"PLANET OF THE APES" (Continue)

130- A SERIES OF SHOTS - THE HUNTERS AND THE HUNTED:
135
(a) Landon flees from one rider only to be cut off by another.
He stumbles and a rearing stallion tramples him.

(b) A third mounted gorilla flings a net over a running female.
She is hopelessly entangled. This is Nova.

(c) Landon lies unconscious on the grassy plain, an ugly gash
on his forehead.

(d) Taylor crawls through the tall grass on his hands and knees.
A rider crosses his path without seeing him.

(e) The beaters close in on Taylor, blocking his escape route.

(f) Taylor changes direction and decides to run for it.

136 EXT, SAVANNA - PANNING WITH TAYLOR

Bent low, he flees through the tall grass. A SHOT rings out. Taylor
falls.

137 CLOSE ON TAYLOR

Lying on his back. His fingers go to his throat. Blood appears between
his fingers. He opens his mouth in pain, but no sound comes forth, as
Taylor sinks into unconsciousness.

DISSOLVE TO:

138 EXT. GROVE - FULL SHOT - THE HUNTERS - DAY

The hunting party has reassembled here beneath the fruit trees. Some of
the gorillas have dismounted; others are still on horseback. In the
middle distance is a crude horse-drawn wagon. The sides and top of the
wagon form a wire cage. Three captive males and one female are visible
within the cage. Dodge and Landon are nowhere to be seen. Two gorilla
porters enter scene, dragging a male human corpse by the ankles, as two
other bearers enter scene with a living burden on a long carrying pole.
Taylor dangles from the pole, held aloft by the bonds around his wrists
and ankles. CAMERA PANS with the two gorillas as they dump Taylor into
the wagon and close the tail gate.

139- OUT
140

141 CLOSE ON TAYLOR - WITHIN WAGON CAGE

His throat is smeared with blood. His eyelids flutter as he regains
consciousness.

142 CLOSE SHOT - WHAT TAYLOR SEES:

Three primitive males bound hand and foot. They seem docile in
captivity. The female, Nova, clasps bound wrists around her bound
ankles and gazes blankly at Taylor. There is a JOLT of MOVEMENT as the
wagon gets underway

143 CLOSE ON TAYLOR

With a great effort he raises himself on one elbow and looks out from
the cage.

144 TRUCKING WITH THE WAGON - WHAT TAYLOR SEES:

A gorilla hunter stands over a dead man, one foot planted he chest of
his kill and his rifle butt resting on the on abdomen. Facing him is
another gorilla with an old-fashioned camera on a tripod.

APE PHOTOGRAPHER
Smile.

The hunter bares his teeth.

145 CLOSE ON TAYLOR

He faints.

FADE OUT

FADE IN

146 INT. A SURGERY - ANGLING DOWN ON TWO OPERATING TABLES NIGHT

The surgery is dimly-lit. (If possible we should be unaware of the
source of illumination.) Taylor lies strapped to the nearer table. He
appears to be unconscious. The young female captive, Nova, is strapped
to the table beside him. She is conscious. Taylor is receiving a direct
blood transfusion from her.

Hovering over Taylor are a NURSE and a surgeon named GALEN. Both are
chimpanzees. Galen wears a bloody surgical apron, the nurse a white
smock. Galen is removing a filthy bandage from Taylor's neck. A door
behind them opens and DR. ZIRA, an animal psychologist, enters. She,
too, is a chimpanzee and wears a smock like the nurse's.

ZIRA
Which one was wearing the strange
clothes?

GALEN
Him.

Zira looks down at Taylor.

ZIRA
Will he live?

GALEN
(irritably)
I don't know. This beast lost a lot
of blood.

Galen paws through a tray of surgical instruments. The equipment is
obsolescent and the room untidy -- like that of a callous small-town
veterinarian.

GALEN
(to Nurse )
There's no probe here. Find one!

NURSE
Yes, sir.

She exits. Zira runs a forefinger across a dusty table.Her voice is
soft and well-modulated.

ZIRA
This place is dirty, doctor.

GALEN
(defensively)
These animals are dirty, doctor. They
stink, and they carry communicable
diseases. Why aren't they cleaned up
before they're brought here?

147 CLOSE TWO SHOT - TAYLOR AND NOVA

His eyes come open. Over this we hear:

ZIRA'S VOICE
(o.s.)
You don't sound happy in your work.

GALEN'S VOICE
(o.s.)
I'm nothing more than a vet in this
laboratory...

Taylor feebly turns his head and looks at Nova. She returns his gaze
with an unchanged empty stare. We sense that Taylor realizes her blood
is flowing into his veins. Over this we hear:

GALEN'S VOICE
(o.s.)
You promised to speak to Dr. Zaius
about me.

ZIRA'S VOICE
(o.s.)
I did. But you know how he looks down
his nose at chimpanzees.

Taylor rolls his eyes toward the apes. Weak as he is,we see his
astonishment at hearing them talk.

148 BACK TO GROUP AROUND OPERATING TABLE

as the Nurse reenters with a probe and hands it to Dr. Galen, who
protests to Zira:

GALEN
But the quota system's been abolished!
You made it. Why can't I?

