ALIEN LIVES
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1 EXT. BUSH TRACK - NIGHT
Dark, moonless. The air is still. Even the insects
sound subdued.
sound subdued.
Suddenly, chaos,loud noises, bright lights, half
seen shadowy figures, half heard voices, winds, dust
and leaves swirling.
seen shadowy figures, half heard voices, winds, dust
and leaves swirling.
POV: SOMEONE BEING CARRIED, DRIFTING IN AND OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND DUMPED ON THE GROUND.
Almost as suddenly, the chaos abates. Eerie silence.
Just the dark, and the sound of a woman trying to
cry out, then lapsing into unconsciousness.
Just the dark, and the sound of a woman trying to
cry out, then lapsing into unconsciousness.
FADE OUT:
2 EXT. BUSH TRACK - MORNING POV: STUMBLING ALONG BUSH TRACK
Sounds of a woman trying to make her way along the track.
She trips, falls, gets up, stumbles further along,
trips again, gets up, makes it a bit further, trips,
falls, groans and lapses into unconsciousness.
She trips, falls, gets up, stumbles further along,
trips again, gets up, makes it a bit further, trips,
falls, groans and lapses into unconsciousness.
POLICEWOMAN (O.S.)
Miss Newton, can you hear me?
3 EXT. RANGER STATION - DAY
ALI NEWTON is 31, well dressed, but looking a lot
worse for wear. She's wrapped in a BLANKET sitting
on the verandah of a Ranger Station.
worse for wear. She's wrapped in a BLANKET sitting
on the verandah of a Ranger Station.
POLICEWOMAN 35, offers Ali cup of coffee. Ali drinks
and makes a face, as if she's never tasted coffee before.
and makes a face, as if she's never tasted coffee before.
POLICEWOMAN
How you feeling?
ALI
Where am I?
POLICEWOMAN
Broken Stones National Park. The Rangers found you
on a track on the other side of that ridge over
there, Miss Newton.
on a track on the other side of that ridge over
there, Miss Newton.
ALI
What??
POLICEWOMAN
Some kind of commotion, over the ridge, last night.
Do you remember anything about that?
ALI
What did you say my name was?
4 EXT. RANGER STATION - DAY
POLICEWOMAN and a POLICE OFFICER are talking, next
to their VEHICLE. He hands her Ali's DRIVER LICENCE.
POLICE OFFICER
I checked. That address is a building site.
Has been for two years. Urban renewal.
POLICEWOMAN
That's it? No cards, receipts, no cash?
They exchange looks of helplessness.
POLICE OFFICER
Do you think she was robbed?
POLICEWOMAN
I don't know what to think.
FADE TO BLACK:
Do you remember anything about that?
ALI
What did you say my name was?
4 EXT. RANGER STATION - DAY
POLICEWOMAN and a POLICE OFFICER are talking, next
to their VEHICLE. He hands her Ali's DRIVER LICENCE.
POLICE OFFICER
I checked. That address is a building site.
Has been for two years. Urban renewal.
POLICEWOMAN
That's it? No cards, receipts, no cash?
They exchange looks of helplessness.
POLICE OFFICER
Do you think she was robbed?
POLICEWOMAN
I don't know what to think.
FADE TO BLACK: