Final Destination

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DEVON SAWA....... ALEX BROWNING

ALI LARTER....... CLEAR RIVERS

KERR SMITH....... CARTER HORTON

KRISTEN CLOKE.... MS. VAL LEWTON

DANIEL ROEBUCK... AGENT WEINE

ROGER G. SMITH... AGENT SCHRECK

CHAD DONNELA..... TOD WAGGNER

AMANDA DETMER.... TERRY CHANEY

SEAN W. SCOTT.... BILLY HITCHCOCK

TONY TODD........ BLUDWORTH

BARBARA TYSON.... BARBARA BROWNING

BRENDAN FEHR..... GEORGE WAGGNER

Awaiting......each of us; a cold...dark...lonely place.

Deny its finality. Dride it's totality. Dread the enescapable

invitability......it will arrive.

The BLACK SILENT SCREEN senses this moment before a distant blues harp

introduces a contemporary band's cover of Blood, Sweat, and Tears' campy,

yet haunting, gospel, "And When I Die."

As the Introduction closes, RESONATES... A FLASH OF LIGHTING!

A CRACK OF THUNDER!

CUT TO:

Int. ALEX'S BEDROOM - NIGHT - CLOSE - BED

An airline ticket is tossed INTO FRAME beside a suitcase; "ERO-AIR. FLIGHT

#180. New York City (JFK) - Paris, Charles de Gaulle (CDG.) Departure:

Thursday 13May. 16H25 - Arrival: Friday 14May. 05H40."

"And When I Die" Continues throughout the MAIN TITLES:

AN OLD TABLE FAN

swivals beside and open window. Outside, a humid spring THUNDER STORM drops

warm, ominous rain. The figure of a seventeen year old boy, ALEX BROWNING,

packing for a trip, passing the fan...

THE BED

A Paris guidebook is tossed atop the plane ticket. CAMERA PUSHES IN ON THE

BOOK as the fans breezes flip throught the pages.

THE TABLE FAN

turns, head swiveling away from the bed.

TIGHTER - THE GUIDEBOOK PAGES

stop flipping, REVEALING A GULLOTINE from the Reign of Terror.

As an American passport is dropped beside the guidebook...

THE TABLE FAN

swivals, returning towards the guidebook on the bed.

THE GUIDEBOOK PAGES

FLIP. FLIP. FLIP. Alex's faint shadow continues moving about the room. The

fan head swivals away, allowing the pages to settle... upon a Louvre

masterpiece, Francisco de Zurbarans Lying-in-the State of St. Bonaventura.

CAMERA CREEPS IN, teasingly on the dark faced corpse. The pages begin to

turn once again.

TIGHTER, OMINOUS ANGLE - THE DESK FAN

There is more of a hint of conincidence as the blades whirl and head

swivels. The boys figure passes, blocking the breeze.

THE GUIDEBOOK PAGES

stop dead on... Jim Morrison's decorated tomb in the Cemetiere du Pere

Lachaise. A pilgrim has spray painted "This is the End." Which in fact, it

is... of the MAIN TITLE

BARBARA

Alex...

CAMERA ADJUSTS, to fully reveal Alex Browning as he turns toward the bedroom

door. Alex is an average kid; handsome. A high school "everyman."

One the wall amongst Yankee and Knicks posters, hangs a pennant;

"Mt. Abraham High School, New York. The Fighting Colonials!"

Alex's mother, BARBARA, 45, walks in, excited and a bit anxious.

BARABRA (Cont'd)

Tod and Georges dad just called,

he's picking you up at 10 in the morning.

Bus leaves the high school for JFK at

noon.

Barbara moves towards the suitcase to help him pack. Alex's father, KEN

BROWNING, 48 appears, leaning against the door threshold, smiling envoiusly

at his son.

KEN

My suitcase workn'out for ya

Alex nods and buckles it. Barbara reaches in to tear off an airline baggage

I.D. ticket attached from the previous flight.

