(A MARS ATTACKS! MOVIE SCRIPT EXCERPT) Written by Jonathan Gems compiled for Internet by Christopher Weekes MARS ATTACKS! FADE IN: The Intro Scenes EXT. FARMHOUSE - KENTUCKY - DUSK A Farmhouse (with porch, garden and outbuildings) overlooks a two land road. Across the road is a wide empty field - deep in shadow. All is quiet. SUPERIMPOSE CAPTION: "4 MILES OUTSIDE LOCKJAW, KENTUCKY. TUESDAY, MAY 9 - 6.57 P.M." The sound of a tractor is heard approaching. An old tractor comes into view, driven by an ELDERLY HILLBILLY FARMER. MR. LEE, a Filipino in his late 40's, comes out of a side door of the farmhouse. He is carrying garbage. He goes down the path to the trashcans next to the mailbox. He waves to the Hillbilly, approaching on the tractor. The Hillbilly comes to a stop. He frowns and wrinkles his nose. HILLBILLY Howdy Mister Lee. What is this? Filipino New Years? MR. LEE No. Why you say that? HILLBILLY Cause, you're cooking up a feast. I been smelling it all the way from Lockjaw. What is it - a barbeque? Mr. Lee sniffs. He can smell it too. MR. LEE Oh yes. But it's not coming from here. The thunderous roar of a thousand head of STAMPEDING CATTLE becomes audible in the distance. HILLBILLY What's that? The rumbling roar gets closer. It's coming from behind the house. Mr. Lee and the Hillbilly look for the source of the noise. The sound becomes deafening. The ground shakes. SCREAMS are heard from within the house. MRS. LEE, her TWO CHILDREN and DOG run out of the house, panicked. HILLBILLY Oh my Lord! A HUGE HERD OF BURING COWS appear from behind the house, and stampede across the garden - like a river of flame. Mrs. Lee grabs her children and pulls them down by the porch. Mr. Lee is crushed beneath the hooves of the stampeding cattle. Finally, the torrent is past. The cattle gallop away across the wide field - into the night. The people stare after them - speechless. But it's not over yet. A STRANGE THROBBING NOISE comes from behind them. They turn. A GIANT FLYING SAUCER is hovering over the house! Before they have time to blink, the Flying Saucer shoots straight up into the sky at hyper-speed. For a moment it is a SILVER DOT in the sky - and then it is gone - leaving them stunned and bewildered. Start Opening Sequence EXT. PLANET EARTH AND SPACE The curve of the earth bisects the screen. We can see part of the continental United States - much of it is obscured by cloud-cover. We can see the haze of the stratosphere and the darkness of space beyond. A TINY SILVER DOT appears through the stratosphere. The Earth receded awat fro us as we follow the silver dot. The further we get from Earth, the more visible become the stars. The silver dot travels across interplanetary space until the planet MARS comes into view. Then the silver dot stops and shoots out a flare. THROUGH A TELESCOPE ON MARS: The flare can be seen in space - and hte planet Earth beyond it. EXT. SURFACE OF MARS A crater opens up and a FLYING SAUCER emerges. It rises out of the crater. Further off, another crater opens and a SECOND FLYING SAUCER emerges. Then, more craters open and more saucers rise out of them. A HUNDRED FLYING SAUCERS ascend through the thin martian atmosphere - and enter the blackness of space. End Of Opening Credits The First Glimpse In this scene, the Alien Ambassador has taken over the air waves on all the TV units in the world, and everybody in the world is watching to hear what will happen...well...everyone except the guys in Vegas ;-) INT. SITTING ROOM - WHITE HOUSE - DAY The President and the First Lady are watching TV. Their pet Golden Retriver, RUSTY, growls at the screen. THE FIRST LADY Oh my God! PRESIDENT Yikes! The scary Martian talks. He voice sounds like a cross between a duck and a terrier. MARTIAN AMBASSADOR ( ON TV ) Ack grack gack gack grackk! The dog, Rusty, whimpers and hides behind the sofa. THE FIRST LADY (appalled) I do not want that thing in my house. PRESIDENT We might have to. People are going to expect me to meet with it..er...them. MARTIAN AMBASSADOR ( ON TV ) Grack ack gack grack gack gack! FIRST LADY Well, they are not eating off the Van Buren china. The Martian bows. Then he draws a big circle in the air. INT. BACK OF DONUT SHOP - DAY RICHIE Did you see that? Richie and the silent Hispanic Woman are watching the b&w TV. RICHIE He made the international sign of the donut! Suddenly - FLASH! - the picture dissapears and the Martian is gone. STATIC...then Nathalie and Kessler reappear on screen. Poppy is barking angrily. Nathalie is shaken. Kessler is glowing with excitment. INT. MTV STUDIOS - DAY NATHALIE Ugh...if that was a Martian, it's real gross! KESSLER Don't forget, Nathalie, that we will look equally "gross" to him. NATHALIE (getting it) Oh yeah! Like the blonde neice in "The Munsters"! KESSLER is puzzled, but he chuckles and pats her on the knee. They go to a commercial. The Aliens Attack! In this scene, the build up to the Aliens Arrival has been immense, and the whole world waits in anticipation for the arrival from the visitors from outerspace. Little did we know, that these guys aren't nearly as friendly as E.T! EXT. DESERT LANDING SITE - DAY Soldiers mark a giant "X" in the chalk, in the sand. Other hastily erect a wire fence around the perimeter. Private Billy-Glenn hammers a fence-post into the ground. Tanks, jeeps and armoured trucks set up camp. A MILITARY BAND get ready on a small stage. A giant banner is being erected : "Welcome to Earth." General Casey confers with TWO COLONELS, one Hispanic, one white. GENERAL CASEY I want the Martians to be treated like foreign dignitaries. The whole world is watching, and your decorum is imperative. I want your men at parade dress, heads alert, with a snap to their step. COLONELS Yes sir! GENERAL CASEY salutes and strides away. Doctor Eigler is assembling his translating computer. GENERAL CASEY Are you sure it's going to work this time? DOCTOR EIGLER Yes sir! GENERAL CASEY Excellent. Outside the fence, a CROWD OF CIVILIANS gathers. It's hundred of regular folk: Adults, children, old people, sick people - all types. And they all radiate excited anticipation. UP ON A HILL Barbera Snyder sets up her own personal, meditative shrine. Humming happily, she arranges a circle of stones, then places candles and incense. Down below, MEDIA TRUCKS and REPORTERS get ready. Nathalie stands on the MTV TRUCK - fixing her hair. Poppy peeks out of her pocket. Nearby, Jason stands on the CNN truck, speaking into the camera. JASON The teeming masses are gathered here from who knows how many states, watching and waiting. Why have they come? Curiosity? Or something more? Hope for change? For progress? For adventure? For something to tell their grand- children? (beat) Or just to say : "I saw it. I was there. I was there when first man met with Martian". Suddenly a MAN INA WHEELCHAIR points up. MAIN IN WHEELCHAIR Look! In the sky...They're here! All heads turn. Scores of video cameras get whipped out. The clouds part, and the MARTIAN FLYING SAUCER descends. Landing lights glow. It's a beautiful, inspiring sight. The soldiers all gaze up...motionless...awed. Billy-Glenn's jaw drops. IN THE CROWD everybody stares. The Casino Manager, his Wife and Kids. A HIPPIE with a "Peace" headband. A GOTHIC COUPLE. A GROUP OF SIKHS...it's an eclectic crowd. UP ON THE HILL Barbera, her candles lit and incense burning, gazes awestruck. The massive Saucer lowers it's landing gear and settles - in the center of the "X". The engines speed up to a high-pitched WHINE, then cut off. There is no motion. It is ominously quiet. The Hispanic Army Colonel speaks into a walkie-talkie. HISPANIC COLONEL The egg is in the nest. I repeat, the egg is in the nest. INT. WHITE HOUSE - DAY The President, First Lady, Taffy, General Decker, JERRY, and Professor Kessler gawk at the TV. Rusty, the dog, sits at the President's side. NATHALIE ( ON TV ) It's an awesome sight. The giant spaceship glinting in the Nevada sun... EXT. NEVADA - SAME TIME Nathalie is standing on top of the MTV truck - microphone in one hand, the other hand trying to control her hair. A CAMERAMAN is filming her. Poppy is at her feet. They are parked near the fence - surrounded by ONLOOKERS. NATHALIE (into camera) Everbody is tense with anticipation... Suddenly, a THROBBING comes from the spaceship. The CROWD gasps. NATHALIE Something's happening! A GRINDING of gears. The spaceship door slides open and a RAMP glides out and extends downwards. The crowd