The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension Page #5

INT. JET CAR - DAY51

Buckaroo STILL ACCELERATING, struggling with his mighty

machine...fierce vibrations, OIL AND SMOKE filling the cockpit...as he

wipes hot oil off his goggles...

INT. HELICOPTER - DAY52

In the NETWORK HELICOPTER, a NEWSMAN and CAMERMAN catch this shocking

turn of events:

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THEIR POV OF...the JET CAR flaming along across the desert. A SONIC

BOOM!

INT. BLOCKHOUSE - DAY54

A TV MONITOR...A HELICOPTER SHOT revealing that the course thus far

traveled by Buckaroo is ON FIRE, the ground literally set ablaze by the

incredible speed of his JET CAR:

ANGLE ON:
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TV ANCHORWOMAN:

The Jet Car off the road! Radio contact with Mission Control here

severed...that firestorm apparently interfering with

communications...Buckaroo Banzai in serious trouble.

GENERAL CATBURD:

Either that or he's popped his cookies.

Professor Hikita, on pins and needles, face taught, concerned.

MISSION CONTROL:

Mach 1. Buckaroo! Do you read? Commence braking procedure! Over!

SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

He's heading for the goddamn mountains!

MISSION CONTROL:

Eject, Buckaroo! EJECT!

Buckaroo heard faintly in a STORM OF NOISE...SPEAKING JAPANESE...

SENATOR CUNNINGHAM

Professor Hikita, what'd he say?

PROF. HIKITA

(quizzical)

He said, "This Bud's for you, Professor." What does that mean?

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ON THE MONITORS the JET CAR is seen heading directly into a box canyon

and TOWARD A WALL OF MOUNTAINS, impact virtually assured.

ANGLE ON:
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GENERAL CATBURD:

Looks like Banzai's finally gonna get more than he bargained for. And

take the friends of the Earth with him.

Rawhide and Reno exchanging very concerned glances...

INT. JET CAR - DAY58

Buckaroo Banzai peers out his thick glass window.

BUCKAROO'S POV:
THE SIDE OF A MOUNTAIN CLOSING FAST...59

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ANGLE ON Buckaroo's hand moving to a switch on the dash marked

OSCILLATION OVERTHURSTER, remaining there, posed.

REVERSE ON BUCKAROO: eyes on his instruments.61

ANOTHER ANGLE ON Buckaroo hitting the OVERTHRUSTER...62

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BUCKAROO'S POV...THE FACE OF THE MOUNTAIN RUSHING UP INTO FRAME!

COLLISION A PICO SECOND AWAY!

INT. MISSION CONTROL ROOM - DAY64

ALL INSTRUMENTS LOSE CONTACT WITH THE JET CAR! Jaws drop in disbelief.

CLOSE ON MONITOR: THE JET CAR SIMPLY GONE, VANISHED INTO THIN AIR...

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ANGLE ON:
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MISSION CONTROL:

It's off my scope!

GENERAL CATBURD:

What the devil? What is going on?!

INT. JET CAR67

BUCKAROO'S COCKPIT POV... like a roller coaster ride through a meteor

shower - THE EIGHTH DIMENSION, AN ORGANIC ASTEROID HURTLING RIGHT AT US

EMITTING STRANGE STATIC ELECTRICAL CHARGES...MONSTROUS...RED...GHASTLY!

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REVERSE ANGLE. Looking directly at Buckaroo as his face distorts under

God-knows-how-many G-forces...where the hell is he?! His plexiglas

visor shattering as if hit with a two-by-four.

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