fog lifted, receded back
across the ocean
and never came again.
But it is told by the fishermen
and their fathers and grandfathers
that when the fog returns to Antonio Bay,
the men at the bottom of the sea,
out in the water by Spivey Point,
will rise up
and search for the campfire
that led them to their dark, icy death.
Twelve oclock.
The st of April.
Its midnight and weve just started
into the w
ocean.
We still got time here.
Feel free to look around.
[water dripping]
[dripping continues]
Nadereh.
Today God has kissed our eyes.
Do you remember
our bungalow on the Caspian,
how I ordered the trees
cut down on the west side
so we may view the sea?
Please, be quiet.
Do you remember how the general
brought his family there for New Year,
how beautiful it was?
What is the matter for you today,
THE LITTLE MERMAID
(An ocean. Birds are flying and porpoises are swimming happily.
From the fog a ship appears crashing through the waves)
Sailors: Ill tell you a tale of the bottomless blue
And its hey to the starboard, heave ho
Look out, lad, a mermaid be waitin for you
In mysterious fathoms below.
Eric: Isnt this great? The salty sea air, the wind blowing in your face . . .
a perfect day to be
fog gets me.
- Thats your hair in your eyes.
Oh.
What does the speedometer say?
Sixty-five.
Im gonna make it
and wipe that grin off your face.
I dont like gentlemen
who grin at me.
- A cop.
- What?
A policeman
is chasing us. Look.
Oh, they make me sick.
He wants to talk to you.
Drunken driving. My second offense.
Now I go to jail.
Whole family in jail.
Who cares?
Havin a time to yourself,
arent
Ocean Sea,
Governor of that Island. You will
remember with what hopes and
promises he beguiled us -- the truth
is that he now presides over a state
of chaos, degradation and madness
beyond imagining.
SANCHEZ punctuates each word carefully.
SANCHEZ
From the beginning, Columbus proved
himself incapable of managing the
affairs of the island. He appointed
his brothers to important positions,
at once
fog, blocking out the sun while
poisoning their lungs! And
Counselor calls it harmless?!
His back turned momentarily to the JUDGE, Andrew mouths to
Jamey: "Not bad." But he whips around, serious again:
ANDREW
Your Honor, Counselor is
attempting to portray my client
as a hideous manifestation of
evil and corruption. But
nothing could be further from
the truth. Rockwell has
generously contributed t
fog, Eugene feebly co-
operates - his paralyzed legs a particular dead weight.
After covering Eugene with a blanket, Jerome enters a bathroom
containing a surgically-clean stainless steel basin, sink,
shower and toilet.
Beside the toilet stands a large, industrial-style stainless
steel refrigerator.
Donning protective gloves, Jerome opens the liquid-nitrogen
cooled refrigerator. A cloud of conden
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
Stars in the black of space. PAN DOWN to sapphire blue sky, the brighter stars still shining through. Its Arctic midnight, the weak sun tiny on the distant horizon. We skim along the water, in and around looming glacial cliffs-- The top of an iceberg pushes through the waters surface. Carved into the ice is a single mammoth word:
G o d z i l l a
We continue past, along the ocean, and discover:
fog below.
The Kurgan is a frightening hulk astride a massive
black stallion. Flashing eyes and a cruel mouth.
Frazier chief MURDOCH gallops up.
KURGAN
Is the one called Conner among
them?
MURDOCH
Aye.
KURGAN
Remember our pact. The boy is
mine.
Murdoch nods. He fears this giant.
FROM BELOW
can be heard the BATTLE CRIES and frenzied BAGPIPES of
the MacLeod and Frazier clans.
MURDOCH.
Its begun. De