Ex Machina Page #2

Synopsis: Caleb Smith (Domhnall Gleeson) a programmer at a huge Internet company, wins a contest that enables him to spend a week at the private estate of Nathan Bateman (Oscar Isaac), his firm's brilliant CEO. When he arrives, Caleb learns that he has been chosen to be the human component in a Turing test to determine the capabilities and consciousness of Ava (Alicia Vikander), a beautiful robot. However, it soon becomes evident that Ava is far more self-aware and deceptive than either man imagined.
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Year:
2014
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JAY glances over at CALEB.

JAY (CONT'D)

So how does a programmer from Long

Island get to be meeting the CEO?

CALEB:

I won a competition. It was kind

of like a lottery, for employees.

The winner got to spend a week with

him.

JAY:

The president can't get Mr Bateman

on the phone, but you got the

golden ticket.

CALEB:

Yep.

JAY:

Hell of an opportunity.

CALEB:

Believe me. I know it.

CALEB looks out of the window.

CALEB (CONT'D)

Incredible here.

JAY:

Alaska. Most beautiful place on

Earth.

Beat.

CALEB:

How long until we get to his

estate?

JAY chuckles.

JAY:

We've been flying over his estate

for the past two hours.

6.

4 4

EXT. MOUNTAINS - DAY

The helicopter flies over a vast white glacier.

5 5

EXT. MOUNTAINS - DAY

CUT:

6 6

EXT. MOUNTAINS - DAY

The helicopter flies over the lip of a WATERFALL, revealing a

valley.

The valley floor is a forest, and a single bright green

meadow. Sunlit, like a jewel in the icy mountains.

A white-water river runs through it.

7 7

INT. HELICOPTER - DAY

CALEB looks down at the breathtaking view as the helicopter

banks, turns, and descends.

8 8

EXT. MEADOW/LANDING SITE - DAY

Meadow flowers whip in the rotor wash as the helicopter

touches down in the vast meadow.

By the landing site is a collection of huge metal crates.

All have Chinese characters on the side.

The rotor blades slow, but don't stop.

JAY exits.

9 9

EXT. MEADOW/LANDING SITE - DAY

JAY holds open the door as CALEB exits the helicopter cabin.

CALEB looks around, his eyes adjusting to the bright sunshine

outside.

JAY goes to the side of the helicopter, pops open a hatch,

and removes CALEB'S luggage. A large suitcase with wheels.

CALEB looks around. Apart from the packing crates, there are

no man-made structures to be seen.

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Alex Garland

Alexander Medawar Garland is an English writer and filmmaker. He rose to prominence as a novelist in the late 1990s with his novel The Beach, which led some critics to call Garland a key voice of Generation X. more…

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