Okay, here it is people! Thanks for all your help with characters and all, even if I didn't choose all that many... . But I did appreciate it! I still haven't decided on the Cloud/Tifa/Aeris thing... I'll leave it up to you. Since normal movie scripts aren't nearly as long as this is going to end up as, eh, call it a mini-series or whatever.
R&R is, of course, very welcome.
Since I've had a few emails (more than one, which is weird... ^_^*) asking
for the cast list which I spent *ages* doin', if you want to see it, review and
ask, leave your email, and I'll send it... hopefully some time soon... everyone
knows how lazy I am... ahh well.
Just one thing, just a little script jargon, when it says 'SUPER' in big writing, like so, it means that there would be writing along the bottom of the screen. Like credits and all. I hope that makes sense... just imagine you're watching it, hmm?
Oh yeah! Int. means interior, and Ext. means exterior! Ok?
Disclaimers: I do not own ANYONE!!! Heh, not even the story is mine... but the idea is!
Rating: PG… I guess.
1. Black.
SUPER (White writing, it gradually fades into background): Touchstone Pictures presents...
Fade in to a darkened scene, the stoned ground. There is shouting voices, and the sound of heavy footsteps running.
SUPER: A James Cameron film.
The shouting is getting louder, the footsteps heavier. Slowly, the shouting recedes, and the footsteps continue.
SUPER: Mark Walhburg.
Slowly, the sound of a train increases, and the camera moves upward, where a city in coming into view.
SUPER: The Rock.
It's a drab, gray city, the noise of the train getting louder. To the left, there is a train station, where the train is pulling out.
SUPER: Catherine Zeta-Jones.
As the train pulls away, we see Sector 7 beside the train station. Small, dirty, with series of houses roughly packed together.
SUPER: Natalie Portman.
2. Cut to: Another train, in a busy street, roars by. A young woman holding a basket of flowers is standing still, and watched the passage of the train, while other people hurry by.
3. Black again, with the sound of the train.
SUPER: Final Fantasy 7: The Movie.
4. Train Station, Sector 1. The train screeches to a halt. There are people on the platform, but also several guards dressed in blue uniforms.
SUPER: Bruce Willis.
As people begin to step off the train, Jessie [played by Drew Barrymore] leaps off the top, knocking down the front guards. She's wearing camouflage clothing, with a red headband. While her and the guards fight hand-to-hand combat style, Jessie winning, Barret Wallace, played by 'the Rock', and Cloud Strife, played by Mark Walhburg, leap off the train. Barret is a massive man, tall and muscular. His hair is dark, and cropped very close to his head. He wears an open vest with a black belt, dark green pants and boots. There is a gun grafted to his right arm. Cloud is shorter, with blonde hair which stands up in short spikes. His eyes are bright blue. A big belt, with weapon vest, and strong black gloves. Black army pants with strong black boots. Big sword over one shoulder.
SUPER: Johnny Depp. Eliza Dushku.
Barret begins running for the large archway at the rear of the screen. Cloud and Jessie follow him, leaving the guards on the ground.
5. Cut to: The entrance to the Mako Reactor.
Biggs and Wedge are waiting there. They both wear camouflage clothes, and red headbands. Wedge is short and stubby, while Biggs is taller, with dirty blonde hair.
SUPER: Morgan Freeman. Matthew Perry.
Cloud and Jessie run towards them, the sound of machinery increasing in volume as they get closer to Biggs and Wedge. The pair are trying to look like they belong in the surroundings, but their attention sharpens when the other two approach.
BIGGS: (in a hushed voice) Were you really in SOLDIER?
WEDGE: (same kinda hushed voice) Never expect a member of SOLDIER workin' with us...
Cloud looks uninterested. Instead, he's looking around the mako reactor carefully.
JESSIE: So why did you quit Sol-
BARRET: (interrupts as he strides into the scene. He looks furious) What'd I tell yous about standing in a group!
SUPER: Dylan McDermott. David Boreanso.
Jessie immediately begins working on the door console behind her. Barret gives Cloud a searching one-over.
BIGGS: So, what's your name?
CLOUD: Cloud.
BARRET: (sounding suspicious) I don't trust ya. Ex-Soldier my ass.
The door opens, and Jessie runs through. Barret strides in, Cloud behind him.
CLOUD: I don't care. I'm leaving as soon as the job's done.
Barret gives him a dark look as they continue into the reactor. Jessie, Biggs and Wedge are typing in the codes at each doorway, Cloud and Barret walking through as the open.
BARRET: You been in a reactor before?
CLOUD: Of course I have. I worked for Shin-RA, remember?
The next door leads to an elevator.
WEDGE: I'll secure the escape route.
