Jurassic Park 3 Page #9

The eager raptor climbs up the chain-like door. Catching the

tail of an idea, Amanda grabs the door and nods to the others.

AMANDA:

Push!

They push hard on the cage door, swinging it and the raptor

right through the opening of the cage.

Now the raptor is trapped in a small triangular space, the door

going right to the ceiling.

Amanda slides the door's bolt through the chain like wall,

temporarily trapping the dinosaur.

The raptor struggles desperately, GRAWLING AND SNARLING, but

the cage door seems to be holding.

As everyone rushes back to the door.

The raptor begins to make a LOW, HAUNTING MOAN.

As the others head for the door, Grant lingers a step, listening

to the beast's simple melodic cry. It has the same tones as

came from the model resonating chamber.

GRANT:

She's calling for help.

60EXT. COMPOUND - DAY60

The group exits the rear of the lab building and finds itself in

a large equipment yard. The CALL of the raptor is still audible

as they head for the tree line.

Now they moan is ANSWERED from distant jungle quarters.

The responses quickly MULTIPLY. To the group's dismay, they

soon find themselves virtually SURROUNDED by raptor CRIES both

distant and near.

Grant looks around with amazement. It's vindication of his

theory on raptor communication, but it couldn't come at a worse

time.

Responding to the growls, a herd of grazing HADROSAURS suddenly

flees across the open space. Then, in the distance behind the

herd

A PACK OF RAPTORS

emerges from the jungles, coming their way.

GRANT:

Head for the trees!

From the lab building, the raptor we left imprisoned now BURSTS

out one of the doors and HOWLS to the pack -- the same cry we

heard in the lab.

The raptor pack moves into the hunting formation. One ALPHA-MALE

RAPTOR. slightly larger than the others, leads the charge up the

middle.

Grant risks a looks back. But doesn't stop running.

GRANT (cont'd)

THIS WAY!

In an effort to escape the oncoming raptors, Grant leads the

group right into the stampeding heard of hadrosaurs.

Suddenly, all is chaos. Hadrosaurs race past, splitting up the

group.

Letting the others get ahead of him, Grant looks back. Much to

his dismay, the raptors are ignoring the hadrosaurs.

Indeed, the pack weaves its way through the herd -- the raptors

only want them.

In the chaos of the stampede, everyone loses sight of each other.

Up ahead, Billy trips and falls. As he rolls the strap on his

camera bag breaks. He doesn't notice it's missing until he's

already back on his feet and running.

Amanda and Paul keep close to each other. Further back, Grant

spots Billy's fallen camera back. He grabs it as he runs past.

Looking back, Billy sees that Grant now has his back...

BILLY:

ALAN!

GRANT:

KEEP GOING!

They lose sight of each other in the rush.

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69AEXT. EDGE OF THE JUNGLE - DAY69A

As the hadrosaurs WHIP PAST, Paul and Amanda climb up into a

tree. A raptor leaps at Paul, barely missing his leg.

Trying to pull Paul up, Amanda nearly loses her balance. This

time, Paul catchers her.

Billy climbs up a nearby tree of his own in sight of Paul and Amanda.

Udesky has nearly reached a tree of his own when he finds

himself

HEADED OFF:

by a raptor. He turns to the other way, but finds

THERE ARE MORE RAPTORS.

He picks up a fallen branch as these dinosaurs cautiously

approach. Not more than a few feet away, the leader of the trio

stops, peering at him.

Udesky swings hard, but the dinosaurs feints. From behind him,

another raptor slashes at the back of his legs, severing his

muscles. Udesky CRIES OUT and drops to the ground.

IN THE TREETOPS:

Paul, Amanda and Billy can hear him.

PAUL:

Udesky.

AMANDA:

(Listening)

He's this way.

From here, the thick branches overlap, forming a kind of

"second floor" above the ground. It's not easy, but you can move

from branch to branch, tree to tree.

ON THE FLOOR:

Unable to walk, Udesky attempts to crawl away from the animals.

The effort clearly causes him great pain. Strangely, the

raptors suddenly don't seem interested in him anymore.

Rather, they're "talking" among themselves. Udesky is amazed to

find him self still alive.

Suddenly, one of the raptors SLASHES at him again. But it's

delicately not a mortal blow, just a very painful one. Udesky

CRIES OUT, louder this time.

IN THE TREES:

Hearing the new cry, Paul, Amanda and Billy move faster, now

finally seeing Udesky on the ground. He's face-down, barely

moving but still MOANING.

The raptors are gone.

In the lead, Amanda starts to climb down. But Paul grabs her,

holds her back.

PAUL:

It's not safe.

AMANDA:

We have to help him.

BILLY:

He's right. A predator wouldn't leave a kill

wounded.

AMANDA:

He's not a kill, he's still alive.

She breaks from Paul's grip and drops to the ground. She's only

a foot away from the tree when

ALL FOUR RAPTORS

lead out from their hiding places. They almost catch her as

Billy and Paul pull her back up on the limb

The raptors stare up at them, angry their plan didn't work.

PAUL:

They couldn’t climb up, so they were trying

to get us to come down.

BILLY:

They set a trap

(amazed)

They actually set a trap.

Bored with waiting, the raptors go back to finish off Udesky,

making a meal out of it. Up in the branches, the survivors are

horrified and sickened.

Then, from the deep in the forest, a new RAPTOR CRY. The feasting

raptors look up, listening, then suddenly run off into the dark

jungle.

PAUL:

Where's Grant?

69BEXT. ELSEWHERE IN THE JUNGLE - DAY69B

Climbing higher in a tree, Grant is just feet above a growing

pack of raptors. He scales one branch, the next, finally

reaching a perch that the dinosaurs can't jump to.

LOOKING DOWN:

The entire pack is now standing still, watching him. In the

center, the Alpha Male lets out a sort of BARK. Responding to the

cry, the other raptors CALL BACK.

As terrified as he is, he can't help but be fascinated by their

communication. Like a hellish bird song, there's a rhythm to it,

a structure. They're clearly talking about something.

Under his breath, Grant is able to mimic its patterns.

GRANT:

What does that mean? What are you saying?

Of course they can't answer. They just keep using the same

"phrase."

Ready to ditch Billy's camera bag in order to climb higher --

he's had to hold it by the strap -- Grant finds his hand covered

with a runny slime. He looks down at the camera bag, and that's

the source. It's oozing out the bottom.

He unzips the bag to find

A BROKEN RAPTOR EGG

inside, the white and green yolk still dripping from the pieces

of the shell. There's another intact egg beside it.

This is what the raptors where chasing.

GRANT (CONT'D)

God damn you, Billy.

Ever the scientist, Dr. Grant tests a theory even in the face of

danger:
he holds up the intact egg so that the raptors can see it.

They suddenly go crazy, howling the same phrase but LOUDER.

GRANT (CONT'D)

It means, "Give us the egg," doesn't it? "We

want the egg."

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