narrator:They hear a SHARP DINGING SOUND -
 OPERATOR 2 Wait - I'm getting something.
James Bond:「Where? What is it?」
narrator:The man points at one of the screens, where Bond sees a COMPUTER GENERATED MAP OF THE SEA FLOOR, with the FAINT OUTLINE of a WARSHIP.
 OPERATOR 2 Not sure yet -
 He types in some commands on a keyboard, and a 3-D rendering of a boat appears on another computer screen. Lots of data:
 OPERATOR 2 The Shinjuku. Japanese troop carrier. World War II.
James Bond:「Let's make another pass.」
narrator:CO-PILOT (calling out) We have traffic on the deck -
 They look down and see an HNN (Harmsway News Network) boat.
James Bond:「Get rid of them.」


narrator:NEW ANGLE - EXT. SEA RING CHOPPER & HNN BOAT -
 The chopper hovers above the HNN boat -
 PILOT (on pa speaker) Please leave the area. please leave the area.
 EXT. HNN WORLD HEADQUARTERS (PETRONAS TOWERS)- KUALA LUMPUR - DAY
 We're looking up at the world's tallest building: The 1500' twin Petronas Towers. (They look like an architectural collaboration between Friz Lang and H.G. Wells.) At the 50th floor, there's a sky bridge connecting the buildings, where -
 INT. SKY BRIDGE - (HNN HEADQUARTERS) - DAY
 Elliot Harmsway strides out of an elevator (in Tower 1,) into a group of waiting assistants. Without breaking stride -
 YOUNG MALE ASSISTANT 1 Good morning Sir Elliot! Welcome to Kuala Lumpur -
HARMSWAY:「Morning, morning all. What have we got?」
narrator:His EXECUTIVE SECRETARY rushes to keep up, reading from a pad, as they cross the sky bridge to HNN's main reception area, in Tower 2:
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY:「The Canadian Prime Minister wants to set a lunch -」
HARMSWAY:「Pencil it in for the next trip -」
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY:「The American presidential candidate called to complain about that sex story -」
HARMSWAY:「Send him a $10,000 campaign contribution, and explain I have no control over what my journalists write -」
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY:「Your bankers want an answer about the Brazilian TV stations」
HARMSWAY:「No -」
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY:「The Queen invited you to dinner -」
HARMSWAY:「Yes -」
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY:「And the 9:30 news meeting is waiting.」
HARMSWAY:「Excellent.」
narrator:They've passed from the bridge, through reception, into:
 INT. CONFERENCE ROOM - HNN HEADQUARTERS - CONTINUOUS - DAY
 A glass conference roam, whose PARTIALLY CLOSED BLINDS obscure the view of the MAMMOTH HNN NEWS CENTER. (We'll see this, in full, later.) Meanwhile, a DOZEN RAMBUNCTIOUS EDITORS react to:
HARMSWAY:「Morning, all my golden retrievers. What kind of havoc shall we create in the world today?」
narrator:NEWS EDITOR 1 - A ferry sank and burned in Pakistan; 457 dead.
HARMSWAY:「Good.」
narrator:NEWS EDITOR 2 American jetliner down in Omaha -
HARMSWAY:「Better.」
narrator:NEWS EDITOR 3 Economic summit ends in Tokyo -
HARMSWAY:「Boring -」
narrator:NEWS EDITOR 1 Riots broke out at the World Cup soccer finals -
HARMSWAY:「Dog bites man. (explains) Man bites dog is a news story. Riots at the World Cup soccer finals is a social announcement. Next?」


narrator:NEWS EDITOR 4 This just came in: There's something up with the British Navy in the Strait. Rescue planes, helicopters; two ships supposedly sailing from the Persian gulf. They just chased away one of our news boats.
HARMSWAY:「feigning complete innocence) Is that so?」
narrator:NEWS EDITOR 4 Yeah. Sounds like a plane went down or something... Either way, they're calling it - all together now:
 ALL AT TABLE "A routine training exercise."
HARMSWAY:「I'm shocked!! Issue the usual vehement protest: Freedom of the press, people's right to know... Lather it up with a lot of righteous indignation. (off their laughter) Next?」
narrator:INT. SEA KING HELICOPTER - AIRBORNE - DAY
 Frowning, Bond peers at the Sonar Operator's screen.
James Bond:「Still nothing?」


narrator:The operator shakes his head. The pilot calls back from the cockpit:
 CO-PILOT Commander Bond: They've found one of the crewman's bodies!
 EXT. COASTAL INLET - MARSHLAND - STRAIT OF MALACCA - DAY
 The Sea King comes in above several police cars and boats. Bond jumps the last ten feet, and the chopper peels off.
 MALE VOICE (O.S.) Yo! Jimbo!
 Bond turns to look: It's JACK WADE.
James Bond:「Wade, what the hell are you doing here?」
WADE:「I am not here, ol' buddy. The CIA has absolutely no knowledge of the missing ship, the missing gold, where it was going, or when it left Hong Kong.」
James Bond:「That's reassuring.」
WADE:「Hey - the world is my office.」
James Bond:「Let's take a look at the body.」
narrator:As Bond moves off, WADE SNIFFS THE AIR, savoring the aroma:
WADE:「Smells like... Coffee plants.」
narrator:NEW ANGLE -
 A POLICEMEN pulls a white sheet from the body. (We don't see it.) Bond and Wade look down at something gruesome:
WADE:「Colorful... Shark attack?」


narrator:Bond shakes his head grimly.
James Bond:「I don't think so. The veins are cauterized - as if they were sealed by heat... (beat, confounded) But there are no burn marks on the flesh. It doesn't make sense. (to the policeman) Who found the body?」
narrator:POLICE OFFICER (points to) Dato. Local fisherman. Says it came in with the tide early this morning.
James Bond:「Ask him if it could have washed in from the west side of the Strait.」
narrator:The POLICEMAN has an animated conversation with FISHERMAN. Then:
 POLICEMAN No. He says it's not possible. The current could have only brought the body in from the east.
James Bond:「to Wade) You have a boat?」
WADE:「I don't know if you'd call it a boat...」
James Bond:「Something with an engine? Not oars?」
WADE:「Step into my office.」
narrator:EXT. 'THE RUNNING DOG' CIGARETTE BOAT - STRAIT OF MALACCA - DAY -
 Smashing through the water at breakneck speed. Wade and Bond yell over the engines.
WADE:「What do you want with the Harbor Master?」


James Bond:「Tide and current charts. Work backward from the body - find where the ship sank. (Wade nods appreciatively) Where did you get the boat?」
WADE:「Seized it from a guy smuggling computer chips out of Bangkok. (beat) Should have seen his rose garden: Blooms the size of hand grenades.」
narrator:Bond looks at Wade: The man remains, forever deranged.
 EXT. PORT KLANG - ESTABLISHING - DAY
 The Harbor Master's tower overlooks a small armada of yachts, fishing boats, etc. A series of long dockways jut out into the harbor.
 CIGARETTE BOAT - (PORT KLANG - WATERWAY) - DAY
 Wade's boat is moving slowly along the waterway at the end of the docks. Looking off, Bond spots the Harbor Master's Tower:
James Bond:「Over there.」


narrator:Wade turns the boat down one of the dock channels.
 NEW ANGLE - WADE/BOND'S POV - DOCKWAY CHANNEL -
 A SLEEK LAUNCH is ROARING TOWARDS them, on a dead collision course. A WOMAN in a baseball cap is at the wheel.
 WADE pulls his boat to the right; the LAUNCH ROARS AROUND THEM, rocking the cigarette boat with its wake.
 BOTH BOND and WADE clock the woman - who we will later learn is SIDNEY WINCH. Wade stares after her:
WADE:「I think I've just seen my next future ex-wife.」
James Bond:「seeing they're about to crash) Not if you kill us first - unless that's how you plan to leave Muffy.」
narrator:Wade scowls, setting the boat back on course.
 DOCKSIDE - PORT KLANG - DAY -
 Bond hops off the boat, securing the lines. Wade joins him.
WADE:「By the way, Jimbo - whatever happened to that girl - in Cuba - ?」
narrator:Finished tying the boat, they walk toward the Harbor Master's office.
James Bond:「Natalya?」
WADE:「Yeah. Russian Minister of Transportation.」
James Bond:「She married a hockey player.」
WADE:「I envy your 'undercover' assignments.」


James Bond:「a look, then) We work in the dark. We do what we can.」
narrator:INT. HARBOR MASTER OFFICE - PORT KLANG - DAY
 The local Malay harbor master puts a stack of charts on the counter.
 HARBOR MASTER Wind, tide, currents... You're the second person today asked for a full set of charts. (holds out a clipboard) If you'd just sign here -
 Bond takes the clipboard -
 INSERT CLIPBOARD - read signature: SIDNEY WINCH.
 Bond returns the clipboard:
James Bond:「Thanks. (apparent afterthought) By the way - was there anything strange the night before last? Odd weather, lost boats - ??」
narrator:HARBOR MASTER No... Unless you're talking about the bus problem.
James Bond:「Bus problem?」
narrator:HARBOR MASTER Captain Cheong's ferry was late. He runs the line across the Strait between here and Sumatra. The lumber mill workers coming back for the weekend missed the last bus. Slept on the docks. Hundreds of them.
James Bond:「Thanks.」
narrator:EXT. HARBOR MASTER'S TOWER - DAY
 Bond emerges, carrying the charts, along with Wade.
James Bond:「I have to get these to London. Do you know this Captain Cheong?」


WADE:「Spends his nights at the Kuala Lumpur yacht club.」
James Bond:「Can you arrange a meeting?」
WADE:「Hell. The CIA built that club.」
narrator:EXT. KUALA LUMPUR YACHT CLUB - NIGHT
 Palm trees, torch lights, and Rolls Royces.
 INT. KUALA LUMPUR YACHT CLUB - NIGHT
 A local band plays on the verandah. We find Wade at a POKER TABLE with five local Malay Chinese. He CUTS THE CARDS, exuberantly:
WADE:「Okay gentlemen. The name of the game is 7-card Cambodian stud. Everything is wild!」
narrator:And then - moving through a beaded glass curtain - we find Bond, in a white dinner jacket, sitting with CAPTAIN CHEONG. The Captain is elegant, mid-5O's, eye patch. (To be put into local dialect.)
CAPTAIN CHEONG:「In the Strait of Malacca, when a boat is even five minutes late, one begins to worry, Mr. Bond.」
James Bond:「I know. Pirates from Sumatra want the cargo; smugglers from Thailand and Burma want the ships.」
CAPTAIN CHEONG:「Sometimes kill the crew; other times - (points to his eye) Torture them.」


James Bond:「I'm sorry.」
CAPTAIN CHEONG:「The Kuala Lumpur ferry was 35 miles off-course that night. Captain blamed the auto-pilot; I suspected he was drunk - until the Sumatra ferry captain had same problem.」
James Bond:「Did you test the auto-pilots? The satellite positioning receiver?」
CAPTAIN CHEONG:「Next morning. Both boats. Nothing wrong. (chuckles) My 90 year old grandfather thinks 'Ghost in the computer - Silicon Dragon.'」
James Bond:「smiles, standing to leave) I appreciate your time -」
CAPTAIN CHEONG:「Maybe you should talk to Sidney Winch. Owns a marine salvage company. Nobody knows more about the Strait.」
James Bond:「Where can I find him?」
CAPTAIN CHEONG:「Him? He, is a she - (points) at the bar.」
narrator:NEW ANGLE - THE BAR -
 SIDNEY WINCH, about 32, tough, smart, and (here's a surprise,) beautiful, is ordering a drink when Bond appears:
SIDNEY:「Bourbon. Neat.」
James Bond:「I wonder if you handle your liquor more carefully than you handle your boat.」


narrator:Very slowly, Sidney turns to Bond. She looks him up and down - as if deciding whether this specimen is worth her time. Her conclusion: A definite - though skeptical - maybe. She gives him a sultry smile:
SIDNEY:「Sometimes, you just have to plunge into things. Be reckless.」
James Bond:「And I bet you always leave turmoil in your wake.」
SIDNEY:「thinking, 'not bad') Have we met?」
James Bond:「This afternoon. Our boats practically kissed in the harbor. (holds out his hand to shake) James Bond.」
SIDNEY:「Sidney Winch.」
narrator:The BARTENDER APPEARS.
James Bond:「Vodka martini, shaken not stirred. (to Sidney) And another for you?」
SIDNEY:「No. But you can buy a drink for my friend, Taro.」
narrator:She steps back REVEALING a huge SAMOAN, TARO, wearing a dark suit and tie, sitting on a stool. Taro smiles menacingly at Bond.
James Bond:「Boyfriend?」
SIDNEY:「Chaperone. I'm waiting for my dinner date.」
James Bond:「Pity. (to Bartender) Bring him whatever he wants.」


