Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade Page #17

INDY:

Alexandretta.

(beat)

It's a great moment in Henry's life.

He turns aside, lost to himself for

a moment, then turns to Indy with

joy.

HENRY:

Alexandretta... of course... on the

pilgrim trail from the Eastern Empire.

Oh, Junior...

Indy winces, and would interrupt but suddenly it's not the

moment.

HENRY:

...you did it.

INDY:

No, Dad. You did. Forty years.

HENRY:

If only I could have been with you.

INDY:

There were rats, Dad.

HENRY:

Rats?

INDY:

Yeah, big ones. What do the Nazis

want with you Dad?

HENRY:

They want my diary.

INDY:

(interested)

Yeah?

Indy's interest is a moment which becomes important later

but for now it passes.

HENRY:

I knew I had to get that book as far

away from me as I possibly could.

Indy's hand moves unconsciously to his pocket. His eyes turn

inward.

INDY:

(thoughtfully)

Yeah...

Then... BAM! The door is kicked open and three NAZIS enter.

One is an S.S. OFFICER. The other two are SOLDIERS with

machine guns. Henry and Indy raise their hands.

S.S. OFFICER

Doctor Jones!!

HENRY & INDY

Yes!!

S.S. OFFICER

I will take the book now.

INDY & HENRY

(simultaneously)

What book?

S.S. OFFICER

(to Indy)

You have the Diary in your pocket.

Henry laughs genuinely, believing himself to be laughing at

the expense of the S.S. Officer.

HENRY:

Do you think that my son would be

that stupid that he would bring my

Diary all the way back here?

At which point an awful thought strikes Henry.

HENRY:

You didn't, did you?

(a beat)

You didn't bring it, did you?

INDY:

Well, uh...

HENRY:

You did!!

INDY:

Look, can we discuss this later?

HENRY:

I should have mailed it to the Marx

Brothers.

INDY:

(overlapping)

Will you take it easy!

HENRY:

Take it easy?! Why do you think I

sent it home in the first place?

(points towards the

Nazis)

So it wouldn't fall into their hands!!

INDY:

I came here to save you.

HENRY:

Oh yeah? And who's gonna come to

save you, Junior??

Indy's eyes blazes. His nostrils flares. He's so pissed off,

he literally RIPS A MACHINE GUN from the hands of one of the

startled soldiers... and for a moment we think he's going to

use it on his dad.

INDY:

I told you --

He turns and sprays the room with machine gun fire, cutting

all three Nazis to ribbons and blowing them backwards across

the room.

INDY:

Don't call me Junior!

Henry looks shocked and horrified.

HENRY:

Look what you did!!

Indy grabs him and pushes him ahead.

HENRY:

(aghast)

I can't believe what you just...

INT. CASTLE HALLWAY - DAY

Indy leads Henry down the hallway as he searches for Elsa.

INDY:

Elsa? Elsa?

He opens a door and enters:

INT. FIRST CASTLE ROOM - DAY

Indy and Henry rush back into the room where Elsa had been

left, only to find: A NAZI COLONEL HOLDING ELSA HOSTAGE.

His name is Vogel: a vicious-looking, lantern jawed brute.

One arm is wrapped around Elsa's waist, the other hand presses

the muzzle of a LUGER behind her ear.

VOGEL:

That's far enough Put down the gun,

Doctor Jones. Put down the gun or

the Fraulein dies.

HENRY:

But she's one of them!

ELSA:

Indy, please!

HENRY:

She's a Nazi!

INDY:

What?!

Indy is thrown. He doesn't know what to do. He looks at Elsa,

then back to his father. Everyone is yelling at once:

HENRY:

Trust me!

ELSA:

Indy, no!

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