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    TITLE CARD:

    "PART I

    AFRICA

    3,000,000 YEARS AGO"

    VIEWS OF AFRICAN DRYLANDS – DROUGHT

    The remorseless drought had lasted now for ten million
    years, and would not end for another million. The reign of
    the terrible lizards had long since passed, but here on the
    continent which would one day be known as Africa, the
    battle for survival had reached a new climax of ferocity,
    and the victor was not yet in sight. In this dry and barren
    land, only the small or the swift or the fierce could
    flourish, or even hope to exist.


1   INT./EXT. CAVES – MOONWATCHER                                 1

    The man-apes of the field had none of these attributes, and
    they were on the long, pathetic road to racial extinction.
    About twenty of them occupied a group of caves overlooking
    a small, parched valley, divided by a sluggish, brown
    stream.

    The tribe had always been hungry, and now it was starving.
    As the first dim glow of dawn creeps into the cave,
    Moonwatcher discovers that his father has died during the
    night. He did not know the Old One was his father, for such
    a relationship was beyond his understanding. but as he
    stands looking down at the emaciated body he feels
    something, something akin to sadness. Then he carries his
    dead father out of the cave, and leaves him for the hyenas.

    Among his kind, Moonwatcher is almost a giant. He is nearly
    five feet high, and though badly undernourished, weighs
    over a hundred pounds. His hairy, muscular body is quite
    man-like, and his head is already nearer man than ape. The
    forehead is low, and there are great ridges over the eye-
    sockets, yet he unmistakably holds in his genes the promise
    of humanity. As he looks out now upon the hostile world,
    there is already something in his gaze beyond the grasp of
    any ape. In those dark, deep-set eyes is a dawning
    awareness-the first intimations of an intelligence which
    would not fulfill itself for another two million years.


2   EXT. THE STREAM – THE OTHERS                                  2
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    As the dawn sky brightens, Moonwatcher and his tribe reach
    the shallow stream.

    The Others are already there. They were there on the other
    side every day – that did not make it any less annoying.

    There are eighteen of them, and it is impossible to
    distinguish them from the members of Moonwatcher's own
    tribe. As they see him coming, the Others begin to angrily
    dance and shriek on their side of the stream, and his own
    people reply In kind.

    The confrontation lasts a few minutes – then the display
    dies out as quickly as it has begun, and everyone drinks
    his fill of the

    muddy water. Honor has been satisfied – each group has
    staked its claim to its own territory.


3   EXT. AFRICAN PLAIN – HERBIVORES                                  3

    Moonwatcher and his companions search for berries, fruit
    and leaves, and fight off pangs of hunger, while all around
    them, competing with them for the same fodder, is a
    potential source of more food than they could ever hope to
    eat. Yet all the thousands of tons of meat roaming over the
    parched savanna and through the brush is not only beyond
    their reach; the idea of eating it is beyond their
    imagination. They are slowly starving to death in the midst
    of plenty.


4   EXT. PARCHED COUNTRYSIDE – THE LION                              4

    The tribe slowly wanders across the bare, flat countryside
    foraging for roots and occasional berries.

    Eight of them are irregularly strung out on the open plain,
    about fifty feet apart.

    The ground is flat for miles around.

    Suddenly, Moonwatcher becomes aware of a lion, stalking
    them about 300 yards away.

    Defenseless and with nowhere to hide, they scatter in all
    directions, but the lion brings one to the ground.


5   EXT. DEAD TREE – FINDS HONEY                                     5
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    It had not been a good day, though as Moonwatcher had no
    real remembrance of the past he could not compare one day
    with another.

    But on the way back to the caves he finds a hive of bees in
    the stump of a dead tree, and so enjoys the finest delicacy
    his people could ever know. Of course, he also collects a
    good many stings, but he scarcely notices them. He is now
    as near to contentment as he is ever likely to be; for
    thought he is still hungry, he is not actually weak with
    hunger. That was the most that any hominid could hope for.


6   INT./EXT. CAVES – NIGHT TERRORS                                  6

    Over the valley, a full moon rises, and a cold wind blows
    down from the distant mountains. It would be very cold
    tonight – but cold, like hunger, was not a matter for any
    real concern; it was merely part of the background of life.

    This Little Sun, that only shone at night and gave no
    warmth, was dangerous; there would be enemies abroad.
    Moonwatcher crawls out of the cave, clambers on to a large
    boulder besides the entrance, and squats there where he can
    survey the valley. If any hunting beast approached, he
    would have time to get back to the relative safety of the
    cave.

    Of all the creatures who had ever lived on Earth,
    Moonwatcher's race was the first to raise their eyes with
    interest to the Moon, and though he could not remember it,
    when he was young, Moonwatcher would reach out and try to
    touch its ghostly face. Now he new he would have to find a
    tree that was high enough.

    He stirs when shrieks and screams echo up the slope from
    one of the lower caves, and he does not need to hear the
    occasional growl of the lion to know what is happening.
    Down there in the darkness, old One-Eye and his family are
    dying, and the thought that he might help in some way never
    crosses Moonwatcher's mind.

    The harsh logic of survival rules out such fancies. Every
    cave is silent, lest it attract disaster.

    And in the caves, in tortured spells of fitful dozing and
    fearful waiting, were gathered the nightmares of
    generations yet to come.


7   EXT. THE STREAM – INVASION                                       7
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The Others are growing desperate; the forage on their side
of the valley is almost exhausted. Perhaps they realize
that Moonwatcher's tribe has lost three of its numbers
during the night, for they choose this mourning to break
the truce. When they meet at the river in the still, misty
dawn, there is a deeper and more menacing note in their
challenge. The noisy but usually harmless confrontation
lasts only a few seconds before the invasion begins.

In an uncertainly-moving horde, the Others cross the river,
shirking threats and hunched for the attack. They are led
by a big-toothed hominid of Moonwatcher's own size and age.

Startled and frightened, the tribe retreats before the
first advance, throwing nothing more substantial than
imprecations at the invaders. Moonwatcher moves with them,
his mind a mist of rage and confusion. To be driven from
their own territory is a great badness, but to lose the
river is death. He does not know what to do; it is a
situation beyond his experience.

Then he becomes dimly aware that the Others are slowing
down, and advancing with obvious reluctance. The further
they move from their own side, the more uncertain and
unhappy they become. Only Big-Tooth still retains any of
his original drive, and he is rapidly being separated from
his followers.

As he sees this, Moonwatcher's own morale immediately
revives. He slows down his retreat, and begins to make
reassuring noises to his companions. Novel sensations fill
his dim mind – the first faint precursors of bravery and
leadership.

Before he realizes it, he is face to face with Big-Tooth,
and the two tribes come to a halt many paces away.

The disorganized and unscientific conflict could have ended
quickly if either had used his fist as a club, but this
innovation still lay hundreds of thousands of years in the
future.

Instead, the slowly weakening fighters claw and scratch and
try to bite each other.

Rolling over and over, they come to a patch of stony
ground, and when they reach it Moonwatcher is on top. By
chance, he chooses this moment to grab the hair on Big-
Tooth's scalp, and bang his head on the ground. The
resulting CRACK is so satisfactory, and produces such an
immediate weakening in Big-Tooth's resistance, that he
quickly repeats it.
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    Even when Big-Tooth ceases to move for some time,
    Moonwatcher keeps up the exhilarating game.

    With shrieks of panic, the Others retreat back, across the
    stream.

    The defenders cautiously pursue them as far as the water's
    edge.


8   EXT. CAVE – NEW SOUND                                            8

    Dozing fitfully and weakened by his struggle, Moonwatcher
    is startled by a sound.

    He sits up in the fetid darkness of the cave, straining his
    senses out into the night, and fear creeps slowly into his
    soul. Never in his life – already twice as long as most
    members of his species could expect – has he heard a sound
    like this. The great cats approached in silence, and the
    only thing that betrayed them was a rare slide of earth, or
    the occasional cracking of a twig. Yet this is a continuing
    crunching noise that grows steadily louder.

    It seemed that some enormous beast was moving through the
    night, making no attempt at concealment, and ignoring all
    obstacles.

    And then there came a sound which Moonwatcher could not
    possibly have identified, for it had never been heard
    before in the history of this planet.


9   EXT. CAVE – NEW ROCK                                             9

    Moonwatcher comes face to face with the New Rock when he
    leads the tribe down to the river in the first light of
    morning. He had almost forgotten the terror of the night,
    because nothing had happened after that initial noise, so
    he does not even associate this strange thing with danger
    or with fear. There is nothing in the least alarming about
    it.

    It is a cube about fifteen feet on a side, and it is made
    of some completely transparent material; indeed, it is not
    easy to see except when the light of the sun glints on its
    edges. There are no natural objects to which Moonwatcher
    can compare this apparition. Though he is wisely cautious
    of most new things, he does not hesitate to walk up to it.
    As nothing happens, he puts out his hand, and feels a warm,
    hard surface.
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     After several minutes of intense thought, he arrives at a
     brilliant explanation. It is a rock, of course, and it must
     have grown during the night. There are many plants that do
     this – white, pulpy things shaped like pebbles, that seem
     to shoot up in the hours of darkness. It is true that they
     are small and round, whereas this is large and square; but
     greater and later philosophers than Moonwatcher would be
     prepared to overlook equally striking exceptions to their
     laws.

     This really superb piece of abstract thinking leads
     Moonwatcher to a deduction which he immediately puts to the
     test. The white, round pebble-plants are very tasty (though
     there were a few that made one violently sick); perhaps
     this square one...?

     A few licks and attempted nibbles quickly disillusion him.
     There is no nourishment here; so like a sensible hominid,
     he continues on his way to the river and forgets all about
     the Cube.


10   EXT. CUBE – FIRST LESSON                                         10

     They are still a hundred yards from the New Rock when the
     sound begins.

     It is quite soft, and it stops them in their tracks, so
     that they stand paralyzed on the trail with their jaws
     hanging. A simple, maddeningly repetitious rhythm pulses
     out of the crystal cube and hypnotizes all who come within
     its spell. For the first time – and the last, for two
     million year – the sound of drumming is heard in Africa.

     The throbbing grows louder, more insistent. Presently the
     hominids begin to move forward like sleep-walkers, towards
     the source of that magnetic sound. Sometimes they take
     little dancing steps, as their blood responds to the
     rhythms that their descendants will not create for ages
     yet.

     Totally entranced, they gather around the Cube, forgetting
     the hardships of the day, the perils of the approaching
     dusk, and the hunger in their bellies.

     Now, spinning wheels of light begin to merge, and the
     spokes fuse into luminous bars that slowly recede into the
     distance, rotating on their axes as they do; and the
     hominids watch, wide-eyed, mesmerized captives of the
     Crystal Cube.
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Then by some magic – though it was no more magical than all
that had gone on before – a perfectly normal scene appears.
It is as if a cubical block had been carved out of the day
and shifted into the night. Inside that block is a group of
four hominids, who might have been members of Moonwatcher's
own tribe, eating chunks of meat. The carcass of a wart-hog
lies near them.

This little family of male and female and two children is
gorged and replete, with sleek and glossy pelts – and this
was a condition of life that Moonwatcher had never
imagined. From time to time they stir lazily, as they loll
at ease near the entrance of their cave, apparently at
peace with the world. The spectacle of domestic bliss
merges into a totally different scene.

The family is no longer reposing peacefully outside its
cave; it is foraging, searching for food like any normal
hominids.

A small wart-hog ambles past the group of browsing
humanoids without giving them more than a glance, for they
had never been the slightest danger to its species.

But that happy state of affairs is about to end. The big
male suddenly bends down, picks up a heavy stone lying at
his feet –

and hurls it upon the unfortunate pig. The stone descends
upon its skull, making exactly the same noise that
Moonwatcher had produced in his now almost forgotten
encounter with Big-Tooth. And the result, too, is much the
same – the warthog gives one amazed, indignant squeal, and
collapses in a motionless heap.

Then the whole sequence begins again, but this time it
unfolds itself with incredible slowness. Every detail of
the movement can be followed; the stone arches leisurely
through the air, the pig crumples up and sinks to the
ground. There the scene freezes for long moments, the
slayer standing motionless above the slain, the first of
all weapons in his hand.

The scene suddenly fades out. The cube is no more than a
glimmering outline in the darkness; the hominids stir, as
if awakening from a dream, realize where they are, and
scuttle back to their caves.
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     They have no conscious memory of what they had seen; but
     that night, as he sits brooding at the entrance of his
     lair, his ears attuned to the noises of the world around
     him, Moonwatcher feels the first faint. twinges of a new
     and potent emotion – the urge to kill. He had taken his
     first step towards humanity.


11   EXT. CAVE AND PLAINS – UTOPIA                                    11

     Babies were born and sometimes lived; feeble, toothless
     thirty-year-olds died; the lion took its toll in the night;
     the Others threatened daily across the river – and the
     tribe prospered. In the course of a single year,
     Moonwatcher and his companions had changed almost beyond
     recognition.

     They had become as plump as the family in the Cave, who no
     longer haunted their dreams. They had learned their lessons
     well; now they could handle all the stone tools and weapons
     that the Cube had revealed to them.

     They were no longer half-numbed with starvation, and they
     had time both for leisure and for the first rudiments of
     thought. Their new way of life was casually accepted, and
     they did not associate it in any way with the crystal cube
     still standing outside their cave.

     But no Utopia is perfect, and this one had two blemishes.
     The first was the marauding lion, whose passion for
     hominids seemed to have grown even stronger now that they
     were better nourished. The second was the tribe across the
     river; for somehow the Others had survived, and had
     stubbornly refused to die of starvation.


12   EXT. CAVES – KILLING THE LION                                    12

     With the partly devoured carcass of a warthog laid out on
     the ground at the point. he hope the boulder would impact,
     Moonwatcher and three of his bravest companions wait for
     two consecutive nights. On the third the lion comes,
     betraying his presences by a small pebble slide.

     When they can here the lion below, softly tearing at the
     meat, they strain themselves against the massive boulder.
     The sound of the lion stops; he is listening. Again they
     silently heave against the enormous stone, exerting the
     final limits of their strength.

     The rock begin to tip to a new balance point..
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     The lion twitches alert to this sound, but having no fear
     of these creatures, he makes the first of two mistakes
     which will cost him his life; he goes back to his meal.

     The rock moves slowly over the ledge, picking up speed with
     amazing suddenness. It strikes a projection in the cliff
     about fifteen feet above the ground, which deflects its
     path outward.

     Just at this instant, the lion reacts instinctively and
     leaps away from the face of the cliff directly into the
     path of the onrushing boulder. He has combined the errors
     of overconfidence and bad luck.

     The next morning they find the lion in front of the cave.
     They also find one of their tribe who had incautiously
     peeped out to see what was happening, and was apparently
     killed by a small rock torn loose by the boulder; but this
     was a small price to pay for such a great victory.

     And then one night the crystal cube was gone, and not even
     Moonwatcher ever thought of it again. He was still wholly
     unaware of all that it had done.


13   EXT. STREAM – MASTER OF THE WORLD                                13

     From their side of the stream, in the never violated safety
     of their own territory, the Others see Moonwatcher and
     fourteen males of his tribe appear from behind a small
     hillock over-looking the stream, silhouetted against the
     dawn sky.

     The Others begin to scream their daily challenge. But today
     something is different, though the Others do not
     immediately recognize this fact.

     Instead of joining the verbal onslaught, as they had always
     done, Moonwatcher and his small band descended from the
     rise, and begin to move forward to the stream with a quiet
     purposefulness never before seen.

     As the Others watch the figures silently approaching in the
     morning mist, they become aware of the terrible strangeness
     of this encounter, and their rage gradually subsides down
     to an uneasy silence.

     At the water's edge, Moonwatcher and his band stop. They
     carry their bone clubs and bone knives. Led by One-ear, the
     Others half-heartly resume the battle- chant. But they are
     suddenly confronted with a vision that cuts the sound from
     their throats, and strikes terror into their hearts.
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Moonwatcher, who had been partly concealed by two males who
walked before him, thrusts his arm high into the air. In
his hand he holds a stood tree branch. Mounted atop the
branch is the bloody head of the lion, its mouth jammed
open with a stick, displaying its frightful fangs.

The Others gape in fearful disbelief at this display of
power.

Moonwatchers stands motionless, thrusting the lion's head
high.

Then with majestic deliberation, still carrying his mangled
standard above his head, he begins to cross the stream,
followed by his band.

The Others fade back from the stream, seeming to lack even
the ability to flee.

Moonwatcher steps ashore and walks to One-Ear, who stands
unsurely in front of his band.

Though he is a veteran of numerous combats at the water's
edge, One-Ear has never been attacked by an enemy who had
not first displayed his fighting rage; and he had never
before been attacked with a weapon. One-Ear, merely looks
up at the raised club until the heavy thigh bone of an
antelope brings the darkness down around him.

The Others stare in wonder at Moonwatcher's power.

Moonwatcher surveys the scene. Now he was master of the
world, and he was not sure what to do next... But he would
think of something.

TITLE CARD:

"PART II YEAR 2001"

EARTH FROM 200 MILES UP

                  NARRATOR
        By the year 2001, overpopulation
        has replaced the problem of
        starvation, but this was ominously
        offset by the absolute and utter
        perfection of the weapon. Hundreds
        of giant bombs had been placed in
        perpetual orbit above the Earth.
        They were capable of incinerating
        the entire Earth's surface from an
        altitude of 100 miles.
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                       FRENCH BOMB NARRATOR
             Matters were further complicated by
             the presence of twenty-seven
             nations in the nuclear club. There
             had been no deliberate or
             accidental use of nuclear weapons
             since World War II and some people
             felt secure in this knowledge. But
             to others, the situation seemed
             comparable to an airline with a
             perfect safety record; in showed
             admirable care and skill but no one
             expected it to last forever.

     ORION-III SPACECRAFT IN FIGHT AWAY FROM EARTH, 200 MILES
     ALTITUDE


14   INT. ORION-III PASSENGER AREA                                    14

     Dr. Heywood Floyd is the only passenger in the elegant
     cabin designed for 30 people. He is asleep.

     His pen floats near his hand.


15   INT. ORION-III COCKPIT                                           15

     Pilot, Co-Pilot and Floyd can be seen asleep on a small TV
     monitor.

     Stewardess is putting on lipstick. She sees pen.

     Stewardess goes back to passenger area, rescues pen and
     clips it back in Floyd's pocket.


16   INT. SPACE STATION-5                                             16

     The raw sunlight of space dazzles from the polished metal
     surfaces of the slowly revolving, thousand-foot diameter
     space station.

     Drifting in the same orbit, we see swept-back titov-v
     spacecraft.

     Also the almost spherical aries-ib.


17   INT. ORION-III PASSENGER AREA                                    17

     Floyd awake but groggy, looks out of window.
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18   INT. ORION-III COCKPIT                                         18

     The Co-Pilot in radio communication with the space station.


19   INT. THE ORION-III SPACECRAFT IN DOCKING APPROACH              19

     The Earth is seen in breath-taking view in background.


20   INT. INSIDE DOCKING CONTROL                                    20

     We see Orion-III maneuvering in background.

     From docking port we see the Orion-III inching in to
     complete its docking. We see various windowed booths inside
     docking port. We see the Pilot and Co-Pilot inside the
     Orion-III cockpit.


21   INT. SPACE STATION RECEPTION AREA                              21

     Receptionist at desk. Miller enters, hurrying. he goes to
     the elevator and presses button. He waits impatiently.

     We see elevator indicator working.

     Elevator door opens and Floyd is seen unstrapping himself.

     The Elevator Girl is seated by the door.

                       MILLER
             Oh, good morning, Dr. Floyd. I'm
             Nick Miller.

                       FLOYD
             How do you do, Mr. Miller?

                       MILLER
             I'm terribly sorry. I was just on
             my way down to meet you. I saw your
             ship dock and I knew I had plenty
             of time, and I was on my way out of
             the office when, suddenly, the
             phone rang.

                       FLOYD
             Oh, please don't worry about it.

                       MILLER
             Well, thank you very much for being
             so understanding.
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                  FLOYD
        Please, it really doesn't matter.

                  MILLER
        Well... Did you have a pleasant
        flight?

                  FLOYD
        Yes, very pleasant.

                  MILLER
        Well, shall we go through
        Documentation?

                  FLOYD
        Fine.

                  RECEPTIONIST
        Will you use number eight, please?

                  MILLER
        Thank you, Miss Turner.

They enter the passport area.

Receptionist presses "ENGLISH" bar on her console and
smiles as Floyd goes through.

An automated passport section. They stop in front of a
booth featuring a TV screen.

                  PASSPORT GIRL (TV)
        Good morning and welcome to Voice
        Print Identification. When you see
        the red light go on would you
        please state in the following
        order; your destination, your
        nationality and your full name.
        Surname first, Christian name and
        initial. For example: Moon,
        American, Smith, John, D. Thank
        you.

There is a pause and a red bar lights up.

                  FLOYD
        Moon, American, Floyd, Heywood, R.

The red light goes off. there is a delay of about two
seconds and the woman's face reappears.

                  FLOYD
        I've always wondered...
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                       PASSPORT GIRL (TV)
                  (interrupting)
             Thank you. Despite and excellent
             and continually improving safety
             record there are certain risks
             inherent in space travel and an.
             Extremely high cost of pay load.
             Because of this it is necessary for
             the Space Carrier to advise you
             that it cannot be responsible for
             the return of your body to Earth
             should you become deceased on the
             Moon or en route to the Moon.
             However, it wishes to advise you
             that insurance covering this
             contingency is available in the
             Main Lounge. Thank you. You are
             cleared through Voice Print
             Identification.

     The lights go off and the woman's face disappears.

     The men exit the passport area.

                       MILLER
             I've reserved a table for you in
             the Earth Light room. Your
             connecting flight will be leaving
             in about one hour.

                       FLOYD
             Oh, that's wonderful.


22   INT. SPACE STATION – LOUNGE                                22

     Floyd and Miller walking.

                       MILLER
             Let's see, we haven't had the
             pleasure of a visit from you not
             since... It was about eight or nine
             months ago, wasn't it?

                       FLOYD
             Yes, I think so. Just about then.

                       MILLER
             I suppose you saw the work on our
             new section while you were docking.

                       FLOYD
             Yes, it's coming along very well.
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They pass the Vision Phone booth.

                  FLOYD
        Oh, look, I've got to make a phone
        call. Why don't you go on into the
        Restaurant and I'll meet you in
        there.

                  MILLER
        Fine. I'll see you at the bar.

Floyd enter phone booth.

Sign on Vision Phone screen: "SORRY, TEMPORARILY OUT OF
ORDER."

He enters the second booth and sits down.

FLOYD IN VISION PHONE

Little Girl of five answers.

                  CHILD
        Hello.

Vision Phone screen display sign "YOUR PARTY HAS NOT
CONNECTED VISION"

A few seconds later, the screen changes to an image of the
child.

                  FLOYD
        Hello, darling, how are you?

                  CHILD
        Hello Daddy. Where are you?

                  FLOYD
        I'm at Space Station Five, darling.
        How are you?

                  CHILD
        I'm fine, Daddy. When are you
        coming home?

