Jurassic Park IV Chris Hartman EXT - SAMARA. COSTA RICA - MIDDAY EXT - A BLACKHAWK HELICOPTER LANDS IN SAMARA, COSTA RICA. ARMORED VEHICLES ARE HOLDING POSITIONS AROUND A RAVAGED VILLAGE. - MIDDAY As the helicopter lands, GRANT and MALCOLM debark. The chopper takes off again, as a Humvee approaches them. GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ exits the vehicle and walks up to them. GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ (Shouting over the helicopter) Dr. Grant, Dr. Malcolm, welcome to Costa Rica, I'm General Sanchez and I'm in command of this little fiasco. Sorry we had to drag you here so abruptly, but you know what they say about desperate times. ALAN GRANT Why are we here? GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ We need you help, Dr. Grant. If you'll follow me. SANCHEZ leads GRANT and MALCOLM down to the beach. GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ (CONT'D) Frankly, I've never seen anything like this. I'd wager no one has, save you two and a handful of others. We didn't know what to make of it at first, and how to preserve the specimen was a bit ambiguous, but one of our Marines was a big paleontology nut and had read all about you and your work and how to preserve delicate fossils. He managed to rig something up to protect the sample from the elements until you could arrive to make the positive identification. IAN MALCOLM So, why am I here? GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ You've seen firsthand how a dinosaur behaves in an urban environment. IAN MALCOLM If you're talking about San Diego, I can assure you that this area is substantially different. GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ What do you mean? IAN MALCOLM What I saw was a dinosaur in a highly-developed, downtown area with nowhere to hide. This is a small village with dense jungle on all sides. It might as well be back on the island. GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ But you did see the dinosaurs on the islands? IAN MALCOLM Only the T-Rexes. GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ So you are uniquely familiar with the behaviors of dinosaurs interacting with people. IAN MALCOLM Yes, but I'm sure Dr. Grant is much more of an asset than I am. ALAN GRANT Scared, Ian? IAN MALCOLM Extremely. I have been brought into a dinosaur-infested area to provide advice I'm not competent to give. ALAN GRANT Dinosaur-infested? It's only one. IAN MALCOLM One is way too many. You know that. GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ Regardless of your objections, Dr. Malcolm, you're here. The government wouldn't have brought you into this area unless it felt you would be an asset. The three of them arrive at a large, tarp-covered square. GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ (CONT'D) Here we are, let's get this thing up. A few Marines lift the frame up and out offscreen, revealing a large footprint. GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ (CONT'D) What do you make of that, Dr. Grant? GRANT stoops low and examines the trackway. ALAN GRANT (rising) I couldn't tell you for sure, General, but it looks a bit bigger than the T-Rex tracks I've seen. Unless InGen created another gigantic predator, I'd say it's probably the Spinosaur. GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ Okay, I'll call the Pentagon. SANCHEZ shouts for a soldier to set up the communications equipment to contact the Pentagon and walks away from GRANT and MALCOLM. IAN MALCOLM Spinosaurus? ALAN GRANT Yeah, we encountered it on Isla Sorna. IAN MALCOLM Odd, we didn't. ALAN GRANT Hammond said the animals were territorial, it might be that the Spinosaur had shifted it's hunting area in the years between our little escapades. IAN MALCOLM I didn't read much of anything on your misadventure on Site B. ALAN GRANT Well, the Kirbys decided to let me have the movie rights as compensation for, shall we say, services rendered. I was actually working with Universal in L.A. when John died. IAN MALCOLM Any reason you didn't bring me in on this? ALAN GRANT God knows I tried, Ian. You're a hard man to track down. Obviously, the rights are as much yours as they are mine. I only accepted the offer to help fund the research we're doing in Montana. IAN MALCOLM A movie about dinosaurs? Do you think the public will buy that? The conversation is interrupted by a helicopter flying low toward the beach. Several Marines shout as they hurry to cover the footprint. GRANT and MALCOLM look toward SANCHEZ who is shouting in a megaphone. GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ (through the megaphone) Attention, pilot: this is a no-fly zone. You are not authorized to land here, return to your point of origin immediately. The helicopter touches down on the sand and a man hops out of the rear door. He is carrying a large duffel bag and wearing khaki trousers, khaki shirt, and a black ball cap. The man slams the door closed, pounds on it with his fist, and points skyward. The chopper takes off as the man is surrounded by Marines and Humvees. IAN MALCOLM Who the hell is this? ALAN GRANT Beats me. Where's General Sanchez. IAN MALCOLM (pointing toward the circle of Marines and the man) I think he's going over to greet the newcomer. The man is now facing away from GRANT and MALCOLM. He is at gunpoint and on his knees with his hands behind his head. GRANT and MALCOLM jog over to the site of the commotion. The man, CLARK, who has his hands cuffed behind his back is being lead over to SANCHEZ. GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ (shouting at