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hwpA SCIENCE FICTION ADVENTURE
A Screenplay
by
John Carpenter and Dan OBannon
OPEN ON BLACK SILENCE.
The sound of electronic music rises, hollow, metallic.
FADE IN on a long TRACKING SHOT through the universe.
As the NARRATOR speaks we move through galaxies, nebulae,
solar systems, moving from the infinite slowly down to
a particular planetary system deep within a maze of
suns.
NARRATOR
(over)
It is the mid 22nd Century. Mankind has
explored the boundaries of his own solar
system, and now he reaches out to the
endless interstellar distances of the
universe. He moves away from his own small
planetary system in huge hyperdrive star-
ships: computer-driven, self-supporting,
closed-system spacecraft that travel at
mind-staggering post-light velocities.
Man has begun to spread among the stars.
Enormous ships embark with generations of
colonists searching the depths of space
for new earths, now homes, new beginnings.
Far in advance of these colony ships goes
a new pioneer: the scouts, the pathfinders,
a special breed of man who has dedicated
his life to blazing the trail through
the most distant, unexplored galaxies,
opening up the farthest frontiers of space.
These are the men of the Advance Exploration
Corps. The task they face is one of unbe-
lievable isolation and loneliness. So far
from home that Earth is no longer even a
point of light in the sky, they must comb
the universe for those unstable planets
whose existence poses a threat to the
peaceful colonists that follow. They must
find these rogue planets--and destroy them.
Among these commandos are the men of
the scoutship Dark Star.
We are now moving toward a planet. Floating in front of the
planet is the SCOUTSHIP DARK STAR. As we move toward the ship,
we begin to hear VOICES, crackling with static.
DOOLITTLE
(over - radio filter)
Ah, whatd you say, Pinback?
PINBACK
(over - great static)
Mafhkin oble groop...
DOOLITTLE
(over - filter)
Ah, what was that again, I still cant
hear you?
PINBACK
(over - filter)
I said Im trying to reach Talby.
Somethings wrong with the damn intercom.
I need a last-minute diameter approximation.
CAMERA IS NOW FLOATING TOWARD THE OBSERVATION DOME on top
of the ship. In the Dome sits TALBY. He is staring around,
wide-eyed, at the planets and stars.
DOOLITTLE
(over - filter)
Talby, Talby, this is Doolittle. Do you
read me? Talby?
WE MOVE IN CLOSE ON TALBYS FACE. The shot stops and holds
as he continues to stare, rapt.
DOOLITTLE
(contd - over - filter)
Talby, do you read me?
There is a CRACKLE, and Doolittles voice suddenly booms
through, loud and clear:
DOOLITTLE
(contd)
TALBY!
TALBY
(snaps out of it)
Oh! Ah, yes, Doolittle. What is it?
INTERIOR - CONTROL ROOM
CLOSE SHOT of a digital clock, ticking down the seconds.
DOOLITTLE
I need a diameter approximation.
TALBY
(over)
Okay, Doolittle, Ill have it in a
minute.
CAMERA BEGINS TO PULL BACK along the length of the control
room, revealing three men: BOILER, DOOLITTLE, and PINBACK.
They are seated close together in cramped little chairs,
surrounded by a maze of instrumentation, pressing buttons,
making adjustments and corrections. There is one EMPTY CHAIR;
the panel in front of it looks burned.
PINBACK
I need a GHF reading on the gravity correction.
DOOLITTLE
Ill check it.
BOILER
I have a reduced drive reading of seven
thousand.
PINBACK
Right, that checks out here.
DOOLITTLE
Pinback...
PINBACK
Yes, Doolittle.
DOOLITTLE
Your GHF reading is minus fifteen.
PINBACK
Doolittle...
DOOLITTLE
Yes.
PINBACK
I need a computer reading on a fail-safe mark.
DOOLITTLE
In a second.
PINBACK
Boiler, can you set me up with some temp
figures?
BOILER
Ninety seven million, minus eight, corrected
to mass critical.
PINBACK
I read that with a quantum increase of seven.
DOOLITTLE
Pinback, I have a computer reading of nine
five seven seven.
BOILER
Time to start talking.
PINBACK
Bomb bay systems operational.
Pinback hits a button on his panel.
INTERIOR - BOMB BAY
The screen is BLACK for an instant. Then, two enormous doors
begin to open ponderously, revealing the planet rotating below.
A huge BOMB, designated with a giant #19 on its side, lowers
slowly out of the ship on a rack.
NARRATOR
(over)
This is a chain-reaction bomb, otherwise
known as an Exponential Thermostellar
Device. Its own destructive power is small,
barely enough to vaporize twelve city
blocks. However, when it explodes in
contact with an object the size of a planet,
it starts a chain-reaction in the very
matter of that planet, turning it into
a giant reactor which destroys itself
in one staggering thermal flash.
These bombs are equipped with sophisticated
thought and speech mechanisms, to allow
them to make executive decisions in the
event of a crisis situation. These judgment
centers are controlled by a fail-safe mechanism.
INTERIOR - CONTROL ROOM
DOOLITTLE
Lock fail safe.
Pinback turns a key in a lock.
PINBACK
Fail-safe locked. Ah, Sergeant Pinback
calling Bomb #19. Do you read me, bomb?
EXTERIOR - BOMB BAY
The bomb is suspended beneath