ZIRA
What do you mean, made it? I'm an
animal psychologist, that's all. We
don't have any authority.

GALEN
You do pretty well when it comes to
getting space and equipment.

ZIRA
That's because Dr. Zaius realizes our
work has value.

GALEN
Hmph.

ZIRA
The foundations of scientific brain
surgery are being laid right here -
in studies of cerebral function in
these animals.

GALEN
They're still dirty. And their bite is
septic. Look at that ...

He shows Zira infected teeth marks on the back of his left hand.

GALEN
(to Nurse)
Hold his head.

The Nurse complies, gripping Taylor's skull with both hands. Galen
leans down and begins to probe the throat wound. Taylor passes out.

DISSOLVE TO:

149 INT. A ROW OF CAGES - ANIMAL LABORATORY - TRACKING SHOT DAY

The cages are no larger than small jail cells. There are four of them.
Bars, not walls, divide the cages, so that all four are visible. Each
of the first three cages is occupied by a primitive male. At the moment
the first two are quiet -- dozing or scratching apathetically. The
third occupant is stolidly regarding a half-dozen brightly colored
hollow wooden boxes, or blocks, Of varying sizes and proportions on the
floor of his cage. He is trying to stack the boxes in such a way as to
reach a banana dangling from a cord twelve feet overhead. He has
correctly selected the first two large, sturdy blocks for his tower
under the banana -- but the tall third block is too unstable on its
small base to support the broad-based fourth block.

149-A CLOSE - TAYLOR

Taylor, Looking much stronger, sits on a pile of dirty straw in the
fourth cage. There is a clean bandage around his throat. He watches the
block-building primitive with contemptous amusement.

Both the third and fourth blocks tumble to the floor when the primitive
tries to mount his tower. He stands there, staring dully at the
scattered blocks, then up at the unattainable banana.

149-B MED. - THE LABORATORY

A door at the end of the aisle opens and a gorilla named JULIUS enters,
dressed in a keeper's uniform. He quickly closes the door, snatches up
a broom, starts sweeping. Julius is obviously late for work. Taylor
struggles to his feet, moves to the bars of the cage, tries to call
out.

TAYLOR
(soundlessly)
Hey! Hey!

The three other primitives move toward the bars of their cages. Julius
barks at them.

JULIUS
Simmer down!
(points at Taylor)
You especially.

The third primitive goes back to stacking his blocks. Julius comes up
to Taylor's cage, indicates a like set of blocks strewn across its
floor, extends his broom handle to whack the banana overhead.

JULIUS
Better give it a try, stupid. Unless
you like going hungry.

He returns to his sweeping. Taylor glowers at him. A moment later, the
door at the end of the aisle opens and Dr. Zira enters.

JULIUS
Good morning, Dr. Zira.

ZIRA
Good morning, Julius. How's our patient
today?

JULIUS
No change. The minute you open the door,
he goes into his act.

She starts down the aisle toward Taylor's cage. He grasps the bars,
awaiting her anxiously. As she passes the second cage, the primitive in
it shakes the bars, jumps up and down. His tongue is hanging out. Zira
smiles, stops, digs into the pocket of her smock.

ZIRA
(playfully)
Well, what do we want this morning? Do
we want something? Speak! Come on, speak!

The primitive continues to jump up and down energetically. Zira takes a
cube of sugar from her pocket, holds it up for his inspection.

ZIRA
Do we want some sugar, old-timer?

The man eagerly sticks his hand through the bars. She drops the cube in
his hands. He jams it into his mouth.

JULIUS
(concerned)
You could get hurt doing that, Doctor.

ZIRA
Don't be silly. He's perfectly tame.

She moves toward Taylor's cage, Julius behind her.

JULIUS
They're all tame until they take a
chunk out of you.

150 CLOSE SHOT - FEATURING TAYLOR - ZIRA AND JULIUS

Taylor starts to open his mouth as Zira comes up to the bars.

ZIRA
Well, Bright Eyes, is our throat
feeling better?

TAYLOR
(frantic mouthing)
Listen, listen -- I can speak --

He winces, puts his hand to the bandage.

ZIRA
(sympathetically)
Awww, it still hurts, doesn't it?

JULIUS
See? He keeps pretending he can
talk.

Taylor glares at Julius, slams the bars.

TAYLOR
(mouthing)
I'm not pretending! I can talk!

Zira hurriedly takes a pen and notebook from the breast Docket of her
smock, starts to scribble.

ZIRA
(excitedly)
Did you see that? It's remarkable!

JULIUS
Huh?

ZIRA
He's trying to form words.

JULIUS
Well, you know what they say.
Human see, human do.

Taylor is staring in silent fascination at the open and notebook.He
stops mouthing, points at them.

JULIUS
Now what?

Taylor gestures for Zira to come closer to the bars.

ZIRA
He seems to want something.

She advances tentatively toward the cage.

JULIUS
I'd be careful, doctor.

Taylor suddenly reaches through the bars, tries to snatch the pen and
notebook from Zira. Julius instantly jabs his broom handle through the
bars, hitting Taylor in the ribs.

JULIUS
What did I tell you!
(to Taylor)
Try that again, I'll break your arm!

Zira draws back, looking at Taylor in surprise.

