King Kong Page #20

JACK steps forward ...

JACK:

Ann!

ANN pushes JACK away.

ANN:

(yelling)

Let him down!

ANN hurries over to KONG ... he is VERY AGITATED. She gently STROKES

HIS LEG.

ANN (CONT'D)

(gentle)

It's ok. You're going to be ok. I'm not going to let them hurt you.

DENHAM whispers BACKSTAGE.

DENHAM:

(excited whisper)

Jet the press in . .. This is great!

ANN has EYE CONTACT WITH KONG ... he is CALMING DOWN.

NOISY MOB of 50 JOURNALISTS and PHOTOGRAPHERS suddenly stream onto the

STAGE.

DENHAM (CONT'D)

Here's your angle, boys "Beauty tames the Beast"!

FLASHBULBS POP ... A BABBLE OF QUESTIONS are thrown at ANN!

JOURNALIST' S BABBLE

Smile Ann'. Have you got a pet name for the monkey? What does he eat?

Come a little closer, Miss Darrow!

ANN:

(yelling)

Bugger off!

DENHAM grabs her arm ... Without breaking his GRIN, he hisses in her

ear ...

DENHAM:

(angry whisper)

Just a couple of photos, you

Ungrateful little b*tch!

DENHAM drags ANN away from KONG! He ROARS! FLASHBULBS POP! ANN starts

crying ..- KONG is getting ANXIOUS .. flinching against the CONSTANT

FLASHES. DISTORTED JOURNALIST'S FACES ...

JOURNALISTIC BABBLE

Smile Ann! ... Smile!

DENHAM:

Come on Ann - Snap out of it'.

DENHAM SLAPS HER ON THE CHEEK ... ANN FLINCHES

A DEAFENING ROAR!!! DENHAM looks up AWE-STRUCK as KONG STARTS TEARING

FREE of his CHAINS in SLOW MOTION!!!

The AUDIENCE SCREAM and PANIC ... The JOURNALISTS SCATTER, sweeping ANN

off the STAGE, into the STALLS.

With a MIGHTY FLOURISH, KONG rips off the WAIST RESTRAINTS and IS FREE!

The AUDIENCE are BLOCKING the EXITS in their PANIC ... The THEATRE is

PACKED!

The STAGE has cleared apart from DENHAM who stands mesmerized by KONG

... he steps back fearfully, falling on his bottom. KONG BEATS HIS

CHEST, ROARS ... and STEPS ONTO DENHAM!! DENHAM'S ARMS and LEGS SPASM

beneath KONG'S FOOT as he is GROUND INTO OBLIVION!

KONG LEAPS from the stage into the FRONT ROWS ... He STOMPS and RIPS UP

SEATS - with people still in them!

ANN is in danger of being CRUSHED BY THE CROWD who are FLOODING TOWARDS

a SIDE EXIT DOOR ... She falls under feet ... JACK suddenly pulls her

up and hugs her as the TIDE pushes them towards the door.

KONG is below the BALCONY LEVEL ... He uses AMAZING STRENGTH to PUSH

THE BALCONY UP, sending DOZENS OF PEOPLE plummeting into the STALLS. He

THROWS a HUGE PIECE of BALCONY at a CROWD OF PANICKING PEOPLE.

KONG sees ANN and JACK stream out of the EXIT DOOR to the street beyond

...

EXT. BROADWAY - NIGHT

JACK pulls ANN - CRYING and PROTESTING - down the SIDEWALK.

Behind them, the VAST THEATRE WALL explodes onto the street, showering

PEOPLE and CARS with BRICKS and STEEL ... KONG strides into the MIDDLE

OF THE ROAD!!!

CARS drive into KONG'S LEGS ... he smashes his fists onto ' their

ROOFS. OTHER ... pile into each other ... into SHOP FRONTAGES - it's

MAJOR PANIC TIME.

CAR WINDSCREEN POV ... KONG STOMPS on the CAR in FRONT, LIFTS FOOT and

STOMPS over CAMERA.

EXT. ALLEY - NIGHT

JACK hurries down an ALLEY., still towing ANN. She is ANGRY ...

TEARFUL.

ANN:

Jesus Christ ! How could you do this to him? How could you do this?

JACK:

(agitated)

Come on, come on! We gotta keep moving!

ANN:

( sobbing)

He's gonna die! They'll kill him!

JACK:

(angry)

Take to look out there ..- Have you seen what he's done? You're talking

about a crazy animal!

