metal light appears
in the sky, but whens the last time you saw that?
So why dont we try and be adults
about this and run along home, okay?
- Hey, whats that?
- Mr. Leary!
- What?
- Look Look
- Look.
- There it is.
He was always
a madman for playing with kids.
Mom used to say that was because
he was reallyjust a kid himself.
Mr. Leary, whats this strange power
you have over our children?
Im the p
metal fingernails and grey eyes, guilty
of brutally murdering more than fifty humans. He slams his
axe into the rock... Imagining its the Wardens head.
Working beside Ralph 124C41 are his two henchmen: SMITH EE17,
a wiry Android with slicked back hair, aluminum teeth, and
pincher claw hands.
And COBLENTZ HL2000, whose body is criss-crossed with baseball-
like seams where hes been sewn together af
RONIN
an original screenplay by
J.D. Zeik
DRAFT: May 20, 1997
A BLOOD RED SCREEN - A JAPANESE DRUM starts to play, softly,
but tinged with a desperate edge, growing louder, joined by
other DRUMS as a BLACK LEGEND scrolls up: In feudal Japan,
the warrior class of Samurai were sworn to protect their
liege lords with their lives. Those Samurai whose liege was
killed suffered a great shame, and they
metallic ribbon -- or a scar,
depending on your point of view -- is the 800-mile-long
Trans-Alaskan Pipeline.
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Even the immensity of the pipeline is rendered insignificant
by the vastness of the land. It goes on, and on, and on...
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DISSOLVE TO:
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A lone MAN walks along the Haul Road, a one-lane gravel
trail running parallel to the pipeline. The weather turns
sour -- rough wind and s
metal case, laying them
on the desk that separates Bond and...
LACHAISE...an extremely well-groomed gentleman. Behind him,
three floor-to-ceiling windows lead out to a rooftop garden.
LACHAISE
Not the usual Swiss procedure, Mr. Bond,
but you understand, a man in my
position..
BOND
Which is neutral, no doubt.
Lachaise takes the joke a little tight-lipped. Gestures for
Bond to sit.
A GIRL ENTERS, a
Its magnified and deeply revealed. Flecks of green and yellow in a field of milky blue. Icy filaments surround the undulating center.
The eye is brown in a tiny screen. On the metallic surface below, the words VOIGHT-KAMPFF are finely etched. Theres a touch-light panel across the top and on the side of the screen, a dial that registers fluctuations of the iris.
The instrument is no bigger than a
was taking my clothes.
I suppose his crossing guard was my size too.
I could kill him again.
Hello?
I know who this is.
You very mean lady! Youre never going to speak to my boyfriend again!
-Whos that youre ringin up, Daniel? -This woman I met yesterday.
Hope to run into you again.
-Danny. -Hey, Sis.
Ive got something to tell you.
-Jared, hes- -Danny!
Why dont you join me in the yard?
metal of the wing.
CLOSEUP - Breast on metal.
CLOSEUP - Hard nipple and rivets.
CLOSEUP - WOMAN - CATHERINE
Early thirties, dark, short hair, stylish executive clothes. Her eyes are wide open but unfocussed. A hand grips her shoulder from behind. We follow the hand down behind Catherine and discover a man crouched behind her, kissing her back.
Catherine is standing on a low mechanics platform and
joins
her giggling friends. Nick walks over to her.
NICK
Very nice, Barbie.
(pointing toward her
boyfriend)
Now, Id take Ken over there and go
home.
DEBUTANTE
Whys that?
NICK
Its time. Thats all.
BOYFRIEND
The lady wants to play. Someone
should teach you to be a better
loser, loser.
NICK
Listen, Ken --
BOYFRIEND
My name is not Ken --
NICK
-- Im offering you the benefit of
my experience.
DEBUTANTE
join
REGGIE and JEAN-LOUIS.
REGGIE
Isnt there something constructive he can
do -- like start an avalanche?
SYLVIE (to JEAN-LOUIS)
Va jouer, mon ange.
JEAN-LOUIS scampers off, content to have gotten off so
lightly. SYLVIE notices REGGIEs lunch which consists of
cold chicken, potato salad, rolls and butter, wine and
coffee.
SYLVIE
When you start to eat like this something
is the matter.
No