151 CLOSER - TAYLOR

His face is twisted in frustration.

TAYLOR
(mouthing)
What's the matter with you? I can
talk! Can't you see that?

Over this a door is heard opening o.s., and Julius' voice, nervous,
deferential:

JULIUS' VOICE
(o.s.)
Good morning, Your Excellency.

Taylor looks o.s.

152- OUT
160

161 BOOM SHOT - THE THREE APES - FROM TAYLOR'S P.O.V.

Julius and Zira cross to a stout, imposing orangutan who has just
entered the laboratory. Julius bows to him. This is DR. ZAIUS. Like the
other apes, he wears a simple tunic and trousers, but his garments are
of a Costlier material, and several decorations are woven into the sash
of his tunic.

ZIRA
(bubbling)
Dr. Zaius, I'm so glad you could come.
He's over here.

Zaius crosses with them to Taylor's cage. Beneath his austere manner,
we sense tension, worry. Zira looks up at Taylor, her tone an appeal.

ZIRA
Bright Eyes, show him! Go ahead!
Do your trick!

Taylor just glares at her.

ZIRA
Speak! Go on. Speak again.

TAYLOR
(silent mouthing)
My - name - isn't - Bright Eyes It's
Taylor!

ZIRA
There! Can you believe it? I looks
like he's talking.

ZAIUS
(evenly)
Yes, amusing. A man who acts like an ape.

Taylor turns to Zaius.

TAYLOR
(silent mouthing)
I'm not acting! I can talk! How much
proof do you want?

ZIRA
(thunderstruck)
Dr. Zaius, I could have sworn he was
answering you!

ZAIUS
(nodding, but unmoved)
He shows a definite gift for mimicry.

Zira wiggles her fingers excitedly.

ZIRA
I wonder how held score on a Hopkins
manual dexterity test?

Zaius' voice is quiet, but there is steel in it.

ZAIUS
An animal?

JULIUS
Look!

Taylor is frantically wiggling his fingers.

ZIRA
He's moving his fingers!

ZAIUS
Of course. He saw you moving yours.

ZIRA
But perhaps he understood --

161-A CLOSE - TAYLOR

He is pleading silently as Zaius' voice is heard over the SHOT.

ZAIUS' VOICE
(o.s., hard)
Man has no understanding, Dr. Zira.
He can be taught a few simple tricks.
Nothing more.

ZIRA'S VOICE
(o.s.)
I beg to disagree. According to my exper-
iments --

161-B CLOSE - ZAIUS

A warning burns out of his eyes as he stares at Taylor.

ZAIUS
A word to the wise, Dr. Zira. Experimental
brain surgery on these creatures is one
thing. I'm all for it.

161-C CLOSER - TAYLOR

Fear clouds his eyes. Abruptly, he stops moving his lips.

161-D MED. THE GROUP

Zaius sees the effect his words have had on Taylor. He turns to Zira,
goes on in a more detached tone.

ZAIUS
But your behavioral studies are another matter entirely. To suggest
that we can learn something about simian nature from a study of man is
nonsense. Besides, men are a nuisance. They outgrow their own food
supply in the forest and migrate to our green belts and ravage our
crops.
(looking casually
at Taylor)
The sooner they're exterminated, the better.

He turns toward the door. A disappointed Zira follows him. Zaius looks
back at Taylor just before going out.

ZAIUS
It's a question of simian survival.

161-E CLOSE - TAYLOR

He stares after Zaius, than looks away, slumps to the floor. A pause,
then a VOICE is heard.

APE GUARD
Is this the one you wanted, Doctor?

ZIRA'S VOICE
(o.s.)
Yes, thank you.
(pause, her voice
much closer)
Bright Eyes?

Taylor looks up.

ZIRA'S VOICE
(o.s.)
I've got a present for you.

161-F ANOTHER ANGLE - THE CAGE

Standing outside the cage, held on a leash by an APE GUARD is Nova.
She looks at Taylor without expression. Zira gestures at JULIUS.

ZIRA
Put her in with him.

Julius unlocks the cage door-, leads Nova inside, removes her leash and
collar. Taylor has gotten to his feet. Julius goes out, locking the
door behind him. Nova hesitates, then slowly reaches out, takes
Taylor's hand. Zira beams at them.

162- OUT
169

DISSOLVE TO:

170 EXT.- EXERCISE YARD - ANIMAL COMPOUND - ESTABLISHING SHOT DAY

It is nothing elaborate, A wire fence encloses a dirt yard. This
compound is situated on the outskirts of Apetown and the town is
visible in the distance.

There are about a dozen adult human captives within the enclosure, no
more than a third of them females. Some of them trudge around the dusty
yard like convicts in a penitentiary. Others squat against the sun-
drenched wall.

A big male suddenly runs to the fence and tries to climb it. Several
guides, armed with whips and torches, immediately close in on him. The
primitive recoils in fear from a fiery torch and rejoins the captives'
circle.

171 CLOSER ANGLE - THE YARD - FEATURING TAYLOR

He plods sullenly back and forth across the rear of the yard,
occasionally glancing off toward the approaches to the compound. Nova
is at his heels. He ignores her. Once again he looks off, stops
suddenly. Nova bumps into him. He turns, impatiently shoos her away,
then looks o.s., again.

