TERMINATOR II: THE UNCENSORED AND UNABRIDGED FILMSCRIPT
PART I
This is the original script to the amazing film "Terminator 2 -
Judgment Day". It was supplied to us by a friend from Norway. Now
you can read the Film of Films...
All editing was done by the editorial staff of ST NEWS. The
original was a 122 page script, rev. 9/10/1990, in ASCII format.
Note the fact that there are some scenes in this script that are
not in the film...
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1 Ext. City street - Day
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Downtown L.A. Noon on a hot summer day. On an EXTREME LONG LENS
the lunchtime crowd stacks up into a wall of humanity. In SLOW
MOTION they move in herds among the glittering rows of cars
jammed bumper to bumper. Heat ripples distort the torrent of
faces. The image is surreal, dreamy... and like a dream it
begins very slowly to dissolve to:
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2 Ext. City ruins - Night
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Same spot as the last shot, but now it is a landscape in Hell.
The cars are stopped in rusted rows, still bumper to bumper. The
skyline of buildings beyond has been shattered by some
unimaginable force like a row of kicked-down sandcastles. Wind
blows through the desolation, keening with the sound of ten
million dead souls. It scurries the ashes into drifts, stark
white in the moonlight against the charred rubble.
A TITLE CARD FADES IN:
LOS ANGELES, July 11, 2029
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ANGLE ON a heap of fire-blackened human bones. Beyond the mound
is a 3 vast tundra of skulls and shattered concrete. The rush
hour crowds burned down in their tracks.
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<-4A->
WE DISSOLVE TO a playground... where intense heat has half-
melted the jungle gym, the blast has warped the swing set, the
merry-go-round has sagged in the firestorm. Small skulls look
accusingly from the ash-drifts. WE HEAR the distant echo of
children's voices... playing and laughing in the sun. A silly,
sing-songy rhyme as WE TRACK SLOWLY over seared asphalt where the
faint hieroglyphs of hopscotch lines are still visible.
CAMERA comes to rest on a burnt and rusted tricycle... next to
the tiny skull of its owner.
HOLD ON THIS IMAGE as a female VOICE speaks:
VOICE: "3 billion human lives ended on August 29th, 1997. The
survivors of the nucear fire called the war Judgment Day. They
lived only to face a new nightmare, the war against the
Machines..."
A metal foot crushes the skull like china.
TILT UP, revealing a humanoid machine holding a massive battle
rifle. It looks like a CHROME SKELETON... a high-tech Death
figure. It is the endoskeleton of a Series 800 Terminator. It's
glowing red eyes compassionlessly sweep the dead terrain,
hunting.
<-4B->
The SOUND of ROARING TURBINES. Searchlights blaze down as a 4
formation of flying HK (Hunter-Killer) patrol machines passes
overhead. PAN WITH THEM toward the jagged horizon, beyond which
we see flashes, and hear the distant thunder of a pitched battle
in progress.
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5 Ext. Battlefield - Night
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THE BATTLE. Human troops in desperate combat with the machines
for possession of the dead Earth. The humans are a ragtag
guerrilla army. Skynet's weapons consist of the Ground HKs (tank-
like robot gun-platforms), flying Aerial HKs, four-legged gun-
pods called Centurions, and the humanoid Terminators in various
forms.
SEQUENCE OF RAPID CUTS:
<-5A->
Explosions! Beam-weapons firing like searing strobe-lights.
<-5B->
A gunner in an armored personnel carrier fires a LAW rocket at a
pursuing 5B Aerial HK, bringing it down in a fiery explosion.
<-5C->
Another APC is crushed under the treads of a massive Ground HK.
<-5D->
A TEAM OF GUERRILLAS in an intense fire-fight with terminator.
<-5E->
Endoskeletons in the ruins of a building. Three terminator
endoskeletons advance, firing rapidly.
<-5F->
Another (complete cyborg), with flesh ripped open and back
broken, gropes for a rifle on the ground.
<-5G->
A Centurion overruns a human firing position. Soldiers are cut
down as they run. Fiery explosions light the ranks of advancing
machines.
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IN A BLASTED GUN EMPLACEMENT at the edge of battle, a man
watches the combat with night vision binoculars. He wears the
uniform of a guerrilla general, and a black beret. He is still
amid running, shouting techs and officers.
C.U. MAN, pushing slowly in as the battle rages O.S. He lowers
the binoculars. He is forty-five years old. Features severe. The
left side of his face is heavily scarred. A patch covers that
eye. An impressive man, forged in the furnace of a lifetime of
war. The name stitched on the band of his beret is CONNER. We
push in until his eyes fill frame, then...
