THX 1138 Page #11

CLOSE ANGLE:

THX lies unconscious under a pile of scrap waste. He slowly

picks himself up, makes his way toward the wall. A low

hum is heard and THX drops into the waste as the monitors

light up the room.

FULL ANGLE:

When it is dark again, THX follows the wall until he sees

a hatchway high up the wall. He jumps for the hatch..but

misses it and falls to the floor. He groans, rolls over,

revealing a bleeding back. Again there is a low hum and

the room lights up.

OBSERVATION CELL

Debris receptacle 444 is seen on a monitor. The screen

goes black, then another room appears, 562. A control

observer watches the monitor.

CLOSE ANGLE:

As the observer makes adjustments on the control panel, he

sees something, flips on another monitor for a closer view.

He switches over to heat transmission.

FULL ANGLE:

The observer sees a moving hot spot on the screen, marks

it, blasts it with a laser beam. A loud screech is heard.

MED ANGLE:

The control observer switches back to light transmission,

sees a dead animal the size of a large dog. He continues

his scanning. Another room lights up, goes dark.

DEBRIS RECEPTACLE

THX gets up from the rubble, begins building a pile of

scrap metal up to the hatch. Waste continues to be sucked

into the room with a great rush of noise.

CLOSE ANGLE:

As THX dislodges a large piece of twisted metal, a trapped

animal, like the one killed by the observer, is released

and attacks THX.

They fight rolling through the debris.

MED ANGLE:

THX strangles the beast. The hum of the monitor is heard

as THX tightens his grip on the animals neck. The light

goes on. THX freezes, clutching the now quiet beast.

OBSERVATION CELL

The observer scans the room, thinks he sees

something..switches to a closer shot, then to heat

transmission. But he spots nothing moving.

DEBRIS RECEPTACLE

The light goes out. THX relaxes, releases the dead animal.

He places a final piece of junk on the pile and attempts

to climb to the hatch.

CLOSE ANGLE:

THX is exhausted. He can't turn the wheel on the hatch.

He climbs down and finds a long bar in the rubble. The TV

light goes on. THX freezes. The light goes out and he

climbs up the hatch, putting the bar between the spokes of

the wheel.

FULL ANGLE:

THX hangs on the bar, rotating the wheel as the hatch slowly

opens A muffled buzz is heard as THX climbs out and closes

the hatch.

The TV light monitor goes on.

OBSERVATION CELL

Debris receptacle 444 is seen on the TV monitor and the

buzz becomes louder. The observer flips to a closeup

monitor and scans the room. The buzz is now very loud,

becoming an alarm system.

OBSERVER:

Seal break. VAC debris receptacle

444. Entrance on con 65.

Investigation in process.

CITY SUPERSTRUCTURE

THX stumbles through the concrete superstructure, obviously

in pain.

He reaches a door, opens it, revealing an individual modual

express tube. Low, sleek, auto-jets whiz by at incredible

speeds. They appear out of the blackness, shoot past THX

and disappear.

FULL ANGLE:

THX rests in the express tube doorway. He is seen on a TV

monitor as faint intercom conversations are heard. He

waits, trying to get the courage to cross the tube as the

auto-jets flash past him.

CLOSE ANGLE:

THX takes a breath, sees his chance, races across the

roadway. He is on the verge of unconsciousness. An auto-

jet can be heard approaching. He barely makes the other

side as the jet rushes by. He drops into unconsciousness

at the side of the roadway.

OBSERVATION CELL

A control observer is monitoring the expressway.

OBSERVER:

Maintained visual contact with THX

1138 until 5.34. Lost contact at

express tube 929. Surmised

destroyed.

The observer continues to scan he area with no results.

KITCHEN - THX'S QUARTERS

The kitchen table is covered with a large pile of food.

LUH is operating several of the food cabinets, pushing

buttons in some, taking food out of the others. Some of

the colored food spheres fall off the table, and bounce

across the floor. She picks them up, humming tunelessly

to herself.

CLOSE ANGLE:

She hears something in one of the other rooms, but continues

piling up the food.

LUH:

I'm in the kitchen, come and see!

There is no answer, and after a moment, she stops and

listens.

LUH:

THX?

She steps into the MAINROOM and sees that the front door

is open.

She is immediately frightened.

LUH:

THX, Please.....

Very timidly, she steps over to the bedroom and looks in.

LUH:

....answer.

A figure steps out of the shadow in the foreground. LUH

turns around and sees him. She screams and becomes

hysterical. It is THX, clothes torn, bleeding, and so

distorted he resembles a wild beast.

THX:

No...no...LUH, help me....help....

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