Interstellar Page #5

BALLPLAYER:

Seized up on us.

COOPER:

Long way to come by bus. I thought

you guys would have a plane.

BALLPLAYER:

We did. Ran out of parts for it.

You know anything about diesels?

COOPER:

A little.

Cooper steps to the engine compartment.

The ballplayer notices Cooper's two boys, TOM, 15, and MURPH,

10, watching them. He wanders over.

7.

BALLPLAYER:

You think your dad's going to be

able to help us out?

Murph, a filth-encrusted kid with a black eye, smiles at the

ballplayer.

MURPH:

My dad can fix anything.

(WRY SMILE)

Except maybe your fastball.

The ballplayer frowns: smartass kid.

After a moment under the hood, Cooper signals to the driver,

who tries the engine. It turns over once, then STARTS.

BALLPLAYER:

Sure appreciate the help.

COOPER:

(SHRUGS)

You don't make it, my boys won't get

to see you lose.

The ballplayers load up into the bus and as it pulls away,

we can see the logo painted across the back of the bus for

the first time:

WORLD FAMOUS NEW YORK YANKEES

EXT. SPACE, NEAR EARTH ORBIT

Earth spins, lazily. From this height, it looks much the

same as it has done for thousands of years.

Suddenly, a tiny black object appears, racing toward Earth.

The object SMASHES into a large satellite and races onward.

Behind it, the satellite spins out of orbit in a cloud of

fragments.

EXT. BASEBALL STADIUM -- NIGHT

An old minor league stadium. The stands are barely halfway

full. Cooper, his boys, and Cooper's father-in-law, DONALD,

60s, have a row to themselves behind the dugout.

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