Lake Placid Page #2

Synopsis: When a mysterious creature violently kills a man in a Maine lake, Jack Wells (Bill Pullman), the local game warden, looks into the bizarre case, along with Sheriff Hank Keough (Brendan Gleeson) and visiting paleontologist Kelly Scott (Bridget Fonda). Looking for clues in a tooth that the beast left behind, Kelly and the others eventually locate the monster, a massive and vicious reptile eager to devour anything in its path. Can the crocodile-like creature be stopped?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror
Production: 20th Century Fox
 
IMDB:
5.7
Metacritic:
34
Rotten Tomatoes:
40%
R
Year:
1999
82 min
Website
907 Views


A black water snake, it must be almost three feet in length.

RESUME:

Walt flippers himself closer, wants a closer look. The snake

seems unimpressed. Then suddenly, the snake lunges at him,

misses. Sh*t. Walt's look says "what the f***?" A beat. Then

the snake swims off. Walt relaxes. A beat. But then... he

looks around, uneasy. He gets this feeling he's not alone down

there. Looks about, nothing but murky water. But he's not

alone, we can feel he's not alone.

He looks left, right... then... four snakes, swimming, hovering,

looking back at him. What's with these snakes? Walt decides

he'll go back to the boat. Then... BOOM. Something hits him...

and it's no snake.

EXT. BOAT - CONTINUOUS

Keough. Oblivious. Waiting. Suddenly-- Walt comes thrusting

up with a scream!

WALT:

Sheriff!!

And Walt is promptly yanked back under.

KEOUGH:

Hey!

Upon which Walt surfaces. He swims frantically for a beat

before he's suddenly yanked under again. Then he surfaces,

thrashing as Keough speeds over with the boat. He takes hold of

him and pulls him on board. Actually... what's left of him.

There's nothing below the waist. Walt is just a bleeding torso,

though still conscious.

KEOUGH (CONT'D)

(going into shock)

Jesus Christ.

ANGLE WALT'S REMAINING HAND

clenching around Keough's arm.

ANGLE WALT'S FACE

He knows he's done. OFF Keough's continued horror, we:

CUT TO:

BLACK AND WHITE:

A DINOSAUR (T-Rex) is angry and out for blood.

REVEAL:

INT. MOVIE THEATER - DAY

We're watching an old classic creature feature. FIND Kelly

alone, slowly eating popcorn, rapt, tense... watching the movie.

As the suspense builds, her hand freezes halfway between the

popcorn bag and her mouth.

ANGLE THE SCREEN

The monster pursues its human victim.

ANGLE KELLY:

fear on her face.

ANGLE THE SCREEN

The monster makes its final surge, capturing its prey.

ANGLE KELLY:

as she screams with fear and delight. Her scream is only

partially muted by the shrieks of the other moviegoers.

After a beat, she calms, daring to eat popcorn again. Wearing

gullibility, vulnerability all over her face. Then from behind

a hand appears, taps her shoulder, causing her to let loose with

the most blood-curdling scream of all.

All the moviegoers turn to SEE... as will WE:

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David E. Kelley

David Edward Kelley (born April 4, 1956) is an American television writer and producer, known as the creator of Picket Fences, Chicago Hope, The Practice, Ally McBeal, Boston Public, Boston Legal, and Harry's Law as well as several films. Kelley is one of very few screenwriters to have created shows aired on all four top commercial U.S. television networks (ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC). more…

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