INDEPENDENCE DAY by ‘Dean Devlin & Roland Emmerich 2nd Draft 5/11/95 CENTROPOLIS ENTERTAINMENT 6775 Centinella Ave. Building #12 Culver Ciy, CA. 90230 3557-1645 190 4210The World Ends July 4thx ENCE DAY 1 AN AMERICAN FLAG Oddly still, posted in gray dusty sand. WIDEN TO REVEAL: 2 BXT. LUNAR SURFACE - THE MOON One small step for man, one large pile of garbage for moon- kind. Untouched for years, the flag stands next to the castoff remains of the Apollo missions. Slowly the discarded equipment begins to RATTLE and SHAKE. AN, ENORMOUS SHADOW creeps towards us blotting out the horizon; a loud RUMBLE is heard. Suddenly we are covered in DARKNESS as the SHADOW engulfs us. Only the lonely image of our EARTH hangs in the air, until a huge silhouetted OBJECT suddenly blocks our view. cur To: 3. EXT. NEW MEXICO - RADIO TELESCOPE VALLEY - NIGHT A field of large satellite dishes scan the skies. Super up: $.E.T.1. INSTITUTE, NEW MEXICO 4 INT, INSTITUTE - MONITORING CONTROL CENTER - SAME A lone TECHNICIAN works on his putting skills. Behind him, wall to wall technical equipment quietly sifts through data. A RED LIGHT begins to flash. The Technician turns and slowly walks towards the source. One by one a series of LIGHTS turn on. The Technician (TECH ONE) grabs a pair of headphones. His eyes widen. 5 INT. SLEEPING QUARTERS - SAME 5 Sleepily a SUPERVISOR picks up the phone. SUPERVISOR If this isn't an insanely beautiful woman, I'm hanging up. 6 INT. CONTROL CENTER - SAME 6 ‘TECH ONE Shut up and listen. He holds the phone up to a speaker, increases the volume. A strange FLUCTUATING TONE plays out’ in sequential patterns.gna vrart 3/44/92 Hae INT. SLEEPING QUARTERS - SAME HEARING it, the Supervisor BOLTS UP, banging his head on the bunk above him. INT, CONTROL CENTER - MOMENTS LATER A pajama party on acid. Five other technicians, in various states of undress, hover anxiously around the main console. The Supervisor enters, tying his robe. SUPERVISOR God, I hope it's not just another damned Russian spy job. TECH THREE TECH TWO (overlapping) (hanging up the phone) Negative. Computer The boys from Air Res affirms the signal is Traffic say the skies are unidentified. clear. No terrestrial launches. TECH ONE It's the real thing. A radio signal from another world. ‘The room becomes quiet as they realize that after years of searching the heavens, they might have finally found something. ‘SUPERVISOR Let's not jump the gun. Run a trajectory source computation. Tech Three slides over to another computer. SUPERVISOR (cont'd) I want to know exactly where it's coming from, ‘TECH THREE This can't be right. Tech Three just stares at his screen in disbelief. SUPERVISOR What's wrong? TECH THREE Calculated distance from source is at three hundred and eighty five thousand kilometers. (turning to Supervisor) It's coming from the moon.20 The Supervisor reaches over and turns up the volume on the speaker. As they listen to the strange TONES we... cur To: INT. HALLWAY - PENTAGON - SAME Elevator doors OPEN revealing four star GENERAL GREY, Commander in Chief U.S. Space Command. Understandably nervous, the COMMANDING OFFICER escorts him down the hall. GENERAL GREY Who else knows about this? COMMANDING OFFICER 8.8.7.1 in New Mexico identified a signai but they're even more confused than we are. The General shoots him a disapproving glance. COMMANDING OFFICER Excuse me, Sir. He slides his security card through the lock and the doors fly open. INT. SPACE COMMAND - THE PENTAGON - CONTINUOUS 10 Banks of computers, Technicians and assistants working feverishly through the night. The Officers cross the room. Super: SPACE COMMAND - ‘THE PENTAGON COMMANDING OFFICER Satellite reception has been impaired but we were able to get these. They arrive at a glass table. The surrounding officers snap to attention as a SECOND OFFICER quickly brings over a large transparency. We SEE a grainy image of a large vague OBJECT. GENERAL GREY Looks like a big turd. The two Officers exchange a glance. COMMANDING OFFICER We estimate it has a diameter of over five hundred and fifty kilometers and a mass roughly one fourth the size of our moon.gna uraLe 3/lis¥> The General turns to the Second officer, concerned. GENERAL GREY A meteor? SECOND OFFICER No Sir. Definitely not. GENERAL GREY How do you know? SECOND OFFICER Well, er...it's slowing down. GENERAL GREY It's doing what? SECOND OFFICER It's...slowing down, Sir. The General walks over to a phone, picks it up GENERAL GREY Get me the Secretary of Defense. (pause) Then wake him up. cur To: 11 INT. WHITMORE'S BEDROOM - PRE-DAWN a Laying in bed THOMAS J. WHITMORE reads a stack of papers. The phone RINGS. WOMAN'S VOICE (filtered through phone) Hi. It's me. (me warm lock on Whitmore's face tells us everything about how he feels about the woman on the other end. WHITMORE Hi honey. What time is it there? 12 INT. HOTEL ROOM - NIGHT 12 Dressed in a night gown, MRS. MARGARET WHITMORE unpacks her briefing papers lays them out on a small desk as she talks. Through the window we SEE Los Angeles at night. MARGARET Two in the morning. I know I didn't wake you?13 4 41 ULL 3/44/99 fae WHITMORE (filtered) As a matter of fact you did. MARGARET (smiles) Liar INT. WHITMORE BEDROOM - SAME 13 Whitmore sits up. WHITMORE I have a confession to make. There's a beautiful young blonde sleeping next to me. Sleeping next to him, his six year old daughter, PATRICIA. MARGARET (filtered) You didn't let her stay up watching t.v. all night? WHITMORE, Of course not. The little girl stirs awake, looks up. PATRICIA Mommy? WHITMORE, You're flying back right after the luncheon? Okay, here she is. Whitmore hands her the phone and gets out of bed. Habitably he turns on the television. T.V. - NEWS PROGRAM 14 Several "Pundits" sit around a McLaughlin-type news discussion program, The picture quality is snowy, static ridden. PUNDIT #1 the inexperience in public office was inevitably going to catch up with him. He's sacrificed his ideals for “politics as usual." Whitmore ties on his robe as he adjusts the picture quality.15 16 gna vrare 5/14/¥> fs PUNDIT #2 -..T said this during the campaign. Leadership as a pilot in the Gulf War has no relationship to political leadership. It's a different animal. . Suddenly the channel changes. A cartoon comes on. Whitmore turns to his daughter who holds the remote. PATRICIA (into phone) Daddy let me watch Letterman. WHITMORE Traitor. Whitmore exits the room, INT. HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS 15 As Whitmore steps out of his bedroom, a Security guard snaps to attention. FSpmeone hidden behind a newspaper, sits on a bench. SECURITY GUARD Good morning Mr. President. WHITMORE Good morning, George. The paper is dropped revealing CONSTANCE HALBROOX, mid- thirties, aggressive, sharp, the President's communications director. Quickly she gathers her things and follows Whitmore. INT. BREAKFAST ROOM - CONTINUOUS 16 Two servants are preparing breakfast as Whitmore and Constance enter. Whitmore sits down, grabs a coffee. WHITMORE You're up early this morning, connie. She tosses him one of the many newspapers in her hands. CONSTANCE They're not attacking your policies, they're attacking your age. (MORE)17 eu whane 9) 4a) 20 CONSTANCE (CONT'D) (another paper; reading) ".,.addressing Congress, Whitmore seems less like the President and more like the orphan child Oliver asking, ‘please sir, I'd like some more.'" WHITMORE Clever. CONSTANCE Age was never an issue when you stuck to your guns. You were thought of as young and idealistic. But the message has gotten lost. There's too much compromise, too much politics. WHITMORE (pointedly) Isn't it amazing how fast everyone can turn against you. Realizing she may be pushing him too far, she hands him another paper. CONSTANCE Well, the Orange County Register has named you one of the ten sexiest men of the year. WHITMORE You see, substance at last. An AIDE appears at the doorway. AIDE Excuse me, Mr. President. It's the Secretary of Defense. Whitmore goes to the phone, picks it up. WHITMORE Yes? Say that again? CUT TO: AN OLD RUSSIAN SATELLITE Drifting away from us the old Russian satellite becomes smaller and smaller. We PAN with it as we SEE it's on collision course with something huge. Suddenly the satellite EXPLODES on IMPACT with the much object that dwarfs the puny piece of hardware. As huge is, we get the feeling we've only seen a portion of the 17 larger as it total.18 19 NEW YORK SKYLINE - BARLY MORNING A slow crane down from the Manhattan skyline, revealing... EXT. CLIFFSIDE PARK, NEW JERSEY - MORNING With the New York skyline across the Hudson behind them, old men sit in this small park playing chess Unlike the others, DAVID MARTIN is in his early thirties; sixties hippie meets nineties yuppie nerd. He concentrates intensely on his next move. MOISHE, sixties, smokes a cigar impatiently. MOISHE What are you waiting? My social security will expire, you'll still be sitting there. DAVID I'm thinking. MOTSHE, So think already David makes a move, Instantly Moishe counters his move. David furls his brow in thought. MOISHE Again he's thinking. Moishe reaches into a paper bag and retrieves a coffee in a Styrofoam cup. DAVID You have any idea how long it takes for those things to decompose? MOISHE You don't move soon, I'll begin to decompose dust as David finally makes his move, Moishe counters again. David shoots him a look and stares back down to the board. MOISHE (cont'd) David, I've been meaning to talk with you. It's nice you've been spending so much time with me, but... DAVID Dad, don't start. 18 1920 21 fu Whare 9/44/29 ’ MOTSHE I'm only saying, it's been what? Four years, you still haven't signed your divorce papers DAVID Three years. MOISHE Three, four. Move on. It's not healthy. Moishe takes a big puff on the cigar and coughs. DAVID Look who's talking healthy. Suddenly David's beeper goes off. MOISHE How many times is that now? You trying to get fired? David moves his queen. DAVID Checkmate. See you tomorrow, Dad. He gives his father a quick kiss and hurries away. MOISHE That's not checkmate I can still... Oh. (yelling after him) You could let an old man win once ina while, it wouldn't ill you. cur To: EXT. NEW YORK CITY STREETS - MINUETS LATER 20 David pedals his bike through mid-town Manhattan. He arrives at COMPACT CABLE SYSTEMS. INT. COMPACT CABLE OFFICES - LATER 22 His bike hoisted on his shoulder, David squeezes through the revolving doors. MARTY GILBERT, short, nervous and harried, comes rushing over. MARTY What the hell is the point of having a beeper if you don't turn it on?22 2nd Draft 5/11/95 10 DAVID It was turned on. 1 was ignoring you. what's the big emergency? MARTY Started this morning. Every channel is making like it's nineteen fifty. Snow, static, all kinds of distortions. No one knows what the hell is going on David deposits his bike in the kitchenette as Marty tosses his coke bottle in the trash. David retrieves it. DAVID Damn it, Marty. There's a reason we have bins labeled "recycle." Finding more bottles in the trash, David turns to Marty accusingly. DAVID What the hell is qhis? oe Before David can say anything, Marty ushers him out of the room. INT. TRANSMISSION FEED - CONTINUOUS 22 Technicians are working feverishly. Clearly every monitor is experiencing varying degrees of signal disruption. David moves over to the main console. DAVID Did you try to switch to transponder channels? MARTY Please, would I be this panicked if it was that simple? David examines the readouts, puzzled. DAVID Let's retrofit the dish to another satellite. MARTY We've tried. It's not working. It's almost as thought they weren't even there.David looks up, puzzled | DAVID That's impossible. CUT 70: 23. A TELEVISION SET 23 | Bad reception. A hand SMACKS the side of it. No use. WIDEN TO REVEAL: 24 INT. MOBILE HOME - DAY 24 Eleven year old TROY BRENNON tries to fix the television. His older brother MIGUEL, seventeen, cooks breakfast. MIGUEL Stop it! TROY It's all fuzzy. MIGUEL You're gonna break it. Just leave it alone. Here, take your medicine. Miguel sits a small bottle of medicine and a spoon down in front of Troy. Troy pushes the bottle away. ‘TROY I don't need it. MIGUEL (pushing it back) Just take it, dick head. (turning to his sister) Alicia! Make sure he takes his medicine. His sister, ALICIA, fourteen, hormones kicking in, testing boundaries, listens to her walkman while putting on too much makeup. Miguel throws a dish towel to get her as Troy hits the television again. 25 EXT. TRAILER PARK - SAME - MORNING 25 A beat up pick-up truck comes down a dirt road and skids to a halt on the gravel next to the Brennon Mobile Home at this small shabby countryside trailer park. An angry FARMER jumps out, slamming his door.26 27 INT, BRENNON MOBILE HOME - SAME 26 Alicia opens the front door and smiles flirtatiously at the angry farmer, LUCAS, who marches over. Miguel edges her out of the doorway, wanting to handle this himself. MIGUEL Morning Lucas. Lucas holds a bowl full of rotted vegetables. LUCAS You like these! I've got a whole goddamned crop full! Unceremoniously, he dumps them at Miguel's feet. LUCAS (cont'd) Where the hell is your father? You know what time it is? MIGUEL He had to re-fuel. There musta been a problem. LUCAS We both know what the problem is. He's a damned nut case, is what he is. I musta been out of my mind. Troy SMACKS the television again. MIGUEL Troy, stop it! I swear to God! LUCAS Miguel, if he's not in the air in twenty minutes, that’s it. I'm getting someone else. lucas storms away. Again, Troy wacks at the television. MIGUEL Stop it, Troy! T swear to God! Determined, Troy HITS the television again. This time the picture goes out completely. cur To: EXT. SPACE - THE OBJECT - SAME 27 Rolling over us, the immense under-belly of this enormous craft obliterates our view. A loud SCREECH. Suddenly the bottom begins to SEGMENT.28 29 Dozens of large sections begin to DISENGAGE, extracting themselves, twisting away from the larger bilge The separated SEGMENTS themselves are enormous. Slowly they twist downwards on a collision course to the blue planet below.. Barth. cur To: INT. WHITE HOUSE - BASEMENT CORRIDORS - DAY Under a barrage of questions from her own staff, Constance hurries down the corridor. AIDE #1 CNN is running a story that we're covering up some kind of nuclear testing experiments... CONSTANCE Tell them to run with it if they want to embarrass themselves. AIDE #2 NASA has been up my butt all morning. They want to know our position. CONSTANCE Our Official position is we don't have an official position. AIDE #3 Connie, what the hell is going on? Constance escapes into the elevator, turns around. CONSTANCE (smiles confidently) Come on, people. Would I keep you guys out of the loop? AIDE 1 AIDE 2 In a second! Absolutely! Before she can retort, the elevator doors close. INT, OVAL OFFICE - WIDE SHOT - SAME ‘The President, General Grey, the SECRETARY OF DEFENSE and White House Chief of Staff ALBERT NIMZIKI are gathered around the couch. 28 29At the moment somewhat unre: possible that us by? What if it do: Let's retarge! it out of the Forgive me, bi information w thing that wot turn one dang into many. Just then the door opens a! SEC. OF DEFENSE » our satellites are liable. Isn't it thing may just pass NIMZIKI esn't “pass us by?" © some ICBMs to blow ky... GENERAL GREY ut with the little edo have, the only uld accomplish is erous falling object nd Constance enters. PRESIDENT WHITMORE What's the damage? The press is stories at th: GENERAL GREY That's not your call to make, Mr. Nimziki. CONSTANCE Isn't that a little premature? NIMZIKI I don't think so. The goes quiet as Commandii into the room. Our intellige: object has sel stationary orl CONSTANCE making up their own is point. NIMZIKI (To Gens Get on the ho: Command. Let situation to eral Grey) rn with Atlantic 's upgrade the DEFCON 3. SEC. OF DEFENSE We're two days away from the fourth of July. We have over fifty percent o£ our armed forces on weekend leave, not to mention the troops and commanders we have in town for the Fourth of leavduly parade. We call them back now, we're sending up a major red flag. ng Officer from Space Command dashes COMMANDING OFFICER nce tells us the ttled into a bit.NIMZIKI Well that's good news. COMMANDING OFFICER Not really. He lays out the diagrams and photos on the table. Everyone gathers around. COMMANDING OFFICER Part of it has broken off into nearly three dozen other pieces. PRESIDENT WHITMORE Pieces? COMMANDING OFFICER Smaller than the whole, yet over fifteen miles in width themselves. NIMZIKI Where are they heading? COMMANDING OFFICER They should be entering our atmosphere within the next twenty five minutes. The room is silenced. All eyes turn to the President who says nothing. Nimziki leans in close to him. NIMZIKI Like it or not, we're at DEFCON 3. Recall the troops and put them on yellow alert. cur To: 30 YELLOW LIGHTS FLASHING ON 30 as an ALARM quickly BUZZES. David leans into frame and opens the door to the microwave. We WIDEN to reveal. 31 INT. DAVID'S CUBICLE - COMPACT CABLE - DAY ema David retrieves his home-make cup-a-soup. We SEE this cubicle clearly has the David touch; ecology posters, plants, tons of computers and electronic gizmos. MARTY Please, tell me you're getting somewhere. Marty enters, looking over David's shoulder as he eats.ee Weake sy way se toe DAVID There's good news and bad news. MARTY what's the bad news? DAVID You're in meal penalty for disturbing my lunch. MARTY And the good news is you won't charge me. DAVID No. The good news is I found the problem and it's not our equipment. There's some weird signal embedded within the satellite feed. MARTY That's the good news? David slides over to another computer and turns on an intricate computation program. DAVID Yes because the analog signal has a definite sequential digital pattern embedded within it. when I find the exact binary sequence and I apply a phase reversed signal to that calculated spectra analyzer I built you last Christmas, we should be able to block out the overlay completely... MARTY ++.and we'll be the only guys in town with a clear picture? That's my man. CUT TO: EXT. CALIFORNIA FARMLANDS, IMPERIAL VALLEY - DAY 32 Racing over back roads behind a long open field, Miguel rides his beat up motor bike, searching. Looking up he SEES something in the air.33 34 35 MIGUEL'S P.O.V. - AN OLD BI-WING AIRPLANE 33 converted into a crop-duster, BUZZES overhead. Spraying insecticide wildly, the plane zigzags over the field. MIGUEL {yelling) Russell! God damn it, Russell! Locking down from the cockpit, RUSSELL BRENNON waves stupidly. Shaggy blonde hair and two day's growth, Russell is the image of a £ifty one year old little boy. Miguel follows him below, screaming at him. Russell, flying recklessly, looks down at Miguel not understanding. | By the time he looks back he SEES... A LINE OF TREES 34 at the edge of the field, nearly on top of him. Ina trick move, Russell turns the plane on ITS SIDE, and SLICES through the narrow gap between the trees. Russell screams with delight at his prowess. Miguel looks pissed. ANGLE - OTHER SIDE OF TREES - MOMENTS LATER 35 Miguel races over, skidding to a halt next to the landed Bi- wing plane. MIGUEL dust what the hell do you think you're doing? RUSSELL. (climbing down) I'm bringing home the bacon. Earning my keep. And doing a fine job if I do say so myself. MIGUEL It's the wrong field, you idiot! Lucas’ farm is on the other side of town. RUSSELL, You sure? MIGUEL Damn it, he was doing you a favor. You know how hard it is to find someone who doesn't think your completely crazy? (MORE)36 37 38 39 MIGUEL (CONT'D) What are we supposed to do now? Huh? Where are we supposed to go now? Pissed, Miguel peels away, kicking gravel back at Russell. Pathetically, he reaches into his jacket and pulls out a bottle of Jack Daniels. He takes a healthy swig. cur To: EXT. IRAQI DESERT - REFUGEE CAMP - NIGHT 36 A tent city. Ubiquitous overcrowding and poverty. Several hundred refugees settle down for the night. Super: Northern Desert, Iraq A BEDOUIN stokes a small fire besides his family's tent. Suddenly a group of shouting SCREAMING TRIBES PEOPLE come rushing past him. ‘The Bedouin watches them with confusion. Overcome with curiosity he goes against the tide of people, up the hillside. As the Bedouin reaches the top of the hillside, his mouth falls open, aghast as he SEES... THE SKIES - THE PHENOMENON 37 Creeping from across the horizon above the rocky mountain terrain, a wide FIREBALL high in the sky, flaring and exploding. A terrifying sight. cur 70: EXT, USS EISENHOWER - AIR CARRIER - ESTABLISHING - DAWN 38 Super up: Battle Carrier, USS Eisenhower - Persian Gulf INT. USS EISENHOWER - RADAR ROOM - DAY 39 A loud KLAXON ALARM is ringing out. The FIRST LIEUTENANT comes rushing in. ‘LIEUTENANT Ensign, status? SAILOR #1 We have a total radar black out over a thirteen kilometer area. The Lieutenant moves over to the main radar screen. The entire upper portion of the screen is BLANK, And the blank area is MOVING.40 41 LIEUTENANT Have a complete diagnostic run... SAILOR #1 Excuse me sir, radar may be malfunctioning but infrared is off the map! He diverts the Lieutenant's attention to another screen; A BRIGHT SEA OF RED light bleeds off the map. LIEUTENANT Get the CINC Atlantic Command on the line cur To: INT. PENTAGON - COMMAND CENTER - DAY 40 A technical OFFICER rips off a data sheet as it shoots out of the printer and rushes over to the Commanding Officer. OFFICER Sir, we now have visual range with incoming over Iraqi airspace. COMMANDING OFFICER A second sighting? OFFICER Yes Six, this just came in from the Eisenhower. ‘The Commanding Officer grabs a phone laying off the hook. COMMANDING OFFICER Correction, we have two confirmed visual contacts. One over Iraq, one over the Pacific. INT. OVAL OFFICE - DAY aL The room is packed. The President and his Chief advisors are there along with the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Representatives from the Atlantic Command and U.S. Space Command have formed small clusters around telephones. GENERAL GREY Where in the Pacific? (turning to the President) They've spotted one off the California coast line.42 “bo wraLe 2/as/2> 2. Surrounded by the Secret Service, the President is speechless. Constance Halbrook comes rushing into the room and whispers to the President. PRESIDENT Put it on. Constance moves over to a cabinet and turns on the t.v. (the reception is still fuzzy, picture "rolling' The CNN News broadcast shows the phenomenon over Novosibirsk, Russia. There is mass hysteria behind the reporter. NEWSCASTER (filtered) ...sightings of this atmospheric phenomenon have been reported here in Novosibirsk, Russia and other parts of Siberia. Moving too slowly to be a comet or meteor, astronomers are baffled as to its origin. . Everyone is locked onto the television, mesmerized. NEWSCASTER (cont'd) (filtered) ..-Widespread panic has gripped the countryside as thousands have taken to the streets and clogged the highways. Hundreds have been injured... General Grey confers with the Atlantic command CINC. He nods, turns to the President and whispers. GENERAL GREY Mr. President, we have an AWAC on the west coast. E.T.A with contact point, three minutes. INT. AWAC AIRPLANE - DAY 42 Wall to wall computer, radar and intelligence gathering equipment. Technicians frantically try to adjust as the system goes hay wire. RADAR TECH 1 RADAR TECH 2 (reporting into radio) (zeporting) It's no use. Side radar That's correct. We're doesn't see a thing! IMC blind, Sir. We TRACK across them over to the pilots and into the cockpit. Cloudy skies. The PILOT squints out the window as he speaks.43 44 45 46 a7 48 2NG WLALe 9/44/29 ae PILOT (into radio) Negative. We still have zero visibility. EXT. AWAC AIRPLANE - CLOUDY SKIES - DAY 43 ZOOMING overhead we SEE the AWAC sailing through a thick cloudy sky. Super: Pacific Coastline, California The AWAC disappears from view into the clouds. INT. OVAL OFFICE - SAME 44 The President and his top advisors are gathered around a speaker phone listening to the pilot of the AWAC. PILOT (filtered) Instrumentation is malfunctioning. We can't get any kind of reading on what's in front of us. INT. AWAC - SAME 45 The Pilot squints as he tries to see through the clouds. PILOT Wait a minute, it may be clearing. Suddenly the clouds part before us and we're face to face with a WALL OF FLAMES. INT. OVAL OFFICE - SAME 46 ‘The speaker phone crackles and distorts. PILOT (filtered) Jesus God! The sky's on fire! EXT. AWAC AND PHENOMENON - SAME 47 The AWAC attempts to climb sharply as we get our first real look at the atmospheric phenomenon. Majestic and monstrous. The AWAC is not going to be able to make it. Quickly it is ENGULFED in the flames. INT. OVAL OFFICE - SAME 48 The phone line goes dead. General Grey spins to an AIDE.and Draft 5/11/95 22. GENERAL GREY Get them back on line AIDE #1 (on other phone) Line's gone, sir. ‘The ATLANTIC COMMAND CINC, turns from a different phone. AAC CINC Two more have been spotted over the Atlantic. One is moving toward New York, the other is headed this direction. CHIEF OF STAFF How much time do we have? AAC CINC Less than ten minutes NIMZIKI GENERAL GREY (turning to aid) (to President) organize a military Sir, I strongly recommend escort to Crystal we move you to a secured Mountain. location immediately. .-The President hesitates, he turns to Constance. PRESIDENT Can we expect the same kind of panic here as in Russia? CONSTANCE More than likely. NIMZIKI Mr. President, you can discuss this on the way. Torn, the President grapples with a decision. (knaly... PRESIDENT WHITMORE I'm not leaving. NIMZIKI We must maintain a working government in a time of crisis... PRESIDENT WHITMORE I want the Vice President, Secretary of Defense, the whole Cabinet and the Joint Chiefs taken to a secured location. (MORE)49 50 and Drart 5/11/95 PRESIDENT WHITMORE (CONT'D) I'm staying here. I am not going to add to a public hysteria that could cost lives. NIMZIKI But Mr. President... PRESIDENT So far these things have not become hostile. For the moment let's assume they won't. (to Constance) Connie, let's issue statements advising people not to panic, to stay home and take cover. 23. Constance issues some commands to her staff as they quickly exit along with most people in the room. General Grey goes over to the President. GENERAL GREY With your permission, Mr. President, I'd like to remain by your side. PRESIDENT WHITMORE I had a feeling you would. GENERAL GREY Six, what happens if they do become hostile? PRESIDENT WHITMORE Then God help us. cur To: INT, DAVID'S CUBICLE - DAY On the T.V. behind David, news footage of the phenomenon in Russia plays silently. Oblivious, David works his computers. FEMALE CO-WORKER (stopping in doorway) David, are you watching this? David waves her away, deep in concentration. grabs it and exits. INT. COMPACT CABLE OFFICES - CONTINUOUS Suddenly a computer BEEPS. Excitedly David prints out his findings. He 49 50 Engrossed in his printout, David walks past his co-workers who are glued to the distorted picture on the television, watching the phenomenon.51 52 53 ana urale 5/44/95 24. INT. MARTY'S OFFICE - CONTINUOUS 51 Marty stares at his television watching General Grey addressing the press. David enters, staring at his reading. DAVID I've got a lock on the signal pattern. We can filter it out. MARTY (distracted) Huh? Oh, good, good DAVID Strange thing is, if my calculations are right it'll be gone in approximately seven hours anyway. The signal reduces itself every time it recycles. Eventually it will disappear. Are you listening? MARTY (still glued to t.v.) Can you believe this? DAVID What are you talking about? MARTY Haven't you been watching? David turns for the first time to the television and sees the phenomenon. Constance comes on addressing the press. CONSTANCE (filtered) .+.80 far the phenomenon has not caused any damage. In all likelihood it won't... INT. WHITE HOUSE PRESS ROOM - SAME. 52 More reporters rush in from the back quickly setting up as this hastily called press conference continues. CONSTANCE ...@veryone should remain calm. Take cover where you can but the important thing is not to panic... INT. BRENNON MOBILE HOME - SAME x Miguel, Alicia and Troy watch the static riddled t.v.55 55a CONSTANCE (filtered) .we have a fix on three different occurrences about to appear over American cities. One is headed towards Los Angeles. INT. MARTY'S OFFICE - SAME 54 CONSTANCE (filtered) ...the other two are on our Eastern seaboard headed towards New York and Washington, D.C Suddenly hectic CO-WORKER #2 appear at the door. CO-WORKER #2 Jamie says this building has an old bomb shajter. We're heading down there Nw. % nu MARTY QNary; to David) Feel ‘no shame in hiding. INT. HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS 55 A crowd of people head down the hall for the shelter while others stay glued to the set. There is a mix of fascination and panic. David watches the commotion, dumb struck. MARTY Oh shit, I better call my wife. INT. AIRPORT DINER - LATE MORNING 55a Depressed Russell nurses a beer at the counter. Three FLIGHT MECHANICS walk in, having a good laugh. One of them spots Russell and moves over to him. MECHANIC #1 Hey, Russ, heard you had a little trouble this morning. Dusted the wrong field? The Mechanics laugh. Russell tries to ignore them. MECHANIC #1 I know, you're probably still a little confused from your hostage experience.55B 56 57 58 end vrare 5/44/95 2b. MECHANIC #2 Hostage experience? Something happen to you Russ? MECHANIC #1. He ain't never told you!? Seems years back our boy here had been kidnapped by aliens. Did all kinds of experiments on him and such. Tell him, Russ. RUSSELL. Not today guys. Okay. Russell gets up and heads for the door. MECHANIC #1 You just gotta get a couple more beers in him, he'll tell you all about it. Crazy stuff. Won't you, Russ? EXT. SMALL AIRPORT - CONTINUOUS 5B The Mechanic follows Russell outside, his buddies in tow. MECHANIC #1. Hey, Russ, when they took you up in their space ship, they do any sexual things to you? The mechanics crack up laughing. Suddenly efarouna tnem begin to RUMBLE. The SHADOW engulfs them, silencing the Mechanics. Panicked they turn and RUN AWAY. Russell just looks up at the sky, grabs his Jack Daniels and takes another swig. EXT. TRAILER PARK - SAME 56 Dogs bark and people stumble out of their trailers as an enormous SHADOW creeps over them. INT, BRENNON MOBILE HOME - CONTINUOUS 57 ‘The windows grow DARK and the room begins to RUMBLE. Miguel rushes to the door, ushering his siblings out. EXT, TRAILER PARK - CONTINUOUS 58 Alicia and Troy step out the door, stopping dead in their tracks. Miguel follows them only to look up and SEE...59 60 61 62 63 64 65 2nd Draft 5/11/95 27. THE PHENOMENON - DARK CLOUDS 59 The flames are burning out, replaced by huge plumes of dark smoke billowing around the edges of the phenomena. Only small traces of extinguishing flames illuminate it. INT. COMPACT CABLE - STAIRWELL - SAME 60 David pushes past the people making their way down, fighting against the tide. Another CO-WORKER (#3) stops halfway. CO-WORKER #3 Aren't you coming, David? DAVID No way, I've got to see this. OMITTED 61 BXT. WASHINGTON MONUMENT - SAME 62 Frightened tourists run for cover as the colossal SHADOW approaches. Reflected in the water below we SEE the fiery apparition transfigure into the dark foreboding clouds. THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL - WASHINGTON, D.C. - SAME 63 The SHADOW writhes up the detailed statue of Lincoln, devouring him completely until we are left in total darkness. INT. WHITE HOUSE - HALLWAYS - SAME 64 People are being evacuated from their offices. Patricia, the President's daughter, breaks away from her nanny. INT. WHITE HOUSE - OVAL OFFICE - SAME 65 The President talks on the phone. Constance waits nearby. PRESIDENT WHITMORE (into phone) Of course, Russia and the United States are in this together. Yes, Mx. President, you have my word. Yes, Das Vedanya. The President hangs up. 28 CONSTANCE What is their position? PRESIDENT WHITMORE I think he was drunk.66 67 67 68 69 70 “uu wale 3/44/99 2. Patricia bursts through the door and runs into her father's arms, terrified. A SECRET SERVICE man appears SECRET SERVICE GUY Mr. President, we have to go Abruptly, the room DARKENS as it begins to RUMBLE. EXT, WHITE HOUSE - SAME 66 The long dark SHADOW moves across the entire White House, engulfing it in darkness. EXT. HUDSON RIVER, NEW YORK - STATUE OF LIBERTY - SAME 67 In the distance we SEE the mutated phenomenon's dark gray clouds nearing Miss. Liberty. As it approaches we SEE the New York skyline begin to darken. EXT. BLACK TOP BASKET BALL COURT, NEW YORK - SAME 67a Kids playing basket ball. A young BOY stops playing, staring skyward. One by one, they all look upwards, stunned as a long dark SHADOW creeps over them. With a loud CRASH, several New York Cabs SLAM into one another in the street. Two more cars crash into them. A pile up ensues. EXT. WALL STREET - SECONDS LATER 68 Foot traffic stops as the long SHADOW crawls over the entire area. EXT. ROOFTOP - COMPACT CABLE - SAME 69 Large satellite dishes beset a doorway to the roof which flies open. David steps out just as a long dark SHADOW covers over him, sending the city into darkness. David looks up to SEE... SKYLINE AND ALIEN CRAFT 70 Protruding through the dark clouds we get a glimpse of the underbelly of a colossal ALIEN CRAFT, its outer veneer of smoke and clouds beginning to fade away. Below we see PANIC, cabs SLAMMING into one another, people staring, people screaming. No one knows how to react. David runs to the other side of the rooftop, overlooking central park, to get a better look.1 72 B TBA 74 au veaee 2744/29 “7. DAVID'S P.O.V. - CENTRAL PARK - SAME 71 The entize park is plunged into darkness as the craft above plots out the sun. Amazing as it may seem, the hovering craft BLANKETS THE ENTIRE PARK and BEYOND. We still have NOT seen an_entire craft. DAVID (realizing) My God. The signal. EXT. LOS ANGELES BASIN - WIDE ANGLE - LATE MORNING 72 A panoramic view of the Los Angeles basin. Slowly filling the screen, we SEE a portion of the enormous space craft as it creeps towards the city, obliterating our view. EXT. HILLSIDE RESIDENTIAL AREA - SAME B A station wagon, filled with kids and a harried HOUSEWIFE, comes to a stop. The passenger door opens and a young six year old boy, DYLAN steps out. HOUSEWIFE Dylan, tell your mom you can stay overnight again Thursday. Suddenly a car SAILS over a nearby hill in front of them, hitting the ground with a BANG. Two more cars follow, air bound. As the Housewife turns she SEES... SPACE SHIP - SAME 73K Rising over the mountain we SEE the Space Ship as it nears the city, blocking out the sunshine. Panicked, the Housewife hits the gas and peels out, leaving a confused Dylan staring skyward. INT. BEDROOM - CONTINUOUS 74 ‘Two people sleep as Dylan runs into the room. DYLAN Mommy, look at! He rushes away. The SHADOW moves past the windows, darkening the room. His mother, JASMINE DUBROW, stirs. JASMINE (re: darkness) It's too early, baby. She turns back over. Suddenly the room briefly RUMBLES.74h 75 76 7 78 eu vhabe 2/44/29 ou. MAN Earthquake? JASMINE Not even a four pointer. Go back to sleep. Shrugging, the man does. HOLLYWOOD SIGN (FORMERLY SC. 72) - SAME Tan In Los Angeles. The SHADOW slowly covers the sign. EXT. WHITE HOUSE - WINDOW - SAME 75 The President and his daughter cautiously approach the window staring in awe at the amazing sight above them. Several others approach from behind. Cautiously some people begin to walk outside, staring up at the leviathan, mouths agape. INT. OVAL OFFICE - SAME 76 Slowly staff members approach, gazing out the window. Constance steps up behind the President. CONSTANCE What do we do now? PRESIDENT WHITMORE Address the nation, There are a lot of very frightened people out there right now. CONSTANCE Yeah. I'm one of them. EXT. WASHINGTON D.C. - ALIEN CRAFT - SAME 17 All of Washington is under the shadow of this gargantuan alien craft. A stunning tableau. cur TO: INT. JASMINE DEBROW'S BEDROOM - SAME 78 The man sleeping next to Jasmine is, STEVEN HILL, twenties, handsome with a military haircut. Pouncing up onto the bed, Jasmine's beagle BOOMER drops Steve's tennis shoes on top of him, waking him.79 80 JASMINE He's trying to impress you. STEVE He's doing a good job. He pats the dog on the head and takes the shoes. Steven gets | up and makes his way to the bathroom. INT. BATHROOM - CONTINUOUS 79 As Steve takes a pee, he SEES out the window a family packing | up their car, others standing around staring at something in the distance. A HELICOPTER flies overhead. STEVE Neighbors are moving. 1 think they're tired of earthquakes. He finishes and flushes. INT. LIVING ROOM - CONTINUOUS 80 Steve enters the living room. The television is playing a news broadcast . NEWSCASTER ...with little damage reported to the southland area. People are advised not to panic... STEVE Hon, something's on the tube ‘bout the quake. Jasmine sits up in bed, yelling out to Steve. JASMINE, Dylan out there? Steve turns, looking for Dylan when the doggie door pops open and Dylan crawls through. STEVE What have you been up to, Sport? DYLAN (holding his gun) Shooting aliens. Steve musses up the boy's hair, smiling. JASMINE (entering) Coffee?81 a2 83 84 a5 ZUG WLaLL 2/44) 29 oe Steve mumbles an affirmative as he exits. EXT. JASMINE'S HOUSE - CONTINUOUS a2 Steve picks up the morning paper and opens it. He doesn't notice the DOZENS of neighbors quickly packing up-gnd rushing to get away as he reads the paper oblivious. JASMINE (0.S.) You want milk with your coffee? Jasmine appears behind him, her view, too, obscured by the open newspaper. Suddenly another RELICOPTER zooms overhead. Annoyed, Steve lowers his paper. STEVE AND JASMINE'S P.O.V. 82 As the paper is lowered we SEE the helicopter SWOOP down. as it flies away we SEE... ‘THE _ALTEN CRAFT 83 Covering all of Los Angeles. This is the first time we see the entire craft. It is stupendous. Steve's jaw hits the floor. The milk goes CRASHING as Jasmine SCREAMS. CUT TO: INT. STAIRWELL - DAY 84 Running for all he's worth, David sprints down the stairs. INT. COMPACT CABLE OFFICE - CONTINUOUS 85 Dashing off the stairs, David stops seeing that the room is now completely empty. The wall of monitors play for no one. David walks up to one, adjusting the volume. T.V. - CNN BROADCAST - (DISTORTED BROADCAST SIGNAL) A space ship logo spins next to the words VISITORS: CONTACT OR CRISIS. Wolf Blitzer comes on screen live from the Pentagon. WOLF BLITZER Pentagon officials are reporting more ships have just arrived over the capitals of India, England and Germany. As he speaks we get quick glimpses of the other ships. MARTY (0.S.) I know, babycakes. Calm down.2nd Draft 5/11/95 33. David spins around at the sound of the voice but the room is still empty. David leans down and looks under a desk where he finds Marty still on the phone with his wife. DAVID Tell her to get the kids and leave town. MARTY What happened? DAVID (yells) Just do itt Marty realizes David is dead serious. MARTY Babycakes, pack the kids up and take them to your mother's. Don't ask. Go. Marty hangs up, crawls out from under the table. MARTY (cont'd) Okay, why did T just send my family to Atlanta? DAVID Remember I told you that the signal hidden within our satellite signal is slowly recycling down to extinction MARTY Not really... DAVID That signal. It's a countdown. MARTY (confused) A countdown to what? DAVID Think. It's like in chess. First you strategically position your pieces. Then, when the timing's right. You strike. David motions to the television.8 Marty takes a beat to digest. Then, grabbing the phone 86 87 2ud veabe 2/44/22 dat BLITZER ...there are additional unconfirmed sightings over Japan, the Mediterranean, and China... DAVID They are positioning themselves all over the world and using this one signal to synchronize their efforts. In approximately six hours the signal will disappear and the countdown will be over. MARTY ‘Then what? DAVID Checkmate. MARTY I gotta call my brother, my bookie, my lawyer...fuck my lawyer... David also grabs a phone. Suddenly the bank of monitors synchronize into one enormous image across the entire video wall; the President addressing the nation. INT. PRESS ROOM - WHITE HOUSE - SAME a6 The President stands at the podium giving his address. PRESIDENT My fellow Americans, a historic and unprecedented event has taken place. The question as to whether or not we are alone in the universe has been answered... ANGLE - SIDE ENTRANCE TO PRESS ROOM 87 ‘As Constance watches the President, she unconsciously mouths the words of his speech, after all, she did write them. A PRESS AIDE tugs on her sleeve. She tries to wave her off. PRESS AIDE He says he's your husband. Her expression drops. She takes the phone from her. CONSTANCE What do you want?gna urart 3/41/99 35 DAVID (filtered) You have to leave the White House CONSTANCE This is not the time or the place to have this same old discussion. 