of us.
- Hey, you shut up, coconut nigger.
Did he just say "coconut nigger"? Harris,
Harris, Harris, you cant say coconut nigger.
- Oh, I cant?
- Well, not really in this day and age.
- Youre fired.
- Why?
- Get off the premises.
- These arent your premises. This is...
- Are you joking?
- Im gonna kick your ass.
- Kick my ass? This is a bat.
- Its just aluminum.
- Just a wimp.
- Threatening me?
aluminum teeth, and
pincher claw hands.
And COBLENTZ HL2000, whose body is criss-crossed with baseball-
like seams where hes been sewn together after knife fights.
Coblentz HL2000 breaks through a wall, exposing a vein of
glimmering Carnubium.
COBLENTZ
The fucking motherlode. Vein of
Carnubium!
Merritt wrinkles his nose under the rebreather.
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(CONTINUED)
2.
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MERRITT
Shit, Coblentz, what you f
bat.
RAFE
Let him alone!
The fathers eyes bulge in rage; he struggles to his feet.
DANNY
Rafe... Daddy... No!
The man looks murderous, but Rafe draws back the board.
RAFE
Ill bust you open, you...German!
The words ring something deep in the mans booze-broken
brain. He begins to cough, convulsively; it brings a blossom
of blood to his mouth. He wipes it with his hand, but blood
clings to his teeth
BLACK RAIN
by Craig Bolotin & Warren Lewis
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A BLACK SCREEN:
Various voices: "Big six"... "Thats six the hard way"...
"Seven or eleven"... "Play two"...
FADE IN:
EXT. UPPER EAST SIDE - NEW YORK CITY - NIGHT
One of the pristine blocks of brownstones where even the
garbage seems gift wrapped. The VOICES continue over as
we move in on a particular building where a DOORMAN is
holding open the door f
It is very early in the dawn - blue light filters through the jungle and across a foul swamp. A mist clings to the trees. This could be the jungle of a million years ago.
Our VIEW MOVES CLOSER, through the mist, TILTING DOWN to the tepid water. A small bubble rises to the surface; then another. Suddenly, but quietly, a form begins to emerge; a helmet. Water and mud pour off revealing a set of bea