Die Hard Page #33

MCCLANE:

Where's Holly --

GINNY:

The took her -- after they saw the

kids on television --

MCCLANE:

What? God --

He looks off to the choppers. Closer yet. He turns, SHOUTS.

MCCLANE:

Listen to me! All of you, get down

to the lower floors -- you're all

in danger.

HOSTAGE:

What are you, crazy? We're being

rescued! Those helicopters --

MCCLANE:

-- there won't be sh*t for those helicopters

to land on, because the whole top of this

building is wired with explosives! Now

get below --

SECOND HOSTAGE:

But...we're safe up here --

MCCLANE:

Safe, my ass! This ain't a helipad,

it's a launching pad!

And he FIRES over their heads! They SCREAM, head for the door

as he hoped! He FIRES again, raking a line across the roof.

They really haul ass.

MCCLANE:

GET BELOW! NOW!

344 IN THE WING CHOPPER - MID-AIR 344

A YOUNG FBI AGENT is here with a rifle and a partner.

YOUNG FBI:

(into throat mike, looking

out the door)

Flight leader, this is Wing. I think

they're on to us. One of the terrorists

is firing on the hostages.

345 INSIDE THE OTHER CHOPPER 345

LITTLE JOHNSON:

(into mike)

Roger, Wing. We copy.

(to the pilot)

Swing around.

(raising his rifle)

Give me a clear shot.

The pilot nods.

346 INT. VAULT ROOM 346

HANS:

(supervising the work)

Schnell, schnell...der zeitz ist kurz...

Something catches his eye. He turns, looks at:

347 VIEW THROUGH WINDOW -- HIS P.O.V. 347

Through the glass here he can catch a glimpse of the hostages

coming back into the room!

CUT TO:

348 THE ROOF 348

McClane herds the last of the hostages inside, starts for the

door himself, when with a ROAR and a CHATTER of rotors, the

lead chopper zooms overhead! McClane throws himself down on the

ground, looks up as the chopper banks in a tight turn and then

from the open side GUNFIRE erupts! Shocked, McClane DIVES out

of the way of the bullets that stitch across the door.

349 HOSTAGES - ON LOWER FLOORS (OR IN STAIRWELL) 349

descending, SCREAMING and HOWLING as a chopper SWEEPS past a

window on a loop back towards the roof.

350 IN THE CHOPPER 350

Both Johnsons FIRE AWAY

BIG JOHNSON:

Bank and we'll nail him!

351 THE VAULT ROOM 351

Hans whirls towards Kristoff.

HANS:

Blow the roof. Now!

KRISTOFF:

But Karl and Uli are up there --

CAMERA ADJUSTS to show the remote detonator on a table. Hans

goes to it.

352 THE ROOF 352

McClane DIVES away from another burst.

MCCLANE:

You a**holes, I'm on your side -- !

They come in on another pass. Desperate, he looks around, see

a fire hose. Makes up his mind. With the chopper LOOMING UP

behind him, he slings Uli's weapon, runs to the fire hose,

unreels three yards, loops it around his back and under his legs.

He looks over the edge, hesitates:

MCCLANE:

F*** this...

Bullets HIT all around him. He JUMPS:

353 THE VAULT ROOM 353

Hans extends the antenna...HITS the button.

354 LONG SHOT - THE ROOF 354

The helipad EXPLODES! A FIREBALL rolls into the sky.

355 THE HOSTAGES 355

lose their footing on the floor. Dust and debris fall down,

but they're okay.

356 JOHNSON AND JOHNSON'S CHOPPER 356

STRAINS to avoid the rising fireball...can't! It's CAUGHT in

the explosion! It tips over, a rotor hits the roof -- it

CRASHES, EXPLODES, tumbles down the side of the building!

357 MCCLANE 357

Dangling against the side of the building, he DUCKS and winces

as FLAMING DEBRIS soar past him.

358 THE ROOF - HOSE WHEEL DEVICE 358

Flame ROARS TOWARDS it, engulfs it. It JERKS on its foundation

PIVOTS 180 degrees as several bolts slip:

359 MCCLANE 359

DROPS several more feet. He swallows, then KICKS against the

side of the building, his bloody feet leaving smears. The

shatterproof glass doesn't budge! Wincing as more FLAMING DEBRIS

sizzles by, McClane levels the machine gun, KICKS off from the

building, SWINGS back ten feet -- reaches the zenith of his

arc -- FIRES the gun and sails back in:

360 INSIDE THE BUILDING 360

McClane SMASHES through the shattered glass, SAILS inside, rolls

onto the floor, PLOWING through furniture and decor. Finally

he STOPS, catches his breath with relief...rises to one knee:

361 UP ON THE ROOF 361

The fire hose mounting is BLASTED off the roof, SAILS past the

CAMERA:

362 OUTSIDE THE BUILDING 362

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