floor in a cloud of dust.
The first tusk is quickly followed by a second, also dropping
from the heavens. It lands near the first. Another tusk
smashes to earth several yards away. Yet another comes crashing
into the foreground.
Finally the dust settles upon a graveyard of tusks.
DISSOLVE TO
A BARREN, EMPTY LANDSCAPE
In another region of the wasteland, a forest of tree trunks
suddenly rains down
floor.
Pedestals, perks and props.
Ceremonial bath of honour.
Yeah.
Yall better take a deep breath now,
cause I aint leaving my pedestal
for the next thousand years.
Let the whirlpool begin.
Oh, yeah.
According to this chart,
I put the coins here.
Relax, child.
The spirits tell me Shang will arrive
and propose to Mulan
before the sun sets.
Still time to get in on the pool.
Mother.
Gambling is lik
A few patients sit around fumbling with themselves. One man sits at a table scratching back and forth on a piece of paper with a crayon. Another stands in a corner smoking a cigarette and staring at the crayon guy. This is CHARLES. Another man, KARL, sits in a chair staring at the floor and rubbing his hands together. We cut back and forth between Charles staring and Crayon Man scratching. After
SPHERE
BY
PAUL ATTANASIO
Based on the novel by
Michael Crichton
BARRY LEVINSON VERSION SHOOTING SCRIPT
FADE IN:
EXT. OCEAN FLOOR - DAY
BEGIN TITLES.
MOVING AMONG the hallucinatory variety of creatures --
barbaric, distorted, sublime -- that haunt the ocean floor.
All but unknown to man except in the deep preconscious brain
that houses the family album of the race... Where we remember
that they ar
floors.
Ive never understood
why they have to be redone.
What? We discussed all that, Michael.
Dont you remember? You agreed.
It costs money to have these things done
and redone two and three times over.
But the... Its such a large floor space.
We agreed the paler tones would
make a more subtle statement.
Pale woods would be lovely.
I never agreed about anything.
Im always being told.
- I wouldnt
ALADDIN
PEDDLER: Oh I come from a land
From a faraway place
Where the caravan camels roam
Where they cut off your ear /Where its flat and immense
If they dont like your face /And the heat is intense
Its barbaric, but hey--its home!
When the winds at your back
And the suns from the west
And the sand in the glass is right
Come on down,
Stop on by
Hop a carpet and fly
To another Arabian night!
Arabi
floor.
??
INT. CONFESSIONAL BOX - CHURCH - DAY
A little wooden grill slides open and the friendly face of
the village PRIEST peers at us. He glances about,
perplexed.
PRIEST
Is anybody there?
A small hand appears -- then the face of a girl aged about
10, peering up at him through the grill. The Priest
smiles a trifle wearily.
PRIEST
You know Im always happy to see
you, Jeanne, but to keep coming
floor. Three police cars go by, sirens
blaring, lights flashing. They pass the road gang. Ganz
reappear, smiles...
GANZ
You know something? Im having a
real good time.
HIGHWAY
The station wagon blasts down the pavement... Becomes a small
dot on the landscape.
TRANSITION.
A DOORWAY - NIGHT
the portal slams open revealing a man holding a huge
pistol,jack cates, s.F.P.D., a large and powerful man...
("Dreamland" is a club filled with American Marines, civilians and south Vietnamese officers. The girls parade around and get the crowd to buy raffle tickets: the winner of the "beauty contest" will be the prize.)
AMERICANS
the heat is on in Saigon
the girls are hotter n hell
one of these slits here will be Miss Saigon
God, the tension is high, not to mention the smell
the heat is on in Saigon
is
floor
So if youve got a hankering
Ill tell you where to go
Just look for the busted neon sign
That flashes
Ea-a-oes
Well, theres a puppy in the parlor
And a skillet on the stove
Hello, Mr. Stranger Man
-Who is that?
-Who are any of us?
No!
Ill take some of that.
-Mr. Palter has an altar, I see.
-Yeah. The Palter Porch.
-I knew you looked familiar.
-Just a little.
I think I used to work with your