WHOOS. TV reporters talk rapidly. NATHALIE A ramp is emerging like a silver tongue.... JASON A doorway is opening... SPANISH REPORTER Esta un milagro...! LITTLE KIDS in the crowd press against the fence, grinning. A WOMAN ON CRUTCHES hobbles forward. General Casey stares in wonder. He mutters quietly. GENERAL CASEY Damn. This is it. The ramp reaches the ground and stops. Everybody peers at the empty doorway. And then -- the MARTIAN AMBASSADOR appears. He is wearing breathing apparatus - a perspex domw over his megacephalic head - and a long red cloak. The crowd gasps. The Martian Ambassador comes down the ramp, followed by TWELVE MARTIAN GUARDS. Jason and Nathalie are too stunned to speak. INTERCUT : PEOPLE WATCHING TV: Richie gapes in wonder. Cedric and Neville gape in wonder. Art Snyder gapes in wonder. Byron and Cindy gape in wonder. EXT. NEVADA - SAME TIME General Casey, the Colonels and Doctor Eigler tentatively approach the Martian Ambassador. Eigler holds a microphone. General Casey tries a nervous smile. the Martian Ambassador makes no expression. The Martian Guards spread out. General Casey exchanges a glance with his men. The he steps forward, bows, and draws a big circle in the air. Whoa! The Martian Ambassador seems impressed. He steps forward and starts speaking. MARTIAN AMBASSADOR Ack grack gack ack gack ccriipp! Doctor Eigler hurriedly rewinds the computer tapes. DOCTOR EIGLER Wait, wait - one second please! The Martian Ambassador looks over. Eigler twirls some knobs, presses a button, and the COMPUTER SPEAKS. SYNTHESISED VOICE Greetings. I am the Martian Ambassador. DOCTOR EIGLER (proud it worked) Everything is in phase. General, you may speak. GENERAL CASEY (he takes a breath) Greetings. I am General Casey, Commanding Officer in the Armed Forces of the United States of America. On behalf of the people of Earth, I welcome you. INT. WHITE HOUSE - DAY The President and his group are pleased. JERRY He did that well. Decker snorts derisively. EXT. NEVADA - DAY Doctor Eigler translates Casey into Martian. SYNTHESIZED VOICE Ack quack gack grack gack glack ack grack ack gack gack gack! The crowd waits expectantly. Jason holds his breath. The Casino Manager holds his wife. Nathalie bites her fingernails. UP ON THE HILL Barbera watches through binoculars. The Martian nods - then responds. MARTIAN AMBASSADOR Grack ack ack ack ack. Billy-Glenn is in awe. Doctor Eigler hits buttons, translating the Martian once again. SYNTHESIZED VOICE We come in peace. We come in peace. General Casey beams. The Colonels smile. The Wheelchair man starts APPLAUDING. Everybody starts applauding. The Hippie is ecstatic. HIPPIE They came in peace! He pulls out a WHITE DOVE and tosses it into the air. The applause increases. The people clap harder. The dove flies over the Martians. They look up suddenly and get freaked out. TWO MARTIANS pull out RAYGUNS and fire. ZAPP! The dove erupts in flames and drops, charred, to the ground. There is a stunned silence. The Martian Ambassador whips out a raygun from under his cloak. General Casey's eyes widen. GENERAL CASEY Get Down! The Martian Ambassador blows a hole in General Casey's stomach! All the Martians START SHOOTING! The Two Colonels and Doctor Eigler are blasted - and disintegrate. The Hippie stops clapping as he COMBUSTS. Soldiers pull out machine guns, but get cut down by DEATH-RAYS. The Martian Ambassador sweeps up the ramp and dissapears into the spaceship. INT. WHITE HOUSE - DAY President Dale and the First Lady gape in horror. ON TV: Martians firing. People running for their lives, screaming in panic. EXT. NEVADA - DAY A TANK EXPLODES. The MILITARY BAND is blown off the stage. TWO MARTIANS touch ELECTRO-GUNS to the ground. Electric SPARKS race along the ground - incinerating everything in their path. The Casino Manager falls, the wire fence dissolves. Billy-Glenn cocks his machine-gun, and aims it at a group of THREE MARTIANS. BILLY-GLENN Die you alien shitheads!!! BADABADABADABADABADABADA!! The bullets bounce off the body-armor of the Martians. BILLY-GLENN Uh-oh. He turns and starts running. Another Martian steps in his path. Billy-Glenn is terrified. He throws down his machine-gun. BILLY-GLENN Uhh...I surrender! He grabs a