The Time Machine Page #22

T.T.'S VOICE

So, this was the destiny of the

Eloi.

CLOSE ON T.T. 283X5

His features twisted in horror in the flickering

light of his match.

T.T.'S VOICE

(continuing)

They were being bred like cattle

by the Morlocks who had degenerated

into the lowest form of human

life...cannibalism.

The match dies between his fingers. Suppressing a

shudder, the T.T. turns and as he leaves this chamber

of horror, the rock behind him comes to life. A pale,

spectral Morlock crosses the screen in the f.g.

descending. Another in the b.g. does likewise.

MACHINES - FULL SHOT 283X6

Morlocks, their indistinct bodies obscene in their

mockery of the human form, labor endlessly tending

the needs of their machinery. They look up toward the

intruder as they HEAR his APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS, then

hide.

STAIRWAY - MOVING SHOT 283X7

The T.T. slowly descends the slender stone stairway

that hugs the sheer wall. Meanwhile at the base of

the feasting room under the stairway on which the T.T.

is moving a Morlock moves a curtain aside and reveals

itself. It silently watches as another Morlock

appears at the top of the stairs and follows.

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GROUP OF ELOI 283X15

Passing near the T.T.'s hiding place. Weena and the

Young Man are side by side.

AT THE MACHINES 283X16

The Morlocks who followed the T.T. are closing in.

BACK TO T.T. - MOVING SHOT 283X17

He is unaware of the Morlocks behind him. Hugging

the rock, he makes his way to the closest possible

point where he can still remain unobserved by the

herding Morlocks and get Weena's attention. He

reaches out.

T.T.

Weena!

But she continues on with complete resignation to her

fate. Unmindful of his own safety, he leaves his hid-

ing place and grasps her by the shoulders.

T.T.

(shaking her)

Girl!

(he turns and grasps the

passing Young Man)

Come to your senses! All of you!

As the T.T. pulls Weena toward the staircase, the

Young Man follows.

FOOT OF STAIRWAY 283X18

Morlocks block the escape.

THREE SHOT 283X19

The CAMERA MOVES with the T.T., Weena and the Young

Man as they are forced to retreat.

AT ENTRANCE OF FEASTING ROOM 283X20

Where other Morlocks with CRACKING WHIPS herd the Eloi

into the chamber of horrors.

One of the Morlocks spots the T.T., Weena and the

Young Man. He swings his whip.

BACK TO THREE SHOT 283X21

The CAMERA MOVES with them as vicious CRACKING

WHIPS drive them back to the entrance of the

feasting room.

TWO SHOT 283X22

The T.T. tries to protect Weena. Suddenly a long

lash of a whip strikes like a serpent and coils

about the T.T.'s neck. He drops his unlit torch

and whirls in pain.

Another whip scares Weena into the chamber of

horrors, while several other whips land on the T.T.'s

shoulders. Finally he grabs the whip from around

his neck and jerks it, wrenching it free.

AT THE ENTRANCE OF FEASTING ROOM 283X23

The T.T., wielding the whip fiercely, drives the

Morlocks back several paces, then suddenly from

above a pale body of a Morlock lands on him,

knocking him down, causing him to drop the whip.

On the ground the cowardly Morlock stumbles

away leaving the T.T. a prey to the battery of

CRACKING WHIPS. He crawls in pain into the

chamber of horrors.

GROUPSHOT INSIDE FEASTING ROOM 283X24

The T.T. comes to his feet among the Eloi. The

WHIPS HAVE STOPPED, then the silence is broken by

the GROWL of approaching MORLOCKS. Through the

curtains, dark shapes swarm toward them. Then

suddenly the T.T. pulls out his matchbox from his

pocket. A match flares!

GROUP OF MORLOCKS 283X25

In the glare of yellow light we see the leprous

figures of blinded Morlocks, dropping their whips,

shielding their eyes.

THROUGH MORLOCKS'S EYES - (OPTICAL EFFECT) 283X26

The T.T.'s hand with the burning match rapidly zooms

into the center of the picture in a BLINDING FLASH

turning the screen momentarily white, then yellow

and red. Then the CAMERA MOVES BACK indicating the

Morlocks' retreat. Slowly the normal colors

reappear.

BACK TO THE GROUP OF MORLOCKS 283X27

Regaining their sight in the darkness, they start

to close in.

THROUGH MORLOCKS'S EYES - (OPTICAL EFFECT) 283X28

Followed by the Eloi the T.T. exits the feasting

room and again lights a match. A BLINDING FLASH

starting from the flame as a center engulfs the screen,

momentarily white again, then yellow, finally red.

Once more the CAMERA RETREATS, then still seeing

through the Morlocks' eyes the CAMERA ZOOMS CLOSE

ON THE MATCH BOX and the scaley hand of a Morlock

slaps all the matches except one to the floor.

T.T. - MED. SHOT 283X29

He lights his last match and moves forward, looking

for his lost torch.

GROUPSHOT 283X30

The T.T. leads the Eloi toward the stairway, the

light of the match his only weapon in keeping the

Morlocks away. Finally he spots his torch and

picks it up hurriedly.

CLOSE ON T.T. 283X31

His face streams with sweat and is taut with appre-

hension while he applies the dying match to the

intended torch.

TIME TRAVELLER (muttering)

Burn, will you!

He holds the match steady, but it burns lower and

lower without starting the wood. In despair he

turns to Weena.

TIME TRAVELLER:

Quick, something to burn! It's

my last match!

BACK TO THE MORLOCKS 283X32

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