Project Almanac Page #4

(ALL EXCLAIMING)

(TOOLS CLATTERING)

CHRIS:
What's going on?

What's it doing?

(BEEPING)

Is anybody else seeing this?

It's creating

electromagnetic energy!

QUINN:
Whoa!

(LAUGHING)

Whoa!

Oh, sh*t!

What the...

(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

QUINN:
It's in my mouth!

Dude! Dude!

(QUINN SPITTING)

ADAM:
All the batteries

are fried.

This battery flew up

and almost hit me.

Dude, it did hit me.

Film everything.

From now on, film everything.

(MUSIC PLAYING IN BACKGROUND)

I've literally never seen

any inputs like this before.

I mean, it must

be a prototype.

Let me see it.

It's DARPA.

They have access to more

technology than we do.

Intentional obsolescence.

You've got to love it.

Oh, wow. This is...

We need a graphics processor.

Where the hell do we

get one of those?

QUINN:
You owe me

a new Xbox, dude.

Okay, you know what, guys?

Just don't talk

to me for a while.

CHRIS:
When you

love something, Quinn,

you have to set it free.

This isn't a joke to me,

Christina, okay?

This is my life here.

Right there, right there.

Wow. What the hell is that?

Uh, some kind of

navigation program.

I think we can control

the time machine with this.

Okay, so, you're telling me

that thing can run

the whole machine?

I thought it called for

a boatload of computers.

No, this was 12 years ago

my dad made the schematics.

They didn't have

the technology.

Trust me, welcome to 2014.

This thing is strong enough

to send a rocket to the moon.

You enter the time here,

and you just press

the red button and boom.

We're Doctor Who.

CHRIS:
Who's Doctor Who?

Dude, I am sorry for every

mean thing I've ever said

to you.

Really?

Yeah.

Mean thing today.

What he said today.

Oh, yeah, today.

CHRIS:
So, how much

longer is this gonna take?

Chris, it's not some

high school textbook, okay.

This is highly

classified schematics.

It could take a day,

take weeks. We don't know.

It goes back six weeks, but

we have to split the power

for the return trip,

so it's three weeks

in the past,

three weeks back.

If we go further than that,

we're basically stuck there.

QUINN:
What?

We're stuck in

the past forever!

Why?

If we go more than

three weeks...

I'll tell you later!

Goddang it!

QUINN:
Oh, sh*t, my Xbox

is all tricked out.

That looks good.

That's insane.

You finish with

those couplers yet?

ADAM:
Yeah, almost.

Whoa, what the hell, man?

QUINN:
Wait. Are you...

These two wires right here?

What do I do

with this screwdriver?

DAVID:
Here we go.

There it is.

ADAM:
That's it!

Uh, I think I finally

got this thing dialed in.

ADAM:
This looks good, David.

QUINN:
You need this

for something?

I feel like you

might need this.

ADAM:
No, I don't need that.

Hey, guys, are we in position?

Wait, let me get my helmet.

ADAM:
Relax,

the switch is cold.

(SMALL EXPLOSION)

(MACHINE RUMBLING)

I thought you just

said it was cold!

It's off!

That is not cold! Do you

know what "cold" means?

Do you feel the power?

DAVID:
Guys, guys, guys!

What the...

How is this happening?

I don't know.

Is it all the

electromagnetic energy?

(ADAM LAUGHING)

Oh. Then explain this.

Come here, Chris.

CHRIS:
Holy sh*t.

Oh, my God. Look at that!

QUINN:
Oh, sh*t.

What the...

Guys!

Holy sh*t, are you

guys seeing this?

Does it hurt? What's it like?

What's my hand doing?

David, the battery's

overheating!

Are you okay?

Yeah. That was...

That was awesome.

These batteries are dead.

It didn't work.

Guys?

Does this seem

familiar to you?

CHRIS:
Oh, my God.

(MUFFLED LAUGHTER)

Okay, so I was wrong.

That's definitely you.

(SIGHING)

I mean, you guys, we're, uh,

close.

We still need hydrogen.

Without it, we're done.

What do you mean done?