172 ZIRA AND COMPANION - TAYLOR'S P.O.V.

Zira can be seen approaching with a young chimpanzee, DR. CORNELIUS. He
wears a simple smock over his tunic and trousers. Cornelius glances
surreptitiously around, covertly takes Zira's hand.

CORNELIUS
Do you have to work tonight?

ZIRA
No.

CORNELIUS
Neither do I.

He gives her a quick peck on the cheek.

173 CLOSER - TAYLOR

He drifts toward the fence, Nova behind him.

174 MED. SHOT - ZIRA AND CORNELIUS

They come up to the fence. Zira nods toward Taylor.

ZIRA
That's Bright Eyes. The one I was telling
you about.

CORNELIUS
What's so special about him?

ZIRA
Watch.
(to Taylor)
Hello, Bright Eyes. How's our
throat today?

Taylor stares at her impassively, then looks around to a that no guards
are watching, hunkers down, begins to scratch in the dust. Nova extends
unclean fingers to touch the bandage on his throat. Taylor flinches,
pushes her hand away. Nova touches a bluish bruise on the inside of her
own forearm, then searches for a similar bruise on Taylor's forearm.

ZIRA
(excited)
Look -- she remembers.

CORNELIUS
Remembers what?

ZIRA
The blood transfusion.

CORNELIUS
(peeved)
Zira, come on. You know they
can't --
(he stops, looking off)
Oh oh. Here comes Number One.

Taylor looks up and o.s., quickly rises.

175 ANOTHER ANGLE - THE YARD - FEATURING DR. ZAIUS

Who is approaching the two scientists from deep b.g. Zaius is followed
by a huge and much decorated gorilla Whom we recognize as the Leader of
the Hunt Club.

ZIRA
(in a whisper, to
Cornelius)
Something's bothering him. He's
been prying around the lab for the last
two days ...

ZIRA
(as Zaius comes
nearer)
Good morning, Dr. Zaius. You know Dr.
Cornelius, my fiance.

Cornelius bows respectfully. Zaius is patronizingly polite.

ZAIUS
Oh, yes -- the young ape with
a shovel. I hear you're planning
another archeological expedition.

A-175 MED. SHOT - TAYLOR

He has stepped back from the marks he made in the-dust, is watching
Zaius with concern.

CORNELIUS' VOICE
(o.s.)
Yes, sir. If the academy agrees.

ZAIUS' VOICE
(o.s.)
The project will require my support, of
course.

176 MED. CLOSE SHOT - ANGLING DOWN ON TAYLOR AND NOVA

A primitive male squats down to see what Taylor has marked on the
ground. In letters a foot high he has written:

I CAN WRITE

Nova, at once petulant and playful, erases the WRITE with a bare foot.
Taylor angrily flings her aside. This violence provokes the primitive
male, who snarls at Taylor and cuffs him. Over this we HEAR from a
distance:

CORNELIUS' VOICE
(o.s.)
I hope I can count on it, sir.

ZAIUS' VOICE
(o.s)
A friendly warning, Cornelius --
when you're digging for artifacts,
don't bury your reputation.

Taylor slugs the snarling male, who wades in, trying to bite him.

A VOICE
(o.s.)
Guards!

177 WIDER ANGLE - THE FIGHT

Two gorilla guards rush in to break up the fight. One of them lashes
out with his whip. The other pokes his torch at Taylor. Its flame
brushes his arm. Taylor opens his mouth, gives a silent yell of pain,
shrinks back. Zira runs to the fence.

ZIRA
(to guards)
Stop! You've hurt him! Take them inside!

Prodding the malcreants with their torches, the two guards herd them
toward a doorway in the wall. Zira hurries around the side of the fence
and o.s.

178 MED. SHOT - ZAIUS, CORNELIUS, HUNT CLUB LEADER

ZAIUS
Cornelius, if you have a moment today, I'd
like to discuss this expedition of yours
in more detail.

CORNELIUS
(eagerly)
Certainly, sir. I'll get my notes and come
right over.

He exits hurriedly. The Hunt Club Leader turns to Zaius.

HUNT CLUB LEADER
I don't understand these animal psychologists.
What's Dr. Zira trying to prove?

ZAIUS
That man can be domesticated.

The hunter guffaws. Zaius turns away and looks down at:

179 THE DUST UNDERFOOT

Just beyond the fence we can make out the letters:

I CAN

Zaius' extended foot appears beneath the bottom wire of the fence. The
foot wipes out the letters.

180 CLOSEUP - ZAIUS

His face is a mask.

181 INT. TAYLOR'S CAGE - MED. SHOT - DAY

He is slumped against the bars of the cell, gingerly touching a large,
reddening blotch on his arm. Julius watches him uncertainly from a few
yards away . In the b.g., the outside door opens and Zira rushes in,
hurries down the aisle.

JULIUS
What happened?

ZIRA
Those fools and their torches! Do you
have any ointment?

JULIUS
I'll see.

He moves to a cabinet at the other end of the laboratory, rummages
through some drawers.

182 MED. SHOT - ZIRA - FROM TAYLOR'S P.O.V.

Zira comes up to Taylor's cage, studies him solicitously.

