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INDIANA JONES AND THE SERPENT OF EDEN
Written by Joseph D. Blackerby
EXT. BERLIN - NIGHT
The camera FLIES over the city, the twinkling lights below in
the various homes and buildings peaceful and inviting. As WE
sweep over further, the lights disappear and the landscape
becomes dark.
The terrain changes dramatically. The remnants of a huge
battle are still here. Jagged sections of concrete litter
the ground and the buildings are hollow -- mere shells of
former prosperity, twisted and destroyed. A true nightmare.
TITLE: UFI STUDIOS PRESENTS
TITLE: A BLACKSMITH PICTURES PRODUCTION
TITLE: INDIANA JONES AND THE SERPENT OF EDEN
EXT. WAR TORN CITY BLOCK - NIGHT
What's left of the street is empty and desolate. An eerie
wind WHISTLES as it blows between the holes in the buildings.
It's a ghost town. Then --
The slight shift of rubble moving. A footstep. A dark
figure moves between the buildings, keeping to the shadows.
The figure hears a noise. The head cocks, turning into the
moonlight.
A familiar hat is outlined in the dark. The figure steps out
of the shadows into the dim light.
INDIANA JONES (Harrison Ford), dressed in his trademark
leather jacket and hat. He looks older than we remember, but
still rugged and ready for action.
His eyes focus on a building across the street. He takes a
quick glance -- a survey for activity. Seeing none, he
hurries across and into the building.
TITLE: BERLIN -- 1949
INT. DECAYING BUILDING - NIGHT
The building is four stories tall, but it's a miracle that
it's still standing. Bomb damage has made the structure very
unstable and the occasional GROAN of metal echoes through the
ground floor.
Indy makes his way across the floor. He hears a strange
noise and his hand goes to his Smith and Wesson Hand Ejector
revolver. His hand relaxes when he sees what it is -- a rat.
He quickens his pace to the back of the building. He heads
down a narrow hallway and ducks out of sight into:
INT. DECAYING BUILDING - OFFICE - NIGHT
Charred remains of furniture litter the room. Indy scans the
area intently. His eyes rest on a light fixture on the wall.
He approaches and using a little strength, pulls the fixture
out. The fixture extends, made of solid metal -- not like a
real fixture at all.
Indy turns it clockwise like a handle. There's a loud CLICK.
The floor next to Indy slides back revealing a set of stairs
beneath! Indy grins and heads down.
INT. DECAYING BUILDING - BUNKER - NIGHT
The stairs lead down to a dusty bunker that seems largely
undisturbed compared to the wreckage above. Indy wipes a
heavy sheet of cobwebs and dust from the wall to reveal --
A faded SWASTIKA. Indy runs his hands over it -- almost
lovingly. Then it's apparent why: There's a hidden button on
the left side of it.
He presses it and the Swastika opens. A hidden panel! Indy
runs his hand over the day old stubble on his face. He
reaches inside.
INDY
Hello, beautiful.
There's a shimmer of gold as he pulls out the CHACHAPOYAN
IDOL. It looks just as he remembers it from the temple in
South America.
He puts the Idol in his bag. A frown comes over his face
when he looks back inside the panel. He carefully takes out
a rolled SCROLL and looks it over, fascinated.
He tucks it into his inside jacket pocket, turns around --
triumphant. He freezes in his tracks.
A group of Germans block the stairs, guns and rifles pointed
at him. They're not dressed as soldiers. More like
mercenaries.
One steps forward, his piercing blue eyes staring into Indy's
soul. This is WOLF VOGEL (Ralph Fiennes). Slick, polished
and deadly.
VOGEL
You must be Dr. Jones.
INDY
You know me?
VOGEL
By reputation.
INDY
Is that good or bad?
VOGEL
That depends on which circles you
walk in. Gun, please.
Indy reluctantly slides his revolver across the floor.
VOGEL
Your bag too.
Gritting his teeth, Indy throws the bag to him. Vogel takes
out the Idol and looks it over.