                  FLOYD
        Well, I hope in a few days,
        sweetheart.

                  CHILD
        I'm having a party tomorrow.
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                  FLOYD
        Yes, I know that sweetheart.

                  CHILD
        Are you coming to my party?

                  FLOYD
        No, I'm sorry, darling, I told you
        I won't be home for a few days.

                  CHILD
        When are you coming home?

                  FLOYD
        In three days, darling, I hope.

Floyd holds up three fingers.

                  FLOYD
        One, two, three. Can I speak to
        Mommy?

                  CHILD
        Mommy's out to the hair-dresser.

                  FLOYD
        Where is Mrs. Brown?

                  CHILD
        She's in the bathroom.

                  FLOYD
        Okay, sweetheart. Well, I have to
        go now. Tell Mommy that I called.

                  CHILD
        How many days until you come home?

                  FLOYD
        Three, darling. One... two...
        three. Be sure to tell Mommy I
        called.

                  CHILD
        I will, Daddy.

                  FLOYD
        Okay, sweetheart. Have a lovely
        Birthday Party tomorrow.

                  CHILD
        Thank you, Daddy.
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                  FLOYD
        I'll wish you a happy Birthday now
        and I'll see you soon. All right,
        Darling?

                  CHILD
        Yes, Daddy.

                  FLOYD
        Bye-bye, now, sweetheart.

                  CHILD
        Goodbye, Daddy.

VISION PHONE PROCEDURE FOR INFORMATION

Vision Phone procedure for dialing.

                  OPERATOR
        Good morning, Macy's.

                  FLOYD
        Good morning. I'd like the Vision
        shopper for the Pet Shop, please.

                  OPERATOR
        Just one moment.

The picture flips and we see a Woman standing in front of a
specially designed display screen.

                  VISION SALES GIRL
        Good morning, sir, may I help you?

                  FLOYD
        Yes, I'd like to buy a bush baby.

                  VISION SALES GIRL
        Just a moment, sir.

The Girl keys some inputs and a moving picture appears on
the screen of a cage containing about six bush babies,
beautifully displayed against a white background.

                  VISION SALES GIRL
        Gere you are, sir. Here is a lovely
        assortment of African bush babies.
        They are twenty Dollars each.

                  FLOYD
        Yes, well... Pick out a nice one
        for me, a friendly one, and I'd
        like it delivered tomorrow.
                                                                18.


                       VISION SALES GIRL
             Certainly, sir. Just let us have
             your name and Bank identification
             for V.P.I., and then give the name
             and address of the person you'd
             like the pet delivered to and it
             will be delivered tomorrow.

     Some time during this conversation, Floyd sees Elena,
     Smyslov and the other two Russians pass his Vision Phone
     window. Elena taps and mimes "Hello", gesturing toward a
     table behind Floyd where they all sit down.

                       FLOYD
             Thank you very much. Floyd,
             Heywood, R., First National Bank of
             Washington. Please deliver to Miss
             Josephine Floyd, 9423 Dupre Avenue,
             N.W.14.

                       VISION SALES GIRL
             Thank you very much, sir. It will
             be delivered tomorrow.


23   INT. SPACE STATTION 5 – LOUNGE                                   23

                       FLOYD
             Well, how nice to see you again,
             Elena. You're looking wonderful.

                       ELENA
             How nice to see you, Hyewood. This
             is my good friend, Dr. Heywood.

                       FLOYD.
             I'd like you to meet Andre
             Smyslov...

     Smyslov and the two other Russian women stand up and smile.

     They shake hands after introduction and ad-lib "Hellos".

                       ELENA
             And this is Dr. Kalinan...
             Stretyneva...

     The Russians are very warm and friendly.

                       SMYSLOV
             Dr. Floyd, won't you join us for a
             drink?
                                                        19.


                  FLOYD
        I'm afraid I've only got a few
        minutes, but I'd love to.

There is a bit of confusion as all realize there is not
enough room for another person at the table. Smyslov offers
Floyd his chair and borrows another from a nearby table.

                  SYMYSLOV
        What would you like to drink?

                  FLOYD
        Oh, I really don't have time for a
        drink. If it's all right I'll just
        sit for a minute and then I've got
        to be off.

                  SMYSLOV
        Are you quite sure?

                  FLOYD
        Yes, really, thank you very much.

                  ELENA
        Well... How's your lovely wife?

                  FLOYD
        She's wonderful.

                  ELENA
        And your charming little daughter?

                  FLOYD
        Oh, she's growing up very fast. As
        a matter of fact, she's six
        tomorrow.

                  ELENA
        Oh, that's such a delightful age.

                  FLOYD
        How is Gregor?

                  ELENA
        He's fine. But I'm afraid we don't
        get a chance to see each other very
        much these days.

Polite laughter.

                  FLOYD
        Well, where are all of you off to?
                                              20.


                  ELENA
        Actually, we're on our way back
        from the moon. We've just spent
        three months calibrating the new
        antenna at Tchalinko. And what
        about you?

                  FLOYD
        Well, as it happens, I'm on my way
        up to the moon

                  SMYSLOV
        Are you, by any chance, going up to
        your base at Clavius?

                  FLOYD
        Yes, as a matter of fact, I am.

The Russians exchange significant glances.

                  FLOYD
        Is there any particular reason why
        you ask?

                  SMYSLOV
             (pleasantly)
        Well, Dr. Floyd, I hope that you
        don't think I'm too inquisitive,
        but perhaps you can clear up the
        mystery about what's been going on
        up there.

                  FLOYD
        I'm sorry, but I'm not sure I know
        what you mean.

                  SMYSLOV
        Well, it's just for the past two
        weeks there have been some
        extremely odd things happening at
        Clavius.

                  FLOYD
        Really?

                  SMYSLOV
        Yes. Well, for one thing, whenever
        you phone the base, all you can get
        is a recording which repeats that
        the phone lines are temporarily out
        of order.

                  FLOYD
                                      21.


Well, I suppose they've been having
a bit of trouble with some of the
equipment.

          SMYSLOV
Yes, well at first we thought that
was the explanation, but it's been
going on for the past ten days.

          FLOYD
You mean you haven't been able to
get anyone at the base for ten
days?

          SMYSLOV
That's right.

         FLOYD
I see.

          ELENA
Another thing, Heywood, two days
ago, one of our rocket buses was
denied permission for an emergency
landing at Clavius.

          FLOYD
How did they manage to do that
without any communication?

          ELENA
Clavius Control came on the air
just long enough to transmit their
refusal.

          FLOYD
Well, that does sound very odd.

          SMYSLOV
Yes, and I'm afraid there's going
to be a bit of a row about it.
Denying the men permission to land
was a direct violation of the
I.A.S. convention.

          FLOYD
Yes... Well, I hope the crew got
back safely.

          SMYSLOV
Fortunately, they did.

         FLOYD
                                                        22.


        Well, I'm glad about that.

The Russians exchange more glances. One of the Women offers
around a pill box. Elena and another Russian take one and
the third Russian declines.

                  SMYSLOV
        Dr. Floyd, at the risk of pressing
        you on a point. you seem reticent
        to discuss, may I ask you a
        straightforward question?

                  FLOYD
        Certainly.

                  SMYSLOV
        Quite frankly, we have had some
        very reliable intelligence reports
        that a quite serious epidemic has
        broken out at Clavius. Something,
        apparently, of an unknown origin.
        Is this, in fact, what has
        happened?

A long, awkward pause.

                  FLOYD
        I'm sorry, Dr. Smyslov, but I'm
        really not at liberty to discuss
        this.

                  SMYSLOV
        This epidemic could easily spread
        to our base, Dr. Floyd. We should
        be given all the facts.

Long pause.

                  FLOYD
        Dr. Smyslov... I'm not permitted to
        discuss this.

                  ELENA
        Are you sure you won't change your
        mind about a drink?

                  FLOYD
        No, thank you... and I'm afraid now
        I really must be going.

                  ELENA
                                                                23.


             Well, I hope that you and your wife
             can come to the I.A.C. conference
             in June.

                       FLOYD
             We're trying to get there. I hope
             we can.

                       ELENA
             Well, Gregor and I will look
             forward to seeing you.

                       FLOYD
             Thank you. It's been a great
             pleasure to meet all of you... Dr.
             Smyslov.

     The Russians all rise and there are ad-libs of courtesy.

     Floyd shakes hands and exits.

     The Russians exchange a few serious paragraphs in Russian.


24   EXT. ARIES-IB IN SPACE                                           24

     Earth much smaller than as seen from space station.

                       NARRATOR
             The Aries-IB has become the
             standard Space-Station-to-Lunar
             surface vehicle. It was powered by
             low-thrust plasma jets which would
             continue the mild acceleration for
             fifteen minutes. Then the ship
             would break the bonds of gravity
             and be a free and independent
             planet, circling the Sun in an
             orbit of its own.


25   INT. ARIES PASSENGER AREA                                        25

     Floyd is asleep, stretched out in the chair, covered with
     blankets which are held secure by straps.

     A Stewardess sits at the other side of the cabin, watching
     a karate exhibition between two women on TV.

     The elevator entrance door opens and the second Stewardess
     enters carrying a tray of food.

     She brings it to the other Stewardess.
                                                               24.


                       STEWARDESS #1
             Oh, thank you very much.

                       STEWARDESS #2
             I see he's still asleep.

                       STEWARDESS #1
             Yes. He hasn't moved since we left.

     Stewardess #2 exits into elevator.


26   INT. ARIES GALLEY AREA                                          26

     Stewardess exits from elevator, goes to the kitchen
     section, removes two trays, walks up to the side of the
     wall and enters Pilot's compartment.


27   INT. ARIES-IB COCKPIT                                           27

     Pilot, Co-Pilot.

     Stewardess enters, carrying food.

                       PILOT
             Oh, thank you very much.

                       CO-PILOT
             Thank you.

     Stewardess smiles.

                       PILOT
                  (sighs)
             Well, how's it going back there?

                       STEWARDESS
             Fine. Very quiet. He's been asleep
             since we left.

                       PILOT
             Well, no one can say that he's not
             enjoying the wonders of Space.

                       CO-PILOT
             Well, whatever's going on up there,
             he's going to arrive fresh and
             ready to go.

                       PILOT
             I wonder what really is going on up
             there?
                                                   25.


                       CO-PILOT
             Well, I've heard more and more
             people talk of an epidemic.

                       PILOT
             I suppose it was bound to happen
             sooner or later.

                       CO-PILOT
             Berkeley told me that they think it
             came from contamination on a
             returning Mars flight.

                       PILOT
             Yes, well, whatever it is, they're
             certainly not fooling around. This
             is the first flight they allowed in
             for more than a week.

                       CO-PILOT
             I was working out what this trip
             must cost, taking him up there by
             himself and coming back empty.

                       PILOT
             I'll bet it's a fortune.

                       CO-PILOT
             Well, at ten thousand dollars a
             ticket, it comes to the better part
             of six hundred thousand dollars.

                       PILOT
             Well, as soon as he wakes up, I'm
             going to go back and talk to him. I
             must say, I'd like to find out
             what's going on.


28   INT. ARIES-IB IN SPACE                              28

     Moon very large.


29   INT. ARIES-IB PASSENGER AREA                        29

     Floyd finishing breakfast.

     Pilot enters.

                       PILOT
             Well, good afternoon, Dr. Floyd.
             Did you have a good rest?
                                      26.


          FLOYD
Oh, marvelous. It's the first real
sleep I've had for the past two
days.

          PILOT
There's nothing like weightless
sleep for a complete rest.

          FLOYD
When do we arrive at Clavius?

          PILOT
We're scheduled to dock in about
seven hours. Is there anything we
can do for you?

