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| 11 EXT. HILLTOP - DAY 11 |
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| Two large, open-top jeeps ROAR down the hilltop away from |
| the landing cross as the helicopter engines WHINE back to |
| life and the rotors start to spin again. |
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| ELLIE, GRANT, and MALCOLM hold on tight in the front jeep, |
| HAMMOND and GENNARO are in the rear jeep. Both cars have |
| DRIVERS. |
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| HAMMOND |
| Just stop here, stop here. Slow, |
| slow. |
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| He slows down, then stops. So does the front jeep. |
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| IN THE FRONT JEEP, Ellie stares at the leaf, amazed, |
| running her hand lightly over it. |
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| ELLIE |
| This species of vermiform was been |
| extinct since the cretaceous |
| period. This thing -- |
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| Grant, never tearing his eyes from the brachiosaur, reaches |
| over and grabs Ellie's head, turning it to face the animal. |
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| She sees it, and drops the leaf. |
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| ELLIE |
| Oh -- my -- God. |
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| Grant lets out a long, sharp, HAH - a combination laugh and |
| shout of joy. |
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| He gets out of the jeep, and Ellie follows. Grant points to |
| the thing and manages to put together his first words since |
| its appearance: |
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| GRANT |
| THAT'S A DINOSAUR! |
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| -- a dinosaur. Chewing the branches. Technically, it's a |
| brachiosaur, of the sauropod family, but we've always |
| called it brontosaurus. It CRUCHES the branch in its mouth, |
| which is some thirty-five feet up off the ground, at the |
| end of its long, arching neck. It stares down at the people |
| in the car with a pleasant, stupid gaze. |
| 26. |
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| Ellie looks up at the sauropods in wonder. |
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| They've pretty light on their feet - a far cry from the |
| sluggish, lumbering brutes we would have expected. |
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| Hammond gets out of his jeep and comes back to join them. |
| He looks like a proud parent showing off the kid. |
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| Ian Malcolm looks at Hammond, amazed, and with an |
| expression that is a mixture of admiration and |
| rapprochement. |
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| MALCOLM |
| You did it. You crazy son of a |
| bitch, you did it. |
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| Grant and Ellie continue walking, following the dinosaur. |
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| GRANT |
| The movement! |
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| ELLIE |
| The -- agility. You're right! |
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