framed photos -- Robert, Grace
and Annie in happy times.
She slaps a note on the refrigerator, with a magnet -- "Gone
riding. Back around 10. Love, G."
EXT. MACLEAN FARMHOUSE, BACK ENTRANCE - MORNING
Grace slips on her jacket and hat as she comes down the
steps, her feet hitting the walk...
EXT. CENTRAL PARK - MORNING
Annies feet hit the ground, running -- her breath showing in
the cold air.
FRAME,
stops the bulb mid swing.
ON HIS REFLECTION in a cracked wall mirror. He moves to the mirror
and looks at himself. A line of blood runs across his face, from a
point between his eyes. he wipes it away, and notices a tiny pin-
prick wound on his forehead.
WALKERS P.O.V. PUSHES TOWARDS a circular window. The glass is
cracked, covered in grime. His hand wipes it, this only smears the
dirt, bu
LOST IN SPACE
by
Akiva Goldsman
CHAPTER 1: Earth 2058
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FADE IN ON:
EXT.-SPACE
PULL BACK slowly as MARS fills THE FRAME, a sphere of red desert and fast rushing crimson clouds.
A triangular CARGO SHIP descends from the dark of space.
PILOT (OVER)
Mars mining base, this is Grissom One,
Request final descent vector.
REVERSE ANGLE
EXT.-MARS
A row of giant red mountains and b
steel. A vast maze of tunnels.
A GROUP OF FIGURES advances through the tunnels with handheld
UV lamps.
The figures are dressed in gray air-tight NEOPRENE SUITS,
their faces hidden by skin tight MASKS and bug-like NIGHT
VISION GOGGLES. In the dense silence, respirator valves HISS-
CLICK at the corner of their lips in mechanical rhythm.
The scene has a dream-like, choreographed quality.
NIGHT-VISIO
Day of The Dead
FADE IN:
1 EXT. THE EMPTY STREET OF A CITY - DAY
No people. A FEW CARS AND TRUCKS are parked at odd angles,
abandoned. A TITLE FADES IN, one phrase at a time.
FIVE YEAR...
SINCE THE DEAD FIRST WALKED.
2 EXT. THE CITY - DAY
We hear THE SOUND OF A STRONG WIND. DEBRIS flutters through the
streets. A LARGE ALLIGATOR slithers into frame, stops and
looks around.
MONTAGE: as MORE GATORS
FRAME beside a suitcase; "ERO-AIR. FLIGHT
#180. New York City (JFK) - Paris, Charles de Gaulle (CDG.) Departure:
Thursday 13May. 16H25 - Arrival: Friday 14May. 05H40."
"And When I Die" Continues throughout the MAIN TITLES:
AN OLD TABLE FAN
swivals beside and open window. Outside, a humid spring THUNDER STORM drops
warm, ominous rain. The figure of a seventeen year old boy, ALEX BROWNING,
packing
frame. Now, facing straight down --
they FALL INTO CAMERA, CLINGING TO EACH OTHER DESPERATELY
BULK AND SKULL
YEAAAAAAHHHHHH!!
6 EXT. SKY - DAY
The Rangers pull off more SPECTACULAR MANEUVERS
then swoop TOGETHER, interlocking hands and forming a
PERFECT CIRCLE
They look to one another and a moment of pure magic passes
between them. Its not usual the exhilaration of flight theyre
sharing, it s the
Steel plate in my head
Yes sir, career was no picnic
Word of advice son,
when you hook up for a gee
dont fuck with the silly that lives out
Shields with nobody but present arms
Yes Sir, there is one a woman
I can take care of herself...
all by herself...
Taking care of herself,
thats important but two people
taking care of each other,
thats romance...romance
Lets see:
How to Talk to Girls
chapter
FRAME...WATCH THE FRAME...
ROLL THE RESCUE STATIONS AGAIN.
Technicians: WE GOT A REPORT THAT HALF THOSE RESCUE
STATIONS HAVE BEEN KNOCKED OUT.
SO GET ME A NEW LIST.
SURE, ILL PULL IT OUTTA MY ASS.
Fran focuses on the monitors. She is incredulous... stunned by
the madness which surrounds her. She realizes the hopelessness
of the situation as she zeroes in on the televised conversation.
8 We begin
steel mill on the
other side of the river. And now WE NOTICE that the light isnt pink
any more but sort of dull and hazy, and the idyllic glade is barely a
suburban park, and this is just an ordinary day in a very ordinary
place.
5 EXT: AN OLD RAMBLING HOUSE - DUSK
SARAH runs up a path to an older, rambling house. She goes through
the front door, MERLIN hot on her heels, and neither one of them s