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INT. STUDY - DURRIGAN'S MANSION - DAY
Durrigan scans the scroll copy, eyes alive with wonder.
DURRIGAN
It's fantastic! Where did you find
it?
INDY
We're not sure where it was found
originally.
DURRIGAN
Another one of your adventures, no
doubt.
I'm curious to understand why other
scientists never seem to get in as
much trouble as you.
INDY
Just lucky, I guess.
DURRIGAN
I admire your modesty. But I can
see a great deal of pride hiding
behind it. I suspect your
arrogance is the root of much of
your troubles.
INDY
I do what I can to keep it out of
the wrong hands. Look, why do I
feel like I'm being interrogated?
Durrigan backs down, once again taking a pleasant tone.
DURRIGAN
I do apologize. In my fascination
with human nature I have a nasty
habit of being rather
confrontational. I did not mean to
offend.
(turning back to the
scroll copy)
Back to the scroll, shall we?
MADISON
It's some kind of code, but the key
to solving it is eluding us.
DURRIGAN
These kinds of codes require
ciphers of some kind. Clues left
behind through the ages long lost
to the sands of time. Laumet was
very protective of his findings and
breaking the code will be next to
impossible to break without the
right cipher.
INDY
From what I've read, Laumet was a
bit of a show-off. I find it hard
to believe that he would go through
the trouble of creating a code that
could never be broken.
DURRIGAN
Time is very unpredictable. Entire
civilizations have been decimated
in the blink of an eye; a whole
society being reduced to a
paragraph in a history book.
MADISON
So you think the cipher is gone?
DURRIGAN
I'm saying it's a possibility. But
you could find the cipher under a
doormat and I would not at all be
surprised.
He rolls up the scroll copy and hands it back.
DURRIGAN
This scroll is truly a great
mystery. If you happen to stumble
onto any more clues, I would be
very happy to aid you in any way I
can.
MADISON
Thank you very much for your time
Mr. Durrigan.
Indy shakes his hand.
DURRIGAN
I do hope you will still consider
my offer for lunch.
As Indy and Madison head for the door --
DURRIGAN
Dr. Jones! Finding the cipher
won't be the solution to your
problem. Laumet controlled more
historical artifacts and riches and
knew what consequences might come.
If you locate the cipher, you will
face a much bigger problem.
INDY
Like what?
DURRIGAN
Staying alive.
INT. LONDON LIBRARY - DAY
Tom sits at a reading table, completely engrossed in a book.
He's writing furiously on his pad, barely able to contain his
excitement.
He looks up -- notices that the library crowd has thinned
out. Getting nervous, he hurries and finishes up.
INT. ENGLISH TAXI - DAY
The taxi drives through the historic streets showcasing Big
Ben, among other landmarks. Indy doesn't even notice. He's
lost in thought.
MADISON
Did you get the sense --
INDY
He wasn't telling us everything.
MADISON
I've never seen him give up on a
challenge like that so quickly.
Especially when it comes to Laumet.
INDY
Then we need to assume that we're
on our own from here on out.
Madison softly sneezes. Indy grins, thinks it's cute. He
hands her a handkerchief. She nods her thanks.
MADISON
I don't get out much. Always seem
to catch a sniffle when I do.
INDY
Typical English air. Look, about
earlier -- my comments were out of
line.
MADISON
I was actually a little flattered
at first. Doesn't seem to happen
very much.
INDY
I can't imagine why.
MADISON
(blushes)
The lonely life of a scientist I
suppose.
INDY
I know exactly what you mean.
It's an electric moment. Their faces are getting closer
together --
The taxi lurches as it turns, breaking the moment. Madison
looks out the window, then turns to the DRIVER.
MADISON
I think you made a wrong turn.
No answer. It's getting tense.
INDY
Excuse me, but the lady said --
The Driver turns, brandishing a Luger! Indy immediately
bolts forward twisting the Driver's hand upwards.
The gun fires, putting several holes in the roof. Indy and
the Driver struggle for control. Indy punches him a few
times, but it doesn't seem to have much effect.
The taxi veers out of control, weaving back and forth through
the street. It's heading for the sidewalk --
MADISON
Watch out!
Indy and the Driver turn their attention to the road as the
taxi barrels down the sidewalk, street vendors leaping out of
the way as their carts are demolished.
