Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade Page #25

HENRY:

You left just when you were becoming

interesting.

INDY:

Dad, how can you?

HENRY:

(interrupting)

Very well. I'm here now.

He closes the Diary and leans back in his seat.

HENRY:

What do you want to talk about? Hmmm?

Indy stutters uncomfortably as Henry stares at him, waiting

for a response.

INDY:

(laughs)

Well... I can't think of anything.

HENRY:

Then what are you complaining about?

(laughs)

Look, we have work to do. When we

get to Alexandretta we will face

three challenges.

(he reads from the

Diary)

"First, the breath of God. Only the

penitent man will pass. Second, the

Word of God, only in the footsteps

of God will he proceed. Third, the

Path of God, only in the leap from

the lion's head will he prove his

worth."

INDY:

What does that mean?

HENRY:

(laughs)

I don't know. We'll find out.

Sunlight falls across the table from the window. Indy reaches

for the drink. The bar of sunlight turns like the hand of a

clock over the tabletop across the drinks.

We see Indy puzzled. Only for a moment.

INDY:

They're turning around. They're taking

us back to Germany.

INT. FRAMEWORK OF ZEPPELIN - DAY

Indy and his father emerge from the hatchway into the belly

of the Zeppelin. The Zeppelin's elaborate metal framework is

exposed.

Indy and Henry hurry down the catwalk until arriving at a

PAIR OF DOORWAYS framed into the Zeppelin's outer skin.

INDY:

Well, I thought it would take them a

lot longer to figure out the radio

was dead. Come on, Dad. Move!

Then Indy opens the doors. We see plenty of blue sky and

white clouds. We also see a small BI-PLANE that is suspended

from the Zeppelin by a HOOK & CRANE DEVICE.

INDY:

Come on, Dad. Come on!

EXT. AIRPLANE - DAY

Indy climbs into the cockpit of the Biplane as Henry takes

the tail gunner's seat.

HENRY:

(with delight)

I didn't know you could fly a plane.

INDY:

Fly... yes. Land... no.

INT. THE BIPLANE - DAY

Indy turns in his seat to give Henry the "thumbs up." Henry

smiles valiantly and points down to the ground.

Then they both become aware of a STRANGE SOUND in the skies

behind them. Something between a ROAR and a WAIL. TWO

MESSERSCHMIDT FIGHTER BOMBERS streak out of the clouds and

race across the sky.

INDY AND HENRY:

Shrink in their seats as the MESSERSCHMIDTS (going three

times as fast as they are) SCREAM past on either side.

INDY:

Dad, you're gonna have to use the

machine gun. Get it ready.

Henry turns and grips the MOUNTED MACHINE GUN with a perplexed

expression.

INDY:

(turning; pointing)

Eleven o'clock!

Henry pulls out his watch.

INDY:

Dad -- eleven o'clock!!

HENRY:

What happens at eleven o'clock?

Indy uses his arm to demonstrate that he's referring to a

direction and not a time.

INDY:

(frustrated)

Twelve -- eleven -- ten. Eleven

o'clock. Fire!

Henry does -- and the EXPLODING GUN nearly shakes him out of

his seat.

Indy's slow speed and small size works to his advantage. The

speeding Messerschmidts continually overshoot him, WHIZZING

past in a blur -- making wide turns miles away in the sky.

Henry has one of the Messerschmidts in his sight. He pulls

back on the trigger -- RATTA-A-TAT-TAT! RATTA-A-TAT-TAT!

The Messerschmidt banks to the left, but Henry keeps it in

his gun sight. Henry swings the gun around, inadvertently

CUTTING HIS OWN REAR STABILIZER IN HALF.

INDY:

Dad, are we hit?!

HENRY:

More or less.

(pause)

Son, I'm sorry. They got us.

Indy looks back at the missing tail section, then at his

father.

The plane begins to go down. Indy struggles to control its

descent.

INDY:

Hang on, Dads We're going in!

Henry slumps down fearfully in his seat.

EXT. A FIELD - DAY

The wheels of the plane touch down. OUT OF CONTROL, the PLANE

SKIDS and CRASHES first into a corral of goats and then into

the farmhouse beyond sending a cloud of dust into the air.

As Indy pulls himself from the cockpit:

HENRY:

(sarcastic)

Nice landing.

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