river
From many a balmy plain
They call us to deliver
Their land from errors shame
United States Marines...
began landing yesterday
north of Da Nang...
to take up security duties
around the large jet airfield.
They are the first
U.S. ground combat troops...
-Excuse me.
-Do you mind?
There are other things
going on in the world...
besides skinny rock n roll
singers jumping around.
Yes, of course.
nine, sir!
HARTMAN
Five foot nine? I didnt
know they stacked shit
that high! You trying to squeeze an inch in
on
me somewhere, huh?
COWBOY
Sir, no, sir.
HARTMAN
Bullshit! It looks to me like the best part of
you ran
down the crack of your mamas ass
and ended up as a brown stain on
the
mattress! I think youve been cheated!
HARTMAN
Where in hell are you from anyway, Private?
COWBOY
Sir, Texas,
KING KONG
Screenplay by
FRAN WALSH & PETER JACKSON
From an idea conceived by
EDGAR WALLACE & MERIAN C. COOPER
1st Draft
1996
EXT. SKIES OVER FRANCE 1917 - DAY
CAMERA drifts towards a large puffy cloud floating 6000ft above the
French countryside ...
... a roar of engines - sounding like angry buzzing bees - and three ...
six ... NINE SOPWITH CAMEL FIGHTER PLANES emerge from the cloud, flying
in t
PHILADELPHIA
by RON NYSWANER
September 21, 1992
FADE IN:
VARIOUS SHOTS OF PHILADELPHIA EXTERIORS (EXT./DAY) ...
which may include the Liberty Bell, the Italian Market,
scenes along the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers,
Independence Square, the Russian Orthodox neighborhood, the
ghettos of North Philly.
MAIN TITLES PLAY OVER THIS SEQUENCE which culminates in a
SHOT OF...
CUT TO:
PHILADELPHIAS GLORIO
riverside maples along the
shores of the gently curving, deep-water Santee River.
SUPERIMPOSITION:
SOUTH CAROLINA
April, 1776
The post rider rides along a raised swamp road. On either
side of the road, gorgeous shafts of sunlight pierce the
canopy falling onto soft, swaying ferns that cover the
high grounds. Hundreds of BIRDS SING. The water is
clear, with fields of floating lily pads, each with
river.
Right side up, the carriage gently rides the tranquil
rapids out of the park area. It bobs through an open
sewer tunnel pipe.
5 INT. THE SEWER--NIGHT 5
The carriage innocently slides through the murky waters
of the awesomely cavernous and creepy sewer, softly
surfing its sides.
6 INT. A DARK LAIR--NIGHT 6
The resilient carriage spews from a gaping pipe into a
moat of water that surrounds a
Bend...
and nobodys gonna see em but redneck farmers and immediate family.
I dont care though. I got my morale to keep up.
- Are you two country girls? - Country?
- Are you two country girls? - Country?
Our little towns the most nowhere place in the state of Mississippi.
You can believe me when I tell you it laces you in tight as a corset.
And as far as social amusements are concerned, there are
River. The BELL is
LOUDER. The two constables arrive, searching. No one around.
Constable One hefts his pistol, scared.
CONSTABLE ONE
Where are you?!
MANS VOICE (o.s.)
Here! Over here!
They hurry to the rivers edge. Down a hill, the MAN,
another constable, stands with his back to us. Hes waist
deep in water, tossing away his ALARM BELL.
MAN
I need your help with this.
Constable Two crosses on the
Rivers, teeming with microscopic life thread like
spaghetti through a geography of living cells. Invaders.
Territory is overrun. The view is like an aerial recon
photo of an alien land -- at war.
SUPER: CATEGORY - FILOVIRUS
STRAIN - EBOLA ZAIRE (Z)
FATALITY - 88% KILL RATIO
SURVIVORS - 12% IMMUNE ANTIBODY
CURE NONE - NONE
MATCH DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. AERIAL POV - LANDSCAPE - AFRICAN TERRAIN - DAWN
Riv
bend
in the beach. We dont see what she sees, but we hear the
frenzied SQUEAKING of the strange compys. Mr. Bowman and the
Hands race past her to help Cathy as Mrs. Bowman lets loose a
horrified, slack-jawed SCREAM, her mouth a perfect oval.
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. BOARD ROOM - DAY
Mrs. Bowmans screaming face dissolves slowly over the
YAWNING face of a bored CORPORATE EXECUTIVE, TWENTY OTHER
EXECUTIVES