S.
Now a jeep HORN HONKS O.S. approaching --
THEIR POV - THE EBOLA RIVER
The primitive Ferry parts the mist. Four wooden canoes
held together by a plank deck. FERRYMEN buck the current
with long poles.
KARL JOHNSON EMERGES from the mist. He stands on the hood
of the lead Rover WEARING A FULL FACE RESPIRATOR. A
creature from another planet.
WITH THE FERRY - APPROACHING
CHUCK REESE (22) honks at th
ALIEN NATION
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Original Screenplay by Rockne S. OBannon
Rewrite by James Cameron
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October 1987
FADE IN:
EXT. MOJAVE DESERT - DAY (TELEVISION IMAGE)
A LONG LENSSHOT of a far distant metallic object hovering
just above the ground -- maybe two or three miles away.
The heat waves and the light refraction off the desert-
scape make the object undulate rhythmically, keeping its
true shape and appea
s, with the vaguely whimsical confidence of a shimmer
that refuses to fade ...
This is RANDALL RAINES, whom they call MEMPHIS - though know ones
quite sure why ... But they do know hes the auto-boost in Southern
California ...
Memphis approaches the Mustang with a gathering awe ... Like a desert
crash survivor coming upon an oasis ... He walks around it ...
Admiring it ... Adoring it ...
But then
s broken.
Undaunted, she... finds herself standing on the DECK.
CATHERINE
(calling to him)
Who says?
EDWARD
Mocky-Lock.
CATHERINE
Oh no... No you dont.
EDWARD
"Mocky-Lock is the bogeyman. Mocky-Lock
wants me where I am."
CATHERINE
I bet we can fix it.
She opens a rusted iron DOOR. It makes an HORRIFIC
SCREECHING SOUND. Similar to metal-on-metal, but more
piercing, more pained. As if made by a liv
DR. BURTON, the Chief Psychiatrist moves down the old hallway, face tense. He steps through a doorway into...
INT. MAXIMUM SECURITY - NIGHT
Security cells. Criminal maniacssealed behind protective casings.
A GUARD stands before a heavy door.
GUARD
Hell of a night, huh Doc?
BURTON
Hells in here.
Hydraulics HISS. The cell door unseals.
INT. SECURE ISOLATION CELL
TRAIN WHEELS grinding against track, slowing. FOLDING TABLE LEGSscissoring open. The LEVER of a train door being pulled. NAMES on lists on clipboards held by clerks moving alongside the tracks.
CLERKS (V.O.)
몭 Rossen 몭 Lieberman 몭 Wachsberg 몭
BEWILDERED RURAL FACES coming down off the passenger train. FORMS being set out on the folding tables. HANDSstraightening pens and pencils and ink
s. Simon has been born and raised with
Gothic horror and itsstrange that what that stew of
trauma has produced is a gifted, decent man.
INT. APARTMENT BUILDING (NEW YORK), HALLWAY - NIGHT
Frantic... he bolts into the hall... Melvin is just about
to enter his apartment.
SIMON
Verdell!?!! Here, good doggie...
He notices Melvin at the far end of the hall.
SIMON
Mr. Udall... excuse me. Hey
ther
s, and MANUEL "MANOLO" SANCHEZ, 20s, wearing jeans,
knock-off Polo shirts, and cowboy boots, wait patiently in
the car.
JAVIER
I had that dream again.
A long pause.
MANOLO
Which one?
Another long pause.
JAVIER
Where my motherssuffocating.
They continue to wait until there is the sound of a JET
ENGINE. It grows LOUDER as it approaches.
EXT. THE POLICE SEDAN - DAY
The shadow of a large plane cross
S. Seventh Fleet remains on full alert...
...in the Sea of Japan at this hour.
Air Force officials have reiterated their initial statement...
...describing the mission as routine.
Can you believe this? What is this President waiting for?
Is leaseholder one word or two?
One.
Damn!
In the face of growing support for military intervention...
... the President urged patience, stating negotiations--
O
tense. The train is passing an ugly, swampy field. The
sun has gone under.
Though it seems impossible it ever could have gotten there, a
cars burnt-out skeleton sits rusting in the bracken.
Ahead, the city waits. The sky is full of smokestacks and huge
industrial cranes.
5 INT. AMTRACK TRAIN -- LATER DAY 5
The train is passing urban streets below. Slums and smashed
cars. People stand in groups in