127 Hours Page #18

bloom. ARON:
ONLY SOMETIMES COHERENT] unremarkable

`You can shake Tom, thanks for the lovely, natural

and you can dance fire last night...

but the last My friend Rob in Aspen ones of Erik +

drop is in the says to me several... Jon + Kristi +

pants'- of pee frequently... several Matt + Brent +

on his shorts. times, confusingly, Gary + Judson +

BRYAN + MIKE +

INT. ROB IN CANYON ON SOFA. Rachel + Angie

ROB:
`It's not what you do [SOME TAKE

but who you are'. THEIR TURN ON

+ Erik + Rana + THE SOFA IN

Sonja + Jean Marc THE CANYON]

+ CHAD + KELLER

+ Soha + Craig + Aron falls

Brandon + Chip + One of the things again - the

Norm I'm learning here is that I accident

didn't enjoy people's re-runs in

company that I was with silhouette

enough, or as much as I

could have. A lot of really

good people have spent time

with me. Very often I tend

to ignore or dismiss their

presence in seeking the He eats the

essence of their presence. last bite of

BURRITO WASHED:

Did that make sense? down with a

swig of urine,

He switches off and applies winces and

lip balm. swallows

somehow. ARON:

He looks at it and bites a `That's it.

bit off. Masticates it on I'm on the

and on... Chewing. urine diet

now. Well,

The chockstone it's no

waits and Aron's slurpee...'

foot kicks and

then lands and

they fall together.

The raven flies. => The accident runs in Aron watches

reverse the raven

INT. STORE ROOM. DAY.

REFLECTED ON THE INSIDE

OF THE NIGHT HEAD BAG.

ARON CHIPPING:

away desultory A slit of light in blackness

reveals Jon in work clothes.

Aron licks A light switch flicks on and

moisture thin metal shelves full of

condensation cleaning supplies appear He takes shots

from inside the on 3 sides, industrial mop, of himself

bag. His head- Aron in his canyon gear, with his still

60.

lamp blinks right arm out of focus. camera and of

unreliably. Tries to knock on door with his hand and

left arm. Jon stops him and of the light

indicates it won't do any in the canyon.

V.O:
Where are good. He takes one

You going? with the flash

VIDEO FOOTAGE:
at night in

ARON:
I'm holding on but the canyon.

it's really slowing down, And one inside

the time is going really the bag

slow but my heart rate is blinding

INT. GARAGE. DAY. going like crazy [WE HEAR himself. The

We're in the IT POUNDING IN CONTRAST spots in his

doorway of a TO HIS SLURRING DELIVERY] eyes bleed

garage with I swear it's like 3 x what across into

friends in the it should be... other shots

background gathered and change

around Rana who colour.

is working on one Rewinded video -

of the giant Megan and Kristi

Easter Island masks and back through

for Burning Man. his life in the

She chats away, canyon and then

carefree, some of him

she's in baggy climbing in snow

dungarees or that existed on

overalls with her the tape - triumphant

hair falling around pose on top of the icy

her face out of its wonder. All ice picks

hairband. She brushes and Gore-Tex.

it back and flecks of

Plaster of Paris dust

her skin. She notices

Aron. V.O:
He's over here

RANA:
There you are.

She shouts to someone:

RANA:
Here he is.

Mum and Dad sitting on

Sofa. Sofa sitting in canyon He imagines

In front of him - flash-floods his head in

Of light the dagger

of sunlight.

HIS HEAD:

TURNS ALWAYS:

Rana's face is remaining in

huge on the inside the light.An

of his head bag, smiling accelerating

at him. Her face in huge carousel of

scale compared to his head. yellow

warmth.

CUT TO:

ALL THE SCREENS GO BLACK.

61.

INT. ROPE BAG. BLACK.

Breathing close but shallow and rasping.

ARON:

God, it's Aron again. I still need

some help. It's getting bad here.

I'm out of water and food.

Listen. Give me the strength not to

do anything against myself. I want

to see this through, whatever.

A rumbling thunderous sound grows and the inside of the bag

begins to bear the image of the top of the canyon at dawn but

crumpled like paper, creased like the bag [BUT STRETCHED

ACROSS 2 SCREENS]. The noise grows and grows...

CUT TO:

INT. CANYON. DAY. INT. CANYON. DAY.

ARON'S UPWARD POV.

When it can get no louder Obscuring the light on

a horse leaps the 6 ft gap his face once they've

at the top of the canyon. gone and only dust

it's followed by dozens of falling lightly is

horses stampeding across his evidence then...

roof....

CUT TO:

EXT. SKY. DAY.

...the raven beats its wings across the canyon.

CUT TO:

INT. CANYON. DAY. SINGLE SCREEN.

We tilt down the wall (still reflected on inside of bag) to

see Aron completing his obit. Scratched on wall of canyon:

Aron Oct 75 => APR 03 RIP.

As we reverse back on Aron in the canyon there's a burst of

light and color beyond him and on the sofa in the canyon a

little boy sits. He's blond, about 3 and in a red polo shirt.

He looks like Aron.

Aron walks towards him, the sunlight hits his face like a

train and Aron looks up to it but keeps moving towards the

boy, walking downhill towards the sofa. The boy leaps off the

sofa and comes running to Aron.

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