Jurassic Park Page #19

GRANT (cont'd)

But we can't walk back on the road. There are fences on

either side. And if we meet the Rex between here and

the lodge we'd -- have problems.

Lex covers her ears. Grant tries to calm her.

GRANT:

He's probably staked out the road as a feeding ground,

which means this whole paddock is empty. It's safe.

It's safe, and that's the way we're going to go. What

do you say?

- - - - - END - - - - -

He's spoken calmly and confidently, so Lex crawls out of the

culvert and stands next to him.

GRANT:

Good girl.

He kisses her hand and helps her crawl out of the culvert.

Tim and Lex nod, and he starts off in the direction he

indicated. They trail behind him.

GRANT (cont'd)

Might be kind of slow, but it can't be more than three

or four miles. I'd hoped the rex finished feeding by

now, but let's not kid ourselves. Did you know a

carnivore can eat up to 25% of its body weight in

(about) one sitting, so he's probably just ready to move

on to the main course by now --

He stops in the middle of the sentence, noticing he's alone. He

turns around. Now both kids have scampered all the way back into the

culvert, terrified.

86EXTPARK ROADNIGHT

MULDOON and ELLIE race down the park road in an open-topped jeep

like the one Nedry took earlier. Neither of them speak, they just

stare ahead grimly, wondering what they're about to find.

MULDOON:

There they are!

They round a corner and come to the top of the hill, where the

attack took place. The jeep skids to a stop and they jump out.

The road is rutted, muddy mess. The cement block house is a

pile of rubble. One of the Explorers is gone, the other stands

untouched, both doors hanging open.

ELLIE:

Oh, God. Where's the other car?

She runs to the Explorer. Muldoon follows, looking around.

AT THE EXPLORER,

Ellie leans in and looks around. Nobody's there. She and

Muldoon walk towards the wreckage of the outhouse, calling out:

ELLIE (cont'd)

I think it's ahead of us.

MULDOON:

It could be anywhere. With the fences out, it can go in

and out of any paddock it likes.

They hear a MOANING sound from somewhere in the wreckage of the

restroom building. They rush over to it.

IAN MALCOLM lies on his back, semiconscious among the twisted

wood and cement.

MULDOON:

It's Malcolm!

He shines his light along the length of Malcolm's body. His

shirt is soaked with blood, but his right leg is even worse off. The

right ankle it bent outward at a strange angle from his leg, the

trousers flattened, soaked with blood.

Malcolm's belt has been twisted around his thigh.

ELLIE:

He's put a tourniquet on. Ian! Ian!

Malcolm GROANS as she touches him, groggy.

MALCOLM:

Remind me to talk John for a lovely weekend.

The T-rex ROARS again. But closer now. Ellie and Muldoon look

at each other.

ELLIE:

Can we chance moving him?

MALCOLM:

Please - - chance it.

Muldoon lays Malcolm as carefully as possible in the back of the

jeep.

MALCOLM:

Where are the kids?

Ellie looks around.

ELLIE:

Lex! Tim!

She turns and looks back at the empty road. She's on the verge

of tears, but is fighting them back.

MULDOON:

Dr. Sattler, I've seen a lot of animal attacks. People

just disappear. No blood, no trace. That's the way it

happens.

ELLIE:

No, no, no!

She walks to the edge of the road, her eyes following the deep

ruts the Explorer made when it went over the edge. Muldoon gets ready

to leave.

MULDOON:

Ellie, com one!!

ELLIE:

The other car!

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ELLIE's and MULDOON's flashlight beams spray light by the base

of the tree.

MULDOON:

Dr. Grant!

ELLIE:

Alan!

They find the wrecked Explorer. Muldoon peers inside, looking

for anything.

ELLIE:

Do you see anything?

MULDOON:

I don't know.

The T-rex ROARS again, closer still

Ellie nervously goes to the other side of the car and looks in.

ELLIE:

Alan?!

MULDOON:

They're not here.

Ellie desperately searches the ground for any signs of Grant.

She finds their footprints.

ELLIE (O.S.)

Thank God.

88EXTPARK ROADNIGHT

MALCOLM, laid out in the back of the jeep, feels something

strange. He looks down, at the one of the T-rex footprints in the

road. It's filled with water.

The water in the puddle vibrates rhythmically.

Malcolm's eyes widen. He looks around, frantically.

MALCOLM:

Uh - - anybody? Anybody hear that?

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ELLIE is still looking around, to MULDOON's chagrin. Her

flashlight falls on three sets of footprints in the mud.

ELLIE:

Look!

Wit her flashlight, she follows the trail the footprints made.

They lead into the jungle and disappear.

90EXTPARK ROADNIGHT

MALCOLM's staring , wide-eyed, at the rings in the water, which

are getting bigger now.

MALCOLM:

It's a - - an impact tremor is what it is, it, uh - -

BOOM. BOOM.

MALCOLM (cont'd)

I'm fairly alarmed here!

ELLIE and MALCOLM come up over the embankment, excited.

MALCOLM:

Gotta move, gotta get out of here. Let's go - we gotta

go, we gotta get out of here, right now! Go, go! Let's hurry, let's

get out of here!

They stop talking. The BOOMING is louder now, and faster. Much

faster. They look back, over their shoulders.

ELLIE:

Oh.

Ellie and Muldoon get into the jeep, Muldoon in the driver's

seat.

MALCOLM:

Move now! Let's go, let's go, right now, right now!

The tyrannosaur SMASHES out of the jungle foliage, bursts onto

the road, and runs straight at them, moving at least thirty miles an

hour.

MALCOLM:

GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGO!

Muldoon fumbles for the keys, turns the jeep over, and SLAMS it

into gear. He drops the clutch, hits the gas, and tears ass out of

there.

But the jeep is slow to work through the first few gears.

Terrified, Ellie dares to look down, to the side view mirror, which

tells her "Objects Are Closer Than They Appear."

And they sure are. The T-rex is still gaining on the slowly

accelerating jeep. All three of them stare back at the rex in terror -

-

ELLIE:

Faster, faster!

MALCOLM:

Must go faster, it's getting closer - must go faster!

ELLIE:

Faster! Sh*t, sh*t, sh*t, faster!

MALCOLM:

Must go faster, go, go. Open it up, 5th gear, 5th gear!

Here it comes! Stand on it! Fifth - stand on it, 5th

gear, go!

- - which means they don't see the half-fallen tree branch right

in front of them, blocking the path of the road. Muldoon looks back

first, SHOUTS - -

MULDOON:

DOWN!

- - they all duck.

The windshield hits the branch and SHATTERS as the jeep flies

ahead, really picking up speed now.

The T-rex just runs right through the branch, SMASHING it

entirely.

They're bounced around pretty badly. Malcolm is knocked into

the front, and in so doing knocks the gear shift into neutral. The

engine RACES, the T-rex closes in again - -

Losing ground now, the dinosaur makes a final lunge for the jeep

and CRUNCHES into the left rear quarter panel - -

ELLIE:

Faster, faster!

- - but Muldoon SLAMS it back into gear and guns it. The T-rex

gives up, fading into the distance.

They drive in silence for a few moments, all scared out of their

wits.

MALCOLM:

Think they'll have that on the tour?

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