Twins

TWINS:

FADE IN:

1 LONG BASEMENT CORRIDOR 1

The CAMERA is MOVING SLOWLY DOWN a long basement corridor.

We hear a narrator (Werner) --

WERNER (V.O.)

On his 35th birthday, I decided

to tell Julius Benedict the truth

about himself...

2 CLOSE - LABORATORY HALL - DOORS - DAY (PERIOD) 2

HOLD ON sign:
"Top Secret - Authorized Personnel Only."

WERNER (V.O.)

It wasn't that he was the product

of a scientific experiment.

3 INT. LABORATORY - DAY (PERIOD - 1952) 3

A white coated scientist (PROFESSOR WERNER) is studying a

bizarre piece of equipment that looks suspiciously like

a milkshake blender. With him is another scientist --

(this is TRAVEN -- already imperious, already a prick).

WERNER (V.O.)

An experiment designed to produce

a physically, mentally and

spiritually superior human being.

I explained that to him when he

was two years old.

4 INT. MEDICAL EXAM ROOM - HALF A DOZEN MEN - DAY (PERIOD) 4

Most of them young, 20s and 30s. They are being given a

medical examination by a group of doctors, including

Werner.

WERNER (V.O.)

And it wasn't the complexity of

Julius's parentage. He knew that

unlike other little boys, he

didn't have just one, but half

a dozen fathers, all very

distinguished men. *

TWINS - Rev. 4/22/88 2.

5 INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - CLOSE ON GORGEOUS WOMAN - DAY 5

(PERIOD)

Not your Hollywood type. This is obviously a lady of

character and talent. Her name we will come to learn is

MARY ANN BENEDICT. She is on a hospital bed and being

readied for surgery.

WERNER (V.O.)

Nor was it about the

extraordinary woman chosen to

be his mother...

*

6 INT. HOSPITAL HALLWAY OUTSIDE DELIVERY ROOM - (PERIOD) 6

Traven emerges, sadly shaking his head. Werner tries to

enter the room -- Traven won't permit it.

WERNER (V.O.)

Julius had long lived with the

tragic news that she died giving

birth to him.

7 OMITTED 7 *

& &

8 8 *

9 INT. HOSPITAL HALLWAY - DELIVERY ROOM - DAY (PERIOD) 9

As a nurse, parting the security guards, emerges and holds

up a plump, serene, smiling baby boy.

(CONTINUED)

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9 CONTINUED:
9

WERNER (V.O.)

What Julius didn't know, until

this very moment, was that, about

a minute after he was born...

Another nurse emerges from the delivery room, holding up

a second INFANT -- this one is SCREAMING with rage.

WERNER (V.O.)

His mother gave birth to another

baby...

10 INT. NURSERY - DAY (PERIOD) 10

The serene baby. Any mother's joy.

The angry baby. Fuming.

PULL BACK to reveal:

The two of them are in the same crib.

The leg of the angry baby. It suddenly lashes out,

connects with the rump of the serene baby:

The serene BABY. Starting to CRY.

The angry baby. All smiles now.

HOLD ON the two babies in their crib as the following

words fill the screen:

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER DANNY DE VITO

TWINS:

CUT TO:

11 INT. GREENHOUSE - CLOSEUP - JULIUS (35) - DAY 11

He looks up and stares dead AT the CAMERA --

JULIUS:

(stunned)

I have a brother?!!!

CUT TO:

12 INT. GREENHOUSE - DAY 12

A greenhouse on the island.

(CONTINUED)

TWINS - Rev. 5/9/88 4. *

12 CONTINUED:
12

Werner, now 70, is bent and old. Julius, in peasant garb

is a marvelous-looking human being.

WERNER:

(speaks with an

Austrian accent)

He was sent to an orphanage in

Los Angeles. At the same time I

brought you here to the island.

Julius isn't listening. His eyes shine.

JULIUS:

(amazed)

I have a twin brother?!!

(for a moment,

chews on his right

thumbnail)

What's his name?

WERNER:

Vincent.

JULIUS:

(moved)

Vincent -- Every time I loved

something I called it Vincent --

I called my first computer

Vincent!

(suddenly spins;

starts off)

I have to find him!

A13 OMITTED A13

B13 EXT. ISLAND - CLIFFS - DAY B13

Julius strides along a windswept path, followed by

Werner. The ocean spread out below them is vast and

empty. This island is far from anywhere.

WERNER:

(fretting terribly)

You've been here since you were a

baby -- you know nothing of

America --

JULIUS:

I know it is the cradle of

democracy and the land of the

free; besides, I speak twelve

languages -- I'm sure I can get a

job.

(CONTINUED)

TWINS - Rev. 5/9/88 5. *

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