHILLIP
+                   My mother sent YOU a letter? What's it
+                   say?
+
+                             TERRANCE
+                   It says 'Dear Terrance, please don't ever
+                   tell my son that I licked your hairy
+                   balls.'
+
+        Terrance and Phillip laugh merrily.
+
+                             PHILLIP
+                   Oh, you fucking ball whore!
+
+        The boys don't laugh, they just smile widely, they seem busy
+        taking it all in.
+
+                             CARTMAN
+                   Wow... Ball whore...
+
+                             TERRANCE
+                   Listen, you donkey raping shit eater-
+
+                             KYLE
+                       (To himself)
+                   Donkey raping shit eater.
+
+                             IKE
+                   Doky maping she deeder!!!
+
+                             TERRANCE
+                   You'd fuck your uncle!
+
+                             PHILLIP
+                   YOU'D fuck your uncle!
+
+                             TERRANCE
+                       (Singing)
+                   Shut your fucking face,
+                   Unclefucka!!
+                   You're an asslicking, Ball sucking
+                   Unclefucka!!
+                   You're an Unclefucka, yes it's true
+                   Nobody fucks Uncles quite like you-
+
+                             PHILLIP
+                   SHUT YOUR FUCKING FACE!!
+                   UNCLEFUCKA!!!
+                   YOU'RE the one that fucked your
+                   Uncle, UNCLEFUCKA!!!
+                   You don't eat, or sleep or mow the
+                   lawn
+                   You just fuck your Uncle all day
+                   long!
+
+                             TERRANCE & PHILLIP
+                   Shut your fucking face, Unclefucka!
+                   You butt licking bastard
+                   Unclefucka!
+
+                             TERRANCE
+                   You're an Unclefucka I must say!
+
+                             PHILLIP
+                   You fucked YOUR Uncle yesterday!
+
+                             TERRANCE & PHILLIP
+                   Unclefucka!  That's YOUUUUUUU!!!!!
+
+        The song ends and the boys erupt into applause.
+
+        EXT. MOVIE THEATRE - DAY
+
+        The boys walk out of the theatre with glazed eyes and wide
+        smiles.
+
+                             KYLE
+                   Dude, that movie was fucking sweet!
+
+                             CARTMAN
+                   You bet your fucking ass it was!
+
+                             STAN
+                   Fuck, dude, I wanna be just like Terrance
+                   and Phillip!
+
+                             TICKET GUY
+                   Hey wait a minute... Where's your
+                   guardian?
+
+                             STAN
+                   Huh?
+
+                             TICKET GUY
+                   I knew it! You PAID a homeless guy to get
+                   you in, didn't you!
+
+        The boys think a second.
+
+                             CARTMAN
+                   Suck my balls.
+
+                             KYLE
+                   Yeah,
+                       (Singing)
+                   Shut your fucking face,
+                   Unclefucka!!
+
+        The boys walk away, merrily. The ticket guy is in shock.
+
+                             TICKET GUY
+                   Oh oh, I'm in trouble.
+
+                             BOYS
+                       (Singing, fading off)
+                   You're an asslicking, ball sucking
+                   Unclefucka!!
+
+        EXT. STARK'S POND - DAY
+
+        All the children of South Park are gathered at the pond for
+        ice skating.
+
+        The scene is reminiscent of the skating scene from the
+        Charlie Brown Christmas special.
+
+        Delicate snowflakes fall, children laugh and skate, and
+        joyous music plays.
+
+        The boys walk up to the pond.
+
+                             CLYDE
+                   Hey, where have you guys been all day?
+
+                             STAN
+                   Oh, nowhere... We just went out to go see
+                   the TERRANCE AND PHILLIP MOVIE!
+
+        All the kids gasp! Dramatic MUSIC STING.
+
+                             BEBE
+                   You saw it?!
+
+                             CLYDE
+                   How'd you get in?!
+
+        Suddenly, all the kids are gathered around the boys. They're
+        like celebrities.
+
+                             CARTMAN
+                   Hey! Stop crowding us you shitfaced
+                   cockmasters!
+
+        All the kids stop, wide eyed. As if they've just hear the
+        voice of God.
+
+                             KIDS
+                   Wowwww...
+
+                             STAN
+                   Yeah, you're all a bunch of ass ramming
+                   unclefuckers.
+
+                             KIDS
+                   Ooooohhh!!!
+
+                             CLYDE
+                        (To another kid)
+                   We HAVE to see this movie, dude.
+
+        The other kids nod.
+
+                             CARTMAN
+                   Hey Stan, tell 'em about when Terrance
+                   called Phillip a testicle shitting rectal
+                   wart! Stan? Stan?
+
+        But Stan is elsewhere, because out on the ice, skating
+        gracefully, is little eight year old WENDY TESTABURGER.
+
+        The heavens part, a CHOIR OF ANGELS sing, as Wendy skates
+        around and around, performing a series of impossible Triple
+        Lutzes, Sowcows and what-have-you-not's.
+
+        All the animals of the forest -- deer, birds, bunnies -- all
+        stop to admire her.
+
+        Stan's smile grows wider and wider. Kyle turns to see what
+        he's looking at.
+
+                             STAN
+                   Thank my lucky stars
+                   Here before me now
+                   Is everything I'd ever hoped for
+                   Knew it in a word
+                   Saw it in a glance
+                   The only thing I think I'd die
+                   for...
+
+                             KYLE
+                   Aw, God Damn it, he's singing that
+                   fucking song again.
+
+        ANGLE - WENDY
+
+        Spinning and soaring in slo-mo.  Effortlessly covering every
+        inch of the pond with her ballet maneuvers.
+
+        Stan is slack-jawed.
+
+                             STAN
+                   I can't stop now
+                   My heart's awake
+                   I pray her arms
+                   my arms to take
+                   So this is why I'm ali-
+
+        Wendy finishes her routine with a triumphant Hamill-camel
+        landing right in front of Stan and spraying ice in his face
+        and abruptly ending his song.
+
+                             WENDY
+                   Hi, Stan!
+
+        Stan vomits profusely all over himself.
+
+                             WENDY
+                   Ew! Gross!
+
+        Just then, another kid skates up, spraying more ice in Stan's
+        face. His name is GREGORY, and he is a very handsome eight
+        year old boy, with golden hair and an open-buttoned shirt. He
+        speaks with a rich English accent.
+
+                             GREGORY
+                   Come, Wendy, let us try to jump the hilly
+                   brush.
+
+        Stan looks at Gregory.
+
+                             STAN
+                   Who are you, kid?
+
+                             GREGORY
+                   My name is Gregory. I have been Wendy's
+                   counter-cousin for some time.
+
+                             WENDY
+                   Want to skate with us?
+
+                             GREGORY
+                   We've been skating all morning. And
+                   laughing and talking of memories past.
+
+        Gregory skates away. Stan looks stunned. Finally, he tries to
+        get Wendy's attention.
+
+                             STAN
+                   We saw the Terrance and Phillip movie!
+
+                             WENDY
+                   That's nice, Stan.
+
+        Wendy skates after Gregory. Stan looks completely rejected.
+
+                             KYLE
+                   Woa, dude, who's your girlfriend's new
+                   guy?
+
+                             STAN
+                   She's not my girlfriend, dude!
+
+        Meanwhile, the schoolkids are all still gathered around
+        Cartman.
+
+                             CARTMAN
+                   Yes, I saw the Terrance and Phillip
+                   movie. Who wants to touch me?  I said,
+                   ""Who wants to touch me?!""
+
+        A small boy steps forward and tentatively touches Cartman's
+        arm.
+
+                             SMALL BOY
+                   Oooooh...
+
+        EXT. SOUTH PARK - TOWN - MORNING
+
+        Establishing shot of the little town of South Park which
+        consists of four buildings. The sun rises in the background.
+
+        It's a brand new day.
+
+        EXT. SOUTH PARK ELEMENTARY - DAY
+
+        The elementary school is nestled peacefully between two
+        mountain peaks.
+
+        INT. SOUTH PARK ELEMENTARY - DAY
+
+        The kids of South Park are all in their seats, singing.
+
+                             KIDS
+                   Shut your fucking face,
+                   Unclefucka!!
+                   You're a shitsucking, cocksucking
+                   Unclefucka!!
+
+        The door opens, and suddenly the kids quiet down.
+
+        CLOSE-UP on a hand puppet with a large red hat. It seems to
+        be speaking.
+
+                             MR. HAT
+                   Okay, children, let's take our seats.
+
+        As the voice continues, we PULL BACK to reveal that the
+        puppet is on the right hand of MR. GARRISON, a forty-six year
+        old teacher who is in denial about his homosexuality.
+
+                             MR. GARRISON (AS MR. HAT)
+                   We have a lot to learn and precious
+                   little time.
+
+        Garrison looks over the class and notices that every single
+        one of them is wearing a Terrance and Phillip T-shirt,
+        except, of course, for Wendy.
+
+                             MR. GARRISON
+                   Why is everyone wearing T-shirts of
+                   Sigfried and Roy?
+
+                             KYLE
+                   It's not Sigried and Roy, Mr. Garrison,
+                   it's Terrance and Phillip.
+
+                             KIDS
+                   TERRANCE AND PHILLIP!!
+
+        Stan looks over at Wendy. She just rolls her eyes. Stan
+        sulks.
+
+                             MR. GARRISON
+                   Well, anyway... Today children, our
+                   friend Mr. Hat is going to tell us all
+                   about the environment.
+
+                             MR. GARRISON (AS MR. HAT)
+                   That's right, Mr. Garrison. The
+                   environment is what surrounds us. It is
+                   what we live and breathe.
+
+                             CARTMAN
+                   I hate the environment.
+
+                             KYLE
+                   Dude, how can you hate the environment?
+
+                             CARTMAN
+                   'Cuz, dude, it's all sticky and airy and
+                   fragile and stuff. I fucking hate it.
+
+        The kids all GASP!
+
+                             MR. GARRISON
+                   Eric! Did you just say the ""F"" word?
+
+                             CARTMAN
+                   Fragile?
+
+                             KYLE
+                   No, he's talking about fuck, dude. You
+                   can't say fuck in front of Mr. Garrison.
+
+                             MR. GARRISON
+                   Kyle!
+
+                             CARTMAN
+                   Why the fuck not?
+
+                             MR. GARRISON
+                   Eric!
+
+                             STAN
+                   Dude, you just said fuck again.
+
+                             MR. GARRISON
+                   Stanly!
+
+                             KENNY
+                   Mph.
+
+                             MR. GARRISON
+                   Kenny!
+
+                             CARTMAN
+                   That's bullshit! If Terrance and Phillip
+                   can say something, I should be able to
+                   say it too!
+
+                             BEBE
+                   Wow, Cartman's cool!
+
+                             CLYDE
+                   He's like Terrance and Phillip!
+
+        Cartman gloats proudly.
+
+                             CARTMAN
+                   Fuckin' a right.
+
+                             MR. GARRISON
+                   How would you like to go to the
+                   principal's office?
+
+                             CARTMAN
+                   How would you like to gargle rat jiz?
+
+        Mr. Garrison is in shock.
+
+                             MR. GARRISON
+                   WHAT DID YOU SAY?!?!
+
+                             CARTMAN
+                   I said -
+
+        Cartman takes out a megaphone, hits the switch and puts it
+        to his mouth. It feeds back horribly.
+
+                             CARTMAN
+                        (Through megaphone)
+                   HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO GARGLE RAT JIZ?!
+
+        Garrison is floored.
+
+                             KYLE
+                   Oh, dude we are fucked now.
+
+        INT. PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE - DAY
+
+        The boys are seated in front of the Principal's desk.
+
+                             STAN
+                   Now remember, don't tell anybody we saw
+                   the Terrance and Phillip movie!
+
+                             KYLE
+                   Yeah, let's swear we won't tell!
+
+        Just then, the Principal walks in. She is PRINCIPAL VICTORIA,
+        a frizzy haired woman of about forty.
+
+                             PRINCIPAL VICTORIA
+                   I am VERY disappointed in you boys!
+                   You should be ASHAMED of yourselves! I've
+                   already called in your parents, but first
+                   I want you to THINK about what you've
+                   done.
+
+                              CARTMAN
+                   Principal Victoria, can I ask a question?
+
+                             PRINCPAL VICTORIA
+                   What?
+
+                             CARTMAN
+                   What's the big fucking deal?
+
+                             STAN
+                   Yeah.
+
+                             PRINCIPAL VICTORIA
+                   AGH!! I want to know where you heard
+                   these horrific obscenities!
+
+        The boys look at each other.
+
+                             STAN
+                   Nowhere.
+
+                             KYLE
+                   I'VE heard them from Mr. Garrison a few
+                   times before...
+
+                             STAN
+                   Yeah!
+
+                             PRINCIPAL VICTORIA
+                   Boys, I seriously doubt that Mr. Garrison
+                   ever said-
+                        (Reading)
+                   'Eat penguin shit you cum sucking ass
+                   spelunker' in school!
+
+        The boys all laugh.
+
+        But then the door opens and in walks Stan's mother, Kyle's
+        mother, Cartman's mother and Kenny's mother.
+
+                             STAN
+                   Oh, oh...
+
+                             PRINCIPAL VICTORIA
+                   Thank you all for coming on such short
+                   notice. As you can see, your boys are all
+                   being disciplined.
+
+                             STAN'S MOTHER
+                   This just isn't like you, Stanley!
+
+        Stan looks down at the floor.
+
+                             KYLE'S MOTHER
+                   What did my son say, Principal Victoria?
+                   Did he say the S word?
+
+                             PRINCIPAL VICTORIA
+                   No, it was worse than that...
+
+                             KYLE'S MOTHER
+                        (Gasping)
+                   The F word?!
+
+                             PRINCIPAL VICTORIA
+                   No, worse. Here's a short list of the
+                   things they've been saying.
+
+        The mothers look over the sheet of paper. Immediately, their
+        eyes bulge.
+
+                             STAN'S MOTHER
+                   Oh dear God...
+
+                             KYLE'S MOTHER
+                   What is 'fisting'?
+
+                             CARTMAN'S MOTHER
+                   That's when the fist is inserted into the
+                   anus or vagina for sexual pleasure.
+
+        The two moms stare at Ms. Cartman.
+
+                             CARTMAN'S MOTHER
+                   What?
+
+             "
+37,TMNT ,Kevin Munroe,"Animation,Action,Adventure,Comedy,Drama,Fantasy",August_2005,"FADE IN:
+
+          
+
+          
+
+              EXT. STAR-FILLED SKY - NIGHT                                  1
+
+              Studio logo transitions into a CONSTELLATION in space. Cam
+              pulls BACK, as more stars enter frame, forming a starfield.
+
+                                   SPLINTER (V.O.)
+                         A sensei once counseled a grief-
+                         stricken boy, as his older brother
+
+          3
+                         prepared to leave for battle.
+               N STARS - Begin to see a DOZEN or so stars, almost forming a
+              zig-zagged line. Cam continues to adjust.
+
+                                   SPLINTER (V.O.)
+
+                         .
+                         He said, ""Child, why do you cry?
+                         You are both part of a family. And
+                         a family is a bond that cannot be
+                         broken by war. By strife. By force
+                         or neglect.
+               N STARS - Cam slows its truck-out to a gradual stop as we
+              see the pattern beginning to form. As if following the stars'
+              pattern, the CAM LOWERS as we find ourselves going into-
+
+                                   S
+
+          
+
+          2                                                                 2
+
+              EXT. SOUTH AMERICAN JUNGLE - CONTINUOUS
+
+
+                                    PLINTER (V.O.)
+                         And more importantly, you are
+                         brothers. And brothers you shall
+                         remain, despite time... argument...
+
+              O
+              LOWER - framing the tops of JUNGLE, moonlit and surrounded by
+              mist. A mountain range peaks over the horizon.
+
+                                   SPLINTER
+                          ..and even... distance.
+
+              SUPER TITLE: SOME STINKING JUNGLE IN SOUTH AMERICA
+              CAM RESTS atop an old CHURCH ROOF. The peaceful scene is
+              suddenly stopped by a MACHINE GUN BURST! CAM CRANES over the
+
+              O
+              roof revealing -
+
+          
+
+          
+
+                                                                            3
+
+              EXT. JUNGLE VILLAGE - CONTINUOUS
+
+              A relatively modern village... for a remote jungle. Dawn is
+              JUST barely beginning to break. The morning mist persists as
+              we see FOUR FEDERALES with machine guns surrounding a group
+              of VILLAGERS.
+
+              O
+               N GROUND - A WOMAN VILLAGER is thrown down. Her SON, 8, runs
+
+          1
+              to her side. She's mad. Her son cries.
+
+          
+
+                                                                          2.
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+                                  WOMAN VILLAGER
+                        You monsters!
+              UP ANGLE - As we see the THREE FEDERALES, greasy men, holding
+              AK-47's, and looking down with hardened indifference. OS, we
+              hear an EVIL CHUCKLE. The men part as we see-
+              - COL. PANTERA. A bottom-heavy disgusting pig of a man walks
+              up between them. Pantera leans down, face to face with her.
+
+                                  PANTERA
+                        We appreciate the generous donation
+                        for the continued protection of
+                        your village.
+              ANGLE ON - Their jeep, overflowing with the Village's
+              precious crops.
+              WIDER - A tiny group (10) of other villagers stand at a safe
+              distance. The Woman's HUSBAND runs forward. He immediately
+              LUNGES at Pantera, just as-
+              -SHIKA-SHIKA - Pantera is flanked by 3 MACHINE GUNS pointed
+              at the Husband's chest. Pantera slothfully grins. He leans
+              forward and yanks an HEIRLOOM NECKLACE from her neck.
+
+                                  PANTERA
+                        After all, the jungle can be a very
+                        dangerous place. BAH-HAHAHAHA.
+              They jump into the Jeep and tear into the jungle LAUGHING.
+
+          
+
+          
+
+              EXT. JUNGLE ROAD - MOMENTS LATER
+
+
+          4                                                                    4
+              The jeep clamors down the bumpy makeshift path. Pantera sits
+              in the passenger seat as the others are crammed in around the
+              food. The Jungle looms ominous around them.
+
+              H
+               IGH ANGLE - As we watch the jeep from the jungle ceiling
+              high above... as if from someone's POV.
+              ON DRIVER - He suddenly reacts to a fallen tree on the road
+              ahead. Slams on the brakes. Pantera is thrown around.
+
+                                  PANTERA
+                        Idiota! Watch where you're going!
+
+                                  DRIVER SOLIDER
+                        There's a log on the road, senor.
+                            (quietly to himself)
+                        ...that wasn't there an hour ago.
+
+                                   PANTERA
+                        Well, what are you waiting for?!
+
+                        REMOVE IT!
+                            (to soldiers behind)
+                        Cortez! Andelay!
+
+          
+
+                               B
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          J
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+                                                                     3.
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+          CORTEZ leaps out. Grabs the winch from the front of the jeep
+          and pulls it to the log, roughly 15 feet away.
+           EEP POV - Pantera and Driver barely notice the out-of-focus
+          bg Cortez get suddenly YANKED out of scene!
+
+                               CORTEZ (O.S.)
+                    ...yirk!
+          ON DRIVER - His eyes go wide. Trying to see in the dark.
+
+                              DRIVER SOLIDER
+                        (softly, nervous)
+                    D-d-dios mio.
+          ON LOG - Cortez is gone. Pantera wakes up.
+
+                              PANTERA
+                    What?! WHAT IS IT?!
+          OS - Hear the sound of a CHAIN clinking. Then WHOOSHING as
+          the chain winch suddenly FLIES IN, and CRACKS the BURLY
+          SOLDIER across the jaw! It wraps itself around his neck.
+          Before he can react...
+          - YOINK! He gets pulled over the hood of the jeep, landing on
+          the ground HARD.
+
+                                URLY SOLDIER
+
+                    OOF!
+          Burly gets pulled backward... away from the Jeep and into...
+          the darkness. He SCREAMS the entire way, clawing the ground.
+          ON JEEP - Driver is freaking out now. Last Soldier is in the
+          back. Pantera stands up in the jeep. ""Last"" jumps out and
+          readies his machine gun.
+
+                              PANTERA
+                        (to Jungle)
+
+                    WHO ARE YOU?! SHOW YOURSELF!!
+
+                              DRIVER SOLIDER
+
+                        (WHISPER)
+                    ...The Ghost of the Jungle.
+
+                               PANTERA
+                    What?!
+
+                              DRIVER SOLDIER
+
+                           (
+                         shaking/nervous)
+                    The jungle god that punishes those
+                    who prey upon the weak.
+                        (looks scared to Pantera)
+                    He's coming... for us.
+
+          
+
+              O
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+                                  P
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+              I
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+                                                                          4.
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+              OS NOISE - Suddenly hear the whooshing of 4 quick punches,
+              kicks, a short machine gun burst and a WHUMP. Pantera and
+              Driver look to the ground.
+              ON GROUND - Last Soldier lays beaten on the jungle floor.
+
+                                  DRIVER SOLIDER
+                        I'm sorry, senor.
+              Driver bounds out of the Jeep and runs SCREAMING into the
+              jungle. CAM PULLS BACK with him as Pantera shrinks in bg.
+
+                                  PANTERA
+
+                        COWARD!! GET BACK HERE!!
+              Something suddenly skitters behind Pantera! He turns to look.
+              Nothing. He reaches down and pulls up... a MACHETE.
+
+                                  PANTERA
+
+                        SHOW YOURSELF! DO YOU REALIZE WHO
+
+                        YOU'RE DEALING WITH?!
+              ON PANTERA - He circles backs against the Jungle wall, trying
+              to find him. Tense. Suddenly-
+              -a PAIR OF WHITE EYES open in the blackness behind him!
+               n a quick series of shots we see Pantera getting the raw end
+              of a flurry of fist and foot attacks. His attacker is moving
+              way too fast for the camera to keep up.
+              Pantera falls back, panting heavily. Panicked. He tears off
+              into the dense Jungle!
+              ON PANTERA RUNNING THROUGH JUNGLE - Thick foliage. Panicked.
+
+          
+
+          
+
+              EXT. JUNGLE CLEARING - CONTINUOUS
+
+
+          5                                                                    5
+              An oasis of calm, violated by this sweating, machete-
+              clutching brute. He stumbles, then stands in the middle.
+
+                                    ANTERA
+                        I am not afraid of a myth!
+                            (eyes darting)
+
+                                  A
+
+                        I'M NOT AFRAID OF A GHOST!
+
+                                   TTACKER (O.S.)
+                        Actually... it's ""Turtle"", pal.
+              Pantera swings around. Eyes wide.
+               N ATTACKER - We pan up the thick green legs. Muscular and
+              strong. Further up. Arms to match. Rough skin. It wears a
+              shorn HOODED PONCHO. Inside are two white eyes and gritted
+              smiling teeth.
+              The poncho falls to the ground.
+
+          
+
+                                                                       5.
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+              ON ATTACKER - It's LEONARDO! Beaten blue bandana blowing in
+              the breeze. Total hero shot. He pulls out a SINGLE KATANA
+              SWORD, poised for battle. Pantera's backed into a corner.
+
+                                  PANTERA
+                        Let's see if a ghost can die, then.
+              Pantera SCREAMS and runs to Leo and starts swinging! At the
+              CLASH of sword and machete, we-
+
+                                                          SMASH CUT TO:
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          6                                                                 6
+
+              EXT. JUNGLE VILLAGE - MOMENTS LATER
+
+              The Boy is still at the Village Clearing. Suddenly -
+              - the sound of the JEEP begins to rumble in the distance! The
+              villagers panic and scatter. VROOM! The Jeep flies out of the
+              jungle and bounce-slows into the FG!
+              Only there is no one driving it... and it still has the
+              stolen food in it. And the stolen medallion dangles from the
+              rear view mirror.
+
+                                  WOMAN VILLAGER
+                        It's a miracle!
+              The village rejoices. The Boy steps aside for a beat, looks
+              back at the Jungle. Something catches his eye.
+              ...a small crouched figure on a tree branch. Barely
+              silhouetted. His white eyes lit in the darkness. One of them
+              WINKS as the boy smiles.
+
+                                   B
+
+                                   OY VILLAGER
+                            (beaming... softly)
+                        The Ghost of the Jungle.
+
+          
+
+          
+
+              INT. UNDERGROUND CAVERN - LATER
+
+
+          7                                                                 7
+              Leo leaps into frame. He takes out his katanas and lays them
+              carefully on the ground. He KNEELS, head bowed, eyes closed.
+
+                                  LEONARDO
+                        My training is now complete.
+              The camera lifts away from Leo... and then PLUNGES into the
+              nearby CAVERN. MUSIC begins to swell. Cam travels a few feet
+              until it DIPS TO BLACK, and comes up beginning our-
+
+                             OPENING CREDIT SEQUENCE
+
+          
+
+              E
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+              T
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+                                                                       6.
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          8                                                                 8
+
+              INT. MISCELLANEOUS SEWER, OIL AND IRRIGATION PIPES
+
+              The music is in full tilt as the camera travels through
+              seemingly miles of underground pipes of all types and design.
+               he camera comes to the end of line. It rises up through
+          9   STEAM... then through a metal grate, as we find ourselves in-
+
+          
+
+          
+
+              EXT. NEW YORK CITY STREET - NIGHT                             9
+
+              A mouse-level shot of the spectacular city that never sleeps.
+              It's oddly hypnotic. Still. Until...
+              - BAM! A pair of sneakers land barely in front of the camera,
+              tearing off into the distance.
+
+                                  NYPD #1 (O.S.)
+
+                        FREEEZE! STOP OR WE'LL SHOOT!
+              Shoes belong to a panicked MUGGER, early 20's, as THREE NYPD
+              OFFICERS clamor after him. The Mugger is a jackrabbit -
+              hopping newspaper machines, rolling under passing trucks and
+              doing anything he can to avoid arrest.
+               ventually the NYPD peter out. The mugger looks back. Smiles.
+
+                                  MUGGER
+                        Heh, heh... suckers.
+              ON MUGGER - His eyes suddenly go wide as - VROOOOOM! - we see
+              a jet-black tweaked out motorcycle fly over the cops' heads,
+              aiming directly for Mugger!
+
+                                   MUGGER
+                        Whaaa!!!
+              The Mugger runs, but can't escape. The Driver is dressed in
+              all-black motorcycle leathers and black-visored helmet. Scary
+              and faceless. He quickly gains on the Mugger and GRABS him by
+              the collar in mid-stride!
+
+                                  MUGGER
+                        You crazy?! Put me down, man!
+              But Driver doesn't. Instead, he holds him lower without
+              stopping the bike... and proceeds to plow Mugger's head into
+              every trash can and garbage bin along 9th Avenue!
+
+                                  MUGGER
+
+                        OW! HEY! WHAT'RE YOU-OW!! OOF!
+              Just as it looks like he'll hit a telephone pole... Driver
+              veers left! He drags the Mugger into...
+
+          
+
+               O
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+               A
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+                                                                           7.
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          10                                                                10
+
+               EXT. DEAD END ALLEYWAY - CONTINUOUS
+
+               Driver tosses him onto the ground at full speed. Mugger
+               SLIDES down the alley and collides with a pile of garbage
+               like he's a human bowling ball.
+               ON HEAD OF ALLEY - The Driver guns the bike and kicks up a
+               ton of dust and racket, peeling donuts at mouth of the alley.
+               And then he stops. Dust slowly settles and smoke dissipates.
+
+                                   MUGGER
+                         Wh-wh-what kinda freak are you?!
+               The Driver gets off the bike. Silence. Backlit by headlight.
+               He walks directly to the Mugger with purpose. Mugger starts
+               to really freak out. Driver picks him up by the collar and
+               SLAMS him to the back WOODEN FENCE WALL.
+
+                                   MUGGER
+                         P-p-please. Don't kill me, man.
+               Driver just cocks his head. Mugger can see his own terrified
+               reflection his Driver's black visor. Driver reaches behind
+               his back and pulls out a COMBAT KNIFE! He reels back and...
+
+                                   MUGGER
+                         Wh-wha-wha-WHAT ARE YOU DOI- AAAGH!
+
+               W
+                HAM! - Driver nails the dagger through the Mugger's JACKET,
+               PINNING HIM TO THE WALL. Driver turns around to gather the
+               purse's belongings at the mouth of the alley.
+                fter he stops cringing, the Mugger wriggles the blade out of
+               the wall. Driver doesn't notice as - THWIP-IP-IP! - he hurls
+               the knife at the Driver!
+               THUNK! It sticks in the DRIVER'S BACK!
+                N MUGGER - His grinning eyes suddenly GO WIDE as Driver
+               slowly turns around, UNHURT! The Mugger is trapped as Driver
+               moves toward him... and a BOLO CHAIN drops to his side.
+               ON WALL SHADOW - as we see a flurry of punches, kicks and
+               throws as Driver lays a beating on the criminal who needs to
+               be taught a lesson. An OS Police Siren chirps.
+               MOUTH OF ALLEY - The police suddenly show up, cherries
+               flashing. They run to FG, mouths drop.
+
+                                    NYPD #1
+                         ...whoa.
+
+                                   NYPD #2
+                         The Nightwatcher.
+
+          
+
+                                                                           8.
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+               ON MUGGER - Hung upside down by a chain. Purse hangs from his
+               neck. He'll live, but never commit another crime again...
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          11                                                                11
+
+               EXT. NEW YORK CITY STREET - CONTINUOUS
+
+               CLOSE ON A NEWSSTAND - Headlines read ""WOMAN MYSTERIOUSLY
+
+               RESCUED FROM BURNING BUILDING"". ""POLICE SEEK MAN KNOWN AS
+
+               `THE NIGHTWATCHER' FOR QUESTIONING"". ""WHO IS THE
+
+               NIGHTWATCHER?""
+               WIDER - A quieter area of the city. Broken by the squealing
+               of the bike as Driver (Nightwatcher) roars in to a stop.
+               Nightwatcher drives underneath a TRAIN BRIDGE. He takes off
+               his helmet. Red cloth spills out. He turns around as we see-
+
+               - RAPHAEL, THE RED-MASKED NINJA TURTLE!
+               He reaches back and pulls out the KNIFE from his SHELL. Looks
+               at it, shaking his head and grinning. He sheathes it.
+
+                                    R
+
+                                    APHAEL
+                         Heh, heh. Nice try, chump.
+               QUICK SHOTS - Ignites and revs engine. Straps helmet back on.
+               Headlight comes to life. Lets the clutch out.
+               VROOOOM! - CAM STARTS TIGHT ON bike as Raphael tears away.
+
+                                   MICHAELANGELO (O.S.)
+                         Dude... I'm scared!
+
+                                                                 CUT TO:
+               CLOSE ON - A PAIR OF TURTLE EYES... MICHAELANGELO'S! They're
+               wide with FEAR. Nervously darting around, unable to keep up
+               with the surrounding danger.
+
+                                   MICHAELANGELO
+                         Dude! They're all around me! What
+                         do I do? WHAT DO I DO?!
+               Mikey's eyes continue to panic. DONATELLO's voice comes in
+               over a RADIO. Calming.
+
+                                   DONATELLO (O.S.)
+                         Just relax, Mikey. Remember your
+                         training. You'll be fine.
+
+                                   MICHAELANGELO
+                         But I need back up this time, man!
+
+                         BACK UP!
+
+                                   DONATELLO (O.S.)
+
+                             (SIGHS)
+                         ...you're such a prima donna.
+
+          
+
+                                                                          9.
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+               CAM PULLS BACK TO REVEAL WE'RE IN-
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          12                                                                  12
+
+               INT. UPTOWN APARTMENT - AFTERNOON
+
+               The cam pulls out of a LARGE MASCOT HEAD - looks like a big
+               goofy Turtle head with googly eyes and dumb smile. WIDER we
+               see a fake ZIPPER spirit-glued onto Mikey's plastron. In his
+               hands, he holds two nerf-styled NUNCHUCKS.
+
+                                   MICHAELANGELO
+                             (from inside mascot head)
+                         Okay - waita-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA-WHOA!!
+               Suddenly TEN KIDS WITH BIRTHDAY HATS AND FOAM NUNCHUCKS run
+               in SCREAMING and start beating on Mikey... a little too hard.
+
+                                   SCREAMING KIDS
+                         Get him! Yeah! You suck! Hey!
+                         Awright! Take that, Turtle-dork!
+
+                                   MICHAELANGELO
+
+                         OH-WHOA! OW! YEOW-OW-OW! WATCH IT!!
+
+                         HEY! NOT BELOW THE-OOOFF!! OW!!
+               End WIDER with the kids all walking away from Mikey, now on
+               the floor doubled over from the ""playing"". A beat, then-
+               -one more kid runs back and kicks Mikey.
+
+                                   LITTLE GIRL
+
+                         KEEEEYA!
+                             (turns and walks back)
+                         This was the best birthday ever,
+                         Mommy!
+               Mikey GROANS as we-
+
+                                                               DISSOLVE TO:
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          13                                                                  13
+
+               EXT. UPTOWN APARTMENT - SUNSET/LATER
+
+               Beautiful downtown autumnal street. Parked in front, we see
+               the ""COWABUNGA CARL"" PARTY VAN loudly decorated in kid-
+               friendly colors with an embarrassing and low-tech looking
+               TURTLE HEAD ON TOP. PUSH IN on upstairs apartment window.
+
+                                    S
+
+                                    OCCER MOM (O.S.)
+                         Thanks so much. You're worth every
+                         penny. I have to tell all my
+                         friends about you. You'll love
+                         their kids too.
+
+          
+
+                                                                        10.
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          14                                                                14
+
+               INT. UPTOWN APARTMENT - CONTINUOUS
+
+               Mascot Mikey is standing at the door, holding a fistful of
+               cash, still in full costume.
+
+                                   MICHAELANGELO
+                         I can only hope they're as lovely
+                         as the rugrats you got here.
+               ON KIDS - They look tough, brandishing their nerf weapons - a
+               toddler street gang. One of the kids does a finger-point-then-
+               throat-slit gesture. The mom looks and beams. The kids
+               quickly smile to cover.
+
+                                   MICHAELANGELO
+                             (through gritted teeth)
+                         Such... angels.
+               Mikey looks to the side, and sees the still piled-high stack
+               of PIZZA BOXES through the fake head POV.
+
+                                   SOCCER MOM
+                         Okay! Everyone say good-bye to
+                         Cowabunga Carl! BYE!
+
+                                   MICHAELANGELO
+                             (put-on voice)
+                         Hyuk! Cowabunga dudes! Bye!
+
+                                     KIDS
+
+                         BYE!!!!!!
+               ON DOOR - As the door closes and Mom turns back, a green hand
+               reaches in quickly a grabs a box of pizza. The door closes.
+
+                                   MICHAELANGELO (O.S.)
+                         Heheh... score.
+
+                                                                 CUT TO:
+
+          
+
+          
+
+               EXT. UPTOWN APARTMENT - MOMENTS LATER
+
+
+          15                                                                15
+               Mikey opens the van's rear doors. He PULLS OFF the fake
+               zipper on his chest and then pulls off his fake turtle head.
+               His trademark orange bandana spills out.
+               He turns, breathing in the fresh surface air. A quiet beat
+               until - A POLICE SIREN approaches, faint, in the distance.
+               Mikey jumps in the van, slams the door shut as the car
+               whizzes by.
+               WIDER - the van takes off down the street.
+
+          
+
+                                                                       11.
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+                                   DONATELLO (O.S.)
+                         Hey, hey, hey... don't forget the
+                         face thing.
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          16                                                               16
+
+               EXT. NEW YORK CITY STREETS - LATER
+
+               CLOSE ON - a regular motorist sitting in his car at a traffic
+               light. Don monitors from a small dashboard cam. Man looks OS
+               Left. Reacts.
+               OFF HIS LOOK - We see Mikey beside him in the van. He's
+               behind the wheel - face FROZEN in a goofy SMILE like a
+               ventriloquist to ""hide"" his identity. Don follows on a small
+               surveillance cam under the rearview mirror.
+
+                                   MICHAELANGELO
+                         Yes... sir.
+
+                                   DONATELLO (O.S.)
+                         That's a good boy.
+
+                                   MICHAELANGELO
+                         All's I'm saying Donnie is that no
+                         one would notice if YOU did one of
+                         these gigs every now and again.
+
+                                    DONATELLO (O.S.)
+                         But you add such... panache to the
+                         character.
+               Mikey, emotional, pops into ""fully animated"" facial mode. He
+               rubs his sore neck.
+
+                                   MICHAELANGELO
+                         Well, if panache is French for
+                         ""punching bag"", I'd have to agree
+                         with ya.
+
+          
+
+          
+
+               INT. TURTLES LAIR - MONITOR ROOM - CONTINUOUS
+
+
+          17                                                               17
+               A darkened room lit only by the lights of dozens of tv's,
+               monitors and TV tubes. Cables run everywhere. In front of
+               them is DONATELLO - our resident tech-head turtle.
+
+                                   DONATELLO
+                         Close enough. I - uh-oh-
+               ON MONITOR - Don watches Mikey through a TRAFFIC CAM in front
+               of the van. Don is jacked into every major security and
+               surveillance camera in the city.
+
+          
+
+          
+
+               EXT. NEW YORK CITY STREETS - CONTINUOUS
+
+
+          18                                                               18
+
+                                   DONATELLO (O.S.)
+                         -you got a peeping tom.
+
+          
+
+                                    M
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+                                                                          12.
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+               ON CAR - The Man is still looking - only now really freaked
+               out - at the fully animated Mikey head.
+
+                                    MICHAELANGELO
+                         Aw nuts.
+               Mikey suddenly grips his face back into a tight SMILE,
+               frozen. He looks over and waves at the man who confusingly
+               waves back.
+
+                                   MICHAELANGELO
+                             (ventriloquist style)
+                         Just get me outta here, dude.
+               ON DON - He hits some switches. Monitors change.
+
+                                   DONATELLO
+                         Traffic's clear eastbound for two
+                         blocks. Then hook up with route J.
+               BACK WITH MIKEY - He's still waving with a frozen smile.
+
+                                    ICHAELANGELO
+                             (ventriloquist style)
+                         Righteous.
+               Mikey immediately ""unfreezes"" and sticks his tongue out and
+               antics at the Man! Before the man can react, Mikey TEARS OUT
+               and zips across traffic down a deserted side-street.
+               ...as we notice the annoying ice cream style music tinkering
+
+                                    M
+               along with his gaining speed.
+
+                                    ICHAELANGELO (O.S.)
+                         You HAD to install the music too...
+
+                                   DONATELLO (O.S.)
+                         All part of the cover, my friend.
+
+                                                                  CUT TO:
+
+          
+
+          
+
+               EXT. HIDDEN ALLEYWAY - EVENING
+
+
+          19                                                                19
+               The van parks in a long-forgotten alleyway. A dummy gate
+               closes behind it, obscuring it from view.
+               UNDER THE VAN - We see it's parked over a manhole cover. It
+               slowly slides shut.
+
+          
+
+          
+
+               INT. SEWERS - CONTINUOUS
+
+
+          20                                                                20
+               The dripping concrete and metal maze explodes with the
+               cacophony of Mikey riding his skateboard, backpack in tow.
+
+                                   MICHAELANGELO
+
+                         YEEEEEHAAAAAAWWWW!!
+
+          
+
+                                                                       13.
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+               But this isn't just any half-pipe - it tests all of Mikey's
+               skills in ninjitsu, extreme sports and cross-training. He
+               jumps on and off the board to occasionally tackle obstacles
+               with all four limbs. A fun rock n' roll sequence.
+               Feels like Mikey is miles away from the surface world when he
+               arrives at a seemingly DEAD END. He smiles as he reveals a
+               BRICK DUMMY WALL that brings him to...
+
+          
+
+          
+
+               INT. TURTLES LAIR - CONTINUOUS
+
+
+          21                                                                21
+               Mikey lands in the ""foyer"" of sorts. Atop entrance stairs. He
+               kicks the double doors open.
+
+                                   MICHAELANGELO
+                         Honeeeeey! I'm hooome!
+               As Mikey slides down the banister, the cam dollies around
+
+               I
+               behind him revealing the LAIR. Breathtaking to fresh eyes.
+                t has a wonderful lived-in feel - they're not squatters...
+               they've made this their HOME. Furniture is jury-rigged and
+               the place is custom lit to provide the right kind of"
+38,Toy Story ,"Joss Whedon,Andrew Stanton,Joel Cohen,Alec Sokolow","Animation,Comedy,Family,Fantasy",November_1995,"FADE IN:
+
+INT. ANDY'S BEDROOM
+
+A row of moving boxes lie on the floor of the room.  They
+are drawn up in crayon to look like a miniature Western town.
+The bedroom is lined with cloud wallpaper giving the
+impression of sky.
+
+One of the boxes has a children's illustrated ""WANTED""
+poster of a Mr. Potato Head taped to it.
+
+A MR. POTATO HEAD DOLL is set in front of the poster.  The
+VOICE OVER of ANDY, a 6-year-old boy, can be heard acting
+out all the voices of the scene.
+
+                         ANDY (AS POTATO HEAD)
+            Alright everyone, this is a stick-
+            up!  Don't anybody move!  Now empty
+            that safe!
+
+A GROUP OF TOYS have been crowded together in front of the
+""BANK"" box.
+
+Andy's hand lowers a CERAMIC PIGGY BANK in front of Mr.
+Potato Head and shakes out a pile of coins to the floor.  Mr.
+Potato Head kisses the coins.
+
+                         ANDY (AS POTATO HEAD)
+            Ooh!  Money.  Money.  Money.
+                   (kissing noises)
+
+
+A porcelain figurine of the shepherdess, BO PEEP, is brought
+into the scene.
+
+                         ANDY (AS BO PEEP)
+            Stop it!  Stop it, you mean old
+            potato!
+
+                         ANDY (AS POTATO HEAD)
+            Quiet Bo Peep, or your sheep get
+            run over!
+
+The companion porcelain sheep are placed in the center of a
+Hot Wheels track loop.
+
+                         ANDY (AS SHEEP)
+            Heeeeelp!  BAAAAA!  Heeeelp us!
+
+                         ANDY (AS BO PEEP)
+            Oh, no!  Not my sheep!  Somebody do
+            something!
+
+WOODY, a pull-string doll cowboy, enters into the scene
+opposite the inanimate spud.
+
+Andy's hand pulls on the ring in the center of Woody's back.
+
+                         WOODY (VOICE BOX)
+            Reach for the sky.
+
+                         ANDY (AS POTATO HEAD)
+            Oh, no!  Sheriff Woody!!
+
+                         ANDY (AS WOODY)
+            I'm here to stop you, One-Eyed Bart.
+
+Andy's hand pulls out one of Mr. Potato Head's eyes.
+
+                         ANDY (AS POTATO HEAD)
+            Doooooh!  How'd you know it was me!
+
+                         ANDY (AS WOODY)
+            Are you gonna come quietly?
+
+                         ANDY (AS POTATO HEAD)
+            You can't touch me Sheriff!  I
+            brought my attack dog with a built-
+            in force field!
+
+Andy places a TOY DOG, with a SLINKY for a mid-section, in
+front of Mr. Potato Head and stretches him out.
+
+                         ANDY (AS WOODY)
+            Well I brought my DINOSAUR, who
+            eats force field dogs!!
+
+Andy reveals a PLASTIC TYRANNOSAURUS REX, who stomps on the
+Slinky Dog.
+
+                         ANDY (AS DINOSAUR)
+            AAAAR!  ROAR-ROAR-ROAR!
+
+                         ANDY (AS SLINKY DOG)
+            YIPE!  YIPE-YIPE-YIPE!
+
+                         ANDY (AS WOODY)
+            You're goin' to jail, Bart.
+
+Andy picks up Mr. Potato Head and places him in a baby crib
+in the room.
+
+A cardboard sign is taped to the bars with the word ""JAIL""
+written in crayon.
+
+                         ANDY (AS WOODY)
+            Say good-bye to the wife and
+            tatertots.
+
+Andy's 1-year-old sister, MOLLY, crawls over and picks up Mr.
+Potato Head.  She sucks on him for a beat then proceeds to
+pound the toy repeatedly against the rail of her crib,
+forcing some of his parts loose.
+
+Andy, wearing a cowboy hat himself, picks up Woody off the
+floor.
+
+                         ANDY
+                   (pulling Woody's string)
+            You saved the day again, Woody.
+
+                         WOODY (VOICE BOX)
+            You're my favorite deputy.
+
+BEGIN TITLES
+
+SONG ""YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME"" plays while Andy does
+various activities with Woody:
+
+-- Andy turns the Western town boxes around to reveal cows
+drawn on the other side.  He grabs a jump rope and pretends
+Woody is lassoing the cattle.
+
+                         ANDY
+            C'mon, let's wrangle up the cattle.
+
+-- Andy then rides Woody around on an RC (remote control)
+car, and herds the remaining ""cow"" boxes under Molly's crib.
+
+INT. STAIRWELL
+
+-- Andy places Woody on the top of the stairwell banister
+allowing the doll to slide downstairs.  Andy races ahead and
+catches him at the bottom.
+
+INT. DOWNSTAIRS LIVING ROOM
+
+-- Andy & Woody fall into the La-Z-Boy chair and spin around
+and around.
+
+Next, Andy uses the La-Z-Boy foot rest as a catapult.
+
+Andy flings Woody across the room to the sofa.
+
+                         ANDY
+                   (raising his arms)
+            Score!
+
+SONG ENDS
+
+Woody lies limp on the sofa while Andy is heard talking to
+his mother.
+
+                         ANDY (O.S.)
+            Wow!  Cool!
+
+                         MRS. DAVIS (O.S.)
+            Whadda ya think?
+
+                         ANDY (O.S.)
+            Oh, this looks GREAT, Mom!
+
+ANGLE: THE ADJOINING DINING ROOM
+
+MRS. DAVIS, Andy's thirty eight-year-old mom, has just
+finished decorating the area with streamers and balloons.  A
+banner is draped across the archway.  It reads: ""Happy
+Birthday Andy.""
+
+Woody's frozen face stares in the direction of the birthday
+decorations.
+
+                         ANDY
+            Can we leave this up 'til we move?
+
+                         MRS. DAVIS
+            Well, sure, we can leave it up.
+
+                         ANDY
+            Yeah!
+
+                         MRS. DAVIS
+            Now go get Molly.  Your friends are
+            going to be here any minute.
+
+                         ANDY
+            Okay.
+
+Andy picks up Woody from the couch and runs upstairs.
+
+                         ANDY
+            It's party time, Woody!
+
+INT. ANDY'S BEDROOM - CONTINUOUS
+
+Andy and Woody enter the room.  Molly is still banging
+Potato Head against her crib railing.  Andy tips Woody's hat
+at her.
+
+                         ANDY
+            Howdy, Little Lady!
+
+He deposits Woody on the bed and pulls his string one last
+time.
+
+                         WOODY (VOICE BOX)
+            Somebody's poisoned the waterhole.
+
+                         ANDY
+                   (picking up Molly)
+            C'mon, Molly.  Oh, you're getting
+            heavy!
+                   (to Woody)
+            See ya later, Woody.
+
+Andy exits.
+
+END TITLES
+
+Woody's eyes come to life.  The cowboy doll sits up, his
+expression changing from a smile to worry.
+
+                         WOODY
+                   (to himself)
+            Pull my string!  The birthday
+            party's today?!
+
+Woody thinks.
+
+                         WOODY
+                   (to the room)
+            Okay, everybody.  Coast is clear.
+
+The bedroom comes alive.  TOYS emerge from the toy box, the
+closet, the shelves, etc... in a flurry of activity.
+
+POTATO HEAD, his body parts strewn across the floor, sits
+himself upright and begins to re-assemble himself.
+
+                         MR. POTATO HEAD
+            Ages three and up.  It's on my box.
+            Ages three and up!  I'm not
+            supposed to be babysitting Princess
+            Drool.
+
+HAMM, the piggy bank, flips one last penny into his coin
+slot.  Potato Head walks up to him.  All his facial pieces
+are in the wrong slots.
+
+                         MR. POTATO HEAD
+            Hey, Hamm!  Look!  I'm Picasso!
+                         HAMM
+            I don't get it.
+
+Hamm walks away.
+
+                         MR. POTATO HEAD
+            You uncultured swine!
+                   (to someone O.S.)
+            What are you looking at, ya hockey
+            puck?!
+
+Potato Head walks past, revealing a hockey puck figurine.
+
+Woody sits on the edge of the bed observing all the activity.
+He turns to a plastic green army man, SARGENT, standing on
+the night stand.
+
+                         WOODY
+            Uh, hey Sarge, have you seen Slinky?
+
+                         SARGENT
+                   (saluting)
+            Sir!  No Sir!
+
+                         WOODY
+            Okay, thank you.  At ease.
+
+Woody hops off the bed.
+
+                         WOODY
+            Hey, Slinky?
+
+                         SLINKY (O.S.)
+            Right here, Woody!
+
+A toy Slinky dog, SLINKY, appears from under the bed pushing
+out a checker board set.  He begins to place the checkers on
+the board.
+
+                         SLINKY
+            I'm red this time.
+
+                         WOODY
+            No, Slink --
+
+                         SLINKY
+            Oh...well alright, you can be red
+            if you want.
+
+                         WOODY
+            Not now, Slink.  I've got some bad
+            news.
+
+                         SLINKY
+            Bad news?!
+
+                         WOODY
+            Sh-h-h-h-h!!
+
+Woody covers up Slinky's mouth, aware that the other toys in
+the room are watching.  He leans in close to Slinky.
+
+                         WOODY
+                   (whispering)
+            Just gather everyone up for a staff
+            meeting and be happy!!
+
+                         SLINKY
+            Got it.
+
+Slinky shuffles off.
+
+                         WOODY
+            Be HAPPY!
+
+Slinky perks up his gait and LAUGHS HARD.
+
+Woody proceeds in the other direction.  He passes a toy
+ROBOT and SNAKE partially hidden under the bedspread.
+
+                         WOODY
+                   (to the room)
+            Staff meeting, everybody.
+                   (aside)
+            Snake, Robot -- podium duty.
+
+Robot and Snake come out from under the bed and reluctantly
+follow Woody.
+
+Woody walks past an Etch-A-Sketch, ETCH, going the other
+direction.
+
+                         WOODY
+            Hey Etch!  Draw!
+
+Both Etch and Woody whip around like gunfighters.
+
+Before Woody can fully extend his arm out, the Etch-A-Sketch
+etches a gun on its screen.
+
+                         WOODY
+                   (pretending to be shot)
+            Oh!! You got me again, Etch! You've
+            been working on that draw.  Fastest
+            knobs in the west.
+
+Slinky passes a group of toys on the floor.
+
+                         SLINKY
+            Got a staff meeting, you guys, come
+            on, let's go!
+
+Robot and Snake begin constructing a podium made out of
+Legos and a Tinker Toy tub while Woody searches the floor.
+
+                         WOODY
+            Now where is that -- ?  Aw, hey,
+            who moved my doodle pad way over here?
+
+Woody spots the doodle pad on the floor by the desk and
+walks over to it.  As he reaches down to pick it up...
+
+REX, the plastic dinosaur, jumps out to scare Woody.
+
+                         REX
+            ROOAAAARR!!!
+
+                         WOODY
+                   (unaffected)
+            Oh, how ya doin', Rex?
+
+Rex suddenly turns timid.
+
+                         REX
+            Were you scared?  Tell me honestly.
+
+                         WOODY
+            I was close to being scared that time.
+
+Woody heads back to the podium.  Rex follows.
+
+                         REX
+            I'm going for fearsome here, but I
+            just don't feel it.  I think I'm
+            just coming off as annoying.
+
+A crook suddenly grabs Woody's neck and jerks him towards BO
+PEEP, the porcelain figurine.
+
+                         WOODY
+                   (choking)
+            Aach! -- Oh, hi, Bo.
+
+                         BO PEEP
+            I wanted to thank you, Woody, for
+            saving my flock.
+
+                         WOODY
+                   (blushing)
+            Oh, hey - it was nothing.
+
+                         BO PEEP
+            Whadda ya say I get someone else to
+            watch the sheep tonight?
+
+                         WOODY
+                   (very flustered)
+            Heh, heh...oh yeah, uh, I...
+
+Bo saunters back towards her lamp stand, passing a stack of
+ABC blocks.
+
+                         BO PEEP
+            Remember, I'm just a couple of
+            blocks away.
+
+Woody is left lovestruck.
+
+All the rest of the toys in the room are filing past Slinky.
+
+                         SLINKY
+            Come on, come on!  Smaller toys up
+            front.
+
+Woody remains lovestruck in the middle of the room.
+
+                         SLINKY
+            Hey, Woody!  C'mon!
+
+Woody snaps out of his trance and rushes over to the podium.
+
+The toys crowd together as Woody steps up to the podium.
+MIKE, a toy tape recorder, waddles up next to Woody and
+indicates his microphone.
+
+                         MIKE
+            Ahem!
+
+                         WOODY
+                   (grabbing microphone)
+            Oh, thanks, Mike.
+                   (to the crowd)
+            Okay --
+
+SFX: FEEDBACK
+
+                         WOODY
+                   (to Mike)
+            Oh, whoa, step back --
+
+Mike waddles back a step to stop the feedback.
+
+                         WOODY
+            Hello?  Check?  Better?  Great.
+            Everybody hear me?  Up on the
+            shelf, can you hear me?  Great!
+            Okay, first item today...oh, yeah.
+            Has everyone picked a moving buddy?
+
+The toys all MOAN.
+
+                         HAMM
+            Moving buddy?!  You can't be serious!
+
+                         REX
+            Well I didn't know we were supposed
+            to have one already.
+
+                         MR. POTATO HEAD
+                   (waving his arm out
+                   its socket)
+            Do we have to hold hands?
+
+The toys LAUGH and SNICKER.
+
+                         WOODY
+            Oh, yeah, you guys think this is a
+            big joke.  We've only got one week
+            left before the move.  I don't want
+            any toys left behind.  A moving
+            buddy -- if you don't have one, get
+            one!
+                   (checking the pad)
+            Alright, next...uh...oh, yes.
+            Tuesday night's ""Plastic Corrosion
+            Awareness"" meeting was, I think, a
+            big success and we want to thank Mr.
+            Spell for putting that on for us.
+            Thank you, Mr. Spell.
+
+The words ""You're welcome"" scroll across Mr. Spell's display
+screen as he speaks.
+
+                         MR. SPELL
+            You're welcome.
+
+                         WOODY
+            Ok, uh...oh yes.  One minor note
+            here...
+                   (under his breath)
+            Andy's birthday party's been moved
+            to today.
+                   (full voice)
+            Next we have --
+
+The toys all PANIC.
+
+                         REX
+            What?!  Whadda ya mean, the party's
+            today?!  His birthday's not 'til
+            next week!!
+
+                         HAMM
+            What's going on down there?  Is Mom
+            losing her marbles?!
+
+                         WOODY
+            Well, obviously she wanted to have
+            the party before the move.  I'm not
+            worried.  You shouldn't be worried.
+
+                         MR. POTATO HEAD
+            Of course Woody ain't worried!
+            He's been Andy's favorite since
+            kindergarten!
+
+                         SLINKY
+            Hey, hey!  Come on, Potato Head!
+            If Woody says it's all right, then,
+            well, darnit, it's good enough for
+            me.  Woody has never steered us
+            wrong before.
+
+While Slinky speaks, Potato Head takes off his mouth and
+mimes kissing his own butt.
+
+                         WOODY
+            C'mon, guys!  Every Christmas and
+            birthday we go through this.
+
+                         REX
+            But what if Andy gets another
+            dinosaur?  A mean one?  I just
+            don't think I can take that kind of
+            rejection.
+
+                         WOODY
+            Hey, listen, no one's getting
+            replaced.  This is Andy we're
+            talking about.
+
+Woody steps down from the podium and walks towards the crowd.
+
+                         WOODY
+                   (continued)
+            It doesn't matter how much we're
+            played with.  What matters is that
+            we're here for Andy when he needs
+            us.  That's what we're made for.
+            Right?
+Everyone is now looking down, sheepish.
+
+                         HAMM
+            Pardon me.  I hate to break up the
+            staff meeting, but THEY'RE HERE!
+            Birthday guests at three o'clock!
+
+                         WOODY
+            Stay calm, everyone!!
+
+Too late.  The toys PANIC and stampede over Woody towards
+the bedroom window, leaving him alone on the floor.
+
+                         WOODY
+            Uh, meeting adjourned.
+
+The toys all crowd around the bedroom window, trying to get
+a peek outside.
+
+                         HAMM
+            Oh, boy.  Will ya take a look at
+            all those presents?!
+
+                         MR. POTATO HEAD
+            I can't see a thing!
+
+Unable to see over the crowd, Potato Head pulls his eyes out
+of his head and holds them up over the other toys.
+
+ANGLE: TOY'S POV OF ANDY'S FRONT YARD
+
+CHILDREN file towards the front door carrying presents.
+
+                         HAMM
+            Yessir, we're next month's garage
+            sale fodder for sure.
+
+                         REX
+                   (panicked)
+            Any dinosaur-shaped ones?
+
+                         HAMM
+            Ah, for crying out loud, they're
+            all in boxes, you idiot!
+
+The presents keep coming.
+
+                         REX
+            They're getting bigger.
+
+                         SLINKY
+            Wait!  There's a nice little one
+            over there!
+
+At first, the kid's present appears to be a little box, but
+then the kid turns -- the present is four feet long.  The
+toys SCREAM.
+
+                         MR. SPELL
+            Spell the word ""trashcan.""
+
+                         REX
+            We're doomed!
+
+Down on the floor, Woody smacks his hand to his forehead in
+surrender.
+
+                         WOODY
+            Alright!  Alright!
+
+The toys turn inside and look down at Woody.
+
+                         WOODY
+                   (continued)
+            If I send out the troops, will you
+            all calm down?
+
+                         REX
+            Yes!  Yes!  We promise!
+
+                         WOODY
+            Okay, save your batteries!
+
+                         HAMM
+            Eh, very good, Woody.  That's using
+            the old noodle.
+
+Woody jumps up onto Andy's bed and turns to the Sargent on
+the nightstand.
+
+                         WOODY
+            Sargent.  Establish a recon post
+            downstairs.  Code red.  You know
+            what to do.
+
+                         SARGENT
+            Yes SIR!
+
+The green army man hops down to the floor where a ""BUCKET O'
+SOLDIERS"" sits.
+
+                         SARGENT
+            Alright men, you heard him.  Code
+            Red!  Repeat: We are at Code Red!
+            Recon plan Charlie.  Execute!
+            Let's move move move!!
+
+THE GREEN ARMY MEN file out of the bucket and march in
+formation across the bedroom floor.
+
+INT. UPSTAIRS HALLWAY
+
+Andy's door creaks open and a lone army man ventures forth
+to make sure the coast is clear.  Satisfied, he motions for
+the others to proceed.  Squads of soldiers march into the
+hall carrying a baby monitor and a jump rope.
+
+The army men each leapfrog behind the stairway banisters and
+hold their positions while the Sargent surveys the scene
+below through his binoculars.
+
+ANGLE: SARGENT'S BINOCULAR VIEW OF DOWNSTAIRS
+
+Directly below, Mrs. Davis passes through the hallway
+rounding up Andy and all his birthday guests.
+
+                         MRS. DAVIS
+            Okay, c'mon kids!  Everyone in the
+            living room.  It's almost time for
+            the presents.
+
+Once Mrs. Davis and the children are out of sight, the
+Sargent motions to his men with a silent hand signal.
+
+TWO PARATROOPERS jump out through the railing, parachuting
+down to the floor below.
+
+INT. DOWNSTAIRS HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS
+
+The paratroopers sweep the area with their plastic rifles,
+then give the ""all clear"" sign.
+
+The jump rope is lowered, and more soldiers rappel down.
+
+INT. ANDY'S BEDROOM
+
+The toys race towards the nightstand where Woody has placed
+the receiving half of the baby monitor.
+
+                         WOODY
+            And this --
+                   (turning on the baby monitor)
+            -- is how we find out what is in
+            those presents.
+
+INT. DOWNSTAIRS HALLWAY
+
+The green army men march in formation across the floor when
+suddenly...
+
+SFX: FOOTSTEPS
+
+Can be heard approaching from behind the connecting kitchen
+door.  Immediately the Sargent signals for his men to freeze
+in their various classic action poses.
+
+                         MRS. DAVIS (O.S.)
+            Okay, who's hungry?  Here come the
+            chips.  I've got Cool Ranch and
+            Barbeque --
+
+The door opens and Mrs. Davis' foot comes down hard on top
+of a soldier.
+
+                         MRS. DAVIS
+            Owww!  What in the world -- ?  Oh,
+            I thought I told him to pick these up.
+
+With a sweep of her foot, she brushes the army men out of
+her path and continues on to the living room.
+
+INT. ANDY'S BEDROOM
+
+                         REX
+            Shouldn't they be there by now?
+            What's taking them so long?!
+
+                         WOODY
+            Hey, these guys are professionals.
+            They're the best.  C'mon, they're
+            not lying down on the job.
+
+INT. DOWNSTAIRS HALLWAY
+
+As soon as Mom is gone, the Sargent motions for his men to
+proceed toward a nearby houseplant that looks into the
+living room.
+
+The Sargent then notices an injured soldier struggling to
+drag himself forward -- a casualty of Mrs. Davis' foot.  The
+Sargent helps the injured soldier to his feet.
+
+                         WOUNDED SOLDIER
+                   (moans)
+            Go on without me.  Just go!
+
+                         SLINKY
+            A good soldier never leaves a man
+            behind.
+
+The Sargent motions to the remaining men above.  They lower
+themselves via jump rope, riding the baby monitor.  Once
+downstairs, they hustle the baby monitor towards the
+houseplant.  Suddenly...
+
+A BALL
+
+bounces into the hallway, followed by the sound of footsteps
+and kid clamor.
+
+The Sargent, supporting his wounded man, reaches the plant,
+right on the heels of the squad with the baby monitor.  They
+conceal themselves in the house plant just before the
+children run by.
+
+INT. DOWNSTAIRS - HOUSE PLANT - CONTINUOUS
+
+While the baby monitor is set in place, A MEDIC evaluates
+the wounded soldier and gives the ""thumb's up"" signal.
+
+The Sargent scans the party with his binoculars.
+
+ANGLE: BINOCULAR VIEW OF BIRTHDAY PRESENTS
+
+The pile of brightly wrapped gifts sits atop the living room
+coffee table.
+
+                         SARGENT (O.S.)
+            There they are.
+
+INT. ANDY'S BEDROOM
+
+The toys perk up as STATIC suddenly emits from the baby
+monitor.
+
+                         SARGENT (O.S.)
+                   (over monitor)
+            Come in, Mother Bird, this is Alpha
+            Bravo.
+
+                         WOODY
+            This is it!  This is it!  Quiet,
+            quiet, quiet!
+
+                         SARGENT (O.S.)
+                   (over monitor)
+            Come in, Mother Bird.
+            Alright...Andy's opening the first
+            present now.
+
+                         MR. POTATO HEAD
+                   (chanting)
+            Mrs. Potato Head...Mrs. Potato
+            Head...Mrs. Potato Head...
+                   (off Rex's look)
+            Hey, I can dream, can't I?
+
+                         SARGENT (O.S.)
+                   (over monitor)
+            The bow's coming off...he's ripping
+            the wrapping paper...it's
+            a...it's...it's a lunchbox!  We've
+            got a lunchbox, here!
+
+                         WOODY
+            A lunchbox?!
+
+                         MR. POTATO HEAD
+            A lunchbox...?!
+
+                         SLINKY
+            For lunch.  Heh heh heh...
+
+                         SARGENT (O.S.)
+                   (over monitor)
+            Ok, second present...it appears to
+            be...okay, it's bed sheets.
+
+                         MR. POTATO HEAD
+            Who invited THAT kid?!
+
+INT. LIVING ROOM
+
+ANGLE: BINOCULAR VIEW OF PRESENTS
+
+                                          MATCH DISSOLVE TO:
+
+ANGLE: BINOCULAR VIEW OF A SINGULAR PRESENT
+
+                         MRS. DAVIS
+            Oh, only one left.
+
+INT. ANDY'S BEDROOM
+
+                         SARGENT (O.S.)
+                   (over monitor)
+            Okay, we're on the last present now...
+
+                         WOODY
+            Last present!
+
+                         SARGENT (O.S.)
+                   (over monitor)
+            It's a big one...It's a...it's a
+            boardgame!  Repeat!  Battleship --
+            Battleship, the boardgame!
+
+The toys CHEER WITH RELIEF.
+
+                         HAMM
+            Yeah, alright!!
+
+Hamm gives Potato Head a congratulatory pat on the back,
+sending his facial features flying.
+
+                         MR. POTATO HEAD
+            Hey, watch it!
+
+                         HAMM
+            Sorry there, old Spudhead.
+
+INT. DOWNSTAIRS - HOUSE PLANT
+
+                         SARGENT
+                   (to army men)
+            Mission accomplished.  Well done,
+            men.  Pack it up, we're going home.
+
+INT. ANDY'S BEDROOM
+
+                         WOODY
+            So did I tell ya?  Huh?  Nothing to
+            worry about.
+
+                         SLINKY
+            I knew you were right all along,
+            Woody.  Never doubted you for a
+            second.
+
+INT. DOWNSTAIRS - HOUSE PLANT
+
+The platoon is preparing to exit the plant when...
+
+                         MRS. DAVIS (O.S.)
+            Wait a minute.  Oooh, what do we
+            have here?!
+
+The Sargent lifts his binoculars back to his eyes.
+
+ANGLE: BINOCULAR VIEW OF LIVING ROOM
+
+Mrs. Davis can be seen opening the closet and pulling out
+another large present.
+
+                         SARGENT
+                   (indicating the baby monitor)
+            Wait -- turn that thing back on!
+
+INT. ANDY'S BEDROOM - CONTINUOUS
+
+                         SARGENT (O.S.)
+                   (over monitor)
+            Come in, Mother Bird, come in,
+            Mother Bird.
+
+All the toys tense up.
+
+                         SARGENT (O.S.)
+                   (continued)
+            Mom has pulled a surprise present
+            from the closet.  Andy's opening it...
+
+INT. DOWNSTAIRS - HOUSE PLANT - CONTINUOUS
+
+                         SARGENT
+            He's really excited about this one.
+            It's a huge package.  Oh -- get
+            out -- one of the kids is in the
+            way, I can't see...
+
+INT. ANDY'S BEDROOM - CONTINUOUS
+
+                         SARGENT (O.S.)
+                   (from monitor)
+            ...it's...it's a --
+
+The sound of children CHEERING emits from the monitor,
+cutting off the Sargent.
+
+                         REX
+            It's a WHAT?! WHAT IS IT?!!!
+
+Rex grabs a leg of the nightstand and shakes it, making the
+monitor drop to the floor.  The impact causes the batteries
+to roll out.
+
+                         REX
+            Oh, no!
+
+                         MR. POTATO HEAD
+            Oh, ya big lizard!  Now we'll never
+            know what it is!
+
+                         HAMM
+                   (sarcastic)
+            Way to go, Rex.
+
+Everyone rushes to the fallen monitor.  Potato Head tries to
+correctly insert the batteries.
+
+                         WOODY
+            No, no!  Turn 'em around, turn 'em
+            around!
+
+                         HAMM
+            Eh, he's puttin' 'em in backwards!
+
+                         WOODY
+            Plus is positive, minus is negative!
+            Oh, let me!
+
+Woody jumps down off the bed and shoves both Hamm and Potato
+Head aside.
+
+INT. LIVING ROOM
+
+                         ANDY
+            Let's go to my room, guys!
+
+The kids rush past the houseplant.
+
+                         SARGENT
+                   (into the monitor)
+            RED ALERT!  RED ALERT!  ANDY IS
+            COMING UPSTAIRS!
+
+INT. ANDY'S BEDROOM - CONTINUOUS
+
+Woody puts the last battery back in.
+
+                         WOODY
+            There.
+
+                         SARGENT (O.S.)
+                   (over monitor)
+            Juvenile intrusion!  Repeat!
+            Resume your positions NOW!
+
+                         WOODY
+            Andy's coming, everybody!  Back to
+            your places.  Hurry!
+
+The toys PANIC and scatter about the room.
+
+                         MR. POTATO HEAD
+            Where's my ear?  Who's seen my ear?
+            Did you see my ear?
+
+                         REX
+            Outta my way!  Here I come, here I
+            come --
+
+Frantic, Rex slams into a trashcan and falls over.
+
+Everyone scurries to their places as the KIDS' FOOTSTEPS
+grow louder.
+
+Woody falls limp in his spot on the bed just as...
+
+Andy's bedroom door flies open and a flood of children's
+feet rush in.
+
+                         FRIEND #1
+            Hey, look!  His lasers light up.
+                         ANDY
+            Take that, Zurg!
+
+Woody is flung off Andy's pillow and slides, unnoticed, down
+the gap between the bed and the back wall.
+
+                         FRIEND #2
+            Quick!  Make a space!  This is
+            where the spaceship lands.
+
+                         ANDY
+            -- and you press his back and he
+            does a karate-chop action!
+
+                         MRS. DAVIS (O.S.)
+            Come on down, guys.  It's time for
+            games!  We've got prizes!
+
+                         ANDY
+            Oh, yeah!
+
+The kids all run out as fast as they entered, SLAMMING THE
+DOOR behind them.
+
+BEAT
+
+The toys slowly come to life and make their way toward the bed.
+
+                         MR. POTATO HEAD
+            What is it?
+
+                         BO PEEP
+            Can you see it?
+
+                         SLINKY
+            What the heck is up there?
+
+                         REX
+            Woody?  Who's up there with you?
+
+Woody crawls out from under the bed.  The toys are shocked
+to discover him there.
+
+                         SLINKY
+            Woody, what are you doing under the
+            bed?
+
+                         WOODY
+                   (composing himself)
+            Uh-h-h-h...nothing!  Uh, nothing.
+            I'm sure Andy was just a little
+            excited, that's all.  Too much cake
+            and ice cream, I suppose.  It's
+            just a mistake.
+
+                         MR. POTATO HEAD
+            Well, that MISTAKE is sitting in
+            your spot, Woody.
+
+                         REX
+                   (GASP!)
+            Have you been replaced?
+
+                         WOODY
+            Hey!  What did I tell you earlier?
+            No one is getting replaced.
+
+The toys give each other a look of doubt.
+
+                         WOODY
+            Now let's all be polite, and give
+            whatever it is up there a nice, big
+            ""Andy's Room"" welcome.
+
+Woody climbs slowly up the side of the bed, peeking over the
+edge.  His eyes widen at the sight of...
+
+BUZZ LIGHTYEAR
+
+We see Buzz as Woody does - an expensive looking space age
+action figure, covered with buttons and stickers from head
+to toe.  The imposing ""G.I. Joe-sized"" doll stands heroically
+in the center of the bed, his back to Woody.
+
+Woody GULPS.
+
+Buzz comes alive and looks around.
+
+ANGLE: BUZZ'S POV THROUGH HIS HELMET
+
+While he scans the bedroom a ""DARTH VADER"" LIKE BREATHING is
+heard.
+
+Buzz eyes it all suspiciously and pushes a button on his chest.
+
+SFX: ELECTRONIC BEEP
+
+                         BUZZ
+            Buzz Lightyear to Star Command.
+            Come in, Star Command.
+
+Nothing.  He pushes the button again.
+
+                         BUZZ
+            Star Command - come in.  Do you
+            read me?
+                   (to himself)
+            Why don't they answer?!!
+Just then, Buzz catches sight of his ripped packaging.  The
+box is designed to look like a spaceship.
+
+                         BUZZ
+                   (GASP)
+            My ship!!
+
+He runs up to the box and investigates the damage.
+
+                         BUZZ
+            Blast!  This'll take weeks to repair!
+
+Buzz flips open a plastic compartment on his arm -- his
+wrist communicator.
+
+                         BUZZ
+            Buzz Lightyear Mission Log.
+            Stardate 4072: My ship has run off
+            course en route to sector 12.  I've
+            crash landed on a strange planet.
+            The impact must have awoken me from
+            hyper-sleep.
+
+"
+39,Transformers: The Movie,Ron Friedman,"Action,Animation,Family,Sci-Fi",,"FADE IN:
+
+EXT. SPACE
+
+A small planet glows in the light of its sun. Suddenly, we
+hear a loud rumble, and see a thick, electronic mist behind
+the planet... Then, the electronic mist begins to engulf the
+planet, and we hear the horrible sounds of destruction.
+Almost like somebody, or something, is eating it.
+
+                                                   PUSH DOWN TO:
+
+EXT. THE NEAR SIDE OF THE PLANET'S SURFACE
+
+Strange robotic creatures scramble around the planet in a
+wild panic. It looks like Pompeii must have looked as
+Vesuvius erupted.
+
+ANGLE ON ONE OF THE CREATURES - TRACKING
+
+The creature is KRANIX. We will meet him later on in a very
+different context, but for now, he is running from the ever-
+growing mist that threatens to engulf him.
+
+ANOTHER ANGLE - THE PANIC
+
+As Kranix runs, another creature, ARBLUS, calls to him.
+
+                       ARBLUS
+             Transform and flee, Kranix! You must
+             warn all you meet of the horror of
+             Unicron! Suddenly, the pitiful creature
+             is surrounded by the strange energy cloud
+             and it looks like his body has
+             simultaneously caught fire and been
+             doused with acid.
+
+                        KRANIX
+             Arblus!   No!
+
+ANGLE ON KRANIX
+
+The mist threatens to engulf him too. He transforms into a
+small rocket ship and...
+
+TRACK WITH KRANIX AS...
+
+He takes off. As we rise higher and higher in the atmosphere,
+we see the horror wrought by the hideous and still mysterious
+Unicron. The planet cracks like an egg and rivers of lava
+leak out. The energy cloud surrounds it and... Dissolves
+everything... ... And when the smoke clears, we get our
+first look at Unicron. It is horrifying. A massive, metal orb
+with a gaping maw and a field of electricity.
+
+                                                    (CONTINUED)
+
+                                                              2.
+CONTINUED:
+
+PAN FORWARD to SHOW that this hideous planet is on a direct
+collision course with...
+
+MOONS ORBITING CYBERTRON IN DEEP SPACE
+
+There are TWO MECHANISTIC MOONS orbiting the huge planet
+Cybertron. But we are most concerned with a small, greenish
+metal one.
+
+                    NARRATOR
+          It is the year 2005. The treacherous
+          Decepticons have conquered the Autobots'
+          home planet of Cybertron. But from
+          secret staging grounds on two of
+          Cybertron's moons the valiant Autobots
+          prepare to retake their homeland.
+
+CLOSER ON GREEN MOON
+
+At first, we see nothing unusual or suspicious. Then,
+pulling closer, we see that the top of the moon is covered
+with moon camouflage ""netting"" and underneath it is a huge
+cache of futuristic weapons. This is the Autobot staging
+ground for an assault on Cybertron. DOLLY THROUGH THE COMPLEX
+until we arrive at a Command Center where several Autobots
+peer into monitors, running constant surveillance on
+Cybertron.
+
+ANGLE ON IRONHIDE
+
+He peers into a monitor. As he speaks, we see the monitor
+PAN to an area where a huge Decepticon Symbol is emblazoned
+on Cybertron.
+
+                    IRONHIDE
+          Every time I look into this thing, my
+          circuits sizzle. I'm tired of this
+          waiting game, Prime. When are we gonna
+          start bustin' Deceptichops?
+
+ANGLE ON OPTIMUS PRIME
+
+He stands over a holographic map which shows various invasion
+plans for Cybertron.
+
+                    OPTIMUS PRIME
+          We still don't have enough Energon cubes
+          to power a full scale assault, Ironhide.
+
+                    IRONHIDE
+          Then let me make another run to Autobot
+          City on Earth. I'll bring you back more
+          cubes than you'll know what to do with.
+
+                                                              3.
+
+
+
+ANGLE ON PRIME
+
+He solemnly hands down an order
+
+                     PRIME
+           Alright, ready the shuttle for launch.
+
+ANGLE ON IRONHIDE
+
+He raises a fist in a warwhoop!
+
+                     IRONHIDE
+           YAHOO!
+               (looking into monitor)
+           Your days are numbered now Decepticreeps.
+
+A SMALL MOON ""MOUNTAIN""
+
+Ironhide transforms and Races toward a mountain, which stands
+about a half mile from the secret Autobot facility.
+
+                       OPTIMUS PRIME (V.O.)
+           Jazz,    report security status.
+
+COMMAND CENTER - ANGLE ON THE CONSOLES
+
+                     JAZZ
+           No sign of Decepticons in this sector,
+           Prime.
+
+                     PRIME
+           What about Moon Base 2?
+
+                     JAZZ
+           Jazz to Moon Base 2.
+
+PAN UP   and through the sky to -
+
+                      ANOTHER MOON
+           This is the second moon. It is much
+           closer to Cybertron than the first one.
+           This is where Bumblebee and Spike are
+           stationed.
+
+                     JAZZ (V.O.)
+           Jazz to Moon Base 2.
+
+ANGLE ON BUMBLEBEE AND SPIKE
+
+They stand together a communication console. Spike is now
+35 years old. Bumblebee looks as he has always looked, save
+for a couple of funny bumper stickers on his tail: I (heart)
+Cybertron. I (club) Decepticons.
+
+                                                     (CONTINUED)
+
+                                                                   4.
+CONTINUED:
+
+
+                        BUMBLEBEE
+              Bumblebee and Spike here.
+
+                        JAZZ (V.O.)
+              We're about to send up the bird. Any
+              Decepticon shenanigans in your sector?
+
+                        BUMBLEBEE
+              All clear, Jazz.
+                  (pause)
+
+                          SPIKE
+              Hey,   Ironhide, tell my son, Daniel, I
+              miss   him, and tell him I'll be coming
+              home   as soon as we've kicked Megatron's
+              tail   across the galaxy.
+
+                                                              CUT TO:
+
+INT. THE SHUTTLE
+
+Ironhide and Prowl sit at the controls, running a series of
+pre-launch tests.
+
+                        IRONHIDE
+              Will do, Spike.
+
+ANGLE ON PRIME, CLIFFJUMPER, AND THE OTHERS
+
+Standing at the Command Center, watching:
+
+                        PRIME
+              Commence countdown, Cliffjumper.
+
+                        CLIFFJUMPER
+              Five...Four...Three...Two...
+
+THE   LUNAR    ""MOUNTAIN""
+
+Suddenly, smoke starts pouring out of the mountain.
+
+                          CLIFFJUMPER
+              One....
+
+Then, the ""mountain"" which must be made of paper mache or
+something blows away revealing -- The shuttle!
+
+                          CLIFFJUMPER (V.O.) (CONT'D)
+              Liftoff.
+
+Suddenly, the shuttle rips out of the ground in a ball of
+fire.
+
+
+                                                          (CONTINUED)
+
+                                                                5.
+CONTINUED:
+
+As it takes off, we realize this isn't any dinky shuttle, but
+a massive ship, capable of carrying all the energon needed
+to fight a war and an army to boot. The screen is bathed in
+smoke and fire which slowly clears.
+
+ANGLE ON PRIME
+
+As he watches the shuttle shoot into the distance.
+
+                       PRIME
+             Now, all we need is a little Energon and
+             a lot of luck.
+
+ANGLE BEHIND PRIME
+
+We see a bank of computers. Suddenly, a small tape deck pops
+open... a cassette pops out and transforms into...
+...Laserbeak who flies away unseen.
+
+                                                      DISSOLVE TO:
+
+EXT. SPACE    - LATER
+
+The shuttle    hurtles though a massive asteroid field.
+
+                       PROWL (V.O.)
+             Slow down, Ironhide. We want to get to
+             Autobot city in one piece.
+
+                                                           CUT TO:
+
+INT. THE SHUTTLE
+
+Ironhide is at the controls.
+
+                        IRONHIDE
+             If I can dodge Dececpticon rays, I can
+             sure as shootin' dodge a couple of
+             asteroids.
+
+Suddenly, there is a terrible BANG! on the side of the ship,
+and the two Autobots are thrown from their seats.
+
+                       PROWL
+             You were saying?
+
+                       IRONHIDE (IRKED)
+             That wasn't an asteroid. There is a blast
+             of light and they turn to see...
+
+                                                               6.
+
+
+
+ANGLE ON THE SHIP
+
+The most powerful laser light anybody has ever seen cuts a
+gaping hole in the side of the ship... Then, when the light
+clears, a panel of the ship falls in and we see -
+
+MEGATRON!
+
+In all his glory.
+
+                      MEGATRON
+            Die Autobots!
+
+Then, he transforms to Gun Mode, spins into STARSCREAM'S arms
+and Starscream fires.
+
+                      BRAWN
+            is cut in half by Megatron's blast.
+
+                      ON PROWL
+            as SCAVENGER MELTS HIM DOWN.
+
+                      THE INSECTICONS
+            ...eat away at the hole in the shuttle to
+            make way for... ...an ARMY of other
+            Decepticons including Laserbeak who
+            enter, firing.
+
+IRONHIDE AND RATCHET
+
+While FIRING back are FUSED TOGETHER... ... then blasted
+apart and fall in smoking, glowing fragments.
+
+ON STARSCREAM AND MEGATRON
+
+As they enter the now empty ship, a number of Decepticons
+flood past them, taking positions and searching for other
+living Autobots.
+
+                      MEGATRON
+            This was almost too easy, Starscream.
+
+                       STARSCREAM
+            Much easier, oh mighty Megatron, than
+            attacking the real threat: the Autobots
+            moon base.
+
+                      MEGATRON
+            You're an idiot, Starscream. Were we
+            simply to wipe out that minuscule base,
+            they could build another one.
+                      (MORE)
+
+
+                                                      (CONTINUED)
+
+                                                              7.
+CONTINUED:
+                    MEGATRON (CONT'D)
+          But when we slip by their security
+          systems in their own ship and destroy
+          Autobot city, the Autobots will be
+          vanquished forever!
+
+                    IRONHIDE
+          Fat chance, Megatron!
+
+Ironhide pulls himself up and grabs onto Megatron who flings
+him against the wall.
+
+                    MEGATRON
+          Such heroic nonsense!
+
+                                                    DISSOLVE TO:
+
+EXT. EARTH - CLOSE SHOT- MINIATURE RADAR SCREEN
+
+A child's hands hold a scanner device which tracks a
+TRAVELING BLIP across a star map towards a pulsing dot which
+represents the Earth.
+
+                    DANIEL (V.O.)
+          The Shuttle just zipped past checkpoint
+          zeta.
+
+                    ON DANIEL
+          Daniel, a classic twelve year old
+          American boy watches the portable viewer
+          which is like an over-sized Boy Scout
+          compass. WIDEN SHOT to show he is at an
+          old fashioned ""fishin' hole"" on Earth -
+          surrounded by weeping willows, assorted
+          trees and shrubs, and that his fishing
+          pole is stuck in the dirt, the line
+          floating lazily out on the water.
+
+                    DANIEL
+          Let's watch Ironhide land it, Hot Rod! As
+          Daniel runs to small skateboard-like
+          device, hits a button, and watches, it
+          transforms into a hoverboard and rides
+          it, like a surfer up a steep, grassy
+          hillside we change angle to feature...
+
+                    HOT ROD
+          an ""adolescent"" Autobot. He is in robot
+          mode, sitting with his fishing rod held
+          between two fingers, looking bored with
+          it all.
+
+                    HOT ROD (CONT'D)
+          Talk about dull......!
+
+
+                                                    (CONTINUED)
+
+                                                            8.
+CONTINUED:
+
+
+Then, he tosses the rod into the water.
+
+ON DANIEL RIDING HIS HOVERBOARD UP THE HILL
+
+                    DANIEL
+              (calling excitedly)
+          Hurry or we'll miss it!
+
+                    HOT ROD
+          lopes up hill after Daniel.
+
+                    HOT ROD (CONT'D)
+          If you're gonna ride, Dan-O ...ride in
+          style! Hot Rod catches up with Daniel,
+          scoops him off his hoverboard, TRANSFORMS
+          to automotive mode and RIDES OVER CREST
+          OF HILL with Daniel in the front seat.
+
+ANOTHER ANGLE - ON AUTOBOT CITY
+
+FOLLOW Hot Rod up and over a roadway leading around the
+perimeter of Autobot City which becomes visible the instant
+Hot Rod clears the rim of a hill. As they travel, we SHOULD
+also be getting a sense of what Autobot City is all about.
+(DESIGN NOTE: Autobot City looks like a federal energy
+project gone mad. Here, the Autobots are trying to exploit
+every known means of getting energy. The mountain is covered
+with solar panels, windmills spin in the valley, oil derricks
+pump, and not far away a hydroelectric dam catches millions
+of volts. Near all of these various things are energon
+compressors, which turn the raw energy into energon cubes. IN
+THE BACKGROUND of these scenes, we should see various panel
+truck-type Autobots cruise up in auto mode to stacks of this
+energon, convert to humanoid mode, load up their vans, then
+convert to Auto mode again and drive the Energon into Autobot
+City. In short, it should be clear that the purpose of
+Autobot City is to harvest energy. All the while, Hot Rod and
+Daniel are riding recklessly out from the Autobot City and up
+into neighboring hills for an overview of the -
+
+CIRCULAR LANDING AREA
+
+which resides within the ""bowl"" created by the City structure
+and natural surroundings.
+
+                     DANIEL
+          Hey!   Let me out.
+
+                    HOT ROD
+          Why settle for a peek when you can see
+          everything from Lookout Mountain?
+
+
+
+                                                   (CONTINUED)
+
+                                                             9.
+CONTINUED:
+
+
+                    DANIEL
+          But we're not supposed to go beyond City
+          limits!
+
+                    HOT ROD
+          Chromo-Chicken!
+
+ON KUP AND OTHER AUTOBOTS
+
+KUP - a grizzled, ""old Soldier"" of an Autobot - is directing
+the positioning of a large metal road barricade. Hot Rod
+barrels through a sign which reads: ""STOP -THIS AREA OFF
+LIMITS"", almost knocking Kup over in dust and wind
+
+                    KUP
+          disgustedly watches Hot Rod drive up the
+          mountain.
+
+                    KUP (CONT'D)
+              (to sound like swearing)
+          Cam bustin', turbo revvin' young punk.
+
+                                                      CUT TO:
+
+MOUNTAIN ABOVE AUTOBOT CITY- LOOKOUT POINT
+
+Hot Rod arrives at a viewing platform carved in mountainside
+and TRANSFORMS back to humanoid mode. Daniel rushes to a set
+of PUBLIC VIEWING BINOCULARS and peers into them.
+
+                    HOT ROD
+          This is it! Now take a squint through
+          those babies.
+
+                    DANIEL
+          Hot Rod, look! There's a hole in the
+          shuttle!
+
+                    HOT ROD
+          What!?
+
+DANIEL'S P.O.V - BINOCULAR MATTE - THE SHUTTLE
+
+The hole Megatron blasted in order to get into the shuttle
+mars the otherwise perfect exterior of the ship.
+
+ANGLE ON DANIEL AND HOT ROD
+
+Hot Rod looks up and a pair of futuristic binoculars pop out
+of his eyes.
+
+                                                            10.
+
+
+
+HOT ROD'S POV - THE SHUTTLE
+
+Hot Rod's vision, now, infinitely better than human vision,
+spots something truly disturbing -- -- Starscream, and
+several Constructicons inside the ship!
+
+                    HOT ROD (O.S.)
+          Decepticons!
+
+ANGLE ON HOT ROD
+
+Drawing his gun, he starts FIRING on the shuttle.
+
+                    HOT ROD
+          This is for Ironhide.    As so's this!
+
+ANGLE ON THE SHUTTLE
+
+Rays streak through the hole searing...
+
+                    STARSCREAM
+          He ducks away from the door.
+
+                       STARSCREAM (CONT'D)
+          I'm hit!
+
+ANGLE ON MEGATRON
+
+Standing behind a pair of Decepticons who pilot the shuttle,
+he turns to see...
+
+                    THE CONSTRUCTICONS
+          Firing out of the hole.
+
+                    MEGATRON
+          He's furious.
+
+                    MEGATRON (CONT'D)
+          You imbecile, our cover is blown!
+
+                    STARSCREAM
+          It was your stupid strategy!
+
+                                                        CUT TO:
+
+ANGLE ON KUP, CONSTRUCTION CREW
+
+Kup and the Autobot Construction Crew watch Hot Rod shooting
+at the shuttle.
+
+                    KUP
+          What's that darn fool doing? Hound looks
+          up and points.
+
+                                                    (CONTINUED)
+
+                                                            11.
+CONTINUED:
+
+
+                       HOUND
+             Decepticons!
+
+ANGLE ON THE SHUTTLE
+
+Suddenly it cracks open, and Decepticons shoot out of the
+wreckage like toys from a pinata.
+
+CLOSE - MEGATRON
+
+In mid-air
+
+                       MEGATRON
+                 (shouting to forces)
+             Attack!
+                 (he looks down and fires)
+
+HOT ROD AND DANIEL
+
+Hot Rod pulls Daniel back as Megatron's BLAST SHEARS OFF the
+VIEWING PLATFORM which crumbles and falls down the steep
+mountain!
+
+                        HOT ROD
+             Hang on!
+
+Putting Daniel under one arm, he pivots and kicks up at...
+...Hook and Scavenger who are descending on him in humanoid
+mode... ...causing them both to crash against the
+mountainside which starts a... ...landslide which Hot Rod
+""rides"" down the slope, pursued by... ... Decepticon FIRE.
+
+                       HOT ROD
+                 (SHOUTING)
+             WHoooooooaaah
+
+ANGLE ON BOTTOM OF MOUNTAIN SLOPE - BLITZWING
+
+Blitzwing flies down in jet mode, transforms to robot mode,
+looks up at the ""slide riding"" Hot Rod and Daniel, transforms
+to tank mode and takes aim.
+
+                       BLITZWING
+                 (amused)
+             Come on down, Autobrat!
+
+ON HOT ROD AND DANIEL
+
+as Hot Rod tumbles, he covers Daniel with his arms and tries
+unsuccessfully to slow his fall.
+
+                       HOT ROD
+             Yiiiiiiiiii!
+
+                                                 (CONTINUED)
+
+                                                           12.
+CONTINUED:
+
+
+                    ON BLITZWING
+          about to fire, when...
+
+...Kup's arm descends into SHOT, spinning Blitzwing's turret
+around. Blitzwing's blast, scorches...
+
+                    SHRAPNEL
+          who is flying nearby.
+
+                    BLITZWING
+          transforms to robot mode and turns as...
+          Kup comes flying, feet first, into
+          Blitzwing knocking him off the mountain
+          ledge.
+
+FOLLOW Kup as he lands in front of Hot Rod, who is just
+coming to a stop at the bottom with Daniel.
+
+                    HOT ROD
+          Not bad for an old timer!
+
+                    KUP
+              (gruffly)
+          Old timer?! That's something you'll
+          never be if you don't get back to the
+          city. You know what we used to do with
+          cocky, insubordinate upstarts?
+
+                    HOT ROD
+              (interrupting)
+          Save it.
+
+                    STARSCREAM
+          transforming into jet mode, fires on them
+          with laser bursts which...
+
+... chew up the ground beside them.
+
+HOT ROD AND KUP
+
+with Daniel race toward Autobot City, transforming into
+vehicle mode as shots gouge the terrain around them.
+
+                                                       CUT TO:
+
+PERCEPTOR IN MICROSCOPE MODE ON ""BATTLEMENT"" OF AUTOBOT CITY
+
+he watches...
+
+PERCEPTOR'S POV - THE DECEPTICON ATTACK
+
+Megatron, Insecticons, Constructicons, and other Decepticon
+forces attack the city from the sky and ground.
+
+                                                   (CONTINUED)
+
+                                                             13.
