Jurassic Park 3 Page #2

ELLIE:

(relived)

Yes. Great.

Mark stands and collects their cups.

ELLIE (CONT'D)

So, Mark's working at the State Department

now.

GRANT:

Really?

(To Mark)

What do you do there?

MARK:

(with mock bravado)

I could tell you about it, but than I'd have to

kill you.

GRANT:

Indeed.

Mark smiles, nodding. Then he goes into the kitchen. Another

uncomfortable silence.

ELLIE:

So what are you working on now?

GRANT:

We have a new site in Montana. At least until

the money runs out.

ELLIE:

Anything good?

GRANT:

Raptors, mostly.

ELLIE:

My favorite.

Grant leans forward, realizing Ellie's one of the few people he

can talk to about this.

GRANT:

You remember the sounds they made?

ELLIE:

I try not to.

GRANT:

We've done cranial scans, and raptors

actually had a quite sophisticated

resonating chamber. I have a theory that

their ability to vocalize is the key to their

social intelligence. The way they can work

together as a team.

ELLIE:

You think they could talk to each other?

GRANT:

To a degree we never imagined.

And from the cage in the corner of the room...

JACK:

Bullshit!

Both look back at the parrot. ELLIE smiles.

ELLIE:

You taught him that.

6 EXT. SUBURBAN STREET - NIGHT 6

Ellie and Grant head toward the rental car parked in the

driveway.

ELLIE:

Good luck with the fund raising.

GRANT:

It was never easy, but before Jurassic Park,

you could find money. Somewhere. Now fossils

are out. Everyone wants to see a real live

dinosaur.

ELLIE:

Times change Alan. But you're the still the

best. I mean that.

GRANT:

The last of my breed.

A long moment passes between them as both consider where

they've ended up.

GRANT (CONT'D)

I'd better get going.

ELLIE:

Let me know if I can help, Alan. You’re bad

about asking for help, but please ask me.

Anything, anytime.

GRANT:

(deep down knowing he never

will)

Okay. Goodbye, Ellie.

ELLIE:

Goodbye, Alan.

Not sure what the right thing to do is, they finally end up with

a friendly hug. They keep it short.

Grant gets in his car. Starts the ENGINE.

He's about to pull off when Ellie knocks on the window. He rolls

it down.

ELLIE (CONT'D)

When I met you, I thought that one day

millions of years ago, all the dinosaurs

became extinct. Wiped out. But you told me

otherwise. When conditions changed,

dinosaurs changed. They became other things.

They evolved.

GRANT:

A well-accepted theory.

ELLIE:

(simply)

Alan don't be afraid to evolve.

Grant hears her, but Ellie knows it didn't really get through.

A forced half-smile, than Grant waves goodbye.

Ellie watches as he drives off.

7 INT. AUDITORIUM - DAY 7

The last stop on Grant's fund-raising tour, it's a public

lecture hosted by some foundation. There are SCIENTISTS and

STUDENTS here, but also a lot of DINO-FANS, some even with

costumes.

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