Planet of the Apes Page #7

LANDON:

(hard)

Climb off me, will you!

TAYLOR:

And the glory, don't forget that. There's

a life-sized bronze statue of you somewhere.

It's probably turned green by now, and nobody

can read the name plate. But never let it be

said we forget our heroes.

LANDON:

Taylor.I'm telling you --

TAYLOR:

Oh, and one last item. Immortality.

You wanted to go on forever.

(pause)

Well, you damn near made it. Except for

Dodge and me, you've lived longer than

anybody. And with Stewart dead, it looks

like we're the last of the strain. You got

what you wanted, kid. How does it taste?

Silence.Taylor lies down, spent of his venom, pillowing

his head on a rucksack.

LANDON:

(softly)

Okay. You read me well enough.

Why can't I read you?

TAYLOR:

Don't bother

LANDON:

(looking off)

Dodge ... he's not like me at all. But

he makes sense. Held walk naked into a

live volcano if he thought he could learn

something no other man knew. I understand

why he's here. But you...You're no seeker.

You're negative.

TAYLOR:

But I'm not prepared to die.

LANDON:

(heatedly)

I'd like to know why not. You thought

life on Earth was meaningless. You despised

people. So what did you do? You ran away.

Taylor's eyes are closed. He is silent for a moment. When he speaks,

his tone is soft, reflective.

TAYLOR:

No, not quite, Landon. I'm a bit of a

seeker myself. But my dreams are a lot

emptier than yours.

(pause)

I can't get rid of the idea that somewhere

in the Universe there must be a creature

superior to man.

60ANOTHER ANGLE - FEATURING DODGE

who has been wandering around, studying the boulders and the barren

soil. Taylor and Landon can be seen in b.g. Dodge spots something and

squats down to examine it.

61CLOSEUP - WHAT DODGE SEES:

It is a tiny desert flower, no more than an inch high.

62CLOSEUP - DODGE

His eyes light up as he calls:

DODGE:

Taylor! Over here!

63CLOSE. GROUP SHOT - ANGLING DOWN

as Taylor and Landon hurry over and kneel down on either side of Dodge.

The astronauts hover over the tiny flower like three magi perceiving

the infant Deliverer.

DODGE:

Life.

He digs gently around the roots of the plant with a small instrument.

DODGE:

Where there's one there's another. And

another. And another.

TAYLOR:

Let's find them all.

63-ASUNSET SHOT

64END OF THE TREK AS THE ASTRONAUTS START FROM THE CANYON

TO THE TAMARISK AREA

Absolute desolation (Ochre Area). The astronauts start down

the canyon.

65ASTRONAUTS CAST HUGE SHADOWS

As they move across the terrain (top of Crazy Canyon).

65-AJUMP SHOT

As they jump across a gap. Thunder and lightning again (top of

Crazy Canyon).

65-BTHEY MOVE DOWN

They march across Crazy Canyon overlook.

65-CREACTION SHOTS OF ASTRONAUTS

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