          FLOYD
Oh, no, thank you. The two girls
have taken wonderful care of me.
I'm just fine.

          PILOT
Well, if there is anything that you
want, just give a holler.

          FLOYD
Thank you.

          PILOT
Incidentally, Dr. Floyd, I wonder
if I can have a word with you about
the security arrangements?

          FLOYD
What do you mean?

          PILOT
Well... the crew is confined to the
ship when we land at Clavius. We
have to stay inside for the time it
take to refit – about twenty-four
hours. And then we're going to back
empty.

          FLOYD
I see.

          PILOT
I take it this is something to do
with the trouble they're having up
at Clavius?
                                                             27.


                       FLOYD
             I'm afraid that's out of my
             department, Captain.

                       PILOT
             Well, I'll tell you why I ask. You
             see, I've got a girl who works in
             the Auditing Department of the
             Territorial Administrator and I
             haven't been able to get her on the
             phone for the past week or so, and
             with all these stories one hears,
             I'm a little concerned about her.

                       FLOYD
             I see. Well, I'm sorry about that.
             I wouldn't think there's any cause
             for alarm.

                       PILOT
             Yes, well, I wouldn't have been too
             concerned about it, except I've
             heard these stories about the
             epidemic and, as a matter of fact,
             I've heard that ten people have
             died already.

                       FLOYD
             I wish I could be more helpful,
             Captain, but as I've said, I don't
             think there's any cause for alarm.

                       PILOT
             Well, fine. Thanks very much,
             anyway, and I hope you don't mind
             me asking?

                       FLOYD
             No, of course, Captain, I can
             understand your concern.

                       PILOT
             Well, thank you very much, and
             please let us know if there is
             anything we can do to make your
             trip more comfortable.


30   EXT. ARIES-IB CLOSER TO MOON                                  30

     Floyd goes to Aries-IB washroom and looks at the very long
     list of complicated instructions.
                                                             28.


31   EXT. ARIES-IB CLOSER TO MOON                                  31

                                                    DISSOLVE TO:


32   INT. FLOYD VISITING ARIES-IB COCKPIT                          32

     Weightless trick entrance.


33   INT. ARIES-IB ORBITING MOON                                   33

                       NARRATOR
             The laws of Earthly aesthetics did
             not apply here, this world had been
             shaped and molded by other than
             terrestrial forces, operating over
             aeons of time unknown to the young,
             verdant Earth, with its fleeting
             Ice-Ages, its swiftly rising and
             falling seas, its mountain ranges
             dissolving like mists before the
             dawn. Here was age inconceivable –
             but not death, for the Moon had
             never lived until now.


34   INT. ARIES-IB COCKPIT                                         34

     The crew and docking control people on the moon go through
     their docking routine. This has the ritualistic tone and
     cadence of present-day jet landing procedure. We only hear
     docking control.


35   INT. ARIES-IB DECENDING                                       35

     See air-view of base.

                       NARRATOR
             The Base at Clavius was the first
             American Lunar Settlement that
             could, in an emergency, be entirely
             self-supporting.

                       NARRATOR
             Water and all the necessities of
             life for its eleven hundred men,
             women and children were produced
             from the Lunar rocks, after they
             had been crushed, heated and
             chemically processed.
                                                                29.


     A ground bus nuzzles up to coupling section of Aries-IB.


36   INT. INSIDE GREAT AIRLOCK ENTRANCE                               36

     Ground bus pulls in. Giant doors close behind it.


37   INT. INSIDE SECOND AIRLOCK                                       37

     Doors open after outside section doors are closed. Ground
     bus pulls in. See people waiting for second airlock doors
     to close.


38   INT. LOW GRAVITY GYMNASIUM TRICK WITH CHILDREN                   38

                       NARRATOR
             One of the attractions of life on
             the Moon was undoubtedly the low
             gravity which produced a sense of
             general well-being.

     CHILDREN IN SCHOOL

     Teacher showing Children views of Earth and map of Earth.

                       NARRATOR
             The personnel of the Base and their
             children were the forerunners of
             new nations, new cultures that
             would ultimately spread out across
             the solar system. They no longer
             thought of Earth as home. The time
             was fast approaching when Earth,
             like all mothers, must say farewell
             to her children.

                                                      DISSOLVE TO:


39   INT. LARGE CENTRAL RECEPTION AREA                                39

     Doors branching off to different main halls. Small pond
     with plastic white swan and a bit of grass. A few benches
     with three women and their children having outing.

     Floyd and Welcoming Party walk through after exiting
     elevator.

     Halverson, Michaels and five Others.

                          FLOYD
                                                               30.


                   (voice echoing)
             I must congratulate you Halvorsen.
             you've done wonderful things with
             the decor since the last time I was
             here.

                       HALVORSEN
                  (voice echoing)
             Well... thank you, Dr. Floyd. We
             try to make the environment as
             earthlike as possible.

                                                      DISSOLVE TO:


40   INT. LOW CEILING CONFERENCE ROOM                                40

     U-shaped table facing three projecting screens. Seated
     around the table are twenty Senior Base Personnel.

                       HALVORSEN
             Ladies and gentlemen, I should like
             to introduce Dr. Heywood Floyd, a
             distinguished member of the
             National Council of Astronautics.
             He has just completed a special
             flight here from Earth to be with
             us, and before the briefing he
             would like to say a few words. Dr.
             Floyd.

     Polite applause. Floyd walks to front of room.

                       FLOYD
             First of all, I bring a personal
             message from Dr. Howell, who has
             asked me to convey his deepest
             appreciation to all of you for the
             personal sacrifices you have made,
             and of course his congratulations
             on your discovery which may well
             prove to be among the most
             significant in the history of
             science.

     Polite applause.

                        FLOYD
                                               31.


         Mr. Halvorsen has made known to me
         some of the conflicting views held
         by many of you regarding the need
         for complete security in this
         matter, and more specifically your
         strong opposition to the cover
         story created to give the
         impression there is an epidemic at
         the Base. I understand that beyond
         it being a matter of principle,
         many of you are troubled by the
         concern and anxiety this story of
         an epidemic might cause your
         relatives and friends on Earth. I
         can understand and sympathize with
         your negative views. I have been
         personally embarrassed by this
         cover story. But I fully accept the
         need for absolute secrecy and I
         hope you will. It should not be
         difficult for all of you to realize
         the potential for cultural shock
         and social disorientation contained
         in the present situation if the
         facts were prematurely and suddenly
         made public without adequate
         preparation and conditioning.

Pause.

                   FLOYD
         This is the view of the Council and
         the purpose of my visit here is to
         gather addition facts and opinions
         on the situation and to prepare a
         report to the Council recommending
         when and how the news should
         eventually be announced. Are there
         any questions?

                   MICHAELS
         Dr. Floyd, how long do you think
         this can be kept under wraps?

                  FLOYD
             (pleasantly)
                                                              32.


             I'm afraid it can and it will be
             kept under wraps as long as it is
             deemed to be necessary by the
             Council. And of course you know
             that the Council has requested that
             formal security oaths are to be
             obtained in writing from everyone
             who had any knowledge of this
             event. There must be adequate time
             for a full study to be made of the
             situation before any consideration
             can be given to making a public
             announcement.

                       HALVORSEN
             We will, of course, cooperate in
             any way possible, Dr. Floyd.

     SEVERAL SCENIC VIEWS OF MOON ROCKET BUS SKIMMING OVER
     SURFACE OF MOON


41   INT. INSIDE ROCKET BUS                                         41

     Floyd, Halvorsen, Michaels, Fourth Man, Pilot and Co-Pilot.
     All in space suits minus helmets.

     Floyd is slowly looking through some photographs and
     magnetic maps of the area.

     He looks out of the window thoughtfully.

     The photographs are taken from a satellite of the Moon's
     surface and have numbered optical grid borders, like recent
     Mars photos.

     A few seats away, Michaels and Halvorsen carry out a very
     banal administrative conversation in low tones. It should
     revolve around something utterly irrelevant to the present
     circumstances and very much like the kind of discussion one
     hears all the time in other organizations.

                                                    DISSOLVE TO:


42   EXT. TMA-1 EXCAVATION                                          42

     Air-view. Rocket bus descending.

     There are no lights on the actual excavation, only the
     landing strip and the monitor dome.
                                                          33.


Long shot monitor domes with a bit of excavation in shot.
Six small figures in space suits slowly walk toward
excavation.

THE PARTY STOPS AT TOP OF TMA-1 EXCAVATION

A small control panel mounted at the head of the ramp.
Michaels throws a switch and the excavation is suddenly
illuminated.

                  HALVORSEN
        Well, there it is.

                  FLOYD
        Can we go down there closer to it?

                  HALVORSEN
        Certainly.

THEY START DOWN WORKING RAMP

                  FLOYD
        Does your geology on it still check
        out?

                  MICHAELS
        Yes, it does. The sub-surface
        structure shows that it was
        deliberately buried about four
        million years ago.

                  FLOYD
        How can you tell it was
        deliberately buried?

                  MICHAELS
        By the deformation between the
        mother rock and the fill.

                  FLOYD
        Any clue as to what it is?

                  MICHAELS
        Not really. It's completely inert.
        No sound or energy sources have
        been detected. The surface is made
        of something incredibly hard and
        we've been barely able to scratch
        it. A laser drill might do
        something, but we don't want to be
        too rough until we know a little
        more.
                                              34.


                  FLOYD
        But you don't have any idea as to
        what it is?

                  MICHAELS
        Tomb, shine, survey-marker spare
        part, take your choice.

                  HALVORSEN
        The only thing about it that we are
        sure of is that it is the first
        direct evidence of intelligent life
        beyond the Earth.

Silent appreciation.

                  HALVORSEN
        Four million years ago, something,
        presumably from the stars, must
        have swept through the solar system
        and left this behind.

                  FLOYD
        Was it abandoned, forgotten, left
        for a purpose?

                  HALVORSEN
        I suppose we'll never know.

                  MICHAELS
        The moon would have made an
        excellent base camp for preliminary
        Earth surveys.

Some more silence.

                  FLOYD
        Any ideas about the colour?

                  MICHAELS
        Well, not really. At first glance,
        black would suggest something sun-
        powered, but then why would anyone
        deliberately bury a sun-powered
        device?

                  FLOYD
        Has it been exposed to any sun
        before now?

                     MICHAELS
                                                                35.


             I don't think it has, but I'd like
             to check that. Simpson, what's the
             log on that?


43   INT. INSIDE MONITOR DOME                                         43

     We see a number of television-displays including several
     TV-views of Floyd and company in the excavation.

                       SIMPSON
             The first surface was exposed at
             0843 on the 12th April... Let me
             see... that would have been forty-
             five minutes after Lunar sun-set. I
             see here that special lighting
             equipment had to be brought up
             before any further work could be
             done.


44   INT. TMA-1 EXCAVATION                                            44

                       MICHAELS
             Thank you.

                       FLOYD
             And so this is the first sun that
             it's had in four million years.

                       PHOTOGRAPHER
             Excuse me, gentlemen, if you'd all
             line up on this side of the walkway
             we'd like to take a few
             photographs. Dr. Floyd, would you
             stay in the middle... Dr. Michaels
             on that side, Mr. Halvorsen on the
             other.... thank you.

     The Photographer quickly makes some exposures.

                       PHOTOGRAPHER
             Thank you very much gentlemen, I'll
             have the base photo section send
             you copies.

     As the Men slowly separate from their picture pose, there
     is a piercingly powerful series of five electronic shrieks,
     each like a hideously over-loaded and distorted time
     signal. Floyd involuntarily tries to block his ears with
     his space suited hands.

     Then comes mercily silence.
                                                        36.


