Hard Rain Page #15

TOM:

But I thought --

JIM:

Look, I don't know what you thought

but I told you, I'm here for the

money; that's all.

Tom doesn't know what to do. The Sheriff looks pretty pleased

with himself. He might just get out of this. And then...

PHIL (O.S.)

She lives on Boyd Street.

They all look over at...

PHIL:

Alive, but barely.

PHIL:

Three over. Two-story, blue shutters.

TOM:

Looks at Jim, disappointed, angry, then hurries to Hank's

boat.

JIM:

Climbs into the Sheriff's boat.

TOM:

Climbs into Hank's boat. He starts the engine, looks down

at...

PHIL:

Floating in the water, dying. A brief look between them,

then...

TOM:

Drives the boat out through a shattered window.

JIM:

Pushes the Sheriff out of the boat.

EXT. RESERVOIR DAM

A large V is being cut in the top of the dam by the raging

water.

A QUARTER-MILE AWAY

Looking back at the dam. The line of lights on top of the

dam start to fall over, then go dark, snuffed out by an unseen

force.

INT. CHURCH

Jim keeps his gun leveled at the Sheriff and Hank, standing

in the water, as he pulls the money bags up from the forward

hold.

SHERIFF:

So, you just gonna kill me?

JIM:

Lord knows I should.

Jim opens a money bag and smiles at what he sees.

INT. KAREN'S HOUSE

Karen tilts her head back to keep her lips and nose above

water. And then she hears a window smash. She turns as...

TOM:

Wades in along the upper hall.

TOM:

I'm guessing you can't get up.

KAREN:

I'm handcuffed.

Tom reaches into the water for the railing.

KAREN:

The railing's bolted to the wall.

He looks at her.

KAREN:

I've got a saw.

TOM:

Where?

KAREN:

In the kitchen. In the tall cupboard

beside the --

And then they hear a sound more ominous than the siren --

they hear the siren stop.

TOM:

Is that good or bad?

INT. CHURCH

Jim, the Sheriff and Hank react to the silence. Jim looks

off.

THE SHERIFF:

Drops underwater.

JIM:

Turns back at the sound of the Sheriff going under.

UNDERWATER:

The Sheriff pulls up his pant leg.

JIM:

Is aiming his gun at the water and is about to fire as...

THE SHERIFF'S HAND

Comes out of the water shooting a pistol.

JIM:

Is shot in the gut and the thigh and high on the chest and

he stumbles back, bellowing, and falls out of the Sheriff's

boat and into the water.

SHERIFF:

You should've just killed me.

INT. KAREN'S HOUSE

KAREN:

You gotta go!

Tom starts hyperventilating.

KAREN:

The dam's gone! You gotta go!

TOM:

(shakes head)

I owe you one.

Tom breathes deep then ducks underwater.

UNDERWATER:

Tom flicks on his flashlight and starts swimming down the

stairs.

KAREN:

Watches Tom and his light get swallowed up in the murky water.

INT. CHURCH

Phil is grabbing for the Sheriff's boat as the Sheriff and

Hank zoom out of the church, leaving him behind.

PHIL:

NOOOO!

EXT. MAIN STREET

The Sheriff's boat comes onto Main Street, moving fast.

IN THE BOAT:

Hank is looking back, in the direction the flood will come.

HANK:

We gotta go faster!

SHERIFF:

Yeah, you're right.

The Sheriff pushes Hank out of the boat.

HANK:

Goes skipping over the water and slams into a streetlight

post.

INT. KAREN'S HOUSE

Tom swims down into the living room. His light shows a couch,

chairs, TV set. Books and newspapers are suspended in the

water.

EXT. THE CHURCH

The damaged ski-boat that Jim and Tom took to the church has

slipped off the sandbag wall and is drifting. A peaceful

scene. But then, from the distance, comes a rushing roar.

INT. CHURCH

Phil hears the roar. He looks around, lost.

EXT. STREET

Hank, groggy in the water, also hears the distant roar.

INT. CHURCH

The roar is building, getting louder. Phil sees something in

the water and reaches for it, frantically. He gets it. It's...

A BIBLE:

And he clutches it to his chest as...

THE FLOOD:

Hits the church.

INT. KAREN'S HOUSE - KITCHEN

Tom swims into the kitchen. He looks for the tall cupboard

by the fridge. He opens it.

INSIDE THE CUPBOARD

Hanging on a hook on the back wall is a saw. Tom grabs it.

EXT. MAIN STREET

Hank unwraps himself from around the lamp post. He looks

back.

HIS POV:

Streetlights in the distance, winking out one by one, marking

the advance of the wall of water.

HANK:

Oh my God.

Hank looks around for safety. He sees it.

HIS POV:

There's an alleyway.

HANK:

Swims for the alley.

EXT. THE ADVANCING FLOOD

Roars through the town, pushing a rolling wave of debris,

obliterating anything in its path.

EXT. ALLEY

Hank swims into the alley. Hank looks for something to climb

up on, to hold onto. There's...

FIRE ESCAPE LADDER

At the end of the alley.

HANK:

Swims for it. He hears the rushing roar of the advancing

flood. He expects the flood to blow by the end of the alley.

Wrong.

WALL OF WATER:

Comes into the alley, banking high on the far wall before

coming down and barreling toward Hank. And what makes it

worse for Hank is that there's...

A CAR:

At the front of the wave, being pushed by the water.

HANK:

Dives clear just as...

THE CAR:

Smashes into the wall, right where Hank had just been.

HANK:

Relief in his eyes. He gets to the fire escape and is climbing

to safety when...

PROPANE TANK:

Comes into the alley, rolling in the flood, spraying propane

from a torn hose. It explodes.

HANK:

Barely has time to scream.

INT. KAREN'S KITCHEN - BREAK OF DAWN

Tom is threading his belt through the handle of the saw to

secure it. He gets it done and starts to swim out of the

kitchen.

BACK TO KAREN:

Just Karen's lips and nose are above water.

IN THE KITCHEN:

Tom is about to leave when everything starts to move --

rocking, from side to side, as if in a slow motion earthquake.

Cupboards and the fridge open and bottles and food and plates

tumble out.

EXT. KAREN'S HOUSE

The house has been hit by the flood. It's being pulled by

the massive current, stretching overhead phone and power

lines.

INT. KAREN'S HOUSE

Karen hears the groaning, ripping as the house tears free

from water and sewer lines. She's looking down for Tom when

there's a snap and the light above her goes out.

EXT. KAREN'S HOUSE

The house is carried on the current, turning in the water.

IN THE KITCHEN:

Tom watches, astounded, as the room starts to turn around

him. He kicks fast for the door to...

THE LIVING ROOM:

Tom swims in, fast, toward the stairs when...

A WINDOW:

Caves in and...

HUGE TREE BRANCH

Smashes in, filling the room, blocking Tom's route to the

stairs.

TOM:

Tries to get through the tangle of branches and leaves, but

can't. He swims over to another window and slides it up.

KAREN:

Keeps looking down for Tom.

EXT. KAREN'S HOUSE

The house is impaled on a tree, the current sluicing around

it.

TOM:

Surfaces near the side of the house, gasping. The current

starts ripping him past the house. He swims as hard as he

can back to the house, reaches out and grabs onto a gutter.

INT. KAREN'S HOUSE

Karen doesn't have much time left. The water is washing over

her mouth and nose. And just as she's about to go under...

TOM:

Swims in with the saw. He starts sawing on the handrail.

Everything's going fine. And then...

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