Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade Page #33

Indy takes a step and immediately a stone breaks away and

Indy falls up to his hip -- his leg stuck through the hold

where the stone once was.

HENRY:

Reacts.

HENRY:

Oh dear!

BACK TO INDY:

Who grunts as he pulls himself from the hole, the Grail Diary

in his hand.

INDY:

In Latin, "Jehovah" starts with an

"I". "I"...

Now we see each letter on the stones as Indy carefully walks

forward. Donovan and Elsa follow in his footsteps.

INDY:

"E"... "H"... "O"... "V"... "A"...

Indy sighs with relief and steps forward to:

THE GREAT ABYSS:

Indy stands in a small opening, just small enough for his

shoulders to squeeze through and beyond that a 100 foot drop

to the rocks below and 100 feet across, nothing but a rough,

stony cliff wall.

BACK TO INDY:

He can see nowhere to cross. He looks again to the Grail

Diary.

INDY:

"The path of flood. Only in the leap

from the lion's head will he prove

his worth."

Indy looks around and then he notices that inscribed into

the rock above his head is the head of a lion.

INDY:

Impossible! Nobody can jump this!

Indy looks down into the Diary and tortures over what it is

asking him to do.

BRODY:

Rushes forward and calls to Indy.

BRODY:

Indy... Indy, you must hurry!! Come

quickly!

BACK TO INDY:

INDY:

(realizing)

It's... a leap of faith. Oh, God.

HENRY:

Calls to his son.

HENRY:

You must believe, boy. you must...

believe.

We see him do it. We see him leap into space. We see that he

is in midair. We see that he is not going to make it. His

hands claw for the opposite wall but he is going to fall 100

feet to his death. And then -- he doesn't! He appears to be

held up by thin air as he lands on his hands and knees.

Indy looks around and down and now he figures it out.

Ingeniously, the First Crusaders have painted a pathway to

align with the rocks 100 feet below. It is a perfect forced

perspective image of the rocks below with lines from a hundred

feet continuing six feet below his sight line where his feet

are stepping.

It's painted to blend in with the rocks below. Highly evolved

camouflage... in perfect alignment with everything we see

below.

When Indy leans out to the left or right... that's when he

sees the perfect alignment shift that betrays the trick.

Indy throws some dirt on the bridge and he crosses it like

the first Crusader from the painting over Henry's desk.

Indy crawls through a small opening in the side of the cliff

and enters a Temple.

A vast array of chalices is displayed on the altar of this

small Temple. Perhaps a hundred or more. Many sizes, many

shapes, some gold, some silver, but they all glitter and

shine.

Indy is mesmerized by their number and their beauty. And

then he realizes that a man is praying at the altar!

He has his back turned to Indy... but he is dressed as what

he is! A GRAIL KNIGHT.

CLOSE ON THE GRAIL KNIGHT

But we can't see the Grail Knight's face. The visor of his

helmet is down. Perhaps we see his eyes.

When the Grail Knight sees Indy he gets wearily to his feet

and, surprisingly, prepares to give combat... taking up his

two-handed broadsword... he comes at Indy, attempting to

swing the huge, heavy sword but finding the effort almost

too much. Indy dodges two or three clumsy swings of the sword,

making no attempt to fight back... until the Knight,

exhausted, drops the sword and collapses. Indy approaches

him and raises the visor and we see that the Knight is a

very ancient man.

KNIGHT:

I knew you'd come, but my strength

has left me.

INDY:

Who are you?

KNIGHT:

The last of three brothers who swore

an oath to find the Grail and to

guard it.

INDY:

That was seven hundred years ago.

KNIGHT:

A long time to wait.

The Grail Knight reaches forward and fingers Indy's clothing.

KNIGHT:

You're strangely dressed... for a

knight.

INDY:

I'm not exactly... a knight. What do

you mean?

KNIGHT:

I was chosen because I was the bravest

and the most worthy. The honor was

mine until another came to challenge

me to single combat. I pass it to

you who vanquished me.

The Grail Knight holds his sword out to Indy.

INDY:

(gulp)

Listen, I don't have time to explain,

but --

At that moment Donovan and Elsa appear. Donovan turns to

face the display of cups.

DONOVAN:

Which one is it?

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