"MISSION IMPOSSIBLE II" (2000)

8 A WORN SATCHEL ()IJ'VDC CAY)

i• being carried by a world Vll&%'Y middle 2uropeaD ..arinsf ~ blact &%mband. VLADIMIR NDHORVXCH mcit ■ a gl•ariung bui1di.Dg •. 2&using for a moment, ,mder & motto c:l•arly visible al:love b1• !lead-. •where the future is now'. He checks the time.

0. S. chi ld.ren are .singing:

Nekhorvich looks to see dlildren at play outside the adj-•cent Na.tura.l History Museum. They are moving in and around a,i:·.odd freeform sculpture.

NElCHORVICH POV - SCOLPTORE »m CHILDREN

wiDeS his eyes, a horn bonJrs, Re loolta toward the ■ o\md .

~ C0MPC'l'EiUZID SCRDN DISPLAY (IN'!' PLUm J1CVDG .DAY)

on the CGbin wall cliaplaysa a colorful map &howing the f].ighe;~ point of departure in Sydney, continuoualy updaeiJJQ cllacance.., diract:.icm Uld time to i.u ultimate dast.i.D&Uc:m, Aelanca, ~-

- fol.b, we•re a little ovar two and a half bour• f:'CIID tO\lchdOWD in Atlmit:a. l,ut if you look out your ·windows an e1 ther aide of the a.ircraft., .,.,11 9ocm be c:r01sing the southern section of the Jcc:ky Kou:Dre1ns, • range wich iac:l:ad•• mare tbaD 5o i,ea>ct n•insr abcne 1,,000 ~••t. . 'Ihe cbein•• lcftiest pouit, Mc:,unt 2lluart, at 1,, 433 feet should be corni N.J into view _. u we pa&a over cmit%'a1 ColorAdo shortly ••

14 mElCHORVIO! (Dn' CAJSIN DAY)

••aaa intanc an die map. its changing times and dietm:icea. ..k-

ETKUr BDl11' sit.a into shot cm the vacant fi.rst class aiale aeam

-you do Jmaw Gr~ti thought tha varlcS of yea.

11Jekhorv1.cb ia ~- Bthal put.• a comforting~ cm Ma •hOUlder:

He was quite a wan. Did ha kncv before me end yvu t:wo be.cl succeeded?

•• noc 1D dma to N'Vllt him.

No. After you've lived with Chimera for cwency houra. DC'tb1nQ' can save ygu. Jlot even •••Bellerq:alxm.

titla - alaoa~ iapfall -- ad a wtnln

Are yen&_ ccmre:r:nedT

?;th.ml rises, and on his vay to the cockpit assists • n~ passenger strugglJ.nsr witl:a hu lllllsk. As Jlovakavich 61mbl•~ the strap on his mask he notes that the display screen 8bo1r.- _..,,~ tbeir altitude i9 below 30,000 feet and dropping. Ba checbfeliia countdown time an his watch again. Ra-ru.avich looks around ilm. The flight atte:ndent-.s are conspicuously absent and all the pass~gers who have on axy;en masks are passed out.

The flight crew now waring their axyven masks~

Pan. pan, pan, Denver Center. 'l'hia i•

Trans Pac Flight two-two-zero-seven, 747 heavy. We are not reading you. wa•ra unable ta. maintain cabin pressurizaticm. we have iniU.atad a dascmt to cme six tbauand,

Ba puses aut. flle Captain, JIDGII .S'DJIP, tuzm to ,radfy that the • reli.ef pilot ia also uncca•~.iou at ti. ca:atzola.

Ha then removes hi• oxygen mask, aeu the auto pilot, input~ Z11mben to •low tha plane and ducmd. All t:ha craft tilt■ . dcvn ed ...

~ fiight attendants are pulling cm jump BUits. ~ran the cockpit.

BtlMm retuma. Rovakavich bec:kcms to him. Ethan aits. G~..~ around, Novakavich whispers ccmspiratorially: ...

Emit (in tha same tone)

YCN ke.p co11ing - Dmj.=1- You really - shauldn•t.

telcborvich'• ayea nm:rov.

With a liahcn1llcJ swift move ZtbAn breaks Nekhorrich'• nec:Jc. s .

Ha grab• Che aatcbel,

Wal.lie •lash•• the satcbal-handla open, takes tha satchel fk_ Mbroaca. B• peel.• off ~ latax mask .. reveal.iz:lg Slm1I MmROIIIJ:

They don goggles and, wit:h Ambrose in the lead, the team leaJ?S, cne after another from the hatch, Ailing off into the sky.

An autanated voice repeats in an ominous monotone:

The Copilot stirs. He bleari1y rouses himself ju.at in ~ '-·' see:

A JIIDWltain .rusb;ng toward him. All nruntain meets ~l.an•, ·,U!!fl. frame is fillad vith fire, but 111ml camera pall• hack frcm ca fJ.reball, it is in ~act no more than a match 1-ad filliag ~ whi.ch, ignited, light.a • fuae.. •

'Die III theme aaic ldc:kll in, t:ha IIIWl cndita xoll to:

22 ~ ncB OF JD:llffADf (DP.Y)

Por a moment it Iii.gilt !Ma thought part of tbe uma range whe..J tbe plane crashed but mm Ethan. HUDt climb• into frama the angle widen.I and t11ta dawn, revu.1iJlg m of where he'• ccae fna than 11bce be' ■ going. Aaide baa the fact that ha'• in tba midllt of fz• cliwHng libllt 1■ wdly a aluNlr ndc fw of at 1-..t a tbauaan4 rt111t. t:bar•• • tm ammy pic:bJra-postcard v1at of a ~ovely valley and pellucid lab tbouni,d• of f-t below. ~ clnlhs out of abot.

23 WIDB UP AliGLI aarJ

revaaliJJg the smmd.t, a light breeze hitting the licbeD and, __ whatever growth bu • ■ lender purcbue on the roc:JQ, JDCNDtaim~, fl.~ cloud.a cwe.rbead.

Ethan into shot. Despite the s~tacul~ly precarious ban~as • he's us~ to hang onto·the mountain and hi• life. lie ap;g_ean· relaxed, engaged - for him - in the equivalent of a buaman ·,. lipliday. Zt'• leisurely &mger far Ethan; cme might: almo ■ t, cc;pact.; to hear '111li• Andrews trilling •climb Bft1Y MoUII~ 9'I the soundtrack.

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...._,, Then A rock ha·• been grasping crulllbles and Ethan drops abcrirt:'~~ inches before he gral:)s onto the mountain again. ~ he bar.gs ~ • five fingers thouunds of feet above the earth he ~•t SHJI! terribly eoncernecl until he spota a helic:cpter.

It•• materialised bebind the suma:i.t uld puaea aurpris1Dg1y..::Cl0•• just overhead, casting it.a shadow downward over Ethan. · · Instinctively. Bthan flattens himself agaimt the rock~. as if the copter poses acme sort of threat to him. But whe:l Lts rotors whir it into the distance Ethan relaxes and resumes his cli.lllb.

24 A HAIRY OVERBAm (Erl' IDlNTAlH 1».YJ 24

near the sumni t has Ethan ce;arting from the vertica.l and is_ uow traversing the anmtain vi th more of hi• back than his feet_. exposed to the earth far below. ~•' • cl~ to the moun~ almost like a fly walking c:i the ceiling. When he reaches m· a handhold that will restore him to the vertical. he dislodges • lizard - and man•ges to catch it before it plmigu thou,sai,a- of feat to oblivion.

cJ!wbe tlaaOYermmg.

REVERSI »a.a SI & IT

with Ethan's bands, then Ethan caning into view and making~ sunait. Be reachea into hi.a pocket and. releuu tha lizard llho favors Ethan with a stun raptilian ■ tare by w.y of gratitude. To lizard:

Tha lizard.,,.,._.. off, then a low l)eepiDg sound chi• tiack attract■ Id.a attaaticm. lie t:arna a» ■ee tha source of tJaa ' beeping, • -11 paclr.aga in day-glo colon with a day-glo straamar. Ethan 1oob to the sky where the helicopter i• ni,w- aninowsly c:irclJ.ng :back. I.

Ethan lifts the day-glo paclcage and waves it in the clirec:ti'oi. 02: the copter. With a cli ■ tinct laclc of enthusiasm. ·

The helicopter once again tmns, banks and disappear■• Zthim--bas opened the beeping pac]caga am finds a pair of sungla■■ H: ·

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SWANBECJt Good morning, Mr. Bunt .

Swanbeck' s face flashes anscreen. Over his introduction of Nyah is a series of satellite photographs whose subject is so elusive she never seems to give the camera a clean shot.

SWANBEClt'S VOICE Your mission, should you choose to accept it, requires you to recover a stolen item, designated Chimera. Essential to the mission is the recruitment of A ciyilian -- a Miss Nyah Nordoff-HalL She is a highly capable professional thief currently active in Spain.

A series of Nyah' s 'accomplishments' , i.e. , warrants, complaints, Interpol Stmmaries of her various criminal activities, as well as glimpses of the elusive Nyah circulating about Seville.

SWanbeck's face reappears on screen:

SWANBEClt' S VOICE (cant 'd) And llr. Bunt - the DUt time you go cm vacation, please be good enough to let us Jmow where you're going. This aessasr• will Nlf-dutruct in fiw seconds.

Ethan remves the glasses, then tosses tbela into space.

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·._; The glasses explode in a pu!f of Sftlke.

E'lmR (cont'd) I won't be cm holiday.

Ethan, with a fair amount of disgust, geta to his feet ami.jullps off the mruntain, in, what for a moment look like • suici~ snit. Then, •CIDl!Wher• hm:tdnda of feet below came,,\. ~~• • little puff of color as the tulip-shaped chute pep• out of .Jii's back-pack. Begin the sound cf castanets and the anima1.-lilte cries of flamenco dancer&.

>ISSOLVI TO:

bustling in the activity of a large private party, with llff'J,~ guests and attentive valets, as a young wonian, her face m>a.~~. exits her car and enters the villa. •

30 A PLASH OP SJaR.l' AND LACE (INT-EXT VILLA FLAMENCO DANCERS TII EVE)

where to the criu of dancen add gracefu1 fminjnaa baiat'• · wielding the c.stmlats. flla dancers perfcma cm a raised Dlal.lom aDd llYM ll>RDOFP-DLL•s face ca ba gliapa.S tbm tJla .a...,fiaQ aJdrta and pountllng heels. lookfng tmu. not at them. ·

DVIRSB AJnLB BTDR ~

looking back in a similar~ to &yah; surzeaJ. lighting 11114 the relentlea ■ c:hozus of pamd1ng heal.a seem to isolate thllll iD tha crowded party. Jt,ah ccmtJ.Jmu to look at Etha OV"ar tJla sboudar ovar her wnne-be escort. • ~ attmtiva gentleman. -,U offera \IP her eapty srlu•. lmd the gmtllllDIID eagerly tabe it to the bar far • zellll, leaving lttah and Ethan loo1dng at me ... , another. Bthan approachu bar. ·

nmR

IJo you Ja:x,w -?

• WM

Ho. Should I?

,-.... J1YM Bo. Just u if I•d like to.

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~ llot tonight. Bad timing. Sorry -

'Ibis stops her. Jlyah moves c1oser to him. ,mtil they're 110_..,;:t,0

s. ...

nose. Whispered but bree%Y: •

NnH LoaJc, it•1 either you or the rent and I don't mind te1ling you it' a not an easy .. c:boica.

E'1mN What·if I pay the rent?

E'nmN Oh-uh?

Glancing at the gentle.mm maldng hi■ way back vi.th her ~ than:

And, pw:poseful creature that she is, she tabs har frustrated duue upstain, tildng hez- fooutes,a ao u to w tba ....a of the dancers' steps to caver her OIID. once upstairll, • ~ guard near the muter bedroam cu be seen aa-rly foll.owiDd~\ down ta m11, both mov1ng put a pa1r of mrdows, mW.• u Bthan. JD a fa, • 11teDa, Jlyah can be •een amv1ng put tba . wiDdowll in the CJA)Olite d:1.recticm, without tbe gur4 f~. l:n another .,.mt or two. a very paszlec! loo"fncr aecurity n,ird cu be glilqpsecl in the firat windov,. looking up and down t:11 ball, clearly having lost ■ight of llyab. Ethan smiles, aovt• ~t of shot.

lN'1' MASTER. 8EDlt0CI( (EYE)

Nyah bas opened the door and JDOVU swiftly thru the ~

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~ 34 INT BATH (EVE)

a decadent looking affair with suggestive light-ing, Jldrror~- walls. '!'he tub has a tray across it which includu a wine ~ler chilling a bottle of Cxystal and a mcund of caviar an a ~ b! ic•. Nyah can't resist. She 11p0m15 a dollop of tha cavi~ ~ ~ it before she moves along the frescoed wall• of the ~ to its bac:lt. '111ere, she pulls out her c:oq,act md zeaovea th•--piff, reveali!:g an electronic density meter. She turns it cm and li6lds it at the rear of the tub. It ■ sweep gauge jumps shuply frcm green t.b:ru yellow and into the red.

Mam.

She now steps into the tub and focuses cm \:he grout betwee!\ .tfl-.; tiles just above the soap dish. Her keen eyes search for an>/ cracks in the grout and she spots one. Using a tweezer• •lv' pu11s the sliver of grout out frcm between the tilu, r~ something that looks like a credit card wedged between the'firtfa. She slips the card into a narrow opening under the aoap di~.

There's the souad of hydraulics and two ums 11110ft the -.rbJ<.. _ casjng out frcm the reer of tbe tub. Jlyah. br:eatllas a ai-e nliaf md anticipaticlll: lrnMling iD the mb aba fl_,• loaJdng dalm at an open Ate, r~ ac:ae balf-dosm CO'll>M'tmlllts. Aa abe atudi• th•1

rnmN

Dei:1sians, dac:isicma.

Byah looks up to •- Ethan'• reflection in the aLhroal m.izon, looking cbm at bar kneeling in the tub.

B'1mJ1

fl,:fnJc yau•re the only oae who can pick a lock?

I •••. You' ra not just another pretty face.. .

Before Ethan can answer, a voice can be heard COl'ILmg f:ram J:1ta ~ warbling QTened.a in Spanish, and with considerml• _gol'to.

l1DB (cont'd)

Ob God. A bl~ baritone.

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Nyah c:~~ha• a. reflect:icm behind Si;h&D• ■ in the bath.roam airror. ( Sbe reaches up and grabs Ith.an by the lapel., ~nJd ng him into i:h4I .....,,tu.b, pulli.ng hi.a down on top 0 ~ bar. Once &CJain T:.bey • ra nos• to no••·

B'1'JWt

I take i.1: J'CIII prefer teaars.

She 9lancea ap at tu ail:zar. %Jl 1~ 1• tb• ~ o~ ~ AUGUSTO DE L'ARD&, a big amiable cu~ilian in bis ~ilti•• who'• ch~' a white dinner jack~ that•• bad wi.na spU1: on ~1:. B• bre into a heavily accented varsion of 'How or ltever' • and disapp~ frca the dresa.inq raca. ~or. ·

nu

wouid you &ind 1.r x•m. on top?

•• ETHAN

Oh, •ither way worJc.a ~ ...

With a j sundiced l.ooJc sha rol.l.• over on top o~ Bth&n o.na. begins workinq on one of the ■ a.fa c:ompart:.ment:.s, 11ain9 • ~y torqg• w:-ench fram a tube of llpcticlc and a earbide pick ~-~.aascara brush. She g'lances down and .1• rai:her di•concerted. Con~ues worJdnq with the pick and vranch. ·

ftBaR•s votes

You're nev.r gonna fi.ncl J.~ tbere.

lllall , .... , p.,clz'opp1ng~ llftLJdtJ .

Damm i.1:1 ftDd vha.t:?

lmlUI.

Bi■ ex-wife• ■ INJ.vari, necklace that goes up £or auct:ic:,a 'ruead&y.

1.ookf "9 dCMl t:o at:baa, a 1:ow:t. o:t i.adivnatim: ...

~ or l••• bcmdll lockad beb1ad bis aect u be mts ~ainat tiaa raked blu:lc of tba tub, bl■~ and we incll•• ~:-lfYah•• 1Gllllr pelvic, ~ioo - ■be au-addles bia. 1IOt exactl... ilf t&a 1IOOd 1:o IIIOvea • - . .

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She sutrens - be mows u,o cl&ml much. ( -....J Jl!'AII .

- right •• viler• ia 11:1

Sha immed.iat:el.y avi.1:cbu her •ff~ frail tbe tap lett ~~ tha bott0m right ccmpartmant. Sha'• utterly nonplussed: .··

J:'rD1I (pluc:Jdnq it off his cha.st, of£eriDq .it 1lP like a mechanic

I udder the chassis) \ - torqv.e wrench.

1nAB - this is very di.sccmce.rti.ng ••

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t 8be anstraddl• Jda and, ldth a fw deft JD0\'88 vl~ ~• I ffltDCh and Mrbidll picJc - and 1~•• open. She vitbdrm·a velvet pouch and opens tbe pouch. oat spill• the spectacul-,r:-::necklac:e.

JffAB ( OOZlt 'clJ Lovaly.

