dust and vegetation
2-A INT. COMMAND POST - DAY (MAGIC HOUR) 2-A *
Where a MAN wearing a military UNIFORM watches through
the large open windows the helicopter as it continues
to approach. Before the skids have even touched down he
SEES the first of the MEN, dressed in CIVILIAN CLOTHES
but carrying full COMBAT GEAR, alight gracefully from
the chopper, double-timing in close order to one side,
the
dust bowl droughts
Floods, locusts
and tornadoes
But I dont have
any doubts
Were all a part of history
Why, Old Glory waves to show
How far weve come along
till now
How far weve got to go
How far weve got to go
Its been hard work
But every time
we get into a fix
Lets think of
what our children face
In -aught- -
Its up to us to pave the way
With our blood and sweat
and tears
Oh, we must be doin
s
dustry
go head-to-head,
and no one wins.
World-famous movie star,
M. Eric McCormack,
known affectionately by his fans
as "Meric,"
has reached an impasse
in a contract dispute
with his long-time boss,
Louis Q. Goldstone,
head of Goldstone
International Pictures.
With production complete
on Allen Trespass,
rumored to be the greatest
science fiction movie ever made,
it appears a legal showdown
will
dust and vegetation
2-A INT. COMMAND POST - DAY (MAGIC HOUR) 2-A *
Where a MAN wearing a military UNIFORM watches through
the large open windows the helicopter as it continues
to approach. Before the skids have even touched down he
SEES the first of the MEN, dressed in CIVILIAN CLOTHES
but carrying full COMBAT GEAR, alight gracefully from
the chopper, double-timing in close order to one side,
the
dust.
The first tusk is quickly followed by a second, also dropping
from the heavens. It lands near the first. Another tusk
smashes to earth several yards away. Yet another comes crashing
into the foreground.
Finally the dust settles upon a graveyard of tusks.
DISSOLVE TO
A BARREN, EMPTY LANDSCAPE
In another region of the wasteland, a forest of tree trunks
suddenly rains down from the sky. The tr
duster.
My rule: Nothing above the neck,
though I do like a little splash on Big Ben.
You never know where the day may take you.
Almost forgot.
New word for the day.
Ostentatious: The attempt to attract attention to oneself.
Who? Me?
Oh, blimey. Im so rude. I havent introduced myself.
- Im... - Alfie?
There you go. Alfie.
Are you the little elf that left these mocha bonbons on my doorstep?
No, no
dust has gathered. Shadows obscure the corners of the
room.
??
Elizabeth put down her bag and gropes the wall for a switch.
She finds one. Flips it. The light turns on for a few brief
moments...then sputters and goes out.
ELIZABETH
Shit...
??
She turns and goes back outside.
??
??
5 EXT. DESERTED CABIN - DUSK
??
Elizabeth walks slowly around the cabin, towards a decrepit
old woodshed at the edge
The camera is moving toward an Indian city. We are high and far away, only the sound of the wind as we grow nearer and nearer, and through the passing clouds these words appear:
No mans life can be encompassed in one telling. There is no way to give each year its allotted weight, to include each event, each person who helped to shape a lifetime. What can be done is to be faithful in spirit to the
Wes Cravens
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
1A. INT. (MONTAGE). 1A.
NIGHTMARE MUSIC THEME begins as we FADE UP on a SERIES OF SHOTS,
all CLOSE and teasing.
-- A mans FEET, in shabby work shoes, stalking
through a junk bin in a dark, fire-lit, ash-
dusted place. A huge BOILER ROOM is what it
is, although we only glimpse it piecemeal.
Then we SEE a MANS HAND, dirty and nail-bitten,
reach INTO FRAME and p
Events unfolded
in such a way that...
ls it all right if l smoke?
l just feel a little nervous barging in on you like this.
Why dont you sit down and eat with us? This is Jack and Sally Oliver.
- Hi. - Hi.
lm Melinda Robicheaux.
lve gone back to my mothers name. lts French. She was Parisienne.
You must have dropped off the goddamn moon.
- Shall l get a chair? - l could use a drink.
Champagne or w