The Omega Man Page #4

MED. CLOSE SHOT - NEVILLE

His expression is one of total disgust. He speaks sardonically.

NEVILLE:

Why don't they keep the goddamn street clean.

MED. SHOT - NEVILLE

He unloads car, hangs gun over his back, puts a few grenades in his belt, lifts gas can. As he walks away from car, he muses.

NEVILLE:

There was a Mercedes agency on Sunset. Or was it Wilshire?

MED. LONG SHOT - NEVILLE WALKING

Ahead is the agency. Windows are broken. A 230SL convertible sits in the showroom. Neville walks through the broken window, walks around car.

NEVILLE:

The color's not right, but ... how long did you say it takes to get a new one from Germany...?

He walks to another car.

NEVILLE:

How about this one? One careful Pasadena driver in tennis shoes? What's her phone number?

MED. SHOT - NEVILLE SERVICING CAR

He has put in battery, gas, etc. He closes hood, gets in.

Glances at watch.

NEVILLE:

My God, is it that late?

He guns the motor and drives out through the broken window.

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WIDE ANGLE LONG SHOT - NEVILLE IN CAR

We see Neville speeding down an empty main thoroughfare, the car accelerating faster and faster. He makes an impossible turn, the car bottoming, righting itself, fishtailing, straightening out and zooming on.

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WIDE ANGLE SHOT - A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE

A long DOWN SHOT, which shows the car reaching speeds of over a hundred miles an hour.

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VERY CLOSE SHOT - NEVILLE IN CAR

This is HEAD ON. Neville’s concentration, his tension must show. He looks like a master-driver in the ultimate test of his career. Meanwhile, it is getting darker, closer to night.

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WIDE ANGLE LONG SHOT - NEVILLE IN CAR

CAMERA RUSHES IN as SHOT OPENS, to MED. SHOT of the car careening down a deserted street in absolute recklessness. As Neville nears the end of the street, he slightly sideswipes a car parked out from the curb.

VERY CLOSE SHOT - TIRES AND LOWER SECTION OF CAR

Tires squeal as Neville turns corner. CAMERA MOVES OUT TO MEDIUM SHOT as car rights itself and shoots away.

MED. SHOT - NEVILLE IN CAR

The car lights are on now, and as Neville slows down, it is deep twilight. He turns into drive in front of a tall apartment building. CAMERA MOVES IN TO MED. CLOSE SHOT of Neville in car. He presses remote-control button and WE SEE garage door open ahead of him. CAMERA SWIEEPS to Neville's face. He shows relief, as if he has made, It through a very tough race indeed.

MED. SHOT - DOWN ANGLE FROM BEHIND CAR

As Neville guns motor and starts into garage, a figure detaches itself from growing darkness and leaps onto him. The figure seems simply to materialize) and it leaps high, landing almost in the car. Neville tries to fight back as the car drifts down the drive into garage.

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