Hard Rain Page #11

PHIL:

Reaches for Karen, floating limp in the water, but...

WAYNE:

Is closer. He grabs Karen and pulls her into his boat, then

grins at Phil.

TOM AND JIM:

Are behind the crypt. Tom holds his bleeding arm. Jim reloads.

TOM:

Well, that was unexpected.

JIM:

Is he the one you thought was coming

to your rescue?

No answer from Tom, but the answer is clear.

WITH THE SHERIFF AND HIS MEN

The Sheriff and Wayne reload.

HANK (O.S.)

Anyone mind telling me what the hell

is going on?

The Sheriff, Wayne and Phil turn to see...

HANK:

In his boat, right behind them, all dressed up in hunting

gear, rifle at the ready.

SHERIFF:

Hey, Hank. That money I told you

about? From the armored car? We're

gonna keep it. Three million dollars.

Four ways.

(shoots at crypt)

Seven fifty apiece. You okay with

that?

Hank is stunned. He doesn't answer.

SHERIFF:

Hank? You okay with that?

HANK:

Seven hundred and fifty thousand

dollars?

(beat, grins)

Damn straight I'm okay with that.

WAYNE:

(grumbling, re:
Hank)

Don't see what we needed him for.

SHERIFF:

Then I guess you've never been hunting

with Hank.

(to Hank)

We got two behind that crypt. Get

'em.

Hank nods. He motions for Wayne to go one way; he'll go the

other. They start off. A blind shot comes from Jim behind

the crypt. The Sheriff shoots back. Phil finally musters up

the courage to say something.

PHIL:

Maybe I'm not okay with it.

SHERIFF:

Come on now, Phil.

PHIL:

You're gonna kill people?

SHERIFF:

They're looters, Phil! They come and

steal from an armored truck in our

town -- they're looters.

(fires two shots)

PHIL:

What about Tom? What about Karen?

They're not looters.

SHERIFF:

No, they're witnesses.

The Sheriff fires off a flurry of bullets.

TOM AND JIM:

Behind the crypt, bullets winging by. Jim looks over, sees...

HANK:

Motor into view.

JIM:

Opens fire.

HANK:

Shoots back.

TOM:

Flattens against the crypt, then turns to see...

WAYNE:

Coming into view on the other side.

TOM:

Looks at Jim, sees he's occupied in the fight with Hank.

Then he sees...

RAY:

Floating in the water, dead, pistol still jammed in his pants.

TOM:

Thinks, decides, and reaches out for Ray.

CLOSE ON JIM:

Shooting at Hank. He hears gunfire from Wayne and is about

to swivel to shoot in that direction when he hears a gun

firing from right next to him. He turns to see...

TOM:

Shooting back at Wayne with Ray's gun.

WAYNE:

Pulls back out of the line of fire.

HANK:

Curses and pulls back, too.

TOM AND JIM:

Exchange a look.

THE SHERIFF'S BOAT

PHIL:

How can you do this?

SHERIFF:

Jeez, Phil, I always thought Wayne

was the stupid one. Read my lips.

(slowly)

Three million dollars. Look at it!

The Sheriff reaches down into a forward storage area of the

boat and pulls back a tarp revealing the bags of money.

SHERIFF:

A couple of those bags are gonna be

yours, Phil.

PHIL:

But -- but -- you're the Sheriff!

The Sheriff rips his badge off and throws it away.

SHERIFF:

I'm the what?

TOM AND JIM:

Jim looks at Tom, then hands Tom his pistol. Tom doesn't

know what Jim's doing. Jim slips beneath the water.

HANK:

Whistles and gets Wayne's attention. He motions Wayne to try

it again.

THE SHERIFF'S BOAT

PHIL:

For twenty years you've been --

SHERIFF:

For twenty years I've been eating

sh*t, breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Well, tonight I'm changing the menu!

From now on everything I eat is gonna

be sh*t-free!

BEHIND THE CRYPT

Tom is looking for Jim, to see what he's doing. And then...

WAYNE AND HANK:

Come around on both sides.

TOM:

Starts shooting at them with the two pistols.