VOGEL
Magnificent. And what made you
think you were entitled to it?
INDY
I found it. It was just dropped
off in the wrong place.
VOGEL
Ah, Belloq, your fellow
archeologist. He turned out to
be...not one of our best choices.
(waves his gun)
Shall we?
INT. DECAYING BUILDING - NIGHT
Vogel leads Indy out of the bunker at gunpoint, followed by
his men. When they reach the top, Indy turns to face them.
VOGEL
I'm curious to know how you found
the bunker.
INDY
I'm an archeologist.
VOGEL
And one of the best from what I've
been told. But we both know
there's more to the story. Tell
me.
INDY
I don't answer to Nazi's.
VOGEL
(chuckles)
What makes you say that?
INDY
I can smell it.
Vogel's face turns to anger.
VOGEL
You should watch your tongue. I
have developed a very good system
for cutting them out.
One of the Vogel's men looks through Indy's bag and speaks
urgently in German to Vogel. But Indy makes out the name
"HERR VOGEL". Indy mouth the name like he knows it.
VOGEL
(to Indy)
Where is it? Where is the scroll?
INDY
I don't know what you're talking
about.
Vogel steps up slowly, menacing. With a cold eye, he hits
Indy hard across the face.
VOGEL
No more games.
The tense moment is interrupted when a huge chunk of ceiling
falls down nearby with an explosion of concrete. Indy seizes
the moment --
He pushes Vogel back and runs for the exit. Just as he nears
it, another one of Vogel's men steps out from the doorway,
brandishing a Luger.
Indy barely has time to jump out of the line of fire as
bullets whiz by. He takes his only other option -- the stairs
leading up.
Vogel's men draw their weapons and give chase.
VOGEL
Kill him!
INT. SECOND FLOOR - DECAYING BUILDING - NIGHT
Indy reaches the top of the landing. Looks around for a way
out. He hears the thunder of footsteps behind him and runs
for cover behind one of the walls.
The mercenaries reach the second floor and fan out, looking
for their prey.
Indy readies his whip. As the shadow nears him, Indy snaps
the leather weapon around the Mercenary's neck and yanks
hard.
The Mercenary's head slams up against the concrete wall.
He's out cold before he hits the floor. Indy grabs the Luger
out of the Mercenary's hand just as he's spotted.
The maze of ruined walls becomes a battlefield. Indy trades
shots with the other Mercenaries as he tries to find an
escape.
He finds a series of jagged pieces of wall along the outside
and uses them to climb up to --
INT. THIRD FLOOR - DECAYING BUILDING - NIGHT
Indy looks satisfied as he hears the frustrated noises below
as the Mercenaries continue their search. He grins, turns --
-- and is stopped by a brick wall. At least that's what it
feels like. Indy looks up into the eyes of a lone Mercenary,
a huge, muscular BRUTE.
Indy sighs and offers a weak smirk.
INDY
Wrong floor.
The Brute grabs Indy by the jacket and throws him across the
room. He skids along the floor before crashing into an old
fireplace. Chunks of brick fall down on him.
Indy slowly gets to his feet and faces off with the Brute.
They trade punches, but the Brute's are much more powerful.
Indy gets knocked back against wall and he goes through it.
A piece of dry wall is thrown away as Indy attempts to free
himself from the rubble. The Brute picks up a metal pole and
raises it above his head --
At the last second Indy grabs a wooden post and blocks the
swing. He jabs the Brute in the ribs and scrambles to his
feet.
He swings the post and catches the Brute across the face
sending him down to the floor. Indy spots a support beam
teetering on collapse.
Indy takes out his whip and grabs the support beam with it.
With a hard tug it tumbles down bringing tons of rubble down
with it. The Brute is buried.
The Mercenaries below have heard the noise and head up the
stairs.
Indy quickly runs to the edge of the building. Another
building stands nearby. He spots a suspension wire in
between. Perfect.
