PLASTIC MAN
by
Larry and Andy Wachowski
March 17, 1995
FADE IN:
INT. CAGE
We are a lab mouse.
Our world is a cage; the laboratory beyond the wire mesh
has the sprawling limitlessness of a universe with dark
endless voids and immense technological instruments
gleaming with celestial light.
We can hear a WOMANS VOICE though we cant understand
what she is saying.
There are several other lab mice in
Its just a matter of time before someone borrows your technology,improves it and makes a billion dollars on it.
What would you do with a billion dollars Milo?
Mmm I dont know
Ill tell you what you could do
You could take that money and put it back into technology, education and the arts
You can transform culture
I found the opera company, symphony orchestras, museums, theatres, steels..
I
cool. You cool?
Im good. Okay.
Come on.
Ease up. Come on. Daddys gotcha.
Oh, my God, its so fucking bad.
Daddys gotcha. Come on.
Whoo!
Youre gonna have tits of steel.
Oh!
Yeah, youre so buff right now.
Yeah, this goes on the gooch.
Yeah, it goes-goes around.
This goes on the gooch.
Oh, dude, hes done.
Whos gonna do the gooch?
In case you didnt know what the gooch is
the gooch is the spot
between
Silent and endless. The stars shine like the love of God... cold and remote. Against them drifts a tiny chip of technology.
CLOSER SHOT
It is the NARCISSUS, lifeboat of the ill-fated star-freighter Nostromo. Without interior or running lights it seems devoid of life. The PING of a RANGING RADAR grows louder, closer. A shadow engulfs the Narcissus. Searchlights flash on, playing over the tiny ship
cool.
Thats great, honey.
Thats great.
So, uh, are you ready to go? I
want to get to the airport early.
I know.
Just give me a second.
You know how things
always goes wrong.
The flight leaves
in four hours.
I wish we could set
a wedding date
without our parents
actually having to meet.
Honey, this weekend
is gonna be fine.
And your parents are great.
Oh, theyre great
in small doses.
Well, hours i
cool to today.
Sucker.
Jimi.
Vein.
Kid started walking.
Three unassisted steps.
- Get it on video?
- I wasnt even there.
You failed as a father already.
How does that feel?
Retrograde on.
Come down to half flow,
give me a little volume.
Down to half flow,
heres your volume.
- Ready to come off?
- Ready.
Lets come off.
Were coming down.
Were clamped and off bypass.
Oh, shit.
What are you missing?
cool. Youd like it.
Darren! Darren, wait up!
How come you didnt stop?
Look, why dont you
just take off, OK?
I did you a favor, but I didnt know
youre gonna bug me about it
- the rest of my life.
- Its OK. Here, forget it.
Oh, no. My dads home.
Guess he didnt get that job.
What does he do?
Hauls junk.
Is that your mom?
No.
Thats my dads girlfriend.
Shes OK.
Think I will go over to your house.
OK.
Cool.!
Loser number three.
Look, Im having a barbecue at my house, if you guys wanna come over.
- Definitely. - Definitely.
Hey, I dont know if you heard...
but Bad Chad picked up a shift at your mamas bank.
Ill be working with Lieutenant Ferrell in security.
One step closer to being a cop.
Dont worry. Ferrell wont let Bad Chad carry a weapon. Hes an intern!
Trainee, butt munch!
Sorry. Hes traini
cooled my thumbs
in both oceans,
and caught rides after midnight
on unlighted highways.
When Im really moving...
moving so freely,
so clearly, so delicately
that even the sex maniacs
and the cops
can only blink
and let me pass...
then I embody the spirit
and the heart of hitchhiking.
I have the rhythms
of the universe inside me.
Im in a state of grace.
Well, right off...
I dont remember how old I
cool.
I just wanted to have a look...
before the Rememory tomorrow.
You know.
Youve done a hell of a job
with him, Mr. Hakman.
Youve done
the son of a bitch right.
Youre welcome.
I dont suppose...
There was a fishing trip
when we were .
Just Danny and I and Dad...
- At the cape.
- Yes, that one.
My God,
that day is still with me.
You requested it specifically.
Its there.
Well, Ill be off, then.
C