The Omega Man Page #9

LISA:

Left, left, goddamn It.

(beat)

Another left and step on it.

LONG SHOT - RAMP OF STADIUM

Shot is from Dutch’s POINT OF VIEW. CAMERA PULLS BACK, revealing Dutch, standing about ten yards from ramp. He holds a grenade In each hand. It is still dark, but the first signs of pre-dawn are APPEARING. We HEAR the roar of the Family as they run inside the corridor toward ramp. As they APPEAR, Dutch lofts the first one and then the other grenade, tossing one on each side of the exit, leaving a narrow passage directly in the middle, free of the phosphorous, though bathed in blinding LIGHT. Matthias and Family fall back in confusion. We HEAR sound of bike over their yells, Dutch’s laughter.

MED. SHOT - NEVILLE AND LISA ON BIKE

They skid around final corner. Neville hits brakes, Leaves rubber.

REVERSE LONG SHOT - DOWN CORRIDOR, NEVILLVES POINT OF VIEW

Matthias and his people, turned and blinded by burning phosphorus, HEAR Neville coming. CAM8RA ZOOMS to MED. CLOSE SHOT, Matthias.

MATTHIAS:

He is coming ... There...

MEDIUM CLOSE SHOT - NEVILLE AND LISA ON BIKE

LISA:

What the hell you stopped for? Hit It, you dumb honk!

NEVILLE:

You want me to?

Lisa prods him with the pistol.

LISA:

Right on, you lump. They're blinded. Right on!

Neville shrugs, races engine.

NEVILLE:

Okay, baby, hitch up your drawers...

He revs engine, kicks off straight toward Matthias and Family.

LONG SHOT - MATTHIAS AND FAMILY NEVILLES POINT OF VIEW

We see Matthias and the rest coming closer and closer as SOUND of bike becomes deafening Behind Family is burning phosphorus. Matthias Puts out his hands as If to wave Neville to a stop.

MATTHIAS:

Stop them, stop them...

FLASH CUT - CLOSE SHOT - NEVILLE'S FACE.

LONG SHOT - MATTHIAS AND FAMILY NEVILLES POINT OF VIEW Shot MOVES RAPIDLY closer to Family.

FLASH CUT - CLOSE SHOT - LISA,'S FACE

LISA:

Down the middle, right down he middle!

MEDIUM SHOT - SIDE ANGLE - COLLISION OF BIKE AND FAMILY

As bike flashes through them, some of the Family try to stop Neville. Bike veers, rights, sails through, knocking Family members in all directions,

MEDIUM-SHOT - BIKE GOING BETWEEN PHOSPHORUS GRENADES

Neville manages to steer down slot between the two bombs Dutch has thrown. For a moment, the bike and its riders are bathed in weird glow of phosphorus. Howls of disappointed Family can be heard.

LONG SHOT - LISA AND NEVILLE ON BIKE DUTCHS POINT OF VIEW

They roar down ramp and into empty parking lot. CAMERA PULLS BACK showing Dutch in F.G. cranking up his own bike, laughing exultantly at the success of the escape. He watches Neville and Lisa race away, and after another look in the direction of the stadium where the grenades still burn, he follows them.

LONG SHOT - CYCLE ON FREEWAY - FRONT ANGLE

MED. SHOT - SIDE ANGLE - LISA WITH ARM AROUND NEVILLE

She has left arm around his middle, gun in right hand aimed into ribs. Yells Into his ear:

LISA:

Take the next exit...

As they reach exit, Neville wheels the bike suddenly. Lisa has to grab him with both hands. He plucks gun from her hand, lowers the hammer as they speed down off-ramp. Lisa Yells:

LISA:

You sneaky bastard

Neville LAUGHS, hands her back the gun. She sticks it into her belt and puts both arms around him at they go off onto country road.

DISSOLVE TO.

