Mountains, a great fortress wall of granite so sharp and
jagged that snow cannot stick to its face. This is how all
North America once looked -- raw, indomitable.
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Then, abruptly coming into the SCENE is a colossal etching
across the landscape too deliberate to be of natural origin.
Bisecting this country like a metallic ribbon -- or a scar,
depending on your point of view -- is the 800-mile
TRUE LIES
WRITTEN
BY
JAMES CAMERON
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TITLE SEQUENCE
1 EXT. MOUNTAINS, NEAR GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - NIGHT
The snow covered Alps stand out clearly in the light of a full
moon. A fortress-like CHATEAU is situated in a flat saddle of
forest partway up the mountain, next to a frozen lake. The
property is surrounded by high stone walls, and the stately
grounds are bathed in floodli
MOUNTAIN STATE PRISON - DAY
Snow drifts down onto the stone walls and wire fences of the Iron
Mountain, Michigan S.I.C. Winters been here awhile.
INT. PRISON CELL - DAY
Rudy Duncan lies in his top bunk, staring at his ceiling -- where a
handful of paper-cut snowflakes have been pasted.
The sounds of YELLING INMATES and GATES slamming shut echo through
the fortress. Rudy watches a spider scurry ac
mountain climber.
Its the consul.
Oh, the climb! Im exhausted!
Welcome.
Quick, Goro, something to drink.
-So high!
-But so beautiful!
Nagasaki, the sea...
...the port.
And a house I can change
with a wave of a wand.
Its yours?
Ive leased it for years...
...but I can still back out anytime.
In this country...
...houses and contracts are flexible.
A man of the world manages.
Of course!
Around the w
mountain, taking a
break. Merritt looks up when NOWLAN nudges him with his rifle.
NOWLAN
Warden wants to see you.
MERRITT
Must be my lucky day.
JACK NOWLAN is head guard of the prison mining colony. Tough
but good natured, hes Esau to Merritts James Dean-like
Jacob, here on the twin sunned planet Isaac.
Nowlan clips magnetic leg shackles onto Merritt, then nods
for his assistant AL BESTER to take
Under gloomy sky a huge fortress looms on a volcanic mountainside. From within WE HEAR the agonizing scream of a woman giving birth.
INT. NOCKMAAR CASTLE - DAY
The scream continues as WE MOVE THROUGH the grim corridors of the castle TOWARD stairs leading down to a dungeon.
INT. DUNGEON - DAY
Silhouetted in sadows, three Nockmaar MINIONS stand guard. In a jail cell, sex fully pregnant WOMEN watch
mountain - Mr. Kelly!
Bastards!
- [ Continues ] - Were gonna move the guns. You go and move the gear.
Right. Everyone out, now! Come on!
Get out of the fuckin way. The Brits is after us!
The Brits is after us!
- The Brits are after us! Gerry! - In here, in here!
[ Woman ] Come on, come on. This way, lads.
- Go! Go! - Cause Im a voodoo child
Lord knows Im a voodoo child
Go on, Gerry!
Looks like
Krull Script
This, it was given me to know:
That many worlds have been enslaved
by the Beast and his army, the Slayers.
And this, too, was given me to know:
That the Beast would come to our world,
the world of Krull...
... and his Black Fortress would be seen
in the land...
... that the smoke of burning villages
would darken the sky...
... and the cries of the dying echo
through deserted valleys.
"TREASURE HUNTER"
FADE IN:
EXT. CARIBBEAN ISLAND -- DAY
A secluded island surrounded by bright blue-green water.
Sand untouched by footprints, this place has been forgotten.
A mountain with the vague image of a skull on its craggy
face grows out of the jungle.
A seaplane zooms overhead, pontoons skimming the water until
they slide onto wet sand.
EXT. BEACH -- DAY
Two sets of BOOTS mar the smooth
GLADIATOR
by
David Franzoni
FIRST DRAFT REVISED
April 4, 1998
FADE IN:
EXT. NEAR THE GERMAN FRONT - 180 A.D. - DAWN
The rising sun unveils steep hills and luxuriant mountains
untouched by man. Snow flurries dart in the frigid air
and on the horizon CROWS gather.
EXT. DIRT ROAD
A column of Praetorian Cavalry flank two enclosed wagons
as they rattle along a rock and log accordion road. On
all sides