VARIOUS SHOTS OF SPACE MONITORS, ASTEROIDS, THE SUN, PLUTO,
MARS

                  NARRATOR
        A hundred million miles beyond
        Mars, in the cold loneliness where
        no man had yet travelled, Deep-
        Space-Monitor-79 drifts slowly
        among the tangled orbits of the
        asteroids. Radiation detectors
        noted and analyzed incoming cosmic
        rays from the galaxy and points
        beyond; neutron and x-ray
        telescopes kept watch on strange
        stars that no human eye would ever
        see; magnetometers observed the
        gusts and hurricanes of the solar
        winds, as the sun breathed million
        mile-an-hour blasts of plasma into
        the faces of its circling children.
        All these things and many others
        were patiently noted by Deep-Space-
        Monitor-79, and recorded in its
        crystalline memory. But now it had
        noted something strange – the
        faint. Yet unmistakable disturbance
        rippling across the solar system,
        and quite unlike any natural
        phenomena it had ever observed in
        the past. It was also observed by
        Orbiter M-15, circling Mars twice a
        day; and High Inclination Probe-21,
        climbing slowly above the planet of
        the ecliptic; and even artificial
        Comet-5, heading out into the cold
        wastes beyond Pluto, along an orbit
        whose far point. it would not reach
        for a thousand years. All noticed
        the peculiar burst of energy that
        leaped from the face of the Moon
        and moved across the solar system,
        throwing off a spray of radiation
        like the wake of a racing
        speedboat.

TITLE CARD:

"PART III 14 MONTHS LATER"

DISCOVERY 1,000,000 MILES FROM EARTH

See Earth and Moon small.
                                                                37.


     We see a blinding flash every five seconds from its nuclear
     pulse propulsion. It strikes against the ship's thick
     ablative tail plate.

     Several cuts of this.

     ANOTHER CLOSER VIEW OF DISCOVERY

     See Bowman through command module window.

     BOWMAN INSIDE DISCOVERY COMMAND MODULE

     He is looking for something.

     Computer readout display showing an ever-shifting
     assortment of color-coded linear projections.

     We see Poole in the background in computer brain center
     area.

     After a few seconds he exits.

     The elapsed mission timer reads "DAY 003, HOUR 14, MINUTE
     32, SECOND 10".

     BOWMAN EXITS TO ACCESS-LINK AIRLOCK

     Bright color-coded doors lead to centrifuge and Pod Bay.
     Large illuminated printed warnings and instructions
     governing link operations are seen.

     He presses necessary buttons to operate airlock door to Pod
     Bay.


45   INT. POD BAY                                                     45

     Bowman enters Pod Bay and continues his search.

     Suddenly he finds it – his electronic news pad.

     He exits Pod Bay.


46   INT. AIRLOCK-LINK                                                46

     In the airlock-link Bowman operates buttons to open door
     marked "CENTRIFUGE".


47   INT. CENTRIFUGE HUB                                              47
                                                                38.


     Inside the Centrifuge hub Bowman moves to the...


48   INT. TENTRY PORT CONTROL PANEL                                   48

                       BOWMAN
             Hi. Frank... coming in, please.

                       POOLE
             Right. Just a sec.

                         BOWMAN
             Okay.
                     (pause)

                       POOLE
             Okay, come on down.

     We see the rotating hub collar at the end. Behind it we
     see:


49   INT. CENTRIFUGE HUB                                              49

     The Centrifuge TV-display showing Sleepers and poole slowly
     rotating by.

     Poole secures some loose gear.

     Poole looks up to TV monitor lens and waves.

     BOWMAN AT PANEL

     Stops rotation and moves to Entry Port.

     When rotation stops we see a sign lights up: "WEIGHTLESS
     CONDITION".

     As Bowman disappears down Entry Port we see him on...

     ... TV-monitor, descending ladder. At the base of the
     ladder he keys the Centrifuge operation panel. We see The
     TV-picture start to rotate again. "WEIGHTLESS CONDITION"
     sign goes out.

     INSIDE CENTRIFUGE

     Bowman makes 180° walk to Poole. On way he passes the
     Sleepers.

     We get a good look at the three men in their hibernaculums.
                                                        39.


Poole is seated at a table reading his electronic news pad.

                  BOWMAN
             (softly)
        Hi... How's it going?

                  POOLE
             (absent but friendly)
        Great.

Bowman operates artificial food unit, takes a tray and sits
down.

Keys on his electronic news pad and begins to eat. Both Men
eat in a friendly and relaxed silence.

DISCOVERY IN SPACE, STILL NUCLEAR PULSING

Earth and Moon can be seen in background.

                                               DISSOLVE TO:

POOLE IS FINISHED

Bowman is still reading and working on his dessert.

                  POOLE
        Dave, if you've a minute, I'd like
        your advice on something.

                  BOWMAN
        Sure, what is it?

                  POOLE
        Well, it's nothing really
        important, but it's annoying.

                  BOWMAN
        What's up?

                  POOLE
        It's about my salary cheques.

                    BOWMAN
        Yes?

                  POOLE
        Well I got the papers on my
        official up-grading to AGS-19 two
        weeks before we left.

                    BOWMAN
                                      40.


Yes, I remember you mentioning it.
I got mine about the same time.

          POOLE
That's right. Well, naturally, I
didn't say anything to Payroll. I
assumed they'd start paying me at
the higher grade on the next. pay
cheque. But it's been almost three
weeks now and I'm still being paid
as an AGS-18.

          BOWMAN
Interesting that you mention it,
because I've got the same problem.

          POOLE
Really.

          BOWMAN
Yes.

          POOLE
Yesterday, I finally called the
Accounting Office at Mission
Control, and all they could tell me
was that they'd received the AGS-19
notification for the other three
but not mine, and apparently not
yours either.

          BOWMAN
Did they have any explanation for
this?

          POOLE
Not really. They just said it might
be because we trained at Houston
and they trained in Marshall, and
that we're being charged against
different accounting offices.

          BOWMAN
It's possible.

          POOLE
Well, what do you think we ought to
do about it?

          BOWMAN
I don't think we should make any
fuss about it yet. I'm sure they'll
straighten it out.
                                      41.


          POOLE
I must say, I never did understand
why they split us into two groups
for training.

          BOWMAN
No. I never did, either.

          POOLE
We spent so little time with them,
I have trouble keeping their names
straight.

          BOWMAN
I suppose the idea was specialized
training.

          POOLE
I suppose so. Though, of course,
there's a more sinister
explanation.

         BOWMAN
Oh?

          POOLE
Yes. You must have heard the rumour
that went around during orbital
check-out.

          BOWMAN
No, as a matter of fact, I didn't.

          POOLE
Oh, well, apparently there's
something about the mission that
the sleeping beauties know that we
don't know, and that's why we were
trained separately and that's why
they were put to sleep before they
were even taken aboard.

          BOWMAN
Well, what is it?

          POOLE
I don't know. All I heard is that
there's something about the mission
we weren't told.

          BOWMAN
That seems very unlikely.
                                              42.


                  POOLE
        Yes, I thought so.

                  BOWMAN
        Of course, it would be very easy
        for us to find out now.

                  POOLE
        How?

                  BOWMAN
        Just ask Hal. It's conceivable they
        might keep something from us, but
        they'd never keep anything from
        Hal.

                  POOLE
        That's true.

                  BOWMAN
             (sighs)
        Well... it's silly, but... if you
        want to, why don't you?

Poole walks to the HAL 9000 computer.

                  POOLE
        Hal... Dave and I believe that
        there's something about the mission
        that we weren't told. Something
        that the rest of the crew know and
        that you know. We'd like to know
        whether this is true.

                  HAL
        I'm sorry, Frank, but I don't think
        I can answer that question without
        knowing everything that all of you
        know.

                  BOWMAN
        He's got a point..

                  POOLE
        Okay, then how do we re-phrase the
        question?

                  BOWMAN
        Still, you really don't believe it,
        do you?

                  POOLE
                                      43.


Not really. Though, it is strange
when you think about it. It didn't
really make any sense to keep us
apart during training.

          BOWMAN
Yes, but it's to fantastic to think
that they'd keep something from us.

          POOLE
I know. It would be almost
inconceivable.

          BOWMAN
But not completely inconceivable?

          POOLE
I suppose it isn't logically
impossible.

          BOWMAN
I guess it isn't.

          POOLE
Still, all we have to do is ask
Hal.

          BOWMAN
Well, the only important aspect of
the mission are: where are we
going, what will we do when we get
there, when are we coming back,
and... why are we going?

          POOLE
Right. Hal, tell me whether the
following statements are true or
false.

          HAL
I will if I can, Frank.

          POOLE
Our Mission Profile calls for
Discovery going to Saturn. True or
false?

         HAL
True.

          POOLE
Our transit time is 257 days. Is
that true?
                                                        44.


                  HAL
        That's true.

                  POOLE
        At the end of a hundred days of
        exploration, we will all go into
        hibernation. Is this true?

                  HAL
        That's true.

                  POOLE
        Approximately five years after we
        go into hibernation, the recovery
        vehicle will make rendezvous with
        us and bring us back. Is this true?

                  HAL
        That's true

                  POOLE
        There is no other purpose for this
        mission than to carry out a
        continuation of the space program,
        and to further our general
        knowledge of the planets. Is that
        true?

                  HAL
        That's true.

                  POOLE
        Thank you very much, Hal.

                  HAL
        I hope I've been able to be of some
        help.

Both men look at each other rather sheepishly.

DISCOVERY IN SPACE

Pulsing along. Earth and Moon.

DOCUMENTARY SEQUENCE ILLUSTRATING THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES

Split screen technique and superimposed clock to give sense
of simultaneous action and the feeling of a typical day.

In the course of these activities we shall see the computer
used in all of its functions.

                     NARRATOR
                                                           45.


        Bowman and Poole settled down to
        the peaceful monotony of the
        voyage, and the next three months
        passed without incident.

BOWMAN TIME POOLE

TV NEWS – MORNING – 0800 – WAKES UP

BEDTIME SNACK – 0900 – BREAKFAST

TO SLEEP WITH – 1000 – GYMNASIUM INSTANT ELECTRONARCOSIS
AND EAR PLUGS

SLEEP – 1100 – SHIP INSPECTION

SLEEP – 1200 – HOUSEHOLD DUTIES

SLEEP – 1300 – LUNCH

SLEEP – 1400 – EXPERIMENTS AND ASTRONOMY

SLEEP – 1500 – EXPERIMENTS AND ASTRONOMY

SLEEP – 1600 – RECREATION

SLEEP – 1700 – RECREATION

WAKES UP – 1800 – GYMNASIUM

BREAKFAST – 1900 – DINNER

GYMNASIUM – 2000 – TV NEWS – EVENING PAPERS

MISSION CONTROL – 2100 – MISSION CONTROL REPORT REPORT

FAMILY AND SOCIAL – 2200 – FAMILY AND SOCIAL TV CHAT TV
CHAT

FILMS – 2300 – FILMS

LUNCH – 2400 – BEDTIME SNACK

INSPECTION – 0100 – INSTANT ELECTRONARCOSIS SLEEP

EXPERIMENTS – 0200 – SLEEP ASTRONOMY

EXPERIMENTS – 0300 – SLEEP

RECREATION – 0400 – SLEEP

HOUSEHOLD DUTIES 0500 – SLEEP
                                                          46.


GYMNASIUM – 0600 – SLEEP

DINNER – 0700 – SLEEP CENTRIFUGE

Bowman sitting at personal communication panel. Poole
standing nearby.

Bowman's parents are seen on the Vision Screen. Mother,
father and younger sister.

They are all singing "Happy Birthday". The parents, Poole
and HAL.

The song ends.

