Minority Report Page #16

EXT. BUILDING - DAY

The cops all fly out the window and we now PULL BACK TO

REVEAL A DUMPSTER LID in immediate f.g. Anderton lies there

watching as the cops fly off and away...

EXT. LEXUS FACTORY - DAY

As Anderton climbs the fence, SETS OFF AN ALARM. He moves to

the new vehicles and tries to open the doors. THEY'RE ALL

LOCKED. He looks off, sees THE BLINKING LIGHTS of the Hover

Cops and runs for the cover of the factory itself.

INT. LEXUS FACTORY - ENTRY AREA - DAY

We hear A LOW HUM as now FOUR PRECOPS enter in hoversuits.

They stop in mid-air and drop their packs in unison.

INT. COMPUTER ROOM - DAY

Anderton hides as the precops move towards the room. One of

them breaks through the door. The other cops move into the

room behind him. ANDERTON IS GONE. They look off at...

THE FACTORY DOORWAY

As Anderton runs through it, heading inside the main

building.

INT. MAIN FACTORY AREA - DAY

As Anderton stops a moment and takes in the entire factory.

We see that IT IS COMPLETELY AUTOMATED.

INT. ENTRY AREA - DAY

As Witwer and his four goons now head inside. They approach

the precops and now they all walk inside together.

A WIDER SHOT:

Of the Stereo Lithographer in the f.g. Witwer and the others

entering in the b.g. Anderton watches the group from across

the factory, then moves off.

ON WITWER:

As he looks at the CAMERAS all around the factory, then turns

to his wrist communicator...

WITWER:

Jad. Patch me into security.

Witwer looks at his watch, sees the different views of the

factory. Sees Anderton running. Witwer deploys the other

men with HAND SIGNS. Witwer then looks at the watch, moves

off, takes a position behind a machine.

ON ANDERTON:

As he moves along the assembly line. The car door to a

vehicle is being tested: open-shut, open-shut, open...

He's suddenly jumped by Price. Anderton takes a swing, but

Foley comes up behind him, and holds onto him while Price now

clumsily fumbles with a halo, moves towards Anderton.

Anderton struggles as the guy tries to put the halo on...

He kicks Foley, knocks him back into one of the cars as now A

ROBOT ARM swings in and a panel welds the man into the door

frame.

The arm opens and closes the door in the b.g. as Anderton

and Price fight it out in the f.g. Anderton gets free and

climbs up a CRANE, hanging onto it as Price hangs onto him

and they rise up towards a CONVEYOR BELT full of engine

blocks.

Anderton swings Price against the blocks, the lithography

pool approaching now. Anderton shakes loose the agent who

drops, lands on a CHASSIS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE POOL, sinks

into the lithographer surface... and SUBMERGES!

Anderton hangs from the crane as now the LASERS FIRE into the

pool. A moment later the chassis re-emerges. We see A HAND,

then PULL BACK TO REVEAL AGENT PRICE FROZEN ONTO THE CHASSIS

like a giant hood ornament as it's lifted from the pool by a

huge robotic arm and carried away.

Anderton jumps from the crane to a smaller one, then lands on

the CONVEYER BELT and starts running. And now we go...

OVERHEAD - TRACKING

As Anderton runs below, Jucket on the floor below unable to

reach him as he runs by, but now we reveal PAYMEN ON A BEAM

ABOVE ANDERTON... he dives and lands on...

Anderton. The two men begin fighting on the conveyor belt

leading to the vertical stereo lithographer. Paymen kicks

Anderton who falls back on the belt... the lithographer

machine in b.g.

Anderton tries to get up, but Paymen hits him again. We see

the Lithographer fabricating a car part right behind them...

Paymen pulls a weapon and lungs at Anderton who judo throws

the man over him and into the lithographer...

The curtain lasers activate and "sculpt" him as he freezes in

place. Anderton grabs one of the passing cranes and jumps

on...

As Anderton rides the crane ACROSS FRAME, we REVEAL WITWER

WATCHING HIM. Anderton gets off the crane and lands right in

front of Witwer who steps out and hits him in the face...

The ASSEMBLY LINE moves past as the two men fight their way

towards it. A CAR moves past as Witwer and Anderton tumble

into the empty engine compartment.

And now the ROBOTIC ARMS GO TO WORK ON THE CAR ALL AROUND

THEM. A crane LOWERS AN ENGINE BLOCK above them, Anderton

sees it and rolls them both out of the way as THE ENGINE

SMASHES DOWN INTO PLACE.

The two of them roll over the dash as another piece drops

into frame and smashes into place. As the two fight, a

machine blasts in from the side and STAMPS THE DASHBOARD INTO

PLACE.

Witwer looks forward and sees the TANGLE OF ROBOTIC ARMS NOW

ENVELOPING THE CAR IN FRONT OF THEM. Witwer grabs onto a

retracting robot arm and is lifted up and away from the car

as now...

The ROBOT ARMS BEGIN ASSEMBLING THE CAR ALL AROUND ANDERTON.

He rolls towards the rear as one machine after another stamps

pieces into the car. A LASER GRID appears over his face as a

LASER WELDER POPS UP and now...

THE LASER begins firing welding "hits" towards him. He jumps

to the other side of the car, tries to get out when the DOOR

PANEL IS SLAMMED INTO PLACE and now the welder comes around

and "grids" him again. Anderton dives for the floor, just

missing getting decapitated by the steering wheel as it's

slammed into place. But now...

METAL PARTS BOLT UP THROUGH THE FLOOR, narrowly missing his

head. Anderton looks up and sees THE SEATS SLIDING INTO

POSITION OVER HIM. He grabs the steering wheel and rolls out

of the way as the seat comes crashing down.

ANGLE ON RAILING

As Witwer walks up, the other men now flanking him. They

watch as ROBOT ARMS DESCEND ON, THEN ENVELOPE THE CAR...

The car moves forward and the robot arms retract and now THE

ROOF INSTALLING MECHANISMS SLIDE INTO PLACE. The WINDSHIELD

comes down and slams into place as WELDERS DROP DOWN and now

secure it.

Witwer watches the car, starts walking for the end of the

line. He watches as the car enters THE PAINTING TUNNEL.

Witwer and his men walk through the adjacent hallway,

watching through the windows as the car rolls out...

The finished car emerges through smoke and lasers from the

painting tunnel. Witwer and his men approach the driver's

side window... the car looks empty... until...

Anderton pops up into frame and STARTS THE CAR. He turns and

looks at WITWER, HIS ANGRY REFLECTION IN THE GLASS as

Anderton now DRIVES THE CAR OUT OF THERE and we then...

DISSOLVE TO:

INT./ EXT. RED LEXUS - MARYLAND COUNTRYSIDE - DAY

Anderton drives away from the city on the open road, passing

a solar/wind farm. Giant windmills and solar panels dot the

landscape for as far as the eye can see.

EXT. FARMLAND - DAY

The surroundings become more and more rural. Anderton's

vehicle kicks up a roostertail of dust along the dirt side

road as he passes a row of old mailboxes.

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