+CONTINUED:
+
+
+                    PERCEPTOR
+          transforms to humanoid and runs
+          toward...... ... Three new Autobots,
+          ARCEE, a lovely female Autobot of about
+          Hot Rod's age, SPRINGER, a very muscular
+          and bantering ""Indiana Jones"" type
+          Autobot and ULTRA MAGNUS, the large and
+          soldierly City Commander.
+
+                    PERCEPTOR
+          Ultra Magnus.....a cursory evaluation of
+          Decepticon capability indicates a
+          distinct tactical deficit!
+
+                    ULTRA MAGNUS
+          In other words, Perceptor...
+
+                    SPRINGER
+              (translating)
+          We're outnumbered!
+
+He turns and FIRES from his hip.
+
+DIRGE IN JET MODE
+
+Zooms in to strafe as...
+
+SPRINGER'S BLAST...
+
+...Explodes on his wing tip.
+
+SPRINGER, ULTRA MAGNUS AND OTHERS
+
+as Decepticon BOMBS AND LASER FIRE pour in on the City.
+
+                    ULTRA MAGNUS
+          Springer, Arcee, transform Autobot City!
+
+HIGH ANGLE - LOOKING DOWN ON COURTYARD - TRACKING SPRINGER
+AND ARCEE
+
+                    STARSCREAM (V.O.)
+          Pathetic fools!
+
+                    STARSCREAM
+          TRANSFORMS and hovers in robot mode,
+          firing all around them as they...
+
+..dive for the switch and pull it down.
+
+
+
+
+                                                 (CONTINUED)
+
+                                                             14.
+CONTINUED:
+
+
+                    STARSCREAM
+          There's no escape...Uuuuh! Just then, the
+          floor of the courtyard STARTS
+          TRANSFORMING - - the center line of the
+          floor snaps shut like the halves of a
+          gigantic steel shelled clam, trapping
+          Starscream's foot.
+
+                       STARSCREAM
+          Agggggggh!     My foot!
+
+ANGLE ON SPRINGER AND ARCEE
+
+as they make it through an archway which TRANSFORMS INTO A
+STEEL SHIELD as they run through
+
+ON STARSCREAM - HIS FOOT STILL CAUGHT IN ""CLAM"" OF COURTYARD
+
+He struggles to get free before he is crunched by the still
+transforming city. In the nick of time, he shoots a ""shoe
+horn"" like projection from his wrist and pulls his boot
+free, then... ...dodges away. ... The ""clam"" shape RETRACTS
+COMPLETELY and more armored shielding SLIDES INTO PLACE TO
+COVER where the Courtyard was. He winces in mid-air and flies
+away as the city continues to transform to a fortress below.
+
+                                                       CUT TO:
+
+ANOTHER ANGLE - THE TRANSFORMING CITY
+
+The towers and buildings of the city, picot and retract.. ...
+withdrawing like periscopes, turning and vanishing into
+steel shield coverings.
+
+                    ON MEGATRON
+          as he FLIES OVER SCENE, BLASTING this way
+          and that, shouting
+
+                    MEGATRON
+          Breach their defenses!
+
+                    ON INSECTICONS
+          who are trailing Megatron, attack the
+          fast CLOSING CITY, trying to GNAW AND
+          DEVOUR their way through the PORTS and
+          BRIDGES leading inside.
+
+                    KICKBACK
+              (Chewing on jamb of doorway
+               near bridge)
+          Delicious, eh Shrapnel?
+
+
+
+                                                   (CONTINUED)
+
+                                                                15.
+CONTINUED:
+
+
+                        SHRAPNEL
+                 (CHEWING on draw-bridge to
+                  City)
+             A little heavy on the electrons.
+             Electrons.
+
+                                                         ZOOM UP TO:
+
+KUP, HOT ROD AND DANIEL
+
+as Kup and Hot Rod are racing down mountain toward the
+transforming city's drawbridge.
+
+                       KUP (V.O.)
+             The Insecticons are in our way.
+
+                        HOT ROD (V.O.)
+             Wrong!   They're our way in!   Yaaaaaaay-
+             hah!
+
+                       ANOTHER ANGLE
+             Hot Rod speeds up, passes Kup and... ...
+             rides up and over Kickback's back, using
+             it like a stunt driver's ramp to...
+
+... hurtle across the open space between Kickback and the
+doorway into the city.
+
+                       ON SHRAPNEL
+             As Shrapnel looks up and reacts... ...Kup
+             hurtles up and over Kickback's back just
+             as Kickback is starting to rise to see
+             what knocked him face down onto the
+             bridge in the first place. ... Kup goes
+             SAILING OT OVER OPEN SPACE between
+             Kickback's back and the doorway into the
+             city- -clobbering Shrapnel, who is in the
+             way and landing on the city doorstep,
+             driving in as...
+
+                       THE DOORWAY
+             transforms, shutting down with metal
+             shields with a ""clank"" sound as Kickback
+             and Shrapnel both leap at is to... ...
+             bite Kup and Hot Rod and instead BREAK
+             THEIR TEETH on steel door, falling face
+             down with a grunt as LAST BITS OF CITY
+
+TRANSFORM.
+
+                                                            CUT TO:
+
+                                                            16.
+
+
+
+INT. CITY SIDE OF DRAWBRIDGE
+
+as Kup and Hot Rod roll in and TRANSFORM where Ultra Magnus
+is waiting for them with Perceptor.   Other Autobots are
+moving into battle stations in the b.g. and ALARMS SOUND.
+Daniel looks on in awe.
+
+                    ULTRA MAGNUS
+              (sternly)
+          You can explain your security violation
+          later, Hot Rod! Now, man your battle
+          station.
+
+                    HOT ROD
+          I don't have to explain my so called
+          violation to you or anyone...
+
+                    KUP
+              (tugs him along roughly)
+          He said ""later!""
+
+Kup moves OFF with Hot Rod and Daniel.
+
+                                                        CUT TO:
+
+BLASTER ON FORTIFIED "" CROWS NEST"" LOOKOUT TOWER
+
+The ""Crows Nest"" has windows all around and Blaster's seat
+rotates so he can watch action and broadcast battle reports
+like a Top 40 Deejay. Perceptor climbs up ladder into ""Crows
+Nest"" from lower level. As Blaster speaks, we see Decepticons
+FIRING at the windows of the Crows Nest but the bursts
+explode harmlessly against the glass
+
+                    BLASTER
+          Lookout and shout! Yow! Explosions rock
+          the Crows Nest. Blaster swivels around
+          and tilts to see...
+
+BLASTER'S POV -   INSECTICONS
+
+Chewing on armor plating at the lower edge of the fortified,
+transformed city.
+
+                    BLASTER
+          activates turret type LASER CANNON
+
+                    BLASTER
+          Gonna lay some slugs on those overweight
+          bugs!
+              (FIRES Laser Cannon)
+
+
+
+                                                    (CONTINUED)
+
+                                                            17.
+CONTINUED:
+
+
+                    CANNON SWIVELS
+          LASER BLAST cooks out and we FOLLOW IT
+          OFF SCREEN to...
+
+                    THE INSECTICONS
+          as a Laser BLAST hurls Bombshell up and
+          out of sight and causes Shrapnel and
+          Kickback to get sucked into the vacuum.
+
+                    BLASTER
+          Perceptor joins him.
+
+                    BLASTER
+              (joyful at his direct hit)
+          I'm talkin' hits here, Autobuddies! Hits
+          with a capital ""aitch"" like in Hard,
+          Heavy and...
+              (sees Perceptor)
+          Hey, Perceptor, what's shakin' other than
+          this fortress?
+
+BLASTS of enemy fire continue to rock the crows nest as
+Perceptor answers
+
+                    PERCEPTOR
+          Blaster, Ultra Magnus sends orders to
+          contact Optimus Prime for reinforcements.
+
+                    BLASTER
+          Alright! Cover your receptors,
+          Perceptor! Blaster transforms to ghetto
+          blaster mode and broadcasts VISIBLE
+          waves...
+
+                    THE WAVES
+          rise and expand into space
+
+                    BLASTER
+          Optimus Prime... Do you read me? The
+          Decepticons are blitzing Autobot City.
+          We're really takin' a pounding. Don't
+          know how much longer we can hold out.
+
+ON WAVES SPREADING THROUGH SPACE
+
+                                                        CUT TO:
+
+MEGATRON LEADING ASSAULT ON TRANSFORMED AUTOBOT CITY
+
+He is FIRING at ARMORED DOOR, trying to melt through when he
+reacts to SOUND of Blaster's broadcast for help, stops, and
+looks up at CROWS NEST.
+
+
+                                                    (CONTINUED)
+
+                                                            18.
+CONTINUED:
+
+
+                       MEGATRON
+          Soundwave!     Jam that transmission.
+
+                    ON SOUNDWAVE
+          SOUNDWAVE moves forward and starts
+          heaving CASSETTES upwards toward
+          Blaster's Crows Nest position.
+
+                    SOUNDWAVE
+          Rumble! Frenzy! Ravage! Ratbat! Eject!
+          Operation: interference.
+
+                    ON CASSETTES
+          as they transform and attack the crows
+          nest.
+
+                    ON RUMBLE
+          as he starts PILE DRIVER MOTION on Crows
+          Nest windows
+
+                    RUMBLE
+          First we crack the shell.    Then we crack
+          the nuts inside.
+
+INSIDE CROWS NEST
+
+as Blaster and Perceptor see Rumble and others and react.
+Blaster stops broadcasting.
+
+                    BLASTER
+          We got Cassette Critters knockin' on the
+          window!
+
+                    ON RUMBLE
+          as he CRACKS THROUGH GLASS and he and
+          others swarm in and attack Perceptor who
+          tries to beat them away
+
+                    PERCEPTOR
+          Run, Blaster! Save yourself!
+
+                    BLASTER
+          No way. Two can play!
+
+                    ON BLASTER
+          as he spews out CASSETTES which TRANSFORM
+          into CUBBIE, a lion, STRIPES, a tiger,
+          STINGER, a scorpion and BOLTS, a small,
+          tough robot.
+
+                       BLASTER
+          Sic 'em!
+
+
+                                                   (CONTINUED)
+
+                                                             19.
+CONTINUED:
+
+
+                    ON RUMBLE
+          as Cubbie takes him down by the foot,
+          turning him over and over
+
+                    ON STRIPES
+          as he SNAPS at Ratbat who screams and
+          darts, trying to escape as we move to
+
+STINGER AND BOLTS
+
+as Bolts swats Frenzy into Stinger who JABS Stinger into
+Frenzy making him yowl and run.
+
+PERCEPTOR AND BLASTER
+
+As they fight Decepticons.
+
+                    PERCEPTOR
+          You think you got through to Prime?
+
+                    BLASTER
+          Let's hope so! Cause if I didn't we're
+          gonna look like burnt out toaster ovens!
+
+                                                       CUT TO:
+
+LONG SHOT -AUTOBOT CITY BESIEGED
+
+The city shows gaps, dents, smoking holes and Decepticons
+continue to pump fire into it and get back sporadic return
+fire from inside as... ... Megatron moves INTO SHOT and fills
+THE SCREEN
+
+                    MEGATRON
+          Constructicons merge for the kill!
+
+IN ""PILLBOX"" LIKE   GUN EMPLACEMENT IN CITY'S ARMORED WALL
+
+Where Springer and Arcee clear the twisted remains of Autobot
+defenders away from a CATAPULT LIKE TORPEDO LAUNCHER.
+
+POV - THROUGH LAUNCHER PORT
+
+we see the mountain where the Decepticons are getting ready
+for the final charge.
+
+                    SPRINGER
+          Great! Megatron's making his big push and
+          we can't even push...
+              (struggling to turn Catapult
+               around to re-aim it)
+          ...back!
+
+
+                                                  (CONTINUED)
+
+                                                             20.
+CONTINUED:
+
+
+Arcee starts to push beside him.
+
+THE HUGE CATAPULT
+
+moves slowly as we CHANGE ANGLE and Kup, Hot Rod and Daniel
+ENTER SHOT.
+
+                    KUP
+          Keep at it, Springer, lad! Help's at
+          hand!
+              (to Hot Rod)
+          Together now!
+
+Hot Rod joins the others in pushing the huge Catapult into
+firing position.
+
+                    DANIEL
+          also leans against it, his small legs
+          churning.
+
+                    THE CATAPULT
+          starts moving easily now.
+
+ON ARCEE BESIDE HOT ROD
+
+Pushing on the busted catapult.
+
+                    ARCEE
+              (pushing, manages to speak to
+               Hot Rod. She likes him but
+               doesn't want to go too far)
+          I was afraid you'd be trapped outside the
+          city walls.
+
+                    HOT ROD
+              (likes her, too"
+40,Up ,"Pete Docter,Bob Peterson,Thomas McCarthy","Animation,,Adventure,Comedy,Drama,Family",May_2009,",1.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,A,1930's,NEWSREEL.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,NEWSREEL,ANNOUNCER,(V.O.)
+,,,,,,,,,,""Movietown,News"",presents...
+,,,,,,,,,,Spotlight,on,Adventure!
+
+,,,,,The,mysterious,SOUTH,AMERICAN,JUNGLE.,A,massive,waterfall
+,,,,,cascades,down,a,gigantic,flat-topped,mountain.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,NEWSREEL,ANNOUNCER,(V.O.)
+,,,,,,,,,,What,you,are,now,witnessing,is
+,,,,,,,,,,footage,never,before,seen,by
+,,,,,,,,,,civilized,humanity:,a,lost,world,in
+,,,,,,,,,,South,America!,Lurking,in,the
+,,,,,,,,,,shadow,of,majestic,Paradise,Falls,
+,,,,,,,,,,it,sports,plants,and,animals
+,,,,,,,,,,undiscovered,by,science.,Who,would
+,,,,,,,,,,dare,set,foot,on,this,inhospitable
+,,,,,,,,,,summit?
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,A,painted,portrait,of,a,dashing,young,adventurer.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,NEWSREEL,ANNOUNCER,(V.O.)
+,,,,,,,,,,Why,our,subject,today:,Charles
+,,,,,,,,,,Muntz!
+
+,,,,,A,massive,DIRIGIBLE,descends,on,an,airfield.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,NEWSREEL,ANNOUNCER,(V.O.)
+,,,,,,,,,,The,beloved,explorer,lands,his
+,,,,,,,,,,dirigible,the,""Spirit,of
+,,,,,,,,,,Adventure,"",in,New,Hampshire,this
+,,,,,,,,,,week,completing,a,year,long
+,,,,,,,,,,expedition,to,the,lost,world!
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,INT.,MOVIE,THEATRE,-,CONTINUOUS
+
+,,,,,Of,everyone,watching,in,the,modest,small,town,theater,no
+,,,,,one,is,more,enthralled,than,8,year,old,CARL,FREDRICKSEN.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,NEWSREEL,ANNOUNCER,(O.S.)
+,,,,,,,,,,This,lighter-than-air,craft,was
+,,,,,,,,,,designed,by,Muntz,himself,and,is
+,,,,,,,,,,longer,than,22,Prohibition,paddy-
+,,,,,,,,,,wagons,placed,end,to,end.
+
+,,,,,Young,Carl,stares,mouth,agape,wearing,leather,flight,helmet
+,,,,,and,goggles,--,just,like,his,idol,on,the,silver,screen.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,NEWSREEL,ANNOUNCER,(V.O.)
+,,,,,,,,,,And,here,comes,the,adventurer,now!
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,NEWSREEL,FOOTAGE:,the,dashing,Muntz,descends,down,the
+,,,,,gangplank,to,the,delight,of,the,crowd.,His,dogs,trail,him.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,NEWSREEL,ANNOUNCER,(V.O.)
+,,,,,,,,,,Never,apart,from,his,faithful,dogs,
+,,,,,,,,,,Muntz,conceived,the,craft,for
+,,,,,,,,,,canine,comfort!,It's,a,veritable
+,,,,,,,,,,floating,palace,in,the,sky...
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,An,opulent,dining,room.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,NEWSREEL,ANNOUNCER,(V.O.)
+,,,,,,,,,,...complete,with,doggie,bath,and
+,,,,,,,,,,mechanical,canine,walker.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,One,dog,runs,suffers,through,mechanized,bath,time,while,a
+,,,,,second,wears,an,electrode,helmet,and,runs,on,a,treadmill.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,NEWSREEL,ANNOUNCER,(V.O.)
+,,,,,,,,,,And,Jiminy,Cricket,do,the,locals
+,,,,,,,,,,consider,Muntz,the,bee's,knees!
+,,,,,,,,,,And,how!
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Cameras,flash,as,Muntz,stands,heroic,striking,his,signature
+,,,,,""thumbs,up"",stance.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,MUNTZ
+,,,,,,,,,,""Adventure,is,out,there!""
+
+,,,,,In,the,theater,Young,Carl,returns,the,thumbs,up.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,NEWSREEL,ANNOUNCER,(V.O.)
+,,,,,,,,,,But,what,has,Muntz,brought,back
+,,,,,,,,,,this,time?
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Muntz,speaks,to,a,crowded,auditorium,on,stage,beside,a
+,,,,,curtained,object.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,MUNTZ
+,,,,,,,,,,Gentlemen,I,give,you:,the,Monster
+,,,,,,,,,,of,Paradise,Falls!
+
+,,,,,He,pulls,away,the,drape,to,reveal,a,GIANT,BIRD,SKELETON.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,CROWD
+,,,,,,,,,,Ooh!
+,,,,,Young,Carl,leans,forward,eyes,bulging.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,NEWSREEL,ANNOUNCER,(V.O.)
+,,,,,,,,,,And,golly,what,a,swell,monster
+,,,,,,,,,,this,is.,But,what's,this?
+
+,,,,,Skeptical,scientists,analyze,the,bones.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,3.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,NEWSREEL,ANNOUNCER,(V.O.)
+,,,,,,,,,,Scientists,cry,foul!,The,National
+,,,,,,,,,,Explorers,Society,accuses,Muntz,of
+,,,,,,,,,,fabricating,the,skeleton!
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,CARL
+,,,,,,,,,,No!
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Muntz's,portrait,is,removed,from,a,wall,of,paintings,of,other
+,,,,,famous,explorers.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,NEWSREEL,ANNOUNCER,(V.O.)
+,,,,,,,,,,The,organization,strips,Muntz,of
+,,,,,,,,,,his,membership.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Muntz's,""Explorer's,Society"",badge,is,ceremoniously,RIPPED
+,,,,,from,his,jacket.
+,,,,,Carl,GASPS.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Muntz,stands,next,to,his,dirigible,at,an,airfield.,,,,He,grimly
+,,,,,addresses,the,crowd.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,NEWSREEL,ANNOUNCER,(V.O.)
+,,,,,,,,,,Humiliated,Muntz,vows,a,return,to
+,,,,,,,,,,Paradise,Falls,and,promises,to
+,,,,,,,,,,capture,the,beast...,alive!
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,MUNTZ
+,,,,,,,,,,I,promise,to,capture,the,beast...
+,,,,,,,,,,alive!
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,In,the,theater,young,Carl,smiles.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,MUNTZ
+,,,,,,,,,,And,I,will,not,come,back,until,I,do!
+,,,,,The,crowd,CHEERS.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Muntz,gives,his,thumbs,up,from,the,cockpit,as,the,dirigible
+,,,,,lifts,off.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,NEWSREEL,ANNOUNCER,(V.O.)
+,,,,,,,,,,And,so,the,,explorer,is,off,to,clear
+,,,,,,,,,,his,name.,,,Bon,voyage,Charles
+,,,,,,,,,,Muntz,and,,good,luck,capturing,the
+,,,,,,,,,,Monster,of,,Paradise,Falls!
+,,,,,Carl,looks,like,he,just,witnessed,a,miracle.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,DISSOLVE,TO:
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,4.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,EXT.,SMALL,TOWN,NEIGHBORHOOD,1930'S,-,DAY,-,CONTINUOUS
+
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Young,Carl,""flies"",his,blue,balloon,(""The,Spirit,of
+,,,,,Adventure"",hand-written,on,it),as,he,runs,along,the,sidewalk.
+,,,,,He,still,wears,helmet,and,goggles.
+
+,,,,,TITLE,CARD:,WALT,DISNEY,PICTURES,PRESENTS
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,NEWSREEL,ANNOUNCER,(V.O.)
+,,,,,,,,,,Here's,Charles,Muntz,piloting,his
+,,,,,,,,,,famous,dirigible!!
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,TITLE,CARD:,A,PIXAR,ANIMATION,STUDIOS,FILM
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,NEWSREEL,ANNOUNCER,(V.O.)
+,,,,,,,,,,He,hurdles,Pike's,Peak!
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,jumps,over,a,small,rock.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,NEWSREEL,ANNOUNCER,(V.O.)
+,,,,,,,,,,He,hurdles,the,Grand,Canyon!
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,jumps,over,a,crack,in,the,sidewalk.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,NEWSREEL,ANNOUNCER,(V.O.)
+,,,,,,,,,,He,hurdles,Mount,Everest!
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,jumps,over,a,tree,stump...,and,smacks,into,it,instead.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,NEWSREEL,ANNOUNCER,(V.O.)
+,,,,,,,,,,He...,goes,around,Mount,Everest!
+,,,,,,,,,,Is,there,nothing,he,cannot,do?
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,TITLE,CARD:,,UP
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,NEWSREEL,ANNOUNCER,(V.O.)
+,,,,,,,,,,Yes,as,Muntz,himself,says:
+,,,,,,,,,,""Adventure,is--""
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,GIRL'S,VOICE,(O.S.)
+,,,,,,,,,,""Adventure,is,out,there!""
+,,,,,Carl,stops.,,Who,said,that?
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,The,voice,comes,from,a,dilapidated,HOUSE,windows,boarded,up
+,,,,,and,lawn,overgrown,with,weeds.
+,,,,,The,weather,vane,atop,the,house,turns,pulled,by,ropes.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,GIRL'S,VOICE,(O.S.)
+,,,,,,,,,,Look,out!,Mount,Rushmore!,Hard,to
+,,,,,,,,,,starboard.,Must,get,the,Spirit,of
+,,,,,,,,,,Adventure,over,Mount,Rushmore...
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,5.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,walks,toward,the,voice.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,GIRL'S,VOICE,(O.S.)
+,,,,,,,,,,Hold,together,old,girl.,How're,my
+,,,,,,,,,,dogs,doing?,Ruff,ruff!
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,INT.,DILAPIDATED,HOUSE,HALLWAY,-,CONTINUOUS
+
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,squeezes,through,the,broken,door,into,the,foyer.,,He
+,,,,,follows,the,voice,toward,the,living,room.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,GIRL'S,VOICE,(O.S.)
+,,,,,,,,,,All,engines,ahead,full!,Let's,take
+,,,,,,,,,,her,up,to,26,000,feet!,Rudders
+,,,,,,,,,,eighteen,degrees,towards,the,south.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,INT.,DILAPIDATED,HOUSE,LIVING,ROOM,-,CONTINUOUS
+
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,rounds,the,corner,to,see...
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,ELLIE,an,eight,year,old,girl,her,mussy,red,hair,barely
+,,,,,visible,beneath,her,flight,helmet,and,goggles.,Bare,footed,
+,,,,,her,overalls,are,patched,and,dirty.
+,,,,,The,old,house,has,been,transformed,into,a,make-believe
+,,,,,dirigible,cockpit.,Ellie,steers,the,wheel,made,from,a,rusty
+,,,,,old,bicycle.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,ELLIE
+,,,,,,,,,,It's,a,beautiful,day,winds,out,of
+,,,,,,,,,,the,east,at,ten,knots.
+,,,,,,,,,,Visibility...,unlimited.
+,,,,,,,,,,,,(yells,a,command)
+,,,,,,,,,,Enter,the,weather,in,the,logbook!
+,,,,,The,navigator,(her,hamster),skitters,in,its,cage.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Ellie,uses,two,tied-together,Coke,bottles,as,binoculars.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,ELLIE
+,,,,,,,,,,Oh!,There's,something,down,there!
+,,,,,,,,,,I,will,bring,it,back,for,science.
+,,,,,,,,,,Awwww,it's,a,puppy!
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,is,distracted,by,the,Muntz,newspaper,clippings,taped,to
+,,,,,the,wall.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,ELLIE,(O.S.)
+,,,,,,,,,,No,time!,,A,storm!,Lightning!,Hail!
+,,,,,Ellie,pops,up,in,front,of,Carl.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,6.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,ELLIE
+,,,,,,,,,,What,are,you,doing!?!
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,screams.,He,lets,go,of,his,balloon.,It,floats,through
+,,,,,a,broken,part,of,the,ceiling,and,disappears.
+,,,,,Ellie,circles,Carl,accusingly.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,ELLIE
+,,,,,,,,,,Don't,you,know,this,is,an,exclusive
+,,,,,,,,,,club?,Only,explorers,get,in,here.
+,,,,,,,,,,Not,just,any,kid,off,the,street
+,,,,,,,,,,with,a,helmet,and,a,pair,of
+,,,,,,,,,,goggles.,Do,you,think,you,got,what
+,,,,,,,,,,it,takes?,Well,do,you?!?
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,FUMPHERS.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,ELLIE
+,,,,,,,,,,Alright,you're,in.,Welcome,aboard.
+,,,,,She,offers,her,hand.,,Carl,looks,down,embarrassed.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,ELLIE
+,,,,,,,,,,What's,wrong?,Can't,you,talk?
+,,,,,Carl,is,frozen.,,Ellie,softens.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,ELLIE
+,,,,,,,,,,Hey,I,don't,bite.
+,,,,,She,takes,off,her,helmet.,,Her,hair,frizzes,out,in,all
+,,,,,directions.
+,,,,,She,removes,a,homemade,GRAPE,SODA,CAP,pin,from,her,shirt,and
+,,,,,pins,it,on,Carl.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,ELLIE
+,,,,,,,,,,You,and,me,we're,in,a,club,now.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,smiles.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,ELLIE
+,,,,,,,,,,I,saw,where,your,balloon,went.
+,,,,,,,,,,Come,on,let's,go,get,it!
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,watches,her,stride,out,of,the,room.,,She,pops,back,in.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,ELLIE
+,,,,,,,,,,My,name's,Ellie.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,She,grabs,his,hand.
+,,,,,Carl,blushes,as,she,pulls,him,out,of,the,room.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,7.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,INT.,DILAPIDATED,HOUSE,UPSTAIRS
+
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,ELLIE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,There,it,is.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,and,Ellie,look,across,the,attic,at,the,balloon.,Between
+,,,,,them,the,floor,has,collapsed,save,one,rickety,beam.,Carl,GULPS.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,ELLIE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Well,go,ahead.
+,,,,,She,pushes,him,out,onto,the,beam.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,ELLIE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Go,on.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,steels,his,courage.,He,puts,on,his,goggles,starts
+,,,,,forward...,and,FALLS,through,the,floor.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,CUT,TO:
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,EXT.,SMALL,TOWN,NEIGHBORHOOD,STREET,-,DAY
+
+,,,,,Ambulance.,,SIREN,blaring.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,EXT.,CARL'S,HOUSE,-,NIGHT
+
+,,,,,One,lone,light,on,upstairs.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,INT.,CARL'S,ROOM
+
+,,,,,Carl,in,bed,reading,a,book,by,flashlight,his,arm,in,a,CAST.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Into,the,room,floats,Carl's,lost,BLUE,BALLOON.
+,,,,,Carl,jumps,and,CALLS,OUT,in,fright.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,CARL
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(re:,arm)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Ow!
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,A,head,pops,up,from,outside,the,open,window.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,ELLIE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Hey,kid!!
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,SCREAMS,hitting,himself,in,the,face,with,the,cast.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,CARL
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Ow!!
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,8.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Ellie,climbs,in,the,window.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,ELLIE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Thought,you,might,need,a,little
+,,,,,,,,,,,,cheerin',up.,I,got,somethin',to
+,,,,,,,,,,,,show,ya!
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,INT.,CARL'S,ROOM,-,MOMENTS,LATER
+
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,The,two,hunker,under,a,blanket,tent,with,a,flashlight.,,Ellie
+,,,,,whispers,as,if,to,protect,a,National,Secret.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,ELLIE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,I,am,about,to,let,you,see,something
+,,,,,,,,,,,,I,have,never,shown,to,another,human
+,,,,,,,,,,,,being.,Ever.,In,my,life.
+,,,,,Carl's,eyes,widen,in,alarm.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,ELLIE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,You'll,have,to,swear,you,will,not
+,,,,,,,,,,,,tell,anyone.
+,,,,,Carl,nods.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,ELLIE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Cross,your,heart.,Do,it!
+,,,,,Carl,crosses.,,Ellie,unveils...
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,ELLIE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,My,Adventure,Book!
+,,,,,It's,a,reused,photo,album,with,the,words,""My,Adventure,Book""
+,,,,,written,across,it.,She,opens,it,to,a,photo,of,Charles,Muntz.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,ELLIE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,You,know,him.
+,,,,,Carl,smiles,excitedly.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,ELLIE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Charles,Muntz,explorer.,When,I,get
+,,,,,,,,,,,,big,I'm,going,where,he's,going:
+,,,,,,,,,,,,South,America.
+,,,,,She,turns,the,page,to,a,map.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,ELLIE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,It's,like,America...,but,south.
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Wanna,know,where,I'm,gonna,live?
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,9.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,She,turns,to,an,engraving,of,a,large,waterfall.,A,small,hand-
+,,,,,drawn,picture,of,Ellie's,clubhouse,is,glued,to,the,top.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,ELLIE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(reading,caption)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,""Paradise,Falls,a,land,lost,in
+,,,,,,,,,,,,time."",I,ripped,this,right,out,of
+,,,,,,,,,,,,a,library,book.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,GASPS,in,horror.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,ELLIE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,I'm,gonna,move,my,clubhouse,there,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,and,park,it,right,next,to,the
+,,,,,,,,,,,,falls.,Who,knows,what,lives,up
+,,,,,,,,,,,,there?,And,once,I,get,there...
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,She,flips,through,her,book,revealing,a,page,marked,""STUFF
+,,,,,I'M,GOING,TO,DO."",Past,that,the,pages,are,blank.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,ELLIE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Well,I'm,saving,these,pages,for
+,,,,,,,,,,,,all,the,adventures,I'm,gonna,have.
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Only...,I,just,don't,know,how,I'm
+,,,,,,,,,,,,gonna,get,to,Paradise,Falls.
+,,,,,Ellie,closes,the,book,disappointed.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,has,a,thought.,,He,looks,at,his,toy,dirigible.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,ELLIE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,That's,it!,You,can,take,us,there
+,,,,,,,,,,,,in,a,blimp!,Swear,you'll,take,us.
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Cross,your,heart!,Cross,it!,Cross
+,,,,,,,,,,,,your,heart.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,does.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,ELLIE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Good.,You,promised.,No,backing,out.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,shakes,his,head,""no.""
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,ELLIE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Well,see,you,tomorrow,kid!,,Bye.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Ellie,hops,up,and,jumps,out,the,window.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,ELLIE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,""Adventure,is,out,there!!""
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,She,pops,back,in.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,10.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,ELLIE
+,,,,,,,,,,You,know,you,don't,talk,very,much.
+,,,,,,,,,,I,like,you.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,looks,out,the,window,after,her,in,amazement.,,He,rests
+,,,,,his,head,on,his,balloon.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,CARL
+,,,,,,,,,,Wow.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,The,balloon,pops.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,CUT,TO:
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,INT.,CHURCH,-,DAY
+
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,FLASH!,A,photo,is,taken,of,the,wedding,couple:,Carl,and
+,,,,,Ellie,now,19.,She,jumps,at,him,and,gives,him,a,big,kiss.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Ellie's,side,of,the,church,erupts,like,wild,frontiersmen.,,,A
+,,,,,gun,shot,is,fired,in,the,air.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl's,side,rigid,puritans,in,black,clap,politely.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,EXT.,DILAPIDATED,HOUSE,-,DAY
+
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,carries,her,past,a,""SOLD"",sign.,,It's,the,same,house
+,,,,,where,they,met,as,kids.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,EXT.,CARL,AND,ELLIE'S,HOUSE,-,DAY
+
+,,,,,Still,in,their,wedding,clothes:,She,saws,as,he,hammers.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,INT.,CARL,AND,ELLIE'S,HOUSE,LIVING,ROOM,-,DAY
+
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,They,push,two,chairs,into,place,side,by,side,in,the,living,room.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,EXT.,CARL,AND,ELLIE'S,HOUSE,-,DAY
+
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Ellie,finishes,painting,""Carl,&,Ellie"",on,their,MAILBOX.
+,,,,,Carl,leans,in,to,admire,her,work,but,leaves,a,messy,paint
+,,,,,handprint,on,the,mailbox!,Oh,well;,Ellie,adds,her,handprint
+,,,,,as,well.,They,smile.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,EXT.,CARL,AND,ELLIE'S,HOUSE,-,DAY
+
+,,,,,Their,house,now,matches,Ellie's,colorful,CLUB,HOUSE,DRAWING
+,,,,,from,her,childhood,Adventure,Book.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,11.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,EXT.,RURAL,HILLSIDE,-,DAY
+
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,They,run,up,a,hillside,together.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,They,lie,side,by,side,on,a,picnic,blanket.,She,describes,the
+,,,,,clouds.,He,watches,as,a,cloud,transforms,into,a,turtle.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,closes,his,eyes,and,smiles.,,He's,lucky,to,be,with,her.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,EXT.,ZOO,-,DAY
+
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Ellie,emerges,from,the,South,America,House,dressed,in,her
+,,,,,Zookeeper's,uniform.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,shows,off,his,new,BALLOON,CART,and,uniform.,Behind,him
+,,,,,the,balloons,lift,his,cart,off,the,ground.,Carl,jumps,to
+,,,,,catch,it.,She,giggles.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,INT.,CARL,AND,ELLIE'S,HOUSE,LIVING,ROOM,-,DAY
+
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,and,Ellie,sit,side,by,side,in,their,chairs,reading.
+,,,,,Without,looking,up,from,their,books,they,hold,hands.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,EXT.,RURAL,HILLSIDE,-,DAY
+
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Again,at,their,picnic,spot,they,watch,clouds.,Ellie,sees,an
+,,,,,elephant,with,wings.,Carl,gives,it,a,try,and,points,out,a
+,,,,,BABY.,Ellie,lights,up,excited.,She,sees,ALL,the,clouds,as
+,,,,,babies!,Carl,is,stunned...,but,smiles.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,INT.,CARL,AND,ELLIE'S,HOUSE,BABY,ROOM,-,DAY
+
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Ellie,finishes,painting,a,wall,mural,of,a,stork,carrying,a
+,,,,,bundle,in,its,beak.,Carl,hangs,a,mobile,above,the,crib.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,INT.,DOCTOR'S,OFFICE,-,AFTERNOON
+
+,,,,,Carl,touches,Ellie's,shoulder,as,the,doctor,explains.,,Ellie
+,,,,,drops,her,head,in,her,hands.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,EXT.,CARL,AND,ELLIE'S,HOUSE,LIVING,ROOM,-,AFTERNOON
+
+,,,,,Carl,looks,out,the,window.,,Ellie,sits,alone,under,a,tree,
+,,,,,the,wind,in,her,hair.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,12.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,EXT.,CARL,AND,ELLIE'S,HOUSE,YARD,-,AFTERNOON
+
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,joins,Ellie.,,He,hands,her,the,Adventure,Book.,She,smiles.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,INT.,CARL,AND,ELLIE'S,HOUSE,LIVING,ROOM,-,AFTERNOON
+
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Ellie,paints,a,MURAL,of,their,house,atop,Paradise,Falls,over
+,,,,,the,mantle.,Carl,organizes,a,compass,map,binoculars,and
+,,,,,native,bird,figurine,beneath,the,painting.,It's,their,shrine
+,,,,,to,Adventure.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,INT.,CARL,AND,ELLIE'S,HOUSE,LIVING,ROOM,-,AFTERNOON
+
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,sets,A,JAR,on,a,table,""PARADISE,FALLS"",written,on,it.
+,,,,,Ellie,drops,in,a,few,coins.,She,looks,at,Carl,and,crosses
+,,,,,her,heart.,Carl,crosses,his.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,A,SERIES,OF,SHOTS
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,The,jar,slowly,fills,as,Carl,and,Ellie,toss,in,spare,change.
+,,,,,Their,car,blows,a,tire.
+,,,,,The,two,stand,by,the,jar,reluctant.,,Carl,BREAKS,the,jar.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,New,tire.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,in,the,hospital,with,a,broken,leg.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Breaking,jar.
+,,,,,A,storm,rages.,,A,tree,falls,crushing,the,roof.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Breaking,jar.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,INT.,CARL,AND,ELLIE'S,HOUSE,FRONT,HALL,-,MORNING
+
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,struggles,to,tie,his,tie.,,Ellie,helps.,,They,walk,out
+,,,,,the,front,door,arm,in,arm.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,INT.,CARL,AND,ELLIE'S,HOUSE,FRONT,HALL,-,3,YEARS,LATER
+
+,,,,,Ellie,struggles,to,tie,Carl's,tie,as,they,rush,out,the,door.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,A,SERIES,OF,SHOTS,as,Ellie,straightens,Carl's,ties.,,Stylish
+,,,,,1950's,ties.,Wide,60's,ties.,Paisley,70's,ties.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,13.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,INT.,CARL,AND,ELLIE'S,HOUSE,FRONT,HALL,-,30,YEARS,LATER
+
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Older,Carl,and,Ellie,smile,at,themselves,in,the,hall,mirror.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,EXT.,ZOO,-,DAY
+
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,in,his,60's.,They,still,work,happily,side,by,side,at
+,,,,,the,zoo.,Carl's,cart,lifts,off,the,ground.,He,casually
+,,,,,leans,an,elbow,on,it.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,INT.,CARL,AND,ELLIE'S,HOUSE,LIVING,ROOM,-,NIGHT
+
+,,,,,Carl,and,Ellie,dance,in,the,evening,candlelight.,The
+,,,,,PARADISE,FALLS,JAR,sits,off,to,the,side,now,dusty,and
+,,,,,forgotten.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,INT.,CARL,AND,ELLIE'S,HOUSE,LIVING,ROOM,WINDOW,-,AFTERNOON
+
+,,,,,Carl,cleans,the,inside,of,the,window.,,Ellie,cleans,the
+,,,,,outside.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,INT.,CARL'S,HOUSE,LIVING,ROOM,-,AFTERNOON
+
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,vacuums,the,Adventure,Shrine,on,the,mantle.,Carl,smiles
+,,,,,at,a,photo,of,Ellie,as,a,child,wearing,her,flight,helmet,and
+,,,,,goggles.,He,looks,up,at,the,mural,of,their,house,at,Paradise
+,,,,,Falls.,His,smile,fades.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Behind,him,Ellie,sweeps,the,floor.,,Their,dream,has,gone
+,,,,,unfulfilled.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,has,an,idea.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,EXT.,TRAVEL,AGENCY,-,DAY
+
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,buys,two,tickets,to,South,America.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,EXT.,RURAL,HILLSIDE,-,AFTERNOON
+
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,hurries,excitedly,up,picnic,hill.,,He,hides,the,airline
+,,,,,tickets,in,his,basket.
+,,,,,Behind,him,Ellie,falters,and,falls.,,She,tries,to,get,up,but
+,,,,,falls,again.,Something,is,wrong.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,He,runs,to,her.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,14.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,INT.,HOSPITAL,ROOM,-,DAY
+
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Ellie,lies,in,a,hospital,bed.,,She,looks,through,her
+
+,,,,,ADVENTURE,BOOK.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,A,BLUE,BALLOON,floats,in,to,the,room.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,stands,at,the,door.,,He,smiles,and,walks,to,her,bedside.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Ellie,pushes,her,Adventure,Book,toward,him.,,She,weakly,pats
+,,,,,his,cheek,and,adjusts,his,tie.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,He,kisses,her,on,the,forehead.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,INT.,CHURCH,-,AFTERNOON
+
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,sits,alone,next,to,a,huge,bouquet,of,balloons.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,EXT.,CARL,AND,ELLIE'S,HOUSE,-,DUSK
+
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,walks,into,the,house,holding,a,single,blue,balloon.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,FADE,TO,BLACK.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,INT.,CARL'S,BEDROOM,-,MORNING,-,SEVERAL,YEARS,LATER
+
+,,,,,An,ALARM,CLOCK,BUZZES.,,An,aged,hand,shuts,it,off,and,picks
+,,,,,up,the,nearby,glasses.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,CARL,sits,alone,in,his,double,bed.,,He,rubs,his,face.,GRUNTS.
+,,,,,He,gets,out,of,bed,STRETCHING,GRUNTING,and,CRACKING,BONES.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,He,grabs,his,cane,with,four,tennis,balls,stuck,to,the,bottom
+,,,,,spokes.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,INT.,CARL'S,STAIRCASE,-,LATER
+
+,,,,,Now,dressed,Carl,rides,his,ELDERLY,ASSISTANCE,CHAIR,down,the
+,,,,,staircase.,This,takes,a,LONG,LONG,time.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Three,quarters,of,the,way,down,the,chair,stops.,,He,bangs
+,,,,,the,armrest,and,the,chair,restarts.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,INT.,CARL'S,KITCHEN,-,LATER
+
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,eats,breakfast,by,himself.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,15.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,INT.,CARL'S,LIVING,ROOM,WINDOW,-,LATER
+
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,cleans,the,window,with,a,cloth.,,His,lonely,reflection
+,,,,,stares,back,at,him.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,INT.,CARL'S,LIVING,ROOM,-,LATER
+
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,dusts,the,mantle,and,Shrine,to,Adventure.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,INT.,CARL'S,HOUSE,FRONT,HALL,-,LATER
+
+,,,,,Carl,looks,in,the,hall,mirror.,He,puts,on,his,hat,and
+,,,,,considers,his,reflection.,He,straightens,his,GRAPE,SODA,PIN.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,EXT.,CARL'S,HOUSE,PORCH,-,CONTINUOUS
+
+,,,,,Many,LOCKS,are,heard,unlocking,from,inside.
+,,,,,The,door,opens,but,bangs,against,the,safety,chain.,,,Carl
+,,,,,GRUMBLES,in,frustration.
+,,,,,Carl,opens,the,door,walks,out,onto,his,porch,pulls,the,door
+,,,,,shut,and,looks,as,if,he's,about,to,go,somewhere.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,He,sits,in,his,porch,chair.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,EXT.,CARL'S,NEIGHBORHOOD,-,CONTINUOUS
+
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl's,house,is,the,lone,surviving,square,on,the,block,not
+,,,,,under,construction.,Machinery,and,workers,circle,busily.
+,,,,,High,rise,buildings,are,being,erected,all,around.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,EXT.,CARL'S,HOUSE,PORCH,-,MORNING
+
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,looks,at,the,activity,around,him.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,CARL
+,,,,,,,,,,Quite,a,sight,huh,Ellie?
+,,,,,,,,,,,,(noticing,mailbox)
+,,,,,,,,,,Uhp,mail's,here.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,walks,to,the,mailbox.,,He,touches,Ellie's,faded
+,,,,,HANDPRINT,and,smiles.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,He,looks,through,the,mail.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,He,sees,a,SHADY,OAKS,RETIREMENT,VILLAGE,pamphlet,full,of
+,,,,,images,of,happy,old,people.,Carl,scoffs.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,16.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,CARL
+,,,,,,,,,,Shady,Oaks,Retirement.,,Oh,brother.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,notices,DUST,on,his,mailbox.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,CARL
+,,,,,,,,,,Hm.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,He,pulls,up,a,LEAF,BLOWER.,,He,revs,it,and,blasts,off,the,dust.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,TOM,the,CONSTRUCTION,FOREMAN,notices.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,CONSTRUCTION,FOREMAN,TOM
+,,,,,,,,,,Hey!,`Morning,Mr.,Fredricksen!
+,,,,,,,,,,Need,any,help,there?
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,CARL
+,,,,,,,,,,No.,Yes.,Tell,your,boss,over,there
+,,,,,,,,,,that,you,boys,are,ruining,our,house.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,He,points,across,the,lot,to,a,business,man,in,a,suit,talking
+,,,,,on,a,cell,phone,-,the,REAL,ESTATE,DEVELOPER.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,CONSTRUCTION,FOREMAN,TOM
+,,,,,,,,,,Well,just,to,let,you,know,my,boss
+,,,,,,,,,,would,be,happy,to,take,this,old
+,,,,,,,,,,place,off,your,hands,and,for
+,,,,,,,,,,double,his,last,offer.,Whaddya,say
+,,,,,,,,,,to,that?
+,,,,,The,leaf,blower,blasts,off,his,hat.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,CONSTRUCTION,FOREMAN,TOM
+,,,,,,,,,,Uh,I,take,that,as,a,no,then.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,CARL
+,,,,,,,,,,I,believe,I,made,my,position,to
+,,,,,,,,,,your,boss,quite,clear.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,CONSTRUCTION,FOREMAN,TOM
+,,,,,,,,,,You,poured,prune,juice,in,his,gas,tank.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,CARL
+,,,,,,,,,,Oh,yeah,that,was,good.,Here,let
+,,,,,,,,,,me,talk,to,him.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Tom,hands,Carl,his,MEGAPHONE.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,CARL
+,,,,,,,,,,,,(in,megaphone)
+,,,,,,,,,,You,in,the,suit.,Yes,you.,,,Take,a
+,,,,,,,,,,bath,hippy!
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Tom,grabs,the,megaphone.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,17.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,CONSTRUCTION,FOREMAN,TOM
+,,,,,,,,,,,,(to,Boss,re,Carl)
+,,,,,,,,,,I,am,not,with,him!
+,,,,,,,,,,,,(to,Carl)
+,,,,,,,,,,This,is,serious.,He's,out,to,get
+,,,,,,,,,,your,house!
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,walks,to,his,front,door.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,CARL
+,,,,,,,,,,Tell,your,boss,he,can,have,our,house.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,CONSTRUCTION,FOREMAN,TOM
+,,,,,,,,,,Really?
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,CARL
+,,,,,,,,,,When,I'm,dead!
+,,,,,Carl,SLAMS,the,door.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,CONSTRUCTION,FOREMAN,TOM
+,,,,,,,,,,I'll,take,that,as,a,maybe!
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,INT.,CARL'S,LIVING,ROOM,-,DAY,-,LATER
+
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Carl,sits,in,his,chair,watching,TV.
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,A,KNOCK,at,the,door.
+
+,,,,,
+
+,,,,,EXT.,CARL'S,HOUSE,PORCH,-,DAY
+
+
+,,,,,
+,,,,,The,door,opens.
+,,,,,A,Wilderness,Explorer,stands,reading,from,a,Wilderness
+,,,,,Explorer,Manual.,He,is,in,uniform,complete,with,sash,
+,,,,,neckerchief,hat,and,an,enormous,backpack,stuffed,with,every
+,,,,,piece,of,equipment,there,is.,This,is,RUSSELL,age,8.
+,,,,,Russell,nose,buried,in,his,MANUAL,reads,to,Carl.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,RUSSELL
+,,,,,,,,,,""Goo"
+41,Wall-E,"Andrew Stanton,Pete Docter","Animation,Adventure,Comedy,Drama,Family,Romance,Sci-Fi",June_2008,"EXT.,SPACE
+,,,,,
+,,,,,FADE,IN:
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Stars.
+,,,,,The,upbeat,show,tune,Put,On,Your,Sunday,Clothes,plays.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,""Out,there,there's,a,world,outside,of,Yonkers...""
+,,,,,
+,,,,,More,stars.
+,,,,,Distant,galaxies,constellations,nebulas...
+,,,,,A,single,planet.
+,,,,,Drab,and,brown.
+,,,,,Moving,towards,it.
+,,,,,Pushing,through,its,polluted,atmosphere.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,""...Close,your,eyes,and,see,it,glisten...""
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,EXT.,PLANET'S,SURFACE,-,CONTINUOUS
+,,,,,
+,,,,,A,range,of,mountains,takes,form,in,the,haze.
+,,,,,Moving,closer.
+,,,,,The,mountains,are,piles,of,TRASH.
+,,,,,The,entire,surface,is,nothing,but,waste.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,""...We're,gonna,find,adventure,in,the,evening,air...""
+,,,,,
+,,,,,A,silhouetted,city,in,the,distance.
+,,,,,What,looks,like,skyscrapers,turns,into,trash.
+,,,,,Thousands,of,neatly,stacked,CUBES,OF,TRASH,stories,high.
+,,,,,Rows,and,rows,of,stacked,cubes,like,city,avenues.
+,,,,,They,go,on,for,miles.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,EXT.,AVENUE,OF,TRASH
+,,,,,
+,,,,,""...Beneath,your,parasol,the,world,is,all,a,smile...""
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Something,moving,on,the,ground,far,below.
+,,,,,A,figure,at,the,foot,of,a,trash,heap.
+,,,,,A,SMALL,SERVICE,ROBOT,diligently,cubing,trash.
+,,,,,Rusted,ancient.
+,,,,,Cute.
+,,,,,Every,inch,of,him,engineered,for,trash,compacting.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Mini-shovel,hands,collect,junk.
+,,,,,Scoop,it,into,his,open,chassis.
+,,,,,His,front,plate,closes,slowly,compressing,waste.
+,,,,,A,faded,label,on,his,corroded,chest,plate:
+,,,,,""Waste,Allocation,Loader,-,Earth,Class"",(WALL-E)
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Wall-E,spits,out,a,cube,of,trash.
+,,,,,Stacks,it,with,the,others.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Something,catches,his,eye.
+,,,,,Tugs,on,a,piece,of,metal,stuck,in,the,stack.
+,,,,,A,hubcap.
+,,,,,The,sun,reflects,off,it.
+,,,,,Wall-E,checks,the,sky.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,ON,TRASH,HEAP,HORIZON
+,,,,,
+,,,,,The,sun,sets,through,the,smoggy,haze.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,""...And,we,won't,come,back,until,we've,kissed,a,girl,--""
+,,,,,
+,,,,,He,places,the,hubcap,in,his,compactor.
+,,,,,Presses,a,button,on,his,chest.
+,,,,,The,song,stops,playing.
+,,,,,The,end,of,a,work,day.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Wall-E,attaches,a,lunch,cooler,to,his,back.
+,,,,,Whistles,for,his,pet,COCKROACH.
+,,,,,The,insect,hops,on,his,shoulder.
+,,,,,They,motor,down,from,the,top,of,a,GIANT,TRASH,TOWER.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,EXT.,AVENUES,OF,TRASH,-,DUSK
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Wall-E,travels,alone.
+,,,,,Traverses,miles,of,desolate,waste.
+,,,,,Oblivious,to,roving,storms,of,toxic,weather.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Passes,haunting,structures,buried,within,the,trash.
+,,,,,Buildings,highways,entire,cities...
+,,,,,Everything,branded,with,the,SAME,COMPANY,LOGO.
+,,,,,""Buy,N,Large""
+,,,,,""BNL"",stores,restaurants,banks...transportation!
+,,,,,The,corporation,ran,every,aspect,of,life.
+,,,,,There's,even,a,BNL,LOGO,on,Wall-E's,chest,plate.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,CLOSE,ON,NEWSPAPER,Wall-E,drives,over.
+,,,,,Headline:,""TOO,MUCH,TRASH!!,Earth,Covered!!""
+,,,,,The,deck:,""BNL,CEO,Declares,Global,Emergency!""
+,,,,,A,photo,of,the,BNL,CEO,giving,a,weak,smile.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Wall-E's,old,treads,are,threadbare.
+,,,,,Practically,falling,apart.
+,,,,,Cause,a,bumpy,ride,for,his,cockroach.
+,,,,,He,passes,the,remains,of,other,RUSTED,WALL-E,UNITS.
+,,,,,Fancies,one,with,NEWER,TREADS,than,his,own...
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,EXT.,DESERTED,STREET,-,MOMENTS,LATER
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Wall-E,now,sports,the,newer,treads.
+,,,,,Rolls,past,a,SERIES,OF,HOLOGRAPHIC,BILLBOARDS.
+,,,,,The,solar-powered,ads,still,activate,when,he,passes,them.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,3.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,BILLBOARD,ANNOUNCER,(V.O.)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(Ad,#1:,BNL,logo,over,trash)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Too,much,garbage,in,your,face?
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(Ad,#2:,starliner,in,space)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,There's,plenty,of,space,out,in,space!
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(Ad,#3:,starliners,take,off
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,from,Earth)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,BNL,starliners,leaving,each,day.
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(Ad,#4:,WALL-E,units,wave
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,goodbye)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,We'll,clean,up,the,mess,while,you're
+,,,,,,,,,,,,away.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,EXT.,EDGE,OF,THE,CITY
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Wall-E,drives,down,a,deserted,overpass.
+,,,,,Activates,an,even,LARGER,HOLOGRAPHIC,BILLBOARD.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,CLOSE,ON,BILLBOARD,AD
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Shows,off,a,CITY-SIZED,LUXURY,STARLINER.
+,,,,,Depicts,passengers,enjoying,all,its,amenities.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,BILLBOARD,ANNOUNCER,(V.O.)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,The,jewel,of,the,BNL,fleet:,""The,Axiom"".
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Spend,your,five,year,cruise,in,style.
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Waited,on,24,hours,a,day,by,our,fully
+,,,,,,,,,,,,automated,crew,while,your,Captain,and
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Autopilot,chart,a,course,for,non-stop
+,,,,,,,,,,,,entertainment,fine,dining.,And,with,our
+,,,,,,,,,,,,all-access,hover,chairs,even,Grandma,can
+,,,,,,,,,,,,join,the,fun!,There's,no,need,to,walk!
+,,,,,,,,,,,,""The,Axiom"".,Putting,the,""star"",in
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Executive,Starliner.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,The,BNL,CEO,appears,at,the,end.
+,,,,,Waves,goodbye,as,the,Axiom,takes,off.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,BUY,N,LARGE,CEO
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Because,at,BNL,space,is,the,final,""fun""-
+,,,,,,,,,,,,tier.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,The,holographic,billboard,powers,off.
+,,,,,Reveals,the,AXIOM'S,DESERTED,LAUNCHPAD,in,the,distance.
+,,,,,The,mammoth,structure,sits,across,the,bay.
+,,,,,Now,empty,and,dry.,A,polluted,dead,valley.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,ON,COLLAPSED,BRIDGE,RAMP
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Near,its,edge,rests,a,WALL-E,UNIT,TRANSPORT,TRUCK.
+,,,,,A,giant,child's,Tonka,Truck,left,to,weather,the,elements.
+,,,,,A,""Buy,N,Large"",logo,on,its,side.
+,,,,,Wall-E,approaches,the,rear,of,the,truck.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,4.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Pulls,on,a,lever.
+,,,,,The,back,lowers.
+,,,,,Wall-E,motors,up,the,ramp.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,INT.,TRUCK,-,CONTINUOUS
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Open,racks,for,storing,WALL-Es,line,both,walls.
+,,,,,KNICKKNACKS,OF,FOUND,JUNK,littered,everywhere.
+,,,,,The,tired,robot,removes,his,newfound,treads.
+,,,,,Ahh...,Home.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Wall-E,motors,down,the,center,aisle.
+,,,,,Flicks,on,an,ancient,BETAMAX,PLAYER.
+,,,,,Jury-rigged,to,an,iPod.
+,,,,,Pushes,in,a,cassette,labeled,""Hello,Dolly!""
+,,,,,The,image,is,very,poor,quality.
+,,,,,Actors,sing,and,dance,to,Put,On,Your,Sunday,Clothes,(POYSC).
+,,,,,The,same,song,Wall-E,worked,to.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,WALL-E
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,[Hums,POYSC]
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Wall-E,opens,his,cooler.
+,,,,,Newfound,knickknacks.
+,,,,,Pulls,out,the,hubcap,from,his,chest.
+,,,,,Looks,back,at,the,TV.
+,,,,,Mimics,the,dancers,on,the,screen.
+,,,,,Pretends,the,hubcap,is,a,hat.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Continues,to,unpack:
+,,,,,A,spork.
+,,,,,A,Rubik's,Cube,(unsolved).
+,,,,,A,Zippo,Lighter.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,He,presses,a,BUTTON,by,the,rack,of,shelves.
+,,,,,They,rotate,until,an,empty,space,appears.
+,,,,,His,new,items,are,lovingly,added,to,the,shelf.
+,,,,,The,Zippo,joins,a,pre-existing,LIGHTER,COLLECTION.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,A,new,song,It,Only,Takes,A,Moment,plays,on,the,video.
+,,,,,Wall-E,is,drawn,to,it.
+,,,,,Presses,his,""Record"",button.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,ON,TV,SCREEN
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Two,lovers,sing,gently,to,one,another.
+,,,,,They,kiss...hold,hands...
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Wall-E,tilts,his,head,as,he,watches.
+,,,,,Curious.
+,,,,,Holds,his,own,hands.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,5.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,EXT.,TRUCK,-,NIGHT
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Wall-E,motors,outside.
+,,,,,Turns,over,his,Igloo,cooler,to,clean,it,out.
+,,,,,Pauses,to,take,in,the,night,sky.
+,,,,,STARS,struggle,to,be,seen,through,the,polluted,haze.
+,,,,,Wall-E,presses,the,""Play"",button,on,his,chest.
+,,,,,The,newly,sampled,It,Only,Takes,A,Moment,(IOTAM),plays.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,The,wind,picks,up.
+,,,,,A,WARNING,LIGHT,sounds,on,Wall-E's,chest.
+,,,,,He,looks,out,into,the,night.
+,,,,,A,RAGING,SANDSTORM,approaches,off,the,bay...
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Unfazed,Wall-E,heads,back,in,the,truck.
+,,,,,IOTAM,still,gently,playing.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,...The,massive,wave,of,sand,roars,closer...
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Wall-E,raises,the,door.
+,,,,,Pauses.
+,,,,,WHISTLES,for,his,cockroach,to,come,inside.
+,,,,,The,door,shuts,just,as,the,storm,hits.
+,,,,,Obliterates,everything,in,view.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,INT.,TRUCK,-,SAME
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Wall-E,alone,in,the,center,of,his,shelter.
+,,,,,Unwraps,a,BNL,SPONGECAKE,(think,Twinkie).
+,,,,,Lays,it,out,for,the,cockroach,to,sleep,in.
+,,,,,It,happily,dives,in.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Wall-E,collapses,himself,into,a,storable,cube.
+,,,,,Backs,into,an,empty,shelf,space.
+,,,,,Rocks,it,like,a,cradle...
+,,,,,...and,shuts,down,for,the,night.
+,,,,,Outside,the,wind,howls,like,the,Hounds,of,Hell.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,INT.,WALL-E'S,TRUCK,-,NEXT,MORNING
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Wall-E's,CHARGE,METER,flashes,""WARNING"".
+,,,,,He,wakes.,Unboxes.
+,,,,,Groggy,and,lifeless.
+,,,,,Stumbles,outside.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,EXT.,ROOF,OF,WALL-E'S,TRUCK
+,,,,,
+,,,,,The,morning,sun.
+,,,,,Wall-E,fully,exposed,in,its,light.
+,,,,,His,front,panel,splayed,out,like,a,tanning,shield.
+,,,,,A,solar,collector.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,6.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,His,CHARGE,METER,chimes,full.
+,,,,,Solar,panels,fold,away,into,hiding.
+,,,,,Wall-E,now,awake,collects,his,lunch,cooler.
+,,,,,Heads,off,to,work.
+,,,,,...and,accidentally,runs,over,the,cockroach.
+,,,,,Horrified,Wall-E,reverses.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Reveals,the,FLATTENED,INSECT,under,his,tread.
+,,,,,The,cockroach,simply,pops,back,to,life.
+,,,,,No,biggie.,Ready,to,go.
+,,,,,Relieved,Wall-E,resumes,their,commute.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,EXT.,WALL-E'S,WORK,SITE,-,THAT,MORNING
+,,,,,
+,,,,,A,SERIES,OF,""WALL-E,AT,WORK"",MOMENTS:
+,,,,,
+,,,,,-,CU,of,Wall-E's,hands,digging,into,garbage.
+,,,,,,CU,of,trash,being,scooped,into,his,chest,compactor.
+,,,,,,A,cube,lands,by,the,cockroach.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,-,Wall-E,discovers,a,BRA,in,the,garbage.
+,,,,,,Unsure,what,it's,for.
+,,,,,,Tries,placing,it,over,his,eyes,like,glasses.
+,,,,,,Tosses,it,in,his,cooler.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,-,Wall-E,finds,a,set,of,CAR,KEYS.
+,,,,,,Presses,the,remote,lock.
+,,,,,,Somewhere,in,the,distance,a,CAR,ALARM,CHIRPS.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,-,Plays,with,a,paddle,ball.
+,,,,,,The,ball,keeps,smacking,him,in,the,face.
+,,,,,,He,doesn't,like,it.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,-,Wall-E,discovers,a,DIAMOND,RING,in,a,JEWEL,CASE.
+,,,,,,Throws,out,the,ring.,Keeps,the,case.
+,,,,,,The,jewel,case,drops,into,the,cooler,then...
+,,,,,,...A,RUBBER,DUCKY...
+,,,,,,...A,BOBBLE,HEAD,DOLL...
+,,,,,,...An,OLD,BOOT...
+,,,,,,...A,TROPHY...
+,,,,,
+,,,,,-,Wall-E,finds,a,FIRE,EXTINGUISHER.
+,,,,,,Activates,it.
+,,,,,,FOAM,blasts,in,his,face.
+,,,,,,It's,tossed,far,far,away,from,his,cooler.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,-,Wall-E's,shovel,hand,strikes,something,solid.
+,,,,,,Faces,a,REFRIGERATOR,much,larger,than,himself.
+,,,,,,Now,what?
+,,,,,
+,,,,,-,CU,on,fridge,door.
+,,,,,,A,WELDING,BEAM,moves,down,its,center.
+,,,,,,It,emits,from,between,Wall-E's,SPLIT,BINOCULAR,EYES.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,7.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,The,door,falls,apart,in,two,pieces.,Reveals...
+,,,,,
+,,,,,...a,SMALL,PLANT
+,,,,,
+,,,,,in,its,early,stage,of,growth.
+,,,,,Wall-E,is,entranced.
+,,,,,Carefully,he,extracts,the,section,of,earth,around,it.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,CLOSE,ON,IGLOO,COOLER
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Wall-E,gently,places,the,plant,inside,the,old,boot.
+,,,,,Dusts,dirt,off,the,leaves.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,EXT.,TRUCK,-,DUSK
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Robot,and,faithful,cockroach,return,home.
+,,,,,Wall-E,stops,short,of,the,threshold.
+,,,,,Stares,at,the,ground.
+,,,,,Continues,staring.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,A,RED,DOT
+,,,,,
+,,,,,quivers,on,the,dirt.
+,,,,,A,single,laser,point,of,light.
+,,,,,Wall-E,moves,to,touch,it...
+,,,,,
+,,,,,...The,dot,races,along,the,ground.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Wall-E,drops,his,Igloo.
+,,,,,Chases,after,the,dot.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,EXT.,EMPTY,BAY
+,,,,,
+,,,,,The,dot,leads,Wall-E,deep,into,the,polluted,expanse.
+,,,,,He,is,so,fixated,on,it,he,doesn't,notice
+,,,,,
+,,,,,MANY,LASER,POINTS
+,,,,,
+,,,,,coming,from,every,direction.
+,,,,,All,racing,into,the,valley,over,the,contour,of,the,terrain.
+,,,,,Triangulating,towards,a,center.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Wall-E's,dot,suddenly,stops.
+,,,,,Slowly,he,reaches,for,it.
+,,,,,Can't,grab,it.,Just,light.
+,,,,,ALL,THE,DOTS,converge,in,front,of,him.
+,,,,,The,ground,shakes.
+,,,,,Wall-E,becomes,confused.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Doesn't,see,above,him.
+,,,,,The,SUN,growing,brighter,behind,the,cloud,cover.
+,,,,,A,noise.,Building.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,8.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Rocket,engines.
+,,,,,Wall-E,senses,he,should,look,to,the,sky.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Now,THREE,SUNS,are,descending,on,him.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Wall-E,runs,for,it.
+,,,,,An,enormous,COLUMN,OF,FIRE,blocks,his,path.
+,,,,,A,second,column,of,fire.
+,,,,,A,third.
+,,,,,Trapped.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Wall-E,cubes,the,ground,beneath,him.
+,,,,,Working,fast.
+,,,,,Noise,deafening.
+,,,,,Heat,rising.
+,,,,,Digs,in,just,as,a,tide,of,flame,carpets,the,ground...
+,,,,,
+,,,,,...Then,suddenly,quiet.
+,,,,,Smoke,clears.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,CLOSE,ON,THE,SCORCHED,EARTH
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Wall-E's,head,rises,out,of,the,dirt.
+,,,,,Glows,red,hot,from,the,heat.
+,,,,,Trembles,with,fright.
+,,,,,Everything,in,shadow.
+,,,,,Something,very,big,looms,over,him.
+,,,,,Wall-E,climbs,out,of,his,hole.
+,,,,,Bangs,his,head,on,metal.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,WIDE,on,a,massive,SPACESHIP.
+,,,,,Rests,ominously,in,the,empty,bay.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,A,PORTAL,on,its,underside,opens.
+,,,,,Frightened,Wall-E,tries,to,hide.
+,,,,,Nowhere,to,go.
+,,,,,He,places,a,SMALL,ROCK,on,his,head.,Boxes,up.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,A,DEVICE,lowers,to,the,ground,on,a,long,stem.
+,,,,,Scans,the,surface.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Wall-E,creeps,closer,for,a,better,look.
+,,,,,The,device,unfolds.
+,,,,,Wall-E,boxes,up,again.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,A,CAPSULE,descends,from,a,chute,in,the,stem.
+,,,,,ROBOT,ARMS,emerge,from,the,device.
+,,,,,Place,the,capsule,on,the,ground.,Press,buttons.
+,,,,,The,capsule,falls,away,in,sections,to,reveal...
+,,,,,
+,,,,,...a,PROBE,ROBOT.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,It,hovers,gracefully,above,the,ground.
+,,,,,White.,Egg-shaped.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,9.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Blue-lit,eyes.
+,,,,,Female.
+,,,,,Eve.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Wall-E,is,transfixed.
+,,,,,Inches,closer.
+,,,,,Watches,Eve,from,behind,the,device.
+,,,,,Tilts,his,head.
+,,,,,Time,stops.
+,,,,,She's,the,most,beautiful,thing,he's,ever,seen.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Eve,hovers,over,the,ground.
+,,,,,A,BLUE,RAY,emits,from,her,front,panel.
+,,,,,Fans,out,180,degrees.
+,,,,,Scans,random,objects,and,areas.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,The,device,rises,back,into,the,ship.
+,,,,,Exposes,Wall-E.
+,,,,,He,rushes,for,cover,behind,the,nearest,rock.
+,,,,,Never,takes,his,eyes,off,Eve.
+,,,,,Watches,her,float,away,from,the,ship.
+,,,,,...from,the,ship?
+,,,,,The,ship!
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Engines,roar,back,to,life.
+,,,,,Wall-E,digging,furiously.
+,,,,,The,rocket,takes,off.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Smoke,clears.
+,,,,,Again,a,red,hot,Wall-E,peeks,out,from,the,ground.
+,,,,,Looks,for,Eve.
+,,,,,She,is,watching,the,ship,rise,into,the,clouds.
+,,,,,Waits,until,it,is,completely,out,of,sight...
+,,,,,
+,,,,,...then,Eve,rises,high,up,into,the,air.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,She,flies,around,the,bay.
+,,,,,Soars,like,a,graceful,bird.
+,,,,,Does,loops,in,the,sky.
+,,,,,Zooms,right,past,Wall-E's,rock.
+,,,,,He,is,hypnotized.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Eve,descends,gently,to,the,ground...
+,,,,,Wall-E,sneaks,up,closer.
+,,,,,Hides,behind,another,boulder.
+,,,,,Slips.
+,,,,,Makes,a,NOISE.
+,,,,,Instantly,Eve,whips,around.
+,,,,,Her,arm,converts,into,a,LASER,CANNON.
+,,,,,Blasts,Wall-E's,boulder,to,smithereens.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,...Smoke,clears...All,quiet.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Eve,now,cold,and,dangerous.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,10.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Scans,the,area.
+,,,,,No,sign,of,life.
+,,,,,All,business,again.
+,,,,,Hovers,away,to,probe,more,of,the,planet.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,ON,OTHER,SIDE,OF,BOULDER,CRATER
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Wall-E,boxed,up,behind,what,little,remains,of,the,rock.
+,,,,,Trembles,uncontrollably.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,EXT.,AVENUE,OF,TRASH,-,DAY
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Eve,wanders,through,the,pillars,of,cubed,trash.
+,,,,,Scans,random,areas.
+,,,,,Wall-E,spies,from,the,shadows.
+,,,,,Too,frightened,to,approach.
+,,,,,She,moves,on.,He,follows.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,EXT.,TIRE,DUMP,-,DAY
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Eve,probes,a,mound,of,tires.
+,,,,,Wall-E,hiding,nearby.
+,,,,,He,flinches,at,the,sight,of
+,,,,,
+,,,,,HIS,COCKROACH
+,,,,,
+,,,,,innocently,approaching,Eve,from,behind.
+,,,,,She,spins,around.
+,,,,,Blasts,the,insect.
+,,,,,Wall-E,is,gut-punched.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,The,cockroach,climbs,out,of,the,smoking,crater.
+,,,,,Unscathed.,Still,curious.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Eve,finds,the,insect,intriguing.
+,,,,,Lowers,her,arm.
+,,,,,The,end,separates,into,individual,hovering,sections...
+,,,,,
+,,,,,...A,HAND.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,She,lets,the,insect,crawl,up,her,arm.
+,,,,,Wiggles,into,her,workings.
+,,,,,It,tickles.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,EVE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,[Giggles]
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Wall-E,relaxes.
+,,,,,CHUCKLES,privately.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Eve,sonically,picks,up,Wall-E's,location.
+,,,,,Locks,onto,him.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,11.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Arm,converts,to,laser,cannon.
+,,,,,Fires,rapidly.
+,,,,,Quick,glimpses,of,Wall-E,dodging,the,blasts.
+,,,,,Trash,piles,are,systematically,obliterated,around,him.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Wall-E,now,exposed.
+,,,,,Nowhere,to,hide.
+,,,,,Boxes,himself,up.,Shakes,uncontrollably.
+,,,,,Eve,holds,her,fire.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,EVE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(electronic,hums)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,[Identify,yourself.]
+,,,,,
+,,,,,She,slowly,approaches,Wall-E's,box.
+,,,,,Keeps,her,gun,trained,on,him.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,EVE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(electronic,hums)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,[Repeat.,Identify,yourself.]
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Wall-E,peeks,out,from,his,box.
+,,,,,Doesn't,understand,a,thing,she,says.
+,,,,,Doesn't,care.
+,,,,,Can't,believe,she's,real.
+,,,,,The,cockroach,climbs,down,her,gun,arm.
+,,,,,Jumps,onto,his,master.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Eve,scans,Wall-E.
+,,,,,A,RED,LIGHT,appears,on,her,chest.
+,,,,,Buzzes,""negative"".
+,,,,,He's,not,what,she's,looking,for.
+,,,,,She,retracts,her,gun,arm.
+,,,,,Hovers,off.
+,,,,,Wall-E,watches,her,go.,Lovestruck.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,WALL-E
+,,,,,,,,,,,,[Sigh.]
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,DISSOLVE,TO:
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,INT.,ABANDONED,BNL,SUPERSTORE,-,NEXT,DAY
+,,,,,
+,,,,,LOUIS,ARMSTRONG'S,""LA,VIE,EN,ROSE"",PLAYS
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Eve,scans,through,the,market.
+,,,,,Wall-E,follows,from,a,safe,distance.
+,,,,,A,stray,puppy-dog.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Eve,glances,over,at,him.
+,,,,,Wall-E,panics.
+,,,,,Bumps,into,a,RACK,OF,SHOPPING,CARTS.
+,,,,,Creates,an,avalanche.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,12.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,They,chase,him,down,a,flight,of,stairs.
+,,,,,Wall-E,reaches,the,exit,doors.
+,,,,,Won't,open!
+,,,,,Carts,pig,pile,on,top,of,him.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,EXT.,BNL,REFINERY,-,NIGHT
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Wall-E,perched,on,the,roof.
+,,,,,Patiently,watches,Eve,fly.
+,,,,,She,scans,the,ground,below,her,like,a,searchlight.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Eve,comes,in,for,a,landing,below.
+,,,,,Shuts,down,for,the,night.
+,,,,,Wall-E,waits.
+,,,,,Quietly,sneaks,down,the,refinery,fire,escape.
+,,,,,Accidentally,trips.,Tumbles,to,the,ground.
+,,,,,Eve,doesn't,wake.
+,,,,,Wall-E,creeps,up,to,her.
+,,,,,Opens,his,arms,wide...
+,,,,,...and,measures,her.
+,,,,,Turns,to,a,pile,of,trash.
+,,,,,Splits,open,his,eyes.,Begins,welding,something...
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,DISSOLVE,TO:
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,EXT.,BNL,REFINERY,-,NEXT,MORNING
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Eve,powers,up,again.
+,,,,,Does,a,double,take.
+,,,,,A,TRASH,SCULPTURE,OF,EVE,stands,in,front,of,her.
+,,,,,She,hovers,away,unimpressed.
+,,,,,Doesn't,notice,Wall-E,hiding,behind,a,PILE,OF,PIPES.
+,,,,,Wall-E,kicks,the,pipes,in,frustration.
+,,,,,They,roll,on,top,of,him.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,SONG,ENDS
+,,,,,
+,,,,,MONTAGE,OF,EVE,SEARCHING
+,,,,,
+,,,,,-,Scans,a,car,engine.
+,,,,,,Negative.
+,,,,,,Slams,the,hood,shut.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,-,Scans,a,Port-A-Potty.
+,,,,,,Negative.
+,,,,,,Slams,the,door,shut.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,-,Scans,an,Apollo,capsule.
+,,,,,,Negative.
+,,,,,,Slams,the,hatch,shut.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,-,Scans,a,FREIGHTER,HOLD.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,13.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,Negative.
+,,,,,,Slams,the,lid,shut.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,EXT.,DERELICT,SHIPYARD,-,DUSK
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Eve,hovers,over,the,freighter.
+,,,,,Frustrated.
+,,,,,Not,finding,what,she's,looking,for.
+,,,,,Wall-E,eavesdrops,from,afar.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Eve,flies,past,the,ship's,CRANE,MAGNET.
+,,,,,Gets,stuck.
+,,,,,Wrestles,to,free,herself.
+,,,,,Furious,she,BLOWS,UP,THE,ENTIRE,SHIP.
+,,,,,The,reaction,startles,Wall-E.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Eve,slumps,down,against,a,dredged,anchor.
+,,,,,She,gives,up.
+,,,,,Concerned,Wall-E,cautiously,approaches.
+,,,,,Sits,at,the,other,end,of,the,anchor.
+,,,,,Both,robots,stare,silently,at,the,fiery,wreck.
+,,,,,Then...
+,,,,,...slowly,very,slowly,Wall-E,inches,towards,her.
+,,,,,Musters,the,courage,to,speak,when,--
+,,,,,She,suddenly,turns,to,him:
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,EVE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(hums)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,[So,what's,your,story?]
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Wall-E,falls,backwards,with,surprise.
+,,,,,Me?
+,,,,,Eve,scrolls,through,a,variety,of,languages:
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,EVE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(German)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,[Directive?]
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(Japanese)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,[Directive?]
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,WALL-E
+,,,,,,,,,,,,[Huh?]
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,EVE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(Swahili)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,[Directive?]
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(English)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Directive?
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,WALL-E
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(beeps)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,[Oh,I,understand,that!]
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,14.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,EVE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Directive?
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Wall-E,eagerly,turns,to,some,nearby,trash.
+,,,,,Scoops,it,into,his,compactor.
+,,,,,Proudly,spits,out,a,cube.
+,,,,,Points,to,Eve.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,WALL-E
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(struggles,to,speak)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Di...rec...t--
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,EVE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Directive?
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Wall-E,nods.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,EVE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Classified.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,WALL-E
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(beeps)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,[Oh.,Sorry.]
+,,,,,
+,,,,,She,scans,his,CHEST,LOGO.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,EVE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Name?
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,WALL-E
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(struggles,again)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,W-wally?,...Wall-E.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,EVE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(smooth;,almost,perfect)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Wwww-aaaa-leee...
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Wall-E,nearly,melts.
+,,,,,She,says,his,name,so,beautifully.
+,,,,,Moves,closer.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,EVE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Wall-E.
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(giggles)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Eve.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Wall-E,tries,to,repeat,it:
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,WALL-E
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Eeee...?
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,EVE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(slower)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Eve.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,15.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,WALL-E
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Eeeaaah?
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,EVE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Eeeve.,Eeeve.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,WALL-E
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Eee--vah!
+,,,,,
+,,,,,She,giggles,again.
+,,,,,Wall-E,likes,making,her,giggle.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,WALL-E
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Eee-vah!,Ee,--
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,EVE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Eve.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,The,wind,kicks,up.
+,,,,,The,WARNING,LIGHT,sounds,on,Wall-E's,chest.
+,,,,,He,moves,to,grab,her.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,WALL-E
+,,,,,,,,,,,,(Gasp!),Eee-vah!
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,EVE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(hums)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,[Hey,watch,it!,Don't,come,any,closer!]
+,,,,,
+,,,,,She,draws,her,gun,on,him.
+,,,,,Doesn't,understand,the,danger.
+,,,,,The,sandstorm,rushes,up,behind,her.
+,,,,,Too,late.
+,,,,,Wall-E,collapses,into,a,box.
+,,,,,The,storm,hits,full,force.
+,,,,,Eve,is,instantly,lost,disoriented.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,EVE
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Wall-E?,Wall-E?
+,,,,,
+,,,,,WALL-E'S,HAND,appears,out,of,the,dust.
+,,,,,Calmly,takes,Eve's,hand.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,INT.,TRUCK,-,MOMENTS,LATER
+,,,,,
+,,,,,The,back,door,lowers.
+,,,,,A,rush,of,wind,and,sand.
+,,,,,Wall-E,pulls,Eve,inside.,Closes,the,door.
+,,,,,She,coughs,up,dust.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Wall-E,hits,a,switch...
+,,,,,Strings,of,CHRISTMAS,LIGHTS,fill,the,space.
+,,,,,His,racks,of,oddities,painted,in,colored,light.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,16.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,An,air,of,enchantment.
+,,,,,Eve,is,taken,aback.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,WALL-E
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(beeps)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,[Come,on,in.]
+,,,,,
+,,,,,She,drifts,through,the,sea,of,knickknacks.
+,,,,,Becomes,spooked,by,a,SINGING,BILLY,BASS,FISH.
+,,,,,Threatens,to,shoot,it,but,Wall-E,calms,her,down.
+,,,,,He,is,compelled,to,show,her,everything.
+,,,,,Hands,her,an,eggbeater...
+,,,,,...bubble,wrap,(so,infectious,to,pop)...
+,,,,,...a,lightbulb,(lights,when,she,holds,it)...
+,,,,,...the,Rubik's,Cube,(she,solves,it,immediately)...
+,,,,,...his,Hello,Dolly,tape.
+,,,,,Curious,she,begins,unspooling,the,tape.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,WALL-E
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(loud,beeps)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,[My,tape!!]
+,,,,,
+,,,,,He,grabs,it,back.,Protective.
+,,,,,Inserts,it,carefully,into,the,VCR.,Please,still,work.
+,,,,,The,movie,eventually,appears,on,the,TV.
+,,,,,Plays,a,clip,of,POYSC.
+,,,,,Wall-E,is,relieved.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,WALL-E
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(beeps)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,[What,do,you,think?]
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Mimics,the,dancing,for,Eve.
+,,,,,Encourages,her,to,try.
+,,,,,She,clumsily,hops,up,and,down.
+,,,,,Makes,dents,in,the,floor.,Rattles,everything.
+,,,,,Wall-E,politely,stops,her.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,WALL-E
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(beeps)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,[How,`bout,we,try,a,different,move?]
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Spins,in,a,circle.,Arms,out.
+,,,,,Eve,copies.
+,,,,,Spins,faster,and,faster...
+,,,,,Too,fast.
+,,,,,Accidentally,strikes,Wall-E.,He,flies,into,the,shelves.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Eve,helps,him,up,from,the,mess.
+,,,,,Wall-E's,LEFT,BINOCULAR,EYE,falls,off.
+,,,,,Dangles,from,two,wires.
+,,,,,Eve,GASPS,with,concern.
+,,,,,Wall-E,placates,her.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,17.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,WALL-E
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,(beeps)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,[It's,fine.]
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Feels,his,way,to,the,rack,of,shelves.
+,,,,,Rotates,them,until...
+,,,,,...SPARE,WALL-E,PARTS,appear.
+,,,,,Replaces,his,broken,eye,with,a,new,one.
+,,,,,Eve,is,relieved.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,She,eyes,his,LIGHTER,COLLECTION.
+,,,,,Flicks,open,a,Zippo.,Ignites,a,FLAME.
+,,,,,Wall-E,freezes.
+,,,,,He,had,no,idea,it,could,do,that.
+,,,,,Moves,closer,to,inspect,it...
+,,,,,
+,,,,,ON,WALL-E
+,,,,,
+,,,,,It's,the,closest,he's,ever,been,to,Eve.
+,,,,,She,remains,focused,on,the,lighter.
+,,,,,Wall-E,stares,up,at,her.
+,,,,,...The,tiny,flame,flickering,between,them...
+,,,,,...The,Hello,Dolly,video,plays,IOTAM,in,the,background...
+,,,,,Suddenly,he,is,moved,to,express,his,love.
+,,,,,Musters,the,courage,to,open,his,fingers...
+,,,,,...Timidly,reaches,his,hand,out,to,hers...
+,,,,,
+,,,,,--,Eve,turns,and,looks,at,him.
+,,,,,
+,,,,,Wall-E,instantly,chokes.
+,,,,,Pulls,his,hand,back.
+,,,,,Eve,becomes,intrigued,with,the,TV.
+,,,,,Scans,the,image,of,the,lovers,singing,IOTAM...
+,,,,,Wall-E,watches,her.
+,,,,,His,infatuation,still,palpable.
+,,,,,Then,he,remembers...
+,,,,,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,WALL-E
+,,,,,,,,,,,,Ee-vah!
+,,,,,
+,,,,,He,rushes,to,his,shelves.
+,,,,,Eve,watches,him,rummage,through,junk.
+,,,,,A,drum,falls,down,on,his,head.
+,,,,,She,giggles,charme"
+42,Zootopia,"Jared Bush,Phil Johnston","Animation,Adventure,Comedy",March_2016,"Story,by
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Byron,Howard,Rich,Moore,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Jared,Bush,Jim,Reardon,Josie,Trinidad,
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Phil,Johnston,and,Jennifer,Lee
+
+
+
+,,IN,BLACK,--
+
+,,We,hear,the,feral,primeval,sounds,of,a,jungle,at,night.,A
+,,timpani,bangs,an,ominous,beat.
+
+,,FADE,IN,ON:
+
+
+,,A,JUNGLE,-,NIGHT
+
+,,A,BUNNY,nervously,walks,through,the,dark,foreboding,forest,
+,,frightened,by,every,shadow,and,moving,leaf.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,JUDY,(V.O.)
+,,,,,Fear.,Treachery.,Bloodlust!
+,,,,,Thousands,of,years,ago,these,were
+,,,,,the,forces,that,ruled,our,world.,A
+,,,,,world,where,prey,were,scared,of
+,,,,,predators.,And,predators,had,an
+,,,,,uncontrollable,biological,urge,to
+,,,,,maim,and,maul,and...
+
+,,The,timpani,crescendos.,A,JAGUAR,leaps,out,of,the,shadows,
+,,attacks,the,bunny,who,screams--
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,CUT,TO:
+
+
+,,INSIDE,A,BARN,-,A,JUNGLE,(SET),-,NIGHT
+
+,,The,action,continues--,as,imagined,by,an,amateur,stage
+,,production.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,JUDY
+,,,,,Blood,blood,blood!
+
+,,Reams,of,red,papier,m?ch?,entrails,ooze,from,the,bunny.,And
+,,when,those,run,out--,projectile,ketchup.
+
+,,Reveal:,These,are,ANIMAL,KID,ACTORS.,The,bunny,JUDY,HOPPS,
+,,10,is,our,hero.,And,this,is,her,play,being,staged.,A,banner
+,,reads:,CARROT,DAYS,TALENT,SHOW!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,JUDY,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,And,death.
+
+,,The,CROWD,looks,on,confused.,The,music,goes,discordant,as
+,,BOBBY,CATMULL,a,bobcat,bangs,a,drum.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,JUDY,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,Back,then,the,world,was,divided,in
+,,,,,two.,Vicious,predator,or,Meek,prey.
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2.
+
+
+TWO,BOXES,drop,down,labeled,VICIOUS,PREDATOR,and,MEEK,PREY.
+The,PREDATOR,box,lands,on,the,jaguar.,The,MEEK,PREY,box,lands
+on,Judy.,Her,entrails,get,stuck,outside,the,box.,She,drags
+them,underneath,with,her.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,JUDY,(O.S.),(CONT'D)
+,,,,,But,over,time,we,evolved,and
+,,,,,moved,beyond,our,primitive,savage
+,,,,,ways.
+
+A,YOUNG,SHEEP,wearing,a,white,muumuu,and,a,cardboard,rainbow
+on,his,head,does,an,improvisational,dance,across,the,stage.
+Judy,and,the,jaguar,burst,out,of,their,boxes,now,wearing
+white,muumuus,too.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,JUDY,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,Now,predator,and,prey,live,in
+,,,,,harmony.
+
+Judy,and,the,jaguar,shake,hands,as,the,sheep,throws,glitter.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,JUDY,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,And,every,young,mammal,has
+,,,,,multitudinous,opportunities.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,ASTRONAUT,SHEEP
+,,,,,Yeah,I,don't,have,to,cower,in,a
+,,,,,herd,anymore.
+
+The,Jaguar,rips,off,his,muumuu.,She's,wearing,a,homemade
+astronaut,costume.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,ASTRONAUT,SHEEP,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,Instead,I,can,be,an,astronaut.
+
+Catmull,plays,a,slide,whistle.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,ACTUARY,JAGUAR
+,,,,,I,don't,have,to,be,a,lonely,hunter
+,,,,,any,more.
+
+The,Jaguar,rips,off,his,muumuu.,He's,dressed,in,a,suit.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,ACTUARY
+,,,,,Today,I,can,hunt,for,tax
+,,,,,exemptions.,I'm,gonna,be,an
+,,,,,actuary!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,JUDY
+,,,,,And,I,can,make,the,world,a,better
+,,,,,place!,I,am,going,to,be...
+
+Catmull,plays,a,70s-style,cop,show,theme,on,the,boom,box.
+Judy,rips,off,her,muumuu,revealing,a,POLICE,OFFICER,UNIFORM.
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,3.
+
+
+,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,JUDY,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,A,police,officer!
+
+Judy's,parents,BONNIE,&,STU,look,stunned.,A,mean,fox,kid,
+GIDEON,GREY,snickers.,He's,sitting,next,to,a,WEASEL,KID.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,GIDEON,GREY
+,,,,,Bunny,cop.,That,is,the,most
+,,,,,stupidest,thing,I,ever,heard.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,JUDY
+,,,,,It,may,seem,impossible,to,small
+,,,,,minds--
+,,,,,,,(points,at,Gideon)
+,,,,,I'm,looking,at,you,Gideon,Grey.
+
+Catmull,drops,down,a,backdrop,showing,a,bright,city,skyline.
+He,hits,play,on,an,uplifting,song.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,JUDY,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,But,just,211,miles,away,stands,the
+,,,,,great,city,of,Zootopia!,Where,our
+,,,,,ancestors,first,joined,together,in
+,,,,,peace,and,declared,that,anyone,can
+,,,,,be,anything!,Thank,you,and,good
+,,,,,night!
+
+Judy,gives,a,mighty,thespian,bow,to,the,sound,of,Catmull,on
+organ.,The,audience,applauds.,Judy's,parents,look,concerned.
+
+
+EXT.,CARROT,DAYS,FESTIVAL,-,LATER,THAT,DAY
+
+A,festival,replete,with,food,booths,games,and,rides--,all
+aggressively,carrot-themed.,Judy,in,her,Cop,Costume,bounces
+along,with,her,folks.,We,catch,their,conversation,mid-stream.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,STU,HOPPS
+,,,,,Judy,you,ever,wonder,how,your,mom
+,,,,,and,me,got,to,be,so,darn,happy?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,JUDY
+,,,,,Nope.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,STU,HOPPS
+,,,,,Well,we,gave,up,on,our,dreams,and
+,,,,,we,settled,right,Bon?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,BONNIE,HOPPS
+,,,,,Oh,yes,that's,right,Stu.,We
+,,,,,settled,hard.
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,4.
+
+
+,,,,,,,,,,STU,HOPPS
+,,,,,See,that's,the,beauty,of
+,,,,,complacency,Jude.,If,you,don't,try
+,,,,,anything,new,you'll,never,fail.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,JUDY
+,,,,,I,like,trying,actually.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,BONNIE,HOPPS
+,,,,,What,your,father,means,hon,is
+,,,,,it's,gonna,be,difficult--
+,,,,,impossible,even--,for,you,to,become
+,,,,,a,police,officer.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,STU,HOPPS
+,,,,,Right.,There's,never,been,a,bunny
+,,,,,cop.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,BONNIE,HOPPS
+,,,,,No.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,STU,HOPPS
+,,,,,Bunnies,don't,do,that.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,BONNIE,HOPPS
+,,,,,Never.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,STU,HOPPS
+,,,,,Never.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,JUDY
+,,,,,Oh.,Then,I,guess,I'll,have,to,be
+,,,,,the,first,one.,Because,I,am,gonna
+,,,,,make,the,world...
+,,,,,,,(parkours,against,a
+,,,,,,,,vendor's,stand)
+,,,,,A,better,place!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,STU,HOPPS
+,,,,,OR...,um,heck,you,wanna,talk
+,,,,,about,making,the,world,a,better
+,,,,,place--
+
+The,trio,arrives,at,the,Hopps,Family,Farm,carrot,booth,which
+is,manned,by,too,many,children,to,count.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,STU,HOPPS,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,--no,better,way,to,do,it,than
+,,,,,becoming,a,carrot,farmer.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,BONNIE,HOPPS
+,,,,,Yes!,Your,dad,me,your,275
+,,,,,brothers,and,sisters--,we're
+,,,,,changing,the,world.
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,5.
+
+
+,,,,,,,,,,STU,HOPPS
+,,,,,Yep.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,BONNIE,HOPPS
+,,,,,One,carrot,at,a,time...
+
+,,,,,,,,,,STU,HOPPS
+,,,,,Amen,to,that.,Carrot,farming,is,a
+,,,,,noble,profession.
+
+Judy,spots,GIDEON,GREY,stalking,some,SMALL,ANIMALS.,She
+remains,fixed,on,Gideon,as,Stu,and,Bonnie,yap,on,obliviously.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,BONNIE,HOPPS,(O.S.)
+,,,,,Mmm,hmm.,Just,putting,the,seeds,in
+,,,,,the,ground.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,STU,HOPPS,(O.S.)
+,,,,,Ahh,at,one,with,the,soil.
+
+We're,back,on,Bonnie,and,Stu's,conversation,now.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,BONNIE,HOPPS
+,,,,,You,get,it.,I,mean,it's,great,to
+,,,,,have,dreams.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,STU,HOPPS
+,,,,,Yeah,just,as,long,as,you,don't
+,,,,,believe,in,em,too,much.
+,,,,,,,(finally,noticing,Judy's
+,,,,,,,,absence)
+,,,,,Where,in,the,heck'd,she,go?
