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Blast from the Past Page #8
- PG-13
- Year:
- 1999
- 112 min
- 1,359 Views
His parents stare at him for a beat, then:
HELEN:
Let's eat our cake.
CALVIN:
Yeah. Let's dig in!
They do.
HELEN:
Elbows, Son.
ADAM:
Sorry, Mom!
HELEN:
You never know. You may someday dine
at the White House with the president.
CALVIN:
If we still have one.
HELEN:
Yes...
CALVIN:
You know, when we do go up...I'm going
to miss this old place. How 'bout you,
hon?
HELEN:
(after a beat)
Would you excuse me?
CALVIN:
Sure.
Helen rises and exits.
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INT. BATTERY ROOM- LATER, SAME NIGHT
Helen enters and goes into the generator room. Through
the glass we can see (and hear) her scream. Straightening
her hair and feeling much better, she exits as Calvin
strolls by wearing his tool belt. She's headed out.
CALVIN:
In the generator room again?
HELEN:
Oh, yes. It just fascinates me how
CALVIN:
I know exactly what you mean!
(then)
Hey, honey?
She turns to him. He gives her his patented thumbs up
sign.
CALVIN (cont'd)
Great cake!!
She smiles wanely and leaves. He shuts the generator door
she left open.
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INT.SHELTER, LIVING ROOM - VERY EARLY MORNING
SUPER:
THE PRESENTThe room is quiet and empty. The star-burst WALL CLOCK
on the paneling says 6:15.
INT. SHELTER, KITCHEN - SAME TIME
Also empty.
Also empty. And with MEAGER SUPPLIES on the shelves.
INT. POWER AND PUMP ROOM - SAME TIME
The old pipes are rusted and patched. Some are leaking
badly.
INT. MASTER BEDROOM - SAME TIME
Calvin wakes up. He looks over at Helen's bed.
ANGLE - HELEN
She wakes up. Then jumps out of bed.
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that has been ticking on the wall for thirty-five years.
Suddenly it STOPS TICKING and a rather annoying ALARM
GOES OFF. Calvin's hand reaches up and turns it off by
throwing the lever up.
ANOTHER ANGLE shows us the mechanism on the FRONT
HATCHWAY switch to OPEN with a loud, vault-like move.
ANOTHER ANGLE:
reveals the family in their pajamas standing in front of
the front hatchway and red box.
ADAM:
So...we just open this door and go up?
Calvin grabs a handle and using all his strength, opens
the front entrance hatch. And then must jump back when
nothing but earth and rock pour into the room.
ADAM:
Um...is that supposed to happen?
His parents take a beat then race off like maniacs
through the entire shelter to the back hatch door. They
knock over whatever gets in their way as they go. Adam
follows.
ADAM:
Hey, where are we going?! Is
everything all right?!
INT. BACK HATCHWAY - MOMENTS LATER
Calvin and Helen arrive followed by Adam who can't
possibly share his parent's deep concerns. Everyone is
out of breath.
CALVIN:
Should we say a little prayer first?
HELEN:
Just open the door.
Calvin attempts to open the big hatch, but can't. Adam
helps him. Helen pitches in. Slowly, with lots of
squeaking, the DOOR OPENS. He steps through the hatch and
flips a wall switch. Red submarine LIGHTS COME ON....
And the service elevator is intact.
INT. ANTEROOM - CONTINUOUS
Helen steps through and embraces Calvin joyfully. The
old folks break into a dance as Adam enters.
ADAM:
Well, do we just go on up?!
CALVIN:
(quickly back to business,
and way too dramatic)
No, son! We wait for night. Now...is
precisely when... we must be at our...
most cautious.
HELEN:
(barely a whisper, but
definitely tired of his
B.S.)
Oh, sh*t.
Helen's eyes widen and her hand flies up to her mouth.
She is just as shocked as Calvin.
CALVIN:
Helen-Thomas-Webber! Maybe we have
been down here a little too long!
(to Adam)
Please excuse her French.
ADAM:
Sh*t is a French word?
HELEN:
Yes, yes it is!
CALVIN:
It's an archaic colloquialism, roughly
meaning..."good".
HELEN:
Yes! That's right!
ADAM:
Oh.
(then)
Well...then...sh*t!
There is a pause, then:
CALVIN:
C'est bon, Monsieur.
ADAM:
Merci!
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Cars flash by in a rare L.A. DOWNPOUR. All that's left
of Mom's is an EMPTY BUILDING with a painted-out front
window and a "For Sale or Rent" sign. There's ANOTHER
SHOP attached to it CAMERA RIGHT but we can't see what it
is. The alley way on the left has always been there.
TWO DRUNK BUMS are sharing a bottle. One of them is the
Soda Jerk, now a dissipated middle-aged man (with a
tattoo on his forehead.)
SODA JERK:
...all of these things...Alcoholics
Anonymous...Cocaine Anonymous...Heroin
Anonymous.
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