Off The Map Script
The summer my father
was depressed...
...the face of our Lord Jesus Christ
appeared on a tortilla...
...at the Taos Junction Caf.
It hung on a nail by the door,
and pilgrims came to bear witness.
Maria, who saw the face emerge
and fainted dead away...
...wanted to shellac it
to preserve it for all eternity.
It was a wish of vanity...
...for shed hoped only to extend
her newfoun
stream in the dusty windows. Outside, massive metal forms can BE SEEN descending around the shuttle. Like the tolling of a bell, a BASSO PROFUNDO CLANG reverberates through the hull.
CLOSE ON THE AIRLOCK DOOR
Light glares as a cutting torch bursts through the metal. Sparks shower into the room.
A second torch cuts through. They move with machine precision, cutting a rectangular path, converging.
stream.
BUSINESSWOMAN
"Dont change Horses," well, theres a lot of truth in
that.
THE IMAGE SHIFTS TO A PRESIDENT, DOING PRESIDENTIAL THINGS. AND THE VOICE-
OVER.
VOICE-OVER
For Peace, prosperity, for all of us: Dont change
Horses in...
ANGLE
A CORRIDOR OF THE WHITE HOUSE, AS AMES AND THE MAN IN THE RATTY JACKET (BREAN)
WALK HURRIEDLY. AMES FINISHES ONE CIGARETTE AND USES THE BUTT TO LIGHT A
FRESH
stream.
Seclusion.
Superb view.
Will sacrifice."
- Go on.
- Thats all.
- Thats all?
- You dont see it, do you, Father?
A fellow wants to sell his house,
he puts an ad in the paper.
Whatd you expect him to do,
take it to the United Nations?
Theres more to it than that,
isnt there, dear?
Certainly, Mother. What some people
dont see is the whole sordid picture.
A poor, honest farmer
pushed to the wa
junction where it splits in
several different directions.
Soldiers here push the mob using rifles as pikes,
screaming and terrorizing the lot of them. Suddenly it
is clear what they are doing. They are dividing the mob
into smaller groups.
Soon, the groups themselves become evident.
Men from women. Children from adults.
The family tries to stay together, clinging to one
another dearly, until fina