SIDNEY:「So what brings you to Kuala Lumpur, Mr. Bond? (beat) Wait - don't tell me: Unhappy marriage? Running from some poor little girl with two kids and a Chanel pocketbook in - London?」
narrator:Bond analyzes the situation: 1) She's with a thug. 2) She's in marine salvage. 3) She went to the Harbor Master's office for the charts. 4) She's a smart-ass. He decides to see if he can rattle her:
James Bond:「Actually, I'm here on business. You might say it was a... Golden opportunity.」
SIDNEY:「a chill in her voice) And exactly what business are you in, Mr. Bond?」
James Bond:「Insurance. Lloyds of London.」
SIDNEY:「daggers in her voice) The Strait can be a very dangerous place, Mr. Bond. A few words scribbled on a piece of paper in London doesn't carry a lot of value out here. Including life insurance.」
James Bond:「I'll keep that in mind.」
SIDNEY:「looking off) I see my date is here. (to Taro) And I think Mr. Bond is ready to leave.」
James Bond:「Nice to run into you again.」
SIDNEY:「Let's not make it a habit.」


narrator:She exits. Turning his back on Taro, Bond watches her cross the room. Taro places a huge hand on Bond's shoulder -
TARO:「I think you should go -」
James Bond:「Not quite yet, Taro -」
narrator:And from BOND'S POV - Sidney greets HARMSWAY with a big hug.
SIDNEY:「Uncle Elliot!!」
narrator:Watching this, Bond seethes with memory of Paris and his hatred of Harmsway. Taro tightens his grip -
TARO:「I said you should -」
narrator:But before he finishes, Bond spins, and: 1) slams Taro's head on the bar, 2) snatches the ice-pick from the bartender, 3) yanks Taro back- ward by his collar, 4) slams the ice-pick through Taro's tie into the wooden bar, and 5) kicks the stool out from under the goon.
 Taro is now hanging by his tie, from the bar, choking.
 Bond takes a moment to straighten his own bow-tie. Wade appears, jubilant, with a wad of cash:
WADE:「Yo! Jimbo! I won five hundred - (seeing Taro) What happened?」
James Bond:「He tied one on.」


narrator:EXT. A DESERTED MARINA - MORNING -
 Bond walks down a long dock towards a lone boat, moored at the end.
 EXT./INT. BOAT AT MARINA - MORNING -
 Bond looks around furtively, before climbing aboard the sleek ocean- going craft. On the aft-deck, there's a large covered object.
 As Bond reaches for the CABIN DOOR, it opens by itself - and a succession of THREE YOUNG ENGLISH WOMEN in STRING BIKINIS emerge.
 GIRL ONE Good morning!
 GIRL TWO Good morning.
 GIRL THREE (calling back into the cabin) He's arrived.
 Bond turns from the door to watch the women. He hears:
 Q'S VOICE You're late 007. I've been expecting you.
 Q emerges from the cabin in a blazer and an ascot. He's irritated:
James Bond:「Q! How are you?」
narrator:Q Retired. I'm not getting paid to help you save the world anymore.
James Bond:「I'm sorry. It was a national emergency -」


narrator:Q That hardly makes up for the imposition. (beat) Now, for what I hope will be the very last time - pay attention, 007. (he unfurls a map:) First, computer generated retrograde analysis map. Body here, meteorolog- ical influences here, likely vector- ing of the ship's coordinates here.
James Bond:「Do you have any idea of what any of that means? In English?」
narrator:Q Not a clue. I didn't lose the ship. (reaches for a Filofax sized device) Next, your new personal communicator. (flips it open) Picture-phone, fax, beeper.
James Bond:「taking it) Do I have to dial '9' to get out?」
narrator:Q I don't care who you dial, so long as it's not me. Next -
 Q walks to the large object on the aft-deck. Pulls off a tarp:
 Q Your new car. (Insert name)
James Bond:「interrupting) - Four wheel drive?」


narrator:Q Yes. And do try to keep all four of them on the road. (continuing) All the usual refinements: Smoke, missiles, machine guns - (shows him a key fob) Fully operational remote control. Drives forward, reverse - (Bond presses a button, opening a window) Stop that! (grabbing it away) Plus infrared thermal imaging radar, heads up instrumentation, and 17 beverage cup holders.
James Bond:「Beverage cup holders?」
narrator:Q Standard equipment. The world's automobile manufacturers seem to be in some kind of mad war to see who can provide the most beverage cup holders.
 Bond nods, and LOOKS AT a distraction from the GIRLS IN BIKINIS.
James Bond:「I must say, Q, you seem to be doing rather well in your retirement.」
narrator:Q Don't even think about it. 007. They're my granddaughters.
 STRAIT OF MALACCA - DAY -
 Clear skies and blue water. The only vessel in sight is a thirty- five foot SPORT FISHING BOAT underway at full throttle.
 EXT. SPORT FISHING BOAT, FLYING BRIDGE - DAY -
 Wade at the helm; Bond next to him, near sonar, holding Q's map.
James Bond:「Slow down. We're close.」


narrator:Wade pulls back on the throttle.
 AERIAL - (SPORT FISHING BOAT/STRAIT OF MALACCA) - DAY -
 The boat starts a wide turn -
 NEW ANGLE - (SPORT FISHING BOAT/ROCK OUTCROPPING/STRAIT) - DAY -
 And we're back at the outcropping where the Indomitable sank. The SPORT FISHING BOAT is trolling against a background of sandy beaches and the lush green hills of Sumatra.
 FLYING BRIDGE -
 Wade scans the shore; Bond studies the sonar display.
WADE:「I dunno, Jimbo. It can't be out here. How could they get this far off course?」
James Bond:「concentrating on the sonar) Who knows? Fog, night...」
WADE:「They'd never sail this close to the shore.」
James Bond:「Wait a minute - (beat, pointing to the screen) I've got it. There! Off the port bow!」
narrator:INSERT SONAR SCREEN -
 The murky electronic outline of a ship.
 BACK TO SCENE -
 Bond watches the sonar screen. Wade slows engines, consults charts.
James Bond:「Cut the engines! It's about two- hundred fifty feet down.」


narrator:JUMP CUT TO:
 AN ANCHOR BEING PITCHED INTO THE WATER - (BOW OF SPORT FISHING BOAT) -
 By Wade. Bond is strapping on his scuba tank.
WADE:「Two-fifty's pretty deep for air. You should really be using mixed gases.」
narrator:Bond glances at the air gauge on his tanks.
James Bond:「I'll make a bounce dive. If I can keep my bottom time short, I'll be all right.」
narrator:Bond gathers up FLARES, and sits on the gunwale.
James Bond:「only half teasing) Keep your eye out for pirates.」
narrator:Wade pulls back his shirt to reveal TWO SIX-SHOOTERS.
WADE:「I got you covered.」
James Bond:「That's reassuring.」


narrator:「Bond rolls backward into the water and disappears.
 UNDERWATER -
 Bond swims to the anchor line, and begins pulling himself downward, handover-hand, deeper and deeper into a monochromatic gloom.
 UNDERWATER BOTTOM -
 Bond touches down by the anchor; his fins kick up the sandy bottom. Checking his wrist compass, he sets off through a rocky channel.
 EXT. INDOMITABLE - UNDERWATER -
 Ahead, in the dimness, a huge gray shape looms out of the sand.
 Bond lights a FLARE, and the scene is suddenly alive with color. From Bond's position, the hull seems to go on forever before being lost beyond range of his flare. Bond checks his air gauge.
 INSERT GAUGES -
 Depth: 283 feet - Air capacity: 3/4 tank remaining.
 BACK TO SCENE -
 Bond swims to the hole in the side of the Indomitable. He pauses to study the damage. Then enters.
 INT. ENGINE ROOM - UNDERWATER -
 Bond sees the damage on the passageway door. Swims through it.
 INT. PASSAGEWAY - UNDER WATER -
 The flare throws eerie shadows along the corridor; Bond swims to the busted bilge-hold hatch. Again, he pauses to examine the marks made by the worm. He drops into the hold.
 INT. CARGO HOLD - UNDER WATER -
 The gold is gone. Bond swims a few yards in: Nothing. A vast empty space. Bond's flare sputters and dies. He drops it, lights another.
 As he turns to exit, SOMETHING GLINTS on the deck below the hatch. He moves toward it.
 NEW ANGLE - CLOSER -
 A half-chewed GOLD BAR is wedged between a brace and the bulkhead. Bond reaches for it, feeling the worm's drill marks on the gold.
 Just as he yanks the bar out, a MORAY EEL lashes out from behind the brace, baring its teeth.
 Still clutching the gold bar, Bond jumps back, and shoots up, into:
 PASSAGE WAY -(INT. INDOMITABLE) - UNDER WATER -
 where he collides with something floating just below the ceiling. Dropping the flare on the impact, Bond twists around to see:
 THE FACE OF A FLOATING DEAD SAILOR.
 BACK TO SCENE -
 Throwing wildly gyrating shadows, the flare drops to the deck, roll- ing under some debris. Regaining his composure, Bond SLIPS THE GOLD BAR INTO A WEBBED SACK ON HIS BELT, then moves to retrieve the flare.
 CLOSE ON HATCH/DECK -
 Bond reaches for the flare, under a section of the torn hatch cover. He notices the BROKEN URANIUM GRINDING TOOTH. He picks it up, stuffs it into his sack, and swims off.
 CUT TO:
 UNDERWATER BOTTOM - ANCHOR -
 Bond swims to the anchor line, grabs hold, and starts up. On the way, he glances at his gauges:
 INSERT GAUGES -
 Depth: 160 feet - Air capacity: below RED LINE - empty. The ambient light level on the gauges suddenly DARKENS.
 BOND LOOKS UP TO THE SURFACE -
 HIS POV -
 A black HULL has blotted out the light... And SOMETHING LARGE AND HEAVY IS FALLING straight at 007.
 BOND -
 kicks away from the anchor-line just as a 1000 POUND ANCHOR streaks by. He looks up again:
 THREE DIVERS ARE IN THE WATER.
 One carries a strange-looking HARPOON-TYPE GUN; another trails a CABLE. The divers have fanned out, looking for 007.
 BOND -
 Realizes his best chance is to take one of the men hostage.
 Flashing his KNIFE, Bond cuts the cord to his gold/uranium sack, STUFFS THE SACK INTO HIS BAGGY SWIM TRUNKS.
 Bond rockets up, SLAMMING INTO DIVER #1. A confusion of bubbles.
 And just as Bond overcomes the man - spinning him around, holding the knife to the diver's throat -
 DIVER #2 SHOOTS the HARPOON-TYPE GUN, and A DOLPHIN NET explodes out, ENVELOPING BOND AND THE DIVER in a mesh. (Note: This is a real, 'fish friendly' research tool.)
 Diver #3 HOOKS THE CABLE he's been trailing onto the net, and -
 EXT. SEA -
 The net erupts through the surface, is hauled up into the air, and deposited on -
 THE DECK OF A SELF-PROPELLED SALVAGE BARGE.
 An old scow, with a large crane, two-story deck-house, and a crew whose idea of 'cruise-wear' runs to tattoos and grotesque scars.
 BOND'S POV - THROUGH HIS DIVING MASK -
 As the water drains from his mask, Bond sees the mesh being pulled away, and FIVE GOONS come into focus, training AUTOMATIC WEAPONS on him. (Bond still has the diver from behind, knife to his throat.)
 One of the goons reaches forward, ripping off Bond's mask. 007 sees:
 TARO - (EXT. SALVAGE BARGE, DECK) -
 Brandishing an UZI at Bond, with a malevolent smile:」


TARO:「Uzi beats knife.」
James Bond:「Interesting point.」
narrator:Bond sticks the knife into the deck, and releases the hostage.
TARO:「Get him up. Take his belt. (motioning to Wade) Take the two of them to the Captain.」
narrator:The men grab Bond roughly, and shove him next to Wade.
TARO:「By the way. I almost forgot. (smashing Bond) I owed you one.」
narrator:Bond and Wade are frog-marched to the bridge, passing under the gaze of various cutthroat crew members. Wade is completely unfazed.
WADE:「sniffs the air) Smell that Jimmy? Sea Kelp.」
narrator:Bond gives Wade a look.
WADE:「Hey - it could be worse. At least they speak English.」
narrator:Bond glances up at a crew member, SHARPENING A MACHETE, smiling.
James Bond:「Somehow, that's not reassuring.」
narrator:INT. BRIDGE - SALVAGE BARGE - DAY
 We're back in Bond-land: A high-tech control room, with lots of monitors and white-suited TECHNICIANS. Bond and Wade are pushed through the-door, followed by Taro and the two goons.


TARO:「Here they are, Captain.」
narrator:The "Captain" turns from a monitor: IT'S SIDNEY.
SIDNEY:「Just give me one goad reason - Mister Bond, from Lloyds of London - why I shouldn't kill both of you, burn your boat, and use your bodies for shark bait.」
WADE:「chirping up) So you two know each other!?! Small world, ain't it? What happened? Commitment problems?」
SIDNEY:「Who is he?」
James Bond:「Sidney Winch, meet -」
WADE:「Jack Wade. Citibank. Commercial loan division. If you're ever lookin' for a sweet refinance on the boat -」
SIDNEY:「Shut up!」
James Bond:「to Wade) You have to excuse Miss Winch: She thinks she's on a 'seduce and destroy' mission through life... (pauses) ...But she won't kill us.」
SIDNEY:「No?」
James Bond:「No. First, because I don't think it's in your nature. And second, because there's no gold down there.」
SIDNEY:「So charming! So suave! (beat) Don't insult me. I'm not one of your 'little London girls' who falls for the lies.」


WADE:「So it was commitment!」
SIDNEY:「Every wharf-rat from here to Hong Kong knows what's on that boat and I'm claiming it. One-third of that gold is mine.」
James Bond:「That's fine, but - even a little London girl knows that one third of nothing is still nothing.」
narrator:There's a flicker of doubt in her eyes. She turns to Taro:
SIDNEY:「Was he carrying anything?」
narrator:Taro holds up the BOND'S DIVING BELT, indicating 'nothing'. Angrily:
SIDNEY:「Search him.」
narrator:The men look at Bond - wearing only swim trunks. Nobody moves.
SIDNEY:「Do I have to do everything around here?」
James Bond:「I hope so.」
narrator:Frowning, Sidney moves to Bond. As she REACHES INTO HIS TRUNKS, we cut to THEIR FACES. THEIR EYES ARE LOCKED ON EACH OTHER:
James Bond:「I hope you'll be gentle.」
SIDNEY:「Think about mom.」
narrator:BOND WINCES. She's goosed him.
James Bond:「Unusual technique.」
narrator:Returning to the WIDE SHOT, she opens the sack. SHOWS THE GOLD:


SIDNEY:「And what do you call this?」
James Bond:「The family jewels?」
narrator:She scowls, takes out the URANIUM TOOTH. Looks at it, blankly, and holds it out to a TECHNICIAN, who examines it.
SIDNEY:「What is this?」
narrator:TECHNICIAN ...I don't know. I'm not sure -
 Just then, a CREWMAN BURSTS IN:
 CREWMAN Boss! We got company - comin' up off the starboard bow!
SIDNEY:「exiting, to Taro) Bring them.」
narrator:Taro motions with his Uzi for Bond and Wade to follow...
 But BOND hesitates, LOOKING BACK AT THE TECHNICIAN with the URANIUM. 007 wants to get it, but Taro nudges him out with the gun muzzle.
 EXT. MALACCA STRAIT - DAY
 A BRITISH NAVAL CUTTER is pulling alongside the barge - SEA SIREN WAILING, crew members in battle gear, FORWARD GATLING GUN manned.
CAPTAIN MORTON:「on bullhorn) Attention sea barge: Lay down your weapons, and prepare to be boarded.」
narrator:ON THE BARGE - Sidney and Co. stand, weapons ready.


