Final Destination

THE POWER LINE

whips, the frayed wires hitting the puddle of water...

Clear

in mid air, desperately grabs the tire, hanging on, literally for her life.

O.S., the dog YELPS. Clear turns back...

CLEAR'S POV - THE DOG

convulses in the small pool of water, burning from the overwelming amounts

of electricity.

CUT TO:

EXT. FOREST - NIGHT - SMALL CREEK

Distant flashlights reflects in a small stream, barely two inches deep.

Alex's foot splashes in the water. THUNDER RUMBLES.

ALEX

races along the path of the stream.

SHERIFFS

continue their pursuit through the dark trees.

ABOVE

Lightning CRACKS a tree branch. SPARKS FLY! The tree tumbles down the

branches.

ALEX

The thick branch falls from above, landing on top of him. He's knocked to

the ground and pinned... face down in the creek.

CAMERA MOVES IN... his nose and mouth, just below the water line, but he

cannot move. His eyes flash with panic, as he struggles... battles to move

and avoid drowning in two inches of water.

As he struggles in the f.g., Weine and a pair of Sheriffs appear ten yards

beyond him. They pause, confused, panning their flashlights across the

forest.

WIENE'S POV - FOREST

the lights actually expose the area where Alex lies. From their postition,

however, he is covered by the branch and out of sight.

ALEX

struggles to raise his head above the water, chest bursting...

WEINE AND SHERIFFS

believing Alex is not in the area, move ahead into the woods.

CUT TO:

EXT. BACKYARD - CLEAR RIVERS'S HOUSE NIGHT

Clear pulls herslelf up to a tree branch. Lighting and THUNDER CONTINUE

amongst the ARCING, CRACKLING POWER LINES. She searches for an escape.

CLEAR'S POV - THE TREE BRANCH

extends toward the house.

CLEAR

straining in the storm, begins moving up the branch...

CUT TO:

EXT. FOREST - NIGHT - CLOSE - ALEX'S EYES

dart open. Taking a tenth of a second to gather all of his strength, all his

courage, he arcs his back, pushing with his hands, anything to lift his face

out of the stream.

With a DEEP GASP, he does so. Drinking up the air. It appears to infuse him

with another blast of adrealine as he manages to push with his arms adn free

himself from the pinning tree branch.

He pauses only for a couple gulps of air... and is off.

CUT TO:

EXT. WINDOW - CLEAR RIVER'S HOUSE - NIGHT

CLear leaps from the end of the branch to her window, grabbing the sill

awkwardly, she dangles outside the house. With a breath, she pulls herself

inside, just as the power line bites, ARCING, at her feet.

CUT TO:

EXT. FOREST - NIGHT

Weine RUNS INTO FRAME, looks around, frustrated...

WEINE

(into radio)

Lost him.

ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST - SCHRECK

deperately scans the area.

SCHRECK

From the direction... there's only one

place he can heading...

CUT TO:

EXT. CLEAR RIVER'S HOUSE NIGHT

The power lines strike the rooftop.

INT. CLEAR RIVER'S HOUSE - NIGHT

Clear River's stands in her bedroom just as it fills with blinding blue

light. Her television screen BLOWS OUT. Sparks jet across the room. Blasts

of FLAME erupt from the electrical outlets. She quickly turns, racing toward

the hallway.

INT. HALLWAY - CLEAR RIVER'S HOUSE - NIGHT

CAMERA IS LOW, RACING WITH HER as SPARKS EXPLODE FROM the lamps and

electrical outlets. She cuts and leaps three steps at a time down the

staircase...

CUT TO:

EXT. EDGE OF THE WOODS/BACKYARD - NIGHT

Alex tears across the fenceless backyards towards Clear's house. Blue ARC

light glowing from the front yard.

CUT TO:

INT. GARAGE - CLEAR RIVER'S HOUSE - NIGHT

A mid-eighties Corolla is parked amongst Clear's artwork. A door, adjacent

to the kitchen flies open. Clear hustles through, running to the car and

entering via the passenger door, for the sake of expediency.

EXT. GARAGE - CLEAR RIVER'S HOUSE - NIGHT

The power lines WHACK angerily against the door.

INT. COROLLA - NIGHT

Clear scoots into the driver's seat. She CLICKS the automatic garage door

opener...

GARAGE DOOR OPENER MOTER

connected to a metal arm, attached to the door, remains motionless - there

is no power.

INT. COROLLA - NIGHT

Realizing the moter is dead, Clear takes a beat, STARTS THE ENGINE and

SHIFTS INTO REVERSE...

EXT. BACKYARD - CLEAR RIVER'S HOUSE - NIGHT

Alex reaches the backyard. CAMERA PUSHES IN as he quickly tries to deduce

the deadly situation. HE RUNS OUT OF FRAME...

