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and
THE SAUCER MEN FROM MARS
by
JEB STUART
STORY
BY
Based on
Characters Created
By
George Lucas
And
Philip Kaufman
KABUL(V.O.)
Dr. Jones, we're out of coal!
INDIANA JONES
INDY
Burn anything you can get your
hands on, Kabul. I'll try to get
her out into the current.
INDY
Damnit, I meant to get that gauge
fixed.
KABUL
A PT BOAT
INDY
Make them count, Kabul.
Kabul nods but doesn't like the odds. Indy takes a .45
automatic from a hidden shelf under the gunwale.
THE CROCODILES
KABUL
INDY
ducks around the front of the boat right into the fist of a
HUGE PIRATE.
Indy's gun skitters across the deck and the pirate bends Indy
over the gunwale, pushing his head closer to the water with
one hand and bringing his knife to Indy's throat with the
other --
Indy has to use both hands to keep the blade off his throat.
The pirate laughs and looks up at
BALDASSARE
BALDASSARE
Where are the maps, Dr. Jones?
3.
INDY
You're crazy, if you think I'd tell
you, Baldassare.
Just then a pirate emerges from below deck with a trunk and
holds it up to Baldassare.
INDY
suddenly eyes a crocodile moving
silently as a torpedo for his head.
Baldassare grins...
BALDASSARE
Get rid of him.
THE CROCODILE
lunges out of the water. Indy jerks his head away and
extends the pirate's knife hand into the croc's gaping maw.
The reptile's jaws clamp shut on the pirate's hand, biting it
cleanly off. The pirate withdraws his stump and runs
screaming back to the PT boat.
Indy gropes for the handle... just beyond the reach of his
searching fingers - when he sees two pirates charging for
him. Indy pops his shoulder out of socket and pulls the knife
out of his back just as the pirates knock him over the side
into the river with the crocodiles.
KABUL
Dr. Jones!
BALDASSARE
Your Dr. Jones has finally met his
fate.
When the last of the boxes are on the PT boat a pirate lights
a long fuse on a stick of dynamite and places it onto the
deck where boxes of dynamite are stacked around Kabul's feet.
Kabul watches the fuse burn quickly across the deck toward
the dynamite. He struggles with his bonds, but he's tied
fast.
INDY'S HAND
grabs the gunwale and a moment later the rest of him rolls
back onto the steamer. His clothes in tatters, he lays
gasping on the deck, trying to catch his breath, unaware of
the burning fuse.
INDY
I'm getting too old for this,
Kabul...
INDY
I've got get out of this grind...
INDY
...Find a place to settle down.
KABUL
UMMMMM!
INDY
Kabul, are you listening to me?
He rolls over, sees the dynamite, and with one quick motion
hurls it into the jungle. KABOOM!
INDY
Well, why didn't you say something?
KABUL
All our work, gone...Three months,
no pay. Everything gone. Even
three days late to pick up doctor.
INDY
Not everything.
INDY
All Baldassare got was a load of
crockery. By the time he finds out
we have the idol, we'll be on our
way back to London.
INDY
WHAT DOCTOR?
KABUL
Dr. McGregor. From Princeton. You
said that you would take her north
to -
INDY
That was before I quit.
KABUL
You must. You promised Markus.
INDY
If Markus was still alive he would
understand...I'm through.
CUT TO:
6.
The little steamer threads its way among the tambangs, lorrys
and dugout canoes full of wares and pulls up to a rickety
river dock.
INDY
hops onto the wharf teeming with river people. A large yellow
crocodile is stretched out on its back. Even dead, Indy gives
at a wide berth. Kabul follows.
INDY
Get to the bar and call London,
tell them we've got the idol and to
wire us some cash. Then try to
sell the boat.
KABUL
What're you going to do?
INDY
I'm going to find Dr. McGregor and
tell her to get another guide, then
go to the hotel and have a hot
bath.
INDY
Casada, have you seen an American
woman looking for me? Probably
going out of her mind right now...
ELAINE MCGREGOR.
CASADA (V.O.)
She's been waiting for you, but
she's not worried.
7.
ON INDY
ELAINE(V.O.)
Dr. Jones? I'm Elaine-McGregor.
INDY
Dr. McGregor... I ' m sorry I'm
late... We had a little trouble
getting here and -
ELAINE
(concerned}
You're wounded!!
INDY
Oh. it's nothing... just a-
INDY
You speak Iban?
ELAINE
I speak 49 languages and dialects,
Dr. Jones. I'm a linguist, or
didn't Dr. Brody tell you?
INDY
There were obviously a lot of
things Marcus didn't tell me about
you...
ELAINE
How does that feel?
8.
INDY
You're an angel.
ELAINE
Not hardly.
INDY
Look, Dr. McGregor...
ELAINE
Elaine.
INDY
Elaine ... Going upriver in Borneo
to find some temple that no one's
heard about for 800 years sounds
great when you're sitting in an
office in Princeton. But Borneo
isn't for the faint of heart.
Headhunting is still a major
practice of the upland tribes and
the river is full of pirates.
ELAINE
Does that mean you won't be coming
with me, Dr Jones?
INDY
I didn't discourage you?
ELAINE
Not hardly.
ELAINE
The Iban temple exists. It has
taken me three years to raise the
money for this expedition, and
though I'm touched by your concern
or my well-being, it won't stop
me...Finding the temple means more
to me than anything. Either you
take me, or I'll find a guide who
will.
INDY
Well. I don't want that to happen.
9.
She looks into his eyes and feels the attraction herself.
ELAINE
I feel compelled to tell you, Dr.
Jones, that I'm engaged to Dr.
Benjamin F. Morganthal...a
wonderful, intelligent man...
INDY
An intelligent man wouldn't let you
come to Borneo alone, Dr. McGregor.
Their look is magnetic and they hold the look a little longer
than comfortable. Just then Kabul appears.
KABUL
Good news, Dr. Jones...I sold the
boat.
INDY
(sotto)
Not now, Kabul.
KABUL
...Good price.
ELAINE
You sold the boat? Your boat?
KABUL
Yes.
INDY
No. There's been some mistake...
he didn't sell our boat...
(to Kabul with extra
emphasis)
I never said sell "the boat"...I
said, sell "the goat".
KABUL
(totally lost)
The goat?
ELAINE
Is there a problem?
INDY
No, no problem. Why don't you get
your things. Kabul is going to get
the boat ready for the trip
upriver.
10.
KABUL
But Indy...When Baldassare finds
out about the maps he will kill
you.
INDY
Trust me, Kabul...He'll never know.
DISSOLVE TO:
INDY
Elaine?....
ELAINE
Yes?
INDY
These six weeks have been greatest
of my life...
ELAINE
Mine too.
INDY
I've never said this to anybody
before, but... I love you.
ELAINE
Oh, Indy...I love you, too.
MAN'S VOICE
Very romantic, Dr. Jones.
Both Indy and Elaine are hanging upside down, tied up over a
mound. Bleached skeletons of jungle animals dot the area
around the mounds.
BALDASSARE
steps up to them, as his river
pirates load the last of some
crates onto rafts behind the PT.
boat.
INDY
Let her go, Baldassare. This is
between you and me.
BALDASSARE
You are so right, Jones, that is
why anything I can do to increase
your suffering makes me that much
happier.
BALDASSARE
Army ants, Dr. Jones...These little
soldiers can strip an elephant to
the bone in two hours. I suppose
they'll just consider you a snack.
One of the pirates nods, that they are finished loading and
Baldassare gives the orders for one of the pirates to start a
fire beneath their ropes, which when burned-through, will
drop them into the ants.
INDY
That's all wonderful, Baldassare,
too bad for you its going to be for
nothing without us to translate the
maps.
BALDASSARE
Maps?
ELAINE
Maps?
ELAINE
Indy! I told you not to say
anything about the maps!
INDY
(to Elaine)
What good is it going to do us if
we're dead!
BALDASSARE
What maps?
ELAINE
Don't you dare tell him!
INDY
For the other Iban temples. The
maps are on the rafts. Cut us down
and I'll translate them for you.
ELAINE
Indy! You promised!...
BALDASSARE
A wonderful proposition, Dr.
Jones... but we know of Dr.
McGregor's linguistic talents. So
why should I take both of you when
she can provide us with two sources
of enjoyment.
(to pirates)
Cut her down.
The pirates cut Elaine down and take her onto the PT boat as
an ant mound collapses and angry army ants come pouring out.
BALDASSARE
Au revoir, Dr. Jones...I'm going to
enjoy cruising down the river
listening to your screams.
ELAINE
Indy !
