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MR KURTZMAN goes through this door and as he closes it

behind him, all activity in the CLERKS pool ceases. each

CLERK adjusts his T.V. screen with the flick of a switch,

and all the screens change to something which looks very

like "The Good, The Bad And The Ugly".

22 INT. MR KURTZMAN'S OFFICEDAY 22

MR KURTZMAN also has a T.V. console. He sits behind his

desk, reaches for his In-tray, and without looking at the

console he turns his screen on. He looks through a number

of files in his In-tray. He is surprised to hear a VOICE

say, "Turn around real slow, amigo". MR KURTZMAN turns

around real slow, his expression relaxes, he thumps his

T.V. console with a large fist, and the screen obediently

flicks to a display of figures. He picks up a file which

we see as marked "Buttle, Archibald". He opens the file

and starts punching the keyboard of the console. The T.V.

starts bleeping in an alarmed way. MR KURTZMAN is puzzled.

He punches more figures. The screen starts to flash

"Error, error, error". MR KURTZMAN sighs with frustration.

He presses an intercom.

MR KURTZMAN:

(into intercom)

Mr Lowry, will you step in here

please?

He returns his attention, puzzled to the file. Nobody

comes into the office. MR KURTZMAN gets up and walks over

to his door and opens it. Beyond the door the room full of

CLERKS is obediently concentrating on the bleeping and

whirring consoles. From MR KURTZMAN'S POV we see that in

the centre of the room is an unoccupied desk.

MR KURTZMAN:

Does anyone know where Lowry is?

Nobody knows. MR KURTZMAN closes his door again. A moment

later it seems to him, and to us, that he has heard the

crash of six guns blazing away at each other. He re-opens

the door. The only sound again. He goes back to his desk.

He punches a few keys. The machine starts emitting even

more alarming beeps, then horse whinnies, then "Admit

you're whupped, you drygulching scum". KURTZMAN explodes

with anger, and presses the intercom again.

MR KURTZMAN:

(Shouting into intercom)

Where the hell is Sam Lowry?!

23 EXT. SKY DAY 23

CUT TO brilliantly clear sky. From on high an odd bird-

like figure swoops down on the CAMERA. As it comes closer

we can see that it is, in fact, a MAN wearing strange wood

and metal bird wings. In the bright sunshine their

flapping movements create a brilliant, flashing effect.

Along with the wings, SAM LOWRY (for this is he) wears an

outfit that combines the best of Flash Gordon and a WWI

fighter pilot. He sweeps past the CAMERA and then,

banking, rises BACK INTO SHOT IN MCU. An ethereal voice

can be heard calling "Sam ... Sam ... Sam". He hovers,

looking beyond the CAMERA to something wonderful. CUT TO

face of stunningly beautiful GIRL, she is the idealised

twin of JILL LAYTON ... Her long hair swirls across her

face partially obscuring it and making her appear slightly

mysterious. The CAMERA PULLS AWAY from her as soft

billowing material sinuously undulates about her. It rises

and falls like waves carried on the wind. As the CAMERA

GLIDES BACK through this sea of gossamer we can see that

the GIRL is being held aloft by and in it. A vast

landscape stretches below her. The sun frames her in the

sky. She and SAM are engaged in a beautiful sensual aerial

ballet.

Romantic music fills the soundtrack.

SAM swoops up and away. The GIRL floats in the distance as

SAM. rises in the foreground. She beckons to him. SAM

begins to flap back towards her. But then the dreamy

quality of this scene is interrupted by threatening

rumble. SAM looks down.

The ground far below him suddenly erupts as a massive,

monolithic stone skyscraper bursts through the surface and

soars upwards with a mighty rush.

CUT to the GIRL in LONG SHOT. The monolith rises up into

FRAME partially cutting her off from view.

Before SAM can do anything, another stone skyscraper

breaks through the ground and rushes upwards. Then another

and another. There is nothing SAM can do. The GIRL is

being cut of from him by these gigantic faceless

structures. And then she is finally lost from view

somewhere in the depths of this strange stone metropolis.

SAM lies closer. The stone skyscrapers appear to be solid.

No windows. No doors. Nothing whatsoever to interfere with

their clean, harsh, rectilinear design. As he flies among

these towering blocks he sees no sign of the GIRL, only

sheer walls rising high above him. Below him the walls

plummet vertiginously into the darkish streets. No sound

but the creaking flapping of his wings can he heard in

this dead place. Coming round a corner he sees something

in the distance. far below him a dark procession is

wending its way through the narrow passages... away from

him.

CUT TO LOW ANGLE SHOT of the procession making its way

past the CAMERA. Black-robed and cowled, the sinister

figures look like heavily armed monks. These are the

FORCES OF DARKNESS. Together they are straining at several

heavy hawsers that rise in long arcs up to a huge metal

cage floating above and behind the procession. Binding the

cage are metal straps to which ropes are attached. Inside

is the GIRL - still enveloped in gossamer which billows as

if there were a breeze in constant attendance.

CUT TO SAM as He dives out of shot.

CUT to the FORCES OF DARKNESS suddenly stopping in their

tracks. They've seen something.

CUT to their POV. There at the end of the passage between

two stone skyscrapers stands SAM ... barring the way.

CUT to swords being unsheathed. Cowls being thrown back.

Underneath are rotting, broken dolls' faces. All the faces

are the same except for the manner in which they have

decayed. They smile - slobbering, sickeningly. Suddenly

the robed bodies change shape - some rising up to become

long, others expanding sideways to become bulbous, others

shrinking. From the folds of cloth come evil weapons. The

FORCES are massed ready to charge.

CUT to long shot of SAM. He removes his arms from his

wings and folds the wings behind him. He is ready.

Cut to the FORCES. Nothing moves ... except for the

constant dribble from their cracked mouths.

CUT back to SAM. Stillness. The tension is unbearable.

Suddenly SAM unleashes a terrifying scream and charges the

fearsome horde. Unarmed!

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