Brazil Page #22

Good God! ... queries from Security,

searches from Central Banking about a

cheque, clarification notices from

Accounting concerning unreturned

receipts, another demand from the

Motor Pool.

SAM:

Mr Warren ... I have to find out

about ...

WARREN:

Shut up! I don't know what's going on

here, Lowry, but don't think you can

intimidate us with your friends and

relatives in high places! Now shape

up!

He dumps the papers and folders onto SAM's desk and storms

off with his ENTOURAGE, leaving a gleeful LIME in the

doorway.

SAM:

(grabbing Lime as he starts

to slip away)

Lime, I need to use your computer

LIME:

Sorry, a bit busy at the moment.

(he indicates Sam's

smothered desk)

You seem to have quite a lot to do

yourself.

(he disappears into his

office)

112a INT.30TH FLOOR

CORRIDOR DAY 112a

SAM rushes out of his office after LIME. But, LIME has

locked his door. SAM bangs on the door.

SAM:

Sh*t!

112b INT.SAM'S OFFICE DAY112b

SAM storms back into his office. Reaching a peak of

frustration, he stuffs all his paperwork into the

pneumatic tube and sends it off into oblivion. Within

seconds it returns. SAM sends it off a second time. It

doesn't return a second time, periodically something

passes through the tubes causing them to move. SAM's

pneumatic tubes continue to pulsate, pressure building up.

At this point SAM's desk begins, as before, to creep

through the wall. He grabs it violently. He pulls it.

There is a scream from the other side of the wall. SAM

smiles. Th pneumatic tubes give a final convulsion and

then there appears to be a muffled explosion outside SAM's

office door. It shakes the whole building. SAM goes to his

door and opens it.

113 INT. SAM'S CORRIDORCONTINUATION 113

Every door in the corridor has been opened by the

occupants of the room. All the occupants stick their heads

into the corridor, all gazing with SAM at the variously

coloured blizzard of paper which has errupted through the

whole length of the corridor ceiling, from which protrudes

the intestines of the pneumatic system.

114 INT. JACK'S OFFICE CORRIDOR & INFORMATIONEVENING114

RETRIEVAL CORRIDORS

It is the end of the working day. JACK is leaving for

home. He is putting on his executive-styled bullet-proof

vest and packing his "Secret Connection" briefcase. As the

scene progresses SAM and JACK proceed out of the door and

down he corridor, passing other I.R. OFFICIALS. SAM is

dishevelled and causing acute sartorial embarrassment to

JACK to is trying to distance himself from him.

SAM:

Come off it, Jack! Of course you can

check to see if she's been arrested.

JACK:

I'm sorry, Sam, I'm afraid this whole

case has become much more complicated

since last we talked.

SAM:

(exasperated)

She's innocent, Jack --- she's done

nothing wrong.

JACK:

Tell that to the wives of the

Security men she blew up this

afternoon. Listen, we've also had a

report just in from Central Services

that Tuttle has wrecked an entire

flat and sabotaged adjacent Central

Services systems - as a matter of

fact, in your block. I'd keep my eyes

open if I were you, Sam. Bye.

SAM:

(catching up with Jack)

You don't really think Tuttle and the

girl are in league?

JACK:

I do. Goodbye.

(steps into lift)

115 INT. LIFTEVENING 115

SAM:

It could all be coincidental.

JACK:

There are no coincidences, Sam.

Everything's connected, all along the

line. Cause and effect. That's the

beauty of it. Our job is to trace the

connections and reveal them.

(whispers)

This whole Buttle/Tuttle confusion

was obviously planned from the

inside. Bye bye.

116 INT. INFORMATION RETRIEVAL LOBBYEVENING 116

JACK and SAM have just emerged from the lift. The lift

doors close. SAM agitatedly speaks.

SAM:

Jack, she's innocent!

JACK:

Sam - we've always been close,

haven't we?

SAM:

(eagerly)

Yes we have, Jack!

JACK:

Well, could you stay away from me

until this thing blows over.

117 EXT. MINISTRY OF INFORMATION RETRIEVAL NIGHT117

BUILDING:

SAM is leaving the Ministry of Information Retrieval. The

lights in the foyer are blazing behind him, the street

lamps are lit. He is exhausted and depressed and anxious

about the safety and whereabouts of Jill. He begins to

retrace their first journey together, down the Ministry

front steps and around the corner to where Jill's truck

was parked.

117a EXT.JUST AROUND THE

CORNERNIGHT117a

SAM stands in the passageway where JILL's lorry was first

parked. The only hint of its once-upon-a-time presence is

a small splodge of oil by the kerb. SAM stands lost and

beaten under a street light. He slumps down to the

pavement unsure his next move. The street light is

reflected in the pool of oil. As he stares at the

reflected light it expands and becomes a patch of blue

cloud-filled sky. SAM turns to look at the actual street

light. It has become a crack of blazing light coming thru

the inner wall of the great stone ship.

117b INT.STONE SHIPANTI-DAY117b

DREAM GIRL'S VOICE

I'm here Sam. Don't give up.

SAM is pushing thru the GREY PRISONERS. The light from the

crack shafts across the space in which they find

themselves imprisoned, striking the opposite wall. There

in the bright pool of light are SAM's wings - beautiful,

shimmering silver... But, nailed to a large stone

cruciform - like a crucified eagle. SAM rushes towards

them and begins to pull them loose, But before he can, a

great cracking noise reverberates thru the ship and a

black shadow falls across SAM and the wings. Looking round

he saees the inner wall has split open to the level of the

floor - but, blocking the opening is the GIANT SAMURAI

WARRIOR. SAM draws his sword and rushes toward the GIANT.

The GIANT stands ominously still. Then very slowly he

raises his spear in front of himself in an almost

religious gesture. Poof! He vanishes! SAM is confused.

Suddenly a PRISONER shouts a warning and SAM spins round

just in time to avoid a slash of the spear by the gigantic

WARRIOR who is now standing directly behind him. SAM

parries a couple more thrusts of the spear and then

strikes with his sword. At thin air! The GIANT has

vanished again. SAM can't figure it out. But he hears

something whoosh and instinctively dodges as the GIANT who

is once again behind him brings the spear crashing down.

Again SAM manages a few parries as he is forced backwards.

He trips and falls to the ground. The spear goes into the

ground.

Before the GIANT can wrench the spear loose, SAM slashes

at him with his sword. But again the GIANT disappears. SAM

spins around. The GIANT is a short distance from him. SAM

rushes him. Again he vanishes. This time he reappears next

to the spear and tries to free it. But SAM attacks again

and the GIANT is forced to do his vanishing act before he

can recover the spear. SAM is becoming exasperated with

his behaviour, and as the GIANT reappears he shouts at him

to hold still, at the same time throwing his sword at the

big fellow. The sword pins the GIANT's foot to the ground

before he can disappear. Instead of blood pouring from the

wound, fire issues forth. SAM takes advantage of the

situation and manages to wrench the spear from the ground.

The GIANT is unable to escape as SAM charges, but manages

to dodge a bit. However the spear catches his arm and

opens a gash. Again fire pours out. As the big GUY tries

to stop the fire, SAM charges again. This time he succeeds

in striking dead centre. The GIANT gasps as fire gushes

from his chest. He staggers and crashes to the ground. The

wounds continue to bleed fire.

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