ANGLE ON:
The fence. The gate that separates the parents. It bows
toward them like iron filings to a magnet, and several of
the strands of barbed wire have given way.
The boy continues to scream as all the other faces simply
freeze and wonder.
One of the soldiers pulls a wooden baton from his belt
and brains the boy violently.
He slumps and the soldiers carrying him spring forward as
through a ro
angle.
Balancing everything.
Well, how about guilt
re censoring your best thoughts?
Your most honest,
primitive, real thoughts...
because thats what your laborious
rewriting amounts to, Martin.
Is rewriting really censorship, Bill?
Because Im completely fucked if it is.
Exterminate all rational thought.
That is the conclusion I have come to.
What is the man talking about?
Im being serious.
So is
Security men and porters are loading wagons for a convoy. As they work, we see across the lake a lone horseman entering the village. One of the men recognizes him.
WORKER
Master Li is here!
ANGLE ON LI MU BAI, thirties, powerful and handsome.
In the background, old AUNT WU, at the sight of Li Mu Bai, drops her parcels and runs excitedly into the building.
INT. YUAN HALLWAY - DAY
Aunt Wu runs hurr
pressure, so what happens? Schkee-she splits right down to the keel and the stern section just kind of bobs there like a cork for a couple of minutes, floods, then finally goes under about 2:20am, 2 hours and 40 minutes after the collision. The bow section planes away, ending about half a mile away, going 20 or 30 knots when it hits the ocean floor. Brrrroo! Brrooo! Pretty cool, huh? OLD ROSE: Th
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 subs 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
LOST IN SPACE
by
Akiva Goldsman
CHAPTER 1: Earth 2058
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FADE IN ON:
EXT.-SPACE
PULL BACK slowly as MARS fills THE FRAME, a sphere of red desert and fast rushing crimson clouds.
A triangular CARGO SHIP descends from the dark of space.
PILOT (OVER)
Mars mining base, this is Grissom One,
Request final descent vector.
REVERSE ANGLE
EXT.-MARS
A row of giant red mountains and b
angled whisper)
... Because its got homeless
shelters... and Head Start centers ...
and... and...
BOB
(whispering)
Hot lunches.
The President looks back at him for an instant then turns
back toward the table.
MITCHELL
(building)
... And hot lunches for little
(thundering suddenly)
And if I kill it... Ill look like a
prick.
They all flinch slightly.
MITCHELL
And I dont want to look like a prick!
(
ANGLE ON
Contestants DROP, ROLL and form a STAR. CHEERS!
MALE PAGEANT ANNOUNCER (contd)
...from last years host, Mr. Adam
West.
ADAM WEST
The American Teen Princess Pageant has
been enriching the lives of American-
made girls since 1945.
TITLES FADE ON SCREEN: Adam West, TVs Batman, then FADE
OUT.
ADAM WEST (contd)
The American Teen Princess Pageant
provides personal growth, scholarship,
tra
angle.
While youre watching your front,
theyll attack from the rear!
And while youre protecting your rear,
theyll drop out of the sky.
Adios.
Oh, one more kiss!
Easy, baby.
Be careful you dont fall out.
Bye-bye!
Very good. Ill let him know.
Mr. MacMannus? Catcher Block
has just landed on the roof.
KNOW "magazine."
- Are you Catcher Blocks secretary?
- Yes, Mr. MacMannus.
Im Sally. Im new.
Theyre
ANGLE - THE DESK FAN
There is more of a hint of conincidence as the blades whirl and head
swivels. The boys figure passes, blocking the breeze.
THE GUIDEBOOK PAGES
stop dead on... Jim Morrisons decorated tomb in the Cemetiere du Pere
Lachaise. A pilgrim has spray painted "This is the End." Which in fact, it
is... of the MAIN TITLE
BARBARA
Alex...
CAMERA ADJUSTS, to fully reveal Alex Browning as h