Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

INDIANA

Mola Ram – you're about to meet Kali – in Hell!

Indiana swings the sword with all his might – it whooshes through the air and slashes clear through the top and bottom ropes! Immediately Mola Ram's guards start to flee in panic – too late! Indiana swings the sword again and the two ropes on the other side are severed –

The rope bridge is sheared in two! It breaks in the middle and both halves fall apart! The guards scream horribly in the air as they plunge down into the rocky gorge! Willie and Short Round cling to their established footholds and fall with the bridge toward the wall of the gorge. Mola Ram spills forward, clutching desperately at the ropes and slats –

Below them, Indiana has latched onto a rope and swings with the bridge as it hits the gorge wall and hangs vertically now, dangling from its moorings at the top.

There's an instant of suspended animation as all who remain alive realize they are alive. Short Round and Willie cling near the top of the now vertical bridge.

Below them, Mola Ram clutches onto one of the main ropes while directly above him the last of his guards holds on for dear life.

Short Round and Willie struggle upwards, clutching ropes and stepping on slats. Finally, Short Round heaves himself up onto solid ground and turns to help Willie up.

Meanwhile, dangling below on the bridge, Indy reaches up and grabs Mola Ram's leg. The High Priest kicks and tries to break Indy's grip. He kicks again and smashes Indy in the face.

Indy won't let go. Suddenly the High Priest reaches up and grabs his own Thuggee guard and yanks his down by the front of his shirt – Mola Ram shoves the luckless guard down onto Indy, trying to dislodge him by sacrificing the screaming Thuggee. Indy manages to hang on. The Thuggee is less fortunate and falls screaming to his death. Then Mola Ram looks across the gorge and yells. Indy sees a dozen of the last Thuggee guards streaming out of the tunnel – only to be stranded on the far side of the now bridgeless gorge.

Indy starts climbing up after Mola Ram again. He grabs at the back of Mola Ram's robe and pull him down. Slipping, Mola Ram turns and it's Indy's chance to punch Mola Ram in the face.

Mola Ram's eyes are glowing yellow and he's shouting incoherently. He grabs the strap of Indy's shoulder bag and stamps on Indy's hand – Indy falls!

Indiana slips downward, scrambling to catch hold of something – meanwhile, Mola Ram now has the bag with the Sankara Stones.

Indy finally stops his downward slide and dangles dangerously near the bottom of the bridge.

Across the gorge, the Thuggee guards run up a path to a small gove of trees growing on a plateau above the gorge. The guards have bows and arrows and take firing positions –

At the top of the bridge, Mola Ram keeps climbing until rocks start pounding him from above – Willie and Short Round pely him with rocks which he tries to block with his arm.

Indiana starts to climb again, using all his strength. He reaches for a wooden slat – suddenly a flaming arrow smashes into the wood!

Indy turns in amazement and sees more flaming arrows rocketing across the chasm directly for him!

Across the gorge, by the grove of trees, a Thuggee priest yells orders to the archers who continue to launch the flaming arrows.

Indiana crawls up as the bridge starts to burn from the continuing bursts of fiery arrows. At the top, Mola Ram reaches up desperately for a hand old – Willie smashes his hand with a rock!

The High Priest yells in pain and slips down to where Indy slugs him again in the face! They struggle as the fire burns up from beneath them.

On the cliff above the fallen bridge, Willie watches the fire rising toward Indy and Mola Ram as they fight. Short Round turns and sees something –

SHORT ROUND

Willie, look!

They see horses galloping through a narrow pass – the British cavalry is returning. Captain Blumburtt and the first troops draw up their forces and dismount quickly.

A fusillade of flaming arrows force the British to take cover – they quickly start firing back at the Thuggees with rifles.

As the battle above the gorge continues, Indy and Mola Ram fight below on the dangling bridge – Indiana sees the High Priest's eyes begin glowing and he hisses insanely. Mola Ram's hand thrusts out toward Indiana's chest and Indy yells in pain –

Indy looks down and writhes terrified as he sees Mola Ram's hand starting to enter his chest (as it entered the victim's chest during the temple sacrifice)!

Mola Ram's finger are inching into Indy's body – Indy clutches at Mola Ram's piercing hand, trying to keep the deadly fingers away from his heart.

Slowly, Indy is able to push Mola Ram's hand away and his fingers withdraw from Indy's chest. Indiana suddenly slugs the High Priest in the face and grabs for the bag of Sankara Stones –

MOLA RAM

No, the stones are mine!

INDIANA

You're betrayed Shiva.

(he repeats in Sanskrit Sankara's warning)

As Indy pronounces the magical words, the bag begins glowing and starts to burn Mola Ram as he clutches it – the stones begin to spill out of the bag and the High Priest grabs from them.

INDIANA (CONT'D)

(he repeats Sankara's warning in Sanskrit)

The blazing stones sear Mola Ram's flesh and he screams in pain. The light suddenly dies in his eyes and for one instant he looks at Indy as if awakened from a nightmare – Mola Ram loses his balance and Indy grabs for the stones. He manages to clutch only one of them as Mola Ram screams and falls!

Indy sees the stone in his hand suddenly cool. He watches Mola Ram plummeting downward into the chasm and finally crashing into the jagged rocks at the bottom.

The irritated crocodiles are disturbed once more – but soon welcome the meal that just dropped in. Jaws flash and teeth rip at the High Priest's lifeless corpse.

And Indy's bag with the Sankara Stones sinks into the murkily current and disappears down the river...

EXT. THE CLIFF

Indiana crawls up the burning bridge and Willie and Short Round reach for him at the top. They pull him up onto the cliff and they all look around exhausted –

Across the gorge, more British troops emerge from the mine tunnels to subdue the remaining Thuggee guards on that side.

Finally the little Maharajah comes out of the dark mine tunnel. He sees Short Round across the gorge – and bows to thank him for his help. On the other side, Short Round waves his cap, saluting him back. Willie stands at the edge of the gorge looking down into the river far below.

WILLIE

I guess Mola Ram got what he wanted.

INDIANA

Not quite.

She sees Indy reach into his pocket. He pulls something out slowly – as she watches he reveals a crystal stone –

INDIANA (CONT'D)

The last Sankara Stone.

Short Round watches Willie take it carefully from Indiana. She gazes at it and looks delighted –

WILLIE

And the diamond hidden inside...

Willie holds the stone up to the sun and it sparkles and flashes.

CUT TO

EXT. THE MAYAPORE HILLS – DAY

The sun flares and silhouettes three figures coming over a hilltop. Behind them we see more smaller silhouettes appearing over the rise.

Indiana, Willie and Short Round walk back down the dirt road into Mayapore – followed by a multitude of children returning to their homeland. Willie looks at the changed landscape and seems astonished: the barren countryside has been reborn. They see streams flowing beneath green trees, flowers blooming and peasants harvesting golden grain in the fields.