Independence Day Page #3

General.

Good afternoon.

So far, the phenomenon has

not caused any damage.

We have to ask you

to try to stay calm,

and it's important for

everyone not to panic.

We have a fix on three of the

occurrences about to appear of...

It's just unreal.

Hey, Miguel, come here.

CONNIE:
(ON TV) One is

headed towards Los Angeles.

The other two are on

our eastern seaboard

headed towards New York

and Washington D.C.

MAN:
Marty. Marty.

Jamie says this building

has an old bomb shelter.

We're heading

down there now.

All right, all right everybody,

head down to the basement.

Take it slow.

Don't run.

Walk down to

the basement.

There's no shame

in hiding.

Oh, I better

call my mother.

(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

(MEN LAUGHING RAPIDLY)

Well, look who

we have here.

Hey, Russ, I heard you had a

little trouble this morning.

MAN:
Dusted the wrong field.

Well I know you're probably

still a little confused

from your hostage

experience.

Hostage experience.

Did something happen

to you, Russ?

MAN:
Oh, yeah. Seems years back,

our boy was kidnapped by aliens.

Did all kind of experiments

on him and such.

Tell them about

it, Russ.

You get a couple of beers in him, and

he'll tell you all about it, crazy stuff.

Won't you, Russ?

Russ,

when they took you up in their

spaceship, did they do any...

sexual things,

do you recall?

Do you recollect?

Oh, Russ!

(MEN LAUGHING INDISTINCTLY)

(RUMBLING)

WOMAN:
Let's get outta here.

What's going on?

What's going on?

(CONNIE TALKING INDISTINCTLY)

(RUMBLING CONTINUES)

What's that?

Let's get outta here.

Come on.

(PEOPLE SHOUTING

INDISTINCTLY)

DYLAN:
Mommy! Lookit!

It's too early, baby.

(RUMBLING)

Is it a earthquake?

JASMINE:
Not even

a four pointer.

Go back to sleep.

(STEVE GROANS)

Daddy!

(PEOPLE TALKING

INDISTINCTLY)

What are you

doing here?

You should be down

in the shelter.

What's going on?

(RUMBLING CONTINUES)

(RAP MUSIC PLAYING)

(BOYS SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)

(TIRES SCREECHING)

(ALL SHOUTING

INDISTINCTLY)

Aren't you

coming, David?

No. I gotta see this.

(RUMBLING)

That's cool, man!

(PEOPLE CLAMORING

INDISTINCTLY)

(PEOPLE EXCLAIMING)

(PEOPLE CLAMORING INDISTINCTLY)

(TIRES SCREECHING)

You jerk!

(CAR CRASHING LOUDLY)

(RUMBLING)

(INDISTINCT SCREAMING)

(RUMBLING CONTINUES)

DAVID:
The signal.

My God.

Now what do we do?

Address the nation.

There's gonna be a lot of

frightened people out there.

Yeah.

I'm one of them.

(DOG PANTING)

Hey, hey, hey! Come on.

He's just trying to impress you.

If you want to impress me,

you need to get a job,

and stop slobbering

all over my shoe.

(PEOPLE MURMURS

INDISTINCTLY)

STEVE:
I don't believe this.

Jasmine.

Neighbors moving out.

Guess they finally got

tired of all these quakes.

A little shake and

they running.

MAN:
(ON TV) Police and the fire departments

are asking everyone to stay off the phone.

STEVE:
Baby, there's something

on the news about the quake.

MAN:
The police are asking

us not to call 911.

STEVE:
What's up, man?

DYLAN:
Hey, Steve.

What you been

doing out there?

Shooting the aliens.

Oh, you shooting

aliens, right?

You think you tough?

What you got?

Turn around. Let me

see what you got.

Come on, Boomer. Let's get

you something to eat.

Oh, no...

(JASMINE MOANS RAPIDLY)

Watch out. Watch

it now, baby.

I'll go grab the paper.

All right.

(EXCLAIMS)

Dylan!

(WOMAN TALKING INDISTINCTLY)

MAN:
Honey, let's go!

JASMINE:
Babe, you want

some of this coffee?

Babe.

Boom, boom, boom!

MAN:
(ON TV) Pentagon officials are

reporting more ships have just arrived

over the capitals

of India,

England and Germany,

bringing estimates up to

anywhere from 10 to 15

of these city-sized

spacecraft.

MARTY:
I know, Ma.

Just try and stay calm.

Tell her to pack

up and leave town.

Why? What happened?

Just do it!

Oh, Ma. Ma, listen.

Get your stuff together and

head for Aunt Esther's.

Don't argue with me.

Just go!

David, why did I just send

my mother to Atlanta?

MARTY:
David.

David, talk to me.

Did you hear me tell you that the

signal hidden in the satellite feed

is slowly recycling

down to extinction?

Not really.

DAVID:
It's a countdown.

A countdown?

Wait. A countdown

to what, David?

It's like in chess.

First you strategically

position your pieces,

then when the timing's

right you strike.

See?

DAVID:
They're positioning

themselves all over the world,

using this one signal to

synchronize their efforts.

In approximately six hours,

the signal's going to disappear, and

the countdown's going to be over.

And then what?

Checkmate.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God!

I've got to call

my brother.

I'd better call

my housekeeper.

I gotta call my lawyer.

Forget my lawyer.

MAN:
Ladies and gentlemen, the

president of the United States.

TOM:
(ON TV)

Good afternoon.

My fellow Americans,

a historic and unprecedented

event has occurred.

The question of whether or not

we're alone in the universe

has been answered.

Although it's

understandable that,

many of us feel a sense of

hesitation or even fear

we must attempt to

reserve judgment...

He says he's

your husband.

Oh, God.

What do you want?

You got to leave

the White House.

(WHISPERING) This is hardly the time nor the

place to be having that same old discussion!

DAVID:
You don't understand.

You got to leave Washington.

Well, in case you

haven't noticed,

we are having a

little crisis here.

They're communicating

with a hidden signal.

They're going

to attack.

You are just

being paranoid!

DAVID:
It's not paranoia. The

embedding's very subtle.

It's probably

been overlooked.

(HANGS UP PHONE)

Marty, what are

you doing?

Get out of town as

soon as you can.

Please, my staff and I Ok.

Ok.

TOM:
Will remain in

the White House

as we attempt to

establish communication.

If you feel compelled

to leave these cities,

please do so in an

orderly fashion.

(ALL SCREAMING)

(HORN HONKING LOUDLY)

Hey! What's going on?

Excuse me.

Coming through.

MAN:
The arrival of

the alien visitors

has caused over

10,000 fender-benders

in just a few

seconds' time,

but this is just

the beginning...

JASMINE:
Come on

now, you can't go.

You got to call

them back.

I'm not going to do

this with you, Jasmine.

I've got to report

to El Toro.

But you said you was

on leave for the 4th.

Yeah, well, they

canceled it!

Look, why are you

acting like this?

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