12 Monkeys Page #4

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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Year:
2015
42 min
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The VOICES blur into a cacophony and FADE INTO the droning P.A.

SYSTEM at the airport.

INT. CONCOURSE/AIRPORT - DAY

THE DREAM AGAIN! But at an earlier moment. YOUNG COLE, flanked

by his PARENTS, whose faces are out of view, is watching a PLANE

land through one of the big glass windows that lines the concourse

leading to the departure gates.

P.A. SYSTEM (o.s.)

Flight 784 now boarding at gate...

Suddenly, a SHOUT, followed by raised VOICES, interrupts the

monotonous airport routine. As YOUNG COLE and his PARENTS turn

to see what's going on, a man we'll call MR. PONYTAIL, his face

averted, hurries past them, bumping YOUNG COLE with a Chicago

Hulls Sports Duffle Bag.

MR. PONYTAIL

WATCH IT!

YOUNG COLE sees little more than the gaudy pants, the duffle, and

the man's ponytail flopping as he rushes towards the gates.

Just then, a WOMAN'S VOICE cries out, "NOOOOOOOOO!"

YOUNG COLE turns back toward the Security Check Point just as

TRAVELERS scatter madly, some diving to the floor, others

running. A TERRIFIED TRAVELER, hitting the floor close by, looks

up at YOUNG COLE with panicky eyes, and asks....

TERRIFIED TRAVELER

Just exactly why did you volunteer?

INT. ENGINEERING OFFICE/FUTURE WORLD - (ETERNAL NIGHT)

COLE comes abruptly awake. Seated now, he's facing the SCIENTISTS.

ASTROPHYSICIST:

Wake up, Cole.

COLE:

Uh, I didn't hear the...

MICROBIOLOGIST:

(tapping a pencil on the table)

I asked you, why did you volunteer?

COLE:

Well, the guard woke me up. He told me

I volunteered.

The SCIENTISTS react, whispering urgently among themselves.

COLE starts to nod off again, then comes awake with a start as

the ENGINEER speaks to him.

ENGINEER:

We appreciate you volunteering. You're

a very good observer, Cole.

COLE:

Uh, thank you.

ENGINEER:

You'll get a reduction in sentence.

COLE keeps his face impassive.

ASTROPHYSICIST:

To be determined by the proper authorities.

ENGINEER:

You don't want to jeopardize that reduction,

do you, Cole? Have it taken away?

COLE:

No, sir!

ASTROPHYSICIST:

We have a very advanced program, something

very different, requires very skilled people.

MICROBIOLOGIST:

An opportunity to reduce your sentence

considerably...

ZOOLOGIST:

And possibly play an important role in

returning the human race to the surface

of the earth.

ENGINEER:

We want tough minded people. Strong

mentally. We've had some...misfortunes

with "unstable" types.

ASTROPHYSICIST:

For a man in your position...an opportunity.

BOTANIST:

Not to volunteer could be a real mistake.

MICROBIOLOGIST:

(tapping his pencil again)

Definitely a mistake!

COLE gives away nothing. He's in a box here. He has no choices.

He stares at the tapping pencil.

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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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