arc cutting torch. One bar has
already been cut out. Two quick cuts and a second bar falls to
the muddy bottom. Lit now only from the floodlights filtering
down through the ice, the figure slips through the bars and
swims powerfully along the stone canal wall.
Seem from below, the figure is a black shadow moving against
the rippled-glass of the ice above.
4 EXT. CANAL AND BOATHOUSE - NIGHT
A dock
Be Cool Script
Sequels.
Its the only time I gave in in my life.
But sometimes,
you gotta do it the studio way.
What are you talking about?
- Get Lost?
- Yeah.
I thought the first one
was pretty good.
- Get Leo?
- Terrific picture. Terrific!
And you know what else?
It was good.
You know what Im thinking, Tommy?
Im thinking of getting out
of the movie business.
Go back to my old job.
- What, being
arc of blood, two
teeth fall on dark stone.
BLACK -- MORE TITLES -- then
GUNSHOTS -- Blood sprays across the glass of a picture frame --
obscures the photo inside.
BLACK -- MORE TITLES -- then
THE SURFACE OF A SPARKLING SEA -- a distant emerald island. A
40-foot sloop APPEARS -- shapes on deck -- we are about to SEE --
BLACK -- MORE TITLES -- then
SHARKS -- underwater -- rip something into a bloo
sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, like- wise. But then again, maybe thats why I found the place sdurned innarestin.
We top the rise and the smoggy vastness of Los Angeles at twilight stretches out before us.
VOICE-OVER
They call Los Angeles the City of Angels. I didnt find it to be that exactly, but Ill allow as there are some nice folks there. Course, I cant say I seen London, and I n
looms in a LOW ANGLE, part of the clutter behind the gymnasium.
A CAT enters FRAME.
CAMERA DOLLIES FORWARD, prowling with him through the landscape of trash receptacles and shadows.
CLOSE ON CAT
Which freezes, alert, sensing something just beyond human perception.
A sourceless wind rises, and with it a keening WHINE.
Papers blow across the pavement.
The cat YOWLS and hides under the dumpster.
sense in
choosing what he planted as he did
in choosing his attorney...
A polite chuckle from the justices --
ROBERT (CONTD)
Lately the only variation Im
hearing in your argument is the
name of the client. And you can
sit there all day arguing the ins
and outs of Illinois v. Gates, but
you arent going to convince me
that this country has not sanctioned
the use of anonymous informants.
(MORE)
2.
R
DARK CITY
by
Alex Proyas
& Lem Dobbs
Revised draft May 9, 1994
INT. OPENING MONTAGE
OVER BLACK a low rumble increases in volume.
FADE UP:
A GLOVED HAND wraps around a bulky scissor-switch, thrusts
DOWN.
SNAP! - Electricity arcs through darkness.
OS SOUND of MACHINERY turning on.
TITLES OVER
MONTAGE OF CLOCKS - VARIOUS. The clocks are frozen, then second
hands turn - TICKING gets louder...
EXT. CI
senses this moment before a distant blues harp
introduces a contemporary bands cover of Blood, Sweat, and Tears campy,
yet haunting, gospel, "And When I Die."
As the Introduction closes, RESONATES... A FLASH OF LIGHTING!
A CRACK OF THUNDER!
CUT TO:
Int. ALEXS BEDROOM - NIGHT - CLOSE - BED
An airline ticket is tossed INTO FRAME beside a suitcase; "ERO-AIR. FLIGHT
#180. New York City (JFK) - Paris,
Arc and not some warmonger.
Tonight, well both be shaking hands with that warmonger.
With one deadly strike...
Centauri stormtroopers
annihilated this idyllic community.
Well, I hope she likes talking politics.
This war crime will be avenged.
REPORTER: Firefighter robots
have finally extinguished the blaze
which has devastated Sutton Wood.
Over acres of forest were razed
and authorities have clos
t h e s i x t h s e n s e
written by
M. Night Shyamalan
INT. BASEMENT - EVENING
A NAKED LIGHTBULB SPARKS TO LIFE. It dangles from the ceiling of
a basement.
LIGHT, QUICK FOOTSTEPS AS ANNA CROWE moves down the stairs.
Anna is the rare combination of beauty and innocence. She stands
in the chilly basement in an elegant summer dress that outlines
her slender body. Her gentle eyes move across the