+
+ACROSS,THE,FAIR...,From,behind,a,tree,Judy,watches,as,Gideon
+Grey,intimidates,the,astronaut,sheep,SHARLA.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,GIDEON,GREY
+,,,,,Gimme,your,tickets,right,now,or
+,,,,,I'm,gonna,kick,your,meek,little
+,,,,,sheep,butt.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,SHARLA
+,,,,,Ow!,Cut,it,out,Gideon!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,GIDEON,GREY
+,,,,,Baa-baa.,What're,ya,gonna,do,cry?
+
+Gideon,swipes,Sharla's,fair,tickets.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,JUDY,(O.S.)
+,,,,,Hey!
+
+Judy,charges,toward,the,danger.
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,6.
+
+
+,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,JUDY,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,You,heard,her.,Cut,it,out.
+
+Gideon,turns.,There's,Judy,projecting,the,image,of,a,tiny
+Clint,Eastwood.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,GIDEON,GREY
+,,,,,Nice,costume,loser.,What,crazy
+,,,,,world,are,you,living,in,where,you
+,,,,,think,a,bunny,could,be,a,cop?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,JUDY
+,,,,,Kindly,return,my,friends',tickets.
+
+Gideon,pats,the,tickets,in,his,pocket.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,GIDEON,GREY
+,,,,,Come,and,get,`em....,But,watch,out,
+,,,,,`cause,I'm,a,fox--,and,like,you
+,,,,,said,in,your,dumb,little,stage
+,,,,,play,us,predators,used,to,eat
+,,,,,prey.,And,that,killer,instinct's
+,,,,,still,in,our,Dunnahh.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,TRAVIS,THE,WOLF,HENCHMAN,KID
+,,,,,,,(sotto,to,Gideon)
+,,,,,Uh,I'm,pretty,much,sure,it's
+,,,,,pronounced,D-N-A.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,GIDEON,GREY
+,,,,,Don't,tell,me,what,I,know,Travis.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,JUDY
+,,,,,You,don't,scare,me,Gideon.
+
+Gideon,shoves,Judy.,Hard.,She,falls.,The,other,prey,animals
+flee,to,safety,behind,a,nearby,tree,leaving,her,to,face,the
+thugs,alone.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,GIDEON,GREY
+,,,,,You,scared,now?
+
+Judy,starts,to,tear,up.,Her,nose,starts,to,twitch.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,TRAVIS,THE,WOLF,HENCHMAN,KID
+,,,,,Lookit,her,nose,twitch.,She,is
+,,,,,scared!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,GIDEON,GREY
+,,,,,Cry,little,baby,bunny.,Cry,cry,--
+
+Suddenly--,BAM!,Judy,kicks,Gideon,in,the,face,with,her,hind
+legs.,He,stumbles,back,then,checks,his,lip,for,blood.
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,7.
+
+
+,,,,,,,,,,GIDEON,GREY,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,Oh,you,don't,know,when,to,quit,do
+,,,,,ya?
+
+He,unsheathes,his,claws,like,a,switchblade,then,slaps,her,
+drawing,blood,from,her,cheek.,She,cowers,as,do,her,scared
+friends,behind,the,tree.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,GIDEON,GREY,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,I,want,you,to,remember,this,moment--
+,,,,,the,next,time,you,think,you,will
+,,,,,ever,be,anything,more,than,just,a
+,,,,,stupid,carrot,farming,dumb,bunny.
+
+Gideon,and,his,pal,head,off,laughing,and,high-fiving.,The
+prey,animals,run,back,over,to,Judy,who,wipes,the,blood,from
+her,cheek.,She,fights,tears,defeated.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,GARETH,THE,DOUBTING,SHEEP,BOY
+,,,,,That,looks,bad.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,SHARLA
+,,,,,Are,you,okay,Judy?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,JUDY
+,,,,,Yeah...,Yeah,I'm,okay.
+
+Judy,smiles,and,then,whips,out,the,tickets,as,she,gets,up.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,JUDY,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,Here,you,go.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,SHARLA
+,,,,,Wow!,You,got,our,tickets!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,GARETH,THE,DOUBTING,SHEEP,BOY
+,,,,,You're,awesome,Judy!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,SHARLA
+,,,,,Yeah!,That,Gideon,Grey,doesn't,know
+,,,,,what,he's,talkin',`bout.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,JUDY
+,,,,,Well,he,was,right,about,one
+,,,,,thing...
+
+Judy,picks,up,the,cop,hat,puts,it,on,her,head.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,YOUNG,JUDY,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,I,don't,know,when,to,quit.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,CUT,TO:
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,8.
+
+
+EXT.,POLICE,ACADEMY,TRAINING,FACILITY,-,DAY
+
+Hopps,and,the,comparatively,huge,CADETS,sit,in,a,circle,as
+MAJOR,FRIEDKIN,an,intimidating,drill,instructor,lectures.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,MAJOR,FRIEDKIN
+,,,,,Listen,up,Cadets!,Zootopia,has,12
+,,,,,unique,ecosystems,within,its,city
+,,,,,limits--,Tundra,Town,Sahara
+,,,,,Square,Rainforest,District,to
+,,,,,name,a,few.,You're,gonna,have,to
+,,,,,master,all,of,them,before,you,hit
+,,,,,the,streets--,or,guess,what?
+,,,,,,,(to,Hopps)
+,,,,,You'll,be,dead!
+
+IN,SAHARA,SQUARE,SIMULATOR:
+
+Hopps,struggles,through,the,sand.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,MAJOR,FRIEDKIN(CONT'D)
+,,,,,Scorching,sandstorm.,You're,dead,
+,,,,,bunny,bumpkin!
+
+ON,THE,VINE-COVERED,MONKEY,BARS:
+
+Hopps,swings,across,the,bars,simulating,the,RAINFOREST
+DISTRICT.,She,falls,off,landing,face,first,in,the,mud.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,MAJOR,FRIEDKIN,(O.S.),(CONT'D)
+,,,,,1000,foot,fall.,You're,dead,carrot
+,,,,,face!
+
+TUNDRA,TOWN,ICE,WALL:
+
+Judy,and,the,cadets,sprint,toward,the,wall.,The,CLAWED
+ANIMALS,dig,into,the,ice,wall.,Hopps,slides,off.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,MAJOR,FRIEDKIN,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,Frigid,ice,wall.,You're,dead,farm
+,,,,,girl!
+
+IN,THE,BOXING,RING:
+
+Hopps,gets,in,the,ring,with,a,BIG,BISON.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,MAJOR,FRIEDKIN,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,E-normous,criminal.
+
+Hopps,gets,punched,in,the,nose.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,MAJOR,FRIEDKIN,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,You're,dead!
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,9.
+
+
+THREE,QUICK,CUTS,OF,FAILURE:
+
+,,,,,,,,,,MAJOR,FRIEDKIN,(O.S.),(CONT'D)
+,,,,,Dead!,/,Dead!,/,Dead!
+
+IN,THE,TOILET:
+
+Hopps,ruses,into,a,stall.,The,toilet,is,considerably,larger
+than,she,is.,She,shuts,the,door.,We,see,her,climb,up,the
+toilet.,In,the,next,stall,we,see,the,feet,of,a,Hippo.
+
+Then,KERSPLASH!,Hopps,falls,into,the,toilet.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,MAJOR,FRIEDKIN,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,Filthy,toilet.,You're,dead,fluff
+,,,,,butt!
+
+HOPPS,ON,HER,OWN--
+
+She,runs,at,sunset--,after,everyone,else,has,called,it,a,day.
+We,HEAR,the,drill,instructor's,voice,echoing,in,her,mind.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,MAJOR,FRIEDKIN,(V.O.),(CONT'D)
+,,,,,Just,quit,and,go,home,fuzzy,bunny!
+
+Then,those,of,her,parents...
+
+,,,,,,,,,,STU,HOPPS,(V.O.)
+,,,,,There's,never,been,a,bunny,cop.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,BONNIE,HOPPS,(V.O.)
+,,,,,Never.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,STU,HOPPS,(V.O.)
+,,,,,Never.
+
+Then,Gideon's...
+
+,,,,,,,,,,GIDEON,GREY,(V.O.)
+,,,,,Just,a,stupid,carrot,farming,dumb
+,,,,,bunny.
+
+
+OVERNIGHT,IN,THE,BARRACKS:
+
+Hopps,stays,up,late,studying,doing,sit,ups.
+
+ON,THE,ICE,WALL:
+
+Hopps,bounds,up,the,wall,jumps,off,of,the,backs,of,the,big
+animals,and,makes,it,over,impressing,the,Major,Friedkin.
+
+IN,THE,RING:
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,10.
+
+
+Hopps,dodges,a,few,swings.,The,Bison,misses.,Hopps,bounds
+over,him,and,uses,his,momentum--,kicking,his,other,hand,into
+his,face,knocking,him,down.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,DISSOLVE,TO:
+
+
+EXT.,POLICE,ACADEMY,-,DAY
+
+It's,graduation,day.,MAYOR,LIONHEART,is,at,the,podium.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,LIONHEART
+,,,,,As,Mayor,of,Zootopia,I,am,proud,to
+,,,,,announce,that,my,Mammal,Inclusion
+,,,,,Initiative,has,produced,its,first
+,,,,,police,academy,graduate.
+
+Judy,stands,proudly,in,her,cop,uniform.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,LIONHEART,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,Valedictorian,of,her,class,ZPD's
+,,,,,very,first,rabbit,officer...,Judy
+,,,,,Hopps.
+
+Judy,walks,to,the,stage,as,those,in,attendance,cheer--,her
+FAMILY,chief,among,them.,ASSISTANT,MAYOR,BELLWETHER,applauds.
+She,smiles,at,Judy,lost,in,the,moment.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,LIONHEART,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,,,(clearing,his,throat)
+,,,,,Assistant,Mayor,Bellwether?,Her
+,,,,,badge.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,BELLWETHER
+,,,,,Oh!,Yes,right.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,LIONHEART
+,,,,,Thank,you.
+
+Bellwether,steps,forward,to,pin,Hopps',ZPD,badge,on,her.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,LIONHEART,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,Judy,it,is,my,great,privilege,to
+,,,,,officially,assign,you,to,the,heart
+,,,,,of,Zootopia:,Precinct,One,City
+,,,,,Center.
+
+Judy,can,barely,contain,her,glee.,Her,parents,are,in,shock.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,BELLWETHER
+,,,,,Congratulations,Officer,Hopps.
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,11.
+
+
+,,,,,,,,,,JUDY
+,,,,,I,won't,let,you,down.,This,has,been
+,,,,,my,dream,since,I,was,a,kid.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,BELLWETHER
+,,,,,Ya,know,it's,a...,It's,a,real
+,,,,,proud,day,for,us,little,guys.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,LIONHEART
+,,,,,Bellwether,make,room,will,ya?,Come
+,,,,,on.
+
+Lionheart,shoves,Bellwether,out,of,the,way.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,LIONHEART,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,Okay,Officer,Hopps.,Let's,see
+,,,,,those,teeth!
+
+A,group,of,PHOTOGRAPHERS,aim,their,cameras.,Lionheart,steps
+in,front,of,Bellwether,edging,her,out,of,the,photo.,The
+flashbulbs,pop.
+
+
+EXT.,BUNNYBURROW,TRAIN,STATION,-,DAY
+
+Stu,Bonnie,and,several,SIBLINGS,accompany,Judy,to,the,train
+station.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,BONNIE,HOPPS
+,,,,,We're,real,proud,of,you,Judy.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,STU,HOPPS
+,,,,,Yeah.,Scared,too.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,BONNIE,HOPPS
+,,,,,Yes.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,STU,HOPPS
+,,,,,Really,it's,kind,of,a,proud-scared
+,,,,,combo.,I,mean,Zootopia.,It's,so
+,,,,,far,a,away...,It's,such,a,big,city.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,JUDY
+,,,,,Guys--,I've,been,working,for,this
+,,,,,my,whole,life.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,BONNIE,HOPPS
+,,,,,We,know.,And,we're,just,a,little
+,,,,,excited,for,you,but,terrified.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,JUDY
+,,,,,The,only,thing,we,have,to,fear,is
+,,,,,fear,itself.
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,12.
+
+
+,,,,,,,,,,STU,HOPPS
+,,,,,And,also,bears.,We,have,bears,to
+,,,,,fear,too.,To,say,nothing,of,lions,
+,,,,,and,wolves...
+
+,,,,,,,,,,BONNIE,HOPPS
+,,,,,Wolves?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,STU,HOPPS
+,,,,,...weasels...
+
+,,,,,,,,,,BONNIE,HOPPS
+,,,,,You,play,cribbage,with,a,weasel.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,STU,HOPPS
+,,,,,And,he,cheats,like,there's,no
+,,,,,tomorrow.,You,know,what,pretty
+,,,,,much,all,predators--,and,Zootopia's
+,,,,,full,of,`em.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,BONNIE,HOPPS
+,,,,,,,(scolding)
+,,,,,Oh,Stu.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,STU,HOPPS
+,,,,,And,foxes,are,the,worst.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,BONNIE,HOPPS
+,,,,,,,(retreating)
+,,,,,Actually,your,father,does,have,a
+,,,,,point,there.,It's,in,their,biology.
+,,,,,Remember,what,happened,with,Gideon
+,,,,,Grey.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,JUDY
+,,,,,When,I,was,9.,Gideon,Grey,was,a
+,,,,,jerk,who,happened,to,be,a,fox.,I
+,,,,,know,plenty,of,bunnies,who,are
+,,,,,jerks.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,STU,HOPPS
+,,,,,Sure.,Yeah,we,all,do.,Absolutely.
+,,,,,But,just,in,case,we,made,you,a
+,,,,,little,care,package,to,take,with
+,,,,,you.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,BONNIE,HOPPS
+,,,,,And,I,put,some,snacks,in,there.
+
+Stu,begins,pulling,a,bunch,of,PINK,FOX,DETERRENTS,from,a,bag.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,STU,HOPPS
+,,,,,This,is,fox,deterrent.
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,13.
+
+
+,,,,,,,,,,BONNIE,HOPPS
+,,,,,Yeah,that's,safe,to,have,there.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,STU,HOPPS
+,,,,,This,is,fox,repellent...
+
+,,,,,,,,,,BONNIE,HOPPS
+,,,,,Okay,the,deterrent,and,the
+,,,,,repellent.,That's,all,she,needs.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,STU,HOPPS
+,,,,,Check,this,out!
+
+Stu,removes,a,Fox,Taser,fires,it,up.,It,sizzles.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,BONNIE,HOPPS
+,,,,,Oh,for,goodness,sake.,She,has,no
+,,,,,need,for,a,fox,taser,Stu.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,STU,HOPPS
+,,,,,Oh,c'mon.,When,is,there,not,a,need
+,,,,,for,a,fox,taser?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,JUDY
+,,,,,Okay,look--,I,will,take,this,to
+,,,,,make,you,stop,talking.
+
+Judy,grabs,the,pink,fox,repellent,from,the,bag,as,the,train
+pulls,up.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,STU,HOPPS
+,,,,,Terrific!,Everyone,wins!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,TRAIN,CONDUCTOR
+,,,,,Arriving--,Zootopia,Express!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,JUDY
+,,,,,OK.,Gotta,go.,Bye!
+
+Judy,heads,for,the,train,head,held,high.,No,turning,back.
+
+Stu,and,Bonnie,watch,both,holding,back,tears.,Suddenly,the
+emotion,catches,up,with,Judy.,She,turns,runs,back,to,her
+parents,hugs,them,tight.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,JUDY,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,I,love,you,guys.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,BONNIE,HOPPS
+,,,,,Love,you,too!
+
+One,more,squeeze,then,Judy,runs,off,and,jumps,on,the,train.
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,14.
+
+
+,,,,,,,,,,STU,HOPPS
+,,,,,Oh,cripes,here,come,the
+,,,,,waterworks.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,BONNIE,HOPPS
+,,,,,Oh,Stu,pull,it,together.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,JUDY
+,,,,,Bye,everybody!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,COTTON
+,,,,,Bye,Judy!,I,love,you!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,CROWD,OF,BUNNIES
+,,,,,Bye!
+
+As,the,train,pulls,away,her,family,runs,next,to,it,waving.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,JUDY
+,,,,,Bye!
+
+Judy,looks,back,as,their,faces,recede,into,the,distance.,The
+train,blasts,past,Bunnyburrow,passing,its,exponentially
+increasing,population,sign.
+
+Judy,pulls,out,her,iPhone,and,clicks,play...,her,new,life,is
+about,to,begin,and,we
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,CUT,TO:
+
+
+A,MONTAGE,--
+
+As,Hopps,takes,the,train,it,rounds,a,curve.,She,looks,up.
+Her,eyes,light,up.,There,in,the,distance,is...
+
+
+EXT.,ZOOTOPIA,CITY,-,ESTABLISHING
+
+...THE,UNBELIEVABLE,ANIMAL,METROPOLIS,of,ZOOTOPIA,which,is
+comprised,of,amazing,habitat,""boroughs."",The,train,whips,past
+TUNDRATOWN,SAVANNA,CENTRAL,RAINFOREST,DISTRICT,
+MEADOWLANDS,SAHARA,SQUARE,etc.
+
+
+INT.,ZOOTOPIA,CENTRAL,STATION,-,A,LITTLE,LATER
+
+Hopps,spills,out,of,the,train...,and,we,are,now,in,a,MULTI-
+SCALE,ENVIRONMENT:,everything,from,mice,to,elephants.
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,15.
+
+
+EXT.,DOWNTOWN,ZOOTOPIA,-,A,LITTLE,LATER
+
+Hopps,emerges,into,the,main,Zootopia,central,plaza.,It's,an
+amazing,magnificent,place.
+
+A,JUMBOTRON,featuring,a,gazelle,pop,star,GAZELLE,blares,its
+message,in,a,loop.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,GAZELLE
+,,,,,I,am,Gazelle.,Welcome,to,Zootopia!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,CUT,TO:
+
+
+INT.,HOPPS'S,APARTMENT,BUILDING,HALLWAY,-,DAY
+
+DHARMA,ARMADILLO,Hopps's,older,ARMADILLO,LANDLADY,opens,the
+door,to,Hopps',new,apartment--,which,we,can't,see,yet.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,DHARMA,ARMADILLO
+,,,,,And,welcome,to,the,Grand,Pangolin
+,,,,,Arms.,""Luxury,Apartments,with
+,,,,,Charm.""
+
+Hopps,discovers,the,room,is,a,tiny,crappy,studio,apartment.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,DHARMA,ARMADILLO,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,Complimentary,de-lousing,once,a
+,,,,,month.
+,,,,,,,(handing,over,the,keys)
+,,,,,Don't,lose,your,key.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,,HOPPS
+,,,,,Thank,you!
+
+As,Dharma,leaves,Hopps',volatile,artsy,NEIGHBORS,KUDU,and
+ORYX,POOTOSSER,pass,by,in,the,hall.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,HOPPS,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,Oh,hi,I'm,Judy!,Your,new,neighbor!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,KUDU,POOTOSSER
+,,,,,Yeah?,Well,we're,loud.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,ORYX,POOTOSSER
+,,,,,Don't,expect,us,to,apologize,for
+,,,,,it.
+
+Before,Hopps,can,respond,they're,gone,leaving,Hopps,alone.
+She,looks,around...,blank-faced,so,it's,tough,to,read,her
+emotions.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,HOPPS
+,,,,,Greasy,walls...,rickety,bed...
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,16.
+
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,KUDU,POOTOSSER,(O.S.)
+,,,,,Shut,up!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,ORYX,POOTOSSER,(O.S.)
+,,,,,You,shut,up!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,KUDU,POOTOSSER,(O.S.)
+,,,,,No!,You,shut,up!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,HOPPS
+,,,,,Crazy,neighbors...
+,,,,,,,(big,smile,as,she,flops,on
+,,,,,,,,the,bed)
+,,,,,I,love,it!
+
+As,the,shouting,continues,she,stretches,out,on,her,bed,
+exhausted,but,overjoyed.
+
+
+WAKE,UP,MONTAGE,-,MORNING
+
+Quick,rhythmic,cuts,of:
+
+-,Alarm,clock:,Beep.,Beep.,Beep.
+
+-,Dressing:,Vest.,Badge.,Belt.
+
+On,the,bedside,table,sits,the,PINK,FOX,REPELLENT.,Judy
+glances,at,it,and,smirks--,taking,it,would,be,silly--,she
+walks,out,of,frame.,HOLD,on,the,table.,One,second.,Then
+Judy's,hand,comes,back,into,frame,and,grabs,the,Repellent.
+
+
+INT.,ZOOTOPIA,POLICE,DEPARTMENT,-,MORNING
+
+Utter,mayhem.,COPS,parade,PERPS,through,the,lobby--,one,is
+wearing,cuffs,and,a,plastic,(not,scary),safety,muzzle,he
+complains,to,the,BEAR,COP,marching,him,by.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,LEOPARD
+,,,,,C'mon!,He,bared,his,teeth,first.
+
+We,land,at,the,front,desk,and,find,CLAWHAUSER,a,PUDGY
+CHEETAH,COP,happily,eating,a,bowl,of,Lucky,Chomps,cereal.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,HOPPS,(O.C.)
+,,,,,Scuse,me!,Down,here?,Hi.
+
+Clawhauser,leans,over,the,desk,to,find,Hopps.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,CLAWHAUSER
+,,,,,O-M,goodness!,They,really,did,hire
+,,,,,a,bunny.,What?!
+,,,,,,,,,,(MORE)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,17.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,CLAWHAUSER,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,I,gotta,tell,ya,you,are,even,cuter
+,,,,,than,I,thought,you'd,be.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,HOPPS
+,,,,,,,(a,little,wince)
+,,,,,Ooo,uh,you,probably,didn't,know,
+,,,,,but,a,bunny,can,call,another,bunny
+,,,,,""cute,"",but,when,other,animals,do
+,,,,,it,it's,a,little...
+
+,,,,,,,,,,CLAWHAUSER
+,,,,,,,(gasps,realizing)
+,,,,,I,am,so,sorry.,Me,Benjamin
+,,,,,Clawhauser,the,guy,everyone,thinks
+,,,,,is,just,a,flabby,donut-loving,cop,
+,,,,,stereotyping,you...?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,HOPPS
+,,,,,It's,okay--,oh,you've,actually
+,,,,,you've,actually,got,a--,there's,a--
+,,,,,in,your,neck--,the,fold--,the--
+,,,,,there's--
+
+Clawhauser,removes,a,small,donut,from,under,some,neck,fat.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,CLAWHAUSER
+,,,,,Oh,there,you,went,you,little
+,,,,,dickens!
+
+He,crams,the,donut,into,his,mouth.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,HOPPS
+,,,,,,,(awkwardly,laughing)
+,,,,,I,should,get,to,roll,call,so...
+,,,,,which,way,do,I?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,CLAWHAUSER
+,,,,,Oh!,Bullpen's,over,there,to,the
+,,,,,left.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,HOPPS
+,,,,,Great,thank,you!
+
+Clawhauser,watches,admiringly,as,she,heads,to,the,bullpen.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,CLAWHAUSER
+,,,,,,,(to,himself,wistful)
+,,,,,Aw...,That,poor,little,bunny's
+,,,,,gonna,get,eaten,alive.
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,18.
+
+
+INT.,ZPD,-,BULLPEN,-,CONTINUOUS
+
+Hopps,enters,the,bullpen,by,far,the,smallest,animal,in,the
+room:,rhinos,buffalo,hippos,elephants,etc.,Hopps,holds
+her,paw,out,to,a,tough,RHINO,MCHORN.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,HOPPS
+,,,,,Hey.,Officer,Hopps.,You,ready,to
+,,,,,make,the,world,a,better,place?
+
+McHorn,gives,Hopps,a,reluctant,fist,bump,nearly,knocking,her
+off,the,chair.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,,OFFICER,HIGGINS,(O.S.)
+,,,,,TEN,HUT!
+
+In,walks,CHIEF,BOGO,a,gruff,CAPE,BUFFALO.,He,takes,the,dais.
+Everyone,snaps,to,attention,and,starts,stomping,the,floor.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,BOGO
+,,,,,All,right,all,right.,Everybody
+,,,,,sit.
+
+As,Hopps,sits,she,disappears,below,the,DESK,that,is,meant
+for,a,rhino.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,BOGO,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,I've,got,three,items,on,the,docket.
+,,,,,First...,we,need,to,acknowledge,the
+,,,,,elephant,in,the,room.
+,,,,,,,(nods,to,ELEPHANT)
+,,,,,Francine,happy,birthday.
+
+An,elephant,FRANCINE,blushes,as,other,cops,clap.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,BOGO,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,Number,two:,There,are,some,new
+,,,,,recruits,with,us,I,should
+,,,,,introduce.,But,I'm,not,going,to,
+,,,,,because,I,don't,care.,Finally...
+
+He,turns,to,a,push,pin-pocked,MAP,that's,covered,in,photos,of
+MISSING,MAMMALS.,Hopps's,eyes,go,wide.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,BOGO,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,...We,have,14,missing,mammal,cases.
+,,,,,All,predators,from,a,giant,polar
+,,,,,bear,to,a,teensy,little,otter.,And
+,,,,,City,Hall,is,right,up,my,tail,to
+,,,,,find,them.,This,is,priority,number
+,,,,,one.,Assignments!
+
+HIGGINS,hands,Bogo,a,stack,of,CASE,FILES.,Bogo,puts,on,his
+reading,glasses,examining,the,files,as,he,assigns,cases.
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,19.
+
+
+,,,,,,,,,,BOGO,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,Officers,Grizzoli,Fangmeyer,
+,,,,,Delgato--,your,teams,take,Missing
+,,,,,Mammals,from,the,Rainforest
+,,,,,District.,Officers,McHorn,
+,,,,,Rhinowitz,Wolfard,your,teams,take
+,,,,,Sahara,Square.,Officers,Higgins,
+,,,,,Snarlov,Trunkaby:,Tundratown.,And
+,,,,,finally,our,first,bunny,Officer
+,,,,,Hopps.
+
+Hopps,sits,up,expectant,but,steely.,Bogo,looks,at,the,final
+case,file,in,his,hand.,He,takes,a,dramatic,breath,then:
+
+,,,,,,,,,,BOGO,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,Parking,Duty.,Dismissed!
+
+,,,,,,,,,,HOPPS
+,,,,,Parking,duty?
+,,,,,,,(runs,after,Bogo)
+,,,,,Uh,Chief?,Chief,Bogo?
+
+Bogo,looks,around...,then,down,to,find,Hopps.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,HOPPS,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,Sir,you,said,there,were,14,missing
+,,,,,mammal,cases?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,BOGO
+,,,,,So.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,HOPPS
+,,,,,So,I,can,handle,one.,You,probably
+,,,,,forgot,but,I,was,top,of,my,class
+,,,,,at,the,academy.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,BOGO
+,,,,,Didn't,forget.,Just,don't,care.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,HOPPS
+,,,,,Sir,I'm,not,just,some,""token""
+,,,,,bunny.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,BOGO
+,,,,,Well,then,writing,a,hundred
+,,,,,tickets,a,day,should,be,easy.
+
+He,goes,slamming,the,door,behind,him.,Judy,stomps,her,foot.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,HOPPS
+,,,,,100,tickets...?,I'm,not,gonna,write
+,,,,,100,tickets...,I'm,gonna,write,200
+,,,,,tickets!
+,,,,,,,,,,(MORE)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,20.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,HOPPS,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,,,(then,to,the,closed,door)
+,,,,,Before,noon!
+
+
+INT.,/,EXT.,METER,MAID,CART,-,DAY
+
+Hopps,dons,a,vest,buckles,her,seat,belt,floors,the,pedal
+and...,takes,off,at,2,miles,an,hour.,Which,leads,to,a
+
+PARKING,METER,MONTAGE,--
+
+Hopps,zooms,past,a,row,of,cars,marking,their,tires.,Cruising
+the,streets,her,super-sensitive,ears,hear,a,meter,ding.,She
+slams,her,brakes--,then,proudly,issues,Ticket,#1.
+
+Ding!,Another,meter,goes,off.,Then,another.,And,another.
+She's,on,a,roll.,She,looks,down,at,her,counter.,It's,at,200.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,HOPPS
+,,,,,Boom!,200,tickets,before,noon.
+
+A,final,ding...,Reveal:,her,own,traffic,cart,is,at,an,expired
+meter.,Hopps,rolls,her,eyes,and,writes,herself,a,ticket.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,HOPPS,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,201.
+
+As,Hopps,puts,the,ticket,on,her,windshield,she,hears,a,voice
+across,the,street:
+
+,,,,,,,,,,TRUCK,DRIVER,(O.S.)
+,,,,,Hey,watch,where,you're,going,Fox!
+
+Hopps,looks,across,the,street,to,see...,a,RED,FOX.,Hopps
+looks,at,him,a,little,suspicious.
+
+The,Fox,looks,around,then,slinks,into,a,caf?.,Hopps,runs
+across,the,street,and,peeks,in,the,window.,It's,an,ice,cream
+parlor,but...,the,FOX,IS,GONE.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,HOPPS
+,,,,,,,(sotto)
+,,,,,Where'd,he,go...
+
+
+INT.,JUMBEAUX'S,CAFE,-,MOMENTS,LATER
+
+Elephants,scoop,ice,cream,with,their,trunks,suck,up,nuts
+with,their,trunks.,It's,cute,but,also,disgusting.,As,Hopps
+enters,she,spots,the,fox,NICK,WILDE,at,the,front,of,the
+line,and,overhears,the,proprietor,JERRY,addressing,him.
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,21.
+
+
+,,,,,,,,,,JERRY,JUMBEAUX,JR.
+,,,,,Listen,I,don't,know,what,you're
+,,,,,doing,skulking,around,during
+,,,,,daylight,hours,but,I,don't,want
+,,,,,any,trouble,in,here...,So,hit,the
+,,,,,road.
+
+Hopps,unsnaps,the,holster,of,her,PINK,FOX,REPELLENT.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,NICK
+,,,,,I'm,not,looking,for,any,trouble
+,,,,,either,sir.,I,simply,want,to,buy,a
+,,,,,Jumbo,Pop,for,my,little,boy.
+
+Ready,for,action,slowly,creeping,forward,Hopps's,expression
+changes,when,she,sees,that,Nick,is,with,his,TODDLER,SON.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,NICK,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,,,(to,the,boy)
+,,,,,You,want,the,red,or,the,blue,pal?
+
+Staring,at,the,cute,little,boy,Hopps,is,embarrassed,by,her
+impulse.,She,snaps,the,Repellent,holster,and,begins,to,leave.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,HOPPS
+,,,,,,,(disgusted,with,herself)
+,,,,,I'm,such,a...
+
+,,,,,,,,,,JERRY,JUMBEAUX,JR.
+,,,,,Oh,come,on,kid.,Back,up.,Listen,
+,,,,,buddy,what?,There,aren't,any,fox
+,,,,,ice,cream,joints,in,your,part,of
+,,,,,town?
+
+Hopps,suddenly,stops.,Her,ears,go,up,and,she,turns,around.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,NICK
+,,,,,Uh,no,no,there,are.,There,are.
+,,,,,It's,just,my,boy--
+,,,,,,,(tousles,boy's,hair)
+,,,,,--this,goofy,little,stinker--,he
+,,,,,loves,all,things,elephant.,Wants,to
+,,,,,be,one,when,he,grows,up.
+
+The,boy,gives,a,TOOT-TOOT,with,his,toy,elephant,trunk.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,NICK,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,Isn't,it,adorable?,Who,the,heck,am
+,,,,,I,to,crush,his,little,dreams,huh?
+,,,,,Right?
+
+,,,,,,,,,,JERRY,JUMBEAUX,JR.
+,,,,,Look,you,probably,can't,read,fox
+,,,,,but,the,sign,says...
+,,,,,,,,,,(MORE)
+,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,22.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,JERRY,JUMBEAUX,JR.,(CONT'D)
+,,,,,,,(slowly,reads,SIGN,
+,,,,,,,,belittling)
+,,,,,WE,RESERVE,THE,RIGHT,TO,REFUSE
+,,,,,SERVICE,TO,ANYONE.,So,beat,it.
+
+,,,,,,,,,,ELEPHANT
+,,,,,You're,holding,up"
+43,15 Minutes,John Hertzfield,"Action,Crime,Thriller",,"FADE IN
+
+	on the words CZECH AIRLINE.  We are panning across the words
+	on the side of the plane.
+
+	INT. AIRPLANE
+
+	ANGLE DOWN
+
+	on a tray table.  Crumpled Czech bills and coins are on it. 
+	Hands are counting the money.  The airline hostess announces
+	the arrival at JFK - in CZECH.  A hand reaches into a breast
+	pocket - pulling out two passports.  One is opened.  Belongs
+	to EMIL SLOVAK.  The next passport belongs to OLEG RAZGUL. 
+	The hand passes the Oleg Razgul passport to the man next to
+	him.  We notice several empty airline bottles of vodka and a
+	small disposable camera on Oleg's tray table.  The passport
+	is set down.  Oleg picks it up.  We hear Emil's voice in
+	CZECH.  The scene is subtitled in ENGLISH.
+
+				EMIL (V.O.)
+		Just do what I do.  Say the same thing I
+		say.  Don't open your mouth.
+
+				OLEG (V.O.)
+		Okay.
+
+	INT. PASSPORT CONTROL - KENNEDY AIRPORT - DAY
+
+	CAMERA DOLLIES down a long line of passengers.  They are
+	split into two lines - one for Americans, the other for
+	visitors.  CAMERA finally arrives at EMIL SLOVAK.  An
+	unshaven Czech in his mid-30's.  Tall, scraggly beard. 
+	Piercing blue eyes.  He's dressed in an outdated suit.  His
+	eyes are alert, cunning and smart.
+
+	OLEG RAZGUL, stands in line behind Emil.  Oleg is big.  Not
+	tall - but wide.  A wrestler's body.  Emil looks at Oleg. 
+	(The following is in CZECH and subtitled in ENGLISH.)
+
+				EMIL
+		Don't fool around.
+
+				OLEG
+		Okay.
+
+	Oleg holds up his disposable camera - at arms length - to
+	take a picture of himself.
+
+				EMIL
+		Did you hear what I said?
+
+				OLEG
+		I want to document my trip to America.
+
+				IMMIGRATION OFFICER
+		Next.
+			(Emil steps up)
+		Could I see your documents, please?
+
+				EMIL
+		Yes sir.
+
+	He hands the passport to the officer who runs it through an
+	image swipe.  Emil glances furtively back to Oleg.
+
+				IMMIGRATION OFFICER
+		What is your intended purpose of your
+		visit to the United States?
+
+				EMIL
+		Two weeks holiday.
+
+				IMMIGRATION OFFICER
+		How much money are you carrying with
+		you?
+
+				EMIL
+		I have five-hundred dollars.
+
+				IMMIGRATION OFFICER
+		Can you show me?  Sir, no cameras in the
+		FIS area!
+
+	Oleg was about to take a picture of Emil and the Immigration
+	Officer.  Oleg puts the camera away.  Smiles sheepishly.
+
+				IMMIGRATION OFFICER (CONT'D)
+			(to Emil)
+		Is he with you?  Are you travelling
+		together?
+
+				EMIL
+		Yes.
+
+				IMMIGRATION OFFICER
+		Please join us.
+			(to Oleg)
+		Come on forward.
+
+				EMIL
+		Is there a problem?
+
+				IMMIGRATION OFFICER
+		No, you're travelling together.  I want
+		to talk to you together.  Hi, how are
+		you?  Can I take a look at your
+		documents?
+			(takes Oleg's passport)
+		Are you related?
+
+				OLEG
+		Yes...he's my friend.
+
+				IMMIGRATION OFFICER
+		Okay.  You're a Czech national and
+		you're a Russian national.  How do you
+		know one another?
+
+	Oleg starts to speak, but Emil cuts him off.
+
+				EMIL
+		We are both from Prague.
+
+				IMMIGRATION OFFICER
+			(to Oleg)
+		How long are you planning to stay?
+
+				EMIL
+		Two weeks.
+
+				IMMIGRATION OFFICER
+		I'd like to speak for himself, okay?
+
+				EMIL
+		He doesn't speak English.
+
+				OLEG
+		I speak English.
+
+				IMMIGRATION OFFICER
+			(to Oleg)
+		Then answer my questions.  Where were
+		you planning to stay during the two
+		weeks that you're here?
+
+				OLEG
+		New York.
+
+				IMMIGRATION OFFICER
+		Yes, we're in New York now.  But where
+		are you planning to stay in New York?
+
+				OLEG
+		A cheap hotel.
+
+				IMMIGRATION OFFICER
+		What are you coming here to do?
+
+				OLEG
+		I'm here for movies.
+
+				IMMIGRATION OFFICER
+		Movies...to be in the movies or to see
+		movies?
+
+				OLEG
+		Yes.  No.  Both.  When I was a boy, I
+		see movie at school called ""It's a
+		Wonderful Life"" directed by Frank Capra. 
+		Ever since I want to come to America. 
+		Land of the free.  Home of the brave.  A
+		land where anyone can be anything. As
+		long as they are white.
+
+				IMMIGRATION OFFICER
+		Excuse me?
+
+				EMIL
+		He made joke, bad joke.  First time on
+		airplane...
+
+	The SUPERVISOR comes over to see what the problem is:
+
+				IMMIGRATION OFFICER
+		Well, they've got valid visas, but they
+		don't have much money.  Uh... and I'm
+		not...uh, I think there's a possibility
+		they may be coming to live and reside.
+
+				SUPERVISOR
+		Look how long the line is.  We gotta
+		move 'em out.  I'll take them down to
+		secondary.
+
+	Emil looks at Oleg, pissed.
+
+	INT. P.B. HERMAN'S RESTAURANT - DAY
+
+	The place is empty except for one table at the end of the
+	bar.  EDDIE FLEMMING, Manhattan's most famous detective, and
+	his savvy, black partner, LEON JACKSON are having cocktails. 
+	Eddie is smoothly handsome, tough, smart and tired.  Not only
+	is he the best homicide detective Manhattan has ever seen,
+	he's continually mentioned in New York columns and has been
+	the subject of several magazine articles.  There's even been
+	a TV movie about one of his biggest cases.  Leon has been
+	with Eddie a long time and was also featured in the TV movie.
+
+	Sitting with Eddie and Leon is ROBERT HAWKINS, host and star
+	reporter for the tabloid show, ""Top Story.""  Hawkins is also
+	the best in the business and has dealt with them all: Joey
+	Buttafuco and Amy Fisher, Lorena Bobbit and OJ.
+
+	Wait staff bustles in the b.g. doing the morning set up. 
+	Hawkins listens as Eddie, cigar in hand, finishes a ""war
+	story"" and a vodka tonic at the same time.
+
+				EDDIE
+		So we're waitin' to hit this warrant -
+		we got Emergency Service with the heavy
+		weapons standin' by - ready to go.  I
+		say, lemme get a cigar outta the car.  I
+		go to get the cigar and BOOM!  All the
+		sudden I turn around and a kid with a
+		shotgun let one go.  Right where I was
+		standin'.  That coulda been it.  I
+		coulda had my head blown off and for
+		what?  Some stupid kid got panicky,
+		takes the safety off and it's over.  If
+		I hadn't gone back for that cigar - for
+		a bad habit - I would've had my head
+		blown off.
+
+				HAWKINS
+		Jesus Christ.
+
+	PAULIE, the owner, walks up.
+
+				PAULIE
+		Speakin' of bad habits, everybody okay?
+
+				HAWKINS
+		Another martini.
+
+				LEON
+		Coffee for me, I gotta slow down.
+
+				EDDIE
+		Vodka tonic.
+
+				LEON
+			(rethinks it)
+		Maybe you could just put in a shot of
+		Martell?
+
+	Paulie takes the drinks off the table and an empty bottle of
+	vodka.
+
+				LEON (CONT'D)
+			(of Eddie's story)
+		It was freaky, I'll tell you.  Stupid
+		kid.
+
+				EDDIE
+		What's the kid gonna say - sorry? 
+		Meanwhile I'm not here anymore. 
+		Like last week - we were at the morgue
+		and this guy was all chopped up - spleen
+		here - liver there - his heart in a pan. 
+		Six hours ago this guy was walkin' his
+		dog or buyin' a quart of milk.  Who
+		knows?  But some kid's robbed him for $3
+		or some shit and shot him and now you
+		can't tell if he's a piece of beef or a
+		human being and I'm thinkin' that's me. 
+		Sooner or later.  That's me.  
+
+				HAWKINS
+		Sooner or later that's everybody.  
+
+				EDDIE
+		Not chopped up.  Not chopped up like
+		that.  I mean, what do I got left? 
+		Coupla articles.  A medal or two. 
+		Plaque here and there and in a coupla
+		years no one remembers me anymore.
+
+				HAWKINS
+		I think you're getting a little moody
+		there, Eddie.
+
+				EDDIE
+		I'm not moody.
+
+	Hawkins and Leon share a look.
+
+				HAWKINS
+		Isn't he a little moody?
+
+				LEON
+		Of course he's moody.  He thinks he's in
+		love.
+
+				HAWKINS
+		In love?  With who?
+
+	Paulie delivers the drinks and sets some cigars on the table. 
+	Takes a seat next to Eddie.  Eddie asks Hawkins.
+
+				EDDIE
+		How old are your kids?
+
+				HAWKINS
+		My kids?  Let's see...Susan's 15. 
+		Aundrea's 9.  Don't tell me you're
+		thinking about having a kid!  How old
+		are you?  Never mind. 
+		Let me just tell you this: Every stupid
+		cliche you hear about kids - they change
+		your life, they make you a better
+		person, they make you whole...
+			(beat)
+		It's all true!  Before I had kids when
+		friends talked about their kids, I
+		wanted to vomit.  Now -- I get it.  Am I
+		right, Leon?
+
+				LEON
+		Absomotherfuckin'lutely.  You can have
+		all three of my ex-wives.  But somebody
+		so much as looks sideways at my four
+		girls -- I'd kill 'em.  
+			(takes out his wallet)
+		You haven't seen my youngest have you?
+
+	As he hands pictures to Hawkins his cell phone rings.
+
+				LEON (CONT'D)
+		Yeah?
+
+				HAWKINS
+		Paulie, you've got kids, right?
+
+				PAULIE
+		My kids don't talk to me anymore but
+		they were great when they were young.
+
+				LEON
+			(into the phone)
+		Sure it's him?  Great!
+			(collapses the phone)
+		Unique's home.
+
+	They all rise from the table.
+
+				EDDIE
+		Paulie, I need the cure.
+
+				PAULIE
+		Step into my office.
+
+	Leon and Hawkins sit back down as Eddie and Paulie leave.
+
+				HAWKINS
+		So you got your kids listening to Opera? 
+		You still singing in the church on the
+		weekends?
+
+	INT. SECONDARY IMMIGRATION OFFICE - DAY
+
+	Now other officers are questioning Emil and Oleg.  They've
+	been there a while.  The SECONDARY OFFICER is looking Oleg.
+
+				SECONDARY OFFICER
+		Okay.  You work in a vodka factory.  I
+		understand that.
+			(to Emil)
+		And what kind of work do you do?
+
+				EMIL
+		I am butcher.
+
+				SECONDARY OFFICER
+		You're a butcher?  What do you use pig
+		intestines for?
+
+				EMIL
+		You stuff sausage in it.
+
+				SECONDARY OFFICER
+		And what do you do with the bones?
+
+				EMIL
+		Dog food.
+
+	Emil looks at Oleg.  Blaming his stupid responses at Passport
+	Control for their detainment.
+
+				SECONDARY OFFICER
+		Are you married?
+
+				EMIL
+		No.  Are you proposing?
+
+	ANGLE UP
+
+	through a thousand ICE CUBES.  A face plunges towards us...
+
+	INT. MENS ROOM
+
+	Eddie has his back to us as he dunks his face into a sink
+	full of ice.  He dries his face, looks into his bloodshot
+	eyes.  Presents a small black ring box to the mirror.
+
+				EDDIE
+		Will you marry me?  Wanna get married? 
+		What are you doin' Saturday?
+
+	Leon enters.  Eddie turns.
+
+				EDDIE (CONT'D)
+		I'm gonna propose.
+
+				LEON
+		When?
+
+				EDDIE
+		Tomorrow.  At lunch.
+
+				LEON
+		You ready?
+
+	Eddie leans back and drops some Visine in his eyes.  Turns.
+
+				EDDIE
+		The thrill of the hunt.  I love it.
+
+	EXT. TIMES SQUARE - DAY
+
+	Oleg and Emil stare at the bright lights - all the nonstop
+	action.  Each stands with an old suitcase.
+
+				OLEG
+			(in Russian)
+		Look.  Times Square.  Just like in the
+		movies!
+
+				EMIL
+			(in Czech)
+		Don't speak Russian!
+
+				OLEG
+			(in Russian)
+		Why?  Why do I always have to speak to
+		you in Czech?
+
+				EMIL
+			(in Czech)
+		Because I don't like your ugly language. 
+		I heard enough of it in school!  Now
+		speak Czech or English.  And don't fool
+		around anymore.  You almost got us
+		thrown out!
+
+	Emil pulls out an envelope with Milos' address on it.  This
+	is who they came to see.  Emil hails a CAB.  Oleg is staring
+	inside a camera store - at himself on a monitor.  A
+	videocamera's pointed out in the street.
+
+				OLEG
+		Look.  New videocameras.  Color
+		viewfinder.  Image stabilization. 
+		Solarization.  Night vision.
+
+				EMIL
+		We have no money.  Come on.
+
+	Oleg stares at the videocamera - dying to have one like this. 
+	Emil slides into the cab.
+
+				CABBIE
+		Where you wanna go, buddy?
+
+	Emil pulls out the post-marked envelope.  Points to the
+	return address on it and passes it through the slot to the
+	Cabbie.
+
+				EMIL
+		Here.
+
+	Emil looks out the window - no sign of Oleg.  Then, Oleg
+	hurries out the camera store, gripping something inside his
+	coat.  He flings both suitcases in the trunk, SLAMS it shut 
+	and jumps in the back seat.  He opens his jacket - pulling
+	out the VIDEOCAMERA he just stole.
+
+				EMIL (CONT'D)
+		Go!
+
+	Oleg smiles sheepishly at Emil.
+		
+
+	EXT. SPANISH HARLEM - DAY
+
+	Eddie's car pulls up.  Eddie, Leon and Hawkins get out.
+
+				HAWKINS
+		So what's unique?
+
+				EDDIE
+		Not what.  Who.
+
+	Eddie passes Hawkins a Polaroid - of a woman on a bed -
+	covered in blood.
+
+				EDDIE (CONT'D)
+		He's from Antigua.  His girlfriend was
+		taking too long to put her make-up on. 
+		they were late for a party.  Stabbed her
+		with a beer bottle.
+
+				HAWKINS
+		That's unique.
+
+				EDDIE
+		Yeah.  And he still went to the party.
+
+	Leon moves to a LOOKOUT - gives him a twenty.
+
+				LOOKOUT
+		Top floor.  Back room.
+
+				EDDIE
+		Yeah.  I make big cases, they make the
+		news and I look good.  But the problem
+		with becoming a star is downtown.  They
+		shoot at stars.  Now be quiet.  Shhh.
+
+	As they reach the doorway - Eddie surprises two crackheads. 
+	Waves them off.  They hurry away.
+
+				EDDIE (CONT'D)
+		I hope this prick doesn't run.  My knees
+		are killing me.  Stay behind me.
+
+				HAWKINS
+		You're worried for my safety.  I'm
+		touched.
+
+	Eddie flattens against the building - watches Unique descend
+	the fire escape.
+
+				HAWKINS (CONT'D)
+		Ready?
+
+				EDDIE
+		Keep them out of my way.
+
+				HAWKINS
+		Okay.  You ready?
+
+				EDDIE
+		Yeah, yeah.  Jesus.
+
+	Eddie closes in.
+
+				HAWKINS
+			(into his cell phone)
+		COME ON!  COME ON!  YOU FUCKING GUYS,
+		LET'S MOVE IT!
+
+	Unique is climbing down the fire escape - before he gets to
+	the bottom, Leon bursts through a door behind him and kicks
+	the fire escape, sending Unique flying into the alley.  Where
+	he lands dropping his gun.
+
+	Eddie pulls him off the ground as Leon scoops the gun up.
+
+				EDDIE
+		What's your rush?  Going to a party?
+
+				UNIQUE
+		Why you chasin' me, man?
+
+				EDDIE
+		I don't know.  You always come outta
+		your house that way?
+
+				UNIQUE
+		It's not my house, man.  I don't live
+		here.
+
+				EDDIE
+		Well, sounds like burglary to me.
+
+	Leon cuffs Unique who recognizes Eddie.
+
+				UNIQUE
+		I know you man.
+
+	An unmarked van comes tearing into the scene.  Disgorges a
+	mini-cam team that starts filming but they missed the bust.
+
+				HAWKINS
+			(to Eddie)
+		Any chance we can do that again?
+
+				EDDIE
+		Again?  I didn't wanna do it the first
+		time.
+						
+
+	EXT. EAST SIDE - LATE DAY
+
+	The cab is in front of an old five-story brownstone.  Oleg
+	gets the bags out of the trunk as Emil tucks the envelope
+	into his jacket, then steps up to the old building.  He looks
+	back at Oleg - who's VIDEOTAPING him.
+
+				EMIL
+		Turn that off!  Get the bags.
+
+				OLEG
+		Why should I carry your bag?  I am not a
+		dog.
+
+				EMIL
+		For five years I paid for your
+		stupidness - you'll carry my bag for the
+		rest of my life if I say so.
+			(challenging)
+		Unless you refuse, Oleg.
+
+	Oleg looks at Emil.  Even though Oleg is stronger than Emil,
+	he fears him.  He picks up both bags.  Emil searches the
+	occupant list over the buzzers to the apartment building.
+
+				EMIL (CONT'D)
+		There.  5RW.
+
+	Emil pushes ten of the buzzers except 5RW.  A BUZZER clicks
+	and Emil pushes it open.
+
+	INT. MILOS' APARTMENT BUILDING - STAIRWELL - DAY
+
+	The brownstone has no elevator so Emil and Oleg climb the
+	stairs... Oleg cradling his camera.  Emil notices a crack
+	pipe on the floor and picks it up.  Smells the bowl.
+
+				OLEG
+		What?
+
+				EMIL
+		Smell like chemicals...for smoking
+		drugs.
+
+	Emil pockets the pipe and climbs to the top floor, moving
+	down the dirty hallway to a corner door.
+
+	INT. MILOS' APARTMENT BUILDING - HALLWAY - DAY
+
+	He KNOCKS...FOOTSTEPS approach.  The door is opened by MILOS -
+	a 40-year-old Czech, dressed in stained plumbers overalls. 
+	He  is surprised to see Emil and Oleg in his doorway.  Oleg
+	films him...
+
+				MILOS
+		Emil???!
+
+				EMIL
+		Surprise!  Surprise!
+
+	Milos shoots a look across the tiny kitchen to TAMINA, his
+	comely wife.
+
+	INT. MILOS' APARTMENT - CONTINUOUS
+
+	Emil pushes his way inside.  Oleg follows.  Milos wears
+	plumbers overalls but Emil notices sports a Rolex.  Tamina
+	has on a faded dress but despite their cheaply furnished
+	apartment she wears an expensive brushed gold necklace,
+	bracelet and big pearl earrings.  The room is furnished with
+	kitsch from Disney World and Las Vegas.  The only anomaly is
+	a HUGE SONY TRINITRON HOME ENTERTAINMENT CENTER.  (The
+	following is in Czech and subtitled in English.)
+
+				EMIL
+		Your sister said she didn't know where
+		you were so you shouldn't write to her
+		with return address if you're hiding. 
+
+				MILOS
+		Did you hurt her?
+
+				EMIL
+		You know me...I never hurt anybody. 
+		Where's the money?
+
+				OLEG
+		Hello, Tamina.
+
+	Oleg is looking Tamina over.  Milos - though scared - barks
+	at Oleg.
+
+				MILOS
+		Take your eyes off her, Oleg!
+			(to Emil)
+		Look.  It wasn't my fault you two were
+		caught.
+			(of Oleg)
+		It's his fault.  Trying to get the bank
+		clerk's phone number?!  I wasn't going
+		to wait!!!
+
+				EMIL
+		Milos.  Get my money!
+
+	Oleg videotapes the scene.
+
+	CLOSE ON AN AJAR DOOR
+
+	All we see behind it is a WOMAN'S FACE and her wet hair - she
+	obviously came from the shower and we see the towel wrapped
+	around her.
+
+				MILOS
+			(nervously)
+		We spent it!
+
+				EMIL
+		Ha. Ha.
+
+				MILOS
+		Look at the way we live.  I'm a plumber. 
+		You think I'd be working if I had
+		money?!
+
+	Emil, pissed, moves to a wood block and pulls out a KITCHEN
+	KNIFE.  He grabs Tamina roughly, putting the blade to her
+	throat.
+
+				MILOS (CONT'D)
+		Emil.  Put down the knife.
+
+	Milos looks at his wife - who is terrified.
+
+				MILOS (CONT'D)
+		Emil.  I'll help you.
+
+	Milos closes the gap between him and Emil - trying to calm
+	him by talking softly.
+
+				MILOS (CONT'D)
+		I can get you a job.
+
+				EMIL
+		A job?
+
+				MILOS
+		Yes, the money is good.
+
+				EMIL
+		As a plumber?!
+
+				MILOS
+		It's easy to learn.
+
+				EMIL
+		A job??  As a plumber???  You think I
+		come to America to work!
+
+				MILOS
+		We started over, you can too.
+
+				EMIL
+			(furious)
+		You spent all the money while I was in
+		prison?  Now you tell me to get a job
+		fixing toilets?!?
+
+	Emil pulls the knife away from Tamina - then angrily PLUNGES
+	it toward Milos' chest!
+
+	Oleg videotapes it.  Then lowers the camera - shocked that
+	Emil killed Milos.
+
+	Blood sprays Tamina's face.  She tries to run but Oleg grabs
+	her, not noticing her brushed gold bracelet falls to the
+	floor.  He covers her mouth as he points the videocamera at
+	Emil who STABS Tamina - absolutely enraged!
+
+	THE WOMAN BEHIND THE DOOR
+
+	flees...Emil hears NOISE in the bedroom - a window opening. 
+	Emil kicks the bedroom door open.  Sees the window leading to
+	the fire escape.  He dashes to it.  Sees four flights down -
+	the WOMAN, wearing a summer dress.  Barefoot.  Her hair still
+	wet.  
+
+	She looks up.  She is beautiful and terrified.  She runs
+	down the alley.
+
+				EMIL (CONT'D)
+		She saw!
+
+	Emil hurries toward the bathroom.  She just got out of the
+	shower.  Her underwear and purse are draped over a chair. 
+	Emil grabs the purse.  Finds a CZECHOSLOVAKIAN PASSPORT.  He
+	opens the cover, stares at her photo and name.
+
+				EMIL (CONT'D)
+		Daphne Hanlova.
+
+	There's one stamp in the passport - from the U.S. when she
+	arrived - June 16, 1998.  Underneath is written - 6 MONTH
+	STAY.  Emil flips through the rest of the passport - all
+	blank pages.
+
+				EMIL (CONT'D)
+		Six month visa.  Still here two years
+		later.  They'll deport her if she goes
+		to Police.
+
+	Emil pockets Daphne's passport and wallet, scoops up her
+	shoes and jacket - enters the kitchen and dumps them on the
+	floor.  He tears through the kitchen cabinets, throwing cans
+	and bottles aside.
+
+				OLEG
+		What are you looking for?
+
+	Emil finds nail polish remover - looks at the bodies.
+
+				EMIL
+		I'm going to make a bohemian barbecue.
+
+	Emil draws the kitchen curtains plunging the room into
+	darkness.
+		
+		EXT. CENTRAL PARK - NIGHT
+
+	A face comes from the darkness.  It's an athletically
+	handsome man, jogging out of a tunnel towards us.  He's in a
+	tie and jacket in Central Park at NIGHT. 
+	He is JORDAN (JORDY) WARSAW.  A sensitive man of rugged
+	honesty.  He runs down the hill in a hurry.  A MUGGER steps
+	in his path.
+
+				MUGGER
+		Got any spare change?  How 'bout a spare
+		twenty?
+
+				JORDY
+		Look, I don't have time for you, get out
+		of my way!!
+
+				MUGGER
+		Alright, how 'bout all your fuckin'
+		money?
+
+	The Mugger pulls a knife - and in a whirl of movement, Jordy
+	grabs his wrist and disarms him in a deadly, professional
+	manner - hurling him down to the pavement, twisting his arm
+	behind his back.  With his other hand, Jordy whips out a
+	BROWNING 9MM from his shoulder holster and places it behind
+	the mugger's head.  Jordy displays his shield.
+
+				JORDY
+		Okay, you're under arrest!  Now you
+		happy?
+
+				MUGGER
+		Fire Department?  Firemen don't carry
+		guns.
+
+				JORDY
+		Oh yeah?  Guess again.
+
+	Jordy handcuffs the Mugger and searches the Mugger's coat
+	pockets - pulling out a handful of driver's licenses and
+	credit cards.
+
+				JORDY (CONT'D)
+		Nice - how many people you ripped off
+		tonight?!  Get up!
+
+	As Jordy yanks the Mugger to his feet, his BEEPER goes off.
+
+				JORDY (CONT'D)
+		You couldn't listen to me, could you?
+
+	Jordy drags the Mugger to a tree.  Cuffs him so his face is
+	pressed up against the bark.
+
+				JORDY (CONT'D)
+		I'll send a cop back for you.
+
+				MUGGER
+		Hey.  C'mon, you can't leave me like
+		this.  Some freak'll come by and stab
+		me!
+
+	Jordy jogs off across the park.
+
+				MUGGER (CONT'D)
+		Wait!  Come back!!
+
+	EXT. MILOS' APARTMENT - NIGHT
+
+	FIRE TRUCKS from three battalions.  Radios CRACKLE.  There's
+	a crowd growing.  Jordy pushes his way through.  The top
+	floor of the brownstone where Milos and Tamina lived has been
+	reduced to smoking ruins.  The trees are covered in debris
+	and soot.  Jordy moves to LOUIE - Battalion Chief.
+
+				LOUIE
+		Lieutenant - take up your line and
+		relieve Ladder Company 60 on the top
+		floor.
+
+				JORDY
+		Hey, Louie, were you first due?
+
+				LOUIE
+		Yeah, I radioed you guys right away
+		'cause you got two roasts on the top
+		floor but you don't hafta investigate
+		cause homicide is up there.
+
+				JORDY
+		Homicide?  Who let them up?  I didn't
+		make it a crime scene yet.
+
+				LOUIE
+		Hey, it's Eddie Flemming.
+
+				KORFIN (O.S.)
+		Yo, Jordy!
+
+	BOBBY KORFIN - an overweight arson investigator with a quick
+	with and good sense of humor - comes over, pulling on a
+	turnout coat.
+
+				KORFIN (CONT'D)
+		Where you been, man?  We got a
+		celebrity!
+
+				JORDY
+		I heard.  Who the hell let them up
+		there?
+
+				KORFIN
+		I don't know, you think Eddie will give
+		me his autograph?
+
+				JORDY
+		You see anything in the crowd?  Anybody
+		suspicious?
+
+				KORFIN
+		Naw - I'm sure the suspect's not here.
+
+				JORDY
+		Oh yeah, why?
+
+				KORFIN
+		'Cause Eddie woulda locked him up by
+		now!
+
+	INT. MILOS' APARTMENT - NIGHT
+
+	The roof is gone.  The sky is exposed.  It's charred ruins,
+	smoked beams and watery muck.  Eddie and Leon are standing by
+	what's left of the mattress, looking at Milos and Tamina's
+	charred bodies.  Eddie grips a half-smoked Cuban cigar,
+	listening to Leon.
+
+				LEON
+		So, it looks to me - from the sixty-nine
+		position - that they were doin' each
+		other but were so whacked out of their
+		heads they set the pipe on the mattress,
+		lit it up, and they got fried.  What do
+		you think, Eddie?
+
+	Jordy enters - with Korfin who's carrying a paint can.
+
+				EDDIE
+		I don't know.  We got the experts here. 
+		Show them what you found - I hope you
+		don't mind, we came over to see if we
+		could help.
+
+	Korfin makes a beeline for Eddie - wanting to meet the
+	celebrity.
+
+				KORFIN
+		Nah, not at all.  Detective Flemming -
+		Bobby Korfin.  My Uncle Tony worked with
+		you at 2-1 back when you were a rookie.
+
+				JORDY
+		Could you put out the cigar?  Part of
+		the job is picking up scents.
+
+				EDDIE
+		Oh, sure.
+
+	Eddie puts his cigar out.  Carefully slides it into a cigar
+	holder and pockets it to finish later.
+
+				LEON
+		Well, I found - check it out - crack
+		pipe.  Looks like they got careless.
+
+	Leon displays the pipe Emil found on the stairs.  Korfin
+	shines the flashlight on Leon to look at the pipe.
+
+				LEON (CONT'D)
+		Mind not shining that light in my eyes?
+
+				KORFIN
+		Sorry, bro.
+
+				JORDY
+		Hey, that's great you guys got it all
+		wrapped up, but you don't mind if we go
+		through the routine?  It gives us
+		somethin' to do.
+
+				EDDIE
+		No, we don't mind.  You mind Leon?
+
+				LEON
+		No.  Go ahead.
+
+				JORDY
+		Thanks.  Appreciate it.
+
+	Jordy throws a look at Korfin.  Homicide detectives have no
+	respect for fire marshals' investigative skills.  Eddie
+	rummages through the apartment - moving into the kitchen and
+	living room... Leon watches as Korfin sticks a pencil in a
+	charred beam, measuring how deep in it goes.
+
+				KORFIN
+		Okay, Jordy - it was a fast fire, we got
+		good patterns - about thirty minutes
+		old.
+
+	Jordy moves to one of the corpses.  He pulls on a white
+	rubber glove.  Inserts his finger in the corpses mouth.  The
+	glove comes out white.
+
+				JORDY
+		Mouth's clean, too.
+
+				KORFIN
+		Clean?
+
+				JORDY
+		Don't blow your nose!
+
+	Jordy's looking at Leon, who was just about to blow his nose.
+
+				JORDY (CONT'D)
+		The smoke'll permeate your nostrils -
+		burn 'em out.  Let it run.
+
+				KORFIN
+		But you knew that, right?
+
+	Leon looks at Jordy, then lowers the handkerchief.  Jordy
+	turns back to the corpses on the bed.  Eddie - in the other
+	room - has found Tamina's brushed gold bracelet on the floor.
+
+				JORDY
+		So the way you see it, two crack heads
+		burned themselves up?
+
+				LEON
+		That's what it looks like to me.
+
+				JORDY
+		And while they're burning up, they're
+		still goin' down on each other?  You got
+		to hand it to them.
+
+				LEON
+			(realizes he's wrong - blows it
+			 off)
+		Yeah, well, some people got their
+		priorities straight.
+
+	Leon watches Jordy, quietly.  With a pair of tweezers, Jordy
+	pulls a small unburned piece of cloth from behind one of the
+	heads.  Korfin supplies the paint can.  Jordy drops the cloth
+	inside.
+
+				LEON (CONT'D)
+		What was that?
+
+				JORDY
+		Evidence.  Of a homicide.
+
+	That got Eddie's attention and he comes back to the bedroom.
+
+				JORDY (CONT'D)
+		You know what that is, right?
+
+				EDDIE
+		No, what is it?
+
+				JORDY
+		Why don't you explain it, Bobby.
+			(to a fireman joking a wall)
+		Hey Camello!  You mind punching a hole
+		in the floor?
+
+				CAMELLO
+		No problem.
+			(to Eddie and Leon)
+		Excuse me, gentlemen.  You might wanna
+		back up a little more.  Don't wanna get
+		your pants wet.
+
+	Leon and Eddie move to higher ground - on top of a burnt TV
+	set.  Eddie hands the brushed bracelet to Leon.  As Camello
+	hacks at the floor with an ax, Jordy continues to examine the
+	bodies and Korfin explains:
+
+				KORFIN
+		They have not soot in their mouths,
+		which means they weren't breathin'
+		before the fire and that usually means
+		they were deceased - and this piece of
+		cloth that my partner found means they
+		were wrapped up in something, probably
+		doused with a flammable liquid and
+		positioned like this on the bed.  To the
+		untrained eye, it looks like an
+		accident.
+
+	Jordy kicks around the draining floor, reaches down for
+	something.
+
+				LEON
+		What's he looking for?
+
+				EDDIE
+		A timer.
+
+	Jordy finds some wires attached to an outlet, pulls them up -
+	on the other end is a timer.  Korfin takes the timer from
+	Jordy and moves to Eddie.
+
+				KORFIN
+		Here you go.  A big double homicide.
+
+	EXT. MILOS' APARTMENT BUILDING - NIGHT
+
+	As Jordy and Korfin exit the brownstone, a CAMERA CREW is
+	arriving.  Jumps out. 
+	Korfin and Jordy cross toward Korfin's car.  They open the
+	trunk.  Take off their muddy boots throwing them in.
+
+				KORFIN
+		You see Eddie's face when I gave him the
+		timer?  Wish I had a picture of it.
+
+				JORDY
+		He knew all along.
+
+				KORFIN
+		What??
+
+				JORDY
+		That's why he was so quiet.  He was
+		testing us.
+
+	Eddie and Leon exit - Eddie carrying a baggie with a timer
+	inside.  NICOLETTE KARAS, young and attractive, pushes her
+	microphone at Eddie.  She's smart, aggressive and respected
+	by her peers.
+
+				NICOLETTE
+		Detective, does it look like a murder?
+
+				EDDIE
+		We don't know that yet.  It's much too
+		early.  There's a lot to be done.
+
+				NICOLETTE
+		How many victims are up there?
+
+				EDDIE
+		There are two bodies found at this
+		point.
+
+				NICOLETTE
+		Can we go up to the crime scene?
+
+				EDDIE
+		You know you can't do that.  C'mon.
+
+				NICOLETTE
+		Is it drug related?
+
+				EDDIE
+		We don't know.  When I have more I'll
+		let you know.
+
+	Nicolette signals for her camera man, MIKE, to zoom in on
+	Eddie's hand.  She barrels on...
+
+				NICOLETTE
+		Detective...what's that you're holding
+		in your hand?  Evidence?
+
+	Mike pans up to Eddie's face.  Other reporters arrive,
+	hurling questions which Eddie easily answers.  Cameras flash
+	as we PAN BACK TO Korfin and Jordy.  Jordy is about to get in
+	the car as he notices, back behind some construction - DAPHNE
+	HANDLOVA.  She's still wearing the crumpled summer dress. 
+	She tentatively steps out to signal Jordy.  He only catches a
+	glimpse of her.  He starts toward her -- knifes through the
+	crowd - but Daphne is gone.
+
+				KORFIN
+		What?
+
+				JORDY
+		There was a woman - I think she wanted
+		to talk to us.  She looked scared.  Oh
+		shit!  Oh no!
+
+	EXT. CENTRAL PARK - LATER
+
+	Korfin's car SCREECHES to a stop.  Jordy leaps out. 
+	Suddenly, Jordy stops...the Mugger handcuffed to the tree is
+	now NAKED!
+
+				MUGGER
+		You motherfuckin' bastard!  She stripped
+		me!  It was a bag lady!  She touched me
+		all over, it was disgusting.
+
+	Jordy unlocks the handcuffs.
+
+				JORDY
+		I'm sorry.  I'm really sorry.
+
+	Korfin delivers a blanket.  Jordy covers him.
+
+				JORDY (CONT'D)
+		You okay?
+
+				MUGGER
+		A dog pissed on me!!  I'm gonna sue you
+		for this!  You violated my civil rights!
+
+				JORDY
+		Your civil rights?!  You tried to rob
+		me!  I could arrest you right now! 
+		You're lucky you're walking away from
+		this.  Now get outta here.
+
+	Jordy gives him a push.  The Mugger wraps the blanket around
+	himself cursing - hurrying away.
+		
+
+	EXT. 8TH AVENUE - NIGHT
+
+	Exhausted HOOKERS who have worked all night loiter outside a
+	sleazy hotel.  CAMERA PANS up to a blinking hotel sign.
+
+	INT. KING EDWARD HOTEL ROOM - NIGHT
+
+	The light is blinking an eerie green and yellow light into
+	the room.  Emil is at the window pulling the blind down
+	trying to shut out the blinking light.  He pulls it down
+	twice and it pops back up both times.  The third time he
+	angrily pulls it so hard, it comes off the window completely. 
+	He sits down in a chair in frustration - adjusting a pillow
+	behind his back.  THE ROSEANNE SHOW is on TV.  Roseanne has
+	been talking to a FATHER.
+
+				ROSEANNE (ON T.V.)
+		So you slept with your son's wife! 
+		What's that all about?
+
+				FATHER (ON T.V.)
+		I take full responsibility for sleepin'
+		with my daughter in law.  I had low self
+		esteem, I thought I had to compete with
+		him.
+
+	Emil reaches for his dictionary.
+
+				EMIL
+			(mutters)
+		Self-esteem?  Self-esteem??
+
+	He flips through his dictionary to find the meaning of self
+	esteem.
+
+				FATHER (ON T.V.)
+		Losin' my job and everything, caused my
+		behavioral disorder.
+			(turns to his son)
+		Forgive me, Kirk.  Let me hug you?
+
+	The audience boos.  Roseanne mediates...
+
+	Oleg - fresh from the shower with wet hair - sits on the bed
+	in his skivvies - staring into the videocamera's LCD screen -
+	rewinding Milos' murder.  We see it now for the first time -
+	as he rewinds it.  Oleg watches - a bottle of cheap vodka
+	between his legs.  Emil, looks up from his dictionary.  He's
+	wearing Milos' Rolex. 
+	Tamina's jewelry - her brushed gold necklace and pearl
+	earrings - are in front of him with Daphne's wallet.  Emil
+	looks up - Oleg is holding his videocamera.
+
+				EMIL
+			(Czech)
+		Turn that fucking thing off!
+
+				OLEG
+			(Czech)
+		I'm not filming.  I'm watching Milos
+		die.  It's just like a move but realer.
+
+	Emil grabs the videocamera.
+			(Czech)
+		Don't break it!  Don't break it!
+
+				EMIL
+		Speak English!
+
+				OLEG
+			(English)
+		You said speak Czech!
+
+				EMIL
+		How you erase this?
+
+				OLEG
+		I'll do it.  Don't hurt my camera!
+
+	Emil tosses the camera back to Oleg who drops his vodka
+	bottle in order to catch the camera.  Oleg, holding the
+	camera like it's gold, goes to the dresser and puts it away. 
+	Emil starts to go through Daphne's wallet.
+
+				EMIL
+		Stupid, Milos.  I didn't want to kill
+		him.
+			(noticing)
+		What's this?
+
+	Emil found the last card in the wallet.  It's pink with a
+	picture of a busty globe.  Printed in the middle is - WORLDLY
+	ESCORTS - and a number.
+
+				EMIL (CONT'D)
+		Worldly escorts?
+
+	Emil picks up his dictionary and begins to flip the pages -
+	finding the meaning of worldly.  He gets up and dials the
+	number.  A soft, SEXY VOICE answers.  Soft music in the
+	background.
+
+				SEXY VOICE
+		Hi?
+
+				EMIL
+		Hello?
+
+				SEXY VOICE
+		Are you looking for companionship?
+
+	Oleg, who's listening, moves to Emil.
+
+				OLEG
+		Whore?
+
+				EMIL
+		I'm homesick.  You have Eastern European
+		girl?  A Czech girl?
+
+				SEXY VOICE
+		Matter of fact, I "
+44,2012,"Roland Emmerich,Harald Kloser","Action,Adventure,Drama,Sci-Fi,Thriller",February_2008,"OVER BLACK
+          
+          We listen to the immortal music of Mozart's Adagio of the
+          Clarinet Concerto in A.
+          
+                                                                FADE UP
+          
+          
+          EXT. THE SOLAR SYSTEM
+          
+          Space, infinite and empty.
+          
+          But then, slowly all nine planets of our Solar System move
+          into frame and align.
+          
+          The last of them is the giant, burning sphere of the sun.
+          
+          Just as the sun enters frame, a solar storm of gigantic
+          proportion unfolds. The eruptions shoot thousands of miles
+          into the blackness of space.
+          
+                                                          FADE TO BLACK
+          
+                                       2009
+          
+                                                                FADE UP
+          
+          
+          EXT. COUNTRY SIDE/INDIA - SUNSET
+          
+          Mozart's concerto filters from a jeep's stereo, fighting the
+          drumming sounds of the monsoon rain. PROF. FREDERIC WEST, 66,
+          listens to the music.
+          
+          An Indian BOY playing by the roadside steers his wooden toy
+          ship across a puddle.
+          
+          The Professor turns to his driver, pointing to the boy.
+          
+                                       PROF. WEST
+                       Watch out!
+          
+          But it's too late. The jeep drives straight through the
+          puddle at full speed, sinking the boy's toy ship.
+          
+          In the background, the jeep stops in front of a building. The
+          driver jumps out, leading the Professor towards its entrance.
+          
+          The sign at the door reads: `Institute for Astrophysics -
+          University of New Delhi'.
+          
+                                                                        2.
+          
+          INT. NAGA-DENG MINE/INDIA - SUNSET
+          
+          An endless mine shaft. An old elevator cage comes to a
+          grinding halt. When Prof. West steps out we see that he is
+          accompanied now by a nervous DR. SATNAM TSURUTANI, 32.
+          
+                                       PROF. WEST
+                    How deep are we?
+          
+                                     SATNAM
+                    8200 feet. Used to be an old copper
+                    mine, Professor, sir.
+          
+          As Prof. West follows Satnam, he takes in the unusual setting
+          for this science lab.
+          
+                                     PROF. WEST
+                    Helmsley told me that the neutrino
+                    count doubled during the last sun
+                    eruptions.
+          
+                                     SATNAM
+                    Correct, sir. But that is not what
+                    worries me...
+          
+          They enter a large room with low hanging ceilings. A small
+          group of WHITE COATS look up from their computers, which all
+          show images of the solar storm we witnessed earlier.
+          
+                                     SATNAM (CONT'D)
+                    There was a new solar storm, so strong
+                    that the physical reaction got even
+                    more severe.
+          
+                                       PROF. WEST
+                    How can that be?
+          
+                                     SATNAM
+                    We don't know, Professor, sir.
+          
+          Satnam walks over into another room. There he opens a hatch
+          on the floor and hot steam rises.
+          
+                                     SATNAM (CONT'D)
+                    The neutrinos suddenly act like...
+                    microwaves.
+          
+          Prof. West slowly steps closer. When he discovers that the
+          water in the tank below is boiling, his face goes pale.
+          
+                                                                CUT TO:
+          
+                                                                        3.
+          
+          EXT. LARGE TERRACE/WASHINGTON D.C. - EVENING
+          
+          A major fund raising party is under way. The setting is
+          spectacular. A terrace overlooking the Washington Mall and
+          the Capitol Building.
+          
+          ADRIAN HELMSLEY, 32, stands with a group of young POLITICAL
+          AIDES. He is the only African-American among them.
+          
+          One of the aides spots CARL ANHEUSER, 58, White House Chief
+          of Staff, working the crowd.
+          
+                                     POLITICAL AID #1
+                    Look at Anheuser. Anyone would think he
+                    was President. Did you hear, he wants
+                    us to sign in and out like school boys?
+          
+                                     ADRIAN
+                    I still can't believe that Wilson chose
+                    him of all people to run the White
+                    House.
+          
+                                     POLITICAL AID #2
+                    Why not? Anheuser owns the Senate and
+                    the Congress.
+          
+                                     ADRIAN
+                    Shame he's such a pompous ass.
+          
+                                     ANHEUSER (O.S.)
+                    Somebody mention my name?
+          
+          Adrian turns to see Anheuser smiling.
+          
+                                     ADRIAN
+                            (SHOCKED)
+                    Yes sir... No, sir.
+          
+                                       ANHEUSER
+                    Which one is it?
+          
+                                     ADRIAN
+                    We were talking about what a great
+                    speech you gave tonight. Well done,
+                    sir.
+          
+                                     ANHEUSER
+                    It's Helmsley, right? I'll remember
+                    that.
+          
+          Anheuser walks away with a dangerous smile.
+          
+                                     POLITICAL AID #2
+                    That guy scares the shit out of me.
+          
+          At that moment Adrian's cell phone rings.
+                                                              (CONTINUED)
+          
+                                                                        4.
+          
+                                     ADRIAN
+                            (into the phone)
+                    Professor West?
+          
+                                     PROF. WEST (O.S.)
+                    I've been trying to reach you!
+          
+          
+          INT. LIVING ROOM/SATNAM'S HOUSE - NIGHT
+          
+          Prof. West is on the phone. In the background we make out
+          Satnam's family around the dining room table.
+          
+                                     PROF. WEST
+                    Listen, Adrian. The situation is much
+                    worse than we thought...
+          
+          Satnam quiets his little son. It is the boy we saw earlier
+          with his toy ship.
+          
+          
+          INT. HALLWAY/WHITE HOUSE - DAY
+          
+          Adrian follows Anheuser through a hallway of the White House,
+          papers in hand.
+          
+                                     ADRIAN
+                    Sir, the President needs to know this.
+          
+                                     ANHEUSER
+                    Helmsley, how long have you been on the
+                    job as science advisor?
+          
+                                     ADRIAN
+                    Four months this week.
+          
+                                       ANHEUSER
+                    I would   say that's enough time to learn
+                    that we   have rules here. You'll just
+                    have to   wait until the quarterly
+                    science   briefing.
+          
+                                     ADRIAN
+                    If this is about what I said last
+                    night, I am truly sorry, sir.
+          
+                                     ANHEUSER
+                    So you didn't like my speech?
+          
+          Exasperated, Adrian holds out the papers to him.
+          
+                                     ADRIAN
+                    Can you please have a look at this,
+                    sir? It's really important.
+          
+          
+                                                                (CONTINUED)
+          
+                                                                       5.
+          
+          Finally, Anheuser rips the papers out of his hands and starts
+          to walk away, reading.
+          
+          Suddenly he slows down.
+          
+                                      ANHEUSER
+                    Who wrote this?
+          
+                                     ADRIAN
+                    An Indian astrophysicist I graduated
+                    with from Harvard and Prof. West, the
+                    preeminent geologist in the US.
+          
+                                     ANHEUSER
+                    Who else knows about it?
+          
+                                      ADRIAN
+                    No one, sir.
+          
+                                     ANHEUSER
+                    Let's keep it that way, Helmsley.
+          
+          Anheuser walks away.
+          
+                                                            FADE TO BLACK
+          
+                                      2010
+          
+                                                                 FADE UP
+          
+          
+          EXT. SEVILLE/SPAIN - DAY
+          
+          G8 Summit. Riot police control the unruly crowd with water
+          cannons.
+          
+          We see PROTESTERS with Anti Globalization signs behind a
+          fence. A convoy of limousines is approaching a historic
+          building.
+          
+          
+          INT. BIG HALL/ALHAMBRA - DAY
+          
+          We follow the American delegation into the conference room,
+          where the other G8 delegations are seated around an enormous
+          table.
+          
+          The President of the United States, THOMAS F. WILSON, 56,
+          doesn't sit down. He addresses the room and everybody goes
+          quiet.
+          
+                                      PRESIDENT WILSON (O.S.)
+                    Good Morning...
+          
+          For the first time we see the President's face. He is African-
+          American.
+                                                             (CONTINUED)
+          
+                                                                      6.
+          
+                                     PRESIDENT WILSON (CONT'D)
+                    I hereby present a motion to meet
+                    privately with my seven fellow Heads of
+                    State, kindly excluding the rest of the
+                    delegates.
+          
+          A murmur erupts. The Russian President SERGEY MAKARENKO, 62,
+          whispers to one of his interpreters.
+          
+                                     RUSSIAN INTERPRETER
+                    Mr. Makarenko wishes to have his
+                    interpreters present.
+          
+          President Wilson looks over to the Russian Colleague.
+          
+                                     PRESIDENT WILSON
+                    Mr. President, judging from the
+                    conversations we've had in the past, I
+                    can assure you, your English is
+                    absolutely fine, for what I have to
+                    say.
+          
+          As the Russian President waves his interpreter away, all the
+          international delegates leave as well.
+          
+          The huge doors of the hall close. A secret service officer in
+          the sound booth switches off the recording equipment to the
+          chamber.
+          
+          The President gathers himself.
+          
+                                     PRESIDENT WILSON (CONT'D)
+                    Six months ago I was made aware of a
+                    situation so devastating, that at
+                    first, I refused to believe it.
+                            (PAUSE)
+                    However through the concerted efforts
+                    of the brightest scientists of several
+                    nations, we have now confirmed its
+                    validity.
+          
+          Dead silence.
+          
+                                     PRESIDENT WILSON (CONT'D)
+                    The world as we know it, will soon come
+                    to an end.
+          
+                                                                  CUT TO:
+          
+          
+          EXT. CHO MING VALLEY/TIBET - DAWN
+          
+          A huge Chinese military helicopter blasts through a majestic
+          mountain valley in Tibet. We are at the top of the world.
+          
+          
+                                                             (CONTINUED)
+          
+                                                                        7.
+          
+          A Chinese COLONEL, wearing dark sun glasses, watches from the
+          chopper as the army forces the evacuation of the villages and
+          monasteries.
+          
+                                     VOICE (O.S.)
+                            (in Chinese)
+                    You will have new houses, electricity
+                    and running water...
+          
+          
+          EXT. VILLAGE/TIBET - DAY
+          
+          Someone speaks on a megaphone in the village square as
+          villagers are evicted by soldiers and herded into trucks.
+          
+                                     VOICE (O.S.)
+                    ... Some among you will even have the
+                    chance to work for the glorious
+                    People's Republic of China building the
+                    biggest dam project in the world...
+          
+          NENG PANG, a young monk, 18, is loaded into a truck together
+          with his PARENTS, both in their 60's.
+          
+          
+          EXT. SCHOOL/TIBET - DAY
+          
+          Neng's older brother, LIN PANG, 25, is part of a huge crowd
+          of young men and women staying behind by a Tibetan school
+          building. He turns and yells after the truck.
+          
+                                     LIN
+                    I will send you money mother.
+          
+          The Colonel with the dark glasses steps up, addressing the
+          masses.
+          
+                                     COLONEL
+                    Who can read and write?
+          
+          Eager hands fly up in the air. An official makes notes.
+          
+                                     COLONEL (CONT'D)
+                    Who can weld?
+          
+          Lin's hand shoots up in the air. We hear a siren echoing
+          through the mountains and suddenly an explosion. Lin turns.
+          
+          In the BACKGROUND, a series of explosions punch enormous
+          holes into the side of the mountain, showering rock
+          everywhere.
+          
+                                                            FADE TO BLACK
+          
+          
+          
+                                                              (CONTINUED)
+          
+                                                                        8.
+          
+                                      2011
+          
+                                                                 FADE UP
+          
+          
+          INT. DORCHESTER HOTEL/LONDON - DAY
+          
+          A MAN in a dark suit walks through a hallway of the
+          Dorchester looking like your typical MI-6 agent. The decor is
+          plush and luxurious. He's stopped by two security men who
+          frisk him.
+          
+          
+          INT. PRESIDENTIAL SUITE/DORCHESTER HOTEL - DAY
+          
+          Heavily ringed fingers flip through a folder.
+          
+                                     MI-6 OFFICER (O.S.)
+                    Has his Highness had the opportunity to
+                    study the dossier?
+          
+          A SAUDI PRINCE looks up and nods without expression.
+          
+                                     SAUDI PRINCE
+                    You must understand I have a very big
+                    family. Mister...
+          
+                                      MI-6 OFFICER
+                    Isaacs.
+          
+                                     SAUDI PRINCE
+                    Mister Isaacs, one billion dollars is a
+                    lot of money.
+          
+                                     MI-6 OFFICER
+                    I'm afraid the amount is in Euros, your
+                    Highness.
+          
+                                                                 CUT TO:
+          
+          
+          INT. LOUVRE/PARIS - NIGHT
+          
+          A group of dark figures in overalls walk past famous
+          Renaissance paintings. They stop at the Mona Lisa.
+          
+          MANFRED PICARD, 63, head of the French National Museums,
+          stands by LAURA, a young African-American woman in her late
+          20's. They observe the specialists opening the case of the
+          famous painting.
+          
+          A whoosh of air as the vacuum seal breaks.
+          
+                                     MANFRED PICARD
+                    Laura, I'm putting a lot of trust in
+                    your people.
+                                                              (CONTINUED)
+          
+                                                                        9.
+          
+          Laura answers in almost perfect French.
+          
+                                     LAURA
+                    There are too many crazy people who
+                    could hurt her, Manfred. The World
+                    Heritage Foundation has done this all
+                    over the world.
+          
+          In the BACKGROUND the Mona Lisa is taken off the wall and
+          replaced with a perfect replica. Picard still looks uneasy.
+          He watches as the real Mona Lisa is sealed into an airtight
+          case.
+          
+                                     MANFRED PICARD
+                    And she'll be safe now? Tucked away in
+                    the Swiss Alps?
+          
+                                      LAURA
+                    Perfectly safe.
+          
+          Picard looks suspicious but says nothing. The CAMERA MOVES IN
+          on the face of the fake Mona Lisa until all we see is her
+          mysterious smile.
+          
+                                                             FADE TO BLACK
+          
+                                 2012
+                                                                  FADE UP
+          
+          FUZZY TV IMAGES:
+          
+          Lifeless bodies encircle a huge fire pit. They resemble the
+          rays of the sun. In the background we see the famous step
+          pyramids of Tikal.
+          
+                                     NEWSCASTER (O.S.)
+                    ... The mass suicide was discovered by
+                    a BBC documentary crew in the ancient
+                    Mayan city of Tikal...
+          
+          Many of the dead are women and children looking peaceful and
+          are surrounded by colorful flowers.
+          
+                                     NEWSCASTER (CONT'D)
+                    ... the victims were said to have
+                    adhered to the Mayan-Quiche Calender
+                    which predicts the end of time to occur
+                    on the 21st of December this year, due
+                    to the sun's destructive forces...
+          
+          The CAMERA slowly pulls out and we are in--
+          
+                                                                       10.
+          
+          INT. JACKSON'S APARTMENT/LOS ANGELES - EARLY MORNING
+          
+          A shabby apartment in Silverlake. The TV is on.
+          
+                                     NEWSCASTER (O.S.)
+                    ... Strangely enough, scientific
+                    records do support the fact that we are
+                    heading for the biggest solar climax in
+                    recorded history... 
+          
+          A small tremor rocks the apartment and the dishevelled face
+          of JACKSON CURTIS, 33, pops up from behind the couch. He fell
+          asleep at his laptop last night.
+          
+                                     JACKSON
+                    Oh no. Not again.
+          
+          One look at his watch and he is off running. He throws some
+          clothes and a toothbrush in a bag. His cell phone rings.
+          
+                                     JACKSON (CONT'D)
+                    Hello?... What do you mean? I'm not
+                    late. It's not even 10:30...
+          
+          Jackson turns off the TV and darts towards the door, stopping
+          only to slide his laptop into a knapsack. As he turns, he
+          stumbles over a stack of books, all shrink-wrapped and
+          identically titled: `Farewell Atlantis'.
+          
+                                     JACKSON (CONT'D)
+                    Damn it!
+                            (into the phone)
+                    Kate, I'm on my way... For god's
+                    sake...
+          
+          Frustrated, he kicks them out of his way and exits. We hold
+          on the books and realize that Jackson's photograph is on
+          their back covers.
+          
+          
+          EXT. JACKSON'S GARAGE/LOS ANGELES - EARLY MORNING
+          
+          The phone call continues as Jackson opens the garage door,
+          struggling to pack his old SUV with camping equipment.
+          
+                                     JACKSON
+                    They're kids, Kate, going on vacation.
+                    It's not a doctor's appointment... it's
+                    supposed to be fun. You remember that,
+                    right? Fun?
+          
+          He tries to start the engine, but the battery is dead.
+          Frustrated, he hits the steering wheel.
+          
+                                                                       11.
+          
+          EXT. JACKSON'S STREET/LOS ANGELES - EARLY MORNING
+          
+          Jackson runs across the street with his camping equipment,
+          throwing it into the trunk of a stretch limo parked by the
+          curb.
+          
+                                     JACKSON
+                    ... I know it's mosquito season at
+                    Yellowstone, Kate. I'll pick some up on
+                    the way.
+          
+          He notices a deep crack in the asphalt. His neighbors, an
+          elderly couple, stand there and stare at it.
+          
+                                     NEIGHBOR
+                    Merrill, we should move back to
+                    Wisconsin.
+          
+          Jackson gets into the limo and speeds off.
+          
+          
+          INT. STREETS/LOS ANGELES - EARLY MORNING
+          
+          Jackson drives through LA with the radio on.
+          
+                                     RADIO HOST (O.S.)
+                    ... Those shake-proof coffee mugs are a
+                    genius idea, and they just show the
+                    true nature of us Californians.
+          
+          We pass a family frantically loading boxes into a van.
+          
+                                     RADIO HOST (O.S.) (CONT'D)
+                    We'll not bow to little inconveniences
+                    like these so called `mini-quakes'...
+          
+          Jackson passes a man in a wheelchair. He's holding up a
+          cardboard sign: `Repent - The End is Near'.
+          
+          
+          EXT. KATE'S HOUSE/LOS ANGELES - MORNING
+          
+          Jackson stops and honks in front of an upscale Westwood home.
+          
+                                     RADIO HOST (O.S.)
+                    ... If you have a funny `mini-quake'
+                    story you wanna share, call Lisa &
+                    Randy at 1-800...
+          
+          Jackson switches the radio off. Two kids NOAH, 10, and LILLY,
+          7, come running down the driveway. They slow down, as they
+          see the limo.
+          
+                                     NOAH
+                    Jackson, what is this?
+          
+                                                              (CONTINUED)
+          
+                                                                      12.
+          
+                                     JACKSON
+                    Don't call me Jackson, Noah, I'm your
+                    father.
+          
+          Lilly yells from inside the limo.
+          
+                                     LILLY (O.S.)
+                    Noah! Look! Daddy's got Space-Busters
+                    in the car... and Space-Busters 2.
+                    Awesome!
+          
+          Their mother, KATE CURTIS, 32, a beautiful woman appears.
+          
+                                     KATE
+                    So what, you're a chauffeur now? What
+                    happened to the temp work?
+          
+                                     JACKSON
+                    This is better hours for me. Means I
+                    can still write.
+          
+                                    KATE
+                    Of course.
+          
+          Kate's new boyfriend, GORDON SILBERMAN, 43, pulls out of the
+          garage in his Porsche wearing his Bluetooth.
+          
+                                     GORDON
+                            (on the phone)
+                    Simone, how many times have I told you,
+                    we don't do Lipo on Fridays. It's too
+                    messy.
+          
+          Jackson smiles bitterly. Gordon waves at the kids.
+          
+                                     GORDON (CONT'D)
+                    Have fun guys. And watch out for those
+                    bears.
+                            (to Jackson)
+                    Nice car.
+          
+          Jackson waves grudgingly as Gordon pulls away.
+          
+                                     KATE
+                    Noah needs to read twenty pages from
+                    his book each day...
+          
+          She follows Jackson to the car with a bag of pull-up diapers.
+          
+                                     KATE (CONT'D)
+                    ... and Lilly has to put these on,
+                    before she goes to sleep.
+          
+                                    JACKSON
+                    Still?
+          
+                                                               (CONTINUED)
+          
+                                                                     13.
+          
+          He shuts the trunk and gets back behind the wheel. She looks
+          at him seriously.
+          
+                                     KATE
+                    Jackson, they've been really looking
+                    forward to this you know. Don't let
+                    them down.
+          
+          He nods as the car pulls away.
