Legendary Indy 4 Script/Repped by Top Agent

Posted by Mike from Mizzou-AS9-39.missouri.edu on April 02, 2000 at 00:29:14:

Please pardon if it does not come onto the board as written.

Just because it's repped by a top agent and one of the top people at ILM read it a while back, loved it, and even storyboarded alot of it (that person was a cousin of the writer's best friend) still does not mean that the Force will read it. So you're seeing it here first time ever, in webisodes, with key details omitted for added intrigue.

And--Indy's a fair bit older in this one, and a bit crankier as you will soon see, in that very endearing Indy way.

So, imagine the Paramount Pictures logo dissolving to:

FADE IN: A BASE CAMP ON (deliberately blank)--NIGHT

We see several tents through a light snowfall. The TITLE:

Deliberately left blank
1947

appears on the screen.

Closer now, a silhouette of flames dances on the canvas of the largest tent. Inside, the low chatter of a campfire tale is periodically broken by deep, masculine laughter.

Over the voices, we hear the sound of human footsteps in the snow. A man in cold-weather mountaineering gear trudges into the camp, his features obscured by the darkness. He seems injured. His knees finally crumple, and he collapses face-forward in the cold, ivory powder.

A dunken man, STEPAN, emerges from the main tent. He stumbles toward the fallen mountaineer and bends down to the body. He rolls it over to see a badly mutilated head and bloodied jacket.

Sucking in a long, hard breath, Stepan rises to his feet and yells. Several men rush from their tents, gathering around the corpse.

FIRST MAN
Stepan! What has happened?

STEPAN
We must go back! We must return
to Arguri! God forbids us to go
further!

Stepan retreats to his tent. The other men unzip the corpse's hood.

SECOND MAN
(looking at the body)
Abovian. I told him not to go out
unarmed.

ABOVIAN'S face is severely lacerated, his chest riddled with bullet holes.

THIRD MAN
Just like Patar! (looking around)
They are picking us off like helpless
flies.

Stepan reappears with a backpack hung over his shoulders.

STEPAN
God sent him as a warning! If we
don't leave now, we will all die!

A disembodied hand wheels Stepan around.

INDIANA JONES
(O.S)
Hogwash!

A flaming torch is thrust into Stepan's face by INDIANA JONES, bundled in a fur-lined parka and sporting a full beard.

CLOSE SHOT: INDIANA AND STEPAN

INDIANA
(cont., gripping Stepan's collar)
Just where the hell do ya think you're
goin'?

STEPAN
Turning back. And I suggest you do
the same.

INDIANA
You're a fool. You won't get ten
feet outta here in this weather.

STEPAN
You are the fool, Dr. Jones. Look
at Abovian and see your own fate.

EXT. BASE CAMP

Infuriated, Indy shoves Stepan into the snow and pulls a large revolver out of his belt. Cocking the trigger, Indy sticks the barrel up Stepan's nose.

INDIANA
I oughtta kill you now and save Mother
Nature the trouble.

Indy waves the gun toward Stepan's tent.

INDIANA
(cont.)
Now get in there and unpack, ya drunken
bum. You signed on for this expedition
and goddamn it you're goin'.

Stepan stands up, pushes Indy aside, and stumbles into his tent. Indy pauses briefly to watch the men packing their murdered comrade with snow.

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Re: Legendary Indy 4 Script/Repped by Top Agent Mike 00:33:34 4/02/2000 (1)
- I FEAR NO LAWYER! YOU HEAR ME HANNA-BARBARA? NO LAWYER! Shaggy 00:45:49 4/02/2000 (0)

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: Please pardon if it does not come onto the board as written.

: Just because it's repped by a top agent and one of the top people at ILM read it a while back, loved it, and even storyboarded alot of it (that person was a cousin of the writer's best friend) still does not mean that the Force will read it.  So you're seeing it here first time ever, in webisodes, with key details omitted for added intrigue.

: And--Indy's a fair bit older in this one, and a bit crankier as you will soon see, in that very endearing Indy way.

: So, imagine the Paramount Pictures logo dissolving to:

: FADE IN:  A BASE CAMP ON (deliberately blank)--NIGHT

: We see several tents through a light snowfall.  The TITLE:

:                      Deliberately left blank
:                                1947

: appears on the screen.

: Closer now, a silhouette of flames dances on the canvas of the largest tent.  Inside, the low chatter of a campfire tale is periodically broken by deep, masculine laughter.

: Over the voices, we hear the sound of human footsteps in the snow.  A man in cold-weather mountaineering gear trudges into the camp, his features obscured by the darkness.  He seems injured.  His knees finally crumple, and he collapses face-forward in the cold, ivory powder.

: A dunken man, STEPAN, emerges from the main tent.  He stumbles toward the fallen mountaineer and bends down to the body.  He rolls it over to see a badly mutilated head and bloodied jacket.

: Sucking in a long, hard breath, Stepan rises to his feet and yells.  Several men rush from their tents, gathering around the corpse.

:                             FIRST MAN
:                    Stepan!  What has happened?

:                              STEPAN
:                    We must go back!  We must return
:                    to Arguri!  God forbids us to go
:                    further!

: Stepan retreats to his tent.  The other men unzip the corpse's hood.

:                               SECOND MAN
:                           (looking at the body)
:                    Abovian.  I told him not to go out
:                    unarmed.

: ABOVIAN'S face is severely lacerated, his chest riddled with bullet holes.

:                               THIRD MAN
:                    Just like Patar!  (looking around)
:                    They are picking us off like helpless
:                    flies.

: Stepan reappears with a backpack hung over his shoulders.

:                               STEPAN
:                    God sent him as a warning!  If we 
:                    don't leave now, we will all die!

: A disembodied hand wheels Stepan around.

:                            INDIANA JONES
:                          (O.S)
:                    Hogwash!

: A flaming torch is thrust into Stepan's face by INDIANA JONES, bundled in a fur-lined parka and sporting a full beard.

: CLOSE SHOT:  INDIANA AND STEPAN

:                             INDIANA
:                          (cont., gripping Stepan's collar)
:                    Just where the hell do ya think you're 
:                    goin'?

:                             STEPAN
:                    Turning back.  And I suggest you do
:                    the same.

:                             INDIANA
:                    You're a fool.  You won't get ten 
:                    feet outta here in this weather.

:                              STEPAN
:                    You are the fool, Dr. Jones.  Look 
:                    at Abovian and see your own fate.

: EXT.  BASE CAMP

: Infuriated, Indy shoves Stepan into the snow and pulls a large revolver out of his belt.  Cocking the trigger, Indy sticks the barrel up Stepan's nose.

:                              INDIANA
:                     I oughtta kill you now and save Mother
:                     Nature the trouble.

: Indy waves the gun toward Stepan's tent.

:                              INDIANA
:                           (cont.)
:                      Now get in there and unpack, ya drunken
:                      bum.  You signed on for this expedition
:                      and goddamn it you're goin'.

: Stepan stands up, pushes Indy aside, and stumbles into his tent.  Indy pauses briefly to watch the men packing their murdered comrade with snow.

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