DISSOLVE TO
FIRE. SLOW ROILING, ENORMOUS. FILLING FRAME.
VOICE (SARA CONNER): "Skynet, the computer which controlled the
Machines, sent two terminators back through time. Their mission:
to destroy the leader of the human Resistance... John Conner. My
son.
"The first terminator was programmed to strike at me, in the
year 1984... before John was born. It failed.
"The second was set to strike at John himself, when he was still
a child. As before, the Resistance was able to send a lone
warrior. A protector for John. It was just a question of which
one of them would reach him first..."
DISSOLVE TO
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7 Ext. Truckstop - Night
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Wild fingers of BLUE-WHITE ELECTRIC ARCS dance in a steel canyon
formed by two TRACTOR TRAILERS, parked side by side in the back
lot of an all night truck stop. Then...
The strange lightning forms a circular opening in mid-air, and
in the sudden flare of light we see a FIGURE in a SPHERE OF
ENERGY. Then the FRAME WHITES OUT with an explosive THUNDERCLAP!
Through the clearing vapor we see the figure clearly... a naked
man. TERMINATOR has come through. Physique: massive, perfect.
Face: devoid of emotion. Terminator stands and impassively
surveys its surroundings.
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8 INT. TRUCK STOP DINER - NIGHT
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On a back route north of L.A. A handful of local TRUCKERS hunch
over chili-sizes, CAT hats pushed back on the heads. Three BIKERS
are playing a game of pool in the back, their Miller empties line
the table's rail. The dive's owner, LLOYD, a fat, aging biker-
type in a soiled apron, stands behind the bar. Nothing much going
on...
Then the front door opens and a big naked guy strolls in -- that
doesn't happen here every night. All eyes simultaneously swivel
toward Terminator. It's emotionless gaze passes over the
customers as it walks calmly through the room. Everyone freezes,
not sure how to react.
<-8A->
TERMINATOR POV.
A digitized electronic scan of the room, overlaid with
alphanumeric readouts which change faster than the human eye can
follow. In POV we move past the staring truckers, past the owner,
and the awestruck WAITRESS, and approach a large nasty-looking
biker puffing on a cigar. His body is outlined, or "selected",
and thousands of estimated measurements appear. His clothing has
been analyzed and deemed suitable...
<-8B->
Terminator: "I need your clothes, your boots, and your
motorcycle."
The big biker's eyes narrow. He takes a long draw on his cigar,
getting the tip cherry-red hot.
Cigar biker: "You forgot to say please."
He grinds the cigar out on Terminator's chest. Which produces
not the slightest reaction of pain. Terminator calmly, and
without expression, grabs Cigar by his meaty upper arm... Cigar
screams from the hydraulic grip.
<-8C->
Terminator doesn't see Cigar's friend, behind him, holding his
pool cue by the narrow end like a Louisville slugger. The heavy
end whistles in a powerful swing and CRACKS IN TWO across the
back of Terminator's head.
Terminator seems not to notice. Doesn't even blink. Without
releasing his grip on Cigar, he snaps his arm straight back and
grabs Pool Cue by the front of his jacket. Suddenly the heavyset
biker finds himself flying through the nearest window. CRAASSH!
Terminator hurls Cigar, all 230 pounds of him, clear over the
bar, through the serving window into the kitchen, where he lands
on the big flat GRILL. We hear a SOUND like SIZZLING BACON as
Cigar screams, flopping and jerking. He rolls off in a smoking
heap.
The third biker whips out a knife with an eight inch blade and
slashes at Terminator's face.
Terminator grabs the arcing blade with his bare hand. Holding
it by the razor-sharp blade he jerks it from the guy's hand.
Ultra-fast here:
He flips it. Grabs the handle like you're supposed to hold a
knife. Grabs the biker and slams him face-down over the bar.
Then brings the knife whistling down, pinning the biker's
shoulder to the bar top with his own steel.
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9 INT. KITCHEN
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The door BANGS OPEN and Terminator strides in. The Mexican cook
does a fast fade as Terminator walks toward Cigar, who is cursing
in pain on the floor.
With his deep-fried fingers he struggles to get out the .45 auto
tucked under his leather jacket. But he can't even hold onto it.
Terminator takes it from him. Instead of pointing it at him,
Terminator carefully examines the weapon, analyzing its caliber
and operating condition. Terminator never threatens...that's a
human thing. He just takes.