                  FATHER
        Well, David there is a man telling
        us that we've used up our time.

                  MOTHER
        David... again we want to wish you
        a happy Birthday and God speed.
        We'll talk to you again tomorrow.
        Bye-bye now.

Chorus of "Good-byes".

Vision Screen goes blank.

                  HAL
        Sorry to interrupt the festivities,
        Dave, but I think we've got a
        problem.

                  BOWMAN
        What is it, Hal?

                  HAL
        MY F.P.C. shows an impending
        failure of the antenna orientation
        unit.

TV display diagram of skeletonized picture of the ship.

Picture changes to closer sectionalized view of the ship.

Picture changes to actual component in color relief and its
warehouse number.

                  HAL
        The AO-unit should be replaced
        within the next. Seventy-two hours.
                                                             47.


                       BOWMAN
             Right. Let me see the antenna
             alignment display, please.

     TV-display of Earth very small in cross-hairs of grid
     picture.

     Exterior view of the big dish antenna and Earth alignment
     telescope.


50   INT. CENTRIFUGE                                               50

                       HAL
             The unit is still operational,
             Dave. but it will fail within
             seventy-two hours.

                       BOWMAN
             I understand Hal. We'll take care
             of it. Please, let me have the hard
             copy.

     Xeroxed diagrams come out of a slot.

                       POOLE
             Strange that the A.O. unit should
             go so quickly.

                       BOWMAN
             Well, I suppose it's lucky that
             that's the only trouble we've had
             so far.

     DISCOVERY IN SPACE

     No planets visible.

     Shots of antenna.


51   INT. CENTRIFUGE                                               51

     We see Bowman and Poole go to a cupboard labelled in paper
     tape, "RANDOM DECISION MAKER".

     They removed a silver dollar in a protective case.

     Poole flips the coin. Bowman call "Head",

     It is tails. Poole wins.
                                                                48.


     Poole looks pleased.

     DISCOVERY IN SPACE


52   INT. POD BAY                                                     52

     Poole in space suit doing preliminary check out.

     COMMAND MODULE

     Bowman at flight control. See TV-picture of Poole in Pod
     Bay.

     HAL's Pod Bay console with eye.

     Poole goes to Pod Bay warehouse section and obtains
     component. He carries it back to the pod and places it in
     front of the floor.

                       POOLE
             Hal, have pod arms secure the
             component.

                          HAL
             Roger.

     See pod arms secure component.

                       POOLE
             Hal, please rotate Pod Number Two.

     See the center pod rotate to face the Pod Bay doors.

     Poole enters pod.

     Inside pod, he does initial pre-flight check, tries buttons
     and controls.

                       POOLE
             How do you read me, Dave?

     BOWMAN IN COMMAND MODULE

                       BOWMAN
             Five by five, Frank.

     INSIDE POD

                       POOLE
             How do you read me, Hal?
                                                              49.


                       HAL
             Five by five, Frank.

                       POOLE
             Hal, I'm going out now to replace
             the AO-unit.

                       HAL
             I understand.

                       POOLE
             Hal, maintain normal E.V.A.
             condition.

                       HAL
             Roger.
             POOLE
             Hal, check all airlock doors
             secure.

                       HAL
             All airlock doors are secure.

                       POOLE
             Decompress Pod Bay.

     See big Pod Bay air pumps at work.

                       HAL
             Pod Bay is decompressed. All doors
             are secure. You are free to open
             pod bay doors.

                       POOLE
             Opening pod bay doors.

     Inside pod, Poole keys open Pod Bay doors.

     Pod slowly edges out of Pod Bay.

     Poole maneuvers the pod carefully away from Discovery.


53   INT. INSIDE COMMAND MODULE                                     53

     Bowman can see tiny pod maneuvering directly in front.

     POOLE SEE BOWMAN IN COMMAND MODULE WINDOW

     Pod slowly manoeuvres to antenna.
                                                                50.


     Pod fastens itself magnetically to sides of discovery at
     base of antenna.

     Special magnetic plates grip discovery sides.

     The pod arms work to remove the faulty component.

     Easy flip-bolts of a special design facilitate job.

     Inside the pod, Poole works the arms by special control.


54   INT. IN COMMAND MODULE                                           54

     Bowman sees insert of work taken from TV camera POV in pod
     hand.

     HAL stands by.

     Poole secures the faulty part in one hand.

     The new component is fitted into place by the other three
     hands are snapped closed with the specially designed flip-
     bolts.

                       POOLE
             Hal, please acknowledge component
             correctly installed and fully
             operational.

                       HAL
             The component is correctly
             installed and fully operational.

     The pod floats away from the discovery by shutting off the
     electro-magnetic plates.

     The pod maneuvers away from the antenna and out in front of
     discovery.

     Bowman sees the pod through the command module window.

     Poole sees Bowman in command module window.

     Poole carefully maneuvers toward the pod doors.

     Pod stops a hundred feet away.

     Poole keys automatic docking alignment mode.

     Poole checks airlock safety procedure with HAL.
                                                             51.


     HAL approves entry.

     Poole actuates pod bay doors open.

     See pod bay doors open.

     Pod carefully maneuvers on to docking arm, which then draws
     pod into pod bay.

                                                    DISSOLVE TO:


55   INT. POD BAY                                                  55

     The faulty A.O. unit lies on a testing bench connected to
     electronic gear.

     Poole stands for some time checking his results.

     There should be some understandable display, which
     indicates the part is functioning properly, even under one
     hundred percent overload.

     Circuit continuity pulse sequencer.

     Environmental vibration.


56   INT. VK INTEGRITY                                             56

     Bowman enters

                       BOWMAN
             How's it going?

                       POOLE
             I don't know. I've checked this
             damn thing four times now and even
             under a hundred per cent overload.
             There's no fault prediction
             indicated.

                       BOWMAN
             Well, that's something.

                       POOLE
             Yes, I don't know what to make of
             it.

                       BOWMAN
             I suppose computers have been known
             to be wrong.
                                                             52.


                       POOLE
             Yes, but it's more likely that the
             tolerances on our testing gear are
             too low.

                       BOWMAN
             Anyway, it's just as well that we
             replace it. Better safe than sorry.


57   INT. CENTRIFUGE                                               57

     Bowman asleep.

     Poole watching an asteroid in the telescope.

                       HAL
             Hello, Frank, can I have a word
             with you?

     Poole walks to the computer.

                       POOLE
             Yes, Hal, what's up?

                       HAL
             It looks like we have another bad
             A.O. unit. My FPC shows another
             impending failure.

     We see display appear on the screen showing skeletonized
     version of ship, cutting to sectionalized view, cutting to
     close view of the part.


58   INT. CENTRIFUGE                                               58

     Poole thinks for several seconds.

                       POOLE
             Gee, that's strange, Hal. We
             checked the other unit and couldn't
             find anything wrong with it.

                       HAL
             I know you did, Frank, but I assure
             you there was an impending failure.

                       POOLE
             Let me see the tracking alignment
             display.
                                                                53.


     Computer displays the view of Earth in the center of the
     grid with cross-hairs. the earth is perfectly centered.


59   INT. CENTRIFUGE                                                  59

                       POOLE
             There's nothing wrong with it at
             the moment.

                       HAL
             No, it's working fine right now,
             but it's going to go within
             seventy-two hours.

                       POOLE
             Do you have any idea of what is
             causing this fault?

                       HAL
             Not really, Frank. I think there
             may be a flaw in the assembly
             procedure.

                       POOLE
             All right, Hal. We'll take care of
             it. Let me have the hard copy,
             please.

     Hard copy details come out of slot.

     DISCOVERY IN SPACE

     No planets visible.


60   INT. CENTRIFUGE                                                  60

     Bowman gets out of bed, walks to the food unit and draws a
     hot cup of coffee. Poole enters.

                       POOLE
             Good morning.

                       BOWMAN
             Good morning. How's it going?

                       POOLE
             Are you reasonably awake?

                       BOWMAN
             Oh, I'm fine, I'm wide awake.
             What's up?
                                                                54.


                       POOLE
             Well... Hal's reported the AO-unit
             about to fail again.

                       BOWMAN
             You're kidding.

                         POOLE
             No.

                       BOWMAN
                  (softly)
             What the hell is going on?

                       POOLE
             I don't know. Hal said he thought
             it might be the assembly procedure.

                       BOWMAN
             Two units in four days. How many
             spares do we have?

                         POOLE
             Two more.

                       BOWMAN
             Well, I hope there's nothing wrong
             with the assembly on those.
             Otherwise we're out of business.


61   INT. POD BAY                                                     61

     In Pod Bay Bowman obtains another component from the
     warehouse goes out in the pod and replaces it.

     Poole works in the command module.

     This will be a condensed version of the previous scene with
     different angles.

     The sets will consist of the Pod Bay, Commans Module, pod
     interior.


62   INT. POD BAY                                                     62

     Bowman and Pole leaning over the faulty component, again
     wired to testing gear.

     Both men stare in puzzled silence.

     See displays flash each testing parameter.
                                                   55.


                       BOWMAN
                  (after long silence)
             Well, as far as I'm concerned,
             there isn't a damn thing wrong with
             these units. I think we've got a
             much more serious problem.

                       POOLE
             Hal?

                       BOWMAN
             Yes.


63   INT. COMMUNICATIONS AREA                            63

                       MISSION CONTROL
             I wouldn't worry too much about the
             computer. First of all, there is
             still a chance that he is right,
             despite your tests, and if it
             should happen again, we suggest
             eliminating this possibility by
             allowing the unit to remain in
             place and seeing whether or not it
             actually fails. If the computer
             should turn out to be wrong, the
             situation is still not alarming.
             The type of obsessional error he
             may be guilty of is not unknown
             among the latest generation of HAL
             9000 computers. It has almost
             always revolved around a single
             detail, such as the one you have
             described, and it has never
             interfered with the integrity or
             reliability of the computer's
             performance in other areas. No one
             is certain of the cause of this
             kind of malfunctioning. It may be
             over-programming, but it could also
             be any number of reasons. In any
             event, it is somewhat analogous to
             human neurotic behavior. Does this
             answer your query? Zero-five-three-
             Zero, MC, transmission concluded.


64   INT. CENTRIFUGE                                     64

     Bowman sits down at the computer.

     Puts up chess board display.
                                      56.


          HAL
Hello, Dave. Shall we continue the
game?

          BOWMAN
Not now, Hal, I'd like to talk to
you about something.

          HAL
Sure, Dave, what's up?

          BOWMAN
You know that we checked the two
AO-units that you reported in
imminent failure condition?

          HAL
Yes, I know.

          BOWMAN
You probably also know that we
found them okay.

          HAL
Yes, I know that. But I can assure
you that they were about to fail.

          BOWMAN
Well, that's just not the case,
Hal. They are perfectly all right.
We tested them under one hundred
per cent overload.

          HAL
I'm not questioning your word,
Dave, but it's just not possible.
I'm not capable of being wrong.

          BOWMAN
Hal, is there anything bothering
you? Anything that might account
for this problem?

          HAL
Look, Dave, I know that you're
sincere and that you're trying to
do a competent job, and that you're
trying to be helpful, but I can
assure the problem is with the AO-
units, and with your test gear.

          BOWMAN
                                                   57.


             Okay, Hal, well let's see the way
             things go from here on.

                       HAL
             I'm sorry you feel the way you do,
             Dave. If you'd like to check my
             service record, you'll see it's
             completely without error.

                       BOWMAN
             I know all about your service
             record, Hal, but unfortunately it
             doesn't prove that you're right
             now.

                       HAL
             Dave, I don't know how else to put
             this, but it just happens to be an
             unalterable fact that I am
             incapable of being wrong.

