On a second note, Id just like to add that the blocking written here is of my own observations, everything else is the work of MICHAEL CRICHTON and ANNE-MARIE MARTIN. There are also references to music from the soundtrack, i.e. (Music starts "Virtual Reality")So, without further ado, I give you TWISTER!!!!
"TWISTER"
{Screen fades in to an eerie fog, gray clouds swirling across. Haunting music. W
block of ice, falls out and hits the floor.
The block SHATTERS into ice cubes. Roger looks around,
dazed.
BABY HERMAN
has taken this opportunity to crawl out the window. Roger
races to the window. His eyes pop out of his head at what he
sees.
ROGERS POV
Baby Herman is crawling along the sidewalk under the shadow
of a safe being hoisted into a second floor window by the
Acme Safe Moving Company. T
blocks, all hanging in
their places. All very well-worn.
BENJAMIN MARTIN methodically works his lathe, turning a
piece of hardwood, shaving off tiny curls of wood with a
razor-sharp chisel. Hes in his late-forties, strong and
weathered. His hands, though big and callused, handle the
chisel with a surgeons precision. Self-educated and
self-sufficient, he has built himself, as he built his
farm, br
Tiled roofs, the stark white stucco of a colonial town square. Black iron bars at a bank. A briefcase carried in a mans hand. A snipers rifle being assembled. Thick blocks of hundred dollar bills. Placed in the briefcase. A mans teeth as he smiles grimly at the sight.
Sounds over a SUBJECTIVE VIEW. The BRIEFCASE SNAPS SHUT. A VAULT DOOR SLAMS. RUBBER SOLES WALK a tiled floor. Ahead, brilliant, w
blocked out and street lights & neon signs take over as illumination. Eventually we reach the upper levels of a plush shopping precinct.
INT. SHOPPING PRECINT - NIGHT
Xmas decorations are everywhere. PEOPLE are busy buying, ogling, discussing, choosing wisely from the goodies on display. SHOPPERS are going by laden with superbly packaged goods... the shop windows are full of elaborately boxed an
Block.
Hey, your kids cuttin a rug.
Who are you, Connie Chung?
Daddy said, because Mommy
survived her first trip to Jersey,
he knew she was a keeper.
He said they celebrated their
engagement by going out for pizza.
And thats how I got here.
Do we have enough of these at home,
or should l steal some?
lf youre gonna steal something,
steal some rubber gloves.
(knocking)
- Thank you!
- Youre welcome!
nerve...
Would one of us have the nerve
to dive into the icy water and save them?
Its a key question.
l, of course, cant swim,
so I never have to face it.
Oh... God.
Which of us?
- You want a little more?
- No.
Mm. Oh, man. That is so great.
You dont smoke.
I know I dont smoke. I dont inhale
because it gives you cancer, but
I look so incredibly handsome
with a cigarette that I cant not hold one.
Block 41, Barracks 11, bed check.
Everybody step to your cots.
[WOMEN GASPING]
[CHATTERING]
Is that one of those trick pictures
like they have at carnivals or...?
LANE:
No, my dad played semipro ball.
See, Ruth, Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx,
theyre on a barnstorming team.
They play on my dads all-star team.
See?
Well, this guy right here,
hes about as close as you can get...
...without actually being a re
nerve worrying about
your future when were in this spot.
The man is Miller.
Hello, Dad.
Is it getting you down?
- Is what getting me down?
- Youre in a pickle, Pop.
- Looks like Henry Hill or else...
- No, its Horace Miller or else!
I wouldnt appoint an old twerp
like Miller. Taylor or no Taylor.
- Whats Taylor got to do with this?
- Hes still running the show, aint he?
I wont have this conversat
nerve regeneration every day.
One finger, two shoulders and a brain.
Thats all I have, Barry.
These dysreflexia seizures
are occurring more often.
The buildup of fluid in my spine
is a degenerative condition.
We know Im waiting for the seizure
thatll make me a vegetable.
I dont wanna be a vegetable, Barry.
I want to make the final transition
on my own terms.
Ill get it done with or without you.
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