Cigar senses what he must do when the emotionless eyes come back
to him. He slides the keys to his bike across the floor to
Terminator's foot. Then painfully starts getting out of his
jacket.
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10 INT. Truck stop
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Terminator strides from the kitchen, fully clothed now in a
black leather jacket, leather riding pants, and heavy cleated
boots. He moves toward the moaning biker pinned to the pool
table. Without slowing his stride he jerks the knife out. The
guy slumps to the floor, groaning, behind him.
Terminator continues toward the front of the diner, passing
Lloyd, the owner. At the door, he comes abreast of two truckers
who sit frozen like a snapshot in mid bite. One of the truckers
finally nods.
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10 TRUCKER
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Trucker: "Evening..."
Terminator impassively stares back. Then moves on out the door.
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11 EXT. TRUCK STOP
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Terminator walks out, surveying the parked Harleys. Sticks the
.45 in his belt and swings one leg over a massive CUSTOM ELECTRO-
GLIDE. He slips the dagger in his boot and the key in the
ignition. Kicks over the engine. It catches with a roar and he
slams the heavy iron into gear with a KLUNK.
Lloyd appears at the diner's door with a sawed-off 10 GAUGE
WINCHESTER LEVER-ACTION SHOTGUN. He fires into the air and jacks
another round in fast, aiming at Terminator's back.
LLOYD: "I can't let you take the man's bike, son. Now get off or
I'll put you down!"
Terminator turns and considers him coldly. He eases the shifter
up into neutral. Rocks the bike onto its kickstand. Swings his
leg over and walks calmly toward the guy.
Terminator strides right up to Lloyd, staring straight into the
shotgun's muzzle. Lloyd starts sweating, trying to decide if
he's going to kill a man in cold blood. He's still trying to
decide when Terminator's hand blurs out like a striking cobra and
is somehow suddenly holding the shotgun.
Lloyd gapes, knowing he is screwed. Then... Terminator reaches
toward him. Oh shit... And slips the sunglasses out of Lloyd's
shirt pocket. Puts them on. Strides back to the Harley and roars
off in a shower of gravel.
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12 EXT. Freeway - NIGHT
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Terminator roars down the freeway, heading into L.A. Cold neon
flares across the chrome of the big bike. The 10 gauge is jammed
through the clutch and brake cables, across the handlebars. The
lights flow over Terminator's wrap-around sunglasses like the
tracks of tracer rounds.
cut to:
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13 EXT. STREET/ high school - NIGHT
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A South-Central L.A. HIGH SCHOOL. Rusting chain link fences
and graffiti-covered buildings. An L.A.P.D. BLACK-AND-WHITE
cruises the empty street.
A TREMENDOUS BLUE-WHITE GLARE suddenly spills out between the
buildings. The young UNIFORMED COP in the car whips his head
around at the source of the light. He pulls quickly into the
school parking lot, in time to see...
<-13A->
The powerfully arcing electrical discharge reaches its peak
between two of the buildings. Lightning climbs the fire-escapes,
lighting up the night, and papers swirl in a blasting whirlwind.
<-13B->
The cop climbs from his cruiser as the glow fades. The
schoolyard is dark. He sees vapor dissipating as he approaches
the spot where he saw the strange light. He draws his revolver
and cautiously moves into the shadows between two buildings.
A NAKED MAN glides from a shadowed doorway behind the cop.
Nothing special about him. Certainly not built like a
terminator. The flash of light and the fact that he is naked are
pretty good clues that he just arrived from the future. His
features are handsome bordering on severe. His eyes are gray
ice. Penetrating. Intelligent.
THE COP spins at a sound. Too late. Mr. X is already on him.
The blow is lightning fast and the cop drops like a bag of sand.
LOW ANGLE as the unconscious cop hits the deck, his BERETTA 9mm
AUTOMATIC clattering next to him. A hand ENTERS FRAME and picks
up the pistol. cut to:
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HIGHLY POLISHED BLACK SHOES rounding the rear tire of the police
cruiser. FOLLOW THE SHOES to the cruiser's door then MOVE UP as
Mr. X, dressed now in LAPD blue, climbs behind the wheel. He
looks and acts exactly like a cop. Cool, alert, confident in his
power, his expression emotionless and judgmental. Mr. X, now
Officer X, puts the car in gear and drives into the night.
Cut to:
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14 Int. Suburban house / garage - Day
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TIGHT ON YOUNG JOHN CONNER, who at this moment is ten years old
and busy reassembling the carburetor on his Honda 125 dirtbike.