Barret nods as the three AVALANCHE members wait outside as the elevator doors close in front of them.
6. Cut to: Inside of the elevator. It's just a small room, Barret going to the console and tapping in a few details.
SUPER: Brad Pitt. Viggo Mortensen.
BARRET: (Half muttering to himself, half to Cloud) It won't be long before the reactors drain the life outa the planet.
CLOUD: (looks uninterested)
The whir of the elevator stops, and the doors chime open.
7. Cut to: the long corridor, and that little machine-thing (that gets so familiar as you go through the game).
SUPER: Stephen Dorff. Cameron Diaz.
Barret strides across the platform bridge. Cloud hesitates, then follows.
Barret throws Cloud a small explosive device. Cloud catches it with one hand.
BARRET: Fix the charges. You can do that, right?
CLOUD: (faces off to the taller man) Why me? Why shouldn't you?
BARRET: (getting pissed off) Like I'm lettin' you get behind me. I'm not lettin' you pull nothin'.
Cloud doesn't respond. He walks to the machine, kneels to place the explosive there.
And suddenly, the camera dims.
VOICE OVER: Watch out! That isn't just a reactor!
Cloud freezes.
BARRET: (yells) HEY! What the hell are you waiting for?
Cloud snaps out of it, and goes back to fixing the bomb.
As he does, alarm bells sound, and red lights flash.
Female voice from a speaker: System shutdown! In 10 minutes, counting...
BARRET: Let's get outa here!
They both turn and run, Cloud drawing his sword over his shoulder as they go.
8. Mako reactor. The hallway where they had arrived in. There are numerous people running around in a panic. As Barret and Cloud run past them, Cloud spots Jessie up ahead, trying to push past groups of people. Jessie catches up to them, and they keep running.
JESSIE: Biggs and Wedge are up ahead.
They run out the next door.
9. Ext. High level shot of Midgar. The 7 reactors in a circle, surrounded by the giant Shin-Ra building. Suddenly, one of them explodes in a ring of fire, lighting up the night sky, the sound echoing as the screen fades to black.
10. Darkness.
The sound of a small explosion fills the air. The screen lightens to see a burning doorway. Jessie, Biggs, Wedge, Barret and Cloud step through, and into a deserted alley. The fire from the reactor explosion is still lighting up the sky, and so is the small fire around the doorway. The streets are quiet, except for the occasional sound of running feet or a shout.
SUPER: Vin Disel. Ethan Hawke.
Barret strides out in front of the others.
BIGGS: That oughta keep the planet going for a while.
WEDGE: Yeah... lets hope so.
BARRET: All right, we'll meet back at the bar. (He turns to Cloud as the others nod.) You know where that is, right?
The three other AVALANCHE members run off.
CLOUD: Yeah, but-
BARRET: Is this about your money, we'll discuss it later!
He runs off screen.
SUPER: John Travolta. Alan Rickman.
Cloud's left alone. He shrugs, and walks onto the street.
11. Cut to: the market place. The place is a mess; it's obviously been looted, and left. There are people running around everywhere, calling to each other. There's a fight going on behind a stall.
Cloud walks past it, and is distracted by the sound of a body hitting the ground. He turns.
12: Ext. Market place. Just behind Cloud, a group of teenagers nearly trample a figure in their rush to escape. Aeris, played by Natalie Portman, is a beautiful young woman, her most distinctive feature being her bright green eyes. She has light brown hair, tied up, then plaited. She's wearing button-up pink dress, a red shirt over it. Bangle on each arm, brown boots. There's a basket of white lillies on one arm.
Cloud goes over and gives Aeris a hand up.
AERIS: Oh, thank you. Do you know what's going on?
CLOUD: Nothing. Hey... you don't see many flowers around here.
Aeris smiles at him, and holds her basket out.
AERIS: Do you want one? They're only a gil.
Cloud pauses, then reaches into his pocket and hands her a coin. Aeris gives him a flower.
AERIS: Here you are. Thanks a lot!
She walks away, and Cloud walks in the other direction. He looks back once, but she's already gone.
13. Ext: The road. Cloud's walking alongside the bridge, below which is railroad tracks.
VOICE OFF SCREEN: Hey! You!
Cloud turns. Two soldiers in Shin-Ra uniform (which is the dark blue) run towards him. He quickly draws his sword and cuts them down. More quickly arrive, and Cloud's forced against the bridge. There's the sound of an approaching train in the background.
CLOUD: I haven't got time for this...
SOLDIER: Get him!
As they approach, Cloud turns and leaps off the bridge, safely landing on the train as it rushes by.
Fade to black...
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Well, that's it for now! Review, and I'll write faster!
Later!