ALEX

Whoa! Whoa! Mom, you gotta leave

that on. It's like... the tag

made the last flight without

crashin' or anything, right?

So, it should stay on, or with,

the bag for good luck.

BARBARA

Where would you get a nutball

idea like that?

EXTREAMLY CLOSE - THE AIRLINE BAGGAGE MARKER

is torn away from the suitcase handle.

RETURN

As Barbara picks up the suitcase to place it on the floor... a dozon old

baggage I.D. tickets spill from the outer compartment. She looks at Ken, as

if "you?" The guilty party shrugs.

KEN

I'm still here.

Barbara shakes her head as Alex smiles at his dad.

KEN (Cont'd)

Seventeen and on the loose.

Ten days in Paris. In the

springtime! Live it up, Alex...

CAMERA INCHES INTO KEN as he winks at his son...

KEN (Cont'd)

Got your whole life ahead

of you.

ALEX

CAMERA CREEPS IN as, oddly, the words strike him portentously...

CUT TO:

INT. ALEX'S BEDROOM - LATER

The storm has ceased. The room is QUIET.

As if itself a presence, CAMERA CREEPS across the dark and motionless room

TOWARD Alex, sleeping soundly. CAMERA CRANES DOWN to the level of the bed

until Alex is in the f.g. and the room is visible behind him.

On the rear wall, the Fighting Colonials pennant begins to flutter slightly,

as if affected by the moving breeze. The path, of which is continues toward

the bed, rustling the sheets, subtly blowing Alex's hair and continuing OVER

CAMERA.

Even in his sleep, Alex shivers from the passing cold. His eyes open

surprised to be suddenly awakened. He considers for a beat, then looks

toward...

THE WINDOWS

which... are closed.

ALEX

puzzled, checks...

THE TABLE FAN

which is off.

ALEX

perplexed, rolls over toward his digital clock. It's 1:00 a.m., however...

the middle digit bar in the first zero faintly flickers so this time appears

to read... 1:80.

AIRPORT P.A. (V.O.)

(overlapping)

Attention airline travelers...

CUT TO:

INT. JOHN F. KENNEDY AIRPORT - MORNING - TELEVISION MONITOR

FLIGHT 180 departs 4:25. Gate 39.

AIRPORT P.A. (V.O.)

This airport does not

support solicitors...

CAMERA ADJUSTS FROM the "Arrival-Departure Schedule" to REVEAL forty high

school KIDS, and four TEACHERS and several PARENTS are gathered inside the

International terminal at J.F.K. Several of the students wear Fighting

Colonial leterman's jackets or hats and shirts displaying "Mt. Abraham High,

New York."

AIRPORT P.A. (V.O.) (CONT'D)

You are not required to give

money to solicitors.

Alex gathers his bags, as does his best friend TOD WAGGNER and his older

brother GEORGE WAGGNER, standing before their father, JERRY WAGGNER. For

Alex, any psychic tension from the night before seems forgotten in the fun

and excitement of the trip.

MR. WAGGNER

Alright, you guys got everything?

TOD

Yeah, we're all set Dad.

MR. MURNAU, the French teacher (any further description necessary?) and

leader of the class trip waves his arm.

MR. MURNAU

Les estudients, allons en France!

MR. WAGGNER

Does that mean "go?"

Tod shrugs, "I guess." as he moves to his father and gives him a warm hug

goodbye. Mr. Waggner then gives his older son a hug.

AIRPORT P.A. (V.O.

Atencion senores pasajeros. No

es necesario contribuir...

MR. WAGGNER

I'll miss you guys.

Tod and George gives a wave, as does Alex, who is slapped on the back by Mr.

Waggner.

MR. WAGGNER

Take care of those two, Alex.

ALEX

I will. Don't worry.

