stream of oil-fevered visitors from overseas: this year alone, officials have arrived from the U.S., the U.K., Germany and Japan. But even if Sao Tome and Principe were sitting on as much oil as Saudi Arabia, there would be no guarantee that the black gold would deliver happiness and prosperity to its people. On the contrary, if history is any guide, vast caches of oil can cause developing nation
mountain, taking a
break. Merritt looks up when NOWLAN nudges him with his rifle.
NOWLAN
Warden wants to see you.
MERRITT
Must be my lucky day.
JACK NOWLAN is head guard of the prison mining colony. Tough
but good natured, hes Esau to Merritts James Dean-like
Jacob, here on the twin sunned planet Isaac.
Nowlan clips magnetic leg shackles onto Merritt, then nods
for his assistant AL BESTER to take
mountains overlooking the TOWN. Its deserted now, no one
visible, the gates shut, but in its vast, dark bulk, we sense
the ancient richness and power of this town. Bobby moves on.
EXT. HARLINS GARAGE - DAY
Down the road from the MINING COMPANY, BOBBYS CAR pulls into a
small GAS STATION, made of weather-beaten wood, its windows long
since dusted over. The pumps themselves look to have been
manufac
ARCTIC BLUE
by Ross LaManna
FADE IN:
1 EXT. BOREAL FOREST - ALASKA - (AERIAL SHOT) - DAY
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Flying. Not at the intangible height of a jet, but at
spitting distance from the treetops. Were in central
Alaska, the Big Lonely, just north of the Arctic Circle.
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A thick forest follows the contours of mountain foothills
like a deep-pile carpet. Up at treeline the forest thins to
tundra, a grassy
mountaintop of Xanadu, the great castle a sillhouette as its summit, the little window a distant accent in the darkness.
DISSOLVE:
A SERIES OF SET-UPS, EACH CLOSER TO THE GREAT WINDOW, ALL TELLING SOMETHING OF:
The literally incredible domain of CHARLES FOSTER KANE.
Its right flank resting for nearly forty miles on the Gulf Coast, it truly extends in all directions farther than the eye can see. D
mountains. I guess it gets
cold at night. Im just gonna bring
everything.
THELMA (V.O.)
Okay. I will, too.
LOUISE
And steal Darryls fishin stuff.
THELMA (V.O.)
I dont know how to fish, Louise.
LOUISE
Neither do I, Thelma, but Darryl
does it, how hard can it be? Ill
see you later. Be ready.
They both hang up.
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EXT. RESTAURANT - DAY
Louise pulls out in a green 66 T-Bird in mint condition.
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INT.
stream.
The tribe had always been hungry, and now it was starving. As the first dim glow of dawn creeps into the cave, Moonwatcher discovers that his father has died during the night. He did not know the Old One was his father, for such a relationship was beyond his understanding. but as he stands looking down at the emaciated body he feels something, something akin to sadness. Then he carries hi
stream.
Old Camoins grew cartloads
of vegetables there.
I bet we could unblock it
with a pickax.
You think hed sell his farm?
Not the house.
But maybe the field
and the spring.
He never uses them.
Maybe, if we offer him money...
How are you, Marius?
None of your damn business.
Why are you nasty?
Are you mad at me?
Neither mad nor glad.
Ive got no use for you.
Maybe you feel that way, but I dont,
streaming down his face, a loaded gun
held loosely at his side. A pathetic figure, really.
FADE TO BLACK: 1ST TITLE UP
5 INT -- COURTROOM -- DAY (1946) 5
THE JURY listens like a gallery of mannequins on display,
pale-faced and stupefied.
D.A. (O.S.)
Mr. Dufresne, describe the
confrontation you had with your
wife the night she was murdered.
ANDY DUFRESNE
is on the witness stand, hands fo
Tomorrow Never Dies
Screenplay
by
Bruce Feirstein
(for educational purposes only)
FADE IN ON:
EXT. DESOLATE MOUNTAIN RANGE - HIGH ANGLE - DAWN
Super: THE KHYBER PASS, AFGHANISTAN
Were looking down at what used to be called "The End of the Known
World." A landscape that is both beautiful, and forbidding.
In the center of this vista, there is a deep ravine.
Pushing in on the ravine, there appears t