Blade Runner Page #22

INT. DECKARD'S CAR

All we see at first is the Esper screen which features

the strangest face ever seen.. it's lines are weirdly

oscillating and the face itself is strangely anonymous

and flickering. It is in fact thousands of faces flashing

on the screen sequentially at the rate of fifty per

second.

Deckard is watching the screen.

A bunch of dwarfs run past the car.

INT. DECKARD'S CAR

Deckard is in the dark, suddenly a spinner appears, flashing

lights across Deckard's Face.

The Dwarfs run away.

A PA System blares out.

SPINNER:

This sector was closed to ground traffic

10 minutes ago. What are you doing here ?

DECKARD (on intercom to Spinner)

Working. What are you doing ?

SPINNER:

Don't be a smart ass.

DECKARD:

This is Deckard. Blade Runner. I'm

filed and monitored.

SPINNER:

Hold on... checking.....

Deckard punches up.

SPINNER:

Alright you're clear. Keep up the

good work.

Deckard punches a number of vid-phone. Waits.

On the VIDPHONE screen (not the Esper Screen) Dr. Schlecht

suddenly appears, answering the call.

DR. SCHLECHT

Guten Abend.

DECKARD:

Dr. Hermann Schlecht..

DR. SCHLECHT

Ja.

Deckard has shoved his badge in front of the lens.

Schlecht squints, inspecting the badge that must be appearing

on his vid screen.

DECKARD:

You are Senior Vice President

of the Tyrell Corporation.

Dr. Schlecht nods.

DECKARD:

You have dix huit clearance at

Tyrell. Right ?

DR. SCHLECHT.

Yes.

DECKARD:

How many other employees have the

same clearance.

DR. SCHLECHT

Four, including Dr. Tyrell and

myself.

DECKARD:

The others ?

SCHLECHT:

Dr. Chew and J.F. Sebastian

DECKARD:

Sebastian ?

SCHLECHT:

Yes. J.F. Sebastian.

DECKARD:

I want you to authorise access to

your personnel files. Put it on

Esper.

SCHLECHT:

Now ? Do you know what time it is ?

DECKARD:

J.F. Sebastian employment and

personal information.

SCHLECHT:

Punch in your Esper code please.

Deckard punches Schlecht out and punches in Esper.

DECKARD:

Coming in. Night Doc.

INT. DECKARD'S CAR

The Esper screen reveals a single face SEBASTIAN.

Information and data blare out.

ESPER:

J.F. Sebastian. AMAPT 46751.

Designer, Age 27, hobbies

Grand Master Chess Player..

Clearance.....

Deckard punches the telephone number on the vid phone.

On the vid-phone a strange out of focus face looks startled.

It's Pris.

DECKARD:

Hi.... J.F. there ?

PRIS:

Who's this ?

DECKARD:

An old friend of his.

Pris looks for a moment then puts down the phone.

DECKARD:

That's no way to treat a friend.

As the vid phone goes blank one of the dwarfs jumps on

to the hood of Deckard's car.

Deckard starts up the car, screetches forward and the dwarf

falls off onto the street.

INT. SEBASTIAN'S APARTMENT

On the vid screen is an off kilter shot of Deckard looking

surprised.

CUT TO:

INT. DECKARD'S CAR

Deckard punches the vid screen. It is bright again with

playback. Pris out of focus, weirdly framed, staring into

the lens. Then it disconnects.

Instantly Deckard replays it again, slows the image

Pris frozen out of focus.

CUT TO:

EXT. TYRELL CORP. - SUNSET

The huge pyramid looms over the industrial landscape

backed by a gorgeous sunset sky of polluted reds.

Looking closer, we can see an elevator gliding up the

steep slope of the pyramid toward the apex.

CUT TO:

EXT. PYRAMID - NIGHT

The elevator is whizzing up the slope of the pyramid.

INT. ELEVATOR - NIGHT

Sebastian and Batty are in the elevator, numbers flashing

on their faces as they shoot up toward the 800th floor.

Sebastian looks uneasy.

Suddenly the elevator comes to an abrupt halt, lights

flash a buzzer sounds and a VOICE emanates from a speaker.

SPEAKER:

Quinzieme Bleu... cinquante.

You have six seconds. Counting!

Uno.. due... tre...

Sebastian is frantically fumbling through a stack of

magnetic cards he's pulled from his pocket, as the counting

goes on simultaneously in six languages.

batty is watching Sebastian fumble with the cards.

SPEAKER:

... cuatro.. quince.... seis......

Batty reaches out impatiently and takes a card, inserts it.

The voice stops, the lights go out, the elevator starts up

again.

Sebastian gives Batty a funny look.

The Speaker voice interrupts again.

SPEAKER:

Seven hundred up.... Tyrell Corporation.

Purpose of visit please.

Sebastian looks at Batty nervously.

Batty gives a metallic smile.

SEBASTIAN:

Pawn to King Three.

SPEAKER:

Pawn to King Three.

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