Double down"... "Let it
ride"... "Hit me"... "Anymore for the come out"...
"Card"...
In contrast to the outside of this sedate, quiet
brownstone, we go inside to find...
??
INT. BROWNSTONE APARTMENT
... a miniature Las Vegas, complete with music, drinks,
tuxedoed dealers and croupiers: roulette, craps, Black
Jack. Wall to wall people. The fact that casino gambling
happens to be illegal in New Yor
double-timing in close order to one side,
the orders SHOUTED by one man lost in the ROAR of the
chopper.
The man turns away from the window, to a FIGURE, hidden *
in the shadows.
MAN *
Hes here.
He turns back, lowering a BAMBOO SHADE, obscuring the *
window.
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2
2-B EXT. HELICOPTER PAD - NIGHT 2-B *
On adjoining PADS, two ot
* Resistance was able
to send a lone warrior. A * protector for John. It was just a
question of * which one of them would reach him first... *
DISSOLVE TO: 7 ext. truckstop - night 7
Wild fingers of BLUE-WHITE ELECTRIC ARCS dance in a steel canyon formed
by two TRACTOR TRAILERS, parked side by side in the back lot of an all
night truck stop. Then...
The strange lightning forms a circular opening
double-timing in close order to one side,
the orders SHOUTED by one man lost in the ROAR of the
chopper.
The man turns away from the window, to a FIGURE, hidden *
in the shadows.
MAN *
Hes here.
He turns back, lowering a BAMBOO SHADE, obscuring the *
window.
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2
2-B EXT. HELICOPTER PAD - NIGHT 2-B *
On adjoining PADS, two othe
double U, not a W.
Ill drive. What do you say
you follow with Ms. Hill?
Oh, good idea.
Oh, your luggage all matches.
Thats so nice.
Say cheese.
Are you a scrapper?
Excuse me?
Oh, theres Merle. Hey, Merle.
Thats our mailman, Merle.
Thats what we call him.
Mailman Merle.
Because he delivers the mail,
and hes our mailman.
So, you know?
Oh, yeah,
do you keep a scrapbook?
Because I do.
Im a scrapper,
electric shaver
across his chin, shuts it off, wipes his face with a towel.
INT. VAN ORTON MANSION, MASTER BEDROOM -- MORNING
Nicholas crosses. The bedroom is spacious, devoid of
clutter. A weight-machine in a far corner. A big T.V.
shows CNN with no sound.
At a bedside table, Nicholas picks up a heavy, gold ROLEX,
sliding it on, checking the time. 6:32.
INT. VAN ORTON MANSION, KITCHEN -- NIGHT
N
During the SONG we see snatches of the films mentioned in SONG. They look old and scratched and they are INTERCUT with flashes of white screen, burnt celluloid, etc.
SONG: "Science Fiction Double Feature"
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL - THE END SEQUENCE OF THE ROBOT CARRYING THE HERO
VOICE OVER
Michael Rennie was ill.
The day the earth stood still
But he told us where we stand
WIPE TO:
FLASH GORD
TRON
Based on the screenplay by
Steven Lisberger and Bonnie MacBird
??
Fourth Draft Screenplay by
Charlie Haas
April 6, 1981
??
BLACKNESS
1 THE ELECTRONIC WORLD 1
On one side of the screen, computer programming language is being
printed, and we HEAR the sound of an electronic keyboard. In the
center of the screen, glowing lines inscribe a rough computer
simulation of a figure, in response to the
Double whammy. - Double whammy.
Mega City municipal code :
Willful destruction of property. Thats two years.
Code : lllegal possession of assault weapons, five years.
Code : Resisting arrest, years !
Thank you, Hershey.
And code :
The first degree murder of a Street Judge.
Let me guess. Life.
Death.
Courts adjourned.
Violence struck again in Mega City tonight, taking a deadly toll.
Fifty-three ho
contact Lord Sidious.
DOFINE
Are you brain dead? Im not going in
there with two Jedi! Send the droid.
Dofine turns to TC-14, who lets out a squeaky sigh.
INT. FEDERATION BATTLESHIP - CONFERENCE ROOM
OBI-WAN
Is it their nature to make us wait
this long?
The door to the conference room slides open, and TC-14 enters
with a tray of drinks and food.
QUI-GON
No. I sense an unusual amount of
fear fo