( (~9 to oloa• ~c •c~e)

llbc- are Joa and vha~•• it going to coat me?

1rrAB

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fflat.

The bathroom 11 suddenly filled with security guardS, ~awn. Seftor de l'Arena. looking highly upset, popa in.

sdoR1'1L'AREB Oh, Sdlor Keya, tb•nk God it ia yaa!. 1111 Spanish to ■ ecurity guarda, m:mayed) It'• Seftor Kayes, the security engineer.

E'lmR . Well, Sedler de 1 'Anna the gooc:l D- ia . that tha heat sensors were activated. But K1•• Ko%daff-Hall, ~ associate -

Set!or de l'Armla kisses NYah'• hand.

Sd:nt DB L'ARENA ll1Ch gu.ato. •llflcrita -

lffAK Oh ya. Absolutely. Mu.ch too lcmsr I sboul.cl say.

Nyah'• initial ahoc:k and pm::dc slowly gives way to a wary, intensified curiosity - about Ethan.

Be offers )fyah his arm. They ate.rt out. Etba.D imled.iately stops.

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ETHAN Ccont'd) His• Ball. Haven"t yau forgotten sa:ething?

Nyah looks siezmj.nely puzzled.

Ethan noda benavol.ently.

Nyah slowly reaches into her dress and withdraws the glittering string of dieznonda and rubies fX'0II her bust.

sdoRDBL'UJ:ta (a great kidder) What are you trying to do. s~rita? Rob me?

I ~- They all laugh, ud Ethan's got her out the door. 'I I "-' 35 EXT »mAI.OSIAII VJ:LLA (I.M'S JIIGIIT - PRB IWal) I . I the •t:us cH,ming, the aJc;y a gun 1118tal blue. Ethan an4 ~- emerge frcm the villa, Milking ■ lowly. Nyah' • clearly - preoccupied.

ltYM I' ■ ai.aaing ■ Clllll'tbjng here., aside from a 500., 000 pound neclt1ace. Even after I botcbecl tbe job, I c:ou1d"ve walked out of there w1 th the blooclY t.h1 ng.

E'l'IW1 At leaat ya11 walked.

with it:, ~ did you let ma go tbn with

it?.

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look like a gigolo. you so\JAd llke a - thief. Y0U ac:c lilte·a c:op - what the bloody hell do you have in mind?

E'l1QH World.nQ under adverse c:onclitiona. Highly adVerse c:cmd:i.Uon.s.

)r4B soum.s smashing. z•• in. HuchAcbo, mi carro. por favor J Now be serious. ~ou • couldn't possibly want me off tonight•s perfozmance . .

Her car arrives.

NYAtt (o.s she -=wes co her car) You•re apologizing tor me? QU1te the gentleman .••

Olle ~oot on Ule flocrboarcS she ~r..•••• l:Nlclc to Ethcu:::I..

:rno.N Hey, ~e Bul.gari job last week was tlawles:s. And I • ve alway■ 'been po.rtial to

, pale yellows. \. Sha slides behind the wheel.

~ (aa he leans on the car) Z don't do laundry. cook. or i:,ut up vitb cheeky baatarda wbo aet. me m, cm t:.beir territory ~o they ean poach an mine.

- - She takes off. spewing bits of graV1tl and c!ust in her 11rake.= Ethan am.ilea md shake$ his head..

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around curves, hair flying, she's free. Her car phone rings. Perplexed, she lets it ring once or twice picks it up:

ETHAN • Hi. Would you mind slowing down?

She hits the End button and disconnects. The phone immediately rings again. She refuses to pick up. Ethan pulls alongside her. She looks at him. They speak through the open cars.

I - ETHAN

Pull over and listen to me. will you?

(

Just listen •.

►

' NYAH

Listai to what?

She floors it and shoots ahead of Ethan, nicking his car as she takes off.

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Ethan rings her again. And keeps ringing. Her face becomes grim., her flight progressively more desperate and with Ethan's pursuit progressively more determined. 'lhey are reaching the limits of adhesion around blind c:mves.

38 MORE SB11'S IIUVI?G (DAWN) 38

The sky'• battleship gray; Ethan pursues Nyah around hairpin turns high above the Costa del Sol; they rip thru patches of marine fog drifting on the road, obscuring it.

Both are appalled by the other's willingness to escalate risk in this game of flight and pursuit until Ethan teart tbru a fogbank and sees on his GPS what Nyah can• t possibly see thru the fog - less than four hundred meters ahead is a turn she can't possibly negotiate and if she can't she'll plunge off the road hundreds of feet to rock and sea below. Ringing her number again:

ETHAN

.. Slow down. slow down.

She turns up a mound and loses control. She spins out and heads toward the edge of the cliff.

Ethan cuts her off and sends them both into a 540 degree spin. Her car stops just at the cliff's edge.

Furious she wrenches open her car door and gets out.

SUddenly there•• DO Nyah. Ethan leaps over to Nyah' s car and sees Nyah dangling over the ocean and rocks hundreds of feet below, holding onto the door handle.

Taking a firm grip on her wrist.

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E'l'HAN Doa"t look down. Just •. look at me. That'• it .. that's .• it ..

He pulls Nyah back up to the car, across the seat and ba1~ .&.n~o his ums. Pora lcmg mcnit it looks like sh•'• in shock.·~:

E'mAN' Ethan H\mt.

Tbru the veil of morning fog. Nyah looks at Ethan. Her ~ ~}es suggest wit, and wil~ingnes ■, and longing.

• E'l1Wt ••• mare than l thought ••

They scarcely have to lll0V8 to bring their lips together: '

:'1"DN Care to wait a decent interval?

JllYAH Who vants to be deemt7 ••

DISSOLVE:

39 CLOSB .ETHAH (D1T-UT SAFEHOOSE SEVILLE DAY-EVE)

· sleeping. Bia eya opea slowly. He cames to ful.l conscicni&nciss, hi• head still an tha pillow. SamPth;ng approaching serious. anxiety informs his features. Be lifta hi• head and 1ooks 'tr his left. angle v:iden;ng. Jlyah lies cm her _aide facing Jwa, . aleeping aerenely. Amd.ety on the order of oh-cod-Ehis-isit'~~~ approved-recruiting-teclmique, cont1%1rled. Ha lets hi• beac! fl.op back on the pillow. Then he turns so he and Nyah are profile 1:0- profile. As he looks at her sleeping his anxiety fadea, re.oa.-aced by curiosity and even wonder. Be lifts his hand and jus.t - brushes her cheek. Ber eyes open. She knows where ahe i a.

E"1'BAN So vbat've you got against spooks?

Nyah smiles.

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EmAlf Ob. Well •• this isn't exactly by the book. ·

E'fflAH 'l'hey'v• got a book for evexything 7

NrAH '1'ha only other spook I knew was a liar. Cbarmi ng but absolutely illc~bl• of telling the truth. Be'cl lie about hi.a favorite color. But then I rec:kcm it's an occupational hazard. Jlll spies really do is ccmceal the truth and tall lies.

B'fflAN Ho~ r9Vllaling infoz:maticm doesn't necessarily make someone a liar.

1'DII That' ■ DOt thl! point. In the mr! llhat spia nly on ls the m• thing they think they know that you don, t.

EmAR Which is? • BYAB fllat thay'n lying.

Ethan laughs.

Nyah shudders and moves into Ethan.

NYAH

- You're 110t a liar. Or you're an •wfully

good cme •• (tun) • thia thing these blokea pinched •.

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l1yah stops to think about this.

Jlyab looks at Ethan, a little worried.

Spoken like a spook .• you ever afraid?

rI'HAN Of what?

Jllyah laughs. 1r

• RYU Aak a question, you vat an answer I ••

B'lDJI Dmm. you' re beautiful.

Quick as a cat Ethan flips Nyah over so she'• looking down at hi&

E'lDN' I dc:m't think ao.

She sinks into his &%JDS.

,o * ElT-DlT STREET- SEVILLE (VALENCIA FES'!'IVAL) (£VE)

Ethan's step is unusually jaunty as he bounces along, JMking 1its way th:u the festive and jostling crcwds preparing for the .crema portion ot the Tallas de Valenda. On this night greet papier 1:1ache ef figiea, same serious, soma comic:, are placed all thr\i .:the ciey and torched in great bonfires. Outside the bar Ethan:•.• loold.ng for there's a street vendor, hawking Pallas mementos and r flowera. He ■ Larts pa.at the vendor. and it hits him - he'• aainsr to ~ acae flowers. ·

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( Be choo•o• a aolorful ■ pri.ng ?)OU~ so trash ~ dlnr -can be •een an the petal ■• Btban pays the vendor s~ 1:1to ~• ~, and thjnJr• bettcar d 1"'alk;n9 into _Sva.nl:>eCk vi~ c.ha bauaua,r- Tuma back to the va dor.

Btben ~er• tbe b.u' and goes apnai.r1I -to tha ■ aoond ~ where be puaea af"?arity at a pd.r of doab1• doon. -

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Snnbeck atanda looking out the window. Jroiay c%0Wd!- .fem the festival proyi.de a cons~ valla, and during the aequence, the first effiqiea are lit, and smoke and flame provide &. vivid back9round thn the hriafin9 rocm•• wi.ndon. ' ·

SWAKUClt l'ut:1981 • a a pain in tbe u ■• Bcmaring ■ aina l,y ■ ett.1.nv •- OD rJ.re-. (azni.n9, to ft.ban) S.i,: dmm, si,: dc:ND ■

Btban sits.

Slml'l!IEa (CODt • d) Lets J0U know what thay tbi nk of saints, doesn•t it~ Damn aaar ••t ma an tire on my vay ovar hare. b if % haven't been

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A mamcan~ wbara it'• impossible u» ~11. wlu.ch V&J' ~ ~ ia going to b1ow lteaNan t:be•• two. 'Blan, oi'ri.lly,

Sw»tBEC:E (cont'd) Sorq, I barged ill oa )'Olar vaca.1:ion.

ftJWI Sorzy % didn't 1ft 70II · know where %• waa.

SWANDCK • Don't: be. Woaldn't be • T&C:IIUOD if you did.:

ffDH Well.. Tou•re eorzy and I•a aorry. •

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S-l'iA.~ Nhy did you phrase 1c l1Jc• ui&t?

l."lmN TO\I gotta be kidding,

swanl:lec:k euzns to hie c:cmput:er and begina play cm a DVD, and projected onto a computer screen staring back at Echan is:

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42 VIACDIIR JmJalORV%CK

Nml)RVICH

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Well, tmitri I how are you? ••

Nek.liorvic:h pauses as if waiting for a reply. Ethan smi.leJ.

ETBQ

NEKHORVICH

..... I'm fine .. I, ·---__,• l Ethan laughs.

:&Tall I'• ~ine and yo\l're fine .• •

With Ethan simultaneously whispering:

lfEJOICIRVZCH

..._.. I'll fine too .. I•• fine and you•r• fine - do

yeu remem):)Ar. c1eU fi'1and, how you got Sugai and z to repeac those 1111•• frGIII ~- suanoelow and W8 oava you l:M Dame 0~ that: silly Soviet Premier because -..,. didn • t Jcn01if y0ur name? •• ni t.hos• days. you not only aavacl our lives. you aaved our sanity. 'Now, am DD1tti - we have ~• little problam•: Every saarc:11 for a hero ~t l:>egiD with SCID9Pbfng that ewry hero requir••• • Villa.in. irn.refore, in a coarch for our hero. Jle.l.ler~cm, we created • monater Clumar•. % b.51 you, Dd tri, come to Sydney and ac:ccimpany me to Atlanta imnecliately. However we travel, I ~t: arrive at my dasti.Dat:1.on, within 20 hour• of depa.rture. l'orgiva this fanciful e,cplanat:icm, but for

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lt:lU:ll iiNXCJI (COO~ Id)

, I tear I can entrUst thi.a to no one but you, Dll1.tr1. M .,. aay, 'Z'• •orry and ( you• ra aorry' •• .....,,, Swanbec:k Stopa ~• IM>.

SWAJIBECJt

Let - Uk you acaath,lng. tou ~ any .. 1.daa Vb,&1; ~ ~ be'• t:alJring al,oQt!

~an smiles.

E'l'IWI

An i.daa, yeah.

( -.J Like i1; •• a good idea to pJ.clc hi.JI. ap in a hurry. And a bad idea to ~1y him en a c:ommercial carri.er. so lat•• get on vith it. Be still 1D Sydney?

SWJ\RBF.C'X

Dr. Vladimir Raltborvicb i.S dead. So i.a his colleagua, Grad8Jd, but 1:h,a1; ~ .. - . earliar. 11■ bad 1118Jchorvieh on a flight: from. Sydney 1:ba1: eraabed in Ula JtocJcle• •• I I •• BthaD ait:s back. ~:v-

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- Bunt, an you listening? ••

SJ.owly looking up:

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I { 1 ...,J Xf he di4n 1; VUl1: to 70 anywhere without ma, bow cli.cl JOii pi; bill OD that fllCJ}lt!

SRAHIIZCK

Slnmbec:k al.ear. bia 1:hroat. Be~ back u, the~ a.net prmchee J..n, HISS:ZON DC1UB1:iB %H&GB. rile opens u, cmputez, ■ cans oE JUCBl¥)SE, BBAH, and ama. ETDN, ~ ccmpater •e~ and caaparir19 1:.heir feAtaru, all.l.imeter by m.i.l.lJJnetar, stat by •"t, as 1:h• oomputer i:beD !apoaea, wiu the help or tbA physiognomy se&Q, Ethan'• face o~ ~•: hence, mission double im.a9e.

E'l'BAN

a lowly looks up to SwAnbeCJc.

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( 1ihezi % coaldD ·t fiDd fOII, I had to replace yog. aaan Allbros• -. 1:.ba obvi.oua choice. lie dcatlled yea, Vb.at? !Vo, i:hree times?

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tma~ d1G ~ ~int of bia?

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rem Jmcv we had re9exve.1:ione about each other. Ian' t it a little late in the day t:o ba ai-Jci09 - t:bclt7

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Hot nece:csarily.

swant>eck shows Ethan a photo of an airline captain.

SiiAHBECK (cant•d)

Airline recax-da U.t c:apta.1ll Barol.d Macintosh as t:he pilot for Flt 2.207. b fez CLa the aedi.a md all ~Di:&1 agenci• are concerned, Captain Kaai.Dt:osh dl.ed Oil tbe n.J.gbt, ba~ 1D ~ bA ai.aaecl it. Be did, hoW\e'Wlr aab ~ D~ fligh~ - in c:aqo, ~- 1nm a- n.1:bar -11 nitcase CODS~ Ida aise.

Another pboto ~ a apen sai.1:cue, ~ body in it partially obacured b7 • ring ~ pol.ice and c:uatoms officers. . -

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Smeone on t:h&t flight: p1awd an operation das£.gzMMI b down the plmie and maJca it: look like an accident. Scmeona •Jd.l.Uv.J. eaoagll u KiDg ~ wbole +b1n9 otr •tboat • ldi:cll bin - t:bey don't alvays ~ yoczr la99age on the p1ane, .ven • when you fly fir8t clua.

B'1'BAll

So tbare' • oca t:hiag we know Ambrose d09an•t:.

Ethan barely nocb.

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( And yoa•r• not aurprued.

Ethan qivea SWI.Dbec:Jt a loot. '

~ Enough to kill Jlekborvich and two hundred innocan~ pas•~?

Ethan ad.l.•-

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( saan faal• ha hasn't: done the jab unless

be leavas a i= of bats on tba grmmd.

SiQRBZCJC Tb• question is why? What was vu this Cbi-r.11 ~ ,... aar.ryi.ngJ

:nDJI Jli9~ DOW on].~ Allbroae lmol,a t:ha~.

~JIROK %11. any cue, J'Cllll'we got: 1:0 ~- Cb:hnera .. brisav i~ i:o -· E"1'DR In order to do tbat, %'ve ~ to figure ~ bow be plan.a 1:o aake IDOZ1eJ' vitb i~.

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cUb 1n ter.cozi•ta a=cA1Dta. ,

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E'lmlJ Yeah, ~ mi•sion, should I choose to accapt lt: - i• to find.Sean Aznbrc••• •

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SWMBZICJt You. dm't tbinlc t:hm:•' • soma underlying princu,le UlVOlved?

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( Well you kn011 Hekhorvich's hiator,. "'-' You' re ~ cne wbo got; lua out o~ t:.h•

Soviet Onion vu it was still in the bio- Vll&pon bu•iJleaa.

ftJWf If i:ha-1:'a vbAt you're tb1ut1ng Ambrose vaa.ld bclTe aet; ap a bldcHDCJ aituad.oll vi.t:11 any number of b\Zyera before he got on the plcane. Locating hbl. J.n tiJle to•~ 10111etbing like 1:hat -

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BfflAlf

i (bllndsidad) Excuse me? -·

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Miss Ball &Del ~• bad • rel.at:.ionahip Wh.1.ch ba took vezy aerioualy. She M!lked away and be'• been vaat:.1.ng her back evw: si.Dca. Na believe •he•• our aureat aDd quick..t wa:r d l.ocad.ng billl.

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And ~ vlud;?_

8RARBBCK

Then make Gu.re ehe CODtinues t.o •ee hill. Cata h.ia ~ coa:fide in her anct re~ to you.