Without hydrogen, no fusion.

Without fusion,

there's no time travel.

CHRIS:
Well,

how much will it cost?

It's not a matter of cost.

I mean, you need

a permit just to buy it, so...

Oh!

You guys, I got an idea.

Cut the camera.

CHRIS:
I can't believe

we're doing this.

DAVID:
Wait, wait.

There's a security guard.

Hey, Argo, you realize

we're not taking

hostages, right?

What, you didn't bring yours?

QUINN:
What?

Can we get

expelled for this?

ADAM:
Obviously.

QUINN:
Sh*t.

(DOOR CLOSING)

DAVID:
(WHISPERING) Let's go.

CHRIS:
Go, go, go.

(PANTING)

DAVID:
We're clear.

ADAM:
Yo, what's the code?

One, three, four, five.

CHRIS:
Come on, hurry.

DAVID:
Wait, is it...

ADAM:
It's pi. Duh.

Put it, put it, put it.

Yes! Lights.

ADAM:
Go, go, go, go!

CHRIS:

Someone get the lights.

DAVID:
Lights, lights.

CHRIS:
Go, go, go!

DAVID:
Guys, it's probably

locked in one of these, okay?

ADAM:
Wait up. David, David.

CHRIS:
David, too far,

too far, come back.

QUINN:
Yes!

CHRIS:
Nice.

QUINN:
God, I'm strong.

Hey, get one

of those crates!

CHRIS:
Yeah.

ADAM:
Yo, how much do we need?

DAVID:
We'll take them all.

Get the bag.

ADAM:
We might

not get another shot.

CHRIS:
Here,

I got two crates.

QUINN:
Yo, I can't

carry all that.

ADAM:
Careful, it's hydrogen!

Got it. Let's get out of here.

Whoa!

ADAM:
Oh, come on.

QUINN:
You frickin' idiot.

ADAM:
Shut up!

QUINN:
Come on!

DAVID:
You got the camera?

CHRIS:
Yeah, got it.

DAVID:
Come on,

come on, come on.

You first.

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS

OUTSIDE)

Hey, does anyone

want to take like...

I don't know,

like a five-minute break?

It looks like

Walker's having a party.

DAVID:
Guys, it works.

The hydrogen fits.

Chris, get in position.

CHRIS:
What's

with the watches?

Okay, so if this works,

when the red one comes back,

it'll be 60 seconds

behind the black one.

Here you go.

This is Project...

Oh, yeah.

This is Project Almanac.

Experiment one, trial one.

Temporal distance, 60 seconds.

CHRIS:
In English, please?

Uh, it means we're going

to send your crappy toy

a minute back into the past.

All right, you guys ready?

Quinn. Are you

going to set this?

QUINN:
Oh, sh*t.

One job, he has one job.

GoPro, set.

Come on, come on, come on.

ADAM:
All right, we're good.

Three, two...

CHRIS:
Wait,

let me put my goggles on.

DAVID:
Chris, come on,

be present, focus.

CHRIS:
One second.

ADAM:
You good?

CHRIS:
I'm good.

Three, two, one.

(LOW RATTLING)

QUINN:
What the hell?

ADAM:
Just give it a second.

Do it again, just do

it again, man. Go on.

ADAM:
Three, two, one.

(LOW RATTLING)

QUINN:
What the hell, Adam?

ADAM:
Just give me a second.

QUINN:
What did you do?

ADAM:
Nothing.

(RUMBLING)

QUINN:
Oh, sh*t.

ADAM:
All right.

It's working!

ADAM:
The power's holding!

What's going on?

Come on, come on!

(BATTERY CRACKLES)

QUINN:
Oh, sh*t!

ADAM:
Come on!

(OBJECTS CLATTERING)

What the hell?

ADAM:
No, no, no, no.

They're fried.

DAVID:
Really?

You guys, we haven't

had a night off in weeks.

Why don't we just, you know,

take it off and

check out the party.

DAVID:
Then how the hell are

we supposed to do we do this?

This thing just keeps

eating through batteries, man.

We need a really

strong power source.

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