Joe Versus the Volcano Page #18

170 FROM JOE'S POV - JOE'S BARE FEET170

Two natives are chewing the toenails on his two feet.

170A BACK TO SCENE 170A

JOE:

Hey, stop that!

The two natives look at him blankly, and go back to what

they're doing. Joe accepts it. Another native is

massaging his scalp, adding a little oil to Joe's hair.

The native combs the hair with his fingers. Joe's

starting to look like his old self. Something on the

edge of the clearing catches his eye.

171 FROM JOE'S POV - FOUR STEAMER TRUNKS 171

A little stained with salt, but otherwise none the worse

for wear.

JOE VERSUS THE VOLCANO - Rev. 4/14/8992A.

172 JOE 172

looking at the trunks, gets an idea.

173 EXT. ANOTHER CLEARING - DAY173

Patricia is near the end of a make-over by the native

women. They are adorning her freshly-washed hair with

beautiful flowers, and wrapping her sparkling body in a

pretty sarong.

JOE VERSUS THE VOLCANO - Rev. 8/25/89 93.

174 EXT. SUN 174

sets behind the Big Woo.

174A EXT. BONFIRE - NIGHT 174A

Going full blast in the village. MUSIC.

175 EXT. VILLAGE175

Fire plays on Patricia's face, as she's escorted by four

village women into the village feast.

176 PATRICIA'S POV 176

Handheld, as she walks through the village.

176A ON PATRICIA (INTERCUT) 176A

As she's led through village.

PATRICIA:

Where's my friend?

177 PATRICIA'S POV - HANDHELD 177

PATRICIA:

Where's Joe Banks?

a. Men dancing on dusty drums.

b. Natives criss-cross jumping over fire, with the band

in the b.g.

c. A pig on a spit over a fire.

177A ON PATRICIA (INTERCUT) 177A

As she's led through the village.

PATRICIA:

Is my friend here?

178 PATRICIA'S POV - HANDHELD 178

a. Fire-eaters on either side of a small volcano.

The MUSIC changes to a new cue: the drum vamp.

b. The Fire-God emerges from the small volcano.

JOE VERSUS THE VOLCANO - Rev. 8/25/8993A.

179 PATRICIA 179

She reacts and looks at:

180 EXT. VILLAGE - BAW - NIGHT 180

Baw comes into the playing area, a half-moon circle of

natives. He clicks the sticks of his fingers. He looks

side-to-side, sternly, with his hands on his hips and

cries out.

BAW:

Oliva!

This is the cue for the story-telling MUSIC to begin.

Baw does a little Waponi dance in a tight circle, as he

recites.

BAW:

A whila way Waponi Woo

I sangda wangda offda blue

I sangda wangda and I aw saw

The whorl in all a raw

dindour!

Meckalecka?

Yapa

Yapaya

Yapa

Yapaya

Yapa

Yapaya

Sup up vulca

The women scream.

BAW:

Terra not firma.

To take to Tobi, put the

pants!

The men cheer and Baw picks up the Tiki doll to hand it

to the Volcano God who then goes back into the volcano.

181 INT. VILLAGE - NIGHT 181

Patricia is standing. Everyone else is BELOW FRAME and

there is dead silence.

182 PATRICIA'S POV - CHIEF - NIGHT 182

He's decked out, and he sits in his chair. His Tobi is

in another and there are empty chairs on each side.

JOE VERSUS THE VOLCANO - Rev. 8/25/89 94.

182A PATRICIA 182A

is gestured to sit in the chair on the Chief's left.

182B TWO SHOT 182B

CHIEF:

You look good, now.

PATRICIA:

Thank you.

CHIEF:

Joe Banks said your name is

Graynamore.

PATRICIA:

Yes, it is.

CHIEF:

I've had talks with Samuel

Harvey Graynamore.

PATRICIA:

He's my father.

The Chief nods sadly.

