Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade Page #14

Kazim pulls back his shirt to reveal a birthmark... or is it

a tattoo? Whatever it is, it's a cruciform sword; a Christian

cross which tapers down, like the blades of a broadsword.

KAZIM:

Let me get off at this jetty.

The boat is close to the edge of the canal. Indy gives Elsa

a nod, telling her to bring the boat in. Kazim steps ashore.

KAZIM:

Ask yourself, why do you seek the

Cup of Christ? Is it for His glory,

or for yours?

INDY:

I didn't come for the Cup of Christ.

I came to find my father.

KAZIM:

In that case, God be with you in

your quest. Your father is being

held in the Castle of Brunwald on

the Austrian-German border.

Kazim walks away.

INT. VENICE APARTMENT - DAY

CLOSE ON THE WATER-SOAKED PAPER IMPRESSION: The rubbing taken

from the shield of the Grail Knight.

Brody is giving it careful study while he dabs the lump on

the back of his head with an ice pack.

INDY:

How's the head?

BRODY:

It's better, now I've seen this.

It's the name of a city.

"Alexandretta?" Hmmm...

Indy, wearing a bathrobe, leans over to study the impression.

INDY:

The Knights of the First Crusade

laid siege to the city of Alexandretta

for over a year. The entire city was

destroyed.

Brody lowers the ice pack from his head and looks at Indy.

INDY:

The present city of Iskenderun is

built on its ruins. Marcus -- you

remember what the Grail Tablet said.

"Across the desert and through the

mountain to the Canyon of the Crescent

Moon."

(pause)

But where exactly?

BRODY:

Your father would know. Your father

did know. Look. He made a map.

Brody picks up the Grail Diary.

BRODY:

He must have pieced it together from

clues scattered through the whole

history of the Grail Quest. A map

with no names.

INSERT:
A PENCIL-DRAWN MAP

It covers two pages of the Diary. Brody's finger moves across

it.

BRODY:

Now, he knew there was a city with

an oasis due east. Here. He knew the

course turned south through the desert

to a river, and the river led into

the mountains. Here. Straight to the

canyon. He knew everything except

where to begin, the name of the city.

INDY:

(solemnly)

Alexandretta. Now we know.

BRODY:

Yes. Now we know.

INDY:

(rising)

Marcus, get hold of Sallah. Tell him

to meet you in Iskenderun.

Indy closes the Grail Diary and puts it into the pocket of

his robe.

BRODY:

What about you?

INDY:

I'm going after Dad.

INT. INDY'S BEDROOM - DAY

Indy opens the door. His bedroom has been ransacked... the

mattress on the floor, the drawers turned out.

INT. HALLWAY - DAY

Indy approaches another door (Elsa's bedroom) and knocks.

INDY:

Elsa?

He goes in.

INT. ELSA'S BEDROOM - DAY

...and finds that Elsa's bedroom is in a similar ransacked

state to his own. The room is empty.

He is worried for her, knocks and calls out:

INDY:

Elsa?

He steps into the room and knocks upon the bathroom door.

INDY:

Elsa?

He opens the bathroom door, peering inside.

INDY:

Elsa?

INT. ELSA'S BATHROOM - DAY

Elsa is standing before a mirror, wearing a silk bathrobe.

She gasps, startled, as Indy enters. He retreats back into

her bedroom as she reaches up to turn off a record player

sitting on a ledge above the bathtub.

INT. ELSA'S BEDROOM - DAY

Elsa joins Indy, waiting in the ransacked room. She looks

around in shock.

ELSA:

My room!

INDY:

Mine, too.

ELSA:

What were they looking for?

She looks to Indy, who pulls the Grail Diary from his pocket.

INDY:

This.

ELSA:

The Grail Diary.

INDY:

Uh-huh.

ELSA:

You had it? You didn't trust me!

She looks hurt and beautiful. She comes closer to him.

INDY:

I didn't know you.

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