+          
+                                                                CUT TO:
+          
+          
+          EXT. SHIP DECK/SAN FRANCISCO HARBOR - DAY
+          
+          HARRY HELMSLEY, 73, and his partner TONY DELGADO, 68, board
+          an enormous cruise ship, the `Freedom of the Seas'. Harry is
+          African-American, Tony is Italian. He carries a large case.
+          They pass a poster: `Jazz Night with Harry Helmsley & Tony
+          Delgado'.
+          
+                                     HARRY
+                    So this time we'll hit the Japs.
+          
+                                    TONY
+                    So what?
+          
+                                     HARRY
+                    Well Tony, electronics are cheap there
+                    and... you could visit your boy Will.
+          
+                                     TONY
+                    Afternoon ladies...
+          
+          TONY shoots a charmers smile at a couple of older single
+          ladies on sun loungers. They smile back coyly.
+          
+                                     HARRY
+                    Are you even listening to me?
+          
+                                     TONY
+                    Yes unfortunately I am Harry.
+          
+                                     HARRY
+                    I heard from Audrey you're a grandpa
+                    now.
+          
+                                     TONY
+                    Why don't you keep your nose out of my
+                    family. You're cramping my style.
+          
+                                     HARRY
+                    He married a Japanese girl - how is
+                    that the end of the world? You should
+                    at least go see him.
+          
+                                                             (CONTINUED)
+          
+                                                                       14.
+          
+                                     TONY
+                    Why? Do you see your boy?
+          
+                                     HARRY
+                    Not as much as I'd like. DC is a long
+                    way. But at least we talk.
+          
+                                       TONY
+                    What about?
+          
+                                     HARRY
+                    Life, how short it is...
+          
+          Suddenly they're thrown off balance by a large swell that
+          pulls the massive `Freedom of the Seas' away from the
+          landing, about ten yards.
+          
+          The next moment, the ship slams back against the dock with an
+          earthshaking BOOM.
+          
+                                     TONY
+                    What the hell was that?
+          
+          A murmur goes through the crowd. Luckily nobody is injured.
+          
+                                                                 CUT TO:
+          
+          
+          INT. LAURA'S BEDROOM/D.C. - EARLY MORNING
+          
+          The phone rings twice before Laura switches on a light. We
+          catch a glimpse of a framed photo of her and Adrian. She
+          answers the phone.
+          
+                                     MANFRED PICARD (O.S.)
+                    Laura? They lied to us.
+          
+                                     LAURA
+                    Manfred is that you?
+          
+          
+          EXT. STREETS/PARIS - NIGHT
+          
+          Picard is speeding in his Peugeot, anxiously checking his
+          rear view mirror.
+          
+                                     MANFRED PICARD
+                    I had my suspicions. I should have said
+                    something. They are following me.
+          
+                                       LAURA (O.S.)
+                    Who is?
+          
+                                     MANFRED PICARD
+                    They may be listening to us too. Laura
+                    the Heritage Foundation is a sham.
+                                                              (CONTINUED)
+          
+                                                                      15.
+          
+          Picard's car approaches a tunnel.
+          
+                                    LAURA (O.S.)
+                    What?
+          
+                                     MANFRED
+                    The art you collected, it's not in the
+                    Alps.
+          
+          The Peugeot enters a tunnel.
+          
+                                     LAURA (O.S.)
+                    Then where is it?
+          
+          A huge blast rips through the tunnel as his car explodes.
+          
+                                                             SMASH CUT TO:
+          
+          
+          EXT. ROAD/YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK - DAY
+          
+                                     JACKSON AND LILLY
+                            (singing along to the
+                             RADIO)
+                    `We all live in a Yellow Submarine...'
+          
+          They're driving through the glorious landscape of Yellowstone
+          National Park. Noah sits in the back with headphones on
+          playing Space"
+45,30 Minutes or Less,"Michael Diliberti,Matthew Sullivan","Action,Adventure,Comedy",December_2009,"The following is very loosely based on some shit that actually
+          happened...
+                         OVER BLACK
+                         
+          We hear the roar of a V8 engine, piped out through some
+          throaty, fucked up muffler, as
+                         
+          EXT. HIGHWAY - DAY
+                         
+          An '89 Mustang bursts like a shot over a rise in the highway.
+          It's got a rusted two-tone paint job, Maryland plates, and
+          bald tires that scream as it peels off an exit and into the
+                         
+          EXT. SUBURBS - DAY
+                         
+          The car fast approaches a stop sign, dangerously blows through
+          the intersection.
+                         
+          INT. MUSTANG - DAY - MOVING
+                         
+          We don't see the DRIVER, only the redlining RPMs, Vans slip-
+          ons working the pedals, wristwatch being checked. The wheel
+          cranks right as the car turns onto a -
+                         
+          One way street. A minivan flies right at us. The Mustang
+          hops up onto the curb to avoid it, clips a trash can and -
+                         
+          Garbage explodes like confetti. The wipers engage, brushing
+          the trash aside. The car whips another turn and
+                         
+          EXT. SUBURBS - DAY
+                         
+          The Mustang fishtails around a corner and skids away.
+                         
+                          CUT TO:
+                         
+                         TIRES SCREECH
+                         
+          Brake pads smoke. The Mustang stops outside
+                         
+          EXT. HOUSE - DAY
+                         
+          The Driver jumps out of the car. As he rushes to the front
+          door, we see the urgent package he is delivering.
+                         
+          TWO LARGE PIZZAS
+                         
+          Before he can ring the bell, the door opens and two smug 15-
+          YEAR-OLDS stare out.
+                         
+                          15-YEAR-OLD
+           That's 34 minutes. You're 4 minutes
+           late. Pizza's free.
+                         
+          REVEAL our guy staring back at the kids. This is WILL (25),
+          probably good looking in another life.
+           2.
+                         
+          Right now, he is tired and unamused, wearing a red ""Giorgio's
+          Trattoria"" hat and a sweaty matching t-shirt.
+                         
+                          WILL
+           Gimme a break. You guys live two
+           towns away. It's pretty much fucking
+           impossible to get here in 30 minutes.
+                         
+                          OTHER 15-YEAR-OLD
+           Exactly. That's why we ordered from
+           your shitty ""trattoria.""
+                         
+                          WILL
+           This is gonna come out of my paycheck.
+           You sure you don't want to take the
+           moral high ground?
+                         
+                          OTHER 15-YEAR-OLD
+           We'd rather take the pizzas.
+                         
+          Will takes a calming breath. Hands over the pizzas.
+                         
+                          WILL
+           Ok. You guys are pretty smart. You
+           figured out a way to beat the system.
+                          (PEEKS INSIDE)
+           Got the house to yourselves?
+                         
+                          15-YEAR-OLD
+           That's right.
+                         
+                          WILL
+           Not bad. Any jailbait in there?
+           Little pizza and a rainbow party?
+                         
+          The kids shakes their heads.
+                         
+                          WILL
+           Seriously? Well, two hustlers like
+           yourselves gotta have the place
+           stocked with beer and whippits and
+           shit, right? Just call the girls up
+           and let them know the party's on.
+                         
+                          15-YEAR-OLD
+           Man, we don't have any of that stuff.
+                         
+          Will makes a show of mulling this over.
+                         
+                          WILL
+           I really shouldn't do this...but you
+           seem like a couple of good dudes.
+           I'll tell you what, you give me the
+           money that your mom left you for the
+           pizzas, and I'll grab you some beers.
+                          (MORE)
+           3.
+                         
+                          WILL (CONT'D)
+                          (BEAT)
+           But I get to keep the change as a
+           tip. Deal?
+                         
+          The kids look at each other. One hesitantly pulls out some
+          cash. Will snatches it and heads off.
+                         
+                          WILL
+           I'll see you in like 20 minutes.
+                         
+          The kids look uncertain. As if sensing this, Will stops
+          before getting into his ride.
+                         
+                          WILL
+           You boys like Budweiser, right?
+                         
+                          15-YEAR-OLD
+           Uh, yeah, totally.
+                         
+                          OTHER 15-YEAR-OLD
+           Love that shit!
+                         
+          INT. MUSTANG - DAY - MOVING
+                         
+          The sun sets. Will cruises back into his own middle-class
+          town in suburban Maryland.
+                         
+          A six pack of Budweiser rests in the passenger seat.
+                         
+          Will stops at a light. Checks out a PRETTY YOUNG THING in
+          the Jeep beside him. She catches him looking, rolls her
+          eyes. The light turns and the Jeep skids away.
+                         
+          Will self consciously removes his ""Giorgio's"" cap.
+                         
+          INT. GIORGIO'S TRATTORIA - NIGHT
+                         
+          Will enters and nods at CHRISTOPHER (40s), the manager. His
+          balding head is nearly translucent from absorbing a day's
+          worth of pizza grease.
+                         
+                          WILL
+           Yo, Chris. Let me cash the fuck out.
+                         
+          Will hands over some cash to Christopher.
+                         
+                          CHRISTOPHER
+           You have a pretty good shift?
+                         
+                          WILL
+           For sure. I mean, the part where I
+           had to drop off all those pizzas
+           kinda sucked, but the rest was cool.
+           4.
+                         
+                          CHRISTOPHER
+           Oh, yeah? 'Cause, I got some kids
+           calling in saying you ripped them off.
+           Promised to buy them beer or something.
+                         
+                          WILL
+           I actually did buy the beer, but it
+           would have been illegal to give it
+           to them, right? So I'm gonna do the
+           responsible thing and drink it myself.
+                         
+                          CHRISTOPHER
+           That's real funny. But I'm trying
+           to run a business here.
+                         
+                          WILL
+           What kind of business promises to
+           deliver anywhere in 30 minutes?
+           It's ridiculous.
+                         
+                          CHRISTOPHER
+           I don't wanna hear another one of
+           your bullshit excuses. You're fired.
+                         
+                          WILL
+           Come on. If I didn't need this job,
+           I wouldn't be doing this shitty job.
+                         
+          Chris is unmoving.
+                         
+                          WILL
+           Fuck! Whatever!
+                         
+          Will storms off. As he gets to the door -
+                         
+                          CHRISTOPHER
+           You know, you were an okay driver
+           half the time. And you're not a Puerto
+           Rican. Which means something to me.
+                         
+                          WILL
+           That's poignant.
+                         
+                          CHRISTOPHER
+           I guess I could rehire you, on a
+           provisional basis. Of course, this
+           would be at the slightly reduced
+           ""new company rate.""
+                         
+                          WILL
+           Are you fucking serious?
+                         
+                          CHRISTOPHER
+           I don't know. Is there anyone else
+           left in town for you to work for?
+           5.
+                         
+          Will shakes his head. Swallows what's left of his pride.
+                          WILL
+           When do I start?
+          EXT. SMALL APARTMENT BUILDING - NIGHT
+          Will sits on the darkened front stoop. He tosses an empty
+          can into the bushes and gets to work on his fourth beer.
+          He looks over at a parked Hyundai Elantra. A YOUNG MAN sits
+          in the passenger seat with a pensive look on his face. He
+          makes a sudden, surprised gasp. The homely YOUNG WOMAN who
+          was just blowing him sits up from his lap and rearranges
+          herself in the driver seat. She leans over for a goodbye
+          kiss. The Young Man obliges with much fanfare.
+          The Young Man gets out and the car pulls away. This is CHET
+          (25), a clean cut guy dressed in the Gap Premium Collection.
+          He heads toward the building, high off his BJ, humming
+          Outkast's ""Ms. Jackson."" He stops when he notices Will in
+          the shadows.
+                          CHET
+           What the hell? Have you just been
+           sitting there?
+                          WILL
+           Yep. Caught the whole show. Really
+           classy move at the end. You know,
+           the kiss. Putting your tongue in
+           her mouth right after you fucked it.
+                          CHET
+           Hey, a nice girl decides to pleasure
+           me on a weeknight, in her car no
+           less...I'm not gonna make her feel
+           like an untouchable. I'm gonna make
+           her feel like a lady.
+                          WILL
+           What manners. May I offer you some
+           alcohol, sir. To wash the taste of
+           yourself out of your mouth.
+          Will offers his beer. Chet takes a slug, gurgles for effect.
+                         
+                          CHET
+           By the way, she said she had a friend.
+           Maybe we can go on our first double
+           date since you tried to talk Jackie
+           Fortunato and her cousin into having
+           a four-way with us.
+                         
+                          WILL
+           I misread their body language. It
+           happens.
+           6.
+                         
+          Will picks up some rented movies sitting beside him.
+                         
+                          WILL
+           Come on. Let's go inside, drink
+           your beer and watch shit get crazy.
+                          (FANS MOVIES)
+           Old favorites. You choose. Lethal
+           Weapon, Lethal Weapon 2...was gonna
+           get the third Lethal Weapon, but
+           decided on a porn. So it's really
+           between the first two.
+                         
+                          CHET
+           I choose sleep. I gotta teach a
+           class at eight.
+                         
+                          WILL
+           You're a sub. Just call in sick.
+           Like the real teacher did.
+                         
+                          CHET
+           Come on, man, you know I got promoted
+           to full-time last month. You bought
+           me a laser pointer.
+                         
+          Will heaves a sigh.
+                         
+                          WILL
+           Yeah, I know. I guess I'm just having
+           a hard time accepting you as ""the
+           man."" You know, flunking kids, giving
+           out spite detentions to girls you
+           wanna fuck, laser pointing at shit.
+                         
+                          CHET
+           I also get healthcare and my summers
+           off. It's not perfect, but it's a
+           career.
+                         
+          Will grudgingly stands up.
+                         
+                          WILL
+           I guess that's just the difference
+           between you and me.
+                         
+          He holds up the Lethal Weapon DVDs.
+                         
+                          WILL
+           I'm like Riggs. Cruising the streets.
+           No rules, no attachments. Every
+           other day some asshole is trying to
+           take my badge. You're fucking
+           Murtaugh. Always worried about your
+           pension. Well, guess what, it gets
+           old after the first movie.
+           7.
+                         
+                          CHET
+           I just got head. I'm totally Riggs.
+          Will shakes his head, turns and walks off.
+          INT. STUDIO APARTMENT - DAY
+          Will wakes up, legs dangling over the edge of a tiny couch.
+          His TV is still on, displaying the menu screen from a porn.
+          Will looks down at his coffee table. Clears some magazines
+          to reveal a file folder. Flips the cover -
+          It's full of college applications, drafts of admissions essays,
+          a junior college transcript. Will thumbs through one of the
+          glossy applications. The kids look young. Very young.
+          Will glances over at a picture on his wall: he and Chet at
+          high school graduation, looking just as young. They have
+          their arms around a pretty girl squeezed between them. Will
+          and the girl look very high and very happy.
+          Will shuts the folder, slides it back under the coffee table
+          debris. He looks over at a clock: it is already 2:00 PM.
+                          WILL
+           Fuck.
+          INT. MUSTANG - DAY
+          Will jumps in and starts the engine. As he tucks his
+          ""Giorgio's"" cap onto his head, he catches his reflection in
+          the rear-view mirror.
+                         
+                          WILL
+           You asshole. You titanic asshole.
+           Come on down and get your prize.
+                         
+          He makes his fingers into a gun, puts it to his head...pulls
+          the trigger and
+                         
+          BOOM!
+                         
+                         WE'RE IN
+                         
+          EXT. OPEN FIELD - DAY
+                         
+          A watermelon explodes in a shower of red, juicy bits. Loud,
+          dumb laughter echoes.
+                         
+          Standing 20 yards away is DWAYNE (32), an intense, meaty guy
+          in a sleeveless Baltimore Ravens t-shirt. On his left bicep
+          is a tattoo of the Tasmanian Devil flipping the bird.
+                         
+                          DWAYNE
+           Fruit motherfuckin' salad!
+           8.
+                         
+          Crouched beside him is JAY (27), tall and awkward, in a wool
+          surplus cap. He carefully rigs homemade explosives to another
+          watermelon, then looks up at Dwayne. His eyes are magnified
+          into saucers by his thick glasses. There's a peculiar
+          eagerness to please in them.
+                         
+                          JAY
+           This one's gonna blow even bigger.
+                         
+                          DWAYNE
+           Boy, if you weren't such a skinny
+           little bitch you coulda been in the
+           military or something.
+                         
+                          JAY
+           Whatever. I don't need the military.
+           I taught myself how to do this shit.
+                         
+                          DWAYNE
+           I hear that. I taught myself how to
+           eat pussy. And cut my own hair.
+                         
+          Jay jogs the watermelon a safe distance away. He returns
+          and pulls out a detonator. Dwayne snatches it.
+                         
+                          DWAYNE
+           This one's all me.
+           (makes ""radio"" sounds)
+           Mr. President, we have enemies at
+           the gate. Give me the order.
+           (more ""radio"" sounds)
+           Fuck that, sir. I don't negotiate
+           with terrorists!
+                         
+          Dwayne presses a button and
+                         
+          BOOM!
+                         
+          The explosion is so powerful that it sprinkles our guys'
+          smiling faces with fruit juice.
+                         
+          INT. KITCHEN, NICE HOUSE - DAY
+                         
+          Large and early-90s chic. Dwayne and Jay have the fridge
+          open, fixing themselves a cold cut plate. Dwayne is debating
+          the amount of meat on the plate...adds some more.
+                         
+                          DWAYNE
+           Wanna make sure I get enough calories.
+                         
+                          JAY
+           I thought you wanted to get diesel
+           for the summer. Bang that towel
+           girl at the community pool.
+           9.
+                         
+                          DWAYNE
+           It's obvious you don't know shit-all
+           about physical fitness. You gotta
+           bulk up first, then you slim down.
+           I'm clearly in the bulk up phase. I
+           told you to watch Pumping Iron like
+           a month ago. If you'd listened to
+           me, maybe you'd know what the fuck
+           I'm talking about.
+                          (BEAT)
+           Grab some RC Cola.
+                         
+          INT. LIVING ROOM, NICE HOUSE - DAY
+                         
+          The shades are drawn. We hear a girl scream bloody murder!
+                         
+          The guys are watching FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 3...in 3D. They
+          both wear cheap cardboard glasses.
+                         
+          Jay jumps back as Jason wields a 3D ax.
+                         
+                          JAY
+           Shit, man! It's so real!
+                         
+          Dwayne reaches out, ""touching"" the 3D images. He stands and
+          starts humping the air.
+                         
+                          DWAYNE
+           Check it out. I ain't afraid of
+           Jason. I'm fucking him.
+                          (THRUSTING HARDER)
+           You like that, Jason!? In the mask!
+                         
+          Jay cracks up. The lights flick on.
+                         
+           GRIZZLED VOICE (O.S.)
+           Who are you two fags fucking?
+                         
+          Standing by the switch is Dwayne's dad, JERRY (70s). Most
+          people just call him ""THE MAJOR."" The faded USMC tattoo on
+          his thick forearm explains why.
+                         
+                          JAY
+           Afternoon, Major.
+                         
+          Dwayne flops back onto the couch.
+                         
+                          DWAYNE
+           Dad, we're watching a flick. We got
+           45 minutes and a potential 3D sex
+           scene left. You're sorta coming in
+           at the worst possible moment.
+           10.
+                         
+                          MAJOR
+           I bought that TV set so I could watch
+           my programs, not so you and your
+           friend could louse up my couch.
+                         
+                          DWAYNE
+           You gotta learn how to share the
+           common space.
+                         
+                          MAJOR
+           The only thing common in this house
+           is you. You remind me of your damn
+           mother. Fat, dumb, and in my way.
+                         
+          The Major grabs Dwayne and pulls him up off the couch. He
+          gets right in his face...scary, intense. Dwayne turns to Jay.
+                         
+                          DWAYNE
+           Let's get outta here. This movie
+           sucks anyway.
+                         
+          Jay gets up and files out the door. Dwayne goes to take the
+          cold cut plate. The Major grabs his arm.
+                         
+                          MAJOR
+           I paid for the damn cold cuts, too.
+           Maybe if you had a job, or a fucking
+           prospect, or a clue how to find any
+           of the above, I'd let you eat 'em.
+                         
+                          DWAYNE
+                          (QUIETLY)
+           You know, you can be a real
+           sonofabitch, dad.
+                         
+                          MAJOR
+           That's what it takes, boy. In the
+           Corps, men like you wore dresses to
+           keep us entertained.
+                         
+                          DWAYNE
+           That's pretty fucking disturbing!
+                         
+          Dwayne storms off.
+                         
+          EXT. NICE HOUSE - DAY
+                         
+          Dwayne and Jay head out, passing a brand new pickup truck in
+          the driveway. Dwayne spits on it.
+                         
+                          DWAYNE
+           Fuck The Major!
+                         
+          The guys get in a shitty Ford Aerostar minivan and peel out.
+           11.
+                         
+          INT. DIVE STRIP CLUB - DAY
+                         
+          R. Kelly's ""Ignition (Remix)"" pumps.
+                         
+          Large, fake breasts, sparkling with cheap body glitter and
+          pierced at the nipples, shake before us. Their owner, JUICY
+          (27), a petite Latina, phones in a lap dance as Dwayne pours
+          his heart out to her.
+                         
+          Somewhere in the background, Jay hangs at the bar, all alone.
+                         
+                          DWAYNE
+           - and he thinks he knows me. He
+           don't know shit. I got ideas he
+           could never dream of. I got plans
+           bigger than his fucking house.
+                          (BEAT)
+           He didn't even raise me. My mother
+           did. That was a good woman.
+                         
+                          JUICY
+           Oh yeah? What happened to her?
+                         
+          Dwayne shifts, uncomfortably, at the sore subject.
+                         
+                          DWAYNE
+           She passed on.
+                         
+                          JUICY
+           I hope you're not one of those guys
+           that comes here looking to get
+           mothered.
+                         
+                          DWAYNE
+           I wouldn't mind nursing on them
+           titties, mamacita.
+                         
+                          JUICY
+           Sure. Whatever you say. Maybe just
+           keep quiet for a while, forget about
+           your old man and let me do my thing.
+                         
+                          DWAYNE
+           I wish I could forget about that
+           asshole for good. I'm just waiting
+           around for him to drop dead. Don't
+           wanna mess with my inheritance.
+                         
+          This piques Juicy's interest.
+                         
+                          JUICY
+           What kinda inheritance?
+           12.
+                         
+                          DWAYNE
+           When my dad got outta the service, he
+           started buying lotto tickets. He'd
+           play his dog tag numbers. In '91,
+           the fucker won five million bucks.
+          INSERT PHOTO: The Major holding a giant cardboard check.
+                          DWAYNE
+           He had some health problems a few
+           years back, and since then he's been
+           burning through the money like an
+           NBA draft pick. Probably only got a
+           million or two left. But it's mine
+           as soon as he kicks.
+          Behind inch-long fake eyelashes, Juicy's shrewd eyes narrow,
+          mind working. She straddles Dwayne, tightly.
+                          JUICY
+           You know, with a million bucks, you
+           could have anything. Be like a king.
+           (almost a moan)
+           King Dwayne.
+                          DWAYNE
+           That's right. And maybe I'll make
+           you my queen. Let you polish my
+           royal scepter.
+                          JUICY
+           Practice makes perfect.
+          Juicy pantomimes a long, slow chicken head. Dwayne is blissed
+          out. She smiles at him, sticky sweet.
+                          JUICY
+           Let me ask you a question...do you
+           really hate your daddy?
+                          DWAYNE
+           Hate him like the Steelers.
+                          JUICY
+           Then maybe I can help you get that
+           money now. Before he spends another
+           penny.
+                         
+          Dwayne looks confused. Juicy puts his hands on her breasts,
+          emboldening him.
+                         
+                          JUICY
+           I know a guy in Baltimore. He could
+           help you out. Probably do it for...
+           (sizing him up)
+           ...100Gs.
+           13.
+                         
+                          DWAYNE
+           Do what?
+                         
+          Juicy leans in, whispers softly in Dwayne's ear -
+                         
+                          JUICY
+           Kill your mean old dad.
+                         
+          On Dwayne's face as this new possibility pinballs around his
+          mind, setting off a flood of different emotions.
+                         
+                          JUICY
+           So, what do you think...you ready
+           for your crown?
+                         
+          INT. MUSTANG - NIGHT - MOVING
+                         
+          Will has one pizza left in the back of his car. He pulls
+          over outside an office building.
+                         
+          INT. LAW FIRM, OFFICE BUILDING - NIGHT
+                         
+          Rows of cubicles. Speckled with late night STRAGGLERS, bleary
+          eyes, too busy generating detailed lists of places they'd
+          rather be to notice the pizza boy walking along. Will stops
+          before one such work station, looks on for a beat.
+                         
+                          WILL
+           Rio?
+                         
+          KATE (25) turns from the glow of her computer screen. She
+          has short, messy hair and a sarcastic smile. This is the
+          girl from the picture in Will's apartment.
+                         
+                          KATE
+           That's the plan. Five days, six
+           nights. Culture. Beaches.
+           Acceptable probability of kidnapping.
+           I leave in the morning.
+                         
+          Kate looks back at her computer, logged onto an Expedia
+          checkout page for a Rio vacation. She moves the mouse pointer
+          from the ""proceed"" key...closes the window.
+                         
+                          KATE
+           This morning I loaded up an African
+           Safari and a cruise to Alaska.
+                         
+                          WILL
+           Oh, the places you'll go.
+                         
+                          KATE
+           Fuck Expedia. Travel Advisor. Making
+           it seem so easy.
+           14.
+                         
+                          WILL
+           It is. Just do it. Get away for a
+           while.
+                         
+                          KATE
+           Even if I could afford that...they
+           fired two other paralegals last week.
+           Now's not the time to be putting in
+           for vacation days.
+                         
+                          WILL
+           Ok. Done. I've got my dose of the
+           actual working world. Can we eat?
+                         
+          Will lays a pizza down on her desk.
+                         
+                          KATE
+           How do you keep sneaking up here
+           past the security guard?
+                         
+                          WILL
+           He's there like half the time. The
+           other half I smile at him. I'm
+           relatively certain he's a homosexual.
+                         
+                          KATE
+           Interesting theory...
+                         
+          Kate opens the pizza box, grabs a slice.
+                         
+                          KATE
+           Maybe I should set him up with Tom
+           Small. He came out to me today on
+           Facebook.
+                         
+                          WILL
+           That kid beat the hell out of me and
+           Chet in grammar school. Wow.
+                         
+                          KATE
+           Tell me about it. He fingered me at
+           junior prom while they were playing
+           ""No Scrubs.""
+                         
+                          WILL
+                          (WINCES)
+           Really? What a fucking scrub.
+                         
+          Will grabs a slice. They eat quietly for a beat.
+                         
+                          KATE
+           So, I've got some news...
+           15.
+                         
+                          WILL
+           I thought the Tom Small stuff was
+           enough of a headline, but go ahead.
+                         
+                          KATE
+           I'm getting back together with Mark.
+                         
+          Will's delicious pizza suddenly tastes like shit. He does
+          his best to swallow it down.
+                         
+                          WILL
+           But you...you broke up with
+           him...ended the relationship.
+           Finality was had.
+                         
+                          KATE
+           Yeah, but we were talking and -
+                         
+                          WILL
+           Forget it. I don't want to know.
+                         
+                          KATE
+           You sound like Chet.
+                         
+                          WILL
+           Woah, don't compare me to your
+           brother.
+                         
+                          KATE
+           Well, neither one of you seems to
+           care that I don't have a life. Mark's
+           not perfect...but a relationship is
+           better than working late every Friday
+           because I have nowhere else to be.
+                         
+                          WILL
+           Sure. I get it. Here we are. Friday
+           night. Nowhere to be.
+                         
+          Kate shoves Will, good-naturedly.
+                         
+                          KATE
+           You know what I mean.
+                         
+          Will shrugs, quietly devastated. Goes back to his pizza.
+                         
+          INT. SPORTS BAR - NIGHT
+                         
+          Most of the PATRONS are fixated on an Orioles game blaring
+          from a large flat-screen TV.
+                         
+          At a booth in back, Dwayne and Jay are in deep conversation.
+           16.
+                         
+                          JAY
+           I don't wanna stick my nose into a
+           family matter...but killing your old
+           man? That's pretty messed up...I
+           mean, unless you think it isn't.
+                         
+                          DWAYNE
+           What we have here is a classic ""lesser
+           of two evils"" debate. You got one
+           evil: me shaving a few years off The
+           Major's shitty life. Then you got
+           the other evil: The Major ruining my
+           entire awesome life by blowing through
+           my inheritance. Maybe I'm biased,
+           but mine sure as shit seems like the
+           lesser.
+                         
+                          JAY
+           I guess I...sorta see where you're
+           coming from. And you have been
+           waiting around forever for that money.
+           Y"
+46,48 Hrs,"Steven E. De Souza,Walter Hill,Roger Spottiswoode,Larry Gross,Jeb Stuart","Action,Comedy,Thriller",,"FADE IN:
+
+              OPEN COUNTRY - DAY
+
+              Endless green hills bisected by a ribbon of highway. A road
+              gang clearing brush by the side of the road... Twenty-five
+              men in prison fatigues sweating through their mid-afternoon
+              labor.
+
+              THREE GUARDS
+
+              Flank the working prisoners... Mountie hats, shotguns,
+              sidearms, sunglasses; they look like they mean it.
+
+              HIGHWAY
+
+              A battered pickup appears...approaches. Suddenly, it coughs,
+              shudders, stalls. A big Blackfoot Indian named BILLY BEAR
+              gets out and starts cursing and kicking the vehicle.Then he
+              begins walking toward the road gang...
+
+              ROADSIDE
+
+              BRADY is the Guard near the center of the work gang; he
+              smiles at the oncoming man, pokes a prisoner beside him.
+
+                                  BRADY
+                        Wonder what reservation they let
+                        him off of...
+
+              The prisoner is GANZ who looks up, grins at Brady...
+
+                                  GANZ
+                        Yeah, there goes the neighborhood.
+
+              Brady laughs as Billy Bear closes in on him.
+
+                                  BILLY
+                        Say, buddy, my engine's
+                        overheating and I got 30 miles
+                        before the next station... Could
+                        I get some water out of your
+                        cooler?
+
+              Ganz leans on his hoe, speaks as Billy passes...
+
+                                  GANZ
+                        Maybe you shoulda stole a better
+                        truck, Tonto.
+
+                                  BILLY
+                        You got a real big mouth, convict.
+
+                                  BRADY
+                        It's okay, chief.  He's just
+                        joking...
+
+                                  BILLY
+                        How about the water...
+
+
+
+
+
+
+                                  GANZ
+                        Firewater, Tonto?  Is that what
+                        you...
+
+              Billy whirls, swings at Ganz. Both men roll to the ground.
+
+                                  BRADY
+                        Hey! Jesus Christ!
+
+              THE OTHER GUARDS
+
+              Seeing the commotion, they run toward it.
+
+              GANZ AND BILLY
+
+              As they struggle, Billy slips a pistol into Ganz' hand.
+
+                                  BRADY
+                        That's a state prisoner,
+                        asshole...! Back off...
+
+              ROADSIDE
+
+              Brady pulls Billy away from Ganz just 'as one of the other
+              officers arrives... Ganz suddenly whips out a pistol, shoots
+              Brady at point-blank range. Before the other Guards can even
+              react, Billy comes out with his own pistol, caps the Second
+              Guard.
+
+              THIRD GUARD
+
+              Still forty yards away... In mid-draw, be howls as a bullet
+              from Ganz breaks the nearby ground. He fires, then turns and
+              runs for the prison bus.
+
+              GANZ
+
+              Smiling, fires twice. but the range is too great for pistol
+              work...
+
+              THE OTHER PRISONERS
+
+              Watching....Then they all scatter in different directions...
+
+              GANZ
+
+              Hefts his weapon...
+
+                                  GANZ
+                        Come on...
+
+              He and the big Indian run to the pickup, climb in and roar
+              away.
+
+              INT. BUS
+
+              The THIRD GUARD making a call on the police radio...
+
+
+
+
+
+                                  OFFICER
+                        APO 657, Unit 25 to APO 478t APO
+                        657t Unit 25 to APO 478.
+
+                                  RADIO RESPONSE
+                        Go ahead, Unit 25.
+
+                                  OFFICER
+                        Escape in progress. Two officers
+                        shot off rail crossing 31.
+                        Prisoners escaping. Two men, one
+                        six-four, 200 pounds, dark, an
+                        Indian, the other, Albert Ganz,
+                        five-ten...
+
+              FURTHER DOWN THE HIGHWAY
+
+              Several miles from the escape... A big semi parked by the
+              side of ttie road; back doors to the closed trailer open. A
+              station wagon parked across the road. The pickup appears,
+              approaches the semi, slows down and drives up the ramp into
+              the van. Ganz and Billy jump out, shove the ramp up inside
+              the truck and close the big doors.
+
+              STATION WAGON
+
+              Ganz and Billy climb inside ancl roar off, back in the
+              direction of the road gang.
+
+              BILLY BEAR
+
+              Takes off his hat, puts on a baseball cap and sunglasses...
+
+                                  BILLY
+                        Get ready to duck.
+
+              Ganz dives for the floor. Three police cars go by, sirens
+              blaring, lights flashing. They pass the road gang. Ganz
+              reappear, smiles...
+
+                                  GANZ
+                        You know something? I'm having a
+                        real good time.
+
+              HIGHWAY
+
+              The station wagon blasts down the pavement... Becomes a small
+              dot on the landscape.
+
+              TRANSITION.
+
+              A DOORWAY - NIGHT
+
+              the portal slams open revealing a man holding a huge
+              pistol,jack cates, s.F.P.D., a large and powerful man... He
+              stealthily moves up a stairwell.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+              CORRIDOR
+
+              He stops at the top of the stairs... Listens gun still ready.
+              A continuous sound of running water... Cates moves toward the
+              bathroom. Rips the door open.
+
+              BATHROOM
+
+              The shape behind the shower curtain freezes. Cates, gun held
+              level, moves forward... Rips the shower curtain open.
+              Revealing a young and very beautiful woman, ELAINE MARSHALL.
+
+                                  CATES
+                        Inspector Jack Cates, S.F.P.D....
+                        And you're wanted.
+
+              Elaine stares at him as Cates turns off the water.
+
+                                  ELAINE
+                        What am I wanted for?
+
+                                  CATES
+                        I don't answer questions, I ask
+                        'em...
+
+              A moment as she continues to stare at his pistol.
+
+                                  ELAINE
+                        I don't think your gun's loaded...
+
+                                  CATES
+                        This is a .44 Magnum, the most
+                        powerful handgun in the world. You
+                        gotta ask yourself just one
+                        question. Are you feelin' lucky?
+
+                                  ELAINE
+                        I still don't think it's loaded.
+
+              Elaine shakes her head and smiles, folds her arms over her
+              breasts, shivers a little... Cates looks at the cylinder,
+              spins it...
+
+                                  CATES
+                        Hey, you're right.
+
+                                  ELAINE
+                        You're hopeless.
+
+                                  CATES
+                        That's the way I see it, too.
+
+              Be puts the gun down on the edge of the sink, embraces her.
+
+                                  ELAINE
+                        I'm all wet.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+                                  CATES
+                        What's wrong with that?
+
+              They both smile.
+
+              TRANSITION.
+
+              BEDROOM
+
+              Cates in bed with Elaine.  She wears his shirt.
+
+                                  ELAINE
+                        A guy in the bar called me a dumb
+                        bitch today.
+
+                                  CATES
+                        What'd you do?
+
+                                  ELAINE
+                        Irrigated his face with the shot
+                        of J and B I'd just poured him.
+                        Then I tried to deck the sucker.
+
+                                  CATES
+                        I guess he got the message...
+
+                                  ELAINE
+                        Then I sit back and I think, I
+                        mean, who's to say I'm not a dumb
+                        bitch.  I work in a bar, right?
+                        I can't read a list of my academic
+                        credentials to every booze-hound
+                        that comes in the place... You are
+                        what you do...
+
+                                  CATES
+                        Positive self-image problem all
+                        over again ... You are who you
+                        decide you are unless you're the
+                        type that lets assholes decide for
+                        you.
+
+                                  ELAINE
+                        Aren't you the one that thinks all
+                        psychotherapy is bullshit?
+
+                                  CATES
+                        I do think all psychotherapy is
+                        bullshit. But just because I think
+                        it's bullshit doesn't mean I don't
+                        know something about it.
+
+                                  ELAINE
+                        If this is your idea of
+                        sympathetic interest in my
+                        problems, I'll take brutal
+                        indifference.
+
+
+
+
+
+                                  CATES
+                        Hey, you know what I really think?
+
+                                  ELAINE
+                        Tell me--I'm dyin' to hear it.
+
+                                  CATES
+                        I think you're ashamed to tend bar
+                        which is sad because you look
+                        great in that outfit they make you
+                        wear... You pull down four bills
+                        a week which is damn good, and you
+                        mix the best Pina Coladas I've
+                        ever had... I think that if you
+                        need bigger and better things ...
+                        then go for em.
+
+              She smiles at him after this. It looks like they'll kiss.
+              Their faces are close.  Then she lightly moves back.
+
+                                  ELAINE
+                        You oversimplify every...
+
+              He stops her in the middle of the sentence by kissing her,
+              then pulls back...
+
+                                  CATES
+                        Some things are simple, right?
+
+              Their faces are very close ... but they don't touch for
+              another second.
+
+                                  ELAINE
+                        Right...
+
+              TRANSITION.
+
+              SAN FRANCISCO - DAWN
+
+              Titles continue.
+
+              Tugs churning across the bay... Quiet city streets. Parked
+              cars covered with early morning dew... A newspaper truck
+              slowly grinds by, drops a bundleand moves on.
+
+              EMBARCADERO - DAWN
+
+              The station wagon pulls up to a young punk, HENRY WONG, on a
+              motorcycle.
+
+              Billy Bear smiles and leans out the driver's side window.
+
+                                  BILLY
+                        You got somethin' for us, Henry?
+
+              Henry produces some credit cards.  Billy passes them to Ganz
+              for inspection.
+
+
+
+
+
+                                  GANZ
+                        How hot are they?
+
+                                  HENRY
+                        Hot?  Hey, they're not even room
+                        temperature.
+
+              Ganz snorts derisively.
+
+                                  GANZ
+                        How ya doin'?
+
+                                  HENRY
+                        Can't complain.
+
+                                  GANZ
+                        We got a lot to talk about.
+
+                                  HENRY
+                        Yeah, old times.
+
+                                  GANZ
+                        We'll follow you.  Take it
+                        slow,okay?
+
+                                  HENRY
+                        Sure, right.
+
+              Ganz pockets the credit cards as Henry wheels away.
+
+              INT.  STATION WAGON
+
+                                  GANZ
+                        I want to drive awhile.
+
+                                  BILLY
+                        I ain't tired yet.
+
+              INT.  STATION WAGON
+
+                                  GANZ
+                        Maybe after we get done with him
+                        I'm gonna buy us some girls.
+
+                                  BILLY
+                        Whaddya mean, buy?
+
+                                  GANZ
+                        Pros.
+
+              Ganz stares at Billy.
+
+                                  BILLY
+                        Pay money?
+
+                                  GANZ
+                        Yeah, dummy.  Money.
+
+
+
+
+
+                                  BILLY
+                        I never paid for it in my life.
+
+                                  GANZ
+                        It's better when you pay... they
+                        let you do anything.
+
+                                  BILLY
+                        They always let me do anything. I
+                        don't want to pay for it.  I never
+                        paid for it in my life.
+
+                                  GANZ
+                        Just do what I say, okay? We'll
+                        pay for the girls and have a good
+                        time... Don't you trust me?
+
+              Billy smiles.
+
+                                  BILLY
+                        Sure, I trust ya.
+
+              They drive off.
+
+              NORTH BEACH - RESIDENTIAL STREET - DAWN
+
+              First light breaks over Telegraph Hill. A quiet row of
+              Victorian townhouses now converted into apartments.
+
+              APARTMENT BEDROOM - EARLY MORNING
+
+              Cates is sprawled across the double bed; Elaine is on the
+              verge of falling off the edge. Cates' eyes snap open.  A
+              second later, his wrist watch alarm goes off.  He turns it
+              off, gets out of bed and begins pulling on his pants. Elaine
+              sits up in bed, still wearing Cates' blue shirt... Cates
+              picks up a robe as Elaine gets out of bed on the opposite
+              side, throws the robe to Elaine... She takes off the shirt,
+              swaps it for the robe and throws the shirt to Jack.
+
+                                  ELAINE
+                        You know, if you let me come over
+                        to your place once in a while, you
+                        could put on a clean shirt in the
+                        morning.
+
+                                  CATES
+                        What makes you think I have any
+                        clean shirts at my place?
+
+              He buttons his shirt and heads for the kitchen.
+
+              KITCHEN
+
+              Cates brushing his teeth at the sink, Elaine making coffee.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+                                  ELAINE
+                        You know, that's my toothbrush,
+                        Jack.
+
+              He keeps brushing.
+
+                                  CATES
+                        Maybe you ought to buy me one.
+
+                                  ELAINE
+                        Maybe I would if I knew when you
+                        were coming back.
+
+              He stops brushing, turns and looks at her.
+
+                                  CATES
+                        I'm here.  And I've been coming
+                        back for quite awhile... Let's not
+                        hassle, okay?  And can I have a
+                        cup of coffee?  Please.
+
+              She pours some coffee, hands him a cup and saucer... Cates
+              pours some whiskey into it from a flask.
+
+                                  ELAINE
+                        That's a fairly crummy way to
+                        start a morning.
+
+                                  CATES
+                        Maybe I got a fairly crummy day
+                        ahead.
+
+                                  ELAINE
+                        Maybe that makes a nice excuse.
+
+                                  CATES
+                        Maybe you don't know what the hell
+                        you're talking about.
+
+              Cates picks his holstered .44 off a chair back and begins
+              strapping it on.
+
+                                  ELAINE
+                        When you start with that
+                        attitude... it's like I don't know
+                        who you are.
+
+                                  CATES
+                        What do you want to know?  What
+                        difference does it make?  I'm the
+                        guy in your bed the last three
+                        months.  I make you feel good. You
+                        make me feel good.  What the hell
+                        else do you want from a guy?
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+                                  ELAINE
+                        I wish you'd stop trying to make
+                        me mad so I won't care for you...
+                        I wish you'd give me a little more
+                        of a chance.
+
+              He turns away, moves into the corridor near the stairwell.
+
+                                  CATES
+                        I don't have time for this. I
+                        gotta go to work.
+
+              She stands frozen... He turns back and looks at her; it's
+              hard to apologize.
+
+                                  CATES
+                               (continuing)
+                        Look, I'm glad I'm in your life...
+                        and hell, with an ass like yours,
+                        I figure anything might be
+                        possible.
+
+              She is warmed up by the first part, amused by the second; she
+              approaches...
+
+                                  ELAINE
+                        You know something, Jack, you
+                        really are hopeless.
+
+                                  CATES
+                        That's the way I see it, too.
+
+                                  ELAINE
+                        Call me later.
+
+                                  CATES
+                        You sure you want me to?
+
+                                  ELAINE
+                        Yeah, for some reason, I'm sure...
+
+              He moves closer, kisses her..
+
+                                  CATES
+                        Thanks for the coffee.
+
+                                  ELAINE
+                        I think you forgot this. Hands him
+                        his wallet and badge...
+
+                                  CATES
+                        Guess people ought to know who I
+                        am...
+
+              He turns to go down the stairwell...
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+                                  ELAINE
+                        Jack, wait.  Here...
+
+              She puts a scarf around his neck.
+
+                                  ELAINE
+                               (continuing)
+                        It's cold as hell out these
+                        mornings, and you know what the
+                        man said, the coldest winter I
+                        ever spent was the summer I spent
+                        in San Francisco...
+
+              They don't kiss.  He nods appreciately, the scarf in hand as
+              he turns and goes.
+
+              STREET - NORTH BEACH - MORNING
+
+              Cates comes out of Elaine's apartment building, crosses to
+              his whipped and battered  64 Cadillac convertible, notices a
+              parking ticket stuck under the windshield wiper...
+
+                                  CATES
+                        Son of a bitch.
+
+              Shoves the ticket in his coat pocket, gets into the Caddie
+              puts the scarf around the rear view mirror, starts the engine
+              and guns away...
+
+              CITY STREET
+
+              Cates driving the convertible; he comes down a hill and turns
+              toward the East Bay...
+
+              TRANSITION.
+
+              GOLDEN GATE PARK - MORNING
+
+              Henry Wong, seated on a park bench. Now very dead, a bullet
+              hole in the middle of his forehead. Billy Bear is seated next
+              to him on the bench reading the race form.
+
+              GANZ
+
+              Using the telephone at an outdoor booth a few feet beyond the
+              bench.
+
+              STREET - BROADWAY DISTRICT - DAY
+
+              LUTHER and ROSALIE, a young couple, turn a corner.  A dark
+              parody of all-American young marrieds.  They are bickering as
+              usual.
+
+                                  ROSALIE
+                        I liked that carpet we saw.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+                                  LUTHER
+                        We can't afford it.
+
+                                  ROSALIE
+                        Don't remind me.
+
+                                  LUTHER
+                        Whaddya want me to do, go out and
+                        steal for the money?  I hated the
+                        color anyway; the color sucked...
+
+              Suddenly, Billy and Ganz descend on Luther and Rosalie and
+              pull them into their station wagon..
+
+              INT.  STATION WAGON
+
+              Billy has Rosalie by the mouth, gagging her with his big
+              paw... Ganz has his gun at Luther's neck.
+
+                                  GANZ
+                        Surprise, Luther.
+
+                                  LUTHER
+                        Whaddya want?  I thought you were
+                        locked up-
+
+                                  GANZ
+                        I want the money, asshole, what do
+                        you think?  The money that Reggie
+                        hid...
+
+                                  LUTHER
+                        I don't know what you're talkin'
+                        about.
+
+                                  GANZ
+                        You want that Indian to snap her
+                        neck?
+
+              He mimes the gesture... snap...
+
+                                  GANZ
+                               (continuing)
+                        Instead of worryin' about Reggie,
+                        you better worry about me...
+
+                                  LUTHER
+                        Don't give me this, we were
+                        partners.
+
+                                  GANZ
+                        Billy, go ahead, break it...
+
+                                  LUTHER
+                        No! Don't kill her.  I can get you
+                        the money.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+                                  GANZ
+                        When?
+
+                                  LUTHER
+                        I can't get it until Monday.
+                        Honest.
+
+                                  GANZ
+                        You chickenshit punk...
+
+                                  LUTHER
+                        Honest. The place we stashed it
+                        opens Monday morning. I can't get
+                        it till then. Monday morning,
+                        that's when it opens. After that,
+                        I'll get the money to you right
+                        away...
+
+              Ganz finally takes the gun from the neck.
+
+                                  GANZ
+                        I always liked you, Luther. You
+                        were always a lotta fun to hang
+                        out with...
+
+              Rosalie is rubbing her neck now that she's been released...
+              Ganz gestures to Billy.
+
+                                  GANZ
+                               (continuing)
+                        We're gonna keep her.
+
+              Luther desperately doesn't like this.
+
+                                  LUTHER
+                        Come on, you can trust me. Please.
+
+                                  GANZ
+                        You try to mess with us or go to
+                        the cops, I promise you, I'll put
+                        holes in her you wouldn't believe.
+
+              He smiles at Luther, pinches him on the cheek, shoves him out
+              of the car.
+
+              LUTHER
+
+              Stands shivering as it powers away.
+
+              WALDEN HOTEL - DAY
+
+              A small hotel on one of the quiet streets behind Union Square.
+
+              A GREEN COUGAR
+
+              Pulls up across the street.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+              INT. CAR
+
+              Tha car arrives in front of the hotel.
+
+                                  GANZ
+                        Nice place, huh?
+
+              Rosalie is very nervous.
+
+                                  ROSALIE
+                        What are you gonna do to me in
+                        there?
+
+              Ganz gives her a casual smile.
+
+                                  GANZ
+                        Maybe that's where I'm gonna cut
+                        your throat.
+
+                                  BILLY
+                        He's just kiddin', you just keep
+                        doin' what I tell ya, you'll be
+                        okay.
+
+              They move out of the car, head for the hotel.
+
+              LOBBY
+
+              A FRIZZY YOUNG BLONDE sits behind the desk in a mirrored
+              entrance hall.  She reads a lurid paperback. Morning traffic
+              streams by outside as Ganz, Billy and Rosalie enter and
+              approach the desk.
+
+                                  GANZ
+                        We need some rooms for a couple of
+                        nights...Okay?
+
+              She smiles at Ganz.
+
+                                  FRIZZY
+                        Sure.  We don't get many real
+                        customers, ya know?  Most people
+                        only stay an hour or two...
+
+              Passes a form across. Ganz signs it, Frizzy glances at his
+              signature then takes a key from the rack behind.
+
+                                  GANZ
+                        I want her young.  And tall. Nice
+                        legs. Legs are important. Then,
+                        real thin.  Yeah.  NO jeans-A
+                        dress? a nice summer dress.  You
+                        know I want her fresh... I'll tell
+                        you why, because I been hoein'
+                        weeds and makin' license plates
+                        for a couple of years... Yeah, I
+                        know you don't get it...
+
+
+
+
+
+              BILLY BEAR
+
+              Sees a couple approaching, he shoves the dead man down on the
+              bench and spreads the newspaper over his head.  The body now
+              looking like a typical park bum who has spent the night.
+              Billy walks over to Ganz.
+
+                                  BILLY
+                        Hey, what about me?
+
+                                  GANZ
+                        And I need one more for my pal.
+                        Yeah. Make her an Indian. No, not
+                        a turban, you know, a squaw.
+
+              Billy smiles, takes the Polaroid...
+
+              POLAROID
+
+              A close shot of the dead man with the bullet hole in his
+              forehead.
+
+              GANZ
+
+              Takes the photograph back from Billy and slips it into his
+              jacket pocket...
+
+                                  GANZ
+                        Walden Hotel. Third near Broadway.
+                        Tell them to ask for ... uh...
+
+              He takes the hot credit cards out of his pocket, the name
+              embossed on the plastic..
+
+                                  GANZ
+                               (continuing)
+                        G.P. Polson...P.O.L.S.O.N....Just
+                        be a couple of hours.
+
+              Hangs up. The two men head for a green Plymouth...
+
+              TRANSITION.
+
+                                  FRIZZY
+                        Number twenty-seven, Mr. Polson.
+
+                                  GANZ
+                        Put them next door, okay.
+
+              She gives him a slightly knowing look.
+
+                                  FRIZZY
+                        Sure, hey, you got the whole floor
+                        to yourself...
+
+              Ganz sends her back a sharp look.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+                                  GANZ
+                        Keep your filthy ideas to
+                        yourself, lady.
+
+              Ganz picks up his suitcase, walks over to the nearest
+              stairwell.  Billy and Rosalie follow...
+
+              TRANSITION.
+
+              STREET
+
+              Bars starting to fill up with mid-day customers... A black
+              Chevy cruises past and stops further up the block. Two
+              Plainclothesmen, VANZANT and ALGREN, get out of the car. As
+              they start toward the Walden...
+
+              THE CADILLAC CONVERTIBLE
+
+              Pulls up near the two men. Cates climbs out of his car and
+              walks over to them.
+
+                                  CATES
+                        Hey, fellas, what's happening?
+                        Radio said you guys had something
+                        on...
+
+                                  ALGREN
+                        Not much, Jack ... Salesman named
+                        Polson had his credit cards
+                        lifted...
+
+              Algren nods over to the parking lot opposite.
+
+                                  ALGREN
+                               (continuing)
+                        One of Polson's cards rented that
+                        green coupe.
+
+                                  VANZANT
+                        Not too much for a big rough tough
+                        gunfighter like you to do on this
+                        one...
+
+              Cates smiles at the verbal positioning he's used to with his
+              colleagues.
+
+                                  CATES
+                        Suspect packed or is this a
+                        laugher?
+
+                                  ALGREN
+                        Five and dime stuff. Polson said
+                        a kid with a switchblade mugged
+                        him and drove off on a motorcyle.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+                                  CATES
+                        Yeah, well, I guess you two are
+                        experts at taking boy scout knives
+                        away from teenagers...
+
+                                  VANZANT
+                        Yeah, we are, that means you can
+                        stay outta this one. We don't have
+                        any big need for the artillery
+
+              Vanzant's turn to smile.
+
+                                  CATES
+                        Hey, I'm just offering to help
+                        out... I like to watch real pros
+                        work.
+
+                                  VANZANT
+                        Help, huh?  Sometimes your kind of
+                        help tends to leave the suspect in
+                        bad shape.
+
+              Algren...mediator... soothes the competitive situation.
+
+                                  ALGREN
+                        Hey, relax ... Jack, you wanna
+                        come inside, fine... You can stake
+                        out the lobby...
+
+              Cates, a bit disgusted at the politics of this moment, nods...
+
+                                  CATES
+                  "
+47,A Most Violent Year,J.C. Chandor,"Action,Crime,Drama",January_2015,"This film is set in New York City, 1981:
+                         
+                         
+          Murders: 2,228
+                         
+          Forcible Rape: 5,405
+                         
+          Violent Crime: 180,235
+                         
+          Aggravated Assault: 60,329
+                         
+          Property: 1,029,749
+                         
+          Vehicle Theft: 133,041
+                         
+          Robbery: 112,273                         
+                         
+          Burglary: 360,925
+                         
+          Larceny-Theft: 535,783
+                         
+          Crime Index: 1,209,984
+
+                         
+                         
+          1981 was the most violent year in NYC history as recorded by overall
+          Crime Index in relation to population.
+                          2
+                         
+                         
+          JANUARY 31, 1981
+          Over black we hear the opening of a garage door. The light
+          spills in and we see.
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. UPPER MIDDLE CLASS RESIDENTIAL HOUSE, QUEENS NYC -
+                         SUNRISE
+                         
+          Open on ABEL MORALES. It is early morning and still almost
+          dark out. He has a rugged yet prosperously-handsome face and
+          is in his mid-thirties. He is struggling to get started with
+          his morning jog.
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. SHIP GRAVEYARD, STATEN ISLAND NYC - DAY
+                         
+          It is early morning. A large bulk fuel oil transport truck
+          sits idling next to a decrepit old dock. The dock sticks into
+          a backwater section of New York harbor that is filled with
+          the decaying remains of half-sunken abandoned barges and tug
+          boats.
+                         
+          JULIAN, the young driver of the truck sits and nervously
+          scans the horizon. Eventually a large fuel barge appears in
+          the distance being pushed by a tug boat. The barge is steered
+          past the skeletons of the other sunken ships and makes its
+          way to the dock in front of the tanker truck.
+                         
+          JULIAN gets out of his truck and readies a large connecting
+          hose. He looks around nervously. JULIAN steps across the
+          broken boards of the dock and struggles to get the hose to
+          the barge. He hands it to the BARGE OPERATOR with a nod of
+          the head and no words.
+                         
+          They connect the hose and start a large generator as it
+          begins to pump fuel into the truck. They both scan the
+          horizon again as the sun begins to come up.
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. MORE INDUSTRIAL QUEENS NEIGHBORHOOD- SAME TIME
+                         
+          ABEL is still jogging as the light begins to increase. It is
+          freezing out. He is a very serious guy. He is not happy that
+          he is out of shape. Finally he stops and bends over to catch
+          his breath. We have run with him from the nicer part of the
+          neighborhood to a rougher section. As he catches his breath
+          he stands up and looks around. He is unsure of his feelings.
+                          3
+                         
+                         
+          INT. ANNA'S DRESSING AREA
+          The camera slowly moves in as ANNA sits in a slip at her make
+          up table putting on her face for the day ahead. She looks
+          into the mirror as if she is putting on a coat of armor.
+                         
+                         
+          INT. DRIVER'S CAB OF A BULK OIL TRANSPORT TRUCK - DAY
+                         
+          STANDARD HEATING OIL, ""We set the Standard"" is written in
+          logo form on the side of the tank.
+                         
+          The truck idles in traffic waiting to pay the toll to cross
+          the Verrazano bridge that spans the mouth of New York harbor.
+                         
+          JULIAN, the young driver from the dock, cautiously looks
+          around as the traffic inches along. He finally approaches the
+          toll booth and pays.
+                         
+                          JULIAN
+           Good morning.
+                         
+          JULIAN speaks English with a well-sanded accent. Is it
+          Central American or Mexican? The female collector gives him a
+          smile.
+          He heads through the booth, but there is still traffic on the
+          other side as the lanes merge together. Just as the traffic
+          is about to pick up he looks in his rearview mirror and we
+          see TWO GUYS come walking through the traffic and towards the
+          cab. Before we know it they are climbing up the cab steps.
+                         
+          The GUY on the driver's side, LOUIS SERVIDIO, is small and
+          very slight but he moves with great speed and strength. He
+          shatters the glass side window with his elbow. Unlocks the
+          door just as his partner, THUG #2, does the same thing on the
+          passenger side, but he is holding a gun. They are not wearing
+          masks. It's very brazen.
+                         
+          Before THUG #2 even asks JULIAN to get out of the cab LOUIS
+          SERVIDIO crushes him in the jaw with three swift punches then
+          pulls him out of the cab and down onto the roadway.
+                         
+          LOUIS SERVIDIO pulls the door shut and they drive away with
+          the truck leaving JULIAN sitting in the middle of the road
+          staring, as blood starts to flow from his jaw.
+                         
+                         
+          INT. PARKING YARD OF STANDARD HEATING OIL- SAME TIME
+                         
+          Two almost-matching late model Mercedes pull up to a chain-
+          link gate with a small sign that says ""STANDARD HEATING OIL:
+          WE SET THE STANDARD"". The DISPATCHER opens the gate.
+                          4
+                         
+                         
+          They both pull into reserved parking spaces next to each
+          other. ABEL is dressed in a very tasteful custom made suit.
+          ABEL's wife ANNA was driving the car behind him. She is a
+          beautiful, tall, blonde woman dressed to the nines but with a
+          streak in her eye that this is all business. You would not
+          want to cross this woman.
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           Ready?
+                          ANNA
+           Yes.
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           You look very nice.
+                         
+                          ANNA
+           Thank you.
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           You sure?
+                         
+                          ANNA
+           Yes.
+                         
+          ABEL walks around and opens his trunk. He takes out two large
+          empty briefcases.
+                         
+          He carries the briefcases as they both walk over to a large,
+          unmarked, armored van that is idling in the middle of the
+          parking lot. Two ARMED GUARDS get out of the van. One is
+          holding a clipboard. He walks up to ANNA and ABEL. He hands
+          them the clipboard. They look at each other one last time and
+          then both sign the document.
+                         
+          The other GUARD opens up the back of the truck. ABEL hands
+          him the briefcases and the guard begins to fill them with
+          cash. Lots of cash. ABEL and ANNA stand at the open back of
+          the van and just watch. Finally he finishes and hands the now-
+          heavy cases to ABEL.
+                         
+          ABEL picks up the two cases and walks a bit away from the
+          truck. He turns to ANNA.
+                         
+                          ANNA (CONT'D)
+           Don't do anything stupid.
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           We don't have any more money so
+           what else could I do.
+                         
+          She gives a small smile. He looks at his watch. They kiss.
+                          5
+                         
+                         
+          ABEL turns and begins walking with the cases. He gives a nod
+          to the DISPATCHER, who we now see, is in a small gatehouse,
+          and he begins to open the front gate.
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. STREET OUTSIDE THE FRONT GATE- SAME TIME
+                         
+          ABEL walks out through the gate and down the abandoned
+          industrial street about 25 yards, then looks to his right. He
+          looks down at the cases in his hands, turns, and stands
+          looking into the neighboring site.
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. MASSIVE OIL TANK FARM: BROOKLYN NY WATERFRONT - DAY
+                         
+          ABEL comes walking across the parking lot and sees ANDREW
+          WALSH standing in the middle of the dusty parking lot. ANDREW
+          is their longtime LAWYER/RIGHT-HAND MAN and is in his mid
+          fifties. He is smart but tired. The oversized briefcase in
+          his left hand seems to have permanently tilted his posture
+          that direction. The large oil-holding tanks loom above them.
+          The place is rusting and could use some work.
+                         
+          As they wait, the setting has the look and choreography of an
+          illegal transaction about to go down.
+                          ANDREW WALSH
+           So how are we this morning?
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           (gives a smile and nod)
+                         
+                          ANDREW WALSH
+           Well I woke up feeling very good
+           about this.
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           Really?
+                         
+          They both take a look at their watches.
+                         
+                          ABEL (CONT'D)
+           You've been telling me not to do
+           this for a year.
+                         
+                          ANDREW WALSH
+           Well we are going all in... so now
+           I love it.
+                         
+          Gives him another slight smile. They stand around in awkward
+          silence. Finally a late-model Ford Ltd. station wagon pulls
+          into the lot.
+                          6
+                         
+                         
+           ANDREW WALSH (CONT'D)
+           Here we go.
+          And a group of FIVE HASIDIC JEWS gets out. There are two guys
+          in their twenties, two in their fifties, and one in his mid-
+          to-late seventies. They all shake each other's hands then
+          stand around for a beat.
+                         
+           ANDREW WALSH (CONT'D)
+           Should we head inside?
+                         
+          INT. SMALL TEMPORARY OFFICE TRAILER - DAY
+                         
+          The group is now jammed around a folding table inside the
+          trailer. ABEL and his lawyer sit at one end facing the rest
+          of them. Finally, the senior member of the group, JOSEPH
+          MENDELSOHN, eyes up ABEL and leans forward. His accent is
+          strong yet you can understand every word.
+                         
+                          JOSEPH
+           So why is it you want this land?
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           I'm sorry?
+                          JOSEPH
+           It has been difficult for you to
+           get me here, no? Over a year?
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           Almost two.
+                         
+                          JOSEPH
+           There are many like it around? And
+           thanks to all these tests you paid
+           for, we now know it is as much of a
+           mess below the ground as it is
+           above. My people have looked at
+           your books, I know this is a lot of
+           money for you, so why have you kept
+           on us so... just for this ugly and
+           polluted little piece of the earth.
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           I have been looking over my fence
+           at this property for a very long
+           time.
+                         
+                          JOSEPH
+           So it is just proximity?
+                          7
+                         
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           No... I imagine I want it for the
+           same reason you did.
+                         
+                          JOSEPH
+           And what's that?
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           To grow.
+                          JOSEPH
+           Well, I am in the garment business
+           so I appreciate that sentiment. But
+           I inherited this land from my
+           uncle. Sadly he had no children of
+           his own. He was the one that let
+           them build these tanks here. So
+           this place can do little for me...
+           in fact thanks to all those tests
+           you've done it may be a liability.
+           As you know I offered to lease the
+           site to you at a fair price, but
+           you were not interested?
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           No.
+                          JOSEPH
+           Why not?
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           I like to own the things I use.
+                         
+                          JOSEPH
+           I can see that.
+                         
+          Long pause.
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           So.
+                         
+                          JOSEPH
+           Yes. This contract here, your
+           lawyers have fully reviewed it?
+                         
+                          ANDREW WALSH
+           Of course.
+                         
+                          JOSEPH
+           And you have brought the money?
+           (ABEL nodes yes)
+           So you realize you have only thirty
+           days to close this transaction?
+                          (MORE)
+                          8
+                         
+                          JOSEPH (CONT'D)
+           No extensions, no... contingencies
+           whatsoever.
+                          ABEL
+           I understand.
+                         
+                          JOSEPH
+           I want you to know this up front. I
+           am a very fair man but I believe in
+           honoring contracts. You will
+           fulfill your end of this contract
+           and the property is yours. If you
+           can't we will keep your money and
+           will sell it to your competitor who
+           has been chasing us almost as badly
+           as you have. I like you, but know
+           that the only reason I am choosing
+           you is because of the favorable
+           terms of this contract. So this is
+           business... and when you sign
+           this....
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           I understand.
+                         
+                          JOSEPH
+           Well then, let's see this money,
+           and then I will sign these papers.
+                         
+          ABEL turns to ANDREW and gives a slight nod. ANDREW pulls the
+          black briefcase onto the table and opens it. It has seven
+          hundred thousand dollars in cash in it. He slides it over to
+          their side. The old man signs the contract and they shake
+          hands.
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. MASSIVE OIL TANK FARM PARKING LOT - DAY
+                         
+          ABEL stands next to ANDREW's car.
+                         
+                          ANDREW WALSH
+           Congratulations.
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           It's not ours yet.
+                         
+                          ANDREW WALSH
+           Well, it was a hell of a job just
+           getting them to this point. It's a
+           good day for us. Take a walk
+           around. Enjoy it for a second.
+                         
+          ANDREW gets in his car and drives away. ABEL looks around and
+          decides to go for a little walk.
+                          9
+                         
+                         
+          He heads out towards the tanks and walks among them. They
+          tower seven stories above him. As he walks, he is cut off
+          like a maze from any other visual input. (Similar to being
+          inside a Richard Serra sculpture) Finally he emerges into
+          some light and as ABEL looks up the camera reveals his view.
+          It's midtown Manhattan in all its glory, just across the East
+          River from the site. He stares at the city and we see the
+          true depths of his ambition lock on his face. He looks to his
+          watch.
+                         
+          INT. 1981 MERCEDES 500 SEC
+                         
+          ABEL drives away from New York City. We see it behind his
+          head.
+                         
+                         
+          INT. CAR ON MERRITT PARKWAY
+                         
+          The terrain turns to upscale country.
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. COUNTRY HOUSE - DAY
+                         
+          ABEL's car drives into a long driveway through the woods.
+          Then an architect-designed, 80's modern house, still under
+          construction, appears. He pulls up in front.
+                         
+          He gets out of the car and stands there looking at the large
+          house. He walks into the house and we see more clearly that
+          it is nearing completion. It is empty.
+                         
+                         
+          INT. 80'S MODERN HOUSE - DAY
+                         
+          ABEL walks over to the massive floor-to-ceiling windows and
+          stands looking over the large pond that sits down the hill
+          from the house. As he stares out his CONTRACTOR comes quietly
+          walking in behind him.
+                         
+                          CONTRACTOR
+           Hello?
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           There he is.
+                         
+          He walks up behind him and they both look out in silence for
+          a beat.
+                         
+                          ABEL (CONT'D)
+           You have done a beautiful job here.
+                         
+                          CONTRACTOR
+           Thank you.
+                          10
+                         
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           I mean it. You and your men should
+           be very proud.
+                         
+                          CONTRACTOR
+           We are.
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           Most people don't have anything
+           beautiful like this to show for
+           their day's work. You are a lucky
+           man.
+                         
+                          CONTRACTOR
+           I am.
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           Well I thank you... my family will
+           be very happy here.
+                         
+                          CONTRACTOR
+           I hope so.
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           Now I think I owe you some money.
+                          CONTRACTOR
+           That may be true.
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           It is.
+                         
+          ABEL reaches into his jacket pocket and takes out a thick
+          envelope of cash. As he does we see a transformation of his
+          personality from pleasant philosopher to a direct voice of
+          unquestioned authority.
+                         
+                          ABEL (CONT'D)
+           This is the seventeen outstanding.
+           But we are arriving here in four
+           days. It must be done.
+                         
+                          CONTRACTOR
+           Yes.
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           Well, I'll let you go.
+                         
+          He says this as he leads him to the door.
+                         
+                          ABEL (CONT'D)
+           And the tile in the master bath...
+                          11
+                         
+                         
+                          CONTRACTOR
+           It's being replaced, as I mentioned
+           to your wife, that was an error on
+           our part. Congratulations on your
+           home.
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           Thank you.
+                         
+          EXT. TOP OF HILL ON OTHER SIDE OF POND LOOKING BACK AT HIS
+          HOUSE. - DAY
+                         
+          ABEL stands, surrounded by massive trees in the thick forest,
+          looking across the ridge back at his house. He is a little
+          out of breath after climbing the hill but he looks strangely
+          comfortable even though he is standing in the woods in a
+          suit, tie, and dress shoes. He takes a nice cigar out of his
+          pocket, lights it and has a real moment of joy. He looks up
+          to the tops of the trees, then back at the new house. He
+          exhales a long deep breath. Then we hear a large truck come
+          rumbling in the driveway. He hears it. His face shows that he
+          knows the sound immediately.
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. HOUSE DRIVEWAY - DAY
+          ABEL comes out of the woods and sees a smaller heating oil
+          delivery truck (with the same Standard Heating Oil logo)
+          parked in the driveway. His face shows it probably isn't
+          great news.
+                         
+                         
+          INT. HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM - DAY
+                         
+          ABEL comes down a hallway and then turns through a curtain
+          into a treatment area. Sitting on the table is the young
+          driver of the truck, JULIAN.
+                         
+          He has a contraption on his head that is holding his jaw shut
+          in place. His eye is black. ABEL goes over and gives him a
+          tight hug. But then he ever so slightly checks himself and
+          places him back down on the table.
+                         
+          ABEL looks up and sees ANNA, standing in the corner. She is
+          all business. They stare at each other.
+                         
+                          ANNA
+           They broke his jaw.
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           Have they found the truck?
+                          12
+                         
+                         
+                          ANNA
+           Yes.
+                          ABEL
+           Are you alright?
+                         
+                          JULIAN
+                          (NODS YES)
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           Have the police been here yet?
+                         
+                          ANNA
+           He was left in the middle of the
+           highway without a truck, they
+           brought him in.
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           Can you speak?
+                         
+          ANNA'S temper is rising.
+                         
+                          ANNA
+           Not for a couple days... Can I
+           speak with you outside?
+          ANNA heads out into the hallway. ABEL looks around a beat
+          then follows.
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. HOSPITAL HALLWAY -SAME TIME
+                         
+          ANNA is waiting in the hallway.
+                         
+                          ANNA
+           Did they sign the contract?
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           Yes.
+                         
+                          ANNA
+           And took the deposit?
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           Yes.
+                         
+                          ANNA
+           So it's a go?
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           (he gives a nice nod yes)
+                         
+                          ANNA
+           Congratulations.
+                          13
+                         
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           To you as well.
+                          ANNA
+           We have thirty days?
+                         
+          He nods ever so slightly yes, and she gives him a knowing
+          smile back of equal measure. We are beginning to see that
+          they actually work quite well together.
+                          ABEL
+           These fucking guys. This poor kid
+           has been working his ass off.
+                         
+                          ANNA
+           Do you want me to speak to my
+           Brother about this?
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           No...don't talk to him or your
+           father.
+                         
+                          ANNA
+           This can't continue.
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           It won't.
+                         
+                          ANNA
+           It will if we don't do something.
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           I'm meeting with the D.A. in the
+           morning.
+                         
+                          ANNA
+           Oh, fuck the D.A. He's more
+           interested in coming after us than
+           helping us.
+                         
+          ABEL looks around in disapproval. She thinks this through and
+          then looks in at JULIAN.
+                         
+                          ANNA (CONT'D)
+           It's not fair to them. You're at
+           war here.
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           No we are not.
+                         
+                          ANNA
+           Really... because they are.
+                          14
+                         
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           Well I'm not.
+          They look each other over. She then finally leans in and
+          gives him a caring kiss, she walks off.
+                         
+                          ANNA
+           And you're going out to check on
+           the new house?
+                          ABEL
+           Yes.
+                         
+          He watches her walk away then looks back into the hospital
+          room. He enters.
+                         
+                         
+          INT. HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM - DAY
+                         
+          ABEL walks into the room and looks at JULIAN. He looks up and
+          ABEL has trouble putting it to words.
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           I have to get going.
+                         
+          JULIAN gives a nod.
+                          ABEL (CONT'D)
+           Can we get you anything?
+                         
+          Nods no.
+                         
+                          ABEL (CONT'D)
+           We'll pick you up when they let you
+           out of here.
+                         
+          They look at each other.
+                         
+                          ABEL (CONT'D)
+           These men are cowards. Too weak to
+           make a living... or even fight with
+           their own hands, and too stupid to
+           think up anything else to do.
+                         
+          Finally he turns and leaves.
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. ABANDONED RACETRACK PARKING LOT - QUEENS NY - DAY
+                         
+          ABEL drives up to the drop off scene. There is the large bulk
+          transport truck and one lone police car just sitting in the
+          middle of the parking lot.
+                          15
+                         
+                         
+          ABEL gets out, walks up, and stops to stare at the truck. A
+          young beat cop is sitting on the hood of his car waiting.
+                          ABEL
+           May I take it?
+                         
+                          BEAT COP
+           Excuse me?
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           May I take it now?
+                         
+                          BEAT COP
+           Is it yours?
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           Yes.
+                         
+                          BEAT COP
+           Well, I'm sorry about that. Once
+           the owner or an owner's
+           representative files the claim form
+           in Corona she's yours... again.
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           So you guys have done what you
+           needed to?
+                         
+                          BEAT COP
+           Yes.
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           And what was that?
+                         
+                          BEAT COP
+           I'm sorry?
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           You just said you've done what you
+           needed to... so what was it that
+           you've done?
+                         
+                          BEAT COP
+           (looks back dumbfounded)
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           Did you fingerprint or anything?
+                         
+                          BEAT COP
+           No need, these guys always wear
+           gloves.
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           So you've done nothing.
+                          16
+                         
+                         
+                          BEAT COP
+           I'm not exactly sure, I just got
+           here at four. My shift is actually
+           up.
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           So who's coming?
+                         
+          They stare at each other, then the truck. ABEL then climbs up
+          and we see he knows his way around the truck. He goes up top
+          and opens and looks into a valve, the tank is empty.
+                         
+                          BEAT COP
+           Sorry.
+                         
+          The cop gets in his car and prepares to drive away.
+                         
+           BEAT COP (CONT'D)
+           Why did they want it?
+                         
+                          ABEL
+           They stole the $6,000 of fuel that
+           was in it.
+                         
+          The cop leaves. ABEL is left standing on top of the truck in
+          the parking lot alone with his battered truck. He looks down
+          at the open loading valve and begins to come up with an idea.
+          The sun is setting.
+                         
+                         
+          EXT. STANDARD HEATING TRUCK YARD - DAY
+                         
+          A sign on the inside of the gate reads. ""It's not safety
+          first... It's safety always"". The motor on the gate starts in
+          and it opens. In drives ABEL'S car.
+                         
+                         
+          INT. ANNA'S OFFICE STANDARD HEATING OIL - DAY
+                         
+          ANNA is working away on an adding machine in her office. She
+          is listening to the radio that sits behind her on the desk.
+          We can see that she is in her comfort zone.
+                         
+                         
+                         
+          INT. BROOKLYN ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE - DAY
+                         
+          The ASSISTANT D.A. is sitting behind his desk as DEPUTY LANGE
+          stands off to the side. He is only in his early thirties but
+          with confidence and ego to spare. They know each other.
+                         
+           A.D.A. LAWRENCE
+           Andrew.
+                          17
+                         
+                         "
+48,Above the Law,"Steven Pressfield,Ronald Shusett,Andrew Davis,Steven Seagal",Action,April_1987,"FADE IN:
+1   TITLES SEQUENCE - MONTAGE WITH SCORE
+
+    PHOTOGRAPHIC STILLS show us NICOLA TOSCANI as a city boy in
+    various growing-up SHOTS, circa 1950's -- with street chums
+    wearing a Wyatt Earp T-shirt, in a communion suit. Then:
+    in his first qi, a youngster studying the martial arts; he
+    grows, we see news clippings of him winning trophies, his
+    name on contest posters, SHOTS of him in action. Then:
+    Japan. Nico now in his teens, studying with real masters,
+    being dumped on his butt, posing smiling beside Japanese
+    martial artists, then himself as an instructor. Now: a
+    few military uniforms enter the picture, we see security
+    clearance documents with Nico's picture and name on them.
+    Then Nico near draft age with an American friend NELSON
+    FOX on some kind of training base. TITLES END.
+
+                                              DISSOLVE TO:
+2   EXT. JUNGLE - DAY
+    Blowing through the roof of a dense jungle straight AT
+    CAMERA, HELICOPTER ROTORS RISE to a DEAFENING PITCH.
+    SUPER:  Viet - Cambodian Border, 1972. Jungle foliage
+    whips in the fierce downdraft as --
+3   ""HUEY"" GUNSHIP
+    with US Army markings becomes discernible. The chopper
+    lowers toward a crude landing zone hacked out of the
+    wilderness. We GLIMPSE Cambodian troops and several
+    machine gun positions around the LZ.
+4   EXT. JUNGLE - TWO ARMED AMERICANS - DAY
+    watch from the edge of the landing zone. We recognize Nico
+    and Fox, now in their twenties, dressed in the nonmilitary
+    jungle attire that usually marks a CIA ""spook.""
+
+5   HELICOPTER
+    touches down. THREE OLDER AMERICANS -- rough-looking, in
+    their mid-thirties, all carrying some kind of medical bags
+    -- disembark into the HOWLING ROTOR BLAST. They hit the
+    ground nimbly, as if they've done it many times before.
+
+6   LEADER OF THREE
+
+    wears a khaki cowboy hat and packs a pearl-handled .45.
+7   NICO AND FOX
+
+    don't know whether to react with laughter or uneasiness.
+
+                                                             2.
+
+                                FOX
+                  You ever see chemical interrogation
+                  before?
+
+     Nico's eyes stay on the approaching ""cowboy,"" KURT ZAGON,
+     for whom he plainly feels an instant animosity.
+                                NICO
+                  These assholes are agency?
+
+8    NICO'S POV
+     FOLLOWS the medical bag in the cowboy's hand.
+
+9    BACK TO FOX AND NICO
+                                FOX
+                  We're all C.I.A. But these guys are
+                  from a page that ain't on the map.
+10   EXT. JUNGLE - LATE AFTERNOON
+     Nico in the point,   leading Fox and the three CIT (Chemical
+     Interrogation Team)   men down an unmarked, twisting trail.
+     We see from Nico's   gait that he is athletic, a born leader
+     and totally at home   in the jungle.
+11   TRAIL - LATE AFTERNOON
+     snakes along a ridge line, high enough to give us a view and
+     let us know these guys are way out in the boonies.
+                                ZAGON
+                  How long till we're across the border?
+                                NICO
+                  We've been over for the past hour.
+     The group continues along the ridge.
+
+                                                   CUT TO:
+12   EXT. JUNGLE - NIGHT
+
+     The sky glows from nearby bomb attacks.
+13   NICO
+
+     listening hard -- and even sniffing the air -- glances back
+     at Zagon, who stands impatiently, drawing on a cigarette.
+                                ZAGON
+                  What are you looking at, hotshot?
+
+                                NICO
+                         (indicates cigarette
+                          glow)
+                  Why don't you light a bonfire?
+
+                                                         3.
+
+     Irritably, Zagon ditches his smoke.
+                             ZAGON
+               Just drive the taxi, ace.
+
+     As the party moves out, Fox flashes Nico a look as if to say,
+     ""Don't fuck with these guys.""
+
+14   EXT. CAMBODIAN BASE CAMP - NIGHT
+
+     A pocket-fortified position. Armed Cambodian lookouts,
+     several hooches, radio equipment. Nico leads the party in
+     through the perimeter. Zagon eyes the layout like he's seen
+     100 of them. Fox indicates a hooch.
+                             FOX
+                      (to Zagon)
+               They're in there.
+
+     The three CIT men start for the hooch. Nico casts a concerned
+     glance around at the base camp troops, looking sloppy as hell.
+                             NICO
+               I don't trust these yo-yo's.
+15   FULL SHOT - BASE CAMP
+     We see Nico moving like a shadow from one defensive position
+     to another, checking the perimeter. We can vaguely hear him
+     ROUSTING the Cambodian lookouts, speaking in dialect.
+
+16   DEFENSIVE POSITION - NICO
+     hears a SOUND, looks back toward the hooch.
+17   NICO'S POV - HOOCH
+     Two Asian prisoners, stripped to the waist, babbling in-
+     coherently, are dragged out the back by a pair of Cambodian
+     guards and hustled off into the darkness. VOICES can be
+     heard inside the hooch. A single lantern glowing inside
+     gives the hut a creepy, frightening aspect.
+
+18   BACK TO NICO
+     He's extremely uneasy about what's about to happen inside the
+     hooch.
+
+19   INT. HOOCH - CLOSE ON RICKETY CARD TABLE - NIGHT
+     on which are spread a terrifying array of syringes, drug vials
+     and surgical instruments. Zagon's hand picks up a hypodermic,
+     squirt-tests it.
+
+                                                          4.
+
+20   TWO ASIAN PRISONERS
+     are on their knees, shirtless, handcuffed with heavy nylon
+     tape to a stake driven into the ground in the center of the
+     hooch. One of the subordinate CIT men moves in, grabs the
+     first prisoner by the shoulders. Zagon injects the first
+     prisoner. Instantly the man begins shivering, convulsing.
+     Zagon watches with professional satisfaction.
+
+                               ZAGON
+                 That's the nice thing about modern
+                 technology. You don't have to wait
+                 for results.
+
+     He moves close to the first prisoner.
+                               ZAGON
+                        (to first prisoner)
+                 Where is it, Charley? You got six tons
+                 of our shit --
+     The prisoner tries to speak, but he's in such torment all
+     that comes out is a blood-curdling wail --
+21   EXT. BAST CAMP - NICO
+
+     hears this horrifying cry.   He starts swiftly toward the
+     hooch --
+22   INT. HOOCH - INTERPRETER
+
+     has moved as close to Zagon and the first prisoner as a fight
+     referee to two boxers. The prisoner is convulsing wildly.
+     Zagon grabs him fiercely by the hair.
+                               ZAGON
+                 Don't you die on me, fucker --
+                               FOX
+                        (from the side)
+                 What the hell's wrong?
+                               ZAGON
+                        (throws the prisoner
+                         down)
+                 This pussy can't hold his liquor.
+
+     The first prisoner is plainly in a death spasm.
+
+23   NICO
+     enters at this point. He takes in the scene quickly, moves
+     to a spot beside the entrance. Zagon doesn't look at Nico,
+     but it's plain he is aware of Nico's presence. It is as if
+     he wants to prove something to this muscular kid -- and prove
+     it to the others, too.
+
+     ABOVE THE LAW - Rev. 4/17/87                         5.
+
+24   FIRST PRISONER
+     dies in agony on the ground.
+
+25   SECOND PRISONER
+     watches with eyes like flint. He is in his mid-forties,
+     scarred, missing several fingers. Probably a colonel or
+     higher, he looks like he's been fighting these round-eyes
+     since the French in the 50's. He is plainly one tough
+     customer. The second prisoner meets Zagon's eyes, as if
+     daring him to use the drugs on him, too. Zagon eyes the
+     prisoner with barely contained hatred. The prisoner doesn't
+     back down an inch.
+                             ZAGON
+                      (to second prisoner)
+               So my little doctor bag doesn't                      *
+               scare you, eh? Well I don't need                     *
+               it to open your yap.                                 *
+     Zagon reaches to a scabbard on his Western belt, pulls out a
+     fearsome serrated blade -- a cross between a bowie knife and
+     a scalpel. He steps toward the prisoner, displaying the
+     blade in the lantern light.
+
+26   NICO
+     watches impassively.
+                             ZAGON (O.S.)
+                      (to prisoner)
+               Where's our load, you sack of slime?
+               What did you do with my shit? --
+27   ZAGON
+     punches  the prisoner full in the face, holding the knife
+     handle  in his fist to double the force of the blow and to
+     terrify  him with the proximity of the blade. The prisoner
+     crashes  sideways, face bloody --
+                             ZAGON
+               I'm gonna teach you good. I'm gonna
+               teach you never to fuck with my
+               opium --
+
+28   FOX AND TWO CIT MEN
+
+     seem to know exactly what this is about.
+29   NICO
+
+     didn't know, but the new kid on the block is catching on fast.
+     Nico has difficulty containing his emotion. Zagon stands
+     over the prisoner, as if daring him to get back up.
+
+                                                    6.
+
+The prisoner gets back to his knees, bloody eyes meeting
+Zagon's with defiance --
+
+                       ZAGON
+                (to prisoner)
+         You're a hard nigger, aren't you, boy?
+         You took it from the Chinks... you took
+         it from the French. You'll be fucked
+         if some Yankee peckerwood's gonna start
+         your gums flapping --
+Nico watches Zagon move the knife blade closer to the
+prisoner.
+
+                       ZAGON
+         -- Well, you're gonna chirp for me,
+         tough guy. You're gonna sing like a
+         choir --
+
+Nico takes a step toward Zagon.
+                       NICO
+         What the fuck does this have to do
+         with military intelligence?
+                       ZAGON
+         Your orders are 'assist and observe'
+         cherry --
+Zagon turns to face Nico --
+
+                       FOX
+                (to Nico)
+         Back off, partner --
+Zagon turns from Nico. He moves close to the second prisoner,
+close as a lover, displaying the blade in the lamplight.
+                       ZAGON
+                (to second prisoner)
+         I'm gonna start carving at your ankles.
+         We'll throw your feet in that box right
+         over there. Then I'm gonna take off
+         your arms --
+One of the CIT men yanks the prisoner's leg forward, clamping
+it to the ground with his hands. The prisoner still hasn't
+flinched. He seems as locked into this dance of death as
+Zagon.
+                         NICO
+                  (can't take
+                   much more)
+         Fox --
+                       FOX
+         Shut up, Nico.
+
+                                                         7.
+
+                             ZAGON
+               You can disappear as easy as this
+               slope, kid --
+
+     Zagon starts for the prisoner. Here comes the blade.
+     Suddenly -- Nico grabs Zagon's shoulder. Zagon spins with
+     terrifying quickness, cocking the blade to slash at Nico.
+     Before Zagon's blow even starts, Nico slams him with a
+     ferocious elbow shot right under the jaw. Zagon literally
+     comes off the ground, Nico's blow is so terrific. Zagon drops
+     in an unconscious heap. In a flash the two other CIT men
+     move to jump Nico. Smash! The second CIT man is swallowing
+     his teeth. Fox leaps in the way of the third, shoves Nico
+     out of the hooch --
+30   EXT. HOOCH - NIGHT
+
+     Fox wrestles Nico away from the hooch --
+
+                             FOX
+               Are you crazy?!!
+                      (as Nico jerks free)
+               What the fuck's the matter with you?!!!
+     Nico is shaking with rage and fear. He takes several steps
+     away from the hooch, then draws up abruptly. Nico pulls his
+     .45 from his holster, pops the safety, starts back for the
+     hooch --
+                            FOX
+               Nico!
+                             NICO
+               I don't cap him now, he's gonna do me
+               later.
+
+     The last CIT man appears, gun drawn, in the hooch doorway.
+     Fox grabs Nico, hauls him back again --
+
+                             FOX
+               I'll cover this. Get back to the
+               L.Z. --
+                      (as Nico resists)
+               -- I'll fix it! Get out! Get the
+               fuck outa here!
+     The CIT man calls out to the Cambodian troops, in dialect,
+     pointing at Nico. The soldiers start toward Nico, as if to
+     seize him. Fox, too, starts yelling to the troops in dialect,
+     apparently countermanding the orders of the CIT men. The
+     troops, confused, hold up for a moment.
+
+                             FOX
+                      (to Nico)
+               I'll call for a chopper... get outa
+               here!
+
+     ABOVE THE LAW - Rev. 4/29/87                        8.
+
+     Nico gives a last look, turns and takes off down the jungle
+     trail. Fox seems abandoned. The DISTANT BOMBING CONTINUES.
+     Nico disappears into the darkness.
+
+                                                FADE TO BLACK.
+     FADE IN ON:
+
+31   CHURCH STEEPLE - DAY
+
+     TILT DOWN to reveal St. Elizabeth's, a huge parish church in
+     an Italian/Latino neighborhood in Chicago. The church looks
+     festive, we see a few formally-dressed people hurrying in,
+     then a squad car pulls up. The cops run upstairs as if
+     they're late --
+32   INT. ST. MARY'S - DAY
+
+     A baptism in progress. Nico -- 15 years older than when we
+     last saw him, is standing beside SARA, his lovely wife        *
+     -- watching a 60-ish priest, FATHER GENARRO, finish the
+     final ritual on Nico's infant son Julian. The priest
+     straightens the baby's baptismal garment, tugging the cloth
+     around the little fellow's crotch. Smiles from friends and
+     relatives clustered proudly around. Several cops, some in
+     uniform are amongst them. Nico grabs his son from Genarro
+     with a theatrical protective motion, tugs up the little boy's
+     garment, kisses him smack on the bare butt. Laughter from
+     all as Nico holds the lad high and proud. He puts his arm
+     around Sara.                                                  *
+
+33   EXT. NICO'S HOUSE - BACK YARD - DAY
+     Huge trays of Italian delicacies are carried out into the
+     sunlight by several ""old country""-type women. Wine is
+     poured from generous carafes. Friends and relatives are
+     everywhere, laughing and enjoying themselves; apparently
+     the party has come here straight from the church. Presents
+     for the new baby are being opened by Nico's wife, Sara,        *
+     and Nico's mother, ROSA.
+                             SARA                                   *
+               Mama, look at this -- all done by hand.
+
+     Sara lifts a cute baby outfit.                                 *
+                             ROSA
+               Nico had one just like this.   Thank
+               you, Cora.
+     Cora, an aunt, proudly smiles.
+
+34   NICO
+
+     Holding the baby. Realizes that his little son has pooped
+     in his pants. He turns for help to Sara.                       *
+
+     ABOVE THE LAW - Rev. 4/29/87                           9.
+
+                                NICO
+                  I think we got a little problem here.
+
+                                SARA                                  *
+                         (winking at the women)
+                  I carried him for the last nine months,
+                  you take him for the next diaper.
+
+     Assorted uncles and aunts watch with amusement as Nico tries
+     awkwardly to deal with the problem.
+                                NICO
+                         (to all)
+                  That's what you get for not marrying a
+                  Sicilian.
+     Sara lets Nico struggle a moment, then takes over.               *
+
+                             SARA                                     *
+               My brave husband. He's not afraid of
+               thieves and muggers, but he's terrified
+               when his son poops in his pants.
+     Toscani relatives look on with approval at the happy couple
+     and their baby.
+
+35   ANOTHER PART OF BACK YARD
+     Three Chicago cops, LUKICH and HENDERSON in plain clothes
+     and LIEUTENANT STROZAH in uniform wolf some Italian goodies
+     while eying the group of celebrating relatives.
+                                LUKICH
+                         (indicates Nico
+                          across the patio)
+                  Toscani holds the record... for havin'
+                  more relatives under federal indictment
+                  than any other cop in Chicago.
+
+36   TWO OF NICO'S UNCLES
+     BRANCA and LUIGI, who   look like they have been on the other
+     side of a cop's work,   are in turn eying Lukich and Henderson
+     -- plus a cluster of   other cops in civvies hovering around
+     the buffet table like   vultures.
+                                BRANCA
+                  Look at these stiff dicks. A free meal
+                  and they come out like flies.
+37   STREET OUTSIDE NICO'S HOUSE - DAY
+
+     An unmarked police car pulls up. DOLORES JACKSON (""Jax""),
+     another undercover cop, tall, black, and elegant, enters
+     the driveway leading to Nico's back yard --
+
+     ABOVE THE LAW - Rev. 4/29/87                         10.
+
+38   BACK YARD
+     Jackson enters. She's impeccably dressed and radiates
+     intelligence. She's greeted warmly by Lukich, Henderson,
+     Strozah, and a couple of other cops.
+                               STROZAH
+                 I didn't do nothing, Counselor.    I'm
+                 clean.
+
+                               JACKSON
+                 Eight more days, Lieutenant. You
+                 better start preparing your defense.
+
+                               HENDERSON
+                 Baby, I'm gonna put you on retainer.
+
+                               LUKICH
+                 You passed the bar? I make it a
+                 point never to pass the bar.
+     Jackson sees Nico and Sara across the yard, waves and          *
+     starts toward them --
+39   BACK TO BRANCA AND LUIGI
+
+     Luigi indicates Jackson as she crosses the patio.
+                                 LUIGI
+                 Now this cop.    She can bust me any
+                 day.