The group begins down the airport toward the check-in counter. In the f.g.,

before the boys, strides a girl, CLEAR RIVERS, 17, reading the TROPIC OF

CANCER. The loner in the group, Clear wears dark colors against the

insecerity of her sex appeal. She appears aloof and more wordly then the

other students.

Readying his ticket and documents, Tod flips open his passport, checking out

his photo.

TOD

I didn't think anything could

worse than my yearbook picture.

GEORGE

Now you know how I feel haven'

to look at you all the time.

AIRPORT P.A. (V.O.)

Avis aux passagers...

Mr. Murnau stops the group. Excited, he cups an ear with one hand while

raising a finger toward the public address system.

MR. MURNAU

Entendez classe, qu'est ce que

c'est l'announce?

Everyone begrudgingly stops to listen.

AIRPORT P.A. (O.S. CONT'D)

Vous n'etes pas dans l'obligation

de contribuer aux demandes des quemandeurs.

CARTER HORTON

is the class dickhead who mix and matches his role models in the most

superficial manner. His hand is tucked into his girlfriend, TERRY CHANEY'S,

waistband...

CARTER

(re: MURNAU)

What the fuck's he want?

Terry, hot now, but with no idea what time will do to her in just five

years, smiles obsequiously and mouths "shh."

P.A. SYSTEM (O.S., CONT'D)

cher aeroport n'est responsable

pour leurs activities.

Mr. Murnau scans the group, his expression looking for an answer. Clear

Rivers keeps her head in her book as...

CLEAR

The airport doesn't endorse solicitors.

MR. MURNAU

Tres bien, Clear! Tout droit!

She doesn't react. Her expression remains cool as Murnau leads the

procession forward. The boys continue. Alex sighs...

ALEX

Fuh-ck, do we have to put

up with that shit the whole time.

A hand reaches out to gently detain Alex. He looks up to find a HARE

KRISHANA, dressed in everyday clothes, but head shaved and a mark on his

nose.

HARE KRISHANA

Death is not the end.

CAMARA PUSHES IN ON ALEX... unsettled by the soft spoken, yet ominous,

"Solicitation." The Krishana offers a small book, REALITY BEYOND THE MATTER:

VAISHNAVA PHILOSOPHY.

As he hands the book to Alex, a female form ENTERS FRAME between them. The

women is MISS VALERIE LEWTON, 30, a feisty English teacher whose figure

inspires all the boys' fantasies.

MS. LEWTON

It will be for you if you harass

my students.

She places a hand on Alex's shoulder, herding him to the group.

HARE KRISHANA

(pissy)

Hare Rama.

Ms. Lewton turns and, while walking backward, flashes a smile...

MS. LEWTON

(mouths)

Fuck off.

As she turns her back and continues down the terminal...

CUT TO:

INT. CHECK IN DESK - AIRPORT - DAY

Alex's passport and ticket are set INTO FRAME and picked up by a female

TICKET CLERK. Alex waits as she busily types into the computer and checks

his passport...

TICKET CLERK

I have a few questions to ask

you , this afternoon.

O.S., LOUD, EXAGGERATED plastic tiles rapidly CLICK and CLACK

TICKET CLERK (CONT'D)

Did you pack these bags yourself?

The CLACKING CONTINUES, demading Alex's attention. His eyes turn forward.

ALEX'S POV - THE FLIGHT INFORMATION BOARD

Plastic tabs CLACK rapidly, settling on the word... "CANCELLED."

ALEX

CAMARA CREEPS IN on his dawning paranoia...

TICKET CLERK (CONT'D, O.S.)

Have your belongings remained in your

possession the entire time?

Alex absently nods. Again, O.S., CLACK CLACK CLACK. His eyes move to...

ALEX'S POV - (TIGHTER) - FLIGHT INFORMATION BOARD

The plastic tabs FLIP and CLACK rapidly, stopping on... "DEPARTED."

TICKET DESK

Alex is still considering the "messages..."