ACTION
As the transport busses overhead, AFRICAN GREEN MONKEYS,
hundreds of them, frolic and chatter in the trees.
A BIG MALE watches inquisitive. The planes SHADOW passes
over him. The Male opens its mouth frighteningly wide; a
"threat display." Four HUGE FANGS flash at the intruder.
FLYING POV - CONTINUING ACTION
Twenty five feet above the Ebola River.
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EXT. REMOTE AIRSTRIP - AT THE RIVERS ED
observation ship.
OFFICIAL VOICE
The Bugs send another meteor our way !
A BRIGHT EXPLOSION in space out beyond the moon.
OFFICIAL VOICE
But this time we are ready !
Planetary defenses are better than ever !
Would you like to know more ?
3 KLENDATHU --- WHY WE HAVE TO FIGHT !
Klendathu, a fierce orange planet ringed by an asteroid belt,
orbits a double star.
OFFICIAL VOICE
Klendathu, source of the
observers fifty yards
behind the Army. LOCALS from nearby towns perch in truck
beds and on car roofs, Budweiser and Fritos at hand, eyes
glued to the distant object.
The VIDEO CAMERA image climbs up onto the roof of a parked
local TV van, finds the object again in the distance,
zooms in, and waits, like everyone else.
Abruptly the VIDEO IMAGE contracts, becoming a box
CHROMAKEYED behind CNN repor
observe the no smoking sign. After
we land, you will notice an increase in
the sound level as the thrust of the engines
is reversed to help reduce forward speed.
21 INT. AIRPORT - MOVING SIDEWALK - NIGHT
Ben and the other passengers on the automatic sidewalk.
MANS VOICE
Your attention, please! American Airlines
Flight Number 4, 21 Club service, non-stop
to New York is now leaving from Gate
Number
action as Davey leaps from the bed and dashes out
of the room naked...
MIKES VOICE o.s.
...brand you like a damn steer,
bitch...
and Alice is right behind him, wrapping herself in a blanket
as she goes.
INT. DELILAHS ROOM - NIGHT
DELILAH is backed up against the wall, her face bleeding,
and she is throwing the contents of her chamber pot on MIKE
who is advancing on her with an open barlow knife a
action.
Mack is a big man, dressed in green camouflage and face paint.
DAVE "SKI" ZAMBORSKI gestures for TUCKER to check the
warehouse door. Zamborski is old enough to have an 18 year
old son in college. No more than ten years older than the
others, they see him as a father figure. As SEAL Team leader,
he moves with confidence and precision.
BUDDY TUCKER checks the door for alarms with a Pocket S
action as Davey leaps from the bed and dashes out
of the room naked...
MIKES VOICE o.s.
...brand you like a damn steer,
bitch...
and Alice is right behind him, wrapping herself in a blanket
as she goes.
INT. DELILAHS ROOM - NIGHT
DELILAH is backed up against the wall, her face bleeding,
and she is throwing the contents of her chamber pot on MIKE
who is advancing on her with an open barlow knife a
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