With a flash of the whip, Indy snags the wire and swings to
the other building. He ducks out of the way just as the
Mercenaries reach the top of the stairs.
Vogel looks furious when he sees no sign of Indy.
EXT. DECAYING BUILDING - NIGHT
Indy sneaks over to two trucks Vogel's men arrived in. He
slides into the driver's seat of one and starts it up. Then
he sees a satchel with a single grenade. An idea forms.
He runs over to the other truck, jams the grenade into the
exhaust pipe and pulls the pin. As he heads back to his own
truck, he hears shouts from above. He's been spotted.
VOGEL
DOWNSTAIRS!! HE'S GETTING AWAY!
Indy drives away as the Mercenaries rush out of the building.
Several hop aboard the truck as Vogel runs over.
VOGEL
Get him! Don't --
As the truck pulls away, the grenade goes off. Several
mercenaries are lost in a huge fireball. Vogel is thrown
back.
He clutches his face in pain. Blood oozes through his
fingers and down his hand.
With one enraged eye, he watches Indy's dust trail disappear.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. COLLEGE - DAY
Students mill back and forth between the classical style
buildings.
INDY (V.O.)
Archeology is a unique science...
INT. COLLEGE LECTURE HALL - DAY
Indy, dressed in his professor style tweed jacket and glasses
faces the class. He writes two words on the board: HISTORY
and MYTHOLOGY.
INDY
Faith and religion have no place in
it. When you are excavating a
site, you have to check all your
beliefs at the door and be able to
examine the site from an objective
mind.
INT. CORRIDOR - COLLEGE - DAY
Just outside the lecture hall, someone is watching Indy
through the glass in the door. It's a familiar SHOT, one
we've seen before.
INDY
It is truly a science where fact
and fiction are constantly
colliding into a jumbled mess.
INT. COLLEGE LECTURE HALL - DAY
The door opens. Indy looks up and sees DONALD WRIGHT (Tom
Wilkinson), with a crisp tailored suit. Much more stiff than
who used to walk through the door: Marcus Brody.
Indy can't help but to look disappointed that it isn't his
friend. He turns back to the class.
INDY
An elaborate puzzle that by using
scientific methods, can be sorted
out. In short, our job --
He draws diagonal lines from the words History and Mythology
until they meet.
INDY
-- is to find out where mythology
ends and history begins.
The bell RINGS and the class hurries for the exits.
INDY
Remember, there's a test next week
on the excavation of the Peruvian
Temples! And final papers are due
in less than two weeks!
As the room empties, Wright approaches Indy.
INDY
Mr. Wright. Nice to see you.
They shakes hands. It's a little uncomfortable for both.
WRIGHT
Please. Formalities are over.
Call me Donald. I've heard you hit
a bit of rough spot in Berlin.
Glad to see you made it back in one
piece.
INDY
There are still a few that don't
want the Nazi party to have died
with Hitler.
WRIGHT
And the Idol?
INDY
I had a bit of an exit problem.
The Idol didn't make it with me,
I'm afraid.
WRIGHT
A shame, for sure. No chance of
getting it back?
INDY
With the people who took it, I
would guess that it will be several
years before it surfaces again.
But the trip wasn't a total loss.
WRIGHT
It wasn't?
INDY
I just hope you're as easily
impressed as Marcus was.
INT. MUSEUM - DAY
Indy and Wright pass by two massive pillars that frame the
entrance to the museum. They head for a door marked:
RESTORATION.
They pass by a plaque with a picture of MARCUS BRODY and the
heading: IN MEMORIAM.
INT. RESTORATION ROOM - MUSEUM - DAY
Indy and Wright surround a RESTORATION TECH as he carefully
examines and attempts to preserve the scroll that Indy took
from the bunker. Wright looks it over curiously.
WRIGHT
A scroll?
INDY
Found it in the same bunker as the
Idol. Funny thing is, the Germans
seemed more interested in it.
WRIGHT
Is that right?
(takes a closer look)
What does it say?