CAPTAIN MORTON:「Repeat: Lay down your weapons, and prepare to be boarded.」
narrator:Bond turns to Sidney, who's grabbed a bullhorn of her own.
James Bond:「If I were you -」
SIDNEY:「You're not.」
James Bond:「as she hoists the bullhorn) Just remember: They think there's ten billion dollars in gold down there.」
SIDNEY:「Thank you. (clicks it on, and:) "Now hear this: Drop dead."」
narrator:Bond and Wade exchange an amused/helpless glance - as if they both know what's coming next. There's a pause, then -
 THE CRUISER'S GATLING GUN ERUPTS WITH AN EARDRUM-SHATTERING SALVO. It's only a warning shot, but -
 EVERYONE ON THE BARGE DIVES FOR THE DECK... Except for Bond and Wade, who might as well be having tea. Bond looks down at Taro, cowering on the boards.
James Bond:「Gatling gun beats Uzi.」
narrator:NEW ANGLE - (CUTTER/BARGE) - DAY
 An ARMED BOARDING PARTY is coming across an aluminum bridge that has extended from the Cutter onto the barge.
CAPTAIN MORTON:「a tiny popinjay) Who's in charge here?」


SIDNEY:「I am. What do you want?」
CAPTAIN MORTON:「You have precisely one minute to pull up your anchor and be under way.」
SIDNEY:「Forget it. No way. I got here first.」
CAPTAIN MORTON:「ignoring her) Who's Wade?」
WADE:「That would be me -」
CAPTAIN MORTON:「snidely) Thanks for your message. (turns to) And you're Bond?」
James Bond:「Yes -」
CAPTAIN MORTON:「Guard! Arrest these men! Escort them to the cutter!」
narrator:Bond and Wade are stunned. The Marines move in. Bond struggles -
James Bond:「Wait a minute -」
CAPTAIN MORTON:「Get them out of here. If he says one word, shoot him.」
narrator:As TWO MARINES with automatic rifles take Bond and Wade across the folding bridge -
SIDNEY:「demanding) What's your name?」
CAPTAIN MORTON:「Captain Morton.」
narrator:Pause. She expects him to ask "And yours?" but he doesn't.
SIDNEY:「My name is Sidney Winch, and -」


CAPTAIN MORTON:「Good for you, Miss Winch. You now have exactly 30 seconds to get this rust bucket out of here.」
SIDNEY:「furiously) I know my rights. These are international waters. The British Navy abandoned that boat, and I'm claiming it. Under international law, I have the right to salvage what's on that wreck.」
CAPTAIN MORTON:「Fifteen seconds. Perhaps you should consider hiring an attorney.」
SIDNEY:「I was an attorney!」
CAPTAIN MORTON:「Hmmm. I suppose this is a step above that profession. (beat) Ten seconds. Are you leaving?」
SIDNEY:「No.」
CAPTAIN MORTON:「You leave me no alternative.
 upholstering a walkie-talkie) Cut her anchor.」
narrator:As Sidney yells "NO!" - THE FORWARD GATLING GUN erupts to life. One short, bone rattling burst CUTS THE CHAIN.
SIDNEY:「You won't get away with this!」
CAPTAIN MORTON:「stepping onto the bridge) Good-day, Miss Winch. I advise you to get some steam up - before you run aground.」
narrator:As she floats away, Sidney calls out to the Captain, Bond and Wade:
SIDNEY:「You bastards! Believe me - you haven't heard the last of me!」
narrator:EXT. DECK - THE CUTTER - DAY -
 Bond, Wade and the Captain.
WADE:「Nice trick with the arrest. Very convincing.」
CAPTAIN MORTON:「It's no trick, Mr. Wade. I've got half a mind to throw both of you in the brig.」
James Bond:「Don't you think you're overreacting?」


CAPTAIN MORTON:「with great sarcasm) Yes. The famous James Bond. I've heard all about you, sir. You were under direct orders to act as an observer - and yet you had to go off, on your own, like some half-assed CIA cowboy - (Wade reacts) Endangering the gold, attracting that lunatic woman, and then putting in a distress call for us to save your bloody hide.」
James Bond:「Calmly) ...That's all well and good, Captain, save for one thing: (beat) There's no gold down there.」
CAPTAIN MORTON:「What are you talking about? We went through all this and the ship isn't even down there?」
James Bond:「Yes, the ship is down there. But the gold is gone.」
CAPTAIN MORTON:「That's absurd! It took two squads of forty men fifteen days to load that gold.」
James Bond:「I know what I saw -」
CAPTAIN:「I don't care what you think you saw. You're a damned amateur. (beat) Just get off my ship. Go back to your trench-coats and your code names - and leave the job to professionals.」
James Bond:「exchanges a glance with Wade, then) Aye-aye, Captain.」


narrator:EXT. SPORT FISHING BOAT - STRAIT OF MALACCA - DAY -
 As Bond and Wade push away from the Naval Cutter:
WADE:「Where to now, Jimbo?」
James Bond:「thinking) I'm not certain... But I think there's someone I want to press for some answers in Kuala Lumpur.」
narrator:EXT. COASTAL ROADWAY - MALAYSIA - (BOND CAR) - DAY -
 Bond'- car travels through the tropical landscape, turning at a sign for Kuala Lumpur.
 INT. BOND'S CAR - MOVING - COASTAL ROADWAY - DAY -
 As Bond downshifts in anticipation of an upcoming hill, his CAR PHONE RINGS. Before answering it, he looks down at:
 INSERT - DASHBOARD - DIGITAL DISPLAY PANEL -
 Displayed on separate lines:, "INCOMING CALL." "ORIGIN: (the display runs through numbers until it hits on) 763-4733." "NAME: (blinking) UNKNOWN. "STATUS: (blinking) SECURE."
 RETURN ON BOND -
 Reacting - the information is curious. Bond picks up the phone.
James Bond:「Bond.」
narrator:HARMSWAY'S VOICE Hello, Mister Bond.
James Bond:「with an edge) Who is this?」


narrator:INT. HARMSWAY'S OUTER OFFICE -
 Harmsway is perched on a desk. In the background, THROUGH HIS OPEN OFFICE DOOR, we can see Harmsway's EXECUTIVE SECRETARY serving someone coffee from a SILVER TRAY - but we can't see who it is.
HARMSWAY:「Elliot Harmsway! I heard you were in K.L. and thought we might get together for a chat...」
narrator:RETURN ON BOND - (INT. BOND'S CAR - MOVING) -
HARMSWAY:「, O.S.) We seemed to get off on the wrong foot back there in Venice.」
James Bond:「How did you get this number?」
narrator:INTERCUT AS NECESSARY:
HARMSWAY:「Oh, please, Mr. Bond. We live in the information age! Information is currency - and with the right currency, you can have any piece of information. (Bond reacts, sourly) Besides I own the phone company. What do you say? Twenty minutes?」
James Bond:「I'm on my way.」
narrator:Bond hangs up, and drives with renewed determination.
 INT. HARMSWAY'S OUTER OFFICE -
 Harmsway hangs up; STAMPER is standing nearby. Harmsway throws a concerned glance at his office, then turns to Stamper:


HARMSWAY:「Let's find out exactly what he knows.」
narrator:EXT. KUALA LUMPUR - ROADWAY -(BOND CAR) - LATE AFTERNOON -
 Bond's car approaches the camera, passes it, and heads for HARMSWAY TOWERS, looming over Kuala Lumpur in the distance.
 EXT. HARMSWAY TOWERS - STREET LEVEL - LATE AFTERNOON -
 Bond's car passes the front of the building, and drives down a ramp into an underground car park.
 INT. UNDERGROUND CAR PARK - (HARMSWAY TOWERS) -
 Passing NEWSPAPER LOADING DOCKS (with trucks displaying both the "TOMORROW" and "HNN" logos, and HUM-VEES used by building security,) Bond pulls into the VALET AREA -
 Where a cheerful YOUNG PR WOMAN and VALET wait. Both wear the colorful BLAZER used by all Harmsway Building service personnel.
James Bond:「from inside the car) James Bond to see Elliot Harmsway.」
narrator:PR WOMAN Yes. I'm to bring you right up. The valet will take your car -
James Bond:「I'd prefer to park it myself. (off her questioning look) Temperamental. Practically has a mind of its own.」


narrator:PR WOMAN Don't they all?
 She points to a spot near the loading docks. Bond drives off.
 INT. BOND'S CAR -
 Bond backs into the space, thinking about the (inevitable) quick get- away. He looks through the windshield, surveying the area.
 BOND'S POV - UNDERGROUND CAR PARK -
 TWO BURLY SECURITY GUARDS (in Harmsway Blazers,) stand behind a bulletproof security desk. There's a METAL DETECTOR by the door.
 BACK TO SCENE (INT. BOND'S CAR) -
 Reaching inside his jacket, Bond REMOVES HIS GUN, and HIDES IT in a compartment under the dashboard.
 INT. UNDERGROUND CAR PARK -
 The PR WOMAN joins Bond as he locks the car with the REMOTE CONTROL.
 PR WOMAN Right this way.
 Following her through the metal detector, Bond scans the security devices at the guard's desk: Lots of cameras, sensors, and alarms.
 EXT. PRESSROOM OBSERVATION ARCADE -
 Bond and the PR Woman step off an escalator onto an open arcade with GLASS WINDOWS looking down into a mammoth NEWSPAPER PRINTING PLANT.
 PR WOMAN (moving to a door) Mr. Harmsway is checking the afternoon editions. If you'll just follow me -
 INT. PRESSROOM BALCONY -
 The NOISE FROM THE PRINTING PRESSES is deafening. Bond and the PR WOMAN walk down a METAL STAIRCASE to the pressroom floor, where -
 Harmsway (wearing a printer's smock and newsprint cap,) is joking with SEVERAL PRESSMEN - a fresh issue of "Tomorrow" outstretched in his hands.
HARMSWAY:「spotting Bond, yelling:) Mr. Bond! Nice to see you.」
James Bond:「Sir Elliot.」


HARMSWAY:「Come. Let's get out of the noise. (escorting Bond off) - I'll give you a tour of the building, then we'll talk.」
narrator:INT. DRESSING ALCOVE - OFF THE PRESSROOM -
 Harmsway is hanging up his smock in the short hallway that leads from the press room to an elevator. There's a SINK in the room.
HARMSWAY:「It's funny, Mr. Bond. Of all the things I own, nothing gives me as much enjoyment as my newspapers.」
narrator:He moves to the sink to wash his hands. Turns on the faucets:
HARMSWAY:「Ironic, isn't it? In the age of TV, I still can't get the ink out of my veins.」
narrator:Bond SMILES WRYLY, looking at Harmsway hunched over the sink:
James Bond:「Yes... A man with ink in his veins, and blood on his hands.」
narrator:Harmsway smiles to himself, acknowledging the jibe... But decides to ignore it. He turns off the faucet, dries his hands -
HARMSWAY:「We print 31 newspapers here; another two-hundred-and-seventy at satellite plants around the world.」
narrator:He pulls on his £2000 Saville Row suit-jacket.