ANN:

(screaming)

You're the animals - all of you!

She pulls away from JACK.

ANN (CONT'D)

I'm going to him!

JACK blocks her path.

JACK:

I can't let you do that ...

JACK socks ANN on the JAW ... she collapses into his arms!

EXT. STREET - NIGHT

JACK runs - with ANN SLUNG OVER HIS SHOULDER - towards a CAB in the

middle of A BUSY STREET - TRAFFIC is snarled up due to KONG'S rampage a

couple of blocks away -although there is no sign of KONG on this

street.

INT. CAB - NIGHT

JACK slides ANN into the CAB.

JACK:

(urgent)

Get the hell outta here!

CAB DRIVER:

Listen buddy ... I can only go as fast as the guy in front!

(honks horn)

What is this ... Is the president in town?

JACK:

There's a twenty-five foot gorilla on the loose.

Looking from the BACK SEAT as the CAB DRIVER turns to JACK.

CAB DRIVER:

And I'm Rudolph Valentino!

KONG STRIDES INTO THE STREET AHEAD!

CLOSE ON CAB DRIVER'S face as he sees KONG! Without hesitation, he

leaps out of the CAB and flees into the night!

POV from BACK SEAT OF CAB ... As KONG comes closer -OVERTURNING CARS

and SMASHING HIS FISTS on them. PANICKED DRIVERS PILE into each other.

JACK desperately tries his door, but they are WEDGED IN by CARS either

side.

KONG LIFTS THE CAR directly in front - HIGH ABOVE HIS HEAD, throwing it

into a BUILDING.

JACK clambers over the FRONT SEAT ... as KONG leans over his CAB -

LIFTING IT UP!

KONG'S HUGE EYES glance in the WINDOW as he prepares to THROW THE CAB

... He sees ANN!

EXT/INT. STREETS/CAB - NIGHT

ROARING with TRIUMPH, KONG gently lowers the CAB down.

CLOSE ON JACK'S FOOT depresses ACCELERATOR.

WHEELS are SPINNING WILDLY at the moment the CAB touches down on the

STREET ... In a CLOUD OF BURNING RUBBER, the CAB rips free of KONG'S

GRIP, speeding down the ROAD, weaving in and out of the path cut by

KONG'S DESTRUCTION.

KONG BOUNDS AFTER THE CAB, running on FOURS with incredible speed.

JACK crosses an INTERSECTION, driving up on the SIDEWALK to get a

CLEARER DRIVING LANE ... PEDESTRIANS scatter - not only from the CAB,

but from KONG who is in HOT PURSUIT.

The CAB SLEWS across the STREET, disappearing up a TINY ALLEY., only

just wide enough for the CAB, but TOO NARROW for KONG.

JACK glances back at KONG ROARING with frustration at the ALI.ALLEY

ENTRANCE.

EXT/INT. HERALD SQ/CAB - NIGHT

JACK speeds out of the ALLEY and CROSSES the TRAFFIC FLOW, causing much

BRAKING and HORN action. He gets SLOWED in THICK TRAFFIC ...

KONG LEAPS from a 7 STORY BUILDING onto the street ... RIGHT IN FRONT

OF JACK'S CAB!!!

JACK SWERVES onto the SIDEWALK, accelerating straight through a PLATE

GLASS DISPLAY WINDOW into...

INT. MACYS - NIGHT

MACYS DEPARTMENT STORE!!!

ANN groggily WAKES ... as JACK steers the CAB wildly through AILSES of

CLOTHING, scattering SHOPPERS in all directions!

KONG CRASHES INTO the SHOP in PURSUIT! The 15 foot height is too low

for him to stand, but he BOUNDS ALONG on his KNUCKLES.

JACK sends the CAB into a couple of TIGHT TURNS ... at the speed KONG

is traveling, he SLIDES on the POLISHED FLOORS at each turn, wiping out

an area the size of a tennis court before regaining his grip.

JACK rounds a bend and DRIVES straight into a CAMPING EQUIPMENT

DISPLAY! TENTS collapse - covering the CAB, before it. SLAMS into a

WALL.. JACK and ANN are thrown forward on IMPACT.

KONG slides around the corner and BOUNDS PAST THE COVERED CAB ... He

desperately looks around for JACK and ANN ... getting ANXIOUS and

ENRAGED! KONG smashes his way out of MACYS, into 35th STREET.

ANN rises in the back seat.

JACK:

It's ok, we're safe. He's out on the street ... What are you doing?

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