KABUL
Nice try, Dr. Jones.
INDY
Don't panic, Kabul... I'll think of
something.
KABUL
(eyeing the flames)
Please think quickly...
INDY
Kabul, swing to me.
Kabul swings until he and Indy hit each other and grab onto
each others hands behind their backs.
INDY
Hold on.
Kabul holds them together and eyes the ants, they have found
the ropes and begun the march toward the two men.
KABUL
Dr. Jones, the ants are coming!
INDY
Climb the rope!
They climb the rope up to the branches. Indy reaches the top
first, just as the fire burns through, Kabul falls and Indy
catches him just above the ants.
CUT TO:
BALDASSARE
When the river divides, make sure
to keep to the left. I'm going
below to attend to some business.
ELAINE
You murderer!
BALDASSARE
I'm worse than that, Dr. McGregor,
but let's not discuss me...So you
tell us where the sites are.
ELAINE
I can't translate that. It'll
require months of study.
BALDASSARE
Come now, Dr. McGregor.
He draws a razor sharp parang and deftly flicks away the top
button of Elaine's blouse.
BALDASSARE
...this is no time for
modesty...I'm told you are the
world's foremost ancient language
expert.
ELAINE
There is no map...There are no
other temples.
BALDASSARE
Perhaps we should give you some
time to think about things...
ANOTHER PIRATE
ELAINE
Indy...
BALDASSARE
Impossible.
BALDASSARE
Find out what's going on!
CUT TO:
Indy moves along the deck. The pirate with the machine gun
opens fire stitching bullets just behind Indy along the deck.
Indy dives behind the bulkhead but the bullets rip through
the wheelhouse...
The pilot slumps over the wheel changing the course of the
boat to the right channel.
Baldassare pulls his pistol but Elaine CONKS him and dashes
out
KABUL
INDY
Indy grabs a knife off the deck.
BALDASSARE
BALDASSARE
No...
ELAINE
Elaine looks around and sees that all the pirates and
Baldassare are retreating from the PT Boat down the string of
rafts.
ELAINE
Indy, they're running!
THE PIRATES
reach the last raft and climb into Indy's little steamer.
Baldassare cuts the rope He looks back at Indy and grins
devilishly.
INDY
Elaine notices.
ELAINE
What's wrong?
INDY
Listen...
INDY
The falls.
He wheels around the side of the engine house and sees his
worst nightmare. A veil of spray four stories rising less
than 100 yards ahead of them.
BALDASSARE
Goodbye Dr. Jones.
INDY
Kabul, bring it about!
Kabul leaps behind the wheel and begins turning the PT. boat.
The chain of rafts turns but the pull of the current is too
great.
KABUL
There's too much drag. We're being
pulled over!
18.
CUT TO:
ELAINE
It's no use. Cut the rafts!
INDY
No, we can save them!
ELAINE
Indy, listen to me...let them go.
He holds her look, and knows she means it. With one swift
motion Indy cuts the line.
Elaine moves to him and they watches the rafts and all their
work disappear over the falls.
Just then the steamer passes them, caught in the pull of the
current. The pirates on board are screaming, abandoning
ship.
INDY
I knew we should've gotten that
gauge fixed.
INDY
All your work...
19.
ELAINE
It doesn't matter...
INDY
But three years of your life, all
your studies...
ELAINE
I've found something much better--
you.
INDY
Dr. McGregor...
ELAINE
Yes, Dr. Jones...
INDY
Will you marry me?
ELAINE
Yes.
INDY
What will Benny say?
ELAINE
Benny is a wonderful, intelligent
man... he'll think of something.
They kiss as we
CUT TO:
BRIDESMAID #1
In the jungle...
BRIDESMAID #2
How romantic...
BRIDESMAID #3
Maybe I should go to the jungle...
ELAINE
ELAINE
Mom, what's wrong?
HELEN
When we bought this dress, I
thought you were going to marry
Benny...
ELAINE
Oh, mother, when you get to know
Indy, you'll see, I made the right
choice. He can do anything...
CUT TO:
HENRY JONES
I'd known your mother for three
years before we got married.
INDY
What's your point, Dad?
HENRY JONES
My point is: What do you know about
this girl? Who are her parents?
What schools did they go to?
INDY
I don' t know and it doesn't
matter. I love her.
HENRY JONES
Your mother would have liked to
have been here, Junior...She would
have told you something, if she
was.
21.
INDY
What?
HENRY JONES
Don't blow it.
INDY
Thanks, dad...I'll try to remember
that.
Just then the door opens and Elaine pokes her head in the
door.
ELAINE
Knock, knock...may I come in?
INDY
You look...fabulous.
ELAINE
I'm sorry, am I interrupting
something?
INDY
No. Dad was just leaving...
HENRY
(uncomfortable)
Isn't it bad luck for the bride to
be seen by the groom before the
wedding?
ELAINE
I'm not superstitious...are you?
HENRY
Me, superstitious?
(to Indy)
I'll just...meet you in the church.
ELAINE
I just wanted to tell you...This is
the most wonderful day of my life
and I love you, more than anything.
22.
INDY
Anything?
ELAINE
Anything.
BRIDESMAID
Elaine...It's time...
MARION
I can't believe he actually found
someone who would say "yes."
WILLIE
I know.
SALLAH
You mean other than yourselves?
Henry and Indy step out with the MINISTER and look back at
the front as the bridesmaids begin to enter the chapel.
Henry smiles at each of them.
HENRY
(whisper, to Indy)
It's a shame Marcus isn't alive to
be here...he loved beautiful women.
ON ELAINE
she and her father start toward the door when suddenly the
rear door opens and the man enters. Elaine turns her head,
sees him and her smile disappears...
from their viewpoint they can see Elaine and the man.
THE ORGANIST
HENRY
This is unusual. An old friend?
INDY
I don't know.
HENRY
See, these are the things a long
engagement would point out.
INDY
Dad, you're getting wound up on
nothing.
They continue to watch. Elaine and the man talk quietly but
with animated gestures.
HENRY
Does that look like nothing to you?
24.
THE GUESTS
HENRY
Perhaps you should go find out
what's going on...
INDY
Dad, I'm sure it's okay.
FRED MCGREGOR
She's gone!
HENRY
I knew you should have found out
more about her.
INDY
What do you mean she's gone?
FRED MCGREGOR
He took her!
...where the black sedan roars off. Indy looks around, spots
the wedding car with "JUST MARRIED" soaped on the windows and
cans hanging off the back...The DRIVER waits beside the car.
Indy brushes the driver out of the way and climbs in behind
the wheel.
The two cars cut back and forth in and out of traffic. It is
clear that the driver of the black sedan has no intention of
allowing Indy to catch up.
25.
INDY
cuts hard again to avoid the band and cheerleaders who dive
for cover.
INDY
CRASHES
through the tallest one, taking half the chicken wire and
crepe paper with him through a fence and swerving to avoid
students stacking...
The car clips the bottom corner and the entire stack wobbles,
then collapses as students leap to the ground and
INDY'S CAR
CAMPUS STREET
The man holds a look with Indy, then veers the black sedan
into Indy's car, causing him to slam on the brakes and crash
into a yard as...
TWO MEN
INDY'S CAR
pulls out of the yard and roars around the corner to find the
sedan gone. His car roars past the truck as the men climb
into the cab and drive off.
ON INDY -
He stops the car. The road ahead is empty. The black sedan
has vanished. He climbs out and looks around but Elaine has
vanished. Behind him the moving van pulls away.
INDY
Was that Benny?
FRED MCGREGOR
No.
HENRY
Benny?
HELEN MCGREGOR
(wails)
No. Benny would never have done
something like that.
27.
HENRY
Will someone tell me who's Benny?
HELEN MCGREGOR
Our daughter's fiancee.
INDY
Before me, dad.
(to Elaine's father)
Have you ever seen him before?
FRED MCGREGOR
Once. At her office...about a year
ago. This is terrible...
INDY
Have you called the police and
report a kidnapping?
FRED MCGREGOR
No.
INDY
Why not?
FRED MCGREGOR
Because he didn't kidnap her.
FRED MCGREGOR
She went with him.
HENRY
Are you a golfing man, Fred?...I've
always found that in extreme cases
like this, it's best to go play a
round of golf...
The two men move off together leaving Indy with his misery.
SALLAH
Indy... It is a terrible thing when
a woman deserts the man who loves
her... If there is anything I can
do...
INDY
Thanks, Sallah...
Indy wanders back into the church. He takes off his buttoner
and tosses the flower. A WOMAN'S VOICE behind him brings him
out of his thoughts...
MARION(V.O.)