He has ripped Levi's and long stringy hair. A sullen mouth.
Eyes which reveal an intelligence as sharp as a scalpel. The
Ramones' "I Wanna Be Sedated" blasts from a boom box next to
him. A WOMAN, JANELLE VOIGHT, stands in the doorway of the
garage, yelling over the music.
Woman: "...John? John! Get in here right now and clean up that
pigsty of yours."
John's friend TIM, a thirteen-year old Hispanic kid, watches as
John replies by turning up the volume on the boom box. Janelle
gives up with a SLAM of the house's back door.
Tim: "Your foster parents are kinda dicks, huh?"
John: "Gimme that Phillips right there."
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15 INT. HOUSE - Living room
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Janelle storms into the room. TODD VOIGHT, her husband watches
sports on the TV. They're both in their thirties. Middle class
working stiffs.
Janelle: "I swear I've had it with that goddamn kid. He won't
even answer me." (neither does he)
"Todd? Are you gonna sit there or are you gonna do something?"
He sighs. Throws down the TV's remote and heads for the garage.
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16 INT. GARAGE
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John hops on the bike. Kick starts it. Tim picks up John's nylon
bag then climbs on the back. Todd ENTERS and shouts over the
engine, which John revs louder and louder.
Todd: "John! Get your ass inside right now and do what your
mother says!"
John pins Todd with a defiant glare.
John: "She's not my mother, Todd!"
He revs the engine and peels out of the garage, with Tim almost
falling off the back. They take off down the street.
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17 EXT. Vacant lot/ Drainage canal
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John cuts through a vacant lot to a trail running beside a
fenced-in drainage canal. He guns the bike through a hole in the
retaining fence. Tim's eyes go wide as they roar down the
concrete embankment.
<-17A->
IN THE DRAINAGE CANAL John zig-zags along, throwing up a
roostertail of muddy water. Tim shouts, pretending he didn't
just see his life flash before his eyes. He slaps John on the
back.
Tim: "Major moves, homes! So... where is your real mom,
anyway?" (John doesn't answer)
"She dead or something?"
It's hard to read John's expression.
<-17B->
John: "She might as well be."
John twists the throttle angrily and the bike lunges forward.
Cut to:
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18 Ext. PesCADERO state hospital - Day
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A SIGN on a chain link fence topped with concertina wire reads:
PESCADERO STATE HOSPITAL FOR THE CRIMINALLY INSANE. Beyond it
squats an imposing four story building. Institutional brick.
Barred windows. About as inviting as KGB headquarters. Security
cars patrol the manicured grounds.
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19 Int. hospital - MAXIMUM SECURITY WING
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Sunlight is a barred slash on the bare institutional wall. The
room is empty of all furnishings save the bed, a stainless steel
sink, toilet, and a dented metal mirror. WE HEAR a rhythmic
grunting, small explosions of breath in perfectly metered time.
PAN TO a bedframe leaned upright against the wall, legs facing
outward. A pair of sweaty hands grip one leg. Tendons knot and
release as SOMEONE does pullups. A mane of tangled hair hides
the face that comes INTO FRAME, dips out, comes back.
WIDER. A WOMAN in a tank top and hospital pants is hanging from
the top leg of the vertical bedframe. Her body is straight and
taut. Knees bent so the feet clear the ground. The arms are
lean and muscular. The inmate, face hidden, pulls up, dips,
pulls up. Like a machine. No change in rhythm.
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20 Int. Hospital / Corridor
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FIGURES MOVE TOWARD US down a corridor of polished tile and two-
tone walls. DR. PETER SILBERMAN, a smug criminal psychologist,
leads a group of young INTERNS. Following, laconically, are
THREE BURLY ATTENDANTS.
Silberman: "The next patient is a 29 year old female diagnosed
as acute schizo-affective disorder. The usual indicators...
depression, anxiety, violent acting-out, delusions of
persecution. (the interns nod judiciously) Here we are."
Silberman stops at one of the SOUNDPROOF STEEL DOORS. There is
a two-way speaker beneath a tiny window. Silberman flips the
intercom switch.
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21 Int. Cell
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Silberman's scrubbed and cheerful face at cell window. HIS
VOICE comes over the tinny speaker.
<-21A>
Silberman: "'Morning, Sara."
REVERSE ANGLE as she turns slowly into CLOSE UP. SARA CONNER is
not the same woman we remember from last time. Her eyes peer out
through a wild tangle of hair like those of a cornered animal.
