Airplane! Page #4

TURNANSKY:

I want you to make sure she is kept in a

reclined position and that a continuous

watch is kept on her I.V.

INT. TERMINAL BUILDING - PHONE AREA - NIGHT

TURNANSKY (v.o.)

Also, it's important that...

OPERATOR (v.o.)

Excuse me. This is the Operator, Captain

Oveur, I have an emergency call for you on

line five trom a Mister Hamm.

OVEUR:

All right. Give me Hamm on five, hold the

Mayo.

EXT. RUNWAY - NIGHT

Ambulance arrives at airplane. Attendants and MRS. DAVIS

unload LISA DAVIS into wheelchair.

INT. TERMINAL BUILDING - NIGHT

Elaine and Striker are walking together.

STRIKER:

Look, you'll be back in town tomorrow

night. We'll have dinner -- talk it over.

ELAINE:

I won't be back. I've requested the

Atlanta run.

STRIKER:

Elaine, not yet. I promise you I really

can change.

ELAINE:

Then why don't you take the job that Louie

Netz offered you at Boeing?

In the b.g. an airline PORTER is transporting an ELDERLY

COUPLE in an electric cart. They round the corner too fast

and the woman falls out. Husband doesn't notice.

STRIKER:

You know I haven't been able to get near

an airplane since the war. And even if I

could, they wouldn't hire me because of my

war record.

ELAINE:

Your war record? You're the only one

keeping that alive. For everyone else it's

ancient history.

STRIKER:

You expect me to believe that?

In the b.g. the Elderly Woman staggers to her feet and is

immediately run over by another electric cart.

ELAINE:

It's the truth. What's hurt you the most

is your record since the war. Different

cities, different jobs, and not one of

them shows you can accept any real

responsibility.

STRIKER:

But if you'll just give me...

ELAINE:

It's too late, Ted. When I get back to

Chicago, I'm going to start my life all

over again. I'm sorry.

She walks off. Dramatic MUSIC as Striker glares with

determination. The religious Zealot tries to pin a flower on

his lapel.

ZEALOT #3

Hello, we'd like you to have this...

Without looking, Striker decks the Zealot with one punch. He

walks after Elaine.

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