Die Hard Page #10

A fire alarm indicator light showing which floor has sounded the

fire alarm -- suddenly begins flashing, emitting short, loud

beeps. Eddie, the terrorist in the guard's uniform and manning

the station, immediately picks up his CB.

77 32ND FLOOR - SAME 77

McClane stands at windows looking Northward for fire trucks.

Suddenly we SEE the flashing red lights of FOUR ENGINES in

traffic two miles away.

MCCLANE:

C'mon, baby...come to Papa. I'll

kiss your f***in' dalmatian.

78 INT. SERVICE ELEVATOR - ON HANS - SAME 78

He rides the elevator back to the 30th floor with Tony.

HANS:

(calmly, to Eddie

on CB)

Call 911, give them the name and

badge number on your uniform and

cancel the alarm...then disable

the system.

(looks across at

Tony, presses talk

button again)

Eddie? What floor did the alarm

go off?

78-A MACHINE FLOOR 78-A

They've heard the alarm here, too. Heinrich, Marco and *

Uli HEAR the alarm and continue their mysterious work.

79 UNFINISHED FLOOR - SAME 79

McClane stands silhouetted against the window. In the distance

he can see another fire truck swing off Santa Monica onto

Avenue of the Stars.

Suddenly the red light on the first truck goes out, then on the

second. McClane watches in disbelief. The trucks slow and

turn down separate side streets, heading for home.

MCCLANE:

(realizing)

You stupid muthafuckers! NO! TURN

THE F***IN' CAR AROUND!

Just then the elevator bell rings and we HEAR the ELEVATOR DOORS

OPEN. A figure (Tony) slips into the shadows -- his machine

gun drawn. We MOVE WITH HIM FROM the elevator area until he

reaches the light switch and throws it illuminating the entire

floor. McClane is gone.

80 ON MCCLANE 80

under a desk. He takes in his options.

81 HIS P.O.V. 81

The feet of Tony. They move slowly in his direction. McClane

Looks down the aisle next to the windows. It leads to a series

of cubicles at the other end of the floor and is a clear path

if he can make it past Tony.

82 TONY 82

He moves steadily toward the area where we saw McClane.

TONY:

The fire has been called off, my

friend. No one is coming to help

you. You might as well come out

and join the others.

(fingers the trigger

of his machine gun)

I promise not to hurt you.

Moving more confidently, he steps up to McClane's desk, then

around it and fires a blast into the space. It is empty. As

the SOUND OF THE MACHINE GUN FADES he listens and hears another

SOUND -- a NOISE coming from the other end of the room near

the cubicles.

Tony heads toward the noise. Sensing a trap, he moves past

each cubicle carefully, checking each office until he reaches

the doorway of the last one. The sound is just around the

partition. He tenses, then spins into the cubicle.

83 TONY'S P.O.V. 83

A radial arm saw spins noisily.

84 TONY 84

grins at his nervousness. He moves to turn it off, not

realizing the sound has buried the soft rustle of McClane,

steps INTO FRAME behind him, McClane shoves his pistol barrel

against Tony's temple.

MCCLANE:

Freeze, Police...don't move or name

your beneficiary.

Tony doesn't. McClane c*cks his Beretta. Tony watches him

calmly.

TONY:

You won't hurt me.

MCCLANE:

Yeah? Why not?

TONY:

(smug)

Because you are a policeman. There

are rules for policemen.

MCCLANE:

Yeah. My Captain keeps telling

me the same thing.

McClane suddenly PISTOL WHIPS Tony across the head. Tony

REELS, then swallows, worried for the first time.

MCCLANE:

Let's go.

Suddenly Tony spins to the side and McClane FIRES, but the

big man's momentum slams McClane into a filing cabinet and sends

his pistol into the hall.

Tony fires his machine gun, but McClane kicks him into the desk.

He locks his arms around the big man's neck in a hold that

sends Tony reeling into the hall. McClane holds on as they

slam through several plastic board partitions. They careen

across the hall into the stairwell door, opening it, and crash

into:

85 STAIRWELL LANDING 85

then down the concrete steps into the wall on the landing below.

For a moment, both men lie still. McClane, still holding onto

Tony's neck, releases it and the man's head flops sickeningly

to the side.

For a moment McClane just looks at the dead man. Then, slowly,

methodically, he begins to SEARCH HIM. He turns all his pockets

inside out, looks at his clothing labels, stares long and very

hard at a California driver's license with Tony's picture on

it. He expertly examines the machine gun when a HISSING SOUND

coming from somewhere attracts his attention.

He rises, moves cautiously to the source.

85-A NEW ANGLE 85-A

It's Tony's CB, which has fallen from the dead man's waist during

the struggle. McClane stares at it, formulating a plan.

CUT TO:

86 INT. 32ND FLOOR - NIGHT 86

PAN FROM Tony's now shoeless feet TO McClane, who sits on the

floor near the body hurriedly lacing up the dead terrorist's

boots on his own feet. He ties the last lace and tries to take

a couple of steps.

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