Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade Page #3

Everyone holds their breath, afraid to make another move.

Too late. SEVERAL BOLTS TEAR FREE. Halfbreed and Rough Rider

SCREAM... but it's Indy's end of the catwalk that DROPS

DOWN... PLUNGING Indy to the floor of the car.

He lands hard, with a SPLASH into a vat of water... where he

finds himself eye-to-eye with an --

ENORMOUS ANACONDA

The head of this snake is so damn big, it looks more like a

Tyrannosaurus Rex.

INDY:

Oh...

Indy jumps back in horror... only to land with a SQUISH into

the SNAKE VAT.

INDY:

Oh... Oh...

Hundreds of slippery, squirming snakes. Indy sinks into them.

They cover him. Engulf him. Almost smother him.

Indy jumps out of the side of the vat, freeing himself.

Indy locates a clean-out door at the bottom of the car and

uses it to escape.

Halfbreed, meanwhile, tries to open the closed window of the

car. He groans. Rough Rider moves to assist him.

ROUGH RIDER:

Here, let me.

EXT. THE TRAIN - DAY

Indy stops, checks to see the Cross still lodged in his belt.

Suddenly he looks worried as he frantically reaches into his

shirt, REMOVES A SNAKE FROM IT and tosses it away.

Roscoe APPEARS atop the reptile car and manages to grab Indy.

Indy kicks at him. Roscoe grabs onto the side of the reptile

car as Indy moves on to...

EXT. A FLATCAR - DAY

Indy climbs over canvas-covered circus equipment. Roscoe

follows, grabbing a long stick with a hook on it. He reaches

forward and trips Indy, who falls onto the roof of the rhino

boxcar.

INT. THE RHINO BOXCAR - DAY

As a lamp falls from the ceiling with the impact of Indy's

fall, hitting a HUGE BLACK RHINOCEROS.

EXT. THE RHINO BOXCAR - DAY

Roscoe grabs Indy by the ankle and yanks him off his feet.

The two struggle, rolling from side to side, coming perilously

close to rolling right off the edge. Things get even more

serious when Roscoe PULLS A KNIFE.

IN THE BOXCAR BELOW

...THE FEROCIOUS BLACK RHINO is becoming extremely agitated

by the commotion going on atop his cage. Finally, he raises

his head and THRUSTS HIS HORN THROUGH THE ROOF.

BACK TO THE ROOFTOP

As the horn SMASHES through the wood only inches from Indy's

head. Indy and Roscoe stare at the horn in amazement as they

continue to struggle. SMASH! The horn comes up again -- RIGHT

BETWEEN INDY'S LEGS.

INDY:

Holy smokes!

Indy kicks Roscoe away. Roscoe rolls to the edge of the car

but keeps from falling. Indy flips over onto his stomach.

EXT. THE REPTILE CAR - DAY

The WOODEN TRAP DOOR EXPLODES as a BULLET is FIRED from

within. The door is pushed open and Halfbreed and Rough Rider

hurry out of the car.

EXT. THE RHINO BOXCAR - DAY

Indy gets to his feet -- looks ahead -- sees a WATER TANK

alongside the track directly up ahead. Indy gets an idea...

In an instant, he calculates his approach -- times the

distance -- and LEAPS for the tank's WATER SPOUT.

He catches it perfectly... but his velocity causes the water

spout to ROTATE A FULL 360 DEGREES. With Indy hanging on,

feet kicking, the water spout deposits him back on the train,

onto the ROOF OF A STOCKCAR, where he looks up to see Fedora

walking toward him.

FEDORA:

Come on, kid. There's no way out of

this.

As Indy edges away from Fedora, a portion of the STOCKCAR'S

ROOF COLLAPSES and Indy FALLS THROUGH into the car below.

INT. THE STOCKCAR - DAY

Indy CRASHES down from above. Dust rises.

INDY:

Ohhh!

Indy's eyes take a moment to adjust to the dark. A bit of

sunlight leaks in through the cracks between the boards.

Then Indy sees it. At the far end of the boxcar. Rising slowly

to its feet... an AFRICAN LION. The Lion ROARS. The boxcar

walls shake. Indy gasps. Dust swirls up into the shafts of

sunlight.

And Indy has one more surprise in store: The Cross of Cortes

has been dislodged from his belt during the fall...

Indy glances around, sees a coiled LION TAMER'S WHIP hanging

on a nail. He carefully takes it down by the handle. The

Lion sees this and GROWLS SOFTLY.

Indy swallows hard and gives the whip a try. It unravels

awkwardly, its TIP flying back and HITTING Indy IN THE FACE...

CUTTING his chin.

The Lion GROWLS LOUDER. Indy quickly gathers up the whip,

wets his lips, and tries again. This time -- success! The

WHIP CRACKS SHARPLY. The Lion BELLOWS and SWATS the air...

and steps back.

Indy looks amazed and delighted. He CRACKS the whip again.

The Lion backs away even more. Indy inches forward -- bends

down (never taking his eyes off the Lion) -- picks up the

Cross -- and steps back again, sweat pouring down his face.

But now... how to get out?

He looks up at the opening through which he fell and sees

Fedora LOOKING DOWN AT HIM. Fedora extends his hand.

FEDORA:

Toss up the whip.

EXT. THE ROOFTOP OF STOCKCAR

Fedora, assisted by Halfbreed and Rough Rider, "reels" Indy

out of the Stockcar as the Lion ROARS and lunges and Indy

screams.

The men, including Roscoe, pull Indy through the hole in the

roof. He stands to face them as Rough Rider points a gun in

his direction.

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