I ( B2'IIJUf '!ou 11Ade it aoa.nd u ir % was r•c.ruit:.ing her £or bar aJdlla u a t:bld.

5DN8ECK

Well, then % aialad ,cu. Or you .made 1:he W"Oag uaimpt.icm. Bitner vay we're uJdng her to rasmae a pri.or zw1a~lonahip, not: do Ul~CJ abe bun't alr~ done. Volun~ll:r, % ai9h~ add.

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Sbe • • 90t no_ uai.ning for this kind of ~9-

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Ethan• s anger flashes bat he does his best to contain it:

2'l'IIAR 1·c10n•t. think% can get her to do it.

-· be a val.Jc in the park for you. If~ ean

• tbjnk of a quicker way to get to Am>ro••• you're welcome ta try. Oh, by th• way, you might want to taJca a loaJI; at t:.hue •• if JOU haw any further qualms abou~ getthg ber to do ue jOb.

- • . · B• Pill• ~ a 11.tt1• Nino1t.a digita1 oamara (identica:1--= t:o the one in Nakhorvich"• bag at ai.rp?rt. aecu.rit7). Svanbeck seta it cm the tabla. ftban pica up tlla Unf awra and pab it~ bi.a eye.

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A gria Ethan, •~9 fixedly ahead of him emerges to -an aver more livaly crowd. As be doea 1

STR2E'r 0R SeAor, •.Sorl your ~lowera.

Tha vendor holda up t.be apring bouquet. E1:.ban aws ~,•isw1y sazpd.a■d by t.bma.

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And ha' a . e~~ di~- C%0Wd, lea.fi..n; a very puzzled vendor ba\shw t:he b,uqu.al:.

S'l'm.11 CD' OUSP sr.l'JI DI ltOi It• (fllRU lllN0IJrA STILL OJIDAJ ~

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Oae a!~ tu odlar fl••Mzv by. fllay are m el'cc:aUva dul$. · speci.~ia :lA their wggeatica.. at an abnzpt, fiery, ending, ld:lff1l· th. liva• of tnmdr.:SS are Ut;arally cm4 fiv=-at:.ively torA apar1: aD4 •~ ~ & deaol&~ landscape,..

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recall you saying 1anetbing like, % - ~ we c:ow.4 work l:OQ9tbas-.'

She approachu Bthan.. 'they're inches apa:t.

ll'D&" 'c:aat:. d):" . Ccme cm. ouc wieh. it. Tel1 ma to go GM!.; inefmata-awsal1 back: into Seam!a life...

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E't'HAN Gerlar&lly, % doa•t favor co•~ sc:neona. Ito~ when there'• a chance my life could end up 1n meh bonda.

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E'l"HAN ~ feel betcer ! - .

Long moment llhile she looks at him.

Ethan walks OU~ onto the balccny. She 1ooka at his back. (

HnH sean will nwer be anyth;ng but suspicious if ha pic:lcs up some sort of •yo0-hoo-I·m- not-111ad • Jaessage. Not after the way we broke up.

~ What wouldn•c make him susp1c1ous?

I• llDH

Probably chat. r aeedac1 bi.a 1n acme urgent -y •• dea~tute - in serious troubl• •• the kind I couldD•t PoS81.bly sort out --•lf ••

Ethan•• J:,ecb adli.Jiv'sligbcly.

r.t1fA1'I Seriou trouble, Nyab, ia something I c~

( al.WQ3 arrange ••

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47 HY'AH Df A SPAIUSII An

sta.nd11'Q for frollt and •ide JIIU9' ahota. o.s. aound or tel•~• c:oncinues. SUPERIMPOSE: Ethan holding up aamethi.ng the •~ of -; a dime:

~ Thi• 11 ttle chip sends a coded signal that can be picked up only by our computer.

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• ETio.N'S VOICE

When it' s in your ankle we can craclt Y0\l t.o wiciin three feet of &n)'Whera 1n a. world.

(OKI'l' ,a-49) (OMIT ~8-AJ.>

so OVER J:.."l'HAIJ ONTO CCMPt,7£1\ SCREEN }0

H• eypas a SJll&l.l In~en,ol bulletin stating that Nyah worOcrl Rall, apprehended. Karch 13 in Seville, ia await:ing ext.rad.it.ion while th• authorities in Landon, Paris, and Amseerc1am squabl:)le over where sbe's going co be tried first, for the various t.he!u and !Nrglaries sha's committed in the three cicies.

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A:m:cse picki.ng up cm a version of the Inte%p01 bulletin ECudn~S SNt ou~. Be leans ovar Cha 1c:reen for a ZDC'll'Mn~, then move,: ~o · the window, and st.ares out thoughtfully at the bay, almost· as if" he were watc~ •••

508 al' - NYAH DI JAIL C0CRTBID

Praa A oeau~iful blue s)c;y. pan dawn co ~- courtyard of tk-:,ail . where Nyah is allowed out for am airino, SMm~ngly alon•~t.. being wa.tche4 by: ~. ~ ...,_,,. soc E'DWf All1D C0IIPUTEI\ S01BElf

Bis attention fixe4 on the acrean, Ethan suns a~ sacellb:.r . abota 0£ ~ in the jall aou:rcyard. ·

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being allowed a phcne call, a prison guard viaihla b.g. ~• CUC 111.Ch BC!Mm:

E'fflM Look, % can· t run your arrest. cm am, wt % guarancee h•·• mnit:orinv evezr 1Aw entorcamenc agency in the world, for while they mighc be aayil:lg about lwa, if 12Dtm.nv •l•• - ha' ■ 00~ ~ al:ti11ty end, we assume, 1:he desire ~o GIit Y"CN out of thara.

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Well, I mean 1t' s not a total loss.Zt is Jtee:,1.ng a very co.Pohl• thief off the street ..

Her guard, b.Q'. is .ba."'lded a note.

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(to )tyah) Your lawyer ta aee YCNr

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mmw W.U. bare we GO-:

Si!C:i<m-: AtJS'l'RALl1. mov1Jla 1J1CD JIDf S0t1"'1'H 'N'ALBS, rmd then to: Sydaay. Kee fthan pul.l.a up r-•• photos and profilu of pountial cancU.dataa. '!'bey aczoll puc. cme face~ iAu az:1otluar. Kt:ull ~Cl:Ha• in cm IIXLt,IAK A. !IAIRD. "ZXPEitl':tSB: OU,liflecl in Vlztua.11y ~ Sl04a o! a-an.sport. l.lmd. •ea• aJ,, cmN'IP\X2, Cmall azma and auuaatic weapcma authority, edg~_ •·niJ impart weapcaa noc:tJRrm1'1': ~1- ED'1CS%VZS: • J'red.;i.lP, - detcaatJ.an, cliffuaiOA._ ,

Bthen p,mch•• 1 JlaQu..t · t. availaht.li~.

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~ 5.5A El!l' ~ Btmm:1111: CJIVXLLS DU ) - llyllllma:sr•&cat.be.a~~-tbejail.·

Jl'DIAII· Stap aa4 look for acmat':1;19 in yom- ~-.-Jrneel. dOIIG ••

She doe ■• 'lbcr•rc c!fecUYel.y block..S· from t:ha •tr..~.

JlDB.·_ • Lillo•• w.l~

Bt1vm ~•nd• ~-• -r·choba ld.tll w!lat appeara t:o l:»e a CNU:'-~

... -. ~ -.1atu.ua_.· w:111 baYa CCNDtez-aw:Yllli l lance

~- cmatact:a ~. PQah ~ little bv.ttCD • -~-!let~ ~ actual.ly ..Sup ,m4es- bla roof. :- i~~U aaamb1• yc,v.:c t%lmlllllia■ ion to ua. ·~:-;_·. ~- •-. .. -... ;....,.. . - Sbe uJcn ma Jelly. cba1n.- ner handa are aboldng.

lffAll· When vi.11 you J:,e mere?

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BrJWI

Before you are.

lllDB

110W CCI you poaaibly? %'Te got to pt right m tba plane. %'• leaving DCM.

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YCla dca'C Cl:Ut -• , IID1!l 01:l. % do. But u va Jmov I'm a very pear ~~ o! c:llarac:ur.

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&•• got YOQ cm QaDcas flic:rht 2735. :tt • • • go1Dg ta J:,a dalayed. Jm4 MYah-·

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You•ll· !Mt ~- %'• not G01DcJ to lose YCIUr

- a •► ••• %•• a II ma JaU - aDCS wi.tJ::lalK. sriTUaS ant Vlleka' aou.o..

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ra.spona• t.o Ch• aound of a helicopter touching doWn.

tilly and Luther CIICZl•• Luther with c:omDUCer looking acu~nv uncomfortable in a vri.=klecl sui.t..

l:'l'mlf • S VOICE

Welcome = Australia, mate.

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-rhey look up to a mailing ~ \ffl0 poi.Du ~o the ground beneath Luther's feee. Luther looks d0Wn to sea t:hat ba i• •~ lA a pile of •h•ep-ablt.

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Both mm laugh and all thr•• move to,

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Pllt 11a t!aa coozdlnat.as ud lee•• vet• ri.wal. 'fbe viauala arc't ~cnn:lng \IP·

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The satalll te d.oesn • t 1t0rk as fast u I do. 1'-' •

Aa Btll:r apeaks. tba visual.a cane cm line and Jfyab baa bec:QIIIII":. visible. ·

WIHEK

It certd.n]y i•. How did we sr•t so lvc~

Ethan pointedly 1crnor•• the question .

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·-..J •: ramicling th• tip of the bay' a crescent, reveal~ the beac::lLand dcc:Jc at Ambrose'• palm-lined reaidenc:e. •

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a lone slender fiQ"Ure silbouetted at ~e end of tha dock. •t:111 u ~ piling beaideS wh1cb it sunds. IIUt tba feature• remein abacured 1'Y me sun a.i: his baclt.

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leans ~o:rward. .. the sl.lmder t1gur• grows larger,

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'lb• tide i• too lov for the l:K>a~ to dock, meJdag it ziecea~~ for the boat to approach the shore. !'he slender figure mv.. ~fl tha ad of th• doalc and onto th• beadl.

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idle• into shtlllow waters but the props sta:t chewing into ci18 sand - the boatman grumbles be can't get any closer. 'l'he slender figure hA• moved to th• shoreline and cha ang1e of 1:he 11ght changes - Ambrose i• waiting.

Nyo.h he11itate:1 aaly • flicker of a iut.anc.. alipa over ~ •i• iAto thigb-bis,b watar witbo\Jc Uld.na her ayes oft Am'bro••· · Ambrose 1tridea right an into the bay; As t:hay are just: an •rm•s lencrth m>an: .• ..

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taku • deep br-ch, press•• the wtton co scramble th• transponder.

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J 67D WITH !THA.'f ET AL (:0."'l' SHEEPFARM S>.i'E!lOOSE) .. ""' • 'l'he pictur• abruptly ~•• dead.

Luther punches in. '1"he aign.Al - a::.c1 the glo:bal coorcllnates a:e given. 'l'bey "'A.it.

....._, 'l'b• aA~cllit• posit.ions itself. •

wthe:r shooa h1JII a disgusted look.

With wba,:? flus i.a tbe cmly computer aat•ll do this.

m SIGLIUA MID l'H01'0S

st~ eo bounce back, growing larger a.9ld larger on the screen, un~11: »yah can l:>• sean, water up to her thighs, lillgering in Ambrose's arms with each blow-up, and lingerina. And lingering.

- righ~. Now there':, a bloke who lcnOlfS bow ~o del.iYCr a pzo.per welcame. Dem•~ 1111: - wroag, -te. YCN ware au1~• hospitable. Is it him, then? ..

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Ethan'• look au99e.,t~ he's W0rried about lapse in recruit-~ •. judgment •

L0'1'H!.:a ?t ia, Billy.

11?:LLY Then .. got •iJII! • B1'IWI we don't know Wha~ we've go'C bacaw:a wa 4= • t. know wa-c z. ·.s go-c, were u •• got ic or llb&e h•·• doinQ in sydnay with s.t.

Ethan at.ride• away !ram 1:he sc:rami, the ec,g. in bl• voice am4 the J11CM1 no,: &11:o0ether lo•-c on ait:har Lu~ or •JJly.

iaertec:cly poised, still loosely in hi• ums, 1'yah returns · JUn,brosa•• pcm.et.rating gaze v.lth a pleaaant, clear eyed~

»aW>SB JTot aw:h luggage. •

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% le~, ill a 1:d.t: 0£ a burzy.%'• terribly

-.._, grateful, Sean •. t

1'DH Well that depends. •

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69 POV 'l'HRD '1'D1'1' ANNEX WIN1X>W (.AMBROSE caaomlD) 69

loold.%29' down the length cf the aock. Ambrose, his a.rm around Nyah and c:anying her suitcase, moves up the dock towarc!.'f:ne hcuse am caera.

Sta=;, steps into the annex and looks over to Wallis, whQ ~cc:bes Nyah <= the mcmitors.

lOI,IIS No flies cm ber. <checlc.iDG bar cm a scamn-r acreenJ

' Ho bugs either. Sb.a•• c:lun.

• ftA1IP ldrily> All cats are.

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Ethan watches the Nelchorvich video on the c:a::;:,uter screen.:·

NEXHOllVICH'S VOICE •• therefor• in a search for our hero, Belleropbcm, we created a D10?1Ster, Cbimera ••

Ethan chm nip• through a seri•• of pictures cm the c:cmputer aepiccing the~ of Ballerophon actacking CbimeT'a.

Billy movu up behind him.

ftlWI •• or hard wired ••

WNEk Ethan, hare'• lfekhorvich, and her•'• his bosa ••

Luther sc:ans an enay fram the IMF database with newspaper ..:::.. . clippings, sidebars of stills of McCloy and Nekhe:-vich. --

LO'l'HER (cont' 4) Mccloy, John Chaddick, CEO Biocyte Pbar:ma~euticals •• D. O. B. September 3 O, 1952. )'.anchester, E:igland ••

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' Well do you disa~e• With th.at?

Ob well, if thac'a hew you feel about it.

Billy leaves.

wtaER •. cben Cambridge .• Barva..~ •. e:itrepreneurial efforta •• in 1989, acquired Biocyte in a hoscile takeover ••

As Luther transfers info to Ethan'• co:::put.er:

UJ"l'HER (cone'd) lthaD. haw a lock ac this. •

an Ethan•• ac:rem appears the Biocyte website; where mnc~, >~• various iccma cme offers Kc:Cloy' s proud detailing of BiQ~-e'°: s philanthropic efforts: "

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2'1'DN (quietly) •. Biocyte workers at B:uny Islam.•

They've reached the head of the stairs. Ambrose OpeDS ~ dpa:r. Xt' • a large bedroc:m opening onto a veranda wi eh a yiew ff! the tent ~'"lex and the beach, and a very large bed.

A long ma:nent. Ambrose wallca to a mirr.,red wall. '!'be :irrors are sliding doors. With a sweeping ges~ure, he slides one of the mirrors bac:k and reveals a wardrobe of beautiful designer clothes.

'lhougbt you could use a liccle sam.thing t.o wear.

Nyah ·stares at the spectacular wardrobe. Ambrose pull• ~: a slinky 1z:man:I. and drapes it on ~• bed. •

Nyah hesitat.ea.

AMDOSE (cont'd) Go ahead. I'm dying to ••• if I re:nembered your size ..

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- NYah picks it up.

NnB No changii:g room?

Ambrose sits on• chaise by the window and waits. Ber·'til°-'1S•. belt. akirt.. fall cm the bed. A9 her •lender arm reac:bes"'::dcwn co pick up tha Armani: .... :·.·

CU>SB WM

meecing Ambrose'• look.

l1YAB You' re not interested in seeing how it • looks.

AMBl0SE Ob, I a. Later •.

'1'ha AnlaDi fall• in a fragile heap cm the floor.

70A CLOSB E'l'DN CtxJSK> 70&

standing off to one aida. listening to 11ekhoi:vich'a vo1~

XElt80RVIOl'S VO:ICE •. therefore iD a search far our hero, Bellero.phcm. ve creaeed a 11011Ster. • Chimera ••

·- WliiEk - ·-:: IIIW'• •elcboxvich goiDcJ on about an 014 Greek~~

Wl'HD Tbat sin;,le, huh?

ETlWf Why not?

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1ying back on a pillow. looking ~ am off inco space . ti:-#- of c•==~> . Sha hears lim'brose• • voica, v:l.ch Btl:ian" • ~• lmde=eam, soteo we:•. · : -...~. ·

»mllOSB" S W%CE/E1'JDH•S WICS Damn, you •n beautiful ...

R.Vall reacts u i~ aha 1 d bHD. rapped 011 ~ nose, har qes moist. Ce tu%DS &brupcly to cmnera.

HrAB t>id you •- •cae~?

lffM ODly 'because •• i~•s aprimg ... chaD: it up • (laoki:ag 1dm c!ead iD. the eyaJ - co~ fever.

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'l1YD (Jnore direct) "°7111ybe tbac'• it, cbea. ~•• a;,s14e dow.a am trackwarcJs ••

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} 13 CLOSE ETHAN (SB' EP FARM SAnl!OOSE - OOSX)

ETlWl LUther •• get wi evezy:hing you can cm the outbreak of intluema on Bnmy Island la.st monl:h, including photos of the victim.