MED. LONG DOWN ANGLE SHOT - NEVILLE AND LISA

They pull up in front of an apparently deserted house perched on the edge of a canyon. Neville leans the bike on its stand, stretches, turns.

MED SHOT - LISA

She is holding gun on him again, smiling broadly.

MED. SHOT - NEVILLE

He scratches his head.

NEVILLE:

Well, I'll be damned. I thought we'd gotten past that...

CAMERA PULLS OUT TO TWO SHOT

LISA:

You’re sweet. Now just walk on up to that house.

MED, LONG SHOT - LISA AND NEVILLE WALKING TO HOUSE

SHOT is THROUGH OPEN WINDOW next to door through which they will pass. Window looks dusty, drapes faded, torn. As Lisa and Neville approach door, CAMERA PULLS BACK across barrel of Thompson submachine gun and hands holding it, revealing that SHOT is from GUNMANIS POINT OF VIEW.

MED. SHOT - LISA AND NEVILLE WALKING INTO HOUSE

It is moderately dark In house. Neville rubs his eyes. SHOT is still ACROSS GUN BARREL. Neville sees gunman. Lisa moves up beside him.

LISA:

It's all right, Tommy. This is the Man.... I mean THE Man....

but he's tame.

REVERSE SHOT - TOMMY

He Is a small Chinese boy of about twelve who holds the machine gun nervously pointed at Neville, He smiles at Lisa, frowns at Neville.

TOMMY:

What are you gonna do with him, Lisa?

GROUP SHOT - LISA, NEVILLE, TOMMY.

LISA:

(to Neville)

Have you got any idea what Tom would have done If you'd come up to this house carrying my .45?

Neville nods.

NEVILLE:

I’m beginning to get an idea.

CAMERA PULLS OUT as others walk into light. They have been waiting to see what was happening.

LISA:

This is the crop...

There are perhaps six or eight young people about evenly divided between boys and girls. The others, except for Lisa and her brother, are white.

LISA:

All there is. At least that we know of. There are others around, I guess... If Matthias and his nuts haven’t killed them all.

Neville is astonished. The kids seem healthy, alert.

NEVILLE:

I didn’t know there were...any.

LISA:

(sardonically)

Between Matthias and his goons at night and you In the daytime shooting anything that moved, we stayed low,

NEVILLE:

I was staying Alive,

The others exchange glances,

LISA:

If you call that living.

Neville Is Irked. He did not come for a seminar In ethics. Then there is the SOUND of a motorcycle outside, All turn, toward the door,

TOMMY:

Its Dutch...

He runs toward door, Lisa and the rest follow, Neville in rear.

MED. SHOT -DUTCH

He climbs off cycle, drops kickstand. He wears a leather jacket, a air of pearl-handled .45 automatics on his hips. Saddlebags are staffed with grenades, a Thompson submachine gun, etc. Dutch also wears goggles, an old World War I style helmet, riding breeches and Jack-boots. His hair is long, and on the back of his jacket is painted the upraised red fist of revolution--with the middle finger extended. He is a tough cookie, but very bright indeed. Tommy and Lisa WALK into picture.

LISA:

Hey, it's the mad bomber. Where you at, baby?

Dutch pulls off his helmet, smiles at Lisa, ruffles Tommy's hair. CAMERA MOVES OUT to include others in GROUP SHOT. Dutch looks at Neville.

DUTCH:

I see you got my partner, the mad doctor, here all right.

CLOSE SHOT - NEVILLE'S REACTION

NEVILLE:

You know who I am?

CAMERA MOVES OUT to GROUP SHOT

LISA:

Dutch knew about you. He knew your work...

Neville looks astonished.

NEVILLE:

My work...?

Dutch stares upward, hands in back of breeches, reciting from memory.

DUTCH:

"Biowar Pathology Parameters in Urban and Semi-urban Environment" Journal of Military Medicine, June, 1974, "Incremental Effects Countermeasures to Toxic Agents in Liquid Systems Delivery" Microbiological Letters, January, 1975

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