Die Hard Page #18

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171 INT. 30TH FLOOR - SAME 171

Karl steps off the elevator and goes through the crowd of

hostages to Hans.

KARL:

(quietly)

He wasn't lying about Marco: He's

thirty stories down on the street.

The other man is Heinrich, and I found

his body upstairs.

(pause; Hans looks

alarmed)

And his bag is missing.

HANS:

He had the detonators!

(into CB)

Theo? Theo!

INTERCUT:

171-A THEO - IN SAFE ROOM 171-A

With Kristoff, he has DRILLED TWO HOLES in the safe and is

working on a third when he HEARS the CB. He turns off the

drill, answers.

THEO:

Yo!

HANS:

We may have some problems. How is

your schedule?

Theo moves to his computer screen which shows a schematic of

the safe and blinking icons and the words MECHANICALS #2

and #2 DISABLED.

THEO:

Three down, four to go --

HANS:

Then don't waste time talking to

me.

Suddenly all REACT to a nearby CB transmitter which broadcasts.

POWELL'S VOICE

This is Sergeant Al Powell of the

Los Angeles Police Department. If

the person who radioed for help on

this channel can hear me, acknowledge

this transmission...I say again...

172 INT. 33RD FLOOR - ON MCCLANE - NIGHT 172 *

MCCLANE:

(to CB)

I read you, Powell. You the guy

in the car?

INTERCUT:

173 EXT. POLICE OPERATIONS TRAILER 173

Powell stands in front of his destroyed cruiser and looks

up at the building. Behind him technicians, City Power and

Light personnel, SWAT officers in protective gear, etc., arrive

from all directions. A trailer is being backed into a parking

lot, which will become the police center of operations. It

is like watching a small town being constructed right before

your eyes.

POWELL:

(to CB)

What's left of him. Can you

identify yourself?

INTERCUT:

173-A HANS AND KARL 173-A

Listening intently.

MCCLANE:

Maybe later. Just listen fast

because this is a party line and

the neighbors are trigger happy.

Now here's the skinny: There's

thirty or so hostages on the

30th floor, with probably 2 or 3

guards to cover a group that size.

The leader here is named Hans,

and besides the pea shooter he

ventilated your car with, *

they got machine guns and *

sidearms up the yin yang. On top

of that one of 'em had a big enough

chunck of plastic explosive to

orbit Kate Smith. *

NOTE:
The following dialogue is said OVER McClane's.

FRANCO:

We have to find him and shut him

up! He's telling them everything --

HANS:

(shaking his head,

calming)

The police are irrelevant. We've *

waiting for the FBI. Until they *

arrive, we can't finish out work.

Meanwhile, let this fool waste time

for the police. Fritz, go help Uli *

find the bag.

The CAMERA TIGHTENS ON him

HANS:

We must find those detonators.

They leave.

173-B WITH MCCLANE 173-B

POWELL'S VOICE

How many are there?

MCCLANE:

(thinking about it)

Figuring there's at least one to

cover the lobby, a couple with the

hostages...I'd say they came in

with about a dozen...but they're

down to nine now, including the

skydiver you already met. These

guys are mostly Europeans, judging

by their clothing labels, and they're

well financed and very slick.

POWELL:

How do you know?

MCCLANE:

I've seen enough phoney ID's in

my time to recognize that the ones

they've got cost a fortune. Add all

that up and I don't know what the

f*** it means, but these are bad

ass preps and they're here to stay.

We notice that everything McClane has said about "clothing"

and ID's and police jargon, etc., has set off a little buzzer

in Powell's brain.

POWELL:

I hear you...

(on a hunch)

Partner. And LA's finest are on it,

so light 'em if you got 'em.

MCCLANE:

I'm ahead of you...partner.

POWELL:

Uh, what do I call you?

A moment. McClane smiles. What the hell?

MCCLANE:

'Roy'.

POWELL:

Got it...'Roy'. Now listen. If

you think of anything else you think

we need to know, don't be shy, okay?

In the meantime I want you to find

a safe place and hole-up and let

us do our job. Understand?

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