INDY
It's in French, but it doesn't make
sense. Some kind of code maybe.
The scroll looks like early
fifteenth century.
Wright's eyes go to a strange looking symbol in the corner.
WRIGHT
Now this is odd.
INDY
I know. Haven't seen anything like
it.
WRIGHT
I have. But for the life of me, I
can't remember where.
INDY
If the Nazi's had it, then it's not
just some artifact. There was a
purpose to it. Let me know if you
find anything.
As Indy leaves, Wright gets lost in the scroll.
EXT. INDY'S HOUSE - NIGHT
An older 1946 Ford Pickup pulls into the driveway of a small
suburban house. Indy gets out carrying a briefcase satchel
and sighs when he sees the overgrown lawn.
INT. LIVING ROOM - INDY'S HOUSE - NIGHT
Indy walks out in his robe, freshly showered. He clears off
the mountain of books from an end table and sets a stack of
student papers on it.
He pours himself a glass of bourbon and settles into an easy
chair, taking out the first paper from the stack. The title
reads: THE ARCHEOLOGY OF GREECE. He sighs and stares off
into space.
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. LIVING ROOM - INDY'S HOUSE - MORNING
A PIERCING RING. The phone. Indy jerks awake, still in the
chair. He looks down at the paper: It's the same one he
started with.
He groans as he stands and hurries to the phone.
INDY
Hello?
(listens)
I'll be right there.
INT. WRIGHT'S OFFICE - MUSEUM - MORNING
Indy lets himself in. Wright sits behind his desk, trying to
hide his excitement.
INDY
Did you find something?
WRIGHT
Indeed I did.
(gesturing)
Sit, sit.
As Indy takes a seat, Wright pushes over a magnificent old
dagger. Indy picks it up curiously.
INDY
I'm not sure I understand.
WRIGHT
Look at the hilt.
Indy looks it over, then spots it: The same symbol on the
scroll is etched very faintly on the bottom of the hilt.
INDY
What does it mean?
WRIGHT
It was made by an early French
explorer. Antonie Laumet. Heard
of him?
INDY
One of the pioneers of his day.
Traveled all over the world in
search of the mysteries of life.
Very ambitious.
WRIGHT
Quite right. The symbol is his
mark.
INDY
(understands)
It's a cataloging system! When he
made these discoveries, he would
make sure that he got the credit.
WRIGHT
Legend has it that Laumet had a
private library for hidden storage,
but thus far it has never been
found. In fact, these items and
only a handful of others are the
few that have surfaced.
INDY
Do you know who discovered this
dagger? That might be a good place
to start.
Wright leans forward smiling.
WRIGHT
Indy, do you believe in irony?
INDY
Only when it's in my favor. Who
found this?
WRIGHT
Your father.
Indy looks surprised.
EXT. JONES HOUSE - DAY
A small, quaint house in a quiet neighborhood. Indy pulls
his truck in, hops out and heads to the front door. When it
reaches it --
-- it's ajar. Worried, he creaks open the door and goes
inside.
INT. LIVING ROOM - JONES HOUSE - DAY
Full of books and looks somewhat similar to Indy's. There
doesn't seem to be anyone home. It's very quiet. Indy looks
alarmed and searches the house.
INDY
Dad?
No answer. Then he hears a noise outside. He hurries to the
back door.
EXT. BACKYARD - JONES HOUSE - DAY
Indy steps outside into a small paradise. The yard is full
of flower beds, complete with a goldfish pond and tiny
waterfall.
He spots a hunched over figure near a flower bed. As he
rushes over --
INDY
DAD?
The FIGURE raises up. As the brim of the floppy Panama hat
tilts, it reveals the face of HENRY JONES SR. (Sean Connery)
HENRY
Junior?
Indy breathes a sigh of relief.
INDY
Geez dad, you scared me to death.
I thought you might of --
HENRY
What are you talking about?
INDY
Your door, Dad. You left your
front door wide open.
Henry smiles, brushes it off.