Ltl'1iWl Right. I gu.esa mare aren • t ~ nu epidemics iD the middle of s 1mmer.

X.ut.her resumes working cm hi• computer and sees Ethan is locked on Ambrose's compound on his computer screen, this1king of Hyab.

ID1ilER (cant•c!) She die! it, Ethan. Nyal:l' • in the ccmpound.

E!mN Yeah? I've just rolled up a mowball and tossed it into hell.

Etban atands.

,,,,-. ODTSillE THI SHEEP FUH SAFEHOUSI

A brooding EtblD exits the sheep fam aaf•bnu• UJ2der • ~ sun.

E'lm!l'S VDICB Nov we'll see wbac chance ic bas.

Et.11an stops, looking ouc over the broken plains.His voice is heard overlapping into the next scene.

(softly) num, you're beautiful.

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7 SC CLOS! NYAH - NIGH'l' 75C

lying in bed, obviously hearing Zthan'• voie• agairi, mic..:·.feeling very much alane. She st.ares out into tha night. a ga.2i-.i!iac .:11 ics bem,11-.d intensity is an exact macch to Ethan'•··

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76 CLOSE PHOTO BONG 1'tONG 'l'Da:S (INT AMBROSE S'l'ODY-EMLY DAWN) 76

its front page, except for the headlines am date, covered with stacks of paper 1110ney, banded buzMSl.84 dollars piled bigb u a cord of wooc!. The amount s2, million is vritteu in i.nlr ,..,.__ ► be Jll0Jley.

ltmbrose's bands shift to aaother photo of another n~, the L0NOCIJ '1'DCES, this one piled high with -liah pounds •'4d::1-""be written amen.mt: 37 million pounds.

AMBJUlSZ'S V0ICI

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fldrty-aeven million pcnmdl. 'ft:lat' • a prCIWingbid.

'J'he th1r4 pboto ia of the AftEIR0CII ARDBMI, with $14 JDil:iiOll· auckecl ea ic. · · {.•

Ambrose, wearing a robe &:Id seated at a glua-topped table, sets this lut photo on the table on tap of the omers. He picu up Nelcborivcb•• digital came.ra, removes the fila cll•k, and snaps it into its plas~ic case. He places the case into an envelope (Hoi:e : ...the same envelope 1•e1 at tba track) and hand• i t-s.,.. _ Su.mp • ..

Stmzl) is a_eated near him. Glances toward ~ose•• be~ and Nyah asleep 1D Ambrose••~-

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As he speaks, Ambrose pulls a cigar case and a c:utcu ~. ~i bi.a rcbe. Takes a cigar oue of th• case AD4 clipa the end o(f :dl• cigar; the razor-sharp cutter dec:apiutu the tip o! 'di• ~ar like a guillotine. .

sir»a Well, you've though~ about ic.• at any rate. •

Ambrose opens che cutter again to clean off the fragmen~~ tobacco trapped by the cut.

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with DO sound, the backstretch an unrecognizable blur tmtH horse~ at hi!ilh speed burst into the· frame bringi:Dg with ~.i, tba sight and sound of their great nostril• anorting and gu..,J1k>.: for air, their hoove.s P0\DldiDv on turf, their joc:Jteya' ahou~am jostling and going to the llbip, the ■ound of the crowd ovuwhelming all bit the mmomJCer' • voice c:anyiDg ~ around the far turn and into th• homa stretch with a ringing, cantrolled bwmy.

JJyah and Ambrose riaing u tbe horse■ crass the finish .

(suzprisedJ : You wan.

DBJ10SII: • What aade you piclc tbat nag? She'd never Vall a bloody thing J

l1DB •'ftdaf 1A the Jli~?·

AMBR0SB" Say DD mora. I'a off to grab a dri.nlc. Still favor B•llin1a?

She smilu, a littl.e ■hekilir. Ambroae leavu.

I - It' ■ BtU;.,{_paaaizlg behind her.

~ Billy banc!8 her a cheat sheet and moves an. She opens it to the fourth rac•. Taped onto 'Naturally Vain' is • small plastic: piece with the note. She regards the note, placea th• plastic piece in har ear. -

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78 ~INO'ED: . 78

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J:'l'IWi1 I s VOICB At the mounting enclosure, just off the track at two o'clock.

79 !fHRU BINOCULARS NYAB'S POV MOVD1G 79

i:,hru the crowd onto the track over to the pre-post pa~ck where ~ Mimnt-:ed gaggle of owners, heavy betters 11114 invet~-ce tout. ~ound it. Only .Ethan is stock still - and lookinq: ue a~. Nyah.

80 CLOSE NYAH 80

a swift intake of breath as she sees him..

E'I'JWi Bow•• it going? 2vuything okay?

l1rAB Just lib 014. ti-•.

B'l"BA1f I Just like old times?

fnie appears to be the picture of unruffled sang-froid

ETHMf Tell me who you've run into at Ambrose's.

81 J'l'IWl' S POV ('lmttJ GLASSES) 81 ~ ID0Vin51 frcaa JJyah to the cbmrplgne bu just lwbind whet• Ambrose is seen greeting sameone in the crowd and they sit at • co%118%' ~le in front of the window overlooking the track. ·

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MYAii (a breath, then:) Neu u I cu tall, there'• at leaat a balf-dozea other hlalcu about the place. X.ybe mora. Hugh St.up, an old mate of Sean' ■, is the aaly aae I recognin. .bit• of a creep amd than scma ••

'PCNB'lDH

Sta:q,, standa by a pillar, his fingu heavily bandaged, looking glum.Ind loold.Dg cbm ae Nyah.

1JD1f,-.,. •• mow him. Be'• over your- left::-- ... sbouldar, lonHag rig;)K. at yoa~ Qo cm~.

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an4 frca bu point of viev it can- be seen that Ambrose 11 tal t'; :ag with J0!m Hc:Cloy, th• head: of- Bi~.-: ~•taku an cwalope out of hi• :bmar left jacket pocket and frca 1C--pill ■ out a amall ~ plastic eaotai.nar marked •s.o. •. (Identical to the o\,ject fint • ••• in Rekbozvich'a satchel at airpozt aec:m:ity.). · Be opens it anc! rem:,vea a amall shiny object about. the ■ isa. o~ a quarter. Be turns to the window am gestur••· Stup enten th• bar.

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Big bloke. ginger hμr. They' re into scmetbing.

85 E'DIAH•S POV. as

E"l'mH :I• 11 be demoed. :t t • • McCloy. th• Biocyte CEO.

LU'l'HER Nelchorvich • • boas?

~ Yep.

Ambrose has photographs of newspapers with loads of mcmey piled on them -- thirty- seven million on ch• London Ti.mes. What"s ~t about?

ETHAN

- Bids fraa poaail>l• Chimer« buyers - to

prove that aa of the date on the newspaper those bids are backed up by earnest JD0Dey--

86 Dff VAN (W'l'IIIR) . 86

ia 1110Ditoring both ceaer... All ••• Ambros• give the li.tt-:19 wafer-like object to Stamp who places it in a small camera~ hands it-back to Ambrose and exits, waiting just outside 1:he glass door. Ambrose bends the camera to Mc:Cloy vho looks puzzled.

LU'l'HEll Looks like Ambrose is showing McCloy how

f- to use a digital camera .•

McCloy puts it to hia eye. fumbles. then with Ambrose's direction:

£THAN Wh&tevar- llc:C1oy• a looking at, he• a not happy about. - .

Nc:Cloy puts the camera down. 'lhe two men have worda. · Nc:Cloy shaki.ly leaves the table. Ambrose opens the camera.

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Lemma Ambrose just pulled the memory card out of

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the cligit&1 camera ~ put it into an envelope. put ic in his inner left jacket pocket •••

B'fD1I Left jacket poc:ut?

• W11li:!k Roger that.

E"1'DN Confirm. Left jacket pocket?

LUTHEJt Left jacket pockec c~umed-

( 87 • 87 ETHAN BY THE 11:>0NTXNG ENCU>SORE

NrAB - bis 1e£t jacket pocket.

BTB1Jlf Affizmative. •

88 AKBR0SE

passes by Stamp on his way back, bends him the camera.

HnJl (after a brief pause) lllere do % meet you?

lfY'AB I• 11 muddle through.

89 taDE ANGI.a _.. (DAYJ

Ambrose arriving ~th a pair of drinks. Nyah riaes.

See anythi.ng you like?

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19 CONTIW'£Dt 89

ll'DJ! .. Tub, ■aturall.y VaiJl - but tJ1ay 're about t:o elm ■ tbll ~~in9; UblA and I b&Y911'~ a aw ••

WhUe Ambraae 11 atill juggling t:he drinlc.a, Jryah reac:nea UltO Ilia "'°'1eer pc:x:ket:a, and ruam.ages a.romid •

( lallgnin9) Byahl

E'1'HAll Billy, uJte aura Jryab •• Dot fol.l.owd.

Mo ward.es, mat:e.

Sbe pull• ~ a f~y-dollar zaote.

... AHU0SB (cont'd> (aaaaed and tul1lld cm) • ~ &1: all. But JOD'll pay for ~t, aDdtd~!Dterest ••

ma I'ft 1IO ~ ••

8be bMda QP t:ba ■tu.n.

»mR0S2 (neebfng into hl• pockn ~or aanq) I Bold cm.

Ambros• grabs bar ua, and ■be a1eoa~ cl.rope .,_ envel~ •••• iast lifted. (IIOtel %~ u illportan1: ,aof: ~ - her ac. ..&&117 li~t lt). She'• lloldiag i:~, pinned bet.ween her right cm aiia •ida. Aa it' ■ ■ lipping, sba ~ Stamp ucwa lier, loaJdng dQWL.f,Dd bu to ecmeeal ~ ai.•a lael.cU.ng ~ bJa .. vcJ.l•

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..... .., She takes it am u she does the envelope falls, but she ma.~ges i:o catch it with her left hand. bloc'lcing the move witl(iier body ,s she doea •

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91 lfIDml ANGLE 11YAH 91

a:,ves along the aisle.

92 ,:rI' VAN (DAY) 92

'1esignated as NEtl SOUTH lltU..§ Dl!LIVERIES.,, •anytime, ~.4hywhere.' J,uther bursts out of the van, carrying the tiny camera .ind begins Fo thread his way thru cars and foot traf fie.

93 BILLY 93

- in dramatic c:catrast ambles at a conspicuously leisura-.¥~c•.

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......., passes Stamp, not seeing him standing just a row ~ blOC'ked frca her by cme of the pillan. Stalrl> idly regards ~-- then · decides: he follows.

95 W1'HER 95

perspiring, approaches the betting tables thru th,. iu~- of the parked cars.

96 ,rAHP 96

,-pproaches the door thru 111:dcb 1lyah had gone and starbt -to open Jt - only to have the door slammd in his face and on ..,.xa bandaged finger by Billy, 1n a track usher'• mufcma.:: .

(very solicitous)

Sorry about that, mate, that must've

really aggrhlil •• ·

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Evwn u Stamp winces in pain h1a am has sbOt out ancs:---..au.1.y f.i:ld& himaelf planed to the wall c;up1.n9 tor air. It he'd ~ welded there br • b&ad at a1:eal IMi'd;tla.ve mora roca to _m&neQOer.

BUJY

Si;Ulp looJca uound, Hyah'• DOWhare in aigh~. Be•• lop~ her. Sees hi• hand's bleeding and l•~• Billy go, who 1aeu-ly dr:9PI.~ ~ ~ floor.

Where'• 1:.he l.oo then?

BTJ'J,Y' (pointing ap) .- - aggrh-aggrbb-aggdlh••

Stamp beada up 1:0 ~ a11D ' ■ roca.

JllTT..t,Y (croaJd. ng it· oat) ...

Shakes his hud, feeling 1u.ekf to escape vit:h hi• lift.-

Err PAI>DOCK D'l".rmG TABU 'NJ:L'VZ J7

Jlyab J.nto ~- ft•nd• ill line. SM 1ooka aroancl.

ETDN'I VOIC:S llow'd yoa do~ ·Doll•~ ~ uound.

Ryah t.uma and loob ~ de&d ill ~ eye.

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She slips Ethan the envelope. Ethan himself returns the look, holding it in spite of:

Bn.LY • S VOICE Stamp•• out of the loo.

Luther arrives. with the camera, opening. for Ethan. Nyah tu.ms away. ~Jlan pulls ou~ the tiny memory card, slips it in the (: camera.

98 W1"HEk 98

{iii is racing back to the van.

WtHER 'l'here in twenty; Ethan .•

99 NYAB MD ETlWf (IN LXNE) 99

edge toward the wi.Jidow.

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~ sweating Luther:

Lt1THER. I' a booted up. Go, Ethan.

Ethan places the digital camera cm play and begins to :.A~thru the stills. As they click off, Btl:Ja:\ is visibly affected

• μrrm::R IN TSE VAN

~tches the stills as well. He'• no leas affected.

~ wrI'H NYA'I

jle mutters some expletive under hi• breath, than, tnreu$1.y:

2'l'HAN % want you out of Ambrose'• place.

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BXLLY•S VOICE Be's me tier fraa the hottaa•

Ethan glances over to the hottca of the stairs.

As he lowers camera and ramovas the manory card.

B'nmN

I RDt you out 0~ there.

F].ipping card back into envelope.

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:Jthan'• been talking to someone he's been urging to ~lk, not :nm to the nearest exit. Row he drops all pretence:

JlDB How do ycu suggest I go about it?

- She just geta it wt of her ear and gives it to Ethan-_ ~en Sha reaches the bookie who vama her to get d0IGl her bet •. ~e gives Ilia her lll0ID8Y am pt• the ticbta just - tha mzz9;~ t:• off - po a,re bets. Plustared by it aha picb up her ticb . t drops ,:he envelope. Sbe quickly kDetll.• and ao:amble■ to ~ it,· ~c:Jcing it away and looking u:p - to see Stan;> •tan~ over her, almost exactly where Ethan had stood when_ she looked -,r--,a,y.

101 BYM 101

~ies not to register ala.tm while she gauges how much~~ bad ;e.n.

,aie rises. Stamp 11aits anl.y a DDDen~ then ~allows.

102 AT TSE PRIVATE BLEM:BERS (DAY) 102

~eryane•s on their feet, the horses are in the bac:kst~ch.

~ose is watc:hing the race through binoculars. Ny~ ~omes up pe!,ind and puu her ums around him. With her left ~ she puts J:he envelope into bis right jacket pocket. ·

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Your nag is 1rw1~it)g a run for it cm the outaidel (lowering bb:>culars) Bl~ hell, Nyah!

She'• 1110111entarily •~anled. 'lbm:

l 03 A llLOW tJP (IH'l' SSEP:P- FUK Dir AFEROOSZ - DlY) 13

The photo 1• coded witb the date 1D the lower left hand ~er, 01. 27. 99, the time in th• right, 10: 02: 51 A.H. Bm:nad Ullo the - . photo is •20 bc,1119, 03 lli.nutes after exposure.• •

' Ktbanp.mchu in.

rl'JWJ' I VOICS (cont• 4) wenty bol1ra and three llinutu aftu exposure. (aotto voce) Twentybours.

Ethan doam • t .say anything for a JDOment, ~en goes on to ~• next photo a. the cud: •25 hours, ,o mi.nu~•• after exposure. ~-- ~• • Gndaki ..agaia. arad.ald •• eyes are darkly circled, bis sJfil.. looks mottled.

Jl'1mH Six boura later.

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- Another photo: •31 hours, 30 minute• after exposure.• Gririski • a bleeding fram no1e, mouth and eara, c.ha 11cin eruptions a... pervuive, bi1 body an cr.,en wound. -

rraH (cont'd) Six mare boun.

'l'he next photo. •34 hou......-s, 25 aim.it•• after apo1ure. • cn-_adslti'a baclY at rest.

The victim's fac:e shows a devastation 1mdeniably like Grads.-c. '•.

A long, long znoment a.s E:ha:1, Luther, and Billy sit in ~cce.

,- Ethan looks again at the firat pboto of Gradaki.

10, CLOSE NYM (EXT AMBRO~ VERA.'mA - LAT! »'TEIOl'Xti) 104

Nyah is cm the balcony. Ambrose enters with two glasses of cbaa;mgne.

»aNtOSE To Australia. It's made so many ccmvict1 feel at hame. Here•• hoping it does the • same for you ••

He laughs. She doesn • t.

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10, CONTINtJED,

A.."'mROS!: (jocular) 'tbeD dOD'C say 11:-

_. 1l'rAK I dan'C lcn0w wba~ ~o do about you. SUD. I·• more t:baD • bic DDJdd]ed. X need d.m,e.

: »«PPOD To do what?

AYBROa

been a change of plane.

A change of plans?

NYAB

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lOU INT AMBROSE STUDY - LATE A.."'TD..'roCN •

Ambrose enters, slip1 off his jac:Jcet and hangs it over • :'~ir. Ra walu to • desk anc! brings up a cc:m:puter the Biocyte::l,..~tiee and che Mceloy infomercial. Stamp notes that Ambrose i;;s · ii-cent 011 the computer and mcvea to the daJc. ·

STAMP • I thoughc you were going to climler.

