Queen of the Damned Page #13

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96 INT. PLANE - NIGHT (PRESENT) 96

Jesse closes the journal, her eyes wide with the newknowledge of Lestat's past. She sits there a moment,

speechless, then stares out at the vast, black night.

TILT DOWN TO:

97 EXT. HOLLYWOOD SIGN (LOS ANGELES) - NIGHT 97

SUPERIMPOSE:
LOS ANGELES

PAN DOWN to Lestat standing on the edge of a very highfence high above the sparkling lights of downtown,

gazing into the dark night. The fence encircles his

Hollywood Hills home, a high-tech modern version of amedieval fortress of steel and glass, hidden deep inthe canyon, his only neighbors, chaparral and coyotes.

Lestat closes his eyes as if listening to something. As

we PULL BACK again, and RISE UP INTO the sky, a LESTATSONG begins to play and magically we are in the MUSICand with a visual splash we are... MOVING SWIFTLY ACROSSthe globe with the MUSIC -- as we CUT ACROSS the worldINTO the west and INTO... The night fallen over Asiawhere we soon find ourselves in...

98 ASIAN FACTORY 98

where LESTAT'S MUSIC plays for the evening shift over a

sweatshop BOOM BOX.

99 INDIAN MARKETPLACE 99

where LESTAT'S MUSIC plays from SPEAKERS in a shopwindow. We TRAVEL WESTWARD TO...

100 ANCIENT GRAVEYARD 100

where the... Ground splits open before our very eyes.

From out of the dirt, a beautiful teenage boy standsnaked...

101 VAMPIRE ARMAND 101

He pulls the pieces of a worm-eaten coffin from hisperson, as the MUSIC travels further to...

102 MASSIVE ANCIENT STONES 102

parting as another resurrected figure rises from thedarkness and reveals itself to be...

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103 VAMPIRE PANDORA 103

With one self-assured twist of her head, she shakes the

red dust from her hair to reveal long curling blacktresses falling down over her dark-skinned shoulders.

The MUSIC travels further to...

104 PORTABLE RADIO 104

held by a camel driver camping out in the Sahara Desert.

His CAMEL BRAYS fearfully... The camel driver staresbefore him, drop-jawed and terrified, and we now see whathe sees...

105 CAMEL DRIVER'S POV 105

A corner stone of a desert sarcophagus begins to move, asa figure in tattered rags emerges from the sarcophagus andunbandages his face and neck, shakes the sand from hishair and eyes to reveal a skeletal form with whiteleathery skin bulging with strange blue veins...

106 BACK TO SCENE 106

The VAMPIRE KHAYMAN offers the driver a polite smile.

The driver faints back into the sand as the camels bolt

off. And still LESTAT'S MUSIC plays as we finally END UPAT...

107 SANCTUARY OF AKASHA AND ENKIL 107

An OVER the SHOULDER SHOT of Enkil sitting motionless inhis throne, not resurrecting at all. Akasha and her

throne remain O.S. We MOVE CLOSER to reveal... Enkil's

throat gapes, torn open, and whereas before his skinwas pale, it's now a chalkish powder. And next to him...

Akasha's throne sits empty. A god again walks the earth.

A GUST of WIND suddenly blows and Enkil crumbles intowhite dust.

108 INT. AIRPLANE - NIGHT 108

A tall, shapely female flight attendant sways down thefirst-class aisle of an airplane, her back TO us. She

stops by a seat where Jesse sleeps uncomfortably. Pullingout a blanket, the attendant drapes it over Jesse, tuckingit closely around her neck, then, curiously, the stewardessleans down.

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CLOSE ON LIPS 109

begins to sensually kiss Jesse's neck. We begin to hearthe BEATING of a HEART, getting LOUDER...

The lips part to expose fangs slowly sinking themselvesinto Jesse's skin. She murmurs in her sleep...

JESSE:

Lestat.

110 WIDER 110

She stirs awake to see -- the face of Akasha, her greeneyes flashing bright.

CUT TO:

111 JESSE 111

wakes with a start.

JESSE:

Akasha!

Jesse looks up to see the real ATTENDANT is standing nextto her.

ATTENDANT:

We've started our approach into

L.A. You should fasten your seatbelt.

Jesse nods and quickly fastens her belt, pulls it tight.

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INT. LESTAT'S HOUSE (LOS ANGELES) - NIGHT 112

Lestat suddenly glides through an open door and calmlytouches ground. He empties his pockets out on a coffeetable. We see a -

113

CLOSEUP - BOX OF MATCHES 113

"Sky Bar."

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BACK TO SCENE 114

Dabbing his mouth with a handkerchief, Lestat tosses it ontop of the matches to reveal fresh bloodstains on thecloth... a look of loneliness clouds his face.

(CONTINUED)

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LESTAT:

I hate bedtime.

He turns, enters his bedroom, closing the door behind him.

115 INT. LESTAT'S MANSION - STRANGE POV - EVENING 115

We find ourselves in the strange blue-grey world of aVAMPIRE'S POV, walking THROUGH Lestat's mansion. PAST

his band, James, Alex and Maudy, laying in the studio ina hazy sleep from yet another night of debauchery.

We MOVE menacingly INTO... Lestat's expensive livingquarters, PAST the huge glassed-in space and intoLestat's private hall, leading to his bedroom door. We

ENTER easily, PASSING the enormous bed, and CONTINUETHROUGH INTO a smaller, darker chamber... OVER TO

Lestat's coffin, stealthily APPROACHING his "sleeping"

figure laying closed-eyed and almost peaceful-looking,

when...

116 LESTAT 116

bolts up and looks around the room to see... nobody.

Lestat's instincts are as alive as they could ever be ashe scans the room with all his powers, and to his uttersurprise finally sees...

117 WIDER 117

A painting leans against a wall, turned front-side-over.

Lestat gets out of his coffin and goes over to thepainting with trepidation. He turns it over and then

smiles to himself. It is a portrait of Lestat as arocker. The hand and style are unmistakable.

LESTAT:

(whisper)

Marius...!

118 INT. LESTAT'S MANSION - LIVING ROOM - CONTINUOUS ACTION 118

Lestat bursts out the doors of his bedroom and looks down

into the living room. Marius sits on a couch, still

dressed in red velvet, studying the Rolling Stone withLestat on the cover.

MARIUS:

Lestat.

(CONTINUED)

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Marius looks up. The two vampires regard each other fora long moment. Lestat is overcome with conflictingemotions. Guarded smiles rise to their faces.

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