+40   NICK, SARA AND ROSA (NICO'S MOTHER)                            *
+     Jackson comes up, makes a theatrical appreciation of Nico's
+     stylish attire, kisses Sara and greets Nico's mom warmly.      *
+     She starts oohing and ahhing over the baby.
+41   VARIOUS SHOTS
+
+     Young kids playing on the lawn, more guests arriving, Father
+     Genarro dancing with an elderly matron. We see that Nico's
+     friends are an electric mix. Cops, art-y types, people of
+     varied ages and professions.
+42   BACK TO JACKSON
+
+     Holding the baby.
+
+                               JACKSON
+                 Look at this little bundle.    What a
+                 cupcake!
+
+                               NICO
+                 You give up being the D.A. and hurry
+                 up and find the right fella, Jax.
+                 You might have time for one of these
+                 yourself.
+
+     ABOVE THE LAW - Rev. 4/29/87                        10A.
+
+                            SARA                                    *
+              Nico, will you let the woman
+              catch her breath?
+
+43   JAPANESE WOMAN (DR. WATANABE)                                  *
+     moves in shyly on the fringe of the cluster. While Jackson
+     and Sara continue their ""mom"" talk, Nico edges off toward      *
+     Watanabe, shaking her hand with real pleasure.                 *
+
+                             NICO
+              Watanabe!   Say hey, Doc.
+
+     They begin jabbering in Japanese.
+     We will meet Watanabe again later. She's a brainy-looking      *
+     woman -- reserved, a bit mysterious -- who talks quietly and   *
+     intensely in Japanese with Nico like they're old friends who
+     go back a long way.
+
+     ABOVE THE LAW - Rev. 4/17/87                        11.      *
+
+44   EXT. TOSCANI FRONT PORCH - LATER
+     Branca, Luigi and several other Toscani patriarchs smoke
+     cigars and sip beer in a cluster. Nico holds Julian.
+
+                            BRANCA
+              You're a father now. Are you gonna
+              take me up on my offer?
+
+                            NICO
+              I'm happy, Branca.    I like what I do.
+     Branca glances seriously to the other uncles, then, with a
+     smile, pats Nico's cheek.
+                            BRANCA
+              Look at this face! Six-foot-four,
+              pretty as the statue of David. And
+              he's a cop!
+     Branca laughs. From a distance, Watanabe watches, missing
+     nothing. Across the porch, Lukich and several other cops
+     observe and try to listen.
+                            BRANCA
+              This face should be sticking up from
+              a white shirt. It should be a banker,
+              a businessman, someone who earns a
+              decent living for his family!
+                             NICO
+              We're happy.
+                            LUIGI
+              Nickels and dimes. Your wife's a
+              woman with class. What did she run
+              -- a ballet school...?
+                            NICO
+              An art gallery.
+                            BRANCA
+              Same thing. She wants a husband who
+              carries a briefcase, not a shoulder
+              holster.
+     Jackson watches Nico trying to keep his good humor. This
+     is serious stuff, despite the light tone. Branca's eyes
+     meet Nico's.
+
+     ABOVE THE LAW - Rev. 4/29/87                        12.
+
+                             BRANCA
+               You wanted to get shot, you got shot.
+               You wanted to get knifed, you got
+               knifed. You've had your fun. Basta!
+               Enough!
+                             UNCLE GUISEPPE
+               Let your family help you, Nico.
+
+                             NICO
+                      (lightly)
+               Uncle Gio, that kind of help I don't
+               need. I'd rather get shot by someone
+               I don't know.
+     Jackson and Lukich crack up. The others follow.   For the
+     moment, the tension is dispelled.
+
+45   INT. NICO'S HOUSE - UPSTAIRS - DAY
+     Nico comes out of the bedroom, adjusting his shoulder
+     holster, tugging his jacket over it. He sees his mother
+     standing near the head of the stairs, just outside
+     another bedroom door. Concern on her face.
+                             NICO
+               What are you doing in here, Mama?
+               Go join the party...
+     Nico comes down the hall, tucking in his shirt -- stops
+     to give his mother a squeeze. O.S. from the bedroom:
+     the sound of QUIET SOBBING. Nico glances in.
+46   INT. NURSERY - DAY                                           *
+     Sara and another woman sit on the bed, comforting a 60-ish   *
+     grandmother Zingaro, who is crying. Nico comes in. He
+     kneels before MRS. ZINGARO, concerned.
+
+                             NICO
+               Mrs. Z.
+                      (tries to be light)
+               Is this a way to act on the day of
+               my son's baptism?
+     The poor woman can't meet Nico's eyes.
+
+                              SARA                                *
+               It's Lucy.   She's gone again.
+     Nico glances from Sara to Rosa.                              *
+
+     Mrs. Zingaro shakes her head, choked with pain. Nico
+     holds her, looking over her shoulder toward Sara.            *
+                             NICO
+               It's that kid from the bar on Damen?
+               The one with the drugs?
+
+     ABOVE THE LAW - Rev. 4/29/87                          13.
+
+     Sara doesn't know. Nico does.     He comforts Mrs. Zingaro   *
+     another moment, then stands.
+
+                             NICO
+               Listen to me, Mrs. Z. Are you
+               listening?
+                      (as the woman nods
+                       miserably)
+               I have to go to work now. But
+               I'll come by tonight. You'll be
+               at the bakery?
+                               MRS. ZINGARO
+               Si, Nico.
+                             NICO
+               We'll talk, okay? We'll find a
+               way to take care of this.
+
+     Nico kisses Mrs. Z. He takes Sara's hand in goodbye,         *
+     starts for the door.
+47   EXT. NICO'S HOUSE - DAY
+     Festivities still in progress. Nico passes through,
+     nodding, thanking people for coming, taking farewells.
+     Jackson waits for him, glancing at her watch.
+48   INT. UNMARKED CAR - MOVING
+     Nico is driving.   Jackson checks in on the radio.
+                             JACKSON
+                      (into mike)
+               Unit Ten Tango X-ray.    We're up
+               and clear.
+49   EXT. VARIOUS STREETS - UNMARKED CAR
+
+     moves into the central city.
+50   POV THROUGH CAR WINDOWS - STREETS - MOVING
+
+     Bad-looking hombres on stoops, street corners.
+                             NICO (O.S.)
+               I promised the Lieutenant, I'm
+               gonna take care of you. Broken
+               windows and lost kittens for your
+               last week.
+     WIDEN SHOT to include Nico and Jackson.
+
+                             JACKSON
+               And then you're gonna come visit
+               me in a nice, clean, air conditioned
+               office --
+
+     ABOVE THE LAW - Rev. 4/29/87                          14.
+
+51   EXT. STREET - BUCKSHOT'S LIQUORS - DAY                        *
+     The unmarked car pulls up outside a liquor store and bar.
+
+52   INT. UNMARKED CAR
+     as it parks. Jackson gives Nico a look:     ""What are we
+     stopping at this dive for""?
+
+                             NICO
+               I gotta take a quick leak. Stay
+               put.
+
+     He gets out of the car, starts for the bar.
+53   INT. BUCKSHOT'S LIQUORS - DAY                                 *
+
+     Dim, smoke-choked, dangerous characters at the bar.    Nico
+     enters.
+
+     ABOVE THE LAW - Rev. 4/17/87                            15.
+
+     His silk shirt and sport coat clash with the druggy, working-
+     class attire of the bar's denizens. Hard faces check him out
+     subtly, ignore him. Nico approaches the bartender, shows a
+     photograph. The bartender (BAD DUDE) shakes his head.
+
+                            BAD DUDE                                 *
+              Why the fuck don't you assholes                        *
+              leave me alone?                                        *
+
+     He continues mouthing off to Nico. Nico moves to one stool,     *
+     then another; the same exchange is repeated.
+54   FAVOR ONE PARTICULARLY TOUGH CUSTOMER                           *
+
+     A hulking bruiser with an earring.   He watches as --
+55   NICO
+
+     approaches him. Three ARMY JACKETS look up sullenly.
+     Beefy arms, tattoos, greasy mustaches.
+                              NICO
+              Gentlemen.
+     One Jacket treats him like he doesn't exist, and begins
+     to pick his nose.
+                            FIRST ARMY JACKET
+                     (to others)
+              I thought this was a kosher bar.
+              They didn't allow no pork in here.
+     The two others snicker, then so does the rest of the bar.
+     Nico holds out a photo of a young girl (Lucy).
+                            NICO
+              You seen this girl?
+                            SECOND ARMY JACKET
+              I seen the top of her head.
+                              NICO
+              That's witty.
+
+ABOVE THE LAW - Rev. 4/17/87                        15A.
+
+Nico takes a step away, as if moving on to the next
+stool. From behind the bar, the bartender swings a          *
+sawed-off baseball bat into view. Other bodies move         *
+ominously toward Nico. Suddenly he spins and, in a move     *
+almost too quick to see, he kicks the entire stool right
+out of its floor socket. Beer bottles fly, bodies crash.
+Nico slams the First Jacket in the face so hard it looks
+like his nose has exploded. Blood sprays onto Nico's silk
+shirt. He hauls the Second Jacket upright, nails him with
+a shot that crushes three ribs. A savage elbow blasts the
+third, head over heels, out over the bar and careening
+into the sink. In three seconds 600 pounds of fat has
+been put in cold storage. The rest of the bar is on its
+feet. Four huge men confront Nico. Now five. Six.
+Seven. Nico's jacket and shirt are ripped, blood spat-
+tered; his eyes are like an animal's, daring the men --
+
+                         NICO
+          Come on.   Show me something.
+No one moves.
+
+      ABOVE THE LAW - Rev. 4/17/87                           16.      *
+
+                               NICO
+                I get it.   It's a gay bar.   Is
+                that it?
+
+      The men, led by the Bad Dude, are shifting to surround
+      Nico. But no one attacks. Nico has Lucy's photo in his
+      hand. He jams it in one man's face, then another's, slap-
+      ping each one violently, spitting, raging for them to attack.
+
+                              NICO
+                You seen the top of her head, huh?
+                Like I seen your mother's --
+                       (to another guy)
+                Or was it yours?
+                       (to a third)
+                Or yours?
+                       (slaps him fero-
+                        ciously)
+                I couldn't tell, it looked like
+                her ass --
+      Nico rages like a beast.
+                             NICO
+               Come on, motherfuckers.    Do it.
+               Do it! One man --
+      Nico lunges for the Bad Dude, grabs him like he's about
+      to tear his face off --
+                             BAD DUDE
+               Upstairs!
+                      (in terror)
+               She's upstairs! 4-D!
+      Nico drags the Dude from behind the bar.     Holding him,
+      Nico turns, glowering, to all.
+                             NICO
+               You cocksuckers are brave enough
+               with 14-year-old girls.
+55A   INT. FLOPHOUSE HALLWAY
+
+      Nico throws Bad Dude down the hallway in front of him.
+56    INT. FOURTH-FLOOR APARTMENT - DAY
+
+      The door bursts in from a jackhammer kick. Nico stands
+      in the hallway. Bad Dude stands next to him; hurt,
+      shaking.
+
+                              NICO
+                       (to Bad Dude)
+                Get outta here.
+      We look in the apartment.
+
+ABOVE THE LAW - Rev. 4/17/87                         16A.
+
+REVERSE - NICO'S POV                                           *
+A young PIMP -- quite  handsome in a boyish way -- stares up
+in panic from a grimy  mattress on the floor. Little LUCY
+is in bra and panties,  strung out, 14 and beautiful.
+Syringes and free-base  paraphernalia are on a table.
+NICO IN DOORWAY                                                *
+
+                        NICO
+                 (to Pimp)
+          This ain't your day, kid.
+
+Nico comes in, eyes taking in everything.
+
+     ABOVE THE LAW - Rev. 4/17/87                          17.
+
+                              PIMP
+               Wait, man.   It ain't like it
+               looks --
+
+     Nico grabs the Pimp by the scruff of the neck, lifting him
+     bodily. Lucy starts wailing in horror. Nico smashes the
+     Pimp's face down into a mirror with white powder on the
+     table --
+
+                             NICO
+               That's two years.
+     He jerks the Pimp back, rips open a drawer.    More pills
+     and glacene bags.
+                             NICO
+               That's four.
+                      (twisting the   Pimp's
+                       neck toward   Lucy)
+               She'll get you eight   more. And
+               I'm just warming up   --
+     Lucy is crying hysterically. Nico flings the Pimp, face          *
+     bloody, toward the open door.                                    *
+                 "
+49,"Abyss, The ",James Cameron,"Action,Adventure,Sci-Fi,Thriller",August_1988,"EXT. OCEAN/UNDERWATER -- DAY                                            3
+
+Blue, deep and featureless, the twilight of five hundred feet down.
+PROPELLER SOUND.  Materializing out of the blue limbo is the enormous but
+sleek form of an Ohio-class SSBN ballistic missile submarine.
+
+INT. U.S.S. MONTANA -- DAY                                              4
+
+In the attack center, darkened to womb-red, the crew's faces shine with sweat
+in the glow of their instruments.  The SKIPPER and his EXEC crowd around
+BARNES, the sonarman.
+
+                                CAPTAIN
+                Sixty knots?  No way, Barnes... the reds don't
+                have anything that fast.
+
+                                BARNES
+                Checked it twice, skipper.  It's a real unique
+                signature.  No cavitation, no reactor noise...
+                doesn't even sound like screws.
+
+He puts the signal onto a speaker and everyone in the attack room listens to
+the intruder's acoustic signature, a strange THRUMMING.  The captain studies
+the electronic position board, a graphic representation of the contours of
+the steep-walled canyon, a symbol for the Montana, and converging with it, an
+amorphous trace, representing the bogey.
+
+                                CAPTAIN
+                What the hell is it?
+
+                                EXEC
+                I'll tell you what it's not, it's not one of
+                ours.
+
+                                BARNES
+                Sir!  Contact changing heading to two-one-four,
+                diving.  Speed eighty knots!  Eighty knots!
+
+                                EXEC
+                Eighty knots...
+
+                                BARNES
+                Still diving, depth nine hundred feet.  Port
+                clearance to cliff wall, one hundred fifty feet.
+
+                                FRANK
+                           (simultaneously)
+                Still diving, depth nine hundred feet.  Port
+                clearance to cliff wall, one hundred fifty feet.
+
+Tension builds in the attack room as the Montana surges to intercept the
+intruder.  The exec tensely watches the vector-graphic readout for the side-
+scan sonar array.  The sub is running uncomfortably close to the cliff walls.
+
+                                EXEC
+                          (low, to Captain)
+                It's getting tight in here.
+
+                                CAPTAIN
+                We can still give him a haircut.  Helm, come
+                right to oh six niner, down five degrees.
+
+                                HELMSMAN
+                Coming right to oh six niner, sir.  Down five
+                degrees.
+
+                                NAVIGATOR
+                Port side clearance one hundred twenty feet
+                narrowing to seventy-five.  Sir, we have a
+                proximity warning light.
+
+                                EXEC
+                That's too damn close!  We've gotta back off.
+
+                                BARNES
+                Range to contact, two hundred.  Contact junked to
+                bearing two six oh and accelerated to... one
+                hundred thirty knots, sir!
+
+                                EXEC
+                         (really freaked now)
+                Nothing goes one thirty!
+
+Suddenly the control room lights dim almost to blackness.
+
+EXT. U.S.S. MONTANA                                                     5
+
+We see only the effect, not the source, as a large diffuse light passes
+rapidly under the sub's hull.  Moments later a shockwave, like an underwater
+sonic boom, impacts the sub, slamming it sideways.
+
+INT. U.S.S. MONTANA                                                     6
+
+The bride crew are knocked off their feet, as the ship is buffeted.
+
+                                EXEC
+                Turbulence!  We're in its wake!
+
+SIRENS.  Everyone shouting at once.  The power flickers low.
+
+                                CAPTAIN
+                Helm, all stop!  Full right rudder!
+
+                                HELMSMAN
+                All stop.  Full right rudder.  Hydraulic failure.
+                Planes are not responding, sir!
+
+Power returns in time for the sonarman to get a glimpse at the side-scan
+display... AS THE SHEER CLIFF WALL LOOM BEFORE THEM.
+
+                                HELMSMAN
+                Hydraulics restored, sir.
+
+EXT. U.S.S. MONTANA                                                     7
+
+The cliff wall materializes out of the blue limbo off the port bow with
+nightmarish slow-motion.  The sub slams into it with horrific force, scraping
+along and bouncing off.  One tail stabilizer is sheared off and the big screw
+prangs the wall with an earsplitting K-K-KWANG!
+
+INT. PORT TO TORPEDO ROOM                                               8
+
+With the outer tube-doors torn off, seawater slams in, busting the inner
+hatches.  Two-foot thick columns of water, like fire-hoses of the gods,
+blast into the room.  Everything vanishes instantly in white spray.
+
+INT. CONTROL RM/ATTACK CENTER                                           9
+
+Everyone is hurled off his feet.  The planesman flights to recover control of
+the yoke.
+
+                                CAPTAIN
+                Collision alarm!  Collision alarm!  Lighten
+                her up, Charlie!
+
+                                NAVIGATOR
+                The torpedo room is flooded, sir!
+
+                                CAPTAIN
+                Blow all tanks!  Blow everything!
+
+                                HELMSMAN
+                Passing twelve hundred feet...
+
+                                EXEC
+                Blowing main tanks!
+
+                                HELMSMAN
+                Twelve hundred fifty feet...
+
+EXT. MONTANA                                                            10
+
+The great sub is being hauled down by the mass of its flooded bow section,
+its flanks rushing past us like a freight train headed for Hell.
+
+INT. MONTANA CONTROL ROOM                                               11
+
+The command crew fights futility for control, everyone shouting and terrified.
+
+                                EXEC
+                Main forward tanks ruptured!
+
+                                HELMSMAN
+                Passing thirteen hundred feet...
+
+                                EXEC
+                Too deep to pump auxiliaries!
+
+                                CAPTAIN
+                All back full!  All back full!
+
+                                HELMSMAN
+                Answering all back full.  Passing thirteen hundred
+                fifty feet... fourteen hundred... fourteen
+                fifty...
+
+The Captain locks eyes with the Exec amid the din...
+
+                                CAPTAIN
+                We're losing her.  Launch the buoy!
+
+The Exec opens the door to a small box and punches a button.  A red light
+comes on.  The Captains takes a deep breath.
+
+EXT. MONTANA                                                            12
+
+A tiny transmitter is ejected from the sub's hell and begins its long ascent
+to the surface.  A second later the sub slams down like a piledriver onto a
+ledge, tearing open its pressure hull.
+
+INT. MONTANA                                                            13
+
+VARIOUS QUICK CUTS, just flashes and impressions, as...
+Seawater blasts down the corridors --
+Explodes across the control room, hurling men like dolls --
+Floods the cavernous missile bay in seconds --
+Bursts through hatches into the reactor room --
+Blasts men OUT OF FRAME in a micro-second.
+
+EXT. OCEAN/UNDERWATER                                                   14
+
+In the cobalt twilight we see the Montana slide down the sea cliff, its hull
+SCREECHING like the death agonies of some marine dinosaur.  Descending in an
+avalanche of silt, it finally disappears into the blackness below... a
+blackness which continues almost straight down, 20,000 feet to the bottom of
+the Cayman Trough.  The abyss.
+
+EXT. OCEAN SURFACE -- DAY                                               15
+
+Above, in the world, the Caribbean rolling gray under a stormy sky.  The
+Montana's emergency buoy pops to the surface, transmitting.
+
+                                                                CUT TO:
+
+EXT. OCEAN/20 MILES AWAY -- DAY                                         16
+
+LONG LENS SHOT: three massive Navy Sea King helicopters thundering straight
+at us, FILLING FRAME.
+
+REVERSE, as they barrel OVER CAMERA toward a lone civilian ship... an ugly
+but very sophisticated deep-sea drilling support ship, the BENTHIC EXPLORER.
+It is a twin-hulled monstrosity with a central opening in its deck, around
+which crouch enormous cranes, winches and other arcane equipment.
+
+The first Sea King settles onto the helipad, disgorging a contingent of Naval
+officers, technicians, and a squad of armed seamen.  A pantomime in the
+rotorwash, we see the Benthic Petroleum ""company man"" KIRKHILL greeting
+COMMODORE DEMARCO, the on-scene commander.
+
+INT. BENTHIC EXPLORER/BRIDGE -- DAY                                     17
+
+The bridge is state-of-the-art, with computers and sophisticated navigation
+and communications gear, looking like mission control with its bank of video
+monitors.  The Drilling Operations Supervisor, LELAND MCBRIDE, and BENDIX,
+the crew chief, watch the invaders swarming the deck below.
+
+                                MCBRIDE
+                Does not look good at all.
+
+TIGHT ON VIDEO SCREEN (MINUTES LATER) showing divers working in total
+blackness around some sort of installation on the bottom of the ocean.  They
+move through the harsh floodlights in dreamlike slow motion, looking like
+space-suited figures with their helmets and umbilical hoses.
+
+                                DEMARCO (V.O.)
+                No light from the surface.  How deep are they?
+
+                                MCBRIDE (V.O.)
+                Seventeen hundred feet.
+
+WIDER, showing the Navy contingent crowding the control room.  DeMarco is
+hardcore military, brusque and efficient.  Kirkhill is a small man with
+pinched features, wearing a shirt and tie, which on a drill ship means
+company man and/or dickhead.
+
+                                DEMARCO
+                I need them to go to over two thousand.
+
+                                KIRKHILL
+                They can do it.
+                              (to McBride)
+                Get Brigman on the line.
+
+                                                                CUT TO:
+
+EXT. UNDERWATER -- DAY (TOTAL DARKNESS)                                 18
+
+1700 FEET BELOW.  A submersible oil-drilling platform, DEEPCORE II, an island
+of light in the vast blackness.  Its main framework connects two ""tri-
+modules"" consisting of three cylinders each.  These contain living and work
+areas in a pressurized environment.  An umbilical cable, thick as a man's
+thigh, runs up from the oil rig into the darkness, to the Benthic Explorer
+at the surface.  In a bubble-like dome port window we see the rig foreman, or
+""toolpusher,"" BUD BRIGMAN.  He's talking (via headset) with two divers
+working outside... 'CATFISH' DE VRIES, AND LEW 'BIRD-DOG' FINLER.
+
+                                BUD
+                Hey, you guys are milking that job.
+
+                                CATFISH
+                           (Kentucky drawl)
+                That's cause we love freezin' our butts off out
+                here sooo much, boss.
+
+OMITTED                                                                 19
+
+INT. DRILL ROOM                                                         20
+
+Bud turns from the window and crosses the drill floor.  The working heart of
+the rig.  THUNDEROUS MECHANICAL ROAR.  The drill crew, in hardhats and mud-
+plastered overalls, tend the massive spinning turn-table in the center of the
+chamber.  The semi-automated system requires only five men to operate.  The
+others are LUPTON MCWHIRTER, DWIGHT PERRY, JAMMER WILLIS, and TOMMY RAY
+DIETZ.  Bud hears his names called above the din by Jammer, a massive
+roughneck/diver who stands a good head taller than the rest.
+
+                                JAMMER
+                               (yelling)
+                Bud!  Hippy's on the bitch-box.  It's a call
+                from topside.  That new company man.
+
+                                BUD
+                Kirkhill?  That guy doesn't know his butt from
+                a rathole.  Hey, Perry!
+
+One of the roustabouts, a wiry Texan, turns to him.
+
+                                BUD
+                Do me a favor and square away the mud hose and
+                those cable slings.  This place is starting to
+                look like my apartment.
+
+Perry chuckles and sets to the task cheerfully.  Bud EXITS, ducking his head
+through a low watertight hatch.
+
+INT. CORRIDOR/TOOLPUSHER'S OFFICE                                       21
+
+Bud tromps down the narrow corridor, his work boots gonging on steel.
+
+                                P.A. (HIPPY'S VOICE)
+                BUD, PICK UP THE TOPSIDE LINE URGENT.
+
+                                BUD
+                I'm coming.  Keep your pantyhose on.
+
+He enters his office, a tiny cubicle with stacks of paperwork, dust-
+gathering tech manuals and waterstained Penthouse fold-outs.  He picks up the
+phone... punches down a line.
+
+                                BUD
+                Brigman here.  Kirkhill?  What's going on?
+                              (pause)
+                I am calm.  I'm a calm person.  Is there some
+                reason why I shouldn't be calm?
+
+HOLD ON Bud's expression, darkening, as he listens.
+
+INT. CORRIDOR/CONTROL MODULE                                            22
+
+The control module is a long narrow cabin like the inside of a Winnebago,
+packed with instrumentation.  At the end is a small bay with multiple
+viewports.  Outside, at a 'Christmas tree' pipe installation, a lone diver
+can be seen welding.  He is accompanied by a large submersible, FLATBED, and
+by a Remotely Operated Vehicle, or ROV, call LITTLE GEEK.  Little Geek is an
+underwater robot which operated on the end of a cable-like control TETHER.
+It has a single video 'eye' in front, by which the operator pilots the little
+machine.  The rig's ROV pilots is ALLEN 'HIPPY' CARNES, who stands by the
+window twiddling his joysticks and drinking coffee.  His pet white rat,
+BEANY, crawls contentedly around his shoulders.  The door BANGS OPEN.
+
+Hippy jumps, slops his coffee.  Bud strides in.  Not calm.
+
+                                BUD
+                Son of a bitch.
+
+He kicks a chair out of the way and slams his palm down on a switch marked
+DIVER RECALL.  A SIREN, blasting through the water from a big hydrophone
+loudspeaker.
+
+                                BUD
+                All divers.  Drop what you're doing.  Everybody
+                out of the pool.
+
+EXT. DEEPCORE/CHRISTMAS TREE                                            A22
+
+Flatbed's pilot, LISA 'ONE NIGHT' STANDING, can be clearly seen behind a
+bubble canopy.  She is a no-nonsense lady who holds her own in the mostly
+male environment by being one of the best submersible drivers in the
+business.  She controls a hydraulic manipulator arm, assisting the diver,
+ARLISS 'SONNY' DAWSON, in his work.  Little Geek hovers around them like a
+tiny helicopter.  One Night moves the Flatbed arm to Sonny and hands him the
+pipe.
+
+                                ONE NIGHT
+                Here you go, hon'.
+
+                                SONNY
+                Just in time, sugar.
+
+They react to Bud's recall, looking toward him up in the control module.
+
+                                ONE NIGHT
+                Dammit, we just got out here.
+
+                                SONNY
+                There was a time when I would have asked why.
+
+One Night makes a grab for his butt with the manipulator claw, which he
+narrowly avoids.
+
+                                                                CUT TO:
+
+EXT. DEEPCORE/UNDER SUB-BAY                                             23
+
+Flatbed moves underneath the rig, a few feet above the seafloor, with Sonny
+riding on its top deck.  It passes under a lit opening and rises toward the
+surface of the water in the chamber above.  Little Geek follows like an
+obedient dog.
+
+INT. SUB-BAY/MOONPOOL                                                   24
+
+The opening is called the moonpool, and Deepcore's submersibles are launched
+through it.  From inside the sub-bay it looks just like a swimming pool.
+Flatbed surfaces, nearly filling it.  The chamber also contains CAB ONE, a
+similar submersible.  Jammer, Perry, and some of the other drill-room boys
+are helping the divers out of the water.  The water at this depth is only
+about six degrees above freezing, and these folks are cold and prune-
+fingered.  Finler pulls off his demand-helmet, revealing a round, boyish
+face.
+
+                                FINLER
+                What's goin' on?  How come we got recalled?
+
+                                SONNY
+                Hell is I know.
+
+One Night jumps 'ashore' from Flatbed's broad deck and joins them.  Catfish
+is unzipping his bulky dry-suit.
+
+                                CATFISH
+                Just follow standard procedure, will ya...
+                flog the dog till somebody tells us what's
+                happening.
+
+                                JAMMER
+                Hey, Catfish, I'll sell you my October Penthouse
+                for twenty bucks.
+
+                                ONE NIGHT
+                Save you money, darlin'... the pages are all
+                stuck together by now.
+
+Bud enters, approaching the group.
+
+                                JAMMER
+                What's goin' on, Boss?
+
+                                BUD
+                Folks, I've just been told to shut down the hole
+                and prepare to move the rig.
+
+                                SONNY
+                She-hit.
+
+                                BUD
+                We're being asked to cooperate in a matter of
+                national security.  Now you know exactly as much
+                as I do.  So just get your gear off and get up to
+                control.  There's some kind of briefing in ten
+                minutes.
+
+                                                                CUT TO:
+
+INT. DEEPCORE/COMMAND MODULE                                            25
+
+The whole rig crew is somehow jammed into the room for the video briefing.
+DeMarco is on the main monitor, with his aides and Kirkhill visible b.g.
+
+                                DEMARCO
+                At 09:22 local time this morning, an American
+                nuclear submarine, the USS Montana, with 156 men
+                aboard, went down 22 miles from here.  There has
+                been no contact with the sub since then.  The
+                cause of the incident is not known.
+
+PAN AROUND the reactions of the various drill crew members... shocked,
+hushed, curious.
+
+                                DEMARCO
+                Your company has authorized the Navy's use of
+                this facility for a rescue operation.  The code
+                name is Operation Salvor.
+
+                                ONE NIGHT
+                You want us to search for the sub?
+
+                                DEMARCO
+                No.  We know where it is.  But she's in 2000 feet
+                of water and we can't reach her.  We need divers
+                to enter the sub and search for survivors, if
+                any.
+
+Bud's scowl has been deepening since DeMarco started to talk.
+
+                                BUD
+                Don't you guys have your own stuff for this type
+                of thing?
+
+                                DEMARCO
+                By the time we get our rescue submersible here
+                the storm front will be right on us.  But you
+                can get your rig in under the storm and be on-
+                site in fifteen hours.  That makes you our best
+                option right now.
+
+Hippy, born suspicious and recently graduated to paranoid, leans forward...
+
+                                HIPPY
+                Why should we risk our butts on a job like this?
+
+                                KIRKHILL
+                I have been authorized to offer you all special-
+                duty bonuses equivalent to three times normal
+                dive pay.
+
+                                CATFISH
+                Hell, for triple time I'd crawl through razor
+                blades and shower off with lime juice.
+
+                                FINLER
+                I'm here to tell ya', you could set me on fire
+                and call me names.
+
+                                BUD
+                Look, I don't know what kind of a deal you guys
+                worked out with the company, but my people are
+                not qualified for this... they're oil workers.
+
+                                DEMARCO
+                A four-man SEAL team will transfer down to you
+                to supervise the operation.
+
+                                BUD
+                You can send down whoever you like, but I'm the
+                toolpusher on this rig, and when it comes to the
+                safety of these people, there's me... then
+                there's God.  Understand?  If things get dicey,
+                I'm pulling the plug.
+
+                                KIRKHILL
+                I think we're all on the same wavelength,
+                Brigman.  Now let's get the wellhead uncoupled,
+                shall we?
+
+                                                                CUT TO:
+
+INT. DEEPCORE/COMMAND MODULE AND CORRIDOR                               26
+
+Bud stands beside the hatchway as the others file out toward their tasks.
+They comment gravely as they pass...
+
+                                JAMMER
+                When Lindsey finds out about this, it's not
+                gonna be a pretty sight.
+
+                                ONE NIGHT
+                They're going to have to shoot her with a
+                tranquilizer gun.
+
+                                                                CUT TO:
+
+EXT. OCEAN -- DAY                                                       27
+
+A single Navy Sea King churns through the rain under massive thunderheads.
+The sea below is whipped by the storm.
+
+INT./EXT. SEA KING                                                      28
+
+PANNING ALONG BOOTED FEET, four pairs of black military size twelves line
+up, onto... a pair of Charles Jourdans fives under shapely ankles.
+
+WIDER, revealing the four-man team of Navy SEALs.  And a slender woman in
+her early thirties.  She's attractive, if a bit hardened, dressed
+conservatively in a skirt and jacket.  Meet LINDSEY.  Project Engineer for
+Deepcore.  She's a pain in the ass, but you'll like her.  Eventually.
+She's holding on grimly, sitting crammed in with the SEALs and a bunch of
+gear, getting tossed around by the storm.  The SEALs are dressed alike in
+black fatigues.  They are muscular, finely-tuned and extremely dangerous
+special-forces types.  The leader of the SEAL team, LIEUTENANT COFFEY, makes
+his way forward to the cockpit.
+
+The pilot is white-knuckling his stick, trying to hold the great beast of a
+helicopter in position.  Through the windshield, the deck of the Benthic
+Explorer can be seen below, pitching in a violent sea.
+
+                                PILOT
+                No way I'm putting her down.  I shouldn't even
+                be flying in this shit.
+
+                                COFFEY
+                                (cool)
+                Just hold it over the deck.
+
+Coffey goes back to the crew deck, moving easily in the bucking craft.  He
+nods to the others SEALs, MONK, WILHITE, and SCHOENICK.  In the open side
+door, Wilhite clips a 100 foot nylon rope to the airframe and throws out the
+coil.  One by one the shoulder the gear-bags, grab the rope, and step out.
+Lindsey stands swaying in the chopper door, watching the SEALs fast-roping
+to the deck.  One, two, three.  Coffey looks at her.
+
+                                COFFEY
+                You want to be on that ship, there's only one
+                way it's going to happen.
+
+He's sure she won't go for it.  It's his certainty that gets her.  She sets
+her jaw.  Opening her purse she takes out a small plastic bag, puts her
+shoes and purse in the bag, and grips the bag in her teeth.  Then grabs
+the rope and slides down.
+
+EXT. BENTHIC EXPLORER/HELIPAD                                           29
+
+Swinging wildly in the wind like a human pendulum, Lindsey fast-ropes forty
+feet to the deck.  She steps away an instant before Coffey hits behind her.
+Lindsey crosses the rainswept deck with athletic strides.  Her nylons are
+ruined.  An air-crewman in the chopper lowers two additional equipment cases
+using the rescue sling.  The SEALs catch them as they swing radically across
+the deck.  They Navy chopper banks and seems to scurry away before the
+mounting storm.
+
+                                                                CUT TO:
+
+EXT. OCEAN BOTTOM                                                       30
+
+BLACKNESS.  Then shafts of light become visible, above a ridge of rock.
+Flatbed appears, trailing two heavy two cables.  Behind it, the mass of
+Deepcore emerges from the darkness, its forward lighting array blazing.
+Flatbed is towing it like a tug, aided by Deepcore's own mighty stern
+thrusters.
+
+INT. DEEPCORE/CONTROL MODULE                                            31
+
+Bud, his feet propped up, uses joystick controls to 'fly' Deepcore,
+maneuvering against currents and around seafloor obstacles.  He is guided
+by the side-scan sonar display, with Hippy assisting in the sonar shack.
+Through the front viewport, Flatbed can be seen out ahead.
+
+McBride appears on the bridge monitor, holding a sheet of weather-fax.
+
+                                MCBRIDE (on screen)
+                Well, it's official, sportsfans.  They're calling
+                it Hurricane Frederick, and it's going to be
+                making our lives real interesting in a few hours.
+
+INT. EXPLORER BRIDGE -- DAY                                             32
+
+Bud responds via video.
+
+                                BUD
+                Fred, huh?  I don't know.  Hurricanes should be
+                named after women.
+
+McBride looks up as the bridge door opens.  Lindsey enters in a blast of wind,
+wet as a wharf rat and twice as pissed off.  Maybe Bud is right.
+
+                                                                CUT TO:
+
+INT. DEEPCORE/CONTROL MODULE                                            33
+
+Bud is surprised to see Lindsey's face appear on the monitor screen.
+
+                                LINDSEY
+                I can't believe you let them do this!
+
+                                BUD
+                     (unpreturbed, almost cheerful)
+                Hi, Lins.  I thought you were in Houston.
+
+                                LINDSEY
+                I was, but I managed to bum a ride on the last
+                flight out here.  Only here isn't where I left
+                it, is it, Bud?
+
+                                BUD
+                Wasn't up to me.
+
+                                LINDSEY
+                We were that close to proving a submersible
+                drilling platform could work.  We had over seven
+                thousand feet of hole down for Chrissake.  I
+                can't believe you let them grab my rig!
+
+                                BUD
+                Your rig?
+
+                                LINDSEY
+                My rig.  I designed the damn thing.
+
+                                BUD
+                Yup, a Benthic Petroleum paid for it.  So as long
+                as they're hold the pink slip, I go where they
+                tell me.
+
+                                LINDSEY
+                You wimp.  I had a lot riding on this.  They
+                bought you... more like least rented you cheap--
+
+                                BUD
+                I'm switching off now.
+
+                                LINDSEY
+                Virgil, you wiener!  You never could stand up
+                to fight.  You--
+
+Bud hits the switch and the screen goes dead.
+
+                                BUD
+                Bye.
+
+Hippy looks over him, trying very hard not to crack up.
+
+                                HIPPY
+                Virgil?
+
+                                BUD
+                God, I hate that bitch.
+
+                                HIPPY
+                Yeah, well you never should have married her then.
+
+Bud nods fatalistically.
+
+                                                                CUT TO:
+
+EXT. EXPLORER DECK/LAUNCH WELL                                          34
+
+Ten foot waves crash through the launch-well, sending up geysers of spray.
+Next to the launch-well, crewman have attached a lifting cable to CAB THREE,
+eighteen feet of ugly yellow submersible.  It slams violently in its steel
+cradle as the drill-ship rolls.  Coffey and Schoenick hand the gear bags in
+to Wilhite and Monk though the hatch under the rear of the submersible.
+
+Lindsey approaches, wearing a borrowed roustabout's coverall.
+
+She looks down at the larger of the two equipment cases brought by the SEALs,
+lying on the deck.  Stenciled on it are the words: F.B.S./DEEP SUIT/MARK IV.
+Coffey and Schoenick push past her to pick it up.
+
+                                LINDSEY
+                Let's go, gentlemen!  We either launch now or
+                we don't launch.
+
+Coffey looks up in surprise as she nimbly climbs the side of Cab Three and
+grabs the lifting shackle, circling her raised hand to signal the crane man.
+
+                                LINDSEY
+                Take her up, Byron!
+
+Cab Three, with Lindsey riding its back, is pulled up out its cradle and
+starts to swing violently as Explorer pitches.  The submersible is then
+swung out to the center of the launch well.  It sways and gyrates above the
+furious water below.  Lindsey drops into the upper hatch.
+
+INT. EXPLORER BRIDGE/D.O.C.                                             35
+
+Kirkhill leans suddenly over the console to look out the window.
+
+                                KIRKHILL
+                What the hell is she doing out there?  Son of a
+                bitch...
+                           (into microphone)
+                Lindsey... get out of Cab Three.  Bates is taking
+                her down.
+
+INT. CAB THREE                                                          36
+
+Lindsey pulls her headset as she dogs down the inside locking levers of the
+hatch.
+
+                                LINDSEY
+                Bates is sick.  Besides I've got more hours in
+                this thing than he does.
+                              (to Coffey)
+                A little change of plan.
+
+The little sub is swinging like a pendulum on the cable, and the SEALs,
+jammed in with their equipment in the tiny space, are getting slammed into
+the walls.  Lindsey is calmly flipping switches as she talks.
+
+                                COFFEY
+                Lady, we better fish or cut bait.
+
+                                LINDSEY
+                Just hold your water, okay?
+                             (to Kirkhill)
+                So Kirkhill, we gonna do this or we gonna talk
+                about it?
+
+INT. EXPLORER BRIDGE/D.O.C.                                             37
+
+The plug is pulled on DeMarco's patience.
+
+                                DEMARCO
+                I don't care who drives the damn thing.  Just get
+                my team in the water.
+
+                                KIRKHILL
+                Alright, alright.  Christ Almighty!
+
+He gestured dismissively to McBride.
+
+                                MCBRIDE
+                Cab Three, you are clear to launch.
+
+INT./EXT. CAB THREE                                                     38
+
+Lindsey reaches up a grabs a red lever.
+
+                                LINDSEY
+                Roger.
+                              (to Coffey)
+                There's only one way it's going to happen...
+
+She pulls the lever hard.  CLUNK-CLANG!  The shackle-release drops the sub.
+It freefalls ten feet to the water with an enormous splash and keeps right
+on going after Lindsey floods the trim tanks.  Coffey et al have been slammed
+hard.
+
+                                LINDSEY
+                Touchdown.  The crowd goes wild.  Explorer...
+                Cab Three.  We are styling.
+
+                  "
+50,Air Force One,Andrew W. Marlowe,"Action,Adventure,Drama,Thriller",,"
+               FADE IN:
+
+               INT. C-130 HERCULES TURBO-PROP - NIGHT
+
+               Eighteen combat-ready special forces, wearing assault black, 
+               jump packs and combat gear, stare down the deep end of a 
+               greasy ramp into the night sky.  Village lights flicker 19,000 
+               feet below.
+
+               The STRIKE FORCE LEADER signals to his team.
+
+               Without a moment's hesitation, they dive into the darkness 
+               and plummet toward earth.
+
+               EXT. MANSION - NIGHT
+
+               A military GUARD, old Soviet-style uniform, rounds the corner 
+               of the large estate toting an AK-47.
+
+               A red laser dot appears briefly on his forehead and, after a 
+               beat, the red dot seems to bleed.  The Guard collapses dead.  
+               Two other GUARDS are dispatched with single, silenced shots.
+
+               A Strike Team member at a junction box awaits a signal.
+
+               Through infra-red binoculars the strike Force Leader watches 
+               his assault troops as they take positions.
+
+                                     STRIKE FORCE LEADER
+                              (into headset/in 
+                              Russian)
+                         GO!
+
+               On the estate - as the power goes out.  The team on the 
+               mansion's front porch pops the door and pours in.
+
+               INT. MANSION - NIGHT
+
+               FOLLOWING - the FIVE TEAM MEMBERS as they rush a stairway in 
+               phalanx formation.  They nearly knock over an old lady, who 
+               in turn lets out a blood curdling scream.
+
+               UPSTAIRS CORRIDOR -
+
+               The team kicks open a door.  Rushes into the room.
+
+               INT. BEDROOM -
+
+               Assault weapons pointed at the bed.  The soldiers yank back 
+               bedsheets to reveal IVAN STRAVANAVITCH, a middle-aged man 
+               and his half-naked 18-year-old concubine.
+
+                                     SOLDIER
+                              (in Russian)
+                         Get up, now!  Up!
+
+               The soldiers pull Stravanavitch to his feet and haul him out 
+               of the room.
+
+               FOLLOWING -  As they push down the hallway.
+
+               MANSION SECURITY GUARDS rally with haphazard gunfire.
+
+               Out come the strike force's flash-bang grenades.  Exploding 
+               everywhere, disorienting Stravanavitch's men.
+
+               EXT. FIELD - NIGHT
+
+               Signal flares burn as a helicopter descends on the position.  
+               The Strike Team evacuates across the field and forces a 
+               struggling Stravanavitch into the low-hovering copter.
+
+               The commandos swiftly board the craft as a handful of 
+               Stravanavitch's guards break into the clearing.  They open 
+               fire.
+
+               And the mounted machine guns on the helicopter return.
+
+               One of the Strike Team members takes a bullet to the neck.  
+               He's' pulled by his comrades into the chopper as it lifts 
+               into the sky, its guns spitting lead...
+
+               STRIKE FORCE LEADER (V.0.)
+
+               Archangel, this is Restitution.
+
+               Archangel, this is Restitution.  The package is wrapped.  
+               Over.
+
+                                     VOICE (V.0. RADIO)
+                         Roger, Restitution.  We are standing 
+                         by for delivery.
+
+                                     FADE TO BLACK
+                         The SOUNDS of a dinner banquet.  
+                         Forks clanking against plates and 
+                         the din of a hundred conversations, 
+                         broken by...
+
+               The DING, DING, DING of a SPOON tapping against a wine glass.
+
+               SUPER TITLE:   ""MOSCOW - THREE WEEKS LATER
+
+               FADE IN:
+
+               INT. BANQUET ROOM - NIGHT
+
+               Hundreds of men and women in formal evening wear sit at round 
+               banquet tables.  A HUSH falls over the guests as the DINGING 
+               continues.  All attention turns to the front table.
+
+               A rotund, silver haired-man in his late sixties rises and 
+               sidles past U.S. and Russian flags up to the podium 
+               microphone.  He is STOLI PETROV, President of Russia.
+
+                                     PETROV
+                              (in Russian)
+                         Thank you for joining us this evening.
+
+               Petrov's harsh Russian issues through the room.  But over it 
+               we hear a young woman's voice translating.
+
+                                     TRANSLATOR (V.0.)
+                         Tonight we are honored to have with 
+                         us a man of remarkable courage, who, 
+                         despite strong international 
+                         criticism...
+
+               AT THE FRONT TABLE -
+
+               A translator's words ring in the earpiece of a handsome man 
+               in his mid-forties.  Worry lines crease his forehead and the 
+               touch of gray at his temples attest to three very difficult 
+               years in office.
+
+               This man is JAMES MARSHALL, and he is the PRESIDENT of the 
+               UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.  He busily makes last minute changes 
+               to his speech.
+
+                                     TRANSLATOR
+                              (V.0. earpiece)
+                         Has chosen to join our fight against 
+                         tyranny in forging a new world 
+                         community.  Ladies and gentlemen, I 
+                         give you the President of the United 
+                         States of America...
+
+               Mr. President.
+
+               Thunderous applause as Marshall rises and approaches the 
+               podium.
+
+               At the back of the room, DOHERTY, a senior policy adviser 
+               whispers to the President's Chief of Staff ED SHEPHERD...
+
+                                     DOHERTY
+                         Maybe we should consider running him 
+                         for re-election instead of the U.S.
+
+               The applause dies as Marshall begins to speak.
+
+                                     MARSHALL
+                              (in Russian with 
+                              subtitles)
+                         Good evening and thank you.  First I 
+                         would ask you to join me in a moment 
+                         of silence for the victims of the 
+                         Turkmenistan massacres.
+
+               The room remains silent a few beats.  Most guests respectfully 
+               bow their heads.
+
+               Marshall begins again, but this time in English.  The young 
+               woman translates simultaneously for the Russian audience.
+
+                                     MARSHALL
+                         As you know, three weeks ago American 
+                         Special Forces, in cooperation with 
+                         the Russian Republican Army, secured 
+                         the arrest of Turkmenistan's self-
+                         proclaimed dictator, General Ivan 
+                         Stravanavitch, whose brutal sadistic 
+                         reign had given new meaning to the 
+                         word horror.  I am proud to say our 
+                         operation was a success.
+
+               Applause from the audience.  Marshall turns the page on his 
+               speech.
+
+                                     MARSHALL
+                         And now, yesterday's biggest threat 
+                         to world peace... today awaits trial 
+                         for crimes against humanity.
+
+               During the applause, Marshall pulls a page from the speech, 
+               folds it and slides it into his pocket.  He removes his 
+               glasses and looks out into the crowd.  His tone becomes more 
+               personal.
+
+               He's not reciting the speech anymore.
+
+                                     MARSHALL
+                         What we did here was important.  We 
+                         finally pulled our heads out of the 
+                         sand, we finally stood up to the 
+                         brutality and said ""We've had enough.  
+                         Every time we ignore these atrocities-- 
+                         the rapes, the death squads, the 
+                         genocides- every time we negotiate 
+                         with these, these thugs to keep them 
+                         out of gig country and away from gig 
+                         families, every time we do thiS.E. 
+                         we legitimize terror.
+
+               Terror is not a legitimate system of government.  And to 
+               those who commit the atrocities I say, we will no longer 
+               tolerate, we will no longer negotiate, and we will no longer 
+               be afraid.  It's your turn to be afraid.
+
+               Applause rolls through the crowd.
+
+               EXT. MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - NIGHT
+
+               Sprawling terminals spread out to runways like tentacles.
+
+               ON THE TARMAC -
+
+               Bathed in floodlights, perched majestically on the runway, 
+               dwarfing nearby commuter and military jets, stands...
+
+                                     AIR FORCE ONE
+                         The President's own Boeing 747-200, 
+                         dubbed ""the flying White House"".  
+                         The distinctive royal blue stripe 
+                         over a thin gold line tapers to a 
+                         tail adorned with the American flag 
+                         and the Presidential Seal Secret 
+                         Service agents and Marines stand 
+                         guard at the aircraft's perimeter.
+
+               A RUSSIAN NEWS VAN emerges from the darkness and pulls to a 
+               stop by a Secret Service barricade.
+
+               SPECIAL AGENT GIBBS greets the Russian news team that emerges.
+
+                                     GIBBS
+                         Gentlemen, welcome to Air Force One.
+
+               Please present your equipment to Special Agent Walters for 
+               inspection.
+
+               The news team's segment producer, a crusty old Russian named 
+               KORSHUNOV raises his big bushy eyebrows.
+
+                                     KORSHUNOV
+                         We've already been inspected.
+
+                                     GIBBS
+                         Sir, this plane carries the President 
+                         of the United States.
+
+               Though we wish to extend your press service every courtesy, 
+               you will comply with our security measures to the letter.
+
+                                     KORSHUNOV
+                         Of course.  I'm sorry.
+
+               Korshunov and the FIVE MEMBERS of his news crew present their 
+               video cameras, sound equipment and supplies to Special Agent 
+               WALTERS for inspection.  Secret Service DOGS sniff through 
+               the baggage.
+
+                                     GIBBS
+                         Please place your thumbs on the ID 
+                         pad.
+
+               Korshunov puts his thumb on the ID pad of a portable computer.
+
+               The computer matches up his thumbprint with his dossier and 
+               photograph.  ""CLEARED"" flashes on the computer screen.
+
+               INT. HALLWAY - NIGHT
+
+               The President, walking with his entourage.
+
+                                     SHEPHERD
+                         *                     CBS said they'll 
+                         give us four minutes.  They thought 
+                         the Russian was a nice touch.
+
+                                     MARSHALL
+                         I always wondered if my freshman 
+                         Russian class would come in handy.
+
+                                     DOHERTY
+                         Sir, you threw out page two.
+
+                                     MARSHALL
+                         Goddamn right I did.  I asked for a 
+                         tough-as-nails speech and you gave 
+                         me diplomatic bullshit.  What's the 
+                         point in having a speech if I have 
+                         to ad-lib?
+
+                                     DOHERTY
+                         It was a good ad-lib, sir.
+
+                                     MARSHALL
+                         Thanks.  Wrote it last night.
+
+               The President exits the building and enters his limousine.
+
+               EXT. TARMAC - AIR FORCE ONE - NIGHT
+
+               Walters hands the bags back to the Russians.
+
+                                     WALTERS
+                         Equipment checks out.
+
+               A striking woman in her early thirties descends Air Force 
+               One's stairway.  MARIA MITCHELL.
+
+                                     GIBBS
+                         Gentlemen, this is Maria Mitchell.
+
+               Press Relations for the Presidential Flight Office.  She'll 
+               take you from here.
+
+                                     KORSHUNOV
+                         Ms.  Mitchell.  So nice to finally 
+                         meet you in person.
+
+                                     MITCHELL
+                         The President and I were delighted 
+                         that we could accommodate you.  Now 
+                         if you're all cleared?
+                              (Gibbs nods)
+                         You can follow me then.
+
+               They ascend into the belly of Air Force One.
+
+                                     MITCHELL
+                         *                    I'll be giving 
+                         you a brief tour, then during the 
+                         flight, two members of your crew 
+                         will be allowed out of the press 
+                         area at a time for filming.  You 
+                         will have exactly ten minutes with 
+                         the President and twenty with the 
+                         crew...
+
+               EXT. STREETS OF MOSCOW, PRESIDENT'S MOTORCADE - NIGHT
+
+               Winding its way down narrow cobblestone streets onto a major 
+               thoroughfare.
+
+               INT. PRESIDENTIAL LIMOUSINE - NIGHT
+
+               The limousine is packed with advisers, aides, military staff, 
+               including LT. COL. PERKINS, the keeper of the NUCLEAR FOOTBALL 
+               handcuffed to his wrist.  In the b.g. on the limo's television 
+               set, the LARRY KING SHOW indulges in its normal banter.
+
+               Marshall wearily rubs his temples as he stifles a yawn.
+
+                                     SHEPHERD
+                         You wanna knock of f?
+
+                                     MARSHALL
+                         No, no.  I'm fine.  What did the 
+                         Speaker say?
+
+                                     SHEPHERD
+                         He and the NRA don't like the wording.
+
+                                     DOHERTY
+                         Apparently taking uzis away from 
+                         sixth graders isn't as popular as we 
+                         thought it'd be.  Representative 
+                         Taylor is working on a compromise.
+
+                                     MARSHALL
+                         Put together a score sheet.  I'll 
+                         make some calls.
+
+                                     SHEPHERD
+                         With all due respect, sir, maybe you 
+                         should give them this one.  Your 
+                         numbers are still pretty low and you 
+                         called in a lot of chips to nail 
+                         Stravanavitch.
+
+                                     MARSHALL
+                         I might still have a few chips left.
+
+                                     SHEPHERD
+                         *                     We could always 
+                         put you in a duck blind with a twelve 
+                         gauge.  The second amendment types'll 
+                         love that.
+
+                                     MARSHALL
+                         This is a crime bill, Shep.  Killing 
+                         a couple ducks won't get it through 
+                         committee.  Besides, Shep, I told 
+                         you...  I don't shoot babies and I 
+                         don't kiss guns.
+
+                                     SHEPHERD
+                         Other way around, sir.
+
+                                     MARSHALL
+                              (realizing what he 
+                              said)
+                         Right... Christ I'm tired.  Do me a 
+                         favor and keep me away from the press.
+
+               Marshall's watch alarm beeps and he automatically reaches 
+               into his breast pocket, pulls out a medicine vial and downs 
+               two pills with a coffee chaser.
+
+               On the T.V.
+
+                                     LARRY KING (T.V.)
+                         ... and your reaction to the 
+                         President's trip to Moscow.  Good or 
+                         bad?
+
+               Shepherd turns up the volume.
+
+                                     SHEPHERD
+                         This is the part I wanted you to 
+                         see.
+
+                                     REP. DANFORTH (T.V.)
+                         Criminal.  One of our boys died in 
+                         Marshall's little publicity stunt 
+                         and for what?  So we could claim 
+                         victory over another country's 
+                         problems instead of our own?  And 
+                         now he's got the nerve to prance 
+                         around Moscow gloating, while that 
+                         poor boy's family is left to bury 
+                         him.  If I were Marshall, I'd be 
+                         ashamed of myself.
+
+                                     LARRY KING
+                         There you have it.  Harsh words for 
+                         the President from Michael Danforth, 
+                         the Speaker of the House.
+
+               Marshall mutes the television.  A quiet moment.
+
+                                     SHEPHERD
+                         *                     My opinion.  
+                         We can't let him get away with that 
+                         kind of language.
+
+               Marshall considers.  Then decides.
+
+                                     MARSHALL
+                         It's bait.  Don't take it.
+
+                                     SHEPHERD
+                         Sir, the Speaker of the House attacked 
+                         this administration on national 
+                         television.  You can't afford to 
+                         leave that hanging.
+
+                                     MARSHALL
+                              (ignoring Shepherd)
+                         Did we tape the Duke game?
+
+                                     AIDE
+                         It's waiting on the plane.  The ending 
+                         was pretty...
+
+                                     MARSHALL
+                              (interrupting)
+                         Please don't tell me.  Just for once, 
+                         *                     let me be 
+                         surprised.
+
+               INT. AIR FORCE ONE, CORRIDOR, TRAVELING - NIGHT
+
+               Maria Mitchell escorts the Russians down the plane's length.  
+               As they pass the galley, Maria motions up a set of stairs.
+
+                                     MITCHELL
+                         Up on the upper deck is the cockpit 
+                         and the Mission Communication Center.  
+                         The MCC, as we call it, can place 
+                         clear and secure phone calls to 
+                         anywhere on earth.  We're linked to 
+                         a network of military and civilian 
+                         satellites and ground stations.  We 
+                         could run the country or run a war 
+                         from there if we had to.
+
+                                     KORSHUNOV
+                         This is a remarkable aircraft.
+
+                                     MITCHELL
+                         You don't know the half of it.  Did 
+                         you know this entire plane is shielded 
+                         from radiation?  We could fly through 
+                         a mushroom cloud completely unharmed 
+                         if necessary.
+
+                                     KORSHUNOV
+                         A dubious distinction, no?
+
+                                     MITCHELL
+                         I guess it depends on your 
+                         perspective.
+
+               They walk by several conference rooms, running down the 
+               starboard side of the plane.
+
+                                     KORSHUNOV
+                         And all these rooms here?
+
+                                     MITCHELL
+                         Conference rooms, though some have 
+                         other functions.  The one up front 
+                         doubles as an emergency medical 
+                         center.
+
+               Past the conference rooms, they walk by a small side room 
+               where SECRETARIES work on computers, generating documents.
+
+                                     MITCHELL
+                         As you can see, back here's more 
+                         like a regular plane.  Security and 
+                         Secret Service take this cabin.
+                         You'll be in the rear with the press 
+                         pool.
+
+               The REAR PRESS CABIN, just ahead of the rear galley and bank 
+               of bathrooms.  A handful of disgruntled reporters feign sleep.
+
+                                     MITCHELL
+                         Here's a press kit.  I'll let you 
+                         guys get comfortable and once we're 
+                         airborne I'll be able to schedule 
+                         the interviews.
+
+                                     KORSHUNOV
+                         Thank you.
+
+               Mitchell exits forward.  One of the reporters stirs and looks 
+               up at the news team.  He groans.  Space is a premium back 
+               here.
+
+                                     REPORTER
+                         You fellas win some sort of fly-with-
+                         POTUS contest?
+
+                                     KORSHUNOV
+                         Potus?  What is Potus?
+
+                                     REPORTER
+                         P.O.T.U.S. President Of The United 
+                         States.
+
+                                     KORSHUNOV
+                         Ah, no.  We won nothing.  We are 
+                         ITAR-TASS news service.
+
+                                     REPORTER
+                         Right.  Listen, this here... This is 
+                         my row.  You'll have to sit over 
+                         there.
+
+               Korshunov trades looks with his news team.
+
+               EXT. MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - NIGHT
+
+               The President's motorcade pulls up in front of Air Force 
+               One.
+
+               INT. AIR FORCE ONE - NIGHT
+
+               The President and his entourage ascend from the lower deck 
+               platform onto the main deck.  COL. DANIEL AXELROD, Air Force 
+               One's pilot, snaps off a salute as he passes.
+
+                                     COL. AXELROD
+                         Welcome aboard, Mr. President.
+
+                                     MARSHALL
+                              (returns salute)
+                         Hey Danny.  How's it look tonight?
+
+                                     COL. AXELROD
+                         Glassy, sir.  Care to take the wheel?
+
+                                     MARSHALL
+                         You keep offering, one of these days 
+                         I'll take you up on it.
+                              (to no one in 
+                              particular)
+                         Rose and Alice back yet?
+
+                                     AIDE
+                         No, Mr. President.  The ballet ran 
+                         late.  Their ETA is seventeen minutes.
+
+               Marshall nods as he pulls off his bow tie and enters his 
+               stateroom.  Shepherd follows two steps behind.
+
+                                     SHEPHERD
+                         Mr. President?
+
+               Marshall halts Shepherd with a gesture.
+
+                                     MARSHALL
+                         Thirty seconds.
+
+               Shepherd nods and waits by the door.  Lt. Col. Perkins takes 
+               a seat outside the Presidents stateroom and opens the latest 
+               Tom Clancy thriller, using the nuclear football as a lap 
+               desk.
+
+               INT. PRESIDENT'S STATEROOM - NIGHT
+
+               Marshall collapses on the couch, rubs his eyes, then closes 
+               them.  A moment of peace in a breakneck day.
+
+               The knock at the door jars him.
+
+                                     MARSHALL
+                         Yes.
+
+               Shepherd enters.
+
+                                     SHEPHERD
+                         Can I at least issue a press release 
+                         objecting to the Speaker's choice of 
+                         wording?
+
+               President Marshall picks up one of the many phones in his 
+               office.
+
+                                     MARSHALL
+                         I said it's not worth the fight.
+                              (into phone)
+                         Steward, please.
+
+                                     SHEPHERD
+                         We'll just say it was in bad taste.
+
+               *                               MARSHALL
+
+               Forget it, Shep.  The kid gave his life for his country and 
+               the
+
+               Speaker's a bastard for turning him into a sound bite.  I'll 
+               take the heat.  Understood?
+
+                                     SHEPHERD
+                         You give me ulcers.
+
+                                     MARSHALL
+                         That's my job.
+
+               A STEWARD enters the room.
+
+                                     STEWARD
+                         Mr. President?
+
+                                     MARSHALL
+                         Hey Mike.  Could you get me a 
+                         Heineken?
+
+                                     SHEPHERD
+                         No, wait.  Get him one of the Russian 
+                         beers.
+
+               The steward nods and disappears from the room.
+
+                                     SHEPHERD
+                         We've got those Russian news guys on 
+                         board and it'll look good in the 
+                         papers.
+
+               Marshall picks up a stack of policy reports.  Thumbs through 
+               them.
+
+                                     MARSHALL
+                         C'mon Shep.  I've been eating borscht 
+                         and drinking vodka for days.  Isn't 
+                         that enough?
+                              (off paper)
+                         New home starts are down.
+
+               The steward arrives with the Russian beer.  Marshall takes a 
+               swig.  He swallows hard.  Piss-water.  Marshall crosses to 
+               his sink and pours the beer out.  He hands the bottle to the 
+               steward.
+
+                                     MARSHALL
+                         Fill this with Heineken.
+
+               The steward nods...
+
+                                     STEWARD
+                         Yes, Mr. President.
+
+               AND SLINKS AWAY WITH THE BOTTLE. MARSHALL CATCHES HIMSELF --
+
+                                     MARSHALL
+                         I don't believe this.  I'm playing 
+                         politics with a bottle of beer.  A 
+                         goddamn bottle of beer.  I've been 
+                         in office too long.
+
+                                     SHEPHERD
+                         Look on the bright side... if the 
+                         polls don't change, you won't have 
+                         that problem, sir.
+
+               Marshall picks up the phone again.
+
+                                     MARSHALL
+                         Yeah.  Put the Duke game on in my 
+                         room.
+
+               INT. AFO'S MISSION COMMUNICATION CENTER - NIGHT
+
+               THREE Air Force SPECIALISTS man the elaborate communication 
+               system occupying much of the upper deck.  Top-of-the-line 
+               computers, communication systems, video decks, and satellite 
+               receivers.
+
+                                     AIR FORCE SPECIALIST
+                         Yes, Mr. President.
+
+               He slides in a videotape and channels the feed to the *         
+               president's stateroom.
+
+               INT. PRESIDENT'S STATEROOM - NIGHT
+
+               A monitor comes to life with a basketball game.
+
+                                     MARSHALL
+                              (to Shepherd)
+                         Defense and State Department in the 
+                         conference room in one hour.  I want 
+                         to review the Iraq situation.
+
+                                     SHEPHERD
+                         Yes, sir.
+
+               Shepherd exits as Marshall settles into his leather chair 
+               and dives into work.  He punches a button on the speakerphone.
+
+                                     MARSHALL
+                         Get me the Housing Secretary...
+
+               EXT. AIR FORCE ONE - NIGHT
+
+               The Marine Guards snap to attention once again as the First 
+               Lady's motorcade arrives.
+
+               ROSE MARSHALL, a self-assured woman with an aristocratic 
+               gleam, alights from her limo.  She takes a few steps, then 
+               turns, tapping her foot impatiently.
+
+                                     ROSE
+                         C'mon Alice, we're 20 minutes late.
+
+               Your father's gonna have a fit.
+
+               ALICE, the President's 13-year-old daughter, straggles out 
+               of the car, rolling her eyes.
+
+                                     ALICE
+                         It's not like he hasn't made us wait 
+                         a few times.
+
+                                     ROSE
+                         Well, you aren't the President, dear.
+
+                                     ALICE
+                         Yeah, no duh.
+
+               INT. MAIN DECK, AIR FORCE ONE - NIGHT
+
+               As the First Lady's entourage enters.
+
+                                     ROSE
+                         Why don't you go say hi?
+
+               Again, Alice rolls her eyes.
+
+                                     ROSE
+                         What is wrong with you tonight?  
+                         Come here.
+
+               Rose pulls Alice aside.
+
+                                     ROSE
+                         You don't want to say hi to your 
+                         father?
+
+                                     ALICE
+                         I'm sure he's busy.
+
+                                     ROSE
+                         Don't you even want to ask?
+
+               Alice toes her foot into the carpet as she releases an 
+               exasperated sigh.  She is, in this moment, the patron saint 
+            "
+51,Alien,"Walter Hill,David Giler","Action,Horror,Sci-Fi,Thriller",June_1978,"      ALIEN
+
+
+                  (project formerly titled STARBEAST)
+
+
+                Story by Dan O'Bannon & Ronald Shusett
+
+
+                      Screenplay by Dan O'Bannon
+
+
+
+
+
+                                                                       1976
+
+
+
+
+
+
+                              SYNOPSIS
+
+     En route back to Earth from a far part of the galaxy, the crew of the
+     starship SNARK intercepts a transmission in an alien language,
+     originating from a nearby storm-shrouded planet.
+
+     Mankind has waited centuries to contact another form of intelligent
+     life in the universe -- they decide to land and investigate.  Their
+     search takes them to a wrecked alien spacecraft whose doors gape open
+     -- it is dead and abandoned.  Inside they find, among other strange
+     things, the skeleton of one of the unearthly space travellers.
+
+     Certain clues in the wrecked ship lead them across the hostile surface
+     of the planet to a primitive stone pyramid, the only remnant of a
+     vanished civilization.  Beneath this pyramid they find an ancient tomb
+     full of fantastic artifacts.  Lying dormant in the tomb are centuries-
+     old spores, which are triggered into life by the men's presence.  A
+     parasite emerges and fastens itself to one of the men's faces -- and
+     cannot be removed.
+
+     An examination by the ship's medical computer reveals that the
+     creature has inserted a tube down his throat, which is depositing
+     something inside him.  Then it is discovered that the parasite's blood
+     is a horribly corrosive acid which eats through metal -- they dare not
+     kill it on the ship.
+
+     Ultimately it is dislodged from its victim and ejected from the ship,
+     and they blast off from the Hell-planet.  However, before they can seal
+     themselves into suspended animation for the long voyage home, a
+     horrible little monster emerges from the victim's body -- it has been
+     growing in him, deposited there by the parasite... and now it is loose
+     on the ship.
+
+     A series of ghastly adventures follow.  They trap it in an air shaft
+     and a man has to crawl down the shaft with a flamethrower -- it tears
+     a man's head off and runs away with his body -- a man is crushed in
+     the air lock door and the ship loses most of its air in a terrific
+     windstorm -- another man is burned to death and then eaten by the
+     creature -- and another is woven into a cocoon as part of the alien's
+     bizarre life cycle.
+
+     Finally there is only one man left alive, alone on the ship with the
+     creature, and only six hours till his air runs out; which leads to a
+     climax of horrifying, explosive jeopardy, the outcome of which
+     determines who will reach Earth alive -- man or alien.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+                         CAST OF CHARACTERS
+
+     CHAZ STANDARD,
+          Captain.................A leader and a politician.  Believes that
+                                   any action is better than no action.
+
+     MARTIN ROBY,
+          Executive Officer.......Cautious but intelligent -- a survivor.
+
+     DELL BROUSSARD,
+          Navigator...............Adventurer; brash glory-hound.
+
+     SANDY MELKONIS,
+          Communications..........Tech Intellectual; a romantic.
+
+     CLEAVE HUNTER,
+          Mining Engineer.........High-strung; came along to make his
+                                   fortune.
+
+     JAY FAUST,
+          Engine Tech.............A worker.  Unimaginative.
+
+     The crew is unisex and all parts are interchangeable for men or women.
+
+
+
+
+   
+
+IMAGE -- starmap.jpg
+   
+
+
+
+     FADE IN:
+
+     EXTREME CLOSEUPS OF FLICKERING INSTRUMENT PANELS.  Readouts and digital
+     displays pulse eerily with the technology of the distant future.
+
+     Wherever we are, it seems to be chill, dark, and sterile.  Electronic
+     machinery chuckles softly to itself.
+
+     Abruptly we hear a BEEPING SIGNAL, and the machinery begins to awaken.
+     Circuits close, lights blink on.
+
+     CAMERA ANGLES GRADUALLY WIDEN, revealing more and more of the
+     machinery, banks of panels, fluttering gauges, until we reveal:
+
+     INTERIOR - HYPERSLEEP VAULT
+
+     A stainless steel room with no windows, the walls packed with
+     instrumentation.  The lights are dim and the air is frigid.
+
+     Occupying most of the floor space are rows of horizontal FREEZER
+     COMPARTMENTS, looking for all the world like meat lockers.
+
+     FOOM!  FOOM!  FOOM!  With explosions of escaping gas, the lids on the
+     freezers pop open.
+
+     Slowly, groggily, six nude men sit up.
+
+                              ROBY
+               Oh... God... am I cold... 
+
+                              BROUSSARD
+               Is that you, Roby?
+
+                              ROBY
+               I feel like shit... 
+
+                              BROUSSARD
+               Yeah, it's you all right.
+
+     Now they are yawning, stretching, and shivering.
+
+                              FAUST
+                    (groans)
+               Ohh... I must be alive, I feel dead.
+
+                              BROUSSARD
+               You look dead.
+
+                              MELKONIS
+               The vampires rise from their graves.
+
+     This draws a few woozy chuckles.
+
+                              BROUSSARD
+                    (shakes his fist in the
+                     air triumphantly)
+               We made it!
+
+                              HUNTER
+                    (not fully awake)
+               Is it over?
+
+                              STANDARD
+               It's over, Hunter.
+
+                              HUNTER
+                    (yawning)
+               Boy, that's terrific.
+
+                              STANDARD
+                    (looking around with a grin)
+               Well, how does it feel to be rich
+               men?
+
+                              FAUST
+               Cold!
+
+     This draws a LAUGH.
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Okay!  Everybody topside!  Let's get
+               our pants on and get to our posts!
+
+     The men begin to swing out of the freezers.
+
+                              MELKONIS
+               Somebody get the cat.
+
+     Roby picks a limp cat out of a freezer.
+
+     INTERIOR - CONTROL ROOM
+
+     This is a fantastic circular room, jammed with instrumentation.  There
+     are no windows, but above head level the room is ringed by
+     viewscreens, all blank for the moment.
+
+     There are seats for four men.  Each chair faces a console and is
+     surrounded by a dazzling array of technology.
+
+     STANDARD, ROBY, BROUSSARD, and MELKONIS are entering and finding their
+     seats.
+
+                              BROUSSARD
+               I'm going to buy a cattle ranch.
+
+                              ROBY
+                    (putting down the cat)
+               Cattle ranch!
+
+                              BROUSSARD
+               I'm not kidding.  You can get one if
+               you have the credit.  Look just like
+               real cows, too.
+
+                              STANDARD
+               All right, tycoons, let's stop
+               spending our credit and start
+               worrying about the job at hand.
+
+                              ROBY
+               Right.  Fire up all systems.
+
+     They begin to throw switches, lighting up their consoles.  The control
+     room starts to come to life.  All around the room, colored lights
+     flicker and chase each other across glowing screens.  The room fills
+     with the hum and chatter of machinery.
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Sandy, you want to give us some
+               vision?
+
+                              MELKONIS
+               Feast your eyes.
+
+     Melkonis reaches to his console and presses a bank of switches.  The
+     strip of viewscreens flickers into life.
+
+     On each screen, we see BLACKNESS SPECKLED WITH STARS.
+
+                              BROUSSARD
+                    (after a pause)
+               Where's Irth?
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Sandy, scan the whole sky.
+
+     Melkonis hits buttons.  On the screens the images all begin to pan.
+
+     CAMERA MOVES IN ON ONE OF THE SCREENS, with its moving image of a
+     starfield.
+
+     EXTERIOR - OUTER SPACE
+
+     CLOSE SHOT OF A PANNING TV CAMERA.  This camera is remote controlled,
+     turning silently on its base.
+
+     CAMERA BEGINS TO PULL BACK, revealing that the TV camera is mounted on
+     the HULL OF SOME KIND OF CRAFT.
+
+     When the pullback is finished, WE SEE THE FULL LENGTH OF THE STARSHIP
+     ""SNARK,"" hanging in the depths of interstellar space, against a
+     background of glimmering stars.
+
+     INTERIOR - BRIDGE
+
+                              ROBY
+               Where are we?
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Sandy, contact traffic control.
+
+     Melkonis switches on his radio unit.
+
+                              MELKONIS
+               This is deep space commercial vessel
+               SNARK, registration number E180246,
+               calling Antarctica air traffic
+               control.  Do you read me?  Over.
+
+     There is only the HISS OF STATIC.
+
+                              BROUSSARD
+                    (staring at a screen)
+               I don't recognize that constellation.
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Dell, plot our location.
+
+     Broussard goes into action, punching buttons, lighting up all his
+     instruments.
+
+                              BROUSSARD
+               I got it.  Oh boy.
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Where the hell are we?
+
+                              BROUSSARD
+               Just short of Zeta II Reticuli.  We
+               haven't even reached the outer rim
+               yet.
+
+                              ROBY
+               What the hell?
+
+     Standard picks up a microphone.
+
+                              STANDARD
+               This is Chaz speaking.  Sorry, but we
+               are not home.  Our present location
+               seems to be only halfway to Irth.
+               Remain at your posts and stand by.
+               That is all.
+
+                              ROBY
+               Chaz, I've got something here on my
+               security alert.  A high priority from
+               the computer... 
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Let's hear it.
+
+                              ROBY
+                    (punches buttons)
+               Computer, you have signalled a
+               priority three message.  What is the
+               message?
+
+                              COMPUTER
+                    (a mechanical voice)
+               I have interrupted the course of the
+               voyage.
+
+                              ROBY
+               What?  Why?
+
+                              COMPUTER
+               I am programmed to do so if certain
+               conditions arise.
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Computer, this is Captain Standard.
+               What conditions are you talking
+               about?
+
+                              COMPUTER
+               I have intercepted a transmission of
+               unknown origin.
+
+                              STANDARD
+               A transmission?
+
+                              COMPUTER
+               A voice transmission.
+
+                              MELKONIS
+               Out here?
+
+     The men exchange glances.
+
+                              COMPUTER
+               I have recorded the transmission.
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Play it for us, please.
+
+     Over the speakers, we hear a hum, a crackle, static... THEN A
+     STRANGE, UNEARTHLY VOICE FILLS THE ROOM, SPEAKING AN ALIEN
+     LANGUAGE.  The bizarre voice speaks a long sentence, then falls
+     silent.
+
+     The men all stare at each other in amazement.
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Computer, what language was that?
+
+                              COMPUTER
+               Unknown.
+
+                              ROBY
+               Unknown!  What do you mean?
+
+                              COMPUTER
+               It is none of the 678 dialects
+               spoken by technological man.
+
+     There is a pause, then EVERYBODY STARTS TALKING AT THE SAME TIME.
+
+                              STANDARD
+                    (silencing them)
+               Just hold it, hold it!
+                    (glares around the room)
+               Computer: have you attempted to
+               analyze the transmission?
+
+                              COMPUTER
+               Yes.  There are two points of salient
+               interest.  Number one: it is highly
+               systematized, indicating intelligent
+               origin.  Number two: certain sounds
+               are inconsistent with the human
+               palate.
+
+                              ROBY
+               Oh my God.
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Well, it's finally happened.
+
+                              MELKONIS
+               First contact... 
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Sandy, can you home in on that beam?
+
+                              MELKONIS
+               What's the frequency?
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Computer, what's the frequency of
+               the transmission?
+
+                              COMPUTER
+               65330 dash 99.
+
+     Melkonis punches buttons.
+
+                              MELKONIS
+               I've got it.  It's coming from
+               ascension 6 minutes 32 seconds,
+               declination -39 degrees 2 seconds.
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Dell -- show me that on a screen.
+
+                              BROUSSARD
+               I'll give it to you on number four.
+
+     Broussard punches buttons.  One of the viewscreens flickers, and a
+     small dot of light becomes visible in the corner of the screen.
+
+                              BROUSSARD (CONT'D)
+               That's it.  Let me straighten it out.
+
+     He twists a knob, moving the image on the screen till the dot is in
+     the center.
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Can you get it a little closer?
+
+                              BROUSSARD
+               That's what I'm going to do.
+
+     He hits a button.  The screen flashes and a PLANET APPEARS.
+
+                              BROUSSARD (CONT'D)
+               Planetoid.  Diameter, 120 kilometers.
+
+                              MELKONIS
+               It's tiny!
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Any rotation?
+
+                              BROUSSARD
+               Yeah.  Two hours.
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Gravity?
+
+                              BROUSSARD
+               Point eight six.  We can walk on it.
+
+     Standard rises.
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Martin, get the others up to the
+               lounge.
+
+     INTERIOR - MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM
+
+     The entire crew -- STANDARD, ROBY, BROUSSARD, MELKONIS, HUNTER, and
+     FAUST -- are all seated around a table, with Standard at the head.
+
+                              MELKONIS
+               If it's an S.O.S., we're morally
+               obligated to investigate.
+
+                              BROUSSARD
+               Right.
+
+                              HUNTER
+               I don't know.  Seems to me we came on
+               this trip to make some credit, not
+               to go off on some kind of side trip.
+
+                              BROUSSARD
+                    (excited)
+               Forget the credit; what we have here
+               is a chance to be the first men to
+               contact a nonhuman intelligence.
+
+                              ROBY
+               If there is some kind of alien
+               intelligence down on that planetoid,
+               it'd be a serious mistake for us to
+               blunder in unequipped.
+
+                              BROUSSARD
+               Hell, we're equipped --
+
+                              ROBY
+               Hell, no!  We don't know what's down
+               there on that piece of rock!  It
+               might be dangerous!  What we should
+               do is get on the radio to the
+               exploration authorities... and let
+               them deal with it.
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Except it will take 75 years to get
+               a reply back.  Don't forget how far
+               we are from the Colonies, Martin.
+
+                              BROUSSARD
+               There are no commercial lanes out
+               here.  Face it, we're out of range.
+
+                              MELKONIS
+               Men have waited centuries to contact
+               another form of intelligent life in
+               the universe.  This is an opportunity
+               which may never come again.
+
+                              ROBY
+               Look --
+
+                              STANDARD
+               You're overruled, Martin.  Gentlemen
+               -- let's go.
+
+     INTERIOR - BRIDGE
+
+     The men are strapping in, but this time it is with grim determination.
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Dell, I want greater magnification.
+               More surface detail.  I want to see
+               what this place looks like.
+
+                              BROUSSARD
+               I'll see what I can do.
+
+     He jabs his controls.  The image on the screen ZOOMS DOWN TOWARD THE
+     PLANET; but all detail quickly vanishes into a featureless grey haze.
+
+                              STANDARD
+               It's out of focus.
+
+                              ROBY
+               No -- that's atmosphere.  Cloud
+               layer.
+
+                              MELKONIS
+               My God, it's stormy for a piece of
+               rock that size!
+
+                              ROBY
+               Just a second.
+                    (punches buttons)
+               Those aren't water vapor clouds;
+               they have no moisture content.
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Put ship in atmospheric mode.
+
+     EXTERIOR - ""SNARK"" - OUTER SPACE
+
+     The great dish antenna on the SNARK folds down against the main body
+     of the ship, and other parts flatten out, until the ship has assumed
+     an aerodynamic form.
+
+     INTERIOR - BRIDGE
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Dell, set a course and bring us in
+               on that beam.
+
+     EXTERIOR - SPACE
+
+     The SNARK's engines cough into life, and send it drifting toward the
+     distant dot that is the planetoid.
+
+     CAMERA APPROACHES THE PLANETOID, until it looms large on screen.  It is
+     turbulent, completely enveloped in dun-colored clouds.
+
+     The SNARK drops down toward the surface.
+
+     INTERIOR - BRIDGE
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Activate lifter quads.
+
+                              BROUSSARD
+               Activated.  Vertical drop checked.
+               Correcting course.  On tangential
+               course now, orbiting.
+                    (brief pause as he
+                     studies his instruments)
+               Crossing the terminator.  Entering
+               night side.
+
+     EXTERIOR - ""SNARK"" - IN ORBIT
+
+     Beneath the orbiting SNARK, night's curtain rolls across the planet.
+
+     Descending at an angle, the SNARK drops down into the thick atmosphere
+     of the planetoid.
+
+     INTERIOR - BRIDGE
+
+                              ROBY
+               Atmospheric turbulence.  Dust storm.
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Turn on navigation lights.
+
+     EXTERIOR - ""SNARK""
+
+     Hydroplaning down through the pea-soup atmosphere, a set of brilliant
+     lights switches on, cutting through the dust, but hardly improving
+     visibility.
+
+     INTERIOR - BRIDGE
+
+                              BROUSSARD
+               Approaching point of origin.  Closing
+               at 20 kilometers, 15 and slowing.
+               Ten.  Five.  Gentlemen, we are
+               directly above the source of the
+               transmission.
+
+                              STANDARD
+               What's the terrain down there?
+
+                              BROUSSARD
+               Well, line of sight is impossible
+               due to dust.  Radar gives me noise.
+               Sonar gives me noise.  Infrared --
+               noise.  Let's try ultraviolet.  There.
+               Flat.  It's totally flat.  A plain.
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Is it solid?
+
+                              BROUSSARD
+               It's... basalt.  Rock.
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Then take her down.
+
+                              BROUSSARD
+               Drop begins... now!  Fifteen
+               kilometers and dropping... twelve... 
+               ten... eight and slowing.  Five.
+               Three.  Two.  One kilometer and
+               slowing.  Lock tractor beams.
+
+     There is a LOUD ELECTRICAL HUM and the ship shudders.
+
+                              ROBY
+               Locked.
+
+                              BROUSSARD
+               Kill drive engines.
+
+     The engines fall silent.
+
+                              ROBY
+               Engines off.
+
+                              BROUSSARD
+               Nine hundred meters and dropping.
+               800.  700.  Hang on gentlemen.
+
+     EXTERIOR - SURFACE OF PLANET - NIGHT
+
+     The night-shrouded surface is a hell of blowing dust.  The SNARK hovers
+     above it on glowing beams of light, dropping down slowly.
+
+     Landing struts unfold like insect legs.
+
+     INTERIOR - BRIDGE
+
+                              BROUSSARD
+               And we're... down.
+
+     EXTERIOR - SURFACE OF PLANET - NIGHT
+
+     The ship touches down, heavily; it rocks on huge shock absorbers.
+
+     INTERIOR - BRIDGE
+
+     The whole ship VIBRATES VIOLENTLY FOR AN INSTANT -- then all the
+     panels in the room flash simultaneously and the LIGHT'S GO OUT.
+
+                              BROUSSARD
+               Jesus Christ!
+
+     The lights come back on again.
+
+                              STANDARD
+               What the hell happened?
+
+                              ROBY
+                    (hits a switch)
+               Engine room, what happened?
+
+                              FAUST
+                    (over, filtered)
+               Just a minute, hold it, I'm
+               checking.
+
+                              ROBY
+               Has the hull been breached?
+
+                              BROUSSARD
+               Uh... 
+                    (scans his gauges)
+               No, I don't see anything.  We've
+               still got pressure.
+
+     There is a BEEP from the communicator.  Then:
+
+                              FAUST
+                    (over, filtered)
+               Martin, this is Jay.  The intakes are
+               clogged with dust.  We overheated and
+               burned out a whole cell.
+
+                              STANDARD
+                    (strikes his panel)
+               Damn it!  How long to fix?
+
+                              ROBY
+                    (into microphone)
+               How long to fix?
+
+                              FAUST
+                    (over, filtered)
+               Hard to say.
+
+                              ROBY
+               Well, get started.
+
+                              FAUST
+                    (over, filtered)
+               Right.  Talk to you.
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Let's take a look outside.  Turn the
+               screens back on.
+
+     Melkonis hits buttons.  The screens flicker, but remain black.
+
+                              BROUSSARD
+               Can't see a blessed thing.
+
+     EXTERIOR - SHIP - NIGHT
+
+     Only a few glittering lights distinguish the ship from the absolute
+     darkness around it.
+
+     THE WIND MOANS AND SCREAMS.  DUST BLOWS IN FRONT OF THE TINY GLIMMERING
+     LIGHTS.
+
+     INTERIOR - BRIDGE - NIGHT
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Kick on the floods.
+
+     EXTERIOR - SHIP - NIGHT
+
+     A ring of FLOODLIGHTS on the ship come to life, pouring blinding light
+     out into the night.
+
+     They illuminate nothing but a patch of featureless grey ground and
+     clouds of blowing dust.  The wind shrieks.
+
+     INTERIOR - BRIDGE - NIGHT
+
+                              ROBY
+               Not much help.
+
+     Standard stares at the dark screens.
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Well, we can't go anywhere in this
+               darkness.  How long till dawn?
+
+                              MELKONIS
+                    (consults his instruments)
+               Well... this rock rotates every two
+               hours.  The sun should be coming up
+               in about 20 minutes.
+
+                              BROUSSARD
+               Good!  Maybe we'll be able to see
+               something then.
+
+                              ROBY
+               Or something will be able to see us.
+
+     They all look at him.
+
+                                                       DISSOLVE TO:
+
+     EXTERIOR - SHIP - NIGHT (MAIN TITLE SEQUENCE)
+
+     The floodlights on the SNARK fight a losing battle against the
+     darkness and the storm.  MAIN THEME MUSIC BEGINS, EXTREMELY OMINOUS.
+
+     THE TITLE APPEARS:
+
+                              ALIEN
+
+     RUN TITLES.
+
+     Gradually, the screen begins to lighten as the SUN RISES.  The
+     silhouette of the SNARK becomes visible, like some strange insect
+     crouching motionless on the barren plain.  The floods shut off.  Dense
+     clouds of impenetrable dust shriek and moan, obscuring everything and
+     reducing the sunlight to a dull orange.
+
+     END MAIN TITLES.
+
+     INTERIOR - BRIDGE - DAY
+
+     CLOSE ON A SCREEN - it shows nothing but swirling clouds of orange
+     dust.
+
+     PULL BACK FROM SCREEN.  The men (Standard, Roby, Broussard, and
+     Melkonis) are sitting and standing around the room, drinking coffee
+     and staring at the screens, which reveal only the billowing dust.
+
+                              ROBY
+               There could be a whole city out
+               there and we'd never see it.
+
+                              BROUSSARD
+               Not sitting on our butts in here,
+               that's for sure.
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Just settle down.  Sandy, you get any
+               response yet?
+
+                              MELKONIS
+                    (pulls off his earphones)
+               Sorry.  Nothing but that same damn
+               transmission, every 32 seconds.  I've
+               tried every frequency on the
+               spectrum.
+
+                              BROUSSARD
+               Are we just going to sit around and
+               wait for an invitation?
+
+     Roby gives Broussard a black look, then stabs a button on his console
+     and speaks into the mike.
+
+                              ROBY
+                    (into mike)
+               Hello, Faust!
+
+                              FAUST
+                    (over, filtered)
+               Yeah!
+
+                              ROBY
+               How's it coming on the engines?
+
+     INTERIOR - ENGINE ROOM
+
+     Faust is seated at an electronic workbench, brightly lit, speaking
+     into a wall intercom.
+
+                              FAUST
+               I never saw anything as fine as this
+               dust... these cells are all pitted on
+               a microscopic level.  I have to
+               polish these things smooth again, so
+               it's going to take a while.  Okay?
+
+     INTERIOR - BRIDGE - DAY
+
+                              ROBY
+               Yeah, okay.
+                    (puts down the mike)
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Sandy... how far are we from the
+               source of the transmission?
+
+                              MELKONIS
+               Source of transmission is to the
+               northeast... about 300 meters.
+
+                              ROBY
+               Close... 
+
+                              BROUSSARD
+               Close enough to walk to!
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Martin, would you run me an
+               atmospheric?
+
+                              ROBY
+                    (punches buttons and
+                     consults his panels)
+               10% argon, 85% nitrogen, 5% neon... 
+               and some trace elements.
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Nontoxic... but unbreathable.
+               Pressure?
+
+                              ROBY
+               Ten to the fourth dynes per square
+               centimeter.
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Good!  Moisture content?
+
+                              ROBY
+               Zero.  Dry as a bone.
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Any microorganisms?
+
+                              ROBY
+               Not a one.  It's dead.
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Anything else?
+
+                              ROBY
+               Yeah, rock particles.  Dust.
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Well, we won't need pressure suits,
+               but breathing masks are called for.
+               Sandy -- can you rig up some kind of
+               portable unit that we can use to
+               follow that transmission to its
+               source?
+
+                              MELKONIS
+               No problem.
+
+                              BROUSSARD
+               I volunteer for the exploration
+               party.
+
+                              STANDARD
+               I heard you.  You want to break out
+               the side arms?
+
+     INTERIOR - MAIN ARM LOCK - DAY
+
+     Standard, Broussard and Melkonis enter the lock.  They all wear gloves,
+     boots, jackets, and pistols.
+
+     Broussard touches a button and the inner door slides silently shut,
+     sealing them into the lock.
+
+     They all pull on rubber full-head oxygen masks.
+
+                              STANDARD
+                    (adjusting the radio on his
+                     mask)
+               I'm sending.  Do you hear me?
+
+                              BROUSSARD
+               Receiving.
+
+                              MELKONIS
+               Receiving.
+
+                              STANDARD
+               All right.  Now just remember: keep
+               away from those weapons unless I say
+               otherwise.  Martin, do you read me?
+
+     INTERIOR - BRIDGE - DAY
+
+                              ROBY
+               Read you, Chaz.
+
+     INTERIOR - MAIN AIR LOCK - DAY
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Open the outer door.
+
+     Ponderously, the outer lock door slides open.  ORANGE SUNLIGHT streams
+     into the lock, and clouds of dust swirl in.  We hear the MOANING OF THE
+     WIND OUTSIDE.
+
+     A mobile stairway slides out of the open hatchway, and clunks as it
+     hits the ground.
+
+     Standard walks out into the storm, followed by the others.
+
+     EXTERIOR - PLANETOID - DAY
+
+     The three men trot down the gangplank to the surface of the planet.
+     Their feet sink into a thick layer of dust and loose rock.
+
+     The men huddle together, looking around.  The wind screams and tugs at
+     their clothes.  Nothing can be seen.
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Which way, Sandy?
+
+     Melkonis is fiddling with a portable direction-finder.
+
+                              MELKONIS
+                    (pointing)
+               That way.
+
+                              STANDARD
+               You lead.
+
+     Melkonis walks into the blinding dust clouds, followed closely by the
+     others.
+
+                              STANDARD
+               Okay, Martin.  We're on our way.
+
+     INTERIOR - BRIDGE - DAY
+
+     Roby is the sole occupant of the bridge.  He is huddled over his
+     console, smoking a cigarette and watching three moving blips on a
+     screen.
+
+                              ROBY
+               Okay, Chaz, I hear you.  I've got you
+               on my board.
+
+                              STANDARD
+                    (over, filtered)
+               Good.  I'm getting you clear too.
+               Let's just keep the line open.
+
+     EXTERIOR - PLANETOID - DAY
+
+     The three men plough their way through a "
+52,Alien 3,Rex Pickett,"Action,Drama,Horror,Sci-Fi,Thriller", January_1991,"Alien III
+		Screenplay by John Fasano
+	    Story by Vincent Ward & John Fasano
+
+					
+					FIRST DRAFT
+					March 29, 1990
+
+
+
+
+
+""But how will you die when your time
+comes, Narcissus, since you have no
+mother?  Without a mother, one cannot
+love.  Without a mother, one cannot die.""
+
+			- Hesse
+
+
+
+
+
+ALIEN III
+
+
+THE SCREEN IS BLACK
+
+A pinpoint of light appears.
+Red.  An ember. 
+Unseen BELLOWS blow.
+
+GLASS FURNACE
+
+The embers glow.  Flame.
+The fire GROWS.
