Dune Page #14

JESSICA:

Then I will teach you our way of

battle.... you have the word bond of a

Bene Gesserit.

A FREMEN:

It is the legend.

167. EXT. CLIFF - FREMEN PLACE - DEEP DESERT - NIGHT

Up on the rock, Paul turns. He takes a step, then

notices a small figure standing in front of him. It

is a girl.

CHANI:

I am Chani, daughter of Liet.... I would

not have permitted you to harm my tribe.

PAUL:

(inner voice)

From my dream... so beautiful. Liet....

is this Kynes' daughter?

Paul stares at her in wonder.

--

CHANI:

Come with me. I'll show you an easier way

down.

They exit.

168. EXT. FREMEN PLACE - DEEP DESERT - NIGHT

STILGAR:

(to Paul, as they meet)

You have strength... real strength... You

shall be known as Usul, which is the

strength of the base of the pillar. This

is your secret name in our troop. But you

must choose the name of manhood which we

will call you openly.

PAUL:

(thinking)

What do you call the mouse shadow in the

second moon?

STILGAR:

We call that one Muad'dib.

PAUL:

Could I be known as Paul Muad'dib?

STILGAR:

You are Paul Muad'dib, and your mother

shall be a Sayyadina among us.... We

welcome you.

Wind blows a cloud of dust through the rock. High

above the moon with the mouse shadow glows

brilliantly. It dissolves into the sun.

168A. EXT. DEEP DESERT - DAY

Paul, Jessica and the Fremen march through the

dunes.

171. through 171B. (Deleted)

172. EXT. DEEP DESERT - DUSK/SUNSET

HEAT WAVES and sand dunes. Mysterious SOUNDS echo

in the distance as the giant sun is setting.

Chani takes Paul to the top of a dune. They stare

at the sunset and a huge rock outcropping in the

distance.

--

CHANI:

Seitch Tabr.

Paul looks at the rock, then turns to her.

CHANI (CONT'D)

Tell me of your homeworld, Usul.

These words rend Paul's soul. He cannot speak. He

reaches out and touches her hand - her cheek.

173. (Deleted)

174. INT. ENTRANCE - SIETCH TABR - NIGHT

The Fremen troop enters into a large square room

with slot passageways going off in various

directions.

175. INT. PASSAGEWAY - SIETCH TABR - NIGHT

They all move down one of the passageways which are

beautifully but very plainly cut with lasguns. They

are like passages in the pyramids, dark with sharp

turns and inclines upwards or downwards, some very

steep and long, and others descending hundreds of

feet. There is a strong, moaning WIND.

176. through 177. (Deleted)

178. INT. PASSAGEWAY/STAIRS - SIETCH TABR - NIGHT

A quiet WIND can be heard -- deep and moaning.

JESSICA:

Moisture...

She looks at Paul. He, too, notices.

PAUL:

Wind traps... huge ones.

Down a long, sloping, narrow passageway they go

until they reach a stairway cut into the stone. It

is very dark and gets increasingly darker as they

descend. The WIND sound grows. The air grows

colder and damper. Paul and Jessica share another

questioning look. At the bottom of the stairs they

pass through a narrow slot doorway which suddenly

opens out on something so totally unexpected it

shocks Paul.

--

179. INT. RESERVOIR -SIETCH TABR - NIGHT

It is enormous, deep reservoir of black water

sitting silently in the depths of this sietch and

stretching out into the darkness.

PAUL:

(inner voice)

Water on Arrakis!!!

I have seen this place in a dream.

(out loud)

A treasure.

STILGAR:

Greater than treasure, Usul. We have

thousands of such caches. Only a few of

us know them all. When we have enough...

we shall change the face of Arrakis.

Listen!...

There is the sound of water dripping. The lights

are extinguished - reflections play on Paul's face.

STILGAR (CONT'D)

The Rocks of Arrakis hold many secrets.

179A. through 180 (Deleted)

180A. REVISED SCENE - HALL OF RITES

Thousands of Fremen wait below. Paul enters a rock

ledge, guided by two monks, which is crowded with

Fremen and old Fremen Monks. Below the crowds

continue to watch and wait while a giant wind organ

moans. A Monk steps up to Paul.

MONK:

We sense that you may be the "voice from

the outer world". Both moons told us of

you. You must pass tests before we will

know... you must conquer the beast of the

desert, both his outer and his deadly

inner powers.

(moves back)

Speak to us... from the outer world.

Paul turns and gathers courage to address the

multitude below.

PAUL:

(inner voice)

I am only a seed.

(out loud)

I am Usul... Paul Muad'dib.

--

CROWDS:

(loud murmur)

Muad'dib!

MONK:

The legend.

PAUL:

(inner voice)

No one ever dreamed there would be so

many.

(out loud)

Our shared enemy the Harkonnens, are once

again in control of Arrakis. Stilgar,

your leader, has asked me and my mother to

crush the Harkonnens. We must do more

than this. We must totally destroy all

spice production on Arrakis. The Guild

and the entire universe depends on spice.

"He who can destroy a thing, controls a

thing".

I will take one hundred of your warriors

and train them. This one hundred will

train the thousands that remain. When the

spice flow stops, all eyes will turn to

Arrakis. The Baron and the Emperor

himself will be forced to deal with us.

Arrakis will become the center of the

Universe.

(inner voice)

The dream unfolds.

181. through 181A. (Deleted)

182. INT. TRAINING ROOM - SIETCH TABR - DAY

Large room with a low ceiling. A drummer playing

makes a low ECHOING MUSICAL HIT. A big block of

stone is moved across coarse sand -- back and forth

-- fast. A rhythm is started -- powerful. Paul

enters, pauses and looks to Jessica - he stands in

front of over 100 Fremen men. Jessica sits behind

him alongside Stilgar.

A large rock obelisk has been placed near Paul for

this demonstration.

PAUL:

The weirding way has long been a Bene

Gesserit secret. With my mother's help,

my father isolated an element of the

weirding way and externalised it.

--

PAUL (CONT'D)

Because of the Harkonnen treachery, my

father's armies were never able to fully

develop this new form. This is what I

will teach you. You will be the fiercest

and most feared fighters in the Universe.

Our way of battle is built on rhythm. You

understand rhythm like this but you do not

yet understand the rhythm of the higher

sounds, sounds that heal and build...

sounds that destroy. Motion is the base.

You understand the motion... but you do

not yet understand the motion that heals

and builds... motions that destroy...

Orato!

(he moves forward)

This obelisk is of your hardest stone.

Kick it...

(he does -- the rock doesn't move)

Hit it...

(he does -- the rock doesn't move)

Yell at it...

ORATO:

Break!

The Fremen laugh -- the rock doesn't move.

A Fremen with a lasgun tries to cut it. Paul

motions him back, slightly.

PAUL:

Move back!

Paul also moves back. He switches on his weirding

module. He opens his mouth and makes a small SOUND,

which the module amplifies.

PAUL:

Chuksa!

The sound shatters the obelisk to pieces. The one

hundred Fremen YELL with surprise and awe.

100 FREMEN

Achiii!

--

PAUL:

This is part of the weirding way that we

will teach you. Some thoughts have a

certain sound... that being the equivalent

to a form. Through sound and motion you

will be able to paralyze nerves, shatter

bones, set fires, suffocate an enemy or

burst his organs.... We will kill until

no Harkonnen breathes Arrakeen air.

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