The 2001 Screenplay (1965)


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                        2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

                             Screenplay

                                 by
 
                  Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clark

                             Hawk Films Ltd.,
                             c/o. M-G-M Studios,
                             Boreham Wood,
                             Herts.
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TITLE                             PART I
                                  AFRICA
                             3,000,000 YEARS AGO
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A1
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 ter-
rible 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.

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A2
INT & EXT CAVES - MOONWATCHER

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 emac-
iated 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

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something in his gaze beyond the grasp of any ape. In those
dark, deep-set eyes is a dawning awareness-the first intima-
tions of an intelligence which would not fulfill itself for another
two million years.

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A3
EXT  THE STREAM - THE OTHERS

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.

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A4
EXT  AFRICAN PLAIN - HERBIVORES

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 samr 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.

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A5
EXT  PARCHED COUNTRYSIDE - THE LION

The tribe slowly wanders across the bare, flat country-
side 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.

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

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EXT  DEAD TREE - FINDS HONEY

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 scacely 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.

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A7
INT & EXT  CAVES - NIGHT TERRORS

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

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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.

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A8
EXT  THE STREAM - INVASION

The Others are growing desperate; the forage on their side of
the valley is almost exhausted. Perhaps they realise 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,
shieking 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

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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 seperated 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,

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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.

Even when Big-Tooth ceases to move for some time, Moon-
watcher keeps up the exhilirating game.

With shrieks of panic, the Others retreat back, across the
stream. The defenders cautiously pursue them as far as
The water's edge.

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EXT  CAVE - NEW SOUND

Dozing fitfully and weakened by his stuggle, 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.

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EXT CAVE - NEW ROCK

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.

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;

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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.

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EXT CUBE - FIRST LESSON

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 hypnotises 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,

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rotating on their axes as they do; and the hominids watch, wide-
eyed, mesmerized captives of the Crystal Cube.

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.

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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

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awakening from a dream, realise where they are, and scuttle
back to their caves.

They have no concious 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.

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EXT cave AND PLAINS - Utopia

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 trib 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

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somehow the Others had survived, and had stubbornly refused to
die of starvation.

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EXT CAVES - KILLING THE LION

With the partly devoured carcass of a warthog laid out on the
ground at the point he hope the boulder would impact, Moon-
watcher 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.

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 suddeness. 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

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onrushing boulder. He has combined the errors of over-
confidence 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.

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EXT STREAM - MASTER OF THE WORLD

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 immediatly
recognize this fact.

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

As the Others watch the figures silently approaching in the
morning mist, they become aware of the terrible strangness
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.

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Led by One-ear, the Others half-heartly resume the battle-
chant. But they are suddenly confrunted with a vision that cuts
the sound from their throats, and strikes terror into their
hearts.

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 stoud 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

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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 heavey 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.

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                             A SECTION TIMING

                   A1    00.30
                   A2    00.45
                   A3    01.30
                   A4    00.30
                   A5    01.00
                   A6    01.00
                   A7    01.00
                   A8    03.00
                   A9    00.45
                   A10   02.00
                   A11   04.00
                   A12   02.00
                   A13   02.30
                   A14   02.30

                             A SECTION TOTAL: @23 MIN. 00 SECS
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TITLE                         
                               PART II
                              YEAR 2001

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B1
EARTH FROM 200 MILES UP                          NARRATOR          
                                  By the year 2001, overpopulation has
B1a                               replaced the problem of starvation
THOUSAND MEGATON                  but this was ominously offset by the
NUCLEAR BOMB IN ORBIT             absolute and utter perfection of the
ABOVE THE EARTH,                  weapon.
RUSSIAN INSIGNIA AND
CCCP MARKINGS

B1b                                    NARRATOR
AMERICAN THOUSAND                 Hundreds of giant bombs had been
MEGATON BOMB IN ORBIT             placed in perpetual orbit above the
ABOVE THE EARTH.                  Earth. They were capable of
                                  incinerating the entire Earth's
                                  surface from an altitude of 100
                                  miles.