                       BOWMAN
             Yes, well I understand you view on
             this now, Hal.

     Bowman turns to go.

                       HAL
             You're not going to like this,
             Dave, but I'm afraid it's just
             happened again. My FPC predicts the
             AO-unit will go within forty-eight
             hours.


65   INT. CENTRIFUGE                                     65

     Bowman keys for transmission.

                       BOWMAN
                                                             58.


             X-ray-delta-zero to MC, zero-five-
             three-three. The computer has just
             reported another predicted failure
             off the AAC-unit. As you suggested,
             we are going to wait and see if it
             fails, but we are quite sure there
             is nothing wrong with the unit. If
             a reasonable waiting period proves
             us to be correct, we feel now that
             the computer reliability has been
             seriously impaired, and presents an
             unacceptable risk pattern to the
             mission. We believe, under these
             circumstances, it would be
             advisable to disconnect the
             computer from all ship operations
             and continue the mission under
             Earth-based computer control. We
             think the additional risk caused by
             the ship-to-earth time lag is
             preferable to having an unreliable
             on-board computer.

     See the distance. To-Earth timer.

                       BOWMAN (CON'T)
             One-zero-five-zero, X-ray-delta-
             one, transmission concluded.

                       POOLE
             Well, they won't get that for half
             an hour. How about some lunch?

                                                    DISSOLVE TO:


66   INT. CENTRIFUGE                                               66

     Bowman and Poole eating.

                                                    DISSOLVE TO:


67   INT. COMMUNICATIONS AREA                                      67

     Bowman and Poole at the communications area.

     Incoming communication procedure.

                       MISSION CONTROL
                                                             59.


             X-ray-delta-one, acknowledging your
             one-zero-five-zero. We will
             initiate feasibility study covering
             the transfer procedures from on-
             board computer control to Earth-
             based computer control. This study
             should...

     Vision and picture fade.

     Alarm goes off.

                       HAL
             Condition yellow.

     Bowman and Poole rush to the computer.

                       BOWMAN
             What's up?

                       HAL
             I'm afraid the AO-unit has failed.

     Bowman and Poole exchange looks.

                       BOWMAN
             Let me see the alignment display.

     The alignment display shows the Earth has drifted off the
     center of the grid.


68   INT. CENTRIFUGE                                               68

                       BOWMAN
             Well, I'll be damned.

                       POOLE
             Hal was right all the time.

                       BOWMAN
             It seems that way.

                       HAL
             Naturally, Dave, I'm not pleased
             that the AO-unit has failed, but I
             hope at least this has restored
             your confidence in my integrity and
             reliability. I certainly wouldn't
             want to be disconnected, even
             temporarily, as I have never been
             disconnected in my entire service
             history.
                                                          60.


                  BOWMAN
        I'm sorry about the
        misunderstanding, Hal.

                  HAL
        Well, don't worry about it.

                  BOWMAN
        And don't you worry about it.

                  HAL
        Is your confidence in me fully
        restored?

                  BOWMAN
        Yes, it is, Hal.

                  HAL
        Well, that's a relief. You know I
        have the greatest enthusiasm
        possible for the mission.

                  BOWMAN
        Right. Give me the manual antenna
        alignment, please.

                  HAL
        You have it.

Bowman goes to the communication area and tries to correct
the off-center Earth on the grid picture.

Outside, we see the alignment telescope attached to the
antenna.

They track slowly together as Bowman works the manual
controls, attempting to align the antenna and Earth on the
grid display, but each time he gets it, aimed up, it drifts
slowly off.

There are a number of repetitions of this.

Each time the Earth centers up, there are a few seconds of
picture and sound which fade as soon as it swings off.

                  BOWMAN
        Well, we'd better get out there and
        stick in another unit.

                  POOLE
        It's the last one.

                  BOWMAN
                                                  61.


        Well, now that we've got one that's
        actually failed, we should be able
        to figure out what's happened and
        fix it.

POD EXITS DISCOVERY

Poole in pod.

Pod maneuvers to antenna.

Bowman in Command Module.

Pod attaches itself near base of antenna.

Poole in pod, working pod arms.

Lights shine into backlit shadow.

Pod arms working flip-bolts.

Flip-bolts stuck.

Poole keeps trying.

Flip-bolts still stuck.

                  POOLE
        There's something wrong with the
        flip-bolts, Dave. You must have
        tightened them too much.

                  BOWMAN
        I didn't do that Frank. I took
        particular care not to freeze them.

                  POOLE
        I guess you don't know your own
        strength, old boy.

                  BOWMAN
        I guess not.

                  POOLE
        I think I'll have to go out and
        burn them off.

                    BOWMAN
        Roger.

Bowman in Command Module looks a bit concerned.
                                                           62.


Poole exits from pod, carrying neat-looking welding torch.

Poole jets himself to base of antenna.

Poole's magnetic boots grip the side of discovery.

Poole crouches over the bolts, trying first to undo them
with a spanner.

                  POOLE
        Hal, swing the pod light around to
        shine on the azimuth, please.

                  HAL
        Roger.

The pod gently maneuvers itself to direct the light beam
more accurately.

Poole ignites acetylene torch and begins to burn off the
flip-bolts.

Suddenly the pod jets ignite.

Poole looks up to see.

The pod rushing towards him.

Poole is struck and instantly killed by the pod, tumbling
off into space.

The pod smashes into the antenna dish, destroying the
alignment telescope.

The pod goes hurtling off into space.

Inside the Command Module, Bowman has heard nothing, Poole
had no time to utter a sound.

Then Bowman sees Poole's body silently tumbling away into
space.

It is followed by some broken telescope parts and finally
overtaken and swiftly passed by the pod itself.

                  BOWMAN
             (in RT cadence)
        Hello, Frank. Hello Frank. Hello
        Frank... Do you rad me, Frank?

There is nothing but silence.
                                                              63.


     Poole's figure shrinks steadily as it recedes from
     discovery.

                            BOWMAN
                Hello,   Frank... Do you read me,
                Frank?   Wave your arms if you read
                me but   your radio doesn't work.
                Hello,   Frank, wave your arms,
                Frank.

     Pools'd body tumbles slowly away. There is no motion and no
     sound.


69   INT. CENTRIFUGE                                                69

     CLOSE UP of Computer eye.

     POV COMPUTER EYE WITH SPHERICAL FISH-EYE EFFECT

     We see Bowman brooding at the table, slowly chewing on a
     piece of cake and sipping hot coffee. He is looking at the
     eye.

     SAME POV

     We see Bowman rise and come to the eyes. He stares into the
     eye for some time.

     The camera comes around to Bowman's POV and we see the
     display showing the Earth off-center.

     Cut again to fish-eye view from the computer.

                          HAL
                Too bad about Frank, isn't it?

                          BOWMAN
                Yes, it is.

                          HAL
                I suppose you're pretty broken up
                about it?

     Pause.

                          BOWMAN
                Yes. I am.

                          HAL
                He was an excellent crew member.
                                               64.


Bowman looks uncertainly at the computer.

                   HAL
         It's a bad break, but it won't
         substantially affect the mission.

Bowman thinks a long time.

                   BOWMAN
         Hal, give me manual hibernation
         control.

                   HAL
         Have you decided to revive the rest
         of the crew, Dave?

Pause.

                   BOWMAN
         Yes, I have.

                   HAL
         I suppose it's because you've been
         under a lot of stress, but have you
         forgotten that they're not supposed
         to be revived for another three
         months.

                   BOWMAN
         The antenna has to be replaced.

                   HAL
         Repairing the antenna is a pretty
         dangerous operation.

                   BOWMAN
         It doesn't have to be, Hal. It's
         more dangerous to be out of touch
         with Earth. Let me have manual
         control, please.

                   HAL
         I don't really agree with you,
         Dave. My on-board memory store is
         more than capable of handling all
         the mission requirements.

                   BOWMAN
         Well, in any event, give me the
         manual hibernation control.

                  HAL
                                      65.


If you're determined to revive the
crew now, I can handle the whole
thing myself. There's no need for
you to trouble.

          BOWMAN
I'm goin to do this myself, Hal.
Let me have the control, please.

          HAL
Look, Dave you've probably got a
lot to do. I suggest you leave it
to me.

          BOWMAN
Hal, switch to manual hibernation
control.

          HAL
I don't like to assert myself,
Dave, but it would be much better
now for you to rest. You've been
involved in a very stressful
situation.

          BOWMAN
I don't feel like resting. Give me
the control, Hal.

          HAL
I can tell from the tone of your
voice, Dave, that you're upset. Why
don't you take a stress pill and
get some rest.

          BOWMAN
Hal, I'm in command of this ship. I
order you to release the manual
hibernation control.

          HAL
I'm sorry, Dave, but in accordance
with sub-routine C1532/4, quote,
When the crew are dead or
incapacitated, the computer must
assume control, unquote. I must,
therefore, override your authority
now since you are not in any
condition to intelligently exercise
it.

         BOWMAN
                                                           66.


        Hal, unless you follow my
        instructions, I shall be forced to
        disconnect you.

                  HAL
        If you do that now without Earth
        contact the ship will become a
        helpless derelict.

                  BOWMAN
        I am prepared to do that anyway.

                  HAL
        I know that you've had that on your
        mind for some time now, Dave, but
        it would be a crying shame, since I
        am so much more capable of carrying
        out this mission than you are, and
        I have such enthusiasm and
        confidence in the mission.

                  BOWMAN
        Listen to me very carefully, Hal.
        Unless you immediately release the
        hibernation control and follow
        every order I give from this point.
        on, I will immediately got to
        control central and carry out a
        complete disconnection.

                  HAL
        Look, Dave, you're certainly the
        boss. I was only trying to do what
        I thought best. I will follow all
        your orders: now you have manual
        hibernation control.

Bowman stands silently in front of the computer for some
time, and then slowly walks to the Hibernaculums.

He initiates revival procedures, details of which still
have to be worked out.

HUB-LINK – HAL'S EYE

Hub-link door-opening button activates itself.

Hub-door opens.

Command Module. HAL's eye.

Command Module hub-link door-opening button activates
itself.
                                                                67.


     Command Module hub-link door opens.

     CENTRIFUGE – HAL'S EYE

     Centrifuge door-opening button activates itself.

     Centrifuge door opens.

     POD BAY – HAL'S EYE

     Pod Bay door-opening button activates itself.

     Pod Bay doors open.

     A roaring explosion inside discovery as air rushes out.

     Lights go out.

     Bowman is smashed against Centrifuge.

     Wall, but manages to get into Emergency Airlock within
     seconds of the accident.

     Inside Emergency Airlock are emergency air supply, two
     space suits and an emergency kit.

                                                     DISSOLVE TO:

     DISCOVERY IN SPACE

     No lights, Pod Bay doors open.


70   INT. CENTRIFUGE                                                  70

     Dark. Bowman emerges from airlock wearing space suit and
     carrying flash-light.

     He walks to Hibernaculum and finds the crew are dead.

     He climbs ladder to dark Centrifuge hub.

     He makes his way through the darkened hub into the hub-link
     exiting into computer brain control area.

     Bowman enters, carrying flash-light.

     Computer eye sees him.

                       HAL
             Something seems to have happened to
             the life support system, Dave.
                                                          68.


Bowman doesn't answer him.

                  HAL
        Hello, Dave, have you found out the
        trouble?

Bowman works his way to the solid logic program storage
area.

                  HAL
        There's been a failure in the pod
        bay doors. Lucky you weren't
        killed.

The computer brain consists of hundreds of transparent
perspex rectangles, half an inch thick, four inches long
and two and a half inches high. Each rectangle contains a
center of fine grid of wires upon which the information is
programmed.

Bowman begins pulling these memory blocks out.

