Men in Black Page #30

Kay and Zed both look up at once, scowling.

JAY:

Do those still work?

They follow his gaze, up, over the computer terminals. There,

on the wall in front of them, where it has loomed for the

entire movie, is the enormous mural of the 1964 World's Fair

grounds. Most prominent in the mural are two tall towers

that rise dramatically from the ground, topped by --

-- the two flying saucers from the very first alien contact.

As they stand there, wide-eyed, staring at it, we --

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. WORLD'S FAIR - NIGHT

-- the real-live twin towers on the actual fairgrounds in

Flushing Meadows. A taxi SCREECHES to a halt at the edge of

a fence a hundred yards away. EDGAR shoves LAUREL out through

the driver's door and follows behind her, still holding his

weapon on her.

EDGAR:

You're coming with me.

LAUREL:

What?! Why?!

EDGAR:

It's a long trip. I'll need a snack.

And he shoves her ahead of him, off in the direction of the

space ships.

Behind him, abandoned on the front seat of the cab, we finally

see the front of the postcard he's been carrying around.

"FLUSHING MEADOWS, SITE OF THE 1964 WORLD'S FAIR," it says,

with a distinctive photograph of the spaceships.

So that's how he knew.

CUT TO:

EXT. COLUMBUS CIRCLE - NIGHT

Nighttime now, and the city hums along, just another Thursday

night. The clock in Columbus Circle says it's 7:45.

EXT. SIXTH AVENUE - NIGHT

TVs in the window of an appliance store show a rerun of

"Cheers." PEOPLE laugh.

EXT. TIMES SQUARE - NIGHT

The news ticker in Times Square announces the latest

shattering news:

RAIN LIKELY -- TEMPS DROP TO 60'S

EARTHLINGS pass left and right, blissfully unaware of their

impending doom.

CUT TO:

EXT. MIB BUILDING - NIGHT

KAY and JAY leap into Kay's LTD and SLAM the doors. Kay jams

the key in the ignition, the car ROARS to life, and he turns

to Jay.

KAY:

Whaddya say we bag us some bug?

He hits the gas and the car ROCKETS away from the curb.

EXT. CITY STREETS - NIGHT

The LTD tears through the city.

INT. MIB LTD - TRAVELING - NIGHT

Kay turns sharply to the right, SMACKING Jay around. Looking

up ahead, he sees the entrance to the midtown tunnel.

JAY:

You're taking the tunnel?!

KAY:

You know a better way to Queens?

JAY:

It's usually jammed?!

EXT. MIDTOWN TUNNEL - NIGHT

The LTD races through the tunnel at top speed. It's clear

driving for a few seconds, but then they round a bend --

-- and there's a traffic jam up ahead.

INT. MIB LTD - TRAVELING - NIGHT

Kay approaches the line of cars at top speed, with no

intention of slowing down. Jay, terrified, holds on for dear

life.

JAY:

I told you!

KAY:

Jay. The button?

JAY:

Yeah?!

KAY:

Push the button, Jay.

A LIGHTED PANEL rotates into place between the two front

seats, and that red button flashes underneath its plastic

shield again. Jay flips back the plastic cover and JAMS his

finger down on the red flashing button.

KAY:

And you may want to throw on a seat

belt.

EXT. MIDTOWN TUNNEL - MIB LTD - NIGHT

As the LTD rockets toward the traffic jam up ahead, it begins

to evolve, its shape actually changing. The sides and back

extend as some sort of endoskeleton pushes the "normal" panels

out. It becomes a larger, wirier machine, held together by

an elaborate series of mechanical muscles and metallic

tendons.

Kay's car hurtles toward certain death in the traffic jam,

but at the last possible moment it swerves off to the side,

a SUCKING SOUND coming from underneath it.

Instead of banging off the wall of the tunnel, the LTD

actually clings to it. It swerves up, onto the wall and hangs

there, racing by the traffic below.

It keeps going, turning all the way over and driving upside

down, wheels clinging to the roof of the tunnel.

INT. MIB LTD - TRAVELING - NIGHT

Jay falls from his seat with a CLUNK, onto the upside down

ceiling of the car. Balled up on the back of his neck, he

peers out the window as they tear through the tunnel, ZOOMING

over the bottlenecked traffic underneath.

As they race through the tunnel, they have a minute to kill.

KAY:

Mind if I smoke?

JAY:

What?!?

KAY:

In the car, I mean.

JAY:

I don't care!!

KAY:

Hey, just a common courtesy. It

bothers some people if you smoke in

a car.

He lights a cigarette and blows the smoke out leisurely, one

hand on the wheel, just waiting out the tunnel. Jay gives up

struggling to right himself and closes his eyes, suffering

through this.

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