Jurassic Park Page #10

- - and bumps right into Lex.

LEX:

(points at Ellie)

She said I should ride with you because it would be good

for you.

Grant looks over at Ellie, annoyed.

GRANT:

She's a deeply neurotic woman.

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32INTCONTROL ROOMDAY

The Jurassic Park control room looks like a mission control for

a space launch, with several computer terminals and dozens of video

screens that display images of various dinosaurs, taken from all over

the park.

There's a large glass map of the island at the front of the room

that is lit up like a Christmas tree with various colored lights, each

one with a number and identification code next to it.

But the place is unfinished, with unattached cables,

construction materials, and ladders scattered about.

The mood among the half dozen TECHNICIANS present is chaotic as

they rush around with last-minute adjustments.

MULDOON whisks in through the double doors. HAMMOND is right

behind him. They go straight to the main console, where RAY ARNOLD

fortyish, a chronic worrier and chain-smoker, is seated.

MULDOON:

National Weather Service is tracking a tropical storm

about seventy-five miles west of us.

Hammond sighs and looks over Arnold's shoulder.

HAMMOND:

Why didn't I build in Orlando?

MULDOON:

I'll keep an eye on it. Maybe it'll swing south like

the last one.

HAMMOND:

(a deep breath)

Ray, start the tour program.

He punches a button on the console.

ARNOLD (cont'd)

(not exactly comforting)

Hold onto your butts.

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33EXTVISITOR'S CENTERDAY

With a loud CHUNK, the Explorers start forward along the

electrical pathway.

GENNARO, TIM, and LEX are in the front vehicle; GRANT, ELLIE,

and MALCOLM in the rear.

33AEXTMAIN GATESDAY

They pass through two enormous, primitive gates, torches blazing

on either side.

34EXTJURASSIC PARK DAY

IN THE REAR CAR, the Explorer's speakers BLARE with fanfare of

trumpets, and the interior video screen flashes "Welcome to Jurassic

Park." A familiar VOICE comes over the speaker:

VOICE (O.S.)

Welcome to Jurassic Park. You are now entering the lost

world of the prehistoric past, a world - -

VOICE (cont'd)

creatures long gone from the face of the earth, which

you are privileged to see for the first time.

INTCONTROL ROOM:

HAMMOND watches the monitor. His grandchildren are enjoying

themselves.

HAMMOND:

By the way, that's James Earl Jones (or) Richard Kiley.

We spared no expense!

IN THE PARK,

the fences are retaining walls are covered with greenery and

growth, to heighten the illusion of moving through a jungle.

IN THE FRONT CAR

GENNARO:

The accident took place in a restricted area. It would

not have been available to the public access. So how

can the safety of the public be called into question?

The cars come to the top of a low rise, where a break in the foliage

gives them a view down a sloping field that is broken by a river. The

tour voice continues.

VOICE (O.S.)

To the right, you will see a herd of the first dinosaurs

on our tour, called Dilophosaurus.

IN THE FRONT CAR,

Tim and Lex practically SLAM up against the windows, to get a look.

GENNARO:

(keeps talking)

The safety. That's the problem I had to answer.

LEX:

Shhh.

TIM:

I can't see.

GENNARO:

What are we looking for?

TIM:

Dilophosaurus.

IN THE REAR CAR:

Grant looks at his map. Ellie, hearing the voice, reacts.

ELLIE:

Oh, sh*t.

GRANT:

Dilophosaurus.

Grant, Malcolm, and Ellie press against the windows.

DOWN NEAR THE RIVER BANK

there are a lot of beautiful plants, but no sign of a herd of anything.

The tour voice continues anyway.

VOICE (O.S.)

One of the earliest carnivores, we now know

Dilophosaurus is actually poisonous, spitting its venom

at its prey, causing blindness and eventually paralysis,

allowing the carnivore to eat at its leisure. This

makes Dilophosaurus a beautiful, but deadly addition to

Jurassic Park.

Corny SCARY MUSIC plays over the speaker.

IN THE FRONT CAR,

TIM:

There's nothing there!

IN THE REAR CAR,

ELLIE:

Alan, where?

Grant and the others sit back, disappointed.

GRANT:

Damn.

ON THE ROAD,

the cars move on. As they roll past, we notice the headlights are on,

even in the daytime.

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35INTCONTROL ROOM DAY

RAY ARNOLD watches his computer screen and the video monitors at

the same time, keeping an eye on the cars as they move through the

park. HAMMOND hovers over his shoulder.

ARNOLD:

Vehicle headlights are on and don't respond. Those

shouldn't be running off the car batteries.

He signs and reaches for a clipboard hanging next to his chair

and jots this down.

ARNOLD (cont'd)

Item one fifty-one on today's glitch list. We've got

all the problems of a major theme park and a major zoo,

and the computer's not even on its feet yet.

Hammond shakes his head and turns to the TECHNICIAN to his

right, who still has his back to them, watching a Costa Rican game show

on one of his monitors and drinking a Jolt cola.

HAMMOND:

Dennis, our lives are in your hands and you have

butterfingers.

The Technician turns around his chair and extends his arms in a

Christ-like pose. As we get a good look at him, we get the sinking

feeling that we've seen him somewhere before. And we have. DENNIS

NEDRY is the man who accepted a suitcase full of cash in San Jose.

NEDRY:

I am totally unappreciated in my time. We can run the

whole park from this room, with minimal staff, for up to

three days. You think that kind of automation is easy?

Or cheap? You know anybody who can network eight

Connection Machines and de-bug two million lines of code

for what I bid this job? Because I'd sure as hell like

to see them try.

HAMMOND:

I'm sorry about your financial problems. I really am.

But they are your problems.

NEDRY:

You're right, John. You're absolutely right.

Everything's my problem.

HAMMOND:

I will not get drawn into another financial conversation

with you, Dennis. I really will not.

NEDRY:

I don't think there's been any debate. There's no

debate...my mistakes....

HAMMOND:

I don't blame people for their mistakes, but I do ask

that they pay for them.

NEDRY:

Thanks, Dad.

ARNOLD:

Dennis - -the headlights.

NEDRY:

I'll de-bug the tour program when they get back. Okay?

It'll eat a lot of computer cycles; parts of the system

may go down for a while - - Don't blame me. If I am

playing...losing memory....

MULDOON, who has been hovering near the video monitors as

always, turns towards them, annoyed.

MULDOON:

Quiet, all if you. They're coming to the tyrannosaur

paddock.

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36EXTTYRANNOSAUR PADDOCKDAY

The two Explorers drive along a high ridge and stop at the edge

of the large, open plain that is separated from the road by a fifteen-

foot fence, clearly marked with "DANGER!" signs and ominous-looking

electrical post.

TIM, LEX, and GENNARO are pressed forward against the windows,

eyes wide, waiting for you-know-who.

IN THE REAR CAR,

The voice of the radio drones on, but GRANT, ELLIE, and MALCOLM

aren't even listening anymore, dying of anticipation.

VOICE (O.S.)

The mighty tyrannosaurus arose late in the dinosaur

history. Dinosaurs ruled the earth for hundred and

fifty million years, but it wasn't until the last- -

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