nearby American Flag - and hands it to the Martian. The Martian raises his raygun in the same manner. The CNN CAMERAMAN see this and pans over - just as Billy-Glenn and his flag get HIT. We see Billy-Glenn explode through the viewfinder. Jason jumps off the camera truck, and desperatly pushes his way through the screaming sightseers. FIREBALLS fly everywhere. JASON Nathalie! Nathalie cowers on top of her camera truck, clutching Poppy. LIGHT-RINGS hit the CAMERAMAN and the camera - blasting them into fragments. Jason reaches the MTV truck - and scrambles up the ladder. Nathalie is lying on the roof - bruised and senseless. JASON Nathalie! She opens her eyes. She's alive! JASON Thank God. Take my hand - quick! Nathalie moves her hand. CLOSE on : Their TWO HANDS clasping. A Martian steps into viewe and fires. ZAPPPP! Jason's flesh evaporates. He becomes a skeleton. Nathalie looks down. She is holding Jason's severed hand! YEOW! Nathalie faints and collapses. The hand rolls away. An ARMY CREW try to retaliate with a cannon. A Martian shoots - and they are vaporized. A DYING SOLDIER fires one last bullet - and hits a Martian in the head. His dome cracks open and fills with gas. He SQUEAKS and staggers... All the Martians spin around and scurry back to the ship. One Martian grabs a lady's purse. Another Martian picks up the charred dove. Another snatches Jason's hand and drops it in a plastic bag. Two Martians drage the dazed Nathalie up the ramp into the flying saucer. She still holds her chihuahua. The Martians all board. The ramp retracts. UP ON THE HILL Barbera is on her knees - crying hysterically. she pounds the ground in stunned disbelief. Suddenly WHOOSH! The Flying Saucer rises up and dissapears into the sky. The End of Congress In this scene, that Aliens have been given a second chance to make peace with the humans, after the ordeal in the Navada Desert (see above), so, with everyone thinking that the reason they went beserk was because of a dove, the world waits by their TV sets yet again to see what the future may bring : INT . THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - SAME TIME - DAY The Speaker of the House beams. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE And now the Martian Ambassador would like to say a few words. The Martian Ambassador steps up to the podium - filmed by a bank of TV CAMERAS. The CONGRESSMENT wait with bated breath. Professor Kessler's eyes glitter expectantly as he turns on the TRANSLATING COMPUTER. The Martian Ambassador taps on the microphone. A beat - the he pulls out a raygun from under his cloak and starts firing! Congressmen dissolve! The Martian Guards whip out weapons and shoot in every direction! Kessler grabs the Martian Ambassador's cloak - pleading. KESSLER Mister Ambassador please! What are you doing? This isn't logical! This doesn't make any sense! Whap! The Martian Ambassador CLUBS Kessler with his raygun. Kessler goes down. The Martian Ambassador smiles at the carnage. INT. OVAL OFFICE - SAME TIME - DAY The President and Jerry Ross stare at the carnage on TV. JERRY Oh no! PRESIDENT Not again! EXT. DECKER AND HIS TANKS - DAY Decker shouts into a handheld phone. DECKER Get in there! Get in there and take them out! EXT. CAPITOL BUILDING -DAY The doors burst open and the Martians come running out, like a bank robbery. Four of them carry the unconscious Kessler. One more carries the translating computer. TWO MILITARY TRUCKS screech up and SOLDIERS jump out. Martians spin and fire. A truck bounces and explodes. The SPECTATORS run for their lives. General Decker angrily fires his tank's cannon. BOOM! The ground explodes near the fast-moving Martians - who are scurrying towards the ship. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The Martians run up into the spaceship - shells exploding around them. the door closes, the ramp retracts, the spaceship whirs - and levitates straight up. General Decker shakes his fist. He first his cannon again. DECKER And STAY OUT!! The shell hits the spaceship and explodes harmlessly - leaving barely a mark. The spaceship accelearates and zooms away at high speed. INT. TAFFY'S BEDROOM - DAY Taffy is sitting on her bed, clutching a teddy-bear, watching the massacre of Congress on TV. TAFFY I guess it wasn't the dove... INT. CAESAR'S BAR - DAY Shaky Barbera Snyder see the carnage on TV. An intense thought crosses her ming. She quickly downs a shotglass. INT. LOUGE - RETIREMENT HOME - DAY Grandma, in her wheelchair, and a group of OLD PEOPLE are watching the massacre of Congress on TV. GRANDMA They blew up Congress...! CRANKY OLD GUY Least now we won't have gridlock. INCREDIBLY OLD GUY Hey, what happened to "Baywatch"? The Human Experiments In this scene, Nathalie and Kessler from the MTV show are being experimented on by the Martians. Nathalie was kidnapped during the landing at Nevada desert earlier. INT. MARTIAN OPERATING THEATER - SPACESHIP SIX MARTIAN SCIENTISTS with weird tools work on two experiments. On one operating table is Professor Kessler. He has been completely dissected - but all of his body-parts are still alive. On another operating table is Nathalie's head - now loosely attached to the body of the chihuahua. The Martians attend to the various feeds and pumps which keep them alive. Some make notes on clipboards. Kessler opens his eyes and painfully looks around. He sees Nathalie. KESSLER Nathalie? (beat) Nathalie, is that you? NATHALIE Yes. How are you feeling? KESSLER Not terribly good, I'm afraid. NATHALIE Can I ask you a question? KESSLER Yes, of course. NATHALIE Were you flirting with me on the show? KESSLER (tongue-tied) Oh, well, er, um.... NATHALIE Because it certainly seemed like you were. KESSLER Well, actually, yes - you see, I've had something of a schoolboy crush on you for some time. I was trying not to let it show, but it was rather difficult. NATHALIE I didn't mind. She smiles at him. The Martian Girl After a long hard day, when he believes the worst is over, Jerry Ross, press secretary for the President finds a surprise waiting for him near his limo...but not all surprises are nice, are they? EXT. WHITE HOUSE PARKING LOT - NIGHT Jerry Ross come out of the White House, carrying his briefcase, he is tired. His DRIVER steps out and opens the limo door. JERRY (exhausted) Jesus, what a day! Then Jerry sees something. Standing outside the gates is a GLAMOROUS GIRL, with a big beehive hair-do, gazing at the White House. She wears an elegant and very sexy gown - which has a faintly other-worldly quality. Jerry crosses over to her. JERRY Hi. You interested in the White House? I work here. I'm the Press secretary. My name's Jerry Ross - maybe you've heard of me? The Girl looks at him, chewing gum. JERRY You wouldn't believe the pressure of my job. It's good to meet a new face. The Girl shrugs prettily and adjusts her dress. JERRY Hey, are you doing anything? If you want, I could give you a personalized tour. Would you like that? The White House is quite enchanting after hours.... The girl nods sexily. Jerry is enthralled, but trying to hide it. JERRY (under his breath) Wow! This day might get salvaged. EXT. WHITE HOUSE - BACK ENTRANCE - NIGHT Jerry and the Girl stand in the shadows of the Colonnade. He taps on the French doors. A SECRET SERVICEMAN (MITCH) approaches. JERRY Hey, Mitch, it's me. Can you let me in? MITCH Oh hello Mr. Ross. Sure. We're just a little nervous here, after what happened to Congress. As he unlocks the door, Mitch casually checks out the Girl's body. INT. WHITE HOUSE CORRIDOR - NIGHT Jerry and the Girl stroll along a glided corridor of paintings. He leans close to her. JERRY Many great men and women have passed through here. And now we're passing through here. Feels good, don't it? They turn a corner. JERRY You're very attractive. What's your name? Do you speak English? Are you on drugs? I know! You're from Sweden, right? The Girl nods. JERRY This is the Roosevelt Room. This is where they sometimes have State banquets. The King of Sweden came here once, I believe. It's a nice room. Look, here's Thomas Jefferson - he wrote the Constitution. And of course this is Abraham Lincoln. Never told a lie. And here's Dwight D. Eisenhower. They look at a smiling portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Taffy passes by, eating a carton of ice cream. TAFFY Ah, the midnight tour... (she leans into the girl) Make sure he wears a rubber. Taffy wanders away. Jerry doesn't respond, but