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143 THE CORRIDOR143

we see guards pulling out other CAPTIVES from their cells, and as

Flynn is led off down the corridor, Tron and Ram are taken in the

opposite direction.

CUT TO:

144 TRAINING ARENA 144

A large area which opens onto the Game Grids from above, with

balconies overlooking the action. Overhead, the aircraft carrier

hovers menacingly, casting a shadow on the programs below. The new

captives are led out onto the ledges, herded by the guards. They

pass some of the Blue Video Warriors, who LAUGH and make fun of

them. Flynn is in the front of the line.

HEAD GUARD:

Look operative, you guys. Command

Program Sark will explain the training

procedures.

Sark speaks from the bridge of the carrier, and his voice is

amplified over the grid.

SARK:

(reciting a

routine statement)

Greetings. The Master Control Program has

chosen you to serve your system on the

Came Grid.

145 FLYNN'S FACE145

reacting.

146 BRIDGE OF AIRCRAFT CARRIER146

Sark, looking out over the grid.

SARK:

Those of you who continue to profess

a belief in the Users will receive

the standard substandard training.

This will result in your eventual

elimination.

147 INT. TRAINING AREA - MED. SHOT - FLYNN 147

Looking down into the game arenas at his feet and over at one of

the conscripts next to him.

SARK V.0.

Those of you who renounce this

superstitious and hysterical belief

will be eligible to join the Warrior

Elite of the MCP.

148 FLYNN'S POV148

of the two blue warriors behind the group of new conscripts.

149 POV SHIFTS TO SHOT OF THE CARRIER 149

SARK V.0.

You will each receive an identity disk.

Everything you do or learn will be

imprinted on this disk.

150 ZOOM IN150

on the bridge of the carrier and -

151 SARK 151

leaning forward.

SARK:

The Master Control Program regrets

that it cannot be responsible for

Identity disks lost or stolen. if you

lose your disk, or fail to follow

commands, you will be subject to

immediate de-resolution. That is all.

152-175 0MIT 152-175

CUT TO:

MONTAGE - FLYNN'S TRAINING

176 1. SHOT OF FLYNN, held immobile while a laser scans176

his mouth.

177 2. A LINE OF RECRUITS files past a checkpoint. Each177

is handed a disk.

178 3. THE RECRUITS file out into a training area.178

179 4. We see AN ARM being fitted with a cesta. 179

180 5. ONE of the more experienced CONSCRIPTS, RAM,180

demonstrates the throw with the cesta.

181 6. FLYNN tries an awkward throw. In the b.g. other 181

recruits are practicing.

182 7. RAM instructs Flynn. Flynn is getting better. He182

spins and catches a pellet.

183 8. A demonstration of the DISK GAME by two other warriors. 183

184 9. FLYNN practices a ricochet shot at a target -- 184

hits perfectly.

END MONTAGE:

185 FLYNN BACK IN HIS CELL185

for a rest period. He is pacing back and forth, and we can see Ram

seated in the next cell. Flynn goes to the bars.

FLYNN:

Hey, Ram ... what were you ...

you know, before?

RAM:

(nostalgic,

brightens)

Oh, I was an actuarial program...

worked at a big insurance company.

It really gives you a great feeling,

helping folks plan for their future

needs -- and of course, if you look

at the payments as an annuity, over

the years, the cost is really

FLYNN:

(about to

get bored)

Yeah, yeah -- that's great.

RAM:

How 'bout yourself?

FLYNN:

Oh, uh...I don't remember too much...

RAM:

(nods)

Sure, a little disorientation. That's

normal, when they transport you. It'll

come back to you. You're doing real

well in training. Remarkable, really...

The POUNDING on Flynn's cell begins again.

187 THE BRIDGE OF THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER 187

We see Flynn being led down the hall on the big screen behind Sark's

console. Sark is staring up at the screen, frowning, nervous,

frightened of this new User-warrior.

SARK:

(over his shoulder)

Wait a minute...put this guy against

one of the other recruits.

188 OMIT 188

189 A SHOT FROM IN FRONT OF FLYNN AND CROM 189

We see they are entering an open part of the Game Grid, with two

bridges of energy extending across open space to two separate

circular platforms, made up of concentric glowing rings. Crom

marches across-one of these, and Flynn follows suit on the other.

When they each reach the circular platforms, the bridges disappear.

We see Flynn turn and stare back across the empty space, then turn

and face his opponent. Above them a third floating disk hovers. He

looks over at Crom, who's anxious.

FLYNN:

Looks like we're in the same boat here -

CROM:

(jumpy)

You think you're gonna wipe me right

out, don't you?

FLYNN:

No, I

A buzzer sounds. The game begins. Crom hurls a glowing pellet

upwards. It strikes the upper platform, ricochets off, and heads

straight for Flynn.

Flynn lunges, but misses. The pellet strikes one of the rings of

his platform, and that ring dissolves. Flynn's lunge takes him

right to the edge of the open space created, and he just catches

himself in time to keep from falling over the edge.

190 FLYNN'S POV - DOWN 190

down, down between the rings into an infinite pit.

191 BACK TO FLYNN 191

staring down. There's a SOUND and he looks up.

192 HIS POV192

Another pellet hits the mirror platform and hurtles down at him.

FLYNN:

Hey!

193 FLYNN 193

reacting, judging where this one will fall, racing to the farther

edge of his platform, leaping over the empty ring on the way, and

catching the pellet before it can' hit. He throws it back.

194 CROM 194

Flynn's pellet hits the mirror, flashes down on him. Crom strains,

but misses. One of his rings disappears.

195 FLYNN reacting 195

FLYNN:

(happy he's scored)

Okay!

196 SARK'S AIRCRAFT CARRIER - THE BRIDGE196

High above the game we see Sark watching.

197 FLYNN 197

racing for another catch. He makes it and hurls the pellet again.

We see that Crom's platform is disappearing fast.

198 OMIT 198

199 THE GAME IN PROGRESS 199

FLYNN:

Here's an easy one...

Flynn throws again. The pellet hits the mirror platform and heads

straight at Crom, who misses it. The pellet destroys the ring he

was standing on, and Crom has to grab frantically at the edge of

the next ring to keep from falling.

200-201 OMIT 200-201

202 FLYNN 202

He is sent another pellet from above and catches it, holding it

ready, waiting for his opponent to get back up on the ring.

203 SARK 203

His face lit from below by the glow of the Game Grid... angry

204 FLYNN 204

He puts down his cesta. Suddenly a voice rings out from above.

Flynn looks up. There, appearing in the mirror disk above, is Sark's

face, furious, huge.

SARK:

Finish the game!

205 FLYNN 205

staring at this apparition. He grits his teeth.

FLYNN:

(shouts up)

No!

205A REAL WORLD - A BUS STATION205A

In a Greyhound station waiting area, two kids are playing a video

game, which appears to have broken down.

KID:

What's wrong with it?

KID 2

I don't know... on the blink

or something... damn.

205B ELECTRONIC WORLD - FLYNN, SARK, ETC. AS BEFORE205B

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