The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension Page #4
- PG
- Year:
- 1984
- 103 min
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PROF. HIKITA
Point of no return...five, four, three, two...
PROF. HIKITA'S VOICE
...one.
As Buckaroo Banzai twists his steering-wheel mounted TWIN ACCELERATORS,
the sudden forward lurch of the Jet Car slamming him back against the
headrest...
THE JET CAR BLASTING OFF! MORE FIRE! MORE SMOKE!
INT. BLOCKHOUSE - DAY35
Technicians and VIPS eye their monitors.
36
AND SO DO WE:
the rugged JET CAR raising a cloud of dust, viewed fromhigh above us it blasts ahead!
ANGLE ON37
GENERAL CATBURD:
Too bad war ain't Indianapolis. It's fast, I'll give Banzai that.
SENATOR CUNNINGHAM
Perhaps an idea whose time has come, General? Scoot over.
Catburd moving aside as Senator Cunningham takes her turn with the
viewing device.
GENERAL CATBURD:
It'll never work. It's too simple.
INT. HELICOPTER - DAY38
HIGH OVERHEAD, manned by a TV NEWS CREW.
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AN OVER-THE-CAMERAMAN'S SHOULDER POV as the JET CAR'S EXHAUST TRAIL
BUCKAROO'S POV as the highway races underneath him...
INT. BLOCKHOUSE - DAY41
ALL EYES glued to those TV monitors, Rawhide and Reno
watching...Perfect Tommy slapping his hand on the desk.
TV ANCHORWOMAN:
Now twenty seconds downrange...Perfect Tommy, how on earth is Buckaroo
able to keep that thing on the ground?
PERFECT TOMMY:
She's just a damn road hugger, Allison. Plus the man can drive.
Talk about a road hugger...the JET CAR SCREAMS PAST A BANK OF HIGH
SPEED CAMERAS...THE EARTH SHAKING...
INT. BLOCKHOUSE - DAY43
PROF. HIKITA
Approaching thirty seconds downrange Three zero. Course steady. Speed
three one seven nautical-four hundred...
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
He's gonna do it! The man is gonna do it!
GENERAL CATBURD:
So what? Big deal. Anybody can drive fast in a straight line.
...as if in response to Catburd's comment, Buckaroo does an amazing
thing, NOW FLICKING HIS DIRECTIONAL SIGNAL...
LEAVING THE PAVED SURFACE FOR OPEN TERRAIN! BEGIN INTERCUTTING
A FIRE breaking out on a dashboard gauge, Buckaroo quickly snuffing the
SPARKS with his gloved hand...DANGER LIGHTS FLASHING!
...as AWESOME PHYSICAL PRESSURES take their tool on car and driver...
INT. BLOCKHOUSE - DAY48
PROF. HIKITA
Buckaroo, do you read?
MISSION CONTROL:
Advise you abort. Over. Repeat: advise abort.
BUCKAROO BANZAI:
That's a big "no can do".
INT. BLOCKHOUSE- DAY50
Buckaroo's voice through STATIC AND CRACKLE. Professor Hikita white-
knuckled...determined.
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