Tron Page #14

Synopsis: When talented computer engineer Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) finds out that Ed Dillinger (David Warner), an executive at his company, has been stealing his work, he tries to hack into the system. However, Flynn is transported into the digital world, where he has to face off against Dillinger's computerized likeness, Sark, and the imposing Master Control Program. Aided by Tron (Bruce Boxleitner) and Yori (Cindy Morgan), Flynn becomes a freedom fighter for the oppressed programs of the grid.
Production: Buena Vista Pictures
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
58
Rotten Tomatoes:
70%
PG
Year:
1982
96 min
1,313 Views


FLYNN:

This is where Tron said he was going...

Below him, at waist level, also peeking around the corner, we see

the glow of the Bit. Flynn moves out from the wall and starts going

down the hall, Bit following.

FLYNN (CONT.)

Looks like his kind of place, too...

real serious.

CAMERA SWIVELS and watches him walking quickly away from us. We HEAR

the sound of many feet marching as Flynn reaches the end of the

corridor. He stops and glances over his shoulder.

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378 A SHOT FROM IN FRONT OF HIM378

As he stares down at the far corner. The SOUND of marching feet

coming closer.

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379 CLOSE SHOT - MANY FEET MARCHING FAST379

PULL BACK AND TRUCK IN FRONT as we get a view of these characters...

Sark... and a force of guards and six Blue Warriors. Sark is in

front, enjoyment on his face. As far as he's concerned he's just

going in for a final, easy kill of one renegade program who is

trapped.

GUARDS:

Hut! Hut! hut! Hut! Hut!

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380 A SHOT OF THE CORRIDOR WHERE WE LAST SAW FLYNN380

as Sark and his men come around the corner. Flynn is nowhere to be

seen. Sark marches TOWARDS THE CAMERA, right into it.

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381 A SHOT FROM THE CORNER381

at Sark and his men from the back as they continue on down the hall.

The file of men is moving away. We can see that there is a wide ledge

about ten feet up the wall, containing the lighting source.

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382 POV FROM LEDGE 382

looking down at the file of men going by. The last one passes.

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383 A SHOT FROM RIGHT BEHIND THE LAST WARRIOR383

Flynn suddenly drops down to the floor. The warrior turns snarling,

lifting his staff.

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384 A SHOT OF FLYNN'S UPRAISED ARM 384

his hand in a fist, falling.

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385 A FLASH OF BLUE LIGHT.385

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386 A SHOT FROM ABOVE386

Flynn is standing over the fallen Warrior.

BIT (V.O.)

All right!

Flynn looks up AT THE CAMERA, finger to his lips.

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387 A SHOT FROM THE CORNER OF THE HALL 387

We can see Sark's men marching on away from us, and Flynn leaning

over the warrior with the Bit hovering over him. As we watch, Flynn

places both his hands on the Blue Warrior's chest. Quickly, the blue

static pattern covering the guard flows into Flynn's hands up his

arms, and transfers entirely to him and the warrior derezzes.

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387A The Bit, upset, BUZZES around Flynn nervously.387A

FLYNN:

Sshhh I'm still me. Just a different

color. C'mon.

CUT TO:

388 A SHOT OF FLYNN 388

marching fast down the corridor, after Sark.

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389 INT. I/0 HALLWAY - MED. SHOT SARK - FULL FACE 389

surrounded by his guards. He. is looking up, eyes narrowed.

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390 A LONG SHOT FROM BEHIND HIM390

We see that he is standing in front of the huge, closed door to the

I/0 Tower central chamber. The guards have formed two long rows, and

Sark's lieutenant is standing by his side.

SARK:

That old fruitcake Dumont...

he'll pay for this.

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391 A CLOSE SHOT LOOKING OVER SARK'S SHOULDER391

He turns.

SARK:

Bring in the logic probe!!

392 THE HEART OF THE TOWER392

We see Tron approaching a bell-shaped structure, with the brilliant

golden beam emerging from the highest point of the bell. It is

surrounded by a cylinder of energy hundreds of feet in diameter.

Tron walks into an opening at the base of the bell.

393 INT. COMMUNICATION BELL 393

Tron stands on the rounded rim of a dish-shaped room, the floor of

which rises to a cone in the center. The top of the cone is a flat,

sliced-off surface. Tron walks down into the dish, a soft, padded

surface, and then climbs up to the flat, central podium. We see that

this surface is round, about four feet in diameter, and glowing from

within, with a complex circuit pattern embedded in it. Tron looks

down, and then up.

394 HIS POV394

The curving inner surfaces of the bell culminate in a round opening.

395 FROM THE OPENING395

We see Tron's upturned face. He steps up on the podium, hands gripped

into fists at his sides. His face is gradually filling with a deep

inner excitement and anticipation, his eyes searching the space

above. His expression remains still, his mouth closed and even. Only

his eyes project the emotion he is feeling, burning with the

knowledge of the experience to come.

396 A SHOT FROM BELOW HIM, NEAR HIS FEET, LOOKING UP. 396

He takes out his disk, grips it in both hands and slowly raises it

high above his head. He stands stiffly, willing the response to

happen... At first nothing stirs. Then a splendid, radiant beam of

light bursts down from the opening in the top of the bell,

illuminating Tron and the disk. His hands start to shake with the

force of the communication beam, and suddenly the disk is ripped

from his hands, to rise, glowing brilliantly, upwards to the source

of the light.

397 TRON'S FACE FROM ABOVE397

filled with a quiet awe, eyes narrowed against the strong light. His

hands drop to his sides. The disk rises out of sight, and we

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397 A SHOT OF THE BEAM 397

intensifying with every second.

398 THE 1/0 TOWER CENTRAL CHAMBER 398

The glow is visible, illuminating Yori and Dumont.

399 EXT. CENTRAL CHAMBER - DOOR399

A machine, floating above the floor, with a pointed cone facing the

door, is switched on, and a blast of pure electricity leaps from it

to the surface of the door with the SOUND of sizzling LIGHTNING

DISCHARGE--

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400 INT. CENTRAL CHAMBER 400

Yori turns to look at the door, hearing this muffled sound.

CUT TO:

401 HER POV - THE DOOR 401

One section of it is glowing, starting to de-rez.

YORI V.0.

(Gasp)

Dumont--!

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402 INT. COMMUNICATION CHAMBER402

Tron is looking upwards. Suddenly a voice booms out, echoing, and

distorted, Alan's voice.

ALAN V.0.

TRON... TRON... Location query...

location query... Confirm.

TRON:

Confirmed, Alan-One.

ALAN:

(sigh of relief)

There you are... look, before we get

cut off again...

In the air above Tron, images begin to materialize, shifting,

transparent forms. First we see a network with pinpoints of light

at each intersection; it rotates, and becomes a globe, with a

bright light at the center.

We see one of the intersection lights become very bright, and the

others dim.

ALAN (V.0.)

I'm going to put some new coding on

your-disk, so you can get into the

memory core of the Master Control...

when you get there...

As Alan's voice continues, we

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403 INT. DUMONT'S. CENTRAL CHAMBER 403

A SHOT OF THE de-rezzing door. The dissolving section has expanded,

and we can start to see the guards inside.

404 INT. COMMUNICATION CHAMBER404

The light increases in brilliance, as we hear Alan's voice fading out,

consumed by static.

ALAN (V.0.)

search all password code series

TRON:

Wait! I can't hear...

He stops.

The voice is gone. The beam continues to bathe Tron in its glow, and

gradually we see an object emerging from the glow. The disk. It

slowly descends, Tron raises his hands to catch it, gripping it,

pulls it down and stares at it.

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Steven M. Lisberger is an American film director, producer and writer famous for directing Tron in 1982. Lisberger was born in 1951 in New York City and grew up in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Lisberger attended The Hill School in Pottstown. more…

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