Total Recall Page #3

TV scene switches to a press conference. COHAAGEN, sur- rounded by

AIDES, steps in front of a podium packed with news network microphones

and cameras. Cohaagen is a striking, intense man with an obvious air

of power.

COHAAGEN We're dealing with a bunch of extremists and unrepresentative

lunatics. Mars is a happy and prosperous protectorate of Earth... and

will remain so.

The train stops at another station and more people pile on. Quail tries

to watch the broadcast through the bodies passing in front of him and

intermittently blocking the image.

REPORTER (V.O.) There have been some criticisms, sir....

COHAAGEN I have no further comment.

The news conference ends and a bright looking young man comes on the

screen. Quail continues to watch, though not as interested, initially,

as he was by the Mars story. Few of the other passengers bother

looking at the screen.

ANNOUNCER Good morning, commuters. This portion of your trip is brought

to you by Rekall, Inc. Do you have a dream that never came true? Do you

aspire - but only perspire? Has the great adventure passed you by?

Then come to... REKALL, where what might have been will have been. For

the memories of a lifetime... REKALL.

Quail watches the commercial through to the end, but doesn't seem to

take it very seriously. He glances away as a card comes on the screen

with REKALL's numbers.

6BINT. QUAIL'S OFFICE - DAY

Quail is seated at a computer console in a vast beehive of a room.

Numerous people are typing information onto the screens. Quail pauses

in his typing, thoughtful. He then types in a little more information,

then pauses again. On the screen, a sentence types itself...

WHY HAVE YOU STOPPED? REQUEST MORE INFORMATION.

Quail read it and continues.

9INT. McCLANE'S OFFICE - REKALL - DAY

Scene opens on a CU of McCLANE, a genial, bubbling, enthus- iastic man.

McCLANE We're all dreamers, Douglas. But here at Rekall, dreams are our

business.

He presses a button on his desk and the chairs on which they are seated

appear to be in outer space. Countless stars glitter all around.

Startlingly, a comet whizzes by. Quail is amazed. McClane grins and

presses the button again. The scene changes to a beautiful underwater

coral reef. Multi-colored fish swim around the chairs and desk.

QUAIL But... is the process really that effective? A false memory!?

McCLANE (shaking his head; smiling) We prefer the term "extra- factual

implant". Your memory will be complete in every way. You will have gone

to Mars. We

guarantee that.

QUAIL Is it in any way dangerous? I mean, the medical techniques?

McCLANE Not when you deal with qualified operators - like us.

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