88 INT. COMPACT CABLE OFFICES - SAME 88 DAVID You don't understand. You have to leave Washington. 89 INT. SIDE OFFICE - WHITE HOUSE - SAME a9 Impatient, Constance tries to get off the phone. CONSTANCE In case you haven't noticed, we're in a little bit @f a crisis here. gee (£igeed) I've worl@' with embedded coding. They're communicating with a hidden signal. They're going to attack... CONSTANCE You're being paranoid. DAVID (filtered) It's not paranoia, The embedding is very subtle. It's probably been overlooked... © constance nangs up. Her face betrays mixed emotions. 90 INT. COMPACT CABLE OFFICES - SAME 90 David stares at the phone, pissed. Something on t.v. catches his attention. Through the snowy image he SEES... PRESIDENT (filtered) ...My staff and I are remaining here at the White House while we attempt to establish communication... Hanging up the phone, David sprints for the exit.92 92 93 94 95 PRESIDENT (cont'd) | ...80 remain calm. T£ you are compelled to leave these cities, please do so in a safe and orderly fashion. SMASH CUT TO: CABS SLANMING TOGETHER - NEW YORK CITY STREETS 91 | The rush to get away creeps slowly as cars jam the streets in total grid-lock. David pedals his bike furiously through | traffic. EXT. GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE - NEW YORK - DAY 92 The mass exodus has reached the bridge. Total congestion. David fights his way through. EXT. CLIFFSIDE, NEW JERSEY - LATER 93 The New York skyline behind him across the Hudson, David jumps off his bike, and races towards a row of tract houses. EXT. MOISHE'S TRACT HOUSE - SECONDS LATER 94 David BANGS on the door. It flies open. Moishe is holding a hunting rifle, pointing it at David. DAVID Pops! MOISHE The television said they've started with the looting already. vultures. DAVID You still got the Olds? MOTSHE You want to borrow the car? You don't have a license. DAVID That's okay. You're driving. INT, JASMINE'S HOUSE - DAY 95 Steve, wearing his Marine flight officer uniform, shoves the last of his things into his duffel bag. We notice there are small figurines of dolphins everywhere. Jasmine hovers nervously behind him.t 96 JASMINE You can't go. Call them back. STEVE Baby, you know how it is. I have to report to El Toro right away. JASMINE You said you were on leave for the Fourth. STEVE They canceled it. Why are you acting like this? Jasmine grabs the blinds and yanks them away, We SER the alien craft through the window. JASMINE. Why? That's why. That thing scares the piss out of me. BXT. DEBROW HOUSE - CONTINUOUS 96 Dylan sits behind the wheel pretending to drive. Steve grabs him, pulls him out. He reaches into his duffel, grabs a small brown paper bag. STEVE Here. I got these for you. Be careful with them. Dylan opens the bag; fireworks. Jasmine walks over. DYLAN, Cool. Steve tosses his gear into the back, opens his door. JASMINE Wait. I have to tell you something. STEVE What? JASMINE (loses her nerve) Be careful. STEVE Look, after your shift tonight, why don't you grab Dylan and come stay with me on base.97 JASMINE Really? You don't mind? STEVE (smiling) Naw. I'll just tell my other girlfriends’ they can't come over tonight . Pissed, she hits him. He loves it. JASMINE, You know, you're not as charming as you think you are. STEVE Yes I am. JASMINE, Dick-weed! STEVE Butt-munch. They kiss. Steve hops into his car and peels out. Jasmine takes the bag from Dylan. JASMINE, I'll take these. DYLAN Mommermmmmm .. . cur To: EXT. JERSEY - HIGHWAY - LATER THAT DAY 97 A perfectly preserved '68 Olds drives cautiously down the highway. Around him we see other cars packed to the gills as they make their escape from New York. INT. OLDS - SAME 98 Not the most confident driver, Moishe holds the steering wheel close to his chest. MOISHE It's the White House, for crying out loud. You can't just drive up and ring the bell. DAVID Can't this thing go any faster?4d WeaLe 2/44/29 oy MOTSHE You think they don't know what you know? Believe me, they know. She works for the President. They know everything. DAVID They don't know this. MOISHE And you're going to educate them? Tell me something, you're so smart how come you spent eight years at M.I.T. to become a cable repairman? DAVID Dad... MOISHE All I'm saying is they've got people who handle these things, David. ‘They want HBO, they'll call you. cur To: 99 INT. HOTEL LOUNGE, LOS ANGELES - LATE AFTERNOON 99 Mrs. Whitmore is at a house phone. Behind her we see several news crews waiting for interviews. PRESIDENT (filtered through phone) I want you out of there MARGARET You're staying there to keep people calm. It's the right thing to do. I'm not going to let them criticize you for it 100 INT. WHITMORE BEDROOM - WHITE HOUSE - SAME 100 ‘The President sits on his bed, his daughter lays next to him, watching t.v. The signal distortion is getting worse. PRESIDENT Okay, fine but the second your interviews are done, I have a helicopter ready to take you to Nellis Air Force...MARGARET (filtered) How's the munchkin? PRESIDENT She's glued to the T.V., just like the rest of the world. T love you too. Here she is... He hands Patty the phone as General Grey and Nimziki appear in the doorway. The President walks over to them. GENERAL GREY More ships keep arriving, fifteen in total so far NIMZIKI This is crazy. We're loosing our first strike capabilities! GENERAL GREY We're trying to communicate with them on all frequencies but we're getting nowhere. atlantic Command is working on a type of visual communication. PRESIDENT What the hell are they up to? cur To: 201 EXT. TRAILER PARK - NIGHT 201 A long crowded highway of people trying to escape from Los (© angeles can be seen in the distance. The huge space craft hovering behind them. Miguel is on the roof of the trailer, adjusting the t.v. antenna trying to get a picture. Suddenly the image clears and we SEE a group of people in a crowded hallway. REPORTER (filtered) -..a local crop duster was arrested today attempting to land at Edwards Air Force Base. On the t.v. we SEE Russell being escorted to a police car. Mortified, Miguel can't believe what he's seeing. RUSSELL They've got to do something. (MORE)and Draft 5/11/95 41 RUSSELL (CONT'D) I was abducted by space aliens ten years ago. They did all Kinds of experiments on me. They've been studying us for years, learning our weakness. We've got to do something before they kill us all! TROY (0.S.) what'cha watching? Just as Troy starts to climb up, Miguel changes the channel to Mrs. Whitmore. Troy sits down next to Miguel. MRS. WHITMORE (filtered) -..we need to remain calm. As more people decide to leave the cities, safety is key... MIGUEL Troy, you remember Uncle Hector, : from Tucson? TROY He's got that SEGA Saturn CD, 64 bit, right? MIGUEL Yeah. What would you think if we : went there to live for a while? TROY That'd be cool! 1 Miguel thinks for a second, makes a decision. MIGUEL Pack up, we're going. Miguel jumps down from the roof. Troy climbs down the ladder. TROY (yelling after him) What about Dad? 102 OMITTED 102 103 ALICIA AND OLDER BOY 103 Kissing. It's getting hot. Alicia laughs, pushes him away. n. OLDER BOY This could be our last night on Earth. You don't want to die a virgin, do you?104 105 ALICIA What makes you think I'm a virgin. The Older Boy is taken off guard. Before he can answer the tarp they were hiding under is ripped away. Miguel stands there. MIGUEL Come on, we're going. ALICIA I'm not going anywhere... Miguel grabs her by the wrist and pulls her away. EXT. FREEWAY - OUTSIDE WASHINGTON - NIGHT 104 We see the long highway leading to Washington, the space ship hovering above it. One side of the freeway is packed solid, the other completely empty, save for one car... INT. MOISHE'S OLDS - NIGHT 105 Moishe looks to the other side of the freeway, jam packed. on his side, they are the only car for miles. MOISHE The whole world is trying to get out of Washington and we're the only shmucks trying to get in. As Moishe drives, David distracts him as he unpacks his backpack unloading his laptop. He grabs a CD. MOISHE (cont'd) What the hell is that? DAVID This, pops, is every phone book in America. MOISHE You think an important person like Constance is going to be listed? DAVID She always keeps her portable phone listed, for emergencies. Sometimes it's just her first initial, sometime her nickname... David starts to look it up. Suddenly... DOZENS OF CARS HEADING STRAIGHT FOR THEM106 107 108 In the attempt to get out, hundreds of cars have been re- directed by the military to use the opposite side of the highway . MOTSHE oy my God! Moishe SWERVES violently to avoid collision, barely missing the oncoming traffic. Dodging right to left, Moishe hangs on for dear life. A Military Officer, assisting in diverting the cars turns just in time to see the Olds whiz by. David and Moishe are bounced around the inside of the car as Moishe tries to veer through traffic. Suddenly A TRUCK blocks off their only escape route. Moishe turns HARD and drives up onto the right shoulder. OVERHEAD ANGLE - OLDS AND TRAFFIC The Olds is the only car in headed that direction. Using the shoulder, swerving to miss barricades, they drive off an exit ramp. DAVID Nice driving, pops! Dangerously close to a heart attack, Moishe is, for once, at a loss for words. Over their adrenaline pumped faces... MALE VOICE (V.0.) ...put your hands together for Sabrina! CUT TO: INT. STRIP CLUB - LOS ANGELES - NIGHT 106 A bikini-clad Sabrina twirls gracefully on the stage. As she comes to a stop we reveal Sabrina is actually Jasmine. She looks out into the audience and her expression DROPS. REVERSE ANGLE - JASMINE'S P.0.V. - EMPTY CLUB 107 Five strippers and eight customers. All crowded near the television watching the news. ANGLE T.V. - ROOFTOPS - LOS ANGELES 108 Helicopter footage of people gathered on the rooftops of downtown Los Angeles holding up drawings of space aliens.NEWSCASTERS (filtered) ;.-from the "it could only happen in California" file, hundreds of UFO fanatics have gathered on the rooftops of downtown Los Angeles, welcoming the new arrivals... 109 INT. DRESSING ROOM - CONTINUOUS 109 Jasmine storms into the dressing room. Wiping off her makeup, she sits down next to TIFFANY who watches the same report on a small b&w. JASMINE I can't believe I even came in tonight. What was I thinking? TIFFANY (re: t.v.) Isn't this cool. And you thought Iwas muts. Oh, look, I brought mine with me. Tiffany holds up a drawing of a space alien. JASMINE You're not thinking of joining é those idiots? ‘TIFFANY I'm going over there soon as I'm off. Wanna come? Jasmine turns to Tiffany, dead serious. JASMINE Tiffany, I don't want you to go up there. ‘Promise me you won't. | (Tiffany pouts) Promise! ‘TIFFANY I promise. JASMINE Okay. I'm gone. I'm outta town for a while. Her boss MARIO enters and walks over to his private office in back. He opens the door and finds Dylan playing with his dog, Boomer.ana brare $/11/¥> 4s MARIO What the hell's your kid doing here? Jasmine rushes past picking up Dylan and carrying him away as she heads for the exit. Boomer follows. JASMINE You try to find a sitter today. MARIO Where do you think you're going? You leave, you're fired. JASMINE (out the door) Nice working with you, Mario. cur TO: 110 EXT. WASHINGTON D.C. - NIGHT 120 ' ‘The streets are nearly deser 208) Millions of small lights on the underbelly of the craft)@ast strange reflections on the streets below. The Old; ves on its way towards the Capitol building. 111 INT. OLDS - CONTINUOUS Bea David types frustratedly on this laptop. MOISHE Not listed, huh? DAVID I just haven't found it yet. I tried C. Halbrook, Connie Halbrook, Spunky Halbrook... MOISHE Spunky? DAVID College nickname. MOISHE You try Martin? DAVID She didn't take my name when we were married. - Moishe shrugs. David gives it a shot. Finds it. The machine : BEEPS.112 113 MOISHE (sarcastic) So what do I know? OMITTED 112 INT. LOCKER ROOM - EL TORO MARINE CORPS STATION - NIGHT 113 A crowded locker room. Steve enters. MALE VOICE (0.S.) Where the hell've you been? STEVE Ah, were you guys waiting for me? Several Marines throw towels at Steve as he makes his way to his locker. His best friend, JIMMY, sits next to him. oIMMY, Can you believe it? This is serious shit, Stevie. They've recalled everyone! As Steve sits he SEES some envelops stuck into the side of his locker . STEVE Well, the mail's still working. He flips through the envelops and FREEZES when he sees one with the NASA ensignia on it. Jimmy snatches it away from him. orm dunk mail. You don't want this. Steve quickly snatches it back, rips it open and reads. From the disappointment on his face we can tell it's bad news. Realizing, Jimmy puts a hand on Steve's shoulder. TIMMY I don't believe it. They make you learn how to fly everything from an Apache to a Harrier and still they turn you down? What else do they want you to learn? STEVE How to kiss ass.14 15 2nd Draft 5/11/95 47. | Steve crumples the letter and tosses it. angrily he opens his | locker. Pasted on the locker door we see photos of Jasmine next to photos of the space shuttle, Apollo Missions, and a NASA insignia bumper sticker. As Steve stuffs his jacket into the locker, something falls | out. Before Steve can grab it, Jimmy snatches it up first. oIMMY What is this? Jimmy holds up the small jewelry box, opens it up to find a beautiful diamond engagement ring, the ring a thin dolphin wrapped in a circle. STEVE (embarrassed) Jasmine has this thing for dolphins. I had them make it... oIMMY I thought you said you were going to break it off. Steve snatches it back, embarrassed. JIMMY (cont'd) Steve, listen to me, you're never gonna get to £ly the space shuttle if you marry a stripper. Steve knows he's right. He's torn. EXT. WHITE HOUSE - MOMENTS LATER - NIGHT aya ‘The Olds stops near the White House. From here we can SEE tanks and armed patrols. A small group of protesters have gathered, upset about the military hardware. Signs: "Don't provoke" "Violence begets Violence. INT. OLDS - CONTINUOUS 1s David adjusts a small portable satellite, connecting it to his phone and laptop computer. MOISHE So, you want to ring the bell or should 1? David flips open the phone, dials the number on the screen.2nd Draft 5/11/95 48 DAVID Perfect, she's using it. MOISHE It's perfect the line is busy? DAVID Yes. I can use her signal to triangulate her exact position in the White House. MOLSHE You can do that? Shooting his father a look. DAVID (sarcastic) All cable repaixmen can. 116 INT. WHITE HOUSE - HALLWAY - MOMENTS LATER 116 Constance is just finishing a call on her cellular phone. CONSTANCE ...Sally, take my cat with when you leave. No I'm staying here at the White House. Take care. The moment she hangs up, it RINGS. Surprised, she answers. CONSTANCE Wha DAVID (filtered) Connie, don't hang up. CONSTANCE David? How'd you get this number? DAVID Walk to the window. Right in front of you. Constance looks up to the large glass windows. She walks over to it, looking out. CONSTANCE what am I looking for?117 118 1g gna vrare 3/44/92 ay. CONSTANCE'S P.O.V - STREET - OLDS - DAVID 117 Between two of the tanks outside, Constance can SEE David standing on top of the Olds across the street. Moishe steps out, waves. Constance is stunned. CONSTANCE (to herself) How does he do that? cur To: INT. BRENNON TRAILER - NIGHT 118 Sulking, Alicia sits in back with her walkman on. Troy sleeps while Miguel drives. Suddenly Miguel hits the brakes, as something comes SAILING DOWN FROM THE SKY. We realize it's the B-WING PLANE landing on the stretch of roadway directly in front of them. EXT. ROADWAY - CONTINUOUS 19 The plane lands, skids into a turn. Russell jumps out, walks over to the trailer. We can tell he's drunk again. MIGUEL They let you out? RUSSELL, dust what the hell do you think you're doing? Miguel moves to meet Russell away from the trailer, not wanting the others to hear. MIGUEL We're leaving, don't try and stop us. RUSSELL You're not going anywhere. You hear me? I'm still your father. Miguel explodes, this has been building up for some time. MIGUEL No your not! You're just the man who married my mother. You're nothing to me! Russell is momentarily silent, stunned. Recovering...120 121 4uu Lab 3/44/92 ou. RUSSELL Troy's still my son no matter how you feel about me. MIGUEL For once in your life think about what's best for Troy. Who has to beg for money to buy him medicine when you screw up? Who? Suddenly we hear glass CRASHING. Both men spin to find Troy standing behind them. ‘TROY Stop it! I'm not a baby! I don't need your stupid medicine. I don't need anyone to take care of me! Miguel leans down to see the broken MEDICINE BOTTLE on the floor. Miguel rushes over to him, furious. MIGUEL You know what this stuff costs? Do you want to get sick again!? Do you!? Frustrated, Miguel shoves Troy aside and heads back into the trailer. Wobbly from the drinking, Russell stands there pathetically, watching. EXT. ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE - NIGHT 120 A large group of press rush over toward FOUR APACHE HELICOPTERS, each refitted with a large LIGHT BOARDS, as they slowly lift’ off the ground. Cameras flash, reporters yell questions to the Officers assigned to keep them at bay. Several news organizations do stand up remotes. We TRACK past them to the CNN crew. CNN REPORTER What you see behind me are four Apache helicopters... INT. BRIEFING ROOM - WHITE HOUSE - SAME a2. On the television plays the CNN broadcast. The reception is intermittently disrupted.4uu WLaLe 2/44/92 CNN REPORTER, (filtered through t.v.) each has been refitted with what Pentagon officials hope will be our first step in communicating with the alien craft We WIDEN to reveal a large contingent of military personnel along with the President's chief advisors gathered around several monitors, (the center monitors are momentarily blank) . Suddenly everyone snaps to attention as the President enters. PRESIDENT Where are we? GENERAL GREY They're in the air. cur To: : 122 INT. OFFICE OF THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR - SAME 122 Moishe inspects a photo of Constance with the President, impressed he nods with approval. MOISHE (to himself) very nice. Constance is looking at David's laptop displaying the breakdown of the alien signal. CONSTANCE And when is the countdown supposed to expire? DAVID (checking) Fifty six minutes, forty five seconds. Constance runs her fingers through her hair, exasperated. Moishe turns, listens. ; CONSTANCE What do you want me to do? PAVID I want you to leave with us. Right now CONSTANCE I can't leave. We have to tell this to the President.123 124 125 126 DAVID He's not going to listen to me. Surprised at his son, Moishe steps forward. MOTSHE Sure he'll listen. Why wouldn't he? DAVID Because last time I saw him I punched him in the face. MOTSHE You punched the President in the face? DAVID He wasn't the President then. CONSTANCE David thought I was having an affair, which I wasn't. MOISHE Punched the President? Oy my god. APACHE HELICOPTERS 123 ZOOM by overhead. In the distance we see they are headed for the enormous alien craft. INT. HELICOPTER - PILOT - CONTINUOUS 124 The PILOT adjusts his radio. PILOT. Echo one, we are closing in. EXT. SKIES - CONTINUOUS 125 ‘The choppers alter their formation, aligning themselves alongside one another. As the helicopters near the craft, we see how tiny they appear against the gargantuan space ship. INT. HALLWAY - ELEVATORS - WHITE HOUSE - MINUTES LATER 126 ‘The elevator doors open and Moishe steps out, overwhelmed and impressed. Constance leads them down the hall. Moishe turns to David, whispers. MOISHE If I had known I was going to meet the President, I'd a worn a tie. (MORE)127 128 and brace 5/11/95 Ey MOISHE (CONT'D) Look at me, I look like a schlemiel INT. OVAL OFFICE - CONTINUOUS 127 The office is empty as the trio walks in, Moishe can't believe he's there. He straightens himself up, combs his hair. CONSTANCE Wait here. I'll be right back. David sets up his laptop. MOISHE Not on his desk. INT. BRIEFING ROOM - NIGHT 128 The middle monitors are now on. They show the night vision P.0.V. of the helicopters as they approach. n the side monitors we SEE the various news broadcast of this event. NEWSCASTER, (filtered) ...the helicopters are making their final approach... On the middle monitor, through the night vision camera on the lead helicopter we SEE the side of the craft as the helicopters near. Everyone in the room watches, tense. Constance enters and kneels down next to the President, whispering in his ear. The President gets up and follows Constance. Chief of Staf£ Nimziki objects. NIMZIKI You're leaving now? The President silences him with a look. As they exit. CONSTANCE I don't know how you put up with him. PRESIDENT He use to run the NIA. He knows were all the bones are buried. Comes in handy. CONSTANCE I'LL bet.129 gtd veabe 2/44/22 ot INT. OVAL OFFICE - SAME 129 The door flies open and Constance and the President enter. The moment President Whitmore sees David, he freezes. PRESIDENT WHITMORE What the hell's he doing here? Moishe, bursting, steps forward. CONSTANCE MOISHE My ex-husband works in Moishe Martinsburg, Mr. satellite communications. President . PRESIDENT I don't have time for this... With a BANG, David suddenly KNOCKS everything off the President's desk and starts to draw on the ink blotter. DAVID It's about “line of sight," Mr. President . David draws a circle representing Earth and a smaller circle just away from it. The President reluctantly nears. DAVID If you wanted to coordinate with ships all over the world, you couldn't send one signal to every place at the same time. That's called line of sight Drawing a line from the ship to either side of the Barth, we SEE that you could not send a signal to the other side. DAVID (cont'd) ...you'd need to relay your signal using satellites David draws small satellites surrounding Earth. DAVID (cont'd) ...to reach each ship, I have found a signal hidden inside our own satellite network. Suddenly an aide, ALEX, appears in the doorway. ALEX Excuse me, Mr, President. They're starting. iy130 130A 131 and Dratt 5/11/95 55 The President turns to the monitor in his office. We SEE the helicopters turning on the light boards affixed to the front of their cockpits. He turns back to David. DAVID Mr. President, they are using our owm satellites against us and the clock is ticking. EXT. HELICOPTERS - SAME - NIGHT 130 The large light panels TURN ON, multi-colored lights slowly begin to flash in a repeating sequential pattern. REVERSE ANGLE - HELICOPTERS AND SPACE CRAFT 130A The helicopters are puny little specs next to this Goliath. The light boards continue to FLASH but there is no reaction from the ship. INT. BRIEFING ROOM - SECONDS, ITER 231 Everyone is glued to tht Qoitors as the President storms in. Q® prssipewr General Grey, co-ordinate with Atlantic Command. Tell them they have twenty five minutes to get as many people out of the cities as they can. GENERAL GREY But Mr. President... PRESIDENT And get those helicopters away from the ship. Call them back immediately. General Grey obeys, turning to an assistant who quickly grabs a phone. Nimziki steps up to the President. NIMZIKI What the hell's going on? PRESIDENT We're leaving. An AIDE motions to the monitors. AIDE ‘They're responding. The room goes silent, everyone turns to the monitors.132 133 134 135 136 and Draft 5/11/95 56. MONITOR - NEWS PROGRAM & NIGHT VISION VIDEO 132 on all screens we SEE the space ship as a long thin line of WHITE LIGHT suddenly emits from the side of the craft, illuminating the four Apache Helicopters. EXT. APACHE HELICOPTERS - SAME 133 ‘The light boards are overpowered by the bright light coming from the space craft. Suddenly with a loud SCREECHING NOISE, the white light spills out as a huge OPENING unfolds at the side of the craft. The four helicopters have to fight to hold their positions, as something powerful emits from the schism in the ship. Then like a gigantic bug-zapper, the four pesky little Apache Helicopters are BLOWN OUT OF THE SKY, one by one. They have no time to retreat. INT, HOTEL SUITE - NIGHT 134 Mrs. Whitmore packs her bag, as the horrifying image of the destruction of the helicopter replays on the t.v. SECRET SERVICEMAN Mrs. Whitmore? The President has ordered the evacuation. We have to leave, now. She slams her valise SHUT and quickly exits. POLICE HELICOPTER 135 SOARS over us, headed directly for downtown Los Angeles. EXT. ROOFTOP - SAME 136 ‘The UFO true believers are still there, holding up their signs. Making her way through several of them we see Tiffany. She looks up to the spacecraft above. ‘TIPFANY (awed) It's beautiful. She digs her drawing of an alien out of her purse as she excitedly rushes up to the others. She holds it up to the sky, proudly. POLICE HELICOPTER From out of nowhere the helicopter LIFTS up over the side of the building, shining it's spotlight down on the believers below.138 139 140 141 2nd Draft 5/11/95 57. { POLICE (P.A.) ..-we are evacuating the city. Please leave the building at once. The sign holders begin to "boo" the police, ignoring them. EXT. CITY STREET - PASADENA THROUGHWAY - SAME 337 The freeway is packed on both sides, every car headed out of town. There is no opposing traffic. INT. JASMINE'S CAR - SAME 138 Dylan holds Boomer as Jasmine drives. The news plays over her car radio. RADIO VOICE ..-authorities have called for a complete evacuation of Los Angeles County. People are advised to avoid the highways wherever possible. JASMINE Now he tells me. EXT. WHITE HOUSE - SAME 139 The President stops on his way to the Presidential helicopter as an aide brings his daughter outside. The President ushers her into the helicopter. He turns back and sees a military guard holding back Moishe and David. PRESIDENT They're okay. Let them on! INT. HELICOPTER - CONTINUOUS 140 ‘The President steps inside, turns to General Grey PRESIDENT Is my wife in the air? GENERAL GREY She should be shortly. David £lips open his laptop which reads: 09:07, 09:06. EXT. WHITE HOUSE LAWN - HELICOPTER - CONTINUOUS aa1 The Presidential helicopter lifts off as several other helicopters wait behind, people filing into them.142 143 144 145 146 147 gna vrare 5/44/39 De. EXT. ROOFTOPS - LOS ANGELES - SAME 142 The Police helicopter is still flashing their lights at the UFO believers who refuse to budge. Suddenly the entire rooftop is BATHED IN WHITE LIGHT. They all grow silent staring up at the craft. Above them another SCHISM has opened at the bottom of the craft, the white light spilling out. As though the heavens had opened, the UFO believers lift their arms, waiting to be taken. BELIEVERS Take me! No, take me! Take me! Slowly this beam of light from the base of the ship INTENSIFIES directly on the top of this building. EXT. HELIPORT - SAME 143 Standing on this rooftop heliport directly across from the UFO believers, the First Lady watches them, concerned. SECRET SERVICEMAN (yelling over helicopter) Mrs. Whitmore! Reluctantly, the First Lady turns and runs for the helicopter. ‘The door is shut and the helicopter takes off. EXT. THE CAPITOL BUILDING - SAME 144 With a ROAR, the Presidential helicopter ZOOMS past, behind it we see an enormous SCHISM opening beneath the space craft. EXT. WHITE HOUSE - SAME 145 Alex is helping people get onto the remaining helicopters. Suddenly he is bathed in WHITE LIGHT. He looks up and sees the SCHISM, its WHITE BEAM coming directly down upon the White House. EXT. EMPIRE STATE BUILDING - SAME 146 The pinnacle of this landmark is abruptly illuminated in WHITE LIGHT. We PAN UP to the space craft above, the beam intensifying from the SCHISM below the ship. EXT. ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE - SAME 147 ‘The Presidential helicopter lands. ‘The President and his group are ushered over to AIR FORCE ONE which stands only a hundred yards away.148 149 150 1s. 152 153 154 and Draft 5/11/95 59. INT. AIR FORCE ONE - SAME 148 The door OPENS and the President and his advisors rush in. David flops down into a seat, quickly flips open his laptop which reads: 00:05, 00:04... EXT. ROOFTOPS - LOS ANGELES - SAME 149 As the light amplifies, the believers chant, louder and louder. Suddenly the white light DISAPPEARS. The believers are stunned. In a brief moment it is replaced with a BLAST. A DESTRUCTION BEAM BLASTS down onto the rooftop, splintering everything there, Police helicopter included, into a billion tiny particles. Tiffany doesn't even have a chance to scream. This is the epicenter, from here the WALL OF DESTRUCTION GROWS outwardly, destroying everything in its path. EXT. EMPIRE STATE BUILDING - SAME 150 Just as the BLAST HITS, the historic building is DECIMATED. EXT. WHITE HOUSE LAWN - SAME 151 Alex shuts the door on a helicopter. As he steps back the white light VANISHES. He looks up as the BLAST replaces the beam. ANGLE - WHITE HOUSE Just as one of the helicopters pass us, the White House SPLINTERS BEFORE OUR EYES EXT. ANDREWS - RUNWAY - AIR FORCE ONE - SAME 152 Air Force One quickly taxis down the runway towards us. Behind them in the distance we can SEE the DESTRUCTIVE beam GROWING OUTWARDLY from the epicenter. ‘THE CAPITOL BUILDING 153 The WALL OF DESTRUCTION reaches the Capitol Building, fragmenting into a trillion particles. THE PENTAGON 154 Washed under the WALL OF DESTRUCTION, the Pentagon, too, is blown to smithereens.155 156 157 158 159 160 162 Se ee apes oe ou. ' INT. AIR FORCE ONE - SAME 155 Thick with tension Everyone is white-knuckled, anxious for take off as they taxi quickly down the runway. EXT. ANDREWS - RUNWAY - AIR FORCE ONE 156 | Air Force One, full throttle. It LIFTS OFF just in time to miss the WALL OF DESTRUCTION as it rips apart the airport behind them, dangerously close. WIDE ANGLE - WASHINGTON, D.C. 157 | We SEE the WAVE OF DESTRUCTION growing outwardly from the epicenter, ENGULFING ALL OF WASHINGTON. Air Force One is just barely making it out in time. EXT. PASADENA FREEWAY - SAME 158 Jasmine's car is caught in traffic just outside the tunneled underpass at the Griffith Park Mountains. RADIO NEWSMAN (filtered) My God. It's destroying everything in its path. 1 Widening... Suddenly the radio CUTS OUT. Jasmine turns around and SEBS... JASMINE'S P.O.V. ~ FREEWAY & DOWNTOWN 159 Far off the devastation of downtown can be seen. ‘The WALL OF DESTRUCTION growing towards us. Reacting, Jasmine grabs Dylan and dashes out of the car. Boomer follows. Every driver who can, jumps out of their cars, running in all directions. Jasmine heads for the tunnel ANGLE - FREEWAYS 160 | The grid-locked cars have nowhere to run as the WALL OF DESTRUCTION grows out from downtown. All the cars are WIPED OUT in a row, sitting ducks. ANGLE - OVERPASS - BRIDGES 161 | Packed with cars. They're quickly demolished as the WALL OF DESTRUCTION blasts by.162 163 164 165 INT. TUNNEL - SAME 162 Jasmine turns back from the tunnel entrance. JASMINE'S P.O.V - WALL OF DESTRUCTION 163 Ever nearing, only moments away. Jasmine spots an open MAINTENANCE ALCOVE deep within the tunnel. She runs to it, puts Dylan inside and climbs in after him. Leaning back out, Jasmine looks for Boomer who stares at her, wagging his tail. JASMINE Boomer, come. Come boy! Boomer LEAPS inside and Jasmine ducks to the side as the WALL OF DESTRUCTION hits the tunnel entrance, cars are JAMMED TOGETHER, SMASHING into one another. Suddenly the cars ARE BLOWN CLEAR THROUGH THE TUNNEL like so many toy Hot Wheel cars. Inside the Maintenance alcove, Jasmine shields Dylan and Boomer with her body. EXT. MANHATTAN - WIDE ANGLE - SAME 164 From a distance we WATCH as all of Manhattan is consumed from its center outwardly by the growing WALL OF DESTRUCTION. Within seconds all of Manhattan is gone. The WALL OF DESTRUCTION reaches its outer most edges and fades away. The SCHISM under the craft slowly CLOSES. The ship now hovers over a completely wiped out Manhattan. SLOW DISSOLVE: INT. BRENNON TRAILER - PRE-DAWN 165 A hand adjusts the trailer radio. RADIO (filtered) .+reports are unclear as to the extent of the devastation, but from all accounts, Los Angeles, Washington and New York have been left in ruins..166 167 168 40U UraLe 274492 be. Russell shoots a worried look over to Miguel. Suddenly Troy moves up to the front on wobbly legs. TROY Guys, I don't feel so good. RUSSELL When was the last time you had your medicine? ‘TROY Four days. ..five? Troy looks really sick. Miguel is shocked. MIGUEL But I gave you some this morning. TROY I didn't take it. I thought 1 didn't need it anymore. EXT. DESERT HIGHWAY - SAME 166 The trailer, with Russell's Bi-wing in tow, pulls over. Troy xushes out, vomiting on the side of the road. Miguel comes to his aide. Russell steps out and walks to the curve in the highway. RUSSELL Miguel? Come take a look at this. Reluctantly Miguel leaves his brother's side. P.0.V, - RUSSELL AND MIGUEL 167 Below an entire valley filled with campers, trailers and busses. A instant refugee city, if you will, for as far as the eye can see. Spectacular. cur TO: INT. EL TORO - BRIEFING ROOM - MORNING 168 Thirty five pilots are being briefed by their Commanding Officer, CAPTAIN WATSON who points to a fuzzy photograph of the craft over Los Angeles. WATSON You will be the first wave in our counter attack. Though surveillance satellite reconnaissance has been impaired, we have a fix on our primary target.169 170 am. 172 Steve and Jimmy sit next to each other near the back of the xoom STEVE (whispered) You won't exactly need radar to find it. Jimmy chuckles. Watson is annoyed WATSON You want to add something to this briefing, Lt. Hill? Steve smiles confidently. STEVE Sorry, Sir. Just real anxious to kick some alien ass. Everyone chuckles, including Captain Watson. EXT. EL TORO MARINE CORPS AIR STATION - MOMENTS LATER 169 Huge hangar doors open revealing a F/A-18 HORNET, one of the U.S.A.F.'s elite. TARMAC - OVERHEAD SHOT 170 Thirty F/A-18s await take off on the tarmac as Technicians and Flight Crews race for position. ENGINE BLAST a7. The heat waves momentarily obscure our view as the F/A-18s take to the air. INT. ATR FORCE ONE - SAME 172 ‘The President is deeply contemplative. Constance sits down next to him. She knows what he's thinking. CONSTANCE You saved a lot of lives. PRESIDENT WHITMORE I could have evacuated the cities hours ago. (beat) You know, when I flew in the Gulf War everything was simple. We knew what we had to do. It's not simple anymore, Connie. A lot of people died today. How many didn't have to?1723 174 175 Constance realizes there's no comforting him. She supports him silently by being there. General Grey comes over PRESIDENT WHITMORE, Any news on my wife? GENERAL GREY The helicopter never arrived at Nellis and there's been no radio contact . The news rocks the President. They both know what that means. GENERAL GREY (cont'd) The fighters are in the air. Whitmore nods and follows the General to the back of the plane. COMMAND CENTER - AIR FORCE ONE 173 Military Command has been set up on Air Force One, a kind of flying NORAD, Military and technical crew are seated at the controls. Nimziki is already there. GENERAL GREY All satellites, microwave and ground communications with the cities are gone. We believe we're looking at a total loss. Maintaining his composure, the President looks up at the many tracking screens. PRESIDENT Where are they? GENERAL GREY (pointing) ETA with target; four minutes. EXT. BLUE SKIES - TACTICAL FIGHTERS - SAME 174 Five F/A-18 fighters move into frame, As we WIDEN we REVEAL a total of 30 F/A-18s in attack formation, destination Los Angeles. INT. STEVE'S FIGHTER - SAME 175 Steve pulls a long cigar out of his breast pocket. STEVE (into radio) Jimmy crack corn, do you have victory dance?176 177 gna urart 2/11/95 bo. INT. JIMMY'S FIGHTER - SAME 176 Jimmy pulls his cigar out. Examines it. oIMMY (into radio) That is an affirmative. I have victory dance. Mmmmmmm. STEVE (filtered) Don't get premature on me, Jimmy. We don't light up ‘til the Fat Lady sings. oIMMY I hear you. INT. AIR FORCE ONE - PASSENGER SECTION - SAME 177 Air sick, David holds a "barf bag" as Moishe talks. MOISHE It's Aix Force One for crying out loud. Still he gets sick? DAVID Moishe, please, don't talk. Moishe pats his belly. MOTSHE Look at me, like a rock. Good weather, bad, doesn't matter. (motions with his hands) We can go up and down, back and forth, side to side... David can't take any more of this story and takes off running for the bathroom. MOISHE What I say? Constance comes over, sits next to Moishe. CONSTANCE He still gets air sick, huh? In all of this I didn't get the chance to thank you two. MOISHE Think nothing of it, Spanky.eu WeaLe By iy os Constance smiles, corrects him, CONSTANCE Spunky. He told you about that? MOISHE (nods) All he could think about was getting to you. There's still love there I think. CONSTANCE (sadly) Love was never our problem. MOISHE All you need is love. John Lennon. Smart man. Shot in the back, very sad. 178 EXT. SKIES - SAME 178 In the distance we can see the devastated Los Angeles, the space craft still hovering above it. The Fighters zoom into frame. 179 INT. STEVR'S FIGHTER - SAME 179 Steve looks down, becomes worried. STEVE I shouldn't have left her. Ivey (filtered) Don't worry, big guy. I'm sure she got out of here before it happened. © steve nods absently. STEVE Let's lock and load. 180 INT. AIR FORCE ONE - SAME 180 ‘The center F/A-18 on the radar map begins to FLASH yellow, just under its image. We SEE a video display of it's FLIR (forward-looking infrared) targeting system, locked on. ‘TECHNICIAN Los Angeles attack squadron has AMRAAM missiles locked on target.TECHNICIAN #2 Washington and New York squadrons, reporting lock on GENERAL GREY Fire at will. 181 EXT. STEVE'S FIGHTER - SAME 181 An Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) DROPS down from the underbelly of the fighter, DARTING OFF. Radar targeted, the missile BANKS hard, adjusting. We SEE it | is joined by FOURTEEN other missiles, all rocketing towards their target 182 EXT. ALIEN SHIP - SECONDS LATER 182 The missiles are headed straight for the alien ship. Suddenly about a quarter mile before they reach it, they EXPLODE, as though blown out of the sky. When the smoke clears we see there has been zero damage. 183 INT. STEVE'S FIGHTER - SAME 183 STEVE Damn it! oIMMY (filtered) I didn't even see them fire! STEVE Command, Eagle One. Switching to "sidewinders." We're moving in. 184 EXT. SKIES - SAME 184 In unison these amazing birds DIVE together, realigning themselves into six groups of five, spreading out to attack different areas of the ship. 185 STEVE'S GROUP 185 | The first attack group, Steve's, are the first to near the colossal alien craft. Simultaneously they drop their AIM-9 sidewinder missiles. 286. ACK OF AIM-9 SIDEWINDER MISSILES res | They reach the same quarter-mile proximity and EXPLODE.187 INT. STEVE'S FIGHTER - SAME 187 STEVE ‘They must have some kind of protective shield surrounding their hull. Pull up. Most of the fighters do, but one is too late and SMASHES into the ship's protective shield. 188 EXT, SKIES - SAME 188 Steve's squadron BANKS hard, skirting the edge of the ship's protective shield. As the fighters approach, the alien ship's enormous ATTACK BAY doors OPEN. Suddenly DOZENS OF ALIEN ATTACKERS dart out towards our fighters. STEVE (filtered) Evasive maneuvers! Check Six! dust moving away in time, our Fighters barely dodge the oncoming enemy Attackers as they FIRE a HAILSTORM of FIREPOWER (tracer bullet-like lasers) showering the sky. As Steve's plane DIVES, an Attacker follows. Jimmy's plane pulls up behind the attacker. 