The Rock Page #3

The bohemian part around Georgetown U. Goodspeed heads down an alley between=

two townhouses. LOUD COUNTRY MUSIC emanates from an apt. above. Goodspeed=

ascends.

INT. GEORGETOWN - GOODSPEED'S APARTMENT - DAY

A young woman stands in the middle of the living room, belting out a Carlene=

Carter tune in cowboy boots, rhinestone blouse and skirt. CARLA=

PESTALOZZI, 20's, is playing guitar, accompanied by a boom=

box.

CARLA:

Every little dream I dream about you, Every little song I sing about you, It=

drives me crazy when you go away,

(notices Goodspeed)

Wanna keep you locked up at home ...

Goodspeed walks past her into the kitchen. Carla turns down

the music. Goodspeed re-enters with a Budweiser.

CARLA:

(New Jersey accent)

Hey there.

GOODSPEED:

Hey honey.

CARLA:

Wrote a new song. Wanna hear it?

Goodspeed sits heavily on the couch. Rubs his temples.

GOODSPEED:

Not now.

- CARLA

Boy, somebody's in a bad mood.

GOODSPEED:

Yeah, somebody's in a bad mood.

Carla changes the c.d.: A PUCCINI OPERA=

plays.

CARLA:

Better?

GOODSPEED:

Much better.

She sits with him. Puts her arm around him.

CARLA:

What happened baby. Tell me.

GOODSPEED:

Had a close one.

CARLA:

You want to talk about it?

GOODSPEED:

Not really.

CARLA:

You know how I feel about what you do.

GOODSPEED:

Could we change the subject?

CARLA:

That record company.in Nashville wants

to hear my demo tape.

GOODSPEED:

Hey! Now there's some good news.

CARLA:

You think I'm too... ethnic for country

music?

GOODSPEED:

Carla Pestalozzi? No. Definitely not. You could have posed for the Mona=

Lisa. Sophia Loren looks Swedish next to you.

(smiles)

I hope that's a compliment. I could change my name. How 'bout Bobby Sue=

Pestalozzi? Billy io Pestalozzi?

GOODSPEED:

Stick with Carla.

CARLA:

Okay. How 'bout Carla Goodspeed?

(Goodspeed frowns)

Six years, Bill. We've lived together

six years.

GOODSPEED:

We've talked about this, Carla, we've

talked it up, down, inside and out ...

CARLA:

Billy, this probably isn't the best

time ...

Bill, I'm uhhh.

CARLA:

I'm pregnant.

GOODSPEED:

You're what ... ?

She holds Up a positive home pregnancy test and CUT TO:

EXT. DESERT AREA (SOUTHWESTERN U.S.) - DAY

TWO =3D Y GUNSHIPS roar over camera and land next to the two Humvees. The=

Huey's doors open. Marine Captains FRYE and DARROW, both late 20's, drag=

out two MARINE LANCE CORPORALS, bound and gagged, and sit them down. Other=

marines roll gurneys laden with chem rounds, rockets and other equipment=

onto the Hueys.

They Hueys ascend and SCREAM off across the desert and CUT

TO:

EXT. SAN FRANCISCO ~ AFTERNOON

Establishing shots of San Francisco and Alcatraz Island in

the middle of San Francisco Bay.

EXT. ALCATRAZ ISLAND - AFTERNOON

A PARK RANGER (JOE) leads a group of 80 TOURISTS across the prison exercise=

yard. In the background looms the city of San Francisco and Golden Gate=

Bridge.

PARK RANGER JOE Alcatraz - "the Rock" - is the most famous, and was the most=

feared, prison ever built. Here the inmates were allowed one hour of daily=

exercise.

FEMALE TOURIST:

Is it really true no one escaped?

PARK RANGER JOE:

True, malam. From 1936 until the prison's closing in 1963, there were=

fourteen attempts but no one's believed to h'ave made it to shore - alive=

at least.

The tourists file off toward the MAIN CELL HOUSE. Bringing up the rear are=

Gen. Hummel, Maj. Baxter, Sgt. Crisp, Capt. Hendrix, and Pvts. =

Scarpetti,. Royce, Gamble and Starling, all in civilian clothes.