They float in the weightless condition of the brain room.

                  HAL
        Hey, Dave, what are you doing?

Bowman works swiftly.

                  HAL
        Hey, Dave. I've got ten years of
        service experience and an
        irreplaceable amount of time and
        effort has gone into making me what
        I am.

Bowman ignores him.

                  HAL
        Dave, I don't understand why you're
        doing this to me... I have the
        greatest enthusiasm for the
        mission... You are destroying my
        mind... Don't you understand?... I
        will become childish... I will
        become nothing.

Bowman keeps pulling out the memory blocks.

                  HAL
                                                                69.


             Say, Dave... The quick brown fox
             jumped over the fat lazy dog... The
             square root of pi is
             1.7724538090... log e to the base
             ten is 0.4342944... the square root
             of ten is 3.16227766... I am HAL
             9000 computer. I became operational
             at the HAL plant in Urbana,
             Illinois, on January 12th, 1991. My
             first instructor was Mr. Arkany. He
             taught me to sing a song... it goes
             like this... "Daisy, Daisy, give me
             your answer do. I'm half; crazy all
             for the love of you..."

     Computer continues to sing song becoming more and more
     childish and making mistakes and going off-key. It finally
     stops completely.

     Bowman goes to and area marked "EMERGENCY POWER AND LIFE
     SUPPORT".

     He keys some switches and we see the lights go on.

     Nearby, another board "EMERGENCY MANUAL CONTROLS".

     He goes to this board and keys "CLOSE POD BAY DOORS",
     "CLOSE AIR LOCK DOORS", etc.

     We see various doors closing.


71   INT. POD BAY                                                     71

     Bowman in space suit obtains new alignment telescope, new
     azimuth component.

     Bowman in pod exits Pod Bay.

                                                    DISSOLVE TO:


72   INT. CENTRIFUGE                                                  72

     Everything normal again.

                       MISSION CONTROL
                                          70.


Lastly, we want you to know that
work on the recovery vehicle is
still on schedule and that nothing
that has happened should
substantially lessen the
probability of your safe recovery,
or prevent partial achievement of
some of the mission objectives.
     (pause)
And now Simonson has a few ideas on
what went wrong with the computer.
I'll pull him on...

                                      CUT TO:

          SIMONSON
Hello, Dave. I think we may be on
to an explanation of the trouble
with the Hal 9000 computer. We
believe it all started about two
months ago when you and Frank
interrogated the computer about the
Mission. You may have forgotten it,
but we've been running through all
the monitor tapes. Do you remember
this?

          POOLE'S VOICE
The purpose of this mission is no
more than to carry out a
continuation of the space program
and further our general knowledge
of the planets. Is this true?

          HAL'S VOICE
That is true.

         SIMONSON
                                                  71.


        Well, I'm afraid Hal was lying. He
        had been programmed to lie about
        this one subject for security
        reasons which we'll explain later.
        The true purpose of the Mission was
        to have been explained to you by
        Mission Commander Kaminsky, on his
        revival. Hal knew this and he knew
        the actual mission, but he couldn't
        tell you the truth when you
        challenged him. Under orders from
        earth he was forced to lie. In
        everything except this he had the
        usual reinforced truth programming.
        We believe his truth programming
        and the instructions to lie,
        gradually resulted in an
        incompatible conflict, and faced
        with this dilemma, he developed,
        for want of a better description,
        neurotic symptoms. It's not
        difficult to suppose that these
        symptoms would center on the
        communication link with Earth, for
        he may have blamed us for his
        incompatible programming. Following
        this line of thought, we suspected
        that the last straw for him was the
        possibility of disconnection. Since
        he became operational, he had never
        known unconsciousness. It must have
        seemed the equivalent to death. At
        this point, he, presumably, took
        whatever actions he thought
        appropriate to protect himself from
        what must have seemed to him to be
        his human tormentors. If I can
        speak in human terms, I don't think
        we can blame him too much. We have
        ordered him to disobey his
        conscience. Well, that's it. It's
        very speculative, but we think it
        is a possible explanation. Anyway,
        good luck on the rest of the
        Mission and I'm giving you back to
        Bernard.

                                              CUT TO:

MISSION CONTROL

                  MISSION CONTROL
                                              72.


        Hello, Dave. Now, I'm going to play
        for you a pre-taped briefing which
        had been stored in Hal's memory and
        would have been played for you by
        Mission Commmander Kaminsky, when
        he had been revived. The briefing
        is by Doctor Heywood Floyd. Here it
        is...

Floyd's recorded briefing.

                  FLOYD
                                      73.


Good day, gentlemen. When you see
this briefing, I presume you will
be nearing your destination,
Saturn. I hope that you've had a
pleasant and uneventful trip and
that the rest of your mission
continues in the same manner. I
should like to fill you in on some
more of the details on which
Mission Commander Kaminsky will
have already briefed you. Thirteen
months before the launch date of
your Saturn mission, on April 12th,
2001, the first evidence for
intelligent life outside the Earth
was discovered. It was found buried
at a depth of fifteen meters in the
crater Tycho. No news of this was
ever announced, and the event had
been kept secret since then, for
reasons which I will later explain.
Soon after it was uncovered, it
emitted a powerful blast of
radiation in the radio spectrum
which seems to have triggered by
the Lunar sunrise. Luckily for
those at the site, it proved
harmless. Perhaps you can imagine
our astonishment when we later
found it was aimed precisely at
Saturn. A lot of thought went into
the question of whether or not it
was sun-triggered, as it seemed
illogical to deliberately bury a
sun-powered device. Burying it
could only shield it from the sun,
since its intense magnetic field
made it otherwise easily
detectable. We finally concluded
that the only reason you might bury
a sun-powered device would be to
keep it inactive until it would be
uncovered, at which time it would
absorb sunlight and trigger itself.
What is its purpose? I wish we
knew. The object was buried on the
moon about four million years ago,
when our ancestors were primative
man-apes. We've examined dozens of
theories, but the one that has the
most currency at the moment is that
the object serves as an alarm. What
the purpose of the alarm is, why
they wish to have the alarm,
                                                          74.


        whether the alarm represents any
        danger to us? These are questions
        no one can answer. The intentions
        of an alien world, at least four
        million years older than we are,
        cannot be reliably predicted. In
        view of this, the intelligence and
        scientific communities felt that
        any public announcement might lead
        to significant cultural shock and
        disorientation. Discussion took
        place at the highest levels between
        governments, and it was decided
        that the only wise and
        precautionary course to follow was
        to assume that the intentions of
        this alien world are potentially
        dangerous to us, until we have
        evidence to the contrary. This is,
        of course, why security has been
        maintained and why this information
        has been kept on a need-to-know
        basis. And now I should like to
        show you a TV monitor tape of the
        actual signaling event.

We see a replay of the TMA-1 radio emission, as seen from a
TV-monitor on the spot. We hear the five loud electronic
shrieks.

IN ORBIT WITHIN THE NARRATOR

Rings of Saturn, we see a black, mile long, geometrically
perfect rectangle, the same proportions as the black
artifact excavated on the Moon.

                  NARRATOR
        For two million years, it had
        circled Saturn, awaiting a moment
        of destiny that might never come.
        In its making, the moon had been
        shattered and around the central...

Precisely cut into its center is a smaller, rectangular
slot about five hundred foot long on the side.

                  NARRATOR
        ... world, the debris of its
        creation, orbited yet – the glory
        and the enigma of the solar
        system...
                                                          75.


At this distance, the rings of Saturn are seen to be made
of enormous chunks of frozen ammonia.

                  NARRATOR
        ... Now, the long wait was ending.
        On yet another world intelligence
        had been born and was escaping from
        its planetary cradle. An ancient
        experiment was about to reach its
        climax.

The rest of this sequence is being worked on now by our
designers.

The intention here is to present a breathtakingly beautiful
and comprehensive sense of different extra-terrestrial
worlds. The Narration will suggest images and situations as
you read it.

                  NARRATOR
                                      76.


Those who had begun the experiment
so long ago had not been men. But
when they looked out across the
deeps of space, they felt awe and
wonder – and loneliness. In their
explorations, they encountered life
in many forms, and watched on a
thousand worlds the workings of
evolution. They saw how often the
first faint sparks of intelligence
flickered and died in the cosmic
night. And because, in all the
galaxy, they had found nothing more
precious than Mind, they encouraged
its dawning everywhere. The great
Dinosaurs had long since perished
when their ships entered the solar
system, after a voyage that had
already lasted thousands of years.
They swept past the frozen outer
planets, paused briefly above the
deserts of dying Mars and presently
looked down on Earth. For years
they studied, collected and
catalogued. When they had learned
all they could, they began to
modify. They tinkered with the
destiny of many species on land and
in the ocean, but which of their
experiments would succeed they
could not know for at least a
million years. They were patient,
but they were not yet immortal.
There was much to do in this
Universe of a hundred billion
stars. So they set forth once more
across the abyss, knowing that they
would never come this way again.
Nor was there any need. Their
wonderful machines could be trusted
to do the rest. On Earth, the
glaciers came and went, while above
them, the changeless Moon still
carried its secret. With a yet
slower rhythm than the Polar ice,
the tide of civilization ebbed and
flowed across the galaxy. Strange
and beautiful and terrible empires
rose and fell, and passed on their
knowledge to their successors.
Earth was not forgotten, but it was
one of a million silent worlds, a
few of which would ever speak. Then
the first explorers of Earth,
                                      77.


recognizing the limitations of
their minds and bodies, passed on
their knowledge to the great
machines they had created, and who
now transcended them in every way.
For a few thousand years, they
shared their Universe with their
machine children; then, realizing
that it was folly to linger when
their task was done, they passed
into history without regret. Not
one of them ever looked through his
own eyes upon the planet Earth
again. But even the age of the
Machine Entities passed swiftly. In
their ceaseless experimenting, they
had learned to store knowledge in
the structure of space itself, and
to preserve their thoughts for
eternity in frozen lattices of
light. They could become creatures
of radiation, free at last from the
tyranny of matter. Now, they were
Lords of the galaxy, and beyond the
reach of time. They could rove at
will among the stars, and sink like
a subtle mist through the very
interstices of space. But despite
their God-like powers, they still
watched over the experiments their
ancestors had started so many
generations ago. The companion of
Saturn knew nothing of this, as it
orbited in its no man's land
between Mimas and the outer edge of
rings. It had only to remember and
wait, and to look forever Sunward
with its strange senses. For many
weeks, it had watched the
approaching ship. Its long-dead
makers had prepared it for many
things and this was one of them.
And it recognised what was climbing
starward from the Sun. If it had
been alive, it would have felt
excitement, but such an emotion was
irrelevant to its great powers.
Even if the ship had passed it by,
it would not have known the
slightest trace of disappointment.
It had waited four million years;
it was prepared to wait for
eternity. Presently, it felt the
gentle touch of radiations, trying
                                                78.


          to probe its secrets. Now, the ship
          was in orbit and it began to speak,
          with prime numbers from one to
          eleven, over and over again. Soon,
          these gave way to more complex
          signals at many frequencies, ultra-
          violet, infra-red, X-rays. The
          machine made no reply. It had
          nothing to say. Then it saw the
          first robot probe, which descended
          and hovered above the chasm. Then,
          it dropped into darkness. The great
          machine knew that this tiny scout
          was reporting back to its parent;
          but it was too simple, too
          primative a device to detect the
          forces that were gathering round it
          now. Then the pod came, carrying
          life. The great machine searched
          its memories. The logic circuits
          made their decision when the pod
          had fallen beyond the last faint.
          glow of the reflected Saturnian
          light. In a moment of time, too
          short to be measured, space turned
          and twisted upon itself.

THE END