189 HEADS UP DISPLAY - HUD 189 Jimmy's HUD has the alien attacker in his sights. oIMMY (filtered) Got you covered, stevie. Jimmy FIRES, another AIM-9 Sidewinder TAKES OFF. 190 ALIEN ATTACKER 190 The Sidewinder overtakes the attacker as Steve ROLLS AWAY out of position. Five yards before the sidewinder can get to the Attacker, it EXPLODES. oIMMY Shit! They've got shields too. 191 STEVE'S FIGHTER 191 Banks back around to get a shot. Just as he turns, three American Fighters are BLOWN TO RIBBONS from Attacker tracer fire.192 193 The Attackers are in hot pursuit of Jimmy's fighter. The Fighter flying next to Jimmy is DEMOLISHED. STEVE Jimmy, roll right. 1'11 cover. Jimmy's fighter narrowly rolls away from the tracer fire as Steve fires another Sidewinder, momentarily distracting the Attacker. Jimmy falls in line with Steve as the attackers turn on them. Both fighters jerk downwards at a ninety degree angle at MACH ONE. Narrowly missing the ground, they bank away. The Attackers can't follow. INT. AIR FORCE ONE - SAME 192 Fighter after fighter begin to disappear from the display screens. COMMANDER We're losing them. PRESIDENT Then get them out of there. Suddenly one of the large radar display maps FIZZLES OUT. TECHNICIAN We've lost the satellite. Before he can adjust, another monitor FIZZLES AWAY. EXT. LOS ANGELES SKIES - SAME 193 One by one we SEE the fighters getting TAKEN OUT. Fireballs litter the laser-tracer fire covered skies. STRVE Maybe we can out run them. Follow my lead. Jimmy and Steve bank away from the craft, hit the supercruise, BOLTING AWAY at Mach 2. Both Jimmy and Steve are held tight against their seats, straining against the G-Force. Two Attackers spot them and follow in hot pursuit. Steve and Jimmy are flying at breakneck speeds, the attackers slowly gaining on them.~ 194 195 196 197 sud Lidl 9/44/39 w STEVE Jimmy, kick it! They're gaining. oTMMY We're already over Mach 2! STEVE So push it! Readouts show the planes flying beyond measurement. INT, JIMMY'S FIGHTER - SAME 194 As the planes accelerate, Jimmy fights to remain conscious. oTMMY Stevie...I can't... STEVE Jimmy, stay with me. Jimmy slowly loses consciousness. His fighter slows, drifting off to the right. STEVE TIMMY! ALIEN ATTACKERS 195 gain on them. One catches up with Jimmy's fighter and FIRES. JIMMY'S FIGHTER 196 Laser-tracers SHOWER the Fighter. It EXPLODES. Job done, his Attacker banks away, returning to Los Angeles. STEVE Nott! Steve's Attacker stays right with him, slowly gaining. Steve kicks his harder, keeping the distance. cor To: INT. EL TORO - AIR TOWER - SAME 197 A radar OPERATOR spots something on his screens. He turns to Captain Watson. OPERATOR We have incoming. WATSON Priendly?198 199 200 201, 202 euu weaLt 2/44/99 he OPERATOR I don't think so. Watson hits an alarm which ROARS. EXT, EL TORO - TARMAC - SECOND LATER 198 A dozen PILOTS race out onto the field, running for their planes. Before anyone can reach them, the sky darkens with ALIEN ATTACKERS who STRAFE the runway. INT. TOWER - SAME 199 Through the front glass of the tower we SEE the Attackers firing. One fires directly at the tower. Watson DIVES for cover as everything around him erupts into a gigantic FIREBALL. WIDE ANGLE - EL TORO 200 The entire base goes up in flames. cur 70: EXT. SKIES - FIGHTER & ATTACKER - SAME 202 Steve looks down over the side of his fighter. STEVE'S P.0.V. - THE GRAND CANYON - SAME 202 Steve HITS THE BRAKES. Surprised, the Attacker SAILS PAST. Taking the moment, Steve DIVES down INTO THE GRAND CANYON. STEVE (to himself) Okay, jerk-off. Let's have some fun. The Attacker recovers, dives after Steve who flies dangerously close to the canyon walls. The Attacker has trouble keeping up with him but does. Steve puts on a clinic in advanced aerobatics, banking, diving, swerving. The Attacker seems to be improving, following closer and closer. Steve ducks into smaller canyons, twisting sideways. still the Attacker follows close.203 204 205 end uraLe 2/44/99 12 FUEL GAUGE - RUNNING Low 203 Near empty. Frustrated, Steve gets pissed. STEVE Damn it! Steve turns down a dead end side canyon. The Attacker is right on his tail. STEVE Let's see if you're fully equipped. The Fighter is on a collision course with the end of the canyon wall. Suddenly Steve yanks his ACES II - EJECTION SEAT. Steve SAILS UPWARDS into the air. The Fighter CRASHES into the canyon wall. The Attacker can't turn in time. He tries to pull up, over it, just misses the top of the canyon wall. As the nose of the Attacker hits the tip of the canyon wall the Attacker is FLIPPED OVER, ROLLING END OVER END over the top of the canyon. ‘The parachute on Steve's ejection seat pops OPEN. EXT. TOP OF CANYON - CONTINUOUS 204 Rolling end over end, the Attacker is banged up BADLY as it finally comes to a stop. Not far away, Steve has a quick, hard, landing. Rolling over, Steve quickly pops the buckles on the chute and frees himself. He stands and looks around. Spotting the beat up and incapacitated alien Attacker, Steve gets an angry resolved look. He marches over to the fallen alien Attacker. He scans it quickly, spots a type of door that has been knocked ajar. With all his might, Steve YANKS the door OPEN. AN ALIEN 205 For the first time we get _a quick glance at these aliens, an odd hybrid creature with fluctuating skeletal structure. The reason we only get a quick glance is because the moment it turns woozily towards us, Steve rears back and SLUGS HIM IN THE FACE, knocking the alien totally unconscious.206 207 208 209 210 eng vrart 3/44/99 ts His anger finally subsiding, exhaustion taking over, Steve stands over the craft, slowly withdrawing the prized Victory Dance cigar. He lights it and takes a long angry puff. STEVE Now that's a close encounter. CUT To: INT. TUNNEL - PASADENA FREEWAY - ALCOVE - SAME 206 It's dark. The hole Jasmine had entered is now blocked. She pushes but it won't budge. Exhausted, she ignites her lighter to get a better look around As it lights we SEE that we are inside a maintenance garage. Jasmine rushes over to a phone but the line is dead. Taking Dylan by the hand she moves to the large garage doors but she can't open them. she turns around and sees a large maintenance truck, a huge land-mover shovel attached to the front. She smiles. EXT. GARAGE DOORS - SECONDS LATER 207 With a ROAR the large doors BLAST APART as the maintenance truck SMASHES through. Once out, Jasmine hits the brakes. REVERSE ANGLE - JASMINE'S P.O.V. - DEVASTATED L.A. 208 Total devastation. Remnants of cars and buildings smoldering. Three scattered survivors crawl from the wreckage. A nightmare of destruction. The space craft above, slowly leaving. DYLAN Mommy, what happened? JASMINE (astonished) I don't know, baby. EXT. DESERT - REFUGEE TRAILER CAMP - DAY 209 We see dozens of trailers packing up their gear, some already on the road. Miguel talks with one of the drivers, then hurries away, running. INT. BRENNON TRAILER - SAME 210 Russell wipes down Troy's forehead, he's burning up. Alicia brings over a cold compress.end Drart $/11/95 74. © wiguer comes Russell nods RUSSELL You know, you're just like your mother. She was stubborn too. I had to twist her arm to get her to take her medicine. TROY I'm sorry, Dad. (beat; scared) I'm not going to die like mom, am 1? ALICIA You're going to be fine. rushing in, pulls Russell aside. MIGUEL I couldn't find anything. Everyone is packing up, they're leaving. Word is a space ship is heading this way. RUSSELL We should leave too. MIGUEL There's a group heading south, they said there's a hospital just a couple hours away. I think we should follow them. in agreement. A knock on the door. Alicia turns to find a handsome young boy, PHILIP in the doorway holding a bottle of pills. PHILIP Penicillin. At least it will help keep his fever down. ALICIA It's really nice of you to help us. PHILIP I wish I could do more but we're moving out. ALICIA, (too eager) We're going with you. I mean, we're going too.aun and Draft 5/11/95 18. PHILIP Cool. Alicia nods, smitten.{Sphilip smiles charmingly and leaves. cuT TO: INT, AIR FORCE ONE - SAME au. Back in the passenger section, the President sits with General Grey and Chief of Staff Nimziki. The Technician from the command module is briefing them. TECHNICIAN They must be targeting our satellites. We've lost all satellite communication, tracking and mapping. GENERAL GREY Have NORAD relay intelligence to our on board compQers. The Technician nods and gate Defeated, the President slumps sullenly. 9 GENERAL GREY We've moved as many of our forces away from the bases as possible but we've already sustained heavy losses. The President nods his approval absently. Coming out of the bathroom, David overhears. NIMZIKI I spoke with the Joint Chiefs when they arrived at NORAD. They agree, we mist launch a counter offensive with a full nuclear strike. Hit 'em with everything we've got. PRESIDENT Above American soil? NIMZIKI If we don't strike soon, there may not be mich of an America left to defend. The Technician returns, his face is white with fear.2nd Draft 5/11/95 16 GENERAL GREY What's the latest from NORAD? OFFICER It's gone, sir. They've taken out NORAD. NIMZIKT GENERAL GREY That's impossible. . My God, the Vice President and the Joint Chiefs... NIMZIKI Mr. President, we must launch. A delay now would be more costly than when you waited to evacuate the cities! That stings the President. He considers the option. David is shocked. DAVID You can't be seriously considering firing nuclear weapons? CONSTANCE David, don't... David pushes past her. DAVID If you fire nukes, so will the rest of the world. Do you know what that kind of fall out will do? How many innocent people... (hme General gets up running interference. Constance tries to pull David back. GENERAL GREY (stern) Sir, I remind you that you are just a guest here... CONSTANCE (overlapping) David, please... DAVID This is insanity! You'll kill us and them at the same time. There'll be nothing left!and Draft 5/11/95 7. NIMZIKI = (interrupting) Sit down and shut up! Suddenly Moishe is on his feet, interrupting. MOLSHE Don't tell him to shut up! You'd all be dead, were it not for my David. You didn't do anything to prevent this! As everyone is about to besiege Moishe, the President tries to calm him down. PRESIDENT Sir, there wasn't much more we could have done. We were totally unprepared for this. MOISHE Don't give me unprepared! Since nineteen fifty whatever you guys have had that space ship, the thing you found in New Mexico. DAVID (embarrassed) ‘ Dad, please.. MOISHE What was it, Roswell? You had the space ship, the bodies, everything locked up in a bunker, the what is it, Area fifty one. That's it! Area fifty one. You knew and you didn't do nothing! For the first time in a long time, President Whitmore smiles. PRESIDENT Regardless of what the tabloids have said, there were never any space crafts recovered by the government. ‘Take my word for it, there is no Area 51 and no recovered space ship. Chief of Staff Nimziki suddenly clears his throat. NIMZIKT. Uh, excuse me Mr. President but that's not entirely accurate.212 213 214 215 2nd Draft 5/11/95 78. ‘The President and General Grey turn to Nimziki, shocked SMASHED AND BURNED OUT CARS 212 laying across the roadway. Suddenly SMASH, Jasmine's maintenance truck BLASTS through. EXT. HIGHWAY - CITY LIMITS - SAME 213 With the massive devastation in the b.g., Jasmine drives the maintenance truck down the highway. In the back, the few survivors she's found. In the back, four INJURED PASSENGERS lay across the flatbed as a thin, older man, TEDDY tends to them. INT, MAINTENANCE TRUCK - SAME 214 Jasmine spots a TALL MAN, his clothes in tatters RUNNING down the highway, his arms in the air. TALL MAN The end hast come! He speaketh his word and the end hast come! Jasmine pulls up along side him. JASMINE Hop on. We're heading out to El Toro. TALL MAN You cannot defy what hast come, it is the end! ‘The tall man moves off, screaming to the heavens. As Jasmine watches him drift away she SEES... OVERTURNED MILITARY HELICOPTER 215 Still smoldering from the crash. A woman can be seen inside, still alive. Jasmine jumps out JASMINE Give me a hand. ‘Teddy joins Jasmine as they pry open the door. Inside, the pilots have been killed, but Mrs. Whitmore, THE FIRST LADY, lays there in great pain, blood across her blouse. JASMINE Let's get her out of here. ‘They ease her away from the wreckage, laying her on the ground. Dylan comes over, standing next to his mother.and Draft 5/11/95 79. ‘TEDDY She's bleeding pretty bad. Suddenly we HEAR the CLICKING of a rifle COCKING. MALE VOICE (0.S.) Who's got the key? Jasmine turns and see a REDNECK leveling his rifle at her. Behind him a small damaged sports car pulls up, packed to the gills with stolen, looted appliances. REDNECK (yelling to pals) Looks like I've solved our transportation problem. JASMINE Hey, you're welcome to come with us. We're leaving here anyway... REDNECK We're not. Give me the key. (yelling back) Get ‘em off. Two GUYS rush from their vehicle over to the maintenance truck, pulling the injured off the tailback. TALL MAN (0.S.) Repent! Sinners! Repent! The end hast come! Running up from behind, the Tall Man comes over screaming. The Redneck turns his gun on him. REDNECK Back off. This ain't your business. As the Redneck is distracted, Jasmine spots the bag of fireworks protruding out of Dylan's back pocket. TALL MAN You cannot go against the word, brother. REDNECK Sure I can. ‘The Redneck SHOOTS the Tall Man. His buddies laugh. REDNECK (cont'd) Now give me that key, bitch.216 217 and Draft 5/11/95 80. As he turns back to Jasmine, Boomer starts BARKING wildly. Just as he turns to shoot the dog, Jasmine lights a sky ROCKET from the fireworks bag. The rocket BLASTS into the Redneck, his shirt IGNITING ON FIRE. The Redneck drops the rifle, attempting to put out the flames, his cronies rush to his aid. Jasmine picks up the gun, moves in on them. JASMINE This "bitch" was born in Alabama with a Daddy who loved to hunt. (cocking the weapon) So don't think for one second that I don't know how to use this. She FIRES the rifle. Quickly the rednecks scamper away. cor To: EXT. DRY LAKE - DESERT - LATER 216 Dragging a heavy bundle wrapped in his parachute, Steve marches across the desert floor. The alien's ARM/TENTACLE dangles out of the parachute. Exhausted, Steve stops to wipe his brow. He hears something, turns around. STBVE'S P.O.V. - THE TRAILER ARMADA 217 Several hundred of the trailers from the refugee camp are headed en mass towards him. Smiling, Steve signals them. The trailers pull up on either side, surrounding him, Miguel leans out of his trailer. MIGUEL (sarcastic) Need a lift? STEVE When I flew overhead, I saw some kind of base, not far. Confused, Miguel check his map. MIGUEL It's not on the map. STEVE Trust me, it's there. cur To:218 219 220 221, 222 and Drare 5/1i/¥5 oh. EXT, AIR FORCE ONE - LATER 218 Flying over the desert, Air Force One sails over an immense valley, Area 51 below - hangars, a few buildings, a small air strip, not much. Super: N.I.A, Base - "Area 51," Nevada EXT. RUNWAY - LATER 219 Air Force One lands. Wheels touch down, skid. INT. HANGAR - LATER 220 The large hangar doors open and Air Force One is rolled inside. The President and his entourage are met by a contingent of base personnel led by field operative, LT. MITCHELL. He escorts them to a side hallway. INT, HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS 221 Lt. Mitchell walks over to an odd wall switch as the President and his entourage wait in the center of the hall. With a loud hydraulic HUM, the entire hallway begins to SINK DOWN, an enormous ELEVATOR. PRESIDENT Why the hell wasn't I told about this place? NIMZIKI Two words, Mr, President. Plausible deniability. General Grey shoots Nimziki a pissed off look. When the elevator stops, a door SLIDES open. INT. RESEARCH FACILITIES - CONTINUOUS 222 Stepping out of the elevator, they walk into a large state of the art, sterile clean research facility. It is amazingly well staffed and organized. PRESIDENT I don't understand. Where did all this come from? How did this get funded? MOISHE You didn't think they actually spent ten thousand dollars for a hammer and thirty thousand for a toilet seat, did you?223 224 225 2na vrare 3/44) 29 oe. The President shoots him a look. They are greeted by a group of SCIENTISTS in white coats led by, DR. OKUN. MITCHELL Mr, President, I'd like to introduce you to Dr. Okun. He's been heading up our research here for the last fifteen years. Dr. Okun is an odd, hyper-energetic man who's spent too mich time in isolation. oKUN Mr. President, a real pleasure. They don't let us out much you know. PRESIDENT (uncomfortable) Yes. OKUN Well, I guess you'd like to see the big tamale? Follow me. ‘They walk up a ramp at the end of the room. Large heavily enforced doors SLIDE open. OMITTED 223 INT. STORAGE LAB - CONTINUOUS 224 The group steps inside and nearly gasps at... ‘THE ALIEN ATTACKER 225 Just like the one that chased Steve. The entourage stares in horror and wonder. We can SEE the patch-work repairs they've made on the ship over the years. OKUN She's a beaut, ain't she? Moishe leans close to David and Constance. MOISHE (smug) Never any space ships recovered by the government, huh? PRESIDENT We've had this for forty years and you don't know anything about them?and Draft 5/11/95 a3. OxUN Hell no, we know tons about them. The neatest stuff has only happened in the last few days. The President slowly walks around the ship as Okun talks. David, mouth agape, just stares at it. OKUN (cont'd) See, we can't duplicate their type of power so we've never been able to experiment. But since these guys started showing up, all the gizmos inside turned on. The last twenty four hours have been really exciting! PRESIDENT (exploding) People are dying out there. I don't think "exciting" is the word I'd choose to describe it! ‘The room goes silent, letting the President blow off steam. PRESIDENT (calming) What can you tell us about the enemy we're facing. OKUN Not all too dissimilar to us. Breathes oxygen, comparable tolerances to heat, cold. ..probably why they're interested in our planet. (suddenly excited) Hey, you wanna see them? 226 INT, MEDICAL RESEARCH VAULT - MOMENTS LATER 226 The lights slowly TURN ON, illuminated the vault. Okun leads the group to a sealed partition. oxun This is vault, or as some of us have come to call it, the "freak show." okun hits a switch and the sealed partition lifts revealing...2nd Draft 5/11/95 84. 