Keeping one hand on the Driver's gun hand, Indy uses the
other to swerve the taxi back into the road.
The two wrestle with Indy being dragged into the front seat.
The taxi heads straight for another car!
MADISON
Indy, the car!
Indy uses his feet to push the wheel to the left making the
taxi narrowly avoid an accident.
The fight intensifies. Indy and the Driver trade vicious
punches back and forth, while trying to control the Luger.
INDY
Madison, take the wheel!
Madison leans over the seat, trying to steer the out of
control taxi. She dodges traffic, trying to keep it on the
road.
She sees a big traffic jam up ahead. She doesn't know what
to do.
MADISON
INDYYYYYYY!!!!
At the last moment, she swerves the taxi left into an --
OPEN FISH MARKET
Fish fly into the air as the taxi crashes into the bins.
Angry vendors shout as the taxi destroys everything in its
path.
Indy has grabbed the Luger, but the Driver struggles for it.
It raises up, then -- BLAM! The passenger window shatters.
With a big punch, Indy drops the Luger outside the window.
It clatters on the street.
Madison sees a narrow alley as the only exit ahead and she
aims for it.
Indy punches the Driver and forces half his body out of the
window. As he sees the alley approach, he gives the Driver a
big kick --
As the taxi enters the alley, the Driver flies out of the
window and SMACKS into the brick wall. He falls into a
crumpled heap on the ground.
Indy slides into the driver's seat and the taxi zooms away.
EXT. LONDON STREET - DAY
The taxi pulls to a stop next to Tom, who is waiting by the
corner. He looks over the broken window and the bullet holes
in the roof as Indy and Madison get out.
TOM
I was going to tell you how
exciting my day was, but somehow I
don't think it'll compare.
INDY
Do you have something?
TOM
Oh, I've got something.
INT. MADISON'S OFFICE - LONDON MUSEUM - DAY
Tom has books spread out over the desk as he paces with
excitement.
TOM
Laumet was even more clever than I
gave him credit for. It's not a
secret message. It's a map.
Indy and Madison look over the scroll copy, trying to see it.
INDY
This is the Hebrew character for N.
Are you saying --
MADISON
It's North.
TOM
(pointing)
It took me awhile to figure it out
because there is no E or W in the
Hebrew alphabet. So instead Laumet
used the words for --
INDY
Rising sun and setting sun.
TOM
Exactly.
MADISON
Brilliant.
TOM
I wouldn't say brilliant. I'm more
of a --
MADISON
Laumet was brilliant.
TOM
Oh. Each direction was part of a
sentence, all from the Bible.
Each verse represents a length.
Could be paces, could be meters.
MADISON
It would be meters.
INDY
I don't see a starting point.
TOM
You're looking right at it. That
part took me the longest. Look at
the first sentence.
INDY
My French is a little rusty, but --
(reads)
Where my road of the teacher shall
lead me home into the arms of my
one true love and three beautiful
children.
TOM
Laumet never took a wife, nor had
children, so why would he make a
statement like this? It's an
address. The starting point!
MADISON
I'm afraid I don't understand that
one.
TOM
Another word for teacher is ecolier
-- or scholar. Laumet was from
Paris and there is a Scholar street
in Paris. Put the numbers together
that represent his fictional wife
and children.
MADISON
One - one - three.
INDY
One-thirteen Scholar street.
MADISON
So it's to Paris then.
INDY
(to Tom)
I dunno. This is getting pretty
dangerous. Are you sure you want
to come?
TOM
Are you kidding? It's just
starting to get interesting!
Indy grins and we --
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. AIRPLANE - FLYING
SUPERIMPOSED over a MAP tracing the route from London to
France, stopping at Paris.
EXT. PARIS STREET - DAY
Indy and Madison follow Tom, whose nose is buried in a map.
INDY
Are you sure you know where you're
going kid?
TOM
Of course I do. It's right --
(puts down the map)
Here.
They face a huge, expansive cemetery.
TOM
Ummm...
INDY
It's gonna be a long day.
EXT. PARIS CEMETERY - DAY
The cemetery is flooded with a thick fog shrouding its true
size.
Indy and Madison walk down separate rows, looking at
tombstones. Tom is further down.
