12 Monkeys Page #3

Synopsis: Follows the journey of a time traveler from the post-apocalyptic future who appears in present day on a mission to locate and eradicate the source of a deadly plague that will nearly destroy the human race.
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IMDB:
7.6
TV-14
Year:
2015
42 min
824 Views


TINY:

James Cole. Cleared from quarantine.

MICROBIOLOGIST:

Thank you. You two wait outside.

SCARFACE:

He's got a history, Doctor. Violence.

COLE'S eyes return to the walls.

Headlines:
"CLOCK TICKING! NO CURE YET!"

SCARFACE:

Anti-social six -- doing 25 to life.

ENGINEER:

I don't think he's going to hurt us. You're

not going to hurt us, are you Mr. Cole?

COLE'S head turns quickly to the ENGINEER.

COLE:

No, sir.

The GUARDS exchange a look, shrug, exit, closing the door.

MICROBIOLOGIST:

Why don't you sit down, Mr. Cole.

COLE goes to the empty chair at the conference table, sits down.

ASTROPHYSICIST:

We want you to tell us about last

night.

COLE:

I went to the surface and I collected

specimens like I was told.

The SCIENTISTS don't say anything. They just study him carefully.

COLE:

(worried)

I mashed the spider, didn't I?

MICROBIOLOGIST:

We'll get to the spider later, Mr.

Cole. Right now, we want to know

everything that you saw.

INT. ENGINEERING OFFICE - AN HOUR LATER (ETERNAL NIGHT)

COLE, starting to look very tired now, stands at the blackboard

sketching a detailed map of exactly where he was last night.

ASTPOPHYSICIST:

Where you collected sample #4, what

street was that?

COLE:

Uh...

BOTANIST:

It's important to observe everything.

COLE:

I think it was...I'm sure it was 2nd Street.

As the SCIENTISTS start to whisper animatedly among themselves,

COLE'S eyes drift across the newspaper clippings taped to the

wall. One headline screams, "VIRUS MUTATING!" Another features

a photo of an OLD MAN (DR. MASON, who we'll see again later on)

and the words, SCIENTIST SAYS, "IT'S TOO LATE FOR CURE".

ASTROPHYSICIST'S VOICE (o.s.)

Close your eyes, Cole.

Startled, COLE closes his eyes obediently.

BLACKNESS. Like COLE, WE SEE NOTHING. But we HEAR their VOICES.

ENGINEER'S VOICE (o.s.)

Tell us in detail what you've seen in

this room.

COLE'S VOICE (o.s.)

Uh, in this room? Uh...

MICROBIOLOGIST'S VOICE (o.s.)

How many of us are there?

COLE'S VOICE (o.s.)

Six...seven, if you count me.

ASTROPHYSICIST'S VOICE (o.s.)

Tell us about the pictures on the wall...

COLE'S VOICE (o.s.)

Uh, you mean the newspapers?

A MONTAGE OF OVERLAPPING VOICES (o.s.)

Tell us about the newspapers. Can you

hear my voice? What do I look like?

What does he look like, the man who

just spoke? How old were you when you

left the surface?

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David Peoples

David Webb Peoples (born c. 1940) is an American screenwriter, best known for the films Blade Runner, Unforgiven and Twelve Monkeys. more…

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