227 FORMALDEHYDE TANKS - ALIENS 227 Three dead aliens float in the milky formaldehyde tanks. The murky fluid and condensation obstructs our view. What we do see is not pretty OKUN When we found them they were wearing bio-mechanical suits Once we got them off, we were able to learn a great deal about their anatomy; eyes, ears, bipolar digestive system...no vocal cords though. We're assuming they communicate with each other through other means. David cannot contain his fascination. He steps forward. DAVID What kind of other means? Hand signals, body language? ‘OKUN Some kind of extra sensory perception. Telepathy. PRESIDENT Can they be killed? OKUN These three died in the crash. Their bodies are as frail as our own. You just have to get past their technology, which is, I'm sorry to say, far more advanced. The President turns to David. PRESIDENT You unlocked a part of that technology. You cracked their code. DAVID All I did was stumble onto their signal. I don't know how helpful I can be. PRESIDENT Show them what you've discovered. Work together. We've got to find a way to beat them. cur TO:228 229 230 231 2nd Draft 5/11/95 as. EXT. SECURITY GATE - SAME 228 Four armed GUARDS watch the gate. An armada of trucks and trailers heads right for them. They move into position to block their entrance as a blue pick-up skids to a halt before them. Steve stands up from the back of the pick up. GUARD Sorry, Lt. Colonel, I can't open the gates without clearance. STEVE You want to see my clearance? Impatiently Steve grabs the Guard by the collar, pulling him over the side of the truck putting him face to face with the bundled parachute in the flatbed. Steve rips the fabric aside revealing... THE ALIEN CREATURE 229 Still unconscious, the alien stirs. The Guard JUMPS BACK, shitting in his pants. Quickly he signals for the other to open the gate. The armada quickly drives past. BLACKNESS 230 Total darkness, Suddenly light pours in as a door is open. We see the faces of Okun, David and three technicians all peering at us with inquisitive expressions. oKUN See the gizmos flashing? REVERSE - INSIDE ALIEN CRAFT 231 Sure enough, tons of gizmos with lights flashing. High tech meets organic organisms. This alien ship looks familiar to our own technology and completely different at the same time. OKUN (cont'd) We've been working around the clock trying to get a fix on all this crap. Some stuff we figured out right away. David climbs in, fascinated. He touches everything. Okun points to everything as he describes it.gna vrare 3/4i/¥> vo OKUN (cont'd) This thing we're pretty sure is the life support for the cabin, this do-hickey over here is connected with the engines, this crap...we have no idea what that stuff is for. David is transfixed by it. He stares at the small screens with flashing light patterns on them. OKUN (cont'd) But this over here is clearly what they use to navigate and guide the craft. But David still stares at the small screens. DAVID Someone grab my laptop for me? One of the technicians rushes off as Okun leans close. OKUN Find something interesting? DAVID Maybe. ‘The technician hands David his retrieved laptop which he quickly flips open and turns on. DAVID ‘These patterns here, they're repeating sequentially, just like... David turns his laptop around for Okun to see. The pattern on David's laptop flashes identically as the alien screen. DAVID (cont'd) ..,their countdown signal. Their using this frequency for computer communications. It's how they co- ordinate their ships. OxUN You know, you're really starting to make us look bad. ‘The two men exchange a smile. Another TECHY pops his head inside.232 ana vrart 5/il/¥5 a7. TECHY (out of breath) They got one! They got one, alive! INT. HALLWAY OFF MAIN HANGAR - AREA 51 - SAME 232 The bundled alien lays on a stretcher that's wheeled quickly into the hall. Okun and his staff surround it. Trailing behind them is Steve, Russell and Miguel. oKUN How long has it been unconscious? RUSSELL Excuse me Doctor... STEVE ‘Three hours. KUN Get him into containment, stat. RUSSELL My boy is very sick, he needs immediate attention. Okun ignores Russell, hitting the elevator switch on the wall, the room begins its hydraulic HUM. oKUN He's drying out. I want him sprayed down with saline. Russell SLAMS his fist against the switch, the room stops. He GRABS a doctor nearby, gets in his face. RUSSELL My boy is slipping into a diabetic coma. If you don't do something about it right now he will die. Miguel is surprised and proud of Russell as he holds DOCTOR ISAACS, meaning business. DR. ISAACS O'Haver, Miller, come with me. (to Russell) Take us to him. cor To:233 235 ena prac 3/1is92 oo. EXT. ROAD - MAINTENANCE TRUCK - NIGHT 233 Headlights pierce the darkness as the maintenance truck rolls toa stop. Jasmine climbs down out of the truck, her face ashen. She walks past a sign reading: El Toro Marine Corps Air Station. Tears begin to roll from her eyes. We follow her gaze to see... EXT. EL TORO MARINE CORPS AIR STATION - CONTINUOUS 234 The entire facility is smoldering, the last remnants of the fire burning itself to extinction. Jasmine is devastated. cur To: INT. AREA 51 COMMAND CENTER - NIGHT 235 General Grey and Nimziki are in a heated argument. GENERAL GREY You were the head of the National Intelligence Agency! You knew all about this. When were you planning on informing the rest of us!? NIMZIKI Tt had been deemed classified. GENERAL GREY Christ, why didn't you say anything about this when they first arrived? You could have warned us before we launched a counter attack that cost us hundreds of American pilots! Just then the President enters along with Constance and some other ADVISORS. He examines a paper map of the United States, tacked to the wall, each major city circled in black. PRESIDENT WHITMORE Atlanta, Chicago and Philadelphia, destroyed? GENERAL GREY (composing himself) And there are scattered reports of sightings over Miami, Ft. Worth, and Memphis. The President and his team take seats at the large conference table.2nd Draft 5/11/95 89. GENERAL GREY (cont'd) We've learned that NATO and western allied installations were the first to be taken out. We were next. The knew exactly where and how to hit us Grey sneaks an accusatory glare at Nimziki. PRESIDENT And our forces? GENERAL GREY We're down to approximately fifteen percent, Sir. (beat) If you calculate the time it takes them to destroy a city and move on, we're looking at world wide destruction of every major city within the next thirty six hours. PRESIDENT We'ze being exterminated. The room is quiet. Constance runs her fingers through her hair. The door to the room opens and Lt. Mitchell enters with Steve. MITCHELL Mr. President, this is Lt. Colonel Steven Hill. The President quickly gets to his feet, anxiously shaking Steve's hand. PRESIDENT Lieutenant, congratulations. STBVB Thank you, sir. PRESIDENT Where is the prisoner now? MITCHELL We have him in isolation. The doctors are very hopeful he will survive. PRESIDENT I'd like to see him.and Draft 5/11/95 90. MITCHELL Yes, sir The General is concerned but the President is determined. They head for the door STEVE (to General Grey) General, I'm anxious to get back to El Toro. GENERAL GREY Didn't anyone tell you? I'm sorry. El Toro was destroyed in the attack. Steve is shattered, he had no idea. cur To: 236 EXT. EL TORO BASE - NIGHT 236 The injured are gathered around a small camp fire. Jasmine walks up, dumping a box full of charred can goods. JASMINE These should last us a while. (©) as margaret tries to move, she winces in pain. Jasmine rushes to her aid. The color from her face drained, Margaret looks like she's taking a turn for the worse. JASMINE Don't move. Stay still. Jasmine adjusts the bandages as Margaret turns and sees Dylan curled up next to Boomer, too adorable. Slowly he starts to wake up. MARGARET Your son. JASMINE He's my angel. MARGARET Was his father stationed here? JASMINE He wasn't his father. I was kinda hoping he'd want the job, though. Jasmine becomes sad, remembering. Margaret changes the subject.and Draft 5/11/95 91 MARGARET - So, what do you do for a living? JASMINE I'm a dancer. MARGARET Really? Ballet? JASMINE (laughs) No. Exotic. MARGARET Oh. Sorry. JASMINE Don't be. I'm not. It's good money. (xe: Dylan) ‘sides, he's worth it. The bandages changed, Jasmine sits down next to Margaret. MARGARET And when the dancing's over? what. about your future? JASMINE Funny, it used to scare me when I thought about the future (looking around) Guess it doesn't really matter anymore. Dylan comes walking over. JASMINE Dylan, come here. I want you to meet the First Lady. MARGARET (surprised) I thought you didn't recognize me. JASMINE Didn't want to say anything. 1 voted for the other guy. cur To:237 238 2nd Draft 5/11/95 92 INT. CONTAINMENT LAB - NIGHT 237 Okun and two Medical assistants examine the alien creature. His arms and chest have been strapped down to the examining table. For the first time we get a good look at the head of this creature, long tentacled-type cords interlocked, covering the face. ‘The doctors attach clamps to each of the cords. oKUN Everyone ready? The doctors exchange nervous glances, nod to each other. At the same moment all they pull on the clamps, unraveling the interlocked cords. As the cords unravel, se SEE that this is in fact a bio-mechanical SUIT as we REVEAL... ‘THE ALIEN 238 Beneath the cords lay the unconscious face of the alien, his skin translucent, his body fluids, capillaries, muscle tissue, transparent. Quickly the doctors attach sensors to the alien's skin. oKUN Do we have life support monitors recording? MED ASSIST #2 Yes. If we fuck up it'll all be on tape. oxun Can we get some ventilation in here? I can't take this smell. MED ASSIST #2 They've conquered space travel but not b.o. As Okun begins to put on a pair of surgical gloves he suddenly grabs his forehead. MED ASSIST #21 You all right? OKUN Yeah. It's just that stink gives me a headache. MED ASSIST #2 He's moving!239 ‘TARU 240 241 242 243 244 and Draft 5/11/95 93 Instantly everyone's attention is riveted to the arm of the alien as it moves beneath the sheet. Unseen by the others the alien creature's EYES OPEN. Another SHARP PAIN hits Okun who SCREAMS, stumbling backwards grabbing his head. The others turn in surprise. 239 OMITTED TARU 240 ‘THE ALIEN 241 suddenly SPRINGS UP, the restraining straps SNAPPING. Before Med #2 can react, one of the alien's tentacles SMASHES her across the face. She is sent sprawling backwards. Recovering Med #2 looks back and sees... LOW ANGLE - THE ALIEN 242 Standing before her. In a wink of an eye, he ATTACKS, leaping on her. Together they TUMBLE back into a formaldehyde tank. Hoses axe ripped from their sides and STEAM pours out. We get quick glimpse of their struggle as the steam engulfs them. INT. HALLWAY - SAME 243 Mitchell leads the Presidential party down the hall. They turn and enter the Medical Lab. INT. CONTAINMENT LAB - CONTINUOUS 244 ‘The group slows as they enter the room. They see the containment room through the glass is covered with white steam. Nothing can be seen. It's eerily quiet. Cautiously they approach. Suddenly Okun is SLAMMED AGAINST the glass partition, the creature's tentacles wrapped around him. Pressed firmly to the glass, his eyes are shut, his expression pained, but when he speaks the voice is angry. OKUN/ALIEN Release. ..me MITCHELL (to guard) Open the door. Get him out of there. Suspicious, General Grey stops him.245 246 GENERAL GREY Wait. (to Okun) Can you hear me? OKUN/ALIEN Will kill...release me. Now! They follow the tentacles with their eyes, up to the ceiling of the containment tank. Suddenly the alien LEAPS DOWN, startling them, landing before them behind the glass. We see he's holding Okun against the glass, speaking THROUGH HIM. This is the first real good look we get at this bizarre creature. Everyone in the room is repulsed and compelled by it at the same time. EXT. AREA 51 - NIGHT 245 Through the hundreds of campers and trailers parked outside, Steve runs past until he reaches the open tarmac. A transport helicopter sits on the edge of the landing area. Steve runs up to it and climbs inside. INT. TRANSPORT HELICOPTER - CONTINUOUS 246 Steve quickly starts its engines, preparing to take off. A SOLDIER rushes over to the cockpit. SOLDIER (yelling) What the hell are you doing? Get out of there! STEVE I'm just going to borrow it. The Soldier pulls out his pistol, taking aim. SOLDIER No you're not, sir. STEVE You really want to shoot me? Steve stares the Soldier down. Reluctantly he lowers his gun. SOLDIER, Shit. I'm gonna catch hell for this. Steve smiles and gives him a quick salute then TAKES OFF. Quickly the bird RISES UP and darts off into the night.and Draft 5/11/95 vo. 247 INT. MEDICAL LAB - SAME 247 The President has moved closer to the glass and is talking with the alien. The alien uses Okun like a ventriloquist's dummy. PRESIDENT Why did you people come here? OKUN/ALIEN Air...water..your "sun." PRESIDENT Where do your people come from? (no answer) Where is your home? OKUN/ALIEN Here. . .now. PRESIDENT And before here? OKUN/ALIEN Many worlds... PRESIDENT | Can we negotiate a truce? Is é there room for co-existence? (no answer) can there be peace between us? OKUN/ALIEN Peace? No peace. PRESIDENT What do you want us to do? OKUN/ALIEN Die. ‘The Alien moves closer to the glass staring at the President. Suddenly the president clutches his head in pain. NIMZIKI Mr. President? OKUN/ALIEN We kill you...all. The pain becomes more severe and the President SCREAMS OUT. There is general panic as people rush to the President's aide.248 249 GENERAL (to Mitchell) Is that glass bullet proof? MITCHELL No sir. ‘The General draws his pistol. Mitchell and the other military officers follow his lead. Simultaneously they all begin to FIRE! ‘The glass SHATTERS into a billion pieces. The Alien is cut to ribbons, falling backwards. The President collapses. So does Okun. A STAFFER rushes over to Okun, checks his pulse. STAFFER He's dead. General Grey moves to the President who slowly recovers. GENERAL GREY Mr. President, are you okay? Woozily the President sits up, a strange look in his eye. PRESIDENT He wanted me to understand. He communicated with me. (turning to Grey) They're like locusts. They travel from planet to planet, their whole civilization. After they've consumed every natural resource they move on. And we're next. The President stands with a new resolve. He stares at the dead alien on the floor. PRESIDENT (coid) Prepare a nuclear strike. INT. STORAGE LAB - MINUTES LATER 248 The research staff are working near the recovered alien attacker. Constance comes rushing in. She looks around for David. Through the glass of one of the offices she sees him. INT. OFFICE - CONTINUOUS 249 Holding a bottle of Jack Daniels, David fishes through a small refrigerator as Constance enters.aN oN 2nd Draft 5/11/95 97. DAVID dust my luck, no ice. CONSTANCE I take it you've heard. DAVID A toast to the end of the world. David toasts her with the bottle, takes a swig. CONSTANCE He didn't come to this decision lightly. David nods, he doesn't want to argue. He smiles cynically. DAVID You still believe in him. CONSTANCE He's a good man. DAVID Better be. You left me for him. CONSTANCE I wanted a career. Didn't you ever want to be part of something a special? David stares daggers at her. DAVID I was part of something special. Constance realizes he means their marriage. She's hurt him and can see it, She turns and leaves. cur To: 250 EXT. DARK SKIES - NIGHT 250 A black shadow is vaguely seen in the dark night. As we pass some moonlit clouds we recognize the shadow is, in fact, a B-2 STEALTH BOMBER. As we WIDEN, we see that the bomber is part of a squadron of eight. These mighty winged giants fly together in attack formation. 251 INT. COMMAND CENTER - AREA 51 - SAME 251 A tracking screen comes to life, eight blips flashing.252 253 253A 2533 253C 254 2nd Draft 5/11/95 98. TECHNICIAN #1 We've got the AWAC on line, Signals coming in now. ‘The President's group takes their positions behind the technicians. EXT. BLACK SKIES - NIGHT 252 The eight B-2 Stealth Bombers break formation, each heading off to their different target destinations. INT. COMMAND CENTER - SAME 253 On a larger map, we see the eight target destinations and the planes heading for them. PRESIDENT Who will we reach first? COMMANDER Houston, Texas. Intercept BTA, six minutes and counting down. PRESIDENT Oh my God, Houston. GENERAL GREY The major cities have been deserted. Civilian casualties should be at a minimum, sir. One map screen, ENLARGES, tracking the bomber on route to Houston. EXT. LIQUOR STORE - OUTSIDE HOUSTON - NIGHT 253A Looters take all they can carry though the broken glass store front. A large heavily armored TANK rolls up front. INT. ARMORED TANK - SAME 2533 Nervous military technicians work equipment as their TANK COMMANDER pulls down a periscope. TANK COMMANDER'S P.0.V. - SPACE SHIP OVER HOUSTON 253C Through the periscopes cross-hairs we SEE downtown Houston, the City Destroyer space ships settling in above it. EXT. B-2 STEALTH BOMBER - SAME 254 Silhouetted against the shimmering waters on the bay, the Stealth bomber can be seen as it approaches Houston.255 256 257 258 259 eu VeaLe 9/44/29 yy. INT. B-2 STEALTH BOMBER - COCKPIT - SAME 255 The flight crew works their computers (similar readouts are seen at command center). The Multi-Function Displays (MED) flashing before each crew member. PILOT We have laser targeting locked. INT. COMMAND CENTER - SAME 256 TECHNICIAN #1. Target is locked, sir. Do you wish to deploy? Everyone turns to the President who does not answer. GENERAL GREY Mr. President, do you wish to deploy? Still there is no answer NIMZIKI Mr. President? PRESIDENT (softly) Deploy. EXT, B-2 STEALTH BOMBER - WEAPONS BAY - SAME 257 The bay doors open and a large Tactical Nuclear Cruise Missile drops down, flies parallel with the bomber as it adjusts its radar and laser tracking. Suddenly it SHOOTS OFF. The bomber BANKS AWAY. INT. B-2 STEALTH BOMBER - SAME 258 We see the horizon twisting away as we bank off from target. PILOT She's away. INT. COMMAND CENTER - SAME 259 On the big map we see one FLASHING target line tracing the missile as it approaches Houston. PRESIDENT (to himself) May our children forgive us.260 261, 262 263 ae] 265 266 267 268 269 ana urare 3/44/99 4uu. INT. ARMORED TANK - OUTSIDE HOUSTON - NIGHT 260 ‘The Tank Commander readjusts the periscope. TANK COMMANDER'S P.O.V. - SPACESHIP & B-2 STEALTH BOMBER 261 We follow the Cruise Missile as it guides itself on a direct collision course with the space craft. INT. COMMAND CENTER - SAME 262 ‘The targeting map shows how close the missile is, nearly on top of the target. Everyone in the room holds their breath. EXT. SPACE CRAFT - SAME 263 ‘The nuke speeds closer. It HITS the protective shield and DETONATES. A FLASH OF LIGHT. WIDE ANGLE - HOUSTON 264 With the B-2 Stealth Bomber in the foreground, the city behind it vanishes in a FLASH OF LIGHT, blinding us. INT. COMMAND CENTER - SAME 265 We can see the extent of the explosion on the targeting map, tracking it - an expanding ring around Houston. NIMZIKI (excited) It's a hit! The others are still waiting. The monitor shows the night vision picture of the growing MUSHROOM CLOUD rising above the city. EXT. HOUSTON - WIDE - SAME 266 The MUSHROOM CLOUD engulfs the horizon. EXT. ARMORED TANK - SAME 267 Rocked by the massive explosion, the shock wave ROCKS the armored tank but doesn't destroy it. INT. ARMORED TANK - SAME 268 The men inside are KNOCKED around, hard from the explosion. INT. COMMAND CENTER - SAME 269 NIMZIKI We got the bastards!270 271, 272 273 274 and Draft 5/11/95 102 General Grey shoots Nimziki a look. The President nde up a hand, silencing the room. PRESIDENT can they see it? Did it destroy the target? ‘TANK COMMANDER'S P.0.V. THROUGH PERISCOPE - SAME 270 As the cloud begins to dissipate we see THE SPACE CRAFT IS STILL THERE, completely unharmed. INT, ARMORED TANK - SAME 271 ‘TANK COMMANDER Negative. Target remains. INT. COMMAND CENTER - SAME 272 On the monitors as well, we can see the target remains. The air is let out of the room, everyone deflated. PRESIDENT Call them back. NIMZIKI ‘The other bombers might have more luck. We shouldn't just give up PRESIDENT I said call them back. As the technicians call the bombers away, the President sinks into a depression. His last hope of survival gone. cur To: EXT. EL TORO MARINE CORPS AIR STATION - NIGHT 273 Jasmine keeps Margaret company as the rest sleep around the last flames of their campfire. From the worried expression on Jasmine's face we can tell that Margaret has gotten worse, her wounds bleeding badly. A WIND kicks up, the sound of an ENGINE approaching. Jasmine squints her eyes looking up into the wind when a BRIGHT LIGHT engulfs her. JASMINE'S P.O.V, - LIGHTS - NIGHT 214 Bright lights in the sky growing nearer. Slowly the others begin to wake up, frightened as the lights INTENSIFY.275 276 277 and Draft 5/11/95 102. The others slowly begin to retreat but Jasmine stands, staring defiantly. A smile creeps across her face as she sees that the lights belong to.. ‘TRANSPORT HELICOPTER 275 The Transport helicopter touches down and Steve leaps out, racing towards Jasmine. Overwhelmed, Jasmine jumps into his arms. JASMINE You're late. STEVE You know how I like to make a big entrance. They kiss. cur To: INT. HALLWAY - NIGHT 276 The double doors burst open as the President carrying his young daughter marches through. Doctor ISAACS comes over to them, PRESIDENT How is she? ISAACS I'm sorry, Mr. President. If only we could have gotten to her sooner. (Bhe president puts his daughter down as he sees... PRESIDENT'S P.O.V. - MARGARET 207 Margaret lays in bed, doctors and nurses surrounding her. Patricia rushes over. ISAACS She's bleeding internally. There's nothing else we can do. Stunned, The President watches as Patricia hugs her mother. MARGARET Hiya Munchkin. PATRICIA Mommy we were worried. We didn't know where you were.278 MARGARET I'm right here, baby. Recovering, the President nods for the doctors to leave the xoom. As they begin to march out, he makes his way over to his wife and daughter. PRESIDENT Honey, why don't you wait outside so Mommy can get some rest. Patricia kisses her mother, says goodbye and le: Out of Sight, Margaret winces, fading avay. ‘The Preside grabs her hand for support. She squeezes tightly. MARGARET (through tears) I'm scared, Tom. PRESIDENT It's okay. The doctors said you're going to be just fine. Margaret smiles at the man she knows all too well. MARGARET Liar. The look between them says more than any words. INT. HALLWAY - OUTSIDE MARGARET'S ROOM - LATER 278 The President exits the room, overcome with emotion. instance, the doctors and some medical crew move to comfort m. He holds them off with a gesture. He looks up and sees Jasmine, Steve and Dylan down the hall. He pushes through the crowd and makes his way over to them. JASMINE I'm so sorry. PRESIDENT I just wanted to thank you. You're a very brave woman. Across the hall, Patricia sits in a chair, waiting. Whitmore walks over to her and kneels down next to his small child. PATRICIA Is Mommy sleeping now? PRESIDENT Yes, baby. Mommy's sleeping. FADE OUT:and Draft 5/11/95 104 279 A GARBAGE CAN 279 Topples over with a BANG! A foot steps in and starts kicking trash all over. 280 EXT. AREA 51 - NIGHT 280 David is drunkenly knocking everything over, making a gigantic mess. Moishe comes up from behind, restraining him. David slips, on his feet. Qhiomy David MOISHE David, David! What the hell are you doing! ? DAVID I'm making a mess. MOISHE ‘This I can see. DAVID We've gotta burn the rain forest, Pops. Dump toxic waste, pollute the air, rip up the ozone. Maybe if we screw this planet up enough they won't want it anymore. MOSHE David, you're drunk. falls on his ass, hard(JMoishe helps him back up MOISHE I think you better sleep this off. Go back inside before you catch a cold. looks up towards Moishe, an idea. DAVID Pops, you're a genius! MOISHE What'd I say? DAVID A cold? Of course. © soberea, pavid jumps up, kisses his father and bolts inside. cur To:281 and Draft $/11/95 105 INT. STORAGE LAB - DAY 281 A large crowd has been gathered here at the lab. General Grey and Nimziki walk up to Constance. NIMZIKI All right, Connie, we're here. What's this all about? CONSTANCE I really have no idea. He just said to bring everyone down’ here. Steve shows Dylan the alien space craft. DYLAN Does that thing fly in outer space? Steve looks up at the craft admiringly. STEVE It certainly does. When the President enters a technician rushes over and knocks on the hatch door on the alien attacker. The door swings open and David climbs down. Grabbing a coke can from the "recycle" trash bin, David places the empty can on top of the alien attacker. David turns and faces the gathering. DAVID Could everyone please step back away from the craft. They do and David nods to a Technician inside the craft. The Technician disappears inside, closing the door behind him. A loud HUM emits from the craft. David has to yell over it. DAVID Lt. Mitchell, would you mind drawing your pistol? MITCHELL What? DAVID From where you're standing, do you think you could shoot that can off the alien craft? Mitchell shrugs affirmatively. David gestures for him to try. Taking aim, Mitchell SHOOTS.a eu WhaLe of 44/9 avo The bullet RICOCHETS off the attacker's protective shield. Several people in the crowd duck, afraid of being hit by the errant bullet. DAVID Sorry ‘bout that. You see, it's protected by the craft's shields. We can't penetrate their defenses. NIMZIKI We know that already. What's your point? David walks over to his laptop, now connected directly to the craft by cables and starts typing furiously. DAVID My point is if we can't beat their defenses, then we must get around them. David stops typing and stares at his wrist watch, silently counting down. DAVID Lt. Mitchell, would you please try to shoot it again? Reluctantly Mitchell obliges. This time the can is BLOWN OFF THE CRAFT. Everyone in the room is shocked. ‘The Technician re-opens the craft's door and the loud HUM disappears. GENERAL GREY How did you do that? DAVID I gave it a cold. The President is fascinated, he steps closer. Moishe beams proudly at his smart son. Constance is amazed. DAVID (cont'd) More accurately, I gave it a virus. A computer virus David turns his laptop around for the President to see. GENERAL GREY Are you telling us you can send out a signal that will disable all. their shields?and Draft 5/11/95 107 DAVID Just as they used our satellites against us, we can use their own signal against them. David walks over to a diagram he's made showing the relationship between the Mother Ship, the Space Crafts and the smaller alien attackers. DAVID (cont'd) If we plant the virus directly into the mother ship, it would then filter down into all the corresponding ships below. NIMZIKT And just how do we infect the "Mother Ship" with the virus? David gestures to the alien attacker behind him. DAVID We'll have to fly their craft out of our atmosphere and dock with the mother ship. Intrigued Steve turns as looks back at the alien attacker, sizing it up. David points to a satellite photo of the underbelly of the Mother Ship. DAVID (cont'd) We can enter here, upload the virus and set off an explosion that could disable it. This would disorient the smaller ships below and buy you some time to take them out. Constance reacts, realizing David's participation in the plan. NIMZIKI This is ridiculous. GENERAL GREY How long would their shields be down? DAVID Once they discover the virus it could be a matter of minutes.ana vrare 9/44/99 Ave. NIMZIKE You want us to co-ordinate a massive world wide counter strike with a window of only a few minutes?! GENERAL GREY With their shields down it might be possible. NIMZIKI Please, you're not buying into any of this nonsense are you? We don't have the manpower or the resources to launch that kind of a campaign. (gesturing to the alien ship) Not to mention that this whole cockamamie plan is dependent on a machine that no one in the world is qualified to operate STEVE (0.S.) I wouldn't say that, sir. Everybody turns to Steve who steps through the crowd. STEVE I've seem them in action. I've watched their maneuvers. With your permission, sir, I'd like the opportunity to try. NIMZIKI That thing's a wreck, It crash landed back in the fifties! We don't even know if it's capable of flying. David turns to the Technicians. DAVID Remove the clamps! Technicians move to the large holding clamps on either side of the craft. With a loud CLANK, the clamps are pulled away. For a moment the hulking craft TEETERS unevenly, but quickly stabilizes, FLOATING ABOVE THEM. DAVID Any other questions?282 and Draft 5/11/95 109 Everyone stares at the floating ship with wonder. PRESIDENT Let's do it. INT. HALLWAY - MOMENTS LATER 282 Constance, General Grey and the President are walking down the hall. Nimziki rushes to catch up. NIMZIKI I understand that you're upset over the death of your wife but that's no excuse for making another fatal mistake... The President whirls, grabs Nimziki and SLAMS him against the wall. Holding him tight, the President gets in his face. PRESIDENT The only mistake I made was appointing a sniveling little weasel like you Chief of Staff. Constance is about to intervene when General Grey stops her. PRESIDENT (cont'd) But this is a mistake, I am thankful to say, I do not have to live with. Mr. Nimziki, you're fired. The President releases him and turns to General Grey. PRESIDENT (cont'd) Organize every plane you can find and get me some Goddaimed pilots to fly them. GENERAL GREY Yes, Sir. He storms off leaving everyone stunned. NIMZIKI He can't do that. CONSTANCE (amazed) He just did.283 284 285 286 2nd Draft 5/11/95 2210 OMITTED 283 INT. MILITARY TENT - CONTINUOUS 284 Four BRITISH AIR PILOTS are gathered around a table going over amap. One pilot, REGINALD, is in charge. REGINALD we've been told that there may be additional re-enforcements in hiding near the Golan Straights... Suddenly the flap to the tent opens. All the pilots draw their pistols frightening the ARAB PILOT who stands in the doorway. ‘The Arab Pilot speaks quickly in Arabic. REGINALD what the hell's he saying? THOMSON (explaining) Seems they're getting a signal. Old Morse code. EXT. DRY LAKE - SECONDS LATER 285 As they step out of the tent we SEE more than a HUNDRED FIGHTER PLANES from different nations parked around them They've all gone into hiding out here in the desert, divided into many smaller camps. Reginald and Thomson follow their Arab cohort, walking through the many other campsites. Thomson gets some stares from the TRAQI PILOTS. REGINALD I still get believe this. ‘THOMSON The Iraqis don't appear altogether too pleased with this arrangement. REGINALD How do you think the Israelis feel? Sure enough a campsite of ISRAELI PILOTS sits very near by. ANGLE - ARABIAN AIR FORCE CAMP 286 Dozens of Arab pilots are gathered around a large radio as the Morse code comes through. Thomson quickly kneels down, taking notes.287 1 288 ¢ : 289 and Draft 5/11/95 aa. THOMSON It's from the Americans. They want to organize a counter offensive REGINALD It's about bloody time. What do they plan to do? EXT. ICE PLATEAU - SIBERIA - DAY 287 Several Russian Pilots are gathered around a radio, their dozen MIG FIGHTERS standing behind them. RUSSIAN #1 (subtitled) ‘They claim to be able to bring down their shields. RUSSIAN #2 When do they want to attack? EXT. VOLCANO BASE - FUJI - DAY 288 At the base of a large Volcano in Fuji, several Japanese attack helicopters stand near their pilots, gathered around a radio. JAPANESE PILOT (subtitled) The attack begins in thirteen hours. cur TO: INT. AREA 51 - WAR ROOM - DAY 289 A large world map has been constructed. Several sites are marked with stickers reading: COMBAT READY. Another sticker is put onto Mt. Fuji. Striding in, the President surveys the war room. General Grey rushes over to meet him. PRESIDENT How're we doing? GENERAL GREY Better then we thought. General Grey leads the President over to the wall map.290 291 2nd Draft 5/11/95 a2 GENERAL GREY We have confirmed divisions of troops from different armies all around the world. Most of Europe, the Middle East and Asia are battle ready. PRESIDENT and our troops here? GENERAL GREY We've been collecting planes from all over but... PRESIDENT But what, General? GENERAL GREY Pilots, sir. We don't have enough people to get them in the air. PRESIDENT Then find them. cUuT TO INT. BRENNON TRAILER - NIGHT 290 Troy is sleeping peacefully in his bed. Russell sits at the kitchen table as Miguel enters. MIGUEL How's he doing? RUSSELL. Just fell asleep. He's gonna be just fine. Join me in a little celebration? Russell holds up his bottle of Jack Daniels: Clearly he's been drinking again. Miguel is crestfallen. Pissed he turns and storms out. RUSSELL Miguel. Don't be mad. Miguel! Drunkenly, Russell chases after him. EXT. AREA 51 - REFUGEE CAMP - CONTINUOUS 291 Making his way through the campers, Russell SEES a group of refugees surround some MILITARY OFFICERS who address them.292 293 ana Drart 5/11/95 213 OFFICER (through megaphone) ...We're planning to launch a counter offensive... Russell wanders over towards them. OFFICER (cont'd) ...with our depleted manpower we must ask that anyone with any flight experience come forward. Military training is preferable but anyone who can fly a plane could be useful... Russell pushes his way through the crowd. RUSSELL (slurred) I can fly, I mean, I'ma pilot. ‘The officer just stares at the bottle of Jack Daniels still in his hand. OFFICER Sorry Sir. Russell gets into his face, desperate. RUSSELL You don't understand, I've gotta be part of this. This is important to me. They ruined my life. OFFICER Why don't you go somewhere and sleep it off. The Officers move on, taking a few volunteers with them. Russell watches them go, dejected. Angrily, he throws the bottle of Jack, SMASHING it. OMITTED 292 INT. STORAGE LAB - NIGHT 293 A large MISSILE slides back into a LAUNCHER that has been attached to the top of the alien attacker. Some workers PAINT over the patch-work repairs. Below, Mitchell briefs Steve and David. MITCHELL We've hid the launcher in the ship's manifold.ei viaee os sas oe aan Mitchell takes a small black box from a table near by MITCHELL (cont'd) This will be attached to the ships main console STEVE It's just like an AMRAAM launch pad on the stealths. MITCHELL Exactly. Use it the same way. Only the nuke won't detonate on impact. You'll have another thirty seconds to get as far away as you can. DAVID I'll see how they're doing with the radio transmitter. STEVE (checking his watch) Oh shit, we're late. DAVID We'll meet you there. Steve dashes off as David moves towards the attacker. Constance has been eavesdropping. She walks to David CONSTANCE Thirty seconds? Isn't that cutting it a little too close? DAVID We'll be well on our way out of there before we shoot that thing off. David leans under the attacker where a TECHNICIAN is attaching another device. TECHNICIAN It's the strongest SHF transmitter we could get. It'll tell us when you've uploaded the virus. DAVID ‘Then cross your fingers the shields go down. David turns and walks away, Constance following.294 CONSTANCE Why you? I don't understand why you can't just show someone how to plant the virus, somebody trained for this kind of mission? DAVID If anything goes wrong I'll have to think quickly, adjust the signal, who knows? David stops, picking up a small trash can labeled "recycle." DAVID (smiling) You know how I'm always trying to save the planet. This is my chance. David rushes off. Constance watches him leave. CONSTANCE (to hersel fy _ Now he gets ambirTous. INT. SMALL GATHERING BALQ\) “GAME 294 Jasmine is kneeling as Dylan tries to zip up the back of her dress. DYLAN It's too tight. JASMINE I had to borrow it. I guess that's good enough. Jasmine stands, turns to Dylan. JASMINE How do I look? She looks great. But Dylan only gives her the "so-so" hand gesture. JASMINE, You're a lot of help. The door behind her flies open and Steve marches in, JASMINE, You're late.ana brart 5/11/95 iie. STEVE You know me JASMINE I know, you like to make a big entrance Steve moves next to Jasmine, takes her hand. STEVE Before we do this, I want you to know I'm sorry. JASMINE, Sorry for what? STEVE (serious) I should have done this a long long time ago. MALE VOICE (0.C.) Do you have the ring? As we REVERSE ANGLE we see that we are in a military CHAPEL, a large crucifix on the wall. A CHAPLAIN stands by the altar. STEVE You bet. Steve pulls out the famous "dolphin" ring. CHAPLAIN Witnesses? Just then the doors open and David and Constance enter taking seats on opposing sides of the isle. CHAPLAIN ‘Then let's get this show on the road. Steve and Jasmine take their places at the alter. Jasmine is radiant. Dylan rushes up and joins them. As the ceremony begins, David and Constance share a pregnant glance. Slowly they reach across the isle and hold hands as Steve and Jasmine exchange their vows. cur To:295 296 HANGAR DOORS - PRE-DAWN 295 Slowly spread apart revealing the myriad of different planes that have been gathered. Pilots, flight crews and refugees prepare for the battle. EXT, AREA 51 - TARMAC - PRE-DAWN 296 Walking out the President scans the motley collection of planes; old, new, high-tech, low-tech. GENERAL GREY Beggars can't be choosers, Sir Nodding in agreement, the President walks among the rank and file. Slowly they turn their attention to the President. PRESIDENT Good morning. In less than one hour planes from here and all around the world will launch the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind... (beat) Mankind. The word has new meaning for all of us now. We are reminded not of our petty differences but of our common interests. Constance, David and Moishe join the group, listening. Even David is moved. PRESIDENT (cont'd) Perhaps it's fate that today, July the Fourth, we will once again fight for our freedom. Not from tyranny, persecution or oppression. But from annihilation. We're fighting for our right to live, to exist. Prom this day on, the fourth day of July will no longer be remembered as an American holiday but as the day that all of mankind declared we will not go quietly into the night. We will not vanish without a fight. We will live on. We will survive. he crowd erupts into applause and cheers. The President urns and walks over to an Officer holding a bundle of clothes. disrobe. General Grey confronts the President as he begins to297 and Draft 5/11/95 ie. GENERAL GREY Mr, President, just what do you think you're you doing? PRESIDENT I'ma pilot, Will. This is where I belong. General Grey wants to argue but can't. INT. STORAGE LAB - SAME 297 Constance and David embrace as Steve turns to Dylan. STEVE When I'm back we'll light those fireworks. Jasmine hugs them both as Moishe walks over to David. MOISHE David, take these. David looks down at the "barf bags" in Moishe's hand. DAVID Thanks, Pops. MOISHE I want you should know, I'm very proud of you, son That means more to David than Moishe could have known. CONSTANCE Be careful Constance hugs David as Steve suddenly freaks out. STEVE Damn it. We can't go yet. I gotta find some cigars. Steve is about to bolt when Moishe grabs him, retrieving two cigars from his coat pocket. MOISHE My last two. With my blessings. STEVE You're a lifesaver. Steve grabs them and climbs inside. David smiles awkwardly, then follows Steve.298 299 300 301 302 ena brare 5/i4s3> aay. INT. ALIEN ATTACKER - CONTINUOUS 298 The hatch shuts and David takes a seat next to Steve who hands him one of the cigars. STEVE Hang on to this. For our victory dance But not 'til we hear the fat lady sing. Reluctantly David takes it. As he does Steve notices the “barf bags" on David's lap. Off Steve's look... DAVID I have a confession to make. I'm not real big on flying. STEVE Great. INT. STORAGE LAB - SAME 299 Constance and Jasmine join the others behind the observation glass outside the room as the Attacker prepares for lift off. Part of the ceiling suddenly PEELS AWAY, revealing an enormous SHAFT leading topside. INT, STEVE AND DAVID'S ALIEN ATTACKER - SAME 300 Strapping in and securing their equipment, Steve grabs hold of the throttle. STEVE You ready? Let's rock and roll. Steve pulls back on the throttle but the attacker swings BACKWARD. INT. STORAGE LAB - SAME 301 ‘The Alien Attacker SMASHES BACKWARD into the rear of the lab. Moishe winces as the others react fearfully. INT. STEVE AND DAVID'S ALIEN ATTACKER - SAME 302 Embarrassed, Steve adjusts the throttle. STEVE Oops. Like a stick shift diagram of a car, a small hand written “post it" card is pasted onto the dash. Steve reaches over and turns it upside down, righting the problem.302A 303 304 305 306 TARU 308 309 310 and Drate 5/14/95 120. STEVE Let's try that again. This time he pushes the throttle forward and the Attacker JERKS ahead. INT. STORAGE LAB - CONTINUOUS 302A Shooting up into the ceiling shaft above, the Attacker ZOOMS out of the underground laboratory. EXT, AREA 51 - SHAFT - SAME 303 With a WHOOSH the Alien Attacker ZOOMS out of the underground shaft and SOARS into the sky. Once high enough it goes into a wild barrel roll. INT. STEVE AND DAVID'S ALIEN ATTACKER - SAME 304 Just as it comes out of the roll. DAVID What the hell are you doing? STEVE dust getting a feel for her. EXT. MORNING SKIES - CLOUD BANK - SAME 305 The Attacker arcs upward and disappears into the clouds. 306 OMITTED ‘THRU 308 EXT. AREA 51 - THE PRESIDENT'S PLANE - SAME 309 ‘The President watches the Attacker flying away. His canopy locks down as he adjusts his helmet. PRESIDENT Grey, you read me? GENERAL GREY (filtered) Roger, Eagle One, our primary target has shifted course. INT. WAR ROOM - SAME 310 General Grey is standing by the large map tracking the alien ships over the United States.311 312 313 314 315 and Draft 5/11/95 122. PRESIDENT (filtered) Where's it headed? GENERAL GREY I think our secret is out. They're headed right for us. INT. PRESIDENT'S PLANE - SAME 311 GENERAL GREY (€iltered) BTA thirty six minutes The President gets a determined look in his eye. He FIRES UP his engine. Following his lead, engines ignite, canopies lock down and planes taxi to position. EXT. UPPER ATMOSPHERE - ALIEN ATTACKER - SAME 312 The captured alien attacker soars higher and higher. INT. STEVE AND DAVID'S ATTACKER - SAME 313 Slowly getting sick, David holds onto his "barf bag. STEVE You still with me? David nods sheepishly. Steve's eyes go wide with wonder as the ship climbs to the edge of our atmosphere. STEVE (to himsel£) I've waited a long time for this. The ship begins to SHAKE, rattling harshly as it climbs. Through the window we SEE the blue sky EVAPORATE. Slowly a field of STARS take its place. This is the moment Steve had wished for all his life. He's not disappointed. David, however, is not so thrilled. EXT. SPACE - STEVE AND DAVID'S ATTACKER - SAME 314 Heading further out into space, ZOOMING overhead. INT. STEVE AND DAVID'S ATTACKER - SAME 315 Through the windshield we see a huge DARK OBJECT floating in the distance, the moon behind it. DAVID That's it. Head straight for it.and Draft 5/11/95 12: But Steve gets distracted, something wrong with the controls. STEVE Something's happening. It's not responding David looks over at his laptop, connected to the ship's on board computers. The signal is ADJUSTING. DAVID (thrilled) I was counting on that. They're bringing us in. 316 EXT. BLUE SKIES - MORNING 316 The President's plane leads thirty fighters in attack formation. PRESIDENT We have visual. 317 REVERSE ANGLE - ALIEN SPACE CRAFT 317 The fifteen mile wide space craft peeks over a mountain range headed straight for us. GENERAL GREY (filtered) Do not engage until we've confirmed the package has been delivered. PRESIDENT Roger. 318 INT. WAR ROOM - SAME 318 Constance is standing by Lt. Mitchell behind the Military cadre coordinating the battle. CONSTANCE What if that thing gets here before we can plant the virus? ' MITCHELL The entire compound is buried deep within the mountain, It should give us some protection. CONSTANCE But what about all the people outside? Mitchell shoots her a worried look. Quickly they both dash outside.= 319 320 321 321A 322 and Dratt 5/11/95 123 EXT. MOTHER SHIP - SAME 319 Steve and David's attacker flies towards the gigantic Mother ship. Hundreds of other attackers flow in and out of the Mother Ship through the many triangular portals. Steve and David's attacker's drawn into one of the them. INT. PORTAL SHAPT - MOTHER SHIP - SAME 320 Caught in a stream of attackers, they flow through the portal shaft leading into this planet sized space craft. ‘They pass by enormous windows revealing the HUNDREDS OF ALIENS working within the Mother Ship. We spill out of the shaft and into an gigantic cavity stretching out beyond visibility. Enormous TOWERS are scattered throughout. INT, STEVE AND DAVID'S ATTACKER - CONTINUOUS 321 Neither can believe their eyes. Staring out the front window they SEE... STEVE & DAVID'S P.O.V. ALIEN TROOP PARADE GROUND 321A Below them THOUSANDS OF ALIENS can be seen as they are marched into dozens of enormous TROOP CONTAINERS docked at the edges of the parade grounds. DAVID Must be thousands of them. what are they doing? STEVE Looks like they're preparing the invasion. INT. DOCKING STATIONS - MOTHER SHIP - CONTINUOUS 322 They pass the parade ground and head into the middle of this huge cavernous sphere, closing in on the many LANDINGS. Hundreds of attackers are docked at each one. In the center of the Landing are large BAY WINDOWS, inside is a kind of control tower. We can SEE several ALIEN WORKERS through the glass. Steve and David's attacker is heading straight towards them. STEVE This won't work. They'll see before we can do anything. Lifting up another hand written card labeled "window", David pushes the button underneath.323 324 325 326 and Draft 5/11/95 124. DAVID These things are fully equipped. Reclining bucket seats, power windows... A BLAST SHIELD lowers covering the window. Slowly Steve and David's attacker lowers onto large docking CLAMPS which LOCK ON, holding it in place. The craft ROCKS as the clamps LOCK. David slides over to his laptop, checking the signal. The screen's readout completely changes as the signal switches direction. DAVID We're in! David starts typing frantically. OMITTED 323 INT. WAR ROOM - SAME 324 Mitchell turns from one of the consoles to General Grey. MITCHELL He's uploading the virus. GENERAL GREY (into mic) Eagle One EXT. BLUE SKIES - SAME 325 The Presidential attack squadron zeroing in on target. GENERAL GREY (£iltered) ...the package is being delivered. Stand by to engage. PRESIDENT Roger. EXT. AREA 51 - BRENNON TRAILER - SAME 326 Alicia struggles to drag out a large duffel bag. Philip (the boy who brought the penicillin earlier) rushes over. PHILIP Let me get that. He grabs the bag for her. Alicia smiles. Miguel helps Troy down from the trailer. As they rush away, Miguel turns to Philip.327 2 329 330 331 and Draft 5/11/95 12s. MIGUEL Where's Russell? ANGLE - HANGAR - ENTRANCE TO COMPOUND 327 Constance, Jasmine and Mitchell are helping to usher the refugees into the compound. CONSTANCE Hurry, we've got to get everyone inside. Constance looks up and SEES off in the distance... THE ALIEN SPACE SHIP 328 Piercing the horizon, coming over the top of a distant mountain. Headed this way. INT. STEVE AND DAVID'S ATTACKER - SAME 329 David finishes typing. The screen on his laptop flashes: UPLOAD COMPLETE. DAVID The virus is in. All we can do now is pray. EXT. BLUE SKIES - AMERICAN FIGHTERS - SAME 330 GENERAL GREY (Altered) Delivery complete. Engage. PRESIDENT Roger. ‘The fighter jets GUN IT and overtake the smaller planes in front of them. Below the President's plane the weapons bay door opens an a long range AMRAAM Missile DROPS DOWN, computes its target and DARTS OFF. INT. WAR ROOM - SAME 331 Mitchell and General Grey move over to a monitor showing visual from the President's Plane. They SEE the missile moving towards target. GENERAL GREY Keep your fingers crossed.332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 EXT. AMERICAN FIGHTERS - SAME 332 The pilots watch nervously as the missile nears its target. PRESIDENT Come on, baby. ANGLE - AMRAAM MISSILE 333 dust as it gets to the shield perimeter, the missile EXPLODES. The shields are still up. INT. WAR ROOM - SAME 334 ‘They watch the missile blow up harmlessly. Deflated, General Grey grabs the Mic. GENERAL GREY It didn't work. Disengage. Sir, get your people out of there. EXT. PRESIDENT'S PLANE - SAME 335 The President is not ready to give up. PRESIDENT Not yet! Below his plane another MISSILE drops down, and DARTS OFF. OMITTED 336 ANGLE - MISSILE 337 This one goes past the point of the previous explosion. It moves in closer and closer. Suddenly it HITS THE SIDE OP THE SHIP. A HUGE EXPLOSION, rips off a part of the side of this immense ship. INT. WAR ROOM - SAME 338 We SEE the explosion on the monitor. Everyone in the room CHEERS. GENERAL GREY You did it! a direct hit! EXT. BLUE SKIES - AMERICAN FIGHTERS - SAME 339 The pilots are thrilled. PRESIDENT We're going in! Squadron leaders, take point.340 341 342 343 344 345 346 and Draft 5/11/95 127 The fighter break off into six groups of five. One by one, each fighter DROPS A MISSILE. We follow DOZENS of MISSILES on their way to the space craft. ANGLE - SPACE CRAFT 340 The Attacker Bay doors open and DOZENS OF ALIEN ATTACKERS shoot out, spreading wide. Guided missiles EXPLODE as they hit the City Destroyer, damaging the outer hull. The Attackers go after the American fighters. The six groups split wide. an aerial dog fight ensues. EXT. AREA 51 - REFUGEE CAMP - SAME 341 Miguel searches for Russell as the refugees run for the hangar. MIGUEL Russell! Miguel gets swept up in the tide. As the last of them enter the hangar, TWO ALIEN ATTACKERS arrive behind them, STRAFING the ground. The rows of trailer homes EXPLODE one after another . ANGLE - ELEVATOR HALLWAY - BACK OF HANGAR 342 Constance ushers the crowd into the elevator hallway. Packed into the hallway together, they are panicked at the sound of the nearby explosions. As the last one is safely inside, Constance turns back and SEES... CONSTANCE'S P.O.V. - HANGAR AND ATTACKERS 343 The attackers FIRE and the front half of the hangar EXPLODES. Constance is KNOCKED back against the wall. She activates the elevator and the room begins to SINK. As the hallway submerges, the entire hangar comes CRASHING DOWN behind them. INT. WAR ROOM - SAME 344 over monitors the General observes the aerial battle. This room, too, ROCKS from the explosions. The monitors PLICKER. OMITTED 345 INT. STEVE AND DAVID'S ATTACKER - SAME 346 Steve struggles with the controls but is getting no where.347 348 349 350 353 354 2nd Draft 5/11/95 128 DAVID Get us out of here! STEVE I can't shake her free. EXT. STEVE AND DAVID'S ATTACKER - SAME 347 Though the attacker guns its engines, the CLAMPS below HOLD TIGHT. INT. STEVE AND DAVID'S ATTACKER - SAME 348 David moves over to the computer to see if he can help. Suddenly the large window slowly begins to DROP DOWN. STEVE What're you doing? DAVID It's not me. They're overriding the system. The blast shield continues to peel away. David and Steve drop down below the dash, hiding from view. As the view becomes unobstructed we SEE.. P.0.V - THROUGH WINDOW - THE LANDING 349 Several Alien's looking across at us from the large bay windows of the Landing's control tower. STEVE Damn! David leans from his hiding position and SEES several other alien attackers are moving in on them. They are surrounded. David sits back down. DAVID Check and mate. 350 OMITTED THRU 353 INT. AREA 51 - RESEARCH FACILITY - SAME 354 Like images from England during the blitzkrieg, the refugees are huddled on the floor, the lights FLICKERING and the muted sounds of distant EXPLOSIONS. Miguel moves through the refugees, searching for Russell.355 356 357 360 361 362 éna Drare b/Llsy> ay. A Yarmulke is unfolded. As it is lifted we realize Moishe is putting it on. He holds the hands with the people around him and begins to pray. Nimziki moves next to Moishe. Moishe takes his hand. NIMZIKT I’m not Jewish. MOISHE It's okay. ANGLE - PHILIP AND ALICIA 355 As another bomb rocks the room, Alicia moves closer to Philip. ALICIA This could be our last night on Earth. I don't want to die a virgin. PHILIP If we do, we'll both die virgins. But at least we'll be together. Alicia melts, a nice guy at last. EXT. AREA 51 - SPACE SHIP - SAME 356 ‘The City Destroyer space ship is settling just above the compound as the American fighters circle it, chased by the attackers. Below the SCHISM begins to open! 357 OMITTED ‘TARU 360 INT. WAR ROOM - SAME 361 In all the commotion, no one notices as Miguel sneaks inside. OFFICER We're running out of missiles, Sir. We're just not causing enough damage. EXT, PRESIDENT'S PLANE - SAME 362 GENERAL GREY (£iltered) They're getting ready to fire the big gun. You're going to have to find a vulnerable spot, fast.363 TARU 366 367 368 369 gna urate o/siyy> 130. PRESIDENT I've got an idea. Keep 'em off my tail. Taking the advice, the President DIVES. He's met by two flanking Fighters (EAGLES 9 & 2) as they cruise the underbelly of the City Destroyer. Sure enough, the SCHISM is opening, preparing to fire the WALL OF DESTRUCTION. PRESIDENT Let's take ‘em out before they take us out. The President locks the SCHISM hatchway into the center of his HUD (heads up display). Just as he FIRES, Eagle 9 is BLOWN OUT OF THE SKY. It rocks the President, sending his missile off target. Off balance, the missile hits just wide of the hatchway and EXPLODES, rocking the entire ship. PRESIDENT I'm out of missiles! Eagle 2? EAGLE #2 PILOT I'm on it. But before he can target, his fighter EXPLODES. 363 OMITTED TRRU 366 INT. HALLWAYS - SAME 367 The lights continue to flicker. Jasmine grabs onto Dylan and Patricia, holding them tight. EXT. CITY DESTROYER - SAME 368 The remaining fighters are locked in a massive dog fight with the attackers. The SCHISM is fully opened and the BRIGHT LIGHTS begin to build in intensity. INT. WAR ROOM - CONTINUOUS 369 On the monitor we SEE the SCHISM, and BRIGHT LIGHTS as several Eighters fly past. GENERAL GREY We'xre out of time. Get out of there! Get as far away as you can.369K 370 370K 3708 a7. EXT, PRESIDENT'S FIGHTER - SAME Pissed, the President refuses to give up PRESIDENT Doesn't anyone have any damned missiles left?! RUSSELL (0.S.) Sorry I'm late, Mr. President. The President spins and SEES darting out of the clouds... RUSSELL'S OLD BI-PLANE 370 Russell ZOOMS past the President and alien attackers, barely missing their FIRE. PRESIDENT (filtered) Who is that? What are you doing? RUSSELL (into mic) It's okay, Sir. I'm packin'. We SEE he has a large MISSILE propped up in the seat behind him. A light on it flashes ARMED. INT. WAR ROOM - SAME 3700, RUSSELL, (filtered) Just keep those guys off me for a few more seconds. Hearing his voice, Miguel is shocked. He moves closer towards the monitors. EXT. CITY DESTROYER - SAME 3708 ‘The remaining fighters lay down COVER FIRE for Russell's old bi-wing. Russell heads directly TOWARDS THE SCHISM. INT. WAR ROOM - SAME 372 Everyone is gripped to the screen as we see it get closer and closer to the closing bay doors. Miguel is aghast. RUSSELL (filtered) Do me one favor...372 373 THRU 374 375 OFFICER Who is that guy? MIGUEL Russell! Miguel races over to the microphone, attempts to grab it. RUSSELL (filtered) ...tell my children I love them very much EXT. CITY DESTROYER - SCHISM - SAME 372 Russell nears the SCHISM, a hail of alien firepower erupting around him. MIGUEL (filtered) Dad! No! Russell smiles at being called "Dad." RUSSELL I've got to, kid. You were always better at taking care of them than I was anyways. Russell turns off his radio as he banks UPWARDS towards the open SCHISM. The climb is steep, and the bi-wing nearly stalls out. Suddenly the bright lights VANISH and the beam begins to form. Russell's bi-wing just makes it INSIDE THE OPEN SCHTSM and disappears from view. The President and remaining fighters BANK AWAY, clearing. Suddenly a GIGANTIC EXPLOSION, RIPS THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE SPACE CRAFT. It's causing a CHAIN REACTION of explosions. Teetering, the entire space ship, turns away out of control. 373 OMITTED THRU 374 INT. WAR ROOM - SAME 375 The room erupts in CHEERS. Everyone, that is, except Miguel.376 377 378 379 2nd Draft 5/11/95 133. EXT. MOUNTAIN RANGE - SAME 376 Not far away from area 51, the enormous craft is burning from the center outwards. Suddenly it DROPS and COLLIDES with the mountain range, EXPLODING ON IMPACT. INT, WAR ROOM - SAME 377 Interrupting the celebration, General Grey moves over to a radio technician. GENERAL GREY Let's get on the wire. Tell every squadron around the world how to shoot those fuckers down. INT. STEVE AND DAVID'S ALIEN ATTACKER - SAME 378 Sitting below the dash, Steve takes out the cigars, hands one to David. STEVE I guess there's nothing left to do. Let's nuke ‘em. David realizes they're both about to die. He stares at the cigar. DAVID (re: cigar) Funny, I always thought things like these would kill me. They share a quick sober laugh. STEVE Nice meeting you. DAVID You as well. Steve lights his cigar, then lights David's. STEVE Ready? EXT. STEVE AND DAVID'S ALIEN ATTACKER - SAME 379 Popping up from behind the dash, cigars in their mouths, Steve and David start waving "goodbye" like idiots. The Aliens in the tower don't know how to react. The attackers move in for the kill.380 381 382 383 384 385 ena vrace 9/4isy> asd. INT. STEVE AND DAVID'S ATTACKER - SAME 380 STEVE Think they know what's coming? He reaches down to the black box we saw before and enters the launch code. DAVID (still waving) Not a chance in hell. EXT. STEVE AND DAVID'S ATTACKER - SAME 381 Suddenly the missile ERUPTS from behind the manifold and BLASTS into the control tower, SHATTERING THE GLASS WINDOW. INT. CONTROL TOWER - CONTINUOUS 382 ‘The missile SMASHES through the glass. The atmosphere impeached, the aliens quickly succumb to the elements, choking and dying. The missile BLASTS by WRECKING equipment until it LODGES into the back wall of the Landing tower. A small counter on the missile begins to count down 30: 29:00, 28:00... 0, BXT. DOCKING CLAMPS - SAME 383 Rocked from the explosion, the docking clamps RELEASE and the ships jostles free. INT, STEVE AND DAVID'S ATTACKER - SAME 384 Steve grabs the controls. STEVE We're loose! DAVID Doesn't matter, Game's over. STEVE I don't hear no fat lady. Steve THROTTLES IT. The craft JOLTS AWAY. EXT. DOCKING STATION - SAME 385 Steve and David's attacker BLASTS away, the other alien attackers follow in hot pursuit.386 387 388 389 390 391 392 ena wract Sy4is¥a 422 The attackers FIRE. Steve SWERVES avoiding the blasts as they race for the exit INT. LANDING - CONTROL TOWER - SAME 386 Grasping for breath, a dying Alien looks up at the wedged in nuclear missile. The counter reads: 00:04, 00:03, 00:02. We get the feeling the Alien knows what's coming. INT. DOCKING BAY - SAME 387 Steve and David's attacker just reaches the doorway as the center of the landing EXPLODES behind them. The enormous impact, rocks some of the lagging attackers off track. EXT. MOTHER SHIP - SAME 3a8 Steve DARTS his attacker out from underneath the Mother Ship's belly. A group of attackers FOLLOW. dust as the last of them exit the docking bay, a HUGE FIREBALL erupts behind them ripping through the Mother Ship. ANGLE - FARTHER AWAY 389 ZOOMING towards us, Steve guides his ship away. The Alien attackers in hot pursuit. Behind them we SEE the ENTIRE MOTHERSHIP EXPLODE ‘The immense EXPLOSION GROWS OUTWARDS coming right at us. The ATTACKERS are GOBBLED UP as the EXPLOSION WIDENS. Quickly the explosion gains ground on Steve and David. ANGLE - STEVE AND DAVID'S SHIP 390 Like a loose board caught in the surf, Steve and David's ship rides the edge of the explosion, getting knocked END OVER END. INT. STEVE AND DAVID'S ATTACKER 391 Tumbling ass over tea kettle, David and Steve are ROCKED in their seats. Steve battles to regain control of the ship. EXT. STEVE AND DAVID'S SHIP 392 The mammoth fireball reaches the outer edge of its zenith. Steve and David's ship is SPIT OUT, tumbling down towards EARTH.393 396 397 398 399 400 401 and Dratt 5/11/95 136. 393 OMITTED ‘THRU 396 EXT. AREA 51 - TARMAC - SAME 397 The fighters are returning home. Crowds RACE out of the ruins of the smoldering compound to greet them, cheering their arrival. THE PRESIDENT'S PLANE 398 The President is climbing out as General Grey rushes to his aid. Behind him, Jasmine leads Dylan and Patricia, who breaks free and RUSHES to her father, The President sweeps her up in his arms as Jasmine approaches. JASMINE (to General Grey) Any word from Steve? Behind her, Constance rushes over, the same thing on her mind. Before he can answer they HEAR a ROAR above, They all become silent as the turn and look to the skies. ANGLE - BLUE SKIES - FIREBALL 399 The FIREBALL COMET is rapidly shooting down towards us. Suddenly BURSTING OUT OF THE FLAMES, Steve and David's ship DARTS DOWN. Just over the heads of the cheering crowds, Steve and David's ship ZOOMS overhead, disappearing out of sight EXT, DRY LAKE - DESERT - MINUTES LATER 400 Several army JEEPS race across the arid desert floor. As they WHIP past we see they are headed towards a gigantic BLACK PLUME OF SMOKE in the distance. ANGLE - PLUME OF SMOKE 401 ‘The Jeeps SKID to a halt. Jasmine and Constance are the first to leap off the Jeeps. Steve and David walk towards us, cigars in their mouths. Jasmine races over to him. JASMINE You scared the hell out of me. STEVE Yeah, but what an entrance!ana urart >/1i/¥9 ase. JASMINE Dick-weed. STEVE Butt-munch Constance comes running up to David, hugs him tightly. CONSTANCE Are you all right? DAVID Did it work? CONSTANCE You bet it did. She hugs him. They kiss. 402 ANGLE - STEVE AND JASMINE Behind them Dylan, Patricia, the President and General Grey come walking over. The President and General Grey approach. PRESIDENT We're getting reports from all over. Their ships are going down! As they begin to celebrate, they look up to the sky. 403 GROUP P.O.V. - BRILLIANT LIGHTS IN THE SKIES The debris from the Mother Ship explosion enters the atmosphere like thousands of SHOOTING STARS. It's an incredible sight. 402 403 The group stares happily at the show in the sky. Steve takes Dylan by the hand. STEVE a Didn't I promise you fireworks? Everyone stares in wonder at the beautiful lights. 404 404 THRU OMITTED ‘THRU 407 407 ‘THE END