James Bond:「And how many of those newspapers carried Paris Harmsway's obituary?」
narrator:Harmsway turns, and presses the ELEVATOR BUTTON. The doors open, instantly. HE SMILES:
HARMSWAY:「All of them, Mister Bond... (motioning inside) After you?」
narrator:INT. ELEVATOR -
 The doors close. Bond clocks the security camera in the ceiling. Harmsway is about to take great delight in making Bond squirm:
HARMSWAY:「Before I became involved with Paris, she was always involved with the most inappropriate' men... (beat) Playboys. Thrill seekers. Middle aged Peter Pans who only brought out the worst in her.」
James Bond:「I see.」
HARMSWAY:「I tried to save her. But she remained a manic depressive: Fits, inappropriate behavior... Delusions of grandeur.」
James Bond:「I wonder if it runs in the family.」
HARMSWAY:「bursts out in a laugh) The only difference between a psychopath and a genius, Mr. Bond, is the degree of success.」
narrator:He looks up at the digital readout, going from 40 to 50.
HARMSWAY:「Still, I do miss her. I only wish she could have lived to see all this.」


James Bond:「I can feel your pain.」
narrator:The doors open:
HARMSWAY:「By the way - what is it that brings you to Kuala Lumpur, Mister Bond?」
James Bond:「Sightseeing.」
narrator:Harmsway motions for Bond to exit. They step out into:
 INT. ELEGANT HALLWAY ("ROGUES GALLERY") - LATE AFTERNOON
 A short hallway lined with OIL PORTRAITS of Harmsway's ancestors. Double doors at both ends. (People passing through.) As they walk -
HARMSWAY:「I call this the Rogue's gallery.」
James Bond:「Yes. I can see: You've hung the rest of your relatives.」
HARMSWAY:「pointing to the first portrait) My third great Uncle - the Earl of Aberdeen - negotiated the purchase of Hong Kong from the Chinese. (moving to) His son-in-law - George Harmsway - made the first family fortune, running opium into Shanghai... (moving to) His son, Thomas, who lost it, smoking the opium... And my grandfather Henry, who opened the first telegraph station, and published the colony's first English newspaper. (pausing, wistfully) It was a city of unlimited possibility.」
James Bond:「So why did you leave?」


HARMSWAY:「Because it's a dying city. Since the Chinese take-over, who knows what can happen tomorrow? (moving to the last two portraits) In any case, this is my father, Charles: A royal bastard who started the first radio and television stations. Said I'd never amount to anything, but... (passing his own portrait) I turned it into this」
narrator:He pushes through a door, into:
 INT. HNN NEWS CENTER - LATE AFTERNOON -
 A cavernous THREE STORY ROOM bristling with activity. At the center is the main HNN ANCHOR DESK, (where a news broadcast is in progress,) surrounded by scores of reporter's desks a la CNN.
 Around the perimeter of the room are VARIOUS TV STUDIOS looking out on Kuala Lumpur. All are broadcasting: A Larry King-type chat show; MTV; SPORTS; a KITCHEN where a chef is preparing something flambeed.
 With its walls of monitors, equipment, and control rooms, the effect is overwhelming. Harmsway will walk Bond around the perimeter:
HARMSWAY:「Welcome to the new world order, Mr. Bond. (starting to walk) Churchill had his armies; Caesar had his legions; I have my divisions: (pointing) News, sports, business, entertainment. And these are my foot soldiers: (a wave of his hand) 2000 people working on 14 floors to feed 300 newspapers, 4 cable news networks, 87 magazines, and 29 different cable TV channels - in 35 languages.」
James Bond:「And still not a thing to watch.」


narrator:He glances at the SATELLITE CONTROL ROOM, with a NASA-type WORLD MAP.
James Bond:「Although it must be fun to have all those satellites.」
HARMSWAY:「They're merely tools to disseminate information.」
James Bond:「wryly) Or disinformation... If you wanted to, say, beam down a signal to send a ship off course? Maybe one degree a minute?」
HARMSWAY:「guffaws) Fantastic idea Mr. Bond! Perhaps I should buy it for a book! It's totally preposterous, but - (off Bond's reaction) You amuse me. ...And now perhaps I can amuse you.」
narrator:He stops at a VIDEO TERMINAL. Begins to type.
HARMSWAY:「Let's see... First we have this James Bond... I believe he's a field adjuster for Lloyd's of London...」
narrator:INSERT VIDEO SCREEN - BOND'S MI-6 COVER -
HARMSWAY:「Then we have this James Bond.」
narrator:INSERT VIDEO SCREEN - BOND'S KGB FILE -
HARMSWAY:「reading from the screen) ... Licensed to Kill... (aside) Not a bad title for that book... (then) Or perhaps you'd prefer this James Bond -」


narrator:INSERT VIDEO SCREEN - BOND'S CHINESE FILE -
HARMSWAY:「Who I believe they call "007."」
narrator:Bond is not amused. Harmsway is enjoying himself:
HARMSWAY:「You see, Mr. Bond, you and I are both men of action. But your era is passing. Words are the new weapons; satellites the new artillery. And make no mistake about it: In the right hands, they can be as deadly as your Walther PPK.」
James Bond:「Words to live by?」
HARMSWAY:「Your choice. (glancing at his watch) Look at the time! Come. There's someone I want you meet - about a story I'm thinking of publishing.」
narrator:As they leave, Bond is frustrated by Harmsway's "I don't care what you think you know - I can crush you" attitude... And now, Harmsway plans (and the operative word here is plans,) to use Bond, to tie off the one other loose thread in his perfect crime:
 INT. HARMSWAY'S OFFICE -
 The DOOR opens and Harmsway enters, followed by Bond. He calls to someone we don't see:
HARMSWAY:「Hello, dear. I'm sorry I took so long -」


narrator:REVEAL: SIDNEY is sitting across from his desk.
SIDNEY:「That's okay, Uncle Ell -」
narrator:She freezes in mid-sentence, seeing Bond. Bond is equally surprised.
SIDNEY:「What is HE doing here?」
HARMSWAY:「I see you two have met.」
James Bond:「Briefly.」
HARMSWAY:「crossing to his desk) Don't pout, Sidney. I invited him here hoping he might shed some light on your story. He's from 'Lloyd's of London.' (sly glance to Bond) ...Aren't you, Mr. Bond?」
SIDNEY:「He's not going to tell the truth! He was diving for the gold!」
narrator:Harmsway sits, and addresses Bond, matter-of-factly:
HARMSWAY:「It seems - Mr. Bond - that Miss Winch has told me the most incredible story: A sunken British warship filled with gold; a British cutter firing on her; billions of dollars in bullion lying on the bottom of the Strait.」
narrator:Bond isn't enjoying this charade.
HARMSWAY:「Obviously, the British government denies all of this -」
SIDNEY:「I told you! He was there! -」


HARMSWAY:「But as I've explained to Sidney, without proof, there's just no story. Don't you agree Mr. Bond?」
narrator:Before Bond can answer -
SIDNEY:「But I have proof! You ran out of here so fast, I didn't get to show you.」
narrator:Bond and Harmsway react - with entirely different concerns: Harmsway wasn't expecting her to have proof; Bond knows that if she shows him the gold, (or worse, the uranium tooth,) Harmsway will probably kill both of them to destroy the evidence, and witnesses.
HARMSWAY:「forcing a smile) ...And what's that, my dear?」
James Bond:「Sidney, perhaps we should leave this to -」
narrator:Sidney cuts Bond off, DROPPING THE GOLD BAR on Harmsway's desk.
SIDNEY:「He brought that up from the wreck.」
HARMSWAY:「I see.」
narrator:Alarmed, Bond wants to stop Sidney from reaching into her bag again -
James Bond:「Sidney, I wouldn't -」
narrator:Too late. She drops the uranium tooth on his desk.
SIDNEY:「And what about this? Any idea what this is?」


narrator:Silence. Harmsway and Bond exchange a sober look. Then:
HARMSWAY:「I believe it's a depleted uranium drill bit, my dear.」
narrator:HE PRESSES AN ALARM UNDER HIS DESK. Bond reaches for the DRILL TOOTH.
James Bond:「Why don't we just take these -」
SIDNEY:「blocking him) No. I want Sir Elliot to keep them.」
narrator:Harmsway stands, comes around the desk:
HARMSWAY:「Well! I do believe this requires further investigation!」
SIDNEY:「Thank you, Uncle Elliot.」
HARMSWAY:「No matter what the British government says, I won't kill this story. (his secretary appears in the doorway) Miss Oxford will show both of you to the elevator... And one of my people will definitely be in touch sooner than later.」
James Bond:「I'm sure they will.」
HARMSWAY:「Good-bye, Mister Bond.」
narrator:He reaches to kiss Sidney - and looks in her eyes a second too long.
HARMSWAY:「Good-bye, darling.」


narrator:Watching them exit, his smile turns hard and bitter.
 INT. ELEVATOR HALLWAY - DAY -
 As the Executive Secretary escorts them to the elevator, Bond glances out the PICTURE WINDOW, with its view of the other tower.
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY:「Thank you both for coming in...」
narrator:BOND'S POV - EXT. HARMSWAY TOWERS -
 Five floors directly down is the GLASS-ENCLOSED SKY BRIDGE; just above him, he sees TWO WINDOW WASHERS being pulled up on a TWO MAN SCAFFOLD.
 BACK TO SCENE -
 A CHIME SOUNDS; the elevator doors open. Bond and Sidney ad-lib good-byes to the secretary and get in.
 INT. ELEVATOR - DAY
 Sidney presses the button for "1". Bond glances at the FLOOR INDI- CATOR with reads "55" - clocks the SECURITY CAMERA - and starts looking for an ESCAPE PANEL. Sidney watches out of the corner of her eye, thinking he's nuts.
James Bond:「glancing at the security camera) ... Do you have a gun?」
SIDNEY:「What?」
James Bond:「yanking it down) You heard me. A gun? (disabling it) I left mine in the car.」


SIDNEY:「That's funny: you struck me as the kind of man who always carries protection.」
James Bond:「Listen to me! I'm a British secret service agent. And we have about two minutes before Harmsway kills both of us.」
narrator:He glances up at the escape panel at the rear of the car.
SIDNEY:「Has anyone ever suggested that you're a paranoid psychotic?」
narrator:Bond ignores the insult, explaining as he moves under the panel:
James Bond:「Harmsway sank that ship and stole the gold. It's on the Sea Dolphin II. (boosting himself up) And thanks to your little show and tell - (straining to open the panel) - giving him the evidence - (popping it open) We're the only ones who can tie him to the crime.」
SIDNEY:「Elliot Harmsway is my Uncle!」
James Bond:「Blood or Dutch?」
SIDNEY:「He was my father's best friend!」
James Bond:「He's killed closer.」
SIDNEY:「You are seriously deranged.」
James Bond:「Maybe. But why are we going up instead of down?」
narrator:He nods to the FLOOR INDICATOR. She looks: 60, 65, 70. IT STOPS. Bond reaches down to her -


James Bond:「Sidney, come with me -」
narrator:THE DOORS OPEN. She looks at his outstretched hand with disdain:
SIDNEY:「Not if my life depended on it.」
narrator:INT. 70TH FLOOR -- DAY
 Sidney comes out onto a floor still under construction. The elevator doors CLOSE behind her. To the right, she sees STAMPER and a Harmsway-blazered GUARD, with MACHINE PISTOLS.
SIDNEY:「Thank God! He's crazy!」
STAMPER:「Does he have a gun?」
SIDNEY:「No.」
narrator:On Stamper's reply -
STAMPER:「Good -」
narrator:He lunges for her, grabs her, spins her around, overwhelming her. She struggles, yelling:
SIDNEY:「This is a mistake!」
STAMPER:「gun against her skull) Shut up!」
narrator:Using Sidney as a HUMAN SHIELD, Stamper marches her in front of the closed elevator doors. The guard follows. THEY POSITION THEMSELVES FOR A MASSACRE. Reaching around Sidney, Stamper pulls out his RADIO:
STAMPER:「into radio) Open 14.」


narrator:A beat. It opens. The men unleash a HAIL OF BULLETS, then realize -
 NEW ANGLE - (INT. ELEVATOR) -
 The car is empty. Stamper perplexed. Pushing Sidney in front of him, he enters the elevator, cautiously... When, suddenly:
 BOND SWINGS DOWN OUT OF THE ESCAPE PANEL (like an athlete on a high- bar) FEET FIRST - barely clearing Sidney's head as he KICKS Stamper and the Guard in their faces. They go flying backwards.
 Bond jumps down, grabs Sidney -
James Bond:「Need a lift?」


narrator:And boosts her into the escape panel, following her up.
 INT. ELEVATOR SHAFT - ABOVE THE ELEVATOR - (CONTINUOUS) -
 Bond and Sidney rush forward to the front wall as -
 STAMPER AND THE GUARD -
 Recover, grab their guns, move to the threshold, and START RAKING THE CEILING WITH GUNFIRE.
 ELEVATOR SHAFT -
 Bond presses his body against Sidney, on the front wall, trying to SHIELD HER as BULLETS RIP UP THE FLOOR behind them. With his free hand, Bond reaches up for the LATCH to open the door above them.
 INT. ELEVATOR -
 Stamper stops shooting. Moves to the rear of the cab, under the escape panel. Peers up. Sees nothing. Turns to the Guard:
STAMPER:「Help me up.」
narrator:ELEVATOR SHAFT -
 Stamper's head pokes up through the hole just as Bond and Sidney have disappeared into -
 INT. HALLWAY - (ELEVATOR BANK) - 71ST FLOOR.
 Squeezing out from between the elevator doors, (which immediately close behind them,) Bond and Sidney encounter a group of STUNNED OFFICE WORKERS, waiting for the elevator.
James Bond:「to the office workers) ... I'd try the stairs.」


narrator:As Bond and Sidney scamper off -
 RETURN ON STAMPER - IN THE ELEVATOR -
STAMPER:「rushing out) The stairs! (barking into his RADIO) Attention all units! They're on the 71st floor!」
narrator:INT. ELEGANT HALLWAY - ANOTHER PART OF THE BUILDING -
 Harmsway is striding towards the SECURITY CENTER, RADIO in hand:
HARMSWAY:「Stamper! They're not to leave this building alive!」
narrator:BOND AND SIDNEY - (INT. HALLWAY) -
 Moving cautiously toward a CORNER of ANOTHER HALLWAY.
SIDNEY:「This has got to be a mistake.」
James Bond:「The only mistake is that they didn't kill us in the elevator.」
narrator:At the corner, Bond STOPS, SEEING A GUARD, farther down the hall (his back to them) CHECKING DOORS.
James Bond:「Wait here.」
SIDNEY:「No. I'm going with you.」
narrator:Bond frowns, but doesn't have the time to argue. They start doing a "DUCK AND COVER" in and out of doorways TO SNEAK UP ON HIM.
 INT. SECURITY CENTER -
 Harmsway bursts in on GUARDS watching a WALL OF SECURITY MONITORS.


