The Rock Page #5

Sinclair's irritation is relieved by the Naval Attache,

entering again, who hands him a phone and whispers:

NAVAL ATTACHE:

The President calling from Moscow.

Sinclair walks to the far corner of the room with the phone,

speaking sotto voice.

GENERAL KRAMER:

Continue Frank.

HUMMEL:

Eighteen others died in covert, illegal operations in Chile and El Salvador.=

Remember the Gulf War. Those pretty "smart bomb" pictures on C.N.N.? My=

men lased those targets. Ten were left to rot outside Baghdad when the=

conflict ended - and let's not even mention Mogadishu, gentlemen. No=

benefits were paid to their families; no medals conferred. These men died=

for their country and they weren't even given a coddamn military=

burial.

(beat)

This situation will not stand: you will transfer 100 million dollars from a=

Grand Cayman "Red Sea Trading Company" account to an account I designate. =

From these funds, reparations of one million dollars will be paid to each=

of the 83 marines, families. The rest of the money will pay for my=

outfit's expenses. Am I clear?

F.B.I. DIRECTOR WOMACK

Except for the Red Sea Trading Company.

What is that?

HUMMEL:

Identify yourself.

F.B.I. DIRECTOR WOMACK

F.B.I. Director Womack, General.

HUMMEL:

You'll be particularly interested: It's a slush fund where the Pentagon=

keeps proceeds from illegal arms sales.

GENERAL KRAMER:

Frank, Jesus, this is classified

information.

WOMACK:

(stunned)

Is this true?

General Kramer, embarrassed, nods yes.

HUMMEL:

If you want the money back, you'll have to tell the attorney General and the=

boys down at Justice where it came from. Good luck.

Hayden Sinclair returns to the table.

HAYDEN SINCLAIR:

General, I've just spoken to the President and he is clear as hell on this:=

We will not negotiate with you and we do not care if ...

HUMMEL:

Someone please gag that man.

(beat)

Alert the media, I launch the gas. Refuse payment, I launch the gas. It is=

just after midnight. You have 36 hours - all of today and half of=

tomorrow, until 12 noon - to transfer the money. Don't even consider the=

standard countermeasure, General.

GENERAL KRAMER:

What's the potential casualty rate of a single rocket armed with V.X.,=

General Peterson?

GENERAL PETERSON

In a dense urban area, sixty,

seventy ...

RAYDEN SINCLAIR:

Well that's not so bad ...

I GENERAL PETERSON

Thousand. Seventy thousand. Dead. one teaspoon will kill all living=

organisms in a three story office building. Get the point?

F.B.I. DIRECTOR WOMACK

What did Hummel mean by ',standard countermeasure," General?

GENERAL PETERSON

Napalm. Standard pgison gas can be neutralized by napalm. It burns it up=

-- consumes it upon detonation. The problem is that V.X. gas is ten times=

more toxic and designed to withstand napalm. Hummel must know about Willy=

Peter, General.

GENERAL KRAMER:

'Course he does.

(explaining to others) "Willy Peter," short for "White Phosphorous=

Incendiary Device," still in its test phase. It detonates at 6,000=

degrees, enough to burn up V.X.

(dawning on him)

That explains Hummells time frame. He knows we're not operational. What=

would it take, General?

GENERAL PETERSON

To equip a flight of F-16s with Willy Peter in 36 hours? An act of=

God.

(off Kramer's look)

All right, we can trv. But view the use of Willy Peter as a secondary=

initiative.

GENERAL KRAMER:

Then on to our primary initiative.

(hits intercom button)

Send in S.E.A.L. Team Leader Anderson.

(to F.B.I. Womack)

Who's your best chemical biological

man?

AGENT WOOD:

(rises)

I'll find out.

F.B.I. DIRECTOR WOMACK

Tell him to pack a bag for San

Francisco.

EXT. GOODSPEED'S HOUSE - ROOFTOP - NIGHT

Tarpaper and gravel roof. Candles burning. Loretta

Lynnls "Stand by Your Man" on the boom box. AMONGST THE

RUSTY SUPPORT SCAFFOLDS of an old sign from the 120's --

CARLA and GOODSPEED are, to put it delicately, madly

passionately athletically f***ing. Standing up. They both

have robes on. A CORDLESS PHONE RINGS. Again.

CARLA:

Don't stop... do no stop.

GOODSPEED:

Sh*t, sh*t, sh*t what time is it.

(fumbles for phone)

Hello.

(pause)

I'll be downstairs in ten minutes.

Goodspeed hangs up. The couple stares at each other.

Carla's seen this look before ...

GOODSPEED:

I've got to go to San Francisco.

CARLA:

No. I'm sorry, but NO. I need you here with me. We need to talk about=

this...

GOODSPEED:

I've got to go.

She grabs his arm.

GOODSPEED:

I can't... I cannot deal with this right

now ...

(sof tly)

Bill, I am very Catholic. And very pregnant. And very unmarried. Help me=

with this.

She turns away from him. He pulls her back...

GOODSPEED:

I love you. I will marry you. I just didn't plan on this, that's all. =

Tell you what:
come to San Francisco.

CARLA:

Really? (smiles) Really?

GOODSPEED:

It's probably just a training exercise. Check into a hotel, order up some=

champagne, I'll finish up my business and ...

CARLA:

... We'll finish what we started. Baby,

are you sexy in those boots ...

Goodspeed walks off in COWBOY BOOTS, robe and boxers,..

INT. PENTAGON - SITUATION ROOM - NIGHT

U.S.N. commander CHARLES ANDERSON, 35, just the hardest looking man you've=

ever seen, stands before the group. Anderson is a Navy S.E.A.L., an=

Incursion Team Leader. Before Anderson are AERIAL RECON PHOTOS of=

Alcatraz.

COMMANDER ANDERSON

A precision night drop is out due to the full moon. Likewise on a frontal,=

seaside attack:
at the first shot, Hummel might launch. My second in=

command is working on an attack from within the prison.

(beat)

The idea is to penetrate the tunnels under the prison, undetected, emerge in=

its center, and jump the marines from behind - take their rocket positions=

without a shot fired. But I need better intelligence.

GENERAL KRAMER:

You've studied the architectural plans.

COMMANDER ANDERSON

They're useless. Alcatraz was originally a Civil War fort. It's been=

ripped up and rebuilt for years. Under there is a maze of sh*t, excuse my=

language.

(beat)

What I need is personal, firsthand intelligence on the island's=

tunnels.

CAMERA FOCUSES ON F.B.I. Director Womack, who gives a very

significant look to C.I.A. Director AMWAY.

GENERAL KRAMER:

The former warden?

AGENT WOOD:

Died in 1979. The guards we contacted are useless. There was a janitor,=

"Alcatraz Al,ll worked there for twenty years, but he died in=

1983.

GENERAL PETERSON Didn't three guys escape? I thought I saw a movie about=

it.

AGENT WOOD It's a Hollywood myth. No one's escaped Alcatraz and=

lived.

F.B.I. Director trades a very significant look with C.I.A. Director AMWAY. =

Amway clears his throat. He is older, very old school. Everyone turns to=

him.

C.I.A. DIRECTORY AMWAY

There is someone who can help us.

F.B.I. DIRECTOR WOMACK

The C.I.A. Director and I have

something to discuss in private.

Womack and Amway rise and exit together. Everyone else sits

there, confused.

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