Airplane! Page #7

In the b.g., a doctor in a white lab coat is attending a

patient. When he turns around WE SEE he is wearing an STP

insignia on his back.

STRIKER:

I wish I could say the same for George

Zipp.

ELAINE:

Be patient, Ted. No one expects you to get

over this immediately.

Striker is despondent.

SGT. McCOBB (o.s.)

Hey, Striker!

INT. HOSPITAL - ANGLE - SGT. McCOBB - DAY

He is posing for Striker's painting, contorted like a

pretzel, holding a machine gun in one hand and crying baby

in the other.

SGT. McCOBB

How about a break? I'm getting tired!

STRIKER:

All right. Take five.

McCobb untangles himself and walks off.

INT. HOSPITAL - CLOSEUP - ELAINE - DAY

ELAINE:

I found a wonderful apartment for us. It's

got a brick fireplace and a cute little

bedroom with mirrors on the ceiling.

And...

CAPTAIN GELINE (o.s.)

I'm off course. Red Leader!!! Look out!!

STRIKER:

That's Captain Geline. He thinks he's a

pilot, still fighting the war.

INT. HOSPITAL - DAY

Captain Geline agonizing and making bombing and machine gun

noises.

INT. HOSPITAL - DAY

LIEUTENANT HURWITZ (o.s.)

Groan.

ELAINE:

What's his problem?

STRIKER:

That's Lieutennt Hurwitz. Severe shell

shock. He thinks he's Ethel Merman.

INT. HOSPITAL - DAY

Strapped to the bed is ETHEL MERMAN singing "EVERYTHING'S

COMING UP ROSES." She breaks loose from the straps for a

grand finale. Two attendants attempt to restrain her.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. PASSENGER CABIN - BACK TO STRIKER - NIGHT

RANDY:

Excuse me, sir. Would you like some coffee

before we serve dinner?

STRIKER:

No. No thank you.

Randy moves on to the Hammens.

RANDY:

Would either of you like another cup of

coffee?

MRS. HAMMEN

I will, but Jim won't.

MR. HAMMEN

Yes, I think I will have another cup of

coffee.

CAMERA ZOOMS to CLOSEUP of Mrs. Hammen.

MRS. HAMMEN'S THOUGHTS (v.o.)

Jim never has a second cup of coffee at

home.

INT. PASSENGER CABIN - ANOTHER AREA - NIGHT

Randy approaches Sister Angelina. The guitar is on the seat

next to her.

RANDY:

Excuse me, Sister?

SISTER ANGELINA:

Yes?

RANDY:

There's a little girl on board who's ill

and...

SISTER ANGELINA:

Oh yes, I saw. Poor child.

RANDY:

Could I borrow your guitar? I thought I

might be able to cheer her up.

SISTER ANGELINA:

Of course.

Randy takes the guitar and walks down the aisle. The guitar

clonks people on the back of the head. Randy approaches

Lisa.

RANDY:

Is it all right if I talk to your

daughter?

MRS. DAVIS

Oh, I think that would be nice.

RANDY:

(to Lisa, who is reading)

Hi!

LISA:

Hi!

RANDY:

I'm Randy.

LISA:

I'm Lisa. Oh, you have a guitar!

RANDY:

I thought maybe you'd like to hear a song.

LISA:

Oh, I'd love to.

RANDY:

Okay, this is one of my favorites.

Randy is sitting on the edge of the gurney as she strums

three opening chords.

RANDY:

(strumming and singing in

ballad tempo)

'I've traveled the banks of the River

Jordan, to find where it flows to the

sea.'

Stewardesses and passengers notice the singer and peer

around corners and over seat backs. A man's head peers

upside down from the TOP OF THE FRAME.

RANDY:

'I looked in the eyes of the cold and the

hungry and saw that I was looking at me.'

As singing continues, Shirley and Jack look at each other

with saccherine smiles, the Hammens do the same, then the

Krishnas, then the Black Dudes. Finally, everyone is smiling

sweetly at each other.

INT. COCKPIT - NIGHT

Murdock and Oveur smile sweetly at each other...

INT. CABIN - NIGHT

RANDY:

(singing and playing the

guitar)

'And I wanted to know if life had a

purpose, and what it all means in the end.

In the silence I listened to the voices

inside me, and they told me again and

again.'

Tempo Jumps to rock pace.

RANDY:

'There is only one river. There is only

one sea.'

Randy, in her growing enthusiasm, swings her guitar,

knocking the I.V. connection tube from Lisa's arm. The I.V.

squirts, and Lisa turns pale and hollow­cheeked. No one else

notices.

RANDY:

'And it flows through you, and it flows

through me. There is only one people, we

are one and the same.'

Lisa manages to reconnect her I.V.

RANDY:

(still singing)

'We are all one spirit, one name. We are

the Father, we are the son.'

Randy again knocks I.V. from Lisa's arm with guitar as the

passengers start to get into the music.

RANDY:

'In the Dawn of Creation. We are one.'

Mrs. Davis rushes to reconnect Lisa's I.V. Lisa doesn't

react. Mrs. Davis pounds Lisa's chest.

RANDY & PASSENGERS

'We are only one people, we are one and

the same.'

As Lisa revives, Randy swings her guitar and clonks Mrs.

Davis on the head.

RANDY & PASSENGERS

'We are all one spirit on Earth, one

name.'

EXT. AIRPLANE - NIGHT

RANDY & PASSENGERS (v.o.)

'We are the Father, we are the son, and in

the Dawn of Creation we are one.'

INT. COCKPIT - NIGHT

Elaine enters with dinners.

OVEUR:

Hey, we've been waiting for you. A little

bit late tonight.

ELAINE:

Who wants to be first?

MURDOCK:

Go ahead, Clarence, I got it.

Oveur removes his headset, Elaine puts tray down.

ELAINE:

How's the weather?

MURDOCK:

Not so good. We've got some heavy stuff

ahead of us. It might get rough again

unless we can climb on top. But our

airspeed is holding steady at six hundred

ten knots.

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