I've always found that in times
like this, it's always better to go
and have a drink.
INDY
No thanks, Marion.
WILLIE
Oh, Indy... I'm so sorry. What you
need right now is a little womanly
comfort.
INDY
How could this have happened to me?
I mean, I'm the catch of the
century...
WILLIE
Oh, honey, I know. My hear breaks
for you.
MARION
It's her lost, Indy...Though, it's
true, you've never had good timing
with women...
INDY
Good timing?
29.
MARION
Remember the time in the desert you
left me tied up...
WILLIE
Or the time you left me all alone
in that palace just so you could go
explore some tunnel...
INDY
Well, the least she could've done
is tell me.
WILLIE
(to Marion)
He isn't the easiest person to talk
to, either.
MARION
I know, and when he sleeps he does
this little thing when he
breathes...
WILLIE
(remembering)
...like this!...
INDY
You are wonderful company.
WILLIE
Oh, Indy, really...When it comes to
women, you are so naive. Did it
ever occur to you that you know
very little about this person?
INDY
That's not true...
MARION
What are her favorite foods?
WILLIE
What is her favorite dress?
MARION
He's probably not seen her in
anything but khakis.
30.
WILLIE
Oh. Indy, don't look so sad, she
probably just got cold feet.
Indy walks across the deserted campus, alone. Head down, hat
cocked low. The clock TOLLS THREE. He stops in front of the
LINGUISTICS building. Thinking.
Indy moves around the side of the building and finds a window
cracked.
Indy moves down the dimly lit hallway. Passing offices and
bulletin boards filled with old exam grades...He comes to a
door marked:
ELAINE MCGREGOR
CLOSE ON DRAWER
INDY
Bolander?
INDY
INSERT FILE:
INDY
Indy takes a magnifying glass from the desk top and examines
the photo...
A TELEGRAM
INDY
It's a front, Dad. You're missing
the point.
HENRY
I know what the point is---You
don't even know who she is.
Indy snatches the documents out of his hands and tosses them
onto the pile in his suitcase.
INDY
I know who she is! She's a spy.
And so is the guy who broke up the
ceremony. His name is Bolander,
he's in New Mexico.
HENRY
Son, quit feeling sorry for
yourself. If anyone should have
our sympathy it should be Elaine's
father, Fred.
INDY
How do you figure that, dad?
HENRY
There's no wedding and yet he has
to pay for everything!
INDY
Thanks dad. That helped put it all
in perspective.
He continues packing.
33.
HENRY
Did you ever think that there might
be a good reason for Elaine going
off and not telling you why?
INDY
Look, dad, I'm not interested in
what she's doing there. I'm going
to find her because I love her.
HENRY
And if she doesn't love you?
INDY
I want to hear it from her.
HENRY
That's a very noble quest,
Junior... just don't make a fool
out of yourself.
as we follow the
roars toward us
DISSOLVE TO:
34.
Indy enters the diner and brushes the dust off his hat. A
COUNTRY WESTERN song plays on the radio and only the
WAITRESS, looks up.
WAITRESS
Breakfast?
ATOMIC EGGS
ATOMIC WESTERN OMELET
A-BOMB SPECIAL
WAITRESS
Anything "Atomic" has got lots of
chille pepper in it.
INDY
I'll try the Omelet.
WAITRESS
(to Cook)
One Omelet!
The COOK nods. Indy hands her the menu and shows her a photo
of Elaine.
INDY
I'm looking for this woman.
The waitress eyes the photo, shakes her head. The cook
strains for a look. Indy holds it up to him. He shakes his
head. Indy puts the photo down and when he does it reveals
the man in the photo.
35.
WAITRESS
Never seen her. Looks, like she's
a friend of Bob's.
INDY
Bob?
WAITRESS
Bob Bolander. Fella in the
picture.
ON THE COWBOYS
INDY
Come in often?
WAITRESS
Every day.
THE WAITRESS
sets Indy's omelet down in front of him and she and the cook
watch expectantly as Indy takes the first bite. No reaction.
Indy pours Tabasco sauce over the omelet and keeps eating.
The cook is surprised.
WAITRESS
Real nice guy. A girl remembers a
fella like that- Handsome. Polite.
Smart.
INDY
How would I find him?
COOK
Easy. Just follow them trucks.
Indy looks out the window at the line of trucks. He eyes the
convoy outside and drops a bill on the counter.
INDY
Thanks.
WAITRESS
You know you're the second fella in
here today asking about him.
36.
Indy stops. The waitress looks around the diner for someone.
The cowboys are missing, money sits on their table.
WAITRESS
Well, was here.
INDY
I'm going to see Robert Bolander,
my name is Colonel Jones.
INDY
Retired...OSS.
SENTRY ONE
I'm sorry, sir, we're in the midst
of maneuvers. No one's admitted.
INDY
Don't worry, I'll stay close to the
trucks.
SENTRY ONE
It's too dangerous, sir. We're
shooting live shells.
INDY
That's funny, I haven't heard any
artillery.
SENTRY TWO
I'm sorry, sir, you're blocking s
the way. You'll have to leave.
Indy looks at the two men, then turns his car around.
BINOCULAR POV:
INDY
following the black scar, Indy leads his horse to the edge of
the hill and stops:
INDY'S POV:
INDY
WHAAAA!
ON INDY
THE JEEP
INDY
puts more leg into the pony. They come to another, clearly
wider ravine.
THE JEEP
does not...plowing grill first into the side of the cut and
sending the soldiers flying.
INDY
Indy winds his hands around the mane and prepares for the
impossible when the horse suddenly pulls up. Indy looks back
at the approaching jeeps.
INDY
C'mon, you can do it.
INDY
You were right the first time.
INDY
Okay, okay...I give up.
39.
FADE IN ON
BOB BOLANDER
the handsome man from the wedding. He sits across the room
from Indy in
AN INTERROGATION TENT
BOLANDER
You are a very difficult person to get rid of, Dr. Jones.
INDY
What've you done with her,
Bolander?
BOLANDER
Elaine said you were stubborn.
ANOTHER VOICE
Dr. McGregor is safe. She is
working on a project for the
government.
GENERAL MCINTYRE
Ralph McIntire, Col. Jones. United
States Army.
INDY
When can I see her?
BOLANDER
The first thing we have to
establish is what you have seen?
INDY
Skid marks, mile, mile and a half
long. If I had to make a guess I'd
say there's been some kind of
aircraft crash...high altitude,
probably Russian.
40.
GENERAL MCINTYRE
How would you know it was Russian?
INDY
Why else would need a linguist at a
crash site?
BOLANDER
Dr. Jones, you've put us in a very
difficult situation.
INDY
I want to see her.
BOLANDER
I'm afraid that's impossible. This
is a top secret operation-
INDY
I didn't come to listen to you tell
me about your problems, Bolander.
I want to see Elaine.
GENERAL MCINTYRE
I think that's a reasonable
request. First, let him go.
FADE TO BLACK
ELAINE (V.O.)
Oh. Indy...
FADE IN
INDY
Elaine.
He tries to sit up, but falls back feeling the knot on his
head.
41.
ELAINE
No, stay down and listen. You
shouldn't have followed me here.
INDY
No? Someone kidnaps you from our
wedding ... did you just expect me
to wait till you got home?
ELAINE
Oh, Indy...There is a lot you don't
know about me.
INDY
It's okay, honey. I know you are a
spy.
ELAINE
I'm not a spy...I'm a specialist
and how did you find out?
INDY
I did some poking around. You
could've told me.
ELAINE
You didn't tell me you were a spy
during the war.
INDY
Well, I...How did you know that?
ELAINE
I had you checked. What kind of
person would marry someone and not
know who they're marrying?
ELAINE
Indy, I wanted to tell you what was
happening, but I couldn't. There
wasn't time and even if I could...
it was better if I just left.
INDY
A downed Soviet plane is more
important than our wedding?
ELAINE
Is that what they've told you?...
42.
INDY
They didn't have to tell me, I saw
the site...
Elaine gets up and goes to the door of the tent and calls an
MP.
ELAINE
Get General McIntyre and Mr.
Bolander immediately.
ELAINE
Indy, you have believe me. I would
not have left my own wedding unless
I felt something so great that it
threatened the lives of everyone I
love.
INDY
Does that mean you won't come back
with me.
ELAINE
I can't...But I have a wonderful
idea...
Bolander and McIntire enter the tent and Elaine looks up.
ELAINE
I need Dr. Jones to remain and work
on the project with me.
ELAINE
(to Bolander)
Bob, I need him to help me with the
codes.
BOLANDER
Dr. Jones isn't cleared for this
operation.