HENRY
Must've forgotten to close it when
I brought my flowers in.
INDY
You can't be doing that. You never
know when somebody could --
HENRY
Point taken. Now did you come here
to talk to be about home security,
or did you have another reason?
INDY
There is -- something else.
HENRY
Excellent. You can help me plant
the rest of these.
He points to a long line of flowers in small pots, ready to
be planted.
INDY
I don't really know how...
HENRY
You're an archeologist, right?
(off Indy's nod)
You dig things up, right?
(another nod)
Then you can plant flowers. Roll
up your sleeves. This will be a
bit messy.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. BACKYARD - JONES HOUSE - LATER
Father and son have streaks of dirt on their sweaty faces as
they work in the garden.
INDY
This isn't a hobby I would have
pegged you for.
HENRY
Your mother would spend hours in
the garden, you remember? She
absolutely loved it. I wanted to
find out why.
INDY
Have you?
HENRY
It's an escape. Just you and the
work. My time with the past is
over. The present is what I wish
to enjoy.
INDY
There's a dagger at the museum,
found by you. Remember it?
HENRY
Indeed. An old colleague of mine
allowed me access to a hidden
library that had just been
unearthed. I thought I might find
something about the Grail there.
INDY
The dagger was in the library?
HENRY
Hidden inside one of the books. It
didn't catch my interest until I
saw the mark of Laumet.
Indy pauses his work, thinking hard.
INDY
Laumet is a real mystery. I only
know bits and pieces about his
travels. What I can't figure out
is why the Nazi's think he's so
important.
HENRY
The Nazi's? But I thought --
INDY
They were defeated. It doesn't
mean they're dead.
HENRY
Laumet's speciality was biblical
lore. Some of his knowledge is in
my Grail diary. It's even said
that he's found and walked through
the actual Garden of Eden.
INDY
I found a scroll, written by
Laumet. His words in are in some
kind of code. Do you know anyone
who might help?
HENRY
In London there's a historian who's
supposedly an expert on Laumet. But
what have you gotten yourself into?
INDY
I don't know yet. But it could be
fun. I could use your help.
You're the best researcher I know.
Henry puts a reassuring hand on Indy's shoulder.
HENRY
I'm honored. But I'm finished.
I've taken my journey.
INDY
What's that supposed to mean?
HENRY
I'm worried about you. You go on
these quests and your focus is
nothing short of incredible. But
when I look into your eyes you seem
so -- lost.
INDY
I'm not lost.
HENRY
Junior, the quest for knowledge is
a noble path, but it is a lonely
one. One day you will have to
decide how much knowledge is
enough.
INDY
You mean is it worth my life?
HENRY
Not just your life. Your soul.
Indy sits back, letting this sink in.
INT. COLLEGE HALLWAY - DAY
Indy paces back and forth in front of large double doors
nervously, dressed in his suit.
THE DOORS OPEN. Wright walks out, heads straight for Indy.
INDY
Well?
WRIGHT
I did what I could. I'm sorry.
INDY
You've gotta be kidding me! What
do they expect --
WRIGHT
You've been on a bit of a dry
streak lately and the board wasn't
comfortable funding the trip.
INDY
Do they even understand what's at
stake here?
WRIGHT
Of course they don't. That's the
problem.
INDY
I'll go over their heads. Go on my
own.
WRIGHT
Visas are tough to get these days.
The war may be over, but without
the backing of the college, you may
be out of luck.
INDY
Marcus would know how to get around
this.
WRIGHT
Perhaps so. He had a lot of
connections I don't have and I am
truly sorry for that. My hands are
tied.
Indy grits his teeth. He knows it's true.
INDY
Then what am I supposed to do?
WRIGHT
Go home. Grade your papers. Give
me some time.
INDY
I don't have that option.
He stomps off down the hall leaving Wright looking defeated.
A YOUNG MAN (Ryan Reynolds), cleanly dressed, sits on a
nearby bench. As Indy passes, he waits a moment, then
follows.
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