Die Hard Page #28

Hans pales as we hear the ding of an approaching elevator.

HANS:

You were saying.

McClane whirls in time to see:

266- OUT OUT 266-

269 269

260 KARL, FRANCO AND FRITZ 270

Coming out of it, FIRING.

271 BACK TO SCENE 271

McClane FIRES back, killing Fritz. Karl and Franco take

cover. McClane ducks into a water cooler alcove, looks back

at:

272 WHERE HANS WAS 272

He's gone, a SWINGING OFFICE DOOR the only evidence of his

passing.

273 BACK TO SCENE 273

McClane curses himself, then RETREATS into a:

273-A- OUT OUT 273-A-

273-I 273-I

274 BANK OF COMPUTERS 274

Where he DUCKS and DODGES as bullets ping and ricochet all

around him. Ducking, rolling, he FIRES at:

275 FRANCO 275

McClane's bullets RAKE his middle, throw him over a desk, his

weapon FLYING:

276 CLOSER 276

He SLIDES right into a glass door. It smashes around his head.

Bright arterial BLOOD fountains up:

277 MCCLANE 277

hope rising at the prospect of an equal battle, his face

suddenly FALLS as BULLETS fly in from an unexpected direction.

He turns:

278 HANS 278

has reappeared and snatched up Franco's weapon.

279 MCCLANE 279

FIRES, moving, trying to keep from bring flanked. One of his

shots SHATTERS a glass panel, raining down shards near Hans,

who escapes with only superficial scratches.

280 HANS 280

looks at the glass around him, gets an idea. He SHOUTS to

Karl in German:

HANS:

The glass! Shoot the glass!

And, saying this, he demonstrates. Karl follows suit.

281 MCCLANE 281

as GLASS FLIES EVERYWHERE, McClane sees one option, takes it.

BLASTING a burst to keep their heads down, he WHIRLS, JUMPS

on top of a long counter and RUNS ACROSS THE ROOM. Their

BULLETS follow him, six inches behind his moving form! Big

CRAY UNITS GROAN with electronic SQUEALS and SPARKS as a

million Gigabytes goes to RAM heaven. McClane reaches the end

of the counter, DIVES and rolls to the floor:

282 HIS FOOT 282

goes right down on a jagged SHARD. He GROANS, keeps going:

283 STAIRWELL DOOR 283

He's out, gone, safe!

284 BACK TO SCENE 284

Karl looks pissed as hell. Behind him, Hans sifts through

rubble, then comes over, smiling.

He's holding the bag of detonators.

HANS:

Smile, Karl. We are back in business.

CUT TO:

285 INT. TV TRAILER 285

HASSELDORF:

(on monitor here)

...all depends on what we mean by

"Terror.' If Clauswitz could say

'War is the last resort of Deplomacy,'

couldn't we just as well say that

terrorism has an equal claim to...

Mary comes inside, grinning ear to ear. Thornburg looks up from

his danish, a cute little chin napkin protecting his shirt

collar.

THORNBURG:

You got something?

MARY:

(waving a paper)

Just McClane's name, badge number,

police record, vital statistics...

(the ringer)

...And his family's address right

here in L.A.

As Thornburg GRINS we GO TO:

286 HOSTAGE FLOOR 286

Eddie and Uli are guarding the hostages. Hans and Karl return.

Hans tosses the bag of detonators to Uli, who grins, leaves.

287 HOLLY AND GINNY 287

Holly has watched all this nervously. But Ginny's eyes follow

Karl, who doesn't share the mood of the others.

GINNY:

That one look pissed, Ms. Gennero...

HOLLY:

(relieved)

Thank God.

(explaining)

He's still alive.

CUT TO:

288 UPSTAIRS - WASHROOM 288

The door JARS open. McClane all but crawls inside. As he

passes the CAMERA we SEE his dragging foot leaving a trail

of blood on the linoleum.

CUT TO:

289 VAULT ROOM - SAME TIME 289

Theo and Kristoff REACT, delighted, as they get the message

SIXTH LOCK DEACTIVATED. Suddenly a BUZZER SOUNDS and the

graphic flashes:
"ELECTROMAGNETIC SEAL ENGAGED. CANNOT

BE DISARMED AT THIS LOCATION. TERMINATE SEQUENCE (Y/N)?"

THEO:

You better heat up that miracle *

you were talking about. We broke

through on Number Six, and the

Electromagentic came down like a

sledgehammer...

INTERCUT:

290 HANS' OFFICE 290

HANS:

(unphased) *

Well have a look at what our friends

outside are doing and I'll be right

up.

291 INT. BATHROOM - NIGHT 291

Wincing in pain, McClane washes his foot in a sink basin. He

washes a deep cut, soaps it, but the pain doesn't relent.

When a VOICE speaks, he JUMPS, realizes it's the CB.

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