pulls the Girl aside. JERRY Boy, it sure is busy out here. Tell you what : there's a quieter room which is secret. The public doesn't know about it. You want to see it? She nods, chewing. He reaches for a hidden door... INT. KENNEDY ROOM - NIGHT The door opens and Jerry ushers the Girl in and turns on soft lights. Inside is a bookcase, sofas and a tropical fish tank. JERRY Like it? We call this the Kennedy Room. Watch this. Jerry goes to the bookcase and presses a secret button. The bookcase revolves into the wall, revealing a fully-stocked bar. JERRY Pretty nifty, don't you think? So what'll you have? The Girl is examining the fish tank. He peers at her through the glass. JERRY How about a Brandy Alexander? I was a bartender in college. She smiles sexily. He fixes the drinks. She looks around the room, swaying sensuously. She is fascinated by a bronze statuette of a NAKED GIRL. The Girl compares her body with the statuette's. She starts unbuttoning her dress. JERRY Ah, getting comfortable I see. That's good. He carries the drinks to the sofa. She reaches for them - but puts both on the floor. Then she takes his hands and places them on her breasts. Jerry can't believe his luck. She cups her hands around his head and pulls him in for a deep kiss. They make out on the sofa. Jerry comes up for air. JERRY Whew! You're terrific. But could you get that gum out of your mouth? He puts his finger in her mouth. She BITES down hard. Jerry screams in pain. She has bitten off his finger! The Girl chews and swallows. Jerry runs to the phone - moaning. Panicked, he punches in 911 with his good hand. But the Girl picks up the bronze statuette, strides over, and whacks him on the head. WHAP! Jerry is killed instantly. The Girl reaches into her purse and takes out a stick of BLUE GUM. She spits out her old gum, then unwraps the new one and pops it in her mouth. She scratches her head. Her hair is irritating her. So she rips at her hairline, and it peels off - revealing under the beehive, a giant brain. She is a martian! INT. HALLWAY - WHITE HOUSE - NIGHT The Martian Girl looks at a model of the interior of the White House, then starts heading off. A SECRET SERVICEMAN sees her and pulls out his gun. She is having trouble walking in her high-heels. She stops and bends down to take off her shoes. The Secret Serviceman hesitates - mesmerized by her butt. She shoots backwards, under her arm, at the Secret Serviceman - who drops like a stone. She shakes her shoes and moves on.... INT. PRESIDENT'S BEDROOM - NIGHT The President and the First Lady are asleep. Their dog, Rusty, is at the foot of the bed. Quietly, the bedroom door opens and the Martian Girl steps in. She takes something out of her purse. It's a small ELECTRONIC EYE. Propelled by tiny helicopter blades, the eye floats up to the ceiling. The dog's nose quivers...then he stirs. INT. MARTIAN COMMAND SHIP - SAME TIME The Martian Leader, flanked by subordinates, sips a martini and watches a large MONITOR SCREEN. It shows the feed from the electronic eye: a fish-eye view of the President's bedroom. ON THE MONITOR : The Martian Girl aims her raygun at the sleeping President. But Rusty wakes up and BARKS! The Martian Girl freaks and fires -- missing. INT. PRESIDENT'S BEDROOM - SAME TIME Rusty leaps at her - fastening his jaws on her thigh. The President and his Wife wake up. She sees the Martian Girl and SCREAMS. he hits a button on the headboard. An ALARM WAILS. The Martian Girl kicks the dog across the room -- rubber thigh in his mouth. She FIRES at him. Rusty bursts into flame. The President, in pyjamas, blocks his wife to protect her. PRESIDENT Keep behind me! MITCH and TWO GUARDS burst through the door. The Martian Girl grabs the President and puts her raygun to his head. The Alarm stops sounding. MITCH (to guards) Don't shoot! The Martian Girl pulls the President backwards towards a doorway. The guards keep their weapons trained on her. INT. DRESSING ROOM - NIGHT The Martian Girl and her hostage back into the room. There are closets and a covered BIRD CAGE. She keeps chewing. MITCH She's heading for the East Wing. Get behind her! The guards move out. The Girl bumps into the bird cage. The cloth slips off -- revealing a