HARMSWAY:「Where are they?」
narrator:GUARD #1 I don't see them - (scanning the monitors) There!
 INSERT VIDEO MONITOR - (SURVEILLANCE SHOT OF HALLWAY) -
 Bond and Sidney have just come into frame, sneaking up on the GUARD.
HARMSWAY:「OVER) Warn him!」
narrator:CLOSE ON THE GUARD - (INT. HALLWAY) -
 VOICE ON RADIO Porter! They're behind you -
 GUARD (lifting the radio to reply) Roger! Over and -
 BAM. BOND DECKS HIM.
James Bond:「Out.」
narrator:Bond kneels, grabs the GUARD'S MACHINE PISTOL, and CLIPS, just as -
SIDNEY:「JAMES!」
narrator:TWO GUARDS have entered from a STAIRCASE DOOR, hoisting MAC-10's. In an instant: (1) Bond lets go a BURST. (2) The Guards SHOOT back, diving for cover in the staircase door. (3) Bond rolls, (4) Pushes Sidney into an open DOORWAY, and (5) returns A BURST, from -
 INT. SMALL KITCHEN/COPIER ROOM -
 Sidney is shaken. As Bond stands in the doorway, guarding them -


SIDNEY:「Okay. So it wasn't a mistake. (Bond lets go a blast) What do we do now? Offer them dinner?!?!」
narrator:Bond glances back at the KITCHEN SUPPLIES. GETS AN IDEA. He sud- denly TWISTS, SMASHING the BUTT OF HIS GUN down on some GLASSWARE on the counter, then TWISTS BACK, returning a BURST OF GUNFIRE.
James Bond:「Come here. You shoot. I'll cook.」
narrator:She thinks he's nuts, but squeezes next to him. Handing her the gun:
James Bond:「Aim that way.」
narrator:Sidney scowls - as Bond moves off-camera - when suddenly, BULLET HITS RIP UP THE DOOR FRAME. She jumps, TERRIFIED.
 Bond looks at her from the PHOTO-COPYING MACHINE, where he is YANKING OUT the TONER CARTRIDGE. He offers a simple piece of advice:
James Bond:「Shoot back!」


narrator:Sidney frowns... Turns... And as she LETS THE GUN RIP, we cut to:
 INT. STAIRWELL - (ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING) -
 Stamper, running up steps with the guard. They exit into:
 A SHORT SERVICE HALLWAY - 71ST. FLOOR -
 They rush though it, bursting through a door into:
 THE ELEVATOR BANK HALLWAY -
 Stamper and the Guard start hunting Bond.
 RETURN ON SIDNEY (HALLWAY/KITCHEN) -
 As she continues to exchange fire with the guards...
 BOND, (having broken the toner cartridge open,) is DUMPING THE TONER in a coffee can. He reaches for a BOX of sugar
James Bond:「One second -」
narrator:And (with GUNFIRE SFX over,) Bond sweeps the BROKEN DISH into the can, and drops his Q LIGHTER in the mix.
 He moves to Sidney, in the doorway. Kneels. In-between shots:
James Bond:「How did you get into marine salvage?」
SIDNEY:「gun burst, then) My father left me the business.」
narrator:Bond glances at his watch, timing the bomb. The guards shoot; she shoots back, then explains:
SIDNEY:「I used to be a divorce lawyer in New York City.」


narrator:Bond nods, continuing to look at his watch. Glances at her:
James Bond:「Not a lot of difference.」
SIDNEY:「What do you mean?」
narrator:Bond reaches forward to toss the coffee can -
James Bond:「Either way, you're taking the goods from dead hulks.」
narrator:He tosses the can, and PULLS HER BACKWARDS, covering her.
 NEW ANGLE - THE HALLWAY -
 The GUARDS spring from the door, rushing forward to storm Bond's position - just as the COFFEE CAN rolls towards them, and EXPLODES.
 RETURN ON BOND AND SIDNEY IN THE KITCHEN -
James Bond:「Let's go -」
narrator:Taking the gun, the two of them start for the door when -
 NEW ANGLE - OPPOSITE END OF THE HALLWAY - CORNER -
 Stamper and the GUARD have arrived at the corner, BLASTING.
 RETURN ON BOND AND SIDNEY IN THE KITCHEN -
James Bond:「Damn!」


narrator:Swiftly, Bond grabs a JUG of CLEANER from under the sink, moves to the door, and ROLLS IT DOWN THE HALL in Stamper's direction.
 STAMPER AND THE GUARD - (HALLWAY CORNER) -
 Anticipate a bomb. They move back.
 BOND AND SIDNEY (INT. KITCHEN) -
SIDNEY:「What the hell does that do?」
James Bond:「Cleans dirt. Let's go.」
narrator:INT. HALLWAY -
 Bond and Sidney BREAK for the STAIRCASE DOOR. (Where the first Guards were shooting at them from.) TWISTING AROUND, Bond lets a BURST go in Stamper's direction, as he stoops to scoop up one of the dead guards' MAC-l0's.
 INSERT - BOND'S BULLETS RIP UP THE JUG OF CLEANER.
 BOND AND SIDNEY ESCAPE FROM THE HALLWAY -
 STAMPER -
 Cowers, waiting for the jug to blow up... Then realizes:
STAMPER:「It's a trick! After him. (into his radio, on the run) They're in the south stairwell!」
narrator:HARMSWAY, IN THE SECURITY CENTER -
HARMSWAY:「Get more men up there!」
narrator:INT. STAIRWELL - LANDING -


SIDNEY:「Down?」
narrator:Bond leans over the railing. Sees GUARDS coming UP. SHOOTS.
James Bond:「Up.」
narrator:They go up about three stairs, and Sidney sees GUARDS descending.
SIDNEY:「Down?」
James Bond:「shoots, then) Up.」
narrator:Bond and Sidney bound up the stairs through a METAL DOOR, just as -
 INT. HALLWAY -
 Stamper and the Guard bound down the hallway, heading for the door.
 INT. SECURITY CENTER -
 Harmsway smiles, watching Bond on a monitor:
HARMSWAY:「And so much for that. (into radio) They're on the 72nd floor set-back. (explains to the guards) Nowhere to go.」
narrator:EXT. 72ND FLOOR - TERRACE SETBACK - TWILIGHT -
 It's magic hour as Bond and Sidney rush out onto the setback. Bond sees a WINDOW WASHER'S RIG. And although Sidney asks -
SIDNEY:「Now what?」


narrator:Bond's first concern is to make sure Stamper can't get them. Amidst a pile of CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT, he spots a PNEUMATIC NAIL GUN. He grabs it, and -
 BANG. BANG. BANG. He fires 3 NAILS through the door into the frame.
James Bond:「That should buy us some time.」
narrator:Now, Bond moves to the WINDOW WASHER'S RIG - a two-man bucket-like scaffold ON TRACKS, with TWO LEATHER SAFETY HARNESSES inside, and a LARGE CABLE SPOOL/MOTOR that stays on the roof.
 Approaching it, Bond looks over the side:
 BOND'S POV - LOOKING DOWN FROM 72ND FLOOR -
 Twenty stories below is the sky bridge. 50 stories below that, the ground. It's a long, long, way down.
 RETURN ON BOND - AT THE WINDOW WASHER'S RIG - TERRACE SET-BACK -
James Bond:「Help me move this.」
narrator:INT. STAIRWELL -
 Darting up the few steps, Stamper and Guards arrive at the door. He tries to open it. Won't budge.
 GUARD I'll call for a battering ram -
STAMPER:「No. Get the fire ax.」


narrator:One of the guards grabs it from inside a FIRE CABINET. He hands the AX to Stamper, who takes the first SWING AT THE DOOR.
 RETURN ON BOND - TERRACE SET-BACK - EXT. 72ND FLOOR - TWILIGHT -
 Bond is positioning the window washer rig. He explains:
James Bond:「We'll go down close to the sky bridge. We may be able to swing over and use it for cover.」
narrator:As Bond climbs into the bucket, Sidney peers over the side.
SIDNEY:「No way. I sail. I do not fly.」
narrator:BANG! Behind them, Stamper's AX HAS JUST PENETRATED THE DOOR.
James Bond:「Sometimes, you just have to take the plunge.」


narrator:Bond yanks her in, flips switches on the control pod, and starts down, as fast as they can go.
 EXT. HARMSWAY TOWERS - AERIAL -
 Bond and Sidney descend. Tiny specs against the sunset.
 INT. STAIRCASE -
 Stamper gives the last few chops to the door. He kicks it open.
 EXT. TERRACE SET-BACK - 72ND FLOOR -
 Stamper and the guards rush to the ledge.
 BOND AND SIDNEY - DESCENDING ON THE RIG - 60TH FLOOR -
 Bond, looking up - for Stamper - and down - to check their progress.
SIDNEY:「All I know is one thing: If we get out of here alive, that gold is mine. (beat) I've earned it.」
narrator:Looking upward, Bond SEES STAMPER peering over the rail. BOND FIRES.
James Bond:「One thing at a time.」


narrator:EXT. TERRACE SET-BACK - TWILIGHT -
 Stamper jumps back from the ledge, enraged. Ax in hand, he moves to the WINDOW WASHING RIG'S MACHINERY -
 And takes a roundhouse swing at the UNSPOOLING CABLE - but instead of cutting it, the ax BOUNCES OFF, and the RIG SLIDES ON ITS TRACKS.
 THE RIG - (STILL DESCENDING) -
 Swings! Sidney SCREAMS - almost falling out. Bond grabs her. They are now 5 STORIES DIRECTLY ABOVE THE SKY BRIDGE, swaying like a giant pendulum - although still descending.
 RETURN ON STAMPER - TERRACE SET-BACK - 72ND FLOOR - TWILIGHT -
 Having failed at the cable, Stamper goes at the PULLEY feeding it. He swings. Swings again. With each blow, the pulley shaft weakens.
 BOND AND SIDNEY - (WINDOW WASHER'S RIG) -
 Dropping in VIOLENT SPURTS - just trying to stay in the damn bucket.
 STAMPER - WIELDING THE AX -
 Finally, the pulley shaft SHATTERS. THE CABLE GRINDS TO A HALT.
 BOND AND SIDNEY -
 are stopped about 20 feet above the sky bridge.
SIDNEY:「panicked, anxious, fast) What now? And don't give me some movie cliché like 'trust me.'」
James Bond:「what the hell) Trust me.」


narrator:And with this, he turns, and SHOOTS OUT the adjacent WINDOW.
James Bond:「Let's go -」
narrator:But as he starts to climb out - SIDNEY SCREAMS! THE CABLE SUDDENLY DROPS THEM 10 FEET LOWER, BELOW THE WINDOW.
 THE TERRACE SET-BACK -
 Stamper whacks away at the side of the cable drum. It's coming loose from its moorings.
 BOND AND SIDNEY -
 look down at the curved glass top of the sky bridge - facing what (she thinks) is certain death:
SIDNEY:「We're going to bounce off that thing!」
narrator:Bond looks up - assuming they have only seconds left before Stamper cuts the cable. HE GRABS HER:
James Bond:「Hold on!」


narrator:TERRACE SET-BACK - 72ND FLOOR - TWILIGHT -
 Stamper takes a final swing at the cable drum. With a GREAT CLAT- TERING SOUND it SNAPS FREE OF THE MOORINGS, smashes into the wall, and the whole mechanism CAREENS OVER THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
 THE WINDOW WASHER'S RIG -
 Bond and Sidney feel the cable give way. They start to free-fall.
 BOND - FIRES HIS MACHINE PISTOL at the glass top of the sky bridge.
 THE BULLETS SHATTER THE GLASS -
 BOND AND SIDNEY CRASH THROUGH, INTO -
 INT. 50TH FLOOR SKY BRIDGE -
 Landing on the deck of the bridge. Bond rolls to his feet as -
 Fifty stories of cable from above is falling onto the deck. Bond yanks Sidney to the side of the building, just as THE CABLE DRUM, PULLEY, AND THE REST OF THE MECHANICS CRASH ON THE WALK-WAY.
 ND FLOOR TERRACE SET-BACK -
 Looking down, Stamper flips open his radio.
STAMPER:「over radio) They're on the bridge. Seal off the 50th floor!」
narrator:INT. SECURITY CENTER -
HARMSWAY:「looking at the monitors) I should have hired this man. (to his guards) Get somebody up there!」
narrator:INT. SKY BRIDGE - TWILIGHT -
 Bond is moving to the window washer rig debris.
SIDNEY:「What about the elevators?」
narrator:He steps to the side of the bridge, and looks at the railings: Four inch pipe. Bond begins to work feverishly:
James Bond:「We tried that already. Remember?」


narrator:Bond picks up the cable and the leather harnesses.
SIDNEY:「You know, this is as much your fault as it is mine.」
narrator:Bond is slipping the cable around the railing pipe. One loop.
James Bond:「Sidney, we don't have time for this -」
narrator:He pulls on the loop to test it. Good enough. Makes a second loop.
SIDNEY:「Sure! Just when I want to talk - (beat) Not that I would have believed you -」
narrator:Bond tests the second loop. He's satisfied. Turns to her:
James Bond:「Put your back to the railing. Sit up on it.」
SIDNEY:「doing it) Are you listening to me?」
James Bond:「Put your arms around my neck. Lock your legs around my waist.」
SIDNEY:「We have time for that?」
narrator:Just then, GUARDS APPEAR OUT OF FAR ELEVATOR DOOR. Running, THEY SHOOT. BOND FIRES A BURST BACK as - A NEW ROUND OF BULLET HITS BEGINS TO RAIN DOWN ON THEM FROM ABOVE.
 BOND LOOKS UP: Stamper has commandeered a second window washer's rig, and is descending, FIRING AT THEM.
 Bond looks at Sidney -
James Bond:「Sometimes you just have to -」