+
+A RIVER OF MOLTEN GLASS
+
+Heated by the furnace to over 1,300 degrees fahrenheit. 
+White Hot.
+
+GLASS FACTORY
+
+Flickering flame casts dancing shadows on wooden walls.  
+Coarsely grained wood.  Moisture blasted out by years of
+intense heat.  Timbers split.  Patched with new wood,
+it too now old and dry.
+
+SMOKE
+
+Billows up the walls.
+Hangs as an angry, black cloud amongst the rafters and beams of
+the vaulted ceiling.  Almost obscures --
+
+A MAN
+
+On a narrow LEDGE, twenty feet about the Glassworks' floor. 
+His clothing is Medieval.  A rough textured cassock. 
+He is a MONK.
+
+LOUVERS are set into the wall.  He angles them open.
+The smoke begins to escape.
+
+The Monk turns, raises arms and LEAPS from his lofty perch --
+Gently gliding down to the floor with the aid of a FLOWING FOX --
+a primitive hand-held pulley that runs down a rope.
+He lands next to the glass furnace, surrounded by --
+
+MORE MONKS
+
+By their dress.  With Blowing Iron and Pontil.
+They blow and shape the molten glass.  Crack off the finished
+pieces.  The old way.
+
+ONE PARTICULAR MONK
+
+Black skinned, early fifties.
+Stirs his five foot long blowing iron in the molten glass, but
+he is watching something else.  It moves him to song.
+Lilting tenor lifts high into the air.
+This is BROTHER KYLE.
+
+			BROTHER KYLE
+	Well would he guess the ascending of the star,
+	Wherein his patient's fortunes settled were.
+	He knew the course of every malady,
+	Were it of cold or heat or moist or dry.
+	Brother John, would-be Doctour of Physick.
+
+We see the object of his song:
+
+BROTHER JOHN
+
+Not yet forty.  Strong features, but fear behind the eyes.
+The fear that comes from a lack of inner confidence.
+A good face, nonetheless.
+He stirs a thick mixture in a mortar.
+Next to him another MONK sits holding his arm out in front of
+him, cassock sleeve rolled up, revealing a vicious BURN.
+
+		       BROTHER KYLE
+		Tend you quickly he will,
+		with bottles from a shelf.
+		But heals not, so easily,
+		The ills which plague himself.
+
+Brother John stops stirring.
+
+		      BROTHER JOHN
+		   (to Kyle)
+		Enough.
+
+He scoops the salve out with his fingers and applies it to the
+Burned Monk's arm.  The Burned Monk INHALES sharpley as the cool
+mixture contacts the injured area.  
+
+		     BROTHER JOHN
+		  (to the burned Monk)
+		Relax.
+		  (to Kyle)
+		Put those lungs of yours to better
+		use.
+
+		     BROTHER KYLE
+		Yes, Doc Tor.
+
+Kyle laughs, removes the blowing iron from the molten glass --
+a BLOB of white hot glass hanging on the end.
+
+He rolls the blob on the Marver, a flat, polished piece of 
+iron, then begins to blow a bottle shaped container. 
+
+John wraps a fray-edged cloth bandage around the burn.
+
+			     JOHN
+		Keep this from getting wet.  Go home at
+		late afternoon mealtime and don't come
+		back to work today --
+
+		     BURNED MONK
+		But John --
+
+			     JOHN
+		I'll tell the Abbot.  Just rest today.
+		You're lucky you only burned yourself on
+		the side of the furnace.  If some of that
+		glass had gotten on your arm --
+
+He points to the top of his forearm.
+
+	   	            JOHN
+		-- it would've burned clean through to
+		the other side.
+
+He mimes a drop down from the bottom of his arm.
+The Burned Monk shudders at the thought.  
+
+BELLS toll.
+ 
+		            JOHN
+		That's late afternoon.  Now get on.
+
+			BURNED MONK
+		Thank you, John.  I --
+
+			   JOHN
+		You're welcome.  Go!
+
+The Burned Monk trundles off, injured arm against his chest.
+John gathers his mortar, pestle, and extra bandages into a
+burlap sack.  Kyle comes over.
+
+			  KYLE
+		Good work.
+
+			  JOHN
+		All right, but I'm no Father Anselm.
+
+  			  KYLE
+		You're yourself, that's better...
+
+Kyle pushes him through the door...
+
+INTO THE HALLWAY
+
+The Hallway is alive with cassocked monks.
+Their LOW CHANTING reverberates throughout the building.
+The wooden floorboards creak beneath their combined weights.
+This is obviously a MEDIEVAL MONASTERY...
+
+			KYLE
+		The Abbot will be pleased.
+
+			JOHN
+		Don't.
+
+			KYLE
+		Don't what?
+
+			JOHN
+		Please don't tell him.  At least until
+		I know if there's an infection.
+
+			KYLE
+		You want to be the Abbey's Physician,
+		and you haven't learned the first rule:
+		Don't worry about the patient.
+
+John's face drops.
+
+			KYLE
+		I shouldn't have. Sorry.  Look, I know
+		how you must --
+
+			JOHN
+		You don't, but thanks anyway.
+
+AT THE END OF THE HALLWAY
+
+A wide stairwell.  A constant stream of monks all moving down
+the stairs.  Coming from floors above.  Headed for lunch.
+Kyle starts down.  John starts up --
+
+			KYLE
+		Not coming down?
+
+			JOHN
+		I have someone waiting for me.
+
+Kyle disappears into the crowd.
+John moves up...
+
+THE STAIRWAY
+
+A river of brown cassocks running downstream.
+John is the only one moving against the flow.
+He exits the stairwell --
+
+ONE FLOOR UP
+
+A narrow corridor lined with doorways.
+John moves to one in particular.
+He doesn't even look as he grabs the door knob.
+This is his room.
+He opens the door --
+
+IN BROTHER JOHN'S ROOM
+
+An old, worn out DOG lays in wait on an old, worn out cassock
+which is now serving as its bed.
+At the sight of John it stands.
+
+			JOHN
+		Come on, Mattias.
+
+The dog, MATTIAS, joins him in the hall.
+Monk and pet disappear up a flight of stairs. 
+Past another dozen or so Monks who are on their way down.
+
+INT. LIBRARY
+
+A vast room filled with rows of wooden tables with low benches
+between aisle after aisle of floor-to-ceiling wooden shelves
+jammed to capacity with BOOKS of all shapes and sizes.  Millions
+of books, from the looks of it.
+From each book hangs a long CHAIN, long enough to allow the 
+book to be carried only as far as the nearest table.
+
+A CORPULENT MONK - BROTHER PHILIP
+
+In his fifties, and the Librarian by his stern affect, his
+position behind a broad, but also old oak desk, and the large
+KEY hanging from his belt.  He watches the few stragglers return
+their chain bound volumes to the shelves and head for the door,
+then rises and joins them...
+
+IN THE CORRIDOR JUST OUTSIDE THE LIBRARY
+
+John leans against the wall as Philip exits.
+Mattias is nowhere to be seen. 
+
+			PHILIP
+		Brother John.
+
+			JOHN
+		Brother Philip.
+
+			PHILIP
+		Feeding the mind instead of the body
+		again?
+
+			JOHN
+		My training has taught me to feed what's
+		hungry.
+
+Philip pats his broad stomach and heads down the hallway.
+
+			PHILIP
+		As did mine.  As long as you're alone.
+		Enjoy yourself -- and remember, no book
+		leaves the library.
+
+			JOHN
+		How could I forget?  Have a good meal...
+
+John watches the corpulent librarian head down the stairs.
+When he's gone from sight John lifts the bottom of his cassock
+to reveal Mattias.
+
+			JOHN
+		Perfect.
+
+They move into the library...
+
+THE MEDIEVAL SECTION
+
+The oldest books.
+John moves to the stacks.
+Mattias trots over to a particular bench and sits.
+This is his regular place.
+
+AT THE SHELVES
+
+John stands on toe tips to retrieve an ancient Tome.
+He runs his fingers over the familiar leather binding.
+A smile plays across his lips.
+
+He carries the book, places it on the edge of the table so
+there is slack in the chain.
+Sits on the bench next to the dog.
+Clears his throat, opens the book, begins to read...
+
+			John
+	    	    (reading)
+		In the year of our Lord 1348 I, Brother
+		Gerhado of the Minorite Abbey helped bury
+		the Abbot and my sixty fellow monks --
+
+			VOICE O/S
+		Sometimes, I think you'd like that.
+
+John turns to find --
+
+THE ABBOT
+
+Leader of the monastery.  In his seventies but looks younger.
+His Cassock is adorned with a large, ornately carved, wooden
+CHAIN in place of a rope belt.  He crosses to the table.
+
+John closes the book and stands, head bowed in respect.
+
+			John
+		Abbot, I -- I didn't think anyone would --
+
+			ABBOT
+		Mind?  Just Philip, if he knew.  I passed
+		him on the way up.  He said you'd come 
+		in alone.  I knew better.
+
+He scratches the back of Mattias' neck.
+
+			ABBOT
+		Hello, Mattias.  How are you, boy?
+
+The dog snuffles in response.
+
+			ABBOT
+		You know what Philip says about Mattias'
+		hair and his breathing.  You'll have to 
+		take him out of here.
+
+			JOHN
+		He likes when I read to him and -- I 
+		can't --
+
+John looks down sheepishly.  Though nearly forty, he feels
+almost adolescent in the presence of the Abbot.  
+The Abbot pulls a large key from his pocket.
+
+			ABBOT
+		    (smiles)
+		Someone must have left this one unlocked.
+		Take the book with you.
+
+He hands the key to John, who is shocked --
+this is a great honor.
+
+			JOHN
+		Father, I --?
+
+			ABBOT
+		Kyle tells me you did a good job at
+		the glassworks today.
+
+			JOHN
+		I'll reserve judgement until the patient
+		lives.
+
+John crosses to the shelf and unlocks his book.
+He returns the key.
+
+			ABBOT
+		It will get easier.  Father Anselm was...
+		an unexpected loss.  You'll do fine.
+
+The Abbot walks towards the door...
+
+			ABBOT
+		Just have it back before the end of lunch.
+		Oh -- And I didn't see you in here.
+
+			JOHN
+		Thank you.
+		      (to Mattias)
+		Let's go upstairs, boy.
+
+John takes his book -- Moves to a spiral wooden staircase.
+Mattias at his heels.
+Goes UP --
+
+INTO THE BELL TOWER
+
+The mechanics of the bell tower -- all ropes and wooden cogs
+cast scary shadows.
+A doorway leads to --
+
+THE ROOF OF THE ABBEY
+
+Thick with sandy dust.  The wood shows through thin patches.  
+We PULL BACK TO REVEAL what we think is the roof of the Abbey
+is actually --
+
+THE SURFACE OF ARCEON - NIGHT
+
+The door has opened onto the SURFACE OF A PLANTOID!
+The curving horizon broken only by the very top of the
+Abbey bell tower poking through from the levels below.  
+SMOKE curls from vents set into the surface.
+Sunken areas of the planet's sirface are SEAS.
+
+This is ARCEON.
+An manmade orbiter.
+A shell of lightweight foamed steel, five miles in diameter.
+Constructed by The Company on Special Order with habitable
+level within finished in whatever material suits its end user.
+
+This orbiter, for reasons to be discovered later, has been
+sheathed in wood.
+
+JOHN
+
+Walks to the shore of an inland SEA.
+Sits on a bare patch of wood.  Looks up.
+His eyes grow accustomed to --
+
+THE NIGHT SKY - JOHN POV
+
+Freckled with tiny dots of light.
+Stars.  Spread across the inky void.
+Bathe Arceon's surface with their celestial glow.
+
+John smiles at Mattias, breathes deep. 
+The atmosphere up here is thinner, but fresher. 
+He opens the book.
+Reads aloud --
+
+			JOHN
+		In the year of our Lord 1348 I, Brother
+		Gerhado of the Minorite Abbey helped bury
+		the Abbot and my sixty fellow monks, day
+		by day, one by one, until I am the only 
+		one left.  I stayed as long as I could bear 
+		it, then with my dog -- 
+
+Mattias lifts his ears at this part.  His favorite part.
+
+			JOHN
+		- fled.  I have put this to parchment lest
+		this pestilence - this Black Death - 
+		stay my hand.
+			(beat)
+		This was finished by another hand...
+
+John closes the book.  Something catches his eye --
+Something among the myriad points of light in the sky.
+Millions of miles away:
+
+ONE OF THE STARS
+
+Brighter than the rest.  MOVING.
+Fast enough to leave a faint trail.
+Across the stars.  And down...
+A comet.
+
+John stands.  Watches --
+
+THE STAR
+
+Growing brighter.
+Drawing nearer.
+
+JOHN
+
+Joined by three other MONKS.
+They are older than he.
+The Four men watch the sky...
+
+THE STAR
+
+Brighter still.  Closer.
+
+MORE MONKS
+
+Two dozen.  A hundred.
+They come up through the planet's surface.
+Out of wooden trap doors.  Join the others.
+Days pass.
+Now three hundred.
+Necks bowed back.
+Mouths agape.
+A SUBTITLE identifies...
+
+			RELIGIOUS COLONY ARCEON
+			-----------------------
+			POPULATION: 350 Exiles
+			CRIME:  Political Heresy
+
+THE STAR
+
+Fills the sky.
+Burns brighter still as it hits the planetoid's atmosphere.
+
+ON THE SURFACE OF ARCEON
+
+Hundreds of Monks shield their eyes as the ship -- the star --
+ROARS over their heads.  Trailing FIRE --
+
+John holds up his hands - to touch a star --
+Skin BLISTERS as it passes over him,
+He turns and watches as it --
+Arcs downward --
+
+INTO THE SEA
+
+WHOMP- SSSSSSSSSS --!!
+PLUMES of steam rise into the air.
+The water boils.  Fish bob to the surface.  Bloated.  Dead.
+
+JOHN
+
+Is the first to hit the shore.
+Small leather and wood fishing boats tossed by the wake.
+His coracle is the first into the water.
+The others running up behind him.
+He cannot hear the SHOUTS of warning.
+
+ON THE SEA - DAWN
+
+The sun cracks over the black water.
+John's hands move the rough wooden oars.
+Blistered palm opens.
+BLOOD flows.
+He tears off a piece of his cassock --
+Rips it with his teeth --
+Wraps the bloody hand.
+Rows.
+
+THE STAR
+
+Ship.  Star Ship.
+Sulaco escape vehicle #4 rocks on the water.
+White metal skin blackened by the heat.
+
+JOHN
+
+Rows right into it.
+His coracle pitches in the choppy surf.  
+He scrambles onto the ship's cracked tile surface.
+Teeters -- balances -- moves to the unmistakeable HATCH.
+Looks around for a knob, a handle --
+
+NEXT TO THE HATCH
+
+A small panel door whose black and yellow stripes denote
+urgency.  John hesitantly opens the door, revealing a shiny
+metal LEVER.  He stares at it...a beat.
+Then quickly pulls it down...
+WUORRRSH -!
+Hull door OPENS.
+
+The doorway is a black maw.
+John crosses himself.
+Begins to lower his foot into the hatch --
+
+			KYLE O/S
+		Watch it!
+
+He almost falls backwards off the ship.  Looks back --
+
+THE OTHER MONKS
+
+Are rapidly approaching.
+Kyle gestulates wildly --
+
+			KYLE
+		John!  Wait -- !  Don't go in!
+
+John turns back to the open hatch.
+Machine recirculated air flows out.
+He feels it on the skin of his face.  Cool.
+Cool, and artificial.  It calls to him.
+He steps in.  Swallowed by the blackness --
+
+WHOOSH-CLANG -!
+The door closes behind him.
+
+INT. SULACO ESCAPE POD #4 - DAY
+
+Dark.  Dim red lights.  John stands still as his eyes adjust to
+the darkness.  He sees:
+
+NEWT'S HYPER SLEEP TUBE
+
+A glass and metal COFFIN -- pneumatic piping twines around its
+base.  The glass lid is BROKEN.  A Small RED LIGHT pulses at the
+head of the tube -- a soft VOICE and TONE, like your seat belt
+warning -- is audible...
+
+			COMPUTER VOICE
+			(sotto)
+		Seal broken...seal broken...
+
+John finds himself moving towards the tube...
+Looks through the broken lid:
+
+IN THE TUBE
+
+There is a splattered BLOOD STAIN on the sterile white
+interior.  OLD, turned rust-brown.
+Whatever happened here happened a while ago.
+Rust colored drips trail down to --
+
+THE FLOOR
+
+Drag marks.  His eyes follow the stains to a pile of
+Bloody clothing against a control panel.  A jumpsuit.  Torn.
+Child size.  The head of child's DOLL, but no body to be found.
+
+JOHN
+
+Looks back towards the door.
+Part of him wants to get the hell out here -- but he fights
+back his fear.  He is a doctor - or trying to be - someone
+in here may need his help.  He presses forward -- 
+Averts his gaze from the clothing, UP to the blinking and
+glowing instrument panels and their myraid -- 
+
+LIGHTS
+
+Pressure lights.  Data lights.  Warning lights.
+Thousands of lights.  Like the stars in the sky.
+
+It's been decades since he's seen technology like this -- and
+never this close up.  He steps further into the ship, his fear
+now replaced by fascination, follows the lights....
+
+ON A PALE GREEN SCREEN
+
+LED numbers race -- 7,291.01.05...06...07
+A legand identifies ""Elapsed since separation.""
+He moves on...
+
+A VIDEO MONITOR
+
+Through scanning bars of snow, an image:
+A WOMAN with a YOUNG GIRL standing in front of her.
+The Woman's arms are wrapped around the girl.
+Protective. Maternal.
+
+The Woman speaks.  Her message repeats itself.
+A tape loop, although John has no idea what that is.
+
+			WOMAN
+		...taking pod four.  The Crew of the SS
+		Sulaco and all Marine commandoes are dead.
+		Ship's sensors have interrupted the hyper
+		sleep cycle.  An overlooked alien egg has
+		hatched.  Bishop and Hicks have been killed.
+		Xenomorphs have infested the cruiser.  Newt 
+		and I are taking pod four.  The Crew of...
+
+The WARNING TONE of the Woman's message rekindles John's fear.
+He moves more hesitantly around the periphery of the ship,
+following the trail of blinking instruments --
+Drawn to touch a button.  Click...
+
+SOMETHING TENTACLE-LIKE DROPS DOWN ON HIS SHOULDER!
+Just an oxygen mask.
+
+John feels his rapidly BEATING heart as he pushes aside the
+plastic, dangling object and continues around the shuttle. 
+His hand brushes over a SENSOR which responds by lighting and --
+
+HSSSSSSSSS -!
+A BLAST of freon shoots out of an overhead pipe --
+John SHOUTS and back up into --
+
+ANOTHER HYPER SLEEP TUBE!!!
+
+Next to Newt's now empty tube.
+Humming gently.  Still operational.
+John approaches it cautiously.
+He can make out the occupant through the lid...
+
+A WOMAN
+
+The woman from the screen.  This is RIPLEY.
+In hypersleep.  Wearing a white cotton tank top and boxer-type
+shorts.  Christ, she looks beautiful.  
+
+John looks from Ripley to her image on the monitor, then back.
+Sinks to his knees, reverent.  Fascination has replaced fear
+again.  Moves his face closer to the lid.  
+Closer to hers...
+
+DAYLIGHT spills in --
+John's head WHIPS towards the source of the light --
+
+THE DOOR
+
+Open.  Kyle and the other monks.
+
+			KYLE
+		John - what is it?  Is this a Supply ship?
+
+			JOHN
+		No.  No supplies.  Kyle, there's someone
+		in here --
+
+The Second Monk looks at Kyle.
+
+			SECOND MONK
+		This is forbidden.
+
+			KYLE
+		John.  Just get the hell out of there --
+
+			JOHN
+		I don't want to stay.  I have to get her
+		out before this sinks.  You come in, give
+		me a hand --
+
+			KYLE
+		Her?  Look, this is not the supply ship,
+		so this is technology forbidden to us.
+		Get out of there now!
+
+John looks down at Ripely.
+A KEYPAD is mounted at the head of the tube.
+A red button:  ""EMERG-OPEN""
+That's plain enough.
+
+			JOHN
+		All right --
+
+He presses it.
+The Tube opens with a loud BLAST of compressed air.
+The Monks at the door recoil at the sound.
+
+						CUT TO:
+
+EXT. SPACE SHIP - ON THE SEA - DAY
+
+Ripley has been lowered into a large coracle.  John holds her in
+front of him.  Unconscious.  
+Her head lolls as the boat rocks on the waves. 
+The monks start to row back to short.
+
+			FIRST MONK
+		     (reverent)
+		A space ship...
+
+			SECOND MONK
+                    (even more reverent)
+		A woman...
+
+			KYLE
+		You shouldn't have gone in --
+
+			JOHN
+		I'm supposed to be a doctor.
+
+He pushes Ripley's hair away from her forehead.
+
+			JOHN
+		She could've been lost.
+
+			FIRST MONK
+		Been a long time since I saw either.
+
+			SECOND MONK
+		It isn't sinking.  Look at it.  What are we
+		supposed to do with it?
+
+			KYLE
+		What was it like in there --?
+
+			JOHN
+		Lights.  So many lights --
+
+			THIRD MONK
+		Tow it in.  Bring it in.
+
+			SECOND MONK
+		It's evil.
+
+			FIRST MONK
+		It's just technology.
+
+			SECOND MONK
+		Evil technology.  Look at these fish --
+
+			THIRD MONK
+		The Abbot will know what we should do
+		with it --
+
+			KYLE
+		Just lights?
+
+			JOHN
+		Machines.  Buttons.  Metal.
+
+			SECOND MONK
+		See?  Just look at the fish.
+
+			THIRD MONK
+		The Abbot will know.
+
+			SECOND MONK
+		They're boiled.  These fish are boiled. 
+
+			JOHN
+		Thousands of lights.  Like the stars.
+		Like Heaven on Earth.
+
+Ripley stirs in John's arms.  Groans.
+Fights to come out of her fugue state...
+Looks around through half-lidded eyes --
+She is surrounded by rowing, cassocked Monks.
+MONKS?  She closes her eyes.
+Tries to clear the imagine.  Opens:
+They're still there.
+She looks down at the bloodied hands around her waist --
+realizes she's sitting on someone's lap.
+Looks back over her shoulder --
+
+JOHN
+
+He smiles at her.
+Friendly, not sexual.
+
+RIPLEY
+
+Shakes her head.  Tries to speak --
+Her lips form soundless words.
+She looks over her other shoulder, sees --
+
+THE SHIP - RIPLEY POV
+
+Bobbing on the surface.  
+Growing small with each stroke of the oars.
+
+RIPLEY
+
+Brows knit.  Fights the cobwebs in her brain.
+Tries to focus on the ship --
+Remembers. 
+Turns to John, tries to speak --
+
+			RIPLEY
+		Wait.  New...
+
+She loses consciousness.  
+
+						GO TO BLACK...
+
+INT. THE ABBEY - RIPLEY'S ROOM - DAY
+
+Streaks of light move across the darkness.
+Form patterns of light and shadow against the wooden walls.
+There is a sublime stillness, but coming through the walls are
+the muted, far off SOUNDS of the Abbey --
+The SAWING of wood.  HAMMERING.
+WHISPERED prayers.
+LILTING song.
+
+We move down off the wall to a hand-made wooden bed.
+Ripley in restless sleep.
+
+EXT. ARCEON SEA - DUSK
+
+The waters grown rough with the approach of night.  Wind whips across
+white wave tops -- SPRAYS the dozen Monks who LASH their 
+boats to Ripley's SHIP with thick hemp ropes --
+Start to tow it to shore...
+
+INT. RIPLEY'S ROOM - NIGHT
+
+Ripley is sleeping -- but struggling against some unseen foe --
+She tries to sit up -- can't.  Tries to shake off the effects of
+the suspended animation...looks up through half-lidded eyes:
+
+JOHN
+
+Sits next to her.  Quite asleep.
+Hands swathed in white bandages.  Book resting on his lap.
+
+She squints to make the figure standing in the shadows
+behind him -- it's skin picks up and reflects tiny points of
+flickering cangle light - seems to ripple as it moves --
+
+THE ALIEN
+
+Big, black shiny-smooth head moves into the taper light.
+It moves towards her, cable-like arms held out at its side --
+moving out of sync with its feet -- Ripley tries to move - 
+to cry out -- She can't.
+
+She can only move her eyes.  She looks over at John, sleeping
+peacefully.  He doesn't notice the Alien --
+
+The Alien moves closer.  
+She can feel his breath -- it evaporates the sweat  on her
+forehead -- a CHILL runs through her but she still can't move --
+
+The Alien stands alongside her bed.
+Extends a six-fingered hand...
+Gently rests it on her stomach.
+Cocks its head -- like it's listening to something.
+The implication is clear.
+
+Ripley finds her voice --
+
+			RIPLEY
+		AAAAAAAAAAAARGH!
+
+Her eyes open wide --
+She sits bolt upright.
+
+A hand moves to her forehead.  Gently pushes her head back to
+the pillow.  John's.
+
+			JOHN
+		You're out of it.  Out of it...
+
+Ripley falls back, eyes glued to where the alien appeared.
+John sees her focal point, looks back over his shoulder:
+Nothing.
+Ripley's eyes roll back into her head.
+She tries to speak -- It was there.
+Her hand, at her side, tightens into a fist --
+
+John's hand covers hers.
+Eases the fingers open again.
+She feels the coarse bandages against her palm.
+
+He starts to read quietly from Saint Augustines' Confessions.
+She begins to drowse again as his soft voice flows over her
+like waves lapping against the shore...
+
+EXT. SURGACE OF ARCEON - DAY
+
+A HOWLING DUST STORM has kicked up.  The monks wear small round
+goggles, have rags tied over their noses, as they work at a 
+huge BLOCK AND TACKLE arrangement --
+
+Hundreds of ropes grow TAUT.
+Timbers GROAN.
+They LIFT Ripley's SHIP -- SWING it over to a large portal --
+
+INT. RIPLEY'S ROOM - DAY
+
+Ripley lays with eyes closed.
+Muffled VOICES outside her door:
+
+			ABBOT
+		How is the woman, John?
+
+			JOHN
+		I don't think she's here yet.
+
+At the sound of John's voice the SLIGHTEST smile plays 
+across Ripley's sleeping lips.
+
+			JOHN
+		She is close, though.
+
+As they continue talking, Ripley wakes.  Opens her eyes.
+Rolls over onto her side --
+There is a window right next to the bed.
+Ripley lifts herself up on one elbow, looks out:
+
+HER POV
+
+Garden of Earthly delights...
+Monks laboring under a beautiful, celestial blue sky --
+picking apples, fishing on the water on small inland lakes.
+Working with hammer and saw on small wooden cottages.  Lyrical.
+It makes her feel good.  She scans the countryside...
+
+Sheep graze around wooden ladders stretching hundreds of feet
+up to the -- Ripley does a take --
+
+WORKERS ON A SCAFFOLDING
+
+With crude brushes at the end of poles -- PAINT the sky blue.
+The Abbey, the cottages, the fields outside her window are all
+on one level - INSIDE THE PLANET.
+
+The vaulted CEILING, painted to look like the sky with huge
+glass ""windows"" to allow the sunlight in, is actually the
+UNDERSIDE of the planetoid's outer shell.
+
+Ripley looks back at the Monks on the ground:
+Instead of repairing, they are taking the cabins apart, stacking
+the wood onto push carts --
+
+			RIPLEY
+		What the hell --?
+
+SUDDENLY --
+The Sulaco Escape ship APPEARS in front of her.
+SWINGS past her window suspended by ropes.
+Then disappears up, out of sight.
+Ripley checks her pulse.
+
+			RIPLEY
+		This must be a dream.  A bad one.
+
+She rolls back onto the bed.
+Stares up at the ceiling.
+
+ABOVE HER - ON THE ROOF OF THE ABBEY
+
+Monks scurry around the Ship as it is lowered into place on
+a flat area of the roof above the libaray.
+It seats with a deeply resounding THUD...
+
+RIPLEY
+
+Hears the SOUND and then another - her door OPENING.
+She turns to find the Abbot and John standing in the doorway.
+John waits in the doorway as the Abbot crosses to the chair by
+the bed and sits.
+
+			RIPLEY
+		Who are you?
+
+			ABBOT
+		I am the Abbot.  Leader of this Colony.
+		And you?
+
+He smiles.  Open.  Friendly.
+
+			RIPLEY
+		Ripley.  How did I get here?
+
+			ABBOT
+		Your vehicle crash landed.
+		     (indicates John)
+		Brother John found you and brought
+		you here.
+
+			RIPLEY
+		Where is here?
+
+			ABBOT
+		This is the Minorite Abbey within the
+		manmade orbiter Arceon.
+
+			RIPLEY
+		Can I use a radio to --
+	
+			ABBOT
+		We have no radio here.  We are a monastic
+		order that has renounced all modern
+		technology.  We live the old way.  The pure
+		way.
+
+She shakes her head.
+
+			RIPLEY
+		Uh, I - I still don't feel 100%.  Whoever
+		took me out of the stasis tube must not 
+		have run the full D-F program...
+		Where's Newt?
+
+The Abbot looks at her blankly.
+
+			RIPLEY
+		There was a little girl with me --
+
+			ABBOT
+		You were alone.
+
+			RIPLEY
+		No.  She was with me.  I put her in her
+		stasis tube -- We launched when the --
+
+			ABBOT
+		You were the only living thing found
+		aboard that vessel.
+
+The Abbot watches Ripley as the terrible truth overcomes her --
+
+			RIPLEY
+		     (slowly)
+		Oh, God.  Newt.
+
+She stops -- gets that chill up her spine --
+She realizes that she MUST have brought the Alien with her.
+
+			RIPLEY	
+		It came with us.
+
+The Abbot leans in.
+
+			ABBOT
+		What came with you?
+
+			RIPLEY
+		Listen -- there is a danger here.  It
+		came with me.  How long have I been here?
+
+			ABBOT
+		Almost two days --
+
+			RIPLEY
+		     (calculates)
+		Loose for two days.  This planet could be
+		overrun within the week.
+
+Ripley grabs the Abbot by his cassock --
+
+			RIPLEY
+		Look, there's a xenomorph --
+		    (sees his confusion)
+		An Alien creature.  A killer.  A monster.
+		And now it's here.
+
+The Abbot looks at her the way you look at that guy on the corner
+of Santa Monica and 3rd who's babbling about Judgement Day.  The
+guy with his pants down around his kness.
+
+She sees this, releases her hold on him...
+	
+			RIPLEY
+		Calm down, Ripley.  Okay, I was with a
+		platoon of Colonial Marines on a mission
+		to planetoid LV426.  We left Earth six
+		months ago - maybe a year --
+
+			ABBOT
+		     (interrupts)
+		Wait a moment --
+
+The Abbot becomes aware of John's presence in the doorway.
+Turns over his shoulder at him.
+
+			ABBOT
+		Leave us.
+
+John waits there a beat, then backs out and closes the door.
+
+			ABBOT
+		Continue.
+
+			RIPLEY
+		We launched in the Cruiser Sulaco from 
+		Gateway sub-orbital space station --
+
+			ABBOT
+		Not possible.
+
+			RIPLEY
+		What do you mean?
+
+			ABBOT
+		When we left Earth seventy years ago, it
+		was on the brink of a New Dark Age.
+		Technology was on the verge of destroying
+		the planet's environment.  A computer virus
+		was threatening to wipe away all recorded
+		knowledge.  There didn't seem to be any
+		way it could be averted.  In the almost
+		forty years since we were towed out here
+		in hypersleep, the news that came with 
+		occasional supply ships only got worse.
+		Finally, the ships stopped coming.  We 
+		had to resign ourselves to the fact that
+		worst had come to pass, and the Earth
+		no longer existed.
+
+Now she gives him that look.
+	
+			RIPLEY
+		    (slowly)
+		Uh...All right... Forget the Earth - How
+		many people do you have here?  Let's worry
+		about them.  Warn them --
+
+A new look overtakes the Abbot's face.  A look of fear.  
+Now she's getting to him - or is she?
+He abruptly stands. 
+
+			ABBOT
+		Your mind is troubled.  You need to rest
+		some more.
+
+			RIPLEY
+		I don't need rest - I need to get to 
+		your people.  You've got to get to them --
+		tell them about the alien --
+
+He heads for the door --
+
+			ABBOT
+		I have had enough for now.
+
+			RIPLEY
+		Enough?  Didn't you hear what I said?
+		It could wipe out the entire population
+		of this planet.  It may have started 
+		already - Have there been any unusual 
+		deaths since I got here?
+
+The Abbot stops in the door -
+
+			ABBOT
+		No.  And there won't be.
+
+The Abbot SLAMS the door behind him.
+
+THE CORRIDOR OUTSIDE RIPLEY'S ROOM - DAY
+
+John stands nearby as the Abbot addresses two BURLY MONKS
+
+			ABBOT
+		Bolt it.
+
+The guards move to bolt the door.
+
+			JOHN
+		What is it -- What's wrong?
+
+			ABBOT
+		Your patient is in a dangerous mental
+		state.  Nobody gets in or out until I
+		say so.
+
+			JOHN
+		But I.  Her meals --
+
+			ABBOT
+		Nobody.
+
+			JOHN
+		Father, I don't understand --
+
+The Abbot turns and disappears down the hall.
+John looks from the departing Abbot to the two Guard/Monks.
+
+
+THE LIBRARY - NIGHT
+
+John has his head buried in his hands.  His back rises and falls
+with the rhythmic breathing of sleep.
+Mattias curled up on his feet.  Asleep as well.
+WHAM!
+The Library door FLIES open --!
+John sits bolt upright -- 
+
+A HYSTERICAL MONK bursts in.
+Rushes to John's table.
+
+			HYSTERICAL MONK
+		Brother John!  You're here!  The Abbot
+		said you'd -- I need -- you're the
+		medic --
+
+			JOHN
+		What?!
+
+			HYSTERICAL MONK
+		My Sandy -- she's ill --
+
+John tries to rub the fitfull sleep out of his eyes.
+
+			JOHN
+		Huh?  A woman?
+
+			HYSTERICAL MONK
+		Sandy.  My ewe.
+
+John returns his head to the table.
+
+			JOHN
+		One of your sheep?  Jesus Christ.
+		Call a vet.
+
+			HYSTERICAL MONK
+		Father Anselm was the vet.
+
+John looks under his arms at Mattias --
+The dog just stares at him.
+
+			JOHN
+		You're no help.  Okay, let me get my bag.
+		All creatures great and small...
+
+INT. HYSTERICAL MONK'S BARN - NIGHT
+
+A small structure housing a handful of sheep and a few chickens
+in wire cages.  The wooden walss are full of gaps where boards
+have been ripped off.
+
+The Hysterical Monk holds a torch to illuminate the scene.  One of
+his sheep is laying on its side...
+
+			HYSTERICAL MONK
+		I just gave her dinner and she
+		keeled over.
+
+			JOHN
+		So would I.  It's freezing in here.
+
+			HYSTERICAL MONK
+		Been using the wood from the walls
+		for the fire in my cabin.
+
+			JOHN
+		Haven't we all...
+
+John kneels at the ewe.
+
+She's breathing heavy.  Rapidly.
+
+John puts his left hand down on the hay covered floor while he
+checks the animal's neck pulse with his right hand.  
+She gives a weak ""Baa-ah.""
+
+			JOHN
+		May be pneumonia.  Pitch some of that hay
+		around her.  Stop this damn cold breeze.
+
+The Hysterical Monk props the torch up in an empty bucket and
+retreives a crude iron pitchfork from the wall.
+Starts to pile hay around the fallen animal.
+
+			JOHN
+		First, I'll --
+
+He sits up to reach for his back, then stops when he sees what's
+on his left hand --
+
+A SLIMY MUCOUS-LIKE SUBSTANCE
+
+			JOHN
+		Wait a minute...
+
+The Hysterical Monk stops on mid-pitch.
+John rubs the material between his fingers.
+Brings it close to his nose.  Sniffs.
+
+			HYSTERICAL MONK
+		What is it?
+
+			JOHN
+		I don't know.  It's all over the ground.
+		Some sort of --
+
+BAAA-AAAH!!!
+The ewe starts to SHAKE - QUIVER --
+John tries to hold it down --
+The Hysterical Monk, at this juncture, goes completely apeshit.
+
+			HYSTERICAL MONK
+		What?!  WHAT?!
+
+			JOHN
+		Jesus!  Help m --
+
+The ewe is shaking so violently that John is thrown back --
+He knocks over the bucket -- the torch falls into the hay --
+The light is cut off as the torch almost smothers.
+Then the hay starts to burn --
+Weak fire light revealing:
+
+BAAaa-Aha-SCLORTCH-H-!!
+THE EWE EXPLODES ---!
+
+Stomach BURSTS --
+SPRAYING the two Monks with entrails and blood --
+They start SCREAMING.
+
+The flickering FIRE LIGHT grows as...
+
+A TERRIBLE ALIEN CHEST-BURSTER
+
+BURSTS out of the jerking and twitching carcass.
+
+It shows the characteristics of the animal in which it has
+gestated.  Tiny razor sharp teeth and black, glass-like eyes
+peer from a enlongated head covered with downy, but gore-matted
+WOOL.  A quadroped, its shrunked hind legs struggling to free
+itself from the cooling morass of intestines.
+
+John can only SCREAM as the most horrible nightmare he can
+imagine tr"
+53,Avengers: Endgame,"Christopher Markus,Stephen McFeely","Action,Adventure,Drama",Apr-19,"AVENGERS: ENDGAME
+
+
+
+
+       Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely
+
+
+
+
+                               Adapted Screenplay
+
+
+
+EXT. BARTON HOME - DAY
+
+CLOSE ON: A HOUSE-ARREST ANKLE BRACELET.
+
+                    CLINT BARTON (O.S.)
+          Okay, you see where you're going?
+          Let's work on how to get there.
+
+Pan up to find...CLINT BARTON, with his daughter, LILA,
+coaching her as she notches an arrow in her bow.
+
+                    CLINT BARTON (CONT'D)
+          Okay, good...tip down...bow arm
+          out...three fingers-
+
+                       LILA BARTON
+          Why three?
+
+                    CLINT BARTON
+          `Cause two's not enough and four's
+          too much-
+
+                    LAURA BARTON (O.S.)
+          You guys want mustard or mayo, or
+          both?
+
+CLINT TURNS. IN THE FIELD BEHIND THEM, his wife, LAURA
+BARTON sets up a picnic as COOPER and NATHANIEL play soccer.
+
+                    LILA BARTON
+          Who puts mayo on a hot dog?
+
+                     CLINT BARTON
+          We'll both have mustard, hon!
+              (to Lila)
+          Okay. Draw back, deep breath...
+
+She lets loose.   THUD!   HER ARROW HITS NEAR THE BULLS-EYE.
+
+                    CLINT BARTON (CONT'D)
+          Good job, Hawkeye. Go get your
+          arrow.
+
+                    LAURA BARTON (O.S.)
+          Enough murder practice! Soup's on!
+
+                    CLINT BARTON
+          One sec, babe. Be right there!
+          We're gonna kill some hot dogs.
+          We're hungry.
+
+But when he turns back...LILA IS GONE.   The bow and arrow lie
+at his feet. He stares.
+                                                               2
+
+
+                         CLINT BARTON (CONT'D)
+             Lila?    Babe, did you see Lila-
+
+He turns to his wife, BUT SHE'S GONE. So are the boys.        The
+soccer ball rolls to a stop near the picnic blanket.
+
+NO ONE CAN BE SEEN FOR A HUNDRED YARDS IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
+
+                         CLINT BARTON (CONT'D)
+             Guys?    Guys, come on...
+
+Clint walks toward the field, dread growing.
+
+                         CLINT BARTON (CONT'D)
+             Laura?
+
+Clint breaks into a panicked run.
+
+                         CLINT BARTON (CONT'D)
+             LAURA!
+
+CLINT MELTS DOWN, SPINNING AROUND, FRANTIC...
+
+MARVEL FLIP
+
+
+EXT. SPACE - NIGHT
+
+BLACKNESS.
+
+TITLE: ""TWENTY-TWO DAYS LATER.""
+
+Soon, THE BENATAR tumbles past, adrift...
+
+
+INT. BENATAR, GALLEY - NIGHT
+
+TONY STARK and NEBULA play table-top football.     She wins.
+
+                        TONY
+                 (offering his hand)
+             Good sport. Have fun?
+
+Nebula studies his hand, confused.      Finally she shakes.
+
+                       NEBULA
+             It was fun.
+
+
+INT. BENATAR, FLIGHT DECK - NIGHT
+
+Tony, thin and haggard, kneels in front of HIS BROKEN IRON
+MAN HELMET. He hits a switch. A light blinks.
+                                                             3
+
+
+TONY'S RECORDING: he stares directly into the ""camera.""
+
+                    TONY
+          This thing on? Hey, Ms. Potts.
+          Pep. If you find this recording,
+          don't post it on social media.
+          It's going to be a real tearjerker.
+
+
+EXT. SPACE - NIGHT
+
+THE BENATAR sparks, adrift.
+
+                    TONY (O.S.)
+          I don't know if you're ever going
+          to see these. I don't even know if
+          you're still...God, I hope so.
+          Today's day twenty-one, no...twenty-
+          two.
+
+
+INT. BENATAR, GALLEY - FLASHBACK
+
+NEBULA lasers shut Tony's infected wound.
+
+                    TONY (O.S.)
+          You know, if it wasn't for the
+          existential terror of staring into
+          the literal void of space, I'd say
+          I'm feeling a little better today.
+          Infection's run its course, thanks
+          to the Blue Meanie back there.
+          You'd like her. She's very
+          practical. And only a tiny bit
+          sadistic.
+
+
+INT. BENATAR, GALLEY - FLASHBACK
+
+TONY AND NEBULA MEND THE EMPTY FUEL CELLS UNDER THE FLOOR.
+
+                    TONY (O.S.)
+          The fuel cells were cracked during
+          battle, but we figured out a way to
+          reverse the ion charge. Bought
+          ourselves about 48 hours of flight
+          time. Problem is that was
+          about...49 hours ago.
+
+
+EXT. SPACE - NIGHT
+
+FROM HIGH OVERHEAD, WE WATCH THE BENATAR DRIFT IN SPACE.
+                                                             4
+
+
+                    TONY (O.S.)
+          Which means, we're dead in the
+          water. A thousand light years from
+          the nearest 7-11.
+
+
+INT. BENATAR, GALLEY - FLASHBACK
+
+Tony hands Nebula the last of A PURPLE POWDER.   She pushes it
+back to him.
+
+                    TONY (O.S.)
+          Most of the quote-unquote `food'
+          and potable water ran out two weeks
+          ago.
+
+
+INT. BENATAR, FLIGHT DECK - NIGHT
+
+Tony stands on the flight deck, one hand resting on the
+glass, staring into the unknown.
+
+                    TONY
+          Pep, I know I said no more
+          surprises. But, I gotta say, I was
+          really hoping to pull off one last
+          one. But it looks like...well, you
+          know what it looks like.
+
+
+INT. BENATAR, FLIGHT DECK - NIGHT
+
+Back to now.   Tony records his thoughts into his helmet.
+
+                    TONY
+          Don't feel bad about this. I mean,
+          actually, if you grovel for a
+          couple weeks, and then move on with
+          enormous guilt...I should probably
+          lie down for a minute, rest my
+          eyes. Please know, when I drift
+          off, it will be like every day
+          lately. I'm fine, totally fine.
+          I'm going to dream about you. It's
+          always you.
+
+Tony switches the helmet off.
+
+                                                 TIME CUT:
+
+NEBULA finds TONY SPRAWLED ON THE FLOOR.
+
+                                                 TIME CUT:
+                                                               5
+
+
+Nebula helps Tony into Quill's chair. Tony slumps,
+completely still. Nebula gives him his privacy.
+
+Move in on Tony's face as...A LIGHT SLOWLY GROWS BRIGHTER.
+Soon, the entire flight deck glows as bright as a sun.
+
+Nebula appears from the galley, shading her eyes. Tony's
+eyelids flutter. Finally, he opens them to see...
+
+CAPTAIN MARVEL (CAROL DANVERS) hovering in space.
+
+
+INT. AVENGERS COMPOUND, BATHROOM - NIGHT
+
+STEVE ROGERS shaves.
+
+He studies himself in the mirror, exhausted. He's about to
+tap his razor in the sink's standing water, when...
+
+THE WATER RIPPLES. Steve stares a beat, puzzled.      Then the
+lamp catches his eye...SWAYING GENTLY.
+
+Just then, a sound roars overhead.   Steve turns...
+
+
+EXT. AVENGERS COMPOUND - NIGHT
+
+THE MOON HANGS HUGE OVER THE EARTH. Then the silhouette of
+THE BENATAR races past, propelled by CAROL DANVERS.
+
+Below...STEVE ROGERS, BRUCE BANNER, AND NATASHA ROMANOV watch
+a flying woman guide the ship to the ground.
+
+Behind them, PEPPER POTTS walks up to the group.
+
+                                                   TIME CUT:
+
+Steve races up as NEBULA helps Tony down the ramp.
+
+                    TONY
+          I couldn't stop him.
+
+                    STEVE
+          Neither could we.
+
+                    TONY
+          I lost the kid.
+
+                     STEVE
+              (unable to say it all)
+          We...lost...
+
+                    TONY
+          Is Pepper...?
+                                                              6
+
+
+JUST THEN, PEPPER POTTS THROWS HERSELF INTO TONY'S ARMS.
+
+                    PEPPER POTTS
+          Stay here, you stay right here-
+
+                    TONY
+          I'm not going anywhere.
+
+NEARBY, NEBULA watches the sad humans. ROCKET SITS BESIDE
+HER, GRATEFUL. She rests a hand on his furry head.
+
+
+INT. AVENGERS COMPOUND, WORKSHOP - DAY
+
+RHODEY, TONY, STEVE, NATASHA, AND CAROL watch...
+
+A HOLO-DISPLAY ROTATING THROUGH FACES OF PEOPLE WE'VE LOST:
+WANDA. VISION. BUCKY. T'CHALLA. MARIA HILL.
+
+                    RHODEY
+          It's been twenty-three days since
+          Thanos came to Earth.
+
+TONY, weak, sits in a hi-tech wheelchair, IV dripping into
+his arm. He stares, taking in the loss:
+
+SAM WILSON. SECRETARY ROSS. SHARON CARTER.      SCOTT LANG.
+HOPE VAN DYNE. HANK PYM. NICK FURY.
+
+At Fury, Carol bites back emotion.
+
+                    NATASHA
+          World governments are in pieces, as
+          you can imagine. But the parts
+          that still work are trying to take
+          a census. It looks like he did
+          what he said he was going to do.
+
+JANE FOSTER. ERIK SELVIG. WONG. DR. STRANGE. THE BARTON
+FAMILY. QUILL. DRAX. MANTIS. GROOT. PETER PARKER.
+
+Finally, Tony looks away.   RHODEY turns it off.
+
+                    NATASHA (CONT'D)
+          Thanos wiped out fifty percent of
+          all the living creatures on Earth.
+
+                    CAROL DANVERS
+          Not just Earth.
+
+                    RHODEY
+          You sure about that?
+                                                 7
+
+
+                    CAROL DANVERS
+          You never have to ask me that.
+
+                    TONY
+          Where is he now?
+
+                    STEVE
+          We don't know. He just opened a
+          portal and walked through.
+
+Tony looks out to see...THOR on the patio.
+
+                    TONY
+          What's his deal?
+
+                    ROCKET (O.S.)
+          He's pissed.
+
+Tony turns to see Rocket for the first time.
+
+                    ROCKET (CONT'D)
+          He thinks he failed. Which, of
+          course, he did. But there's a lot
+          of that going around, ain't there?
+
+                    TONY
+          Until this second, I literally
+          thought you were a Build-a-Bear.
+
+                    STEVE
+          We've been hunting Thanos for three
+          weeks - deep space scans,
+          satellites - we got nothing. Tony,
+          you fought him-
+
+                    TONY
+          Who told you that? I didn't fight
+          him, he wiped my face with a planet
+          while a Bleecker Street magician
+          gave away the store. There was no
+          fight because he's not beatable.
+
+                    STEVE
+          Did he give you anything to go on?
+          Clues, coordinates-
+
+Tony stares, lost, barely acknowledging Steve.
+
+                    TONY
+          I saw this coming, few years back.
+          Didn't wanna believe. I thought I
+          was dreaming...
+                                                8
+
+
+                    STEVE
+          Tony, I need you to focus-
+
+                    TONY
+          And I needed you, as in past tense.
+          That trumps what you need. It's
+          too late, buddy. You know what I
+          need?
+
+Tony turns to everyone, slightly unstable.
+
+                     TONY (CONT'D)
+          I need a shave and a burger, not a
+          bowl of soup.
+              (stands)
+          And I believe I remember telling
+          all of you, alive and otherwise,
+          that we needed a suit of armor
+          around the world, whether it
+          impacted our precious freedoms or
+          not-
+
+                    STEVE
+          But that didn't work out, did it?
+
+                    TONY
+          I said we'd lose, you said we'd ""do
+          that together, too."" Guess what,
+          Cap, we lost, and you weren't
+          there. But that's what we do,
+          right? Our best work after the
+          fact? We're the ""Avengers"", not
+          the ""Pre-vengers-""
+
+                    RHODEY
+          Tony, take it easy...
+
+                     TONY
+          I've got nothing for ya, Cap. No
+          coordinates, no clues, no
+          strategies, no options. Zero, zip,
+          nada. No trust.
+              (rips out RT)
+          Here. You take this. You find
+          him, you put this on, and hide.
+              (drops to his knees)
+          I'm fine!
+
+Tony COLLAPSES.   Rhodey catches him.
+                                                            9
+
+
+INT. AVENGERS COMPOUND, CORRIDOR - DAY
+
+CAROL, STEVE, AND NATASHA stare through GLASS DOORS at TONY
+IN A HOSPITAL BED, PEPPER AND BANNER AT HIS SIDE.
+
+RHODEY STEPS OUT OF THE HOSPITAL ROOM.
+
+                    RHODEY
+          Bruce gave him a sedative. Should
+          be out the rest of the day.
+
+                     CAROL DANVERS
+              (heading for the lab)
+          Take care of him. When I come
+          back, I'll bring a bottle of
+          Xorrian elixir.
+
+                    STEVE
+          Where are you going?
+
+                    CAROL DANVERS
+          To kill Thanos.
+
+
+INT. AVENGERS COMPOUND, WORKSHOP - DAY
+
+NATASHA catches up to CAROL IN THE WORKSHOP.
+
+                    NATASHA
+          Hey, hey, hang on. We're sort of a
+          team here. Between you and me,
+          morale's a little fragile.
+
+                    CAROL DANVERS
+          Oh, I'm sorry. My fault.
+
+Carol sees Steve and Rhodey catch up.    She claps her hands.
+
+                    CAROL DANVERS (CONT'D)
+          All right, team! I'm going to go
+          kill Thanos. Message me if you get
+          any intel that can help.
+          Otherwise, I'll report back when
+          he's dead. Great work, everybody.
+
+                    STEVE
+          Look, we realize ""up there's"" more
+          your territory, but this is our
+          fight, too.
+
+                    RHODEY
+          Do you even know where he is?
+                                                          10
+
+
+                    CAROL DANVERS
+          I know people who might-
+
+                    NEBULA (O.S.)
+          Don't bother.
+
+They all turn to see NEBULA in THE LIVING AREA DOORWAY.
+
+                    NEBULA (CONT'D)
+          I can tell you where Thanos is.
+
+
+INT. AVENGERS COMPOUND, LIVING AREA - DAY
+
+STEVE, NATASHA, RHODEY, BANNER, ROCKET, THOR, and CAROL
+gather. NEBULA studies her robotic hand.
+
+                    NEBULA
+          Thanos spent a long time trying
+          to...perfect me. When he worked,
+          he talked. About his Great Plan.
+          Even disassembled, I wanted to
+          please him. I'd ask, where would
+          we go once his plan was complete?
+          His answer was always the same: ""To
+          the Garden.""
+
+                    RHODEY
+          You're saying Thanos had a
+          retirement plan.
+
+                    STEVE
+          Where's this garden?
+
+ROCKET brings up EARTH on A HOLO-MAP. A BRIGHT SURGE OF
+ENERGY ENVELOPS THE PLANET (EMANATING FROM WAKANDA).
+
+                    ROCKET
+          When Thanos snapped his fingers,
+          Earth become ground zero for a
+          power surge of ridiculously cosmic
+          proportions. No one's seen
+          anything like it.
+
+He shifts the map, crossing billions of light years, to...AN
+IDENTICAL SURGE ENVELOPING A MYSTERIOUS, ORANGE PLANET.
+
+                    ROCKET (CONT'D)
+          Until two days ago.
+
+                    NATASHA
+          You're saying he snapped his
+          fingers again. Where?
+                                                           11
+
+
+Rocket zooms the holo-image toward a cluster of stars...
+
+                    NEBULA
+          Planet is unnamed, but inhabitable.
+          Rich atmosphere, good soil-
+
+                       STEVE
+          A garden.
+
+                    BRUCE BANNER
+          Thanos is there. And he just used
+          the stones.
+
+Steve eyes everyone.    THOR FINALLY LOOKS UP.
+
+                     BRUCE BANNER (CONT'D)
+              (thinking of himself)
+          You know, we'd be going short-
+          handed.
+
+                    RHODEY
+          Because he killed all our friends.
+
+                    ROCKET
+          Are we saying they're dead?    We're
+          using that word now?
+
+                    RHODEY
+          He's still got the stones.
+
+                    CAROL DANVERS
+          So, we take them. And we use them
+          to bring everybody back.
+
+                    BRUCE BANNER
+          Just like that?
+
+                      STEVE
+          Yeah.    Just like that.
+
+No one speaks.    Finally...
+
+                    NATASHA
+          If there's even the smallest chance
+          we can undo this, then we owe it to
+          everyone who's not sitting here to
+          try.
+
+Everyone looks around the room...AGREED.
+
+                    BRUCE 
+BANNER
+  uh, Scott Lang? We met a few year
+          If we do this...why would it end
+          any differently than it did before?
+                                                           12
+
+
+                    CAROL DANVERS
+          Because before you didn't have me.
+
+                    RHODEY
+          Hey, new girl. All of us in here
+          are about that superhero life.
+          Where've you been all this time?
+
+                    CAROL DANVERS
+          There's a lot of people in the
+          universe. And they didn't all have
+          you.
+
+THOR STANDS. He crosses to Carol and holds out his hand.
+STORMBREAKER WHIPS PAST HER HEAD, RUFFLING HER HAIR.
+
+Carol doesn't flinch.   Thor smiles.
+
+                    THOR
+          I like this one.
+
+Steve stares at the planet a long, deciding moment.   Then...
+
+                    STEVE
+          Let's go get that son of a bitch.
+
+                                                 SLAM TO:
+          TITLE: ""AVENGERS: ENDGAME""
+
+
+INT. BENATAR, FLIGHT DECK - DAWN
+
+EVERYONE settles into their seats on the Benatar's flight
+deck. STEVE WATCHES EARTH GROW SMALLER THROUGH THE WINDOW.
+
+                      CAROL DANVERS
+          Trust me.    You get used to it.
+
+ROCKET looks around from the pilot's chair.
+
+                    ROCKET
+          Okay, who here hasn't been to
+          space?
+
+STEVE, NATASHA, and RHODEY half-raise their hands.
+
+                    ROCKET (CONT'D)
+          Oh, you're gonna hate this.
+
+                    NEBULA
+          Approaching jump in three, two...
+
+STEVE'S FINGERS TIGHTEN on the arm rest as...
+                                                            13
+
+
+EXT. BENATAR - DAWN
+
+WHOOSH!   THE BENATAR WARPS, LEAPING INTO JUMP SPACE.
+
+
+EXT. SPACE - DAY
+
+WHOOSH! THE BENATAR ARRIVES ABOVE AN OMINOUS, ORANGE PLANET.
+As the ship maintains orbit, CAROL flies toward the planet.
+
+                      CAROL DANVERS
+           I'll head down for recon. If I'm
+           not back in fifteen, you'll know I
+           found him.
+
+
+INT. BENATAR, FLIGHT DECK - SPACE
+
+OUR HEROES wait on the flight deck, tense.
+
+NATASHA looks at STEVE, who's staring at...A COMPASS: PEGGY
+CARTER'S YELLOWED PHOTO STILL RESTS INSIDE.
+
+                     NATASHA
+           This is going to work, Steve.
+
+                      STEVE
+           I know it will.
+               (beat)
+           Because I don't know what I'm going
+           to do if it doesn't.
+
+JUST THEN, CAROL FLIES UP TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GLASS.
+
+                     CAROL DANVERS (OVER COM)
+           No satellites, no ships, no armies.
+           No ground defenses of any kind.
+           It's just him.
+
+                     NEBULA
+           That's enough.
+
+The Avengers exchange a look.
+
+
+EXT. TITAN-2 - DAY
+
+SMOKE CURLS FROM THE CHIMNEY OF A SOLITARY LODGE.
+
+
+INT. THANOS' LODGE - DAY
+
+A POT BOILS OVER A FIRE. Then...THANOS LIMPS TOWARD IT, LEFT
+SIDE PARALYZED, arm blackened. A shell of his former self.
+                                                            14
+
+
+He stirs the pot. Suddenly, AN ARMORED HAND BURSTS FROM THE
+FIRE, GRABBING THANOS' GAUNTLET...
+
+PREVENTING THANOS FROM CLOSING HIS FIST.
+
+Thanos jerks back as HULKBUSTER SPRINGS INSIDE. CAROL AND
+RHODEY BASH THROUGH THE ROOF, PINNING THANOS' ARMS.
+
+THOR crashes through the door, followed by the others.     HE
+SWINGS STORMBREAKER...CUTTING OFF THANOS' HAND.
+
+The Gauntlet lands at Rocket's feet. He picks it up...and
+his face goes slack. He turns the glove toward the others.
+
+And we now realize...THE INFINITY STONES ARE GONE.
+
+                    STEVE
+          Where are they?
+
+Thanos doesn't answer.   CAROL PRESSES HIM TO HIS KNEES.
+
+                    CAROL DANVERS
+          Answer the question!
+
+                    THANOS
+          The universe required correction.
+          After that, the stones served no
+          purpose beyond temptation.
+
+                    BRUCE BANNER
+          You murdered trillions.
+
+                    THANOS
+          You should be grateful.
+
+                    NATASHA
+          Where are the stones?
+
+                     THANOS
+          Gone.   Reduced to atoms.
+
+                    BRUCE BANNER
+          You used them two days ago!
+
+                    THANOS
+          I used the stones to destroy the
+          stones. It nearly killed me.
+          But the work is done. It always
+          will be.
+
+That lands, sickening.   ROCKET SEARCHES, FRANTIC, NEAR TEARS.
+
+                    ROCKET
+          No...they can't be gone...
+                                                            15
+
+
+                    RHODEY
+          He's lying.
+
+                    NEBULA
+          My father is many things.   A liar
+          is not one of them.
+
+                    THANOS
+          Thank you, daughter.    Perhaps I've
+          treated you-
+
+SWOOSH. THOR'S AXE SEVERS THANOS' HEAD FROM HIS BODY. IT
+HITS THE FLOOR, FOLLOWED BY THE THUD OF HIS HUGE FRAME.
+
+                    ROCKET
+          What did you do?
+
+Thor just stares, his long journey a failure.
+
+                    THOR
+          I went for the head.
+
+As Thor walks away, Steve looks at Thanos' head on the
+ground. IT'S OVER. THEY LOST.
+
+                                               FADE TO BLACK.
+
+OVER BLACK: ""FIVE YEARS LATER.""
+
+
+EXT. PORT OF NEW YORK - DAY
+
+A CAR CRUSHER flattens an Audi. THOUSANDS MORE NEVER-DRIVEN
+CARS LIE STACKED ON THE DOCKS, WAITING THEIR TURN.
+
+
+EXT. NEW YORK - DAY
+
+A HUGE TARP flaps over the shuttered LINCOLN CENTER.
+
+
+EXT. SHEA STADIUM - DAY
+
+A TEENAGE GIRL rides her skateboard, alone in a weed-filled
+parking lot. Pull back to see THE EMPTY STADIUM BEHIND HER.
+
+
+INT. BROOKLYN COMMUNITY CENTER - NIGHT
+
+A POSTER SHOWS A SINGLE FIGURE STARING AT A GROUP OF SHADOWS.
+IT READS, ""WHERE DO WE GO, NOW THAT THEY'RE GONE?""
+
+The bottom reads, ""BROOKLYN SUPPORT GROUP, TUESDAYS 8PM.""
+                                                  16
+
+
+A GRIEVING MAN speaks in A RECOVERY GROUP.
+
+                    GRIEVING MAN
+          So, I went on a date the other day.
+
+                    JIMMY
+          Good job, Bobby.   Back in the game.
+
+                     GRIEVING MAN
+          Thank you, Jimmy.
+              (to the group)
+          First in five years. I sat there
+          at dinner thinking, what are we
+          even supposed to talk about?
+
+STEVE ROGERS, thinner, older, LISTENS INTENTLY.
+
+                    STEVE
+          What did you talk about?
+
+                    GRIEVING MAN
+          Same old crap. How much things
+          have changed. How much we miss the
+          Mets. My job, his job. Then it
+          got kind of quiet. He cried during
+          the salads.
+
+                    OLDER MAN
+          What about you?
+
+                    GRIEVING MAN
+          I cried just before dessert. But
+          I'm seeing him again tomorrow.
+          So...
+
+                      STEVE
+          That's great. You've already done
+          the hardest part. You took a jump,
+          didn't know where you'd come down.
+          And that's it, those little brave
+          baby steps we've gotta take. To
+          try to make us feel whole again, to
+          find a purpose...
+              (to everyone)
+          I went into the ice right after I
+          met the love of my life. Woke up
+          seventy years later and...had to
+          keep going.
+
+The group takes this in.
+                                                            17
+
+
+                    STEVE (CONT'D)
+          The world's been left in our hands.
+          If we don't do something with
+          it...then Thanos might as well have
+          killed all of us.
+
+People nod, but Steve seems unconvinced by his own words.
+
+
+EXT. SAN FRANCISCO - DAY
+
+THE CAMERA ROTATES down from the sky onto a strangely quiet
+San Francisco, until it finds...A STORAGE WAREHOUSE.
+
+
+INT. STORAGE WAREHOUSE, UNIT 277 - DAY
+
+LUIS' VAN sits in a storage unit, surrounded by boxes: ""S.
+LANG, KITCHEN, S. LANG, CLOTHES.""
+
+THROUGH THE VAN WINDOWS, we see...HANK PYM'S QUANTUM TUNNEL.
+
+A MEANDERING RAT CRAWLS ONTO THE CONTROLS. IT ACCIDENTALLY
+STEPS ON A TOGGLE SWITCH and...A LIGHT GOES GREEN. FLASH.
+
+THE BACK DOORS OF THE VAN BLOW OPEN, revealing...SCOTT LANG,
+ANT-MAN suit shorting. He retracts his helmet, gasping.
+
+
+INT. STORAGE WAREHOUSE, SECURITY OFFICE - DAY
+
+A GUARD reads THE TERMINAL BEACH, by J.G. Ballard. He looks
+up at a monitor: SCOTT LANG holds up a sign, ""HELP.""
+
+
+EXT. STORAGE WAREHOUSE - DAY
+
+A dented WAGON rolls over a speed-bump. Scott, in his old
+clothes, slowly wheels his belongings away.
+
+The Guard watches him go, puzzled.
+
+
+EXT. SAN FRANCISCO, STREET - DAY
+
+Scott walks A STREET OF ABANDONED HOMES.
+
+                    SCOTT LANG
+          Hello?
+
+He hears A CLACKING. A KID on a bicycle rides by, playing
+card wedged between his spokes.
+
+Scott waves him down.   The kid stops.
+                                                             18
+
+
+                        SCOTT LANG (CONT'D)
+          Hey.   Kid.     What happened here?
+
+The kid says nothing. He just stares at Scott with a haunted
+look. Then he stands on his pedal and keeps riding.
+
+CLACK-CLACK-CLACK-CLACK-CLACK-CLACK-CLACK...
+
+
+EXT. SAN FRANCISCO, GOLDEN GATE PARK - DAY
+
+STONE MONUMENTS loom in a park. A small crowd mills.      Reveal
+Scott looking over the monuments, lost.
+
+                                                    TIME CUT:
+
+Scott walks up to the obelisks. At the top, they read: ""THE
+VANISHED."" Hundreds of names line the stones.
+
+He scans the ""L's,"" finally finding, ""SCOTT LANG.""
+
+                     SCOTT LANG
+          What?
+              (realizing)
+          Cassie...
+
+
+EXT. MAGGIE LANG'S HOUSE - DAY
+
+A winded Scott races up the sidewalk toward his old house.
+He leaps a bush, banging on the front door.
+
+                     SCOTT LANG
+          Cassie!   Cassie!
+
+SOON, A TEEN GIRL opens the door, shocked.      A very long beat.
+
+                        CASSIE LANG
+          Dad?
+
+                        SCOTT LANG
+          Peanut?
+
+Scott wraps his arms around CASSIE LANG (14), now five years
+older than when he last saw her. She hugs him, CRYING.
+
+                    CASSIE LANG
+          I thought you were gone.
+
+                    SCOTT LANG
+          I'm sorry. I'm back...I'm
+          back...I'm back...
+                                                            19
+
+
+EXT. AVENGERS COMPOUND, FRONT GATE - DAWN
+
+Avengers Compound stands amidst overgrown grass.    Rusty
+chains lock the gate.
+
+Faded signs warn: ""RESTRICTED AREA.    KEEP OUT.""
+
+
+INT. AVENGERS COMPOUND, LIVING AREA - NIGHT
+
+NATASHA SITS SURROUNDED BY HOLO-SCREENS FEATURING CAROL
+DANVERS, RHODEY, ROCKET AND NEBULA, AND OKOYE.
+
+                    ROCKET (HOLO)
+          We boarded that ""highly suspect
+          warship"" Danvers pinged.
+
+                    NATASHA
+          And?
+
+                    NEBULA (HOLO)
+          It was an infectious garbage scow.
+
+                    ROCKET (HOLO)
+          So thanks for the hot tip-
+
+                    CAROL DANVERS (HOLO)
+          You were closer.
+
+                    ROCKET (HOLO)
+          And now we smell like garbage-
+
+                     NATASHA
+              (to Okoye)
+          You get a reading on those tremors?
+
+                    OKOYE (HOLO)
+          Minor subduction in the African
+          plate.
+
+                    NATASHA
+          Do we have a visual?   How are you
+          handling it?
+
+                    OKOYE (HOLO)
+          Nat. It was a mild earthquake.      In
+          the ocean. We handle it by not
+          handling it.
+
+Natasha looks burdened.   Rhodey steps in.
+                                                         20
+
+
+                    RHODEY (HOLO)
+          I can have NASA redirect a
+          satellite, do a sweep just to make
+          sure.
+
+                    NATASHA
+          Thanks. Carol, you're still coming
+          our way next month?
+
+                    CAROL DANVERS (HOLO)
+          Not likely.
+
+                    ROCKET (HOLO)
+          Getting another haircut?
+
+                    CAROL DANVERS (HOLO)
+          Listen, fur-face, I'm covering a
+          lot of territory out here. The
+          things that have been happening on
+          Earth have been happening
+          everywhere else. On thousands of
+          planets. You might not see me for
+          a long time.
+
+                    NATASHA
+          All right. Everybody keep keeping
+          their eyes open. This channel's
+          always active. Anything goes
+          sideways, anyone makes trouble
+          where they shouldn't, it comes
+          through me.
+
+They ad lib their goodbyes as they sign off, except Rhodey.
+
+                       NATASHA (CONT'D)
+          What's up?     Where are you?
+
+                     RHODEY (HOLO)
+          Mexico.   Got some news.
+
+                       NATASHA
+          Okay...
+
+                    RHODEY
+          Federal�s found a room full of
+          bodies outside Juarez. Cartel
+          guys. Guns still in their pants.
+
+                    NATASHA
+          Could be a rival hit-
+
+                    RHODEY
+          But it wasn't. Same MO as
+          Marseille. And Kiev.
+                    (MORE)
+                                                          21
+
+                     RHODEY (CONT'D)
+              (beat)
+          It's definitely Barton.
+
+She nods, grim, reluctantly accepting.
+
+                    RHODEY (CONT'D)
+          What he's done here...what he's
+          been doing...I got to tell you,
+          part of me doesn't want to find
+          him.
+
+Natasha just stares a long beat.
+
+                    NATASHA
+          Find out where's he going next.
+
+Rhodey nods, signing off.   Natasha sits there, THEN CRUMPLES.
+
+After a long beat...
+
+                    STEVE (O.S.)
+          I'd offer to cook you dinner but
+          you seem sad enough already.
+
+Natasha turns to see STEVE in the doorway.
+
+                    NATASHA
+          Come by to do your laundry?
+
+                    STEVE
+          And see a friend.
+
+                    NATASHA
+          Your friend's fine.
+
+                    STEVE
+          She leave the house today?
+
+                    NATASHA
+          Nothing out there I particularly
+          want to see.
+
+                    STEVE
+          I spotted a pod of whales coming
+          over the bridge.
+
+                     NATASHA
+              (dubious)
+          In the Hudson.
+
+                    STEVE
+          Fewer ships, cleaner water. Just
+          saying, there's still a world out
+          there.
+                                                         22
+
+
+                    NATASHA
+          If you're about to tell me to look
+          on the bright side, I'm about to
+          hit you with a peanut butter
+          sandwich.
+
+Steve relents, LETTING DOWN HIS FACADE.
+
+                     STEVE
+          Sorry.   Force of habit.
+
+                    NATASHA
+          I don't know how you do it.
+
+Steve bites into the uneaten half of her sandwich.
+
+                    STEVE
+          I guess I don't know how not to.
+
+                    NATASHA
+          Me, neither.
+
+After a long moment, Steve looks up at her, honest.
+
+                    STEVE
+          I keep telling them, move on. Grow
+          past it. And some of them actually
+          do. But not us.
+
+                    NATASHA
+          If I move on, who does this?
+
+                    STEVE
+          Maybe it doesn't need to be done.
+
+Natasha takes that in. Steve is thinking of giving up.   She
+looks around at Avengers Compound.
+
+                    NATASHA
+          I used to have nothing. Then I got
+          this. This job, this family. And
+          I was better because of it.
+
+She chokes slightly, collecting herself.
+
+                    NATASHA (CONT'D)
+          And even though they're gone, I'm
+          still trying to be...better.
+
+                    STEVE
+          I think we both need to get a life.
+
+                       NATASHA
+          You first.
+                                                          23
+
+
+They stare at each other a long, melancholy moment.
+
+THEN, WE HEAR A PING. NATASHA SWIPES TO A CCTV DISPLAY:
+SCOTT LANG'S FACE FILLS A SCREEN, LUIS' VAN BEHIND HIM.
+
+                    SCOTT LANG (ON SCREEN)
+          Hello? Is anyone home? This is,
+        "
+54,A Few Good Men Script, Aaron Sorkin,"Crime,Drama,Mystery,Thriller",Dec-92," A FEW GOOD MEN
+
+
+
+                                        Written by
+
+                                       Aaron Sorkin
+
+
+
+                                   Revised Third Draft
+
+                                      July 15, 1991
+
+                
+
+               FADE IN:
+
+               EXT. A SENTRY TOWER --
+
+               -- in the middle of the night, in the middle of nowhere.
+
+               Small beams of light coming from lamps attached to the tower 
+               cut through the ground mist. We HEAR all the unidentifiable 
+               sounds of night in the woods. We also HEAR, very, very 
+               faintly, a slow, deliberate drum cadence. And as this starts, 
+               we begin to MOVE SLOWLY UP THE TOWER, more becomes visible 
+               now:... the sandbags on the ground piled ten-high... the 
+               steel, fire escape-type stairway wrapping around the structure 
+               and leading to the lookout post, and finally... THE LOOKOUT 
+               POST, maybe forty feet off the ground.
+
+               Standing the post is the silhouette of A MARINE. He's holding 
+               a rifle and staring straight out.
+
+               The drum cadence has been building slightly.
+
+                                                                    CUT TO:
+
+               A WIDER SHOT OF THE FENCELINE. And we see by the moonlight 
+               that the tall wire-mesh fence winds its way far, far into 
+               the distance.
+
+               SUBTITLE: UNITED STATES NAVAL BASE GUANTANAMO BAY - CUBA.
+
+               The drum cadence continues, and we
+
+                                                                    CUT TO:
+
+               INT. A MARINE BARRACKS
+
+               We HEAR two pairs of footsteps and then
+
+                                                                    CUT TO:
+
+               THE BARRACKS CORRIDOR
+
+               where we see that the footsteps belong to DAWSON and DOWNEY, 
+               two young marines who we'll get to know later. They stop 
+               when they get to a certain door. The drum cadence is still 
+               growing. DAWSON puts his hand on the doorknob and turns it 
+               slowly.  He opens's the door and they walk into
+
+               INT. SANTIAGO'S ROOM - NIGHT
+
+               WILLY SANTIAGO, a young, very slight marine, lies asleep in 
+               his bunk.
+
+               DAWSON kneels down by the bed, puts his hand on SANTIAGO'S 
+               shoulder and shakes him gently. SANTIAGO opens his yes, looks 
+               at DAWSON, and for a moment there's nothing wrong --
+
+               -- and then SANTIAGO's eyes fill with terror. He lunges out 
+               of the bed -- but forget about it. In one flash DAWSON and 
+               DOWNEY grab him out of bed, and before the scream can come 
+               out, DOWNEY's shoved a piece of cloth into SANTIAGO's mouth.
+
+               Everything that happens next occurs with speed, precision 
+               and professionalism.
+
+               -- A strip of duct tape is pulled, ripped, and slapped onto 
+               his mouth and eyes --
+
+               -- A length of rope is wrapped around his hands and feet.
+
+                                     DOWNEY
+                              (quietly)
+                         You're lucky it's us, Willy.
+
+               -- An arm grabs him tightly around the neck, not choking 
+               him, just holding his head still --
+
+               -- The drum cadence has built to a crescendo. We HEAR four 
+               sharp blasts from a whistle and we
+
+                                                              SMASH CUT TO:
+
+               EXT. THE WASHINGTON NAVY YARD - DAY
+
+               and the drum cadence we've been hearing has turned into Semper 
+               Fidelis and it's coming from THE U.S. MARINE CORPS BAND, a 
+               sight to behold in their red and gold uniforms and polished 
+               silver and brass.
+
+               The BAND is performing on the huge and lush parade grounds 
+               before a crowd made up mostly of TOURISTS and DAY-CAMPERS.
+
+               As the TITLES ROLL, we watch the BAND do their thing from 
+               various angles. Incredible precision is the name of the game. 
+               Each polished black shoe hitting the ground as if they were 
+               all attached by a rod. Each drumstick raised to the same 
+               fraction of a centimeter before striking. A RIFLE DRILL TEAM 
+               that can't possibly be human. Flags, banners, the works.
+
+               SUBTITLE: THE WASHINGTON NAVY YARD, WASHINGTON, D.C.
+
+                                                                    CUT TO:
+
+               HIGH ANGLE of the entire band an we end credits.
+
+                                                                    CUT TO:
+
+               EXT. A RED BRICK BUILDING - DAY
+
+               It's an important building, a main building. A few SAILORS 
+               enter and exit and
+
+                                                                    CUT TO:
+
+               A WOMAN
+
+               as she walks across the courtyard toward the brick building.  
+               The WOMAN is JOANNE GALLOWAY, a navy lawyer in her early 
+               30's. She's bright, attractive, impulsive, and has a tendency 
+               to speak quickly. If she had any friends, they'd call her 
+               JO. As she walks, she mutters to herself ...
+
+                                     JO
+                         I'm requesting... I'm... Captain, 
+                         I'd like to request that I be the 
+                         attorney assigned to rep -- I'd like 
+                         to request that it be myself who is 
+                         assigned to represent --
+                              (she stops)
+                         ""That it be myself who is assigned 
+                         to represent""? ...Good, Jo, that's 
+                         confidence inspiring.
+
+               We follow JO, still muttering, as she walks into the brick 
+               building which bears the seal of the
+
+               UNITED STATES NAVY - JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL'S CORPS
+
+                                                                    CUT TO:
+
+               INT. WEST'S OFFICE - DAY
+
+               As JO  enters. CAPTAIN WEST and two other officers, GIBBS 
+               and LAWRENCE, sit around a conference table.
+
+                                     GIBBS
+                         Jo, come on in.
+
+                                     JO
+                         Thank you, sir.
+
+                                     GIBBS
+                         Captain West, this is Lt. Commander 
+                         Galloway. Jo, you know Mike Lawrence.
+
+                                     JO
+                         Yes sir.
+                              (to WEST)
+                         Captain, I appreciate your seeing me 
+                         on such short notice.
+
+                                     WEST
+                         I understand there was some trouble 
+                         over the weekend down in Cuba.
+
+                                     JO
+                         Yes sir... This past Friday evening.  
+                         Two marines, Corporal Harold Dawson 
+                         and Private Louden Downey, entered 
+                         the barracks room of a PFC William 
+                         Santiago and assaulted him. Santiago 
+                         died at the base hospital 
+                         approximately an hour later. The NIS 
+                         agent who took their statements 
+                         maintains they were trying to prevent 
+                         Santiago from naming them in a 
+                         fenceline shooting incident. They're 
+                         scheduled to have a hearing down in 
+                         Cuba at 4:00 this afternoon.
+
+                                     LAWRENCE
+                         What's the problem?
+
+                                     JO
+                         Dawson and Downey are both recruiting 
+                         poster marines and Santiago was known 
+                         to be a screw-up. I was thinking 
+                         that it sounded an awful lot like a 
+                         code red.
+
+               Jo lets this sink in a moment.
+
+                                     WEST
+                              (under his breath)
+                         Christ.
+
+                                     JO
+                         I'd like them moved up to Washington 
+                         and assigned counsel. Someone who 
+                         can really look into this. Someone 
+                         who possesses not only the legal 
+                         skill, but a familiarity with the 
+                         inner workings of the military. In 
+                         short, Captain, I'd like to suggest 
+                         that... I be the one who, that it be 
+                         me who is assigned to represent them.
+                              (beat)
+                         Myself.
+
+               Jo looks around the room for a response.
+
+                                     WEST
+                         Joanne, why don't you get yourself a 
+                         cup of coffee.
+
+                                     JO
+                         Thank you, sir, I'm fine.
+
+                                     WEST
+                         Joanne, I'd like you to leave the 
+                         room so we can talk about you behind 
+                         your back.
+
+                                     JO
+                         Certainly, sir.
+
+               JO gets up and walks out.
+
+                                     WEST
+                         I thought this Code Red shit wasn't 
+                         going on anymore.
+
+                                     LAWRENCE
+                         With the marines at GITMO? Who the 
+                         hell knows what goes on down there.
+
+                                     WEST
+                         Well lets find out before the rest 
+                         of the world does, this thing could 
+                         get messy. What about this woman?
+
+                                     LAWRENCE
+                         Jo's been working a desk at internal 
+                         affairs for what, almost a year now.
+
+                                     WEST
+                         And before that?
+
+                                     GIBBS
+                         She disposed of three cases in two 
+                         years.
+
+                                     WEST
+                         Three cases in two years? Who was 
+                         she handling, the Rosenbergs?
+
+                                     GIBBS
+                         She's not cut out for litigation.
+
+                                     LAWRENCE
+                         She's a hall of an investigator, 
+                         Jerry --
+
+                                     GIBBS
+                         In Internal Affairs, sure. She can 
+                         crawl up a lawyer's ass with the 
+                         best of 'em, but when it comes to 
+                         trial work --
+
+                                     WEST
+                         I know. All passion, no street smarts. 
+                         Bring her back in.
+
+               LAWRENCE goes to the door and motions for JO to come back 
+               in.
+
+                                     WEST
+                              (continuing)
+                         Commander, we're gonna move the 
+                         defendants up here in the morning.
+
+                                     JO
+                         Thank you, sir.
+
+                                     WEST
+                         And I'll have Division assign them 
+                         counsel...
+
+                                     JO
+                              (beat)
+                         But... not me.
+
+                                     WEST
+                         From what I understand from your 
+                         colleagues, you're much too valuable 
+                         in your present assignment to be 
+                         wasted on what I'm sure will boil 
+                         down to a five minute plea bargain 
+                         and a week's worth of paper work.
+
+                                     JO
+                         Sir --
+
+                                     WEST
+                         Don't worry about it. I promise you, 
+                         division'll assign the right man for 
+                         the job.
+
+                                                                    CUT TO:
+
+               EXT. SOFTBALL FIELD - DAY
+
+               THE RIGHT MAN FOR THE JOB
+
+               His name is LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE DANIEL ALLISTAIR KAFFEE, 
+               and it's almost impossible not to like him. At the moment 
+               he's hitting fungoes to about a dozen LAWYERS who are spread 
+               out on the softball field on a corner of the bass. The '27 
+               Yankees they're not, but they could probably hold their own 
+               against a group of, say, Airforce dentists.
+
+               KAFFEE's in his late 20's, 15 months out of Harvard Law 
+               School, and a brilliant legal mind waiting for a courageous 
+               spirit to drive it. He is, at this point in his life, 
+               passionate about nothing... except maybe softball.
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                              (calling out to the 
+                              team)
+                         Alright, let's get two!
+
+               He smacks one to the SECOND BASE. The ball bounces right 
+               between his legs.
+
+                                     SECOND BASE
+                         Sorry!
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                         Nothing to be sorry about, Sherby.  
+                         Just look the ball into your glove.
+
+               He smacks one out to the same place. It bounces off the heel 
+               of SHERBY's glove and into center field.
+
+                                     SECOND BASE (SHERBY)
+                         Sorry!
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                         You gotta trust me, Sherby. You keep 
+                         your eyes open, your chances of 
+                         catching the ball increase by a factor 
+                         of ten.
+
+               SPRADLING, a young naval officer, sweaty and out of breath, 
+               walks up behind the backstop.
+
+                                     SPRADLING
+                         Kaffee!
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                         Let's try it again.
+
+                                     SPRADLING
+                         Kaffee!!
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                              (turning)
+                         Dave. You seem upset and distraught.
+
+                                     SPRADLING
+                         We were supposed to meet in your 
+                         office 15 minutes ago to talk about 
+                         the McDermott case. You're stalling 
+                         on this thing. Now we got this done 
+                         and I mean now, or no kidding, Kaffee, 
+                         I'll hang your boy from a fuckin' 
+                         yardarm.
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                         A yardarm?
+                              (calling out)
+                         Sherby, does the Navy still hang 
+                         people from yardarms?
+
+                                     SHERBY
+                              (calling back)
+                         I don't think so, Danny.
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                              (back to 
+SPRADLING)
+       JO
+                           
+                         Dave, Sherby doesn't think the Navy 
+                         hangs people from yardarms anymore.
+                              (back to the field)
+                         Let's go, let's get two!
+
+               He goes back to hitting fungoes.
+
+                                     SPRADLING
+                         I'm gonna charge him with possession 
+                         and being under the influence while 
+                         on duty. Plead guilty and I'll 
+                         recommend 30 days in the brig with 
+                         loss of rank and pay.
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                         It was oregano, Dave, it was ten 
+                         dollars worth of oregano.
+
+                                     SPRADLING
+                         Yeah, well your client thought it 
+                         was marijuana.
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                         My client's a moron, that's not 
+                         against the law.
+
+               Swapp! The THIRD BASEMAN takes one in the face.
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                              (continuing)
+                         Ow. That had to hurt.
+                              (calling out)
+                         Way to keep your head in the play, 
+                         Lester. Walk it off!
+
+                                     SPRADLING
+                         I've got people to answer to just 
+                         like you, I'm gonna charge him.
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                         With what, possession of a condiment?
+
+                                     SPRADLING
+                         Kaffee --
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                         Dave, I've tried to help you out of 
+                         this, but if you ask for tall time, 
+                         I'm gonna file a motion to dismiss.
+
+                                     SPRADLING
+                         You won't got it.
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                         I will get it. And if the MTD is 
+                         denied, I'll file a motion in liminee 
+                         seeking to obtain evidentiary ruling 
+                         in advance, and after that I'm gonna 
+                         file against pre-trial confinement, 
+                         and you're gonna spend an entire 
+                         summer going blind on paperwork 
+                         because a Signalman Second Class 
+                         bought and smoked a dime bag of 
+                         oregano.
+
+                                     SPRADLING
+                         B Misdemeanor, 20 days in the brig.
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                         C Misdemeanor, 15 days restricted 
+                         duty.
+
+                                     SPRADLING
+                         I don't know why I'm agreeing to 
+                         this.
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                         'Cause you have wisdom beyond your 
+                         years. Dave, can you play third base?
+
+               INT. CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY
+
+               About 16 NAVY AND MARINE LAWYERS (several of whom are women) 
+               are taking their seats around a large conference table.
+
+               A PARALEGAL is handing out folders and some photocopied papers 
+               to the LAWYERS.
+
+               We might notice that one of the lawyers is Lieutenant Junior 
+               Grade SAM WEINBERG. Sam's serious and studious looking. If 
+               he weren't in uniform, you wouldn't guess that he was a naval 
+               officer.
+
+               CAPTAIN WHITAKER walks in.
+
+                                     WHITAKER
+                         'Morning.
+
+                                     LAWYERS
+                              (school class)
+                         'Morning Captain Whitaker.
+
+                                     WHITAKER
+                         Sam, how's the baby?
+
+                                     SAM
+                         I think she's ready to say her first 
+                         word any day now.
+
+                                     WHITAKER
+                         How can you tell?
+
+                                     SAM
+                         She just looks like she has something 
+                         to say.
+
+               KAFFEE walks in.
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                         Excuse me, sorry I'm late.
+
+                                     WHITAKER
+                         I'm sure you don't have a good excuse, 
+                         so I won't force you to come up with 
+                         a bad one.
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                         Thank you, Isaac, that's nice of 
+                         you.
+
+                                     WHITAKER
+                         Sit-down, this first one's for you.
+
+               He hands KAFFEE some files.
+
+                                     WHITAKER
+                              (continuing)
+                         You're moving up in the world, Danny, 
+                         you've been requested by Division.
+
+               ""Oooh""'s and ""Ahhh""'S from the other LAWYERS. (Subtle Note: 
+               Kaffee doesn't want to move up in the world.)
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                         Requested to do what?
+
+               WHITAKER hands him a file.
+
+                                     WHITAKER
+                         Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. A marine 
+                         corporal named Dawson illegally fires 
+                         a round from his weapon over the 
+                         fenceline and into Cuban territory.
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                         What's a fenceline?
+
+                                     WHITAKER
+                         Sam?
+
+                                     SAM
+                         A big wall separating the good guys 
+                         from the bad guys.
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                         Teachers pet.
+
+                                     WHITAKER
+                         PFC William Santiago threatens to 
+                         rat on Dawson to the Naval 
+                         investigative Service. Dawson and 
+                         another member of his squad, PFC 
+                         Louden Downey, they go into Santiago's 
+                         room, tie him up, and stuff a rag 
+                         down his throat. An hour later, 
+                         Santiago's dead. Attending physician 
+                         says the rag was treated with some 
+                         kind of toxin.
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                         They poisoned the rag?
+
+                                     WHITAKER
+                         Not according to them.
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                         What do they say?
+
+                                     WHITAKER
+                         Not much. They're being flown up 
+                         here tomorrow and on Thursday at 
+                         0600 you'll catch a transport down 
+                         to Cuba for the day to find out what 
+                         you can. Meantime, go across the 
+                         yard and see Lt. Commander Joanne 
+                         Galloway. She's the one who had 'em 
+                         brought up here. She'll fill you in 
+                         on whatever she has. Any questions?
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                         The flight to Cuba, was that 0600 in 
+                         the morning, sir?
+
+                                     WHITAKER
+                         It seems important to Division that 
+                         this one be handled by the book, so 
+                         I'm assigning co-counsel. Any 
+                         volunteers?
+
+                                     SAM
+                         No.
+
+                                     WHITAKER
+                         Sam.
+
+                                     SAM
+                         I have a stack of paper on my desk --
+
+                                     WHITAKER
+                         Work with Kaffee on this.
+
+                                     SAM
+                         Doing what? Kaffee'll finish this up 
+                         in four days.
+
+                                     WHITAKER
+                         Do various... administrative... you 
+                         know... things. Back-up. Whatever.
+
+                                     SAM
+                         In other words I have no 
+                         responsibilities whatsoever.
+
+                                     WHITAKER
+                         Right.
+
+                                     SAM
+                         My kinda case.
+
+                                                                    CUT TO:
+
+               INT. JO'S OFFICE - DAY
+
+               JO sits behind her desk. KAFFEE and SAM stand in the doorway. 
+               KAFFEE knocks politely.
+
+               JO looks up.
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                         Hi.
+                              (beat)
+                         I'm Daniel Kaffee. I was told to 
+                         meet with --
+                              (checks notes)
+                         -- Commander Galloway.
+
+               JO is staring at him. KAFFEE doesn't know why.
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                              (continuing)
+                         About a briefing.
+
+               JO is finding this hard to believe.
+
+                                     JO
+                         You're the attorney that Division 
+                         assigned?
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                         I'm lead counsel. This is Sam 
+                         Weinberg.
+
+                                     SAM
+                         I have no responsibilities here 
+                         whatsoever.
+
+               JO's deeply puzzled.
+
+                                     JO
+                              (beat)
+                         Come in, please, have a seat...
+
+               KAFFEE and SAM come into the office and sit.
+
+                                     JO
+                              (continuing)
+                         Lieutenant, how long have you been 
+                         in the Navy?
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                         Going on nine months now.
+
+                                     JO
+                         And how long have you been out of 
+                         law school?
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                         A little over a year.
+
+                                     JO
+                              (beat)
+                         I see.
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                         Have I done something wrong?
+
+                                     JO
+                         No. It's just that when I petitioned 
+                         Division to have counsel assigned, I 
+                         was hoping I'd be taken seriously.
+
+               KAFFEE and SAM exchange a look.
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                              (to JO)
+                         No offense taken, if you were 
+                         wondering.
+
+                                     SAM
+                         Commander, Lt. Kaffee's generally 
+                         considered the best litigator in our 
+                         office. He's successfully plea 
+                         bargained 44 cases in nine months.
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                         One more, and I got a set of steak 
+                         knives.
+
+                                     JO
+                         Have you ever been in a courtroom?
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                         I once had my drivers license 
+                         suspended.
+
+                                     SAM
+                         Danny --
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                         Commander, from what I understand, 
+                         if this thing goes to court, they 
+                         won't need a lawyer, they'll need a 
+                         priest.
+
+                                     JO
+                         No. They'll need a lawyer.
+
+               During this, she'll hand KAFFEE a series of files, which 
+               KAFFEE will pass To SAM without even glancing at them.
+
+                                     JO
+                              (continuing)
+                         Dawson's family has been contacted.  
+                         Downey's closest living relative is 
+                         Ginny Miller, his aunt on his mother's 
+                         side, she hasn't been Contacted yet.
+
+               None of this really means anything to KAFFEE.
+
+                                     JO
+                              (continuing)
+                         Would you like me to take care of 
+                         that?
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                         Sure, if you feel like it.
+
+               JO takes another beat to size this guy up.
+
+                                     JO
+                         One of the people you'll be speaking 
+                         to down there is the barracks C.O., 
+                         Colonel Nathan Jessep, I assume you've 
+                         heard of him.
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                              (beat)
+                         Who hasn't?
+
+                                     SAM
+                              (to KAFFEE)
+                         He's been in the papers lately. He's 
+                         expected to be appointed Director of 
+                         Operations for the National Security 
+                         Counsel.
