Innerspace
- PG
- Year:
- 1987
- 120 min
- 794 Views
A STRANGE LANDSCAPE.
Like the surface of some alien planet. CELESTIAL FORMS spin
in the distance. DROP DOWN over a topography of rolling hills.
ALVIN 5 - THE POD
A titanium alloy sphere; the strongest form to withstand
great pressures. A streamlined mantle houses propellers,
batteries, articulated arms - one containing a carbon-dioxide
laser. Maneuvering thrusters protrude next to antennae.
WEIRD SUBMARINE FORMS
glow in artificial light. We float over undulating undersea
hills. Tendrils of beautiful growths wave in the currents.
AL (VO)
...one small schlep for mankind...
INT. - ALVIN 5
THE MAN INSIDE is Al Viola, 35, ex-Marine, ex-astronaut.
He holds a doctorate in Medieval Languages from the Sorbonne.
He is worldly, highly trained. Right now he's elated as well.
AL:
the bank to me.
A VOICE cuts in - The Mission Control Officer - COLIN
COLIN - VO
Could you to stop counting
a systems check...
AL:
This is a small breakthrough.
I've a right to make a statement.
A LAB SOMEWHERE:
Technicians cluster around VIDEO SCREENS showing
feeds from LVIN'S MULTIPLE CAMERAS. One shot from the housing
faces forward. Another is of Al at the controls. Exotic equipment
surrounds him. A CLOCK is prominent. It reads: ELAPSED
MISSION TIME - 1 hour, 14 minutes. A third camera fixed to
a long extension arm, articulates 360% and shoots back to
show the POD.
COLIN:
What a pain in the...Where did we
get this prima donna?...(into mike)
Then do try to keep it dignified.
Puns are a sign of oxygen
deprivation of the brain. Now give
us bank three, if you would.
AL:
Alright, alright! Air filtration,
88; battery load, 76;...
Reception is perfect. Al reports full success. He reads off
instrument readings rapidly. His voice is clipped
and precise...a test pilot. Behind him, packed into every corner
of the tiny cockpit, are computers and scientific instruments.
THE LAB TECHNICIANS are taut, organized and highly
disciplined. There is a sense of purpose, of very important business.
THE SUBMERSIBLE swoops through valleys lined with
stranger growths. The craft is perfectly balanced, responsive
to the pilot's lightest touch.
END TITLES:
SILICON VALLEY - DAWN
A peaceful setting; flowers on low, rolling hills, a high-tech
building complex - UNITED SYNERGISTIC TECHNOLOGIES.
TWO MEN ON A HILL OVERLOOKING UST.
They are fooling with something. It goes off. A rocket flares out in the
direction of the building, The rocketeer guides the flight of
the Remotely Piloted Vehicle on a video monitor.
ABOVE THE BUILDING, retro jets slow the craft. A small braking
chute blooms. It settles, braking jets fire briefly as it lands
softly on the rooftop air duct.
THE ROCKETEER hits a button; blue flame shoots out
the underside of the vehicle. It burns a tiny pinpoint through
the duct.
INT. UNITED SYNERGISTIC TECHNOLOGIES - A HIGH-TECH LAB
THE SAME ONE, SAME TIME - A TECH turns from the video
monitors and looks through a window into the main experimental
area...A maze of equipment. Some bizarre, tension-filled procedure
is going on. Techs in the control room smoke like fiends. Others
in the clean-room are enclosed head to foot in sterile coveralls.
CONTROL ROOM:
Engineers note and dismiss a READING...
ENG 1
Air temp just went up.
ENG 2
We're drawing lots of power.
Salesmen, job seekers crowd the busy
lobby. One applicant, Joe Doakes, 30, has a air of
desperation. His tie is too tight. His hair won't behave. He's
nicked himself shaving. The surveillance cameras make him nervous.
He checks his watch impatiently, rises and crosses to the receptionist.
JOE:
Remember me?
She barely looks up...a 40 watt smile.
JOE:
Joe Doakes? It's quarter to 10...
RECEPTIONIST.
I'm sorry. We're running behind.
So many applicants...so few jobs...
If you'll just have a seat.
JOE:
I have a seat. I've had it since nine.
RECEPTIONIST.
...Mr. Athol will be with you as soon as
possible. Will you be able to wait?
JOE (he turns)
You're just lucky I need this job.
RECEPTIONIST.
JOE:
A drink...
RECEPTIONIST.
Water fountain's through that door,
down the hall.
JOE:
Thanks.
THE ROOF:
The landing craft withdraws its torch,
deploys a nozzle-arm. PSSSSCCCHHHT. A colorless gas is emitted.
- A hallucinogen; debilitating but not fatal...not even
unpleasant. t makes people highly suggestible, pliable, complacent.
Slowly, almost imperceptibly,
the hubbub and chatter die off. People stand and sit
as before, but slowly slow down...Cigarettes slow halfway to the
mouth...Coffee cups stop in mid-sip. In the lab, procedures just...slow.
A man at a control board looks down as if, suddenly, it's
all Greek...the lights and buttons suddenly foreign to him. Others
seem bemused, daydreaming...They smile at each other and
try to think of something to say. Some of them giggle.
EXT. THE VALLEY
A CHOPPER glides through the pass
and settles on the UST landing pad. Five figures exit the chopper,
all dressed alike; dark coveralls and boots, motorcycle
helmets with reflectored visors...A PRECISION ATTACK.
THE INTRUDERS - walk to the access door. They are
armed, disciplined, well drilled. Movement is unhurried
but efficient. They carry submachine guns. A GUARD eyes them placidly.
Their LEADER speaks through a radio directly into the UST
intercom. He is assured and calm. The GUARD is bemused... drugged.
LEADER:
Hello.
GUARD:
Hello
LEADER:
We'd like to come in.
The guard is lethargic. The gas has sapped his will.
One part of his brain cannot accept what he is about to do. He
giggles softly at the thought of it, even as he is compelled to
obey.
GUARD:
(giggling)
You'd like...to come in...
LEADER:
Open the door please.
GUARD:
(still giggling)
Open the door?... Certainly.
The door pops open. They enter and pass the bemused
guard.
LEADER:
Thank you.
GUARD:
My pleasure.
INT. LAB AREA
Everyone is smiling...stoned. The
LEADER speaks to them like children, not to be funny, but because
low-key orders are the most efficient. They are completely
suggestible.
LEADER:
Hello.
TECH:
Hello.
LEADER:
We've come for the PEM114.
Where is it?
TECH 2
Right there.
LEADER:
Thank you.
The INTRUDERS step up to the lab equipment. Another
tech...steps forward...He is struggling against the effects of
the drug.
TECH 3
Wait.
LEADER:
Why?
TECH 3
You can't take that.
LEADER:
Why not?
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