SIDNEY:「Don't say it.」
narrator:She locks her arms and legs around him, he snaps the leather harness around her waist, and they roll over the railing Amidst gunfire.
 EXT. HARMSWAY TOWERS - TWILIGHT
 Bond and Sidney fall from the bridge - 50 stories up.
 They go down,
 And down,
 And down -
 RETURN ON THE RAILING - (INT. SKY BRIDGE) -
 The cable looped around the railing is slowing their descent; the PAINT ON THE RAILING IS BURNING OFF, and the STEEL itself is STARTING TO SMOKE from the friction.
 BOND AND SIDNEY - DROPPING -
 Dropping -
 And Dropping.
 Looking to the ground, Bond sees the PRESS ROOM OBSERVATION BALCONY coming up fast from below. It looks like they're going to get splattered on the tile floor, when -
 RETURN ON THE RAILING - SKY BRIDGE -
 The cable comes to the end of its run! It DRAGS THE SPOOL, THE BUCKET, and all the other MECHANICS to the side of the bridge, SMASHING AGAINST THE WALL, JAMMING AGAINST THE RAILING.
 EXT. THE PRESS ROOM OBSERVATION BALCONY - TWILIGHT -
 Bond and Sidney jerk to a halt. They're swinging about five feet from the balcony. There's a pause...
SIDNEY:「Is this - like - a normal day for you?」
James Bond:「It's a lousy job, but - (reaching for the balcony) The only reason I stay is for the health benefits.」


narrator:Bond PULLS THEM OVER TO THE BALCONY.
 INT. SKY BRIDGE - TWILIGHT -
 Stamper lands on bridge. He unbuckles his harness, runs to railing, looks down and sees SIDNEY AND BOND climbing out onto the balcony, going for the PRESS ROOM DOOR.
STAMPER:「into his radio) They're heading for the press room. Stop them!」


narrator:INT. PRESS ROOM -
 Bond and Sidney enter at the top of the metal stairs Bond came down earlier to meet Harmsway.
 The Presses are running full blast; the noise is deafening.
 At the "start" end of the presses - where the paper is fed in - Bond sees a GIANT ROLL OF NEWSPRINT on a CRANE, about to be loaded.
 Directly beyond this is the door to the elevator/wash-up room where Bond and Harmsway exited earlier. -
 Coming out of that DOOR, Bond sees THREE GUARDS in Harmsway Blazers carrying guns.
 BOND shoots the HOOK on the CRANE CARRYING THE NEWSPRINT ROLL.
 It CRASHES TO THE GROUND, rolling backwards on the guards. As they start scrambling around it -
 Bond and Sidney race down the stairs, turning in the opposite direc- tion (toward the finishing end of the press, near the garage...)
 They encounter a GORILLA-SIZED PRESSMAN, with an oversized crowbar.
 Bond and the Pressman square off. Bond tries to get around him. The man lifts his crowbar to smash Bond with it. Bond tries to block the descending crowbar with his gun - but the crowbar snaps it in half.
 Bond and the Pressman engage in a short, furious fight - throwing each other against the side of the press...
 Which ends when Bond finally gets the upper hand for a second, and pushes the man back, into a pile of INK DRUMS. Momentarily stunned, Bond forces the man's head into an OPEN INK DRUM -
 And as he comes up, COVERED WITH INK, gasping for air, Sidney bops him on the head with the crowbar.
 Now, Bond and Sidney take off, toward the garage/exit -
 But one of the Guards (from the crashing roll of newsprint) darts out from between the banks of the printing press, tripping Bond.
 Bond stumbles, face down - then spins over, kicking up at the Guard as he comes to finish Bond off.
 The Guard stumbles backward -
 Crashing against a NEWSPAPER BALING MACHINE. (A large machine that wraps steel or plastic bands around bundles of papers for delivery.)
 Rushing the man, Bond struggles with him - and manages to FLIP the BALING SWITCH - literally tying the man up. The only problem is that as Bond turns -
 The LAST GUARD has Sidney in a choke-hold; he's aiming a gun at Bond. Seemingly at once, (1) Sidney bites the Guard's forearm, (2) Bond ducks, (3) the Guard shoots wildly, (4) the gun drops, and (5) -
 Bond rushes the man, KNOCKING HIM BACKWARDS INTO THE PRINTING PRESS, pulling Sidney away at the last moment.
 The Guard is sucked up in the press rollers, and...
 The pages running through the newsprint web suddenly turn BRIGHT RED.
James Bond:「He was bad news.」


narrator:Spotting more Guards coming down the far staircase, Bond grabs Sidney and the gun, and runs to the NEWSPAPER DELIVERY CHUTE.
James Bond:「Down there!」
narrator:They jump into it, sliding down, and around an ALUMINUM CHUTE into:
 INT. GARAGE - HARMSWAY TOWERS.
 Bond and Sidney come out near a TROLLEY stacked with newspapers.
 Hearts pounding - having left the pressroom's deafening noise - they're ready for almost anything, except what they HEAR:
 The SOUND OF ONE MAN APPLAUDING. A polite, almost bored clapping.
HARMSWAY:「O.S.) Vert, very, good Mr. Bond. Outstanding performance.」
narrator:Harmsway is standing with TEN GUARDS, shoulder to shoulder, in a straight line, all HOLDING WEAPONS on Sidney and Bond.
HARMSWAY:「continuing) I'm the certain the British taxpayers would be impressed by your efforts. Don't you agree?」
James Bond:「I think they'd rather know who stole their gold.」
narrator:Harmsway can't help his ego:


HARMSWAY:「chuckles) Why, I did, of course. It's on the Sea Dolphin II, twenty miles outside of Hong Kong... Not that it will do either of you any good to know. (beat) Now both of you: Stand up. And toss the gun out, Mr. Bond.」
narrator:Bond SLIDES THE GUN several feet in front of him... And THROWS A LOOK TO HIS CAR, noting THE GUARDS ARE LINED UP DIRECTLY IN ITS PATH. Bond begins to scheme.
SIDNEY:「Uncle Elliot: How could you do this to me?」
narrator:Bond sneaks his hand in his pocket.
HARMSWAY:「Oh, please, Sidney. There's a hundred billion dollars at stake. (beat) Besides, I never really liked your father that much. He cheated at cards.」
narrator:Bond has removed the CAR REMOTE CONTROL. He palms it.
James Bond:「Are your guards really going to kill a helpless girl?」
HARMSWAY:「My guards are from South Africa, Mr. Bond. This is their chance to get even with the formerly 'Great' Britain. (beat) Now both of you. Put your hands on your heads, and step forward.」


narrator:Holding the remote control, Bond puts his hands on his head. He's manipulating the control into the right position to use it.
James Bond:「trying to buy time) What did you do, Harmsway? Make some deal with the Chinese government for the gold?.. Was the radioactive uranium I found in Venice part of it?」
narrator:He finally has the remote control in the right position.
HARMSWAY:「Questions, questions, Mr. Bond... Which I'm afraid I've neither the time, nor the inclination to answer. (to the guards) Take them out to the jungle and -」
narrator:Suddenly, BOND'S CAR ENGINE STARTS WITH A ROAR. The GUARDS TURN, in shock TOWARDS THE CAR, as:
 BOND retrieves the gun he slid out, and pulls Sidney behind the newspaper trolley, while -
 THE CAR BEGINS TO MOVE, sending the guards scrambling.
 BOND takes his position with Sidney.
James Bond:「I forgot to mention: The job comes with a car.」
narrator:begins shooting, as -
HARMSWAY:「Kill it! Shoot the damn thing -」


narrator:THE GUARDS START BLASTING THE EMPTY MOVING CAR. They manage to shoot out the headlights, while -
 BOND is having trouble coordinating driving and shooting at the same time. As bullets rip up the newspapers in front of them -
James Bond:「Here. You shoot. I'll drive.」
SIDNEY:「You know, that's another reason you're probably not in a successful relationship.」
James Bond:「Another reason??? Did I miss something???」
SIDNEY:「taking the gun) You insist on calling all the shots. (beat) And by the way: I am not a helpless girl.」
narrator:Bond eyes her for one split second. Points at the guards:
James Bond:「Aim that way.」
narrator:Sidney starts to shoot as -
 THE GUARDS continue to blast away at the car... But:
 THE WINDOWS DON'T SHATTER.
 THE ARMOR-PLATED SIDE-PANELS ONLY DENT WITH BULLET HITS...
 THE TIRES DON'T GO FLAT.
 There's chaos; a cacophony of voices and wild gunfire as BOND STEERS THE CAR TO THEIR POSITION, where the door opens automatically.
James Bond:「Ready? Now!」


narrator:The two of them make a break for the car, DIVING INSIDE.
 INT. BOND'S CAR - MOVING - GARAGE -
 Bond guns the engine, slams the transmission into gear. Burning rubber, GUARDS bounce off the front fenders.
 THE GUARDS -
 Continue to shoot at the car.
 OTHER GUARDS -
 Run for the HUM-VEES. Hop in and chase.
 INT. BOND'S CAR - (MOVING) -
 Bond flips open a hidden control panel. Flips a switch.
 EXT. BACK OF BOND'S CAR - (MOVING) -
 The TAIL-LIGHTS DROP DOWN and MACHINE GUNS start to fire.
 INT. BOND'S CAR - (MOVING) -
 Bond glances at the REARVIEW MIRROR. Sees the HUM-VEES. Presses another switch -
 CLOSE ON BOND'S EXHAUST PIPE -
 Whoosh! A MISSILE blasts out, trailing smoke as it hones in on -
 THE FIRST HUM-VEE.
 BOOM! It's decimated.
 ANGLE ON HARMSWAY - ON HIS RADIO -
HARMSWAY:「Seal the garage! Cut the power! He's got no headlamps!」
narrator:INT. GARAGE - FIRST TURN -
 As the car screeches around a corner, the overhead lights go out.
 INT. BOND'S CAR -
 Bond flips down the visor: A THERMAL IMAGING DISPLAY drops down.
 INSERT "HEADS UP" IMAGING DISPLAY -
 It looks just like the jet fighter videos from the Gulf War.
 INT. GARAGE - SECOND TURN - UP RAMP -
 Bond's car roars around a second turn, with sparks flying as it scrapes the walls. AHEAD, a MASSIVE ONE-PIECE DOOR is FOLDING DOWN FROM THE CEILING. A city street beyond.
 INT. BOND'S CAR - MOVING -
SIDNEY:「We're not going to make it!」
narrator:Bond flips down a control panel from the RADIO. A DIGITAL DISPLAY begins to run through a set of numbers. Bond explains:
James Bond:「If it's radio controlled, it'll break the code.」


SIDNEY:「If not?」
James Bond:「pointing to a button) We blast through.」
narrator:THE CAR APPROACHES THE CLOSING DOOR AT HIGH SPEED -
 BOND SEES THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT. HE PUNCHES THE MISSILE BUTTON.
 TWO MISSILES ROAR OUT FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR -
 THEY EXPLODE AGAINST THE CLOSING DOOR - TO NO EFFECT.
 BOND'S CAR GETS CLOSER AND CLOSER -
 SIDNEY SCREAMS! BOND BRACES, AND -
 BOOM! CRASH! SILENCE. BLACK. After a moment, we HEAR THE SOUND OF FOOTSTEPS ON CEMENT.
 INT. GARAGE -
 The lights come on. The car is a twisted wreck, smashed against the wall. Bond and Sidney are slumped forward, unconscious.
 Harmsway KNOCKS TWICE ON THE GARAGE DOOR, to demonstrate:
HARMSWAY:「Built to withstand a nuclear blast. (to Stamper, checking Bond's pulse) Are they alive?」
STAMPER:「Yes. Shall we kill them?」
HARMSWAY:「No. I have a better idea. In fact, Mr. Bond may have actually improved my original plan. (beat) Bring them both to Hong Kong. And Make sure he has nothing else up his sleeve.」


narrator:DISSOLVE TO:
 EXT. ABERDEEN HARBOR - HONG KONG - MORNING -
 It is early morning in this strange harbor - a place where floating restaurant rise out of the fog; where an old Chinese man wearing an LA Laker's jersey practices tai-chi on the bow of an ancient junk; where sampans cut through the chop filled with ducks, computer boxes and women dressed in Chanel 1996, and Beijing 1256... While the captains of these small water-taxis chatter away on cell-phones.
 At the end of the harbor, dominating this scene, the CAMERA FINDS:
 THE FIVE SMOKESTACKS OF THE ABERDEEN HARBOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT.
 Panning down this massive dockside facility, the image changes to:
 THE SAME SCENE ON A 5" PORTABLE VIDEO MONITOR -
 With one important difference: There's an HNN logo in lower corner.
 ASIAN MALE NEWS REPORTER (VO) As part of our continuing report on terrorism, we're outside Hong Kong's Aberdeen Harbor nuclear power plant...
 NEW ANGLE (EXT. POWER PLANT, FRONT ENTRANCE, WATERSIDE) -
 Two VIDEO CAMERAMEN are shooting an ASIAN HNN REPORTER interviewing a middle-aged CHINESE MAN. We don't see the reporter's face; from the "over the shoulder" news angle, he's WEARING A HAT.
 There's also HNN BELL JETRANGER HELICOPTER on the ground, and a seemingly empty HNN BOAT moored to a nearby pier.)
 ASIAN MALE NEWS REPORTER - Interviewing Mr. David Chin, senior engineer in charge of security. (beat) Tell me, Mr. Chin: How safe is this plant from a terrorist attack?
 He holds out a MICROPHONE to Chin.
 CHIN Totally secure. Without codes, you'd need a missile to blast through the front door; you normally can't even get this close (to the plant) without a full security clearance.
 ASIAN MALE NEWS REPORTER ...Could you say that a little closer to the microphone?
 He pushes the microphone closer to Chin's face:
 CHIN Of course. You'd need -
 Suddenly, A PUFF OF WHITE SMOKE EMERGES FROM THE MICROPHONE... And CHIN COLLAPSES. The HNN reporter TAKES OFF HIS HAT: IT'S YUNG.
YUNG:「to the guards) Now!」
narrator:At once, the two cameramen turn: One AIMS his shoulder-mounted video camera at a SURVEILLANCE CAMERA; the other aims at the FRONT DOOR.
 BOOM! ROCKETS shoot out from their lenses, destroying both.
YUNG:「Let's go!」
narrator:As Yung and the cameramen rush forward -
 ANGLE ON THE HNN BOAT -
 Harmsway emerges from the boat accompanied by two men carrying a box of equipment. He calls back to TWO MEN who have appeared on deck:
HARMSWAY:「Get the machine in the water!」


narrator:They begin using a hoist to lift one of the "worms" from a hold. (This one looks like an open-mouthed torpedo, with an antenna on top, and no flexible tubing attached.)
 INT. HALLWAY/RECEPTION - POWER PLANT -
 Yung and the cameramen turn a corner to the reception/security area:
 POWER PLANT GUARD What happened out there?
YUNG:「A generator blew. Nothing to worry about. (beat) But I need one last shot of you. Why don't you stand by the alarm?」
narrator:POWER PLANT GUARD No problem.
 The guard stands, and smiles, posing for the video camera... And Yung pulls a pistol from his pocket and shoots him.
YUNG:「to the cameramen) Up the stairs!」
narrator:They follow Yung up a set of stairs leading to the reactor control room. Meanwhile, back at the HNN boat:
 INT. CABIN - HNN BOAT
 Bond is at the porthole, wearing only shorts, trying to figure a way out. He hears the door click open, and -
 A Guard enters carrying a pile of Bond's clothing with his shoes on top. Stamper is behind him, holding a gun on Sidney.
STAMPER:「Put on your clothes. (to the guard) Cuff him.」
narrator:The guard cuffs Bond's hands (in the front,) and we cut back to:
 INT. POWER PLANT CONTROL ROOM -
 Yung and the Cameramen sweep into the control room: Lots of con- soles, with a window overlooking the REACTOR CORE, and its surrounding blue COOLING POOL.
YUNG:「to the half-dozen engineers) I'm sorry to interrupt again. But we need one more picture for the story.」
narrator:The engineers ad-lib replies: "Sure." "Okay." Yung smiles:
YUNG:「Why don't you line up against the wall? Let's make it a group shot.」
narrator:The engineers line up against a wall. The cameramen take positions for a massacre. And at the first sound of gunfire, we cut to:
 EXT. ENTRANCEWAY -
 Stamper is marching Bond and Sidney through the door in handcuffs.
James Bond:「Sleep well?」


