Jurassic Park 3 Page #5

The turboprop banks into the jungle, out of control.

38INT. PLANE - CONTINUOUS - DAY 38

The passengers are thrown about as the craft CRASHES through

trees, tearing off a wing and pieces of the tail.

Finally coming to rest in the jungle canopy, the plane settles

in the trees.

SILENCE.

The passengers slowly recover and have a look around. Foliage

blocks most windows, making it impossible to see out.

BILLY:

Is anyone hurt?

Checking themselves, everyone seems pretty much intact.

Still thinking of himself as in charge...

UDESKY:

Quiet! We're okay. Let's everybody just stay

put.

He attempts to turn on the cockpit radio, but it's dead.

NASH:

Who's got the sat-phone?

PAUL:

Right here!

Paul hands the bulky phone up to Nash, who dials out.

Grant unstraps himself, climbs to the back to the side door and shoves.

The door opens a few inches before hitting a branch.

He looks out the and lets out a quiet gasp as the ground reels

THIRTY FEET BELOW.

He quickly shuts and latches the door.

CLOSE ON the sat-phone. pressed against Nash's ear.

RECORDED VOICE:

We're sorry. All circuits are busy. Please

try your call again later...

NASH:

Sh*t!

PAUL:

What is it? What's the matter?

Amanda SCREAMS.

A huge reptilian face appears in the cockpit window. Everyone

else SCREAMS now.

The plane LURCHES - and we hear a deep GROWL.

The passengers hold tight, paralyzed. Nash buckles himself into

his seat.

Suddenly, the plane is YANKED from the side to side. Battered this

way and that, the terrified passengers tightly grip their

seats.

Finally, the horrible sounds of WRENCHING METAL as the nose of

the plane is RIPPED RIGHT OFF.

Nash and Udesky are suddenly sitting in open air. The nose of

the plane is tilting downwards, the jungle floor far below.

The passengers hang almost vertically in their seats,

Debris tumbles out the open end of the plane, some of it

striking Nash in the head.

Udesky unbuckles his seat belt and climbs back up into the

cabin. Nash follows.

Suddenly, a long snout with dagger-like teeth pushes past the

cockpit seats, opens wide, and

CLAMPS DOWN:

on Nash's legs.

The pilot CRIES OUT in agony. The others passengers grab onto

his arms, trying to pull him back. But it's no use. The dinosaur

rips Nash out of their grasp and down the aisle.

Nash desperately grabs on to the seat cushion, then watches in

horror as the fabric RIPS AWAY. He's pulled out of the plane and

dropped to the ground. A giant foot steps in the way as the snout

of the creature reaches down and quickly devourers the screaming

pilot.

It's horrifying sight, but no one can turn away.

Pleased with the appetizer, the creature comes back for the

main course.

Grant tries to force open the jammed rear door. Billy tries to

help, but the door won't budge.

The dinosaur JAMS its snout into the fuselage and lunges for

Amanda in the first row. She yanks her legs back as the jaws

SNAP SHUT.

Behind Amanda, Billy reaches forward, UNSNAPS her seat belt

and pulls her into the next row back.

The others unstrap their belts and crowd into the rear of the

passenger compartment.

The shift in weight sends the fuselage tipping backwards.

39EXT. JUNGLE - CONTINUOUS - DAY 39

The plane breaks free of the tree limbs and DROPS tail-first to

the jungle floor.

It SLAMS hard, then flips over onto its roof.

40INT. PLANE - CONTINUOUS - DAY 40

The passengers are prowled on the ceiling of the plane, dazed

by the impact. Everyone is cut and bruised.

Out of the open cockpit, they see two approaching dino feet.

A window near Amanda fogs over with condensation. when it

clears, she finds herself looking right into enormous eyes.

Then all hell breaks loose as the plane is SLAMMED across the

jungle clearing.

The passengers are hammered against the walls of the plane,

tumbling like socks in a dryer. Debris, seats and luggage fly

everywhere.

41EXT. JUNGLE FLOOR - CONTINUOUS - DAY41

The plane comes to an abrupt halt as it SMASHES into a tree.

A gargantuan FOOT steps on the fuselage and FLATTENS it like a

paper tube.

42INT. PLANE - CONTINUOUS - DAY42

Inside, windows EXPLODE, raining glass over the passengers. As

the walls compress, Udesky becomes trapped in the rear of the

plane, the others in front.

BILLY:

Over here!

Udesky dives into the narrowing gap, and Billy pulls him the

rest of the way through.

Billy is as terrified as the rest of them, but he thrives under

this rush of adrenaline.

Then a huge CLAW digs into the skin of the fuselage and begins

to slowly PEEL the plane open. Grant looks up in dread at the

widening tear.

GRANT:

This way!

Grant leads the group out the open end of the cockpit. They

make a mad dash for the jungle.

A tremendous ROAR causes Billy to look behind him. He can't

help but steal a glimpse of this terrifying, but utterly

fascinating, animal.

Grant yanks him forward.

43EXT. JUNGLE - DAY 43

With Grant in the lead, and Udesky taking up the rear, the group

tears through the jungle.

Concealed by the dense undergrowth, the unseen dinosaur bears

down on them -- mowing down the young trees which TOPPLE all

around them.

Grant spots a grove of

HEAVIER TREES:

and leads the group into it.

The dinosaur cannot fit between the trunks. It ROARS at

the fleeing humans, searching desperately for a route after

them.

The group continues their relentless pace, putting as much

distance as they can between themselves and the beast. Paul

Kirby looks like he's about to have a heart attack. Even Billy

is gasping for air.

They stop, thinking they've outrun it.

Grant directs the group through some underbrush and into --

44EXT. CLEARING - CONTINUOUS - DAY44

Our friends stop dead in their tracks. Amanda stifles a cry.

Before them lies an immense unmoving SAUROPOD.

GRANT:

Don't worry. It's dead.

Then a full-grown bull

TYRANNOSAURUS:

rises up behind the carcass. It was feeding, its mouth mottled

with blood and carrion.

Grant FREEZES.

GRANT (CONT'D)

Nobody move a muscle.

Remember:
the T-Rex tracks motion.

Obeying, the group FREEZES for a few long beats. Then Udesky

takes off running.

And T-Rex ROARS.

Everyone runs. T-Rex is right behind them.

45EXT. JUNGLE - DAY45

Dashing back the way they came, the group suddenly comes face

to face with --

THE FIRST MONSTER.

We now get our first full unobstructed view of the gigantic

creature, SPINOSAURUS AEGYPTICUS. Over forty feet long and

twenty-five feet high, the dinosaur has a bony sail along its

back. Its head is crocodilian with rows of long, curving teeth.

Sinewy six foot arms terminate in three fingers hands with

fourteen inch claws.

Nowhere else to run, the group scatters into the brush as the

two behemoth predators rush forward, their ROARS thunderous.

Paul and Amanda scramble into one direction, Billy and Udesky in

the other. But Grant can't go anywhere - his foot is stuck

between two branches.

He manages to free himself as the two dinosaurs approach.

They'll have to deal with each other before eating the humans.

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