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83.

Cris uses Trooper Three as a shield, but when Cavanaugh comes

charging from the trees, Cris DOESN’T FIRE. Instead he shoves

Trooper Three at Cavanaugh, sending them both tumbling down a

slope.

StakEOUT SITE

Another setback.

BAINES:

Damn. Fifty men might not be

enough.

FERRIS:

Somehow we’ve got to bring him down

to our level.

BaINES

Got any ideas?

FERRIS:

I’m workin’ on it.

IN THE FOREST:

Cris crosses a ridge that leads him into steep ravine. He

can’t get back up.

StakEOUT SITE

Baines and Ferris listen to the police band. Liz stands

nearby. She can hear the patter.

BAINES:

He’s crossed over into Maxwell

Gorge.

FERRIS:

Move in fast. Keep him moving.

Don’t let him rest.

Then it hits her.

FERRIS:

Don’t give him time to look ahead.

That’s the key.

84.

EXT. MAXWELL GORGE - NIGHT

Slowly making his way through the steep redwood-covered

slopes, Cris hears a NOISE. Looks up. Sees a STATE POLICE SUV

CRASHING down the cliff across the Gorge.

SNAPBACK TO:

MAXWELL GORGE - NOW

Cris, catching his breath against a redwood, opens his eyes

and looks back toward his approaching pursuers. He looks

around the gorge, searching for the cliff where he FORESAW

the SUV come crashing down. He recognizes the rock formations

across the gorge. He heads in that direction. PAN UP and we

see that the cliff is directly under the...

StakEOUT SITE

Baines steps closer to the edge and looks down.

BAINES:

He’s heading this way.

Ferris, suddenly confident, shouts into the radio.

feRRIS

Cavanaugh! We’ve got a fox hunt

going in Maxwell Gorge, right

beneath the stakeout. Throw

everybody into it! We need to

overload him!

Liz looks around for some way to help. She spots the State

Police SUV that we saw crashing down the hillside. She

sidles toward it.

MAXWELL GORGE:

Thirty Troopers and Six MP’s are converging on Cris.

FerrIS (o.c.)

Gentlemen, if he surrenders, fine,

cuff him. But if he even shivers,

shoot to kill.

StakEOUT SITE

Liz opens the door of the SUV, shifts into neutral, and

starts pushing. - It’s too heavy to budge.

85.

MAXWELL GORGE:

Cris moves toward a field of LARGE BOULDERS.

StakEOUT SITE

Slowly, with great effort, Liz gets the SUV to inch forward.

MAXWELL GORGE:

Troopers and MP’s are closing in on Cris.

CaVANAUGH

(megaphone)

Lie down on your stomach, hands

behind your head! You’ve got ten

seconds. Ten seconds and we shoot.

Cris climbs in among the large boulders, glances up, and

waits for the future to happen.

StakEOUT SITE

Liz gets the SUV onto a slight downslope, and it picks up

speed.

Baines and Ferris see the SUV rumbling straight toward them.

They dive out of the way as the SUV plunges over the ledge.

MAXWELL GORGE:

Troopers and MP’s are advancing toward Cris, about to open

fire.

CAVANAUGH:

This is your last warning.

Thirty Troopers and MP’s have their fingers on the trigger

when the SUV sails over the ledge and plummets straight down

towards them. Cris crouches down among the boulders just as

the SUV crashes on top of him, then tumbles toward his

hunters, who scatter.

Cris makes a run for it just as the SUV explodes in a

fireball.

STAKEOUT SITE:

Ferris and Baines watch the events below.

fERRIS

Keep after him! Quick! Stay on him!

86.

While they are distracted, Liz climbs into the front seat of

RICK’S POLICE CRUISER, cranks it up, slams into reverse,

spins, and takes off down the road.

baines

What the...?

LIZ:

fishtails down the twisting mountain road.

MAXWELL GORGE:

Cris practically mud-skis down the slope.

Troopers and MP’s hurtle after him.

At the bottom, Cris is carried by momentum onto the CREEKSIDE

ROAD...

Into the path of A POLICE CAR that comes careening around a

curve!

Liz at the wheel. She swerves and slams on the brakes,

skidding and screeching to a halt.

Troopers and MP’s slalom onto the road from the incline and

rush after Cris.

Cris makes it to the car. Driver’s side.

CRIS:

Believe me now?

He climbs in and guns it.

LIZ:

I’m getting used to miracles.

Three MP’s grab onto the car’s mirrors and door handles. Cris

weaves violently until they lose their grip and fly off.

In Rick's Police Cruiser - dawn

Liz and Cris grin at each other.

CRIS:

Where were you going?

LIZ:

No idea. I was just trying to be

unpredictable.

87.

STAKEOUT SITE - dawn

Ferris urgently unrolls a road map and studies it.

In Rick's Police Cruiser - dawn

Cris speeds down the treacherous curves.

LIZ:

So what’s the plan? Bonnie and

Clyde?

CrIS

Remember that place in the South

Pacific?

LIZ:

It’s starting to sound really good.

He pulls out his cell phone.

CRIS:

I’ll check on our ride.

Int. LAS VEGAS PENTHOUSE - daWN

NEAL, a 60-ish tycoon with silvery hair, finishes packing an

expensive suitcase. A high-maintenance SHOWGIRL puts the

finishing touches on her make-up in his marble bathroom.

Somebody’s cell-phone plays the theme from “Peter Gunn.” Pan

across eight large suitcases, his and hers, ready to go, and

find Guy on the sofa, watching CNBC financial news. He

reaches into a coat pocket and flips open his handset.

Guy

Yeah...

Guy signals Neal. This is the call they were expecting.

Guy

No, the jet’s not sold...I’m here

with him now...Of course, he’s

pissed...I can ask.

With a smirk of triumph, he turns to Neal.

Guy

He wants to know how soon the jet

can be ready.

Neal conceals his evident satisfaction.

88.

Neal

I’ll wait until eight o’clock. But

if he’s not there, I’m taking off

without him.

Int. Rick's Police Cruiser - dawn

Cris, driving fast on the treacherous winding road, closes

his cell phone.

cRIS

It’s arranged. But we have to get

to the North Vegas airport by

eight.

LIZ:

Will we make it?

He concentrates as he screeches around a curve.

CRIS:

Right now I’m just trying to stay

alive.

They hit a patch of ice. Skid wildly.

MOUNTAIN ROAD:

Rick's Police Cruiser swings over the side and tumbles down a

steep slope. There will be no survivors.

Hold on curve.

Rick's Police Cruiser speeds into view AGAIN!?? But this

time, Cris steers around the ice patch, skids dangerously,

almost goes over the side, but continues safely downhill.

Rick's Police Cruiser

Liz, palpitating, tries to catch her breath.

LIZ:

Christ, you live dangerously.

CRIS:

Just the opposite. I never take

chances.

89.

MOUNTAIN ROAD - PREVIOUS CURVE

Cavanaugh’s Car speeds into view, skids on the same patch of

ice and skates over the side of the road, as Cris did, the

first time.

There will be no survivors. And no second chances.

STAKEOUT SITE:

As a Federal Chopper idles, Ferris marks up a ROAD MAP of the

area with X’s.

FERRIS:

(to radio)

Cavanaugh, get all your men into

town.

(waits)

Cavanaugh? Tell them.

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