CLARK) Just who the hell are you and what the hell do you think you're doing? JEFFERY CLARK My name is Jeffery Clark; I've been hunting on an island off the coast, and I needed to re-supply. GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ Didn't your pilot hear the radio warnings? This is a no-fly zone. No one gets in and no one gets out. JEFFERY CLARK There must have been a mistake, we thought this was some sort of market. GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ You can't be serious. JEFFERY CLARK Does it really matter? I'm here now, and I'll be on my way back to the island just as soon as I buy some food. GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ Oh no, you're not. You are under arrest for violating a military order. JEFFERY CLARK (noting SANCHEZ's insignia) Look, General, do you really have the facilities to hold me? IAN MALCOLM Excuse me, General Sanchez. Mr. Clark, was it? What island were you hunting on? JEFFERY CLARK Well, since it looks like I'm already in trouble, it can't hurt to tell you I was on Isla Sorna. IAN MALCOLM You were hunting dinosaurs? JEFFERY CLARK (sarcastically) No, Isla Sorna is well known for its penguin population. JEFFERY CLARK (CONT'D) (recognizing MALCOLM) Wait, are you Ian Malcolm? IAN MALCOLM Yes. Do I know you? JEFFERY CLARK No, you knew my uncle, Roland Tembo. IAN MALCOLM I wouldn't say I knew him that well. How is he doing, by the way? JEFFERY CLARK Not well, I'm afraid. That's the only reason I'm here and he's not. GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ Enough! Mr. Clark, you have just stumbled into a very dangerous area. As much as I hate it, you are stuck here until the beast is captured. JEFFERY CLARK Beast? What beast? ALAN GRANT The Spinosaur. GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ (snapping at GRANT) Dr. Grant! JEFFERY CLARK What about the rexes? ALAN GRANT What *about* the rexes? JEFFERY CLARK They weren't on the island either. IAN MALCOLM How many T-Rexes are we talking about here? As far as I knew there were only three. Two adults and the baby. ALAN GRANT Right, and one of them was killed by the Spinosaur while I was on the island. JEFFERY CLARK So there might be two more dinosaurs on the mainland? GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ Gentlemen! We can't just jump to that conclusion. IAN MALCOLM He's right. There could be a thousand reasons you didn't see the T-Rexes on the island. Maybe the Spinosaur killed the other two in the interim since he killed the first one maybe they swam for it and drowned. The fact is, we don't know, and we shouldn't draw conclusions that might further disturb the public. CPL. RICK TOWNSEND (Running toward SANCHEZ) General Sanchez, sir. News from Nosara. GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ What is it? An attack? CPL. RICK TOWNSEND No, Sir, another footprint has been found. GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ Same print? CPL. RICK TOWNSEND No, Sir. It's smaller, Sir. JEFFERY CLARK What are the chances the spino's feet shrunk? GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ Shut up, Mr. Clark. Dr. Grant, could the tracks have been made by the same animal? ALAN GRANT It's possible, where is Nosra? GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ Corporal? CPL. RICK TOWNSEND Nosara, Sir. It's about fifteen or twenty kilometers up the coast. ALAN GRANT I imagine it's technically possible. A T-Rex moving at full speed was clocked at thirty-some miles per hour. The Spinosaur had a slightly longer gait, so I'd put it's normal walking speed at about ten, maybe fifteen, miles per hour. GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ Right, and that would put him there within an hour of leaving here, and it was last seen almost six hours ago. It had plenty of time to get up there. CPL. RICK TOWNSEND Sir, we have reason to believe the tracks were made less than an hour ago. Given the print's position and the receeding tide, it couldn't have been made more than forty-five minutes ago. GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ Jesus, forty-five minutes ago? CPL. RICK TOWNSEND Well, fifty minutes now, Sir. ALAN GRANT And what's the size difference? CPL. RICK TOWNSEND Twelve inches, Sir. ALAN GRANT General Sanchez, I think we have to consider the possibility that there is a second dinosaur in Costa Rica. GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ (thinking then sighing) Corporal, get on the horn, notify all units of the second dinosaur. CPL. RICK TOWNSEND Yes, Sir. TOWNSEND leaves GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ You three stay here, I'm going to call Washington and break the news to them. JEFFERY CLARK (motioning to his hands) General, would you mind? SANCHEZ motions for a Marine to unlock CLARK's hands. JEFFERY CLARK (CONT'D) What about my bag? GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ It's still being searched. You'll get it back when we're satisfied that you're no longer a threat. In the mean time, stay put. SANCHEZ walks off toward a communications tent. GRANT's phone rings. It's SATTLER calling from Seattle. The shot cuts between each speaker as they talk. > ALAN GRANT Alan Grant. ELLIE SATTLER Alan, it's Ellie. ALAN GRANT Oh, Ellie. How are you doing? What have you found out? ELLIE SATTLER I found Dr. Wang. He was less than willing to be helpful, but I managed to glean a few things. ALAN GRANT About the Spinosaur, what about the Spinosaur? ELLIE SATTLER As it turns out, the spino was one of the first dinosaurs bred on the island. Apparantly, there was a mix-up in