Die Hard Page #15

CAMERA ADJUSTS to show Theo, who grins. Now his computer

screen reads, LOCK #1 DISABLED. DO YOU WISH TO PROCEED?

Theo puts goggles on his eyes, holds out his hands towards

Kristoff like a doctor requesting a scalpel. Kristoff gives

him a GIANT DRILL.

THEO:

You bet your ass I'm gonna proceed.

He turns on the drill:

142 OUT OUT 142

143 EXT. CENTURY CITY - AVENUE OF THE STARS - NIGHT 143

The street is empty, quiet. A lone police black-and-white

pulls out of the shadows of a side street and begins a slow

cruise toward the Nakatomi building.

144 ON POWELL 144

Driving, alone. He starts up at the tower. It seems calm,

its glowing lights matching the warmth of the holiday

decorations on the streets. Powell slows to a stop and

scans the premises. In the lobby we SEE Eddie, sitting behind

the desk. Powell reports to his radio.

POWELL:

Guard inside. No signs of disturbance

...I'm going up for a closer look.

He pulls in and parks in the front.

145 INT. MACHINE ROOM - SAME 145

McClane punches out a ceiling vent and drops down into the

machine room. For a moment he stands, listening for sounds

of movement. The floor is quiet. He goes to the stairwell.

146 EXT. ROOF - SAME 146

The edge of the roof. Suddenly a tall terrorist, James,

moves along the wall and looks over at Powell's car.

147 INT. 3RD FLOOR - SAME 147

The elevator doors open on Karl, Franco and Fritz. They *

step out onto the darkened floor. We SEE large number "3"

painted on the doors of this floor.

They move quickly toward the windows on the Avenue of the Stars

side where a terrorist, ALEXANDER, with a BAR rifle has set up

a machine gun nest under a half-opened window. Directly below

him we SEE Powell's car.

Alexander PANS the police car with his weapon, finger on the

trigger. This is clearly a man hungry for action.

148 30TH FLOOR (HANS' OFFICE) - SAME 148

Hans watches from above. He raises his CB.

HANS:

(his usual calm)

Eddie?

149 INT. LOBBY - SAME 149

Eddie picks up his CB. He watches Powell coming up the stairs.

EDDIE:

(to CB)

Had a feeling you'd be calling...

HANS' VOICE

Let him in.

Eddie is a little startled, but he moves quickly.

149-A ALEXANDER 149-A

also hears this, and his eager expression fades. But orders

are orders.

150 EXT. FRONT DOOR OF NAKATOMI - SAME 150

Powell tries the front doors. Locked. Eddie comes hustling

across and unlocks the door with the magnetic card.

EDDIE:

Evening, officer. What's up?

Powell steps in and looks around. Bland HOLIDAY MUZAK filters

from Speakers here. (LET IT SNOW) *

POWELL:

We got an emergency call that there

was a problem here.

151 INT. 34TH FLOOR - BOARD ROOM - SAME 151 *

McClane makes his way to the Avenue of the Stars side of

the building, enters the board room where Takagi was shot.

McClane goes to the windows and looks down at the street.

152 HIS P.O.V. 152

Powell's car.

MCCLANE:

All right!

McClane waits, expectant. Five seconds. Ten seconds. But

no commotion, no shouting. He frowns.

MCCLANE:

Where's the f***ing cavalry?

152-A INT. LOBBY - SAME TIME 152-A

Powell walks casually across the slick floor, eyes panning the

area. Eddie sits casually watching a game on one of his

monitor screens.

EDDIE:

We already had that false alarm, you

ask me, the Goddamn computers sent

you out on another wild goose chase.

They been chasing bugs in that system

since they installed it.

(to the screen)

Oh, sh*t, come on, I got fifty bucks

on you a**holes -- !

Powell's face shows us he's starting to think he's wasting his

time.

152-B- OUT OUT 152-B

153 153

153-A WITH MCCLANE 153-A

The silent tension is driving him crazy.

MCCLANE:

Come on, come on...who's in that

car, Stevie Wonder?

He makes up his mind. He lifts one of the big chairs and

swings it at the window. The tempered glass whitens on the

first blow.

153-B EXT. ROOF 153-B

James sees the glass whiten below him and shouts into his mike.

153-C INT. MACHINE FLOOR 153-C

Heinrich hears the radio and shouts to Marco who grabs his

machine gun and runs.

154 INT. LOBBY 154

Eddie watches confidently as Powell moves through the lobby

looking for signs of trouble.

154-A AROUND THE CORNER FROM POWELL 154-A

Uli is there, gun held ready. *

155 BOARD ROOM - 34th FLOOR 155

McClane draws the chair back for the final hit when a terrorist

(MARCO) appears at the door. Both men react, but Marco already

has his gun up. He FIRES a round at McClane. The bullets rip

into the table top and the chair, and McClane goes down behind

the table.

156- OUT OUT 156-

156-A 156-A

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