CLIFFHANGER

                          screenplay by

                          Michael France
                           Terry Hayes
                        Sylvester Stallone









                                       Shooting draft 3/30/92
















     [NOTE: THE HARD COPY OF THIS SCRIPT CONTAINED SCENE
     NUMBERS.  THESE HAVE BEEN OMITTED FOR THIS SOFT COPY.]

















     EXT.  MOUNTAIN RANGE - HELICOPTER POV - DAY

     We are flying, soaring, wheeling, diving through a range of
     magnificent mountains.  They are the Colorado Rockies and,
     right now, in early spring, it's one of the finest sights on
     earth: The lush greenery of the valleys gives way to cliffs of
     sheer rock and towering peaks crowned by snow.

     As the CREDITS ROLL, we wheel past a mountain wall and realize
     this is the POV from


     A HELICOPTER

     as it soars up to circle the tallest mountain:  The Tower.  It
     rises thousands of feet from the ground below, so high that its
     summit is wreathed in clouds.

                        GABE
                    (V.O.)
               Do you see them yet?

                        JESSIE
                    (V.O.)
               Patience my love, patience.

                        GABE
                    (V.O.)
               That's a virtue isn't it?

                        JESSIE
                    (V.O)
               Wait, I think I have them
               sighted.  What's the word, Frank?