shadow
of a safe being hoisted into a second floor window by the
Acme Safe Moving Company. The rope holding the safe is
fraying down to a slender thread.
ROGER
gasps and rockets out the window toward Baby Herman. The
rope snaps. The safe falls. Roger arrives just in time to
pluck the Baby out of harms way. But not in time to save
himself. The safe CRUNCHES down on his head, burying Roger
into the
STAR WARS : EPISODE 1
THE PHANTOM MENACE
"A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...."
A vast sea of stars serves as the backdrop for the MAIN TITLE,
followed by a ROLL UP, which crawls up into infinity.
"EPISODE 1 THE PHANTOM MENACE"
"Turmoil has engulfed the Galactic Republic. The taxation of
trade routes to outlaying star systems is in dispute. Hoping
to resolve the matter with a blockad
votes. Rumors abound that he stole the
election in Illinois through the Democratic
political machine of Mayor Daley ...
(inauguration shots)
At his inauguration, at a time when American
males all wore hats, he let his hair blow free
in the wind. Alongside his beautiful and
elegant wife of French origin, Jacqueline
Bouvier, J.F.K. is the symbol of the new freedom
of the 1960s, signifying ch
shadow of a large plane crosses the desert floor. Then,
an old DC-3 flies fifty feet above the Police Sedan.
5.
INT. POLICE SEDAN - DAY
They watch the plane disappear over a small rise in the
desert. They look at each other and wait some more.
EXT. MEXICAN DESERT - LATER
From the direction of the landing strip, a moving van
lumbers down the road, two TEENAGERS in the cab.
INT. POLICE SEDAN - DAY
INDEPENDENCE DAY
Dean Devlin & Roland Emmerich
AN AMERICAN FLAG
Oddly still, posted in gray dusty sand.
WIDEN TO REVEAL:
EXT. LUNAR SURFACE - THE MOON
One small step for man, one large pile of garbage for moon-
kind. Untouched for years, the flag stands next to the
castoff remains of the Apollo mission. Slowly the discarded
equipment begins to RATTLE and SHAKE.
AN ENORMOUS SHADOW creeps towards u
SYSTEM. The CROWD oohs.
A COUNCILMAN claps. A SOCIETY MATRON nods her approval.
PIERCE PATCHETT, 50, tuxedoed, watches off to one side.
A behind-the-scenes power broker, Patchett exudes
authority much more so than the Mayor does.
MAYOR
The Arroyo Seco freeway is just
the beginning. Were planning
freeways from Downtown to Santa
Monica, from the South Bay to the
San Fernando Valley. Twenty
minutes
system and barks
one-word questions to his JAPANESE CREW. The Sailors work the consoles
and give clipped monosyllabic answers.
The JAPANESE SCIENCE OFFICERS go over charts on the electronic
position board, a contiuously-shifting graphic representation of the
ocean contours below.
Behind them is an elaborate DEPTH GAUGE with computerized graphics.
READ: 34,000 feet and dropping. The Crew works at
vote for Governor Pernell?
Uh, nah, I aint never voted.
No matter. What does matter is Governor is a big,
huge, fanatical basketball fan.
He played himself-- four years, varsity, at Big State.
Good, not great athlete.
Hes the biggest supporter Big State has. Bleeds red and white.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I think I saw something like that about him on TV.
Do you have a son named Jesus Shuttlesworth?
Y es
system.
- No vents.
- No kidding, Im boiling.
What is it?
Serial numbers?
Room numbers.
Theyre different in each room.
Oh great. There are only millions
thousand rooms in this thing.
Well, there better not be?
We have about days
without food and water
before we are too weak to move.
Well, they have to feed us,
dont they?
Holloway.
Oh, we have heat, stress, physical
exsection, i.e., dehydratation,
shadow in Dogville
they saw no reason
to change anything
Most of the buildings were
pretty wretched
more like shacks, frankly
The house in which Tom
lived was the best, though
and in good times might almost
have passed for presentable
That afternoon
the radio was playing softly
for in his dotage
Thomas Edison Senior
had developed a weakness
for music of the lighter kind
Ladies & Gentlemen...
the