Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

HENRY

(laughs)

I don't know. We'll find out.

Sunlight falls across the table from the window. Indy reaches for the drink. The bar of sunlight turns like the hand of a clock over the tabletop across the drinks.

We see Indy puzzled. Only for a moment.

INDY
They're turning around. They're taking us back to Germany.

INT. FRAMEWORK OF ZEPPELIN – DAY

Indy and his father emerge from the hatchway into the belly of the Zeppelin. The Zeppelin's elaborate metal framework is exposed.

Indy and Henry hurry down the catwalk until arriving at a PAIR OF DOORWAYS framed into the Zeppelin's outer skin.

INDY

Well, I thought it would take them a lot longer to figure out the radio was dead. Come on, Dad. Move!

Then Indy opens the doors. We see plenty of blue sky and white clouds. We also see a small BI-PLANE that is suspended from the Zeppelin by a HOOK & CRANE DEVICE.

INDY

Come on, Dad. Come on!

EXT. AIRPLANE – DAY

Indy climbs into the cockpit of the Biplane as Henry takes the tail gunner's seat.

HENRY

(with delight)

I didn't know you could fly a plane.

INDY

Fly... yes. Land... no.

INT. THE BIPLANE – DAY

Indy turns in his seat to give Henry the "thumbs up." Henry smiles valiantly and points down to the ground.

Then they both become aware of a STRANGE SOUND in the skies behind them. Something between a ROAR and a WAIL. TWO MESSERSCHMIDT FIGHTER BOMBERS streak out of the clouds and race across the sky.

INDY AND HENRY

Shrink in their seats as the MESSERSCHMIDTS (going three times as fast as they are) SCREAM past on either side.

INDY

Dad, you're gonna have to use the machine gun. Get it ready.

Henry turns and grips the MOUNTED MACHINE GUN with a perplexed expression.

INDY

(turning; pointing)

Eleven o'clock!

Henry pulls out his watch.

INDY

Dad – eleven o'clock!!

HENRY

What happens at eleven o'clock?

Indy uses his arm to demonstrate that he's referring to a direction and not a time.

INDY

(frustrated)

Twelve – eleven – ten. Eleven o'clock. Fire!

Henry does – and the EXPLODING GUN nearly shakes him out of his seat.

Indy's slow speed and small size works to his advantage. The speeding Messerschmidts continually overshoot him, WHIZZING past in a blur – making wide turns miles away in the sky.

Henry has one of the Messerschmidts in his sight. He pulls back on the trigger – RATTA-A-TAT-TAT! RATTA-A-TAT-TAT!

The Messerschmidt banks to the left, but Henry keeps it in his gun sight. Henry swings the gun around, inadvertently CUTTING HIS OWN REAR STABILIZER IN HALF.

INDY

Dad, are we hit?!

HENRY

More or less.

(pause)

Son, I'm sorry. They got us.

Indy looks back at the missing tail section, then at his father.

The plane begins to go down. Indy struggles to control its descent.

INDY
Hang on, Dads We're going in!

Henry slumps down fearfully in his seat.

EXT. A FIELD – DAY

The wheels of the plane touch down. OUT OF CONTROL, the PLANE SKIDS and CRASHES first into a corral of goats and then into the farmhouse beyond sending a cloud of dust into the air.

As Indy pulls himself from the cockpit:

HENRY

(sarcastic)

Nice landing.

INDY

Thanks.

Suddenly, Indy's attention is directed to:

TWO SCREAMING MESSERSCHMIDTS

Coming in low. Guns BLAZING.

As BULLETS EXPLODE around them, Indy and Henry jump over a stone barricade. Henry, frightened, grabs at Indy.

HENRY

Those people are trying to kill us!

INDY

I know, Dad!

HENRY

It's a new experience for me.

INDY

It happens to me all the time.

EXT. ROAD – DAY

An OLD MAN kneels at his car repairing a rear tire.

The Man turns to the wheel, the hubcap in his hands. Suddenly the wheel moves forward, startling the Old Man.

INT. THE CAR – TRAVELING – DAY

Indy has the throttle down, both hands tightly gripping the steering wheel. Henry is a very nervous passenger.

Indy sees a LOW-FLYING MESSERSCHMIDT coming up behind him in the SIDE MIRROR.

As the Messerschmidt ROARS by overhead, BULLETS EXPLODE around them, narrowly missing the car.

HENRY

This is intolerable!

INDY

This could be close.

EXT. THE ROAD – LONG SHOT – DAY

The car races toward a TUNNEL that cuts through a steep MOUNTAINSIDE.

The Messerschmidt bears down on Indy's car, machine guns CHATTERING.

The car ENTERS the tunnel. The Messerschmidt cannot pull up in time. It SLAMS into the MOUTH OF THE TUNNEL, SHEARING OFF its WINGS.

INT. THE TUNNEL – DAY

The FLAMING FUSELAGE continues to ROCKET through the tunnel like a bullet down the muzzle of a gun. SPARKS fly as its belly SCRAPES against the pavement and the sides of the tunnel.

INT. THE CAR – DAY

Indy and Henry look over their shoulders to see this wingless BALL OF FIRE gaining on them; about to overtake them.

HENRY

Faster, boy – faster!

EXT. THE ROAD – OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN – DAY

The car exits the tunnel at top speed and veers off the road. The flaming Messerschmidt fuselage shoots past and EXPLODES in the middle of the road.

INT. THE CAR – DAY

As the car emerges safely from the flames, Henry wipes the sweat from his brow.

HENRY

Well, they don't come any closer than that!

Henry looks out the windshield and sees the second Messerschmidt SCREAMING out of the sky toward them.

EXT. THE ROAD – LONG SHOT – DAY

The MESSERSCHMIDT drops its single UNDER-FUSELAGE BOMB. It EXPLODES in the road directly ahead of the car, missing it by only several feet.

THE CAR

FALLS INTO THE HOLE made by the bomb.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. ROAD – DAY

Indy climbs out of the car, still in the bomb crater. He turns back to Henry.

INDY

Dad, he's coming back.

Indy and Henry run down the mountainside to:

A DESERTED MEDITERRANEAN BEACH – DAY

Indy and Henry run to the shoreline. Indy reaches for his gun, tucked in his pants. He opens the chamber – the GUN HAS NO BULLETS.

THE MESSERSCHMIDT

Swings around and is coming in for another pass.

INDY AND HENRY

Exchange a wordless glance. They don't even think about running: there is no place to run to. Henry hands his case to Indy.

Holding his umbrella, Henry suddenly spins around and runs screaming and shouting into A FLOCK OF SEA GULLS...

The SEA GULLS take to the wing in flight. Thousands of them.

INDY

Bullets kick up sand leading up to him... then –
 

THE MESSERSCHMIDT AND THE SEA GULLS

Meet in midair. MASSACRE! Sea gulls are shredded by the Messerschmidt's whirling propeller blades into a FEATHERY WHITE PUREE that SPLATTERS against the cockpit and CLOGS THE ENGINE.

ENGINE SPUTTERS... STALLS... Silence. The Messerschmidt falls from the skies and EXPLODES in an OFF CAMERA SOUND EFFECT.

Indy stands as before – stunned – a statue.

Henry walks back to Indy.

HENRY

I suddenly remembered Charlemagne. "Let my armies be the rocks and the trees and the birds in the sky."

(he chuckles)

Indy wears a proud expression as he watches Henry walk down the beach.

EXT. MOSQUE – DAY

FADE IN TITLE: "REPUBLIC OF HATAY"

FADE OUT TITLE

EXT. COURTYARD OF SULTAN'S PALACE – ISKENDERUN – DAY

The Sultan is seated in his royal chair, flanked by Walter Donovan and Vogel and surrounded by his minions.

Donovan holds the missing Grail Diary pages.

DONOVAN

These pages are taken from Professor Jones' diary, Your Highness. And they include a map that pinpoints the exact location of the Grail.

Donovan and the Sultan walk together through an archway.

DONOVAN

As you can see, the Grail is all but in our hands.

(beat)

However, Your Highness, we would not think of crossing your soil without your permission, nor of removing the Grail from your borders without suitable compensation.

SULTAN

What have you brought?

VOGEL

Bring den Schatz!

TWO NAZI SOLDIERS bring forward a HUGE STEAMER TRUNK. They open the lid and begin to empty it of its contents:

Gold and silver objects of every description.

DONOVAN

Precious valuables, Your Highness, "donated" by some of the finest families in all of Germany.

The Sultan gets up from his chair and walks toward the trunk. He goes right past it and begins to inspect the Nazi staff car parked nearby.

SULTAN

Rolls-Royce Phantom Two. 4.3 litre, 30 horsepower, six cylinder engine, with Stromberg Downdraft carburetor.

The Sultan points to the engine under the hood.

SULTAN

Can go from zero to 100 kilometres an hour in 12.5 seconds. And I even like the color.

DONOVAN

(after a beat)

The keys are in the ignition, Your Highness.

SULTAN

You shall have camels, horses, an armed escort, provisions, desert vehicles – and tanks!

DONOVAN

You're welcome.

Somebody else is also taking note...and we see that it is Kazim, the spy at the court.