Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade Page #16

ELSA:

How do you know?

Indy points out an ELECTRICAL WIRE.

INDY:

Because it's wired.

He studies the situation for a moment, then decides to enter

one of the other doors. He knocks at the door -- there is no

response. He looks back at Elsa and enters.

INT. CASTLE ROOM - DAY

The room is dark and empty. Indy throws open the window

shutters and looks out. RAIN comes down in sheets. There is

a wide ledge beneath each window -- but below that is a SHEER

DROP. Indy wants to get out onto the window ledge, which is

several yards away.

ELSA:

Indy? Indy?

Indy reassures her.

INDY:

Don't worry... this is kid's play.

I'll be right back.

He leans out the window and wraps his bullwhip around some

wires that protrude from the castle wall above the next

window.

He gives the whip a forceful tug to make certain it will

hold his weight.

EXT. THE CASTLE - DAY

Indy SWINGS from the window to the stone gargoyle.

CLOSE ON THE WINDOW LEDGE

A PAIR OF WOODEN SHUTTERS seals the window.

Indy takes hold of the bullwhip with both hands, pushes off

with his feet... swings toward the shuttered window with his

feet extended... CRASHING THROUGH THE WOODEN SHUTTERS as a

CLAP OF THUNDER disguises the noise.

INT. THE ROOM - DAY

Indy CRASHES THROUGH SHUTTERS AND GLASS into the room. The

broken shutters hang by their hinges. Rain and cold air whip

through the open window.

No sooner does Indy get to his feet, than a VASE COMES

CRASHING DOWN ON THE BACK OF HIS HEAD.

Stunned, Indy sinks to one knee... and Indy's father,

PROFESSOR Henry JONES, steps out of the shadows.

HENRY:

Junior?

Indy gets to his feet.

INDY:

(a reflex)

Yes, sir!

This reply is a kneejerk reaction on Indy's part. Now they

look at each other.

HENRY:

It is you Junior!

INDY:

(an old familiar

irritation)

Don't call me that, please.

HENRY:

(amazed)

But what are you doing here?

INDY:

I came to get you! What do you think?

NAZI VOICES ARE HEARD approaching. Indy and Henry press

themselves against the wall, Henry still holding the broken

vase in his hand.

Indy steps to the window and looks down. Henry moves to a

lamp, holding the vase under the light for a closer look.

HENRY:

(sotto, mumbled)

Late Fourteenth Century, Ming Dynasty.

Henry is all about the broken vase which he still holds in

his hand. Father and son get onto crossed lines for a couple

of moments.

HENRY:

Oh, it breaks the heart.

INDY:

(quietly to himself)

And the head.

(to Henry, aggrievedly)

You hit me, Dad!

HENRY:

(referring to the

vase)

I'll never forgive myself --

INDY:

(surprised,

misunderstanding)

Don't worry -- I'm fine.

HENRY:

Thank God!

Henry has clearly been concentrating entirely on the vase...

he is examining the broken end carefully.

HENRY:

...it's fake. See, you can tell by

the cross section.

Henry throws the vase against the wall where it SHATTERS.

INDY:

No! Dad, get your stuff. We've got

to get out of here.

HENRY:

Well, I am sorry about your head,

though. But I thought you were one

of them.

INDY:

Dad, they come in through the doors.

HENRY:

(laughs)

Good point.

Indy steps to the door and stands, listening.

HENRY:

But better safe than sorry.

Henry slides his umbrella through the straps of his bag.

HENRY:

Humpf -- so I was wrong this time.

But by God, I wasn't wrong when I

mailed you my Diary. You obviously

got it.

INDY:

I got it and I used it. We found the

entrance to the catacombs.

HENRY:

(excited)

Through the library?

INDY:

Right.

HENRY:

I knew it. And the tomb of Sir

Richard?

Indy nods.

INDY:

Found it.

HENRY:

(breathless)

He was actually there? You saw him?

INDY:

Well, what was left of him.

HENRY:

(trembling with

anticipation)

And his shield... the inscription on

Sir Richard's shield...?

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