INT. GARAGE - CLEAR RIVER'S HOUSE - NIGHT

Clear guns the small car in reverse.

ARAGE DOOR

as the rear of the car makes impact with the door...

THE GARAGE OPENER

trembles, the long metal arm collapses, falls...

EXT. GARAGE - CLEAR RIVER'S HOUSE - NIGHT

BAM! In reverse, the Corolla SMASHES through the garage door.

THE METAL ARM

of the garage door opener RIPS through the windshield, locking upon the

windshield wiper ggrille. The other end remains attached to the garage rood

interior, essentially acting as an anchor.

INT. COROLLA - NIGHT

The car SHUDDERS, wheels spinning uselessly, as the arm "holds" onto the

car.

INT. GARAGE - CLEAR RIVER'S HOUSE - NIGHT - DOOR OPENER MOTER

the screws holding the arm to the ceiling begin to pull away...

A METAL CAN

on a shelf, is rocked as, O.S., the CAR rattles the garage, trting to break

free. The can is marked "TURPENTINE: EXTREMALY FLAMMABLE." The can tumbles

over the shelf.

GARAGE FLOOR

the can SMACKS on the floor, edgewise, REVREALING the can is sealed tight

with a cap.

EXT. CLEAR RIVER'S HOUSE - NIGHT - POWER LINE

thick cable ARCS, snapping toward the car INTO FRAME

INT. COROLLA - NIGHT

Foot to the floor, Clear SCREAMS for the car to move.

INT. GARAGE - CLEAR RIVER'S HOUSE - NIGHT - DOOR OPENER MOTER

pulls away from the ceiling.

EXT. GARAGE - CLEAR RIVER'S HOUSE - NIGHT

The Corolla lurches backward, freed from the grasp of the house.

INT. GARAGE - CLEAR RIVER'S HOUSE - NIGHT

a chunk of the cieling collapses upon Clear's artworks, inclusing the canvas

incorporating a jagged piece of debris from Flight 180. The metal SLAMS to

the floor, on top of...

THE CAN OF TURPENTINE

which causes the flammable liquid to sream out, toward the driveway.

EXT. GARAGE - CLEAR RIVER'S HOUSE - NIGHT

As the Corolla lurches away from the house down the sloped driveway...

THE POWER LINE

THUDS upon Clear's car.

INT. COROLLA - NIGHT

An ear splitting CRACKLE. SPARKS FLY! The electrical system of the samll car

erupts and the engine dies. The car stops.

EXT. GARAGE - CLEAR RIVER'S HOUSE - NIGHT

From the rear of the house appears Alex. CAMERA SWEEPS IN ON HIM as he

reacts to the situation...

ALEX

Don't move!

WIDER

The power line sadistically rests atop the automobile. The exposed end of

the cable flutters and whips like a cat's tail, SPARKING, CRACKLING, as it

hits the ground.

INT. COROLLA - NIGHT

Clear looks up, desperately to Alex.

EXT. GARAGE - CLEAR RIVER'S HOUSE - NIGHT

Alex extends his hands. O.S., CARS approach THUNDEROULSY...

ALEX

You're grounded in the car. Don't

touch anything. DON'T MOVE.

IN THE STREET

The unmarked F.B.I. vehicle and wo sheriff patrol cars pull up on the

street. Schreck and Weine hustle out of the car.

WEINE

Alex, get away from there!

SCHRECK

Any part of that line touches you,

you're dead.

THE POWER LINE

SNAPS in ALEX'S DIRECTION.

ALEX

lurches back...

THE STREAM OF TURPINTINE

is ignited by a single spark fom the power line. It flows toward the car.

ALEX

backs away, eyes locked with Clear's, assuring she's remaining in the car.

CLEAR

keeps her eyes locked on Alex, watching him. Suddenly, a BURST OF FIRE

FLASHES FROM BELOW FRAME...

ALEX

reacts, shocked. He realizes...

WIDER

the underbelly of the Corolla has ignited from the stream of combustible

fluid.

SCHRECK AND WEINE

step forward...

THE POWER LINE

atop the car, whips, ARCS, warning everone away.

IN THE COROLLA

Clear can see the flames, her instinct is to grab the handle to get out.

CLEAR'S POV - GARAGE WALL

The fire roars angrily in the f.g., on the garage wall, however, the shadows

do not match that of the flames, rather, the approaching form of Death

appears.

ALEX

steps closer...

ALEX

NO!

CAMERA PUSHES IN ON ALEX as he quickly considers, then moves toward the hood

of the burning car...

SCHRECK AND WEINE

WEINE

Get back! You'll both die!