WAYNE AND HANK:

Pull back. As they go...

TOM:

Sees...

KAREN'S ARM

Draped over the side of Wayne's boat.

TOM:

Takes another shot at Hank but stops firing at Wayne.

CLOSE ON JIM'S SKI-BOAT

Jim's hand appears over the gunwale. He reaches in and

grabs...

MR. MEHLOR'S PACK

And pulls it out of the boat.

THE SHERIFF'S BOAT

SHERIFF:

Can I make it any clearer, Phil? Do

you want me to draw pictures?

Phil pulls out his revolver and points it at the Sheriff.

PHIL:

I can't let you do it.

SHERIFF:

Oh for --

(beat)

Okay, Phil. But here's how it's gonna

go. I'm gonna hear one of two things

out of you. Either I'm gonna hear

you say you're in with us, or...

(moves close to Phil's

gun)

...I'm gonna hear a bullet come out

of that gun and go into me.

Phil is incredulous. The Sheriff weighs his hands like scales.

SHERIFF:

(one hand)

Seven hundred and fifty thousand

dollars or...

(other hand)

...you kill me. Your choice.

The Sheriff weighs the hands a couple more times. Phil slumps,

lowers the gun.

SHERIFF:

There we go.

SOMETHING:

Flies through the air; lands in the water by the Sheriff.

It's...

MR. MEHLOR'S PACK

And it starts sinking in the water.

BEHIND THE CRYPT

Tom sees...

JIM:

Haul himself into the ski-boat.

WAYNE (O.S.)

In the boat!

THE SHERIFF, WAYNE AND HANK

Start shooting at Jim in the ski-boat.

JIM:

Sticks the shotgun over the gunwale and returns fire.

TOM:

Starts swimming for the boat.

THE SHERIFF, WAYNE AND HANK

See Tom and start shooting at both he and Jim when...

MR. MEHLOR'S PACK

Explodes and...

THE WATER:

Erupts in a huge geyser.

THE SHERIFF, WAYNE, PHIL AND HANK

Are knocked off their feet. The Sheriff, Phil and Hank are

thrown into the water. Their boats are rocked up and back

and swamped with falling water.

JIM:

Fires up his engine.

TOM:

Is almost to the boat.

WAYNE:

Gets to his knees in his boat and starts shooting.

TOM:

Gets to Jim's boat and grabs onto it.

JIM:

Cranks the throttle, and, dragging Tom, tears off under the

hail of Wayne's bullets.

TOM'S POV

As Jim races through the tombstones, barely missing

halfsubmerged stone crosses and crypt roofs.

TOM:

Rams into one cross.

HIS HANDS:

Start to slip from the boat.

JIM:

Grabs Tom's hand and holds on as they shoot off across the

water.

THE SHERIFF, PHIL AND HANK

Get back in the boats.

EXT. ON THE WATER - MOVING

Jim hauls Tom into the boat. Tom lays on the bottom, catching

his breath. Blood is dripping down from his arm.

TOM:

(beat, looks up at

Jim)

You really want that money?

Jim gives Tom a look -- of course he wants that money.

TOM:

'Cause the only way you're ever gonna

see it is if you help me get Karen.

Before Jim can answer, gunshots ring out behind them. They

look back to see...

THE SHERIFF AND HIS MEN

Coming after them in the three boats, shooting, closing.

TOM:

We're too slow.

JIM:

(thinks, then:
)

Here.

Jim moves away from the wheel, giving it to Tom. Tom gets up

and takes over. Jim bends and picks up...

KENNY:

Lifeless and limp.

JIM:

Looks at Kenny for a moment, then pushes his body overboard.

WITH THE SHERIFF AND HIS MEN

Flying over the water.

THEIR POV:

They see a body tumble out of the ski-boat.

WITH JIM AND TOM

Jim looks back, following Kenny with his eyes.

EXT. MAIN STREET

Jim and Tom make the turn onto Main Street. They look back

as...

THE SHERIFF AND HIS MEN

Come around the corner, two hundred yards back.

TOM:

They're not going to catch us now.

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