Jurassic Park Page #20

91EXT PARK GROUNDNIGHT

GRANT, LEX, and TIM make their way through Jurassic Park. Far

in the distance, there's another ROAR. Grant hears it, but tries not

to show it.

LEX:

Hear that?

(or)

Are you hearing this?

GRANT:

No, I didn't hear anything.

(or)

No, we're okay.

They keep walking, but now Grant is looking around for a safe

place to hide. He looks up, to the towering trees around them.

GRANT (cont'd)

You (guys) both look pretty tired. I think

(or)

why don't we find

(or)

we ought to find someplace to rest.

He hears another ROAR

GRANT (cont'd)

Like about now. C'mon! Hurry up! Like this tree.

LEX:

Why are we hurrying if there's nothing wrong?

TIM:

What if we fall? I hate trees.

92EXTTREENIGHT

LEX, TIM, and GRANT climb. Grant is behind, watching the other

two, giving them a push up when they need it.

TIM:

I hate trees!

LEX:

They don't bother me.

TIM:

Yeah, you weren't in that last one.

Now, near the top of the tree, the three of them sit there,

dangling their legs, looking out over the park.

It's an incredible view. They can see in all directions. And

with the full moon, there's a lot of detail.

Most striking of all are dozens of sauropod heads, at the end of

long necks, that tower over the park.

TIM (cont'd)

Hey! Those are brontosauruses - - I mean, those are

brachiosauruses.

GRANT:

It's okay to call them brontosaurs, Tim. It's a great

name. It's a romantic name. It means "thunder lizard".

TIM:

(digging that)

"Thunder lizard!"

Grant finds a solid web of branch and settles himself in it,

leaning back against the trunk of the tree, with a little room on

either side of him. Lex nestles up next to him on the branch. Grant is

surprised, but accepts it.

Tim climbs off to the side, to a nook in the branch of his own.

Silent of a moment, the three can hear the HOOTS of the animals as they

call. Some are almost musical.

GRANT:

Listen to that! They're singing!

(he moves over to a higher branch)

Of course no one's ever heard one from a dinosaur

before, but - - I could swear that sounds suspiciously

to me like a mating call (to me). In an all-female

environment - -

(or)

On an all-girl island?

He smiles, enchanted. He HOOTS himself, trying to imitate one

of the calls. Immediately, five or six of the heads turn in their

direction and HOOT back.

LEX:

No, no, sh, sh, sh - - stop! Stop! Stop! Don't let the

monsters come over here!

LEX:

They're not monsters, Lex. They're just animals. And

these are herbivores.

TIM:

That means they only eat vegetables. But for you, I

think they'd make an exception.

GRANT:

Tim, Tim, Tim....

LEX:

Oh, I hate the other kind.

GRANT:

They're just doing what they do.

(or)

Well the other kind - -

(he gets off the branch and goes back to sit with

the kids)

- - just do what they do.

LEX:

Dorkatops!

TIM:

Straight-A brainiac!

GRANT:

Could you guys possibly cool that for a - -

Satisfied, Tim settles in for the night. Grant shifts too,

getting comfortable, but something in his pocket pinches him. He

winces and digs it out. It's the velociraptor claw he unearthed so

long ago in Montana

Yesterday, actually. He looks at it, thinking a million

thoughts, staring at this thing that used to be so priceless.

LEX:

What are you gonna do now if you don't have to dig of

dinosaur bones any more?

GRANT:

I guess we'll just have to evolve too.

TIM:

What do you call a blind dinosaur?

GRANT:

I don't know. What do you call a blind dinosaur?

TIM:

A Do-you-think-he-saurus. What do you call a blind

dinosaur's dog?

GRANT:

You got me.

TIM:

A Do-you-think-he-saurus Rex.

Grant laughs. Both kids finally close their eyes, but after a

moment, Lex pops hers open again.

LEX:

What if the dinosaur comes back while we're all asleep?

GRANT:

I'll stay awake.

LEX:

(skeptical)

All night?

GRANT:

All night.

Grant lets the claw fall to the ground.

93OMITTED

94INTRESTAURANTNIGHT

ELLIE comes into the darkened restaurant, following the source

of the flickering light. A candle burns at a table in the corner.

JOHN HAMMOND sits at the table, alone. There is a bucket of ice

cream in the middle, and he's eating a dish of it, staring down

morosely.

Ellie draws up to the table and Hammond looks up at her. His

eyes are puffy, his hair is messed up - - for the first time we've seen

him, the fire is gone from his eyes.

HAMMOND:

They were all melting.

(or)

It was all melting.

Ellie just nods.

ELLIE:

Malcolm's okay for now. I gave him a shot of morphine.

HAMMOND:

They'll all be fine. Who better to get the children

through Jurassic Park than a dinosaur expert?

Ellie nods. Another pause. Hammond breaks it again.

HAMMOND (cont'd)

You know the first attraction I ever built when I came

down south from Scotland? Was a Flea Circus, Petticoat

Lane. Really quite wonderful. We had a wee trapeze, a

roundabout - - a merry-go - - what you call it?

ELLIE:

Carousel.

HAMMOND:

A carousel - - and a seesaw. They all moved, motorized

of course, but people would swear they could see the

fleas. "I see the fleas, mummy! Can't you see the

fleas?" Clown fleas, high wire fleas, fleas on parade...

(he trails off)

Ellie just looks at him, not sure what his state is. He goes

on.

HAMMOND:

But with this place, I - - I wanted to give (show) them

something real, something that wasn't an illusion,

something they could see and (feel) touch. An aim

devoid of (without) merit.

ELLIE:

But you can't think through this one. You have to feel

it.

HAMMOND:

You're absolutely right. Yes, you're right. Hiring

Nedry was a mistake, that's obvious. We're over-

dependent on automation, I can see that now. But that's

all correctable for the next time around.

ELLIE:

John, John. John, you're still building onto that Flea

Circus, that illusion. And now you're adding onto it by

what you're doing here. That's the illusion.

HAMMOND:

(When) Once we have control again we - -

ELLIE:

Control?! You never had control! I was overwhelmed by

the power of this place. So I made a mistake too. I

didn't have enough respect for that power, and it's out

now. You're sitting here trying to pick up the pieces.

John, there's nothing worth picking up. The only thing

that matters now are the people we love. Alan, Lex, and

Tim. And John, they're out there where people are dying

- - people are dying, you know?

There is a long pause. Hammond avoids her gaze. Ellie reaches

out and takes a spoon out of one of the buckets of ice cream, and licks

it. Finally:

ELLIE (cont'd)

It's good.

He looks up at her, and his face is different, as the unhappy

irony of what he's about to say finally hits home.

HAMMOND:

Spared no expense.

95OMITTED

96EXTPARKDAWN

The sun comes up over Jurassic Park. The danger of the night

before is overcome by the sheer beauty of the place - - it really is

like the Serengeti Plain.

Over at the edge of a great open field, a huge tree marks the

border between the open area and the thick of the jungle.

UP IN THE TREE,

GRANT, TIM, and LEX are asleep in the branches of the tree, both

kids now curled up under Grant's arms.

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