The Lion King Page #18

WITH THE HYENAS:

bouncing down the hill, slavering, YIPPING, realizing what they're headed for. Their eyes bug. SFX: SLAMMING ON BRAKES sound as the Hyenas SCREECH to a stop.

HYENAS:

Whoa -- whoa -- WHOA!

SFX:
CRUNCH! of thorns digging into flesh as Banzai lands in the thorny brush with an OOFF! He bounces back up, HOWLING. He's covered with thorns.

BANZAI:

Eeeeyiiike!! Yike-yike-yike! Ow-oooo-eeee!

Shenzi and Ed think this is hysterical and LAUGH.

SHENZI AND ED:

laughing

Hee, hee, hee!

ANGLE - SIMBA RUNNING OFF

running flat out.

WITH THE HYENAS:

They're separated from Simba by the heavy, painful thicket.

Shenzi orders Banzai:

SHENZI:

Hey! There he goes!

As Вапга! pulls out. a thorn:

BANZAI:

So go get his.

SHENZI:

No way I'm going in there.

muttering

What you want me to cone out looking like you, cactus-butt?

BANZAI:

But we gotta finish the job.

SHENZI:

Well, he's as good as dead out there, anyway. And if he does come back, we'll kill him.

BANZAI:

Yeah.

yelling to Simba

You hear that? If you ever come back — we'll kill you!

BANZAI'S ECHO

Kill you! Kill you! Kill you! Kill you!

5!

ANGLE - THE FLATLANDS

WE HEAR the hyenas WICKED LAUGHS ECHO across the wasteland. In the far distance, WE SEE young prince Simba run for his life.

SEQ. 8 (SCAR LIES TO THE PRIDE)

EXT. PRIDE ROCK - SUNDOWN

Scar wipes a tear from his eye.

SCAR:

All that I have I would gladly give not to be here today. Mufasa's death is a terrible tragedy. But to lose Simba -- who had barely begun to live? For me, it is a deep, personal loss.

The lionesses grieve. Zazu wipes a tear from his eye. Nala buries her face against her mom.

SCAR:

So it is with a heavy heart that I assume the throne.

a beat

We must never forget the great Mufasa and our beloved Simba, and the brave deed that was done this day -- Yet out of the ashes of this tragedy, we shall rise to greet the dawning of a new era -- A new order of peace and prosperity --

Shadows of hyenas appear on Pride Rock. A dazed Zazu squawks:

ZAZU:

Oh my Hyenas!

The lionesses mourning turns to fear, murmuring "hyenas!"

SARABI:

Scar! Do something!

SCAR:

ignoring it

-- A new order of peace and prosperity in which lion and hyena come together in a great and glorious future!

From all corners of the Pride lands, an serpentine invasion of hyenas creeps onto the land. The lionesses are silent.

FADE TO BLACK:

SEQ. 9 (SIMBA'S EXILE/TIMON & PUMBAA)

EXT. DESERT - DAY

Simba crosses the parched sand. He slips down a sand dune.

TIME DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. FARTHER INTO DESSERT - LATER

A sand storm fills the screen. Simba emerges, fighting against the strong winds.

TIME DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. EDGE OF SAVANNAH - DAY

Simba, looking near death, trudges across the hot, dry inhospitable wastes. Heat waves distort what we see. A shadow passes over Simba. He looks up TO SEE:

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