Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade Page #32

INDY:

Shooting me won't get you anywhere.

DONOVAN:

You know something, Doctor Jones?

You're absolutely right.

Then Donovan shifts his aim, just a bit, and SHOOTS Henry.

The bullet enters his side below the ribs.

INDY:

Dad?!

HENRY:

Junior...

ELSA:

No!!

DONOVAN:

(to Elsa)

Get back!

Henry collapses. Blood flowing from the wound. Brody and

Sallah rush to his assistance.

Indy spins toward Donovan with murder in his eyes.

Donovan points the gun at him:

DONOVAN:

You can't save him when you're dead.

Indy hesitates.

DONOVAN:

The healing power of the Grail is

the only thing that can save your

father now. It's time to ask yourself

what you believe.

Indy takes in the situation. The two decapitated men lie a

few yards in front of him. He walks to the entranceway,

flanked by two stone lions. We get silent reaction shots --

Elsa -- Sallah -- Brody -- Donovan -- registering their

different emotions

Indy proceeds forward. His hands open the Grail Diary.

INDY:

"The Breath of God... Only the

penitent man will pass. Only the

penitent man will pass..."

Indy takes a few steps forward.

INDY:

"The penitent man will pass. The

penitent man..."

Indy stops. He is about to reach the spot where two men have

just died.

Henry looks at Indy. Indy looks at Henry.

HENRY:

(in a raspy voice)

"Only the penitent man will pass.

Only the penitent man will pass."

INDY:

(quietly to himself)

The penitent man will pass. The

penitent... the penitent. The penitent

man...

HENRY:

The penitent man. The penitent...

Indy takes a step forward through the cobwebs.

INDY:

The penitent man is humble before

God.

HENRY:

Penitent. Penitent...

INDY:

The penitent man is humble...

The cobwebs begin to move...

INDY:

He kneels before God.

(to himself; suddenly)

Kneel!!

We hear the awful rush of air -- WHOOSH! Because Indy is in

the act of kneeling, only his hat is knocked off and his

hair flies in his face.

Instinctively he ROLLS FORWARD on the ground out of harm's

way and looks up. From his new position he is able to see

what is causing all the trouble: A RAZOR SHARP TRIPLE

PENDULUM.

Indy gets cautiously to his feet. Now he sees the pendulum

has been guarding a SMALL CORRIDOR which turns a corner to

the left fifty yards ahead. Wooden wheels turn -- the

mechanism controlling the spinning blades. Indy loops a rope

around the wheels, jamming the mechanism and stopping the

blades in mid-swipe.

INDY:

I'm through!

ELSA AND DONOVAN

DONOVAN:

We're through!

Brody and Sallah smile, relieved.

SALLAH:

(to Henry)

He's all right.

Henry shakes his head.

HENRY:

No.

BACK TO INDY:

Holding the Grail Diary, reading once again, his fedora now

covered in cobwebs.

INDY:

"The second challenge is the Word of

God. Only in the footsteps of God

will he proceed."

(to himself)

The Word of God... The Word of...

Indy pulls away some cobwebs to reveal a cobblestone path.

Each cobble is engraved with a letter.

INDY:

"Proceed in the footsteps of the

Word."

HENRY:

Lifts his head painfully.

HENRY:

The Word of God...

BRODY:

No, Henry. Try not to talk.

HENRY:

The Name of God...

BACK TO INDY:

As he studies the cobblestones before him.

INDY:

The Name of God... Jehovah!

HENRY:

Still lies in Sallah's arms. Brody leans over him.

HENRY:

But in the Latin alphabet, "Jehovah"

begins with an "I".

BACK TO INDY:

INDY:

"J".

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