Mission: Impossible Page #5

HANNAH:

En route.

She also has a pair of Visco glasses, which she trains on the

party below. She pushes a micro switch on the side of her

glasses, activating an electronic filter, which tints the

lenses.

PHELPS (O/S)

Hannah, pull the shade (or - Hannah go to

night vision).

HANNAHíS VISCO POV

the party looks the same, but one head in the crowd stands

out. That head is GOLITSYN'S, his hair a fluorescent green

where SARAH sprayed it.

INT. THE DENIED AREA/ELEVATOR BANK - NIGHT

The SENATOR (let's just call him ETHAN) and SARAH come down

the stairs and pass a sign that says "Denied Area --

Political Attaches Only." ETHAN checks his watch. 23:00.

He nods to SARAH, they round a corner, and come to an

elevator at the end of the corridor. A sign in front of it

says "Out of Order." They head for it anyway.

A MARINE GUARD appears from behind a side door, catching them

by surprise.

JACK:

Governor's in position. We have the elevator.

GUARD:

Excuse me, can I help you?

SARAH:

-- which leads directly to the Denied

Area, the only limited access area in the

whole facility.

SARAH flashes an ID at the GUARD and keeps talking.

SARAH (CONT'D)

As you can see. this area has both a

Marine guard and video surveillance, and

is strictly monitored at all times.

She walks up to the thumbprint analyzer on the elevator bank

and slides her thumb inside. The panel lights up and flashes

a message -- "ACCESS DENIED." SARAH and ETHAN trade a look.

SARAH (CONT'D)

(covering)

Senator, don't you have a young man on

your staff named JACK?

She tries the thumb again, Still no soap.

ETHAN:

Jack? I believe we did have a young man

named Jack. Not a reliable man, as I

recall. Constantly late or behind in his

work.

Now the GUARD, noticing that Sarah's not being allowed

access, comes closer to them.

GUARD:

Excuse me, let me see that ID again!

INT. ELEVATOR SHAFT - NIGHT

JACK is still pinned to the wall by the elevator, listening

to their conversation.

PHELPS (O.S.)

Jack's pinned down Sarah. Should be a

second. Keep dancing.

ETHAN (O.S.)

(with the Senator's southern accent)

We were forced to tie him to my best

stallion and drag him around the barn a

few times.

Finally, the elevator moves down a floor and JACK is freed.

JACK:

Relax your crack, Foghorn, I'm workin' on

it.

He quickly opens the gray metal box, revealing a maze of

circuitry. He patches in his computer, climbs on top of the

elevator, and hits the keyboard, beginning to download.

THE LAPTOP:

there's a split-screen of SARAH's thumbprint and the ID

picture. JACK downloads her file into the security computer.

INT. THE DENIED AREA/ELEVATOR BANK - NIGHT

Ignoring the GUARD, SARAH turns and slides her thumb into the

thumbprint analyzer once more. The panel glows, this time

the message flashes --

IDENTITY CONFIRMED

-- and the elevator doors slide open briskly.

The GUARD, surprised, now catches sight of the SENATOR.

GUARD:

Oh. Sorry, sir.

He snaps a salute. ETHAN and SARAH get into the elevator and

the doors close behind them.

INT. ELEVATOR SHAFT - NIGHT

JACK looks down at the elevator below. Through a grating, he

can see them inside.

JACK:

The drink (date) with Sarah is definitely

off.

INT. SAFE HOUSE - NIGHT

PHELPS moves from JACK's view of the elevator car to HANNAH's

view of the party on his video monitors.

PHELPS:

(a touch of impatience)

Hannah -- I'm blind again. Hannah.

INT. EMBASSY PARTY - NIGHT

HANNAH, stationed on the second floor of the Embassy, moves

to get a better view of the party. She reacquires GOLITSYN's

glowing head.

HANNAH:

He's heading to the denied area.

INT. EMBASSY WORK ROOM - NIGHT

This work room is filled with combination lock filing

cabinets and various computer terminals. ETHAN hands SARAH

his Visco glasses and she crosses the room, placing them

upside down on top of a filing cabinet.

ETHAN straps on a Visco wrist monitor and tunes it in,

switching several times.

ETHAN:

(to Sarah)

Higher. Higher.

SARAH:

Higher.

ETHAN:

Right, right. Good.

SARAH adjusts the glasses.

THROUGH THE GLASSES,

the view of the main computer terminal is upside down, but

clear. Anyone sitting there will be recorded.

INT. SAFE HOUSE - NIGHT

On PHELPS' monitor, we see ETHAN, via his Visco glasses on

the filing cabinet, standing next to the computer. PHELPS

barks out a warning.

PHELPS:

Get moving, Ethan. He's rolling to you.

INT. EMBASSY WORK ROOM - NIGHT

ETHAN pushes the elevator button but the elevator is already

moving up.

ETHAN:

Jack we're in position.

INT. ELEVATOR SHAFT/WORK ROOM - NIGHT

In a split view, we see both sides of the elevator wall

simultaneously -- on one side, JACK is lying on top of the

rising elevator, on the other side, ETHAN and SARAH are

waiting for it to arrive.

ETHAN:

Jack. Jack.

JACK:

I didn't touch it.

The elevator stops, the doors open --

-- and GOLITSYN gets on. GOLITSYN descends in the elevator

with JACK on top and ETHAN and SARAH waiting down below!

INT. SAFE HOUSE - NIGHT

PHELPS sees JACK's point of view of the elevator, with

GOLITSYN inside.

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