ZIRA
I'm sorry, Bright Eyes.

183 ANOTHER ANGLE - TO INCLUDE TAYLOR

He looks steadily at Zira, who is only an arm's length away. CAMERA
MOVES IN on them. Suddenly Taylor reaches out, snatching the pen and
notebook from the pocket of her smock. Zira leaps back with a cry.
Julius grabs a club, races up to the cage, unlocks the door.

JULIUS
I told you what you'd get!

184 WIDER ANGLE - TO INCLUDE THEM ALL

Taylor is scribbling furiously on a sheet of note paper. The guard
moves in, his club upraised.

ZIRA
(pleading)
Julius, don't. It doesn't matter.

Julius swings his-club at Taylor's head. Taylor lifts his right arm to
ward off the blow, and the stick strikes him sharply on the hand. He
drops the pen and notebook. The guard swings again, driving Taylor to
the wall. Then Julius retrieves the stolen articles.

185 ANOTHER ANGLE - FAVORING ZIRA

The guard returns her pen and notebook with the comment:

JULIUS
Natural born thieves, aren't they?

Zira glances at the notebook. Her face clouds.

186 INSERT - WHAT SHE READS:

A hasty, almost illegible scrawl:

MY NAME IS TAYLOR.

187 CLOSEUP - ZIRA

Her eyes afire with a wild surmise.

188 TWO SHOT - ZIRA AND JULIUS

Her eyes never leave Taylor as she tells the guard:

ZIRA
Get me a collar and leash. I'm
taking him to the infirmary.

JULIUS
He's vicious, Doctor. Besides, it's
against the rules.

ZIRA
Do as I say.

The guard shrugs and moves Off 0.3. Zira beckons to Taylor. He comes
forward to the bars of the cage.

ZIRA
(sotto voce)
You wouldn't hurt me, would
you... Taylor?

189 INT. DR. CORNELIUS' OFFICE - ESTABLISHING SHOT - DAY

The office is simple, almost Spartan. There are books but no bric-a-
brac; several painted portraits of Great Apes but no tape recorder or
other modern office equipment. Taylor sits at a desk, scribbling
furiously on a sheet of paper. His leash has been removed, but not his
collar. Zira stands at his elbow. Cornelius paces nervously up and
down, reading a sheaf of notes Taylor has already written.

CORNELIUS
(stubbornly)
It's a stunt. Humans don't write.

ZIRA
Dear, you're a scientist. Don't
you believe your own eyes?

CORNELIUS
(to Taylor)
Where did you learn to do this?

190 ANOTHER ANGLE - THE OFFICE

Taylor scribbles something on a small desk pad, rips off the page,
hands it to Cornelius.

CORNELIUS
Jefferson Public School, Fort Wayne,
Indiana?

He looks at Taylor narrowly. Taylor nods.

CORNELIUS
(sardonically)
Back on that planet you say you came from?
(Taylor nods again)
Um-hm.
(to Zira)
He may be intelligent, but he's also mad.

Taylor scribbles something else on the pad, hands it to Zira, points at
Cornelius.

ZIRA
(reads aloud)
'And you're a fool'.

She smiles. Cornelius bristles.

CORNELIUS
Now, just a minute --

ZIRA
Oh, Cornelius, be quiet.

Taylor has resumed writing. He hands the sheet to Zira, who reads
aloud.

ZIRA
'Dodge was killed in the hunt. What
happened to Landon?'
(looking at Taylor)
I don't know.

CORNELIUS
(scornfully)
And they fell out of the sky with you?

Taylor writes quickly, hands the note to Zira.

ZIRA
(reading)
'Not fell -- flew!'

Taylor impatiently begins to fold a sheet of paper.

CORNELIUS
Flight is a scientific impossibility.

ZIRA
And even if it weren't, why fly?
Where would it get you?

Taylor points to the floor and mouths the word "Here." He flings the
paper plane he has just fashioned into the air. It describes a graceful
arc around the room and lands at the feet of Cornelius, who slowly
picks it up, then exchanges a long glance with Zira.

CORNELIUS
(softly)
Well, now...

Taylor scribbles on a piece of paper, hands it to Zira.

ZIRA
(reading)
'Do you have maps?'

Cornelius puts the paper plane on his desk, crosses to a wall map
designed like a window shade. He pulls it down Taylor and Zira join him
at the map.

191 CLOSE ON MAP

It's not a map of the whole planet, of course, but only of that portion
known to the apes. Therefore it has the antique and fragmentary aspect
of a map drawn by some Babylonian cartographer.

A swatch of blue at the right margin indicates a sea. In the southwest
quadrant are the "greenbelts" of the ape civilization, looking on the
map like jade stones strung on crescent-shaped necklace. Rubyidots in
the lade indicate ape communities. The northwest quadrant, colored
brown, is apparently uninhabited. East of the green belts is a patch of
green savanna, and next to it the darker green of a jungle. The eastern
quadrants are rendered in yellow, and except for a blue lake, appear to
be lifeless desert and barren mountain. This area is marked FORBIDDEN
ZONE.

Using a pointer, Cornelius orients Taylor, indicating a red dot in the
middle of the green belt.

CORNELIUS
We are here ...
(moving pointer)
You were captured about here.

Taylor studies the map, then pointing at the lake in the eastern
desert, he goes into a brief charade, dramatizing the astronauts'
landing and trek.

ZIRA
(interpreting his
movements)
You fell in the water here? ... you came
ashore ... you marched across the desert ...
the mountains ... many days and nights ...
and reached the jungle.

Taylor nods, smiles gratefully.

CORNELIUS
(flatly)
Out - of - the - question!.

Taylor slams his fist against the wall in frustration.

ZIRA
(annoyed)
Cornelius, why do you insist on
provoking him?

CORNELIUS
(tapping map)
No creature can survive in that part of
the Forbidden Zone. I've been there. I've
seen it.

192 WIDER ANGLE - THE THREESOME

Taylor strides to the desk, writes something, hands it to Zira.

ZIRA
(reading)
'Then how do you account for me?,

CORNELIUS
I don't. And I'm not going to try.

ZIRA
But what about your theory? The existence
of someone like Taylor might prove it.

CORNELIUS
(shushing her)
Zira, are you trying to get my head cut
off?

ZIRA
Don't be foolish. If it's true, they'll
have to accept it.

CORNELIUS
No, they won't -

Taylor touches Zira on the arm, makes a gesture of inquiry.

ZIRA
Cornelius has developed a brilliant
hypothesis -

CORNELIUS
(quickly)
It's probably wrong --

ZIRA
-- that the ape evolved from a lower order
of primate, possibly man. In his trip to
the Forbidden Zone he discovered traces of a
culture older than recorded time -

CORNELIUS
The evidence was very meager --

ZIRA
You didn't think so then.

CORNELIUS
That was before Dr. Zaius and half the
Academy said the idea was heresy.

ZIRA
How can scientific truth be heresy? What
if Taylor is exactly the proof you needed?
A mutation. A missing link between the
unevolved primate and the ape -

Taylor bangs his fist on the desk, mouths the word "No!" scribbles
something on a piece of paper.

CORNELIUS
He's touchy, isn't he?

Taylor thrusts the sheet at Zira, who reads it aloud.

ZIRA
'I am not a missing link.'

CORNELIUS
Because if he is a missing link, it means
the Sacred Scrolls aren't worth their
parchment.

ZIRA
Well, maybe they're not.

CORNELIUS
No, thank you'. I won't get into
that battle.

ZIRA
Oh, Cornelius, show some strength!

CORNELIUS
Zira, listen to me. We've got a fine
future ahead of us. Marriage. Stimulating
careers. I'm up for a raise --

At that moment there is a. loud RAP at the door o.s. All turn.

193 REVERSE ANGLE - TO INCLUDE THE DOOR

Dr. Zaius enters with another portly figure, DR. MAXIMUS. Like Zaius.,
Maximus is an orangutan.

CORNELIUS
(flustered)
Dr. Zaius --

ZAIUS
(not unkindly)
Did you forget our appointment,
Cornelius?

CORNELIUS
Oh., no., sir. I was just assembling
my notes.

ZAIUS
You know Dr. Maximus, our Commissioner
for Animal Affairs?

CORNELIUS
Certainly, sir. It's a pleasure to see
you again.

He hurries to his desk, starts gathering papers. Maximus notes Taylor
with distaste.

MAXIMUS
What is that?

ZIRA
A man, Dr. Maximus.

MAXIMUS
I know it's a man. And you know the
rules. No animals outside the compound,
and most certainly not without a leash.

194 ANOTHER ANGLE - THE OFFICE - FAVORING ZAIUS

During the ensuing exchange, Zaius wanders idly through the office. He
glances at the scattered handwritten notes, but does not read them.
Meanwhile a rattled Zira replies to Maximus.

ZIRA
Yes, Sir. But this -- creature
is a special case.

MAXIMUS
Why special?

ZIRA
We're -- conducting a new experiment.

ZAIUS
Wouldn't it more properly be done in
your office?

ZIRA
Yes, Sir.

MAXIMUS
(calling)
Guards?

The gorilla GUARDS enter from outside.

MAXIMUS
Return this beast to the compound.

195 ANOTHER ANGLE - FAVORING TAYLOR

He regards the apes with hostility as they cross to him. One picks up
his leash. Over THE SHOT we hear:

ZAIUS' VOICE
(o.s.)
What's this?

196 REVERSE ANGLE - FEATURING ZAIUS

Zira stiffens, looking at Zaius. He is holding the paper plane
fashioned by Taylor.

ZIRA
A toy. It floats on the air.
(faint defiance)
Try it.

CORNELIUS
(a warning)
Zira....

Zaius looks down at the paper plane in his hand, then back to Zira. He
smiles tolerantly.

ZAIUS
Nonsense.

He crumples the paper plane into a b all., drops it on the desk. The
ape hooks the leash to Taylor's collar, starts leading him out. Zira
follows them.

DISSOLVE TO:

197 INT. CAGES - ANIMAL COMPOUND - FULL SHOT - DAY

The caged primitives are asleep. Julius, the keeper, dozes in a chair
outside Taylor's cage. CAMERA PIVOTS MOVING IN ON Taylor, who is lying
on his side, also asleep. Nova is curled up behind him. At the sound of
a door opening, she comes instantly awake, sitting up and clutching
Taylor's arm. He comes groggily awake, raising his head in time to
hear:

JULIUS' VOICE
(o.s.)
What's up, Lieutenant?