INDY
(to Elaine)
I don' t want to help you.
43.
ELAINE
Indy, will you stay out of this!
BOLANDER
Elaine! May I remind you that you
have taken an oath of secrecy.
ELAINE
So, shoot me. This is a scientific
discovery of epic proportions and
you're treating it like a breach of
national security.
INDY
Since when did a plane crash
qualify as a scientific discovery?
ELAINE
Indy, will you listen to me, this
is not about a plane crash.
BOLANDER
No, Elaine, I think you should
listen to Dr. Jones. He is
absolutely right. He has no
interest here. He didn't come to
become involved, and he wants to
leave. Isn't that right. Dr.
Jones?
Indy stares at the Bolander and Elaine. He does not like the
proximity of the two.
INDY
No.
BOLANDER
Excuse me?
INDY
No. On the contrary... I think
it's an excellent idea.
BOLANDER
(stammers)
Dr. Jones, that's commendable but
in all honesty with your background
I don't think you would qualify for
top security clearance.
44.
GENERAL
Bolander, if this man can help us
get to the bottom of this thing,
he's got my approval.
(to Indy)
Colonel Jones, glad to have you
onboard. Let's get you up to
speed.
GENERAL
There is one more piece of
business...the oath.
INDY
The oath?
ELAINE
The loyalty oath, Indy. It's
mandatory.
INDY
Since when did...
GENERAL
Spies, Col. Jones...the Russians
are everywhere.
BOLANDER
Already intelligence sources say
that Soviet operatives are in the
southwest. We've been fortunate up
to now. We can't take chances.
GENERAL
Repeat after me: "I solemnly swear
that the things to I am about
witness will remain secret, so help
me God."
INDY
I do...
GENERAL
"I swear allegiance to the United
States of America and promise to
uphold her values against all
powers who threaten her."
INDY
I do.
GENERAL
Prepare yourself, Col. Jones.
BERNARD(V.O.)
Amazing isn't it?
GENERAL
Dr. Jones. Dr. Avril Bernard, the
chief scientist in charge of the
project.
INDY
(re: the metal)
What is it?
BERNARD
Part of an alien spacecraft.
INDY
Oh, really?
BERNARD
Two days ago, Dr. Jones, a
spaceship was struck by lightening
and crashed into the desert at this
site. What you are holding is more
than a part of its outer shell, it
is evidence of extraterrestrial
life.
Indy checks out the others to make sure they're all endorsing
this. They are.
INDY
Don't you think you guys are
jumping to conclusions?
GENERAL
What do you see, Dr. Jones?
INDY
I see...an advanced lightweight
metal used by the Russians for high
altitude flight or even rocketry.
BOLANDER
That's ridiculous! The Russians
are years behind us in research-
INDY
Seems to me that's what you said
before they announced they had the
bomb.
INDY
You guys see a space ship because
that's just what you want to see.
Throughout history, people unable
to explain natural phenomena used
flying saucers and visitors from
other planets.
BERNARD
Do you seem daunted that the top
scientists in the world conclude
this to be an alien space craft.
INDY
Daunted? No...disappointed, maybe.
GENERAL
Follow us, Dr. Jones.
BERNARD
They were recovered at the crash
site. Do you still feel we're
dealing with human life?
INDY
No...They're apes. Belango apes.
I've run across them in Madagascar.
Hairless from the fire.
BOLANDER
I think, Dr. Jones has seen enough.
(to Indy)
Now, if you'll excuse us we have
serious work to do.
INDY
Is that what you call this?
(to Elaine)
I'm sorry, I thought you could tell
the difference between a serious
scientific inquiry and a wild goose
chase.
ELAINE
Damn it. Bob! Show him or I leave
also.
BERNARD(V.O.)
Do you recognize the markings, Dr.
Jones?
INDY
INDY
Egyptian, fourth century... Mayan.
Sanskrit...Chinese pictographs. The
Egyptian markings indicate...power.
Bernard smiles.
BERNARD
Precisely.
BERNARD
Go ahead...touch it.
INDY
It's cold.
The radio and light bulb are removed and the glow fades from
the cylinder. Indy lowers the mask, and we see he is a
believer.
49.
GENERAL
We don't think even the Russians
can take credit for this, Col.
Jones.
BERNARD
We've measured the negative ions
around it. We've done every
radiation test, it shows no signs
of radioactivity...but it appears
it is the alien's fuel supply.
BOLANDER
And now it's the property of the
United States government.
ELAINE
The prevailing belief is that the
writings represent instructions for
use.
GENERAL
Sort of an owner's manual.
INDY
And it was found at the crash site?
GENERAL
Actually, one of our spotter-planes
found it over four miles away.
BERNARD
In the hands of one of the
aliens...
BOLANDER
I want this moved to a laboratory
where we can control the security.
GENERAL
And I say no one's moving that
thing until I know precisely what
it is.
BOLANDER
We don't have time, General. Do
you realize how difficult it has
been to keep this discovery quiet?
(MORE)
50.
BOLANDER (CONT'D)
In four days we have managed to
keep a lid on this thing with the
press as well as clear evidence
over twenty-square miles.
BOLANDER
You've had your chance to study it
here. Tomorrow morning and this
entire area must be evacuated.
GENERAL
Dr. Jones...do you think you can
pinpoint what this thing says?
INDY
There's no discernible pattern, the
languages are all mixed together.
ELAINE
We're working with a computer to
codify the different languages, but
its been slow going.
GENERAL
How much time, Dr. Jones?
INDY
Your talking about codes that have
never been cracked.
ELAINE
Give us till two days.
GENERAL
You have twelve hours.
INDY
Numbers. Lots of numbers.
ELAINE
And in pairs. The Assyrian pairs
are grouped here...Mayan here,
Egyptian here-
INDY
And no two the same...It's a lousy
way to write an instruction
manual...
INDY
Unless...it isn't a manual at all.
As they approach, the two soldiers climb out of the jeep with
their rifles and flashlights.
MP ONE
Halt. This is a restricted area.
YOUNG COWBOY
We just come to see what all the
commotion's about.
MP TWO
Maneuvers.
52.
OLDER COWBOY
Ain't heard any artillery. You
boys working on a secret weapon or
something?
MP ONE
Look, here, fellas. I'm sorry you
came all this way for nothing but
we're going to have to ask you to
turn around and leave.
OLDER COWBOY
Why? Afraid we might be Ruskie
spies or something?
MP TWO
What did he say?
The older cowboy draws a silenced pistol and aims at the two
soldiers.
OLDER COWBOY
He said...'you should'.
Before the soldiers can unsling their rifles the older cowboy
shoots them both cleanly in the head, then blows smoke from
the barrel, spins the pistol around his finger and returns it
to his holster movie cowboy style. There is a distinctly
dashing flair to his style. His name is VADIM CHESLAV.
YOUNGER COWBOY
(in Russian)
I don' t understand how John Wayne
does it.
53.
INDY(V.O.)
The wreckage of the saucer was
here...
INDY(V.O.)
The device and the dead alien were
found...
INDY(V.O.)
...here.
INDY
BERNARD
Interesting, Dr. Jones but what
does this have to do with the
calculations--?
INDY
Coordinates, doctor...Not
calculations. They are
geographical coordinates.
ELAINE
The numbers correlate to Mt. Keemo.
They are the exact 1ongitude,
latitude...
INDY
The mountain has long been
associated with gods of various
Indian religions. Sacrifices were
once made there.
(MORE)
54.
INDY (CONT'D)
Even the Spanish, in 1525, noted
strange lights around the summit.
BOLANDER
Ooggie boogie stories, Dr. Jones.
BERNARD
Besides. Dr Jones, this isn't the
only area of supposed contact with
extraterrestrial life...There are
similar purported sites in Peru,
Egypt..China..the fact that the
numbers match is just coincidence.
INDY
Is it?
ELAINE
The numbers on the device that we
can translate correspond with the
longitude and latitude. In every
case...it is mountain.
INDY
He was trying to return that thing
to the mountain.
GENERAL
Why?
INDY
We don't know for sure.
BOLANDER
And what happens if you don't
return it to the mountain?
INDY
The writings warn of dark
consequences.
GENERAL
Such as?
55.
ELAINE
Visits of fire-breathing serpents,
monsters. Dragons with fire coming
from their eyes.
INDY
What we do know is that a
tremendous power is to be unleashed
at that place.
GENERAL
What kind of power? I mean are we
talking about end of the earth
stuff here?
ELAINE
We've entered a lot data into the
computer. It'll take a while to
find out.
INDY
Whoever, whatever developed this,
didn't want humans fooling with it.
