Invasion of the Body Snatchers Page #5

Stay there.

If it rings, call me.

Hello.

Is Dr. Bennell there?

-Yes. I'll get him.

-Never mind.

Just tell him the Sacramento

circuits are still busy...

and ask him if he wants me

to keep trying.

All right. Hold on.

Miles,

the circuits are still busy!

Tell her to keep trying!

Also, try San Francisco

and Washington!

We're getting

out of here right now.

Where are we going?

Sally's!

We're still unable

to get through to Los Angeles.

Do you wish me to keep trying?

Dr. Bennell?

Dr. Bennell?

I needed

someone I could trust...

and I figured Sally, my nurse,

was my best bet.

I decided to try to phone her

to see if she was at home.

Maybe they hadn't

taken over the pay phones.

I'll try the pay phone.

Hey, Mac!

Oh, hi, doc.

How are you?

Will you get me

a couple gallons fast?

Sure.

Martha, doc's in a hurry!

Get the windshield, will you?

I have to have the keys

to open the gas tank.

Somebody sick out this way?

There's been an accident.

Funny.

We haven't heard about it.

It just happened.

Before I could

even get her number...

I saw Mac closing

the trunk of my car.

He could have been

checking my spare tire...

but I didn't think so.

That should do it.

Thank you.

All set?

-All set, doc.

-Fine. Thanks.

-Put it on my bill, will you?

-Sure, doc.

What's the matter?

We've got to make it

to Sally's house.

I wasn't sure

I could trust anyone...

but I took a chance

and drove to Sally's anyway.

When I saw several cars

in front of the house...

I decided to play it safe.

What's wrong?

Probably nothing,

but we're not going in there...

until I'm sure it's safe.

Slide under the wheel

and get out of here fast...

if anybody shows up

looking for us.

The baby asleep yet, Sally?

Not yet,

but she will be soon...

and there'll be no more tears.

Shall I put this in her room?

Yes. In her playpen.

No, wait.

Maybe I'd better take it.

Why don't you go in, Miles?

We've been waiting for you.

Becky, start the car!

Quick!

Becky, get going!

Attention, all units...

attention, all units--

apprehend and detain...

Dr. Miles Bennell

and Becky Driscoll...

now believed heading north...

in a black and white

Ford sedan...

license number 2-X-3-7-7-9-6.

All units designated

as roadblocks...

move to your stations.

It is urgent.

These two persons

must be detained...

and not permitted

to leave Santa Mira.

Repeat--it is urgent...

Be on the lookout for a 1 955

black and white Ford sedan...

license number 2-X-3-7-7-9-6.

We'll try to make it

to my office.

Cut into that alley

on the right.

[Door opens]

Do you think he'll come back?

I don't think they'll

check again before morning.

By then, Jack should be here

with help.

What if

Jack doesn't get through?

He's gotta get through.

Here. Take two of these.

They'll help you to stay awake.

We can't close our eyes

all night.

We may wake up changed...

into something evil and inhuman.

In my practice,

I've seen how people...

have allowed their humanity

to drain away.

Only, it happens slowly

instead of all at once.

They didn't seem to mind.

But just some people.

All of us--a little bit.

We harden our hearts

and grow callous.

Only when we have to fight

to stay human...

do we realize how precious

it is to us...

how dear...

as you are to me.

Maybe that's Jack

trying to find us.

He'd know better

than to use the phone.

Where is he?

Why doesn't he come?

Just like any Saturday morning.

Len Pearlman, Bill Bittner...

Jim Clark and his wife Shirley

and their kids...

people I've known all my life.

What time is it?

Seven forty-five.

Yeah, I know.

It's too early to be so busy.

What are they doing here?

There's the answer.

There must be strangers in town.

They're waiting for the bus

to come and go.

There isn't another one

through here until 1 1 :00.

Farmers.

Grimaldi, Pixley...

Gessner!

Crescent City.

If you have Crescent City

families, step to truck one.

Crescent City...

the first truck.

Redbank.

All with Redbank families

or contacts...

go to truck number two.

All with Redbank families

or contacts...

truck number two.

Havenhurst...

the third truck.

Havenhurst--

the third truck.

Mill Town--the third truck.

Mill Town--the third truck.

Valley Springs...

the third truck.

Valley Springs...

First our town...

then all the towns around us.

It's a malignant disease...

spreading through

the whole country.

That's all for today.

Be ready again tomorrow.

I can't wait for Jack

any longer. Stay here.

You're not going out there?

I've got to stop them!

Wait! We're safe here!

They're not here.

I hope we're not too late.

Jack! Thank God!

The whole town's been

taken over by the pods!

Not quite.

There's still you and Becky.

Miles, it would have

been so much easier...

if you'd gone to sleep

last night.

Relax.

We're here to help you.

You know better than that.

Where do you want us

to put them?

Would you like

to watch them grow?

-No, thanks.

-Put them in there.

There's nothing to be afraid of.

We're not going to hurt you.

Once you understand,

you'll be grateful.

Remember how Teddy and I

fought against it.

We were wrong.

You mean Teddy doesn't mind?

Of course not.

She feels exactly the way I do.

Let us go!

If we leave town,

we won't come back.

We can't let you go.

You're dangerous to us.

Don't fight it, Miles.

It's no use.

Sooner or later,

you'll have to go to sleep.

I'll wait for you in the hall.

Miles,

you and I are scientific men.

You can understand the wonder

of what's happened.

Just think.

Less than a month ago...

Santa Mira

was like any other town--

people with nothing

but problems.

Then out of the sky

came a solution.

Seeds drifting through space

for years...

took root in a farmer's field.

From the seeds came pods...

which had the power

to reproduce themselves...

in the exact likeness

of any form of life.

So that's how it began...

out of the sky.

Your new bodies

are growing in there.

They're taking you over

cell for cell...

atom for atom.

There's no pain.

Suddenly, while you're asleep...

they'll absorb your minds,

your memories...

and you're reborn

into an untroubled world.

Where everyone's the same?

Exactly.

What a world.

We're not the last humans left.

They'll destroy you!

Tomorrow,

you won't want them to.

Tomorrow, you'll be one of us.

I love Becky.

Tomorrow, will I feel the same?

There's no need for love.

No emotion?

Then you have no feelings,

only the instinct to survive.

You can't love or be loved!

Am I right?

You say it

as if it were terrible.

Believe me, it isn't.

You've been in love before.

It didn't last.

It never does.

Love, desire, ambition, faith--

without them, life's so simple,

believe me.

I don't want any part of it.

You're forgetting

something, Miles.

What's that?

You have no choice.

I guess we haven't any choice.

Good.

I want to love and be loved!

I want your children.

I don't want a world

without love or grief or beauty.

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes