Airplane II: The Sequel
- PG
- Year:
- 1982
- 85 min
- 770 Views
FADE IN:
EXT. JUNGLE - DAY
A machete slashes INTO FRAME. An American in battered
fedora and leather jacket, accompanied by two gunbearers,
hacks his way through dense bush. We see him from the back
only. He hacks an opening, bats fly out AT CAMERA and the
bushes part, revealing huge overgrown stone letters -- the
Mayan ruin look -- that spell "AIRPLANE II."
EXT. GANTRY - NIGHT
The Jupiter shuttle stands ready to fly.
SUPER:
HOUSTON, 2002INT. MISSION CONTROL ROOM - STOCK FOOTAGE
of Houston Control with appropriate jargon V.O.
INT. TERMINAL - WIDE ANGLE STOCK SHOT
P.A.
All lunar departures, please proceed to
concourse lounge 'B.'
EXT. TERMINAL - STOCK FOOTAGE - NIGHT
A number of men in futuristic-looking mining outfits,
carrying futuristic gear, unload a truck with a corporate
logo that reads:
TRX DEEP SPACE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.P.A.
Attention, all Pulsar Four mining
personnel.
The miners look up.
P.A.
Please report to the Resource Expeditions
office, level seven.
Two miners head to terminal doors and pass FOUR NUNS, who
bid farewell to FATHER O'FLANAGAN. O'Flanagan shakes the
hands of the first three elderly nuns, then grabs the last
young gorgeous nun and kisses her passionately.
OLDER NUN:
No tongues, Father.
INT. CONTROL ROOM
A group tour moves through the room behind controllers.
GUIDE:
All lunar shuttle landings are handled by
these computers and simulated on these
video units.
CONTROLLER 1
(at computer screen)
You're programmed on R-two-niner and
locked, Lunar eight six. Over.
INT. LUNAR SHUTTLE COCKPIT - NIGHT
Three crew members watch the lit landing strip as their
shuttle approaches.
CAPTAIN:
(to co-pilot)
It's out of our hands now, gentlemen.
They smile.
INT. MISSION CONTROL
The CONTROLLER moves away from his video unit. A kid from
the tour who has lagged behind hits a switch. The screen
turns into a video game with SFX. He flips knobs.
INT. LUNAR SHUTTLE
The crew are tossed from side to side and try to regain
control of the ship.
EXT. NIGHT SKY
The Lunar shuttle careens towards the terminal, out of
control.
INT. CONTROL ROOM
The kid is still playing like mad. A flash appears on the
screen. SFX VIDEO GAME EXPLOSION and a corresponding
EXPLOSION from outside. SIRENS WAIL. CONTROLLERS run
around. The kid is oblivious and walks away.
EXT. TERMINAL - NIGHT
BUD KRUGER, head of the space center, and the COMMISSIONER
get out of a limo under a sign that reads, "MERCURY
SHUTTLE." They walk and talk.
KRUGER:
Commissioner, we both know the Mercury
shuttle needs another month of pre-launch
testing.
COMMISSIONER:
Forget it. The boys on the board want
that shuttle to go on schedule.
CUT TO:
INT. TERMINAL
Kruger and the Commissioner go up escalator.
KRUGER:
And what do the boys on the board know
about safety, Commissioner? Let me talk
to them.
COMMISSIONER:
Bud, get wise to the political realities.
The boys on the board are under a lot of
pressure from the boys downtown.
CUT TO:
Kruger gets a pack of cigarettes from a machine.
Commissioner buys a newspaper.
KRUGER:
And I'll be the one they'll hang if
there's a screw-up.
CUT TO:
INT. TERMINAL - SHOESHINE STAND
Kruger and Commissioner get shoes shined. A MAN next to
them in white shoes reads paper with headline -- "SOLAR
PLANT MELTDOWN, 500 WORKERS SERIOUSLY TANNED" -- and doesn't
notice his shoes are getting black polish.
COMMISSIONER:
Listen, Bud, the boys downtown are under
heavy fire from the boys in Washington.
That's why they're putting pressure on the
boys on the board.
CUT TO:
INT. TERMINAL
Kruger and Commissioner head down escalator.
KRUGER:
Well, you tell the boys on the board to
tell the boys downtown to let the boys in
Washington know that the press has been
nosing around my people in the front
office.
CUT TO:
EXT. TERMINAL
Kruger and Commissioner head to their limo.
COMMISSIONER:
You handle your front office people, I'll
handle the press and leave the boys in
Washington to the boys downtown and the
boys downtown to the boys on the board.
KRUGER:
Commissioner.
They stop and look at each other.
COMMISSIONER:
What?
KRUGER:
I just wish it was that simple.
MUSIC:
DRAMATIC STINGThey get back in their limo and drive off.
INT. MISSION CONTROL
CONTROLLER:
(over P.A.)
This is Mercury One control. We have
condition green. Mark launch 'T' minus
two hours and counting. I repeat, we have
condition green.
ANGLE ON LESLIE NEILSON - DOCTOR RUMACK
Dressed as a doctor and looking in a Controller's mouth.
The Controller's face is bright green.
RUMACK:
This condition isn't as bad as it could be
if it were a lot worse. Take these pills.
(hands him pills and water)
Here's some water.
CONTROLLER:
What is it, doctor?
RUMACK:
Two parts oxygen, one part hydrogen.
It'll make the pills go down easier.
EXT. GANTRY - CLOSEUP OF SHUTTLE - NIGHT
WIDE ANGLE LENS PANS the under-belly past the nose as if the
viewer bent his head back as far as he could, until... the
CAMERA crashes to the ground as if it has fallen off the
tripod.
MUSIC:
BIG SPACE THEME STARTS FROM TOP AGAINPAN workers on scaffolding who check gauges on exterior of
ship. PAN to panel that reads, "SOLID FUEL CHUTE" -- a
sweaty muscular worker in undershirt opens the panel, flames
shoot out. LOOSEN to reveal another sweaty worker in
undershirt shoveling coal into the chute. PAN to other
workers checking more gauges. SUDDENLY a PANEL EXPLODES.
Smoking, sparking wires pop out. A WORKER runs up with
walkie-talkie in hand.
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