BERNARD
Stories to scare a primitive
people.
INDY
With all due respect, Dr. Bernard,
you haven't a clue what you've got.
BERNARD
When the first man found fire, Dr.
Jones did he refuse to use it
because he didn't understand what
he had? We may not understand this
today, but that does not mean we
should give it back.
GENERAL
Give it back to whom? We haven't
had any sightings.
BERNARD
But I agree that the device should
not be moved until we know more.
TECHNICIAN
We've blown a tube in the computer!
Indy, Bolander and the others step outside and watch the work
around the computer.
GENERAL
When will we know more, Colonel?
INDY
It will take us a while with the
computer out.
GENERAL
Soon as possible.
ELAINE
I'm going back in.
She squeezes his hand and goes back inside the tent. Indy
spots the photographer.
INDY
Finish the photos and get me the
prints as soon as possible.
PHOTOGRAPHER
Yes sir.
BOLANDER(V.O.)
Testing the bomb.
BOLANDER
I take it you're not a fan of the
bomb, Dr. Jones...
INDY
I'm not.
57.
BOLANDER
Don't worry, it's over fifty miles
away. If what you said in there is
true, that may be a thing of the
past.
INDY
It's just a race to you, isn't it,
Bolander?
BOLANDER
It's always been a race, Jones. If
anyone should understand that, you
should. As long as there's been
civilization it's been a race for
power. Nothing's changed...
INDY
Except the stakes.
The familiar mushroom has formed and catches the first rays
of the sun. Bolander smiles.
BOLANDER
The atom is our friend, Jones.
Remember that.
INDY
Elaine?
There is no answer.
ON THE PHOTOGRAPHER
INDY
I'll take that.
Indy takes the device from the startled spy when he feels the
barrel of another gun pressed against his temple. Cheslav
speaks calmly to Indy.
CHESLAV(V.O.)
As fast as always, Indiana, but
alas, no smarter.
INDY
Cheslav. I should have known.
CHESLAV
Just like the old days, Indy,
except this time you're on the
wrong side.
INDY
We were always on the wrong side.
ELAINE
(to Indy)
You know this person?
INDY
His name is Vadim Cheslav...KGB, or
whatever they're calling it this
week.
ELAINE
You're Russian? But your
dialect...its excellent.
CHESLAV
Thank you. Dr. McGregor, coming
from a linguist of your stature,
that's a great compliment.
INDY
I'd be careful with that thing,
Cheslav. I wouldn't move it if I
was you.
CHESLAV
Unfortunately, Indy, I have to move
it if I'm to get it to Moscow.
ELAINE
Moscow? You can't possibly think
you're going to be able to walk
right out of here undetected?
CHESLAV
Why not? That was exactly how I
walked in.
CHESLAV
The poison take only seconds.
The young spy jabs the poison-tipped lighter but Indy grabs
his arm and they crash across the table. Elaine kicks
Cheslav in the shin and makes a break for the door when a
GUARD enters and sees them. He draws his sidearm.
GUARD
What's going on here?
ELAINE
Stop him! He's a spy!
Cheslav reaches for his silenced pistol. Indy knocks the gun
from the spy's hand but Cheslav using swift karate moves,
sends Indy crashing into the table.
CHESLAV
Until we meet again, Indy.
He grabs Elaine and ducks out of the tent. Indy grabs the
dead guard's .45 and follows--
Indy rushes out of the tent and sees Cheslav's car heading
toward the gate. He fires at Cheslav's car--blowing out the
taillight of the car with a shot.
60.
CHESLAV
Very brave, but foolish.
INDY
Russians. They've got Elaine!
BOLANDER
Stop that car!
GENERAL
Don't worry, they can't get away.
Bolander's car plows into the hole and the next three
vehicles crash into each other, blocking the exit from camp.
GENERAL
This way, Jones!
Indy and the General scan the horizon, then Indy spots
Cheslav's car on the road below--a plume of dust rises behind
it. It easily has a mile lead on the jeeps following it.
INDY
There he is.
The road winds into the mountains. The '49 Ford wheels
around turns but Indy and the General are gaining. Cheslav
fires at the helicopter causing the helicopter to veer away
just as the spies' car disappears into a tunnel in the
mountain.
GENERAL
We'll get him on the other side.
The pilot pulls up and the helicopter lifts over the mountain
to intercept the car on the other end of the tunnel. What
they see makes the General and Indy pause.
GENERAL
Damn...
The helicopter lands inside the gate. Indy climbs out and
begins searching for Cheslav as the General notifies the
guard at the gate and an ALARM is sounded. Gates drop.
Soldiers run from the barracks.
ELAINE(V.O.)
Indy!
SECURITY AREA
Indy enters the bunker. It's empty. The door CLICKS shut
behind him. There are three smooth concrete walls with a
funnel-like opening in the ceiling, like a chimney. The
fourth wall of the bunker is metal and covered with four
large metallic discs. The upper part of the fourth wall is
open and reveals the sky.
Veska is climbing the metal wall and Indy enters and pulls
him to the floor. The gun goes flying.
INDY
Where is she!
Veska gives him an evil smile. Indy knocks the smile off his
face as we
CUT TO:
TECHNICIAN #1
Okay, Phillips, begin pre-ignition.
Veska knocks Indy to the floor and scrambles back up the side
of the wall.
TECHNICIAN #1
Okay, all systems are go. Let's
get this baby down the track. Start
countdown...
TECHNICIAN #2
flips switch...and watching the
sweep second hand of the
clock...begins to counts down:
64.
TECHNICIAN #2
Ten. Nine. Eight...
TECHNICIAN TWO
Four...three...
TECHNICIAN TWO
One...Ignition.
Veska sees how close Indy is to the burners and tries one
more time to knock him loose. But this time Indy is ready.
Just as Veska raises his boot Indy yanks a rubber hose from
the engine and sprays hot oil over the spy.
Rolling away from the track, Indy comes to a stop and lies
motionless. Slowly he raises his head. The desert is a
mirage. Through the waves of heat he sees an ambulance and a
car approaching before he drops exhausted.
Indy tries to open his eyes but the men stand in the blinding
sun. They speak in Russian, but one of the voices s familiar
to Indy.
MAIN SPY
(in Russian)
Put him in the trunk. We will need
him.
DRIVER
(Russian)
How will we get out of here?
MAIN SPY
(Russian)
Go west across the desert. You'll
be met in Harmond in four hours.
Indy tries to raise his head when the driver hits him with a
blackjack...
The two men deposit Indy into the trunk of the car.
SPY #1
(singing with the radio)
My heart is broken in two...by you--
SPY #2
(in Russian)
How can you listen to that music.
SPY #2
I like it.
SPY #2
Something's wrong...We should be
there by now.
SPY #1
We are going right. See...west.
SPY #2
If we are going west...then why is
sun over here?
Spy #1 leans over to see the sun. He hits the compass and
suddenly the "S" swings around to show true South. It was
stuck. Spy #2 lets fly a string of Russian obscenities.
SPY #2
You idiot. Now you've done it--
we're lost!
67.
ON INDY
listening to this conversation.
INDY
(to himself)
Great.
INDY
(deadpan)
Great.
The car reaches the top of a hill and looks out on the vista.
Far below them sits a town.
SPY #2
(reading sign)
Boomsburg.
SPY #2
I don't see it.
SPY #1
Well, it looks new. Maybe it's not
on the map yet. There's a phone.
68.
SPY #2
Hey, I need some change!
ANGLE CAR
Inside the trunk. Indy hears the car door shut and feet
CRUNCHING IN THE GRAVEL. Carefully he raises the lid and
makes a break across the street to a row of houses without
being seen.
ON INDY
INDY
Anybody here? It's an emergency, I
need to borrow a phone!
Indy moves toward the dinning room where four figures sit at
the table as if waiting for dinner.
INDY
I'm sorry, I knocked but-
INDY
I've got a bad feeling about
this...
Spy #2 plugs the phone with change but discovers that it too
is fake.
Spy #1, peering inside the gas station, sees that the
sleeping gas station attendant is also a mannequin. Just
then a CIVIL DEFENSE SIREN starts to wail.
SPY #1
Uh...oh...
As the SIREN WAILS Indy runs out of the house to the family
car. Like the family it too is only a prop. He runs around
the side of the house in time to see the two spies roaring
out of town in their car. Indy stops, considers his options
then runs back inside.
Indy runs into the kitchen and sees a trap door to the
basement.
INDY
Great...
CUT TO:
The two spies roar out of town. Driving like bats cut of
hell, they speed across the desert. As the town fades behind
them they begin to relax when they pass a sign which says:
70.
