Jurassic Park Page #14

ARNOLD:

Woah, woah, woah, what the hell, what the hell?

HAMMOND:

What now?

ARNOLD:

Fences are failing, all over the park! A few minor

systems, he said!

HAMMOND:

(to Muldoon, pissed)

Find Nedry! Check the vending machines!

ARNOLD:

The monitors are failing.

Muldoon heads for the door just as all the video monitors in the

control room go out with a faint electronic ZIP.

The three of them freeze for a moment, looking at each other.

The tension in the room goes up a notch.

HAMMOND:

(to Arnold)

Use Nedry's terminal. Get it all back on. He can de-

bug later.

ARNOLD pushes off on the floor and whizzes over to Nedry's

master terminal in his chair. With one stroke of his arm, he brushes

all the loose junk off Nedry's station - junk food, soda cans, torn out

magazine pages - - and tries to work.

ARNOLD:

God, look at this workstation.

The "Jeopardy"-type music is playing a little faster now.

Muldoon steps forward, growing alarmed.

MULDOON:

The raptor fences aren't out, are they?

ARNOLD:

(checks)

No, they're still on.

HAMMOND:

Why the hell would he turn the others off?!

56EXTPARK ROADNIGHT

A wire mesh fence in front of us has a very clear sign:

DANGER! ELECTRIFIED FENCE!

This Door Cannot Be Opened

When Fence is Armed!

A hand reaches out, grabs the fence by the bare wire, flips a

latch, and shoves the door open. No sparks fly.

DENNIS NEDRY runs from the fence back to his jeep, drops it in

gear, and tears off down the park road. The rain is absolutely flowing

down now, the road is rapidly turning to mud.

IN THE JEEP,

Nedry can barely see through the windshield. He's driving as

fast as possible, checking his watch every few seconds.

He leans forward, squinting to see through the windshield,

wiping off the condensation with his free hand. A fork in the road

rushes into view. He jumps on the brakes - - to late. The jeep

careens into a signpost.

NEDRY:

Sh*t!

He throws the door open and hurries to the fallen sign: "To The

Docks". He props it up - the directional arrow swings hopelessly on a

nail. He clenches his jaws and growls.

Soaked, Nedry stomps back to his car.

Although he doesn't look too convinced, he drops the car in gear

and speeds off to the left.

57EXTCONTROL ROOMNIGHT

HAMMOND still hovers over ARNOLD's shoulder while he works at

Nedry's terminal. Arnold MUTTERS to himself as he tries another

command.

ARNOLD:

- - access main program grid - -

He punches a button, but a BUZZER sounds and a little cartoon

image of Nedry appears on the screen and waves its little finger

disapprovingly.

CARTOON NEDRY:

"You didn't say the magic word!"

ARNOLD:

(livid)

Please, God damn it! I hate this hacker crap!

He SMACKS the top of the monitor, furious. The game show music

plays still faster.

HAMMOND:

Call Nedry's people in Cambridge!

Arnold whisks across the floor in his chair and snatches up the

nearest phone. He punches for an outside line.

ARNOLD:

Phones are out too.

HAMMOND:

Where did the vehicles stop?

58EXTTYRANNOSAUR PADDOCKNIGHT

BAAA! The goat that was brought up from the underground earlier

is still tethered in the same place, BLEATING in the pouring rain

The two explorers sit still in the middle of the road. A man's

form races back from the front car to the rear car.

IN THE REAR CAR,

GRANT, soaking wet, gets back into the care and closes the door

behind him. MALCOLM turns to him.

GRANT:

Their radio's out too. Gennaro said to stay put.

MALCOLM:

The kids okay?

GRANT:

Well, I didn't ask. Why wouldn't they be?

MALCOLM:

Kids get scared.

GRANT:

What's to be scared about? It's just a little hiccup in

the power.

MALCOLM:

I didn't say I was scared.

GRANT:

I didn't say you were scared.

MALCOLM:

I know.

GRANT:

Fine.

Malcolm turns and looks out at the driving rain, and the fence

that stands between them and the tyrannosaur paddock. He is scared.

59IN THE FRONT CAR,

GENNARO, LEX, and TIM wait, bored. The rain drums on the roof

monotonously. Tim is upside down in the front seat. Lex pushes his

legs up, and he swings them down.

TIM:

Up and down, up and down!

GENNARO:

(sotto)

I can't believe we invited Ian Malcolm.

TIM:

People were gettin' bloody noses - - things on your head

- - aneurisms - -

LEX:

(a little dreamy)

I think Dr. Grant is really - - smart.

GENNARO:

How he'll write a butch of (letters) papers, go on Larry

King Live, say we're irresponsible - -

Tim climbs into the back seat. Lex hits him with her hat as he

moves by her.

LEX:

Don't scare me.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -????- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Tim finds something under the seat and sits up abruptly, holding

what looks like a heavy-duty pair of safety goggles.

GENNARO:

Hey! Where did you find those things?

TIM:

In a box under my seat.

GENNARO:

Are they heavy?

TIM:

Yeah.

GENNARO:

Then they're expensive. Put them back.

He leans back and closes his eyes. Tim ignores him and puts on

the goggles.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Tim stares out the back window of the Explorer with Grant and

Malcolm in it, behind them. The image is bright fluorescent green.

TIM:

Oh, cool! Night vision!

As Tim watches, the door of the rear Explorer opens, and a hand

reaches out, holding an empty canteen out to catch some rain water.

60IN THE REAR CAR

Grant pulls the canteen back in, closes the door, and takes a

drink. He and Malcolm wait.

61IN THE FRONT CAR

Tim continues to stare out of the back window with the goggles.

He swings his legs - - but suddenly stops. He feels something. He

pulls off the goggles and turns back. He moves into the back seat with

Lex who is tapping her hat, and reaches forward to still her hand.

BOOM. BOOM. BOOM.

TIM:

Did you feel that?

(or)

Can you feel that?

She don't answer.

Tim leans over to the front passenger seat and looks at the two

plastic cups of water that sit in the recessed holes on the dashboard.

As he watches, the water in the glasses vibrates, making concentric

circles - -

- - then it stops - -

- - and then it vibrates again. Rhythmically.

Like from footsteps.

BOOM. BOOM. BOOM.

GENNARO:

(not entirely convinced)

What is that? M-Maybe it's the power trying to come

back on.

Tim jumps into the back seat and puts the goggles on again.

LEX:

What is that?

GENNARO:

What is what?

Tim turns and looks out the side window. He can see the area

where the goat is tethered. Or was tethered. The chain is still

there, but the goat is gone.

BANG!

They all jump, and Lex SCREAMS as something hits the Plexiglas

sunroof of the Explorer, hard. They look up.

It's a bloody, disembodied goat leg.

GENNARO:

Oh, Jesus. Jesus.

Tim whips around to look out the side window again. His mouth

pops open, but no sound comes out. Through the goggles, he sees an

animal claw, a huge one, gripping the cables of the "electrified"

fence.

Tim whips the goggles off and presses forward, against the

window. He looks up, up, than cranes his head back further, to look

out the sunroof. Past the goat's leg, he can see - -

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