Wednesday 25 July 2007

"I can't take a cage, man!"


[RADIO]…..”The cyclone warning is for coastal areas between Torquayand Cape Ottway. Experts are saying this could be one of the worst storms in Australia's history. Heavy rains will continue into the night....with destructive winds reaching up to 100 miles per hour. The centre of the cyclone is now expected to cross the coast at Bells Beach early tomorrow morning.”

CUT TO: wall of solid water five stories high crashes straight down in a holocaust of spray...Rising up from the ocean to meet a tormented sky, roll the most terrifying waves any surfer has ever seen. They close out, pummeling the ocean floor, casting a shockwave up the shore.

BODHI: “Special Agent Utah I knew I could count on you……..”

SPECIAL AGENT UTAH: “Too bad. You finally get your waves and it's totally closed out………..You gotta go down. You crossed the line and people trusted you and they died…..I told them you'd go quietly.”

[HELICOPTER OVERHEAD]

BODHI: “NO! You know there's no way l can handle a cage, man”*

UTAH: “I don't care. You gotta go down. lt's gotta be that way.”

BODHI TAKES TO THE SEA AS ENORMOUS WAVES CRASH ALL AROUND

INSIGINICANT OTHER CHARACTER: “You let him go!.......No way! The guy's nuts. We'll get him when he comes back in.”

UTAH: “He's not coming back.”

[END]

*Brilliant – worth an Oscar for delivery of this line alone

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