Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

HENRY

What did you get?

INDY

I don't know. The first available flight out of Germany.

HENRY

Good.

Indy and Henry show their papers to the Boarding Guards, then join the line of passengers, which has already begun to move toward a:

MOORED ZEPPELIN

Ten stories tall and longer than two football fields: Flying in the grand tradition!
 

INT. THE ZEPPELIN – PASSENGER COMPARTMENT – DAY

The Zeppelin is about to take off. Indy and Henry make themselves comfortable in one of the compartments.

INDY

Well, we made it.

Henry looks over his newspaper at Indy.

HENRY

When we're airborne, with Germany behind us, then I'll share that sentiment.

INDY

Relax.

But Indy looks out the window and is suddenly concerned when he sees:

 
VOGEL AND A GESTAPO AGENT
 

Rushing across the tarmac toward the Zeppelin.

VOGEL

Nicht zumachen! Wir steigen ein!

INDY

Sits back in his chair, looks to Henry, now reading his newspaper.

A Steward enters and sets a bowl of nuts on the table in front of Indy and Henry, then continues down the aisle of passengers. Indy follows after the Steward. He puts his arm around the Steward's shoulder and together they walk up a flight of stairs.

VOGEL

Now walks up the aisle. He approaches a MALE PASSENGER hidden behind a newspaper. Vogel uses his walking stick to lower the newspaper and show the Passenger the leaflet with Henry's photograph.

VOGEL

Haben sie diesen Mann gesehen?

The Passengers at the table shake their heads in the negative. Vogel shows the picture to other Passengers.

FEMALE PASSENGER

Nein.

INDY (O.S.)

Fahrscheine, bitte.

MALE PASSENGER

Nein.

Vogel turns to see:

INDY – WEARING THE HAT AND JACKET OF THE CHIEF STEWARD
 

MALE PASSENGER (O.S.)

Ich habe ihn nicht gesehen.

INDY

Tickets please.

The Passengers do not react to the request, made in English.

INDY

Fahrscheine meine Dame. Bitte.

VOGEL

Approaches Henry, still hidden behind his newspaper. Again, Vogel uses his walking stick to lower the paper, revealing Henry's face.

VOGEL

Guten Tag, Herr Jones.

Now Indy, still playing the role of Steward, asks Vogel for his ticket.

INDY

Fahrscheine mein Herr.

VOGEL

Weg.

INDY

Tickets please.

Henry looks confused.

VOGEL

(in German)

Was?

Vogel glances up and recognizes Indy – who quickly punches Vogel in the face, knocking him toward the window. In another quick move, Indy TOSSES HIM OUT THE WINDOW onto the tarmac below.

Shocked Passengers blink in bewilderment.

INDY

(in German; with a shrug)

No ticket.

Everyone else with a ticket quickly produces it and waves it in Indy's face.

EXT. AIRFIELD TARMAC – DAY

Vogel gets to his knees as the huge Zeppelin rises into the sky above him, revealing an airplane attached to the belly of the airship. Vogel shakes his fist at the rising Zeppelin.

VOGEL

Du wirst nochmal horen von mir!

INT. ZEPPELIN – DAY

Indy and Henry together again in their compartment.

HENRY

You know, sharing your adventures is an interesting experience.

INDY

(meaning Elsa)

That's not all we shared. It's disgraceful. You're old enough to be her fa... er, her grandfather!

HENRY

Well, I'm as human as the next man.

INDY

I was the next man.

HENRY

(laughs)

Ships that pass in the night...

Henry opens his Diary and begins to thumb through it.

INDY

Do you remember the last time we had a quiet drink? I had a milk shake.

HENRY

Hmmm... What did we talk about?

INDY

We didn't talk. We never talked.

HENRY

And do I detect a rebuke?

INDY

A regret. It was just the two of us, Dad. It was a lonely way to grow up. For you, too. If you had been an ordinary, average father like the other guys' dads, you'd have understood that.

HENRY

Actually, I was a wonderful father.

INDY

When?

Henry looks up from his Diary.

HENRY

Did I ever tell you to eat up? Go to bed? Wash your ears? Do your homework? No. I respected your privacy and I taught you self-reliance.

INDY

What you taught me was that I was less important to you than people who had been dead for five hundred years in another country. And I learned it so well that we've hardly spoken for twenty years.

HENRY

You left just when you were becoming interesting.

INDY

Dad, how can you?

HENRY

(interrupting)

Very well. I'm here now.

He closes the Diary and leans back in his seat.

HENRY

What do you want to talk about? Hmmm?

Indy stutters uncomfortably as Henry stares at him, waiting for a response.

INDY

(laughs)

Well... I can't think of anything.

HENRY

Then what are you complaining about?

(laughs)

Look, we have work to do. When we get to Alexandretta we will face three challenges.

(he reads from the Diary)

"First, the breath of God. Only the penitent man will pass. Second, the Word of God, only in the footsteps of God will he proceed. Third, the Path of God, only in the leap from the lion's head will he prove his worth."

INDY

What does that mean?