Independence Day Page #10

REVERE ANGLE - HELICOPTERS AND SPACE CRAFT

The helicopters are puny little specs next to this Goliath.

The light boards continues to FLASH but there is no reaction

from the ship.

INT. BRIEFING ROOM - SECONDS LATER

Everyone is glued to the monitors as the President storms in.

PRESIDENT:

General Grey, co-ordinate with

Atlantic Command. Tell them they

have twenty five minutes to get as

many people out of the cities as

they can.

GENERAL GREY:

But Mr. President...

PRESIDENT:

And get those helicopters away

from the ship. Call them back

immediately.

General Grey obeys, turning to an assistant who quickly grabs

a phone. Nimziki steps up to the President.

NIMZIKI:

What the hell's going on?

PRESIDENT:

We're leaving.

An AIDE motions to the monitors.

AIDE:

They're responding.

The room goes silent, everyone turns to the monitors.

MONITOR - NEWS PROGRAM & NIGHT VISION VIDEO

On all screens we SEE the space ship as a long thin line of

WHITE LIGHT suddenly emits from the side of the craft,

illuminating the four Apache Helicopters.

EXT. APACHE HELICOPTERS - SAME

The light boards are overpowered by the bright light coming

from the space craft. Suddenly with a loud SCREECHING NOISE,

the white light spills out as the huge OPENING unfolds at the

side of the craft.

The four helicopters have to flight to hold their positions, as

something powerful emits from the schism in the ship.

Then like a gigantic bug-zapper, the four pesky little Apache

Helicopters are BLOWN OUT OF THE SKY, one by one. They leave

no time to retreat.

INT. HOTEL SUITE - NIGHT

Mrs. Whitmore packs her bag, as the horrifying image of the

destruction of the helicopter replays on the T.V.

SECRET SERVICEMAN

Mrs. Whitmore? The President has

ordered the evacuation. We have

to leave, now.

She slams her valise SHUT and quickly exits.

POLICE HELICOPTER

SOARS over us, headed directly for downtown Los Angeles.

EXT. ROOFTOP - SAME

The UFO true believers are still there, holding up their

signs. Making her way through several of them we see Tiffany.

She looks up to the spacecraft above.

TIFFANY:

(awed)

It's beautiful.

She digs her drawing of an alien out of her purse as she

excitedly rushes up to the others. She holds it up to the

sky, proudly.

POLICE HELICOPTER

From out of nowhere the helicopter LIFTS up over the side of

the building, shining its spotlight down the believers

below.

POLICE (P.A.)

...we are evacuating the city.

Please leave the building at once.

The sign holders begin to "boo" the police, ignoring them.

EXT. CITY STREET - PASADENA THROUGHWAY - SAME

The freeway is packed on both sides, every car headed out of

town. There is no opposing traffic.

INT. JASMINE'S CAR - SAME

Dylan holds Boomers as Jasmine drives. The news plays over her

car radio.

RADIO VOICE:

...authorities have called for a

complete evacuation of Los Angeles

County. People are advised to

avoid the highways whenever

possible.

JASMINE:

Now he tells me.

EXT. WHITE HOUSE - SAME

The President stops on his way to the Presidential helicopter

as an aide brings his daughter outside. The President ushers

her into the helicopter. He turns back and see a military

guard holding back Moishe and David.

PRESIDENT:

They're okay. Let them on!

INT. HELICOPTER - CONTINUOUS

The President steps inside, turns to General Grey.

PRESIDENT:

Is my wife in the air?

GENERAL GREY:

She should be shortly.

David flips open his laptop which reads: 09:07. 09:96...

EXT. WHITE HOUSE LAWN - HELICOPTER - CONTINUOUS

The Presidential helicopter lifts off as several other

helicopters wait behind, people filing into them.

EXT. ROOFTOPS - LOS ANGELES - SAME

The Police helicopter is still flashing their lights at the

UFO believers who refuse to budge. Suddenly the entire

rooftop is BATHED IN WHITE LIGHT. They all grow silent

staring up at the craft.

Above them another SCHISM has opened at the bottom of the

craft, the white light spilling out.

As though the heavens had opened, the UFO believers lift their

arms, waiting to be taken.

BELIEVERS:

Take me! No, take me! Take me!

Slowly, this beam of light from the base of the ship

INTENSIFIES directly on the top of this building.

EXT. HELIPORT - SAME

Standing on this rooftop heliport directly across from the UFO

believers, the First Lady watches them, concerned.

SECRET SERVICEMAN

(yelling over helicopter)

Mrs. Whitmore!

Reluctantly, the First Lady turns and runs for the helicopter.

The door is shut and the helicopter takes off.

EXT. THE CAPITOL BUILDING - SAME

With a ROAR, the Presidential helicopter ZOOMS past, behind it

we see an enormous SCHISM opening beneath the space craft.

EXT. WHITE HOUSE - SAME

Alex is helping people get onto the remaining helicopters.

Suddenly he is bathed in WHITE LIGHT. He looks up and sees

the SCHISM, its WHITE BEAM coming directly down upon the White

House.

EXT. EMPIRE STATE BUILDING - SAME

The pinnacle of this landmark is abruptly illuminated in WHITE

LIGHT. We PAN UP to the space craft above, the beam

intensifying from the SCHISM below the ship.

EXT. ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE - SAME

The Presidential helicopter lands. The President and his

group are ushered over to AIR FORCE ONE which stands only

hundred yard away.

INT. AIR FORCE ONE - SAME

The door OPENS and the President and his advisors rush in.

David flops down into a seat, quickly flips open his laptop

which reads:
00:05, 00:04...

EXT. ROOFTOP - LOS ANGELES - SAME

As the light amplifies, the believers chant, louder and

louder. Suddenly the white light DISAPPEARS. The believers

are stunned. In a brief moment it is replaced with a BLAST.

A DESTRUCTION BEAM BLASTS down onto the rooftop, splintering

everything there, Police helicopter included, into a billion

tiny particles.

Tiffany is he epicenter, from here the WALL OF DESTRUCTION GROWS

outwardly, destroying everything in its path.

EXT. EMPIRE STATE BUILDING - SAME

Just as the BLAST HITS, the historic building is DECIMATED.

EXT. WHITE HOUSE LAWN - SAME

Alex shuts the door on a helicopter. As he steps back the

white light VANISHES. He looks up as the BLAST replaces the

beam.

ANGLE - WHITE HOUSE

Just as one of the helicopters pass us, the White House

SPLINTERS BEFORE OUR EYES.

EXT. ANDREWS - RUNWAY - AIR FORCE ONE - SAME

Air Force One quickly taxis down the runway toward us.

Behind them in the distance we can SEE the DESTRUCTIVE beam

GROWING OUTWARDLY from the epicenter.

THE CAPITOL BUILDING

The WALL OF DESTRUCTION reaches the Capitol Building,

fragmenting into a trillion particles.

THE PENTAGON:

Washed under the WALL OF DESTRUCTION, the Pentagon, too, is

blown to smithereens.

INT. AIR FORCE ONE - SAME

Thick with tension. Everyone is white-knuckled, anxious for

take off as they taxi quicky down the runway.

EXT. ANDREWS - RUNWAY - AIR FORCE ONE

Air Force one, full throttle. It LIFTS OFF just in time to

miss the WALL OF DESTRUCTION as it rips apart the airport

behind them, dangerously close.

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