Final Destination Page #19

Alex

his expression reflects a terrifying revelation...

ALEX:

I... never moved. Christa asked

me to move, but I didn't change

seats. I would've moved up...

next to Tod... How could I not

remember... that... I never

moved. Clears seat was in front

of mine...

CAMERA PUSHES into a TIGHT CLOSE UP...

ALEX (CONT'D)

She's next.

CUT TO:

INT. CLEAR RIVER'S HOUSE - NIGHT

Clear paces in her living room. She moves to the curtains and checks out the

window. Although it is not raining, LIGHTNING CRACKS across the sky!

EXT. CLEAR RIVER'S HOUSE - NIGHT - POWER LINE

The lightning STRIKES the top of the pole, SNAPPING two power lines, which

whip in the wind.

INT. CLEAR RIVER'S HOUSE - NIGHT

The power goes out. The room turns dark. Outside, brilliant bluish white arc

lights CRACKLE. Clear moves to the window.

EXT. CLEAR RIVER'S HOUSE - NIGHT -CLEAR'S POV - POWER LINES

ARC violently striking the ground and each other. Each line whips

unpredictably like an uncontrolled garden hose with the water turned on

full. And yet, there's a mean, angry and taunting personality to the two

power lines. As if Death were within them.

INT. CLEAR RIVER'S HOUSE - NIGHT

She assesses the situation and moves to a pair of candles on the mantle,

lightning them with Bic. O.S., from the backyard, a DOG BARKS. Clear brings

the candle through the small house.

INT. KITCHEN - CLEAR RIVER'S HOUSE - NIGHT

Clear moves quickly to the kitchen, holding the candle. Outside, BLUE ARC

LIGHT CRACKLES. She looks out the backyard.

EXT. BACKYARD - CLEAR RIVER'S HOUSE - NIGHT - CLEAR'S POV

An old circular clothesline turns like a pinwheel in the wind. In the center

of the yard is an oblong, tarped above ground pool. In the furthest corner

of the yard, her dog is chained to a tree, BARKING AND FREAKED OUT. An old

tire swing rocks in the storm. From the manner in which the house is

situated and the length of the snapped power lines, one is capable of

reaching the backyard.

The power line STRIKES the ground, "closing in on" the dog.

INT. KITCHEN - CLEAR RIVER'S HOUSE - NIGHT

Clear considers the danger of venturing out to get the dog.

Although no window is open, and the power outage has shut off any air

conditioning... the candle flame whips, then extinguishes. The blue smoke

swirls ominously into the room.

EXT. BACKYARD - CLEAR RIVER'S HOUSE - NIGHT - CLOTHESLINE

Sharp metal edges spin. Glinting blue arc light...

CUT TO:

EXT. CABIN - NIGHT

Alex charges out the front door, leaping over the steps. O.S., SEVERAL CARS

APPROACH, headlights pan across the trees. Alex stops dead in his tracks and

runs off into the woods, just as the F.B.I umarked sedan and three Sheriff

4x4s THUNDER up to the cabin, siren lights swirling.

INT. UNMARKED CAR - NIGHT

Weine is driving, leading the other vehicles. Schreck points out the

passenger window.

SCHRECK:

There!

EXT. CABIN - NIGHT - WEINE'S POV - THROUGH CAR WINDOW

Full sprint, Alex disappears into the dark forest.

WIDER:

the cars BRAKES to a stop, SKIDDING in the dirt. Sheriff's leap out of their

vehicles. High powered flashlights shoot beams in Alex's direction. The

officers take after the suspect.

CUT TO:

EXT. BACKYARD - CLEAR RIVER'S HOUSE - NIGHT

The backdoor opens. Clear charges out into the backyard.

THE DOG:

Helpless, chained wrapped around the tree. THUNNDER RUMBLES.

CLEAR:

continues to run...

THE CIRCULAR CLOTHESLINE

is whipped by a power line. SPARKS FLY as the base pole snaps in two.

CLEAR:

the metal poles punge into the ground just before and behind her, inches

from impaling her. She stumbles, but quickly steps aside and continues

toward the tree.

THE CIRCUALR CLOTHES-LINE FRAME

is rolled by the winds, across the yard toward...

ABOVE GROUND POOL

the clothesline frame punctures the pool. Water streams from the rupture.

CLEAR:

reaches the tree and begins unfastening the dogs collar from the chain.

THE POWER LINES:

whipping, strike one another causing an angry FLASh!

THE RIVETS:

holding the pool frame, begin to BREAK and POP. Water floods into the yard.

CUT TO:

EXT. FOREST - NIGHT

CAMERA MOVES WITH Alex, blindly running through the forest, sheriffs

flashlihgt beams crossing behind him... in persuit.

Looing back to check the postition of the agents, Alex blindly runs over the

lip of a downward slop...

GULLY:

He rolls and tumbles uncontrollably down the hillside. As he nears the

base...

ALEX:

stops with a CRUNCHING THUD... his face, an inch from being impaled by a

sharp, thick protruding branch. No time to catch his breath, he's up and

running.

CUT TO:

EXT. BACKYARD - CLEAR RIVER'S HOUSE - NIGHT - CLEAR'S FEET

water floods, pooling the backyard, cascading over Clear's feet. She looks

down, in the reflection of the puddle, the dark shadow passes. Clear whips

up, checking the position of...

A POWER LINE:

coils, like a cobra, ready to STRIKE!

TREE:

Clear drops the chain and hits the dog on it's backside.

CLEAR:

Run!

The dog starts to tear off toward the house. Clear runs toward the hanging

tire. Leaps...

THE POWER LINE:

whips, the frayed wires hitting the puddle of water...

Clear

in mid air, desperately grabs the tire, hanging on, literally for her life.

O.S., the dog YELPS. Clear turns back...

CLEAR'S POV - THE DOG

convulses in the small pool of water, burning from the overwelming amounts

of electricity.

CUT TO:

EXT. FOREST - NIGHT - SMALL CREEK

Distant flashlights reflects in a small stream, barely two inches deep.

Alex's foot splashes in the water. THUNDER RUMBLES.

ALEX:

races along the path of the stream.

SHERIFFS:

continue their pursuit through the dark trees.

ABOVE:

Lightning CRACKS a tree branch. SPARKS FLY! The tree tumbles down the

branches.

ALEX:

The thick branch falls from above, landing on top of him. He's knocked to

the ground and pinned... face down in the creek.

CAMERA MOVES IN... his nose and mouth, just below the water line, but he

cannot move. His eyes flash with panic, as he struggles... battles to move

and avoid drowning in two inches of water.

As he struggles in the f.g., Weine and a pair of Sheriffs appear ten yards

beyond him. They pause, confused, panning their flashlights across the

forest.

WIENE'S POV - FOREST

the lights actually expose the area where Alex lies. From their postition,

however, he is covered by the branch and out of sight.

ALEX:

struggles to raise his head above the water, chest bursting...

WEINE AND SHERIFFS

believing Alex is not in the area, move ahead into the woods.

CUT TO:

EXT. BACKYARD - CLEAR RIVERS'S HOUSE NIGHT

Clear pulls herslelf up to a tree branch. Lighting and THUNDER CONTINUE

amongst the ARCING, CRACKLING POWER LINES. She searches for an escape.

CLEAR'S POV - THE TREE BRANCH

extends toward the house.

CLEAR:

straining in the storm, begins moving up the branch...

CUT TO:

EXT. FOREST - NIGHT - CLOSE - ALEX'S EYES

dart open. Taking a tenth of a second to gather all of his strength, all his

courage, he arcs his back, pushing with his hands, anything to lift his face

out of the stream.

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