Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade Page #8

INDY:

I've heard this one as well. Two of

these brothers walked out of the

desert one hundred and fifty years

after having found the Grail and

began the long journey back to France.

But only one of them made it. And

before dying of extreme old age, he

supposedly imparted his tale to a --

to a Franciscan friar, I think.

DONOVAN:

Not "supposedly," Doctor Jones.

Donovan produces an ANCIENT LEATHER-BOUND VOLUME with very

brittle pages. Indy views the manuscript with considerable

interest.

DONOVAN:

This is the manuscript in which the

friar chronicled the Knight's story...

it doesn't reveal on location of the

Grail, I'm afraid... but the Knight

promised that two "markers" that had

been left behind would.

(indicates the Tablet)

This Tablet is one of those "markers."

It proves the Knight's story is true.

But as you pointed out -- it's

incomplete.

(beat)

Now, the second "marker" is entombed

with the Knight's dead brother. Our

project leader believes that tomb to

be located within the city of Venice,

Italy.

(beat)

As you can now see, Doctor Jones,

we're about to complete a great quest

that began almost two thousand years

ago. We're only one step away.

INDY:

That's usually when the ground falls

out from underneath your feet.

DONOVAN:

You could be more right than you

know.

INDY:

Yes?

DONOVAN:

We've hit a snag. Our project leader

has vanished. Along with all his

research. Uh, we received a cable

from his colleague, Doctor Schneider,

who has no idea of his whereabouts

or what's become of him.

(beat)

I want you to pick up the trail where

he left off. Find the man and you

will find the Grail.

INDY:

You've got the wrong Jones, Mister

Donovan. Why don't you try my father?

DONOVAN:

(after a pause)

We already have. Your father is the

man who's disappeared.

EXT. A RESIDENTIAL STREET - DAY

A FORD COUPE speeds down the tree-lined street.

EXT. PROFESSOR HENRY JONES' HOUSE - DAY

The Ford coupe pulls up in front of the house. Indy climbs

from the car and hurries up the walkway. Brody is a step

behind.

BRODY:

Your father and I have been friends

since time began. I've watched you

grow up, Indy. And I've watched the

two of you grow apart.

(beat)

I've never seen you this concerned

about him before.

They climb the porch and notice that the front door is ajar.

They exchange a quick look of concern as they enter.

INT. THE HOUSE - LATE AFTERNOON

Indy approaches the half-open front door.

INDY:

Dad?

(to Brody)

He's an academic A bookworm. He's

not a field man.

He pushes open the door. He enters the house and calls out.

INDY:

Dad? Dad?

Indy opens one half of the curtains dividing the hall from

the sitting room.

We see the place has been ransacked.

Brody sees Indy's face and opens the other half.

BRODY:

Dear God.

They walk into the room.

BRODY:

What has the old fool got himself

into now?

INDY:

I don't know. But whatever it is,

he's in over his head!

Brody picks up some mail from Henry's cluttered desk.

INDY:

Dad?

BRODY:

It's today's mail. And it's been

opened.

Indy turns and sees the pile of torn papers and envelopes.

Then something hits him.

INDY:

Mail! That's it, Marcus!

He immediately empties his pockets of his own mail taken

earlier in the day from his college office and finds the

envelope with the Venice postmark.

INDY:

(as he tears it open)

Venice, Italy!

BRODY:

What is it?

Indy uncovers a small book. It looks like a JOURNAL or DIARY.

Indy flips through it: Page after page of handwritten notes

and drawings. Brody glances at it with great curiosity.

INDY:

It's Dad's Grail Diary. Every clue

he ever followed. Every discovery he

made. A complete record of his search

for the Holy Grail. This is his whole

life. Why would he have sent this to

me?

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