Defiant and intense, but skittering around looking for escape at
the same time. Fight or flight. Down one cheek is a long scar,
from just below the eye to her upper lip. Her VOICE is a low and
chilling monotone.
SARA: "Good morning, Dr. Silberman. How's the knee?"
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22 Int. Corridor
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Silberman's smug composure drops a second. Then returns.
Silberman: "Fine, Sara."
(he switches off, speaks to the interns)
"She uh... stabbed me in the kneecap with a screwdriver a few
weeks ago."
Sara watches them talking about her through the glass, but can't
hear them. She feels like a lab animal. The interns look in at
her through the glass as Silberman talks. With her face drawn,
eyes haggard and hair wild, she looks like she belongs where she
is.
Silberman: "The delusional architecture is interesting. She
believes a machine called a "terminator", which looks human of
course, was sent back through time to kill her. And also that
the father of her child was a soldier, sent to protect her...
he was from the future too... (he smiles) The year 2029, if I
remember correctly. (the interns chuckle) Let's move on, shall
we."
As the interns walk on, Silberman steps close to DOUGLAS, the
head attendant, and speaks low.
Silberman: "Douglas, I don't like the patients disrupting their
rooms like this. See that she takes her thorazine, would you."
DOUGLAS is 6'4", 250 pounds and warmhearted as a rattlesnake.
He nods, catching Silberman's meaning, and gestures for the other
attendants to hang back as Silberman moves on in his rounds.
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23 Int. Cell
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Sara looks up as the cell door opens. Douglas walks in slow,
idly tapping his POLICE BATON against the door in an ominous
rhythm. The other two orderlies ease in behind him. One of them
carries a STUN BATON (like a sawed off cattle prod). The other
has a tray with cups of red liquid-thorazine.
DOUGLAS: "Time to take your meds, Conner."
Sara faces him, weight centered. Feral eyes darting from one to
the other.
SARA: "You take it."
Douglas grins, casual--
Douglas: "Now you know you got to be good cause you up for
review this afternoon..."
SARA: "I'm not taking it. Now I don't want any trouble..."
Douglas: "Ain't no trouble at all--"
He whips the baton in a whistling backhand which-- WHAP! Takes
her square in the stomach. She doubles over and drops to her
knees, unable to breath. Douglas tips the bed and it slams down
with a crash, right next to her. He takes the stun wand from the
other attendant and walks forward.
TIGHT ON SARA, grimacing and struggling to breathe.
SARA: "You... son of a... AAARRGH!!"
The stun wand hits her between the shoulder blades as she tries
to rise. It drives her to the floor, pinning her like a bug.
Little ELECTRIC ARCS CRACKLE as the baton makes her writhe in
pain. Douglas grabs her by the hair and jerks her up to her
knees. Holds the cup of thorazine in front of her lips.
Douglas: "Last call, sugar."
Gasping, she chokes the zombie juice down.
Cut to:
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24 Ext. Bank parking lot - Day
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John furtively hunches before a Ready Teller machine at the rear
of a local bank while his friend Tim stands lookout. John slips
a stolen ATM card into the machine's slot. It is something he's
rigged up, because trailing from the card is a ribbon-wire which
goes to some kind of black-box electronics unit he's got in his
ever-present knapsack (in the film this is actually an Atari
Portfolio, ED.). He holds the pack between his knees and pulls
out a little lap-top keyboard, which is also connected to the
black-box.
John enters a few commands and the plasma-screen displays the
PIN number for that account. He quickly enters the number on the
Ready Teller's key pad and asks it for 300 bucks. The machine
whirs then begins dispensing twenty dollar bills. Tim looks back
over his shoulder amazed.
John: "Easy money!"
Tim: "Where'd you learn all this stuff?"
John collects the twenties as the machine kicks them out. A
cool and professional electronic-age thief at ten years old.
John: "From my mom. My real mom, I mean. Come on baby..."
(he grabs the last bills)
"Let's go!"
They sprint around the corner to an--
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25 Ext. Alley behind bank
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They huddle behind the building as John counts out Tim's share.
He folds five twenties and palms them to the other kid. When
John opens his wallet to put in his money, Tim notices a picture
in a plastic sleeve.
Tim: "That her?"
John reluctantly shows his friend the Polaroid. It is a shot of
Sara. Pregnant, in a jeep near the Mexican border. John doesn't
know it now, but he will carry that photo with him for over 30
years, and give it to a young man named Kyle Reese, who will
travel back in time to become his father. Yes, that photo.