+
+               Passing KAFFEE another file --
+
+                                     JO
+                         These are letters that Santiago wrote 
+                         in his 8 months at GITMO --
+
+                                     SAM
+                              (whispering to kaffee)
+                         Guantanamo Bay.
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                         I know that one.
+
+                                     JO
+                         He wrote to his recruiter, the fleet 
+                         commander, HQ, Atlantic, even his 
+                         senator. He wanted a transfer. Nobody 
+                         was listening. You with me?
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                         Yes.
+
+                                     JO
+                         This last letter to the Naval 
+                         investigative Service --
+
+               She hands it to KAFFEE who hands it to Sam --
+
+                                     JO
+                              (continuing)
+                         -- where he offers information about 
+                         Corporal Dawson's fenceline shooting 
+                         in exchange for a transfer, was just 
+                         a last ditch effort.
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                         Right. Is that all?
+
+                                     JO
+                              (beat)
+                         Lieutenant, this letter makes it 
+                         look like your client had a motive 
+                         to kill Santiago.
+
+                                     KAFFEE
+                         Gotcha.
+                              (beat)
+                         And Santiago is... who?
+
+                              "
+55,Basic Instinct,Joe Eszterhas,"Crime,Mystery,Thriller",," BASIC INSTINCT
+the water.
+
+                                    CATHERINE
+                        I don't really feel like talking 
+                        anymore.
+
+                                    GUS
+                        Listen, lady, we can do this 
+                        downtown if you --
+
+                                    CATHERINE
+                        Read me my rights and arrest me 
+                        and I'll go downtown.
+
+          She doesn't even look at them.
+
+                                    CATHERINE
+                               (quietly)
+                        Otherwise, get the fuck out of 
+                        here.  Please.
+
+          A long beat as they look at her.
+
+          INT. A CORRIDOR - POLICE HEADQUARTERS
+
+          The door says Dr. Elizabeth Gardner, Counseling.  Nick opens 
+          the door, peeks in.  The receptionist is not there.  A clock 
+          says 3.
+
+          INT. THE COUNSELING OFFICE
+
+          He walks in -- sees the inner door open, walks in.
+
+                                    NICK
+                        I'm sorry, Beth.  I -- I got hung 
+                        up in Stinson.
+
+          DR. ELIZABETH GARDNER, the police psychologist, is a very good-
+          looking, dark-haired woman.  She is 30.
+
+                                    BETH
+                               (smiles)
+                        How are you, Nick?
+
+                                    NICK
+                        I'm fine.  Come on, Beth!  You 
+                        know I'm fine!  How the hell long 
+                        do I have to keep doing this?
+
+                                    BETH
+                        As long as Internal Affairs wants 
+                        you to, I suppose.  Sit down, Nick.
+
+                                    NICK
+                        It's bullshit.  You know it is.
+
+                                    BETH
+                               (smiles)
+                        I know it is -- but sit down anyway 
+                        so we can get it over with, okay?
+
+          He sits down.
+
+                                    BETH
+                        So -- how are things?
+
+                                    NICK
+                               (after a beat)
+                        Things are fine.  I told you.
+                        They're fine.
+
+          She watches him closely.
+
+                                    BETH
+                               (after a beat)
+                        How is your -- personal life?
+
+                                    NICK
+                        My sex life is fine.
+                               (a beat)
+                        My sex life is pretty shitty 
+                        actually since I stopped seeing 
+                        you -- maybe I should think about 
+                        my Electrolux again.
+
+          That embarrassed her; she looks away from him.
+
+                                    NICK
+                               (after a beat)
+                        Sorry.
+
+          She shrugs.  A beat.
+
+                                    BETH
+                        How about the booze?
+
+                                    NICK
+                        It's been three months.
+
+                                    BETH
+                               (after a long beat)
+                        How about the coke?
+
+                                    NICK
+                        No.
+
+                                    BETH
+                        No?
+
+                                    NICK
+                               (hard)
+                        No!  I'm working my tail off.  I'm 
+                        off the sauce, I'm not even smoking 
+                        anymore.
+
+          She smiles.
+
+                                    BETH
+                        How's not smoking?
+
+                                    NICK
+                        It's fucked -- now will you please 
+                        tell I.A. that I'm just you average 
+                        healthy totally fucked-up cop and 
+                        let me get out of here?
+
+                                    BETH
+                               (after a beat; smiles)
+                        Yes.
+
+                                    NICK
+                        Thank you.
+
+          And he starts heading out.
+
+                                    BETH
+                               (behind him)
+                        I still miss you, Nick.
+
+          He doesn't even turn, pretends he didn't hear.
+
+          INT. THE DETECTIVE BUREAU
+
+          He walks in.  Gus Moran gets up from his desk as soon as he 
+          sees him.
+
+                                    GUS
+                        Talcott's in there.  They're 
+                        waiting.
+
+          They start heading for Lt. Walker's office.
+
+                                    GUS
+                        How'd it go, son?
+
+                                    NICK
+                        She misses me.
+
+                                    GUS
+                               (grins)
+                        Hallelujah.
+
+          INT. LT. WALKER'S OFFICE
+
+          He and Gus sit there with Lt. Walker, Harrigan, Andrews and 
+          Captain Talcott.
+
+                                    HARRIGAN
+                        Sixteen stab wounds to the chest 
+                        and neck.  No usable prints, no 
+                        forcible entry, nothing missing.
+                        No prints on the ice pick, either --
+                        it's available at any Safeway.
+                        The scarf is Hermes, expensive --
+                        they sell about 20,000 a year 
+                        worldwide.
+
+                                    ANDREWS
+                        The powder was cocaine, high-
+                        quality, high-content.  He inhaled 
+                        it; there were minute quantities 
+                        on his lips and penis.  Mr. Boz 
+                        leaves five million dollars, no 
+                        insurance, no direct survivors.  
+                        He liked his coke, he liked his 
+                        girls, and he liked rock and roll.
+
+                                    NICK
+                        He liked the mayor, too, right?
+
+          Talcott gives him a look.
+
+                                    GUS
+                        What about his girlfriend?
+
+                                    TALCOTT
+                        Is she relevant here?  I didn't 
+                        know she was a suspect.
+
+                                    LT. WALKER
+                        She's a suspect.
+
+                                    TALCOTT
+                        On what basis?
+
+                                    LT. WALKER
+                               (looks a notes)
+                        Catherine Tramell.  Age 30.  No 
+                        priors, no convictions.  Double 
+                        major, magnum cum laude, Berkeley, 
+                        1980.  Literature and Psychology.
+                        Daughter, sole survivor -- Marvin 
+                        and Elaine Tramell, killed in a 
+                        boating accident, 1978, Catherine 
+                        Tramell sole heir.  Estimated assets 
+                        $110 million.
+
+          It hangs there.
+
+                                    NICK
+                        Are you kidding me?
+
+                                    LT. WALKER
+                               (continues)
+                        Formerly engaged to Roberto Vasquez, 
+                        deceased --
+
+                                    ANDREWS
+                        Bobby Vasquez?
+
+                                    LT. WALKER
+                        Bobby Vasquez, former middleweight 
+                        contender, killed in the ring 
+                        Atlantic City, 1984.
+
+                                    NICK
+                               (smiles)
+                        I love it.  She's got a hundred 
+                        million bucks.  She fucks fighters 
+                        and rock and roll stars.  And she's 
+                        got a degree in screwing with 
+                        peoples' heads.
+
+                                    LT. WALKER
+                        You forgot her degree in literature.  
+                        She's a writer.  She published a 
+                        novel last year under a pen name.  
+                        Do you want to know what it's about?
+
+          They just stare at him.
+
+                                    LT. WALKER
+                        It's about a retired rock and roll 
+                        star who is murdered by his 
+                        girlfriend.
+
+          It hangs there a long beat.
+
+          INT. NICK'S APARTMENT - NIGHT
+
+          His apartment is very bare -- very few things -- with wide 
+          open spaces.  There is a lot of chrome.
+
+          He sits on the couch, reading a book.  It is a paperback.
+
+          We see the title -- Love Hurts, by Catherine Adams.  He puts 
+          the book down a beat, then picks the phone up, dials.
+
+                                    NICK
+                        Page 67, pop.  Do you know how she 
+                        does the boyfriend?  With an 
+                        icepick, in bed, his hands tied 
+                        with a white silk scarf.
+
+          INT. A POLICE DEPARTMENT CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY
+
+          Nick, Gus, Lt. Walker, Harrigan, Andrews, Captain Talcott --
+          and Beth Gardner.  With them is an older, white-haired man, 
+          DR. ANDREW LAMOTT.  There are copies of ""Love Hurts"" around 
+          the table.
+
+                                    LT. WALKER
+                        Dr. Gardner?
+
+                                    BETH
+                        I've asked Dr. Lamott to consult 
+                        with us.  This isn't really my 
+                        turf.  Dr. Lamott teaches the psycho-
+                        pathology of psychopathic behavior 
+                        at Stanford and is also a member 
+                        of the Justice Department's 
+                        Psychological Profile team.  Dr.  
+                        Lamott?
+
+                                    DR. LAMOTT
+                        There are two possibilities.  One.  
+                        The person who wrote this book is 
+                        your murderer and acted out the 
+                        killing described in ritualistic, 
+                        literal detail.  Two.  Someone who 
+                        wants to do the person who wrote 
+                        this book harm read the book and 
+                        enacted the killing described to 
+                        incriminate the writer.
+
+                                    NICK
+                               (after a long beat)
+                        What if the writer did it?  What 
+                        are we dealing with?
+
+                                    DR. LAMOTT
+                        You're dealing with a devious, 
+                        diabolical mind.  This book must 
+                        have been written at least six 
+                        months, maybe years before it was 
+                        published.  That means the writer 
+                        planned the crime, at least in the 
+                        subconscious, back then.  The fact 
+                        that the writer carried it out 
+                        indicates psychopathic obsessive 
+                        behavior in terms not only of the 
+                        killing itself but in terms of 
+                        applied advance defense mechanism.
+
+          A long beat.
+
+                                    GUS
+                        Most times I can't tell shit from 
+                        shinola, Doc.  What was all that 
+                        you just said?
+
+          Some grins, titters.
+
+                                    BETH
+                        She anticipates the book to be her 
+                        best alibi.
+
+                                    DR. LAMOTT
+                        Correct.
+
+                                    BETH
+                        She's going to say Do you think 
+                        I'd be dumb enough to kill anyone 
+                        in the exact way I've described in 
+                        my book?  I wouldn't do that because 
+                        I'd know I'd be a suspect.
+
+          A long beat -- as they think about it.
+
+                                    NICK
+                        What if it's not the writer?  What 
+                        if it's someone who read the book?
+
+                                    DR. LAMOTT
+                        You're dealing then with someone 
+                        so obsessed that he or she is 
+                        willing to kill an irrelevant and 
+                        innocent victim to place the blame 
+                        on the person who wrote this book.  
+                        We are talking about deep-seated, 
+                        obsessional hatred; an utter lack 
+                        of sense of proportion or 
+                        perspective.
+
+                                    GUS
+                        We've got a top-of-the-line, once-
+                        in-a-lifetime loony-tune either 
+                        way you cut it -- that's what you're 
+                        saying, right, Doc?
+
+                                    DR. LAMOTT
+                        You're dealing with someone very 
+                        dangerous and very ill.
+
+          INT. THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE - DAY
+
+          PROSECUTOR JOHN CORRIGAN, a big man in his 50's, with Captain 
+          Talcott, Lt. Walker, Nick, and Gus.
+
+          Corrigan is reading a file.  He gets up, yawns, goes to his 
+          window, looks out.
+
+                                    CORRIGAN
+                        Come on, you know there's no case 
+                        here.  There's no physical evidence -- 
+                        okay, she doesn't have an alibi 
+                        but there's no motive.  Her defense 
+                        would just beat us to death with 
+                        the copycat thing.  Anybody who 
+                        read the book could have done it.
+
+          A long beat; no one says anything.
+
+                                    NICK
+                        So what do we do -- nothing?
+
+                                    LT. WALKER
+                               (after a beat)
+                        We bring her in for questioning.
+
+                                    TALCOTT
+                        She's got enough money to burn 
+                        this whole department down.
+
+                                    LT. WALKER
+                        She was the last person seen with 
+                        the guy -- I'll take the 
+                        responsibility.
+
+                                    TALCOTT
+                        It's yours.
+
+                                    CORRIGAN
+                        It won't do any good.  She'll come 
+                        in with Lee Bailey and Mel Belli 
+                        trailing behind her on a solid 
+                        gold chain from Tiffanys.
+
+                                    TALCOTT
+                        Yes she will.
+
+                                    NICK
+                               (after a beat)
+                        No she won't.
+
+          They look at him.
+
+                                    NICK
+                               (smiles)
+                        I don't think she's going to hide 
+                        behind anybody.  I don't think 
+                        she's going to hide at all.
+
+                                    TALCOTT
+                               (after a beat)
+                        I think you're as crazy as she 
+                        probably is, Curran.
+
+          Nicks 
+says nothing.
+
+                      
+
+                                        by
+
+                                  JOE ESZTERHAS
+
+           
+
+          INT. A BEDROOM - NIGHT
+
+          It is dark; we don't see clearly.  a man and woman make love 
+          on a brass bed.  There are mirrors on the walls and ceiling.  
+          On a side table, atop a small mirror, lines of cocaine.  A 
+          tape deck PLAYS the Stones ""Sympathy for the Devil.""
+
+          Atop him... she straddles his chest... her breasts in his face.  
+          He cups her breasts.  She leans down, kisses him...
+
+          JOHNNY BOZ is in his late 40's, slim, good-looking.  We don't 
+          see the woman's face.  She has long blonde hair.  The CAMERA 
+          STAYS BEHIND and to the side of them.
+
+          She leans close over his face, her tongue in his mouth...  she 
+          kisses him... she moves her hands up, holds both of his arms 
+          above his head.
+
+          She moves higher atop him... she reaches to the side of the 
+          bed... a white silk scarf is in her hand... her hips above his 
+          face now, moving... slightly, oh-so slightly... his face strains 
+          towards her.
+
+          The scarf in her hand... she ties his hands with it...  
+          gently... to the brass bed... his eyes are closed...  tighter... 
+          lowering hips into his face... lower... over his chest... his 
+          navel.  The SONG plays.
+
+          He is inside her... his head arches back... his throat white.
+
+          She arches her back... her hips grind... her breasts are high...
+
+          Her back arches back... back... her head tilts back... she 
+          extends her arms... the right arm comes down suddenly...  the 
+          steel flashes... his throat is white...
+
+          He bucks, writhes, bucks, convulses...
+
+          It flashes up... it flashes down... and up... and down...  and 
+          up... and...
+
+          EXT. A BROWNSTONE IN PACIFIC HEIGHTS - MORNING
+
+          Winter in San Francisco cold, foggy.  Cop cars everywhere.  
+          The lights play through the thick fog.  Two Homicide detectives 
+          get out of the car, walk into the house.
+
+          NICK CURRAN is 42.  Trim, good-looking, a nice suit; a face 
+          urban, edged, shadowed.  GUS MORAN is 64.  Crew-cut, silver 
+          beard, a suit rumpled and shiny, a hat out of the 50'sa face 
+          worn and ruined the face of a backwoods philosopher.
+
+          INT. THE BROWNSTONE
+
+          There's money here -- deco, clean, hip -- That looks like a 
+          Picasso on the wall.  They check it out.
+
+                                    GUS
+                        Who was this fuckin' guy?
+
+                                    NICK
+                        Rock and roll, Gus.  Johnny Boz.
+
+                                    GUS
+                        I never heard of him.
+
+                                    NICK
+                               (grins)
+                        Before your time, pop.
+                               (a beat)
+                        Mid-sixties.  Five or six hits.
+                        He's got a club down in the Fillmore 
+                        now.
+
+                                    GUS
+                        Not now he don't.
+
+          Past the uniformed guys... nods... waves... past the forensic 
+          men... past the coroner's investigators... they get to the 
+          bedroom.
+
+          INT. THE BEDROOM
+
+          They walk in, stare -- it's messy.
+
+          It's like a convention in here.  LT. PHIL WALKER, in his 50's, 
+          silver-haired, the Homicide guys; JIM HARRIGAN, late 40's, 
+          puffy, affable;  SAM ANDREWS, 30's, black.  A CORONER'S MAN is 
+          working the bed.
+
+                                    LT. WALKER
+                               (to Nick and Gus)
+                        You guys know Captain Talcott?
+
+          They nod.
+
+                                    GUS
+                        What's the Chief's office doin' 
+                        here.
+
+                                    CAPT. TALCOTT
+                        Observing.
+
+                                    LT. WALKER
+                               (to the Coroner's 
+                               Guy)
+                        What do you think, Doc?
+
+                                    THE CORONER'S GUY
+                        The skin blanches when I press it --
+                        this kind of color is about right 
+                        for six or eight hours.
+
+                                    LT. WALKER
+                        Nobody say anything.  The maid 
+                        came in an hour ago and found him.
+                        She's not a live-in.
+
+                                    GUS
+                        Maybe the maid did it.
+
+                                    LT. WALKER
+                        She's 54 years old and weighs 240 
+                        pounds.
+
+                                    THE CORONER'S GUY
+                               (deadpan)
+                        There are no bruises on his body.
+
+                                    GUS
+                               (grins)
+                        It ain't the maid.
+
+                                    LT. WALKER
+                        He left the club with his girlfriend 
+                        about midnight.  That's the last 
+                        time anybody saw him.
+
+                                    NICK
+                               (looks at body)
+                        What was it?
+
+                                    THE CORONER'S GUY
+                        Ice pick.  Left on the coffee table 
+                        in the living room.  Thin steel 
+                        handle.  Forensics took it downtown.
+
+                                    HARRIGAN
+                        There's come all over the sheets --
+                        he got off before he got offed.
+
+                                    GUS
+                               (deadpan)
+                        That rules the maid out for sure.
+
+                                    CAPT. TALCOTT
+                        This is sensitive.  Mr. Boz was a 
+                        major contributor to the mayor's 
+                        campaign.  He was Chairman of the 
+                        Board of the Palace of Fine Arts --
+
+                                    GUS
+                               (to Nick)
+                        I thought you said he was a rock 
+                        and roll star.
+
+                                    LT. WALKER
+                        He was a retired rock and roll 
+                        star.
+
+                                    CAPT. TALCOTT
+                        A civic-minded, very respectable 
+                        rock and roll star.
+
+                                    GUS
+                        What's that over there?
+
+          We see the white powder laid out in lines on the small mirror 
+          on the side table.
+
+                                    NICK
+                               (deadpan)
+                        It looks like some civic-minded, 
+                        very respectable cocaine to me, 
+                        Gus.
+
+                                    CAPT. TALCOTT
+                               (evenly, to Nick)
+                        Listen to me, Curran.  I'm going 
+                        to get a lot of heat on this.  I 
+                        don't want any... mistakes.
+
+          Nick and Talcott look at each other a beat, then --
+
+                                    NICK
+                        Who's the girlfriend?
+
+          Lt. Walker looks at the notepad in his hand.
+
+                                    LT. WALKER
+                        Catherine Tramell, 162 Divisadero.
+
+          Nick writes it down.  He and Gus turn, leave.  Captain Talcott 
+          watches them.  He looks disturbed.
+
+          INT. THE LIVING ROOM
+
+          As they head out --
+
+                                    NICK
+                        Talcott doesn't usually show up at 
+                        the office 'till after his 18 holes.  
+                        What are they nervous about?
+
+                                    GUS
+                        They're executives.  They're nervous 
+                        about everything.
+
+                                    LT. WALKER
+                        Nick!
+
+          He stops, turns, sees Walker behind them.  Walker comes up to 
+          them.
+
+                                    LT. WALKER
+                               (to Nick)
+                        Keep your three o'clock.
+
+                                    NICK
+                        Do you want me to work the case, 
+                        Phil, or do you want me to --
+
+                                    LT. WALKER
+                        I said keep it.
+
+          EXT. A VICTORIAN ON DIVISADERO - DAY
+
+          It is more a mansion than a house.  They ring the bell.  An 
+          Hispanic MAID answers.  They flash their badges.
+
+                                    NICK
+                        I'm Detective Curran, this is 
+                        Detective Moran.  We're with the 
+                        San Francisco Police Department.
+
+          We'd like to speak to Ms. Catherine Tramell.
+
+                                    THE MAID
+                               (after a beat, an 
+                               accent)
+                        Just moment.  Come in.
+
+          She leads them into a lavish, beautifully done living room 
+          that offers a sweeping view of the Bay.
+
+                                    THE MAID
+                        Sit, please.  Just moment.
+
+          They look around, impressed.  There is a Picasso on the wall 
+          here, too.
+
+                                    GUS
+                        Ain't that cute?  They got his and 
+                        her Pig-assos, son.
+
+                                    NICK
+                               (smiles)
+                        I didn't know you knew who Picasso 
+                        was, Gus.
+
+                                    GUS
+                               (grins)
+                        I'm a smart sonofabitch.  I just 
+                        hide it.
+
+          Nick smiles -- and at that moment a beautiful BLONDE walks 
+          into the room.  She looks like she has been asleep.  She is in 
+          her early 20's.  She wears a very sheer robe.
+
+                                    NICK
+                        We're sorry to disturb you, we'd 
+                        like to ask you some --
+
+                                    THE WOMAN
+                        Are you vice?
+
+                                    GUS
+                               (after a beat)
+                        Homicide.
+
+                                    THE WOMAN
+                        What do you want?
+
+                                    GUS
+                        When was the last time you saw 
+                        John Boz? 
+
+                                    THE WOMAN
+                        Is he dead?
+
+                                    NICK
+                               (after a beat)
+                        Why do you think he's dead?
+
+                                    THE WOMAN
+                        You wouldn't be here otherwise, 
+                        would you?
+
+                                    GUS
+                        Were you with him last night?
+
+                                    THE WOMAN
+                        You're looking for Catherine, not 
+                        me.
+
+                                    NICK
+                        Who are you?
+
+                                    THE WOMAN
+                        I'm Roxy.
+                               (a beat)
+                        I'm her -- friend.
+
+          She looks at them a beat.
+
+                                    ROXY
+                        She's out at the beach house at 
+                        Stinson.  Seadrift.  1402.
+
+                                    NICK
+                        Thanks.
+
+          They start to head out.
+
+                                    ROXY
+                        You're wasting your time. Catherine 
+                        didn't kill him.
+
+          A beat, they look at her, and go...
+
+          EXT. SEADRIFT - STINSON BEACH - DAY
+
+          Foggy.  Cold.  It is an expensive spit of land on the ocean.  
+          Multi-million dollar ""beach houses"" with gardens and swimming 
+          pools.  There are two Ferraris in the driveway -- one black, 
+          one white.
+
+          They get out of the car in front of the house.  They see a 
+          woman in back of the house, sitting on a deck chair, staring 
+          at the sea, a blanket around her.  As they get to her --
+
+                                    NICK
+                        Ms. Tramell?
+
+          She takes a long look a Nick, then looks away.
+
+          CATHERINE TRAMELL is 30 years old.  She has long blonde hair 
+          and a refined, classically beautiful face.  She is not knockout 
+          gorgeous like Roxy; there is a smoky kind of sensuousness about 
+          her.
+
+                                    NICK
+                        I'm De...
+
+                                    CATHERINE
+                               (evenly)
+                        I know who you are.
+
+          She doesn't look at them.  She looks at the water.
+
+                                    CATHERINE
+                        How did he die?
+
+                                    GUS
+                        He was murdered.
+
+                                    CATHERINE
+                        Really.  Maybe that's why you're 
+                        from Homicide.  How?
+
+          Nick glances at Gus.
+
+                                    NICK
+                        With an ice pick.
+
+          She closes her eyes a beat and then, still staring out, we see 
+          a thin smile.  They see it, too, and glance at each other.
+
+                                    NICK
+                        How long were you dating him?
+
+                                    CATHERINE
+                        I wasn't dating him.  I was fucking 
+                        him.
+
+          They glance at each other again.
+
+                                    GUS
+                        What are you -- a pro?
+
+          Catherine looks at him -- that thin smile again.
+
+                                    CATHERINE
+                        No.  I'm an amateur.
+
+          She looks away.
+
+                                    NICK
+                        How long were you having sex with 
+                        him?
+
+                                    CATHERINE
+                        About a year and a half.
+
+                                    NICK
+                        Were you with him last night?
+
+                                    CATHERINE
+                        Yes.
+
+                                    NICK
+                        Did you leave the club with him?
+
+                                    CATHERINE
+                        Yes.
+
+                                    NICK
+                        Did you go home with him?
+
+                                    CATHERINE
+                        No.  We had a drink at the club.
+                        We left together.  I came here.  
+                        He went home.
+
+                                    NICK
+                        Was there anyone with you last 
+                        night?
+
+                                    CATHERINE
+                               (looks at Nick)
+                        No.  I wasn't in the mood to have 
+                        sex with anyone last night.
+
+          They look at her a beat.
+
+                                    NICK
+                        Let me ask you something, Ms.
+                        Tramell?  Are you sorry he's dead?
+
+          Catherine looks at him.
+
+                                    CATHERINE
+                        Yes.  I liked fucking him.
+
+          They stare at her.  She looks out at "
+56,"Bourne Identity, The","Tony Gilroy,Robert Ludlum","Action,Thriller,Mystery,Drama,Adventure",Jun-02,"""THE BOURNE IDENTITY""
+
+                                            by
+
+                                       Tony Gilroy
+
+                                    Based on the novel
+
+                                            by
+
+                                      Robert Ludlum
+
+                                   PARIS DRAFT 9/20/00
+
+                
+
+               DARKNESS. THE SOUND OF WIND AND SPRAY.
+
+               MUSIC. TITLES.
+
+               EXT. OCEAN -- NIGHT
+
+               The darkness is actually water. A SEARCHLIGHT arcs across 
+               heavy ocean swells. Half-a-dozen flashlights -- weaker beams -- 
+               racing along what we can see is the deck of an aging FISHING 
+               TRAWLER.
+
+               FISHERMEN struggling with a gaff -- something in the water --
+
+               A HUMAN CORPSE.
+
+               EXT. FISHING BOAT DECK -- NIGHT
+
+               THE BODY sprawled there. The Sailors all talking at once -- 
+               three languages going -- brave chatter to mask the presence 
+               of death --
+
+                                     SAILOR #1
+                         -- Jesus, look at him --
+
+                                     SAILOR #2
+                         -- what? -- you never saw a dead man 
+                         before? --
+
+                                     SAILOR #3
+                         -- look, look he was shot --
+                              (nudging the body --)
+
+                                     SAILOR #1
+                         -- don't, don't do that --
+
+                                     SAILOR #2
+                         -- he's dead, you think he cares? --
+
+                                     SAILOR #1
+                         -- so have some respect -- it's a --
+                              (stopping as --)
+
+               THE BODY MOVES! -- convulsing -- coughing up sea water -- 
+               the Sailors -- freaked -- jumping back -- standing there, as --
+
+               THE MAN begins to breathe.
+
+               INT. FISHING BOAT BUNK ROOM -- NIGHT
+
+               A wreck. Too small for all the people in here right now -- 
+               SAILORS sweeping off the table -- rough hands laying THE MAN 
+               down --
+
+               THE CAPTAIN -- brutal and impatient -- watching from the 
+               door as --
+
+               GIANCARLO tears through the clutter -- searching for a medical 
+               kit buried in the shambles. GIANCARLO is sixty. A bloodshot 
+               soul.
+
+                                     GIANCARLO
+                         -- it's here -- hang on -- it's here 
+                         somewhere -- give me a minute -- get 
+                         some blankets -- get some blankets 
+                         on him --
+                              (finding the kit --)
+                         -- here we go -- here it is --
+
+               GIANCARLO with an old trunk -- just getting it open, as --
+
+                                     THE CAPTAIN
+                         Giancarlo.
+                              (Giancarlo turns back --)
+                         We pick him up? Okay, we have to 
+                         pick him up. But that's as far as it 
+                         goes.
+
+                                     GIANCARLO
+                         He needs a doctor.
+
+                                     CAPTAIN
+                         Fuck that. He lives? He dies? I don't 
+                         care. We've wasted two hours on this 
+                         shit already. You do what you can, 
+                         but we're not going back.
+                              (pure steel now)
+                         You understand me?
+
+                                     GIANCARLO
+                         Yes, sir.
+
+                                     CAPTAIN
+                              (to the rest of them)
+                         Let's get back to work!
+
+               GIANCARLO watching them run out. Snagging a quick pull on a 
+               pint of rum he's got stashed and --
+
+               INT. FISHING BOAT BUNK ROOM -- DAWN -- TIME CUTS
+
+               Transformed into a makeshift operating room. A light swings 
+               overhead. THE MAN layed out across the table. Sounds -- groans -- 
+               words -- snatches of them -- all in different languages.
+
+               GIANCARLO playing doctor in a greasy kitchen apron. Cutting 
+               away the clothes. Turning THE MAN on his side. Two bullet 
+               wounds in the back. Probing them, judging them.
+
+               Now -- GIANCARLO with a flashlight in his teeth -- TINK -- 
+               TINK -- TINK -- bullet fragments falling into a washed-out 
+               olive jar.
+
+               Now -- something catching GIANCARLO'S EYE -- A SCAR ON THE 
+               MAN'S HIP -- another fragment -- exacto knife cutting in -- 
+               tweezers extracting A SMALL PLASTIC TUBE, not a bullet at 
+               all, and as it comes free --
+
+               THE MAN'S HAND SLAMS down onto GIANCARLO'S and we SMASH CUT 
+               INTO A --
+
+               FIRST PERSON POV -- we are staring up at --
+
+                                     GIANCARLO
+                         You're awake. Can you hear me?
+                              (we're blinking --)
+                         You've been shot. I'm trying to help 
+                         you.
+                              (we're trying to find 
+                              our voice --)
+                         You were in the water. You've been 
+                         shot. It's okay now.
+
+                                     THE MAN
+                         Where am I?
+
+                                     GIANCARLO
+                              (switching to English)
+                         You're American. I thought so. From 
+                         your teeth -- the dental work --
+
+                                     THE MAN
+                         Where am I?
+
+                                     GIANCARLO
+                         You're on a boat. A fishing boat. 
+                         Italian flag. We're out of Vietri.
+                              (he smiles)
+                         It's the cold that saved you. The 
+                         water. The wounds are clean. I'm not 
+                         a doctor, but the wounds, it looks 
+                         okay. It's clean.
+
+                                     THE MAN
+                         How did I get here?
+
+                                     GIANCARLO
+                         You we're lost at sea. They pulled 
+                         you out.
+                              (we say nothing)
+                         Who are you?
+                              (still nothing)
+                         You were shot -- two bullets -- in 
+                         the back. You understand me?
+                              (we try to nod)
+                         Who are you?
+
+               Long dead pause.
+
+                                     THE MAN
+                         I don't know.
+
+               EXT. OCEAN -- DAY
+
+               The Trawler plows through heavy seas.
+
+               INT. FISHING BOAT BUNK ROOM -- DAY
+
+               GIANCARLO is hunched over a desk -- tweezers and flashlight -- 
+               busy working at that strange plastic tube that came out of 
+               THE MAN's hip.
+
+               THE MAN is bandaged. He's sitting up, and it must hurt like 
+               hell, but physical pain is not the thing troubling him right 
+               now. He's staring around the room -- at his body -- at the 
+               walls -- haunted --
+
+                                     THE MAN
+                         What if it doesn't come back?
+
+                                     GIANCARLO
+                              (still working that 
+                              tube)
+                         I told you. You need to rest.
+
+               Silence. THE MAN can't rest. Too busy trying to make sense 
+               of all this.
+
+                                     THE MAN
+                         I can read. I can read that sign on 
+                         the door. I can count. I can talk...
+                              (focusing now --)
+                         What are you doing?
+
+               GIANCARLO rummaging around -- finding a magnifying glass --
+
+                                     THE MAN
+                         What is that?
+
+               INSERT -- MAGNIFIED POV -- a slip of plastic from the tube -- 
+               written there -- 000-7-17-12-0-14-26.  GEMEINSCHAFT BANK, 
+               ZURICH.
+
+                                     GIANCARLO
+                         It came from your hip. Under the 
+                         skin.
+                              (turning back --)
+                         You have a bank in Zurich.
+                              (waiting)
+                         You remember Zurich?
+
+                                     THE MAN
+                         No.
+
+               GIANCARLO staring at him now. Different suddenly. Suspicious.
+
+                                     GIANCARLO
+                         Look, I'm just on this boat, okay? 
+                         I'm an engineer. Whatever this is, 
+                         it's not for me to be involved, okay?
+
+                                     THE MAN
+                         I don't remember Zurich.
+
+               GIANCARLO pulls his pint. Takes a hit.
+
+                                     GIANCARLO
+                              (offering the bottle --)
+                         You drink rum?
+
+                                     THE MAN
+                         I don't know.
+
+               EXT. FISHING BOAT DECK -- NIGHT
+
+               THE MAN stands at the rail, staring out to sea. So lost. He 
+               turns to head inside -- there, a surfcasting rod propped 
+               against a locker.
+
+               THE MAN picks up the rod -- flips the bail -- traps the line -- 
+               now he's casting far out into the darkness. And for the first 
+               time, he smiles.
+
+               INT. FISHING BOAT GALLEY -- NIGHT
+
+               A ratty old espresso machine. THE MAN standing there, staring 
+               at the thing like it's a test. Then his hands begin to move -- 
+               trying to pack a grind -- trying to fit it in -- turning on 
+               the steam and --
+
+               The whole thing explodes.
+
+               EXT. FISHING BOAT DECK -- DAY
+
+               THE MAN alone doing chin-ups on the deck rail. He's still 
+               bandaged and the wounds must hurt like hell, but he's pushing 
+               himself. Using the pain -- bathing in it -- maybe even hoping 
+               that it will hold some answer for him.
+
+               INT. FISHING BOAT GALLEY -- NIGHT
+
+               A chess board. Wooden pieces jumbled in a box. THE MAN 
+               hesitates -- takes a black knight from the box -- lingers 
+               for a moment -- and then places it on the board. He's off 
+               and running. He knows this. Placing pieces faster and faster -- 
+               still setting it up, as we --
+
+               INT. FISHING BOAT HEAD -- NIGHT
+
+               One of the ugliest bathrooms on the planet. THE MAN standing 
+               before a pitted, tarnished, cataract of a mirror. Staring at 
+               himself.
+
+               And then he speaks.
+
+                                     THE MAN
+                              (in perfect French)
+                         I don't know who I am. Do you know 
+                         who I am? Do have any idea who I am?
+
+               And then he stops. Blinks. Wipes away the perspiration just 
+               beading on his forehead.
+
+                                     THE MAN
+                              (in perfect Dutch)
+                         Tell me who I am. If you know who I 
+                         am, please stop fucking around and 
+                         tell me.
+
+               No answer. Just that face. His face. Who am I?
+
+               And what else is inside there?
+
+               EXT. FISHING BOAT -- DAY
+
+               SAILORS hauling in the nets. THE MAN -- still bandaged, but 
+               healing -- working beside them. Earning his keep. Getting 
+               healthy.
+
+               EXT. ITALIAN COASTLINE -- DAWN
+
+               A small, colorful fishing village. The trawler motoring in.
+
+               INT. THE FISHING BOAT BUNK ROOM -- SAME TIME
+
+               THE MAN buttoning up borrowed clothes. GIANCARLO pulling 
+               some cash from his pocket --
+
+                                     GIANCARLO
+                              (offering the money)
+                         It's not much, but it should get you 
+                         to Switzerland.
+
+                                     THE MAN
+                         I won't forget this.
+
+               GIANCARLO gives him a look. Shakes his head, and --
+
+               INT. POKEY ITALIAN TRAIN STATION -- DAY
+
+               The ticket window. THE MAN and a TICKET AGENT.
+
+                                     TICKET AGENT
+                         Una sola via?
+
+                                     THE MAN
+                         Si. One way. Una sola via.
+
+               EXT. TGV -- DAY
+
+               A HELICOPTER SHOT -- a bullet train speeds through snow- 
+               capped Alps. We move in on a window -- and staring out is...
+
+               INT. TGV TRAIN -- DAY
+
+               ...THE MAN. People all around him -- families -- businessmen -- 
+               normal people going about their lives. THE MAN turns back to 
+               the window, but he's not watching the scenery -- he's looking 
+               at his reflection. So lost. His face suddenly plunged into 
+               darkness as the train bombs into a tunnel...
+
+               EXT. TRAIN -- NIGHT
+
+               ...and out of the darkness into night and the HELICOPTER 
+               SHOT, as the train races toward ZURICH.
+
+               INT. CIA HEADQUARTERS CONFERENCE ROOM -- DAY
+
+               A VIDEO MONITOR -- FULL FRAME -- meet WOMBOSI. He's an African 
+               ex-dictator, think Idi Amin crossed with Mobutu. He's in 
+               some sort of throne room. And he's angry. Bodyguards and a 
+               translator hovering nervously around him. What this is, is 
+               NEWS FOOTAGE -- an interview conducted by a German TV station.
+
+                                     WOMBOSI
+                              (he speaks english)
+                         ...no, no, no -- the time is not 
+                         right, my enemies are too strong. 
+                         I'm telling you to wait for this, 
+                         you understand? I'm telling you this, 
+                         and I'm making a warning to all those 
+                         peoples out there that think that my 
+                         powers have become so weak that they 
+                         can play with me as they wish. You 
+                         will see -- I will tell you when the 
+                         evidence is clear. Then you will 
+                         have a story. My old friends will 
+                         hear about themselves.
+                              (stopping, freezing 
+                              on that image, and --)
+
+               MARSHALL, a CIA bigwig has the remote control. And the floor.
+
+                                     MARSHALL
+                         That's Nykwana Wombosi speaking in 
+                         Paris the day before yesterday. I'm 
+                         sure most of you have a passing 
+                         knowledge of Mr. Wombosi. Some of 
+                         you on the African desks have worked 
+                         with him over the years. Some of you 
+                         very closely...
+
+               TWELVE CIA MANDARINS sitting around the table like kids in 
+               detention. We will tour the faces as MARSHALL continues, but 
+               the guy we're interested in 
+is named WARD ABBOTT. Picture a 
+               sawier, slicker John Poindexter.
+
+                                     MARSHALL
+                         ...He was an irritation before he 
+                         took power. He was a problem when he 
+                         was in power. And he's been a disaster 
+                         for us in exile.
+                              (the tape --)
+                         Wombosi likes to send us messages 
+                         through the European media. This is 
+                         an interview we pulled down from a 
+                         local German television station in 
+                         Dresden. We've been getting these 
+                         little broadsides every couple of 
+                         months. He knows this -- he knows 
+                         that -- he's writing a book about 
+                         the Agency's history in Africa -- 
+                         he's going to name names. It's 
+                         basically a shakedown...
+
+               ABBOTT'S FACE says this is news to him. HIS HANDS suggest 
+               otherwise.
+
+                                     MARSHALL
+                         This interview -- and I'll make the 
+                         tape available for anyone who wants 
+                         it -- he goes on to claim that he 
+                         has just survived an assassination 
+                         attempt. He says it's us. He says 
+                         he's got proof.
+                              (beat)
+                         The overwhelming negative 
+                         ramifications of this should be 
+                         obvious.
+                              (hard and dry)
+                         The Director wants to know if there 
+                         is any possible shred of truth in 
+                         this accusation.
+
+               Long pause. No hands go up.
+
+               INT. ZURICH TRAIN STATION -- NIGHT
+
+               THE MAN wandering through the terminal. Passing A PIZZA PLACE 
+               closing up for the night.
+
+               THE MAN checks his funds. Just enough for one cold slice.
+
+               EXT. ZURICH STREETS -- NIGHT
+
+               THE MAN walking aimlessly.
+
+               EXT. ZURICH PARK -- NIGHT
+
+               THE MAN trying to get comfortable on a bench. It's chilly 
+               but this will have to do until morning.
+
+               Just settling in, when --
+
+                                     ZURICH COP #1 (O.S.)
+                              (authority German)
+                         Can't you read the signs?
+
+               THE MAN turns. TWO ZURICH COPS coming toward him.
+
+                                     ZURICH COP #2
+                         On your feet. Let's go. Right now.
+
+               THE MAN makes his feet. They're on top of him now.
+
+                                     ZURICH COP #1
+                         The park is closed. There's no 
+                         sleeping in the park.
+
+                                     ZURICH COP #2
+                         Let's see some identification.
+
+               THE MAN not sure what to do. Eyes moving. Mouth shut.
+
+                                     ZURICH COP #1
+                         Come on. Your papers. Let's go.
+
+                                     THE MAN
+                         I've lost them. I've...
+                              (German now)
+                         My papers. They are lost.
+
+                                     ZURICH COP #1
+                              (not sympathetic)
+                         Okay. Let's go. Put your hands up.
+
+                                     ZURICH COP #2
+                              (pulling his nightstick)
+                          -- come on -- hands up -- up --
+
+               THE MAN raising his hand slowly -- ZURICH COP #1 reaching up 
+               to pat him down --
+
+                                     THE MAN
+                         -- look, I'm just trying to sleep 
+                         okay? --
+                              (German again)
+                          -- I just need to sleep --
+
+               ZURICH COP #2 has heard enough -- giving a sharp poke with 
+               the nightstick -- into THE MAN's back -- and that's the last 
+               thing he'll remember because --
+
+               THE MAN is in motion.
+
+               A single turn -- spinning -- catching COP #2 completely off 
+               guard -- the heel of his hand driving up into the guy's throat 
+               and --
+
+               COP #1 -- behind him -- trying to reach for his pistol, but 
+               THE MAN -- still turning -- all his weight moving in a single 
+               fluid attack -- a sweeping kick and --
+
+               COP #1 -- he's falling -- catching the bench -- trying to 
+               fight back but -- THE MAN -- like a machine -- just 
+               unbelievably fast -- three jackhammer punches -- down-down- 
+               down and -- COP #1 -- head slammed into the bench -- blood 
+               spraying from his nose -- he's out cold and --
+
+               COP #2 -- writhing on the ground -- gasping for air -- 
+               struggling with his holster -- THE MAN -- his foot -- down -- 
+               like a vise -- onto COP #2's arm -- shattering the bone -- 
+               COP #2 starting to scream, and then silenced because --
+
+               THE MAN -- he's got the pistol -- so fucking fast -- he's 
+               got it right up against COP #2's forehead -- right on the 
+               edge of pulling the trigger -- he is, he's gonna shoot him --
+
+                                     ZURICH COP #2
+                              (gasping, pleading)
+                         -- no -- please God no -- please 
+                         don't -- please no -- my Go
+
+               -- stopping as --
+
+               THE MAN slams the gun against his temple and --
+
+               This fight is over.
+
+               THE MAN standing there. In the silence. Two unconscious cops 
+               at his feet. Blood on his pants. What just happened? How did 
+               he do this? And there's THE GUN in his hand. And God, it 
+               just feels so natural -- checking it -- stripping it down -- 
+               holding it -- aiming it -- like this is something he's done 
+               a million times before...
+
+               This is something he definitely knows how to do.
+
+               And then he stops cold. Throwing down the gun. Running off 
+               into the darkness --
+
+               INT. TREADSTONE -- DAY
+
+               A deep, inner office. An ops office. Operations. Unlabeled 
+               and anonymous. A backwater project center hidden deep within 
+               the Langley facility. Utilitarian. Several rooms linked like 
+               a suite.
+
+               Small staff. SEVERAL TECHNICIANS. One or two for 
+               communications. A couple for research. People are at their 
+               posts. And it's all quiet. But they are busy. Quietly urgent. 
+               This is a place under siege.
+
+               ZORN is the number two here. Brilliant bloodless lapdog. 
+               He's coming through the suite. Coming through quickly. Heading 
+               toward the boss's little office at the back --
+
+               TED CONKLIN. Ivy League Ollie North. Buttoned down. Square 
+               jaw. Everything tucked away. But there's tension in the air. 
+               Work on the desk. Cot in the corner.
+
+                                     CONKLIN
+                              (looking up)
+                         What?
+
+                                     ZORN
+                         Abbott wants to talk.
+
+                                     CONKLIN
+                         Tell him we're busy.
+
+                                     ZORN
+                         I tried.
+
+               INT. CIA COMMISSARY -- NIGHT
+
+               ABBOTT with coffee. CONKLIN not lingering.
+
+                                     ABBOTT
+                         Storm clouds are gathering, Ted. It 
+                         looks like rain and I don't have a 
+                         thing to wear.
+
+                                     CONKLIN
+                         I don't know what we're talking about.
+
+                                     ABBOTT
+                         We're talking about Marseille. We're 
+                         talking about Nykwana Wombosi. And 
+                         I'm asking you if this abortion in 
+                         Marseille has anything to do with 
+                         Treadstone.
+                              (silence)
+                         Was this Treadstone?
+
+                                     CONKLIN
+                         You're asking me a direct question?
+
+                                     ABBOTT
+                         Yes.
+
+                                     CONKLIN
+                         I thought you were never going to do 
+                         that.
+
+               Silence. Pressure drop.
+
+                                     ABBOTT
+                         They're putting together an agency 
+                         oversight committee. They're going 
+                         to look through everyone's budgets. 
+                         Treadstone is a rather sizable line 
+                         item in my ledger.
+                              (beat)
+                         What am I going to do about that?
+
+                                     CONKLIN
+                         You'd want to make that go away. 
+                         You'd want to remind them that 
+                         Treadstone is a training organization. 
+                         That it's all theoretical. You'd 
+                         want to sign off on that.
+
+                                     ABBOTT
+                         And what if I couldn't do that?
+
+                                     CONKLIN
+                         Then I'd have to explain Treadstone. 
+                         And you'd have to explain how you 
+                         let me get this far.
+                              (silence)
+                         Doesn't sound like much of a Plan-B, 
+                         does it?
+                              (Abbott staring)
+                         We'll clean up the field. You clean 
+                         up your budgets.
+
+               EXT. ZURICH -- DAY
+
+               Morning in the financial district. Upscale. Uptight.
+
+               GEMEINSCHAFT BANK just one of many elegant fortresses on 
+               this street. Everything just now opening for business. TWO 
+               GUARDS unlocking the front door and --
+
+               THE MAN across the street. Tucked in the shadows. Checking 
+               for cops and trouble. Looks clear. He's walking and --
+
+               INT. BANK RECEPTION AREA -- DAY
+
+               Ornate, formidable and tech at the same time.
+
+                                     RECEPTIONIST
+                         Can I help you?
+
+               THE MAN standing before her. Looking very out of place.
+
+                                     THE MAN
+                         I'm here about a numbered account.
+
+               THE RECEPTIONIST nods. Pulls a pen and bank card.
+
+                                     RECEPTIONIST
+                              (instant English)
+                         If you'll just enter your account 
+                         number here I'll direct you to the 
+                         appropriate officer.
+
+               THE MAN takes the pen, as we --
+
+               INT. BANK SECURITY CHECKPOINT -- DAY
+
+               A BIO-METRIC SCANNER. A piece of ultra-tech amidst the 
+               Baroque. TWO SERIOUS BANK GUARDS manning the equipment.
+
+               THE MAN standing there, staring down at this machine. 
+               Something ominously decisive about this. What if it's him? 
+               What if it's not?
+
+                                     BANK GUARD #1
+                         They've been waiting your hand, sir...
+
+               THE MAN focuses. Here we go -- BANK GUARD #2 guiding his 
+               open palm onto the mirrored scanning surface.
+
+               THE MAN catching his reflection for a moment before a wave 
+               of white light passes beneath his hand and now --
+
+               INT. BANK HALLWAY -- DAY
+
+               THE MAN being led by A THIRD GUARD to a special elevator.
+
+               INT. DEEPER INSIDE THE BANK -- DAY
+
+               Elevator doors open. THE MAN steps out. MR. APFEL -- anal 
+               Zurich banker -- waiting there.
+
+                                     APFEL
+                         Good morning, sir. I assume you're 
+                         here about your box.
+
+                                     THE MAN
+                         ...yes...
+                              (what now?)
+                         The box.
+
+               APFEL nods. Gestures down the corridor --
+
+               INT. BANK SAFETY DEPOSIT VIEWING ROOM -- DAY
+
+               Sterile and kind of odd. But total privacy. THE MAN sitting 
+               there, as A DEPOSIT GUARD places a large SAFETY DEPOSIT BOX 
+               before him. THE GUARD leaves the room. Closing the door behind 
+               him.
+
+               THE MAN is alone. And there it is, right in front of him. 
+               This is it. Here are the answers. He lifts the lid.
+
+               THE BOX. There's a shallow tray on top. In this tray: a beat-
+               up passport in the name of Jason Bourne. A French driver's 
+               license with a Parisian address. Credit cards for Jason 
+               Bourne.
+
+               THE MAN. Holding these objects close -- as if by holding 
+               them he might absorb their essence. Forcing himself to 
+               believe. This is him. His picture. There it is. He's Jason 
+               Bourne.
+
+                                     BOURNE
+                         My name is Jason Bourne.
+                              (sounds good)
+                         Hi, I'm Jason. Jason Bourne. Jason 
+                         Bourne, nice to meet you.
+
+               BACK TO -- THE BOX -- the shallow tray on top. There's 
+               Kleenex. Several sets of contact lenses. A knife. A comb. 
+               Three sticks of gum. A ring. A pair of sunglasses. A Rolex.
+
+               BOURNE setting these things aside.  Lifting the top tray.  
+               Staring into THE DEEP BOTTOM TRAY and --
+
+               First of all...
+
+               MONEY. Lots of it. Ten thousand dollar stacks of hundreds. 
+               Lots of them. Close to a million dollars. There's A GUN. A 
+               very good gun. Several clips of ammo. And...
+
+               FIVE MORE PASSPORTS. All clean. Crisp. Brand new. All with 
+               his photo inside. Five different names. Three different 
+               Countries. Each one of these pristine passports clipped to a 
+               piece of card stock that says:
+
+               NAME: 
+               NATIONALITY: 
+               PLACE OF ISSUE: 
+               SIGNATURE SAMPLE:
+
+               And a bar code. 
+               Two Dutch passports. A French. A South African. A Belgian.
+
+               And...
+
+               There's one piece of card stock still with the paper clip in 
+               place. And no passport. This card reads:
+
+               NAME: John Michael Kane 
+               NATIONALITY: U.S.A. 
+               PLACE OF ISSUE: Paris, France 
+               There's a signature sample. 
+               And a bar code. But no passport. This one is missing.
+
+               BOURNE sitting there. Trying to push his confusion away.
+
+                                     BOURNE
+                         Bourne. My name is Jason Bourne. I 
+                         live at 121, Rue de la Jardin, Paris.
+
+               But there's something hollow about this. He came looking for 
+               one identity and now he's faced with six. The money... The 
+               gun...
+
+               
+Suddenly, it's all fucked up.
+
+         "
+57,"Bourne Supremacy, The","Tony Gilroy,Robert Ludlum,Brian Helgeland","Action,Thriller,Mystery,Drama,Adventure",Jul-04,"The Bourne Supremacy
+a temporary outpost. Four
+STATION -- MADRID -- SUNSET 115
+
+ser ious peopl e alone i n this room:
+
+PAMELA LANDY is 46. A Senior C.I.A. Counterintelligence
+Officer. Hovering over the communications console.
+
+CRONIN -- Pamela's #2 -- early forties, stone-cold facade --
+quarterbacking the operation over the radio --
+
+KURT and KIM are the techs here. His and Her headphones.
+Ruggedized laptops and comm gear spread around them.
+
+CRONIN
+What have you got, Survey One?
+
+72
+72 INT. NEARBY BERLIN OFFICE -- NIGHT (CONT)
+Dark. TEDDY at the window. Another military face. Radio
+rig. Night Scope. Watching VIC and MIKE pass below him --
+
+TEDDY/RADIO (OVER)
+""Hub, this is Survey One. Mobile One is
+in motion. Seller is inside and waiting.""
+
+
+73 EXT. MODERN BERLIN STREET -- NIGHT 73
+
+VIC and MIKE slow as they come to the same STARK, GLASS
+OFFICE BUILDING.
+
+TEDDY/RADIO (OVER)
+""We are ready to go.""
+
+16.
+
+
+74 EXT. MODERN BERLIN STREET -- NIGHT 74
+
+MIK E and VIC shake han ds; two tired c o-workers parting
+way s. MIKE w ill keep walking. VIC e ntering the building
+thr ough the b ig glass doors, smiling as he's approached by
+AN IGHT SHIFT SECURITY GUARD. And we hear:
+
+MIKE still walking, alone now, heading away from THE GLASS
+OFFICE BUILDING toward A VAN parked up the block.
+
+MIKE/RADIO
+(sleeve mike, earpiece)
+""This is Escort One. I'm clear.""
+
+
+75 INT. BERLIN HQ/COMMAND POST -- NIGHT 75
+
+THE COMMAND POST. CRONIN works the communications *
+board... *
+
+CRONIN
+""All teams -- listen up -- we are standing-
+by for final green.""
+(turning now to--)
+
+PAMELA, who has been listening. Just as she's about to give *
+the final word, KIM raises a finger... *
+
+KIM *
+Langley... *
+
+She hands PAMELA a phone that's patched into her board. *
+
+PAMELA *
+(a bit surprised) *
+Martin? *
+
+76
+76 INT. CIA SITUATION ROOM/LANGLEY, VIRGINIA -- DAY
+THREE MEN -- CIA MANDARINS -- sit around a round table.
+MARTIN MARSHALL, Deputy Vice-Director, he's in charge. *
+All is tense. *
+
+MARSHALL *
+I'm here. So is Donnie and Jack Weller. *
+We understand you're using the full *
+allocation for this buy? *
+
+PAMELA *
+That's where we came out. *
+
+17.
+
+
+MARSHALL
+It's a lot of money, Pam.
+
+PAMELA
+We're talking raw, unprocessed KGB files. *
+It's not something we can go out and *
+comparison shop. *
+
+MARSHALL *
+Still... *
+
+PAMELA *
+For a thief. A mole. I ve tted the *
+sou rce, Marty. He's real. If it does *
+not hing more than narrow th e list of *
+sus pects, it's a bargain at ten times the *
+pri ce. *
+
+MANDARIN #1 *
+Pamela, Jack Weller here. It's the *
+quality that's at issue... *
+
+PAMELA *
+Yes, sir. I 'm in total agr eement. If *
+they're fake s, they're expe nsive. *
+(furio us, impatient) *
+Gentlemen, I 've got the sel ler on site and *
+in play. Qu ite honestly, t here's not much *
+more to talk about. *
+
+MARSHALL looks to his MANDARIANS. Not convinced, but *
+doesn't want to lose the opportunity. Time to wash his *
+hands. *
+
+MARSHALL *
+All right Pam, your game, your call... *
+
+77 *
+77 DELETED
+
+78 INT. BERLIN HQ/COMMAND POST -- NIGHT 78
+
+All eyes on PAMELA as she puts down the phone to Langley.
+Nodding to CRONIN. Yes.
+
+CRONIN/RADIO
+""Final Green. You are go. Repeat, you
+are go for Final Green.""
+
+18.
+
+
+79 INT. GLASS OFFICE BUILDING LOBBY -- NIGHT 79
+
+VIC has just passed muster with The Security Guard, he's
+standing alone at AN ELEVATOR BANK.
+
+VIC/RADIO
+(sleeve mike, earpiece)
+""On my way up.""
+
+VIC pulling his earpiece. Going dark. Waits for an
+elevator. *
+
+
+A80 INT. GLASS OFFICE BUILDING ELECTRICAL CLOSET -- NIGHT A80
+
+Dark. A small room full of wiring and infrastructure, lit
+by the glare of someone's MAG-LIGHT.
+
+GLOVED HANDS quickly pass over racks of gear and wiring and
+then stopping at -- the main electrical risers.
+
+They carefully place an EXPLOSIVE DEVICE -- no bigger than
+a pack of cigarettes -- onto the main riser...
+
+Done with that, here comes A SECOND SMALL EXPLOSIVE DEVICE -
+- but this one's special, it's being taken from A
+PLASTIC BAG and mounted down by the floor on a sub-panel --
+
+Done, the hands hold up what looks like a piece of tape.
+It bears a FINGERPRINT. As the tape is pressed down,
+transferring it onto the charge --
+
+
+80 INT. GLASS OFFICE BUILDING ELEVATOR -- NIGHT 80
+
+VIC alone wit h THE SAM PLES CASE. Pre ssing the button for
+#9, the top f loor. Th e doors close. The car
+ris es...2...3 ...4...5. ..6... And the n, it stops. VIC
+bra cing himse lf, as th e door opens an d --
+
+IVAN -- Russian -- the guy we saw outside with the
+briefcase -- standing in an empty, darkened hallway.
+
+IVAN
+Show me.
+
+VIC
+Here?
+
+IVAN
+(holding open the door)
+Now. Show now.
+
+19.
+
+
+VIC flips open the case. CASH. Three million dollars.
+
+
+81 INT. GLASS OFFICE BUILDING CORRIDOR -- NIGHT 81
+
+A GLASS DOOR. A suite of offices beyond. Clean.
+Anonymous. One light on deep inside...
+
+CASPIEX-PETROLEUM
+Cherbourg -- Moscow -- Rome -- Tehran
+
+82 INT. CASPIEX OFFICE -- NIGHT 82
+
+Curtains drawn. Lights low. IVAN sitting with THE SAMPLES
+CASE, counting the cash. VIC poring over --
+
+RUS SIAN DOCUM ENT FILES. Dozens of KGB files. Old and new. *
+Spr ead sheets , financial data. Incomprehensibly Cyrillic. *
+Mar ked up. B ut judging by the seals and clearance sign- *
+off s, all top -secret. *
+
+VIC
+This is everything?
+
+IVAN
+Is there. Is all there.
+
+Suddenly -- MUSIC -- a radio -- some tinny pop tune just
+started playing from somewhere down the hall --
+
+VIC
+-- what the hell is that? -- alone --
+you said alone --
+
+Both of them sure they're being double-crossed --
+
+VIC (CONT'D) (cont'd)
+(reaching for his ankle)
+-- who? -- who else is here? --
+IVAN
+-- no! -- not me! -- no other people! --
+
+VIC
+(coming up with a pistol)
+-- shut up! -- just shut the --
+
+Freaked by the gun, IVAN to his feet -- VIC pushing him
+back as he rushes past -- THE SAMPLE CASE spilling cash and
+--
+
+20.
+
+
+Wrong.
+
+SNA PPH! -- SN APPH! -- SNAPPH! -- SNAP PH! -- SNA PPH! -- f ive
+fas t, suppres sed small caliber shots -- VIC fal ls first --
+IVA N crashing back acr oss a desk as t he bullets tear int o
+him -- both o f them de ad before they hit the fl oor and - -
+
+REVERSE TO FIND
+
+The GLOVED HA NDS unscr ewing a SILENCE R, tucking away the
+wea pon. Alre ady in mo tion before we know what' s happened --
+pul ling a cli mbing duf fel out from hi s back pac k --
+stu ffing in T HE SAMPLE S CASE and IVAN 'S BRIEFCA SE -- all
+the files -- all the m oney...
+
+Exc ept, wait. .. He's left out ONE ol d KGB FILE COVER -- and
+now he pulls A PLASTIC BAG from his b ackpack -- GLOVED
+HAN DS careful ly remove A SINGLE SHEET OF PAPER from insi de
+the bag. And this pap er looks exactl y like all the stuf f
+he' s just tuc ked away; another page f ull of Cyr illic blu r.
+
+He's putting this sheet of paper inside the file cover.
+Now he's slipping them both underneath the desk, tossing
+them there as if they fell in the struggle and --
+
+
+83 INT. GLASS OFFICE BUILDING ELECTRICAL CLOSET -- NIGHT 83
+
+The electrical risers -- as ONE OF THE TWO DETONATION
+DECIVES BLOWS -- a single, tidy, self-contained explosion
+and --
+
+
+84 EXT./INT. THE GLASS OFFICE BUILDING LOBBY -- NIGHT 84
+
+As the lights flicker and fail and THE NIGHT SHIFT
+SECURITY GUARD is suddenly cast into darkness and --
+
+85
+85 INT. BERLIN HQ/COMMAND POST -- NIGHT
+As they were. Waiting. But only a moment before --
+
+TEDDY/RADIO
+(sudde n, urgent)
+""Hub? -- we just -- we lost power --
+the building ! -- the whole place just
+went dark! - -""
+
+CRONIN looking at Pamela -- the first whiff of dread as --
+
+CRONIN
+""-- repeat -- who is dark? -- the target
+building or your location? --""
+
+21.
+
+
+RADIO VOICES piling up -- panicked, confusion cascading as -
+-
+
+
+86-87 DELETED 86-87 *
+
+
+A87,B87 DELETED A87,B87 *
+
+
+88 EXT. BERLIN NOVATEL/PARKING LOT -- NIGHT 88 *
+
+Anonymous drone barn. KIRILL stepping out of a car. *
+He's carrying the duffle. *
+
+
+89 INT. BERLIN NOVATEL CORRIDOR -- NIGHT 89 *
+
+KIRILL. Heading down the hall. *
+
+
+90 INT. NOVATEL ROOM -- NIGHT 90 *
+
+KIRILL enters. It's a small room. GRETKOV is waiting. *
+He's forty. Professional. Trim and polished. Dominant. *
+
+GRETKOV *
+(Russian) *
+(You're early) *
+
+KIRILL
+(You're complaining?)
+
+GRETKOV *
+(It's clean?) *
+
+KIRILL *
+(Would I bring it?) *
+
+GRETKOV taking over now. Tosses some money on the bed, *
+checks out the photocopy of the files. *
+
+GRETKOV
+(What are you doing?)
+
+KIRILL stripping quickly -- *
+
+KIRILL *
+(I'm taking a shower, it's been a long *
+day.) *
+
+GRETKOV *
+(Make it fast, my plane is waiting) *
+
+22.
+
+
+GRETKOV dumping three million dollars over the bed as *
+KIRILL sheds his clothes, and we -- *
+
+DISSOLVE TO:
+
+
+A90 EXT. THE BRIDGE -- GOA -- DAY A90
+
+WORKMEN cluster as a cable winches --
+
+The JEEP is raised from the river bottom. As water pours
+off of it --
+
+BOURNE -- Watching -- From a distance -- Empty --
+
+CUT TO:
+
+
+B90 EXT. BERLIN OFFICE BUILDING -- DAY B90 *
+
+Crime scene. POLICE blocking OFFICE WORKERS from getting *
+in the building. MEDIA vans clogging the street.
+
+PAMELA and CRONIN, across the street, watching.
+
+The mood is black. Ashes.
+
+PAMELA
+We need to get in there.
+
+CRONIN
+I'm working on it.
+
+PAMELA stands there. Silent. Staring at the disaster
+across the street.
+
+91-92A
+91-92A DELETED
+
+A93
+A93 INT. SHACK -- GOA -- DAY
+BOURNE is bailing.
+
+Exfil procedure, but this is a heartbroken exfil.
+
+-- A FOOTLOCKER open. Bourne's main stash.
+
+BOURNE going through the footlocker. Setting aside his
+'work clothes' -- other things he needs.
+
+But he also has to separate.
+
+23.
+
+
+A GROWING PILE of Marie memories: Bank cards. Phony
+student IDs. Loose passport photos with a mix of looks and
+hair-dos. Clothes -- vacuum-packed bags -- spare shoes. *
+
+
+B93 EXT. NEAR THE SHACK -- DAY B93
+
+Ag asoline-st oked FIRE burning in a r ock-lined pit. BOURNE
+fee ding his p apers and all of Marie's belonging s into the
+fir e. A pass port cove r crinkles back to reveal her photo.
+Her face begi ns to bur n. Gas-soaked clothes to ssed in.
+Not hing left except --
+
+The PHOTOGRAPH -- the picture of he and Marie at the beach.
+The one from his desk.
+
+BOURNE hesitates, holds the photo out to the flames. The
+rules of exfil say drop it -- but he can't -- won't --
+
+He reaches to his bag, sticks the photo on top of his gear.
+
+Then, hefting, the bag, BOURNE strides away. *
+
+
+93 INT. BERLIN HQ COMMAND POST -- DAY 93
+
+A folding table covered with XEROXED BERLIN POLICE *
+PAPERWORK. PAMELA getting a show-and-tell from CRONIN *
+and TEDDY. *
+
+CRONIN
+-- so there were two of the se explosive
+charges plac ed on the power lines. One of *
+them failed. The fingerpri nt... *
+(Pamel a's got it)
+That's from the one that di dn't go off.
+
+PAMELA
+And the Germans can't match it?
+
+TEDDY
+Nobody's got it. We checked every
+database we could access. Nothing.
+
+CRONIN
+Show her the other thing.
+
+TEDDY
+This is a KG B file that must've fallen
+somehow and then slipped under, I guess, a
+desk there, or...
+(handi ng it to her--)
+
+24.
+
+
+PAMELA
+Do we know what this says?
+
+TEDDY
+Yup...
+(a scrap of paper)
+The main word there, the file heading,
+translates as: Treadstone.
+
+PAMELA
+What the hell is a ""Treadstone?""
+
+CRONIN shaking his head. Nobody knows.
+
+CUT TO:
+
+
+C93 EXT. INDIA COUNTRYSIDE -- DAY C93
+
+BOURNE bouncing around on an old Punjab BUS. Alone in a
+crush of humanity.
+
+Going only God knows where...
+
+CUT TO:
+
+
+94-96 DELETED 94-96
+
+
+A97 EXT. CIA HEADQUARTERS -- LANGLEY, VIRGINIA A97
+
+PAMELA'S POV as she drives toward the entrance.
+
+C.I.A. HEADQUARTERS VIRGINIA *
+
+97
+97 INT. C.I.A. HEADQUARTERS -- DAY
+A long, bright, sterile hallway. PAMELA and CRONIN walking
+briskly alongside A UNIFORMED S.P.S. OFFICER.
+
+
+98 INT. C.I.A. ELEVATOR -- DAY 98
+
+PAMELA and CRONIN watching THE S.P.S. OFFICER unlock the
+operation panel. Coding in. They begin to descend and --
+
+25.
+
+
+99 INT. DIFFERENT C.I.A. CORRIDOR -- DAY 99
+
+Drab and desolate. PAMELA and CRONIN come around a corner, *
+walking with A NEW ESCORT OFFICER. Passing a sign that *
+reads: *
+
+Operations Library Center.
+
+
+100-102 DELETED 100-102
+
+
+103 INT. SECURED READING ROOM #63171 -- DAY 103 *
+
+Sea led, tripl e-locked NUMBERED DOOR. It swings open.
+Lig hts flicke r on. To ns of shit pack ed away in here.
+She lves bulgi ng. Boxe s. Tapes. Bin ders. Har d drives.
+PAM ELA steps in. A HU GE FILING CABIN ET labeled --
+
+TREADSTONE
+PAMELA/PHONE (OVER)
+Ward?
+
+ABBOTT (OS)
+Yes?
+
+PAMELA/PHONE
+Pamela Landy.
+
+
+103A-104 DELETED 103A-104
+
+
+105 INT. ABBOTT'S OFFICE/C.I.A. HEADQUARTERS -- DAY 105
+
+WARD ABBOTT at his desk. The cluttered clubhouse HQ of a
+man who's spent the last thirty-five years in the spy game. *
+A PICTURE WINDOW offers a commander's view of the BULLPEN.
+
+ABBOTT/PHONE
+What can I do for you, Pam?
+
+PAMELA/PHONE
+I was hoping you had some time for me.
+
+ABBOTT/PHONE
+Time for what?
+
+PAMELA/PHONE
+I'm free right now actually.
+
+26.
+
+
+ABBOTT/PHONE
+That sounds ominous. Let me check my
+schedule.
+
+ABBOTT holds the phone. Eyes drifting out the window and --
+
+ABBOTT'S POV
+
+THE BULLPEN. CRONIN i s standing with DANIEL ZO RN, one of
+Abb ott's trus ted #2s. Clearly ZORN i s getting the less
+pol ite versio n of Pame la's invitation . ZORN ma naging to
+sho ot a quick , questio ning glance to Abbott as --
+
+
+106 INT. C.I.A. INTERVIEW ROOM -- DAY 106
+
+A cold room. Desk. Two chairs. ABBOTT and PAMELA alone.
+
+PAMELA
+Treadstone.
+
+ABBOTT
+Never heard of it.
+
+PAMELA
+That's not gonna fly.
+
+ABBOTT
+With all due respect, Pam, I think you
+might've wandered a little past your pay-
+grade.
+
+She has a piece of paper. She slides it forward.
+
+PAMELA
+Tha t's a warrant from Director Marshall
+gra nting me unrestricted access to all
+per sonnel and materials associated with
+Tre adstone.
+
+ABBOTT rocked and trying to hide it.
+
+ABBOTT
+And what are we looking for?
+
+PAMELA
+I want to know about Treadstone.
+
+ABBOTT
+To know abou t it?
+(almos t amused)
+It was a kil l squad. Black on black. *
+Closed down two years ago. *
+(MORE)
+
+27.
+
+
+ABBOTT (CONT'D)
+Nobody wants to know about Treadstone. *
+Not around h ere. *
+(the w arrant)
+You better t ake this back to Marty and
+make sure he knows what you're doing.
+
+PAMELA
+(trump card)
+He does. I've been down to the archives.
+I have the files, Ward.
+
+
+107 DELETED 107
+
+
+A107 EXT. BAY OF NAPLES -- LATE AFTERNOON A107
+
+A hard working port. A big MEDITERRANEAN FERRY coming in.
+
+NAPLES
+FERRY -- BOURNE at the rail. Unchanged from India.
+Staring ahead as Europe looms.
+
+
+B107 EXT. FERRY DOCK -- LATE AFTERNOON B107
+
+BOURNE disembarking to an immigration queue. Looking
+unremarkable. Just one of many passing through.
+
+
+108 INT. C.I.A. INTERVIEW ROOM -- DAY 108
+
+As they were. ABBOTT watching PAMELA pull a photo from her
+file. Sliding it over. CONKLIN'S FACE peering back.
+
+PAMELA
+Let's talk about Conklin.
+
+ABBOTT
+What are you after, Pam? You want to fry
+me? You want my desk? Is that it?
+
+PAMELA
+I want to know what happened.
+
+ABBOTT
+d? Jason Bourn e happened.
+What happene
+(fury focusing)
+You've got t he files? Then let's cut the *
+crap. It we nt wrong. Conk lin had these *
+guys wound s o tight they we re bound to
+snap.
+(MORE)
+
+28.
+
+
+ABBOTT (CONT'D)
+Bou rne was h is number one - - guy went out
+to work, scr ewed the op and never cam e
+bac k. Conkl in couldn't fix it, could n't *
+fin d Bourne, couldn't adjus t. It all went
+sid eways. F inally there we re no opti ons *
+lef t.
+
+PAMELA
+So you had Conklin killed.
+(silence)
+I mean, if we're cutting the crap...
+
+ABBOTT
+I've given t hirty years and two marri ages
+to this agen cy. I've shove led shit o n *
+four contine nts. I'm due t o retire n ext
+year and bel ieve me, I need my pensio n,
+but if you t hink I'm gonna sit here a nd
+let you dang le me with this , you can go to
+hell. Marsh all too.
+(flat)
+It had to be done.
+
+PAMELA
+And Bourne? Where's he now?
+
+ABBOTT
+(shrugs)
+Dead in a ditch? Drunk in a bar in
+Mogadishu? Who knows?
+
+PAMELA
+It hink I do . We had a dea l going down
+in Berlin la st week. Durin g the buy,
+both our Fie ld Agent and th e seller were
+killed. We pulled a finger print from a *
+timing charg e that didn't g o off.
+(beat)
+They were ki lled by Jason Bourne.
+
+ABBOTT hesitates. Blindsided. What?
+
+A courtesy knock at the door.
+
+CRONIN
+(appearing in the doorway)
+They're ready for us upstairs.
+
+109-114
+109-114 DELETED
+
+29.
+
+
+A115 INT. FERRY BUILDING CUSTOMS HALL -- SUNSET A115
+
+Now at the IMMIGRATION OFFICER booth, BOURNE hands over an
+OLD BLUE PASSPORT. It reads, JASON BOURNE. What's he up
+to? Is he giving up?
+
+IMMIGRATION OFFICER
+(Where you coming from, Mr.
+Bourne?)
+
+BOURNE
+(Tangiers)
+
+The OFFICER runs the CODE on the passport through the
+SCANNER.
+
+
+115 INT. INTERPOL MONITORING 
+Compiled from drafts
+Dated
+7/11/03
+9/17/03
+10/13/03
+By
+Tony Gilroy
+
+Dated
+11/14/03
+11/19/03
+By
+Brian Helgeland
+
+
+
+
+Based on the novel by Robert Ludlum and
+The 2002 Universal Film ""The Bourne Identity""
+
+
+
+
+GREEN: 1/ 13/04
+YELLOW: 12 /11/03
+PINK: 11 /27/03
+BLUE: 10 /13/03
+WHITE: 9/ 17/03
+
+
+
+
+FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY
+
+1 EXT. MERCEDES WINDSHIELD -- DUSK 1
+
+It's raining...
+
+Light strobes across the wet glass at a rhythmic pace...
+
+Suddenly -- through the window a face -- JASON BOURNE --
+riding in the backseat -- his gaze fixed.
+
+
+A1 INT. MERCEDES -- NIGHT A1
+
+On his knee -- a syringe and a gun --
+
+The eyes of the driver, JARDA, watching --
+
+BOURNE'S POV -- the passenger -- back of his HEAD -- cell
+phone rings -- the HEAD turns -- it's CONKLIN --
+
+BOURNE returns his stare...
+
+CUT TO --
+
+
+2 INT. COTTAGE BEDROOM -- NIGHT 2
+
+BOURNE'S EYES OPEN! -- panicked -- gasping -- trying to
+stay quiet -- MARIE sleeps.
+
+
+A2 INT. COTTAGE LIVING AREA/BATHROOM -- NIGHT A2
+
+BOURNE moving for the medicine cabinet. Digs through the
+medicine cabinet. Downs something specific.
+
+3
+3 INT./EXT. COTTAGE LIVING ROOM/VERANDA -- NIGHT
+One minute later. BOURNE moves out onto the veranda.
+
+MARIE pads in. Watching him for a moment. Concerned.
+Clearly it's not the first time this has happened.
+
+The y both loo k differe nt than last we saw them; his hair is
+lon ger. She' s a blond e. Hippie trav elers. Th eir cottage
+is humble but sweet. The bedroom ope ns to a be ach and a
+tow n just dow n the hil l. CLUB MUSIC from some all night
+rav e wafting in from t he far distance .
+
+MARIE
+Where were you, Jason?
+
+BOURNE
+In the car. Conklin up front.
+
+2.
+
+
+MARIE
+I'll get the book.
+
+BOURNE
+No. There's nothing new.
+
+MARIE
+You're sure?
+(he nods)
+We should still -- we should write it
+down.
+
+BOURNE
+Two years we're scribbling in a notebook -- *
+
+MARIE
+-- it hasn't been two years -- *
+
+BOURNE
+-- it's alwa ys bad and it's never *
+anything but bits and piece s anyway! *
+(she's gone quiet) *
+You ever thi nk that maybe i t's just *
+making it wo rse? You don't wonder that? *
+
+She lays her hands on his shoulders, steadies him.
+
+MARIE
+We write them down because sooner or *
+later you're going to remember something *
+good. *
+
+BOURNE
+(softens)
+I do remember something good. All the
+time. I remember you.
+
+She smiles. Kisses him. Leads him back in.
+
+4
+4 INT. COTTAGE BEDROOM -- NIGHT
+MARIE getting BOURNE into the bed. Turning down the light.
+Getting him settled. Waiting for that pill to kick in.
+What would he do without her?
+
+BOURNE
+I'm trying, Marie, Okay?
+
+MARIE
+I worry when you get like this.
+
+3.
+
+
+BOURNE
+It's just a nightmare.
+
+MARIE
+I don't mean that. I worry when you try
+to ignore it.
+
+He hesitates. But that gets him. He knows she's right.
+And with that opening, he's letting go. Resistance
+fol ding. Almost childlike. She's gathering him in.
+He' s letting her do it...
+
+MARIE (CONT'D)
+Sleep. Sleep now.
+
+BOURNE
+I should be better by now.
+
+MARIE
+You are better. And I think it's not
+memories at all. It's just a dream you
+keep having over and over.
+
+BOURNE
+But it ends up the same.
+
+MARIE
+One day it will be different. It just
+takes time.
+(beat)
+We'll make new memories. You and me.
+
+Silence. She strokes his face. He gives in to her
+tenderness. He's fading. Two waifs in the dark.
+
+DISSOLVE TO:
+
+5
+5 EXT. BEACH -- GOA/BEACHTOWN -- DAY
+BOU RNE running in the sun. A punishing pace along the
+san d. Moving strong. Effortless. Deep into it. Focused.
+The stunning conjunction of sun and scenery are lost on
+him .
+
+
+6 EXT. OUTDOOR MARKET -- GOA/BEACHTOWN -- DAY 6
+
+A busy market town. Fishing town. Hippie town. Lots of
+young Western faces. Rundown and happening at the same
+time.
+
+MARIE shopping. Filling a bag with local produce.
+
+4.
+
+
+7 EXT. ROAD -- GOA/BEACHTOWN -- DAY 7
+
+BOURNE still running, leaving the beach behind.
+
+
+8 INT. COTTAGE KITCHEN -- DAY 8
+
+MARIE back from the market, putting the groceries away.
+Almost done, when she stops for a moment --
+
+A PHOTOGRAPH. There on the windowsill. A snapshot. Jason
+and Marie on a beach. Her arms around him. As if she were
+the protector. Big smiles. Young. Alive. In love.
+
+MARIE smiles.
+
+
+9 EXT. MAIN STREET -- GOA/BEACHTOWN -- DAY 9
+
+Funky busy. Colonial facades in vivid, sub-continental
+technicolor. Loud morning traffic.
+
+CAMERA FINDS
+
+BOURNE coming out of a store with a big bottle of water.
+He's just finished his run. Standing there, chugging away,
+checking the scene, when something catches his eye --
+
+HIS POV
+
+THE STREET. A SILVER CAR -- something newish -- pulling
+down the block -- can't quite see who's driving, but --
+
+BACK TO
+
+BOURNE watching this silver car. So serious he's casual.
+Nobody passing would notice, but we do: He's on alert.
+MOVING WITH HIM AS
+BOURNE follows THE SILVER CAR on foot -- natural --
+cruising the BUSY SIDEWALK -- blending into the mix --
+chugging on that water bottle and --
+
+UP AHEAD
+
+THE SILVER CAR making the corner and turning now --
+
+BACK TO
+BOURNE slowing as he reaches the corner --
+
+5.
+
+
+HIS POV
+
+THE SILVER CA R has par ked. There's a GUY -- well-dressed --
+cas ual -- phy sical -- sunglasses -- call him KIRILL -- he's
+out of the ca r and hea ding across the street toward a
+bui lding ther e. A TEL EGRAPH OFFICE.
+
+BACK TO
+
+BOURNE checking his watch. The car. The guy. Perimeter.
+
+
+10 INT. TELEGRAPH OFFICE/GOA -- DAY 10 *
+
+MR. MOHAN at his desk. He's a crisp, proper man of fifty.
+He's just been handed something --
+
+A PHOTOGRAPH OF MARIE -- an old passport picture.
+
+MR. MOHAN
+And your question, sir?
+
+KIRILL across the desk.
+
+KIRILL
+She's my sister. There's been a
+death in the family. This is the
+last place we know she called from.
+
+
+11 INT. COTTAGE -- DAY 11
+
+A NOTE ON THE TABLE: ""I'M AT THE BEACH""
+
+BOURNE has just come in -- just read the note -- balling it
+quickly. In fact, everything is quickly now, because --
+
+BOURNE is bailing.
+Fast. Calm. Methodical. Some exfil procedure that he's
+honed and choreographed. Packing like a machine --
+
+RAPID TIME CUTS
+-- BACKPACKS thrown open on the bed. -- HOUSE CASH pulled
+from a lamp base. -- CREDIT CARDS taped under the counter.
+
+
+12 EXT. MAIN STREET/BANK GOA/BEACH TOWN -- DAY 12
+
+KIRILL coming out of the bank. Mission accomplished.
+Heading back to the SILVER CAR. Getting in and --
+
+6.
+
+
+13 INT. SILVER CAR -- DAY (CONT) 13
+
+KIRILL starting it up. Glancing around nice and easy.
+He's cool. Putting the car into gear, he makes a slow pass *
+through the marketplace. Eyes everywhere. *
+
+
+14 DELETED 14 *
+
+
+15 INT. COTTAGE -- DAY 15
+
+BOURNE -- done -- the place is stripped -- pulling on the
+backpacks -- glancing around -- one last thing -- shit, he
+almost missed it --
+
+THE PHOTOGRAPH -- the one of he and Marie on the beach --
+the one we saw her looking at earlier -- there it is on the
+windowsill -- jamming it into his pocket and --
+
+
+A16 EXT. SIDE STREET/PARKING AREA -- GOA/BEACHTOWN -- DAY A16 *
+
+KIRILL now parked and out of the car -- on the move -- on *
+foot -- he begins a sweep of the beach. *
+
+
+16 EXT. COTTAGE BACK DOOR -- YARD/ALLEY -- DAY (CONT) 16
+
+BOURNE out the back -- jogging -- keeping low -- into the
+neighborhood -- through the alleys -- nothing random about
+it, this has all been worked out and --
+
+
+17 DELETED 17 *
+
+18 *
+18 EXT. BEACH -- GOA/BEACHTOWN -- DAY
+Crowded with tourists -- sunbathers -- MARIE at her
+favorite spot. Talking with TWO WOMEN, laughing with them -
+- happy.
+
+
+18A EXT. BEACH/PARKING AREA -- GOA -- DAY 18A *
+
+A burly JEEP comes roaring up. BOURNE spots the SILVER *
+CAR, parks at the other end -- takes off towards the beach. *
+
+7.
+
+
+19 EXT. BEACH -- GOA -- DAY 19 *
+
+KIRILL methodically making his way up the beach -- *
+checking every blue tent -- every towel. *
+
+
+20 EXT. BEACH -- GOA -- DAY 20 *
+
+BOURNE coming up the beach the opposite way -- one eye on *
+KIRILL, one eye on MARIE. *
+
+He arrives just as KIRILL looks up and sees them a *
+hundred yards away -- a hard stare between them -- BOURNE *
+bends down -- *
+
+BOURNE
+We gotta go, Marie. We gotta go, now.
+
+Fro m the tone of his voice, she knows it's serious. *
+Mar ie grabs h er bag. A quick goodbye to the friends. *
+The y hurry of f. BOURNE uses the sunbathers as cover. *
+KIR ILL retrea ts. *
+
+
+21 EXT. BEACH/PARKING LOT -- GOA -- DAY 21 *
+
+They reach the JEEP -- she knows the drill -- bag tossed in *
+the back -- even as the Jeep pulls away and -- *
+
+
+22 INT. JEEP -- DAY (CONT) 22
+
+BOURNE driving. MARIE beside him --
+
+BOURNE
+We're blown.
+
+She hesitates. One minute ago everything was fine.
+
+MARIE
+No... How?
+
+BOURNE
+The Telegraph office.
+
+MARIE
+But we were so careful.
+
+BOURNE
+We pushed it. We got lazy. *
+
+8.
+
+
+23 EXT. BEACH/PARKING LOT -- GOA/BEACHTOWN -- DAY 23 *
+
+KIRILL already back at the SILVER CAR -- following them *
+out onto the MAIN STREET -- blocked by the local traffic -- *
+pulling a HUGE AUTOMATIC PISTOL out from his travel bag.
+
+
+24 EXT. BEACHTOWN ALLEY/OFF MAIN STREET -- DAY 24
+
+THE JEEP pulling down this narrow little passageway and --
+
+BOURNE'S WINDSHIELD POV *
+
+MAIN STREET packed with traffic and --
+
+BACK TO
+
+BOURNE not liking this. Eyes all over -- trying to decide.
+
+MARIE
+But you're sure?
+
+BOURNE
+He was at the campground yesterday.
+
+MARIE
+So... *
+
+BOURNE
+It's wrong. Guy with a rental car and *
+hundred dollar sneakers sleeps in a tent?
+
+Trying to decide whether to pull out or back up --
+
+MARIE
+That's crazy. *
+
+BOURNE
+No. Not thi s. This is real. *
+(sudde nly) *
+And he's rig ht there... *
+(throw ing the car into
+rever se)
+
+MARIE
+Where --
+
+BOURNE
+Back there -- at the corner -- Hyundai -- *
+silver -- *
+
+9.
+
+
+25 INT. HYUNDAI -- DAY (CONT) 25 *
+
+KIRILL trapped in some Main Street gridlock. Glancing back
+for a way out -- freezing suddenly, because there --
+
+HIS POV -- THE JEEP -- THE ALLEY -- right there -- twenty
+yards back -- a good look at BOURNE and MARIE -- as they
+disappear and --
+
+
+26 EXT. ALLEYWAY -- GOA/BEACHTOWN -- DAY (CONT) 26
+
+THE JEEP backing up the way it came -- BLOWING ITS HORN
+because an OLD VAN pulls in and blocks him from behind --
+
+
+27 INT. JEEP -- DAY (CONT) 27
+
+BOURNE leaning on THE HORN -- shit, now they've got to
+wait!
+
+MARIE *
+...but you're not -- you're not sure... *
+
+BOURNE *
+We can't wait to be sure. *
+
+MARIE *
+I don't want to move again...I like it *
+here. *
+
+BOURNE *
+Loo k, we clear out, we get to the shack, *
+we get safe. We hang there awhile. I'll *
+com e back. I'll check it out. But right *
+now we can't -- *
+
+MARIE *
+-- where's left to go? -- *
+
+BOURNE *
+-- there's places -- we can't afford to *
+be wrong! *
+
+
+28 INT. HYUNDAI -- DAY (CONT) 28
+
+KIR ILL. Calm. Possessed of a familiar tactical patience.
+He can't get the Hyundai to the alley from where he is and *
+it doesn't make sense to go on foot. He checks his
+rea rview.
+
+10.
+
+
+Fuck it -- there's an opening ahead and he's taking it -- *
+even though it's away from them -- he'll find another way -- *
+
+
+29 EXT. ALLEYWAY -- GOA/BEACHTOWN -- DAY -- (CONT) 29
+
+BOURNE sees the HYUNDAI move forward into traffic. THE OLD *
+VAN is still blocking them from behind -- *
+
+BOURNE *
+You drive. *
+
+MARIE *
+What? *
+
+BOURNE *
+(already squeezing over) *
+Switch! You drive! *
+
+MARIE *
+-- where? -- *
+
+BOURNE *
+-- make the left -- toward the bridge -- *
+
+MARIE scrambling over the seat. BOURNE, eyes everywhere, *
+checks his watch. *
+
+THE JEEP squirts back on the main street and --
+
+
+30 INT. JEEP -- DAY -- CONT 30
+
+MARIE at the wheel -- adrenaline pumping -- clear running
+for thirty yards ahead and --
+
+MARIE skidding them into the right turn -- clipping another
+vehicle -- MIRROR SHATTERING! -- speeding up.
+
+BOURNE scanning behind them -- MARIE moving out to pass --
+veering back! -- an ONCOMING BUS -- just in time and --
+MARIE
+-- Jesus! --
+(glancing over)
+-- is he back there? --
+
+BOURNE
+-- not yet --
+
+MARIE
+-- it's just him? --
+
+11.
+
+
+BOURNE
+-- yeah -- one guy -- I don't think
+he was ready --
+
+MARIE
+-- hang on --
+
+MARIE bearing down -- pulling out -- gives him a quick
+smile -- BOURNE knowing he's got a good one here -- *
+
+
+31 INT. HYUNDAI -- DAY/SUNSET 31 *
+
+KIRILL stopping short on a rise. Bit of a view from here. *
+Gets half out the car to look. *
+
+BELOW -- the JEEP headed for A BRIDGE. He's gonna lose *
+them. KIRILL'S mind racing. Grabs duffle from the back, *
+abandons car. *
+
+
+32 INT. JEEP -- BRIDGE -- DAY/SUNSET 32
+
+MARIE driving. BOURNE preps his pistol. Eye out for *
+KIRILL. *
+
+BOURNE *
+You keep going to the shack. I'll meet *
+you there in an hour. *
+
+MARIE *
+(concerned) *
+Where are you going? *
+
+BOURNE *
+I'm going to bail on the other side and *
+wait. This bridge is the only way he can *
+follow. *
+
+MARIE *
+What if it's not who you think it is? *
+
+BOURNE *
+If he crosses the bridge, it is. *
+
+MARIE *
+There must be another way! *
+
+BOURNE *
+I warned them, Marie. I told them to *
+leave us alone. *
+
+12.
+
+
+MARIE *
+Jason, please don't do this...it won't *
+ever be over like this. *
+
+BOURNE *
+There's no choice. *
+
+HER POV
+
+The old CONCRETE BRIDGE ahead. Almost there.
+
+
+33 EXT. LOW WALL -- DAY/SUNSET 33
+
+KIRILL slams into it. Quick, precise grabs into the bag.
+Only a moment and he's got a SNIPER RIFLE.
+
+
+A34 INT. JEEP -- BRIDGE -- DAY A34
+
+BOURNE -- pistol in hand -- spare clip in the other -- *
+checks his watch. *
+
+BOURNE *
+At the end make the left, when I roll out *
+do not slow down. *
+
+MARIE nods, got it. After a beat... *
+
+MARIE *
+I love you, too. *
+
+BOURNE *
+Tell me later. *
+
+MARIE looks ahead.
+
+B34
+B34 EXT. LOW WALL -- DAY
+KIRILL. Eye to the scope. *
+
+SNIPER SCOPE POV
+
+There! The JEEP rumbling across the bridge. No clear
+target, just the back of the full DRIVER'S SIDE HEADREST.
+
+KIRILL'S FINGER
+
+Squeezing. Firing.
+
+13.
+
+
+34 EXT. WOODEN BRIDGE -- DAY (CONT) 34
+
+The JEEP jerking.
+
+FRONT FENDER tearing into and along the guard rail --
+cement shards fill the air --
+
+BOURNE reaching for the wheel -- Too late!
+
+As the JEEP finally crashes through the flimsy guardrail --
+
+Plummets -- splashes hard -- begins to sink out of sight.
+
+
+35 EXT. LOW WALL -- DAY (CONT) 35
+
+KIR ILL lowers the scop e, takes a quick look around. He's
+bas ically gon e unnotic ed in this little nook with his
+sil enced rifl e. But p eople are already rushing toward the
+bri dge. Then ... there !
+
+An OLD WOMAN looking directly at KIRILL from a doorway.
+Not quite sure what. But an old Indian woman in Goa? So
+what.
+
+KIRILL drills her with a look. As she sinks back inside --
+
+
+36 INT. JEEP -- SINKING IN THE RIVER -- DAY/SUNSET 36
+
+Swallowed up. BOURNE and MARIE gone. *
+
+
+37 EXT. LOW WALL -- SUNSET 37
+
+KIRILL scans the surface of the river under the bridge.
+Waiting.
+
+38
+38 EXT. RIVER BOTTOM -- DAY
+Mud plumes as the JEEP settles. BOURNE reaches over to *
+MARIE, tries to urge her out. *
+
+
+39 EXT. LOW WALL -- DAY 39
+
+KIRILL with a killer's patience, waiting, almost done.
+
+SCOPE POV
+The surface of the water. Unbroken.
+
+14.
+
+
+KIRILL
+
+Scans his perimeter. There's the old woman again. But
+more people with her. People coming out of the woodwork.
+
+KIRILL checks the surface one last time. Nothing.
