insect.
COLE takes the bug in his gloved hand. As he clumsily inserts it
into a collection tube, something makes him turn.
Theres something across the street in the dark. Something alive.
COLE points his flashlight and reveals...a BEAR! Startled by the
light, the animal blinks, then stands on its rear legs and ROARS.
ANGLE ON COLE, staring wide-eyed.
Then, the BEAR sinks down onto all fours and,
flight, the rei of Setsuko rises up from the weed beds. Seeing her
brothers form in the station, she starts to go there, but a hand
restrains her. She looks up to see the rei of her older brother. Seita
picks up the candy can and the can is no longer rusted. Handing the can
to Setsuko, they head into the station together.)
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Title: Hotaru no Haka (The Grave of the Fir
U-Turn
(Stray Dogs)
Screenplay by
John Ridley
and
Richard Rutowski & Oliver Stone
NOTE: THE HARD COPY OF THIS SCRIPT CONTAINED SCENE NUMBERS
AND SOME "OMITTED" SLUGS. THEY HAVE BEEN REMOVED FOR THIS
SOFT COPY.
EXT. SOMEWHERE IN THE DESERT SOUTHWEST - DAY
BEGIN TITLES OVER:
It is early morning and already hot. INSECTS drone, crackle,
and scurry for shade. PRAIRIE DOGS burrow to escape the sun.
We
Insects
crawl over his face, he makes no effort to swat them away.
There is a dripping sound of water.
FERNANDO (V.O.)
Of all the words my Father wrote and
there were many, I remember these
the most. "Nothing that results
from human progress is achieved with
unanimous consent..."
Rain is falling into the room over documents spread on a
table. COLUMBUS stands up and moves to the table. Some
of the
insect medallion begins to glow. Finally, it
flies out of JAFARs hand, scaring the horses, and is off
towards the dunes.)
JAFAR: Quickly, follow the trail!
(All ride off, following the glowing speck of light, until
it reaches a large dune. It separates into two and the
halves plunge into the dune. All that remains are two glowing
points of light on the dune. But then the dune begins to rise
up, t