Jurassic Park 3 Page #8

GRANT:

Raptors.

And as he says the words, off in the distance, we hear

the cry of some herbivores, around by the chorus of

snarls.

SMASH CUT TO:

51EXT. FUTHER IN THE FOREST - DAY51

The party blasts through the forest, trying to keep up with

Grant. They haven't even had time to ask --

AMANDA:

(to Paul)

What’s a raptor?

Paul has no idea.

UDESKY:

They don't look that big. I mean,

comparatively.

GRANT:

If we came across one, we might live.

PAUL:

Well that's good.

GRANT:

But you never came across just one.

From the back --

AMANDA:

Wait! Where's Billy?

They all stop. The only one not there is --

Grant

Billy! Billy!

AMANDA:

(almost sotto)

I thought we weren't suppose to yell.

BILLY (O.S)

Here!

He comes in from the left. Excited, he explains to Grant --

BILLY (CONT'D)

I got some great pictures of the nest. You

know this proves raptors raised their young

in colonies.

Furious with his student. Grant just keeps moving. There's no

time to stand around and argue.

BILLY (CONT'D)

This speaks to a larger social structure, the

possibility of Darwinian altruism. It

changes everything.

A beat. Trying not to sound presumptuous --

BILLY (CONT'D)

We could co-write a paper.

GRANT:

Ah yes, the first rule of academics. Publish

or perish.

52SCENE PREVIOUSLY OMITTED52

53EXT. RIDGE - DAY (HOURS LATER)53

Much fatigued, the five now mach upward towards a crest.

Panting and flushed, they reach the top of the ridge and gaze

into the distance.

A jungle valley stretches before them. Not far off in A VAST

COMPOUND - comprised of several buildings. One building alone

seems to cover several acres.

The weary group breathes a sigh of relief.

PAUL:

I bet there's a very good chance Eric's in

there. I'd bet my bottom dollar.

Udesky and Grant share dubious looks and continue down into

the valley.

54EXT. INGEN COMPOUND - DAY54

The group emerges from the jungles and enters the compound.

They walk through an overgrown parking lot, littered with

abandoned vehicles. Some are lying on their side. Others are

overturned completely.

They're not going to be driving anywhere.

A troubled Grant peers through a windshield, partially caved

in, like some giant head butted the glass. (Think back to Lost

World)

And the group finally approaches the front doors of an

enormous building. As they head up the front steps, we see

something in the distance behind them:

CAT-LIKE MOVEMENTS

on the high ridge. To fast to see what it was. But too ominous

to dismiss.

55INT. BUILDING LOBBY - DAY55

Our friends now find themselves in a sparse, one quietly

opulent corporate lobby now in the process of being reclaimed

by the jungle/ Roots and ivy poke through the floor and walls.

In the waiting area, the cushions of a sofas and chairs have been

gnawed at and pulled apart. Dusty coffee mugs and filled

ashtrays lie on the table. The water has turned brackish in a

near by cooler.

Sudden FLAPPING. We look up and see BIRDS nesting in the

rafters. It is an eerie, haunted place.

PAUL:

(calling out)

Eric! Are you here?

AMANDA:

Eric!

All listen for a response. Nothing. Paul and Amanda exchange a

despondent look.

Sitting on the reception counter is an official-looking

telephone. Everyone has the same thought, but no one dares.

Finally -

AMANDA (CONT'D)

What the hell.

Amanda puts the receiver to her ear. Nada.

With Grant in the lead, they head deeper into the building.

Unseen by the group, a fleeting SHADOW flits across the lobby's

dirty windows with terrifying speed.

56INT. CORRIDOR - DAY56

A couple vending machines stand at the one end of this long

hallway covered with vines.

Paul notices them and pulls change from his pocket.

PAUL:

Let's see. I've got about a dollar seventy-

five. How about you guys?

Billy SMASHES IN the window of one machine with his boot.

Picking through the glass, he pulls out some candy bars and

chips. He checks the expiration date.

CONTINUED:
56

BILLY:

Thank God for preservatives.

He tosses the food to the others.

Paul now turns to his own vending machine and SMASHES it with

his heal. The glass refuses to break.

57INT. HATCHING LABORATORY57

Grant and Billy push through a set of doors to see

A CAVERNOUS HATCHING FACILITY

filled with much of the same equipment we recognized from the

first island, although the sheer size of this place dwarfs any

of the facilities seen previously.

As the group walks down the ramp and onto the floor, they begin to

absorb the incredible array of technology: enormous cryonic

freezer, their plug pulled years ago; empty incubators; tanks

of formaldehyde with dinosaur fetuses and body parts.

Machines with intricate tubing and wing arms stand beside

conveyer belts cris crossing the room at different levels.

AMANDA:

This is how you make dinosaurs?

GRANT:

This is how you play God.

Billy looks around the lab. He can't help but be impressed.

BILLY:

Okay if I take pictures?

Grant nods.

Billy sets his lucky camera back down on the worktable. Two years

from now, astute observers of the DVD will not that Billy

doesn't actually take his camera from the bag; he was carrying

it because there wasn't any room inside.

Billy pulls a new roll of film from the bag and zips it shut.

ACROSS THE LAB:

Amanda is passing a large cylindrical tanks with half-formed

embryos floating in formaldehyde -- genetic experiments gone

awry. Finally she reaches

A GIGANTIC MANIFIED RAPTOR HEAD

floating in the one tank.

Something about this specimen catches Amanda’s attention. She

bends forward, getting very close to the glass. She peers right

into the eyes of the nightmarish creature. Then --

AN ACTUAL RAPTOR

lunges at her form behind the tank. She SCREAMS.

Fortunately the raptor can't get between the closely spaced

tanks. Amanda runs.

PAUL:

Amanda!

GRANT:

Back out! Move!

And as the group races through the lab the Raptors find a

larger gap between the tanks.

58INT. HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS - DAY58

Paul leads the way, checking the door for possible escape

routes or hiding places. Twenty feet behind,

THE RAPTOR:

rounds a corner, bolting after them. Paul ducks in the closest

door.

PAUL:

In here!

59INT. DINO KENNEL - CONTINUOUS - DAY59

The group slams the door behind them and quickly takes in the

room.

There are several rows of oversized steel cages, apparently

used for containing young dinosaurs. Many of the cage doors are

standing open.

The group races down a lone aisle. Close behind, the raptor

BURSTS into the room, ROARS.

As the Raptor gains ground, Udesky and Billy run into one of the

open cages, SLAMMING the door behind them.

Grant, Paul and Amanda duck into another. Before they can

swing the cage door shut behind them, however, the raptor SLAMS

into it, driving the door into the cage.

They are forced back against a chain-like wall, trapped in a

small triangle space by the advancing door. The angry

Raptor is now inches away through the cage door.

Then, suddenly, the raptor looks up. We follow its gaze. The top

of their triangular enclose is wide open.

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