SIDNEY:「Next time, I do the driving.」
narrator:Bond gives her a look.
 RETURN ON THE CONTROL ROOM -
 Harmsway and Yung are locking down at the VIDEO SCREEN of a portable version of the "worm" controller we saw on the SEA DOLPHIN II.
YUNG:「The drill is in the water; approaching the intake tunnel.」
HARMSWAY:「Excellent.」
narrator:Harmsway looks up, hearing:
James Bond:「I see you're in your natural element, Harmsway: A room filled with lethal power... (beat) ...With a toxic core at its center.」
narrator:Harmsway smiles at Bond and Sidney, who have entered (handcuffed, at gun point,) with Stamper and a guard. Harmsway is charming as ever:
HARMSWAY:「Do come in Mr. Bond, Sidney... You're just in time for a nuclear meltdown!」
narrator:Coming closer, Sidney struggles against her cuffs, swinging at him -
SIDNEY:「You bastard -」
narrator:Stamper restrains her, while Bond scans the room for an advantage. He sees a MACHINE PISTOL on the console.
HARMSWAY:「Please, Sidney. I'd like to remember you fondly.」


YUNG:「calling from the console) Approaching the first gate.」
HARMSWAY:「Start the grinders.」
narrator:UNDERWATER - POWER PLANT INTAKE TUNNEL -
 The "worm" is nearing an iron sluice gate; the eye closes, the grinders rev, and it starts to eat through the bars.
 RETURN ON CONTROL ROOM -
James Bond:「So that's what the weapons grade uranium was for.」
HARMSWAY:「Precisely, Mr. Bond. In a matter of minutes, the boring device will arrive at the core of the reactor... (beat) And when the radioactive blades cut into the plutonium -」
James Bond:「Instant melt-down.」
HARMSWAY:「Chernobyl will look like a campfire.」
narrator:Young calls out again, with a hint of urgency. Bond decides to try rattling Harmsway - so he can move Closer to the gun, unnoticed.
YUNG:「We're through the first gate. Approaching the second -」
James Bond:「demanding) Why, Harmsway? Wasn't stealing the gold enough?」


HARMSWAY:「to Yung) Bore through. (to Bond, chuckling) ...They used to say living well was the best revenge, Mr. Bond. (beat) They're wrong. (beat) Revenge is the best revenge.」
YUNG:「Entering the main tunnel - ten minutes to target -」
James Bond:「fiercely) What could you possibly have to be vengeful for, Harmsway? Still trying to prove yourself to daddy?」
narrator:This infuriates Harmsway. Bond moves closer to the gun.
HARMSWAY:「Hong Kong, Mr. Bond!」
YUNG:「You have to leave -」
HARMSWAY:「enraged, ignoring Yung) A hundred and fifty years ago, my ancestors took this island - a barren, lifeless rock - and turned it into the greatest city known to modern civilization. (beat) And now that I'm being forced to give it back, I intend to return it in exactly the same condition: A barren, lifeless rock. (beat) The gold is merely reparations - payment from the spineless British government who wouldn't listen.」
James Bond:「to Sidney, glancing at the gun) ... I think Uncle Elliot is having his own melt-down.」
YUNG:「Approaching the third gate -」


HARMSWAY:「Smash through it! (then) Laugh all you'd like, Mr. Bond - but you fit perfectly in to my plans. (he reaches for a newspaper) Here. This just in. Newsflash. Read all about it.」
narrator:He thrusts an issue of TOMORROW at Bond, holding the top half out as Bond reads THE HEADLINES, sourly:
James Bond:「Hong Kong destroyed by nuclear meltdown... British agent found in reactor suspected of sabotage; Harmsway calls for British government to resign.」
narrator:Harmsway smiles at Bond:
HARMSWAY:「As the advertising says: Tomorrow never lies.」
James Bond:「What about the gold?」
YUNG:「You must go. Now. Otherwise the boat won't be out of range -」
narrator:Stamper and the guard appear nervous, itching to leave -
HARMSWAY:「Thirty seconds. (then, to Bond) That's the most brilliant part of the plan, Mr. Bond: To save the economy, I'll let the new British government - my British government - announce that the gold was irradiated in Hong Kong - where no one will be able to touch it for a hundred years. (beat) And just by coincidence:」
narrator:He turns the paper over and reads/reveals a smaller headline:


HARMSWAY:「Gold mine opens in Vietnam. (turns to Stamper) Let's go. Put them in the airlock.」
narrator:Stamper moves towards Bond and Sidney. Bond edges closer to the gun.
James Bond:「You'll never get away with it, Harmsway. Too many people know.」
narrator:Bond tenses, ready to spring -
HARMSWAY:「Who, Mr. Bond? The kooks - the crazies - the conspiracy theorists? The Oliver Stones of the world? (pausing, then, with great scorn:) I'll publish their books, I'll make their movies, I'll put them on my TV shows! (beat) They're my bellboys. They carry my luggage.」
narrator:Bond moves, but - the guard picks up the gun!!! Bond frowns.
HARMSWAY:「Now. Get them in the airlock.」
narrator:Fortunately, Bond has a back-up plan. As Stamper hustles them off -
James Bond:「One problem, Harmsway: The girl. And the handcuffs. They'll give it away.」
narrator:Harmsway considers this for a second. Sidney takes Bond's arm.
SIDNEY:「No. I want to stay with him.」


narrator:Bond looks at her. He's surprised: In the blink of an eye, he realizes he's developed feelings for her. He knows that if he could hold her, he'd kiss her, and whisper "You're a hell of a girl"...
 But at the same instant - throwing a glance at Yung - he knows he's running out of time against the worm, and is better off alone.
HARMSWAY:「breaking the moment, cynically) How sweet.」
SIDNEY:「satto, to Bond) My timing always was lousy.」
James Bond:「cold and hard) I'd rather die alone.」
HARMSWAY:「Take the girl. Leave the handcuffs. We'll drown her at sea.」
SIDNEY:「to Bond, sarcastically) Enjoy the rest of your life.」
narrator:As Stamper pushes Bond into the reactor room airlock, he hears:
HARMSWAY:「I'll meet you on the boat, south of Lantau Island.」
narrator:INT. AIRLOCK -
 The door closes. Bond looks out the small window at:
 HARMSWAY AND YUNG IN THE CONTROL ROOM -
YUNG:「Take the men. I can finish alone.」


HARMSWAY:「to the technicians and cameramen) You come with me - (to the guard who handcuffed Bond) You stay here.」
narrator:As they exit -
 INT. AIRLOCK -
 Bond has yanked his shoes off. He pulls out the PLASTIQUE EXPLOSIVE SHOELACES and opens the SECRET COMPARTMENT IN HIS HEEL, revealing a DETONATOR, and EAR PLUGS.
 Moving quickly, Bond BITES OFF a 2-inch piece of shoelace, and wraps it around the chain-link connecting his handcuffs, while...
 INT. CONTROL ROOM -
 Yung sits down at the worm control and explains to the guard:
YUNG:「We'll cut through the last gate, then set it on auto-pilot.」
narrator:He starts to maneuver the joystick, and -
 UNDERWATER - INTAKE TUNNEL -
 The worm turns a corner. We see -
 THE WORM'S POV - (INT. INTAKE TUNNEL MOVING) -
 feet ahead: An iron gate. Beyond it, the blue lights from the reactor cooling pool... And beyond that... THE REACTOR CORE, a shimmering silver target.
 Meanwhile, back outside, at -
 THE DOCK -
 Water sprays violently as the HNN boat thunders out of Aberdeen harbor with Harmsway at the helm. Junks and sampans are tossed in his wake, as
 INT. AIRLOCK -
 Bond finishes pressing the SHOELACES AROUND THE DOOR LOCK... Then TURNS UP HIS SHIRT COLLAR TO PULL OUT A WIRE that's been hidden inside.
 He connects it between the explosive on the handcuff chain and the detonator, then steals a glance out the window at:
 YUNG -
 still guiding the worm with the joy stick. His eyes are focused on:
 THE CONTROL PANEL (INCLUDING VIDEO SCREEN, SHOWING WORM'S POV) -
 Where Yung sees the gate looming ahead on the video screen. He presses a nearby button marked "START GRINDERS"... And the video goes black, replaced by the words "GRINDERS ENGAGED."
 UNDERWATER -(INTAKE TUNNEL) -
 The worm bares its lethal teeth; and revs up to speed. Meanwhile -
 BOND -
 Closes his eyes, presses the detonator, and -
 YUNG -
 HEARS a small BOOM from inside the airlock.
YUNG:「to the guard) Check it out. Be careful.」


narrator:「The guard picks up his machine pistol, starts to the door.
 INSIDE THE AIRLOCK -
 Bond (with his hands now free) is quickly rewiring the detonator to the plastique explosive around the door handle.
 YUNG MANEUVERS THE JOY-STICK, AS -
 UNDERWATER (INTAKE TUNNEL)
 The worm's teeth are beginning to cut into the steel bars.
 THE GUARD APPROACHES THE DOOR.
 BOND BRACES HIMSELF INSIDE THE AIRLOCK.
 THE GUARD PEERS INTO THE WINDOW -
 And suddenly... BOOM! The door blows open with a shattering blast!
 NEW ANGLE - THE CONTROL ROOM -
 The guard is blasted backward, dead. Bond rolls out, scrambling for the weapon. Yung slams his hand on a button marked "AUTO-PILOT." A caption appears on the video screen "TARGET LOCKED," and -
 As Bond grabs the gun, bringing it up to shoot, Yung dives on top of him. They struggle, and the gun skitters across the floor towards the window overlooking the blue cooling pool.
 Breaking free, Bond moves around a console for the gun. Yung takes a shortcut - leaping on, and then over the console, as -
 THE WORM (UNDERWATER - INTAKE TUNNEL) -
 Chews through the last of the iron bars, and glides through the hole toward THE SILVERY REACTOR CORE, 35 feet ahead.
 BOND AND YUNG -
 have squared off in a short, brutal MARTIAL ARTS battle.
 The fight takes place in the space between the consoles and the reactor core window; the gun, lies on the ground between them.)
 They trade punch after punch - and although Bond is holding his own, Yung is every bit his equal.
 Backing off, Bond spins into a crescent kick -
 But Yung catches Bond's foot, and shoves Bond backwards, crashing against a wall near a FIRE EXTINGUISHER.
 Meanwhile, all through this...
 THE WORM IS GETTING CLOSER TO THE CORE.
 RETURN ON BOND AND YUNG -
 As Yung reaches down for the gun, Bond grabs the fire extinguisher from the wall. He rushes Yung, blasting him with CO2.
 In the white smoke, Yung drops the gun... Then CHARGES at Bond, headbutting him, twisting, and turning 007... SMASHING BOND BACKWARDS AGAINST THE GLASS WINDOW.
 THE WINDOW SHATTERS. Bond is winded. And as he struggles to stop himself from falling backwards into the reactor room...
 Yung does a FLYING, FEET FIRST KICK to finish the job -
 But at the last second, BOND DUCKS, reaches up, and uses Yung's momentum to send him flying over Bond's head into -
 THE REACTOR ROOM.
 He sails through the air, heading for the cooling pool 20' below, as -
 THE WORM CLOSES IN ON THE SILVER REACTOR CORE.
 SCREAMING, YUNG HITS THE WATER FEET FIRST, AND -
 UNDERWATER (REACTOR CORE) -
 THE WORM BURROWS IN ON HIM.
 RETURN ON THE CONTROL ROOM -
 Bond races to hit the "EMERGENCY REACTOR SHUT DOWN" button. He pulls a FIRE ALARM, disconnects the worm, and sets off an "EMERGENCY DECONTAMINATION" system, spraying the room with a mist of water.
 Finally, Bond retrieves the gun, and pauses to look down at:
 THE REACTOR POOL (BOND'S POV) -
 There's a cloud of RED in the middle of the blue water.
 RETURN TO SCENE -
 Bond goes to the dead guard. Gets the key, removes his handcuff bracelets, then hoists the dead guard over his shoulder, and exits.
 EXT. HELICOPTER - (EXT. ABERDEEN HARBOR POWER PLANT) - DAY
 With the sound of fire engines approaching in the background, Bond straps the dead guard into the passenger seat, and takes off.
 EXT. THE SEA DOLPHIN II - (AERIAL - SOUTH CHINA SEA) - DAY
 The HNN boat has pulled alongside the Sea Dolphin II. The gang from the nuke plant is boarding the larger boat.
 Note: From the air, we should notice that the "gold hold" is now covered by a steel hatch, and the biggest worm is stored in the open, hanging from a steel boom.)
 THE DECK -
 Coming up the ladder first, Harmsway is greeted by the Captain.」