+
+He breaks down the rifle in moments -- goes. *
+
+
+40 EXT. JEEP -- RIVER BOTTOM -- DAY 40
+
+BOURNE -- up into an air pocket held by the jeep's canvas
+top. A big gulp of air --
+
+And he's back to MARIE. Frantic. Trying to unclip her *
+seatbelt. Pull her out. But it's all jammed up. *
+
+
+41 EXT. KIRILL -- BY THE SILVER CAR 41
+
+Bag chucked in the back. All he has left is the scope. *
+One last look to the unbroken surface. Then it's time to
+go. KIRILL -- drifting away -- disappears.
+
+
+42 EXT. JEEP -- RIVER BOTTOM -- DAY 42
+
+The red halo growing bigger. BLOOD. *
+
+BOURNE pauses. MARIE'S face is blank. She's dead. *
+
+BOURNE finally pulling back. Realizing this is *
+goodbye... *
+
+DISSOLVE TO:
+
+43-68
+43-68 DELETED
+
+69 EXT. ZOOGARTEN SQUARE -- NIGHT 69
+
+We pick up a MAN WITH A BRIEFCASE on a telephoto lens.
+
+TEDDY/RADIO (V.O.)
+The seller has arrived.
+
+
+BERLIN
+
+15.
+
+
+As the man comes to a CHINESE RESTAURANT he stops.
+Squarely. So he can be seen clearly. Then he enters a
+STARK GLASS OFFICE BUILDING.
+
+TEDDY/RADIO (V.O.)
+(cont'd) (CONT'D)
+He's inside.
+
+
+70 EXT. ZOOGARTEN SQUARE -- NIGHT 70
+
+TWO MEN cross the square to the Chinese Restaurant. VIC is
+forty -- steel-ass intel operator -- he carries A LARGE
+SAMPLES CASE. Beside him, MIKE, younger, ex-Navy-Seal.
+
+
+71 INT. BERLIN HQ/COMMAND POST -- NIGHT 71
+
+""Th e Hub"". S ecure, an onymous office space somewhere in the
+cit y. Shades drawn. Lots of gear cabled around. The
+sta le, improv ised feel of "
+58,"
+Bourne Ultimatum, The","Tony Gilroy,Scott Z. Burns,George Nolfi","Action,Thriller,Mystery,Adventure",Aug-07,"THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
+
+
+
+
+                       Written by
+
+       Tony Gilroy, Scott Z. Burns & George Nolfi
+
+
+
+                 Based on the novels by
+
+                      Robert Ludlum
+
+
+
+
+
+                                            FINAL SHOOTING SCRIPT
+                                                    June 20, 2007
+
+
+
+
+Notice:
+
+This material is the property of Beach City Productions LLC
+(A wholly owned subsidiary of Universal City Studios, Inc.)
+and is intended and restricted solely for studio use by
+studio personnel. Distribution or disclosure of the
+material to unauthorized persons is prohibited. The sale,
+copying or reproduction of this material in any form is
+also prohibited.
+
+                                                              1
+
+
+1   EXT.   NIGHT.   HOUSING PROJECTS -- MOSCOW                    1
+
+    SMASH CUT
+
+    MOTION -- flat out -- it's us -- we're running -- stumbling
+    -- breathing rushed -- blood in the snow...
+
+    We are JASON BOURNE and we're running down an alley...
+
+    Supered below:   MOSCOW
+
+    BLUE LIGHTS -- from the distance -- strobing through the
+    night -- rushing toward us -- POLICE CARS -- three of them -
+    - SIRENS HOWLING as they bear down -- closer -- faster --
+    until they whip past the alley...
+
+    Up against the wall -- BOURNE is hidden in the shadows.
+
+    BOURNE is badly wounded -- shot through the shoulder --
+    bruises and broken bones from the final car chase in
+    SUPREMACY...
+
+    With a GROAN, he lifts himself up, staggers across a park
+    toward a PHARMACY...
+
+
+4   INT. NIGHT. PHARMACY -- MOSCOW                                4
+
+    ROWS of MEDICINE and FIRST AID supplies, and in the
+    background, a DOOR being jimmied...It's BOURNE...The ALARM
+    goes off...
+
+    MACRO ON -- MEDICINE BOTTLE
+
+    VICODIN, as BOURNE grabs it...Then PENICILLIN...
+
+    Then SURGICAL SUPPLIES:
+
+    Scalpel...Forceps...Sutures...Cotton gauze...Betadine...
+
+    BOURNE finds a large sink...Rests his gun there...Lays out
+    SURGICAL SUPPLIES...Checks out his back in the
+    mirror...Opens the capsules of penicillin and pours the
+    powder directly into the wound...Begins treating himself...
+
+
+5   EXT. NIGHT. PHARMACY -- MOSCOW                                5
+
+    A POLICE CAR pulls up to the curb, lights flashing. One
+    POLICEMAN goes to the jimmied DOOR. SECOND POLICEMAN sees
+    blood and footprints. He motions to his partner to
+    follow...
+
+
+6   INT. NIGHT. PHARMACY BATHROOM -- MOSCOW                       6
+
+    BOURNE finishing up -- splashes water on his face -- he
+    seems a man on a mission. He looks up --
+
+                                                                 2
+
+
+       A MIRROR.
+
+       His face...
+
+
+FB1    FLASHBACK -- JUMBLED STREAKY IMAGES:                           FB1
+
+       ""415"" written on a building.
+
+                             DISEMBODIED VOICE (HIRSCH)
+                   Welcome to the program...
+
+       POV Bourne walks down a corridor (corridor #1).
+
+
+6AA    INT. NIGHT PHARMACY -- MOSCOW                                  6AA
+
+       The cops approaching.
+
+
+FB1A   FLASHBACK -- JUMBLED STREAKY IMAGES:                       FB1A
+
+       Daniels leading Bourne down the corridor.
+
+                             DISEMBODIED VOICE (V.O.)
+                   You'll be saving American lives.
+
+       A black sack is thrown over Bourne's head, then:
+
+       (STOCK) A torrent of quick shots of Bourne's kills: the
+       Professor, Jarda, the blonde guy in Paris, Mr. And Mrs.
+       Neski...
+
+       And finally. BANG -- Marie hit in the head.      The car off
+       the bridge. She sinks away dead...
+
+
+6A     INT.   NIGHT   PHARMACY -- MOSCOW                              6A
+
+       The POLICE enter the back room, guns drawn.
+
+                             POLICEMAN #1
+                   Put your hands on your head and
+                   turn around slowly!
+
+       BOURNE snaps out of it, doesn't move. POLICEMAN #1 (older)
+       approaches him. When BOURNE doesn't respond to his
+       questions, the POLICEMAN starts forward. BOURNE turns and
+       in one motion grabs his gun from the sink and disables the
+       POLICEMAN.
+
+       BOURNE freezes POLICEMAN #2 with his gun and a look.
+
+                             BOURNE
+                        (in Russian)
+                   Give me your gun and radio.
+
+       POLICEMAN #2's gun and radio skittle across the floor.
+
+                                                              3
+
+
+                           BOURNE
+                     (in Russian)
+                 My argument is not with you.
+
+     BOURNE smashes the radio and takes the gun.
+
+     BOURNE exits...
+
+
+     BLACK SCREEN
+
+     A TITLE fades in --
+
+                     THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
+     SUPER:    Six Weeks Later
+
+
+6B   OMITTED                                                      6B
+
+
+6C   OMITTED                                                      6C
+
+
+6D   OMITTED                                                      6D
+
+
+6E   OMITTED                                                      6E
+
+
+6F   OMITTED                                                      6F
+
+
+6G   OMITTED                                                      6G
+
+
+6F   OMITTED                                                      6F
+
+
+6G   OMITTED                                                      6G
+
+
+8B   EXT. DAY. LANGLEY, VA                                        8B
+
+     Establishing shot -- CIA Headquarters
+
+
+8C   INT. CIA -- DAY                                              8C
+
+     A workman installs a nameplate that reads:    Ezra Kramer,
+     Director, CIA.
+
+
+8C   INT. KRAMER'S OFFICE -- DAY                                  8C
+
+     Kramer listens to a recording with Landy and Cronin. There
+     are unhung pictures and a few other items that indicate he
+     has just moved into this job.
+
+                                                          4
+
+
+Two other senior CIA officials sit in on the meeting.
+Kramer looks at a file on Bourne and Abbott.
+
+                    BOURNE (V.O.)
+          So we got in the way?   Is that
+          why Neski died? Is that why you
+          killed Marie?
+
+Kramer glances at a photo of Marie in the file.
+
+                    ABBOTT (V.O.)
+          You killed Marie the minute you
+          climbed into her car.   The
+          minute you entered her life she
+          was dead!
+
+Kramer looks at Abbott's official photo.
+
+                    BOURNE (V.O.)
+          I told you people to leave me
+          alone! I fell off the grid. I
+          was half way around the world.
+
+                    ABBOTT (V.O.)
+          There's no place it won't catch
+          up to you. It's how every story
+          ends. It's what you are, Jason.
+          A killer! You always will be.
+
+THUMP!
+
+                    CRONIN
+          We think that's Bourne hitting
+          him on the head and then--
+
+He makes a gun with his hand, i.e. Bourne putting his gun
+to Abbott's head.
+
+                       ABBOTT (V.O.)
+          Go ahead!     Go on! Do it!
+
+                    BOURNE (V.O.)
+          She wouldn't want me to. That's
+          the only reason your alive.
+
+The tape clicks off.
+
+                    KRAMER
+          Who's ""she?""
+
+CRONIN puts a picture of MARIE in front of KRAMER.
+
+                    LANDY
+          His girlfriend, Marie. She was
+          killed in India three weeks ago.
+
+Kramer looks down at another image.     Abbott dead after his
+suicide.
+
+                                                        5
+
+
+                    KRAMER
+          A dirty section chief in league
+          with a corrupt Russian
+          Billionaire commits suicide when
+          confronted by Jason Bourne. You
+          couldn't make this stuff up.
+              (holds up the photo of
+               Abbot dead)
+          You watched this happen?
+
+Landy nods.   Kramer shakes his head in disgust at the whole
+situation.
+
+                    KRAMER
+          Bourne's last confirmed location
+          is Moscow, three days ago?
+
+                       LANDY
+          Right.
+
+                    KRAMER
+          So what does he do now?
+
+                    LANDY
+          I think he's looking for
+          something he hasn't found.
+
+                       KRAMER
+          Like what?     What's he after?
+
+                     LANDY
+          I'm not sure. Maybe he hasn't
+          gotten his memory back yet.  Not
+          all of it.
+
+A look from Kramer...
+
+                    KRAMER
+          Pam, what I need to know is, what
+          kind of a threat is he to us?
+
+                    LANDY
+          If he just wanted to hurt us he
+          could have sent this tape to CNN.
+
+                    KRAMER
+          Maybe he still will. Maybe he
+          gave it to you because he wants
+          to throw you in the opposite
+          direction of his real plan. I
+          don't know. I just know my
+          number one rule is ""the only way
+          to stay safe is to assume the
+          worst.""   As far as I'm concerned
+          Bourne is a serious threat until
+          proven otherwise.
+
+                                                               6
+
+
+8D     OMITTED                                                     8D
+
+
+8E     OMITTED                                                     8E
+
+
+8F     OMITTED                                                     8F
+
+
+8G     OMITTED                                                     8G
+
+
+14A    OMITTED                                                     14A
+
+
+14AA   EXT.   TURIN, ITALY - ESTABLISHING SHOT                 14AA
+
+       SUPER:    TURIN, ITALY
+
+
+R15    INT.   DAY.    ITALIAN CAFE BACKROOM -- TURIN               R15
+
+       ROSS interviews DANIELS, a TAPE RECORDER on the table
+       between them. ROSS shows DANIELS some of the evidence he's
+       assembled...WANTED POSTERS of JASON BOURNE.
+
+                                ROSS
+                         (with poster)
+                     ...This one's three years ago --
+                     had half of Interpol after him --
+                     disappeared...Turned up in Naples
+                     -- Berlin -- Moscow --
+                     disappeared again...
+                         (Daniels says nothing)
+                     The girl he was on he run with --
+                     Marie Kreutz -- she turned up
+                     dead halfway around the world,
+                     from a sniper's bullet...
+                         (beat)
+                     What connects the dots? Is it
+                     Treadstone?
+
+                               DANIELS
+                     Turn off that tape recorder.
+
+
+15A    OMITTED                                                     15A
+
+
+15B    OMITTED                                                     15B
+
+
+24     INT. DAY. MARTIN'S APARTMENT -- PARIS                       24
+
+       The charm of old Paris captured in the workings of an
+       elevator operating in a wrought-iron shaft...
+
+                                                          7
+
+
+A WORK TABLE, covered with sheet music, music paper,
+pencils. And, sitting on the upright piano against the
+wall, a framed PHOTO of MARIE...
+
+A KNOCK on a door beautifully, heavily lacquered with
+centuries of paint...
+
+MARTIN KREUTZ, late 20s, opens the door and finds BOURNE. A
+long look between them -- like two lost brothers who
+recognize each other -- each has been waiting for this
+moment for a long time.
+
+
+INT. CONTINUOUS. MARTIN'S APARTMENT
+
+Martin looks out the window.
+
+                    MARTIN
+          Where is my sister?
+
+                    BOURNE
+          She's dead. She was killed.
+
+                    MARTIN
+          I knew it was going to end this
+          way. It was always going to end
+          this way...
+
+                    BOURNE
+          I didn't believe that.
+
+                    MARTIN
+          Why did she die?
+
+                    BOURNE
+          She was shot. A man came for me.
+
+                    MARTIN
+          And then you killed him.
+
+Bourne nods.
+
+                      MARTIN
+          Now what?
+
+                    BOURNE
+          Someone started all this...and
+          I'm going to find them.
+
+Bourne looks at him for a beat and leaves.
+
+
+EXT. SUBWAY -- DAY
+
+Bourne climbs the stairs.
+
+Bourne rounds a corner and stops, sees a bodyguard at a
+door up the street hail a car then go back inside.
+
+                                                            8
+
+
+     Bourne walks up to the door, the bodyguard comes out again.
+     Bourne knocks him aside. Grabs the man behind him,
+     ELLATRACHE.
+
+                          BOURNE
+                    (in French)
+                Who started Treadstone?
+
+     The bodyguard comes back, gun out--
+
+                           ELLATRACHE
+                    (in French, to
+                      bodyguard)
+                It's OK!
+                    (in French, to Bourne)
+                They're still looking for you.
+                You are taking a big risk coming
+                here.
+
+     Bourne shoves him against the wall, hard.
+
+                          BOURNE
+                    (in French)
+                Just tell me what I want to know!
+
+                          ELLATRACHE
+                    (in French)
+                I just provided them weapons.    I
+                don't know who started--
+
+                          BOURNE
+                    (in French)
+                You know something.   Tell me
+                where to start looking.
+
+                          ELLATRACHE
+                    (in French)
+                There's a journalist in London.
+                Simon Ross. He seems to know a
+                lot about you.   He has a source
+                inside the program. Someone
+                there from the beginning. What
+                should I tell them if they
+                contact me?
+
+                          BOURNE
+                    (in English)
+                They give me the name I want, or
+                I burn their entire house down to
+                get it.
+
+
+16   EXT.   DAY. HEATHROW AIRPORT -- LONDON                     16
+
+     ROSS hurries to catch a TAXI as he talks on his cell phone.
+
+                                                             9
+
+
+                               ROSS
+                    ...This is big -- a skein of lies
+                    -- you pull at it and it just
+                    keeps coming -- I'll fill you in
+                    when I get home. And it's not
+                    finished, either.
+                        (beat)
+                    They're calling it `Blackbriar'.
+
+      Follow this SEQUENCE as...
+
+
+17    INT. DAY.     CIA SUBSTATION -- LONDON                       17
+
+      A LISTENING STATION in England scoops up MILLIONS of CELL
+      PHONE CALLS...Sifts through BILLIONS of words...One word
+      EMERGES from the CHATTER...
+
+      BLACKBRIAR
+
+      A TECHNICIAN sends the data to NSA back in the
+      States...Where another COMPUTER gathers up the rest of the
+      phone call...As we listen...
+
+                              TECH#3
+                    ""Blackbriar"" echelon hit.
+                    NSA, please confirm receipt.
+
+
+R18   EXT. DAY. CIA HEADQUARTERS -- LANGLEY                       R18
+
+      And there in the CRI HUB, another TECHNICIAN receives the
+      DATA. Stops SUPERVISOR and reports.
+
+                              TECHNICIAN #1
+                    Sir, we intercepted a call from
+                    London, keyword ""Blackbriar.""
+
+                              SUPERVISOR
+                    Okay, send it to CRI right now.
+
+
+25D   EXT.   DAY.    THE SKYLINE   -- NEW YORK CITY               25D
+
+      NOAH VOSEN, deft and confident, arrives at CRI
+      Headquarters.
+
+
+25E   INT.   DAY. CRI OFFICES -- NEW YORK CITY                    25E
+
+      As VOSEN steps out of the elevator and into his office, he
+      is met by his #2, WILLS.
+
+                               WILLS
+                    We tracked the phone. Registered
+                    to a London reporter named Simon
+                    Ross. He works at the Guardian
+                    newspaper.
+
+                                                            10
+
+
+      They enter a hallway through double doors towards the HUB.
+
+                          VOSEN
+                You tracking him?
+
+      As they pass through, colleague hands WILLS a file.
+
+                          WILLS
+                Yeah, thanks Mike. We have a
+                survey team covering him at
+                work...and a sneak and peek's on
+                their way to his apartment.
+
+                          VOSEN
+                Well, who talked to him? How did
+                he find out about Blackbriar?
+
+                          WILLS
+                We don't know, we pulled his
+                background and ran a cross check
+                on any known anomalies, but we've
+                come up with nothing. But, I
+                think if we follow Ross, we are
+                going to be able...
+
+                         VOSEN
+                Right. Ross is easy. I want the
+                source.
+
+      They enter the HUB.
+
+
+26    EXT. DAY. GARE DU NORD -- PARIS                              26
+
+      BOURNE buys a newspaper, enters the station and gets on the
+      EUROSTAR.
+
+
+26A   INT. DAY. CRI DATA ROOM (was 25E)                          26A
+
+      VOSEN and WILLIS listen to the phone call.
+
+                          ROSS (VOICEOVER)
+                Have you heard of an Operation
+                Blackbriar? I'm going to try and
+                get my head around this, see you
+                first thing.
+
+      VOSEN turns.
+
+                          VOSEN
+                Is that all?
+
+                            WILLS
+                Yeah.
+
+                                                            11
+
+
+                            VOSEN
+                  I want rendition protocols and I
+                  want the asset put on standby,
+                  just in case.
+
+
+26B   INT.   DAY -- CRI HUB                                      26B
+
+      VOSEN steps out from DATA ROOM...addresses the HUB.
+
+                            VOSEN
+                  People, listen up, this is a full
+                  priority situation
+
+                             WILLS
+                  Jimmy, give me Ross's profile on
+                  one.
+                       (points at the big
+                        screen on the wall)
+
+      ROSS'S information come up on the center screen.
+
+                            VOSEN
+                  Our target is a British national,
+                  Simon Ross, a reporter. I want
+                  all his phones, his blackberry,
+                  his apartment, his car, bank
+                  accounts, credit cards, travel
+                  patterns...I want to know what
+                  he's going to think before he
+                  does. Every dirty little secret
+                  he has. And most of all, we want
+                  the name and real time location
+                  of his source.
+
+
+                  This is NSA priority level 4, any
+                  questions?
+
+      No response from the HUB.
+
+                            VOSEN (CONT'D)
+                  All right, let's get to it.
+
+
+26C   EXT. DAY. EUROSTAR -- ENGLAND                              26C
+
+      The EUROSTAR winds it's way to London.
+
+
+26D   INT. DAY.   EUROSTAR                                       26D
+
+      BOURNE reads The Guardian. He sees an article written by
+      Simon Ross.   Title: ""RENEGADE ASSASSIN LOSE IN EUROPE"".
+      It mentions BOURNE. There is a photo of Marie--
+
+FB2   FLASHBACK                                                  FB2
+
+                                                              12
+
+
+      Marie smiles at him. Marie shot. Marie fades into the
+      depths, dead. Bourne burns Marie's stuff
+
+
+26D   INT. DAY. EUROSTAR                                           26D
+
+      BOURNE comes out of the flashback.    He is still carrying
+      the pain of her loss
+
+      Bourne finds Ross's name on the masthead, then goes to the
+      name just below it in the news department.
+
+
+29    EXT.   DAY   GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER -- LONDON                    29
+
+      Ross crosses a busy London street -- heads to Guardian
+      office building. A CRI TEAM watches from a parked car.
+
+
+35H   INT. DAY -- CRI HUB                                          35H
+
+      TECH #1 watches the data arrive.
+
+                             TECH#1
+                   Copy that. Mr. Vosen, subject is
+                   entering his office.
+
+      VOSEN watches the feed.
+
+                             VOSEN
+                   Where's my picture please?
+
+                             TECH#2
+                   Coming online...Online...Now.
+
+      A surveillance picture flashes onscreen -- ROSS works in
+      his office. HUB chatter about ROSS phone.
+
+                             TECH#3
+                   Take an hour to get his phone...
+
+                             VOSEN
+                   That's too long.
+
+      Off VOSEN.
+
+
+R34   INT. DAY. GUARDIAN EDITOR OFFICE -- LONDON                   R34
+
+      ROSS reports to his EDITOR.
+
+                             EDITOR
+                   So how do we know he's not
+                   spinning for someone?
+
+                             ROSS
+                   There's more. He was scared.
+
+                                                     13
+
+
+                           EDITOR
+                 Scared of what?
+
+                           ROSS
+                 Blackbriar.
+
+      A REPORTER sticks her head in.
+
+                           REPORTER
+                 Sorry, a call for you.
+
+                              ROSS
+                 Who is it?
+
+                           REPORTER
+                 Won't give hie name.
+
+      ROSS leaves to pick up the call.
+
+
+35Y   INT. CONTINUOUS. GUARDIAN -- NEWSROOM               35Y
+
+      ROSS crosses the busy newsroom...
+
+                           REPORTER
+                 He's on my line...
+
+      ROSS picks up the phone.
+
+                           Ross (CONT'D)
+                 Simon Ross.
+
+
+35H   INT. DAY. CRI HUB -- NEW YORK CITY                  35H
+
+      VOSEN watches as ROSS takes phone call.
+
+                           VOSEN
+                 Why aren't we hearing this?
+
+                           WILLS
+                 That's a hard line, Jimmy, why
+                 don't we have it?
+
+                            JIMMY
+                 We have his line, sir, but he's
+                 not on it.
+
+      WILLS looks confused.
+
+
+35Y   INT. DAY   GUARDIAN -- NEWSROOM                     35Y
+
+      ROSS listens.
+
+                           BOURNE (V.O.)
+                 Waterloo Station, south entrance,
+                 thirty minutes.
+
+                                                            14
+
+
+                              ROSS
+                    Who is this?
+
+                              BOURNE (V.O.)
+                    This is Jason Bourne.
+
+
+35Z   INT.   DAY -- EUROSTAR TRAVELING                           35Z
+
+                              Bourne
+                    You want to talk to me. Come
+                    alone.
+
+      BOURNE hangs up.
+
+
+35Y   INT.   DAY.    GUARDIAN -- NEWSROOM                        35Y
+
+      ROSS looks bewildered -- hangs up the phone -- gathers his
+      stuff -- puts his notebook in his pocket and leaves.
+
+                              SURVEY ONE (V.O.)
+                    Are you getting an image?
+
+35H                           VOSEN                              35H
+                    Where's he going?
+
+                               WILLS
+                    Okay, he is on the move.   Target
+                    is mobile.
+
+      The HUB reacts. .
+
+                              WILLS
+                    Okay, people, look sharp, give me
+                    eyeballs on the street.
+
+
+36    INT. DAY. BUILDING -- ACROSS FROM GUARDIAN                   36
+
+      SURVEY ONE has panned down to the entrance of the GUARDIAN
+      building. Because ROSS is on the move...
+
+                              SURVEY ONE
+                    Subject is on the move. Go mobile
+                    One and Two.
+
+                              WILLS
+                    Where's that audio on the street?
+                    I want to know where he's
+                    going...
+
+
+36A   EXT. CONTINUOUS. LONDON STREET                             36A
+
+      ROSS hails a BLACK TAXI. The SILVER VAN pulls out behind
+      him...
+
+                                                                  15
+
+
+35H   INT. DAY. NEW YORK HUB                                           35H
+
+      VOSEN watches as the feed from the SILVER VAN comes
+      through.
+
+                              MOBILE 2
+                        (over radio)
+                    We have the subject confirmed.
+
+                              VOSEN
+                    Where is he heading?
+
+                              MOBILE 2
+                    Waterloo Station.
+
+
+37    EXT.   DAY.    WATERLOO STATION -- LONDON                        37
+
+      BOURNE arrives on the EUROSTAR.      Enters the station.
+
+
+38    EXT. CONTINUOUS. STREET                                          38
+
+      As the taxi moves away, the SILVER VAN pulls out behind it.
+
+      A CYCLE COURIER momentarily blocks its path. Looking in on
+      ROSS sifting through documents in the back seat.
+
+
+
+                              HUB (V.O.)
+                    Stand by at Waterloo...
+
+
+39    EXT. DAY. WATERLOO STATION -- LONDON                             39
+
+      BOURNE moving toward the rendezvous...
+
+
+63    INT/EXT. DAY. BLACK CAB -- YORK ROAD                             63
+
+      ROSS pays the DRIVER, exits. Checks his watch.      Looks
+      around. Isn't sure what his next move is--
+
+
+64H   INT. DAY. CRI HUB                                                64H
+
+      TECHNICIANS searching for ROSS on the busy street.
+
+                              TECHNICIAN #2
+                    Mobile One -- give us eyes on the
+                    subject.
+
+                                                               16
+
+
+63    EXT. DAY. YORK ROAD -- LONDON                                 63
+
+      MOBILE ONE-- two people from the van-- take up a position
+      in an open stairwell three floors up. They focus a camera
+      down on Ross.
+
+
+63A   EXT. DAY. ENTRANCE -- WATERLOO STATION                        63A
+
+      BOURNE buys a cell phone. Activates the SIM card on the new
+      phone. Dumps the pay-as-you-go package in a bin. Rounds a
+      corner. Out of sight.
+
+
+63B   OMITTED                                                       63B
+
+
+64H   INT. CONTINUOUS. CRI HUB -- NEW YORK CITY                     64H
+
+      Screens come alive with a POV of ROSS. VOSEN studies the
+      monitors. ROSS arrives at Waterloo, pays TAXI.
+
+                          TECHNICIAN #1
+                Sir, subject just arrived at the
+                south entrance to Waterloo
+                Station.
+
+
+63    INT. DAY. WATERLOO -- ENTRANCE                                63
+
+      ROSS moves to the entrance.
+
+      Behind him, inside the tube station portico, BOURNE
+      arrives.
+
+      Sees ROSS. Sees the two survey teams. MOBILE ONE up the
+      stair well and MOBILE TWO at street level.
+
+      Commuters coming up the escalators. BOURNE joins them -
+      moving towards Ross.
+
+      Closer.
+
+      Right on him.   ROSS oblivious.   Looking out onto the
+      street.
+
+      BOURNE brushes past him and PUTS THE PHONE IN HIS POCKET..
+
+      ROSS feels the contact. Checking himself -- he's okay.
+      But now a phone is ringing -- looks around, must be someone
+      else.
+
+      But the vibration's coming from his jacket pocket.
+
+      ROSS takes out the phone -- not his -- puzzled.
+
+      ROSS hits ""answer.""
+
+                                                            17
+
+
+                           ROSS
+                Hello?
+
+                          BOURNE (O.S.)
+                Don't ask questions. Just
+                listen...
+
+
+64H   INT. CONTINUOUS. NEW YORK HUB                               64H
+
+      VOSEN watching...
+
+                          VOSEN
+                What's he doing? I thought we
+                blocked his cell? Who the hell
+                is he talking to???
+
+                          WILLS
+                Jimmy, I need that phone!
+
+                           VOSEN
+                    (beat)
+                Activate the asset.
+
+                          WILLS
+                Sir, we haven't yet become
+                operational --
+
+                          VOSEN
+                I said activate the asset.   I
+                want options.
+
+      Wills keys in a CODE...
+
+
+64    EXT. DAY. BMW -- LONDON STREET                               64
+
+      PAZ, 20s, cool and predatory, drives and waits for
+      instructions...His PHONE buzzes...He reads the
+      code...Accelerates toward Waterloo Station...
+
+
+70    EXT. CONTINUOUS. FOOTBRIDGE                                  70
+
+      BOURNE reaches the top of the stairwell on the other side
+      of the road.
+
+      His POV to the left -- a LONDON BUS is approaching.
+
+      To the right -- a young man in a hooded top -- speaking on
+      his cell -- walking toward a BUS STOP...
+
+      A plan is forming.
+
+
+71    INT. CONTINUOUS. WHITE VAN                                   71
+
+      SURVEY TWO -- camera zooming in on ROSS.
+
+                                                               18
+
+
+                          SURVEY TWO
+                What's the ROE on this one?
+
+      PANNING TO REVEAL
+
+
+64H   INT. CONTINUOUS. NEW YORK HUB                                 64H
+
+      VOSEN thinking it over as he watches the image of ROSS.
+
+
+75    EXT. DAY. YORK ROAD -- TUBE -- BUS STOP                       75
+
+      ROSS looking around.    Then --
+
+                          BOURNE (O.S.)
+                To your left. Blue hooded top.
+                Walking towards the bus stop
+
+      ROSS has clocked him.
+
+      The HOODY walks to the bus stop. One hands-free EARBUD
+      swaying down by his side as he moves to a seat.
+
+      Sitting down. Checking his watch.
+
+      ROSS shifting nervously from one foot to another.
+
+                          BOURNE (o.s.) (CONT'D)
+                Go to the bus stop, sit next to
+                him. Head down...
+
+      The LONDON BUS approaching.
+
+      ROSS begins to move.
+
+
+64H   INT. DAY. CRI HUB -- NEW YORK                                 64H
+
+      Things are beginning to happen.
+
+                          TECHNICIAN #1
+                Target is on the move.
+
+                          WILLS
+                Okay, who's the guy in the blue
+                hood?
+
+      Screen POV. ROSS standing next to the HOODY -- head down.
+      Trying to play it cool -- ROSS in clear view of the
+      cameras. ""Speaking"" with the HOODY. Camera zooming in.
+
+                          VOSEN
+                Okay, there, he's talking to the
+                guy with the hood. Take them
+                down.
+
+      Just then --
+
+                                                             19
+
+
+      A BUS pulling up to the bus stop, blocking both SURVEYS'
+      views. Rifle mics picking up the bus chatter, instead of
+      ROSS.
+
+      VOSEN.   Annoyed now.
+
+                            VOSEN
+                  Watch that bus! The bus! --
+                  don't lose them! Stay triangular
+                  and don't get blocked.
+
+      The crackle of the survey teams as they try and reframe.
+
+      POV SCREEN -- SURVEY ONE seeing the bus clear.   The HOODY
+      has gone.
+
+      POV ANOTHER SCREEN -- SURVEY TWO -- camera finally catching
+      up, picking out the HOODY on the bus as it begins to pull
+      away.
+
+                            VOSEN?
+                  Grab Team B. Grab the hoody and
+                  stay with Ross...
+
+      TECH'S giving orders...
+
+
+77    EXT. ACROSS FROM YORK ROAD -- DAY                            77
+
+      SURVEY TWO -- three men racing across the road on foot.
+      Weaving through heavy traffic.
+
+
+78    EXT. DAY. FOOTBRIDGE AREA                                    78
+
+      BOURNE watching his plan unfold...Only a few seconds to get
+      ROSS out of there...
+
+                            BOURNE
+                  Take the footbridge. Go to the
+                  West Entrance. I'll meet you at
+                  the newsstand.
+
+
+79    EXT.   DAY. YORK ROAD -- CONTINUOUS                          79
+
+      ROSS re"
+59,"Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The",Eric Roth,"Drama,Fantasy,Mystery,Romance",Dec-08,"THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
+
+
+
+                               Written by
+
+                                Eric Roth
+
+
+             Based on the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald
+
+
+                                                         10/30/07
+
+                            
+
+    As all things do, it begins in the dark. EYES blink
+    open. Blue eyes. The first thing they see is a WOMAN
+    near 40, standing looking out a window, watching the wind
+    blowing, rattling a window.
+
+                            A WOMAN'S (V.O.)
+              What are you looking at?
+
+                            CAROLINE
+              The wind, Mother... They say a
+              hurricane is on its way... You've
+              been asleep... I was waiting to
+              see you...
+
+1   INT. HOSPITAL ROOM, NEW ORLEANS - MORNING, PRESENT          1
+
+    Now we see we're in a hospital room with layers of white
+    enamel paint trying without success to hide the years...
+    An old WOMAN, past 80, withered, still regal with a green
+    turban around her bald head is propped by pillows, her
+    blue eyes looking out at us from her bed... She's
+    connected to an intravenous for sustenance and a morphine
+    drip... Her name, is DAISY FULLER. She speaks with a
+    Southern lilt.
+
+                            DAISY
+              If it wasn't for hurricanes we
+              wouldn't have a hurricane season.
+
+                            CAROLINE
+              I've forgotten what the weather
+              can be like here. I've lived with
+              four seasons so many years now.
+
+    We see a young Black Woman, a ""caregiver,"" DOROTHY BAKER,
+    in a corner, thumbing a magazine, with one eye at the
+    window...
+
+                            DOROTHY BAKER
+              I saw on the news they're
+              predicting trouble...
+
+                            DAISY
+              1928 they stacked people like
+              firewood to close a hole in a
+              levee.
+
+    But Daisy has other things on her mind... murmuring...
+
+
+
+
+                                                  (CONTINUED)
+
+                                                                    2.
+
+1   CONTINUED:                                                      1
+
+                               DAISY (CONT'D)
+                 It all runs together... like a
+                 fingerpainting... I feel like I'm
+                 on a boat, drifting...
+
+                               CAROLINE
+                      (tenderly)
+                 Can I do anything for you, Mother?
+                 Make anything easier?
+
+                                DAISY
+                 Hmmm. There is nothing to do,
+                 Caroline. This is what it is...
+                 I'm finding it harder to keep my
+                 eyes open... my mouth all filled
+                 with cotton...
+
+    And agitated, feeling confined, she scratches at her
+    nightgown as if it were sticking to her... she starts to take
+    it off... Dorothy gets up and straightens it for her.
+
+                               DOROTHY BAKER
+                 There, there, Miss Daisy... you'll
+                 scratch yourself to ribbons...
+                      (to Caroline)
+                 It's their way of letting go...
+                      (the finality)
+                 ...prob'ly today.
+
+    Caroline is well aware of it, but the words, her
+    admonition of death being so close at hand, makes
+    everything even more present...
+
+                               CAROLINE
+                 Do you want more medication,
+                 Mother? The doctor said you can
+                 have all you want.
+
+    Daisy is quiet, looking into the distance. Caroline,
+    seeking closure, sits on the bed with her and starts to
+    cry. Daisy puts her thin arms around her daughter,
+    comforting her.
+
+                               CAROLINE (CONT'D)
+                 A friend told me she never had a
+                 chance to say goodbye to her
+                 mother.
+                      (grateful to have the
+                       chance)
+                 I wanted to thank you, Mother, for
+                 bringing me into this world. For
+                 raising me so well.
+                               (MORE)
+
+                                                      (CONTINUED)
+
+                                                                3.
+
+1   CONTINUED: (2)                                              1
+                            CAROLINE (CONT'D)
+              I wanted to tell you how much
+              you've meant to me. I'm going to
+              miss you so much...
+
+    They hold each other for some time... They separate...
+    And there's an awkwardness they have nothing left to talk
+    about... nothing left to say to each other... a hole in
+    their relationship... Caroline fills it with the eternal
+    question...
+
+                            CAROLINE (CONT'D)
+              Are you afraid?
+
+                             DAISY
+              Curious.   What comes next...
+
+    She winces at some physical pain.
+
+                            DOROTHY BAKER
+              The pain's coming more steadily...
+              Her breathing will falter soon...
+              No need for her to suffer..
+
+    She raises the morphine level... Daisy closes her eyes...
+    drifting with the morphine... and a thought, a dream, a
+    sound, crosses her mind... and she says...
+
+                            DAISY
+              They built that train station in
+              1918. Your father was there the
+              day it opened... He said a tuba
+              band was playing...Oom-pah-pah...
+
+2   EXT. THE NEW TRAIN STATION, NEW ORLEANS - DAY, 1918         2
+
+    And we see a TUBA BAND is playing while a ribbon cutting
+    ceremony is taking place across the steps of the new
+    TRAIN STATION...
+
+                            DAISY
+              Oom-pah-pah, oom-pah-pah...The
+              finest clockmaker in all of the
+              South built that clock...
+
+3   INT. CLOCKMAKER'S SHOP, NEW ORLEANS - NIGHT, 1917           3
+
+    We see an old French Quarter storefront with an endless
+    array of clocks and watches...
+
+                            DAISY'S (V.O.)
+              His name was Mr. Gateau. Mr.
+              Cake.
+
+                                                                3A.
+
+
+
+4   INT. THE HOSPITAL ROOM, NEW ORLEANS - MORNING, PRESENT       4
+
+    The slightest of smiles crosses Daisy's lips... saying to
+    herself again... ""Mr. Cake...""
+
+5   INT. CLOCKMAKER'S SHOP, NEW ORLEANS - MORNING, PRESENT       5
+
+    We see a diminutive man in a frock coat with small,
+    delicate hands, ""Mr. Cake,"" working in his downstairs
+    workshop. More than a few clocks stroke midnight, a
+    handsome Creole Woman comes into the workshop...
+
+
+
+
+                                                  (CONTINUED)
+
+                                                                   4.
+
+5   CONTINUED:                                                     5
+
+                               DAISY'S (V.O.)
+                 He was married to a Creole of
+                 Evangeline Parish and they had a
+                 son.
+
+    Taking his arm, she helps him up to show him to his bed.
+
+                               DAISY'S (V.O.) (CONT'D)
+                 Did I mention, Mr. Gateau was from
+                 birth, absolutely blind.
+
+6   INT. CLOCKMAKER'S SHOP, NEW ORLEANS - NIGHT, 1917              6
+
+    ...The clockmaker his fine hands blindly working...
+
+                                DAISY'S (V.O.)
+                 And when their son came of age,
+                 like boys will do, he joined the
+                 army. They saw him off at the old
+                 train station.
+
+7   EXT. OLD TRAIN STATION, NEW ORLEANS - DAY, 1917                7
+
+    An old wooden barn of a building. Their son, hugging his
+    parents, getting on a flatbed train crowded with other
+    soldiers, pulling away... Mr. Gateau, blindly waving his
+    hat goodbye to his son...
+
+                               DAISY'S (V.O.)
+                 Oh how he worked, for months he
+                 did nothing but work on the clock
+                 for the great train station.
+
+8   INT. WORKSHOP BELOW THE CLOCKMAKER'S HOME - NIGHT, 1918        8
+
+    The sound of clocks constant ticking. Mr. Gateau at
+    work...
+
+                               DAISY'S (V.O.)
+                 One day a letter came...
+
+    Blanche comes into the workshop... a letter in her
+    hand... She reads to her blind husband...
+
+                               BLANCHE DEVEREUX
+                 ""I am sorry to inform you that
+                 your son was killed fighting for
+                 his country, at the battle of the
+                 Marne. In the death of Sgt.
+                 Martin Gateau I lose one of my
+                 most trusted men.
+                               (MORE)
+
+
+                                                     (CONTINUED)
+
+                                                                    5.
+
+8    CONTINUED:                                                     8
+                                BLANCHE DEVEREUX (CONT'D)
+                  When I informed members of our
+                  company he had fallen, on every
+                  face could be seen the mark of
+                  sorrow... ...we were in hope the
+                  Lord would spare him to return
+                  home together... Alas this was not
+                  to be. I send along his pants,
+                  shirt, cavalry pin, kerchief, and
+                  haircomb.""
+
+                                DAISY (V.O.)
+                  Mr. Gateau, done for the night,
+                  went up to his bed.
+
+     Mr. Gateau, blindly feeling his way up the stairs...
+
+                                DAISY'S (V.O.)
+                  And their son came home.
+
+9    EXT. OLD TRAIN STATION, NEW ORLEANS - DAY, 1918                9
+
+     We see ""Mr. Cake"" in his familiar hat, his wife holding
+     his arm, standing among the rows of coffins.
+
+                                DAISY'S (V.O.)
+                  They buried him where the Gateau
+                  family had been buried for a
+                  hundred and seven years...
+
+10   EXT. NEW ORLEANS CEMETERY - DAY, 1918                          10
+
+     An old New Orleans cemetery, vines crawling the
+     sepulchers.
+
+                                DAISY'S (V.O.)
+                  Mr. Cake went back to work on his
+                  clock... laboring to finish...
+
+11   INT. THE CLOCK WORKSHOP, NEW ORLEANS - LATE NIGHT, 1918        11
+
+     Mr. Gateau blindly setting the last spring, closing up
+     the clock back... finished at last.
+
+                                DAISY'S (V.O.)
+                  It was a morning to remember...
+                  Papa said there were people
+                  everywhere...
+
+12   INT. THE NEW TRAIN STATION, NEW ORLEANS - DAY, 1918            12
+
+     And we see a large throng gathered to watch the unveiling
+     of the clock. Politicians, citizens, and pickpockets
+     alike...
+
+                                                      (CONTINUED)
+
+                                                                  6.
+
+12   CONTINUED:                                                  12
+
+                                DAISY'S (V.O.)
+                  Even Teddy Roosevelt had come.
+
+     And we see the distinctive figure of Theodore Roosevelt,
+     in overcoat and hat, the war heavy on his shoulders. We
+     watch Mr. Cake, with the aid of an assistant, climbing
+     the scaffolding to his clock covered by a velvet drape...
+     He stands for a moment... and with a simple tug, releases
+     the purple swath... People gasp at the magnificent
+     clock... ""Mr. Cake"" winds the clock, which chimes a
+     glorious chime... Pushed by an angel, the second-hand
+     begins its eternal journey...going around... Everyone
+     cheers... until they realize the clock is going the wrong
+     way... traveling backwards in time... A man shouts, ""It's
+     running backwards!""
+
+                                MONSIEUR GATEAU
+                  I made it this way... so that
+                  perhaps, the boys who were lost in
+                  the war might stand and go home
+                  again...
+
+13   EXT. BATTLEFIELD - DAY, 1918                                13
+
+     And we see just that... bullets leaving mens' wounds
+     sailing back into the rifles from whence they came...
+     limbs, whole again... cannon balls rocketing backwards
+     into the cannons' breech... Fallen come to their feet, to
+     live and breathe again.
+
+                                MONSIEUR GATEAU (V.O.)
+                  ... home to farm, to work, have
+                  children, to live long, full
+                  lives...
+
+14   INT. THE NEW TRAIN STATION, NEW ORLEANS - DAY, 1918         14
+
+     Teddy Roosevelt, bereft, removes his hat...
+
+                                MONSIEUR GATEAU
+                  Perhaps, my own son might come
+                  home again...
+
+15   EXT. OLD TRAIN STATION, NEW ORLEANS - DAY, ANOTHER TIME     15
+
+     And we see his own son, Martin, once again full of life
+     hopping backward off the train to land where his journey
+     started... back in the arms of his loving parents...
+
+                                                                  7.
+
+
+
+16   INT. TRAIN STATION, NEW ORLEANS - DAY, 1918                  16
+
+                             MONSIEUR GATEAU
+               I'm sorry if I offended anybody. I
+               hope you enjoy my clock.
+
+     And his wife holding his arm, he makes his way across the
+     terminal and exits... The crowd is motionless. They look
+     to Teddy Roosevelt for guidance... but he simply puts his
+     hat on, and with his guardians, is gone...
+
+                             DAISY'S (V.O.)
+               Mr Cake was never seen again.
+               Some say he died of a broken
+               heart. Some say he went to sea...
+
+17   EXT. THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER - AT THE END OF A DAY             17
+
+     Mr. Gateau, blindly rowing... away...
+
+18   INT. HOSPITAL ROOM, NEW ORLEANS - MORNING, PRESENT           18
+
+                             DAISY
+               He just rowed...rowed...away...
+
+     The wind loudly rattles the window...they turn to look...
+
+                              DOROTHY BAKER
+               Do you mind if I make myself a
+               call? I've got somebody watching
+               my little boy.
+
+                             CAROLINE
+               No, please go call...
+
+     It's quiet, Caroline sitting on the bed with her dying
+     mother... with the wind knocking at the window... After
+     some moments:
+
+                             CAROLINE (CONT'D)
+               I hope I haven't disappointed you,
+               Mother.
+
+                              DAISY
+               Oh honey, you could never
+               disappoint me.
+
+                             CAROLINE
+               I wished I had more to show for
+               myself. I know you would have
+               liked to have had grandchildren.
+                             (MORE)
+
+
+                                                    (CONTINUED)
+
+                                                                      8.
+
+18   CONTINUED:                                                      18
+                                CAROLINE (CONT'D)
+                  My life hasn't been all that...
+                  normal...
+
+     As if to say the pieces haven't all fit... trying to
+     articulate it...
+
+                                 CAROLINE (CONT'D)
+                  I'm either a step ahead... or a
+                  step behind...
+
+                                   DAISY
+                  What's normal?     A hat full of
+                  sand.
+
+                                   CAROLINE
+                  What?
+
+                                DAISY
+                       (going on)
+                  I need my brown suitcase... The
+                  envelope...
+
+                                   CAROLINE
+                  An envelope?
+
+     Caroline doing what she's asked goes over to one of the
+     suitcases by the bed... She opens it... and 
+among the
+            Queenie, Apple... she 
+     clothes and the keepsakes, there is indeed an old
+     envelope.
+
+                                   CAROLINE (CONT'D)
+                  This one?
+
+                                DAISY
+                  I tried to read it a hundred
+                  different times... but I couldn't
+                  bring myself...
+
+                                CAROLINE
+                  What do you mean?
+
+                                   DAISY
+                  Read it to me.
+
+     Daisy closes her eyes... Caroline takes out a sheath of
+     papers... It's a journal of some kind written in
+     longhand... Pages have come undone... scraps of paper,
+     even some napkins...
+
+                                DAISY (CONT'D)
+                       (murmurs)
+                  Just the sound of your voice...
+
+
+                                                       (CONTINUED)
+
+                                                                   9.
+
+18   CONTINUED: (2)                                               18
+
+     And for her mother's sake she begins to read it... with
+     no particular interest, like reading to someone a
+     selection from a menu's choices...
+
+                             CAROLINE
+               It's dated ""April 4, 1985."" It
+               says, ""New Orleans.""
+                    (after a beat)
+               ""This is my last will and
+               testament...
+                    (which starts to
+                     engage her)
+               I don't have much to leave... few
+               possessions, no money really... I
+               will go out of this world the same
+               way I came in, alone and with
+               nothing.
+                    (finding herself
+                     engaged)
+               All I have is my story... I'm
+               writing it now while I still
+               remember it...""
+
+     She's interested. She looks over at her mother.    But her
+     mother's eyes are closed...
+
+                             CAROLINE (CONT'D)
+               ""My name is Benjamin...""
+
+     And Caroline's voice becomes a young MAN'S voice...
+
+                             A MAN'S (V.O.)
+               ""Benjamin Button... and I was born
+               under unusual circumstances.""
+
+19   EXT. NEW ORLEANS - NIGHT 1918                                19
+
+     THERE'S SUDDENLY AN EXPLOSION OF FIREWORKS.
+
+                             BENJAMIN BUTTON'S (V.O.)
+               The war to end all wars had ended.
+
+     We see the streets of New Orleans are filled with
+     drunken, singing revelers... cars jamming the
+     cobblestones, people kissing, shouting joyful... Another
+     burst of fireworks.
+
+                             BENJAMIN BUTTON'S (V.O.) (CONT'D)
+               I was told it was an especially
+               good night to be born...
+
+
+
+
+                                                    (CONTINUED)
+
+                                                                9A.
+
+19   CONTINUED:                                                 19
+
+     And we see in the fireworks' light, a young MAN in his
+     early 30s, THOMAS BUTTON, running up to the gate of a
+     fashionable town home. He nearly collides with a PRIEST
+     who arrives there at the same time. Thomas runs past
+     him, up the steps...
+
+20   INT. BUTTON HOUSE, NEW ORLEANS - NIGHT 1918                20
+
+     ...He runs past a solemn Maid and up a long staircase...
+     barging into the MASTER BEDROOM...
+
+                                                                    10.
+
+
+
+21   INT. MASTER BEDROOM, BUTTON HOUSE - NIGHT 1918                 21
+
+     ... where we see a young Woman is lying on a bloody bed,
+     frantically being administered to by a DOCTOR with the
+     help of the small domestic staff... the PRIEST enters...
+
+                             THOMAS BUTTON
+                    (seeing him)
+               Why are you here?
+
+                             THE DOCTOR
+               Thomas, I'm afraid she's not going
+               to survive...
+
+     And the Priest bends to say last rites over the pretty
+     young woman... and the maids, bringing bedsheets,
+     futilely start to change her bloody linens...
+
+                             THOMAS BUTTON
+               That's enough...! All of you!
+
+     They move out of the way... and Thomas kneels beside his
+     wife... She's pale white, fear in her soft brown eyes...
+     He takes her hand...
+
+                             THOMAS BUTTON (CONT'D)
+               I came as quickly as I could...
+               I'm sorry I took so long, the
+               streets are filled with people...
+
+     As if to underscore it, fireworks go off...
+
+                             THOMAS BUTTON (CONT'D)
+               You are going to be alright, my
+               dearest darling... I will not let
+               anything happen to you...
+
+                             HIS YOUNG WIFE
+               Promise me, Thomas...
+
+     And she is interrupted by the sudden CRY OF A BABY.    But
+     Thomas can't take his eyes from his dying wife...
+
+                             HIS YOUNG WIFE (CONT'D)
+               Promise me, he has a place...
+
+     He doesn't understand... She looks up at him... holds his
+     hand tight... then she slips away... The Doctor listening
+     for her pulse... He covers her... it's quiet... the
+     Priest's murmured incantations... the housemaids
+     crying...
+
+
+
+                                                      (CONTINUED)
+
+                                                                 11.
+
+21   CONTINUED:                                                  21
+
+                                BENJAMIN BUTTON'S (V.O.)
+                  She gave her life for me... And
+                  for that I am forever grateful...
+
+     Thomas, still holding her hand, is unable to let go...
+     When we hear again the BABY CRYING... The BABY'S CRY is
+     not quite right... It is not an infant's cry for succor,
+     or a natural cry to exercise its new lungs... It's a
+     deep, haunting cry from some primal soul... They all
+     turn, and the room stills... listening as The BABY
+     continues its mournful WAIL. Only Thomas goes to
+     answer... The Baby in a basket, swaddled in a thick
+     blanket, its face covered with cloth... Thomas goes to
+     lift it, to see his son's face...
+
+                                   MAID
+                  Mr. Button...!
+
+     He lifts the cloth anyway... He recoils... for he has
+     seen some kind of horror... He makes the smallest of
+     sounds, a whispered ""Ohhhh."" And then he suddenly
+     snatches up the swaddled baby -- running with it out of
+     the room... downstairs... outside...
+
+22   EXT. NEW ORLEANS - NIGHT, 1918                              22
+
+     ... Thomas, tears on his face, carrying his CRYING BABY,
+     through the streets... Pushing through crowds...
+
+23   EXT. A BRIDGE, NEW ORLEANS - NIGHT, 1918                    23
+
+     ... he comes along an old bridge over a waterway... the
+     air heavy with the haze of fireworks... the water dark...
+     brokenhearted, he lifts the baby to throw it into the
+     black water... He is just at the apex of this throw when,
+     despite his sadness, he can't bring himself to do it...
+     Instead, cradles the newborn...
+
+                                THOMAS
+                  I'm sorry... I'm so sorry...
+
+     A LANTERN lights his face... A POLICEMAN down the way...
+
+                                POLICEMAN
+                  What are you doing there!?
+
+     The BABY starts to CRY...
+
+                                POLICEMAN (CONT'D)
+                  What do you have there?
+
+     Thomas takes off... the Policeman after him... Thomas,
+     carrying the CRYING BABY, running...
+
+                                                                  12.
+
+
+
+23A   EXT. NEW ORLEANS, GARDEN DISTRICT - NIGHT, 1918             23A
+
+      Thomas, scuttling with the crying infant through narrow
+      streets past the back porches and the back stairs of the
+      large old moldering antebellum houses...
+
+24    EXT. THE BACK OF AN OLD NEW ORLEANS HOUSE - NIGHT, 1918     24
+
+      He comes to an old three-story house with a screened
+      porch, VOICES from inside... PEOPLE TALKING and
+      LAUGHING... The Baby, soothed by the soft yellow light,
+      by the music of the voices, by the house itself -- stops
+      its mournful cry. Thomas stops, catching his breath...
+      He looks in through the back porch... the sounds of
+      VOICES coming... Thomas quietly sets the baby on the back
+      porch steps. He takes out every last dollar he has,
+      tucking the money inside the Baby's blanket... We can
+      just see the figures of two people coming from inside...
+      Thomas knocks on the weathered screen door... And his
+      decision made, he turns, moving away from the house,
+      leaving his child behind.
+
+                              A WOMAN'S (V.O.)
+                I could've sworn I heard somebody
+                knockin'...
+
+      When a young Black Woman, in a green dress, comes onto
+      the porch... A thin, attractive woman, in her late 20s,
+      with the sultry eyes of a lounge singer -- She's known as
+      QUEENIE. She's followed by a handsome Black man, MR.
+      WEATHERS -- that everyone calls TIZZY. She looks out the
+      door, and not seeing anything...
+
+                                 QUEENIE
+                I guess not...
+
+      She stands for a moment taking in the night air...
+
+                              QUEENIE (CONT'D)
+                The air smells sweet...
+
+      And she sings to herself... a song from the time...
+
+                              TIZZY
+                You look very handsome tonight,
+                Ms. Queenie, handsome as I ever
+                seen you... The green matches
+                your eyes...
+
+                              QUEENIE
+                     (fingering dress)
+                It isn't everyday a war's over,
+                Mr. Weathers...
+                              (MORE)
+                                                    (CONTINUED)
+
+                                                                     13.
+
+24   CONTINUED:                                                      24
+                                QUEENIE (CONT'D)
+                  We have to mark it somehow... You
+                  ain't no slouch yourself.
+
+     He smiles, tips his hat... And they stand in the quiet...
+
+                                TIZZY
+                  Hambert's back in town... came
+                  home legless, but he home... we're
+                  gonna throw a party for him...
+                  help get himself situated...
+                       (beat)
+                  I know you was sweet on him one
+                  time...
+
+                                QUEENIE
+                  Sweeter than I shoulda been...
+                  Lost his legs you say? ""You never
+                  know what's comin' for you.""
+
+     And if right on cue an older white Woman sticks her head
+     out...
+
+                                OLD WOMAN
+                  Ms. Simone messed herself...
+
+                                QUEENIE
+                  She got to stop doing that, or
+                  it's diapers for her... I'll be
+                  right there, Mrs. Jameson...
+
+     The woman disappears inside.    Queenie, not anxious to
+     go...
+
+                                QUEENIE (CONT'D)
+                  It sure is nice out here, Mr.
+                  Weathers...
+
+                                TIZZY
+                  Awful nice, Ms. Queenie... Come
+                  out back for a moment... take your
+                  mind away from things...
+
+     He pushes open the porch screen door...
+
+                                QUEENIE
+                       (smiles)
+                  Just a moment's time...
+
+     He offers her his hand... She takes it... He backs out of
+     the house, holding her hand, and he suddenly steps right
+     on top of the Baby... The baby wails, Tizzy stumbles,
+     nearly falls...
+
+
+                                                       (CONTINUED)
+
+                                                                 14.
+
+24   CONTINUED: (2)                                              24
+
+                             TIZZY
+               What in God's name...?!!
+
+                                QUEENIE
+               What is that?     A fish crawl out of
+               the river...?
+
+     She moves to it... pushes aside the blanket, and freezes.
+
+                                QUEENIE (CONT'D)
+               God in heaven!
+
+     IT IS THE VERY FIRST TIME WE HAVE SEEN THE BABY. What we
+     see is the prominent bald head of any newborn... but it
+     has the face, the wrinkled skin, the faded eyes, of an
+     octogenarian. Indeed, if we didn't know any better, it
+     would seem the newborn was a wrinkled decrepit sad-eyed
+     old man...
+
+                             QUEENIE (CONT'D)
+               My Goodness, the Lord did
+               something here...!
+
+                             TIZZY
+               Look like a milk wagon run over
+               it... three times... and back...
+
+     And they're both motionless, not quite sure what to do...
+
+                             TIZZY (CONT'D)
+               I didn't see it layin' there... I
+               hope I didn't hurt it none...
+               steppin' on it like that...
+
+     The BABY won't stop its mournful cry...
+
+                             TIZZY (CONT'D)
+               We best leave it to the police...
+               I'll go --
+
+     Queenie hesitates... a longing.
+
+                             QUEENIE
+               It's for sure nobody wanted to
+               keep it...
+
+     And making up her mind, she suddenly grabs up the crying
+     baby, taking it inside... Tizzy, anxiously whispering
+     something, going in after her...
+
+                                                                  15.
+
+
+
+25   INT. THE NOLAN HOUSE, NEW ORLEANS - NIGHT, 1918              25
+
+     A piano's playing a standard, people singing.... There's
+     a myriad of old dark rooms... heavy furniture and
+     carpets... an eclectic mixture of the possessions of
+     those who have lived and died here over many years... and
+     we see a parlor is crowded with Old People, from sixty to
+     ninety-five, in various stages of health... various
+     contraptions to keep them ""afloat"". An Old Age Home. We
+     see Queenie moving quietly along a hallway, carrying the
+     crying baby so as not to be seen. Tizzy, following her,
+     still anxiously whispering after her...
+
+                             A WOMAN'S (V.O.)
+               Where are you, Queenie...?
+
+                             QUEENIE
+               Hold your water...
+                    (and to Tizzy)
+               Go see to them.
+
+     He does what she asks. She hurries the baby into a small
+     room, literally like a mouse house, under the stairs...
+
+26   INT. QUEENIE'S ROOM, OLD HOUSE, NEW ORLEANS - NIGHT 1918     26
+
+     A small room tucked under the staircase...
+
+                             A WOMAN'S (V.O.)
+               Queenie Apple... she went and
+               messed herself all over again...
+
+                             QUEENIE
+               Jane Childress start her a bath...
+               and mind your business, Mrs.
+               Duprey... You'll be messing
+               yourself soon enough too!
+
+     There's a KNOCK on Queenie's door.
+
+                             A WOMAN'S (V.O.)
+                    (whispers)
+               Somebody stole my necklace...
+
+                             QUEENIE
+               I'll be right with you, Mrs.
+               Hollister...
+
+     She whispers to The Baby, soothing it. And looking for a
+     place to put it, she opens a dresser drawer...
+
+
+
+
+                                                    (CONTINUED)
+
+                                                                16.
+
+26   CONTINUED:                                                 26
+
+                                QUEENIE (CONT'D)
+                  You may be as ugly as an old
+                  pot... but you still a child of
+                  God...
+
+                                A WOMAN'S (V.O.)
+      "
+60,Eagle Eye,"John Glenn,Travis Wright","Action,Mystery,Thriller",Sep-08,"EAGLE EYE
+ sketches on the wall. All of the same dog. The actual DOG,
+          Johann, lies underneath the kitchen table.
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          9.
+
+          3/28/07
+
+          CONTINUED:
+
+          JERRY
+          So I think. No, I'm pretty sure that's
+          the best one so far ---
+
+          MRS. WIERZBOWSKI
+          Yes. Is good -- rent is better.
+          She puts a bowl of STEW into Jerry's hands.
+
+          MRS. WIERZBOWSKI (CONT'D)
+          You are hungry, I am guessing.
+
+          JERRY
+          Oh, no, no. I couldn't --
+          (looking down at bowl)
+          Unless, you know, you insist.
+          He sits at the table, starts eating. This is their routine.
+
+          MRS. WIERZBOWSKI
+          So where is girl? I don't see her?
+
+          JERRY
+          Oh, the redhead? No. She... that's
+          over. She got smart.
+
+          MRS. WIERZBOWSKI
+          Like the others.
+
+          JERRY
+          Well, womenareIpretty smart. I've
+          discovered.
+
+          MRS. WIERZBOWSKI
+          You are like Johann.
+          Jerry stops eating, mouth full. As Johann looks up.
+
+          JERRY
+          Your -- I'm like your dog?
+
+          MRS. WIERZBOWSKI
+          Look at him. Is big dog. Labrador. But
+          he believe... he is terrier. So is
+          Labrador... but no labrador.
+          Somehow Jerry can't get his eyes off Johann. Quietly:
+
+          JERRY
+          why do you think that is?
+          As she pours a drink into a plastic cup --
+
+          MRS. WIERZBOWSKI
+          Perhaps many things. When I rescue
+          Johann from pound, they say he was abuse.
+
+          (MC)RF )
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          3/28/07 10.
+
+          CONTINUED: (2)
+
+           MRS. WIERZBOWSKI (CONT'D)
+          As puppy. They kick him when baby, make
+          him feel not big.
+          (hands Jerry the cup)
+          You need someone for rescuing you.
+          Jerry looks at her, sad-smiles. Takes a sip and holy shit:
+
+          JERRY
+          This is -- vodka -- Jesus, its eight-
+          thirty in the morning --
+
+          MRS. WIERZBOWSKI
+          -- you cannot eat bigos without vodka.
+          Adjusting to it, Jerry drinks again -- as his CELL PHONE RINGS.
+          He looks at his phone, freezing. Mrs. Wierzbowski notices.
+
+          MRS. WIERZBOWSKI (CONT'D)
+          Is the girl? Answer. Tell her you'. are
+          Labrador. Then ask if she give you money
+          for rent.
+          But we've PUSHED IN on Jerry, who stares at the name on the
+          phone. Something's affecting him deeply. He says, quietly:
+
+          JERRY
+          its my mother.
+
+          MRS. WIERZBOWSKI
+          Is problem?
+
+          JERRY
+          (even, quieter, gets up)
+          is problem.
+
+          INT. JERRY'S APARTMENT BUILDING - HALLWAY - MOMENTS LATER
+
+          Jerry steps outside as the phone keeps RINGING, debating: WHAT
+          TO DO. Finally, he answers, as if ready for punishment:
+
+          JERRY
+          Hey, mom...
+          Jerry stands there in silhouette. LISTENING. Something is
+          happening... .suddenly he loses his balance -- sinks to the
+          floor, phone to his ear -- staring in pain --
+
+          EXT. CHURCH - DAY
+
+          MOURNERS are gathering in their somber best, shaking hands.
+          Across the street, we find Jerry, getting out of a taxi.
+          Standing in a rumpled suit. Grim; the last thing he wants to do
+          is enter that church. It's almost as if he can't. Finally,
+          from somewhere, strength. He walks forward.
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          3/28/07 11.
+
+          INT. CHURCH - CONTINUOUS
+
+          Jerry heads down the aisle, painfully self-conscious. Most of
+          the MOURNERS are in the pews, turning to look at him as he
+          passes. When suddenly there's a SCREAM OF TERROR -- and Jerry
+          BRACES as if he was expecting it -- looks over at a WOMAN
+          pointing like he was a fucking bodysnatcher and she collapses --
+          Jerry holds up his hands as everyone turns to look at him--
+
+          JERRY
+          -- no! I-- I'm not him!
+          All eyes on him. His voice, sad, heartbroken:
+
+          JERRY (CONT'D)
+          It's okay! I'm not Paul!
+          Locks eyes with his MOTHER and FATHER up in the front pew.
+          Their eyes red from crying, withered shells. And Jerry gives a
+          lame wave before heading reluctantly up to the COFFIN.
+          Devastated, he leans in -- and we MOVE AROUND to see the body:
+          And it's fucking HIM -- Jerry's very own face, but one that
+          seems to have been RECONSTRUCTED after some kind of accident.
+          Gruesome and handsome all at once. This was PAUL SHAW. Jerry's
+          identical twin. Off the surreal moment...
+          A reverbed TRUMPET PLAYS, the tune familiar. In fact, it's:
+
+          INT. APARTMENT - DAY
+
+          THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, booming from a trumpet played by an 8 year-
+          old boy: KYLE HOLLOMAN. A WOMAN blurs into frame: RACHEL
+          HOLLOMAN, searching for car keys. 28, smart, beautiful, but
+          fiercely independent, she's a single mom who's taken life's
+          knocks. Never as cool-headed as she wants to be, she's on a
+          short fuse with everyone but Kyle, whom she adores:
+
+          RACHEL
+          Okayokay... okay: we came home, put down
+          the leftovers, you turned on the TV, I
+          went over, I said no TV--
+          She turns to the TV area and walks straight INTO a table. Stuns
+          her, momentarily, but she doesn't break stride --
+
+          KYLE
+          -- we're gonna be late, huh?
+
+          RACHEL
+          -- absolutely not -- I turned it off,
+          came over here, checked messages, put the
+          leftovers in the--
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          3/28/07 12.
+
+          CONTINUED:
+
+          KYLE RACHEL
+          --knocked over the phone-- --right, knocked over the
+          phone, put it back, put the
+          food in the fridge--
+          She opens the fridge: HER KEYS sit atop a Tupperware container.
+          Kyle hits a high note and we SLAM TO:
+
+          INT. RACHEL'S CAR - MORNING
+
+          The KEY turning in the ignition of a crappy, old Honda. The
+          engine CHOKES, SPUTTERS. Rachel's tense--
+
+          RACHEL
+          we need to get a new car --
+
+          KYLE
+          I like your car. We're gonna be late.
+          The engine still SPLIT-SPUT-SPUTTERING.::.. a BUS. whizzes by, slows
+          up ahead at a bus stop. Rachel gives up, jumps out:
+
+          RACHEL
+          No we're not: the bus.
+
+          KYLE
+          -- are you kidding?
+
+          EXT. CITY STREET - DAY
+
+          Rachel and Kyle HAUL ASS toward the bus stop, both struggling
+          with Kyle's carry-on, a.garment bag, her purse, and a trumpet
+          case marked with STICKERS (Green Bay Packers among them)--
+
+          RACHEL
+          I put vitamins in your toiletry bag,
+          don't forget to take two in the morning --
+
+          KYLE
+          and one at night, I know --
+
+          RACHEL
+          And your inhaler, which I may need to use
+          now, is in the outside pocket -- wait!
+          They rush back to a MAILBOX, she pulls bills from her purse:
+
+          KYLE
+          More bills?
+
+          RACHEL
+          Yup -- that's what happens when you have
+          a kid on lay-away.
+          They smile at each other. When SUDDENLY a BUS ROARS PAST the
+          WIND GUSTS and the bills go FLYING into traffic:
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          3/28/07 13
+
+          CONTINUED:
+
+          RACHEL (CONT'D)
+
+          OH, SHIT! STAY HERE!
+          Rachel waves her arms at oncoming cars, runs INTO TRAFFIC--
+
+          KYLE
+
+          YOU SWORE!!
+          As she chases the bills, SCREECHING and HONKING around her:
+
+          RACHEL
+
+          I KNOW, I'M SORRY!
+          (Porsche HONKS as it
+
+          PASSES)
+
+          HEY, A LITTLE COMMON COURTESY, ASSHOLE!
+          And she runs back to Kyle, THROWS the bills in the mailbox --
+
+          KYLE
+          You swore again. Was that our bus?
+          Rachel looks: PAN to across the street, the bus is now LEAVING
+          THE BUS STOP. PAN back to Rachel: SHIT!!
+
+          RACHEL:
+          Okay, now were gonna.be late.
+          She puts fingers in her mouth and WHISTLES HARD for a cab --
+
+          INT. TRAIN STATION - WISCONSIN - DAY
+
+          A CLASS OF MUSIC STUDENTS boards and Amtrak train. Rachel and
+          Kyle are RUNNING through the crowd toward them --
+
+          RACHEL
+          Scuze us, coming through, sorry -- WAIT!!
+
+          WAIT!!
+          Finally they arrive. Kyle's teacher, MRS. MILLER, smiles:
+
+          MRS. MILLER
+          Under the wire --
+
+          RACHEL
+          (gulping breaths)
+          Hi -- sorry -- Rachel Holloman, we met--
+
+          MRS. MILLER
+          -- of course, Barbara Miller.
+          (looks at watch)
+          You should probably --
+          And Rachel's stomach drops. Knows they've been racing towards
+          this moment all morning but still not willing to accept it.
+          Turning Kyle to face her --
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          3/28/07 14.
+
+          CONTINUED:
+
+          RACHEL
+          Okay. Now. I want you to have an
+          awesome time --
+
+          KYLE
+          I will, mom --
+
+          RACHEL
+          -- you can eat junk food, just remember
+          to brush your teeth; and if you're gonna
+          goof off, just be really smart about it;
+          and try not to stay up past your bedtime,
+          you get really cranky when you do that'--
+          (turns to Mrs. Miller)
+           He gets very contrarian if he doesn't get
+          at least eight --
+
+          MRS. MILLER
+          I'm afraid it's time to board, Mrs.
+          Holloman.
+          Tears springing to Rachel's eyes. She tries to hide them.
+          Bending down to be eye to eye with her son. Sotto --
+
+          RACHEL
+          You see all these kids? They're all
+          calling their mothers. You just do it
+          more --
+
+          KYLE
+          It's only two days,: mom. Y'know... you
+          could try and some have fun too, wouldn't
+          kill ya..
+
+          RACHEL
+          Fun? What's that?
+           (hugging him)
+           I love you so much, baby.You're my
+           everything. Rock the house.
+
+           KYLE
+          -- love you too --
+          They separate -- she watches as Kyle boards with Mrs. Miller:
+
+           RACHEL
+          Call me!
+
+          MRS. MILLER
+          Your mom gonna be okay?
+
+          KYLE
+          It's unclear.
+          As they head into the train, Rachel steels herself and GOES.
+          Passing the BAGGAGE AREA...
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          3/28/07 15.
+
+          CONTINUED: (2)
+          We HOLD as the PORTER places Kyle's TRUMPET CASE on a conveyor
+          belt. Oddly, it's ELECTRONICALLY REDIRECTED AWAY FROM THE OTHER
+          INSTRUMENTS -- down a separate belt, where it emerges in a pick-
+          up turnstile. Its lifted off the track by...
+          A MIDDLE EASTERN MAN. Nervous. Really nervous. And the
+          strangest thing -- he touches his ear and MURMURS something in
+          Tajiki. To no one. Like a crazy person. What the hell?
+          Walks to the curb where his white van idles. On the side is a
+          decal: ""HASSAD DRY CLEANERS."" Loads the trumpet inside as we:
+
+          INT. SHAW HOME - AFTERNOON
+
+          Solemn quiet. Mourners talking in hushed tones. A buffet. Old
+          people. Children. And over these shots, WHISPERED VOICES:
+
+          WOMAN #1 (V.O.)
+          you didn't know either?
+
+          WOMAN #2 (V.0.)
+          No idea.
+
+          WOMAN #3 (V.0.)
+          I knew he had a brother. But not a twin,
+          that was...
+
+          WOMAN.#1 (V.0.)
+          I know, I know...
+          Four WOMEN sit together. Heartbroken, unsettled. One glances
+          across into a sitting room, where Jerry sits alone on a sofa.
+          We're CLOSE on Jerry now. Holding a glass, etched with hearts.
+          Looking at it as if it means something. Somehow, his childhood.
+          He looks up at the stairs, as if knowing he needs to go up
+          there. So he does. We MOVE with him:
+
+          WOMAN #1 (CCNT'D)
+          when was the last time they saw him?
+
+          WOMAN #2
+          Margaret said years...
+
+          INT. SHAW HOUSE - PAUL AND JERRY'S ROOM - DAY
+
+          TROPHIES. RIBBONS. All of them awarded to PAUL SHAW. TIGHT on
+          Jerry's face as he scans the shelves of evidence. Evidence that
+          he had a brother. A superior brother. Again and again we see:
+          PAUL SHAW. PAUL SHAW. PAUL. PAUL. Then Jerry finds one
+          framed CERTIFICATE. In the back. A Junior High ART PRIZE.
+          Awarded to JERRY SHAW. He smiles at the fucking absurdity of it
+          as a figure appears behind him...
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          3/28/07 16.
+
+          CONTINUED:
+          It's WILLIAM. Their father. The worst day of this man's life.
+          Jerry composes himself quickly. They stare for a moment.
+
+          WILLIAM
+          Six months without a boo or a bah.
+
+          JERRY
+          Didn't realize it'd been that long.
+
+          WILLIAM
+          Your mom was worried. So where were you
+          this time?
+
+          JERRY
+          Nowhere.
+          (then, a touch reticent)
+          Singapore. Alaska for a few weeks.
+          got a job for a while. On a...fishing
+          boat. Met some great p-
+
+          WILLIAM
+          -- that's nice. Looks like you're really
+          seeing the world.
+
+          JERRY
+          I'm trying, you know, just to --
+          But William has just started crying.. Sobs of absolute loss.
+          Jerry stands there, frozen, until William EMBRACES HIM. Jerry
+          hugs him back -- tightly, grateful and starting to feel again.
+          And just then, William says, quietly, through tears:
+
+          WILLIAM
+          You sound just like him.
+          Jerry's eyes find a point in space. This is love by proxy. And
+          now he hugs, his father in support, not unity. William pulls
+          back. Takes his wallet from his pocket:
+
+           WILLIAM (CONT'D)
+           I want to give you some, uh...
+
+           JERRY
+          No. -- Dad, I'm okay. I'm doing really
+          well. I promise.
+          His father holds out some bills. North of two-hundred dollars.
+          It's a stand-off. The question is: does Jerry have enough pride
+          to reject the offer? And the answer is...
+
+          EXT. CHICAGO STREET - ATM MACHINE - DAY
+
+          CLOSE ON THE PIN NUMBER AGAIN, getting PUNCHED IN. Then FIND
+          JERRY, exhausted from the funeral, slipping the money his father
+          gave him into a deposit envelope. A glance at the SECURITY
+          CAMERA. Then a BEEP makes him look at the screen.
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          3/28/07 17
+
+          CONTINUED:
+           AND WE PUNCH IN TIGHTER ON JERRY, WHO STARES, STUNNED. The
+          screen reads: ""BALANCE: $750,000.00""
+           What the HELL? Glances back to the people behind him, they want
+           him to hurry. He hits ""Cancel."" But the machine, as if
+          disobeying, spits out five $100 bills--
+
+           JERRY
+           -- whoa --
+           Jerry stabs cancel again. Now TEN MORE $100 bills-come out. He
+           glances at the people in line, nervous--
+
+           JERRY (CONT'D)
+           -- two seconds, sorry --
+          Eyes flick back to the ATM CAMERA. He covers it with his hand,
+          pushes ""cancel"" again and again. But now.. TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
+          IN $100 BILLS HAS COME OUT, getting JAMMED' in the slot. People
+          start to PEER OVER as Jerry SCRAMBLES to keep the cash from
+          flying everywhere. And finally. The machine stops. He stuffs
+          all the money in his pocket. Everyone's staring.
+
+          JERRY (CONT'D)
+          Big date. So... fingers crossed.
+
+          INT. JERRY'S APARTMENT BUILDING.- HALLWAY - NIGHT
+
+          Jerry enters, a 
+little dazed -- heads for his apartmen
+
+
+                                    Written by
+
+                            John Glenn & Travis Wright
+
+
+
+
+
+                                                          March 28, 2007
+          
+
+          
+
+          FADE IN:
+
+          EXT. DESERT DUNES - DAWN
+
+          CLOSE ON A WOODEN STICK-FIGURE TOY, held by a SIX YEAR OLD BOY.
+          Another BOY grabs the toy away and RUNS OFF, laughing --
+          CHILDREN are playing under a cluster of date palms, part of a
+          small desert commune somewhere in the Middle East. Their
+          MOTHERS, veiled in black, gather and talk. Bearded, turbaned
+          MEN carrying AK-47's argue politics. A domestic, even tranquil
+          scene of life in another part of the world...
+
+          EXT. DESERT ROAD - CONTINUOUS
+
+          A CARAVAN of VEHICLES RACE DOWN A HIGHWAY:. SUV's mounted with
+          surface-to-air RPG's form a protective cordon around a BLACK
+          MERCEDES. As the cars ROAR INTO LENS, we go.to:
+
+          EXT. RIDGE ABOVE ROAD - DAWN
+
+          POV THOUGH A LONG-RANGE SCOPE: the caravan as seen by a TWO-MAN
+          SPECIAL OPS TEAM perched on a ridge. As the LEADER surveils the
+          cars, his partner finishes assembling a two-foot UAV (Unmanned
+          Aerial Vehicle), rigging it with EXPLOSIVES:
+
+          SPECIAL FORCES LEADER
+          We have visual onthetarget. Confirm
+          'go' for UAV launch.
+
+          INT. PENTAGON - JOINT OPERATIONS CENTER - NIGHT
+
+
+          SUPER: ""JOINT OPERATIONS CENTER, THE PENTAGON""
+          Sat-feeds monitor the caravan. Military brass observes:
+           SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GEOFF CALLISTER (50's, African American;
+           eyes with soul and a wary intelligence). Beside him: COLONEL
+          THOMPSON (Full-Bird, decorated).
+
+          COLONEL THOMPSON
+          Alpha One, you're confirmed 'go': active
+          UAV at GPS papa, zulu, three, zero.
+
+          EXT. RIDGE ABOVE ROAD - DAWN
+
+          The Ops Team activates a remote transmitter, LAUNCHING the UAV
+          into the sky like a small ROCKET -- amazingly, its silent.
+
+          INT. PENTAGON - JOINT OPERATIONS CENTER - CONTINUOUS
+
+          An airborne feed from the UAV shows it descending on the
+          caravan. A PENTAGON TECHIE manipulates a JOY STICK, controlling
+          the drone from 6500 miles away:
+
+          PENTAGON TECHIE #1
+          We have system control.
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          3/28/07 2
+
+          CONTINUED:
+
+          COLONEL THOMPSON
+          Activate laser mic.
+
+          EXT. SKIES OVER DESERT - CONTINUOUS
+
+          DRONE POV: tracking the caravan, singling out the MERCEDES. The
+          drone emits a THIN LASER BEAM that hits its rear windshield --
+
+          INT. THE PENTAGON - JOINT OPERATIONS CENTER - DAY
+
+          Over speakers, VOICES speak ""Balochi."" A TRANSLATOR listens:
+
+          CALLISTER
+          Is it him?
+
+          TRANSLATOR
+          Four males, one of them's speaking with
+          a.. I think it's a Rakhshani•dialect,
+          consistent with our intel on Al=Khoei.
+
+          COLONEL THOMPSON
+          Gimme voiceprint analysis.
+          The screen pops to an AUDIO WAVEFORM of the conversation.
+          VOICEPRINT ANALYSIS finishes, the; screen shows a FILE PHOTO of a
+
+          BEARDED MAN: ""37% PROBABLE MATCH = ID AL-KHOEI.""
+
+          CALLISTER
+          I'm not taking 37% to-the President...
+          John, weigh in here?
+          He looks to a plasma: the PRESIDENT'S CABINET is assembled via
+          teleconference from the White House Situation Room:
+
+          DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
+          CIA and NCTC concur this is the target
+          based on reliable Intel from the Brits.
+          WHIP TO another monitor: the caravan starts to VEER off-road.
+
+          TECHIE
+          Sire they're pulling off the highway.
+
+          TECHIE #2
+          We have abort recommendation.
+          The ANALYSIS ARRAY reads: ""RECOINDATION: ABORT MISSION."" The
+          source of this recommendation, for now, remains a mystery.
+
+          COLONEL THOMPSON
+          If it's him, this guy comes out of hiding
+          once in a lifetime, we can't let him go.
+
+          CALLISTER
+          (beat, torn)
+          Alright, stay with him...
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          3/28/07 3
+
+          CONTINUED:
+           THE SATELLITE VIEW shows the caravan approaching the commune.
+
+          EXT. DESERT COMMUNE - DAY
+
+          Mothers grab up their children and pull them aside as the
+          vehicles arrive. ARMED MEN emerge...
+          INTERCUTTING - THE PENTAGON OPS ROOM: the computer pinpoints
+          DOTS on the satellite feed that represent WEAPONRY on-site --
+
+          TECHIE
+          We've got AK-47's, RPC's, Chaparral
+          guided missiles --
+
+          COLONEL THOMPSON
+          Looks like a training camp.
+          THE DESERT: Bodyguards cluster around a TURBANED:MAN as he
+          emerges from the Mercedes. It looks a lot like the man from the
+          file photo, but the beard makes it hard to confirm.
+          MID-AIR WITH THE UAV: It SWOOPS, targeting the man -- SNAP:
+          THE PENTAGON: a BLURRY SNAPSHOT of his FACE appears. A DIGITAL
+          WIRE-FRAME is overlaid on the man's face: ""5I$ PROBABLE MATCH -
+
+          INSUFFICIENT DATA. RECOMMENDATION: ABORT MISSION.""
+
+          TECHIE
+          51%. 'Abort' rec holds.
+          THE DESERT: Now our guy DISAPPEARS into the crowd as they begin
+          MOVING toward a large WOODEN PLANK on the desert floor. Some of
+          the men take hold of the plank, drag it back to reveal... a PIT.
+          THE PENTAGON: SAME IMAGE in real-time on the feeds:
+
+          CALLISTER
+          What is that, a weapons cache?
+
+          ANALYST
+          Sir, the placement of stones around the
+          pit, markers for the Five Pillars of
+          Islam... I think it's a funeral.
+          Everyone trades looks -- this just got even more complicated.
+          THE DESERT: from the back of a TENTED TRUCK, a BODY is lifted,
+          shrouded in white. The men carry it through blowing sand... the
+          procession stopping at the pit. They begin lowering the body...
+          THE PENTAGON: on monitors, a section of the GENEVA CONVENTION
+
+          SCROLLS:
+
+          TECHIE
+          Sir, striking a funeral would put us in
+          violation of the Geneva convention.
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          3/28/07 4.
+
+          CONTINUED:
+
+          COLONEL THOMPSON
+          Once this guy's gone, he's gone.
+          The PENTAGON GENERAL COUNCIL pipes in --
+
+          PENTAGON GENERAL COUNCIL
+          ""Hors de Combat"" -- legally we'd be open
+          to international prosecution. But we
+          have no independent intel verifying it's
+          in fact a funeral, and the presence of
+          weapons certainly leaves room for
+          interpretation.
+
+          TECHIE #2
+          I have POTUS calling from Air Force One.
+
+          CALLISTER
+          (a beat, looks around).
+          Everyone agree this is the best course of
+          action?
+          No one dissents. Callister picks up:
+
+          CALLISTER (CONT'D)
+          Mr. President, we have.a.51% identity
+          match on Majid Al-Khoei. There is some
+          possibility he's at a funeral, but we
+          don't know. Regardless, counsel thinks
+          we can claim 'Overriding Legal
+          Authority.' Also, you should be aware we
+          have an abort recommendation, but your
+          cabinet, the Speaker, the Joint Chiefs
+          urge a 'go.'
+
+          THE PRESIDENT (V.0.)
+          You left yourself out of the lineup.
+          Callister pauses. AS THE MESSAGE ON THE MONITOR STARTS
+
+          BLINKING: ""ABORT, ABORT, ABORT...""
+
+          CALLISTER
+          Yessir... we gauge our strategy by two
+          standards: the highest probability of
+          success with the least amount of
+          collateral damage. At 51% probability,
+          we don't have either one.
+
+          GENERAL THOMPSON
+          And if it is Al-Khoei and he walks, Sir,
+          we're putting our people at risk.
+          There's a long silence as the President considers.
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          3/28/07 5.
+
+          CONTINUED: ( 2)
+
+          THE PRESIDENT (V.0.)
+          I respect your caution, Geoff, but we
+          won't get another chance like this... you
+          have a green light.
+          Callister's obviously opposed, but he bites his tongue:
+
+          CALLISTER
+          Understood.
+          (hangs up)
+          We're weapons free.
+          And with deadly calm, Techies execute orders into-headsets:
+
+           TECHIE TECHIE 2
+          -- Switching to Tac-2, -- MTS active, painting the
+          acquisition's good -- target --
+
+          EXT. DESERT - FUNERAL - DAWN
+
+          The women begin to SING the ""Nasheen,"" a.funeral song praising
+          Allah. The beautiful VOICES grow until all other sound is GONE.
+          DRONE POV: the feed from the CAMERA INSIDE THE NOSE-CONE as it
+          LAUNCHES its missile -- it ZOOMS toward the funeral gathering --
+          The haunting, beautiful voices WAIL... in the moment before
+          impact, we see: birds flying across the great plain... a herd of
+          running gazelles... the DESERT WIND blankets a layer of sand
+          over the shrouded body in the pit... a CHILD'S HAND grasping his
+          mother's...
+
+          A WHITE FLASH AS THE MISSILE HITS:
+
+          HOLD IN WHITE:
+          CREDIT SE UENCE: WORDS CLOSE UP... a digitized electronic scan,
+          as if they're being analyzed by someone: ""We the people of the
+          United States... more perfect union..."" Highlights of The
+          Constitution, The. Declaration of Independence...
+          We land on: ""...whenever any form of government becomes
+          destructive...it is the right of the people to alter it or to
+          abolish it..."" CLOSE IN on these last words: ""ABOLISH IT.""
+
+          WHITEWASH:
+
+          INT. BACK ROOM - NIGHT
+
+          We're looking at a DIGITAL TIMER ticking down crucial seconds --
+          then a MAN's FACE, intense, focused on something below screen:
+          this is JERRY SHAW, 30, handsome, roguish. Somewhere between an
+          adult and a child -- under his breath:
+
+          JERRY
+          damnit...
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          3/28/07 6.
+
+          CONTINUED:
+
+          VOICE (O.S.)
+          You gotta make a choice. You gotta move--
+
+          JERRY
+          -- I know.
+
+           VOICE (O.S.)
+           Now. Who are you gonna be?
+           So Jerry makes his move, which we see is SLAMMING down a PLAYING
+           CARD representing a group of DWARVES. He sits across from
+          KWAME, 17. They're playing a geeky role-playing CARD and DICE
+           game, CASH on the table.
+
+           JERRY KWAME
+           there. Dwarves?: Bullshit --
+           Bullshit? I just blocked
+           your ass and attacked with (checks card)
+           Ancient Mastery points. --.dwarves don't have that --
+          -- read the oracle text, my
+          friend. -- shit
+          A thick-mascara/black lipstick BECKY enters, removing her SMOCK:
+
+          BECKY
+          You know what would be great? If you
+          guys took a longer break. That'd be
+          awesome.
+
+          JERRY
+          Hey, Becky? When're you going to start
+          wearing makeup?
+          Kwame laughs as Becky tosses her smock at Jerry:
+
+          BECKY
+          .The collator's broken.
+
+          JERRY
+          Dude: no its not.
+
+          BECKY
+          (putting on a jacket)
+          Oh yeah it is, dude!
+          She heads out as Jerry collects the cash. Kwame puts on his own
+          smock as Jerry offers him a quick lesson:
+
+          JERRY
+          Your first mistake? Underestimating
+          dwarves. Power can come from anywhere --
+          tomorrow night I'll give you first roll
+          and a bonus pack if y--
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          3/28/07 7.
+
+          CONTINUED: ( 2)
+
+          KWAME
+          I'm not gonna be here tomorrow, remember?
+          I'm going to Cornell.
+          And Jerry stops. A hit to the solar plexus. Wherever we are,
+          this kid's off to a bright future. But not Jerry.
+
+          JERRY
+          That -- wow. Good for you. So it's your
+          last night. You're gonna spend it
+          collating.
+
+          KWAME
+          -- what? But she said the collator's
+          broken.
+
+          JERRY
+          And that's why we have those rubber
+          thimbles in the drawer --.congratulations
+          on Cornell, though, that's huge!
+          TRACK WITH HIM out to... A COUNTER AREA as, he pins on his
+          NAMETAG: ""JERRY."" Rows of COPY MACHINES and COMPUTER CUBICLES.
+          He takes his place behind a register. Smiles, getting it up:
+
+          JERRY (CONT'D)
+          Welcome to Kinko's, how can I help you?
+          The CHUGCLICK-CHUGCLICK-CHUGCLICK sound of the machines gets
+          louder and louder as they BECOME THE SOUND OF:
+
+          INT. ""EL"" SUBWAY CAR - MORNING
+
+          The KRAK-KRAK-KRACKING SUBWAY. We glimpse people looking at
+          their BLACKBERRYS. Talking on CELL PHONES. Listening to IPODS
+          and playing GAME BOYS. The NEWS plays on an LCD mounted on the
+          train wall. A society lost in an ""electronic elsewhere.""
+          And JERRY, with a SKETCH PAD in his lap. A surprisingly good
+          pencil rendering of the face of a LARGE DOG -- weird, but he's
+          got talent. The TV disturbs his concentration -- news footage
+          of BOMBED-OUT EMBASSIES, emergency vehicles, wounded victims:
+
+          SHEPARD SMITH
+          a heightened terror alert due to a
+          series of suicide bombings, believed to
+          be in retaliation for a deadly attack
+          outside Abadan that killed forty people.
+          Though the White House has denied
+          involvement, Shia leaders have denounced
+          the U.S. as responsible...
+          AL-JAZEERA FOOTAGE: A SHIA SPOKESMAN is translated into ENGLISH:
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          
+
+          3/28/07 8.
+
+          CONTINUED:
+
+          SPOKESMAN
+          Your embassies were only the beginning!
+          Our warriors are already within your
+          borders. Until American leadership is
+          removed from power, Allah's revenge is
+          upon you!
+          And during all this, Jerry notices something: people are
+          glancing at each other aranoid. What a fucking world...
+
+          EXT. ATM MACHINE - MORNING
+
+          An ATM CARD gets slid into the slot. Jerry looks up. THE ATM
+          CAMERA IS STARING RIGHT AT HIM. Then, a BEEP gets his
+          attention: ""INSUFFICIENT FUNDS."" He processes this a moment...
+          his exhale doesn't just say, ""FUCK,"" it says ""FUCK 1 KNEW IT.""
+
+          INT. JERRY'S APARTMENT BUILDING - LOBBY .-MORNING
+
+          Saying it's a modest place would be kind. Jerry opens his
+          mailbox. Just BILLS, some of which will:go unpaid this month.
+          A BEAT as he shoves them back in and we HARD CUT TO:
+
+          INT. JERRY'S APARTMENT BUILDING - HALLWAY - MORNING
+
+          A DOOR OPENS: MRS. WIERZBOWSKI, Jerry's elderly Polish landlady.
+          Pleased to see him, but painfully annoyed to know what's coming:
+
+          MRS. WIERZBOWSKI
+          Jerry.
+
+          JERRY
+          Whatever are you cooking right now? Is
+          the greatest thing I've ever smelled in
+          my life, I swear to God --
+
+          MRS. WIERZBOWSKI
+          is schab wieprzowy po polsku -- you
+          have the rent, yes?
+
+          JERRY
+          (puts cash in her hands)
+          -- here's some of it -- most of it -- but
+          I've got something else for you...
+          something special...
+          Eyebrows bobbing. Mrs. Wierzbowsky knows exactly what it is.
+          Sighs. Knows she can't resist him --
+
+          INT. KITCHEN - MRS. WIERZBOWSKI'S APARTMENT - MOMENTS LATER
+
+          CLOSE ON Jerry pushing a THUMB TAC into the dog sketch we saw
+          him doing on the subway. PULL BACK to reveal about 25 other
+         "