The two men exchange a look, realizing they went the wrong
way,
SPY#1
Uh, oh...
Indy hops into the crawl space and topples the fridge over
the crawlspace like a lead-lined turtle shell. It fits over
him just as the room glows white.
The two spies frantically try to turn their car when the sky
in front of them suddenly flashes white and the fireball of
the atomic blast rises. The heat wave hits them -
immediately igniting the car.
The shock wave roars across the desert and hits the town...
The impact blows out the walls and rips off the roof of the
house. The howling wind strips the house clean - then we
loose sight of the house in the swirling dust...
THE HOUSE
LEADER
Holy cow, we've got a live one.
DRESSING ROOM
Indy steps into the dressing area where the General and
Bolander sit waiting for him.
INDY
It was Cheslav.
BOLANDER
Impossible. Our people have
Cheslav under surveillance in
Bulgaria right--
INDY
Well, your people are wrong. I
know him from the war. Where is
Elaine?
GENERAL
She's disappeared.
INDY
Disappeared? How could she
disappear at a top security
military base?!
BOLANDER
We were wondering the same thing,
Dr. Jones.
72.
INDY
And what's that supposed to mean?
BOLANDER
Could it be that your associations
with the Russians are more than
just passing acquaintance? Your
background has always been suspect,
Jones.
Indy moves toward Bolander with such speed that the CIA man
backs away.
INDY
Listen, baby breath, I'm the one
the trunk of the car, remember?
You've got a mole in this
operation, but it isn't me. Cheslav
knew exactly what he was after.
Somebody was helping him.
GENERAL
Did you get a look at him?
INDY
No...But I recognized his
voice...He spoke Russian, but with
a German accent...Hand me that
shirt--
INDY
The atom is our friend, Bolander,
remember?
GENERAL
A German accent? Great. That only
rules out all but around 200 of the
scientists I got around here.
BOLANDER
Something else, Jones... those
calculations Elaine was working on
when the computer went down came
back.
73.
GENERAL
What is it?
INDY
She was right...the numbers
represent a descending scale...
GENERAL
A descending scale?
INDY
A countdown.
GENERAL
You mean it's...a bomb? We've got
to find it.
INDY
Find Elaine and we'll find it.
BOLANDER
We'll take it from here, Dr.
Jones...
INDY
What?
BOLANDER
You are under arrest...
INDY
For what?
BOLANDER
Conspiracy of espionage. You are
to be sent back to Washington under
a military escort.
INDY
Are you out of your mind?
GENERAL
I'm sorry, Jones...we can't risk a
leak at this stage.
BOLANDER
(to the MPs)
Take Dr. Jones to the brig.
74.
MP ONE
Wait here.
INDY'S POV:
DR. BERNARD
Be careful you fool!
ON INDY
MP TWO
Where do you think you're going?
INDY
Owww!
He bends down to rub it and when the MP bends over too, Indy
gives him a two fisted undercut and catches the unconscious
guard in his arm.
CUT TO:
75.
he shifts into gear and the fuel truck falls in line with the
other two vehicles.
The GUARD looks over Bernard's papers and motions the three
vehicles out of the base.
ON BERNARD
The mini-convoy pulls into a decrepit gas station off the old
dirt road. The wind blows through screenless windows. A
pair of ancient gas pumps guard the front. There is no sign
of life.
The convoy stops. Bernard brushes the dust from his coat.
INDY'S POV:
INDY
ELAINE
What did you do with Indy?
BERNARD
Alas, Dr. Jones was in an accident,
All I can tell you was that it was
over quickly.
ELAINE
Indy's dead?
BERNARD
Yes. Very.
ELAINE
Right this minute, every soldier in
the state is out looking for that
device.
CHESLAV
That may be so, Doctor, but they
aren't looking here.
CHESLAV
It's coming.
ELAINE
What?
For a moment all we hear is the desert wind, and then, louder
we hear the distant sound of...A PLANE.
CHESLAV
motions the guards in the truck. One runs inside the gas
station. He reappears with an orange wind sock.
77.
The guard climbs to the roof and raises the wind sock from
the top of the gas station.
The transport drops its landing gear and floats down to the
roadway making a perfect landing.
ELAINE
Where are we going?
BERNARD
You'll love Moscow this time of
year.
THE FUEL DRIVER starts the motor and eases the truck up to
the taxiing aircraft.
ANGLE PLANE
TWO RUSSIAN CREW MEMBERS with machine guns climb down and
guard the loading of the plane.
ELAINE
You won't get away with this,
Cheslav.
CHESLAV
On the contrary, my dear...you are
the one getting away.
He motions for the guard to put her on the plane. The other
guard begins unloading the crates to be put on the plane.
ANGLE AIRCRAFT
The fuel truck driver drags the hose to the wing and begins
refueling.
RUSSIAN GUARD
What the...
INDY
THE PROPELLERS
begin to turn.
Indy moves among the boxes, sees that they are U.S. Army
weapons. The SECOND RUSSIAN guard yells to him to close the
door.
INDY
(under his breath)
Yeah, yeah, I'm getting it.
INDY
I told you I'd get it.
ON REAR WINDOW
THE PLANE
ON THE DEVICE
Bernard lifts the device out of its case. WE SEE TWO of the
rings have changed color, the countdown has begun.
BERNARD
Every millennium something comes
along to propel one civilization
light years ahead of the rest.
This is it.
ELAINE
You have no idea what you're
holding.
BERNARD
No, but we Russians will unlock
it's secrets and when we do, we
rule the earth for centuries.
ELAINE
All this time I trusted you.
BERNARD
You Americans are so foolish. You
look for the enemy in all the wrong
places. Poets, artists...Take
heart that the device is going to a
place where such research is given
its place of highest scientific
regard.
80.
ELAINE
You don't know what that is.
ON INDY
He moves through the cargo hold looking for the device when
he sees Russian Soldiers THREE and FOUR examining the
American weapons, taking them from their crates.
FOURTH RUSSIAN
(to Indy, in Russian)
Hey, Yuri, come see the American
weapons.
THIRD RUSSIAN
You're not Yuri.
INDY
(in Russian)
Stay right where you are.
FIRST RUSSIAN
It is a problem with Russian
weapons...
FOURTH RUSSIAN
...they only work with bullets.
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The door bangs open and Indy is shoved into the forward
compartment by the Fourth Russian soldier.
81.
ELAINE
Indy!
They embrace.
BERNARD
Dr. Jones, what a surprise...
INDY
I bet. If you're heading to
Moscow, Bernard, I'd think twice
about it. This thing won't make
it.
ELAINE
What?
BERNARD
Oh, is it a time bomb now, Jones?
INDY
Take a look at it.
BERNARD
We have mountains back in Russia,
Dr. Jones. What a shame you can't
stay for the trip...something about
a weight problem.
CUT TO:
CLOSE ON
opening.
INDY
INDY
You're making a big mistake.
Bernard. I hold a grudge.
BERNARD
(to radio)
What is going on?
INTERCUT WITH
PILOT
(to radio)
Comrade...something is following
us.
BERNARD
Is it the Americans?
PILOT
We don't know.
BERNARD
Lose it!
BERNARD
A temporary reprieve, I assure you.
Dr. Jones.
RADAR OPERATOR
Sir. I've got a blip over Tri-Wing
south southeast.
COMMANDER
Do we have aircraft in that
quadrant?
RADAR OPERATOR
Negative.
83.
COMMANDER
Scramble intercept.
Two U.S. Sabre Jets roar off the runway into the sky.
The pilot and co-pilot crane their necks looking for the
flash when, suddenly the clouds ahead of them part and coming
straight at them at frightening speed is...
A FLYING SAUCER
ELAINE
It's them.
BERNARD
Who?
ELAINE
The aliens...they want it back.
BERNARD
Get away from them!
PILOT(V.O.)
I can't...
PILOT
They are flying the plane!
SABER ONE(V.O.)
(radio)
This is the United States Air
Force...You are in violation of
American airspace...
SABRE ONE PILOT looks down and sees the space ship and the
Russian plane.
SABRE PILOT
(radio)
...What the?
(to Sabre Two)
Do you see that?
SABRE TWO(V.O.)
I see...I don't believe it.
SABRE ONE
(to the UFO)
Repeat, respond or we will
engage...
There is no answer.
SABRE PILOT
(radio, to Sabre Two)
Sabre Two, this Jigsaw
Daddy...Engaging.
SABRE TWO(V.O.)
Roger, that...
bank and come back for more. This time they fire missiles.
The missiles strike the ship and it releases its tractor beam
from the Russian plane.
There is no spaceship...
