Raiders of the Lost Ark Page #5

INDY:

Most certainly.

Brody and Indy exchange a look as they all shake and Brody

starts to leave with the Army men.

20 EXT. FRONT DOOR, INDY’S HOUSE - NIGHT 20

Indy’s English Tudor, upper middle class home. Quite toney;

well beyond the financial reach of an honest college

professor. Marcy Brody has already rung the bell. Indy opens

the door. He is dressed in a tuxedo.

BRODY:

I’ve got to talk to you.

INDY:

This isn’t really a good time.

BRODY:

Indy, it’s important.

INDY:

All right. Come on in.

21 INT. FOYER, INDY’S HOUSE 21

The lush tone continues here in Art Deco and shiny marble.

Indy motions Brody toward the study to one side.

INDY:

I’ll be in in a moment.

As Brody passes the entrance to the expansive living room, he

spots a beautiful, silk-gowned Harlow-type lounging on the

sofa in front of a roaring fire. She is sipping champagne.

22 INT. STUDY, INDY’S HOUSE 22

Brody enters the book-lined, dark-wooded study. He paces for

a moment before the fire which is dying in the fireplace,

then spots something and goes over to Indy’s big desk. The

surface is covered with open books, monographs, maps and

drawings - all about the Ark of the Covenant. Brody smiles;

he knows his friend very well.

20.

Indy comes in, closing the door behind him. Brody turns to

him with a triumphant expression.

BRODY:

They want you to go for it. And

they’ll pay.

INDY:

(smiles)

Good work, Marcus. I had a feeling

this would happen. And, of course,

the Museum gets the Ark when we’re

done.

.

BRODY:

(smiles)

Of course.

Indy’s manner is vigorous, aggressive.

INDY:

Okay, here’s the way it’s gonna be.

First, I’ll high-tail it to

Shanghai and get the piece from

General Hok. Then I think I know

where I can find Ravenwood. If only

I can get...

BRODY:

General Hok’s a tough customer.

They don’t call him the Wild Boar

for nothing. And he’s tied in with

the Japanese.

INDY:

I’ll worry about that when the time

comes. My only hope is to find the

Well of the Souls before the Nazis

do.

WIPE TO:

23 EXT. IN THE AIR - DAY/NIGHT 23

A Pan Am Clipper flies west over the Pacific.

WIPE TO:

24 INT. KEHOE’S CAR (SHANGHAI AIRPORT) - DAY 24

Indy is barely into the front seat of a dilapidated Ford as

the driver, BUZZ KEHOE, is peeling out into traffic.

21.

In the back seat is a Chinese named BANG CHOW. Kehoe zigs

crazily through traffic with only his left hand as he reaches

over to shake with Indy.

KEHOE:

Buzz Kehoe, Army Intelligence.

You’ve met Bang Chow.

INDY:

What’s the hurry?

KEHOE:

Some German agents got here two

hours ago. Luckily, Bang was able

to have them detained at Customs.

We’ll have to hurry.

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29 EXT. HOK’S STREET - DAY 29

Kehoe’s car emerges from an alley. Down the block is Tengtu

Hok’s modest, walled palace. Kehoe’s car slows a bit and Bang

steps from the moving car with a small black suitcase in his

hand. While he heads down the street toward Hok’s place,

Kehoe’s car continues across the street and into an alley on

the other side.

30 EXT. HOK’S STREET - IN FRONT OF THE PALACE - DAY 30

A Mercedes limousine appears round a corner and squeals to a

stop at the front gate of the palace, which is manned by a

sturdy Chinese Gateman. There are three Germans inside, one

the driver.

.

31 EXT. ALLEY BEHIND HOK’S MUSEUM - DAY 31

Kehoe, alone now, pushes a trash container casually into a

position to hide a newly created hole in the rear wall of

Hok’s Museum where several stone blocks have been removed. He

looks around and ambles back to the car.

22.

32 INT. HOK’S PALACE - ENTRY HALL 32

The three Germans wait impatiently in a magnificent foyer. A

chime sounds and huge double doors open to reveal TENGTU HOK,

flanked by two uniformed Japanese Soldiers and a roved

Chinese Advisor. He wears a fantastic gold ornamental robe.

Despite the majesty, however, nothing can disguise the fact

that Hok is basically a wild, fat barbarian; an animal. Hok

and his escort group bow in what is the beginning of a long

welcoming ceremony. The Germans exchange impatient glances

but decide they should play it as it comes. They bow.

33 INT. HOK’S MUSEUM 33

No person in sight. Instead, we see a magnificent display of

ancient artifacts. Glass cases hold the velvet-couched pieces

at random spots on the shining marble floor. We hear an odd

sound. Near the floor on the rear wall of the museum, a steel

ventilation grate moves. A hand slides it gently across the

marble. Indy sticks his head out and looks around.

34 INT. HOK’S PALACE - TEA ROOM 34

The three Germans are being served tea and exotic delicacies.

A pleased Tengtu Hok watches from a throne-cushion. When the

tray of tiny delicacies is presented to him, he takes a

massive handful, crushing them together on their way to his

smiling mouth.

35 INT. HOK’S MUSEUM 35

A huge golden gong, seven feet in diameter, is suspended from

the ceiling by a hook. An enormous hammer hangs poised above

it, from which emanate myraid tiny threads which run up and

across the ceiling, then down to the various display cases.

Indy looks up at the gong, then continues his quick, quiet

foray among the cases. Beyond him, a high window.

.

36 INT. HOK’S PALACE - TEA ROOM 36

Hok and his visitors stand to go. The Germans’ pleased

expressions make it clear they’re finally on their way to the

museum.

23.

37 INT. HOK’S MUSEUM 37

Indy arrives at his destination. The lovely, carved gold

section of the headpiece is nested on purple velvet in a

glass case. At the bottom of the piece is a round hollow

where the staff would fit. There is a grunting sound behind

Indy and he spins, already reaching for his revolver.

A fierce Japanese Samurai is running at Indy full speed down

an aisle of display cases. His sword is raised over his

shoulder ready to cut Indy in half. He’s six feet away when

Indy’s gun levels and fires twice, blasting him backwards.

Indy is still looking over his gun when another samurai sword

comes down from the side and knocks the pistol brutally out

of Indy’s grip; his hand avoids amputation by a quarter of an

inch.

An amazed Indy backs away from the crossing aisle as the

Second Samurai steps in to face him, sword raised. Indy backs

away into an open space and his bullwhip appears in his hand.

He gives it one savage CRACK! to announce its arrival and the

Samurai slows down, eyeing it curiously. The Samurai does not

look unhappy about this confrontation. How pure it is - The

Sword versus The Whip.

38 EXT. HOK’S PALACE - SECOND FLOOR WALKWAY - DAY 38

Tengtu Hok and the Germans have obviously heard something.

They are hurrying along the walkway at the side of the

building, Hok in the lead. Up ahead is the foot bridge which

crosses from the palace to the museum entrance over a moat.

EXT. STREET IN FRONT OF THE PALACE - DAY

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