Mad Max 2 Page #8

64. A CLAY PAN. DAY.

MAX and the DOG crest a rise at the edge of the pan.

About a hundred yards ahead, out on the clay, is the

CAPTAIN, still dragging the tree stump behind him.

Tne DOG growls.

The CAPTAIN turns to see MAX. He picks up the log and

tries to run.

65. THE WASTELAND. DAY.

The sun is much higher in the sky. The CAPTAIN has been

freed from the tree stump and now carries the jerry

cans, coolie-like, across his shoulders.

66. THE DUNES. DAY.

The three travellers stagger over the dune. The gyro

copter is intact though the kite now rests face down on

the sand. At the crest of the dune they see the body of

a lone Marauder. Foot and tyre prints tell the story.

Crossing the dunes in his buggy, he happened across the

gyrocopter. He left his buggy, walked down to the

abandoned Gyrocopter and fell victim to the snake. He

staggered around in circles before slumping face down in

the sand.

The CAPTAIN lets out a whoop as he and MAX half stumble,

half run towards the body.

CAPTAIN:

I knew it. I knew it'd work.

Lethal, those snakes. Lethal. Born

killers. The snake's fangs, my

brains. Lethal I tell ya ...

The CAPTAIN stops, staring down at the body of the

snake, its head crushed.

Quickly he picks it up and begins to skin it, muttering.

CAPTAIN:

Don't think you're gonna get any of

this. Cos you're not. It was my

snake. I found it. I trained it.

And I'm gonna eat it.

Keeping the gun trained on the CAPTAIN, MAX rummages

through the MARAUDER'S clothes. He finds a necklace of

spark plugs, bolts, teeth and two old shotgun

cartridges.

MAX removes the two cartridges. One crumbles apart.

The second, although dog-eared, remains intact.

The GYRO CAPTAIN looks up as MAX cracks open the shotgun

- both barrels are empty.

MAX shoves the dog-eared cartridge into the barrel and

quickly snaps the shotgun shut.

The GYRO CAPTAIN gasps:

CAPTAIN:

You mean? All this time? Jesus,

that's dishonest!

MAX nudges the CAPTAIN towards the gyrocopter.

The CAPTAIN stands fast, eyeing the shotgun ...

CAPTAIN:

How do we know that one's not a dud.

MAX:

There's only one way to find out.

He lifts the barrel to the CAPTAIN'S head. The CAPTAIN

moves off towards the gyrocopter.

67. SAND DUNES. GYROCOPTER. DAY.

One Jerry can lies discarded by the gyrocopter. Max,

with the DOG on his lap, is settled on the chassis, the

three remaining cans strapped on beside him. A flurry

of sand whips back from the propellor.

The gyro, unaccustomed to the extra weight, lumbers

across the sand and slowly rises into the sky.

The GYRO CAPTAIN, struggling to unlock his manacles,

yells after him:

GYRO CAPTAIN:

What sort of deals that?! I'm

running on empty!

WIPE.

68. THE INTERSECTION. DAY.

The bloated fly-blown corpse of the driver lies next to

the abandoned road rig.

The bonnet of the prime mover is up and MAX is working

on the engine.

A chain passes from the bull bar up into the cabin where

the CAPTAIN sits behind the wheel, muttering into a

handkerchief.

The DOG watches him carefully.

MAX yanks on the chain.

The GYRO CAPTAIN tests the motor: nothing.

After two more attempts it splutters to life:

DISSOLVE.

69. THE PRIME MOVER. LATER THAT DAY.

The prime mover, disconnected from the rest of the rig,

stands in the middle of the road.

MAX is in the cabin with the DOG, the engine running.

The GYRO CAPTAIN looks up at him, rattling his chains.

GYRO CAPTAIN:

You can't just dump me! Think of us

as partners.

MAX tosses him a set of keys, shouting over the engine.

MAX:

It's up to you. Fly a kite, or

follow me back. Maybe they'll throw

some gas your way.

MAX eases the prime mover down the road. The GYRO

CAPTAIN, struggling to unlock his manacles, yells after

him:

GYRO CAPTAIN:

What sort of deal's that?! I'm

running on empty!

WIPE.

70. THE LONELY HIGHWAY. DAY.

MAX hurls the prime mover down the long empty highway,

eating up the miles.

WIPE.

71. HILL CREST NEAR PINNACLES. DAY.

The prime mover crests a hill. In the distance MAX can

see the pinnacles surrounding the camp. He checks his

shotgun on the seat beside him. MAX tramps the

accelerator. The DOG climbs under the seat. The back

wheels burn rubber as the prime mover thunders down the

road...

Suddenly the gyrocopter zooms over the rise behind him

spluttering and coughing like he's running out of gas.

72. SIDE OF ROAD NEAR THE PINNACLES. DAY.

In the Marauders' camp a MOHAWKER is shaving WEZ'S head.

At the sound of the approaching prime mover, WEZ leaps

to his feet, clambers over a tow truck on blocks and

straddles his bike ...

Other MARAUDERS follow as we track to a SKINHEAD lying

under the tow truck making noisy repairs.

73. THE ROAD. DAY.

MAX hurls the prime mover towards the rise above the

compound.

A dune buggy comes up alongside the rear passenger

wheel. The SMEGMA CRAZY riding shotgun fires a crossbow

arrow into a tyre ... which explodes.

WEZ appears on the road ahead as a road racer rockets

from out of the scrub in front of the prime mover.

MAX shunts it back off the road and into the rear of the

tow truck on blocks.

The tow truck crashes down, pinning the SKINHEAD beneath

it.

74. A RISE ABOVE THE COMPOUND. DAY.

The HUMUNGUS - his vehicle sitting in the middle of the

road, turns at the sound of the crash.

75. THE GYROCOPTER. (HELICOPTER MOUNT). DAY.

The gyrocopter sputters along, staying out of range of

the MARAUDERS.

The CAPTAIN is shouting advice and instructions from the

sidelines:

GYRO CAPTAIN:

Watch your tyres! Turn left!

Down over the CAPTAIN'S shoulder we see WEZ'S bike

coming alongside the prime mover's rear wheels on the

driver's side.

76. THE ROAD APPROACHING THE RISE. DAY.

WEZ lifts his feet onto the saddle, steadies himself and

leaps onto the back of the prime mover.

As the vehicle crests the rise, MAX sees the camp below.

He yanks the air horn lanyard...

PAPPAGALLO'S people turn at the sound. From the

cracking tower PAPPAGALO shouts:

PAPPAGALLO:

Open the gate!

The FERAL KID, astride the pump, is on his feet ...

BIG REBECCA runs to the yellow school bus...

78. ON THE RISE ABOVE THE COMPOUND - HUMUNGUS VEHICLE. DAY.

... The HUMUNGUS raises the magnum .44 aiming directly

at the oncoming prime mover...

79. THE RISE ABOVE THE COMPOUND. DAY.

On seeing this MAX grabs the shotgun, shoves it through

the smashed front window of the truck and fires...

The gun fizzes and pops - the cartridge was a dud. MAX

ducks and yanks down hard on the wheel...

The HUMUNGUS fires. The big gun kicks ...

The front of the prime mover bursts with steam and hot

oil.

The big machine careers off the road, and through a

primitive tent. As the canvas rips away... we glimpse

two startled MARAUDERS in the throes of hetereosexual

love.

MAX recovers, the big machine keeps going, rocketing

down the hill 400 yards from the causeway ...

Suddenly a powerful arm bursts through the driver's

window... and grabs MAX around the throat - it's WEZ!

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