Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade Page #24

INT. THE ZEPPELIN - PASSENGER COMPARTMENT - DAY

The Zeppelin is about to take off. Indy and Henry make

themselves comfortable in one of the compartments.

INDY:

Well, we made it.

Henry looks over his newspaper at Indy.

HENRY:

When we're airborne, with Germany

behind us, then I'll share that

sentiment.

INDY:

Relax.

But Indy looks out the window and is suddenly concerned when

he sees:

VOGEL AND A GESTAPO AGENT

Rushing across the tarmac toward the Zeppelin.

VOGEL:

Nicht zumachen! Wir steigen ein!

INDY:

Sits back in his chair, looks to Henry, now reading his

newspaper.

A Steward enters and sets a bowl of nuts on the table in

front of Indy and Henry, then continues down the aisle of

passengers. Indy follows after the Steward. He puts his arm

around the Steward's shoulder and together they walk up a

flight of stairs.

VOGEL:

Now walks up the aisle. He approaches a MALE PASSENGER hidden

behind a newspaper. Vogel uses his walking stick to lower

the newspaper and show the Passenger the leaflet with Henry's

photograph.

VOGEL:

Haben sie diesen Mann gesehen?

The Passengers at the table shake their heads in the negative.

Vogel shows the picture to other Passengers.

FEMALE PASSENGER

Nein.

INDY (O.S.)

Fahrscheine, bitte.

MALE PASSENGER:

Nein.

Vogel turns to see:

INDY -- WEARING THE HAT AND JACKET OF THE CHIEF STEWARD

MALE PASSENGER (O.S.)

Ich habe ihn nicht gesehen.

INDY:

Tickets please.

The Passengers do not react to the request, made in English.

INDY:

Fahrscheine meine Dame. Bitte.

VOGEL:

Approaches Henry, still hidden behind his newspaper. Again,

Vogel uses his walking stick to lower the paper, revealing

Henry's face.

VOGEL:

Guten Tag, Herr Jones.

Now Indy, still playing the role of Steward, asks Vogel for

his ticket.

INDY:

Fahrscheine mein Herr.

VOGEL:

Weg.

INDY:

Tickets please.

Henry looks confused.

VOGEL:

(in German)

Was?

Vogel glances up and recognizes Indy -- who quickly punches

Vogel in the face, knocking him toward the window. In another

quick move, Indy TOSSES HIM OUT THE WINDOW onto the tarmac

below.

Shocked Passengers blink in bewilderment.

INDY:

(in German; with a

shrug)

No ticket.

Everyone else with a ticket quickly produces it and waves it

in Indy's face.

EXT. AIRFIELD TARMAC - DAY

Vogel gets to his knees as the huge Zeppelin rises into the

sky above him, revealing an airplane attached to the belly

of the airship. Vogel shakes his fist at the rising Zeppelin.

VOGEL:

Du wirst nochmal horen von mir!

INT. ZEPPELIN - DAY

Indy and Henry together again in their compartment.

HENRY:

You know, sharing your adventures is

an interesting experience.

INDY:

(meaning Elsa)

That's not all we shared. It's

disgraceful. You're old enough to be

her fa... er, her grandfather!

HENRY:

Well, I'm as human as the next man.

INDY:

I was the next man.

HENRY:

(laughs)

Ships that pass in the night...

Henry opens his Diary and begins to thumb through it.

INDY:

Do you remember the last time we had

a quiet drink? I had a milk shake.

HENRY:

Hmmm... What did we talk about?

INDY:

We didn't talk. We never talked.

HENRY:

And do I detect a rebuke?

INDY:

A regret. It was just the two of us,

Dad. It was a lonely way to grow up.

For you, too. If you had been an

ordinary, average father like the

other guys' dads, you'd have

understood that.

HENRY:

Actually, I was a wonderful father.

INDY:

When?

Henry looks up from his Diary.

HENRY:

Did I ever tell you to eat up? Go to

bed? Wash your ears? Do your homework?

No. I respected your privacy and I

taught you self-reliance.

INDY:

What you taught me was that I was

less important to you than people

who had been dead for five hundred

years in another country. And I

learned it so well that we've hardly

spoken for twenty years.

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