Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

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EXT. THE DKY – MORNING

The sun flashes above the horizon and the plane banks through white billowing clouds at it heads west.

INT. THE PLANE

A door opens at the rear of the plane and Indiana Jones exits wearing more familiar attire: a beat-up leather jacket over a khaki shirt and a snap-brim hat. He passes a dozen passengers as he moves up the aisle carrying his rolled-up tuxedo.

In the first row, Willie is busy fixing her make-up. Shorty sits in the seat across the aisle from her. Indy comes up and drops his tuxedo onto the floor.

Willie sees him hook his coiled bullwhip over a coat-peg.

WILLIE
So, what're you supposed to be, a lion tamer?

INDIANA

Since I was nice enough to let you tag along, why don't you give your mouth a rest? Okay, doll?

Indy pats her leg – she removes his hand and reaches down and picks up his tuxedo coat. She slips it on.

WILLIE

I'm freezing. What do you mean, tag along? From the minute you walked into that nightclub, you haven't been able to keep your eyes off me.

INDIANA

Oh yeah?

He smiles and tips his hat down over his eyes to go to sleep...

INT. THE COCKPIT

At the same moment, the Chinese co-pilot tips his hat up off his eyes – and looks scared to death! He exclaims in Chinese –

CO-PILOT

(subtitled)

Good lord!

He and the pilot see two biplanes materialize out of the clouds and dive directly toward them! Suddenly, machine gunfire erupts!

PILOT

(subtitled)

Dive for the clouds! Dive!

EXT. THE SKY – DAY

The DC-3 banks into the clouds as the two biplanes attack. In the back seat of the first biplane, we see Kao Kan watching the DC-3 like a hawk about to bring down a sparrow.

INT. THE COCKPIT

The biplanes swoop past both sides of the plane and bursts of gunfire rip along the fuselage.

CO-PILOT

(subtitled)

They hit a fuel line!

PILOT

(subtitled)

Reduce speed – get everyone out of the plane!

INT. THE PASSENGER CABIN

As the air battle rages, the passengers are tossed about and some start screaming. Short Round peers out a window.

SHORT ROUND

Lao send planes to kill Indy!

Willie shakes Indy's arm but he continues snoring under his hat.

WILLIE

Wake up! It's the drug he drank to stop the poison –

The cockpit door bursts open and the Chinese co-pilot exits to make an announcement – he smiles and speaks in CHINESE, then he smiles and speaks in FRENCH –

Willie looks lost until the Chinese co-pilot smiles again and speaks in ENGLISH –

CO-PILOT

Please to remain calm. We start passing out parachutes now –

The co-pilot hurries toward the rear. Willie looks petrified as a stewardess rushes up and hands her a parachute.

WILLIE

You got to be kidding! No! No, I can't!

The pilot hurries out of the cockpit and grabs his parachute as he heads toward the back.

WILLIE (CONT'D)

Wait – who's flying the plane?!

She opens the door to the cockpit –
 

WILLIE (CONT'D)

Nobody's flying the plane...

EXT. THE SKY – DAY

The DC-3 smokes through the clouds. Passengers are bailing out – parachutes billowing. As one of the fighters swoops through the parachutes, Kao Kan searches the faces – then he points at the DC-3.

KAO KAN

(into the radio)

Jones! Indiana Jones!

The two planes roar off and start strafing the DC-3 again.

INT. THE PASSENGER CABIN

The co-pilot has a parachute on and is trying to get Short Round into one.

CO-PILOT

Put it on! What's wrong with you? You've got to jump!

SHORT ROUND

No, can't leave Indy!

Short Round suddenly butts the co-pilot in the stomach with his head. The co-pilot yells and falls out the door. Short Round sees the co-pilot's parachute billow. Then Willie rushes up.

WILLIE

Give me that parachute, I changed my mind –

She grabs the parachute and starts to fight Shorty over it –
 

SHORT ROUND

No, this last one! It's for Indy!

They scuffle until the parachute skids across the floor. Short Round jumps for it – the parachute falls out the door and Short Round starts to fall out after it!

Willie grabs him by the seat of his pants and hauls him back from the abyss!

EXT. THE SKY – DAY
 

The fighters peel off toward the DC-3 with their guns flaming in another attack.

INT. THE PASSENGER CABIN

Short Round tries to wake Indy again. Finally, Shorty grabs Indy's bag, pulls his holster out of it and runs toward the back.

Indy continues to sleep – until bullets smash the window by his head and a fire extinguisher is hit and starts spraying into Indy's face.

He finally awakens and jumps up. He looks around is disbelief at the battle-torn, nearly-empty airplane.

INDIANA
(groggily)

We there yet?

Indiana sees Shorty shooting his pistol out the side door as the planes swoop by again. Out of ammo, Shorty throws the gun angrily at the passing plane.

Indiana picks up his whip and attaches it to his belt as Willie runs over to him.

WILLIE
There's nobody flying the plane!

INT. THE COCKPIT

The door flies open and Indy rushes in with Willie behind him. Indy appraises the situation quickly and jumps into the pilot's seat with total confidence –

WILLIE (CONT'D)

You know how to fly?