AMSJt0SI (pulling up •cmu1thing on the coi:r:iputer) Bugh, take ca.re of the Nelchorvich JMIIIC1'Y

carcl.

»!3.':tOSE In the envelope iD 11ry jacket pocket. ~ right •• jacket .. poc:ltet ••

Stamp leaaa over and pulls CNt the envelope. As be does~ •ee• Ambrose has pulled up a.ad 1tarted to play JfcClay•• intoam:cial.

We'va got an opporam.ity here. I'• not going co miss it ..

l 04:S CA.-.a:R.A CARD PBO'roS ( INT SHEEP FA!UC - ETHAN i CU'W) 104:S

a microscopic view of myriads cf ugly green spilcy objecta amid explodi.J2g rad ones ••

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lfflmN

C!dmera attacking human blood .•

0De more allot. A lavcder stained group of spSJc;y objec~--~• exploding the green onea.

Bellerophon attacJcing Chimera ••

On a:i adjacent screen is a frozen fra:-..e of 1'.cCloY loolc.ing ..diru the digital camera ac the racetrack.

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10 4B COb'TINtJED:

104"

LO'l'a::R

ETBA."1 I dan•t mow. but ltekhorvich wu not a maniac:. Get me a twenty cm Nyah.

WuWt Sbe Jm1St still be on th• property.

(aaT 105-106) (OMIT 1OS-106)

(ail'l' 106A) (OKI·. --~lAJ

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107 IX!1' LIMQ. (2VJ1t .. - .. - !rc:Cloy pt. iii the rear ot the limo and lights up a cigar. -~ limo takea off. Anet.her car pulls out and tags along beh:f :ct!- Jie limo.

101 mr orm 0Ul tM>V.11GJ

Xi.che-.1 at: Cha wtwel.

10, IN'1' LDI> l!IDVD1lJ (.SVZ)

McClay doesn•c lilca ~ taat:e o~ the cigar, goca to toa ■ it out buc tha electrm:11c window huttcm doesn't work. He notices tha evmw:1CJ papa:r partially op.a oa. the ■ eo~. Bis nmne lNPs; oar.. Be opaD.9 the paper.

"l'BB BZAm.IHBS

- amiounce that yo!m C. McCloy, CEO of Biocyta. :Inc: .• oiie cf· t,c.,4·' wcrld'• leadi.ng phaxma1:eutical C'c:wnpa.Zlie.s. has di•d o~ a sc.r~--=-~ and terrible •t.n.iA of iliflumza.. -

Shocked, Kcc:loy c!ropa the paper, calling out:

~-·•· Geoz:vel

•• ~Yer c1oe1111• 1: ~ ..._CICIDdl. a,C'],oy can •c beliave i.~. ,Be . - hann an cbauffeur windmr. flur- drivar tuzna an ~ air aoaditiontn• ill tlae· ner of ma u.,. . JICCl.ar al.utc::J»• 1118 ~~ aadp&a•- ~-

110 Ja:LOY (Dl'l' IctJ maT llIGm-) 110

regaw rmscioumesa. · ira• a aot tube• eond ng out of evazy orifice amt i• ccmtaine4 1D mie eqaiwaleat of a plaatio J::Nl,ble. - Drenched in perspiration am ha 1oob a.roun4 for a call bu~~ lie gripa the nda d cha i,.s.-·

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CCLOY What's happening here? You' re dead!

is on the phone.

The operator answers.

She bangs up, goes to the door. The house is eerily silent.

112 'POV STAIRWELL (NIGHT) 112

a play of shadows, the sound of the ki tcben fridge.

113 CLOSE NYAH , 113

Moves softly downstairs a hesitates at bottom, glancing about.

....a.-.: ':I .... Silence. She goes into the kitchen. No one. She goes out the door.

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ll4 OVER N'YAH' S SH00LOER MOVDG (EXT SYI1mY BIGHT )

;ng pell-mell down to uia shcre. Stopa. Looks ouc.;.:.u,: tne small •kiff JDOOred at the end of the dock. It's ~k ~..-u decides to chance it. Sb• movu onto the pier, crying._~- :_""":1.ide by the boachouse. A figure c!art.l out and grabs ber. mij niu to sc:rum but c:an • t. Th• figure whip• her arou=d and aha •w !

ETH»f Easy, easy, easy, shhh!

N'iAR Oh Ethan! ••

Sha throws her ams around. him.

E'l'B»1

Are you okay?

X am now. Get me ouc of bere. Just get

me out of here.

rrJWt

It'• going to be okay.

Ha holc!a bu. •

115 IN'1' BDSPITAL R0Cll ll:Clm

Mc:Cloy's strapped down, but manages co reach uie call buceon and push it. Again and again.

NE'JtHORVl:CB

No use, WI¥ friend. '1"he aedical staff wants no part of this. Doctor• daD' t ·-7 fuu:y tbe idea of dyiDJ azsy more than aaybod.Y else.

Mcclay stares at Salchorvich for a long moment.

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115 C0rn'INtl'ED: 115 ,,,,,,.....__

Nek..~orvich ab.rugs.

\,.J N!lQfOJWICH

Tbat·s exactly what Gradltsi said - 27 hours before be died. With Chimera. i:he most minuce exposure can be tacal.

McCloY acHliD 1ooks ac his vical. signs on ch• monitor. ~ gripe th• edge ot cha msp1ca1 bed •

But 1:hen you sboUldn'C be feeling too 111, not: rar another three or four hours anyway.

MeCl~ braaJcs a fresh SV9&t: in a sudden spaam of anxiety.

n:::am You hav. Belluophon.

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m:JGIORVICH (mildly) Do%?

Jl1EICBOIW'1CII (amuecl) • %f! • Jly • 1111r. _. ••• tbe five bPJ)(lrlll!d people cm ~ Ialand th&~ yaa c!eliberCltely infected v1tl1 Clt1me.ra needed it as well. ..

M&UORVICR By asJci.Dg me.

J«:Cl,OY rou cti11 don't get: it., do yt:N7 You want to maJc.e an omelet, you tarea.Jc a few •w• - Z n•etJ.d to bow ju•t how had the dJ.•eo..e ~ - £11 the real world. not~ lab. And YoU naver >mow til you tzy. You thought you w.r• genetically- cplicing t:ogether straina of influenza to create A cur• far all infl\len&&a. IN~ % aAw you creati.ng a di•e••• co te&ril:lle in Ch.tlnera thae th• cure would be pricele••·

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lliumm:Cli You Jmow, % think it'• a little lata for that. Do give my regards to Gradski if you see him.

116 ml' HAtIMAY (OO'l'SIDE MCCLOY'$ ROCI() 116

NekhcM<:b heaves a sigh and rips off a latex mask, and tha -~l oscillator, revealing an eichilusted Edum. Angle widens to, include Luther enc! Billy iA hospital greens.

E'1Dlf Well, I've heard all % need to hear.

Lucier and- Billy nod in disgusted usent .

holds tight in her embrace with Ethan.

,-. when I•• wi ch hiJa? .• the chought of never

seeing you •• how are we ge~ting out of here?

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111 carrn..iim:

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ETHA!f Nyah. it•• very i:r;,ortanc not co do anything to &l&rm Ambrose •.

ETDlf (wieb growing u.rgeocyJ No ti.ma to explain. You 'Ve done ao wall. and we• re ao close. So clc.se. It'• critical that YDll do 'Whatever Ambro•e asa. Dem' e 1110rry -- it• 11 be over soon •• That'• a promise. • Came on, now off you go!.

He gives her an affectionace smile and she reluctan~ly IIE:id:s ba:k to the house. her expressi0n troubled, even suspicious ·

116 Dll' DLLWAY (OOTSIDE lCCIDY' S ROCIO

Baring just uken off die mask, E~ •tends· with Lutliat- ~· Billy •

(clias,ustad by what be'• heazd) So Ambros• bu .Bellerq:ahcm an4 XCCloy's got Cbieer•.

These guys are wa.lki.ng around wi~ different halves of the same dollar bill?

__ Ambrose got Bellerophcm frcm Nelchorvicb on ·7 the plane, but ba didn't pt the Ch1mara

vuua.

Wl'BER Yeah. llhy else would he come back to Australia? Xf he bad U1eDl both, be could sell them anywhere.

You've got the voice print, I' 11 get us in ..

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21:ban enters and tears c!f his muk, revealing Ambrose ~;..: -~"'llled wich implacable rage. He looks up to ••• Scamp who• s l)eam obviously waitizv for him. Te&riDsJ off cha voice oscillal:Or. Leaning with both bands cm a counter-surveillance moa.itaic. ~• be atares at the floor, hi• taea a rictu.s of hateful inw-~~-

S'rAMP You were right. B\mt •~ Meelc,y tonight. He knows • Thay' 11 be going into Biocyte .••

Ambrose looks up slowly to St:amp who•• been seanding by.

A~ Good •• then we know where he• 11 be, don• t we? Well done, Bugh. Well done ..

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_) 119 CHAUFFEUR'S w::NDOW (Dff LIMO EVE)

·-, being rapped on by the driver.

I~•• ta.1dng time to register. Then:

CCLOY - where·• George. My regular driver. Nbere i• he?

- say it•• going around. Nas~y business.

~..ind you don"t catch a chill now ..

Still dazed. NcCloy manages to nod and exit the limo. Bi;t~ drives off.

120 CLOSE COMPVl'Ek SCREEN BIOCYTE BUILOINQ BLOEPRIN'l'S ,,,...... (INT - SHEEP FAIO! SAFEBOOSE)

including all specification..

E"1'HAH Luther. do you have the building up and .

Luther punches in and up comes a squat little island a hundred yards off shore. connected to the main1and by a wooden bridge.

E'1mN Ccont•d) fl:aat•a not exactly it.

Ltn'HER Sorzy. that i• • Bioc:yte faciliey. their atorage •tructure ..

E'fflAN Nyah still on the properey?

Then:

Ltn'HER. Okay, here you go -

(CONTnmED)

1.l O CCll1'1'Dro'2D I

I

L0'1'Hl:ll sony, t.bac is a Biocyta building, their ftOraga annex •okay. here you go - eleccrtcal,. &1.rflcw, plumbing, all 8ec:ur1.t.y, tbermal -risv.a.1-motiOD· .wora,. ntinal-voca.1-fiDgu:print sea atationa, • 1oc:Jd.ng ayatw cm window. -=4 doon, wall co cei.l.iJ:lg joiAu, t:.v. a:m.l~•• aec::urlty ■1:at:icma and check pointa. all 4ia1a mirror•. all angles, all elevators ••

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12 0 CCNTINUEO: 120

As Luth•r speaks, the building - on his computer graphicsi a.me with the BIOCYTE PHAJU«CErJ'I'ICALS ELEVA'l'IONS AND RENDEltDIGSi is being rapidly morphed to three dimensional existence off ~ rendering specifications by Luther, •• if the building i~-..:1f were being constructed at a madly rapid pace. from its ~ticn to its reinforced steel atruc:ture, to its hoaeyc:ombing "-f ;g;oors. to its outer ■ kin. Luther•• reconstitution of the buildin; 1ot static. buc moving around and above it evan u he proceeda.

E'l'BAH Let•• start from the inside out.

LU'l'HER All storage and production of Chimera is done here, in this lab on the forty-aecand floor, th• heart of the building.

120-PT. BIOCYTE LAB ... -- .. Only about eight persann•l. -- chemists in lab_ c~. wor,cera in bio-containment suits, etc. -- populate the lab, passing -Qroagh security doors and air locks, monitoring the virus stock, ":Qading the injection guns, etc. ·

l.0'1ii£k - s voza: Chimera itelf is Jcepe in two places: in production vials in an incubation r0C111 and housed in a small ai.rtight chamb-.r - inside three injection guru;.

Bn.LY•S VOZCE llllte. you kil.1 it in both p.lac-. v.•re laugh.in• and wa 110 ·home.

12 OA WITH LU'l'HER AND ETHAN

E'lDN Now how to get in there.

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Ethan vatchu the rend.i tion of the Bioc:yte lobby on acreen-

121 CLOSE AMBROSE (NIGH'l'J • in overhead light, his eyes are dark pi ts, somehow underlyil.g the saturnine intensity: .... · .~·-

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gro\Znd where he has to risk co~frontation with security.

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l21AETHAN

121B IN'l' - BIOCT'l'I A'l'lltJH SH»"'l'

The height am exceat o! dl• atrium are revaaled, u wel! aa its c::onclusicm in_ a glas• fleer in die ceiling of the lab.

LU'l'HER" S VOICE (m:abappily) Tba atri1.111? cm. of a Jd:Ac!. JtlmS down the. center of the building. Provide• 2t-bour natural light via mirror• a:id daylight storage cells. Opciznal growing ccmdi.ticms for cha virus. !:ncls in • glass floor which doubles u part cf the lab'• ceilil:IQ. ·

122 WI'I'H LO'l'HD »m ETHAN

Luther sees the glint growing in EthaD'• eye.

Wl'HER Hey, the atrium roof closes at sundown.

As the sun sets, the louvers of the atrium roof begin closmg.

Wl'HER'S VOICE Am if tbe louvers are open for more than thirty seconds at night, the Civil ~ ala.ms are tripped. These even I --can't atop. 'l'hircy second.a total to get ·· you 1D and Cha ca.bl• out.

l:'1'DH Sec:urlq,7

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123 CLOSE AMBROSE (NIGHT) •

»mROSE Ko, aunt will prefer co engage iD same sort of aerobatic: in.sanity co enter Bi~• scmawer• chroUQ'h the atrium where • seeuricy ia minimal ••

SW!denly tbare'a cha roar of belicopcer rocors.

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124 ETHAN (EXT SYmEY NIGHT)

( ·· is pcisad. upside-down, on a cable against the Sydney slcy!-ine.

ll4A THE ATRitlM LOOVERS

begin to open.

125 WI'l'H ttmmR (Dft' VAN NIGHT)

hurrieclly working the atrium•• controls. hitting •ENTER,•. repeatedly.

126 D1'l' COPTER (HOVEIUNG)

Ltrl'HER I'• not: ready!

Ethan plwzaets toward the atri'UDl.

- 127 laTB LU'1'IIER (Dl'l' VAN H%GHT)

128 ETHAN'S DESCEN'l'

is so swift it appears as tho he• s going to hit the atrium louvers but as be reaches roof level they crack open just enough for him to dart thru like thread tbru a needle.

Luther begins the countdown. Bis countdown continues. rumti.no under the &ctidn and dialogue below.

LtJ'1'HER • S VOICE

(tllIT 128A)

129 E'1HAN IN KIO-DESCENT (MOVINC)

moves down the shafts of bluish light, past the building•~walls.

Ethan streaks thru the beams of light toward the atrium floor. '

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(OMIT 129A) (OMIT" 1:29A) ( 129B nrr - ATRIUM FLOOR - ETHAN

reac.~es the end of the cord. slows himself to a stop, a%ld sees the security. guard through the window. flie guard starts as he catches a glimpse of Ethan•• reflection in the control P4D-ls.

E'!'H1.N Luther, I'm looking at security.

(OMIT 129C) (OMIT 129C)

1290 Dl'1' - ATRION FLOOR

Ethan swings himself up to the ledge above the guard's ~~. putting himself out of t:he puzzled guard•• sight.

LtJTHER•S VOICE Gotta get that eu>le out.

Ethan unboolal the cord and flips to the atrium floor. Ar Ille.rm goes off.

Ltn"HER'S VOICE (cont'd) There it goes ••

Still confused and concerned, the guard doesn't immediacely react to the alum or the ringing phone. Be final.ly answers the phcne. E-·

GUAlU) 12 1 S WICE (on phone) Ay! what's the ma.ct.er with you? Om't you bear the alarm•• gone off in cosmetics?

The first guard gives up on "what's confused him.

(scene 130 is belov) (scene 130 is belo~>

131 UP ~:.£ CABLE 131

being swiftly retracted toward the atrium's opening as it closes.

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131 CONT~"Om:

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J BILLY

Retracting cable.

( eta'!' 13 lA)

132 OP ANGLE ATlltJM

The cable just makes it thru the atrium as the louvers close.

reaches down and presses a silent beeper.

130 WITH LOTHER (IN'l' VAN)

Sees a little red diamond-shaped light pop on hi• screez:

wrHER Transponder activated •. Readi..ng package and cable is clear. (exhaling. re1ieved) He's on his way.

Staring at the building'• control panels:

133 ETHAN ( INT A'l'RIUM)

hugs the floor just ou~ of sight of the befuddled security guara.

AMBROSB • S VOICE He• 11 ma.Jee the at~empt at the only possible t~ for both of us, 11 P.M. - when the guards rotatE- and the build.ins,'• air-filtration generators go.. active, covering the sound of his break-in ..

LtJTHER Eehan, Che generators are about to go active. We' 11 be out of contact for eleven minutes.

(OMIT 135)

136 CLOSE GDr-'..RATORS 136

dark and silent.

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J 137 GENERATORS

13 8 ETHAN_ AT BOTTOM OP ATR.nJM

cuts into the glass floor. pops it out, and drops thru . t1i.;. opening. None of it• s heard under the generators.. · -· -

Ethan drops onto the lab floor and heads across the lab m......._ up the ramp to the hot zone.