Tim: "So she's pretty cool, huh?"
John: "Actually, no, she's a complete psycho. That's why she's
up at Pescadero. She tried to blow up a computer factory, but
she got shot and arrested."
Tim: "No shit?"
John: "Yeah, she's a total loser. C'mon let's check out the
Seven Eleven, whatya say?"
John has tried to sound macho casual, but we see in his eyes
that it really hurts. He slaps Tim on the shoulder and they jump
onto his Honda. John fires up and they whine off down the alley.
Cut to:
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26 Int. Police cruiser - Day
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CLOSE ON COMPUTER TERMINAL, attached to the dash. A Juvenile
Division file. Subject; John Conner. Below his ARREST RECORD are
his vital stats. Mother; Sara Conner. Legal Guardians; Todd and
Janelle Voight. And below their names, an address; 523 S.
Almond. Reseda, Ca.
OFFICER X stares at the screen a moment. Then gets out of the
car.
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27 Int./Ext. Voight house - Day
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TIGHT ON FRONT DOOR as Todd Voight opens it, revealing the
unsmiling face of Officer X beyond the screen door. Todd greets
him with a weary sigh.
Officer X: "Are you the legal guardian of John Conner?"
Todd: "That's right, officer. What's he done now?"
Officer X ignores the question. He casually scans the living
room.
Officer X: "Could I speak with him, please?"
Todd shrugs, showing the cop he's past his patience with the
boy.
Todd: "Well, you could if he was here. But he took off on his
bike this morning. Could be anywhere. You gonna tell me what
this is about?"
Officer X: "I just need to ask him a few questions."
<-27A->
Janelle appears in the doorway behind Todd, concerned.
Janelle: "There was a guy here this morning asking about him,
too."
Todd: "Yeah, big guy. On a bike. Has that got something to do
with it?"
Officer X registers the significance of that. He realizes who
the big guy must be. He smiles. Reassuringly shakes his head no.
Officer X: "I wouldn't worry. Do you have a photograph of
John?"
Todd stares unhappily at the cop. Turns to Janelle.
Todd: "Get the album, Janelle."
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28 Ext. Street
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ANGLE THROUGH AN ALLEY from the main street. We see John and
Tim flash by on the Honda a block away. Hold a beat. Then...
A BIG CHROME WHEEL ENTERS FRAME. BOOM UP a leather-clad leg to
Terminator's implacable face. It surveys the area slowly as the
bike idles, then kicks it into gear and moves on, scanning in a
slow shark-like manner, not aware that it missed its prey by
seconds. Cut to:
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29 Int. SARA's cell - Day
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CLOSE ON SARA. She is shackled, hands and feet, to the bed.
Sunlight falls across her pale face. A hand enters frame, gently
stroking her cheek. She wakes up to see--
KYLE REESE. Sitting on the edge of her bed, looking exactly the
same as we last saw him in 1984. Scruffy blond hair and a long
raincoat.
SARA: "Kyle..? You're dead. "
He gives her a gentle smile.
Reese: "I know. This is a dream, Sara."
SARA: "Oh. Yeah. They... make me take this stuff..."
<-29A->
He puts a finger to her lips. Then silently unfastens her
restraints. They gaze into each other's eyes. And in that look we
see that his death and the horror she has been through since
hasn't touched their love at all.
SARA: "Hold me."
She melts into Reese's arms. Pulls him to her.
Reese: "I love you. I always will."
SARA: "Oh, god... Kyle. I need you so much."
She kisses him passionately. They are locked together in a
timeless moment. PUSH IN TIGHT on Sara as she buries her face in
his shoulder. She shuts her eyes tight. Stay on Sara as Reese
speaks. His voice strangely cold.
Reese (O.S.): "Where's John, Sara?"
Sara opens her eyes and he is no longer in her arms. He is
standing across the room. Pinning her with an accusing gaze.
SARA: "They took him away from me."
Reese: "It's John who's the target now. You have to protect him.
He's wide open."
SARA: "I know!"
Reese: "Don't quit, Sara. Our son needs you."
SARA (struggling not to cry): "I know, but I'm not as strong as
I'm supposed to be. I can't do it. I'm screwing up the mission."
Reese: "Remember the message... the future is not set. There is
no fate but what we make for ourselves."
He turns toward the door.
SARA: "Kyle don't go!"
<-29B->
Reese (turning back to her): "There's not much time left in the
world, Sara."
Reese goes out the door. Sara jumps from the bed, frantic.
Yanks the door open. Follow her out.
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