Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade Page #29

VOGEL:

Fire!

EXT. DESERT VALLEY - DAY

The tank starts firing at Indy on horseback. Indy zigs and

zags as the tank fires two rounds at Indy, barely missing

him. Each time Indy emerges from the plume of desert dust,

hanging like a toadstool in the air.

INT. TANK - DAY

Henry and Brody hold their hands over their ears.

EXT. DESERT VALLEY - DAY

Donovan shouts orders to the Troops. Indy is followed by

various vehicles in the caravan.

Indy notices that the side gun that is now firing at him can

only pivot so far. Indy makes a mental note of this and while

riding right in front of the tank, turns his horse completely

around, 180 degrees. The tank starts to follow.

POV THROUGH THE VIEWING PORT

Vogel watches the ground turning 180 degrees as he tries to

catch up with Indy.

Cleverly, Indy has turned the tank directly into a head-on

collision course with some of the pursuit vehicles and a

Kubelwagon.

The tank and the Kubelwagon smash into each other, the German

military sedan becoming lodged between the treads while

blocking the front view and any use of the six-pound cannon

on the turret.

Indy, meanwhile, leans down on his horse, scooping up a stone

from the wall of a culvert. He reigns his horse, paralleling

the tank, as everyone scurries about inside, looking through

viewing ports, trying to figure out exactly where Indy is.

INT. TANK - DAY

Vogel shouts to the GUNNER.

VOGEL:

Den Kubelwagon sprengen!

The Gunner puts a shell into the large gun. He FIRES,

CATAPULTING THE KUBELWAGON into the air, where it EXPLODES.

The tank drives through the resulting smoke an dust, then

rolls over the Kubelwagon, crushing it.

EXT. DESERT VALLEY - DAY

Indy gallops up to the side cannon and jams the stone down

the barrel, lodging several rocks inside. Then he steers his

horse directly in range of that gun.

INT. TANK - DAY

A NAZI SOLDIER pushes Henry away from the window.

NAZI SOLDIER:

Keine Bewegung.

He points his gun at Henry and Brody.

NAZI SOLDIER:

Keine Bewegung.

The smaller gun, blocked by the rocks, BACKFIRES, blowing

the breech out into the face of the gunner, killing him and

filling the tank with smoke.

Brody, Henry, Vogel and the driver begin to choke.

EXT. DESERT VALLEY - DAY

Indy rides his horse alongside the tank.

INDY:

Dad! Dad! Dad!

INT. TANK - DAY

Henry and Brody still held at gunpoint by the Nazi Soldier.

HENRY:

Junior? Junior? Junior!

The Nazi Soldier swings his fist, knocking Henry off his

seat.

EXT. DESERT VALLEY - DAY

Smoke pours from the top of the tank as the turret pops open.

Vogel emerges and aims his gun at Indy.

Indy and Vogel EXCHANGE SHOTS as Indy chases the tank on his

horse.

Indy pulls the trigger again -- his gun is empty! Indy

immediately takes the high trail.

Now Indy is above the tank twelve feet on a paralleling trail.

He moves out of the saddle and leaps from the speeding horse

onto the trundling tank.

CLOSEUP - VOGEL

Hate-staring at Indy.

CLOSEUP - INDY

Hate-staring back at Vogel.

Suddenly, from nowhere a German soldier flies INTO FRAME,

tackling Indy.

CUT TO:

SIDE ANGLE:

One of the two troop carriers is paralleling the tank and

like pirates boarding a galleon, Nazi Soldiers leap over the

treads and are swarming all over Indy.

Indy is struggling with a German's Luger.

Indy presses the Luger against his assailant and forces the

Nazi to squeeze off a shot into himself. The bullet not only

passes through the Nazi, but passes through two other Nazis

standing directly behind him on the crowded tank top and

three bodies fall away, leaving Indy to stare at the gun in

disbelief.

Another Soldier leaps from the truck onto the tank and raises

his knife as he grabs Indy. They struggle and fall.

Indy sits up to see Vogel standing over him. Vogel wraps a

chain around Indy's neck.

INT. TANK - DAY

Indy appears at the entrance, the chain still wrapped about

his neck and held by Vogel.

INDY:

Dad!

He drops the gun down into the tank.

INDY:

Dad! Dad! Get it!

Vogel pulls Indy from the tank entrance, yanking on the chain

wrapped around his neck.

EXT. TANK - DAY

A NAZI SOLDIER approaches.

Indy hits him, knocking him onto the tank tread. The Nazi

Soldier screams as he is dragged under the rolling tank.

Now Indy and Vogel struggle with one another, the chain still

wrapped around Indy's neck.

INT. TANK - DAY - THROUGH THE PERISCOPE

We see Indy and Vogel struggling atop the tank. Indy lifts

his feet, lunging toward the periscope and pulling Vogel

with him.

Indy's face is pressed up against the lens of the periscope.

INT. TANK - DAY

The Nazi Soldier looking through the periscope pulls away

from it, smiles, then turns back to it.

THROUGH THE PERISCOPE

Indy's face, still pressed against the lens.

Vogel pulls Indy from the periscope.

INT. TANK - DAY

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