AMBROSE•S VOICE The frequency of the generator& aperate to our advancage - cutting radio cammmication frcm his team for the next eleven minutes ..

_,. , 138~ INT - BIOCYTE LOBBY - NIGHT .-313A

Stamp, flanked by several of his team in Biocyte securit~ard uniforms, crosses the lobby toward a pair of accual Bio~ security guards who appear more puzzled than alanned at tlii.JI unexpected ~lux:

~ OF THE GUARDS What's this. then? reinforcements?

139 WXTH Ll11'BER (INT caiSTRUC'l'ION VAN mGHT)

His attention is drawn to a spot on the grid where Nyah's transponder blip, a circular yellow one in contrast to Ethan's, is moving. Troubled:

140 :IN'I' CHOPPER

LUTHER

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140 CONTn...11ED: 140

I AMBROSE'S VOICE

Ethan does it the hard way to avoid

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confrontation. Neutralizing security guards is simply too dista5teful to him .•

The two guards who bad greeted Stamp and his arriving tema:11e inen on the lobby floor.

141 WITH BILLY (INT HELICOPTER NIGHT) 141

Billy•• ao surprised be IDOll'lentarily geta loose with the copter and it banks off. As it and he recover:

LU'l'HER' S VOICE Th• question is 'how many of 'em?' I can't get thru to Ethan. Not 'til the generators go off.

- When'a that?

142 WITH Ltn'HER 142

staring at the red and yellow blips in vertical alignment, the yellow one, Nyah, considerably below the red one, Ethan. -

'l'he door reada: ~: LZVZ' VIRUS: l'.NC'OBATION ZONB. qpQS\JB,,t, IS FATAL. Ethan pulls on a protective mask from his pack end ·put a miniaturized recorder up co the voice print activator: ·

Ethan's buzzed into the hot zone. He steps into the ab~-:, l.OC1t8.

A small bomb is placed by the dark gloves of someone unse:tm ...:

-- 144 EXT CONSTRUC'l'ION VAN (!aGHT) 144 ,,__ a shadow falls across the dirt in front of the bumper.

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145 A SMALL O&:rECT

'-' with a digital clock face, its red LED illuminating desc~g numbers, is carefully placed inside the bumper. The ll'lagne_··on it doesn.•t quite catch. It's then placed more carefully. ·

1C6 INT CONSTRUCTION VAN

Luther doean • t pic:k up on the faint metallic sound just o.ut'ilide. He• s concentrating on the flashes an l:he screen showing Ole·· tra."lsponder rising in the building. Increasingly desperate:

LtJTHEll It looks like Nyah • s headed towa..'"d an elevator.

147 ETHAN

~ • _ working meticulously on a computer monitor.

147A 00\\'N ANGLE ELEVATOR DOORS

and a security guard• s body lying in the corridor. A pai~. ~f trousered legs step over the body and into the elevator~ ~ining Nyah'a legs and feet, and other pairs of trousered legs. :-.'!Aa elevator doors close.

AMBROSE•S VOICE If Hunt ac:tuall.y manage■ to squeak thru the atrium he'• liable to make it to Odmera before we will ••

on his computer &creen the yellow dot continues its ascent, the two dots growing ever closer.

Lt1TH£R Five and a half minutes. (looking at bis chronometer) He's breached the hot zone ..

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-- ) 150 J:N'l' INCUBATION ZONE

~ :en front of each of three large television monitors is a ;~~. shaped roughly like a sealed beaker somewhere between one- ;.nd two liter, in size. Each one is contained behind plexi-glaa_·~- 1ach one contains a transparent liquid of varying hues - one ..grea:..lah, one pale yellow. one sun.set red. Behind them are monitora.·1Ut%'ked, respectively: NORJaNG SEED sroac, &ST.ER SEED STOCK, IN~ VIRUS. Behind these ia a monitor screen with a blow-up ot ·--:he contenta of the vials &: the magnitude of the blow-up - 950,COOx.

'l"bese are X-Ray microscope blow-ups. i. •. , a1lowing the viewer to see the motility of the virus and its metabolism, not dissimilar to an MRI this of Chimera in its three different cultures ••

£than•• on the ca&QPUter controls, racing thru to flOIUCING SEED STOCK, which calls for optimal levels of 6. 9 pH and 11 degrees Celsius. He drops the pH to zero and punches up thP

the bottle is subtle but irmnecliate - not so subtle ·111 th~ effect on the virus seeds viewed microscopically - they immediately appear agitated, their microscopic DNA innard.l" contracting and expanding. • ·

Ethan 1110Ves an to the Na.seer seed stock and the In Via-a Jlizus panels 011 the canputer. The changes he malc_es are reflect~ ;,cm the digital monitoring panels before each viral containe;r. -

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151 THE ~ SEED 151

vial baa begun to change colors fram sea green to a pa.1.ez:·.~- green. The liquid itself begins to thicken:

As the liquid grows more viscous the X-Raya have a progress-mly more difficult time penetrating the individual cells. resul"'lbg in a low huzraing sound which grows as the liquid gels. ·· ·

152 ETHAN

at the control panels for maintaining the virus.

Alert. Cb.1mera-master-seed-atock-ph-e.nd- ten;:>erature-level-ouaide-optimal-range.

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FIRS'l' caavrER VOICE Alert. Chimera-working-seed-stock-pH-at-

'-' critical level. Alert. Stock-life

threatened. A1ert ••

The X-Ray microscope shows the individual seed-cells sti-c:Juilg together, some exploding. then all movement ceasing. '1.1lr~·llquid itself is suddenly shod thru fluorescent sparks before it_, congeals to an opaque mush. ·

FDtST C0MPOTER VOICE (cont'd) Alert. Chimera atock. life . . terminated. . •

Simultaneously with the seed stock. Ethan's managing both the worlcing seed and. in-vitro virus.

(OMIT 153) (OMrT 153\

_, •154 • WIDE ANGLE HOT ZONE .1.S&

Ethan places a little plastique on a timer and runs up a ~&:p~to the decontami.nant air loc:k at the back entrance to the ho{ ;one.

Bn.t.Y•S VOXCE What can we do, mate?

lSS CLOSE LUTHER• S SCREEN

'I'he red and yellow blips are now on the same plane. The: lf~' low dot movea toward the red one aa if drawn by a slow motion-~gnet.

156 DOWN ANGLE ETHAN

looking up as hi• entire body ia hit with air like he's ill.-~ wind tunnel. When the air flow ceases, a green light goes on,·

.._· 157 ETHAN - GLASS OBSERVATION ROOM ~ heads up a ramp to the three injection guns. Hands in gloves, he reaches into the chamber for one o·f the injection guns.

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LU'l'HEll'S VOICE He's still got three injection g'\mS in tlfe test lab.. Thay're loaded with de••• of Chimera which he'll destroy by ~:iring into a hyper-thenaal chamber.

He places the barrel of the gun, seals the chamber, an~ ~.i:::es. There's a tiny flash of light. Ethan wi thdrawa the gun.

Luther'• sweating it as the clock counts down::30, :29, :28 ••

Ltrl'HER - twenty-seven, twenty-six, twenty-five, came on, Ethan we're almost therel.%-%'m too sensitive for this ••

_ In a spasm of anxiety Luther bolts to his feet, ~es his- brow.

Luther glances thru the van window only to see reflected;_. ,:he ,,,.... van side mirror:

....._,,1S9 MIMOR REFLEC"l'Iaf CHRac:E BtJMPER-EX'l' CONSTRUC'.tION WW Nr._,•

reflected in it is the face of a digital clock, its red ~ illuminating th• clock's numb4Prs fourteen - thirteen - tweIYe -

160 WITH LtJ'l'HER

Ltn'HER (realizing what he's in for) Oh -oh - oh -

Even as he moans he's frantically ripping out the comput~r:;; 4nd, cord9 dangling, hotfoot.a toward the van exit. , · · ~

161 ZNT HOT ZONE -· GLASS OBSERVATIC. ROOM

Ethan fires the second injection gun. picks up the thirct-. ..:..&.. l last. He pauses as h••• about to fire it. staring intent:i~- Suddenly the gun is held by:

161A NEKHORVICI

who turru1 the barrel from the hyper-thermal. chamber.and -~-es into his wrist.

whose vision of Nekhorvich fades. Still thinking of Nekhorvich he continues to stare at the gun for another moment and before he can fire:

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-.,./ The bomb's LED readout shows 6, s, ,, 3, 2, 1 .• As. it reaches O, a small light on ehe bom?> suddenly stops its incessant b-1inking.

explodes. Sav horses and dirt fly.

..

(CMIT 162A) (OMXT 162A)

163 ml' - GLASS OBSERVATION ROOM - ETHAN 163

looks up just in time co see Ambrose and team arrive ac the far end of the lab. They imclediately open fire. shattering the rocmi • a wall• and th• glass injection gun ~r. As t:be inj action gun begins fall.ir.g to the lab floor below, one of _ Ambrose's team runs to grab it, but before be can reach it-he. is -..__, .. shot by Ethan, who's falling to the floor below. ,.

As Ethan hi ts and dives for cover. Olrich goes for the gull" Ethan shoota Ulrich in the leg. Olrich bops back in pai:Jt.·

AMBROSE

·- Tboae were two explosiona, your van and

your safehouae, in case you didn't hear th- both -- X believe that means you've also lost a friend.

Ethan's crouching on the ground protected behind a series of vertical metal sheets.

ETH1Uf And ycu eouldn•t wait to tell me about it.

Ethan moves to pick up cha inj eetion gun which lies in ti. shattered glass on the floor. Ambrose, Wallis, and a couJrt-.·of other Ambrose team members fire, kicking up broken glass.· · J.!t:han backs off.

The two spot Oil& another in a mirror on the far wall of ·che-- .ho~ zone ••

....__,, r- ETHAN

(smiling) Fighting a bit of a cold ..

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163 CONTINL"ED: 163

J AMBROSE

AZ".d you're happy &bout that?

- ETHAN

Beats fighting the flu, I'm here to tell Yo\lo

E'fflNf . Z would've thought the hardest part was exercising restraint. curbing that pressing need of yours to get your gun off. You were in such a hur%Y to knock off that 747, you never figured out where

..._,

the virus really was •

E'l'HAN Oh. Then you knew the only way Bekborvic:h could Sllllggle the live virus to the CDC sciantist:a in Atlanta was by injecting

..._, himself and using his own bloodstream aa a

Petri dish, doing it inaide of twenty hours so be could take the anti-virus and still have it be effective. You knew that: while you were >mocking hill o~f and destroying the very thing you came for.

Ethan has been using this exchange to ease a fresh seventeen round clip i.nt.o his weapon and he punctuates this last with a spray of gunfire, attempting to cover his own effort to the reach the injection g'Wl. The return fire nearly hits the injection gun, kicking up glass and dust and making it move around ~, -~• floor. ·

Everybody•_• regained cover but. the injection gun remains .cut of everybody•• reach.

(CONTINOED)

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163 CON'l'INUED: (2) l63

E'l'HA1I Than thirty-seven million pounds? Not really.

Ny.ah walJts out into view on her own. Ethan sees her reflected in the mirror. En.raged, but trying to control it:

"' ETHAN

She doesn't belong here, Sean. Let her g~.

A pregnant pause.

(OMIT 164)

165 WITH LtJT'HER (EXT BIOCYTE)

a mess am.id the rubble of the construc~ion van.

166 ETHAN

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ETH»I (cont'd) Sure he won• t shoot you the lldnute he••

......,

got it?

AMBl\OSB Oh, Runt, pleasel one can't hold Nyah responsible for her actions ••

167 CLOSE NYAH

listening.

Ambrose cocks his weapon.

Finger on the injection trigger, she rises and turns the barrel on her arm, firing. The sound of the air pressure pushing the virus into her is urmdsta.kable, as is the circle of tiny puncture wounds on her akin. Nyah moves in front of Ethan, cov,-ing him, as she turns to faee Ambrose.

168 2'1'HAW

is shocked by Hyah' ■ gesture but as she addresses Ambros-. .-e reseta to the •countdown• on his chronometer to twenty h~•. As · it drops into the nineteens:

She• s been inching away with Ethan:

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- I 168A CLOSE ETHAN'S HANDS

- fingers press a red button on a tiny detonator. Tbere·s•,_. __ .=,""ight heat flash from the hot zone and an explosion of gas an'1·water -- the plastique killing any airborne virus. -· · · ·

Ethan uses t.he diversion to grab Nyah and run with her co Che far side of the lal:,, behind a high stack of horizon.al c:ylinderi_.

169 I1ff - LAB :..c59

Ambrose and t- recover from the explosion and begin firing on the tanks protecting Ethan and Nyah, surrounding the two with fire and jets of released steam.

170 Dff - LAB - ETHAN AND NrAH 170

behind the stack of tanks. Ethan launches an explosive down. a _. short hallway, blowing a hole in tile building• s ~erior .. 'wa.il.

17 OA INT - EN'l'RANCE TO THE LAB

A group of Biocyte security guards enter fr0111 behind Ambro~ 11 team and catch them off-guard. All hell breaks loose.

1708 Dft' - LAB - E'l'1fAN AND HYAH

This hits Ethan with the force of a blow.

E!"I'HAN - you who don't have a consc:ienc:e.

,,,,,,_ ETHAN - No.

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- She put.a Sthan' a gun to her forehead.

She looks back unflinching. Be •~arts to squeeze the trish,-•.

1 71 THE HAMMER 171

pulls back.

172 CLOSE E"1'HMf 172

He can• t fire. lowers the bamner.

- £THAN

we•ve got 19 hours and 57 minutes before you start killing anybody. I'll get Bellerophon into YoUr system before then. J'Ust acay alive. I•• not gonna lose you.

Ethan runs fr0111:ha cover of the canJcs toward che ~loded:wall. once 1n the open. he· exchanges direct gunfire with Ambros_p-1... team, wou.nding a couple inen. Be reaches the wall and d.i.va- dlru, -._,; camera with hi.a as he drops 25 stories, ~e sound of ~~i-~• in the air all arcxmd hi.JD. · · ·

Lesa than a hundred feet frrm the ground a small dark chutlf deploys and Ethan is lost from view l:>eneath it.

(OMIT 173) (OMIT 173)

l.74 PANNING SHOT PAINTXNGS (:tN'l' COLTORAL ARTIFACT ENTER) 174 ....._/ of Aborigine paintings. eerie patterns made of man and nat~. phantasmagorical. like the patterns that fo%1D under eyeli~ · shortly before ■ leep. B.G. the haunting notes of a didge%.idoo insure they' re not being overheard. ·

SWANBE'CJt (reading the paintings titles) Dreaming of Birds and Plying Foxes,• •Buahf ire Dreaming. • •wind Dreaming, • oddly appropriate -

( CONTINt..TED)

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174 COffIN'UEDI 17.C

) SVmsbec:k breab df and turna w a somawhat bat1:ere0 .. _. ,_••.1- ( .WUJ fthanl

S1WlBZCK' (cont'd) - oiDce it appear. tlhat Chimera, th• aotber of all nightures is 011 the loose ~ around ure - la t:her• any way tbia cU..Gatcr ean N viewed - a qualj.fled ODe1

a11 ports ot authority. tNt that won•t stop Ambrose, and beyond him, we don't Jc:naw Who e1se we• re look.in; far - all terrorist bank acc:omrts ot which wa'ra awaza ara stabl•- 11D dapo■ ita, no vit:bdrawals. Tharefare no suspects.

BmA1I 11a 'Ch1DJc we've got cur r1.ngar.on the

~ . buyer.

~ DD yaa7 Evan usveSng yog'ra ab1• to ~ Ambrose sell.ing CIJ..imar•, YCN',,. now~ an adcliti.onal problem. You CS.atzoy.c! &11 of Cb:lme.ra at Jai~•- 'If Allbroaa i.s 9oin9 ~ •ell Ch.imar• now, ba'l1 ha,,. to do it by t.a1r:ing • pint or ac

( m Ki•• Ball'• blood = markK.

'f-, % bal.ieva that•• d.9ht.

E'l'BAN 'foa a.an that leaves Mia• Bal.l..

SWANBECJt Yea, Z believe that•• rivht. NC1W my underat.anding is that 20 bcurs after exposure. the victim became• intec:~ioas. Highly ~ectioua ••

Ethan glance• at his chronometer. Swanbeck seea it

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174 CONTINUED: (2) 11, - I

Ethan nods.

ETHlUI She sacrificed herael f ••

Ethan's staring at Swanbec:k.

SWANBECJt No. I can• t afford to be curioua. And neither can you, Bunt ••

As the· eerie wa.il of the d.idgeridoo seems to mount· in vo~ and intensity. the overcast s)c;y filtering into the loft seems-. parcicularly oppress! ve. Ethan• s up against it and he ~~ it.

(OMZT 175-176)

(OMIT 177)

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- ) (OMIT 177)

- 178 A VIEW OP SYDNEY

frca harbors to skyline in all its sunlit splendor.

Nyah si t.s for a mowmt, looking steadily at 1'mbrose. Ambros~ pats tbe cannister he'• carrying. •

Ambrose slaps her. With scarcely a flicker of hesitation she slaps him back. Long pause.

,,,,,,,,_ It doesn't. Full of pain and rage. he gets out of the c~

What are you talking about?

