The Terminator Page #6

Synopsis: The Terminator is a 1984 American science-fiction action film written and directed by James Cameron. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator, a cyborg assassin sent back in time from 2029 to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), whose son will one day become a savior against machines in a post-apocalyptic future. Michael Biehn plays Kyle Reese, a soldier from the future sent back in time to protect Connor.
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Production: Orion Pictures Corporation
  6 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.0
Metacritic:
83
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
R
Year:
1984
107 min
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can get here on time if I put

you on the floor as a waitress?

SARAH:

(grinning)

I don't know. I kinda had

my heart set on being a

cashier the rest of my life.

BREEN:

The pay's the same but you'll

make more in tips.

SARAH:

Thanks, Chuck. I need the

money. Can I still work the

hours around my classes?

Breen turns to punch up a display on the restaurant's

small accounting computer. Sarah looks over his shoulder

as he modifies the week's schedule.

BREEN:

Mmm. Same schedule's okay.

SARAH:

Alright!

BREEN:

(gravely)

Can you handle it?

SARAH:

It's not brain surgery,

Chuck.

Breen hands her an apron ceremoniously.

BREEN:

Here you go. You're a

Bob's Girl now. Nancy

will check you out.

SARAH:

I won't let the fat kid down.

CUT TO:

25 OMITTED 25

26 INT. LOCKER ROOM - DAY 26

ANGLE - TIGHT ON LOCKER DOOR as it slams shut, revealing

Sarah transformed into a "Bob's Girl".

Her hair is in a bun.

White blouse. Short flared skirt and apron with a bow.

She resembles a suburbanized peasant maid looking for a

goat to milk.

Sarah confronts her reflection in the mirror, pondering

its absurdity.

She pinches her sheeks.

Smiles vacuously.

SARAH:

Hi, I'm Sarah and I'll be

you waitress.

(pause)

I'm so wholesome, I could

puke.

CUT TO:

27 EXT. PARKING LOT - DAY 27

TIGHT ON CAR SIDE WINDOW, as a figure approaches, reflected

in the glass. A fist punches through the window, shattering

it. The thief unlocks the door and gets behind the wheel.

It's Terminator.

CUT TO:

28 INT. YELLOW MAVERICK - DAY 28

With a blow from the heel of his hand Terminator smashes loose

the ignition assembly and strips the wires with a brutal

twist of his fingers. Touching the proper wires he starts

the car.

CUT TO:

28A EXT. PAWN SHOP - DAY 28A

Terminator walks past the long display window of an

enormous pawnshop emporium. Signs declare, among other

things, GUNS and AMMO is red block letters.

Terminator passes the appliance section, and the pictures

on a row of TV sets distort and break-up sequentially as

he walks by, returning to normal behind him.

He enters the store.

CUT TO:

29 INT. PAWN SHOP - DAY 29

TIGHT ON GLASS COUNTERTOP as an AR-180 ASSAULT RIFLE WITH

SCOPE is laid beside a number of other guns: a COLT K-

MODEL .45 ACP, a SMITH AND WESSON .38 FOUR-INCH, a BERETTA

.225 ACP.

TERMINATOR (V.O.)

...the Remington 1100 Autoloader...

WIDE as the CLERK, who looks like a sick lizard, pallid

and paunchy, takes the rifle from a wall rack. He lays it

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James Francis Cameron is a Canadian filmmaker, director, producer, screenwriter, inventor, engineer, philanthropist, and deep-sea explorer. He first found major success with the science fiction action film The Terminator. more…

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