small PARAKEET on a perch. Startled, it SQUAWKS. The Martian Girl jerks, alarmed, and shoots the parakeet. MITCH Get down! The President drops. Mitch SHOOTS the Martian Girl in the head. BLAM! Her brain explodes, splattering the wall. Her body hits the floor, twitches, then goes still. You can see real Martian skin through the dogbite in her thigh. The President is covered in slime and brain gunk. FIRST LADY (traumatized) Oh, dear Lord.... PRESIDENT Thanks Mitch - I appreciate it. Mitch helps him up. MITCH It's my job. Suddenly the Electronic Eye whirrs into the room. Mitch spins and FIRES. The Electronic Eye EXPLODES and falls to the ground. They look at the blackened, smoking Eye. Its metal eyelids close. INT. MARTIAN CONTROL ROOM - SAME TIME The big monitor screen goes dead. The Martian Leader, angry and gesticulating, gets up and storms out. The End of the White House A full scale invasion of Earth by the Martians has begun, and some scream and panic, other just go by their day to day activity, unknowing of what is going on...included in that group, is a group of young students on an excursion through the White House. INT. BLUE ROOM - WHITE HOUSE - DAY A school tour is in progress. The TOUR-GUIDE addresses a TEACHER and 12 YOUNG TEENAGERS - including Cedric and Neville. TOUR GUIDE The Blue Room is often considered the most beautiful room in the White House. In fact it is often used by the President to receive guests. INT. MOVING BUS - DAY Louise is driving the bus. She looks up and sees a FLYING SAUCER above the White House - firing - blasting the roof. LOUISE Hey, my kids are in there! With both arms, Louise wrenches the wheel. INT. BLUE ROOM - WHITE HOUSE - DAY - SAME TIME SOUND of something crashing from above. The Teacher, Cedric, Neville and several students look up. TOUR GUIDE It is furnished to represent the period of James Monroe. CEDRIC (of noise) What's that? TOUR GUIDE That is a portrait of James Monroe. A MARTIAN steps into the room and blows away the Tour Guide. The students scream and run for the exits. The Martian blows away the Teacher. TWO SECRET SERVICEMEN come through a doorway - firing. The Martian shoots them both. Their guns land near the boys. Cedric grabs up a gun and shoots the Martian in the head. Neville's jaw drops. EXT. PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE AND WHITE HOUSE - DAY The bus makes a sharp left down Pennsylvania Avenue. SCREECH! It bounces through the barricades, then smashes through the White House gate! TWO CARS break and swerve - crashing into each other. INT. MOVING BUS - DAY Louise is driving up the lawn. PASSENGER Lady, are you nuts? LOUISE No talking to the Driver! INT. WHITE HOUSE - DAY Smoke is everywhere. Mitch hurries by with the President and the First Lady. PRESIDENT We lost Taffy! MITCH Keep moving, Mr. President! We have to get you to the back stairs! A MARTIAN steps from a doorway and FIRES -- hitting Mitch in the arm. Mitch falls but instinctively SHOOTS back. The Martian dodges it, then blasts a DEATHRAY across the wall and ceiling! A CHANDELIER breaks loose. The First Lady gasps. FIRST LADY The Mary Todd Chandelier! It plummets down and crushes her. PRESIDENT Marsha! The Martian raises his raygun. Suddenly three bullets fire into him! The Martian's head BLOWS UP! Wounded, Mitch turns. Cedric and Neville are standing behind him, guns smoking! Mitch stares in amazement. CEDRIC What you gawking at? Get that President outta here! Another MARTIAN appears. Cedric and Neville swing round in one synchronizes move and blast him! Mitch and the President hurry out of a doorway. From another doorway, TWO FEMALE STUDENTS run screaming, pursued by a MARTIAN. Cedric spins and blows him away! BLAM! BLAM! Cedric grins. CEDRIC Rap music drove me to kill! The Neville see something frightening. NEVILLE Uh-oh.... CEDRIC Another Martian? NEVILLE No, Mama! Neville points. Cedric gapes. And through the French windows, the city bus hurtles straight at us! SMASH!!!! The boys leap out of the way as the French windows shatter. The bus's air brakes SQUEAL, the door opens, and Louise barges out! LOUISE Cedric! Neville! You come here right this minute! Neville and Cedric cross reluctantly to their mother. LOUISE