A nameless guard from Michael'• car idling nearby gets iritt.:the back seat with Nyah. Ambrose shuts the car door in Nyab's -face, gets in Michael• a car and takes off. -

17 8A EXT /INT - ·IMF HELICOPTER - BLtJFP

E'I'H»l Luther? . . Luc.her.

Luther drops a tiny part into his computer board and, as -?ltt.-.~ies to fish it out wi~ the aid of a magnifying glass:

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REVISED - 8/17/99 - BUFF fl 95.

ETBA?f Ninety-seven minutes. twenty-seven secODds.

LtJ'1'HER Right.

ETHAN

-- Wrong. All we•ve got to worry about is

Ambrose. Nyah will take care of Nyah.

lllLLY What are you talking about?

McCloy's black licousine is in the car park.

E'l'BAN'S VO:ICE Confinns what Ambrose is gonna do -

Barrels of toxic r.aterials line the walls, as an armed~ patrol a the corridor, leading into the main chamber, whet.e we follow McCloy into · ·

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MCCloy enters and begins pacing. -

(OMIT 179) (OMrt l.79)

speed along an isolated road in close formation before turning onto a side road, revealed as leading to a bridge across• small suip of water to a small island.

• As the cycles and vehicles cross the bridge and approach, che front gate, the camera swings around the side of the islan~ establishing the geography and the six cannon emplac:e:nent:K" before coming to a stop on

scaling the seaward side of the island with minimal gea~,

(OMI:T 180-183) (OMrr Ja;&0:"1;83)

184 EXT/DlT - IMF HELICOPTER - BLUFF ~184

resting like a giant locust, half hidden by a cluster of· tr-ees on the bluff overlooking Bare Island.

Billy's at the controls, with binoculars, maintaining surveillance of the island and environs.

......,, In the back, Luther is at work on his GPS computer.

180. POV BARE ISLAND 'l'HRO BINOCtJLARS

BILLY'S VOI:CE Ethan's out from wider the bridge and on the south-east face ..

(OMIT 185) (OMrr_.185)

Ethan climbs the side of the cliff.

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BILLY•S VOICE Ethan, Ambrose and his team have L9Tived over the !)ridge -

'--'

Ethan reach•• th• c1i!~top and sees armed guards pauolling.

BIIJ.,Y'S VOICE You all right, mate? From here it 1ooJca like very heavy security. Whae's 1t loo>t 1ike fram thoro?

E'l'HAH Risky.

He's over the top and moves swiftly to cover.

Ethan surprises and kills a perimeter guard, then runs to a ler.gth of gr~ting and lifts one of the pa::els.

Eth.An c:li.Clba down through the gra.ting in the roof of the tunnel. using a bar to swing down, he breaks a second guard's neck and drops to the f:1,oor.

r-- (OMIT 186-187) (OKtT 186-187)

...._, 187C EXT - !5AU ISLAl'fl) - ENTltANCE - DAY 187C

Ambrose end teua drive throuoh che ena-y ga~e passing its. BIOCttl::i ~ICALS sign and various no-nonsense wa.rnings of •No T:'e:5P4Ssing. • ecc. -- before !Uoeyte se:uricy guards c:los• it behind them. •

ETHAN

- (quietly)

Breaebcld the structure at the tan o'clock grating. %n th• tunnel moving to.-..rd tho. target.

Ethan begins heading down the tunnel.

(OMIT 189) (OMrl' 189)

190 nn' SLA.BROUSE SOZLDl:NC 190

Ambroce a.~d team enter, where !'.cCloy and hie CHEMrST and ACCOUNTA.~ are waiting. As Sta:np stands back, obaerving, and Wallis sats up a laptop, J.mbro•• walks up to• refecto~like table--~ stands opposite Mccloy. >.:nbroee reaches into his coat and puts two cannisters on the table in fre~: of McCloy. Mccloy'• che:r.iat picke up the eannistara and inaer:a :.":.em into two c:r..&.--nbara connected to his microscope.

(CON'.I'INUEO)

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19 0 COWl'INOED:

CJma:S'l' Ic•s a miA match. 'l'be blood·s loaded with Chinuar.a..

An insert of the mic:roscope plate show:, the cwa samples. aa

The chemist pr•-=••• a button ca the c:?uunber and ~••s a heat

JD&c:hanical voice, 'Subst.anc:c destroyed.•

amt:IST (cone ·d) And they certainly have Bellerophcm.

'be Kev cazmiater is out on~ Ulble.

A:Dbrose doean•t respond.

NmROSE Not exactly. wal.1is?

WAI..t,l'.S (off tiocyte figure., on laptop) Mora like thirty-two point two mil1ion.

~y 'than what do ygu 11rmlt?

Ambrose picks up a mobile phone and dials.

NmJtOSB Stock. Mr. McCloy. Stoclc options. to be a little more precise .. (into the phone) - cut her 1oose .. r1ght ill the centor of town • • the more crawdad ti:a. batter .• (punc:h1ng off. to !ICCloy) How quic:kly can you ir..&:l.Ufacture more of the ontivinis?

191 I:N'1' - 'l'ONNEL - CAVITY IN THE K1.LL 191

As he moves along the ~unnel. E~ sudd~ly flatten.a hi.m$elt against a wall as he receives a tr..n~scion from Luther.

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191 CON'l'l.NO==o: 1,1

LtJ'IHE!l • S VOICE Ethan, just picked up an Ambrose call - Nyah' • bacm dz'oppad ott. I r.hink 3he • s alive.

LO'l'HER Somewhere in Sydney.

(OMIT 193)

Ethan bears something and ducks into a nearby cavity in t?le -- tunnel wall. Aa a guard approaches, Ethan steps out of the cavicy and knocks the guard out, then throws him into the opposite wal.l.

LUTHER•s VOICE Ethan? Do you copy? •

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LUTHER• S VOICE om·'t- tmt:il I can gee Che GPS uP OD c,ur c:onpi'ter •. i't • s still down ••

ET"A~ 'l'ha c1oc:k is tic:ki..ng ..

Back to the matter at hand, Ethan co:nple~es che move on che

'

(CONTIMJE:O)

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1i0 CON'I'nmEJ)a

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AMB!\OSB

( An outbreak of Chimera.

lCCLOr -· .

llc:Cloy is stimned .

( 193A" DIT - ~ - OPEN AR2A - .i:'l'HAN'S 1'2E'.l'

atealthily approach a couple dozen jittery pigeons. cooing md pecking. 'l'be intensity of their noi.ae-mek;ng increases .. Ethan reac:hea them.

193B Dfl' - '1'tJNNE[, - OO'l'SZDB THE SLABHOOSE 1l00H I)()0RS

Bearing the disruption of the pigeons, one of ~rose'• · ~ leavea Id.a poat at the double doors em heads down~ tunnel ~owa.rd die birds to ~tigate.

193C lll1' • '1'UNNE[. • OPEN MM 1J3C

Ambrose• s guard draws his gun and c:otrt1nues approaching t:he pigeons. Befara the guard can see him, Ethan runs fon,ard., and aends ~• p1'11!(m9 inco scateered flight:. bli.ndi.ng th• ~- El:han jumps 1nto a back flip and double kicks -- firs_t.. lcnoe~EQ' away the guard"• gun and. than ):nocki ng him out and flat on .m.S: :back. Etilan CCDtl.nua• hi.• :t1ip and lanc!II right back on bi•· f,aot ..

190 lll'l'-SLABHOOSB

Al!BROSB -- now 'her•••· th• way it.•• goiz,g to work • •wallia, the shares outstanding are ..

(CONTnmED)

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190 CONTINUED;

·- i AMBROSE (cont' dJ

When your stock goes north of two hundred,

(

and it will, those optiona will l>e wortb billions. We can borrow w.batever we need to buy th• ,a, ooo, ooo cba.Ha,:-fifey-cme · percent of Biocyta. ·

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Ethan pulls a can of explosive material from bis pac:lc. B rolls ic cowards t:he double doors, and it: st:ops just: beto~ .. reaching them. Then, pcintin.a his gun to the ceiling. be ·· tires int:o ~ air.

•. 19t IN'l' SLA8HOOSB ROOK - AMBROSE

hear8 a no!.•• and loolc:s to Stamp. who heard it •• woll. Stamp• nods to two gu.ard& co check it out. Thay head acrose:- tha rOQlll to tJ:la doul::>le doora.

15'5 ml' - '1'0NNEia - OOTSmR 'l'HR SLABHOOSE ROON DOORS - 2'1'H1'N · $

wa1 u for tha right mnn,rmt before raising hie g,m ~d firing at the can of explo•ivea. Just as i~ ignite.,, the gucrd.5 opan the doors and are blown bet.ck by force of the c::,cplosion •

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CCLOY outrageous. I WO?l't let you ~ak• control of my companyl

1930 mT - TONNZL - OUTSD>E THE SUumOOSE ~ DOORS 1930

Etilan pulls a. can of explo:ive material from hie pack. Ha rolls it towards the double doors, and it stops juse betore reaching Chem. Then. pointing his gun to th• ceil~. be rires ineo tile air.

194 ml' SLABHOOSE R.OOM - ~'-mROSE 194 ......... hears ehe noise of the pigeons in flight and looks to Stamp, Who heard ic as well. Sta:ips nods to two guards to check it out. They head ac:rcss the room to the double doors.

195 D1T - 'I't1NNEL - CJUTS:rDE THE S-~OUSE ROOM DOOR.S - miAN 195

waits for th• right moment before raising his gun and firing at: the can of QXplosives. Jus~ as 1'C 1gni~es. the gu5rds open the doors and are blOlffl back by force of the ma,losion. - 195A Dn' - SLABHOUSE - AMBROSE 195A

reacts and turnc toward tha explosion. · amids~ the flames and debris, a single whi.ta dove comes flying in.to the room. And beyond it, Ambro~• can cee Ethan Hunt in cilhouette walking alowly pa.st tho doorway.

AMBROSE

..._, Run that bastard down .

Orders are shouted. and guarda, along with Stamp, hotfoot it down the tunnel-corridor in the direction of the e."Cploaion.

(OMIT 196-198) (OMIT 196-198)

nu-m down the tunnel. The guards move com:n.,.ndo-style, directed by Stamp'• band signals.

Ambrose loads his gun o.nd dra.gs the tip of the barrel along the table. ,,,....__

A.~ROSE We're J:Unning short on time, Mr. Mc:Cloy. We've got to conclude ou.r bu.sineaa.

( CONTINO'ED)

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_) Mc:Clcy p.:.uaes only a moment betcra

The accountant begins working on his laptop.

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pas.s a couple of doo%Wayc. A pigaon flies past Stamp' a fa.cc and - he stops. As he turns, :!than lowers himself frcm A hiding place in t."ie ceiling. St:a.-np and Echan pulls che:!.r gurus on one another. They're in a !ace-off until they both agree ~o drop their guns, but Stamp ~tches his in Jnid-air and poinca 1~ back at Ethan.

E'l'RM You broke our deal.

As Ethan raises his hm1ds, he pulls the pin on a· grenade and then kicks it between Stemp'• legs. The handle flies of!: It's live. When Stamp looks down in surprise at the grenade, Ethan kicks oue '-J his gun.

Trying to escape the grenade, Sta:::;:, s~shcs into Ethan and semnc to have hit him in the jaw. Both hit the ground as the grenade CDCPlodes, With scamp appearing to have the upper band.

(OMIT 200-201) (OMIT 200-201)

..._,,, Aa ev8%Y0n& waia tor che cranster to c011JPlete, the grenade exploc!as out in the tunnel. McCloy and his accountant freeze with alarm as a spr1nlclino of dust. seccles on the room .

(to tha accountant) " Keep it going.

- maze.

AMlmOS2 (into walkie-talkie) :Ca he alive?

S'l'AMP'S VOICE More or le:,:,.

(OMIT 202-211)

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(OMIT 202-211) (~T 202-211)

212 mr - HELICOPTER B:ILLY AND LO'l'Hi:R 212

Luther has the GPS computer starting to access t:he satellite.

(nervously) We're due to eaxe off.

Ltn"HER Not for seven more minutes.

213 INr SLABHOUSE - WALLIS 213

cheekincr his ccmputer screen, which shows the transfer has f!nisheds uccesafully.

WJ\IJ,T~ Sean. Transfer completed.

Scamp drags Ethan in. arms pinned with heavy tape. Stem;, and El:ha.n look grilqy as sandhogs after a busy day of tunnelling.

Ambrose rises to examine his prize.

A:rll::lro:e walks b9hind Ethan and kic:k.P his knaas out from under him. ~ falls to the floor.

214 IH'l' - HELICOP'l'ER. - Bn.LY AND LO'l'HER 214

L\!tilcr hears nothing in respon.e but white noise. He looks to Billy mid indic:atea there' a no answer.

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the rotor bladaG tw:n over.

216 ll't"T SLAaHOUSE W'ILDING (DAY) 216

AM8JtOSE (to Ethan) Nbat have you got to say for yourself. Hunt? any last words?

Ethan appears as if he wants to respond, but ca.'l' t. A'llbrose Jd.cka him again.

AMB!lOSB (cont'd) Stop Jll\DQbl ing !

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broke his jaw.

Ambrose ba.S picked up a pair of Berett~. And ia proceeding to load both with full seventeen round clips.

MCCLOY

..._,

(anxiecy mounc1.ng) What do you intend to do?

Azllbros• ravors Md:l.oy with a glance o! genial exacerbation. ·

AMBROSE • You needn't. watch, you 'know ••

217 FOLL SHOT HELICOPTER (DAY) 217

rising off the golf green, and banking toward the island.

218 :J:RT SLABHOt7SI: (DAY)

An:bro:sc: st~nding before Hunt with• pair of fully loaded Beretta.s. '1"be •ound of the helicopter grows.

Ethan indeed :nakes :scme considerc.ble effort to speak but can only manage a few vutturo.l, p:-ogreaaivc::ly de~perate :soun~ which continue as:

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With that Ambrose eir;,ties thirty four rounds from the two Berettas into Etmm whose body jerks crazily on the floor. KcCloy nearly faints, and Ambrose laughs at hi• squeamishness until something cm Ethan's body cacches bis aye: the top of the little finger an the right hand i• bleeding. Ambrose grabs ~•s face, ~ rips off a latex mask: revealing Stare;,, eyes wide open and thoroughly lifeless. His jaw, under the mask had been taped carefully closed with the same heavy tape Bthan ~ used to mount the drain-pipe shotgun an the tunnel wall.

Be looks around, but 'Stan;>' is gone. So ia the canniatex- ,,m4 kevlar vest that had been on the table momen~ before.

D'l' BARE ISLAND

Ethan'• on the :motorcycle, heading toward the gates, whic!l a...--ur of security guards are frantically trying to close •

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Billy and Luther in the copter are over the island, and ban, ~o Luther can fire a grenade launcher and blow the back of Aml>rose's boat.

'the guards close the gate, Ethan runs the JDOtorcycle up the hllloc:Jt and junpa the gate, over aato the bridge. Ambrose follows in the SUV, crashing thru the gate.

fl:ley race across the bridge and the road, onto the huge greensward opposite to and similar in shape to Bare Island. flier■, with the helicopter hovering, Ambrose :manages to co~~ Ethazi and after they expend whatever ammunition their wea~ hold, they move into each other bare banded and. angaga in : ferocious, no-holds-barred combat, the helicopter hovering-~ enough to keep away whatever• & left of Ambrose's henchmen, h6 chopper's downdraft hitting them and flattening the grass ~ them. Ethan prevails.

A SPECTACOLAR VIEW OF SYDNEY

cm bluffs overlooking the city. Car.e:-a moves ■ lowly to the.....c-. of the bluff •

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_) 219A EXT / INT :_ lJD' lm.XCOPI'D - ~ \_ • • With Bill.Y behim the control• and Luther lun1Dc, out the door, machine gun iii band, the helicopter heac1s coward Batt Island and approac:he■ the gun pit and Echa.n. - ... 219B EX'l' - BARE ISu.ND acN P:IT • ftHAlf

rurur J.nto tb• central •hole• area. guns in both band• and~ : waaring the kavlar vcet. He nms coward the walled edge of.;: the anclosure ud jumps. As he pul.ls hima•1~ up to the top o~ t:h• wall, be eees t:hc na helicopcer approaching.

A ~ •~• from a cunnel entrance and opens fire, lNll•t• ~Jod1,v lnco Che wall around Ethan, wbo :Jumps of the wa.y to avoid ~-

~19C ltX'!'/INT - IMF HEI,XCOPTn ( i• under fire as well, bullets spraying the windshield, driving Luther back inside and causing Billy to tuni the chopper around. away from •

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wJlD rolls anC1 returns fire at the gunman. Ethan first~ the gunaan 1D the lag, and then shoots and explodes uie can1s~ers behind the gunman, killing him. Ethan rolls away rram Che mcploaian, only to face a - 21JB ·BARE :Ist»m mt.L - M0'1'0RCYCI.2

bearing down on him •• he stm:ids UP. nhan ju.at manage• to dive out of its path before a second motorc:ycla comae up over the hill. Ethan 1:wists and fires his p1at.o1, shooting the second cyclist off hie bike. (_ 'l'he motorcycle flies over Ethan and landa en the ground. Ethan run.a after the bike and jumps on, revving the throt:t;~ an4 taking off.