the lab and they cloned a Spinosaur instead of a Tyrannosaur. ALAN GRANT Great, how does that help us? ELLIE SATTLER It gets worse, actually. The spino and the rexes were both prototypes for the lysine contingency, but the system wasn't perfected until the next set of dinosaurs were cloned. ALAN GRANT Ellie, what are you saying? ELLIE SATTLER Alan, the spino and the rexes don't need supplemental enzymes to survive. They can make their own lysine. ALAN GRANT Then how can we stop them? ELLIE SATTLER I don't know, but please be careful. ALAN GRANT Thanks, Ellie. I will. GRANT walks back toward SANCHEZ, MALCOLM, and CLARK. IAN MALCOLM Dr. Sattler? ALAN GRANT Yes. IAN MALCOLM What did she find out? GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ (walking back from the tent) Who's Dr. Sattler? ALAN GRANT She located the head researcher at of Site B. He told her that the Spinosaur and the T-Rexes were not bred lysine-deficient. GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ And that means what to us exacty? ALAN GRANT It means the animals can exist indefinitly eating non-lysine-enriched food. IAN MALCOLM You mean, whatever they can find. ALAN GRANT I'm afraid so. JEFFERY CLARK General, I came down here to hunt the T-Rex, and I will do so if you let me. GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ Mr. Clark, I can't in good conscience let a civillian go on his own when there are not one, but two, dangerous creatures still running amok. Even if there weren't dinosaurs in this are, I wouldn't let you leave with enough firepower to engage a small armored division. JEFFERY CLARK Are you talking about my uncle's elephant gun or my rifle? GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ Jesus, Clark, it's a fifty caliber anti-material rifle, not your everyday deer gun. JEFFERY CLARK I'm hunting something a little bigger than a deer, I can tell you that. ALAN GRANT Wait a minute. We still don't know why the Spinosaur came here, but if the relationship between the two species is the same, we can assume why the T-Rex came too. IAN MALCOLM You think the rex is chasing the Spinosaur? ALAN GRANT I read Sarah Harding's book about the parenting instincts of the T-Rexes. If they destroyed your trailers because you took their infant, imagine what they'd have done if you had killed it. IAN MALCOLM So the Spinosaur kills the baby rex and mom goes out looking for revenge? How would it have even tracked it? ALAN GRANT By smell. The T-Rex was only a few hours behind the Spinosaur. They could very easily have left at nearly the same time. GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ The question still remains: how do we find them? I think it's pretty clear that we seal off Costa Rica's borders. If either one of them gets south of Panama, we'll never find them in the Amazon. IAN MALCOLM Considering, General, that these animals swam two-hundred miles to get here, I think it's safe to say they could swim from here to South America without much difficulty. ALAN GRANT We need to find one of them. If we find the T-Rex, it will lead us to the Spinosaur. If we find the Spinosaur, the T-rex will come to us. First we'll have to figure out a more secure method for containing them. Clearly, an ocean is no obstacle... GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ Dr. Grant, the official position is to neutralize the threat as quickly as possible. ALAN GRANT What are you talking about..."neutralize"? IAN MALCOLM Alan, these dinosaurs can't be contained. They've overcome every security obstacle people have put in their way. If we build a better cage, they are just going to break out again and again. ALAN GRANT You know my dislike of John Hammond was just as strong as yours, but he was right, Ian. We are the only people who can protect the animals and the island. Their creation may have been illegitimatized in a lab, but their lives are real. IAN MALCOLM How many disasters will it take, Alan? How many people have to end up as dinner for these dinosaurs before they become nuisances? When the good of the world is on the line, we have to sacrifice the good of our charges. ALAN GRANT How do we do that? Punish them for evolving? If people didn't have a right to play God by creating them, we certainly don't have a right to play God by causing another extinction. GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ Gentlemen, if you please. We don't have time for a philosophical debate here. If we can contain the animals, we'll give it a try, but my orders are to stabilize the area using any and all means necessary. ALAN GRANT Fine. IAN MALCOLM Dr. Grant was right about how to find them. If we can follow the rex, he'll lead us right to the Spinosaurus, but it will be hard to remain inconspicuous if we follow him with an army. I suggest that we send one person to track him. GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ Any suggestions as to who the one person might be? IAN MALCOLM (indicating CLARK) The person who has been out to get the rex from day one. JEFFERY CLARK Me? GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ Him? IAN MALCOLM If he's half the hunter his uncle is, then he should have no problem. Do you feel up to it? JEFFERY CLARK Of course I am, provided I get my things back. GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ We'll see about that. JEFFERY CLARK Also provided that I am the one who takes the Tyrannosaur. CPL. RICK TOWNSEND (running from offscreen) General Sanchez! GEN. HORATIO SANCHEZ What is it, Townsend? CPL. RICK TOWNSEND It's news from a village to the west. There's been an attack.