Indy surveys the control panels, the myriad of dials and switches –
 

INDIANA

No.

(hopefully)

Do you?

INT. THE PASSENGER CABIN

Willie runs screaming out of the cockpit, her last hope shattered. Shorty is pulling something out of the cargo compartment – he's found a machine gun and sets it up on a short tripod.

SHORT ROUND

Come here, lady, hold this and shut up please!

He pulls Willie down to the floor and shoves her the ammunition belt that's draped toward the gun. Then Shorty jumps behind the machine gun –

As the first fighter appears off their side, Short Round blasts out the open door! The machine gun explodes to life, chewing bullets, smoking and spitting shells at Willie –

Willie hollers terrified by manages to feed the ammo belt as Short Round sights the blazing machine gun – suddenly he shoops!

Willie sees the fighter hit – it smokes and veers away – and then EXPLODES!

SHORT ROUND

I get it!

WILLIE

You got it!

The second plane swoops down and Short Round blasts away. This time as he swivels the gun, he misses and hits one of the DC-3's own engines and it explodes!

SHORT ROUND

Oh oh – big mistake!

INT. THE COCKPIT

Trying to figure out the controls, Indy looks up to see their engine explode into flames –
 

INDIANA

(angrily)

Short Round, what in the hell are you doing?

Suddenly the DC-3 emerges out of a cloud and Indy sees they are headed directly for a mountain! He pulls back hard on the controls as a rocky peak looms lethally in front of them.

EXT. THE SKY – DAY

The DC-3 lifts at the last second and smashes some snow off the uppermost pinnacle as it clears the mountain by inches!

Kao Kan's fighter is glued to the DC-3's tail and continues to strafe – but the fighter pilot pulls up too late – and the fighter explodes as it hits the peak of the mountain!

INT. THE PASSENGER CABIN
 

Indy rushes out of the smoking cockpit to find Willie and Short Round crawling out from under the debris that's fallen on them. Then Indy spots something in the wreckage –

He pulls at some yellow canvas and Willie sees as sign: "EMERGENCY LIFE RAFT". Indy drags the folded canvas over to the open door.

WILLIE

Are you crazy, a lift raft?! We're not sinking, we're crashing!

INDIANA

Get over here, damn it! Short Round, come on, grab onto me tight!

Willie sees Short Round rush over to Indiana and grab him around the waist from behind. Willie finally jumps up and runs over –

WILLIE

Wait for me!

She throws her arms around Indy's neck so that she and Shorty are both hugging him from behind. Indy clutches the folded lift raft in front of him and surveys the mountainside rushing close beneath the sinking airplane –

Finally, an instant before the plane will hit, Indy dives and pulls the inflation cord!

 
EXT. THE SKY
 

As the smoking DC-3 screams out of control toward the mountain, skimming the rocky snow-covered slopes, we see the lift raft spilling out the open door –

The raft pops into its full shape, acting now as a spoiler, soaring against the rushing wind and finally crashing and bouncing against the snowy mountainside.

In the distance, we see the DC-3 finally kiss the earth and explode in a cloud of flame against a rocky escarpment – metal and earth mushrooming in a million directions!

EXT. THE MOUNTAINSIDE
 

As the raft rockets down the snow, Indiana clutches the front and Willie and Short Round hold on for dear life on either side of him.

The raft plummets down the mountain, crossing the timber-line and entering a forest. Bouncing over a snow-hidden log, the raft shoots directly for a tree –

Indiana pulls on the perimeter rope, rolls on his side and manages to swerve the raft so it caroms off the snow-drifted side of the tree trunk.

Continuing its downhill run, the raft smashes across a small steam, sending silvery water spraying.

As the raft skids below the snow-level, it starts bouncing over rocky ground and its three passengers' teeth start chattering.

EXT. A BLUFF
 

The yellow raft crashes through a tangle of bushes and then plummets toward a bluff! The raft goes airborne over a small bluff and lands with a splash in a slow-moving river.

EXT. THE RIVER

The life raft drifts down the river and Indy looks around and smiles cockily at Willie and Short Round –

Their faces don't show gratitude, but horror – Indy hears something and turns to see:

EXT. WHITE WATER RAPIDS
 

The raft is heading directly toward a surging stretch of treacherous rapids. Indiana looks less cocky as he and Willie and Short Round hold on again for dear life!

The raft plunges into the roaring torrent, bouncing over rock-swollen waves, twisting and spinning through narrow gaps. The three helpless passengers are drenched in the thundering cascades of white water.

Willie is hollering, Short Round hangs on wide-eyed and even Indy looks terrified as the raft crashes down the rapids. Finally, after one heart-stopping bounce, the raft seems to slow.

EXT. RIVER CLEARING
 

The raft drifts out of the main part of the river and glides toward a clearing. Its three soaked and bedraggled passengers lie motionless in the bottom.

Indy's hand drags alongside the raft, his fingers leaving a trail in the almost still water. Battered and exhausted, but always Indy's "bodyguard", Shorty looks over at him worriedly –

SHORT ROUND
Indy?

INDIANA

Okay, Shorty.