MADISON
This is like trying to find a
needle in a haystack.
INDY
That's if this is the right
haystack. This whole thing could
be wrong.
TOM (O.S.)
I heard that!
Indy points Madison down another path and walks parallel down
a different one.
MADISON
So there is no Mrs. Jones?
INDY
Nah, I like hanging around with
dead people too much. I guess
you're in the same boat?
MADISON
I'm too impatient. It's very black
and white to me. I'm too
practical, I suppose.
INDY
Nothing wrong with that.
MADISON
It's a bit of a curse actually. I
don't believe that a man can 'grow'
on you just by continually spending
time together.
INDY
Chemistry, eh?
MADISON
The mind of a scientist.
Indy smiles, but his face turns solemn when he sees a shadow
running in the fog. He softly whistles under his breath to
Tom and waves him over.
TOM
What's going on?
INDY
We're not alone.
(points to a mausoleum)
Take her in there. Don't make a
sound.
TOM
But I can help --
INDY
This is not the time. Go.
Tom reluctantly guides Madison over to the mausoleum. Indy
runs into the fog.
MADISON
Is he brave, or stupid?
TOM
There's a difference?
BACK TO INDY --
Running silently between the tombstones. He draws his
revolver, tries to spot any other movement.
He ducks behind a large crypt and moves around the back side.
In the near distance, there's a FIGURE standing with their
back to him.
The hammer on his revolver softly CLICKS as he pulls it back.
He sneaks up on the Figure. He's almost there when the
Figure turns --
It's Vogel. Smiling like he was expecting this. One side of
his face is damaged and freshly stitched up.
VOGEL
Dr. Jones. How fortunate it is
that we meet once again.
INDY
Sorry if I don't shake hands. Keep
'em where I can see 'em. Open
palms.
Vogel obeys, still smiling like he's one up.
VOGEL
You were much harder to track than
I gave you credit for.
INDY
Yeah, your taxi driver had to bail
out. The fish market wanted a
little German on the menu.
VOGEL
I find it amusing that you think
you're in a position to jest. Now
where is the entrance to Laumet's
musuem? If you tell me, you and
your friends may leave, alive.
INDY
Why don't you figure it out for
yourselves?
VOGEL
Dr. Jones, I have more patience
than my unfortunate brother, but I
do have my limits.
INDY
Your brother?
Suddenly it hits him --
BEGIN FLASHBACK
From "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"
-- VOGEL'S BROTHER approaches Indy, who's tied with his
father Henry in a chair.
VOGEL'S BROTHER
This is how we say goodbye in
Germany.
He hits Indy hard, knocking his head back into Henry's.
-- Indy and Vogel's Brother fight it out on the out-of
control tank that's heading for a cliff. Indy jumps off --
The tank falls down the cliff, Vogel's Brother SCREAMING the
entire way down.
END FLASHBACK
Indy spots shadows moving in the fog. He's being surrounded.
VOGEL
You see Dr. Jones, you owe me much
more, but I am willing to take my
revenge another day.
INDY
What if I told you that I don't
know where it is?
VOGEL
Then I would be talking to a dead
man.
INDY
I've been told that before.
Indy senses something is wrong. He jumps behind a tombstone
just as hail of gunfire erupts around him.
Chunks of granite shower down on him. A quick peek reveals
two GERMAN THUGS standing just behind Vogel, brandishing sub
machine guns.
Indy fires a quick shot back, takes a deep breath --
He bolts through the cemetery, weaving between the tombstones
as the bullets spray around him.
INT. MAUSOLEUM - DAY
Tom and Madison both hear the gunfire and exchange worried
glances.
MADISON
Do we stay in here? What if we're
found?
TOM
Then we'd be sitting ducks. We
need to go.
He quietly opens the door and peeks out.
TOM
All clear. Let's go.
Madison follows him out.
EXT. PARIS CEMETERY - DAY
Indy makes his way through the fog. He can't see three feet
in front of him.
There is an eerie quiet. He hears the CRUNCH of a footstep.
Stops in his tracks.
He continues forward when -- he hears the CLICK of a gun
cocking. It's just ahead. A burst of speed --
One of the German Thugs is right in front. Before he can get
a shot off, Indy attacks.
