The Terminator Page #4

and shadows, CAMERA MOVING LOW with him.

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13 INT. DEPARTMENT STORE/AISLE - NIGHT 13

With a shocking GROWL the police dog hurtles out of the

shadows, LEAPING RIGHT AT CAMERA.

ANGLE - REESE AND DOG, a dark blur with teeth, extremely

Doberman, flies toward Reese. He spins. Catches it by

the throat in mid-air. Arcs it to the floor with unflinching

precision.

C.U. - DOBERMAN, suddenly on its back and held by the throat,

THE DOG YELPS and stares at Reese, who leans very close.

Inches from its eyes he fixes it with a gaze of uncompromis-

ing dominance. Some ancient communication seems to pass

between the two.

Reese releases the animal and turns his back on it, selecting

a long overcoat from a rack. The dog backs away from him,

stiff-legged and confused.

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14 INT. DEPARTMENT STORE - NIGHT 14

TRACKING WITH REESE as he rounds a corner on the run, still

shrugging into his long coat.

Running smack at him is another cop, gun aimed.

Without slowing, Reese leaps toward him, twisting in mid-air

like a cat. The cop FIRES. Misses. Goes down under Reese's

tackle and they slide together on the polished floor.

Before they even come to rest Reese snatches the cop's gun,

aiming it at the other's face two-handed.

REESE:

What day is it? The date...

COP:

Thursday...uh...May twelfth.

REESE:

(viciously)

What year?

A SHOT whines off the metal side of an escalator behind

Reese's head. He vaults the escalator rail, leaving the

amazed cop lying on the floor.

Reese bounds up the frozen steps, pocketing the .38 Police

Special in his coat.

Cops dash through the maze of aisles, converging at the

escalators.

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15 INT. DEPARTMENT STORE/SECOND FLOOR - NIGHT15

WHIP PANNING WITH REESE, as he hurtles between displays.

He stops for a moment beside a rack of shoes. Slaps one of

a pair of tennis shoes sole-to-sole against his bare foot.

Too small. Another. Holding the shoes he runs on.

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16 EXT. SECOND FLOOR FIRE ESCAPE LANDING - NIGHT 16

A door opens quietly and Reese slips out.

CAMERA TRACKS WITH HIM as he moves like a panther along the

narrow catwalk. TILT DOWN to include the first LAPD cruiser

parked at the mouth of the alley.

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17 EXT. ALLEY/STREET - NIGHT 17

Reese drops cat-like beside the unattended police car.

Cautiously, he opens the door of the cruiser, removes the

RIOT GUN, an Ithaca pump model, from the dash rack and slips

it under his coat. Cradled in a vertical position, the

shortened weapon is virtually invisible.

He walks out onto the street and away, unhurriedly, an

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