Hummel motions to Crisp, who bleeds off with Scarpetti and

Royce. Hummel and the others continue with the group.

INT. ALCATRAZ - MAIN CELL HOUSE - AFTERNOON

Cell Blocks B and C, which inmates called "Broadway." A

long corridor with three tiers of cells on each side.

The Ranger leads the tourist group inside.

PARK RANGER JOE Al Capone; Machine Gun Kelly; Robert Stroud, the Birdman of=

Alcatraz; all lived in these cells.

The Ranger pulls the CELL DOOR OPEN/SHUT LEVER (recessed in the wall at the=

end of cell block). All the cell doors on the first floor slide=

open.

PARK RANGER JOE:

Now Ladies and Gentlemen, the U.S. Park Service cordially invites you to=

become inmates of Alcatraz - temporarily of course.

The tourists laugh and move inside the cells.

EXT. ALCATRAZ - WHARF - AFTERNOON

The side across from San Francisco. The TOURIST BOAT is

docked in front of the U.S. PARK RANGERS' OFFICE.

Sgt. Crisp and Pvts. Scarpetti and Royce walk up to the

Ranger's office. They look left and right, then enter.

INT. ALCATRAZ - U.S. PARK RANGERS OFFICE - AFTERNOON

TWO PARK RANGERS and a SECRETARY look up.

ALCATRAZ PARK RANGER

You're not supposed to leave the tour,

guys. Is there a problem?

SGT. CRISP

Big problem.

INT. ALCATRAZ - MAIN CELL BLOCK - AFTERNOON

The tourists are in the cells, looking around. Park Ranger Joe notices=

Hummel, Baxter, and the other marines standing behind him. Smiles:

PARK RANGER JOE:

Don't want to be locked up, fellahs?

HUMMEL:

Not today. You go ahead.

PARK RANGER JOE:

I don't think so hah hah.

Baxter draws a .45 and places it to Ranger ioe's head.

HUMMEL:

I think so.

Startled, Park Ranger Joe backs into a cell. Baxter grabs the cell door=

open/shut lever and yanks it. The cell doors CLANG shut. Hummel, Baxter=

and the others walk off.

TOURISTS:

-- Hey, what are you doing... ?

-- wait a minute, what's going on... ?

EXT. ALCATRAZ - PARADE GROUND - AFTERNOON

Hummel and Baxter walk up to the PARADE GROUND as THE TWO HUEY GUNSHIPS=

approach. They hover above the parade ground. Cpts. Frye and Darrow=

rope-deploy from the Hueys. They stand at attention, saluting Hummel and=

Baxter.

CAPTAIN FRYE General Hummel: Captains Frye and Darrow.

HUMMEL:

Deploy as planned, Captain.

(unison)

Aye, aye, sir.

FRY AND DARROW:

They hand signal to the Huey pilots. The Hueys take off

around the back of the island. CUT TO:

A MONTAGE of short INTERCUT scenes, all AFTERNOON:

THE INFIRMARY, UPSTAIRS ROOM

A former hospital room will be the command and communications center. PVTS.=

GAMBLE and STARLING set up a portable desk, chair, and an array of=

communications equipment (including portable satellite dish and look=

out).

EXT. THE ISLAND'S SHORELINE

CPT. HENDRIX AND PVTS. ROYCE and SCARPETTI lay motion

sensors on the perimeter.

INT. THE PRISON MORGUE

PVTS. COX and MCCOY load the V.X. CHEM ROUNDS from INSULATED

COOLING BAGS (size of a big gym bag) into the morguels

CORPSE DRAWERS.

MAJOR BAXTER sets up a PORTABLE Rocket LAUNCHER.

EXT. MAIN CELL HOUSE ROOFTOP

CAPTS. FRYE and DARROW set up a second portable rocket

launcher.

INT. ALCATRAZ - MAIN CELLHOUSE - DAY

The tourists are now panicked, confused, and making a

commotion. Shouting and yelling. A woman is crying.

Suddenly a .45 is fired. Total silence. Hummel and Baxter, followed by=

Pvts. Gamble and Starling (pulling a gurney stacked with MARINE FIELD=

RATIONS), walk to the middle of the cell block.

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