CHIEF:

Your father is like the Big

Woo. He must be fed or he will

destroy the world.

PATRICIA:

Do you know where my friend,

Joe Banks, is?

CHIEF:

Maybe he ran away? Maybe he

don't want to jump in the Big

Woo. Maybe he's swimming to

someplace else. Maybe he swam

to that no good island over

there.

The Chief now calls to the natives.

CHIEF:

Oliva! Oliva! Bum bum bum.

183 EXT. VILLAGE - NIGHT 183

Two natives swing on grass ropes, from the TOP of the

FRAME. They pass each other on their way to the gongs

which hang at either end of the frame. They slam into

the gongs and then fall into two little broken piles.

JOE VERSUS THE VOLCANO - Rev . 8/25/8995.

183A THE CHIEF 183A

He reacts.

183B EXT. VILLAGE - NIGHT 183B

Back to the gong scene (but under cranked) as the

stretcher bearers carry the men away and big drums are

upended and rolled away in the wake of the stretchers -

off to the right.

183C EXT. VILLAGE - NIGHT 183C

The natives all rise and face Woo and sing.

NATIVES:

Wo-o-o-o-o.

183D EXT. VOLCANO 183D

It erupts.

183E CHIEF 183E

CHIEF:

The Woo wants his flesh!

183F EXT. VILLAGE - NIGHT 183F

Natives react and scream and the screams turn to cheers,

as we --

CUT TO-

184 JOE BANKS 184

He appears at the top of a grand staircase. He descends

(as the MUSIC resumes).

The crowd faces him and cheers, as they turn with him as

he walks across to the Chief and stands before him.

CHIEF:

So. You didn't run away.

JOE:

No. I made a deal and I'll

stick by it.

The Chief nods sadly. Joe sits down in the third chair.

JOE:

How do you like my tux?

(CONTINUED)

JOE VERSUS THE VOLCANO - Rev. 8/25/8995A.

184 CONTINUED: 184

PATRICIA:

Pretty great.

JOE:

I thought I might as well go

out in style.

PATRICIA:

You're really going to do it?

JOE:

Yeah.

Joe and Patricia have been talking across the Chief, who

sits between them. Now a groaning native, holding his

jaw, comes forward and, after prostrating himself, speaks

excitedly to the Chief, addressing him as Tobi, and

continuing in another language. The Chief listens and

then waves him away. The groaning native departs.

PATRICIA:

What's wrong with that man?

CHIEF:

His teeth have holes in them

from drinking orange soda.

Jump.

The Chief hates Jump.

JOE:

What did he want you to do

about it?

CHIEF:

There are those who want a man

who will fix the holes.

PATRICIA:

A dentist

CHIEF:

Yes.

The Chief hates this idea. The VOLCANO THUNDERS again.

This time it shakes the ground a little. They look.

185 CHIEF AND COMPANY'S POV - BIG WOO - NIGHT 185

The volcano lets out with two tongues of flame this time,

and a shower of sparks.

JOE VERSUS THE VOLCANO - Rev. 8/25/89 96.

186 CHIEF AND COMPANY - NIGHT 186

looking at volcano. The Chief then looks at Joe.

CHIEF:

Joe Banks. We are the

children of children and we

live as we are shown. Now a

change has come. The Waponis

like this soda, and no one

among my people will jump into

the Big Woo. They trade with

this man, your father, for a

hero. We have no hero-of our

own. So we give this man the

right to dig holes in the

ground under us like the Jump

digs holes in our teeth and in

some short time we will be

nothing but holes. I am the

Tobi. I cannot be the hero.

It is my place to hope for my

people. But the Woo calls and

no one from among my people

says, I will go to my end for

the rest of you. Joe Banks.

We are not your people. Let

us die. Take a boat and your

woman and go to that no good

island over there.

(jerks his thumb)

Don't jump in the Big Woo.

JOE:

I have no people of my own,

Chief. I'm my only hope for a

hero.

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes