"INNERSPACE" (1987)

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  • INT 150
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  • UNKNOWN 89
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  • DAY 38
  • NIGHT 13
  • DAWN 2
  • UNKNOWN 266
1

INT. HOTEL BANQUET ROOM - NIGHT

A crowded cocktail party is in progress. Open bar and huge buffet table. A well-dressed, predominantly male crowd in attendance. Uniforms from all branches of the military are in evidence everywhere.

CAMERA PROWLS THROUGH the room picking up random bits of conversation. A TELEVISION NEWS CREW, reporting live from the scene, comes INTO FRAME.

NEWS CORRESPONDENT
(into hand-held mike; facing mini-cam crew)
... Bob, I think that you and the viewers at home can see that this room behind me is packed to overflowing. Former astronauts, Space Shuttle crew members, Washington bigwigs, Pentagon officials... well, you name it and they're here in San Francisco tonight to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of NASA, the National Aeronautics and...

CAMERA MOVES OFF, eventually finds:

2 LYDIA MAXWELL

A knockout brunette in her early thirties. She is engaged in earnest conversation with a man whose eyes are seen to wander over her anatomy as they talk. (We'll call him ROVING EYES.)

CAMERA PANS TO:

3 TUCK PENDELTON

Emerging drunkenly into the banquet room from a door marked "No Admittance" and crashing head-on into a busboy with a loaded tray of dirty dishes.

The busboy is knocked for a loop and the DISHES SMASH to the floor.

Tuck reacts with inebriated indignation. He points to the "No Admittance" sign.

TUCK
How come it says 'restrooms' when it's really the damn kitchen!?

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The busboy looks baffled, and Tuck moves off with his dignity intact. Noticing that his glass is empty, he shoulders his way to the bar.

TUCK
(to bartender)
Cutty. Up.

As he waits for his drink, we see that Tuck's rugged good looks are fading slightly and his once square jaw is in need of a closer shave. His Navy captain's uniform -- stretched tightly across his chest -- suggests that several pounds have been added since the last fitting.

As Tuck receives his drink from the bartender, a DISTURB- ANCE is heard to break out somewhere across the room:

ROVING EYES
(to Lydia; loudly)
What are you doing!? That's a tape recorder!

Roving Eyes indicates a small Sony protruding from Lydia's clutch purse.

ROVING EYES
You can't do that, young lady! Give that to me.

He swipes the recorder from her purse.

LYDIA
Hey!

Other partygoers turn and look. So does Tuck. His eyes blaze. He storms over.

TUCK
What's going on here?
LYDIA
(surprised to see him)
Tuck!...
TUCK
What's the trouble, Lydia?
LYDIA
He stole my tape recorder.
ROVING EYES
(to Tuck)
She was recording my conversation!
LYDIA
I told you I worked for a newspaper.

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ROVING EYES
This is a cocktail party, not a damn news conference!
LYDIA
(firmly)
Give it back to me, please.
TUCK
You heard the lady... hand it over!

Roving Eyes looks startled by Tuck's abusive tone.

TUCK
I said, hand it over... ya damn pencil-necked civilian!

Suddenly, the room falls silent, and Tuck realizes that all eyes are upon him.

ROVING EYES
Captain, you're drunk.

Tuck looks embarrassed. He looks down at his drink, then looks up again with a big, foolish grin on his face.

TUCK
Well... he's right. I'm drunk.
(to Lydia)
Guess I owe these folks an apology, Lydia.

She puts her hand on his arm.

LYDIA
(softly)
It's okay, Tuck. Forget it.

Tuck pulls away from her.

TUCK
(belligerently)
Not until I apologize to these people!
(for all to hear)
We got some real famous, all- American hero-types with us tonight! Space-walkers, an' moon- walkers... an' Earth-orbiters!

It's obvious who Tuck is talking about. They stand there in their crisp uniforms, with short hair, erect postures and disapproving expressions.

TUCK
Gentlemen...
(belch)
... I'm sorry...

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Tuck is standing before a DISPLAY OF LARGE ROCKET MODELS charting the history of the space program.

TUCK
(indicating one of the rockets)
You boys have all gone up in these babies. Hats off to you. I envy you fellas...
(beat)
... The most excitement I ever had was the time I landed a crippled F-14 on the deck of a rocking flattop in zero visibility with the nose gear --

Tuck sees RUSTY, one of the ex-astronauts in the crowd, turn away in disgust.

TUCK
-- Don't turn your back on me, Rusty...
(beat)
... At least when my moment of truth came, I didn't take a dump down the leg of my flightsuit... if that rings any bells for you!

Rusty looks enraged. He advances toward Tuck. But Tuck stands his ground -- smiles -- and drops Rusty with a hooking right fist. Uproar!

TWO young MARINES rush up to Tuck.

FIRST MARINE
Take it easy, Captain.
TUCK
Only two of you?

Tuck raises his fists. The Marines exchange a look. They know that they have no alternative.

SECOND MARINE
Sorry, Captain.

Pow! Tuck takes it on the chin. He goes tumbling back- wards into the rocket display. The MODELS BANG into each other like falling dominos. Onlookers gasp and scream.

The TV News Crew hurries over. They turn on their lights and roll tape.

NEWS CORRESPONDENT
(to Marine)
Who is he?

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MARINE
Captain Tuck Pendelton, ma'am.

The News Correspondent looks disappointed.

NEWS CORRESPONDENT
(to crew)
Kill it, boys. He's nobody.

Tuck props himself up on one elbow and works his jaw. Lydia rushes to his side.

LYDIA
Oh, Tuck... are you all right?

Tuck gives her a dazed expression. No one else offers assistance. They look upon Tuck as a complete disgrace.

Then, one man comes forward. Dressed in a business suit. Tuck's own age. Clean cut. Athletic-looking. His name is PETE BLANCHARD. He offers Tuck his hand.

Tuck looks up at Blanchard and smiles sadly.

TUCK
Where's your uniform, Pete?

Blanchard pulls Tuck to his feet.

BLANCHARD
I grew up, Tuck. I wear a suit now.
(beat)
Take him home, Lydia.

Lydia begins to lead Tuck away. But she leaves his side for a brief moment to snatch back her tape recorder from Roving Eyes' unsuspecting hands.

LYDIA
Pencil neck!
ROVING EYES
You should have your press credentials revoked!
LYDIA
Write a letter to your congressman!

Lydia marches off, reclaims Tuck who waits for her on tottering legs, and heads for the door.

Roving Eyes watches them go. Pete Blanchard comes up beside him.

INNERSPACE - Rev. 12/3/85 4B.

ROVING EYES * (to Blanchard) * I am my congressman. *

2

EXT. HOTEL ENTRANCE - NIGHT

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Tuck and Lydia emerge from the hotel, Tuck's arm draped around Lydia's shoulder for support.

LYDIA
And you said you weren't coming * tonight! *

Revised 11/8/85 5. *

TUCK
No. I said I wasn't invited.

They approach the parking VALET. Lydia hands him her claim check.

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INT. LYDIA'S CAR - TRAVELING - NIGHT

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Tuck is slumped in the passenger seat as Lydia drives him home. She glances at him with a concerned expression.

TUCK
Don't give me that look.
LYDIA
(innocently)
What look?
TUCK
That 'Poor Pitiful Tuck' look.
(beat)
I had a great time tonight. I like getting drunk. I enjoy being hit in the face.

Lydia rolls her eyes at Tuck's hopelessness. Tuck picks up the tape recorder from the car seat.

TUCK
What's on this, anyway?
LYDIA
I'm working on a story.
TUCK
I should have guessed.
LYDIA
It's a good story.
(beat)
Not that you'll ever know, of course. You never read any of my articles.
TUCK
That's not so. I read the one about me.
LYDIA
I think you only looked at the pictures.
TUCK
Well, you gotta admit, those were great pictures.
(strokes his face)
Maybe I should grow that mustache back.

Revised 11/8/85 6. *

Tuck takes a moment to mull this over, removing a pocket flask from beneath his uniform in the process.

TUCK
Okay. Tell me about the story.
LYDIA
Espionage in Silicon Valley. The buying and selling of advanced technological secrets.
TUCK
Hmm...
LYDIA
That's why I had my tape recorder with me. Every high-tech company on the West Coast was represented at that party tonight.
TUCK
Well, you're right about one thing, Lydia...
(takes a pull on the flask)
... I ain't gonna read it.
4

INT. TUCK'S HOUSE - NIGHT

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Tuck and Lydia enter. Tuck turns on a light. The place is a cramped, unkempt bachelor's den.

Despite the usual clutter, Lydia notices right away a new element in the disarray: Biological charts, books and models. All of which pertain to the internal workings of rabbits!

She picks up one of the models.

LYDIA
What's this?
TUCK
Nothing. Just some homework I'm doing.

Tuck takes it from her hand and puts it down.

TUCK
How about a drink?
LYDIA
I can't stay, Tuck.
TUCK
Just for a minute.
(beat)
I know what you'd like: Tea! Can I fix you some tea?

Revised 11/8/85 7. *

LYDIA
No, Tuck. I --

Tuck goes into the kitchen, begins to rummage through the cabinets.

TUCK
What's tea come in again? A can? A jar? Wait... I remember. Little bags, right? Yeah... here they are.
LYDIA
(firmly)
I'm not staying, Tuck.

Tuck can see she means it. His expression turns serious.

TUCK
Don't go, Lydia. Please stay.

He puts his arms around her.

LYDIA
Tuck --

He begins to nuzzle her neck.

TUCK
Mmmm. I love your perfume. What's it called again?
LYDIA
I don't wear perfume.
TUCK
C'mon. What's it called again?...

He's breaking down her resistance.

LYDIA
(softly)
Midnight Lace.
TUCK
Mmmmm. Smells so good. Don't go, Lydia...

He kisses her. She fights it -- but then melts.

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INT. TUCK'S BEDROOM - DAWN

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Tuck is asleep in bed, but Lydia is dressed. She's leaving. She gives Tuck a farewell glance, then slips quietly out of the room.

But the slamming of the front door awakens Tuck. He realizes that Lydia is gone.

Revised 11/8/85 8. *

TUCK
Lydia?...

Then, from outside the house, he hears her car engine GROAN as it tries to fire up.

TUCK
Lydia!

Tuck jumps from the bed. He's naked. He wraps the sheet around himself, then stubs his toe on the bed leg.

TUCK
Owwww!!
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EXT. TUCK'S HOUSE - DAWN

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Tuck hops out of the house, favoring his injured toe, holding the sheet around his waist.

Lydia is inside her car, desperately trying to get it started.

TUCK
Lydia! Wait!

Tuck rushes up to the car window.

TUCK
Where you going?!
LYDIA
(almost in tears)
I'm leaving, Tuck. Don't try to stop me. Our relationship has no future, and you know it. You drink too much. You fight too much. You don't value anything. You destroy everything that's good in your life. You ruin it. You throw it away. And if I stayed any longer, I'd be next.
TUCK
Lydia --
LYDIA
-- You're a big, dumb Palooka, Tuck, and I know I love you, but I don't think we should see each other again for a long, long time.

With that, Lydia drives off in a cloud of white exhaust smoke. Tuck stands in the street, in the dawn's early light, clutch- ing the sheet, his head and toe throbbing, bewildered and alone.

DISSOLVE TO:
7

EXT. SUBURBAN MEDICAL BUILDING - DAY

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TITLE: THE SILICON VALLEY Two Months Later

8

INT. A DOCTOR'S OFFICE - DAY

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JACK PUTTER sits on the examination table. He's an agreeable -looking fellow in his mid-thirties.

DR. GREENBUSH leans against the counter, arms folded across his chest in an attitude of nonchalance that approaches total disinterest.

JACK
(indicating his stomach)
... Feels like it starts about here, then swoops around and comes up to here, then -- zoom! -- heads back down to about here, and that's when I start to feel nauseous and...

Greenbush tries unsuccessfully to stifle a yawn.

JACK
Am I boring you?
GREENBUSH
No, Jack.
JACK
Because if I'm boring you, just tell me. You're not the only internist in the phone book, you know.
GREENBUSH
Jack, please! Let's not have a falling out. Your monthly office visit is the cornerstone of my entire medical practice.
(beat)
Anything besides the nausea?
JACK
Headaches. Big, pounding headaches. Lots of pain.
GREENBUSH
Headaches. Okay. Anything else?
JACK
Yeah. The dream.
GREENBUSH
Hmmm.

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JACK
Want to hear it?
GREENBUSH
Okay.
JACK
I'm at work. I'm at the market. I'm working one of the registers. The next customer is this lady with bright orange hair, Mrs. Mulrooney. She's a * regular. She's wearing those pointy -- * you know -- Harlequin Sunglasses. With little sparkly things in them. And a lime green jumpsuit with a three-inch wide red vinyl belt.
GREENBUSH
Very vivid.
JACK
Yeah. I have the same dream every night.
(beat)
Anyway, I'm passing her stuff over the bar-code scanner, and I don't notice it, but the computer's gone nuts, and it's ringing up all the wrong prices. I mean, twelve-hundred dollars for a can of coffee! So when I'm all done, I look at the register and the total's like way over a hundred thousand dollars.
(beat)
So Mrs. Mulrooney says to me, real * calm, 'I don't carry that kind of money on me, sweetie, will you take this instead'...
(beat)
... And she reaches down into her purse and comes out with a 357 Magnum this long and shoves the barrel into my face and pulls back on the trigger -- and that's when I wake up screaming!...

The sweat is pouring off Jack's face. Greenbush regards him impassively.

GREENBUSH
That it?
JACK
Yeah. What do you think?
GREENBUSH
I won't think anything until we run the usual tests. Slip out of those clothes, would you?

With that, Greenbush exits the exam room.

9

INT. GREENBUSH'S PRIVATE OFFICE - DAY

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Jack, wearing his streetclothes, sits in front of Greenbush's desk. Greenbush bustles into the office with Jack's test results under his arm.

Jack regards him anxiously.

GREENBUSH
You're fine, Jack. I can't find anything wrong with you.

Jack looks disappointed.

JACK
What?...
GREENBUSH
Everything checks out.

Jack can't believe his ears. He seems ready to demand his money back.

GREENBUSH
You are under a lot of stress, however. You're way too uptight, Jack.
JACK
(sarcastically)
Uptight? Are you sure that's the correct medical term?
GREENBUSH
Look -- do you have any vacation time coming? You need a rest. Get away for some R & R. Peace and Quiet -- that's my prescription for you.

12 HOLD ON JACK

Thinking it over. Doesn't sound like such a bad idea.

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EXT. LARGE SUBURBAN SUPERMARKET - DAY

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A VW Bug speeds into the parking lot of a Ralph's Market. Jack jumps from the car and races towards the entrance.

11

INT. RALPH'S MARKET - DAY

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Very busy. Many shoppers. Jack hurries into the market and grabs his apron. A name tag clipped to it reads:

J. PUTTER
ASST. MANAGER

Revised 11/8/85 12. *

As Jack ties the apron behind his back, MR. WORMWOOD, the market manager, comes up beside him.

WORMWOOD
Jack, where have you been?
JACK
Sorry, Mr. Wormwood. Doctor's appointment.
WORMWOOD
(concerned)
Are you all right?
JACK
I'm fine.
(rubs his temples)
Do you have any aspirin on you?
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CHECK-OUT AISLES - LATER

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Jack walks down the row of check-out aisles, looking to see where he can lend a hand. He stops at the aisle where WENDY, an attractive young blonde, is working the register.

Jack begins to bag Wendy's customer's groceries, ever so often stealing a glance her way. Eventually:

JACK
(softly)
We had a date last night, you know?
WENDY
Huh?
JACK
(louder)
Our date. Last night.
WENDY
(snapping at him)
I forgot. Okay?
JACK
You forgot? How could you forget?
WENDY
Look, Jack, I told you already, if you're gonna be a part of my life, you can't hassle me about stuff.

Jack gives her a long, baffled look.

JACK
Wendy... I'm not a part of your life.

To which Wendy merely shrugs her shoulders and SNAPS her gum.

CUT TO:

INNERSPACE - Rev. 12/3/85 13. *

16 PRODUCE DEPARTMENT

DR. DAVID NILES pushes a shopping cart between the crates of fresh vegetables. He's a studious young man with dark wavy hair and tortoise-shell glasses.

There is another man with him. We recognize this man as Pete Blanchard, from the NASA cocktail party. Blanchard seems ill at ease and very much out of place in these surroundings.

BLANCHARD
Great place to have a meeting.
NILES
Good as any.
(beat)
Do these bananas look ripe to you?
BLANCHARD
Let's get to the point, all right?
NILES
Okay.
(long pause)
We've made a breakthrough.
BLANCHARD
The satellite missile guidance system.
NILES
Uh... we haven't perfected that just yet. We got a bit sidetracked.

Blanchard draws back apprehensively.

BLANCHARD
What are you talking about?
NILES
I'm talking about the world in an eyedropper.

Blanchard looks baffled. Niles wheels his cart toward the produce bins. Blanchard hurries along beside him.

NILES
Miniaturization. We can shrink anything. Right down to the size of --
(looks around, finds a peapod)
-- a pea.
(beat)
Even smaller than that.

Blanchard seems skeptical.

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BLANCHARD
Bullshit.
NILES
We brought in Ozzie Wexler.

The name draws a blank with Blanchard.

NILES
The man who invented Action Man, the 3-D video game.
BLANCHARD
Action Man didn't work!
NILES
Yes it did.
(beat)
The bottom dropped out of the video market, that's all. The public never gave it a chance.

Blanchard seems totally exasperated and pissed off.

NILES
Come and see for yourself what we've done.
BLANCHARD
All right. Set it up. But you better have something, Niles, or I'm pulling the plug on you and your entire misfit operation.

With that, Blanchard marches off.

DISSOLVE TO:
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EXT. SOMEWHERE IN SILICON VALLEY - MORNING

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Morning traffic crawls along a freeway interchange. Smog and mist hang in the air.

CAMERA LOCATES a rambling, one-story industrial complex in the shadow of a freeway overpass.

18 CLOSER ON COMPLEX

A chain link fence surrounds the property. A sign on the fence reads:

"SYNERGRATED VECTOR-SCOPE LABORATORIES"

INNERSPACE - Rev. 12/3/85 15. *

14

INT. VECTOR-SCOPE LAB

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The lab looks cluttered and disorganized. A labyrinth of wires and cables snake across the floor. The numerous pieces of scientific equipment look exposed, functional and well used.

In the center of the lab stands a large, impressive- looking, Plexiglass GEODESIC DOME.

Youthful LAB TECHNICIANS wearing photo-ID badges go about their business with obvious enthusiasm.

OZZIE WEXLER is being videotaped by another Lab Technician.

OZZIE
(into video camera)
Uh... experiment number 27-G-5000. Time... eight-hundred hours. Date ... 5-26.
(clears his throat)
A full-grown human male will be placed inside a submersible pod of the type used in deep sea exploration, miniaturized, and introduced into the system of a living organism, in this case, the system of a common Lepus Cuniculus, or: white laboratory rabbit...

Ozzie stops, notices that the Lab Tech has pointed the video camera away.

OZZIE
What are you doing?
LAB TECH
Panning to the rabbit.
OZZIE
Don't pan anywhere! Keep the camera on me.

The Lab Tech pans back to Ozzie, who continues:

OZZIE
Miniaturization is achieved through the pairing of two 5000- Series Photon Echo Memroy Chips... called 'PEMS' for short.
(holds up both chips)
The two chips are intergrated, but electronically opposed. Only one is necessary for miniaturization, but both are required for re-enlargement.

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A BELL RINGS. HORN SOUNDS. Lights flash.

P.A. SYSTEM VOICE
Zero minus fifteen, Oz.
OZZIE
(to Lab Tech)
Keep rolling. I want a record of everything.
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INT. LAB LOCKER ROOM

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Tuck Pendelton is alone in the room. He wears a Navy blue jumpsuit and sits on a bench with the same pensive expression of a football player before the big game.

He rises. Goes to a mirror over the sink and looks at himself.

The door BANGS open and Ozzie enters. Startled, Tuck jumps at the noise.

OZZIE
(smiling)
Nervous?

Tuck makes no reply. Ozzie sees a bulge under Tuck's jumpsuit.

OZZIE
Do you really need that?

Tuck removes a flask from his pocket -- pauses to con- sider it -- then pours its contents down the sink.

TUCK
Okay?

Ozzie nods his head, but then sees Tuck return the flask to his pocket.

OZZIE
You're taking it anyway?
TUCK
I have to.
(beat)
It's my lucky flask.

Ozzie sighs to himself in resignation.

OZZIE
Okay. Now remember -- trust your on-board computer. Use it. I know you've studied, but don't rely on yourself when you don't have to. The computer's been programmed to answer any question you might have.

INNERSPACE - Rev. 12/3/85 17. *

TUCK
I remember.
OZZIE
Maybe we should review our objects one more time.
TUCK
I know what our objectives are. Retrieve tissue samples and test efficiency of surgical laser beam.
(beat)
Look, Oz... I know I'm no prize, but I'm the only one you could get. And this mission's the only one I could get. So let's just get the job done.
P.A. SYSTEM VOICE
Zero minus ten.
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INT. CORRIDOR LEADING TO LAB

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Tuck and Ozzie come down the corridor. Tuck holds his helmet under his arm. He looks like he's walking "the last mile."

The corridor is lined with boxes of 3-D Action Man games. Many of them stamped, "Return for Refund," or "Defective," or "Discontinued Series."

Tuck glances at the boxes. It shakes his confidence. Ozzie sees this.

OZZIE
(defensively)
The game works! It's not my fault the public lost interest in video!

They round a bend in the corridor and emerge into:

22 THE LAB

Buzzing with activity. Technicians man their stations.

P.A. SYSTEM VOICE
Zero minus eight.

Tuck and Ozzie approach the geodesic dome. It looms up for Tuck like the Matterhorn. Something catches in his throat. His heart skips a beat. They draw closer and closer to the dome.

INNERSPACE - Rev. 12/3/85 17A. *

23 INSIDE THE DOME

Tuck and Ozzie enter, followed by several lab Techs. In contrast to the lab without, the dome is clean and orderly. Its translucent panels gently diffuse the light.

Tuck's eyes lead us to...

24 THE POD

Resting on a platform several feet above the floor. A gracefully-molded, teardrop-shaped white Fiberglass sub- mersible chamber with stabilizers, rotors, thrusters, top-mounted floodlights and articulating arms.

An expansive glass viewing dome wraps around the pod's cockpit.

25 TUCK

approaches the Pod.

OZZIE
Good luck, Captain.

A Technician opens the Pod's hatch and Tuck climbs in.

TUCK
Just get me home again before my air runs out.
OZZIE
Don't worry. You've got a 24-hour supply.
P.A. SYSTEM VOICE
Zero minus five.

The hatch is closed and locked.

26 MISSION CONTROL

is a panel of monitors and terminals outside the dome. Ozzie takes his place behind the main controls.

TECHNICIAN
(to Ozzie)
Dr. Niles and Mr. Blanchard aren't here yet.
OZZIE
That's just too bad.
(slips on headset)
Do you read me, Captain?

INNERSPACE - Rev. 12/3/85 17B. *

27 INSIDE THE POD

Tuck straps himself into the body-contoured swivel seat. He is surrounded by computer terminals, display monitors, switches, lights and instruments.

TUCK
Loud and clear, Oz.

28 MISSION CONTROL

TECH
Zero minus three.
OZZIE
Engage PEM number one.

Revised 11/8/85 18. *

29 THE FIRST PEM

(a chip no bigger than a postage stamp) is snapped into a complex circuit board. Several Technicians, using perfectly calibrated instruments, must oversee its precise placement.

TECH
PEM Number One functional.
OZZIE
Engage PEM Number Two.

30 THE SECOND PEM

is snapped into place on a portable circuit module with the same care and precision as the first chip. The module is then inserted into an opening in the nose of the Pod itself.

TECH
PEM Number Two functional.
OZZIE
Activate Miniaturization Sphere.

31 THE MINIATURIZATION SPHERE

(resembling a giant fishbowl made of smoked glass) descends from the top of the dome and is slowly lowered into place over the Pod.

32 INSIDE THE POD

Tuck watches the dark sphere slowly engulf him, shutting out all but the brightest laboratory lights.

He switches on the Pod's interior lights. They glow with a soft green luminescence.

TECH'S VOICE
Zero minus one and counting!
DISSOLVE TO:

33 CLOSE ON "BUGS"

The laboratory white rabbit. Wires from several terminals embedded under its skin connect to monitors and display screens. Bugs' nose twitches nervously.

TECHNICIAN'S VOICE
... fifteen seconds... fourteen seconds... thirteen seconds, (etc.) --

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17

FULL SHOT - THE LAB

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The atmosphere is charged with a sense of purpose, dedication and the adventure of true scientific discovery.

TECHNICIAN
... two seconds... one second... Zero Seconds.

Ozzie presses a flashing yellow button, and --

35 THE MINIATURIZATION SPHERE

begins to glow brightly. The Pod inside becomes a brilliant silhouette.

Ultra high-powered laser tubes bombard the sphere with beams of multi-colored light.

36 INSIDE THE POD

Tuck wears a green-visored helmet to protect his eyes from the blazing lights.

37 CLOSE ON VARIOUS MONITORS

Four different 3-D images of the Pod are displayed: A wire- frame image. A solid-model image. An X-ray image. A heat- generated image.

In all four cases it is very clear to us that the Pod is decreasing in size!

38 BACK TO SCENE

LAB TECH
Twenty percent reduction... fifty percent reduction... seventy-five percent reduction... we now have full reduction.
OZZIE
Raise the sphere.

The Miniaturization Sphere is raised -- and the Pod has seemingly disappeared.

Everyone breathes a communal sigh of relief as small, congratulatory smiles are exchanged.

OZZIE
Nice work, team. Now let's get the Pod into the syringe. CUT TO:

Revised 11/8/85 20.

18

INT. A SUBURBAN SHOPPING MALL - DAY

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MUZAK plays. Shoppers stroll. Teenagers hang out.

Jack Putter goes up the escalator to the second level.

19

INT. MALL CAMERA SHOP

source 40

A CUSTOMER is examining several cameras.

CLERK
Now this one is fully automatic.
CUSTOMER
Hmmmm.

In the b.g., we see Jack walk by.

41 JACK

pauses to look into the window of a Travel Agency. Posters advertising Mexican cruises are featured.

Jack enters the agency.

20

INT. TRAVEL AGENCY

source 42

Jack is seated next to the desk of a WOMAN TRAVEL AGENT.

AGENT
... Fun, romance, excitement, relaxation --
JACK
-- I'll take relaxation.
AGENT
It's a cruise -- you get them all.
JACK
No excitement. Doctor's orders.
AGENT
Ah, but you're a single young man.
(beat)
What about romance?
JACK
As long as it isn't too exciting.
21

EXT. VECTOR-SCOPE LAB

source 43

Several TELEPHONE UTILITY TRUCKS pull up and park in the * parking lot. Telephone Company REPAIRMEN pile out wearing * hardhats and coveralls. *

Orange cones are placed on the ground around the truck. *

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44 CLOSE ON ORANGE CONE

as it is set down on the pavement. Somehow, this innocent act conveys a stong feeling of malevolence.

22

INT. LAB - INSIDE DOME

source 45

A computer-operated robotic arm places a hypodermic syringe filled with pinkish fluid beneath the lens of a powerful scanning electron microscope.

All technicians defer to Ozzie who is accorded the first look. He enters the dome and peers through the binocular-viewing eyepiece of the microscope.

46 WHAT HE SEES:

The Pod! Floating in the pink solution. Tuck clearly visible at the helm of the craft.

23

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 47

looks out the viewing dome at the strangely-shaped and colored globules that float past his Pod.

TUCK
(softly)
Ho-ly shit.
(into mike)
Oz... I think you did it, boy. I'm little. I'm shrunk right down to nuthin'.
24

INT. ENTRANCE TO VECTO-SCOPE LAB

source 48

A group of TELEPHONE company REPAIRMEN enter the lobby. TWO security GUARDS are there. One sits behind a security command station desk where ten or more video monitors display different locations around the complex.

GUARD
What's the trouble, boys?
TELEPHONE REPAIRMAN
No trouble...

The Guard looks puzzled, and the Repairmen slip on gas masks in unison.

GUARD
Hey -- what is this?

The Repairmen are suddenly holding what appear to be road flares. The flares produce a billowing PURPLE SMOKE.

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The Second Guard reaches for his gun, but his movements wind down like SLOW MOTION.

The Repairmen (who we shall now call THE INTRUDERS) toss the flares to the floor and enter the lab unmolested, as the entrance lobby fills with purple smoke.

25

INT. CORRIDOR OF LAB

source 49

The Intruders stride down the corridor. Several of them begin to snap together automatic rifles as they go.

26

EXT. LAB PARKING LOT

source 50

A BLACK SEDAN pulls up and parks a short distance away from the telephone company trucks.

51 CLOSE ON BLACK SEDAN

Two men sit in front. A THIRD sits alone in the back. His power window glides down. The man is:

52 MR. IGOE

Steel-blue eyes. Shor blond hair. Year-round tan. Rug- ged physique. Igoe looks like an Alpine ski instructor with psychotic tendencies.

27

INT. LAB

source 53

The Intruders enter. For a moment they go unnoticed by the busy Lab Techs. Then: the flares are produced and thrown in all directions.

One flare lands directly under the nose of the Technicians at the mission control panel.

Purple smoke begins to swirl in the air. Technicians begin to protest, but very quickly their eyes glaze over, their movements slow and their voices slur.

INTRUDER ONE
Where's the chip?
INTRUDER TWO
Over there.
INTRUDER ONE
Get it.

The chip is ripped from the circuit board. Intruder One walks toward the dome.

54 OZZIE INSIDE THE DOME

can see the silhouette of the approaching Intruder outside. His expression fills with alarm.

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55 OUTSIDE DOME

The Intruder smiles to himself and unleashes a FUSILLADE of GUNFIRE at the dome.

56 INSIDE THE DOME

Ozzie flinches as the Plexiglass dome begins to disinte- grate under the BARRAGE of GUNFIRE. Shattered pieces rain down on him. He crouches behind the big microscope for protection.

Then, glancing up at the hypodermic syringe under the microscope's lens, he makes a decision: He grabs the syringe, kicks open the dome's hatchway, and makes a dash for it.

57 OUTSIDE DOME

Ozzie emerges on the side away from the Intruders. They don't see him. He stays low, holding a handkerchief to his nose and mouth, darts between a few large pieces of equipment, and escapes.

The Intruders, meanwhile, have the Technicians lined up before them. They regard their captors with dopey, be- wildered expressions; swaying drunkenly from side to side.

An Intruder takes the videotape camera from one of the Techs.

TECH
Who are you?...
INTRUDER
I'm yer mother.

The Tech looks confused. He makes an effort to understand; to focus his eyes. And slowly, the Intruder transforms for him into:

THE IMAGE OF HIS MOTHER.

A sweet, gray-haired old lady.

TECH
(smiling)
Mom...

But "mom" is carrying an automatic rifle in her arms. She swings up the barrel.

TECH
Mom?...

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58 CLOSE ON WEAPON'S BARREL *

EXPLODING into GUNFIRE. *

59 CLOSE ON BUGS *

The white rabbit. Twitching and trembling at the sounds. *

Revised 11/8/85 24. *

28

EXT. VECTOR-SCOPE LABS

source 60

Ozzie emerges from a side door into the bright light of day. He stops, looks in all directions -- then runs off.

29

INT. THE BLACK SEDAN

source 61

Igoe sees Ozzie running across the parking lot in the distance toward a parked motorcycle. He hops on, kicks the starter. The ENGINE ROARS up -- he SQUEALS out across the parking lot.

IGOE
Get him!
30

FULL SHOT - THE VECTOR-SCOPE PARKING LOT

source 62

Ozzie speeding off and the Black Sedan burning rubber in an effort to catch up.

31

EXT. STREET NEAR LAB - DAY

source 63

Ozzie zooms down the street, but the Black Sedan begins to gain on him.

Now -- the Black Sedan pulls up beside him. The rear window lowers and an Uzi handgun is pointed at Ozzie.

Ozzie sees the gun -- reacts by making a sharp turn to the right. Tires SQUEAL, dust flies. The Black Sedan speeds past.

But now Ozzie finds himself traveling up a

64 FREEWAY OFF RAMP!

He dodges several cars coming down the ramp. HORNS HONK.

65 THE BLACK SEDAN

makes a sharp U-turn in the street -- ROARS up the Off Ramp in pursuit of Ozzie.

An EIGHTEEN-WHEELER barrels down the ramp. Its AIR HORN sounds. The Black Sedan swerves -- just missing a major head-on -- and proceeds up the ramp.

32

EXT. THE FREEWAY - DAY

source 66

Ozzie shoots onto the freeway going 80 m.p.h. in the wrong direction. He hugs the freeway's shoulder, but oncoming traffic speeds past him at 65 m.p.h. with only inches of daylight to spare.

The Black Sedan is not far behind -- also racing along the shoulder of the roadway.

33

INT. THE BLACK SEDAN

source 67

Of the three men inside, only Igoe is without fear.

IGOE
(to the driver)
Run him off the road.
DRIVER
What?...
IGOE
Run him off!

Igoe leans forward and takes charge of the steering wheel. He yanks hard to the right.

68 THE BLACK SEDAN

swings out into the first freeway traffic lane, side-by- side with Ozzie's motorcycle.

69 OZZIE

looks over. Can't believe his eyes.

70 THE BLACK SEDAN

stays in the traffic lane. Fortunately, there are no opposing vehicles immediately approaching.

71 INSIDE THE BLACK SEDAN

Igoe yanks the wheel to the left.

72 THE BLACK SEDAN

swirves toward Ozzie.

73 OZZIE

gives the motorcycle the gas and it leaps forward. The Black Sedan's front bumper just grazes the cycle's rear fender.

Ozzie almost loses control -- the motorcycle swerves dangerously to one side.

CAMERA MOVES IN TIGHT ON THE SYRINGE

poking out from the pocket of Ozzie's lab coat.

34

INT. THE POD

source 74

Tuck is being buffeted about mercilessly. He struggles with the Pod's control sticks.

TUCK
Hey! What's going on out there! Ozzie, come in. Can you hear me?
35

EXT. THE FREEWAY

source 75

An OIL TANKER bears down on the Black Sedan. Both occupy the same traffic lane.

76 INSIDE THE BLACK SEDAN

Igoe's henchmen begin to WHIMPER. Igoe has control of the steering wheel.

The Oil Tanker is getting closer and closer. Igoe gnashes his teeth in frustration and reluctantly swerves back onto the freeway's shoulder, behind Ozzie.

77 THE OIL TANKER

Whizzes past, with only inches to spare.

78 INSIDE THE BLACK SEDAN

All three men suddenly see a freeway CALL BOX dead ahead.

36

EXT. THE FREEWAY

source 79

Ozzie swerves to miss the Call Box. The Black Sedan brakes -- skids and squeals -- but can't stop in time.

BAM! The Call Box is sheared off, and goes flying over the sedan's roof.

80 OZZIE

speeds into the lead, and exits the freeway... this time using an ON RAMP to do so.

81 THE BLACK SEDAN

resumes its pursuit, barrels down the On Ramp.

37

EXT. SURFACE STREETS - DAY

source 82

Ozzie ROARS by. The Black Sedan soon follows.

38

EXT. PARKING LOT OF SUBURBAN SHOPPING MALL - DAY

source 83

Ozzie turns into the parking lot. The Black Sedan does likewise.

84 OVERHEAD VIEW OF PARKING LOT:

The motorcycle is much more nimble and quick, cutting in and out of parking lanes, leaving the Black Sedan in its dust.

INNERSPACE - Rev. 12/3/85 27.

85 THE BLACK SEDAN

Stops. Igoe jumps out, steadies his arm on the doorframe and aims his pistol -- BANG!

86 OZZIE'S MOTORCYCLE *

flies out from under him, skids across the pavement and crashes. But Ozzie gets to his feet and runs toward the * Mall Entrance.

87 IGOE

jumps back into the Black Sedan.

88 THE BLACK SEDAN

ROARS down the parking aisle -- jumps the curb and comes to rest directly in front of the Mall Entrance. Igoe and his Henchmen dash into the Mall.

39

INT. MALL CAMERA SHOP

source 89

The Customer still hasn't decided which camera to buy. The Clerk begins to load film into one of them.

CLERK
The best thing to do is to try it out.
40

INT. MALL TRAVEL AGENCY

source 90

Jack shakes hands with the travel agent, then gets to his feet.

AGENT
Congratulations, Mr. Putter.

Jack smiles uneasily.

JACK
Well... I didn't think it'd be this expensive, but...
AGENT
Don't worry. You're going to have a wonderful time.
41

INT. MALL

source 91

Igoe and his Henchmen run into the mall. Igoe screws a * silencer onto the barrel of his pistol and looks in all * directions.

HENCHMAN
(pointing)
There!

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92 OZZIE *

is just barely glimpsed getting into the glass elevator to the second level. The doors are closing behind him. *

93 IGOE *

swings up his PISTOL with lightning speed and FIRES -- * PHHHT! *

94 OZZIE *

makes it on board the elevator. *

95 IGOE AND HIS HENCHMEN

hurry towards an escalator a short distance down the mall.

42

INT. THE GLASS ELEVATOR

source 96

Ozzie is alone. His face ashen. *

Sweat beads on his forehead. His eyes look glazed. Something is very wrong.

43

INT. SECOND LEVEL OF MALL

source 97

Jack emerges from the travel agency, glancing down at his cruise brochures as he walks. He moves towards the elevator.

Meanwhile, the Customer and Clerk step out of the Camera Shop. The Customer holds the camera in his hand.

CLERK
Go ahead. Give it a try.

98 IGOE

doesn't stand still on the escalator. He pushes past other shoppers in his hurry to reach the second level.

99 JACK

arrives at the elevator.

100 HE CUSTOMER

swings the camera around, and -- for the want of anything better to shoot -- points it at Jack.

CLERK
How 'bout that auto-focus!

101 HE ELEVATOR DOORS

open... and Ozzie stands there tottering on rubber legs. * Jack looks at him -- is taken aback by his appearance. Then Ozzie pitches forward and Jack catches him. *

Revised 11/8/85 29.

CLICK!

The Customer captures the moment on film.

102 INSERT: CLOSE ON OZZIE'S HAND

holding the hypodermic syringe. His arms wrap around Jack's waist, and with his last dying breath he injects the pink fluid into Jack's butt. *

44

THE POD - INSIDE THE SYRINGE

source 103

is thrusted powerfully forward with the equivalent force of fifteen G's as the pink fluid rushes around it.

45

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 104

is SLAMMED back into his seat by the unexpected burst of speed. Unprepared for such a tremendous acceleration, he blacks out.

105 JACK

feels the sting of the needle. He tries to turn. The syringe drops to the floor -- unseen by Jack.

Shoppers begin to SCREAM and SHRIEK: The back of Ozzie's lab coat is soaked with blood. Jack lowers him gently to the floor as a crowd begins to gather.

106 IGOE

arrives. Sees that Ozzie is dead. Then he spots the empty syringe lying on the floor. *

In all the excitement, no one notices him pick it up and * put it into his pocket.

Nor do the Henchmen have any trouble stealing the camera away from the distracted Customer.

46

FULL SHOT - THE MALL

source 107

Everyone is rushing to the second level. Security Guards come running.

Igoe and his Henchmen are conspicuous in that they are the only ones walking in the opposite direction.

108 JACK

just stands there over Ozzie's body wearing a bewildered expression on his face.

47

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 109

Unconscious. Head slumped against his shoulder.

DISSOLVE TO:
48

EXT. RALPH'S MARKET - DAY

source 110

Jack's VW Bug speeds into the parking lot.

49

INT. MARKET - DAY

source 111

Buzzing with activity. Jack dashes in, pale and sweaty. Wormwood grabs him.

WORMWOOD
What now? Another doctor's appointment?
JACK
Sorry, Mr. Wormwood. You wouldn't believe what happened to me this morning.
WORMWOOD
You're right -- I wouldn't.

Jack takes the apron and heads off.

WORMWOOD
(calling after him)
You're not on vacation yet, you know!

112 JACK

passes Wendy, clerking on Aisle Two.

JACK
Hi, Wendy.
WENDY
Jesus -- you okay?
JACK
Well, I...
WENDY
Because you look like shit.

Jack cringes, tries to comb his hair with his fingers.

113 WORMWOOD

grabs the store p.a. system microphone.

WORMWOOD
Check-lane Three is now open to all shoppers. Immediate service on Aisle Three.

Five or six shoppers, with overflowing carts, charge toward Aisle Three. A massive pile-up is only nearly averted.

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50

INT. THE POD

source 114

Tuck begins to regain consciousness. His eyes open, and focus slowly. He shakes the cobwebs from his head, then looks out the viewing dome.

115 TUCK'S POV THROUGH DOME

A long, hollow tunnel filled with fluid and floating red and white donut-shaped globules.

TUCK'S VOICE
Blood cells!

(NOTE TO READER: When picturing sequences "inside the body," imagine the darkness of the ocean floor. The only source of light being the Pod's own flood lamps. The effect is mys- terious and claustrophobic -- with the everpresent heart beat reverberating in the distance.)

116 RETURN TO TUCK

TUCK
(into mike)
Mission Control, come in. Can you read me? What the hell's goin' on out there? I think I blacked out. Am I inside Bugs, or what?
(pauses for reply)
Ozzie. Come in. Do you copy?
(still no reply)
What's wrong with this damn radio!?
51

INT. RALPH'S MARKET

source 117
MRS. MULROONEY (looking just as Jack described her in his
dream -- orange hair, harlequin sunglasses and all) swings her cart into Jack's check-out lane.

Jack sees her. He looks a little worried.

Mrs. Mulrooney begins to pile her selections onto the conveyor belt. They move slowly toward Jack.

52

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 118
TUCK
(into mike)
Mission Control, if you can hear me -- I'm gonna try to restore radio contact by activating one of these electromagnetic booster cells.
(beat)
Here it comes, Oz. Hold on to your socks.

Tuck hits the booster button.

INNERSPACE - Rev. 12/3/85 32/33.

53

EXT. THE POD

source 119

BUZZZZZZZ! A strong Electromagnetic Charge is emitted from the Pod in the form of a BRILLIANT BLUE LIGHT.

54

INT. THE MARKET - AISLE THREE

source 120

The Electromagnetic Charge begins to play havoc with Jack's Bar-Code scanner. The register begins to record inaccurate prices:

Twenty-five hundred for a loaf of bread. Six-thousand for a can of dog food. Fifteen-hundred buys a box of Raisin Bran.

55

EXT. THE POD

source 121

BUZZZZZ! BUZZZZZ! Two more jolts of Electromagnetic energy are emitted.

TUCK'S VOICE
If this doesn't put radio transmission back on line, nothing will.
56

INT. THE MARKET - AISLE THREE

source 122

Jack, and everyone surrounding him, have become aware of the computer "glitch." The total on the register reads: $128,000.

Jack looks dazed. All color is drained from his face.

JACK
The dream... it's the dream... the dream has come true...

Wormwood arrives to take charge, glances at the register.

WORMWOOD
Jack! What have you done!?
JACK
It's the dream...
WORMWOOD
The what?!

Wendy comes over to look.

WENDY
Boy, Jack... way to screw up!
MRS. MULROONEY
(to Jack)
Listen, sweetie, I don't carry that kind of cash around on me.

The line rings bells in Jack's head... then his eyes widen in horror as Mrs. Mulrooney reaches inside her purse.

JACK
(softly)
Oh, no... here comes the gun.

But she only removes a pack of cigarettes and lights up. Jack breathes a deep sigh of relief and grabs his head.

JACK
(to Wormwood)
I need some aspirin --
(takes hold of his lapels)
-- please! I beg you for an aspirin.
WORMWOOD
(slapping Jack's hand away)
Unhand me, Putter!

INNERSPACE - Rev. 12/3/85 35. *

In desperation, Jack grabs a bottle of Bayer Aspirin from Mrs. Mulrooney's purchases, pops off the top, discards the cotton and puts the bottle to his lips as if to chug-a-lug the tablets.

MRS. MULROONEY
Hey! I'm not buyin' those aspirin now.
ANOTHER CUSTOMER
At eight-hundred dollars a bottle, who'd want to!

LAUGHTER from other shoppers. Wormwood fumes. He rips the aspirin bottle from Jack's hand -- tablets go flying across the floor.

WORMWOOD
Get ahold of yourself, Jack! You're coming unglued! You're coming apart at the seams!

Jack stares back at Wormwood with a glazed, uncomprehending expression. Wormwood is alarmed.

WORMWOOD
My god... he's completely spaced-out.
WENDY
I'll handle this --

She steps forward and SLAPS Jack across the face with all her might. Jack's head spins halfway around.

WENDY
Snap out of it, Jack!
57

INT. THE POD

source 123

Tuck gives up on the radio. He leans back in his chair to think.

TUCK
Great! No radio. No communication. I'm completely cut off.
(pause)
If only I could see out. Hmmm... maybe I can.

He turns to the computer and flips a number of switches. The COMPUTER begins to glow and HUM.

TUCK
Oz said this thing can answer any question I have...
(to Computer)
... Hey, you... can I see out through the eyes of this beast?

INNERSPACE - Rev. 12/3/85 36. *

COMPUTER VOICE
Sounds like a plan, Stan.

Tuck does a double-take.

TUCK
Huh??
COMPUTER VOICE
We can patch into the optic nerve. Intercept the electrical impulses going to the brain.
TUCK
Great. How do I find it?
COMPUTER VOICE
You want directions?
TUCK
Yeah.
COMPUTER VOICE
Say... didn't you prepare for this mission?
TUCK
Do I have to defend myself to a machine!? Let's have the directions!
COMPUTER VOICE
Okay, okay. Keep your eye on the screen, Player Number One, begin the first level... and good luck!
TUCK
Swell! It's built out of old video games.

The Computer "tunes up" like an arcade game and the monitor begins to display the map Tuck needs.

COMPUTER VOICE
Take radial artery to axillary artery to internal jugular vein to frontal sinus to...
58

INT. MARKET - WORMWOOD'S OFFICE - DAY

source 124

Jack sits in a chair, recovering. He rests one arm on Wormwood's desk. Wormwood stands over him.

WORMWOOD
I know I lost my temper, Jack. I'm sorry. You've been like a son to me --
(MORE)

INNERSPACE - Rev. 12/3/85 37.

WORMWOOD (CONT'D)
(beat)
-- well, a nephew, anyway. You've got a big future in retail food marketing, and I'd hate to see you blow it now by going psycho on us.

Wendy enters with a cup of coffee. Jack looks up, smiles appreciatively.

JACK
Coffee! Great, Wendy. That's just what I need.

But Wendy didn't bring it for Jack. She sips it herself.

WENDY
There's more down the hall if you want some.

Jack just shakes his head, resigned to her indifference.

WORMWOOD
Jack... go home. Get some rest. Start your vacation today, and come back to us a new man.
JACK
Okay. Thanks, Mr. Wormwood.

Jack rises from his chair -- discovers that the arm he was resting on Wormwood's desk is covered with paper clips.

Jack looks puzzled. He tries to brush them off, but can't.

WENDY
God, Jack -- what now?

Suddenly, Wendy's metal coffee spoon flies out of her hand and sticks to Jack's chest with a resounding THUD.

Wormwood pries it off -- and it snaps right back!

WORMWOOD
Good lord... the guy's a living magnet!
59

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 125

begins to get a picture on the Computer's display monitor. *

TUCK * All right! I'm getting a picture * here... *

INNERSPACE - Rev. 12/3/85 37A. *

126 CLOSE ON MONITOR

As it begins to broadcast Jack's POV -- which at this moment consists of Wendy and Wormwood looking at him with astonished expressions. Of course, there is no sound.

TUCK
Wait a minute! Who the hell are they?! And where am I?!
60

JACK - IN THE OFFICE

source 127

lifts his arm to look at the paper clips that cling to it.

61

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 128

sees the human arm come INTO VIEW... and he realizes that:

TUCK
I'm in a man!
(almost panics)
I'm in a strange man, in a strange room, surrounded by strangers!
(beat)
How'd I get inside a man!? What happened to the rabbit!? I studied up on rabbits!
(begins to calm down)
Okay, Tuck... get a grip on yourself. We've got a little snafu here, as we say in the military. (Damn! Why'd I pour that scotch down the sink!?) Okay, okay. Think clear; stay cool.

Tuck takes a moment to consider his options -- then springs into action.

TUCK
I gotta talk to this guy!
(turns to Computer)
I need directions to the inner ear.
COMPUTER VOICE
(sounding put-out)
So, now it's the ear you want?
TUCK
Yes! Now! Right now!
COMPUTER VOICE
Okay, Player Number One... it's your quarter.

INNERSPACE - Rev. 12/3/85 37B.

62

INT. JACK'S INNER EAR

source 129

The Pod floats into the Middle Ear: An enormous, glis- tening cavity that dwarfs the Pod.

The Pod's articulating arms fasten a small electronic device to the eardrum.

63

INT. JACK'S VW BUG - TRAVELING - DAY

source 130

Jack behind the wheel. He feels a strange sensation in his ear. It tickles. He shakes his head, then scratches his ear with a finger.

64

EXT. SELF-SERVE GAS STATION - DAY

source 131

Jack fills his VW's tank. Nearby, two thirteen-year-old BOYS put air into their bike tires. The young STATION ATTENDANT leans against a pump drinking a Coke.

TUCK'S VOICE
Hello. Can you hear me?

Jack turns toward the Boys, sees that they are occupied in their task. He shrugs it off.

TUCK'S VOICE
Respond if you can hear me.

Revised 11/8/85 38. *

Jack now turns toward the Attendant.

JACK
You talking to me?

The Attendant just gives Jack a blank look and continues to sip his Coke.

TUCK'S VOICE
It works. I can hear you.

Jack turns fast toward the Boys.

JACK
Okay, fellas -- what's the joke?
BOYS
Huh?...
TUCK'S VOICE
This is no joke.

Jack looks startled. The voice is not coming from the Boys at all. He turns back toward the Attendant.

JACK
You!
ATTENDANT
Me, what?
JACK
It's you.
ATTENDANT
(sarcastically)
Yeah, it's me all right. I been me all my life.

The Boys laugh. The Attendant trades a look with them. Jack is befuddled.

TUCK'S VOICE
I'm not out there. I'm in here!
JACK
In here?? Where's in here?!
TUCK'S VOICE
In you. In your body! They put me in you instead of the rabbit. Why'd they do that?

Jack can't believe what he's hearing. A lunatic smile of madness registers on his face and he lets out a shriek of HYSTERICAL LAUGHTER.

Now the Attendant looks alarmed.

Revised 11/8/85 39. *

ATTENDANT
You okay, fella?
JACK
Yes, of course. However, I've apparently just gone insane!!

He jumps back into his car and SQUEALS away.

65

INT. THE POD

source 132

Traveling down the external auditory canal toward the external ear opening.

TUCK
Hey, pal... how come I get the sinking feeling that you don't know what's going on any more than I do?
66

INT. DR. GREENBUSH'S OFFICE

source 133

Jack, looking very agitated, sits on the examination table. Greenbush approaches him.

GREENBUSH
A little voice inside your ear, huh? Okay, Jack, let's just have a look and see...

Greenbush raises his ear-exam flashlight to Jack's ear.

67

INT. THE POD

source 134

A brilliant, searing light streams into the ear canal with blinding intensity.

Tuck SCREAMS and grabs his eyes in pain.

TUCK
Oh, God!!
68

INT. GREENBUSH'S OFFICE

source 135

Greenbush withdraws the instrument from Jack's ear.

GREENBUSH
Didn't see a thing, Jack. Why don't you just go home and try to get some rest.
69

INT. THE POD

source 136

Tuck takes his hands away from his eyes. He looks around with a vacant expression.

TUCK
I'm blind...

Revised 11/8/85 40. *

70

EXT. JACK'S APARTMENT BUILDING - DAY

source 137

Jack's VW swings into the parking area of a small apartment complex.

71

INT. JACK'S APARTMENT

source 138

Jack enters and collapses into an easy chair in exhaustion. He takes a few deep breaths and tries to forget the day's traumatic events.

His eyes begin to close when...

TUCK'S VOICE
I CAN SEE!!

Jack leaps from his chair.

72

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 139
TUCK
I can see! Thank God. And I was just gettin' ready to kiss my pilot's license goodbye.
73

JACK - INSIDE THE APARTMENT

source 140

stands in the middle of the room, poised for an attack from any direction.

JACK
Where are you!? Who are you!?
TUCK'S VOICE
Jack, we've got ourselves a little situation here.
JACK
You know my name!
TUCK'S VOICE
I heard somebody call you that... right before the lights went out, so to speak.

Jack rubs his temples.

JACK
(to himself)
Stay calm, Jack. Don't panic. Take your doctor's advice: Get some rest.

Jack charges into:

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141 THE BATHROOM

where he throws open the medicine cabinet and begins to rummage through the bottles. He finds one; looks at it.

74

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 142

sees the bottle's label.

TUCK
Sleeping pills!
75

JACK - IN THE BATHROOM

source 143
JACK
(alarmed)
It even sees what I'm doing!
TUCK'S VOICE
Don't take those!
JACK
I'm going to sleep for a little while. Not long. Say, two or three days. And when I wake up, if you're not gone --
TUCK'S VOICE
Wait! Don't! Listen to me: You're not crazy. I'm real! And I've only got a 24-hour air supply to begin with, so don't go to sleep on me!

Jack pops the pills into his mouth.

JACK
Too late.
76

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 144
TUCK
You fool! If I was normal size and outside of you instead of inside of you, I'd hit you so hard your grandchildren would be born with broken noses!
(then; to Computer)
Quick! The fastest way to the stomach!
COMPUTER VOICE
The stomach?... Yech!
77

JACK - IN THE BATHROOM

source 145

stares into his medicine cabinet mirror, as if searching his reflection for some clue to his sudden insanity. Then it hits him: No more "voice."

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JACK
Voice? Are you still there?

No reply. Jack seems pleased.

78

INT. JACK'S STOMACH

source 146

The Pod RIPS into the stomach through the convoluted folds of the stomach wall.

79

INT. THE POD

source 147

We share Tuck's view through the dome as the Pod hurtles into the foaming torrent of the stomach.

The gastric glands secrete their caustic juices and hydrochloric acid bubbles up in all directions.

HERE COME THE SLEEPING PILLS!

Huge, gelatin capsules filled with multi-colored granules. They tumble down into the stomach headed straight for the Pod.

Tuck swings a Laser-gun Sighting-Device into position. He takes aim and FIRES.

Direct hits. The capsules VAPORIZE on the spot, explod- ing into colorful gas balls.

80

INT. THE LIVING ROOM

source 148

Jack enters. But he stops to rub his stomach. He feels a queasy sensation down there. He lies down on the sofa to rest.

TUCK'S VOICE
You jerk! Are you trying to kill us both!? How many of those pills did you take, anyway!?
JACK
Oh, no! It's back.

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TUCK'S VOICE
You bet I'm back.

Jack puts his hands over his ears.

JACK
I'm not listening to you.
TUCK'S VOICE
Jack! Please!

Jack begins to HUM to himself to cover Tuck's voice.

TUCK'S VOICE
Jack! We have to talk!
JACK
I think I'll watch some TV!
TUCK'S VOICE
No you won't!
JACK
Ha! Try and stop me!

Jack picks up the remote control and turns on the TV.

81

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 149

hits the Electromagnetic Booster Button and --

150 THE TELEVISION

shuts off.

151 JACK

turns it on again. But again, Tuck turns it off. Jack turns it on again. Tuck turns it off. On. Off. On. Off. On. Off.

JACK
Okay! Forget the TV!
82

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 152

He's really pissed off now.

TUCK
No, no! Watch TV! Watch TV! Enjoy yourself!

Tuck holds down both Electromagnetic Buttons.

83

INT. THE LIVING ROOM

source 153

A flash of blinding white light! The TV comes on -- FULL VOLUME.

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The channels begin to change -- faster and faster. The picture is just a blur.

The indoor antenna shoots out to its longest extension and begins to WHIP around the air like a scorpion's tail.

The volume grows LOUDER and LOUDER. The TV BANGS up and down on the table.

Jack watches all this with stunned, open-mouthed horror.

Then: POPPING and HISSING.

JACK
Oh, noooooo!!

The TV EXPLODES. The sofa is blown over backwards and Jack goes flying with it.

Jack lies there on the rug, breathing heavily.

84

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 154

is also out of breath. Jack and Tuck are like two fighters who have pummeled each other into total exhaustion, but are both unwilling to concede defeat.

TUCK
(very sympathetically)
Jack, I think we've really gotten this relationship off on the wrong foot.
85

JACK - LYING ON THE RUG

source 155

makes no reply. He just tries to catch his breath.

TUCK'S VOICE
I am real, Jack. You do believe that now, don't you?
JACK
I -- I want to.
TUCK'S VOICE
Believe it, Jack, because it's true.
(beat)
Did you ever see that movie where Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier are handcuffed together?
JACK
Yeah. Sure...
TUCK'S VOICE
Well, that's us, Jack.
JACK
That's us?

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TUCK'S VOICE
Yeah.
86

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 156
TUCK
We're in this together and we have to help each other.
(beat)
You don't work at the lab, do you?
JACK'S VOICE
I work at Ralph's Market.
TUCK
And you don't know anything about the experiment, do you?
JACK'S VOICE
What experiment?
TUCK
(softly; as his worst fears are confirmed)
Shit.
(then)
Jack... my name is Pendelton. Tuck Pendelton. Captain, United States Navy. I'm involved in a miniaturization experiment. I was supposed to be placed inside a rabbit, but somehow I got inside you instead.

157 JACK

rests his forehead against the wall.

JACK
Wow. What a day I'm having...
87

INT. CAR - TRAVELING - DAY

source 158

Dr. David Niles is behind the wheel. His passenger is Pete Blanchard.

NILES
We're late. We've missed the best part of the experiment.
BLANCHARD
Relax, would ya?
(lights a cigarette)
By the way -- who's your guy?
NILES
Huh?

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BLANCHARD
Your pilot? Your guy inside the * pod? *
NILES
Oh. Somebody you know, I think.
(beat)
Captain Tuck Pendelton.

Blanchard gives Niles a look of disbelief.

BLANCHARD
Pendelton...?
NILES
(concerned)
Yeah. What's wrong?
BLANCHARD
Oh, nothing. Except Tuck Pendelton's got the worst attitude problem in military history. He's been drummed out of every space program since Gemini -- and he drinks like a fish.
(long pause)
However... the dumb sonofabitch did save my life once.

Niles gives Blanchard a look.

BLANCHARD
He pulled me out of my space capsule when it caught fire on the pad.
(beat)
Of course the only reason he got to me so fast was because he had sneaked into a restricted area where he wasn't allowed.
88

EXT. DOCKS OF SAN FRANCISCO - DAY

source 159

Igoe's dented and battered Black Sedan is parked next to a large, but inconspicuous-looking warehouse.

89

INT. THE WAREHOUSE

source 160

It's actually a scientific laboratory. Why beat around the bush, this is the Bad Guy's Secret Lab. And some of the Bad Guys are currently present:

Igoe and his Henchmen. Several LAB TECHS. And DR. MARGARET CANKER -- an unusually glamorous-looking scientist.

They are all gathered around a TV MONITOR watching the VIDEOTAPE made of the miniaturization experiment.

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CANKER
There's two chips! It's a dual chip system!
LAB TECH
We have one. Where's the other?
CANKER
In the Pod.
LAB TECH
But, where's the Pod??

Just then, another Lab Tech shows up with some ENLARGED PHOTOS. (From the camera taken from the Camera Shop Customer.)

The first enlargement shows the hypodermic needle actually entering Jack's backside. The second enlargement shows Jack's face.

LAB TECH
The Pod's in him.

Canker looks at the photo of Jack, then turns to Igoe.

CANKER
Find him!
90

EXT. VECTOR-SCOPE LABS PARKING LOT - DAY

source 161

POLICE CARS with whirling red bubble lights. AMBULANCES. CORONER'S VANS. A crowd of ONLOOKERS. POLICE OFFICERS holding them back, setting up barricades. TV NEWS CREWS arriving.

Jack shoulders his way to the very front of the crowd. He * gets there just in time to see bodies -- draped in white * sheets -- being wheeled from the lab on gurneys to waiting * ambulances and coroner's vans. *

91

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 162

views the situation on his monitor; his expression regis- * tering horror and alarm. *

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92

EXT. THE PARKING LOT

source 163

Jack tries to stop a POLICEMAN.

JACK
Officer... excuse me, Officer. What's going on --
POLICEMAN
-- get back! Stay back!

The Policeman hurries off.

JACK
(to Tuck)
Did you hear that?
TUCK (V.O.)
Yeah. Gimme a minute to think...
93

EXT. ENTRANCE TO LAB

source 164

Newspaper reporters and TV Crews have been allowed past the police line. One of these reporters is Lydia. She muscles her way up to Pete Blanchard who is emerging from the building.

LYDIA
Pete! Just a few questions!
BLANCHARD
I have nothing to say, Lydia.
LYDIA
Isn't it true that Vector-Scope Laboratories was working on a secret Satellite Missile Tracking System for the Defense Department?
BLANCHARD
That's absolutely untrue. And you can quote me on that.
(to Police)
Get the press back.

The Police do as instructed, herding the Press back behind police lines.

Lydia is forced back, and she finds herself standing directly in front of Jack. (Who is, of course, a total stranger to her.)

Jack's nose is within inches of Lydia's hair.

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94

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 165

Smells something strange coming in through his air vents. He sniffs, then turns the air jets so that they shoot directly at his face. He sniffs again.

TUCK
(to himself)
Midnight Lace...?

Then, he sees something on his monitor: Dr. Niles hurrying past.

TUCK
(to himself)
Dr. Niles...
(to Jack)
... Follow that short guy with the curly hair and glasses!
95

JACK - IN THE PARKING LOT

source 166

begins to move through the crowd, trying to keep up with Niles who is on the other side of the police barricade.

JACK
Who is he?
TUCK'S VOICE
Dr. Niles. He runs the lab. Don't let him out of your sight. If we can just talk to him --
JACK
-- Lost him!

Niles ducks into his parked car and slams the door behind him.

96

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 167

views the scene on his monitor.

TUCK
He's not driving off. There's someone in the car with him. Is this as close as you can get?

168 JACK

is about thirty yards away from the parked car. A crush of onlookers surrounds him.

JACK
Yeah.

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TUCK'S VOICE
Keep looking at the car.
JACK
Why?...
97

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 169

begins to make some frantic adjustments to the dials on his console.

TUCK
Look directly at them! Don't turn your head. I think I can beef up this reception a little...

Suddenly: NILES' VOICE is heard loud and clear over the Pod's speaker:

NILES' VOICE
... my God... what happened in there...?!
TUCK
That's it!

170 JACK

looks startled.

JACK
Hey! I can hear them!
TUCK'S VOICE
I know. Now shut up and listen...
98

INT. CAR

source 171
BLANCHARD
You've been hit good. Professional work. Who'd want to do this to you?
NILES
Anybody -- or any country -- that wants to leapfrog a decade's worth of research.

Blanchard looks very distressed.

BLANCHARD
I hope you know that we can't get involved in this. You're on your own now...

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99

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 172

reacts to the sound of Blanchard's voice. He looks closely at his monitor, but sun glares off the car's windshield, hiding Blanchard's face.

TUCK
(to himself)
I know that voice...
100

INT. CAR

source 173
BLANCHARD
... We've got to keep our hands clean. This is your baby... you change the dirty diapers.
NILES
But... what about Pendelton?
BLANCHARD
What about him?
NILES
He's out there somewhere.
BLANCHARD
(coldly)
Pendelton's been around the military long enough to know that every mission contains an element of risk.
NILES
He saved your life once!
101

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 174
TUCK
(to himself)
Pete Blanchard!...
102

INT. THE CAR

source 175
BLANCHARD
There's nothing we can do to help Pendelton now. The chip's gone and his air supply runs out in --
(checks his watch)
-- almost twenty hours.
(a beat)
Start the car. Get me out of here.

176 JACK

watches as Blanchard and Niles drive away.

JACK
Sounds like you're being kissed off.

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103

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 177

is silent. But the expression of betrayal he wears speaks volumes.

104

EXT. VECTOR-SCOPE PARKING LOT

source 178

Lydia returns to her car where her colleague DUANE FLORNOY (a well-dressed black man) is waiting. Duane stands outside the car holding the business end of the car's short-wave radio in his hand.

DUANE
Well?
LYDIA
Blanchard's stone-walling. He knows more than he's telling.
DUANE
Guess who's arriving at the airport in exactly four hours?
LYDIA
(after a moment)
The Cowboy?
DUANE
You got it.

Lydia smiles knowingly, glances back at the Vector-Scope Lab, then turns to face Duane again.

LYDIA
The pieces are beginning to fall into place.
105

INT. FIRST CLASS CABIN OF 747 - DAY

source 179

We hear the HUM of the ENGINES. CAMERA MOVES DOWN aisle, eventually DISCOVERS a pair of snake-skin cowboy boots. CAMERA PANS UP, taking in blue jeans, suede Western sports coat, bib-front shirt and felt Stetson hat.

This is the COWBOY. But dispite his name and his dress, his looks are distinctly foreign: Prominent nose and cheekbones, pointy chin and dark, bushy eyebrows.

He reads what looks to be the Arabic version of People magazine.

106

INT. JACK'S VW - TRAVELING

source 180

Jack behind the wheel.

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TUCK'S VOICE * Well, Jack... we're on our own.

JACK
We?? What can I do?
TUCK'S VOICE
Help me to get that other chip back.

Jack looks miserable.

JACK
This is really bad timing. I mean, I just got a few extra days vacation, and on Monday I'm supposed to leave on a cruise...
107

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 181
TUCK
(sarcastically)
Gee, Jack... how thoughtless of me.
(then, in a normal tone of voice)
Look: You heard the guy. I got twenty hours of air left. I wouldn't worry about missing your cruise.
108

JACK - DRIVING

source 182
JACK
You know... that isn't much time.
TUCK'S VOICE
(again; very sarcastic)
Gosh, you're right! Why didn't I think of that?
JACK
I mean, what happens if we fail? What happens if we don't get this chip back and your air supply runs out? What happens then?!

TUCK'S VOICE * Then you've got a miniaturized * submersible pod floating around * your insides with a tiny, little * human skeleton at the helm. *

JACK
(revolted)
Aaagghh!
TUCK'S VOICE
Not a pretty thought, is it?

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Jack begins to bang his head against the steering wheel.

109

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 183

is also being rocked back and forth by Jack's head movement. And Tuck's head is SLAMMED against the console a few times as well.

110

INT. JACK'S APARTMENT

source 184

Jack enters, glances at the exploded TV, then heads toward the kitchen.

JACK
I need some aspirin. My head is killing me. Maybe it's my allergies.
111

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 185

rubs his own battered forehead.

TUCK
Maybe it's from banging it against the steering wheel.

186 JACK

picks up the aspirin bottle from the counter and fills a glass with water when a KNOCK is heard at the door.

TUCK'S VOICE
What's that?
JACK
The door.
TUCK'S VOICE
Be careful...

Jack opens the door to find a MESSENGER standing there.

MESSENGER
Mr. Jack Putter?
JACK
Yeah.
MESSENGER
(hands him an envelope)
From World Tour Travel.

Jack looks puzzled.

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MESSENGER
Cruise tickets, I think.
(hands him a clipboard)
Sign on number twelve.
(as Jack signs)
Mind if I use your phone? Gotta call my dispatcher.
JACK
(returning clipboard)
Oh, well... okay. Sure.

The Messenger comes in, sees the exploded TV.

MESSENGER
Shot out your TV, huh, man? Just like Elvis.

Jack doesn't respond. He just points out the phone. The Messenger picks it up and dials.

MESSENGER
(to Jack)
Lucky man. Goin' on a cruise. What about your roommate?
JACK
Roommate?
MESSENGER
Thought I heard you talkin' to somebody as I came to the door.
JACK
No. I live here alone.
112

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 187
TUCK
Don't trust him! He's not a messenger!

188 JACK

turns his back on the messenger.

JACK
(in a whisper)
How do you know?
TUCK'S VOICE
I got a gut reaction! Call it survival instinct. Get out now.

Jack turns back toward the Messenger who is talking into the phone:

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MESSENGER
Okay. I made the drop. Everything's cool.

The Messenger hangs up the phone -- sees that Jack is looking at him strangely.

Jack glances at the door. The Messenger grows suspicious.

Jack makes a dash for the door. The Messenger draws a gun and leaps after him.

But the throw rug slides out from beneath the Messenger's feet and the Messenger goes flying!

Jack swings open the door -- it CONNECTS with the Mess- enger's head -- and the Messenger THUDS unconscious to the floor, the gun still clutched in his hand.

TUCK'S VOICE
Run!
113

EXT. APARTMENT COURTYARD - DAY

source 189

Jack runs from the apartment into the courtyard. This is what he sees:

190 THREE MEN IN DARK BUSINESS SUITS

entering the courtyard. One of the men is Igoe.

191 JACK

ducks behind a palm tree, out of sight. Igoe and his two Henchmen pass by, heading for Jack's apartment.

When safe, Jack runs off.

114

EXT. APARTMENT PARKING AREA - DAY

source 192

Jack runs into the parking area, but stops short. One of Igoe's Henchmen is standing guard over his VW.

Jack steps back into the shadow of a garbage dumpster.

JACK
They're watching my car.
TUCK'S VOICE
Go to a pay phone. Call a cab.
JACK
Where am I going? How am I gonna pay for it?

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TUCK'S VOICE
You're going to my place. You can pay the cabbie when you get there... my treat.
115

INT. TUCK'S HOUSE - DAY

source 193

Jack looks around.

JACK
Nice place.
(under his breath)
What a dump.
TUCK'S VOICE
I heard that... and you're right.
(beat)
I could use a drink, Jack. Bet you could, too.
JACK
I don't drink.
TUCK'S VOICE
Well, I do. See if there's a bottle of Cutty under the sofa * cushion, would ya?

Jack makes a face, but takes a look.

TUCK'S VOICE
No! The other cushion.
JACK
Oh.

194 ON TUCK'S VIDEO

We see Jack's hands flip over the cushion and find the bottle.

JACK'S VOICE
Got it.

195 TUCK

is licking his lips.

TUCK
Okay! Here's what you do: Take a nice big tug on that baby and I'll see what I can catch on the way down.
JACK'S VOICE
How...?

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TUCK
Let me worry about that.
116

EXT. THE POD

source 196

One of the Pod's articulating arms extends out from the Pod's body with a soft, mechanical WHIRRING sound. Clutched in the arm's claw is Tuck's empty flask. *

117

INT. THE POD

source 197

Tuck looks out the viewing dome to make sure arm and flask are properly in place.

TUCK
Okay, Jack -- down the hatch.
JACK'S VOICE
I'm not much of a drinker.
TUCK
C'mon! Let 'er rip!

Then: A TIDAL WAVE of AMBER LIQUID SPLASHES down from above and CRASHES against the Pod. The Pod rolls over and over in the THUNDERING alcohol current.

Finally it comes to rest in some dark, vestibular channel of Jack's digestive system.

Tuck presses a few buttons and the articulating arm begins to retract into the Pod. Claw and flask slide into the Pod through and air-lock opening.

TUCK * Come on, lucky flask! *

Tuck eagerly grabs the flask and sloshes it around under his nose. His expression sours.

TUCK
Hmmm. Smells a little strange.
(peeks at it)
Looks a shade green.
(shrugs it off)
Oh, well. Probably just some harmless biochemical waste material...

Then a drop splashes out onto his jumpsuit, HISSING and burning a small hole in the fabric.

TUCK
... mixed with a bit of stomach acid.
(pause)
What the hell!
(MORE)

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TUCK (CONT'D)
Rot-gut whiskey's better than none at all. Cheers!

He throws back a drink. His eyes fill with tears and he GASPS for air. He begins to pound his fists against the console and he makes a full spin in his swivel chair.

TUCK
(wiping his mouth with his sleeve)
Wow! That's strong enough to grow hair on a snake!

Tuck takes another belt.

198 JACK

also seems pleased by what has just passed his lips. He looks at the bottle's label, shrugs his shoulders, and takes another drink.

118

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 199

really feels relaxed. He rummages around and eventually finds what he's looking for: An audio cassette.

200 CLOSE ON CASSETTE

Sam Cooke's Greatest Hits.

201 TUCK

inserts the tape into a player and kicks back.

TUCK
Nuthin' like a little Cutty and Sam Cooke to chase away the miseries of the day.
119

EXT. STREET - DAY

source 202

The Black Sedan carrying Igoe and his Henchmen ROARS by.

120

INT. BLACK SEDAN

source 203

Igoe sits in the back seat wearing an expression of stony resolution. The car presses on relentlessly.

121

INT. POD

source 204

Rocking to the music of Sam Cooke's "TWISTIN' THE NIGHT AWAY." Tuck leans back, flask in hand, foot tapping against the console.

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SAM COOKE'S VOICE
(singing)
Here's a man in evenin' clothes, how he got here, I don't know. But, man, you ought to see him go... Twistin' the night away!

205 JACK

is lip synching to the song and twisting his heart out. He's infused with the spirit of the music... and perhaps with the spirit of the Cutty as well.

SAM COOKE'S VOICE
(singing)
Lean up! Lean back! Twistin' the night away!
122

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 206
TUCK
(shouting over the music)
Jack! Hey, Jack!
(finally turns the music low)
Jack!
JACK'S VOICE
What?...
TUCK
Go look in the mirror.
JACK'S VOICE
Why?
TUCK
Because I just realized I don't know what you look like.

207 JACK

turns, looks for a mirror. Sees one on the wall. He staggers over to it.

123

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 208

can tell by looking into his monitor that Jack is weaving from side to side.

TUCK
Hey, you're not drunk, are you?
JACK'S VOICE
No. Just a little dizzy.

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TUCK
(amused)
Ha! And after only one stinking drink!

209 JACK

approaches the mirror. He looks at the Cutty bottle in his hand. It's almost half empty.

JACK
More than one drink, I think...
(looks into mirror)
... How's this?
124

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 210

sees in his monitor Jack's face as it is reflected in the mirror. But Jack is way too close, creating a distorted fish-eye look.

TUCK
Too close. Back up. Back up.

Jack does.

TUCK
That's better...

For a moment Tuck just looks at the face of the man whose body he inhabits. Then, he turns OFF the MUSIC.

TUCK
Jack... I guess you realize some very serious bad guys are after you because of me. So if you want to bail out, I understand. Just sneeze me into a Kleenex or something and hand it over to them.

211 JACK

stares into the mirror with a besotted expression.

JACK
Didn't you just save my life?
TUCK'S VOICE
When?
JACK
You warned me about that phony messenger.
TUCK'S VOICE
Well, yeah. I guess I did, but --

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JACK
-- So just shut up about the Kleenex!
125

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 212

realizes that Jack, in his own way, is saying he won't quit. Tuck is moved.

TUCK
Thanks, Jack.

213 JACK

turns away from the mirror, embarrassed.

TUCK'S VOICE
But let's face it... We need help. Can you drive? Is your head clear?
JACK
Well... uh...
TUCK'S VOICE
Slap yourself in the face.
JACK
Huh?
TUCK'S VOICE
In the face. Slap yourself.

Wack! Jack does.

TUCK'S VOICE
Harder.

Wack! Jack does it harder.

TUCK'S VOICE
Again.

Wack! Jack does it again.

TUCK'S VOICE
How's that feel?
JACK
One more time!

Wack! Jack does it one more time.

TUCK'S VOICE
Okay! How's that feel now?
JACK
It feels good!

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TUCK'S VOICE
Okay! Let's roll!
126

EXT. TUCK'S HOUSE - THE GARAGE DOOR - DAY

source 214

We hear it before we see it. The FULL-THROATED ROAR of its twelve cylinder, 4.4. liter engine.

The garage door swings up revealing a:

215 FIRE-ENGINE RED 1969 FERRARI DAYTONA

One of the most awesome road machines ever produced. Jack is behind the wheel. He just touches the gas pedal and the car rockets out of the garage.

127

EXT. ROAD - DAY

source 216

Jack SQUEALS around the hair-pin curves leading away from Tuck's hillside house.

TUCK'S VOICE
Are you sure you're sober!? *

Suddenly, Igoe's black sedan barrels around the bend * towards them. The Ferrari crosses the center line. Jack * SCREAMS and yanks on the wheel. The Black Sedan skids off * the road and onto the shoulder in a cloud of dust. *

JACK * I'm sober now! *

128

INT. THE BLACK SEDAN

source 217
IGOE
It was them! Turn around! Turn around!

But the sedan is stalled, and now the engine fails to turn over. It GROANS uncooperatively.

IGOE
I hate this black sedan! I want a new black sedan! I want a Mercedes-Benz 500 SEL!!
HENCHMAN
Yes, Mr. Igoe.

Then: the engine fires up -- SPUTTERS -- and the car lurches into gear.

129

EXT. FREEWAY - DAY

source 218

The Ferrari barrels along. Jack clutches the steering wheel with both hands -- as if the car might speed out from under him.

INNERSPACE - Rev. 12/3/85 63A.

130

INT. THE POD

source 219

Tuck has his eyes glued to the monitor which displays Jack's POV of the freeway, etc.

TUCK
(nervously)
Watch out for that truck up ahead. Change lanes -- get in the fast lane. Wait -- not now. Okay -- now. Watch your tachometer. Okay: shift into fifth! Easy on the clutch. Always shift at 4500 RPMs. Keep an eye on the temperature gauge...
JACK'S VOICE
Boy! Talk about back seat drivers!
TUCK
This car's a classic! It's the only thing I own that's worth a shit!
131

JACK - IN THE FERRARI

source 220

JACK * Maybe you should tell me where I'm going. *

TUCK'S VOICE * Downtown. We're gonna look up a * friend of mine. *

132

INT. NEWSPAPER PRESS ROOM - DAY

source 221

Duane Florney is at his desk talking with the CITY EDITOR. Lydia practically flies by.

LYDIA
I'm off, Duane!
EDITOR
Hey, Lydia! Wait a minute. Where are you going?
LYDIA
Airport.
EDITOR
What about this Vector-Scope story!?
LYDIA
I'm playing a hunch, Gus.
DUANE
This could be big, Gus.
EDITOR
Hey -- who do you two think you are, anyway? Redford and Newman?

Revised 11/8/85 64. *

Lydia does a double take.

DUANE
(to Editor)
I think you mean Woodward and Bernstein, chief.

Lydia disappears out the door.

133

EXT. THE STREET - DAY

source 222

Lydia emerges from the Newspaper Building and heads for her car parked at the curb.

At the same moment, Jack and Tuck in the red Ferrari come down the street.

134

INT. THE FERRARI

source 223
TUCK'S VOICE
That's her!
JACK
Where??
TUCK'S VOICE
I saw her out of the corner of your eye.

Jack looks around.

TUCK'S VOICE
Getting into her car! Hurry! She'll get away. Honk your horn!

Jack hits the HORN. It has a very distinctive sound. Lydia turns and looks in Jack's direction.

224 CLOSE ON LYDIA

Sunlight glistens off her copper-colored hair. She looks beautiful.

225 CLOSE ON JACK

Immediately smitten.

135

EXT. THE STREET

source 226

Lydia marches up to the parked Ferrari.

JACK
(to Tuck)
Here she comes.

Lydia arrives at the car. Jack opens his mouth to speak, but doesn't get a chance:

INNERSPACE - Rev. 12/3/85 65. *

LYDIA
I know this car. This car belongs to Tuck Pendelton! What are you doing with Tuck Pendelton's car!? Tuck would sooner trust somebody with his life than with his Ferrari. How'd you get this car? Who are you, anyway? Does Tuck know you have this car!?
136

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 227
TUCK
(out of frustration)
Lydia, shut up and listen!!
137

JACK - IN THE FERRARI

source 228
JACK
(blurts it out automatically)
Lydia, shut up and listen!!

Lydia looks shocked. Jack wants to eat his words.

229 THE BLACK SEDAN

pulls up to the curb across the street from where Jack and Lydia are talking. Igoe and his Henchmen pile out. One Henchman slams the door on Igoe's hand.

Igoe doesn't even flinch. He just looks down at his hand. All five fingers are caught in the tightly closed door. The guilty Henchman looks worried for his own safety, but Igoe calmly opens the door and pulls his hand free.

230 JACK

catches sight of Igoe and the Henchmen who are prevented from crossing the street by heavy traffic.

JACK
Oh, no -- it's them!

Lydia looks up with a quizzical expression.

JACK
Hop in!

Lydia hesitates.

JACK
Hop in! Tuck's in trouble! He needs your help!

Lydia takes a chance. She jumps in beside Jack and the FERRARI SQUEALS away from the curb.

INNERSPACE - Rev. 12/3/85 65A.

138

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 231
TUCK
Atta girl, Lydia!
139

IGOE - ON THE STREET

source 232

signals his men back into the black sedan.

Revised 11/8/85 66. *

140

EXT. THE STREET

source 233

The Ferrari only gets one block before it must stop at a red light. Jack bangs his fist against the steering wheel.

LYDIA
Who are those men?
JACK
Bad guys! Very bad guys!

The Black Sedan also comes to a stop -- about ten cars back.

It's a long light and Jack is getting nervous. He glances over his shoulder.

234 IGOE AND HIS HENCHMEN

decide to leave their sedan and rush Jack on foot. They race up the line of stopped vehicles and get within a car's length of the Ferrari when: Blink! The light turns green.

The Ferrari SQUEALS through the intersection, burning rubber.

Igoe and his Henchmen turn and run back toward the Black Sedan. Igoe gets there first. He doesn't bother to wait for the others. He slides in behind the wheel and ZOOMS away.

The Henchmen are left standing in the street.

141

INT. THE FERRARI - SPEEDING DOWN A CITY STREET

source 235

Jack glances into the rearview for glimpses of the Black Sedan.

JACK
I don't see 'em. I think we gave 'em the slip!
142

EXT. BUSY INTERSECTION - DAY

source 236

The Black Sedan is stalled in the middle of the intersection causing a major traffic jam. HORNS HONK madly. Igoe jumps from the car and SLAMS the door in anger.

He then looks around, wrestles a bicycle away from an OLD CHINAMAN and pedals off in pursuit of Jack.

143

INT. CHINATOWN RESTAURANT - DAY

source 237

Lydia and Jack at one of the tables.

JACK
... you might say Tuck's been taken hostage.
LYDIA
Who has him?

INNERSPACE - Rev. 12/3/85 67. *

JACK
That's a little hard to explain. We need something called a 'PEM' to get him back. It's a micro- chip. It was taken from the Vector-Scope lab this morning.
LYDIA
Vector-Scope! Everything's comin' up Vector-Scope today. Have you gone to the police?
JACK
There's no time for long explanations and police reports. As a matter of fact, we only have...
144

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 238

checks his air supply gauge.

TUCK
Sixteen hours.
145

JACK - INSIDE THE RESTAURANT

source 239
JACK
Sixteen hours.
LYDIA
Sixteen hours?! Can't we negotiate for more time?
JACK
Not a chance.

Jack begins to squirm uncomfortably in his seat.

LYDIA
What's the matter?
JACK
I gotta pee real bad!

Lydia looks aghast. Jack freaks.

JACK
I can't believe I said that!
146

EXT. THE RESTAURANT - DAY

source 240

Igoe pedals up to the restaurant. He sees the parked Ferrari and smiles to himself. He discards the bike and approaches the restaurant.

INNERSPACE - Rev. 12/3/85 68.

147

INT. RESTAURANT REST ROOM

source 241

Jack stands before the urinal, relieving himself. Another restaurant CUSTOMER washes his hands at the sink.

JACK
You didn't tell me she was going * to be so beautiful.

The Customer at the sink glances over at Jack.

TUCK'S VOICE
You think so?
JACK
Absolutely.
(beat)
And I think we should tell her the truth, too.

Revised 11/8/85 69. *

Again, the Customer looks over in Jack's direction, sees him looking down into the urinal, talking softly.

TUCK'S VOICE
Who would believe it?
(pause)
Besides... it's humiliating being this small. There -- I've said it!
JACK
What's so bad about being small?

The Customer now comes up behind Jack.

CUSTOMER
Play with it, pal, but don't talk to it.

With that, the Customer exits the restroom. Jack looks mortified.

TUCK'S VOICE
Who was that?
JACK
Never mind.

Jack flushes the urinal -- watches the water swirl down the drain.

JACK
You still there?
TUCK'S VOICE
Yeah... why?
JACK
Just checking.
148

INT. THE RESTAURANT

source 242

Jack emerges from the rest room and approaches the table. We see JACK'S POV as he moves toward Lydia.

Lydia looks up -- then registers alarm. She rises from her chair and draws what appears to be a gun from her purse and takes aim -- seemingly at Jack.

LYDIA
Freeze!

Restaurant patrons SCREAM and take cover under tables. Jack stands there, frozen in horror. Then he looks behind him and sees:

Revised 11/8/85 70. *

243 IGOE

Who stops in his tracks and slowly raises his hands above his head.

149

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 244

Igoe's face appears on his display monitor -- then the picture suddenly scrambles. All the instruments begin to go haywire: Needles on gauges spin. Lights flash. Radio reception BUZZES.

Tuck doesn't know which problem to attend to first.

150

FULL SHOT - THE RESTAURANT

source 245

Lydia has the drop on Igoe.

LYDIA
This is an electronic stun-gun. A non-lethal personal defense weapon deploying a charge of 5,000 volts. It will immobilize you for up to twenty minutes and, in all probability, render you unconscious as well. So, don't take one step closer.

Igoe looks at the gun. An expression of abject terror on his face.

LYDIA
(to a waiter)
Call the police!

Igoe suddenly grabs Jack.

LYDIA
No!

She squeezes back on the trigger. A STUN DART shoots out from the weapon. Igoe uses Jack as a shield and the dart hits Jack!

246 CLOSE ON JACK'S MARKET NAME TAG

The dart penetrates the plastic name tag, melting it instantly and releasing half its charge with a loud BUZZZZ!

The other 2,500 volts enter Jack's body, and Jack goes limp in Igoe's arms.

151

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 247

also feels the impact of the electrical charge. CRACKLING ribbons of electric current dance around the contours of the Pod. Tuck is SLAMMED back into his seat as electricity courses through his limbs.

Revised 11/8/85 71. *

The Pod's lights dim, then brighten once again. But Tuck is left a shaken man. His hair sticks straight up in current Punker fashion, and his head glows from within like a jack-o'-lantern.

Tuck's consciousness returns, when the Pod is suddenly turned upside down as...

152

IGOE - IN THE RESTAURANT

source 248

picks up Jack's limp body and tosses it over his shoulder like a sack of flour.

Igoe runs from the restaurant amid an UPROAR of YELLING and SCREAMING.

LYDIA
Someone call the police!!

As Igoe runs off, the FERRARI KEYS slip from Jack's pocket and fall to the floor. Lydia sees this and snatches them up.

153

EXT. ALLEY BEHIND RESTAURANT - DAY

source 249

Igoe runs down the alley with Jack over his shoulder. Jack begins to snap out of it. He can't imagine where he is or why he's being conveyed this way. (We also see that he, too, sports an electrified Punk hairdo.)

Igoe notices a DELIVERY TRUCK pulling away from a loading dock. He's able to pop open the cargo doors and throw Jack inside.

But now the truck is driving away. Igoe runs alongside of it. It begins to pick up speed. Igoe keeps up with it, leaps onto a running board, throws open the cab door, yanks out the driver and takes his place behind the wheel.

The truck THUNDERS down the alley at top speed.

154

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 250

Is grateful to see his instruments come back on line. The Pod is righted once again, its speed and direction under control.

TUCK
Jack! Jack! Are you all right? What happened? Seems like we experienced a massive power surge.

No response from Jack. Tuck looks concerned.

TUCK
Hey, Jack... you there, babe?

He glances at one of his gauges in alarm.

Revised 11/8/85 72. *

TUCK
What's goin' on, Jack!? Your heart rate's slowin' way down!
JACK'S VOICE
I'm f-f-f-f-f-f-
TUCK
(relieved)
Jack! You had me worried. Thought I'd lost you for a minute, kid.
(beat)
What happened? Where's Lydia? Where are we?
(peers into his monitor)
I can't see a thing. Why's it so dark?
JACK'S VOICE
I'm f-f-f-f-f-f-f-
TUCK
You're what?? Can't make you out, Jack. Message garbled. Try again.
JACK'S VOICE
I'm f-f-f-f-f-f-freezing!
TUCK
You're freezing??
155

EXT. THE DELIVERY TRUCK - TRAVELING - DAY

source 251

Igoe behind the wheel. CAMERA PANS to the sign lettered on truck's side. It reads:

BAY AREA FROZEN FOOD SUPPLY CO.

TUCK'S VOICE
Jack! What's that loud tapping sound!?
156

INT. TRUCK'S CARGO AREA - CLOSE ON JACK'S TEETH

source 252

CHATTERING loudly. (The tapping sound heard by Tuck.)

CAMERA PULLS BACK TO REVEAL:

Jack huddled in the corner among the boxes of frozen foods. His entire body shaking beneath a thin layer of frost. His Punk hair spikes looking like inverted icicles.

157

EXT. SECLUDED SPOT BENEATH THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE - DAY

source 253

The Frozen Food truck is parked. A LIMO rolls up beside it. Henchmen rush to open the back door, and VICTOR SCRIMSHAW slides out. Scrimshaw's dress and demeanor suggest a man of near limitless power.

INNERSPACE - Rev. 12/3/85 73. *

158

INT. CARGO AREA OF TRUCK

source 254

The cargo doors are flung open. Sunlight pours in. Jack lifts his head to look, squinting against the light. He resembles some kind of friendly snow creature.

Scrimshaw climbs into the truck. One of the Henchmen thought- fully throws a huge fur coat over Scrimshaw's shoulders, making him look even more formidable than before.

Snowflakes cling to Jack's eyelashes as he looks up at the towering Scrimshaw.

Scrimshaw looks down at Jack impassively, then calls off:

SCRIMSHAW
Dr. Canker! Get in here!

Dr. Margaret Canker sweeps out of the limo and is helped into the truck's cargo area by a Henchman. Scrimshaw indicates Jack.

Canker whips out a stethoscope and checks Jack's chest.

SCRIMSHAW
Well?
CANKER
Early stage hypothermia.
SCRIMSHAW
(mulls it over)
Do we need him alive?

Jack's eyes widen at this.

CANKER
Oh, yes. He should be alive.

Jack looks relieved.

SCRIMSHAW
(to Henchman)
Bring a blanket!
CANKER
I know how to warm him up...

She begins to run her hand up the inside of Jack's leg. Jack's eyes widen again.

SCRIMSHAW
Knock it off, Margaret! Here comes a blanket.

The Henchman clambers into the truck with an instantly produced blanket and drapes it over Jack's shoulders.

INNERSPACE - Rev. 12/3/85 74. *

HENCHMAN
We're taking him to the lab now, Mr. Scrimshaw. Would you like ride in the limo?
SCRIMSHAW
No, no. Go on ahead. It's a short trip. I'm going to stay back here and keep an eye on him.
CANKER
I'll stay with him.
SCRIMSHAW
Forget it, Margaret. Take the limo.

Canker packs up her medical bag as if she didn't care.

159

EXT. TRUCK

source 255

A Henchman closes the truck's cargo doors, then jumps into the limo. The limo drives away. Then the truck begins to rumble off as well.

160

INT. TRUCK'S CARGO AREA

source 256

Scrimshaw pulls up a box of frozen food and takes a seat next to Jack. He lights up a fat cigar and blows smoke into the air.

SCRIMSHAW
Nuclear weapons, Jack?...
(beat)
... They mean nothing. Everybody's got 'em; nobody's got the balls to use 'em. Am I right?

Jack shivers silently, not daring to say a word.

SCRIMSHAW
Space you say?
(pause)
Space is a flop. Didn't you know that? An endless junk yard of orbiting debris.
(pause)
Ahhhh... but miniaturization, Jack. That's the ticket.
(beat)
It's the edge everyone's been looking for. But who will have that edge, Jack? What country will control miniaturization?
(pause)
Frankly, I don't give a shit. I'm only in this for the money. And that's why we gotta get that little pod out from inside of you.

INNERSPACE - Rev. 12/3/85 75. *

Scrimshaw punctuates this remark with a finger jabbed forcefully into Jack's ribs. Jack looks worried. Scrimshaw settles back to enjoy his cigar.

161

EXT. HIGHWAY - DAY

source 257

Lydia zips along in the open-topped Ferrari. A truck tries to pass her. She casually glances up at its driver -- and recognizes Igoe behind the wheel.

Lydia reacts. She lightens up on the gas, allowing the truck to pull ahead of her.

162

INT. THE POD

source 258
TUCK
I have some bad news for us, Jack. Looks like we've fallen into the hands of the bandits. They're taking us to some lab, and I don't like the sound of that.
163

JACK - INSIDE THE TRUCK

source 259

listens in silence. Huddled under the blanket, he has begun to warm up a bit.

TUCK'S VOICE
Jack... glance around slowly so that I can get the lay of the land.

260 JACK'S POV AS HIS EYES PAN:

Boxes of frozen foods come into view. Then the hulking, fur- coated Scrimshaw siting nearby. Then the cargo doors...

TUCK'S VOICE
Go back, Jack! Go back. Go back to the doors.

Jack's glance returns to the doors. We see that they are not properly closed. The latch is not in place. A crack of daylight shows through.

164

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 261

views the unlocked doors on his monitor.

TUCK
Jack, this is it. The doors are unlocked. We can take them by surprise: Bust outta here before they know what hit 'em!
(beat)
Can you do it, Jack? Cough if you can do it.

Tuck waits for the cough. Silence.

INNERSPACE - Rev. 12/3/85 75A.

TUCK
Okay, Jack. Listen to me. This is your moment. This is your turn to be the hero, Jack.
(MORE)

Revised 11/8/85 76. *

TUCK (CONT'D)
(beat)
Psyche yourself up. Look at the doors. (You gonna stack soup cans all your life, Jack?) See yourself leaping to your feet.
(Gonna bag groceries until you die, Jack?) See yourself pushing open the doors! See yourself jumping from the truck! Can you see it, Jack!? Can you see it!?
165

JACK - INSIDE THE TRUCK

source 262

Sheds his blanket and jumps to his feet.

JACK
I can see it!!
SCRIMSHAW
Huh!
TUCK'S VOICE
Jack! No! Wait until --

Jack charges toward the cargo doors and flings them open.

TUCK'S VOICE
-- the truck has stopped...

Too late. The doors swing out. The highway flies by underneath at sixty miles per hour. Jack clings to one of the doors.

JACK
Ohhhhhhhhhhh!!!...

Jack holds on for dear life -- his feet kicking in midair, several feet above the surface of the roadway.

Scrimshaw tries to reach out and grab him. He fails -- it's just too damned dangerous.

SCRIMSHAW
You stupid idiot!
166

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 263

shares Jack's POV of his precarious situation. Tuck can't look. He covers his eyes.

167

LYDIA - DRIVING IN THE FERRARI

source 264

sees events unfolding before her. She has kept back, but now she speeds up.

Revised 11/8/85 77. *

168

SCRIMSHAW - INSIDE THE TRUCK

source 265

begins to POUND against the back wall to alert Igoe in the driver's cab.

SCRIMSHAW
Stop the truck! Stop the truck!
169

IGOE - INSIDE THE CAB

source 266

has a radio turned up FULL VOLUME playing "Ride of the Valkyries." He can't hear Scrimshaw's pounding.

We notice that Jack, swinging on the cargo door, is briefly visible in the sideview mirror. Igoe glances into the mirror, but too late: Jack has already swung back out of sight.

170

SCRIMSHAW - INSIDE THE TRUCK

source 267

sees that the door is swinging back toward the truck. He positions himself to grab hold of Jack.

Jack sees what's coming. He puts out his foot and kicks off against Scrimshaw's chest.

SCRIMSHAW
Ooomph!

Jack and the door swing back out over the highway, and Scrimshaw tumbles backwards into the boxes of frozen foods.

171

LYDIA - IN THE FERRARI

source 268

ZOOMS up behind the truck.

LYDIA
Jump in, Jack! Jump in!

269 JACK

looks down. Both vehicles are doing sixty and the door is swinging back and forth.

Scrimshaw has gotten to his feet and is advancing unsteadily toward Jack.

LYDIA
Jump!
TUCK'S VOICE
Jump!

Jack lets his feet drop down into the Ferrari, but continues to cling to the door with his hands.

Revised 11/8/85 78. *

The two vehicles begin to drift apart. Jack's hands are attached to one; his feet are attached to the other. It looks like he's being stretched.

Lydia reaches out, grabs Jack's pant leg.

LYDIA
Let go!
JACK
Let go!? Are you crazy!!

Lydia steers the Ferrari in closer to the truck.

LYDIA
Now let go!

Jack lets go and falls backwards into the Ferrari's passenger seat. Lydia stomps on the gas pedal and ROARS off ahead of the truck.

She sees a sign up ahead: S.F. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT -- Next Exit. She cuts in front of three lanes of traffic, including the truck, and takes the exit.

270 LYDIA AND JACK

exchange an expression of victory.

172

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 271

recovers from all the excitement by draining his pocket flask.

TUCK
This stuff has really lost its kick.

He tosses the empty flask aside.

173

INT. MAIN CONCOURSE - S.F. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - DAY

source 272

The Cowboy strides across the concourse.

273 JACK AND LYDIA

observe the Cowboy from a distance.

LYDIA
There he is. The Cowboy. I've been tracking his movements for months.

Jack looks nervous; he glances anxiously at his watch.

JACK
What has this got to do with Tuck?

Revised 11/8/85 79. *

TUCK'S VOICE
Good question.
LYDIA
Maybe everything.
(beat)
The Cowboy deals in stolen technology. He's a middleman. Why do you think he arrived today? Dollars to donuts he leads us right to that chip.

The Cowboy gets on a pay phone.

LYDIA
I'd love to know who he's calling.
JACK
Maybe I can hear.
LYDIA
Very funny.
JACK
I mean it.
LYDIA
He's fifty feet away.
JACK
Let me try...
174

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 274

makes the proper adjustments to heighten the sensitivity of Jack's hearing.

275 JACK

looks directly at the Cowboy and begins to hear, despite the echoing din of the crowded concourse.

JACK
He's leaving a message for somebody...
(beat; listens)
Victor Scrimshaw.
(beat)
Hey! That was the guy in the truck!

Amazed, Lydia fumbles in her pockets for a pad and pencil.

LYDIA
I don't believe this.
JACK
(listening)
He's staying at the Mark Hopkins Hotel. He wants Scrimshaw to pick him up at six in the morning...

Revised 11/8/85 80. *

LYDIA
(taking notes)
Six in the morning?
JACK
(listening)
He says he never sleeps.

The Cowboy hangs up and walks off. Lydia puts away her notebook.

LYDIA
(to Jack)
You're amazing.
JACK
(smiling)
You're pretty wonderful yourself.

Lydia smiles awkwardly.

LYDIA
Let's go.

As they walk briskly off:

JACK
Who is Victor Scrimshaw, anyway?
LYDIA
He's very mysterious -- and very powerful. I can call the paper for his file when we get there.
JACK
Get where?
LYDIA
The Mark Hopkins Hotel.
175

EXT. MARK HOPKINS HOTEL - DAY

source 276

The Cowboy arrives by cab.

Moments later, Jack and Lydia drive up in the Ferrari. They disappear into the hotel parking garage.

176

INT. HOTEL PARKING GARAGE

source 277

Jack finds a parking space. Oddly enough, there are at least twenty other Ferraris parked nearby.

Jack and Lydia get out from the car.

JACK
This place looks like a Ferrari owner's convention!

Revised 11/8/85 81. *

LYDIA
Get the suitcase from the trunk.
JACK
Huh?...
LYDIA
I'm checking in. It's less suspicious if I have a suitcase.

Jack opens the trunk, discovers the suitcase.

JACK
How'd you know this was here?
LYDIA
Tuck always keeps a packed suitcase in the trunk --
(suggestively)
-- just in case he wakes up in a 'strange place.'
177

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 278

winces painfully.

TUCK
(to himself)
Didn't know she knew about that suitcase.
178

INT. HOTEL LOBBY

source 279

The Cowboy has just registered. A Bell Boy is taking him to his room. As they walk to the elevators, they pass a signboard that reads:

WELCOME! FERRARI OWNERS OF AMERICA National Convention Main Ball Room

179

INT. COWBOY'S HOTEL ROOM

source 280

Cowboy sits on the bed polishing a pair of dressy lizard- skin boots.

Country & Western MUSIC plays LOUDLY from the radio.

180

INT. JACK AND LYDIA'S HOTEL ROOM

source 281

They can hear the loud C & W music pounding through the wall.

LYDIA
I tipped the desk clerk a twenty. He put us right next door to the Cowboy.
(MORE)

Revised 11/8/85 82. *

LYDIA (CONT'D)
(beat)
Listen for any sound of him leaving his room. I'll be in the bedroom calling my paper.
JACK
Okay.

Jack watches Lydia depart into the bedroom; his eyes drinking in every inch of her.

181

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 282

also ogles Lydia on his monitor, SIGHING deeply to him- self. Then he realizes what's going on:

TUCK
Hey! Cut that out! What are you looking at? I thought you were a gentleman!
182

JACK - INSIDE THE HOTEL ROOM

source 283
JACK
(to Tuck; softly)
C'mon, Tuck. Who can blame me? She's one in a million.
(beat)
What's the deal between you two, anyway?
TUCK'S VOICE
(angrily)
Never mind.
183

INT. VICTOR SCRIMSHAW'S OFFICE

source 284

Scrimshaw is on the phone and he's hopping mad.

SCRIMSHAW
Margaret! I'm meeting with the Cowboy tomorrow morning and I still don't have that other chip!
184

INT. A BEDROOM

source 285

Dr. Canker is sitting on the edge of the bed in a spaghetti-strap negligee, the phone pressed to her ear.

CANKER
That's not much time, I --

INTERCUT BETWEEN CANKER AND SCRIMSHAW:

INNERSPACE - Rev. 12/3/85 83. *

SCRIMSHAW
-- We had him! He slipped right through our fingers! I'm thinking maybe your boy Igoe's not all he's cracked up to be, Margaret!

Canker's eyes begin to blaze.

CANKER
You're crazy!
(beat)
He's the most perfect creature on earth.

Just then, Igoe enters the bedroom wearing a silk robe, carrying a bottle of wine and two glasses. Canker regards him with adoration.

SCRIMSHAW
(from phone)
Just find that idiot supermarket clerk -- and don't let the Cowboy out of your sight, either!

Igoe takes the phone from Canker's hands and hangs it up. She turns and throws open his robe revealing a tattoo on his chest.

286 CLOSE ON TATTOO

A large heart, filled with roses and a scroll with the name "Margaret" written across it.

287 CANKER

gently runs her fingers over the tattoo, then looks up into Igoe's eyes.

CANKER
Come to Momma.

He embraces her passionately.

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185

INT. NEWSPAPER PRESS ROOM - DAY

source 288

Duane Flornoy is on the phone. He has punched up Victor Scrimshaw's file on his computer -- the monitor before him displays Scrimshaw's picture and bio.

FLORNOY
(into phone)
... This is one mean dude, Lydia. I can't believe this guy: Legal council to reputed organized crime figures; administrator of four teamster pension funds; suspected of black market arms dealing... yet somehow he manages to keep his nose clean.
186

INT. HOTEL BEDROOM

source 289

Lydia on the phone, taking notes.

LYDIA
Anything else?
FLORNOY'S VOICE
Yeah.
(beat)
They say he keeps Jimmy Hoffa's wristwatch in his desk drawer as a souvenir.
187

INT. THE POD

source 290

Tuck casts a concerned glance at his air-supply gauge.

TUCK
Jack, I've got about nine hours of air left in here. I think it's time we formulate a plan.
188

INT. THE HOTEL ROOM

source 291

Jack is stealing a glance at Lydia through the partially- closed bedroom door. Now he turns away.

JACK
Great! A plan. Let's do it.
189

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 292

seems troubled by Jack's sudden enthusiasm.

TUCK
You're awfully eager, aren't you?

Revised 11/8/85 85. *

JACK'S VOICE
You bet. I'm into this now. I'm hooked on adventure. What's your plan?

Tuck isn't sure he likes this new attitude of Jack's.

TUCK
Okay. The Cowboy will lead us to the chip, right?
JACK'S VOICE
Right.
TUCK
So... you're going to be the Cowboy.
190

JACK - IN THE HOTEL ROOM

source 293

wears a frozen half-smile on his face.

JACK
Me.
TUCK'S VOICE
Sure. And when Scrimshaw's men come by to pick up the Cowboy, they're gonna get you and me instead.
JACK
Yeah... but I don't look like the Cowboy.
TUCK'S VOICE
Let me worry about that.

Jack seems hesitant. Then he sees Lydia emerging from bedroom -- her usual vision of efficient loveliness.

JACK
All right. I'll do it.
LYDIA
You'll do what?
JACK
(to Lydia)
I have a plan...
191

INT. THE COWBOY'S HOTEL ROOM

source 294

The Cowboy is trying on a flamboyantly embroidered silk Western shirt in front of the mirror.

Revised 11/8/85 86.

COWBOY
(singing along with the radio in a weird, thick accent)
'... Mama, don't let your sons grow up to be cowboys...'

He continues to sing as he puts on his generous supply of gold rings, chains and bracelets.

192

INT. JACK AND LYDIA'S ROOM

source 295

Lydia has just heard Jack's plan. She seems resistant.

LYDIA
I don't know, Jack. It's a good plan, but it seems dangerous. Victor Scrimshaw likes to play hardball.
JACK
(firmly)
I'm not afraid.
LYDIA
Well... neither am I. I've never run from danger in my life.
JACK
Then don't start now.
LYDIA
I'm not going to...
(beat)
... but are you sure you can pull this off?
JACK
(modestly clears * his throat)
Well... I do have two years of high school drama under my belt. As a matter of fact, I once understudied the Sky Masterson role in a production of Guys and Dolls.
LYDIA
Good. That's good, Jack. The thing to do now is stay close to the Cowboy. Wherever he goes tonight, that's * where we're going.
JACK
We're not exactly dressed for a night on the town.

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LYDIA
(heading for the door)
There's a dress shop in the lobby.
(beat)
You can dip into Tuck's suitcase.
193

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 296
TUCK
(to Jack; peevishly)
Go ahead! Dip all you want. Nothing will fit you!
194

INT. THE HOTEL ROOM - LATER

source 297

Jack has just finished dressing into Tuck's clothes.

A rumpled but sporty look. And everything fits.

Lydia emerges from the bedroom in her new dress. Jack turns in her direction and has to gasp for breath.

JACK
You look... beautiful.
LYDIA
Thank you, Jack. And you look...

Her voice trails off. A wistful look comes into her expression and she gently runs her hand down Jack's lapel.

JACK
What's the matter?
LYDIA
Oh, nothing. I was just reminded of a time when Tuck wore this jacket...
195

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 298

seems to melt as he views Lydia's melancholy expression.

TUCK
(as if he were talking directly to Lydia)
It was the night we first met. You were writing that article about me. We had dinner and talked until three in the morning. I got drunk and fell down a manhole walking you home.
196

JACK AND LYDIA - IN THE HOTEL ROOM

source 299

The SOUND of a DOOR CLOSING breaks the mood.

LYDIA
What was that?
JACK
A door...
LYDIA
The Cowboy! He's leaving.

Lydia peeks out into the:

300 CORRIDOR

where the Cowboy is walking. He turns down another corridor, passing a ROOM SERVICE WAITER, and heads for the elevators.

301 CAMERA HOLDS ON ROOM SERVICE WAITER

who is actually one of Igoe's Henchmen. He waits for the Cowboy to board the elevator, then whips out a walkie-talkie.

HENCHMAN
(into walkie-talkie)
The Cowboy rides!

The Henchman then wheels his serving tray away. Moments later, Jack and Lydia arrive from the opposite direction and approach the elevators.

197

EXT. THE HOTEL - NIGHT

source 302

A new, black Mercedes 500 SEL is parked across the street from the hotel.

198

INT. THE 500 SEL

source 303

Igoe sits in the back. Two Henchmen sit up front.

IGOE
I love this car. You can't beat German engineering.

The Henchmen begin to giggle. Igoe glares at them.

199

INT. HOTEL LOBBY

source 304

The doors to the Main Ball Room swing open and FERRARI OWNERS pour out, talking loudly to one another.

At the same moment, the Cowboy emerges from the elevators, walks through the mob of Ferrari Conventioneers and out the front door. All the while being observed by another Henchman dressed as a Bell Boy.

BELLBOY HENCHMAN
(into walkie-talkie)
Cowboy out of the chute!
200

INT. HOTEL PARKING GARAGE - NIGHT

source 305

Jack and Lydia hurry towards their parked car. Meanwhile, Ferrari Conventioneers arrive at their cars. ENGINES FIRE up throughout the garage.

201

EXT. HOTEL - NIGHT

source 306

The Cowboy waits for a cab.

202

INT. THE 500 SEL - NIGHT

source 307

Igoe keeps an eye on the Cowboy, sees a cab pull up and the Cowboy climb in.

IGOE
There he goes. Follow that cab.
HENCHMAN
Look!

Igoe looks again -- sees Jack's Ferrari drive out of the parking garage.

IGOE
It's him!
HENCHMAN
Who do I follow?...
IGOE
The Ferrari!

The Henchman begins to pull away from the curb, when:

HENCHMAN
Which Ferrari??
IGOE
Huh?!
203

EXT. STREET IN FRONT OF HOTEL - NIGHT

source 308

Suddenly, the street is filled with Ferraris ZOOMING off in all directions. Many of them look just like Jack's.

204

INT. 500 SEL

source 309

Igoe's head is spinning as four identical red Ferraris ROAR by.

IGOE
Forget the Ferrari! Follow the cab!
HENCHMAN
Where'd it go?!

Everyone looks. In the confusion, the cab has disappeared.

310 CLOSE ON IGOE

Boiling mad. Gnashing his teeth. White foam bubbles from his stretched lips.

205

EXT. SAN FRANCISCO STREET - NIGHT

source 311

The Ferrari sticks close to the cab's tail.

206

INT. THE FERRARI - TRAVELING - NIGHT

source 312

A white scarf, wrapped around Jack's neck, snaps in the wind.

LYDIA
After we get the microchip back, how do we get Tuck?
JACK
Don't worry. I'm in... uh... constant touch with him.
LYDIA
You're what?!
(beat)
I can't figure you out, Jack. But I know there's a lot you're not telling me.
JACK
Trust me, Lydia. The time will come when I'll tell you everything. But this isn't it.
(beat)
The cab's pulling over!
207

EXT. NIGHTCLUB - NIGHT

source 313

The cab pulls up to a trendy night club and the Cowboy jumps out.

LOUD MUSIC fills the air and shakes the walls. People mill around the entrance: A mixture of hardcore PUNKS and adventurous YUPPIES.

One of these people is:

314 WENDY

She wears her hair in pink and orange spikes and is dressed in a black leather mini-dress studded with metal rivets.

Revised 11/8/85 91.

Wendy is stunned to see Jack drive up in a Ferrari with * Lydia at his side. Her jaw drops open.

WENDY
(to herself)
Jack...

Jack leaves the Ferrari in the charge of a Parking Attendant at the curb. He and Lydia shoulder their way through the crowd toward the club entrance.

WENDY
Jack!

Jack turns -- can't believe his eyes: Wendy, the Punk Harlot.

JACK
Wendy...

She can't keep her hands off him.

WENDY
My God, Jack! Look at you!
JACK
Uh... look at you, Wendy...
LYDIA
(to Jack)
I'm going in before we lose him!

Lydia pushes her way into the club. Jack wants to follow, but Wendy has ahold on his arm.

208

INT. THE NIGHTCLUB

source 315

Crowded. Smoke-filled. MUSIC BLASTING. The dance floor jammed.

Jack and Wendy are dancing. As they dance:

WENDY
... I can't believe it, Jack! It's so exciting. I mean, how long have you been leading this double life?
JACK
Oh, for a while now.

Jack steals a glance at:

316 LYDIA AND THE COWBOY

who are also dancing together. The Cowboy is wild and uninhibited in his movements. Lydia entices him on, playing up to him.

209

INT. NIGHTCLUB - MUCH LATER

source 317

Lydia and the Cowboy are seated at a table. He smokes a big cigar, drinks whiskey and whispers in her ear. She laughs and plays with her hair.

Jack and Wendy are at a table nearby. Jack's attention is equally divided between Wendy and Lydia.

WENDY
... I know I've been mean to you, Jack. I'm a real shit sometimes. It's probably on account of my life sucking like it does. I'm a complete mess, you know. I mean... I think you're the only person at the market I haven't slept with, and like -- you're the only one I'm even partially attracted to!

Jack smiles painfully.

WENDY
That lady is signaling to you.

Jack turns, sees Lydia gesturing him over. Jack gets up from his table. Wendy follows.

The Cowboy sees them approaching.

COWBOY
This is getting good!
LYDIA
Cowboy, this is Jack and, uh...
WENDY
Wendy.
COWBOY
Howdy, Wendy and Jack.

Jack and Wendy sit down.

JACK
Hi, Cowboy.

The Cowboy smiles broadly and looks from one face to the next.

COWBOY
Say! Looks like we got just the right number for a foursome!

Jack, Lydia and Wendy are speechless. Finally:

JACK
(to Lydia)
I hope he means golf.

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The Cowboy LAUGHS UPROARIOUSLY and POUNDS the table.

COWBOY
(wiping the tears from his eyes)
Jack, you are a real clown!
LYDIA
Uh... c'mon, Cowboy. Let's dance.

The Cowboy leaps to his feet.

COWBOY
Okay, Buffalo Gal! Do the Cotten- eyed Joe!

Cowboy and Lydia dance off.

WENDY
What a weirdo.
210

THE BAR - LATER

source 318

Jack is paying for two beers as Lydia comes up behind him.

LYDIA
(urgently)
He's taking me back to the hotel.
JACK
I'll go with you!
LYDIA
No! We're taking a cab. Follow us. I have to go.

She hurries away. Jack takes the beers to Wendy who is waiting for him at the table.

JACK
Sorry, Wendy. Gotta go.
WENDY
(disappointed)
Oh. Okay...
(smiling anyway)
See ya, Jack...

Jack smiles back and hurries off. Wendy watches him go with a sad expression on her face. *

211

EXT. SAN FRANCISCO STREET - NIGHT

source 319

Four o'clock in the morning. The streets are deserted. The sun is almost coming up. The Ferrari streaks by.

212

INT. THE FERRARI

source 320

Jack behind the wheel.

TUCK'S VOICE
Hurry up!
JACK
I'm speeding now! I'm doing fifty!
TUCK'S VOICE
Don't leave her alone in that hotel room with that sleazy cowboy!
JACK
Hey -- I don't want them together any more than you do!
TUCK'S VOICE
You don't?
(warily)
Why not?
JACK
Well, I...
TUCK'S VOICE
I knew it! You're in love with her!
JACK
I hardly know her!
TUCK'S VOICE
You're in love with her!
JACK
Are you?!
TUCK'S VOICE
I... uh... well...
JACK
You are!
TUCK'S VOICE
Damn...
JACK
Shit...
213

EXT. THE HOTEL - NIGHT

source 321

A cab pulls up. The Cowboy climbs out with Lydia.

214

INT. 500 SEL - NIGHT

source 322

Parked across from the hotel with two Henchmen inside. They observe the Cowboy's return.

HENCHMAN ONE
Good. He's back.
HENCHMAN TWO
Yeah. And he got lucky.
HENCHMAN ONE
Good for him. Now, let's go home and get some sleep.
HENCHMAN TWO
Oh, no. Look. It's the Ferrari.

We see Jack's Ferrari entering the parking garage.

HENCHMAN ONE
So what? It's the tenth one tonight. Let's go.
215

INT. HOTEL CORRIDOR

source 323

Jack strides purposefully down the corridor toward the Cowboy's room.

TUCK'S VOICE
I've got your adrenaline pumping! Can you feel it!
JACK
I can feel it!
TUCK'S VOICE
You're strong! Very strong! Do you feel strong?
JACK
I feel strong!
(beat)
There's his room!
TUCK'S VOICE
Kick in the door!

BASH! Jack kicks open the door.

216

INT. THE COWBOY'S ROOM

source 324

The Cowboy is caught standing in the middle of the room wearing nothing but his Stetson hat and European-style black bikini underwear.

Jack reacts to the sight.

COWBOY
(smiling, but surprised)
Big Jack!

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TUCK'S VOICE
Duke the sonofabitch!!

Jack's fist flies out -- POW! -- catching the Cowboy on the jaw and sending him unconscious to the floor.

Lydia rushes in from the corridor.

LYDIA
What happened?!
JACK
(confused)
Where were you??
LYDIA
Next door. In my room.
JACK
Ooops.
TUCK'S VOICE
Beauty punch anyway, Jack. DISSOLVE TO:
217

INT. POD

source 325
TUCK
(to Computer)
What gives people certain physical characteristics?
COMPUTER VOICE
Genes.
TUCK
Think we can tamper with his genes a little?
COMPUTER VOICE
Sounds like fun, I'll admit. But genetic alteration can only occur before conception.
TUCK
Shit...

Tuck looks depressed. Then:

COMPUTER VOICE
Were you thinking permanent or temporary changes?
TUCK
(surprised by the question)
Temporary.

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COMPUTER VOICE * Ohhhh... that's different. *

218

INT. HOTEL ROOM - LATER

source 326

Lydia knocks on the closed bathroom door.

LYDIA
How's it going in there?
JACK
(from within)
Fine, fine. Just give me a few more minutes.
219

INT. THE BATHROOM

source 327

The Cowboy is bound and gagged and seated on the toilet. Jack, dressed in the Cowboy's western atire, stands before the mirror looking at himself.

TUCK'S VOICE
Get ready. What I'm going to do is, electronically stimulate some glands. See if I can't enhance their hormonal secretions.

Jack shudders at the thought.

TUCK'S VOICE
Here goes!...

328 CLOSE ON JACK'S FACE

as portions of it begin to bulge! Forehead. Bridge of the nose. Chin. They swell slightly, then receed, then swell again in a horrific "ripple effect."

JACK
(startled by what he sees in mirror)
Ahhhh!!

The Cowboy observes this hideous display with frantic alarm. His eyes pop and he struggles against his gag and bindings.

COWBOY
Mmmmmphhh! Humphmiffffddd!
TUCK'S VOICE
Wait a minute... I'm getting the hang of it now... how's this?

A CRACKING, STRETCHING sound is heard and Jack's nose begins to get thinner and longer.

JACK
That's it. That's his nose exactly!
TUCK'S VOICE
Let's go for the cheekbones now.

POP! SNAP! Jack's cheek bones become distinctly more sculptured.

JACK
Perfect!

The Cowboy can take no more of this bizarre event. He faints dead away.

220

INT. HOTEL ROOM - LATER

source 329

The bathroom door opens and Jack strides out as the Cowboy. He's an almost perfect twin. Lydia GASPS.

LYDIA
Jack?
JACK
Yup.
LYDIA
Ohmygod, Jack...

She does a 360 degree tour of his body.

LYDIA
Ohmygod... ohmygod...

Revised 11/8/85 98. *

Then: A KNOCK at the DOOR. Lydia and Jack tense up.

JACK
Showtime!
(beat)
Open the door.

Lydia opens the door to two of Igoe's HENCHMEN.

HENCHMAN #1 Mr. Cowboy, we're ready to take you to see Mr. Scrimshaw.

JACK
Good. Let's hit the trail.

(Jack does a reasonably good imitation of the Cowboy's strange accent and guttural tone.)

Jack and Lydia begin to leave when one of the Henchmen holds Lydia back.

HENCHMAN
The one-nighter stays.

Lydia flashes Jack a threatening look. Jack good-naturedly throws an arm around her shoulder.

JACK
Why, nonsense, boys -- I don't go nowhere without this little filly.

The Henchmen shrug indifferently. Lydia smiles at Jack.

As they leave the room, Jack is certain to leave the DO NOT DISTURB sign dangling from the doorknob.

221

EXT. NAPA VALLEY - MORNING

source 330

A Limo glides silently through the rolling hills of the Napa Valley Wine Country.

222

INT. THE LIMO - MORNING

source 331

The two Henchmen ride up front. Jack and Lydia in back. They glance out the window and wonder where they are being taken.

223

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 332

glances at his air supply gauge.

TUCK
Three hours of air left, Jack. Aren't we cutting this a bit close?

No reply from Jack.

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TUCK
Hey... wait a minute! Why didn't I think of this before? I'll go to the lungs, open the hatch and take in more air!
(to Computer; confidently)
Take me to the lungs!
COMPUTER VOICE
Uh... I have some bad news for you.
(beat)
The hatch only opens from the outside.

Tuck looks stunned. He tries the hatch. The Computer is right.

TUCK
Damn! Leave it to the inventor of 3-D Action Man!!
COMPUTER VOICE
Sorry, Player Number One.
224

EXT. THE LIMO - MORNING

source 333

It leaves the main highway and turns up a narrow dirt road that winds into the hills.

225

EXT. SCRIMSHAW'S COMPOUND - MORNING

source 334

The limo enters the walled-in compound nestled deep in the Napa hills. The limo parks and Jack and Lydia are greeted by two more henchmen who lead them away.

Also parked in the drive is Igoe's black 500 SEL.

226

EXT. THE COMPOUND

source 335

Several dwellings occupy the compound grounds. Jack and Lydia are taken on a tangled journey between buildings, through a courtyard and down a long, narrow breezeway.

Jack glances at a huge wrought-iron aviary housing a large assortment of rare and exotic birds.

227

INT. A SOLARIUM

source 336

Jack and Lydia are ushered into the solarium (a glassed- in veranda) where a large breakfast table has been set.

Seated at the table are several henchmen, Dr. Canker and Victor Scrimshaw -- dressed in an elegant summer suit.

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A friendly-looking GOLDEN RETRIEVER is curled restfully on the floor near its food dish.

Scrimshaw rises.

SCRIMSHAW
Hello, Cowboy. Come in. Sit down. Join us.
JACK
(in an aside to Lydia)
Do you think we're close friends?
LYDIA
I hope not.

Jack and Lydia approach the table.

SCRIMSHAW
How long has it been, Cowboy?
JACK
Uh... you tell me.
SCRIMSHAW
Almost ten years...

Both Jack and Lydia look relieved.

SCRIMSHAW
Don't you remember?
(beat)
Idi Amin's barbecue.
JACK
Oh, yes. How could I forget.

CANKER * (suggestively) * You haven't forgotten the last time * we saw each other, have you, Cowboy? *

Jack smiles uncomfortably. *

SCRIMSHAW
You look taller, Cowboy. *
JACK
(after a moment's hesitation)
Lifts.

He points down to his cowboy boots. Scrimshaw nods, then signals to his servant with the coffee pot.

SCRIMSHAW
Sit down. Coffee?

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Jack and Lydia glance around the table at the decidedly unfriendly faces of the henchmen. They sit.

Scrimshaw produces two cigars from his pocket.

SCRIMSHAW
(to Jack)
Please join me. I believe these are the kind you like... Cuban.

Jack takes the cigar and lights up apprehensively. This is probably his first cigar. He draws in deeply.

228

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 337

looks out through the viewing dome, sees a thick cloud of smoke rolling his way.

The smoke envelopes the Pod, darkening everything. Tuck seems alarmed. He turns on his high beams.

Revised 11/8/85 101. *

338 JACK

is choking on cigar smoke. Lydia slaps him on the back. Scrimshaw looks on. Finally Jack regains his composure. He puts the cigar to one side.

SCRIMSHAW
All right, then. So much for the pleasantries. Let's get down to business.
(glances at Canker)
Dr. Canker.

Canker clears her throat.

CANKER
(to Jack)
Miniaturization works on a dual-chip system. We have one chip in our possession at this moment. We will have the other one shortly.

Scrimshaw anticipates an angry reaction from Jack -- but doesn't get one.

JACK
Fine. I'll take what you've got.

Canker and Scrimshaw exchange a look.

CANKER
(to Jack)
You do understand, the first chip only miniaturizes... both chips are required for re-enlargement.
JACK
Right. We'll whet their appetites with what we've got!
SCRIMSHAW
Good point.
(to Canker)
Show him the chip.

Canker takes a gold pill box from her pocket and places it on the table. Jack and Lydia conceal their excitement.

Canker opens the pill box and holds up the chip with a pair of surgical tweezers.

229

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 339

sees the chip on his display monitor. There it is! The only thing on earth that can save him. So close and yet so far.

Revised 11/8/85 102.

340 JACK AND LYDIA *

react to the chip the same as Tuck. Jack reaches out for it. *

SCRIMSHAW
Not so fast, my friend. If I let you take the chip, you must leave something behind as collateral...

Scrimshaw glances at Jack's hand. Jack wears one of the Cowboy's flashy gold rings.

SCRIMSHAW
That.
JACK
The ring?
SCRIMSHAW
No. The finger.

Jack and Lydia react.

230

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 341
TUCK
That bastard!

342 RETURN TO SCENE

One of the henchmen grabs Jack's wrist and SLAMS his hand to the table top.

SCRIMSHAW
Don't worry, Cowboy. When it comes to re-attaching severed limbs, Dr. Canker here has pioneered the field.
CANKER
We'll just keep that little baby on ice for you.
JACK
But -- but -- but -- but...

Scrimshaw snaps his fingers and Igoe enters the solarium. Lydia quickly turns her face away, fearing Igoe will recognize her. Igoe holds a surgical scalpel in his hand -- sunlight glistens off its blade.

231

INT. THE POD

source 343

Tuck looks in his monitor and sees that Igoe has arrived on the scene. Then, his electronic equipment begins to BUZZ and CRACKLE. Dials begin to spin -- just like in the Chinatown restaurant. *

Revised 11/8/85 103.

TUCK
Damnit! Every time this guy shows up my equipment goes haywire! What's he got -- a pacemaker?!

He loses radio and video contact. Lights flash on and off.

TUCK
Jack! Jack! Can you hear me, Jack!? Something's gone wrong! I can't hold the balance on these hormones!

344 RETURN TO VERANDA

where everyone is looking at Jack in absolute, stunned horror.

345 ON JACK

as his face begins to stretch and bulge! The hormones are totally out of control.

His skull begins to enlarge. His neck thickens. His nose turns into an animal's snout and pushes forward from his face.

Horrible SNAPPING, STRETCHING, CRACKING sounds are heard. Jack MOANS painfully.

346 LYDIA, SCRIMSHAW, CANKER, IGOE, HENCHMEN AND SERVANTS

can't believe their eyes.

SCRIMSHAW
God in heaven, deliver us from Satan!

A Servant drops the coffee pot with a CRASH. Canker GASPS. Lydia SCREAMS. And then...

347 JACK'S FACE

abruptly snaps back to normal. And everyone sees that he is not the Cowboy at all.

IGOE
It's him! The one with the Pod!
SCRIMSHAW
Grab him!

Jack grabs the chip and tries to escape. *

SCRIMSHAW * He's got the chip! *

Henchmen rush toward Jack. Lydia upends the table in their faces. Coffee and breakfast muffins go flying. Henchmen slip on the solarium's tile floor.

Igoe leaps in front of Jack, blocking his path.

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JACK
Lydia -- catch!

Jack tosses the chip toward Lydia, but it goes over her shoulder and lands in the dog dish with a soft PLOP.

Igoe throws his arms around Jack and locks him in a vise- like bear hug. We hear Jack's bones begins to SNAP.

Scrimshaw pushes the Golden Retriever away from its dish --

SCRIMSHAW
Get outta there!!

-- and begins to dig around in the gooey Kal-Kan for the chip.

232

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 348

can feel the Pod's walls begin to bend as:

349 JACK

is being squeezed by Igoe.

350 SCRIMSHAW

finds the chip. He holds it up in his sticky, brown hand. Then turns to Igoe.

SCRIMSHAW
Hey, don't kill him! Lock him up. The girl, too.

Igoe releases Jack, who has gone cross-eyed from Igoe's squeezing.

233

INT. A WINE CELLAR

source 351

Jack and Lydia are locked in the cellar. Jack franti- cally looks for a way out.

JACK
We've got to get out of here! There's only two hours left!
(turns to Lydia)
Don't just stand there. Help!
LYDIA
Not until you tell me what's going on! I want to know everything! Right now!

Jack is silent for a moment.

TUCK'S VOICE
What the hell. You might as well tell her.

Revised 11/8/85 105. *

234

INT. THE COMPOUND - DAY

source 352

Dr. Canker hangs up the phone, turns to Scrimshaw.

CANKER
They're preparing the lab now.
SCRIMSHAW
Good. We'll take the choppers.
235

INT. THE WINE CELLAR

source 353

Lydia wears a delirious, flabbergasted expression of skepticism and disbelief.

JACK
(to Tuck)
I don't think she believes me.
LYDIA
You're talking to him right now, aren't you? No... it can't be true.
236

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 354
TUCK
I'll just have to prove it to her.
(beat)
Jack... repeat to Lydia exactly what I say.
237

JACK - IN THE WINE CELLAR

source 355
JACK
Okay.

Jack approaches Lydia. She looks at him expectantly.

JACK
(repeating Tuck's words)
Lydia... you were right. I do fight too much, and I do drink too much, and I have ruined everything that's good in my life.
(beat)
You were the best thing in it, Lydia. And I threw you away, too. I'm a big dumb Palooka... just like you said I was.

Lydia is convinced. Her mouth drops open and her eyes moisten. She's looking at Jack, but she's seeing Tuck.

LYDIA
Oh, Tuck... it is you.

Revised 11/8/85 106. *

She throws her arms around Jack's neck. Jack isn't sure what to do with his arms. He steps back from Lydia.

JACK
Okay! Wait a minute here!

Lydia looks perplexed, as well she might considering the situation.

JACK
Tuck, I want a moment alone!
TUCK'S VOICE
Huh?
JACK
Shut down your sensors. No sound. No picture.
TUCK'S VOICE
Bad idea, Jack. I'd be navigating in the dark. And what if I couldn't restore contact? No, Jack. I can't do that.
JACK
I want a moment alone.
TUCK'S VOICE
Alone with Lydia, you mean!
JACK
You owe me this, Tuck!

It dawns on Lydia that she's in the middle. Silence. Then:

TUCK'S VOICE
Okay, Jack. Signing off.

Tuck cuts out. Jack can feel a change in his body: A momentary sensation of freedom that is reflected in his expression.

He takes Lydia's hands in both his own.

JACK
Lydia... I'm not sure what I want to say to you. I've only known you for less than a day, but --

LOUD FOOTSTEPS are heard coming down the cellar steps.

LYDIA
They're coming!
JACK
Well, no time for words!

Jack impulsively takes Lydia in his arms and kisses her.

INNERSPACE - Rev. 12/3/85 107.

238

EXT. THE POD

source 356

Swirling and spinning. Caught in a whirlpool; a mael- strom of foaming liquid.

239

INT. THE POD

source 357

Tuck fights for control of the craft. What he sees outside his viewing dome resembles an undersea view of the crashing surf.

But in truth... it is mere human saliva.

240

INT. THE WINE CELLAR

source 358

Jack breaks the kiss and Lydia's eyes remain closed. Then, the door is thrown open and Igoe stands framed in the doorway.

IGOE
Let's go!
241

INT. THE POD

source 359

Tuck is trying frantically to restore communications to his Pod.

TUCK
Jack? Jack? Do you read me?
(beat)
Damn! No reception! I knew I shouldn't have shut down my sensors!
(looks out his viewing dome)
Where am I, anyway?
242

EXT. SKIES ABOVE THE NAPA VALLEY - DAY

source 360

A pair of Bell Jet Ranger helicopters fly over the landscape, heading toward San Francisco.

243

INT. THE FIRST CHOPPER

source 361

Scrimshaw, Dr. Canker and a Henchman Pilot.

Revised 11/8/85 108.

244

INT. THE SECOND CHOPPER

source 362

Jack, Lydia, Igoe and another Henchman Pilot. Jack and Lydia exchange worried glances.

Meanwhile...

245

EXT. THE POD

source 363

Traveling swiftly down a twisting channel whose sides are made up of delicate, convoluted folds.

The flood lights atop the Pod illuminate the way.

246

INT. THE POD

source 364

Tuck looks out the viewing dome. The twisting channel is opening into a dark, hollow chamber.

And then Tuck sees something more incredible than anything he has ever seen in his entire life. His eyes widen and his jaw drops open in astonishment.

TUCK
Oh my God...

This is what Tuck sees:

365 A HUMAN FETUS

Eight weeks old. Curled in its sac of amniotic fluid. A tiny, unformed human being. Almost transparent.

247

EXT. THE POD

source 366

It sails up to the fetus in the sac -- which in reality is only one inch long, but dwarfs the Pod like a giant.

248

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 367

views the fetus. Awed and overwhelmed by the miracle of human life. Moved. Speechless. Then it hits him:

TUCK
(hushed)
Lydia...
249

EXT. SECRET WAREHOUSE LAB - DAY

source 368

The helicopters land atop the warehouse situated on the docks. Everyone piles out and disappears down a rooftop access.

250

INT. THE LAB

source 369

Jack and Lydia are ushered into the lab. Busy Technicians are involved with their work. Canker leads everyone to: A POD

INNERSPACE - Rev. 12/3/85 109.

resting on a platform. It looks very much like Tuck's Pod, except its color is a flat, metallic black. We will call it the BLACK POD.

CANKER
There it is!
SCRIMSHAW
What is it?
CANKER
Our Pod. Perhaps not as sophisticated as the one inside Mr. Putter, but I think it will get the job done.

Jack and Lydia exchange a puzzled glance.

SCRIMSHAW
What job?
CANKER
We'll use the chip we have. Mr. Igoe will be placed in our Pod, miniaturized and injected into Mr. Putter. He will then locate their Pod, eliminate its pilot by whatever means necessary, take command of it and retrieve the second chip.

Jack and Lydia's expressions darken.

CANKER
Prepare the miniaturizer!
SCRIMSHAW
Where can we stash the girl?
CANKER
Use my office.

Scrimshaw signals to the Henchman who whisks Lydia away.

Jack is taken to a stainless steel table and lashed down.

Revised 11/8/85 110.

251

INT. DR. CANKER'S OFFICE

source 370

Lydia and the Henchman enter the office. The Henchman pushes Lydia toward a chair.

HENCHMAN
Just sit down and shut up.

Lydia does as she's told.

252

INT. THE LAB

source 371

Igoe is now seated inside the Black Pod.

CANKER
Engage the PEM 5000!
TECHNICIAN
PEM functional.
CANKER
Lower the Miniaturization Cone!

A clear glass cone is lowered from above, engulfing the Pod. Jack watches in wide-eyed wonderment.

253

INT. CANKER'S OFFICE

source 372

Lydia snakes her hand into her purse. Suddenly, she's on her feet with the electronic stun-gun pointed at the Henchman.

LYDIA
Stay right where you are! This is an electronic stun-gun. A nonlethal personal defense weapon deploying a charge of five thousand * vo-- oh, what the hell...

ZAP! She fires the gun. Five thousand volts enter the * Henchman's body. He sinks to his knees, but doesn't fall forward. He just kneels there: Stunned.

Lydia grabs the phone and dials.

LYDIA
Duane! It's me, Lydia. Listen carefully. I'm being held in a warehouse somewhere along the Embarcadero. You've got to reach Pete Blanchard for me! *
254

INT. NEWSPAPER PRESS ROOM - DAY

source 373

Duane Flornoy is on the phone.

FLORNOY
Blanchard?! Hell, I'll call the police!

Revised 11/8/85 111.

INTERCUT BETWEEN LYDIA AND DUANE:

LYDIA
Yes! Call the police. But call Blanchard, too. Tell him we've got Tuck Pendelton!
FLORNOY
Tuck who?
LYDIA
Pendelton. He'll understand. Tell him we're coming in with Tuck. Dr. Niles has got to get ready for us at Vector-Scope.
FLORNOY
Lydia... are you in as much trouble as you sound?
LYDIA
Maybe more.
(beat)
Tell the police to look for the warehouse with the helicopters on the roof.
FLORNOY
Whatever you say, Lydia.
LYDIA
Thanks, Duane.

Lydia hangs up the phone. She glances around the office, spots Canker's lab coat hanging from a hook. She puts it on.

She goes to the stunned Henchman, takes the pistol from under his coat and slips it into her pocket. Then she exits the office. As the door SLAMS behind her, the kneeling Henchman CRASHES face-first onto the floor.

255

INT. LAB HALLWAY

source 374

Lydia moves briskly down the hallway. She arrives at an intersection and stops to look both ways before proceeding.

TUCK'S VOICE
Lydia.

Lydia GASPS, jumps and spins around.

LYDIA
What the hell!? --
TUCK'S VOICE
Lydia, it's me -- Tuck.

Revised 11/8/85 112.

LYDIA
Tuck, where are...
(it hits her)
Oh, no. But... how?
TUCK'S VOICE
You must have kissed Jack, Lydia.
LYDIA
I only... I mean, he kissed me, but...
TUCK'S VOICE
That's not important. We've got to get that chip. My time is running out.
LYDIA
What about Jack?
TUCK'S VOICE
We don't leave without him.
256

INT. THE LAB

source 375

Lydia slips in unnoticed, wearing the lab coat. She stands among the other technicians.

Jack is strapped to the table. Canker looms over him with a long hypodermic needle. Jack tries to wiggle free.

CANKER
Ready to inject the Pod into the subject.
SCRIMSHAW
Wait a minute. After Igoe takes command of their Pod, how do we get the chip out?
CANKER
Mr. Igoe will pilot the Pod out through a tear duct or sweat gland.
SCRIMSHAW
Why chance it? As soon as he takes over the Pod and gets the chip, let's re-enlarge!
CANKER
While it's still inside Mr. Putter!?
SCRIMSHAW
Sure.

Jack and Lydia react in horror.

Revised 11/8/85 113.

CANKER
Do you have any idea what kind of mess that would make?

Hearing this, Jack struggles valiantly against his bindings.

JACK
Tuck! Give me some adrenaline! Make me strong, Tuck!

Jack strains and strains and strains. His veins pop out in his neck, and... SNAP! SNAP! SNAP! SNAP! He frees himself.

SCRIMSHAW
Look! He's loose! Grab him!

Lab Technicians rush forward to seize Jack. He struggles manfully, but there are too many of them.

Canker jabs the needle into Jack's arm and injects Igoe and the Black Pod into his body.

CANKER
He's in! Igoe's in!

Lydia pulls out the pistol taken from the Henchman and FIRES it into the air. Everyone jumps.

LYDIA
Let go of him!

There are no heroes here, only scientists and engineers. They release Jack immediately. Lydia comes over to his side.

JACK
(to Scrimshaw)
So! You wanted to enlarge the Pod while it was still inside me, huh! Well, let's see who has the last laugh now!
(beat)
Everybody into the miniaturizer!
257

EXT. A SAN FRANCISCO STREET - DAY

source 376

POLICE CARS speed through the streets, SIRENS SOUNDING.

258

INT. THE LAB

source 377

Held at gunpoint, Scrimshaw, Canker and the Lab Techs watch the Miniaturization Cone descend down upon them.

SCRIMSHAW
I'll get you for this, Margaret!

The Cone fully engulfs them now.

Revised 11/8/85 114.

JACK
Let's go!
LYDIA
Wait! The chip!

Jack goes back to the circuit board, finds the chip and yanks it free.

VOICE I'll take that now.

Jack looks up -- sees that the Henchman who Lydia stunned has returned. And he's got an automatic rifle pointed at him.

HENCHMAN
Hand it over.

Jack doesn't want to give up the chip. An idea hits him:

JACK
Here it comes, Tuck!

So saying, he pops the chip into his mouth and swallows it. At the same moment, Lydia comes up behind the Henchman and clubs him over the head with her gun. He once again sinks to his knees.

LYDIA
Let's go!

They make a dash for a corridor, SLAMMING a heavy metal DOOR behind them.

259

INT. THE CORRIDOR

source 378

They run down the corridor.

LYDIA
Where's the chip!?
JACK
I swallowed it!

Lydia winces to herself. Now they realize that they have sealed themselves into a dead-end hallway. But they spot a ladder that leads to a trap door in the ceiling.

LYDIA
The roof!
JACK
Let's go!
260

EXT. THE ROOF

source 379

They emerge onto the roof and see the parked helicopters.

LYDIA
It's our only chance.

Revised 11/8/85 115.

Then they see that the choppers are being guarded by another Henchman.

JACK
Don't worry. Tuck's given me the strength of ten men! I'll handle this.
LYDIA
But --
TUCK'S VOICE
-- don't tell him now!

Jack leaps at the Henchman with flying feet and fists-of-fury. WHAM! BAM! POW! The Henchman goes flying off the roof.

261

EXT. AN ALLEY

source 380

The Henchman who Lydia clubbed with her gun has regained consciousness, and now staggers out into the alley with his automatic rifle.

He looks up -- sees his comrade falling from the sky. BOOM! The falling Henchman lands on top of the other one, knocking them both out cold.

262

EXT. THE ROOFTOP

source 381

Jack and Lydia board one of the choppers and strap them- selves in.

JACK
C'mon, Tuck! Tell me how to fly this thing!
LYDIA
Jack --
JACK
-- not now, Lydia! Tuck, give me instructions!
LYDIA
He can't, Jack! He's not in you anymore! He's in me!

Jack looks flabbergasted. It takes him a moment to recover.

JACK
For how long?...
LYDIA
Since the wine cellar.

Revised 11/8/85 116.

JACK
(sounding like Jerry Lewis)
You mean... when I broke... and when I hit... and when he fell over the thing... it wasn't Tuck who...
LYDIA
It was you, Jack. All you. But we better get this thing in the air.
TUCK'S VOICE
Lydia! I'm on the tip of your tongue! Get me back into Jack! Kiss him!

Lydia grabs Jack and plants one on his lips. His eyes widen into saucers as Lydia's tongue goes into his mouth.

263

EXT. THE POD

source 382

Propelled with a mighty force, in a swirl of foaming saliva, back into Jack's body.

264

INT. THE CHOPPER

source 383

Lydia breaks the kiss.

JACK
Wow! What was that for!?
TUCK'S VOICE
Hi, buddy!
JACK
(disappointed)
Oh.
265

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 384
TUCK
Jack, turn on the master switch. Disengage the clutch, then start the ignition. You've got two sticks at your sides. One for each hand. Here's what they're for...
266

INT. THE LAB

source 385

The POLICE burst in, but stop short at the sight of the weirdly-shimmering Miniaturization Cone.

POLICE CAPTAIN
Stay back, men!

He pulls a handle and the Cone begins to rise. The Policemen watch with bated breath until Canker, Scrimshaw and the Lab Techs are fully revealed: Each one about two feet tall.

INNERSPACE - Rev. 12/3/85 117. *

POLICEMAN
Jesus Christ, Captain... munchkins!
267

EXT. THE ROOFTOP

source 386

The chopper lifts off into the sky.

268

EXT. THE ALLEY

source 387

The Henchmen are coming to their senses. They look up, see the chopper flying off. They clamber up a fire escape toward the rooftop and the second chopper.

269

EXT. THE CHOPPER

source 388

It flies erratically out over the Bay, then practically drops from the sky, plunging toward the water.

Then, only several feet from the water's surface, it levels off and begins to gain altitude.

270

INT. THE CHOPPER - FLYING

source 389

Jack has a firm grip on both sticks, if not the situation itself.

271

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 390
TUCK
Keep your RPMs in the green, Jack! I've got to reach that microchip before the other guy does.

He turns to one of his display monitors. It shows a wire-frame image of Jack's body. Two lights are blinking. One represents the chip, the other represents the Black Pod.

COMPUTER VOICE
Player Number Two is taking the digestive system.
TUCK
Right. But I can beat him by taking the circulatory system, can't I?
COMPUTER VOICE
Yes. But that means going through the heart, Player Number One!
TUCK
I know... but it's worth a shot.
(to Jack)
I'm going through the heart, Jack. It could get hairy in there. Your pulse rate is up to one hundred and seventy. My pod might not withstand the beating.

INNERSPACE - Rev. 12/3/85 117A.

272

EXT. BLACK POD

source 391

Coursing through the soft muscle tissue that resembles huge strands of wire rope. Igoe is visible through the cockpit dome.

Revised 11/8/85 118.

273

INT. THE BLACK POD

source 392

Igoe checks his instruments. Sonar "Blips" pin-point the location of the chip and Tuck's Pod. Igoe is surprised * by what he sees:

IGOE
Ha, ha! You fool! You'll never make it through the heart!
274

EXT. ROOFTOP OF WAREHOUSE LAB

source 393

The two Henchmen take off in the second chopper.

275

EXT. SAN FRANCISCO-OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE

source 394

Jack's chopper almost clips the top of the bridge.

276

INT. THE CHOPPER

source 395
JACK
That was close!
(beat)
How do I find Vector-Scope?
LYDIA
Follow the freeways!
277

EXT. THE CHOPPER

source 396

Speeding at a low altitude over the freeway. Getting lower and lower...

278

INT. THE CHOPPER

source 397

Jack and Lydia in a panic.

LYDIA
I said follow the freeway, not take the freeway!
JACK
I can't get it back up into the --
LYDIA
-- Jack, look!!

398 JACK'S POV

They are fast approaching the mouth of the Bay Bridge tunnel -- flying only inches above the traffic below them.

JACK
Oh, nooooo!
279

INT. THE TUNNEL

source 399

The CHOPPER ROARS into the tunnel above the traffic. Motorists gawk and brake -- TIRES SCREECH, HORNS BLOW.

Revised 11/8/85 119.

280

EXT. THE TUNNEL

source 400

The chopper emerges from the tunnel and begins to climb.

INTERCUT THE FOLLOWING:

401 THE CHIP *

floating through Jack's stomach, headed for the small intestine.

402 THE POD

sailing through the pulmonary veins toward the left ventricle of the heart.

403 THE BLACK POD

sliding down the endlessly long esophagus toward the stomach.

281

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 404
TUCK
Try to slow down your pulse rate! I'm about to enter the left ventricle!
282

EXT. THE CHOPPER

source 405

Flying backwards across the sky.

283

INT. THE CHOPPER

source 406

Jack and Lydia look stunned as they speed through the air in reverse.

TUCK'S VOICE
I'm in! I'm in the ventricle, Jack. Stay calm, stay calm.

Jack tries to take a deep, calming breath when the enemy chopper, piloted by the Henchmen, appears in the sky.

LYDIA
Jack, over there!

Jack turns, sees the enemy chopper.

JACK
(startled)
Aaahhh!
284

INT. THE LEFT VENTRICLE

source 407

Jack's fear causes a sudden rush of blood into the ventricle, followed by strong ventricle contractions. The Pod is buffeted and tossed like a beer can in the pounding surf.

Revised 11/8/85 120.

285

INT. THE POD

source 408

Tuck fights for control of his craft. It shakes and vibrates. Interior lights dim and flash. It seems the Pod will tear apart at the seams.

Tuck almost blacks out. Then he sees:

409 THE AORTIC ARCH

offering four distinct pathways out of the heart.

286

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 410
TUCK
The aortic arch! I'm almost out! I've got to make it through the opening on the right!

He pulls hard on the control stick. The Pod begins to turn. It trembles and shakes. Portions of the sidewalls are pushed inward by the tremendous pressure. Gauges shatter. Warning lights flash and BUZZ.

287

EXT. THE POD

source 411

SLAMMING against the muscle-lined vascular wall. Bouncing back. Shooting through the proper "archway" into the relative calm of the AORTA.

TUCK (V.O.)
I'm through!
288

INT. THE BLACK POD

source 412

Igoe views his sonar scanner in disbelief. The "Blip" tells him that Tuck has made it safely through the heart.

IGOE
Impossible!
289

INT. THE STOMACH

source 413

Tuck's Pod BLASTS through the membrane lining of the stomach wall.

TUCK (V.O.)
I'm in the stomach. No sign of the bandit.
290

INT. THE BLACK POD

source 414

Igoe enters the stomach. He can see Tuck's Pod up ahead. He swings his Laser Gun Sighting Device into place.

Revised 11/8/85 121. *

291

EXT. THE SKY

source 415

Jack and the enemy chopper are engaged in a nasty dogfight. The Henchman FIRES at Jack's chopper with his automatic rifle. Somehow, Jack is able to maneuver out of the line of fire.

292

INT. THE STOMACH

source 416

A dogfight of a different kind rages here. Both Pods dart around the stomach, shooting LASER BEAMS at each other.

A stray laser beam hits the stomach wall, burning a small hole in it.

293

INT. THE CHOPPER

source 417

Jack winces and grabs his stomach.

LYDIA
Are you all right!?

Then: The enemy chopper comes up right beside Jack. The Henchman inside levels his automatic weapon, but before he can fire --

418 A HUEY-COBRA U.S. MILITARY HELICOPTER

THUNDERS out of the clouds like a bad dream and FIRES a heat-seeking missile. The missile SCREAMS across the skies and hits the enemy chopper.

It EXPLODES in a ball of fire and evaporates into dust.

419 JACK AND LYDIA

watch it happen with dazed expressions.

294

INT. HUEY-COBRA

source 420

Pete Blanchard, wearing his military uniform, is on the radio-phone.

BLANCHARD
That one was for Tuck, Lydia! You can tell him I've put my uniform back on.
(beat)
We're taking you in, Lydia. Follow us down.
295

INT. THE STOMACH

source 421

Meanwhile, the two Pods play cat-and-mouse through the * corridors of the GASTRIC GLANDS in the upper stomach. *

Tuck gets the edge on Igoe -- FIRES his laser. Direct hit!

INNERSPACE - Rev. 12/3/85 121A. *

296

INT. POD

source 422
TUCK
Got 'im!
COMPUTER VOICE
Nice shooting, Player Number One.
TUCK
Stop calling me that! This isn't a video game -- this is real life!
COMPUTER VOICE
I agree, Player Number One.
(beat)
Advance to the second level.

Revised 11/8/85 122.

297

INT. THE BLACK POD

source 423

Corrosive hydrochloric acid pours into the Pod through the hole blasted by Tuck's laser beam.

IGOE
Damn! Stomach acid!

The interior of the Black Pod is being rapidly eaten away. It looks bad for Igoe.

298

INT. THE SMALL INTESTINE

source 424

Tuck's Pod locates the chip at the opening of the intestine, * but the chip is many times larger than the Pod. Nonetheless, the Pod's articulating arms reach out and take hold of it.

299

INT. THE CHOPPER

source 425

Zipping along beside the giant Huey-Cobra.

TUCK'S VOICE
I've got the chip. *
JACK
(to Lydia)
He's got it!

Lydia gives a silent cheer.

TUCK'S VOICE
I'm coming up the esophagus with it. I'm gonna plant it right on your tongue. How much farther to Vector-Scope?

Jack looks down.

JACK
We're over San Jose now. How's your air supply?
300

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 426

glances at his mission clock.

TUCK
Twenty minutes.
301

INT. THE STOMACH

source 427

Igoe abandons his disintegrating Pod and swims out into the caverns of the upper stomach.

Tuck's Pod sails by, pushing the enormous chip before it. *

Igoe waits for the right moment -- then grabs hold of Tuck's Pod. He clings on tightly, crawls to the top and pries open the hatch with his fingers.

INNERSPACE - Rev. 12/3/85 123. *

302

INT. THE POD

source 428

Tuck swivels in his chair to see Igoe entering the Pod. Igoe's mighty hands clamp down around Tuck's neck. The fight is on!

303

EXT. VECTOR-SCOPE LABS - DAY

source 429

A BATTALION OF U.S. INFANTRY SOLDIERS have assembled in the parking lot. Duane Flornoy is there as well.

The two choppers appear in the sky. The Huey-Cobra is the first to touch down.

304

INT. JACK'S CHOPPER - FLYING

source 430
JACK
Tuck? How do I land this thing!?
(no reply)
Tuck!
(no reply)
Can't anything ever be easy!?
305

INT. THE POD

source 431

Tuck and Igoe duke it out. Tuck's face is bloodied, but not Igoe's.

306

EXT. THE POD

source 432

Moving swiftly up the esophagus with the chip, even as Tuck and Igoe struggle inside.

307

EXT. VECTOR-SCOPE LABS

source 433

Jack's chopper comes down hard. Blanchard, Flornoy and Infantrymen rush to help Jack and Lydia out.

Everyone then dashes into the lab.

308

INT. POD

source 434

Tuck and Igoe slam against the pod's various instruments. Tuck puts his hand to his jumpsuit pocket.

TUCK
Shit! You broke my lucky flask!

An exposed WIRE BUZZES. Igoe leaps back from it like a scared child. Tuck is surprised by this reaction.

TUCK
Afraid of a little electricity, huh!

Igoe can't take his eyes off the CRACKLING WIRE. Tuck takes advantage of the distraction and:

INNERSPACE - Rev. 12/3/85 124. *

Drives his fist into Igoe's stomach. In fact, Tuck hits Igoe so hard that his arm sinks into Igoe's body clear up to his elbow!

Tuck looks horrified.

He pulls his arm out. And with it, much of Igoe's inner workings: Wires, circuits, relays, diodes, switches. They all come tumbling out in one big tangled, HUMMING, heap.

TUCK
An android!

Igoe begins to short-circuit. Smoke billows out from all the openings in his body. A HISSING noise. SPARKING WIRES.

Then, Igoe erupts into flames. Tuck jumps back.

CAMERA MOVES IN CLOSE ON IGOE'S TATTOO.

Flames shrivel and melt the "skin" on Igoe's chest, and the heart-shaped tattoo with Margaret's name in the center begins to perish.

435 TUCK

grabs an onboard extinguisher and tries to douse the fire. Igoe is melting right before his eyes and the pod is filling with an acrid black smoke.

The air-supply gauge begins to flash WARNING!, WARNING!

COMPUTER VOICE
The fire is consuming your remaining air! The fire is consuming your remaining air!
TUCK
Where are we now!?
COMPUTER VOICE
Middle esophagus! Too far to go! Not enough air! Only one chance to make it!
TUCK
What!? Tell me!
COMPUTER VOICE
A human sneeze has been clocked at over one hundred miles per hour.

Tuck turns to his mike:

TUCK
Jack -- sneeze!!

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309

INT. VECTOR-SCOPE LAB

source 436

Where it all began. Dr. Niles and his technicians surround Jack.

JACK
(to Tuck)
Sneeze?? I can't sneeze!
310

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 437
TUCK
You have to! Think allergies! Ragweed! Pollen! Cat fur! Uh...
COMPUTER VOICE
Fungus spores! Dust mites! Animal dander!

438 JACK'S EYES

begin to tear up and redden.

JACK
Ah... ahhh...
311

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 439

braces himself. He can feel the sneeze coming. The pod begins to tremble as Jack's respiratory system starts to convulse.

TUCK
No power in the world like the power of suggestion!

440 CLOSE ON JACK

JACK
Ahhhhhh -- Chooooo!!

441 THE POD

is no more than a blur as it rockets up the esophagus at near "warp speed."

442 TUCK

is pressed flat against the pod's rear wall -- his face horribly contorted by the powerful forward thrust.

443 CLOSE ON JACK'S NOSE AND MOUTH

The sneeze explodes out in SLOW MOTION. A glistening spray of mucous and saliva containing both the chip and the Pod...

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... All of which SPLATTERS against the face and glasses of Dr. Niles.

NORMAL SPEED RESUMES as Technicians rush to Niles.

TECH ONE
There's the chip!

It's sliding down Nile's cheek. They quickly remove it, then search Niles' face for the Pod.

TECH TWO
I see it! Bring a slide!

The Pod is placed on a glass slide.

NILES
Quickly! Quickly!
TECH THREE
Re-enlarger functional!

Niles presses a button. Lights flash in the lab. An incredible HIGH-PITCHED WHISTLE is heard. Everyone is forced to cover their ears. And then:

444 THE POD APPEARS!

Full-sized. Standing in the middle of the lab. Dented and battered. Dripping with gooey biochemical waste material and glandular secretions.

Smoke pours from its vents.

BLANCHARD
Fire on board!

Blanchard rushes forward to open the hatch.

312

TUCK - INSIDE THE POD

source 445

holds a handkerchief to his nose and mouth, waiting for the hatch to open.

COMPUTER VOICE
Goodbye, Player Number One...

Tuck gives the computer a farewell glance.

COMPUTER VOICE
... Good game.

The hatch is then popped open.

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313

INT. LAB

source 446

Tuck scrambles from the hatch with Blanchard's assistance. *

TUCK * Get back! It's going to blow! *

All scatter. But Tuck suddenly goes back. *

TUCK * The chip! *

Tuck goes to the nose of the pod and tries to pull out * the circuit module containing the second chip. It doesn't come free.

Several Technicians and Infantrymen come forward, but Tuck warns them back.

TUCK
Get back!

They jump away. Finally, Tuck pulls the module free and he dives for safety.

The POD EXPLODES. Everyone hits the floor. The lab fills with debris. But when the smoke clears, one-by-one all get to their feet.

First Blanchard. Then Niles. Then Flornoy. Then Jack. Then Lydia. Then Tuck.

Tuck is a mess. His face bloodied and bruised. His jumpsuit torn, burned and sweat-stained.

But Lydia rushes into his arms nonetheless.

LYDIA
Tuck!!

Tuck lifts her off her feet.

TUCK
Lydia!

Then, looking over Lydia's shoulder, Tuck sees Jack. He sets Lydia gently back on her feet. She sees who he is looking at.

Tuck regards Jack with an expression of deep affection and profound appreciation. He steps towards him.

JACK
(offering his hand)
Glad to have you back, Captain.

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Tuck ignores the hand to give Jack an enormous bear hug. Technicians and Infantrymen CHEER. Lydia wipes a tear from her eye.

Now, everyone closes in on Tuck to welcome him back. Lydia and Jack become lost in the crowd. But soon...

Tuck wiggles free and takes Lydia aside.

TUCK
Lydia, we have to talk in private.

Tuck takes her into Niles' office, which is visible to the lab proper through a large glass window.

314

INT. NILES' OFFICE

source 447
TUCK
(urgently)
I never got to go up in a space capsule, Lydia. I never got to orbit the Earth or walk on the moon... but I've just gone places where no man has ever gone before. I've done things, and seen things, Lydia, that have opened my eyes. To you... to life... to everything!

Lydia looks confused and overwhelmed. Tuck tries to slow down a little.

TUCK
It's not too late for me, Lydia. I can change. I can be better. I'm a different man already...
(beat)
... I've known all along. Why couldn't I just admit it to myself?
LYDIA
Admit what, Tuck?...
TUCK
That I'm in love with you, of course.

Lydia is bowled over.

LYDIA
Boy...
TUCK
You broke my heart that morning you drove off and left me.
LYDIA
You are a changed man, Tuck.

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TUCK
Lydia... this is a personal question, but I've got to know. Since that last night we spent together... have you spent a night like that with anyone else?

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LYDIA
Tuck!
TUCK
Please, Lydia. It's important to me.

Lydia can see that Tuck means it.

LYDIA
All right, Tuck...
(beat)
No. I haven't.
TUCK
(surprised)
You haven't?
LYDIA
(defensively)
I've been pretty busy, don't forget.
TUCK
(after a pause)
We're going to have a baby, you know.

Lydia gives him a look.

TUCK
You did know, didn't you?
LYDIA
I wasn't sure...
TUCK
Be sure, Lydia.
(beat)
I've seen it.

Lydia begins to smile.

LYDIA
Is it a boy or a girl?

Tuck smiles back at her. Approaches her. Puts his arms around her waist.

TUCK
I didn't even notice. We'll just have to wait and see.

Lydia wraps her arms around his neck. For a moment they just look into each others eyes. Then they kiss.

315

INT. THE LAB

source 448

Jack looks through the glass window into Niles' office. He sees Tuck and Lydia.

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Then, they spot him. Jack turns away. Lydia and Tuck come after him.

TUCK
Jack --
LYDIA
-- Wait!

Jack stops, turns to them.

JACK
You don't have to say anything. I know you're in love with each other.

Tuck and Lydia feel good and bad at the same time.

JACK
Look... this has been the most exciting twenty-four hours of my life. I've been chased, kidnapped, frozen, electrified, amplified, magnetized and terrorized -- and I haven't felt this good since high school.
(smiles sweetly)
It wasn't rest I needed... it was adventure. And for one day it was mine.
(to both Tuck and Lydia)
We made a good team, didn't we?

Lydia smiles and gives Jack a kiss.

DISSOLVE TO:
316

EXT. DECK OF A CRUISE SHIP - DAY

source 449

Tuck and Lydia stand together on the deck. Tuck wears a tuxedo and high hat. Lydia wears a wedding dress. The air is filled with flying confetti and brightly-colored streamers. A BAND PLAYS.

Tuck cups his hands around his mouth and calls off:

TUCK
Thanks again for the cruise tickets!
317

EXT. THE DOCK

source 450

Jack is on the dock along with a hundred other people who have gathered to see the ship off.

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JACK
Bon voyage!
(beat)
Happy honeymoon!

The ship's HORN BLOWS and the ship begins to pull away from the dock.

451 TUCK AND LYDIA

give Jack a final farewell wave -- then turn to each other and kiss.

318

EXT. THE PIER

source 452

Jack walks away from the deck and the departing ship toward the red Ferrari which is parked nearby.

Jack tosses the keys in his hand as he approaches.

319

INT. THE FERRARI

source 453

Jack climbs in behind the wheel. For a moment, he just sits there.

Then he reaches into the glove compartment and takes out a white silk scarf, wraparound sunglasses, pigskin driving gloves and tweed motoring cap. He puts it all on and FIRES up the Ferrari's powerful engine.

Then, one final touch: He takes a cassette from his pocket.

454 CLOSE ON CASSETTE

Sam Cooke's Greatest Hits.

455 JACK

slides the cassette into the tape player and turns the VOLUME WAY UP.

SAM COOKE'S VOICE
(singing)
Cu-pid... draw back your bow-oo and let... your arrow go-oo straight to... my lover's heart for me-eee.

Jack listens for a moment. Smiles to himself. Then shifts the CAR into gear and SQUEALS away in a cloud of dust.

FADE OUT.

END