They struggle with the gun. Indy elbows the Thug in the gut.
As the Thug swings, Indy punches him in the ribs. The gun
falls to the ground, tumbling away from them.
The Thug runs and tackles Indy. The force is so strong,
they're both knocked back. Indy's back takes the brunt of
the impact as they CRASH through a tombstone.
They tumble across the ground, trading punches, each trying
to gain control. Indy manages to scramble to his feet.
He grabs a big piece of the splintered tombstone and as the
Thug gets to his feet, Indy swings the tombstone.
With a loud THUD, the tombstone shatters in a cloud of dust
and the Thug is out cold.
ANOTHER PART OF THE CEMETARY --
Tom wades through the fog, straining his eyes to see.
Madison follows close behind. They speak in a hushed tone.
MADISON
I can't see anything.
TOM
I think I see something up ahead.
They continue on, trying not to make any sound. Occasional
shouts in German makes them freeze.
MADISON
I think we need to go back.
TOM
I don't even know where that is.
Suddenly a face looms out of the fog right in front of Tom.
Quickly the GERMAN ATTACKER grabs Tom and with two quick
punches, brings him down.
He points his Luger at Madison and waves her over. When she
gets close, he forces her down to her knees.
Tom gets to his knees and the Attacker aims his gun square at
his face. The hammer goes back -- Tom closes his eyes,
prepares to die --
BLAM! Tom squints, wondering why he isn't dead. The
Attacker looks at him in surprise, then looks down to his
shirt.
Blood soaks through the shirt and he blinks in a final daze --
falls to his knees and dies.
As his body falls over, Tom sees Indy standing behind. Tom
collapses on all fours, overwhelmed. Madison helps him up.
TOM
Am I a sissy for telling you how
scared I was?
MADISON
Not at all.
INDY
We need to move.
(to Tom)
C'mon, Sissy.
TOM
That's not funny.
(to Madison)
Is he funny?
Indy leads them down a path with large mausoleums on both
sides. It provides them some cover.
They move quickly until Indy stops in his tracks.
TOM
What are you doing?
Indy turns and points to a mausoleum on his right. Tom and
Madison both look. It's unmistakable.
The mark of Laumet is etched over the doorway to the
mausoleum.
INT. LAUMET'S MAUSOLEUM - DAY
The door CREAKS open. Indy lets Madison and Tom go ahead and
then pulls the door shut behind him.
The mausoleum is lavishly carved in marble and granite. A
large tomb lies in the center with the same cryptic markings.
TOM
This tomb is nicer than my house.
INDY
The entrance has got to be here
somewhere.
MADISON
The riddle on Laumet's scroll.
'The moment you eat, your eyes
shall be opened'. We can assumed
the our eyes being opened means
gaining access to his library, his
knowledge.
Indy glances around the room, studying the carvings.
INDY
Moment you eat...moment you eat...
TOM
We need to figure this out fast.
There's no telling when they'll
figure out we're in here.
INDY
Look around the tomb. Remember
what I've taught you --
TOM
I know, I know. Study each detail
objectively.
INDY
But do it fast.
TOM
You never taught me that.
They start the search.
EXT. PARIS CEMETERY - DAY
Vogel walks through the gravestones, flanked by two gunmen.
Vogel's right hand man LUKAS (Richard Roxburgh), emerges from
the fog and joins him.
LUKAS
They seem to have eluded us.
VOGEL
They are here somewhere. Unearth
every corpse in this cemetery if
need be.
As they walk along, Vogel senses something in Lukas.
VOGEL
You are troubled.
LUKAS
Forgive me. I have fought
alongside you in times where I
thought neither of us would make
out alive --
VOGEL
But you are unsure about our
current path.
LUKAS
The Garden of Eden is shrouded in
legend, a myth. I wish I had your
confidence that it truly existed.
I truly want to have in this.
VOGEL
Worry not, my trusted friend. You
don't need to have faith.
LUKAS
I don't understand.
VOGEL
Soon, you shall have proof. Just
find Jones and he will lead us.
Lukas salutes, recharged in belief. He hurries away.
Another figure walks up next to Vogel.
It's Durrigan.
DURRIGAN
I had assumed you had everything
under control.
VOGEL
And it is. Know your place.
DURRIGAN
And know yours.
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