198 REVERSE ANGLE - WHAT TAYLOR SEES:

TWO GORILLA OFFICERS have just entered the compound. They wear side
arms. Julius has just risen from his chair.

APE LIEUTENANT
We're taking Number Four over to surgery
in five minutes. Have him ready.

JULIUS
How come? The beast's throat is nearly
healed.

LIEUTENANT
(snickering)
It's not his throat this time. The vet's
going to geld him.

199 CLOSEUP - TAYLOR

He stiffens but does not move. The apes, of course, speak freely in
front of him, believing the animal cannot understand.

JULIUS' VOICE
(o.s.)
Dr. Zira won't like it. She wants this
pair to mate.

200 BACK TO THE APES - FROM TAYLOR'S P.O.V.

As the Lieutenant replies:

LIEUTENANT
These orders came from Dr. Zaius himself.
There's nothing she can do about it.

The two gorillas exit. The guard crosses to a wall peg for a collar and
'Leash.

201 CLOSE TWO SHOT - TAYLOR AND NOVA

Pushing Nova aside, Taylor rises.

202 MED. SHOT - THE CAGE

As Julius unlocks the door and cautiously approaches Taylor, carrying
the collar and leash.

JULIUS
(murmuring)
If only you knew, Bright Eyes, what
they're going to do ...
(raising collar)
Stand still now...don't give me any
trouble.

The heel of Taylor's right palm crashes into the keeper's, chin, nearly
snapping his neck. Julius falls unconscious. Taylor leans over him,
taking his night stick and a set of keys on his belt.

203 REVERSE ANGLE - TO INCLUDE NOVA AND MALE IN ADJACENT CAGE

The male has awakened. He stares stupidly at Taylor. Nova is
whimpering, little strange cries of fear. Taylor moves o.s.

204 ANOTHER ANGLE - PANNING WITH TAYLOR

He leaves the cage, moves swiftly to the nearby door and exits.

205 INT. A DARK CORRIDOR - FULL SHOT - DAY

Barefoot, Taylor silently pads down the corridor to a locked door.

206 CLOSE ON A DOOR

Which is visible because of a beam of sunlight from the half-open door
of a guard room. We HEAR a murmur of ape voices and LAUGHTER. Taylor
fumbles with the keys, finds one that fits the lock and opens the door.

207 EXT. ANIMAL COMPOUND - MED. SHOT - TAYLOR - DAY

He emerges, quietly locking the door behind him. Two tethered horses
can be seen in deep b.g., and another gust of LAUGHTER can be heard
from the nearby guard room. Taylor looks off.

208 LONG SHOT - WHAT TAYLOR SEES:

As already established, the animal compound is situated on the
outskirts of the apes' community. The strange skyline of the town can
be seen in the distance.

209 PANNING WITH TAYLOR

He starts to cross an open field outside the compound. At that moment
we HEAR a shrill police WHISTLE from the guard room. Taylor breaks into
a run.

210 REVERSE ANGLE - THE COMPOUND

As the two gorilla officers emerge from the building and run toward
their horses.

211 EXT. A DIRT ROAD - LONG SHOT - TAYLOR

He runs down the road, starts across the long causeway that bisects a
small lake, looking over his shoulder.

QUICK DISSOLVE TO:

212 EXT. APETOWN - LONG ESTABLISHING SHOT - DAY

The community we sue at the end of the causeway is small and arcane.
There are no power lines, no street lamps -- indeed, no streets as
such, but only a small cluster of buildings around a pleasant mall. The
architecture of the buildings is faintly derivative of the simpler and
less rococo work of Antonio Gaudi -- columns and pillars of brick or
exterior masonry look like the trunks and branches of great trees and
suggest an arboreal past.

A small number of apes are visible on the mall:

Taylor darts behind the buttress of a building, casing the situation.
He looks back at:

213 EXT. LAKE AND CAUSEWAY - LONG SHOT - MORNING

The two mounted gorilla-police can be seen on the causeway, galloping
straight toward CAMERA. It is evident they will soon spot Taylor.

214 BACK TO TAYLOR - CLOSE SHOT

He retreats from the buttress to a dark archway and vanishes inside the
building.

215 INT. A DARK VESTIBULE - MOVING WITH TAYLOR

The vestibule is nothing, no set required, a dark space through which
Taylor moves toward a shaft of light. We HEAR faintly the discordant
chords of an organ. Or is it an organ? At any rate,a strange and
melancholy tune. Taylor arrives at a font.

216 INT. A TEMPLE - PANNING WITH TAYLOR

He appears out of darkness into half-light. The rear of the temple is
obscure. Taylor darts behind a screen. Crouching there, he observes:

217 A FUNERAL CEREMONY IN THE TEMPLE - MED. LONG SHOT

The temple itself is small and austere. There is no altar, but against
a plain backdrop we see a statue of the Lawgiver, a Great Ape holding a
book. Below the Lawgiver is an ORANGUTAN MINISTER clothed in black
robes. He stands in front of a closed coffin. A dozen mourners, seated
on comfortable wicker chairs, form a semi-circle around the coffin. The
ape ladies wear cowls.

