day.
lt is, but the open part ended at noon.
l have a job and couldnt
get off before noon.
Unfortunately, there were
about a thousand girls who could.
Cant l just audition?
Next.
Check it.
Thats what lm talkin about.
l should be dancing in videos
like this. Youre right,you should.
But sometimes you gotta start in the
back door if you wanna get in the front.
You already gave me that lecture.
lm go
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 2
By
Robert Towne
Revised. 12/4/99
NOTE: THE HARD COPY OF THIS SCRIPT CONTAINED SCENE NUMBERS
AND SOME "SCENE OMITTED" SLUGS. THEY HAVE BEEN REMOVED FOR
THIS SOFT COPY.
FADE IN:
A WORN SATCHEL (MOVING - DAY)
is being carried by a world weary middle European wearing a black
armband. VLADIMIR NEKHORVICH exits a gleaming building, pausing
for a moment, under a motto clearly visi
THE MASK
Revised by Chuck Russell
Third Draft
April 21, 1993
SHOOTING DRAFT
EXT. HIGH SEAS - DAY
The dragonhead prow of an ancient Viking ship cuts through the thick fog of the rough North Atlantic Sea.
MUSIC EXPLODES: WAGNERS "GOTTERDAMMERUNG" (Twilight of the Gods)
SUPERIMPOSE: THE TENTH CENTURY A.D.
EXT. BOW OF THE SHIP - DAY
Viking explorer LEIF ERICSON carefully studies his fob compass as he
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
INT. THE ROSE THEATRE. DAY.
SKY. Over which a title "LONDON--SUMMER 1593" appears.
Title card: In the glory days of the Elizabethan theatre
two playhouses were fighting it out for writers and
audiences. North of the city was the Curtain Theatre,
home to Englands most famous actor, Richard Burbage.
Across the river was the competition, built by Philip
Henslowe, a busines
Foundation: $ million.
To the Save The Pumas
Foundation: $ . million.
To the Patagonian Wasp
Salvation Fund: $ . million.
To the Dyslexic
Dalmatians Foundation: ...
To hell with the livestock.
Whatd the old stiff
leave me?
[Clearing Throat]
Um, I believe that
what the bereaved...
is trying to express
is that the sudden death...
of her only father has
left a great gaping void...
in her bank...
in
day.
But you never spend money. You gotta start
spending money. Money-spending is good.
Little man! l told you already.
Reach your hand in there with that T-shirt...
...youre pulling out a stump! Dont make
me go over and smack you!
Yo, Bam.
-Whats up, man?
-Bro.
-l love you, bro.
-All right. Easy, Greg.
Freaking me out, man.
Let me get a skateboard.
-Which one do you want?
-l dont care. Theyre al
Foundation welcomes...
...Mr. Edward R. Murrow.
This might just do nobody any good.
At the end of this discourse
a few people may accuse this reporter...
...of fouling
his own comfortable nest...
...and your organization may be
accused of having given hospitality...
...to heretical
and even dangerous ideas.
But the elaborate structure
of networks...
...advertising agencies, and sponsors
will not
day-glo wheels), and transfers her impromptu bouquet so she may unzip a flap and hike up a ragged hood against the rain. She stops to watch the grave diggers pack up and EXIT b.g.
ELLY
Guess the picnic got rained out.
She looks down off screen at...
ANGLE - SHELLY WEBSTERS GRAVE
As Elly places the gathered flowers down. Almost reverent.
RESUME CROW ANGLE - ELLY BACKGROUND
As Elly takes a single w
day,
my uncle, uh, comes to him...
and he says,
"Leo, we gotta make a change.
The future is in Plexiglas."
My father said, "Plexiglas is crap,
and Im not gonna sell it."
And he didnt, and you know what
happened? The public wanted it.
My uncle got into Plexi,
made a fortune.
My dad, he hurled himself out
the 17th-floor window of his office.
If itd been Plexiglas,
hed still be here. Ill hold.
Hi. O
day.
- Oh, yeah. Right.
- Is that Dad?
Yeah. Do you wanna talk to him?
Your son wants a word with you.
Hold on.
Hey, Dad,
did you get me a present?
- Jeremy.
- What? He said he would.
- Did you?
- Hey, monkey. Sure I did.
Okay, cool.
- Okay, get in the goal. Hey.
- Come on, Mom.
- What are you doing?
- Im playing soccer.
Youll give my mother
a heart attack.
- Yeah. Nurus fine.
- Mom, kick the bal