SABRE TWO
What the?...Where'd it go?
SABRE ONE
I've got it! In pursuit.
EXT. SKY
SABRE TWO(V.O.)
On your wing.
The two sabre jets roar one after the other out of the clouds
and after the flying saucer.
SABRE ONE
Almost-one more second...
SABRE TWO
Where'd you go, you cowardly
sonofabitch?
SABRE TWO
Try a taste of this.
THE MISSILES
PILOT'S POV:
SABRE TWO
What the...?
Indy and the others have watch as the plane disappears before
their eyes.
BERNARD
They're going to kill us!
INDY
No, they're not. If they wanted to
they would've already. They want
it back.
BERNARD
Never!
87.
BERNARD
Shoot it down!
ELAINE
Are you out of your mind? If the
jets can't stop them what can you
do?
BERNARD
We can not let them have it.
ELAINE
You can't do that!
Indy pushes away from the third Russian and grabs the fourth
soldier and they begin struggling with the bazooka...
Indy and the soldier struggle for control of the bazooka when
suddenly the weapon goes off! The shell rips through the
compartment, hits the Third Russian soldier and blows through
the door to the cockpit, knocking out the cockpit, nose of
the plane and hitting the saucer.
THE PLANE
starts to dive.
88.
MAIN COMPARTMENT
The wind ROARS through the compartment and sucks the Fourth
Russian out the opening...
INDY
grabs Elaine to keep her from going out. He reaches for the
parachute that was taken off of him.
BERNARD
ELAINE
ELAINE
I can get it.
INDY
Elaine! No!
ELAINE
I can't reach it!
BERNARD
clutches his seat, for a moment he seems safe then the seal
rips free and it and Bernard flies out of the plane,
screaming.
ELAINE'S
fingers grasp the device, she's got it. but her hold on the
seat is slipping...she can't hold on.
INDY
Take my hand!
She tries but can't reach him without releasing the device in
her other hand.
INDY
Let it go!
89.
ELAINE
No.
Indy reaches for her and just as he's about to grab her, her
grip slips from the seat and she is sucked out the opening,
still holding the device.
ELAINE
Indyyyyyy!
Indy releases his grip and follows her out the hole.
ELAINE'S POV:
ELAINE IS TERRIFIED
INDY
Hold on!
Then the lights go out and the saucer rises slowly and moves
away.
ELAINE
If they wanted it that badly,
they'll keep hunting for it.
90.
INDY
No they won't. They'll think it
was destroyed. We've got to find a
phone and call the base, before we
run out of time.
They reach the top of the hill and a see below a cluster of
shops and a two lane blacktop.
INDY
Hello? Anyone here?
ELAINE
Indy...I don't like the feel of it.
Too deserted.
INDY
Got to be someone here, coffee's
still hot.
INDY
Hello?
No answer.
ELAINE
(a little worried)
Hello? Indy, maybe we should
leave?
ELAINE
(to dog)
Hello there...You're a cutie.
The dog wags his tail. Indy continues to search for a phone.
91.
INDY
Ask him if he's got a phone.
INDY
(to Elaine)
Stay here, in case anyone comes
back.
Indy follows the dog into the back room. Elaine continues to
look around.
INDY
(to dog)
You know where you're going?
The dog pauses and gives Indy a bark, then keeps going. They
move toward another building across the street.
Elaine moves around the shop, still clutching the device, and
for the first time begins to relax. She doesn't notice that
outside the window...
ELAINE
ELAINE
Indy?
ELAINE
(worried)
Innn...dyyy...forget the
phone...let's just leave...
ELAINE
Indy? Are you back there?...I said,
let's leave.
ELAINE'S POV:
ELAINE
ELAINE
Indy...is that you...I said-
93.
Suddenly the dog YIPS and the THING behind the shelves
extends itself, standing up to reveal an enormous spidery
creature, with seven-foot long arms and bony fingers. Its
pale wet "skin" seems translucent.
Elaine SCREAMS.
The alien slowly reaches toward her with its long arms...
coming closer
ELAINE
ELAINE
screams and bumps into the door frame with the device. The
creatures recoil like snakes. The First Alien's jaws move
and emit a guttural sound.
SPIDERY ALIEN
Mookaarahhh...
INDY
There's nobody here, but-
ELAINE
Drive! Just drive!
INDY
What?
94.
ELAINE
Don't talk. Drive!
Indy floors it. The truck roars out onto the road.
Elaine catches her breath and looks out the back window as if
expecting to see the aliens behind them at any moment.
INDY
What is wrong?
ELAINE
Two of them...Big...Long
arms...Poor dog.
INDY
He killed the dog?
ELAINE
Yes! No...I mean---I don't know.
He froze it.
ELAINE
I don't know! I don't know! They
followed us!
INDY
Elaine...are you sure you saw
something? They think we died in
the crash.
ELAINE
I'm not imagining things!
A GIANT LOUSE
ELAINE
They weren't small like the others.
Like soldiers, Indy, they know
we're alive, and they know we have
this.
She looks at the device and they see it is now half changed.
ELAINE
Oh, my god...it's changing faster.
INDY
Come on... We'll find a phone
inside.
Indy and Elaine pay at the ticket booth and pull into the
back row of the theatre. Next to a cinder block concession
stand we see a pay phone.
INDY
There's the phone. I'll call the
base. You stay here.
ELAINE
That's what you said the last time.
INDY
Trust me.
Indy gets out of the car. Elaine watches him go then looks
up at the screen.
An alien armada covers the sky. On earth the humans run for
cover.
TEENAGE BOY
They don't have rays like that!
96.
GIRL
How do you know?
ELAINE
(to the girl)
He's right, the rays are
invisible...and the ships are much
bigger.
The couple gives her a look. Elaine reaches out and puts her
speaker on the window to hear.
ON INDY
on the phone.
INDY
Get me General McIntyre...
ON SCREEN
ON ELAINE
watching...transfixed.
ON SCREEN
ON SCREEN ALIEN(V.O.)
Do not be afraid, earthling...
ELAINE reacts so loud that she gets the attention of all the
couples around.
ELAINE
No, that's not what they say at
all!
watching Elaine...
97.
ELAINE
If they talked at all it would be
so much easier...
ON SCREEN
ELAINE
Wrong! Totally wrong! And they
sound like...
(making the alien's
guttural sound)
Moo-kaa-ra...Ma-kah-ra...
ELAINE
(to herself)
Moo-kaa-rahh.
the girl moves away from the boy, concerned about where
they're parked.
GIRL
(to boyfriend)
I told you only weirdos park on the
back row.
The boy nods in agreement. He starts their car and they move
to a new parking spot.
ON INDY
INDY
(to phone)
We'll stay right here.
DOCTOR DOOM(V.O.)
Miss Roberts, there isn't time!
98.
INDY
They know where we are. We're
going to stay here till the army
arrives.
MISS ROBERTS(V.O.)
Please, Doctor...
ELAINE
Here? Do you think it's safe here?
INDY
I don't know...
He looks into her eyes and pulls her across the bench seat,
closer to him.
INDY
...I think it's safer over here.
ELAINE
ON SCREEN
MISS ROBERTS(V.O.)
My God, Doctor! Do something!
ELAINE
smiles at Indy.
ELAINE
My God, Doctor...do something...
Indy kisses her. She kisses him and they slide down in the
seat. She reaches up and turns off the movie sound.
ON SCREEN
Suddenly the ship stops over Indy and Elaine's truck. It's x-
ray shows Indy and Elaine making-out like everyone else. The
device rests between them.
ON SCREEN
THE TIRES
ELAINE
I never knew drive-in movies were
so interesting...
ELAINE
Oh, Indy...can you ever forgive me
for running out like that!
INDY
I'll think of something...
ELAINE
Oh, my God!...You said it was safe!
ELAINE
Where are they taking us?
The saucer with the truck beneath it moves across the quiet
desert.
INDY (V.O.)
Out to the desert.
The space ship lowers the truck and drops it gently onto the
ground. It moves a little ways away and also land.
INDY
Don't panic.
101.
ELAINE
That's easy for you to say, you
didn't see that one in the shop...
Suddenly the locks pop up. She rolls up the windows. They
shatters blowing the glass OUTWARD.
ON THE SAUCER
A BUG-LIKE CREATURE
ELAINE
That's not like the ones I saw.
INDY
Well, it's coming toward us.
INDY
I'm going to try and decoy it.
When I do, get behind the wheel and
drive.
INDY
Hey, you...over here!
INDY
You want it?! You want it?
INDY
Move away from the truck or I'll
destroy it!
102.
ELAINE
Indy! Look!