MINISTER
Weep if you must, but make an end of
sorrow. He lives again. Yes, he has
found peace in Heaven.

218 CLOSEUP - TAYLOR

Crouching, listening, wide-eyed.

MINISTER'S VOICE
(o.s.)
He was a model for us all, a gorilla to
remember; hunter, warrior, defender of
the Faith.

219 BACK TO FUNERAL CEREMONY - FROM TAYLOR'S P.O.V.

As the minister continues his eulogy, a small ape boy detaches himself
(as children will) from the group of mourners and comes marching up the
aisle toward the rear of the temple.

MINISTER
Cherished husband, beloved father,
generous master -- yes, he was a font
of simian kindness.

220 REVERSE ANGLE - SHOOTING AT TAYLOR

Who is still crouching behind the screen in deep b.g. The small fry is
coming closer. Over this we hear:

MINISTER'S VOICE
(o.s.)
The dear departed once said to me:
'I never met an ape I didn't like'...

The small fry spots Taylor.

CHILD
(shrill soprano)
Look!. It's a man!

The mourners' heads turn. Taylor slinks toward the vestibule.

221 ANOTHER ANGLE - FEATURING THE MINISTER

He is aghast.

MINISTER
In Heaven's name ...
(aside to ushers)
Get rid of that creature.

Two ushers rise, moving past CAMERA and o.s.

222 EXT. TEMPLE - CLOSE ON VESTIBULE DOOR

Staying close on the temple wall, Taylor moves stealthily away from the
vestibule door. The two ape ushers appear.

FIRST USHER
(pointing)
There he is:

They move toward Taylor.

223 FLASH SHOT - TAYLOR

He runs out onto the mall.

224 FULL SHOT - THE MALL

Taylor belatedly sees that he is running straight toward his two
mounted pursuers. Darting off in another direction, he races past
startled pedestrians.

225 REACTION SHOT - TWO CHIMP PEDESTRIANS

They do a slow take.

FIRST CHIMP
You see what I saw?

SECOND CHIMP
Must've escaped from the zoo.

226 MED. SHOT - A MOUNTED COP

He has spotted Taylor. Drawing a folded net from his saddlebag, he
swings it overhead (like a cowboy with a lariat) and gallops off in
pursuit of the man.

227- SEVERAL SHOTS - TAYLOR AND PURSUING MOUNTIE
231

Taylor runs frantically from building to building, rounding corners,
vanishing momentarily and reappearing on another part of the mall. At
one point the mountie nearly overtakes him and flings his net, which
falls short. Taylor runs on.

232 EXT. AN AMPHITHEATER - LOW ANGLE SHOT (FROM GROUND LEVEL)

It is an open-air structure, like a Greek theater, located near the
central mail. Steeply tiered, it seats no more than fifty apes. The
dais in the pit is some fifteen feet above ground level.

Taylor enters scene, running toward the amphitheater. Changing
direction, he darts into what appears to be an access tunnel. A moment
later the pursuing cop rides into' scene, dismounts and walks toward
the amphitheater, looking around for Taylor.

233 EXT. AMPHITHEATER - HIGH ANGLE SHOT (FROM TOPMOST TIER)

Taylor suddenly emerges from the access tunnel and runs up a ramp
encircling the amphitheater. (A retaining wall shields him from the
view of the apes.) Pausing for breath at the top of the ramp, Taylor
crouches behind the uppermost tier of seats and peers down:

THE AMPHITHEATER - FROM TAYLOR'S P.O.V.

The cop looks around, spots Taylor at the top tier, and starts up after
him.

235- OUT
237

238 EXT. TOP OF AMPHITHEATER - PANNING WITH TAYLOR

He starts to run back down the ramp, but is suddenly confronted by his
original pursuer (the dismounted cop coming up the ramp. Reversing
direction, Taylor runs around the rim of the amphitheater and vanishes
into an exit tunnel. The cop blows his whistle, summoning another cop,
who joins him in the chase.

239- ANOTHER PART OF THE MALL - A SWIFT SEQUENCE OF SHOTS
244

In which we see the fugitive, his pursuers and the reactions of ape
shoppers and workers.

245- EXT. OPEN-AIR MARKET - SEVERAL SHOTS
248

A market has been set up on one side of the mall, where street vendors
behind carts or tables hawk their wares: fruits, vegetables, wearing
apparel, etc. As Taylor runs frantically through the market place,
several apes join the chase. In the ensuing pandemonium, like the
proverbial Chinese fire drill, several tables are overturned.

249 EXT. A BUILDING - CLOSE ON AN ARCHWAY

Taylor runs into scene, pauses, panting, and looks back at his
pursuers. Then he darts through the archway into the building.

250 INT. BUILDING - TRACKING WITH TAYLOR - DAY

For the moment he is the sole visitor in this wing. His pace slows to a
walk as he and we observe fleetingly the specimens in what is a simian
museum: Possibly several stuffed and unfamiliar animals; primitive
artifacts and fossils; possibly the skeleton of a dog, a cat, etc. Over
this we hear a shrill police WHISTLE.

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