Heavy Metal Page #7

The rocketplane banks sharply, then stabilizes. Slowly the

hatch-doors in its belly open up, revealing the underside of

an automobile suspended in the open hatch.

Hydraulic metal arms emerge, lowering the automobile out from

the belly of the cruising rocketplane. We can see now

that the car is a white, '59 Corvette convertible.

With a "thunk", the metal arms release the car, and

as the rocketplane blasts away, the Corvette begins its

free-fall to Earth.

As the car falls gracefully through space, the driver plays

with the wheel, causing the Corvette to bank smoothly one

way, then the other.

Once his direction is stable, the driver clicks on the car

radio and adjusts it through various channels, until he settles

on one.

With the music playing, the car falls closer and closer to

Earth, entering and emerging from the cloud cover over the

atmosphere. In the heat of entry the vehicle's paint starts

burning up.

As he heads down over a deserted area, the driver begins his

approach. Touching down at breakneck speed, the smoking

Corvette bounces violently, every part straining at the

repeated impact.

The driver's face is expressionless as he jams the car into

high gear and floors it, spinning the wheels in an attempt

to translate downward momentum into forward motion. Then

he pops his drag chute to help slow down.

TThis accomplished, the expressionless driver releases the

chute, and speeds off down the road in a cloud of dust.

CUT TO:

EXT. THE PENTAGON - AERIAL SHOT

From high above the building we see a crowd of reporters

and T.V. newsmen waiting on the front steps.

The '59 Corvette pulls up at the curb below, and seeing

it, the reporters all start to run over.

The camera zooms down and into the car. Inside, the driver

reaches over, unplugs a rubber hose, and loosens the two

large hex-nuts which connect him to the car. As he gets out,

the reporters come running up.

FEMALE REPORTER:

(to driver)

Doctor Anrak, six more mutants were

sighted in Arizona this morning. Do

you still say this has nothing to do

with the green radiation from space.

The driver walks on without speaking.

T.V. NEWSMAN

(walking alongside)

Doctor, is it true that the President

himself pulled you off the Jupiter Six

Project so that you could investigate

those mutations? Doctor, answer me that.

He ignores the question, and walks past the guard into the

Pentagon.

CUT TO:

INT. PENTAGON - MEETING ROOM

Around a large table sit the Joint Chiefs of Staff, members of

the Cabinet, and a pretty secretary wearing a tight skirt.

An argument is in progress as the expressionless DOCTOR ANRAK

enters. The camera follows him as he sits down next to one

of the Generals.

FAT POLITICIAN:

... well what I wanna know is,

what's the Army doing about this?

Hell! My constiuents are turning

green! They're growing arms on

their backs. There's something or

someone up there in space and the

voters have a right to know about it!

GENERAL:

Senator, we have no proof that these

mutations are the result of interference

from outer space. In fact, Doctor Anrak

has just come in, so let's hear what he

has to say ... Doctor?

The room goes silent as the DOCTOR stands up.

DOCTOR:

First of all, there is no cause for

alarm. As for the theories of interference

by alien beings, it is my firm opinion that

we on Earth are the only intelligent,

technically advanced civilization present

in the universe.

CUT TO:

OUTSIDE THE PENTAGON

An enormous round spaceship the size of Pittsburg hovers

overhead.

CUT BACK TO:

THE MEETING ROOM

DOCTOR:

... and whatever is causing these

mutations is not from outer space.

it's more likely just an isolated

biological pheno ... pheno ... ph ...

ph ... ph ...

Suddenly the DOCTOR'S head starts to jerk from side to side.

Everyone looks on, not knowing how to react. As the DOCTOR

begins to move in short bursts, like a broken robot, he

fixes his gaze upon the pretty secretary across the table.

CUT TO:

OUTSIDE THE PENTAGON

From the bottom of the huge spacecraft, a metal tube emerges and

starts to drill through the roof of the Pentagon.

CUT BACK TO:

THE MEETING ROOM

The DOCTOR starts to shake violently as he stares at the pretty

secretary.

DOCTOR:

Pretty ... pretty ... p ... p ...

Suddenly he lunges at her, sliding across the table.

As the DOCTOR struggles with the terrified girl, the camera

pans up to the ceiling, where the metal tube from the spaceship

drills through. Descending upon them, it sucks them up instantly.

DOCTOR:

Aaarrgghh!

SECRETARY:

Eeeeeek!

CUT TO:

INSIDE THE SPACECRAFT - CONTROL ROOM

A metallic robot holding a clipboard, is standing in front of

a large glass receiving jar, as DOCTOR ANRAK comes through

the tube and lands in the jar. As soon as the DOCTOR'S feet

hit the bottom of the jar, the DOCTOR breaks into a lot of

small metallic parts.

ROBOT:

(Mechanical voice)

Oh, nice job. How am I supposed

to fix this guy? He's f***ed.

ZEKE and EDSEL, two alien space-pilots, are standing nearby,

at the control console. They look like big furry orange heads

on stilts, with arms coming out of the sider.

ZEKE:

(to Edsel)

I guess we turned it up a

little too high.

EDSEL:

(to Robot)

Sorry, man.

ROBOT:

You're sorry? What about me?

I've gotta put this a**hole

back together.

Suddenly the pretty secretary comes through the tube and lands

in the jar. She's a little mussed up, but okay.

GLORIA:

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