HARMSWAY:「Any news?」
narrator:THE CAPTAIN The call just went out on the Hong Kong police radio: Fire at the power plant.
HARMSWAY:「ironically) Alert the media!」
narrator:Stamper and Sidney have climbed onto the deck.
STAMPER:「What do you want me to do with her?」
SIDNEY:「Can't we make a deal? I won't say anything -」
HARMSWAY:「touching her cheek) You're so cute, my dear. (beat) But I'm afraid not. (to one of the cameramen) Put her in the storage room.」
narrator:The cameraman takes her away. Harmsway turns to the captain:
HARMSWAY:「We'll get rid of her when we're in International waters. (then) Set sail, full speed, due south. I'll be in my cabin. Let me know when Mr. Yung arrives. We'll break out the champagne.」
narrator:INT. LOWER PASSAGEWAY/STORAGE ROOM - SEA DOLPHIN II -
 Near the engine room (indicating we're near the bottom of the boat,) the cameraman opens a door to a small, cramped room with a bench, and SCUBA EQUIPMENT. He pushes Sidney inside.
 CAMERAMAN Don't get any ideas.
 Then locks the door on her.
 EXT. BOND'S HNN HELICOPTER - FLYING - DAY
 Several hundred feet in the air, the helicopter is heading for an island in the distance.
 INT. HELICOPTER - FLYING -
 Bond checks the compass, and adjusts his course. The COMPASS SWINGS DUE SOUTH.
 BOND'S POV -
 The helicopter clears the island: Bright blue sea ahead. Bond sees then passes over - the HNN boat, bobbing empty in the water...
 Then, further ahead, he spots the stern of Sea Dolphin II, shimmering in the instance.
 REAR DECK - SEA DOLPHIN II -
 Looking north, off the back of the boat Stamper and a crewman see the helicopter - a tiny speck in the air.
STAMPER:「There it is.」
narrator:Stamper lifts a pair of BINOCULARS for confirmation.
 STAMPER'S POV - THROUGH THE BINOCULARS -
 He sees two figures in the cockpit.
 RETURN TO SCENE -
 Stamper picks up his radio:
STAMPER:「It's him. They both made it.」
narrator:THE BRIDGE -
 The Captain replies:
 THE CAPTAIN I'll tell Sir Elliot.
 HARMSWAY'S CABIN -
 Harmsway is working at a computer. A chime sounds.
HARMSWAY:「Yes?」


narrator:CAPTAIN'S VOICE He's approaching from the north, sir.
 CREWMAN Fantastic. Invite the crew on deck to celebrate, and I'll be up in a few minutes.
 INT. HELICOPTER - FLYING - DAY -
 Bond is about two miles out from the stern of the Sea Dolphin II. Maybe 500' in the air.
 Taking the machine pistol from the dead guard's lap, he opens the small pilot's window, and balances it on his knees. Ahead, he sees:
 BOND'S POV - DECK - SEA DOLPHIN II -
 The crewmen are lining up on either side of the landing pad, near the ship's railings.
 RETURN ON BOND -
 Ready for war. He pushes the cyclic pitch lever forward, and the Bell Jetranger goes into a screaming descent.
 THE DECK/HELICOPTER LANDING PAD
 Champagne bottles pop. Stamper is with a crewman, who looks up at the chopper, about 1000' off the stern:
 CREWMAN He seems to be coming in awfully fast.
 Stamper picks up his binoculars.
 STAMPER'S POV - THROUGH THE BINOCULARS -
 He sees Bond.
 RETURN TO SCENE -
STAMPER:「Get the guns! It's not him! It's Bond!!!」
narrator:He might have also added "It's too late," as -
 NEW ANGLE - REAR DECK OF THE BOAT/HELICOPTER -
 Bond SWOOPS IN LOW on the port side of the boat, FIRING HIS GUN from the pilot's window, and using the CHOPPER'S BLADES to threaten the men on deck.
 About half of them DIVE INTO THE WATER FOR SAFETY, only to be quickly left behind.
 Flying up the port side toward the front of the boat, Bond passes -
 INT. HARMSWAY'S CABIN -
 The windows rattle as Bond's chopper thunders by. Perplexed, Harmsway stands, opens the porthole curtains. He cranes his neck, but sees nothing. He presses an intercom button:
HARMSWAY:「What the hell is going on?」


narrator:INT. BRIDGE -
 THE CAPTAIN (on a phone) I don't know sir -
 The helicopter suddenly appears in front of him. Shooting from the pilot's window, Bond shatters the glass windows -
 And the Captain slumps forward on the wheel, spinning it as he slides to the deck.
 INT. HARMSWAY'S CABIN -
 The boat pitches wildly; Harmsway looses his balance, crashing into a wall.
 INT. STORAGE CABIN -
 Sidney is thrown from her bench, slamming against scuba tanks.
 EXT. MID-SHIP - DECK -
 Stamper bounces himself, handing out AUTOMATIC WEAPONS from an arms cache hidden inside a DINGHY.
 The two cameramen take their M-16's and rush forward, jumping up on some machinery to climb onto -
 THE ROOF OF THE BRIDGE -
 They rush forward, and assume positions shooting at Bond.
 ANGLE ON THE HELICOPTER -
 Taking hits. Bond pivots and turns the chopper, heading straight for them.
 BOND'S POV - (INT. HELICOPTER) -
 The men turn, and start to run as the chopper chases them -
 CLOSE ON THE CHOPPER'S LANDING SKIDS -
 BOND HOOKS BOTH OF THEM WITH THE SKIDS, BY THE BACK OF THEIR UNTUCKED SHIRTS!!!!
 The man are flailing like crazy as -
 BOND PULLS BACK ON THE CYCLIC PITCH LEVER -
 THE HELICOPTER REARS BACKWARDS, AND UP -
 And the men burst through their shirt buttons, FALLING, SHIRTLESS, into the sea.
 INT. HELICOPTER -
 Bond pushes the cyclic sideways to bank down, and in, on the boat. But he doesn't see -
 WIDE - (BOAT/HELICOPTER)
 A SMALL ROCKET STREAKING UPWARD from the boat. Stamper is holding a shoulder mounted launcher.
 THE HELICOPTER -
 BOOM! It hits the engine.
 INT. HELICOPTER -
 The gauges go crazy; the alarms go berserk. The entire cockpit is chattering as Bond struggles to remain in control.
 EXT. LADDER LEADING TO THE BRIDGE -
 HARMSWAY is trying to make his way up the ladder as the boat continues to veer out of control. He pauses to look up at:
 THE HELICOPTER, GYRATING WILDLY -
 INT. HELICOPTER -
 Bond forces the cyclic forward. The helicopter pitches forward -
 BOND'S POV - (INT. HELICOPTER)
 He's heading straight for the hatch covering the gold hold. Whoever is left alive is diving off the ship to get out of the way.
 INT. BRIDGE -
 Struggling with the wheel, Harmsway picks up the radio:
HARMSWAY:「What the hell is going on?」
STAMPER:「O. S. ) It's Bond!」
HARMSWAY:「Kill him! Finish it!」


narrator:ANGLE ON STAMPER (EXT. MID-SHIP) -
 With the worm dangling from a boom in the background, he watches:
 EXT. HELICOPTER/SHIP
 With the chopper about 15 feet above the gold hold - just barely under control - Bond opens the door.
 He leaps out onto the hatch, and rolls off, disappearing as -
 THE CHOPPER CRASHES onto the gold hold, in a GIANT BALL OF FLAME and twisted metal.
 INT. STORAGE COMPARTMENT -
 Sidney looks up, hearing and feeling the explosion.
 INT. BRIDGE -
 Harmsway regains control of the boat; he TAKES A GUN from the dead captain, and pushes the body out.
 EXT. PASSAGEWAY -
 With FLAMING DEBRIS still falling around him, Bond is stealthily moving down a passageway toward the front of the ship.
 Bond has two goals in mind at this point: First, to neutralize any threats, and second, to save Sidney if she's still alive.)
 Arriving at a BULKHEAD DOOR, Bond checks both directions down the passageway, then pokes his head inside -
 And is SUDDENLY YANKED BACKWARDS, OUT INTO THE PASSAGEWAY, thrown against a railing.
 Bond looks up:
 STAMPER stands with a smile on his face. One arm is raised above his head, grasping the WORM on the swinging boom. The worm is attached to the boom by a thin metal cable.
STAMPER:「You're mine now.」
narrator:Bond rushes at Stamper, slamming into him. The man doesn't flinch. With his free hand, he grabs Bond by his shirt, and throws him against a steel wall. Bond crashes to the deck.
 As Bond recovers, Stamper (still smiling) presses a RED BUTTON on a wall, and THE WORM comes to life.
 Stamper closes in on Bond with the worm.
 Bond tries to stand, but Stamper flings him back down, pinning Bond against the wall with his free hand as he -
 MANEUVERS THE WORM TOWARDS BOND'S HEAD.
 With the cutting blades whirring inches away from Bond's nose -
STAMPER:「I'm going to do this slowly -」


narrator:Bond executes a scissor kick to Stamper's ankles. Stamper tumbles sideways. Bond rolls away from the worm -
 But by the time Bond gets to his feet, Stamper has recovered, and is rushing at Bond full force, with the worm.
 Stamper thrusts the worm at Bond once. Bond ducks. The worm chews into the wall.
 Pulling the device back, Stamper thrusts a second time - (same action,) then a third (same action) - still missing Bond.
 INSERT - CLOSE ON THE CABLE SPOOL/CABLE -
 With all the yanking and pulling, a loop of slack has developed in the cable, on the ground.
 RETURN TO SCENE -
 Stamper is about to attack Bond a fourth time when Bond kicks him in the groin. Stamper doubles over in pain -
 And the worm FLIES OUT OF HIS HAND, swinging on the boom OVER THE SIDE OF THE SHIP.
 UNDERWATER -
 The grinders propel the worm forward, into the hull.
 SIDNEY - (INT. STORAGE ROOM) -
 Hears a strange vibrating sound from the wall.
 HARMSWAY - (INT. BRIDGE) -
HARMSWAY:「barking into the radio) Stamper! Report in!」


narrator:EXT. DECK/PASSAGEWAY -
 As Stamper straightens up, winded from the groin kick -
 HARMSWAY'S VOICE (continuing, on Stamper's radio) Report to the bridge!
 BOND rushes to A SMALL PILE OF SLACK CABLE, which is rapidly growing taught as the worm wends its way underwater.
 Stamper rushes Bond -
 And in one lightening fast move, Bond wraps the cable twice around Stamper's neck.
 Suddenly THE CABLE TIGHTENS, and -
 STAMPER soars 15 in the air, HANGING BY HIS NECK, as -
 INT. STORAGE CABIN -
 THE WORM BURSTS THROUGH THE WALL! A torrent of water floods in, pushing Sidney off to one side.
 WORM'S POV - INT. STORAGE CABIN -
 It's zooming at the door!
 INT. PASSAGEWAY -
 The door bursts open, sending tons of water into the passageway.
 INT. BRIDGE -
 The boat shudders violently, sending Harmsway crashing against a wall, cutting his head.
 EXT. THE DECK -
 As the boat rocks, Bond steadies himself, then starts for the bridge, using the same route as the cameramen lifted by the chopper:
 First climbing up on some machinery, then up onto the bridge roof.
 INT. STORAGE ROOM -
 Sidney is thrashing for air, with only a few inches left between the rising water and the ceiling.
 INT. PASSAGEWAY -
 filled with water. Rising fast.
 THE WORM'S POV - (UNDERWATER, INT. PASSAGEWAY)
 The worm is heading for a door. We see the door disintegrate in front of us, as the worm bursts into -
 THE ENGINE ROOM.
 With the water cascading over the camera, (as if we were riding inside an ocean wave,) the worm heads for a tank marked "FUEL."
 EXT. THE SEA DOLPHIN II -
 The boat is sinking. Bond is running across the bridge roof, when: THE BOAT SUDDENLY LISTS TO THE STARBOARD SIDE.
 INT. BRIDGE -
 Harmsway is thrown backwards. Gun in hand, he makes his way up the incline, to the port-side door.
 Just when he thinks he's made it -
 Bang. Bond appears in the doorway, having jumped down from the roof on the small exterior walkway. He's seething with rage.
 Harmsway looks up at him. Blinks in disbelief.
James Bond:「I never believe what I read in the newspapers.」


narrator:Harmsway slowly brings up the gun.
HARMSWAY:「Pity you'll miss your obituary.」
narrator:Bond smacks the gun out of his hand with contempt. Moves closer.
James Bond:「Where is she, Harmsway?」
narrator:BOOM! The fuel tanks explode in the distance. The bridge rocks violently; the room tilts to a greater angle.
HARMSWAY:「You want to kill me, Bond? Go ahead.」
narrator:With both arms, Bond pushes Harmsway backwards, flinging him downward against the starboard wall. The water is rising on the bridge.
James Bond:「moving in on him) Where is she Harmsway? -」
narrator:He grabs Harmsway by the lapels, and throws him against the front wall, crashing onto the instrument panel head first.
 Harmsway laughs maniacally, face down on the gauges:
HARMSWAY:「What is it, Bond? You haven't the guts?」
narrator:Boom! There's another explosion in the background! The front of the boat tilts upward! The water is rushing in!
 Bond grabs Harmsway by the shoulder -
James Bond:「You spineless paper tiger -」