King Kong Page #16

With an almost delicate movement, the ALLOSAUR nudges the TRUNK with

it's head ... the TREE lurches dramatically! ANN hangs on desperately

... The ALLOSAUR pushes HER, sending the tree TOPPLING TO THE GROUND!

ANN rolls away from the tree, jumps to her feet and RUNS!!

She races through the JUNGLE, dodging TREES, leaping over FALLEN LOGS,

smashing through BUSHES ... The ALLOSAUR POUNDING AFTER HER! It' s

BREATH RASPING . . . FOOTSTEPS THUMPING. The HUGE JAWS open - only

INCHES FROM ANN'S HEAD !

SHE SCREAMS!

EXT. LOG CHASM - DAY

KONG has almost REELED JACK IN when he hears ANN'S SCREAM.

He immediately DROPS THE VINE, sending JACK PLUMMETING back down the

CHASM! Fortunately the COILS of LOOSE VINE at the top of the chasm

TANGLE, stopping JACK with a jerk about HALF WAY DOWN.

KONG RUSHES OFF towards the SOUNDS of ANN'S SCREAMS.

EXT. DENSE JUNGLE - DAY

ANN is stumbling ... the ALLOSAUR positions it's HEAD for the FINAL

LUNGE - JAWS OPEN ...

From out of the DENSE JUNGLE - KONG CHARGES! He meets ANN and the

ATJ.OSAUR HEAD-ON at FULL SPEED! KONG swings his fist, smashing into

the ALLOSAUR'S HEAD ... ANN has to throw herself against a tree as the

DINOSAUR SPRAWLS onto the ground beside her ... In a flash, KONG is ON

TOP of the ALLOSAUR, POUNDING HIS FIST DOWN ...

The ALLOSAUR lies still ... ANN'S legs turn to jelly and she COLLAPSES.

KONG is clearly startled ... he gently takes her in his hand ...

AT THAT MOMENT! The SECOND ALLOSAUR ATTACKS!!! He comes charging into

shot, grabbing KONG'S ARM in his JAWS! KONG ROARS, ripping free just as

the THIRD ALLOSAUR strides into the CLEARING! The FIRST ALLOSAUR

scrambles back to it's feet! KONG holds ANN protectively as he braces

himself for the FIGHT OF HIS LIFE. The THREE ALLOSAUR'S CIRCLE around

him.

THEY ATTACK KONG and ANN! ... What follows is a BREATHTAKING FIGHT TO

THE DEATH. KONG fights like a madman ... not only does he have to do

battle with the ALLOSAUR, he is also PROTECTING ANN - constantly

transferring her from ONE HAND to THE OTHER as the ALLOSAUR SNAP AT HER

throughout.

KONG punches and smashes with his fists, but he also uses wrestling-

style headlocks and flips ... for a brief moment, ANN rolls free on the

ground and has to dodge 25 foot DINOSAURS and the GORITJ, as the

frenzied fight THUNDERS all around her.

The FIRST ALLOSAUR. Is taken out when KONG PULLS a LARGE JAGGED TREE

TRUNK out of the ground and RAMS IT into the ALLOSAUR'S MOUTH, PUSHING

it out the BACK OF IT'S HEAD!

The SECOND ALLOSAUR he kills by grabbing it in a HEADLOCK, FLIPPING it

over his shoulder, but REVERSING DIRECTION suddenly - BREAKING IT'S

BACK with a sickening CRUNCH!

ANN is suddenly GRABBED by the LAST ALLOSAUR! She is taken in his JAWS

... It BITES DOWN - JUST as KONG GRABS HIS JAWS in BOTH HANDS. He rolls

the ALLOSAUR onto it's back, ANN still wedged in it's MOUTH! The razor

sharp TEETH dig into her as KONG desperately uses all his strength to

force the ALLOSAUR'S MOUTH OPEN ... ANN slides out, raking her back

against the teeth.

KONG forces the JAWS OPEN until they RIP APART at the HINGE! The

ALLOSAUR sprawls back DEAD.

KONG is PANTING HEAVILY ... he has been BITTEN, RAKED and CUT. He puts

his foot on the LAST ALLOSAUR and BEATS HIS CHEST TRIUMPHANTLY!

ANN is HURT ... BLEEDING ... KONG carefully picks her up and HURRIES

INTO THE JUNGLE.

