Blast from the Past Page #4

CALVIN:

To keep us from trying to leave. After

an atomic blast there's a radiation

half-life that lasts thirty five

years.

HELEN:

Thirty -five years!

CALVIN:

Then after that it's safe.

HELEN:

It's safe.

She continues to stare at him.

CALVIN:

To go up.

HELEN:

To go up.

She continues to stare at him.

CALVIN:

(confidently)

Hey, honey. Don't you worry. We're

going to be just fine.

Helen bursts into tears.

EXT WEBBER PATIO - DAY

Two police detectives, LEVY and ATKINSON, exit the house.

Uniformed workers carefully carry small pieces of the jet

from the crash site. The detectives lead us to what's

left of Calvin's shop. It's mostly a charred crater.

LEVY:

According to Caltech, this Webber guy

was a bonafide genius and a borderline

nutcase.

ATKINSON:

Well, he and Mrs. Nutcase must have

been out here when the plane hit.

LEVY:

Unless we get a postcard or somethin',

that's my guess.

ATKINSON:

What about relatives?

LEVY:

All back East.

ATKINSON:

The neighbors over there said the guy

spent day and night out here. She'd

bring him sandwiches and hot Dr.

Pepper.

LEVY:

He drank it hot?

ATKINSON:

Yeah.

LEVY:

Good god.

ATKINSON:

Yeah.

INT. MASTER BEDROOM - SAME TIME (12 HOURS AFTER BLAST)

Helen awakes alone and still dressed. She sits up and

trys the phone on the night table. It is dead. She hangs

up and exits.

INT. KITCHEN/LIVING ROOM/PATIO

Calvin is making sandwiches from the pot roast. Two empty

Doctor Pepper bottles sit next to the stove where Calvin

is heating the soda. He sees Helen enter the livingroom.

CALVIN:

Hi, honey! Feeling better?

HELEN:

No.

CALVIN:

We have to be strong, sweetheart. If

not for ourselves, for the child.

HELEN:

All our friends...

He enters with her sandwich and a cup of Dr. Pepper.

CALVIN:

Burnt to a crisp.

(indicating sandwiches)

I've given you the most well-done cut.

HELEN:

I'm not hungry.

CALVIN:

Hot Dr. Pepper! Your favorite!

HELEN:

(leaving)

No, Calvin, you're favorite.

CALVIN:

Really?

She walks out onto the patio. She rubs her arms as if

cold.

CALVIN:

A bit chilly? Shouldn't be.

Temperature's a nice 73 degrees.

He follows her out to the patio.

HELEN:

Maybe I've just got the creeps.

CALVIN:

How could you?! This is just like

home!

A reverse angle shows for the first time the rest of the

fallout shelter -- which looks very different from

"home". Perhaps she starts to cry again.

HELEN:

No. No! Calvin, this is different!

Believe me!

CALVIN:

Would you like a tranquilizer?

HELEN:

You have tranquilizers?

CALVIN:

I told you! I've got everything!

Helen groans in pain.

HELEN:

Oh, no.

CALVIN:

What?

HELEN:

Uh, oh. Now it's time.

CALVIN:

Honey?

SCENE 29B OMITTED

SCENE 29C OMITTED

SCENE 29D OMITTED

SCENE 29E OMITTED

INT. VERY WIDE OF THE SHELTER - HOURS LATER

We can only hear Adam's entrance into the world. There is

Helen's pain, followed by Adam's cry, followed by

Calvin's rejoicing.

CALVIN (OC)

The first child to be born on earth

after the annihilation!!

INT. SHELTER - DAYS LATER

SUPER:
SEVERAL DAYS LATER

Start on the record player in the living room. The

country and western classic "Hey, Good Looking" is

spinning.

OMIT SCENE 30

INT. SHELTER, BATTERY ROOM - SAME TIME

Calvin walks through checking things over; pleased by

what he sees. He exits. ("Hey Good Looking" continues.)

INT. SHELTER, FISH FARM - CONTINUOUS

Calvin checks the switch he uses to control the lights.

Then he checks out all the tiny fish swimming in the six

feet by six feet tank. When he hears a baby's cry he

hurries away.(Music continues)

INT. SHELTER, MASTER BEDROOM

Calvin enters and smiles with great affection at his

family:
Helen and a NEWBORN SON cradled next to her in

bed.

CALVIN:

Is there a problem?

HELEN:

No, Calvin. Babies cry.

CALVIN:

I've noticed.

HELEN:

What shall we call him?

Calvin shrugs.

HELEN (cont'd)

Well, I was thinking...in light of the

situation...that we should call him

Adam. That's not sacrilegious is it?

CALVIN:

No. I think it's just right.

HELEN:

And I was wondering...if...if I could

have a...

CALVIN:

Yes!

HELEN:

If I...you know...

CALVIN:

What? Whatever you want, Helen!

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