Jurassic Park Page #24

(NOTE:
DIALOGUE TO BE ADDED, WASN'T RECORDED - - Steven

Spielberg wants Malcolm to say something funny to Ellie over the radio;

she smiles)

Walking fast Ellie follows the tubing to the end of the

corridor, where she sees just a box.

ELLIE:

(into the radio)

Okay - - I see the gray box.

Ellie goes through a mesh gate and walks towards the gray box.

ELLIE (cont'd)

It says "High Voltage".

She pushes the door open even further, revealing a vast array of

breakers and switches inside.

HAMMOND (o.s.)

Now, Ellie, you can't just throw the main switch by

hand, you have to pump up the primer handle to give you

a charge. It's a large, flat, gray - -

ELLIE:

I see it!

109 EXTJUNGLEDAY

GRANT and the KIDS swig over the top of the fence and start

their climb down.

110INTSHEDDAY

ELLIE pumps the gray handle, which is sluggish. Above it, a

small white indicator CHINGS over the "discharged" to "charged". Ellie

SLAMS the gray lever back into positions.

ELLIE:

It's charged, okay!

HAMMOND (o.s.)

Right (good)! Now, under the words "contact position"

there's a round green button that says "push to close!"

Push it!

Ellie does. The "contact position" light CHINGS over to

"closed" and lights start to go on all over the panel.

Did I do it? Is the power back on?

111EXTJUNGLEDAY

GRANT and LEX continue to climb down the fence. Tim is having

difficulty - - just as he's about to take another step, he loses his

footing and almost falls... but then regains control and hangs on.

112INTSHEDDAY

ELLIE watches as the column of twelve white indicator lights

flash on the control panel. They are clearly labeled, each one for a

different area of the park.

HAMMOND (o.s.)

Now Ellie, the red buttons turn on the individual park

systems. Switch them on.

As Ellie punches the buttons, they light up... and our eyes go

to near the end of the row.

It's marked "Perimeter Fence."

113INTJUNGLEDAY

GRANT lets go, dropping the last few feet to the ground. LEX

does the same.

A warning light begins to flash, coming back to life. Grants

eyes go wide. He looks up at TIM, who is still far up - - near the

top, in fact, he has to come to a complete stop.

114INTSHEDDAY

ELLIE keeps pushing the buttons. She's getting closer to the

button for the fence.

115EXTJUNGLEDAY

TIM, terrified, has frozen where he is.

GRANT:

Tim - - you have to let go!

116SHEDDAY

ELLIE's still punching the buttons, now only a half a dozen away

from the one for the fence, now five, now three - -

117EXTJUNGLEDAY

GRANT and LEX are botch screaming at TIM

GRANT:

C'mon Tim, move down, damn it!

LEX:

Timmy! The power is coming down, quick!

TIM:

I can't! I'm scared!

GRANT:

Tim, you're gonna have to let go. I'm going to count to

three.

LEX:

Jump, Timmy! It's too late!

TIM:

I'm afraid I am gonna fall!

GRANT:

Go, go, go, jump!

TIM:

You're crazy! I'm not gonna jump!

GRANT:

Tim, you're going to have to let go of the fence. Tim!

Get down right now. Get off the fence! Now!

LEX:

Do as he says! The power's coming back, Timmy!

GRANT:

Timmy, let go! You're gonna have to let go! Count to

three. I'll catch you.

LEX:

Timmy! Do as he says! Timmy! Do as Dr. Grant says,

quick!

TIM:

Are you crazy? What if you miss? I hate it up here.

GRANT:

Tim, I'm right here. Easy catch. Easy catch. Count to

Three..

LEX:

You're gonna get electrocuted

(or)

electrified! The power's coming back!

TIM:

Shut up! You're scaring me. Stop! You're scaring me.

GRANT:

Shhhh. Tim, I'm right here below you. Easy catch.

One, two, three. You count it yourself. One, two,

three - -

LEX:

You're gonna get electrocuted

(or)

electrified!

GRANT:

It's am easy catch, you let - - go - - you do the

counting, you count it, Tim. One, two, three -- you do

all the counting, okay?

LEX:

Timmy, listen to Dr. Grant!

GRANT:

I'm coming up there Tim! I'm coming to get you! Lex,

I've got to get him!

118INTMAINTENANCE SHEDDAY

ELLIE finally pushes the button for the fences. It stops

flashing and lights up, a brilliant white.

119OMITTED

CUT TO:

119EXTJUNGLEDAY

The fence HUMS as it awakens. GRANT and LEX are SCREAMING at

TIM:

TIM:

Okay, okay! I'm going to count to three. One, two,

three....

With a low, loud frightening BUZZ - -

- - the fence comes alive.

POW! Tim is cut off mid-sentence, and literally thrown from the

fence. He SLAMS into Grant. They fall to the ground. Lex runs over

to them.

GRANT:

Tim, you're okay? You're okay?

GRANT notices a larger problem.

GRANT (cont'd)

He's not breathing. Tim?

120INTMAINTENANCE SHED

ELLIE watches as the banks of fluorescent lights in the

maintenance shed come on, one by one.

The lights are going on in rows, coming closer and closer to

her. Finally, her row comes on. She follows the light and sees - -

- - a raptor, right there, behind the control panel! It

SLASHES, taking a lunging sweep at Ellie, but gets stuck, its feet and

legs tangled in the maze of pipes on the floor.

This is our first good look at one of these things, and if it

weren't so terrifying, we could admit that it truly is a thing of

beauty. It's the biggest of the raptors, intensely muscled,

coordinated as hell, a smoothly designed predator.

Ellie SHOUTS and falls back into the pipes on the other side of

the aisle.

The raptor untangles itself from the pipes and gives chase, just

as Ellie SLAMS the mesh door closed. The raptor BANGS against the mesh

door, Ellie falls to the ground.

She holds on by kicking the door shut as the raptor continues to

push himself through the door. Ellie is able to get the door closed.

She stands, but then falls back onto one of the walls.

A dead arm falls onto her shoulder. RAY ARNOLD is there, or

what's left of him, stuck in the tangle of pipes. Ellie moves away,

and his arm falls to the ground.

She doesn't realize that she has moved right back near the mesh

wall - - and the raptor comes at her again. Ellie takes off running as

fast as she can, back the way she came. She drags the flashlight with

her, running over the dead arm and Arnold's legs.

She continues to run, her headset dangling, the flashlight

dragging behind her on its cord.

She reaches the stairs and hits them hard, flying up them. The

raptor must be right behind her, she can hear the CLICKING and CLANGING

as it scrambles up the stairs, but she doesn't look back.

She reaches the top, throws open the door, hurls herself outside

- -

121EXTSHEDDAY

- - and SLAMS the door behind her, just as the raptor's head

SNARLS at her from near the top of the stairs. She runs out the fence

and collapses.

A121EXTJUNGLEDAY

TIM is still unmoving. GRANT is performing CPR, alternately

compressing Timmy's chest fifteen times, quickly, and breathing into

his mouth twice.

LEX is freaking out.

Fifteen compressions. Two deep breaths.

GRANT:

C'mon, Tim.

Fifteen compressions. Two deep breaths.

GRANT:

TIMMY!

Fifteen compress- -

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