ALIEN
Mukara. Mukara!
ON ELAINE
ELAINE
"Mukarah?"..."Mukarah"...Oh, my
God...
She throws open the door to the truck and rushes toward Indy.
ELAINE
Indy!
INDY
Elaine, get back in the truck!
ELAINE
Indy! No! He's telling us
something...
Indy lifts the device again. In the doorway the small alien
shrinks with fear, the bug-like creature stops.
ELAINE
They're scared of it. Or rather
they're scared of what we'll do
with it.
SMALL ALIEN
Mukara.
ELAINE
Mukara. "Dengerous"...It's
Sanskrit...
(to the alien)
Salluh, karcroom. Sallee.
INDY
What did you say?
ELAINE
I asked him to explain.
INDY
What did he say?
ELAINE
I don't know.
INDY
What do you mean you don't know!?
ELAINE
I mean, this is not exactly an
everyday language with me.
INDY
Tell him we won't hurt them.
ELAINE
(to small alien)
Mallee. Chasu. Cripto.
INDY
Tell them, I'm going to give it
back.
Elaine translates.
INDY
THE ALIEN
INDY
What is it? What's he saying?
ELAINE
They don't want it...
INDY
What?
104.
EXPLOSIONS
A TANK
opens fire, hitting the saucer before it can close its door.
ELAINE
watches in horror.
ELAINE
No!
INDY
THE SAUCER
BOLANDER
BOLANDER
(to soldiers)
Arrest them!
ELAINE
You never gave them a chance!
BOLANDER
They're hostile, Elaine...They took
out two of our jets. They were a
threat to the United States.
ELAINE
They were telling us what to do
with it.
BOLANDER
So now you've talked to them?
ELAINE
Yes!
BOLANDER
And what did they say? Give it back
to them?
He laughs.
INDY
Listen to her, Bolander. It might
save your life. That wasn't one of
their fighter ships...
GENERAL
(to Indy)
What do you mean?
INDY
You destroyed an unarmed ship.
That's not like the one that took
out the jets. We saw it.
106.
BOLANDER
Yes, while you were trying to get
away on the Russian plane. We know
about that Dr. Jones.
ELAINE
Don't believe us then, just look at
the device.
INDY
We're running out of time.
BOLANDER
Save your breath, Jones...You'll
need it at your trial.
(to a Sergeant)
Take them back to the base.
SERGEANT
Yes sir!
SERGEANT
You hear 'em, get these two outta
here.
As they are taken away the sergeant's head turns and we see
it is
CHESLAV
He watches
BOLANDER
are loaded into the back of a troop truck. They take a seat
in the rear, and as the tailgate closes and the truck moves
away, Indy looks out and sees Cheslav.
The Russian spy gives Indy the same smile, Indy gave him from
the plane.
107.
ON INDY
INDY
Cheslav. He's here.
ELAINE
We've got to stop them.
BOLANDER
HIS DRIVER
notices something...
OVERHEAD
TROOP TRUCK
The canvas ripples in the wind, then is ripped off the top
exposing the troops inside.
GENERAL
GENERAL
What is going on?
GENERAL
Maybe we should stop?
BOLANDER
No, keep going!
ELAINE
Indy...
INDY
I know.
He's working the knots against the sharp edged railing of the
truck, he's cut about half way through.
THE FLASH
BOLANDER
I thought you said you got them
all!
GENERAL
Don't worry. We'll take care of
it.
GENERAL
Follow it!
TROOP TRUCK
ELAINE
Makoo, Churoo. Keesna!
GUARD
(to Indy)
Hey, make her shut up!
INDY
I can't. She's possessed. They're
speaking through her.
GUARD
What did she say?
Indy whips his arms in front, and take his gun. He points it
at the two young soldiers.
INDY
She said, get out before they kill
you.
ELAINE
Now what're we going to do?
INDY
Get this truck.
ELAINE
How're you going to do that?
INDY
Climb over to the cab.
ELAINE
But Indy!
INDY
Don't worry--I've done this before.
Indy holds the railing and swings out but unlike before, he
slips...His grabs the railing and holds on, but his feet drag
the ground. He tries to pull himself up.
110.
THE DRIVER
INDY
Elaine!
ELAINE
I thought you said you'd done this
before!
INDY
Do something!
Elaine grabs the soldier's gun and taps on the window behind
the cab.
ELAINE
(to the driver)
Please, stop the truck. Now.
The driver looks through the window, sees the gun pointed at
his head and --
THE TRUCK
pulls over.
INDY
yanks the driver out from behind the wheel and climbs in.
Elaine climbs in the passenger side.
INDY
Don't say it.
He puts the truck into gear and starts after Bolander and the
convoy.
THE CONVOY
GENERAL
Okay, let's finish this job.
TANK TURRETS
SHELLS
SOLDIERS
GENERAL
We've got 'em. Fire!
Missiles and tank shells open fire on the space craft. For a
moment the sky is lit up with artillery. When the smoke
clears the space ship is clearly damaged. Its lights are
weaker.
GENERAL
I think we just about have it.
THE FACES
THE SAUCER
GENERAL
Now, I know how Custer felt.
A WIND
BOLANDER
seizing the moment, climbs behind the wheel of the jeep and
makes a run for it.
THE GENERAL
GENERAL
All fire!
TANK BARRELS
are clogged with sand.
are blinded.
SOLDIERS
JEEPS
TANKS
MEN
THE GENERAL
ELAINE
Indy look!
ELAINE
It's too late.
INDY
No we're not.
BOLANDER'S JEEP
ON BOLANDER
ELAINE
Indy, be careful...Don't hurt him.
INDY
Pull over, Bolander!
duck as the bullets ZING over their heads and Elaine changes
her tune.
ELAINE
Run him off the road!
INDY
No. Take the wheel.
They shift places and Indy climbs out of the moving truck.
Bolander senses what he's going to do and begins swerving but
Indy leaps onto the back of the jeep.
INDY
The two men fight in the weaving, swerving jeep. Indy hits
Bolander and the jeep suddenly veers dangerously into toward
railing in the left lane.
ELAINE
THE TRUCK
moves between the jeep and the railing, but the jeep keeps
coming almost forcing the truck over the edge of the cliff.
ELAINE
ELAINE
What if this isn't the place?
INDY
It's the place. Stay here.
He moves across the summit toward the cairn and looks around.
The sun is almost up. There is a strange light in the sky.
THE LIGHT
ON BOLANDER
ELAINE
INDY
INDY
moves slowly toward the cairn and starts to place the device
on it when a VOICE from behind, stops him.
CHESLAV(V.O.)
Stop, Indiana!
INDY
turns to see:
CHESLAV
That's right Jones...don't put it
down.
INDY
Elaine...
CHESLAV
If you want to see her alive, step
away from the alter...Now.
ELAINE
Don't do it, Indy...
INDY
Let her go, Cheslav.
116.
CHESLAV
First, toss me the device.
INDY
You want it Bolander...Go get it.
CHESLAV
BOLANDER
INDY
runs to Elaine.
ELAINE
What's happening?
BOLANDER
(feeling the power)
Bow down...bow down rulers of the
universe...for I now have the
power!
THE SAUCERS
BOLANDER
I have the power!
CHESLAV
No!
117.
shield their eyes from the blinding light but also from
something else...
THE SUN
Instantly
THE SAUCERS
BOLANDER
No!
THE SAUCERS
INDY
HENRY
The last time I heard a story like
this, was when you were trying to
get out of your Greek lessons...We
were on the Carpathian off the Bay
of Bengal and you told you tutor,
you had just seen a sea serpent.
THE SANCTUARY
INDY
I did see a sea serpent...
HENRY
Flying saucers...Doesn't this world
hold enough mysteries that you
don't have to go out and make up
new ones?
The WEDDING MARCH begins and both Indy and Henry gaze back
at...
ELAINE
She smiles and her beauty seems to freeze them both. For a
moment both father and son are struck by her radiance.
HENRY
She's beautiful, Junior...
INDY
Yes, she is.
119.
HENRY
(sotto)
Hopefully, she'll put some sense in
you.
INDY
(sotto)
She spoke to them.
HENRY
(sarcastically)
In Greek, I supposed.
ELAINE
(sotto)
No...Sanskrit.
Off Henry's reaction Indy steps out and takes Elaine's hand
from her father's as we
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ELAINE
SHORT ROUND
Where to Dr. Jones?
INDY
The airport, Shorty and step on it.
SHORT ROUND
No problem...
ELAINE
I love you, Dr. Jones...
INDY
I love you, Dr. Jones...
They kiss as we
CUT TO:
THE END