EXT. LOG CHASM - DAY

JACK is clinging onto the VINE, trying to pulling himself onto the TOP

OF THE CHASM ..- but his strength is weakening - just below the edge.

PEEK leans over ... he looks TERRIFIED, still gripping his TOMMY GUN

JACK:

(urgent)

Peek!

For a moment you'd think PEEK is actually considering the idea of

kicking JACK back down into the CHASM! ... He reaches down the PULLS

JACK TO SAFETY.

DENHAM (O.S.)

(loud whisper)

Hey Jack!

DENHAM is on the other side of the CHASM ... looking VERY JUMPY.

JACK:

Denham! Go back to the wall ... Tell'em to give me twelve hours to get

back with Ann!

DENHAM:

(panicked)

I can't get back to the wall! I'll get eaten!

JACK suddenly snatches PEEK'S TOMMY GUN.

PEEK:

(alarmed)

Hey! Whadda ya doing?

JACK hurls the TOMMY GUN across the CHASM.

JACK:

They've gotta keep the gate open for me.

DENHAM clutches the TOMMY GUN, as if holding a newborn baby.

DENHAM:

Twelve hours, Driscoll. Good luck!

JACK heads into the JUNGLE.

PEEK:

(angry)

You're insane! You'll be killed!

JACK keeps going ... PEEK alone... and runs after JACK. Suddenly

realizes he's

EXT. JUNGLE/MOUNTAIN - DAY

ANN'S POV ... upside down shot WHIPPING through FOLIAGE with long

LOPING STRIDES.

ANN is DRAPED in KONG'S HAND as he POWERS THROUGH the JUNGLE at HIGH

SPEED. She is weak ... her EYES GLAZING, SWEAT DRIPPING from her brow.

ANN'S POV ... becomes MORE FEVERED.

KONG climbs out of the JUNGLE, SCALING a nearly SHEER CLIFF ... he uses

ONE HAND to climb - the OTHER HOLDS ANN to his breast.

As KONG climbs HIGHER AND HIGHER, ANN drifts into UNCONSCIOUSNESS ...

her last FEVERED POV being that of the VERTIGO INDUCING drop down the

face of the CLIFF.

EXT. KONG'S LAIR - EVENING

FADE UP ...

ANN'S FEVERED POV KONG pacing ANXIOUSLY ... He leans down towards ,

ROARING nervously. Behind him the sky his bathed in an ORANGE SUNSET.

WIDE KONG is in his LAIR - a LARGE ROUND CAVE with a LEDGE that juts

out high over SKULL ISLAND ... in fact his CAVE is one of the "eyes" of

the SKULL visible from the coast. Over the ledge is a DIZZYING DROP of

at least 1000 feet down to the JUNGLE.

The "VENTURE" can be seen - moored off the TIP OF THE ISLAND, some 3

miles away.

Sinister BAT-TYPE CREATURES hover in the SKIES ... these have 8 foot

wing spans and TALONED FEET. Their faces are more reptile then bat.

ANN is lying on a BED OF STRAW in an ALCOVE on the LEDGE ... ONE of the

BAT-THINGS swoops in ...

ANN'S FEVERED POV ... Large FLAPPING BAT WINGS fill her vision.

KONG snatches the BAT-"THING out of the sky and rips it's wings off. He

gently lifts ANN and retreats further inside his cave.

EXT. WALL/RUINED CITY - NIGHT

ENGLEHORN puffs on his PIPE ... SAILORS armed with RIFLES and TOMMY

GUNS are patrolling the WALL.... the area is effectively CORDONED OFF.

Everyone is relaxed.

SENTRY SAILOR:

(yelling))

Hey! Somebody's approaching!

SAILORS rush to pull the GREAT GATES open ...

DENHAM staggers in and COLLAPSES. He is even more disheveled than when

we saw him last. His clothing is TORN ... blood seeps from CUTS ...

he's lost the GUN.

ENGLEHORN gives him a drink from a CANTEEN. DENHAM is GASPING heavily.

ENGLEHORN:

Just take it easy .-- Where are the others?

DENHAM:

(panting)

They' re dead.

ENGLEHORN:

(shocked)

Oh my God ... Ann?

DENHAM pauses ...

DENHAM:

(quietly)

She's dead ... Driscoll too. We've gotta get back to the ship!

ENGLEHORN nods.

ENGLEHORN:

(yelling)

Prepare to break camp, men! We're heading back to the Venture'.

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