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deploya some of hia men via walki•- talkie while othex-s aQ:"U\ble into c>ae1r cars.

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(into walkie-talkie) INJlC • a cm a cycle heading for. the bridge .

219G BARE ISLAND BRIDGK

C A gold Falcon wieh sevcaral of Ambrose'• 1nen inside enters t:he bridge from tl1e mainland and speed.a toward the island.

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, ( More of Azabroae '• men ~ out of tho cc:aplex And get intci their care. ·

.., 219I BARZ %SLAND aanxJE - GOLI> FALCOlf

continuea speedi.nf, acroaa the bridge towud the island.

219J BARB %SI.MD BILL - £'fflAlf

ere.st• a hill aboard the c:ycle, ~e DIP' chopper in b.g.

&THAN

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Clear uiac. br1dga tor ma.

LU'l'H£R'S VOICE Jtoger tbat. \

219JC BARB ISLAND ROAIJWJ.Y

JUcbael • s SfN and W&llis' sedan speed along as a gunman ~-

around him. ·

~ches the island, A gunman O\lt the window firing uP at on the hill.

wrhe Falcon•• path to the ialand ia obstructed when the IMP chopper suddenly drops in front of it.

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(. 219M 1Wt2 ISLAND HILL - ET!tAN

laya on the cycle•• Cbroctle, aeceleraces doWn the b.1.11 ~- ;sn-o.pel• th• biJce inco the air and otr ·th• island.. juct: as .

leans OU~~ c:boppar's door f1rea a granade launc:har rig}#: at the

2190 DU l:SL»m_BR.ZDC:R - GOLD PALCOM

still on the bridg•. Th• ~c!e oxplodea at the front 0£:·. th• car and hurls t.he JPalcon inco cha air and otf the bri~

219P BARE %St.AND - mLL/BlUJ::lCE • ETHAN

~ is 1n mid-air cm the cycle, heading down toward the bridge. Just as be landa, the gold Palcon fliee off the bridge. and Et.ban SPeed.9 through th• ~lamee.

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219 P CXJN'l'INOEEh

E'1'IWf Luther, bave you locatlld llyah'I

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• • LU'iBElt-S VOICE It's still an inta%mi.ttent aignal. Juat head nordl. bead nor~.

~ approach•• the hr si.d• of the bridge and apeeds o~ onco che mainlaa4.

2190 BARE %Sum> - DIDC1l Z19Q

Michael'• SUV passes the front gate and through the flame5 ... 'f UMt J'alcon u:ploaion. followed by Wa1lia• aedcm and then Ambro••• riding a motozc:yle.

219Jl R0lD LEAD!NC FROM BtUIXm - B'l'}IAN ( nM:•• up the road and roun49 c corner to find a wbi ce F&lCO"· approaching. a gunnv,n leaning out the window firing at ~

Ethan turns to the aide as it nears, and jusc as the wbic-= Palcon reac:he• him, be Jdc:Jm up ~• cycle•• rear wheel UMI-· roll• fon,ard cm tbe front wheel, narrowly avoiding Chp· c~

As the FAlcon passes bill. Schan swerves ~ cycle and ~~ fire on the rear of thll Fa1can. spraying 1ca rear and windshielda with bullecs and shootlng cha occupants: _.> 'the whit• Falcon swerves ot~ l:he road and smashes through~~ railbv, apjnn1ng ouc ot canuol ~ craab1ng. · _

Ethan t:UrDS away and speadS off, just•• Ambrose ccmea around the corner on his motorcyle.

220 A SPECTN:U'LAR VIEW OP SYm'ff 220 ( on bluff■ overlookin; the city. camera moves slowly to the ...ed.ae of the bl~~-

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219A EJ.T / INT - DI!' HELICOPTER - !lAr 219A

'-' wia Billy ny1na and wt:her ac 1:he door, machine gun 1n hand, the copcer nears che 8are :tslam gun pit and Ethan.

runa into ~ cancra1 •mia• araa. gm,.a 1n bol:h ban/ls and wearing t.ba Jc.av1ar vast. Be runs towu:d the wal1a4 edga of the enclosure and jl.1111)8. As he pulls- b1Dlse1r up to the top or th• wall., b4I •••• th• DO' helicopter approaching_

A gunman appear• from a t\Jm1el antranc• &nd opens fire., th• bullets exploding into the wall around Btban, who jumps out of the way to avoid thaa.

219C EXT/Dn' - IMP HELZCOP'l'Ell 2151C

ia 'Under fire aa we11, builets spra~ the windshield, driving Luther back inside and caus1.ng Billy to turn the chopper Around.

,,,,,_ 219D EXT - BARB ISLAND GtJl1 PIT - E'l'BAR 21.9D

.... ,. who rolls and returns fire at the aumnan. Ethan :first hi ts the gunman in the leg, mad then ahoota and explodes the canisters behind the gunman. killina him.

ETDll Ceo Billy) The field of fire is too heavy. Back off and pinpoin~ their positions.

Ethan roll• away fram t:ha axp1oaion. only ~o face a ......,, 2l..9Z BARE %SL.Um JULI. - ~ 2192

bearing down on him a.a h• stands up. Ethan j~~ manages to dive out of its path before a second motorcycle comas v:p over the bill. Ethan flip• backwarc:!a and fir•• hi ■ piatol, shooting the aeccmd c:yclist off hia bike.

Th• motorc::yole fliee over Ethan, who rams after it CMlC! jumps on, revving the throttle and taking off.

deploys some of his men vio. wo.lJtie-tAlkie while others acrazrible into their cara •

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(into walld.e-ta1kie) Hunt•• heading for the bridge. Coming in at tw.lve o'clock high. •

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219G BARE ISLNm u:mGB 219G

bridge fram the ma.inland and speeds toward Che island.

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Ambros••• JDml axit the comp1ex and get into thair care.

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ll9J BARB ISLAND BILL - ETHAN 219J

cruta a hill al>oard the cycle, the na- cbopper in b.g.

:TJlAN Clear that: bridg• for ma.

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- Roger that.

2191t BUE ISLAND R0lDNAY l191C

Michael'• StJV and Wallis' sedan speed along as a gunman from th• SfN fire• up cm Sthan, spraying bul.1ets arl:NZ2c1 him.

219L MD %SLNG> maDGS - OOLD PALCON l1'L

approaches t:he island. Luc.her fires his grenade launcher. ::tt hits the Falcon's trunk .. lifting its-·back wheel• off the ground, bile Che Falcon Jteepa comjnc,, ica cr,mJc ab1aza. Luther reloads as a gunman leans out the window. firi.ncr up at Jtthazi on th• hill.

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laya cm Cha c:ycl.•'• throttle, acc•lerate11 down th• hill and propels the bike into th• air and off th• island, ju.at aa

again fir•• lu• grenade launcher, thia time at the front of the •

2190 BAR.a XSIMI) BRIOOB - COLD PAI.CON 2190

on tho bridge. flie grenade explodes at the front of the car and hurl• the Falcon into the air and off the bridge,

21gp BARB %S'LAND - JaLL/BRD)G2 - ETHAN 219P

~.., i• in mid-air on the cycle, heading down t:owiu-d tbe bridge. Just aa he landa, th• vo1d Palcon flies off the brid~•, And Etha:n speeds through the fl.me ■ and off onto the mainlcmd •

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Michael's SUV arrives and tears through the gate and flames, followed by W&llis' sedan and then .Ambrose, riding a motorcycle.

races up the road to find a white Falcon approaching.

The IMF chopper arrives and gunfire's exchanged. Luther takes a hit in the shoulder and drops his gun as the chopper banks away.

219R-PT INT - HELICOPTER - LUTHER 219R-PT

IJUther grips his shoulder in pain and falls back into his seat, jarring the GPS computer. It responds by beeping and coming to life. Nyah' s yellow dot pops up on the screen.

The white Falcon nears Ethan. He returns the gunfire and hits the gunman and the tires. As it skids past him, he spins on his bike's front wheel and fires, exploding the Falcon's gas tank and rolling it over. He speeds off as Ambrose arrives.

Luther bande.!'·.;:s his shoulder wound and monitors his GPS laptop.

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219T CCNI'INUED: 219T

slightly slows the bike to concentrate over the static.

Ethan pulls out and throws away the earpiece.

Ethan heads downhill as the SUV approaches on an adjacent road. He pulls out in front of it, uc:nediately drawing fire. Without slowing, Ethan drops to the side of his cycle for cover.

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watches his GPS laptop as the copter speeds over Sydney.

Wallis' sedan appears from an adjoining road and pulls in behind Ethan, who climbs back aboard his cycle. cut off, the SUV turns onto a side road to intercept Ethan.

ULRICH· I can' t get a good shot.

Before an intersection, Ethan both revs and brakes, spinning the bike and creating a smoke screen. Wallis' car enters the smoke.

1 Wallis brakes hard, but not hard enough: he stops just in the path of an oncoming 18-wheeler. His car's demolished.

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Ethan pulls out of the smoke as the SUV burst• out of ~• ~ behind him. atrilcing the rear of the cycle. £than puta ~• .bike into a spin and pulls his gun, ending up alongside the ~-- passenger window. He firea cilroUgh the window, shooting .'l:5D~ Michael and the bodyguard. •

The SUV veers off, crashing into a line of parked cara. ~-., Aita the first car and flips up and over, landi129 upside down OD several more parked cara. Ethan speeds off OD hia smoking cyc1e. Ambroae arrive ■ and than take■ • side road.

working on hia GPS laptc,p. The range -- ie, the distance from cha moving copter to the yellow dot. NYah, cm the edge of ~.he screen -- is reduced to about two kilometers.

,,,,,..... Luther looks up fram the screen to see the bluff of Nortl:r.~d at th• antrance to Sydney•• harbor.

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tearing down the road, whm:i suddenly frca a side trail Ambrose pulls out behind him and begin.a firing. Ethan weaves to avoid Ambrose's fire and passes a car, pulling in front of it for cover. 'l'he car skids, forcing Ambrose to veer around it.

219Y-Pl' FROM COPTER TO GR00NO (MOV'DI:) 219Y-Pl'

rapidly appr0,11cbing the North Read bluff.

There she i•. % got a viaual..

LUTHER

.. We're down to •even minute• 23 aeconds .• .. 219Z-Pr HZGH ANGLE NORTH BEAJ:>

moving up behind Nyah who i• walking purposefully to i;..ae,:- edge of the bluff and • precipitous drop to rocka and aurf a bunc!. --1 and fifty feet below. ·

Camara drops to Nyah • • shoulder level and move ■ with her· to-~ the bluff•• edge. Aa ah••• juat a a fvw step ■ away from stepping off. there• ■ a roar and the helicopter risaa into t."'ie ahot, before her• wild-eyed Billy gesturing, •stopl atgpl to Nyah •

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Ethan passes narrowly between a car and oncoming truck. - Ambrose follows as soon as the truck clears. Ethan fires backward using his side-view mirror to aim, exploding Ambrose• s windscreen. Ambrose skids until his wheel clips a rock, knocking him upright.

Ethan turns into a side road and speeds through open scrub. Back on the main road, Ambrose roars off to intercept Ethan.

On a clifftop clearing, Ethan races along as Ambrose moves to cut him off. They head toward one another.

Ethan and Ambrose round a bend and face one another. Without hesitating, they charge towards each other. As they near one another, each leaps forward and off his bike, and they collide , bard in mid-air. They fall to the ground fighting as their bikes skid and Ethan's explodes, raining debris upon them.

Ethan and Ambrose rush toward one another. Ethan flips Ambrose to the ground. Ambrose pulls a gun from his ankle holster. As Ethan knocks it away, he loses his o\rw'n gun and they both fall off a 30-foot cliff.

219BB-PI'. INT - IMF HELICOPTER 219BB-Pl'.

at top speed over Sydney. Nyah appears weak and shivers.

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Ethan and Ambrose rise frc:a the fall. Ethan jumps up and sweeps Ambrose, droppinsi him to the ground. Ethan begins strangling Ambrose but gets knocked off, and when they both stand, Ambrose gets Ethan in a choke bold.

Ambrose hits him and grabs a rock and hits Ethan in the midsection and the face. Ethan kicks it out of his hand and connects with several punches, knocking Ambrose to the ground.

Xneeling, Ambrose pulls a Jcni.fe from a boot holster and cuts Ethan across the back and face. Ambrose dives on Ethan and the knife is poised above Etban•s eye before Ethan grabs the knife and clears, holding it out toward Ambrose.

Ambrose swings again and misses, and Ethan delivers a series of -

back, ana with a running start, strikes Ambrose with a leaping kick that drops him to the ground and knocks the knife out of his band. .

219CC-Pl' EX'l'/INT - IMF HELICOPTER - CLIFFTOP 219CC-PT

As they approach in the distance, Billy, Luther and Nyah finally gain sight of Ethan in hand-to-hand combat with Ambrose.

Ethan turns and walks away from Ambrose toward the cliff edge. 'l'he copter lands and Luther runs toward Ethan but pulls up, looking over Ethan's shoulder. Ambrose has a gun aimed at Ethan' a back.

Near Ethan'• feet is his own gun, obscured £ran Ambrose's view by dust from the copter. Ethan tosses the canisters to Luther and then kicks his gun up out of the dirt ·and into the air. He catches it, drops down and fires, killing Ambrose.

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Ethan reaches Nyah at the copter. Inches apart, they can only stare silently at one another.

Didgeridoo Jal.Sic. A child admires a painting. swanbeck and Ethan face one another. A long, long pause. For a moment it appears as if Swanbeck has lost awareness of Ethan's presence.

SWANBEClt Sorry, Hunt. I don't quite know where to begin. Any suggestions?

SWANBEClt Why not? You've done just about everything else on this operation.

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SWAllBEOt Of courae it.... Anr=1• whose operations

' reczuire the level.a of clisinfo%1Dation that

your■ de, 1a bound to ge1: a little flo.k here am the:-e. rou trr floggiz:lg th• atorlea to CIII I•ve bad to come up with ahcmi: vhac • • baa aoina on aroum bue the last rew days. Ac eny race. ic•• been moat inatrw:Uft -- 'Wbac mey•11 awallaw. or Wbac may·11 nroaacast V1t:h a au-a1;hc race. (pic'lc1 ng up a :tile) Mias BaJ.l•• blood., 11: appears., has al:>solui:ely no eleznencs ot the Cb1mera Vll'WI. 1'0t: 8Y8ll anCS.-:bodiu.

2'1'JDl1 Yes, I ;atllered u much.

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mwmECJt And th• only ot:!Mar T91'Daining sample~• in the canui ster you recovered from Ambrose.

Yea.

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• And that appears to have bemi destroyed .

%~ also contain.a the anti-viru.e,

- Bellerophon.

B'mAlf Well, Bellerophcm, it ~ out, w~ only really effective against C2limera.

SWANBBCJt But~ were under speclfic insc:ucciona to bring back a l1vJJui sampla of the Chimera virus. I•d be very incereac.ed to know bow, after )'OU"d J1111DA'18d 11:a recovuy intact. it aubsequencly goc descroYed.

!'1'BUI z By fire. 'Ihat'a the but way. really.

S'iQNBICJC so you d1dn"~ ra11 tbe mJ.ss1on, you simply changed :lt. •

Ethan doun' t respond.

SWANBl:cJt (cont'c:1) It' ■ no 1onger enough for you to execute and iJr;)lamcmt DIP polic:y. you now wish to go 1n Ch• businass o~ craat~ ~t7

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Ethan and SWanbeck exchange one final, knowing glance.

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222A S1Cr?mf$ REWCASTElt (cont'd)

,,... flu■ inc1d.ent. 1D cha wake o~ rumors.-

suddenly aurtacin4J abc:Nt Kr. Kcelc,r and Biocyce•• t1nanc:1al difriculta-e• -- • inc1U01ng criminal allegatians of insider cradSng, embezzlamant. conspiracy~ canmic traud, and •tock parking -- have, Wlders~andahly. sent stock price• o~ the pharmaceutical c:o:z;,any plumuting.

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- .._, Ethan emerges co a very crowded street. Billy and Luther are waiting. Both look to Ethan.

Lt1l'HER (dryly, looking at Billy) And the check's in the mail.

BILLY Right. Just remember, mates. Billy Baird• a th• name. Anything you need eo get, move or watch, X'm your man.

And Billy'• gcme. Ethan and Luther remain alone, both r~tant to aay anything, both reluctant to leave.

- 0ae quick bear hug. then:

LtJ'l'HER Always nice hearing from you man. Seay in touch ..

And Luther's off. Ethan looks after him, a bit wistfully. Then, curiously tentative he moves off into the crowd. After a half- dozen steps, something catches his eyes. He stops.

• NYAH (a tad wary) Do you know me?

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She wraps her arms around him and kisses him with consideraole conviction.

hers.

NYAH (cont' dJ

Looks around at the swirling crowd:

And in a moment they've vanished from the frame and i.nto.tbtt crowd. Camera begins to pull back, the bustling crowd ever fil1ing 1:he frame - and in the distance, perhaps. just a· sp_lash of a bouquet of flowers can be seen, appearing to bounce along on its own, the rising beat of the MI the:ne:

BmJ:N CREDITS: DIP IZ - CHIMERA