Okja Page #13

LUCY:

(Muttering)

Oh f*** off.

Lucy ignores it. But the phone keeps ringing. Finally Lucypicks up.

LUCY (CONT'D)

Hey Nance!

NANCY (V.O.)

Hey Luce!

LUCY:

I guess you saw the news. Don'tworry. It's under control.

NANCY (V.O.)

What news? What are you talkingabout?

LUCY:

(beat)

Oh. Nothing.

(beat)

So, how's London? Do you ever gettime to go to fun places like theLondon Eye and the London Dungeon?

(MORE)

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LUCY (CONT'D)

I never have a free minute, but I

figure running Mirando Global ismore taxing than running MirandoUK. Oh! You should try MadamTussauds! Have you been there yet?

NANCY (V.O.)

(beat)

No.

LUCY:

I heard such an interesting thingabout Madam Tussauds. When the

celebrities become has-beens theyjust melt down the heads and turnthem into someone more fashionable.

Saddam Hussain is Justin Timberlake

now. Anyway. How ARE you?

NANCY (V.O.)

I just phoned to wish you luck. 10years! Your dream project isfinally about to come to fruition!

Everything you've worked towards!

LUCY:

Yeah, it's exciting!

NANCY (V.O.)

It must be, right? The basketcontaining all of your eggs! Everysingle one of your eggs! You mustbe SO excited.

The blood drains from Lucy's face. Nancy can still terrifyher.

NANCY (V.O.)

You must be SO excited!

INT. POLICE STATION, SEOUL - EARLY MORNING

Mija crouches inside the police station. A few REPORTERSsurround her, shoving their microphones into her face.

REPORTER 1

They're going to charge you withproperty damage and obstruction ofjustice. Did you know that?

Mija looks blank.

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REPORTER 1 (CONT'D)

Animal Liberal Front, right?

People are saying you're a member.

Is that true?

Mija stays silent, her head lowered. The Reporter comescloser.

REPORTER 2

It says on the Internet you have an

A.L.F. tattoo on your arm.

Reporter 2 tries to lift up her sleeve, but Mija slaps hishand away. A FEMALE REPORTER who'd been watching from behindjumps in and tries to forcibly pull up Mija's sleeve. Mijaresists mightily. As she grapples with the Female Reporter,

we see someone hurtling into the station in the backgroundwith a worried face -Hee Bong.

Hee Bong squeezes in between the Reporters and grabs Mija'sarm. He raises the sleeve himself.

HEE BONG:

Let me see!

The Reporters briefly step back at Hee Bong's apparentaggression. Hee Bong checks Mija's arms, neck, everywhere.

HEE BONG (CONT'D)

Tell me where you were hurt. Areyou okay?

With that, the floodgates open. Mija puts her arms around HeeBong and begins to bawl. Hee Bong embraces her tightly. TheReporters quickly realize who Hee Bong is and shove theirmics toward him. FLASHES explode.

HEE BONG (CONT'D)

Stop with the cameras... She's justa baby.

REPORTER:

You're her guardian, aren't you?

HEE BONG:

Go away...

Hee Bong hides Mija with one arm while pushing away theReporters with the other. He is never violent but puts up aformidable fight as he fends them off. He is old but strong.

HEE BONG (CONT'D)

Be civil, will you? Don't test me

now...

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The Reporters are backing away when one of them suddenly dipsdown and POPS a flash up at Mija's face. Hee Bong violentlySLAPS the camera away, stunning the Reporter.

HEE BONG (CONT'D)

Sorry! That's an expensive camera.

As soon as he apologizes he returns to roughly pushing thereporters. The grappling match becomes more and more heated.

DETECTIVES and POLICE OFFICERS belatedly swarm the scene.

The station quickly descends into chaos.

Suddenly, a familiar voice rings throughout the station.

MUNDO (O.S.)

Mi - Ja - !

Mundo is walking into the station. Choi - the Mirando Koreatranslator from the mountain - follows him with a flower

basket. Wearing a radiant smile, Mundo walks past bewilderedfaces and hands the flower basket to Mija. It is lavishlydecorated with Mirando company colors.

I/E. CONVENIENCE STORE - EARLY MORNING

The store is brightly lit by fluorescent lights. Mija standsat the window-side bar and eats cup ramen. The flower basketlies next to her. Mundo and Hee Bong and Choi smoke in frontof the store.

HEE BONG:

So all the damage in the shoppingcenter... Mirando will pay for thattoo?

MUNDO:

How many times do I have to tellyou? HQ is paying for everything.

The main office in America.

HEE BONG:

The glass door in your office Mijashattered. That too?

MUNDO:

That's what you're worried about?

They are inviting her out toAmerica. She'll be doing Mirandocommercials pretty soon.

Having finished her ramen, Mija walks out toward Hee Bong andMundo. She hurls the Mirando flower basket at Mundo's feet.

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MIJA:

Forget commercials. Get her on thephone right now!

MUNDO:

(startled)

Phone? Who?

MIJA:

I need to talk to Okja. I need tofind out how she is.

Choi stares blankly.

HEE BONG:

They do that... you know, talk toeach other. They’ve always done it.

CHOI:

(scrambling)

Okja's probably on the plane rightnow. She won't be able to answer.

OVER Mija's seething face, we hear the deafening noise of anairplane.

As upbeat MONTAGE MUSIC begins, we...

CUT TO:

EXT. JFK INT'L AIRPORT - DAY

We see a large passenger airliner from behind as it touchesdown on a landing strip. The wheels touch the ground with anear-splitting noise.

EXT. STORAGE HANGAR, JFK - DAY

As the MONTAGE MUSIC continues, we see large CARGO beingunloaded from the back of the plane. We follow one of thecontainers - a large metal cage. We see Okja crouched inside.

MIRANDO HQ EMPLOYEES and PRIVATE SECURITY CONTRACTORS swarm

the cage as soon as it hits the tarmac.

I/E. CAGE, MOVING TRUCK - DAY

Okja sits inside the cage with a sullen expression. Shenervously blinks her eyes.

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OKJA'S POV:
Through a small opening on the side, she sees theunfamiliar scenery of New York passing by. The fake black-

box/video transmission device is also pointed outside.

I/E. A.L.F. SEDAN, NEW YORK STREETS - DAY

The A.L.F. team is crowded into the Sedan. Brief static as

K's laptop begins receiving the video signal from Okja.

K:

Got it! The signal's good.

(to the members in thebackseat)

We're seeing what Okja's seeing.

K sits in the passenger seat with his laptop connected to asatellite receiver. Through the front windshield, we see theMirando truck about 50 meters ahead of the sedan.

RED:

(driving)

Hey, pretty good resolution. Can'twait to see inside the laboratory!

BLOND:

Brought to you live from Mirando'ssecret underground lab. We inviteyou to the mecca of geneticmodification!

Blond giggles as he imitates a travel channel host. He keepspushing a sandwich into Silver's hand, who only picks at itand looks through its contents. Jay sits behind K and quietlyregards the laptop screen.

JAY:

(barely containing his

excitement)

In this moment only the five of usknow what the whole world will soon

know. This mission has the

potential to surpass ...my God...

we may surpass even the SilverSpring Monkey liberation in termsof epoch-defining A.L.F.

operations! We are ushering in anew era!

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