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ALIEN NATION Original Screenplay by Rockne S. OBannon Rewrite by James Cameron October 1987FADE IN:EXT. MOJAVE DESERT - DAY (TELEVISION IMAGE)A LONG LENS SHOT of a far distant metallic object hoveringjust above the ground -- maybe two or three miles away.The heat waves and the light re
MINKLER
It is.
NATUZZI
So what punched holes clear through
that car out there?
Minkler pulls an evidence baggie from his work box.
Inside are four unfired twelve gauge shells.
MINKLER
BRI Sabot slugs. These puppies are
nasty. Two plastic sabots fall away
in flight leaving a fifty-caliber
slug going two thousand feet per
second. Tug might as well've been
hiding behind a rosebush.
Minkler senses somebody has just stepped up beside him.
He looks. It's Sykes.
NATUZZI
Pretty heavy artillery for knocking
over a liquor store.
A new voice enters the conversation.
JETSON (O.S.)
An identical round was used in the
shooting of a Newcomer named
Hubley, two days ago.
Sykes turns -- surprised, and not especially pleased to
see the voice is Jetson's.
MINKLER
Yeah? So why the extra fire power?
JETSON
Perhaps because even the larger
caliber handguns aren't always
effective against my people.
SYKES
(mulls this, then)
You saying there's some connection
to this other homicide?
Before Jetson can say, the female cop who was talking to
the Proprietor's Wife steps up.
FEMALE COP
Hey, give me a hand with this woman,
will ya Jetson? We've got to get
her to Division for her statement
and she won't budge.
JETSON
(to Sykes)
Excuse me.
And he moves off with his partner. Sykes calls after him,
but Jetson is already approaching the woman and doesn't
turn.
SYKES
So, you think there's a connection,
or what? Hey!
CUT TO:
EXT. SYKES' APARTMENT BUILDING - NIGHT
The slug-mobile pulls up. A drained Sykes moves up the
walk to his front door.
INT. SYKES' APARTMENT - NIGHT
Sykes enters his apartment, an untidy bachelor place
decorated with negative taste. It's obviously the maid's
decade off.
By rote, he hits the rewind switch on the answering
machine on his way into the kitchen. The tape rewinds.
He opens the fridge. Not much here. Left-over take-out
pizza carton. Left-over take-out Chinese food cartons.
Left-over take-out burger wrappers.
The answering machine message begins -- he glances over
his shoulder as he HEARS his daughter's VOICE. During the
following, he reaches the fridge. Brings out a milk
carton that's in his way, sets it on the counter. Reaches
in again and this time brings out a bottle of Stoly. Then
searches for a semi-clean glass.
KRISTIN'S VOICE
(bouncy, bride-to-be
happy)
Hi, Daddy, it's me. I'm over at
Danny's parents' house... talking
about Sunday. I thought maybe you'd
be home by now. Anyway, uh, nothing
really. I just wanted to call and
say I love you. I love you, Daddy.
(she giggles)
Uh-oh, I shouldn't'a done that.
Knowing you, you'll probably pull
this tape out of your machine and
save it -- in that drawer where you
keep every card I ever gave you, and
all of my old baby teeth... gross!
Anyway, Daddy, don't save this tape
-- but I do love you, and I'll talk
to you before Sunday.
(beat)
Oh, Tug and Carol came by and met
Danny last week.
(Sykes stiffens)
Danny thought Tug was the greatest
-- but, then, who doesn't? Anyway,
love you, talk to you soon. 'Bye.
The machine BEEPS and HISSES. Sykes take the glass and
the bottle of vodka, crosses back toward the living room,
switching off the answering machine as he goes.
Then he stops, turns back, takes the message tape out of
the machine and tosses it into a drawer.
FADE TO:
INT. DETECTIVE SQUAD ROOM - DAY
Sykes enters, stirring a jumbo coffee. He's slept about
four hours, and his face looks l
