antenna, spreading the
ears apart for a better picture. She listens intently.
??
TELEVISION REPORTER
The motive behind the grisly
murders remains a mystery at this
hour as does the identity of the
killer or killers. The search
continues for more bodies.
??
EDNA
(to herself)
My God, My God, My God.
??
TELEVISION REPORTER
...Residents of the Lake region
are being urged to take extra
precaution when
Rolls into FRAME. A bauble of green and blue and white swirls of cloud cover. The eerie clip and whistle of cosmic rays is drowned out by static and someone singing 몵MY WAY몶 - in Russian.
2 MOVING INTO FRAME - A SOVIET CAPSULE
Gleaming white. Black letters on its side, CCCP. A Russian COSMONAUGHT in his space suit is outside, repairing radio antenna. He몶s the one singing.
3 INSIDE THE CAPSU
antenna.
CUT TO:
EXT. ARECIBO TELESCOPE - DAY
FISHER
What do you think Doctor Arroway? Ain she a beauty?
ELLIE
Itl do.
FISHER
The village is five miles away. There a general store in the
cantina. They can pretty much order anything you need from San
Wan.
ELLIE
When can I get some dish time?
FISHER
(laughs) Dr. Clark said you wouldn be able to wait. Youe
first shift is up tonight.
ELLIE
Alright!
I
SPIRAL DOWN TOWARD
... a lush, high-rise apartment complex. The moon reflected in glass.
CAMERA CONTINUES TO MOVE IN THROUGH billowing curtains, INTO the inner sanctum of a penthouse apartment, and here, boys and girls, is where we lose our breath, because...
Spread-eagled on a sumptuous designer sofa lies the single most beautiful GIRL in the city. Blonde hair. A satin nightgown that positively
spiraling horns glowing like precious metal.
Their movements are so graceful that every other living
creature seems clumsy by comparison. The SOUND of a
distant hunting horn makes them pause. A second NOTE is
heard. The unicorns drift, silent and languid, into the
farther reaches of the forest.
모
EXT. HILLSIDE OVERLOOKING CASTLE - DAY
The hunting horn SOUNDS a third time. A young woman still
cl