What did I tell you? Didn't I tell you to be good?! What're you doing with those guns? CEDRIC But Mama... LOUISE Get in the bus right now! And gimme those things! Louise takes the guns and cuffs them as they get in the bus. NEVILLE But Mama, the Martians... LOUISE Get in the bus! INT. BUS - DAY She follows them into the bus. LOUISE Look at you - messin' up the White House! CEDRIC Mama, we saved the President! LOUISE You always causing trouble! Louise gets in the driver's seat and puts the bus in reverse. INT. WHITE HOUSE - DAY In a cloud of dust and falling art treasures, the bus violently reverses out of the room - and out of sight. The Death of the President All seems lost. There seems to be no stopping the Martians from Mars who have come to destroy. Some survivors in Washington await the future in the War Room. INT. WAR ROOM - NIGHT DECKER Quiet! I can hear something. Everybody quiet! Everyone stops what they're doing and holds their breath. The pitter-patter of tiny feet becomes faintly audible. Then - BOOM! An explosion blows a HOLE through the wall! A PULSATING GREEN ORB is tossed through the hole in the wall. It rolls, ominously, to a stop in the center of the room. Everybody ducks under chairs and tables. That is, everybody except the President - who remains seated. The Martian Leader and TWELVE MARTIAN OFFICERS stride in. They cover the War Room with their weapons. The Martian Leader walks over, picks up the orb and shakes it. CLOSE ON: Orb. A little model of a BABY MARTIAN becomes visible inside it - with snow falling. It's a Martian snow globe toy! The Martians laugh. Decker gets up, a gun in each hand. DECKER (angry) You think you can come over here and do whatever you want? Well, you don't know human beings! He fires both pistols at the Martians. The bullets bounce off their body-armor. The Martian Leader barks an order. Three Martians rush him - grab him, disarm him and push him against the wall... DECKER We will never give up! We will fight you and fight you to the last man! We will never surrender! The Martian Leader takes out a TINY LITTLE GUN. It looks like a crackerjack toy. The Martians nervously step away from Decker. The Martian Leader fires! A weird light emantes from the gun - hits Decker and shrinks him down to THREE INCHES HIGH! The Military, under the tables and behind chairs, watch, astonished, as Decker runs, squeaking across the floor, towards the Martian Leader. Decker shakes his little fists. DECKER Damn you to hell, you ugly Martian peckerhead! I'm gonna smash you to peices! The Martian Leader sighs...and steps on him! Terrified, everyone, except the President, runs for the doors. The Martians FIRE. The humans GLOW - and drop. The Martians look at the President, alone at the table. PRESIDENT Why are you doing this? Why? Isn't the universe big enough for both of us? The Martian Leader holds up his hand to his troops. They lower their weapons and listen to the President. PRESIDENT Why don't we work together? Think how much we could do! Earth and Mars together! Why there's nothing we couldn't accomplish! The Martian Leader seems impressed. PRESIDENT Why all this destruction? Why can't we settle our differences and work things out? Why can't we just get along? The Martian Leader offers the President his hand. The President, surprised and pleased, shakes it. Then an odd thing happens. The Martian Leader's hand detaches from his wrist. Before the President has time to blink, the hand scurries up his arm -- to his shoulder. (NOTE : the hand has a mechanical tail - curled up like a scoripon's tail). PRESIDENT Hey, what's going on here? The scorpion-tailed hand scurries over his shoulder and on to his back. The President tries to swipe it off. Then the hand tenses its fingers - the tail uncurls and jabs its sharp point into the President's back. PRESIDENT Ugh! The sharp-pointed metal tail comes through the President's chest. He looks down. PRESIDENT What IS that? The spike-tail telescopes out of his chest!!! He fails backwards, dead, on to the floor-map of the world. The spike-tail's tip flips open. A MARTIAN FLAG snaps out. The Martian Leader and his troops look at the dead President with the Martian Flag impaled in his chest -- and laugh.