B1c
FRENCH BOMB                                 NARRATOR
                                  Matters were further complicated
                                  by the presence of twenty-seven
                                  nations in the nuclear club. There
                                  had been no deliberate or acciden-
B1d                               tal use of nuclear weapons since
GERMAN BOMB                       World War II and some people felt
                                  secure in this knowledge. But to
                                  others, the situation seemed
                                  comparible to an airline with a
B1f                               perfect safety record; in showed
CHINESE BOMB                      admirable care and skill but no
                                  one expected it to last forever.

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B2
ORION-III SPACECRAFT
IN FIGHT AWAY FROM
EARTH, 200 MILES
ALTITUDE.

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B3
ORION-III PASSENGER AREA.
DR. HEYWOOD FLOYD IS THE
ONLY PASSENGER IN THE
ELEGANT CABIN DESIGNED
FOR 30 PEOPLE. HE IS
ASLEEP.

HIS PEN FLOATS NEAR HIS
HAND.

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B4
ORION-III COCKPIT.
PILOT, CO-PILOT.
FLOYD CAN BE SEEN
ASLEEP ON A SMALL
TV MONITOR.
STEWARDESS IS PUTTING
ON LIPSTICK. SHE SEES
PEN.

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B5
STEWARDESS GOES BACK
TO PASSENGER AREA,
RESCUES PEN AND CLIPS
IT BACK IN FLOYD'S
POCKET.

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B6
SPACE STATION-5. 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

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B7
ORION-III PASSENGER AREA
FLOYD AWAKE BUT GROGGY,
LOOKS OUT OF WINDOW.

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B8
ORION-III COCKPIT.
THE CO-PILOT IN RADIO
COMMUNICATION WITH THE
SPACE STATION.

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B9
THE ORION-III SPACECRAFT
IN DOCKING APPROACH. THE
EARTH IS SEEN IN BREATH-
TAKING VIEW IN B.G.

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B10
INSIDE DOCKING CONTROL.
WE SEE ORION-III MANO-
UVERING. IN BACKGROUND.

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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.

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B12
SPACE STATION
RECEPTION AREA

RECEPTIONIST AT DESK.
MILLER ENTERS, HUR-
RYING. 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.

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                             FLOYD
                             Oh, please don't worry about it.

                             MILLER
                             Well, thank you very much for
                             being so understanding.

                             FLOYD
                             Please, it really doesn't matter.

                             MILLER
                             Well.. Did you have a pleaant
                             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.

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CONTINUED

THEY ENTER PASSPORT
AREA

RECEPTIONIST PRESSES
"ENGLISH" BAR ON HER
CONSOLE AND SMILES
AS FLOYD GOES THROUGH.

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IN 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
                             desitination, 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.

12/7/65                                                    b15 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
B13
CONTINUED

                              FLOYD
                              Oh, that's wonderful.

12/7/65                                                    b16 
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B14
INT SPACE STATION - LOUNGE

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.

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.

12/7/65                                                    b17 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
B14
CONTINUED

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

FLOYD ENTERS PHONE
BOOTH. SIGN ON
VISION PHONE SCREEN
"SORRY, TEMPORARILY
OUT OF ORDER."

HE ENTERS THE SECOND
BOOTH AND SITS DOWN

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B15
DELETED

B16
DELETED

PAGES b19 - b22 DELETED

12/7/65
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B17
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?

12/6/65                                                    b23 
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B17
CONTINUED

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

                             CHILD
                             I'm having a party tomorrow.

                             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.

12/6/65                                                    b24 
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B17

                             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.

12/6/65                                                    b24a 
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B17
CONTINUED

                             CHILD
                             I will, Daddy.

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

                             CHILD
                             Thank you, Daddy.

                             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.

12/6/65                                                    b24b 
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B18
VISION PHONE
PROCEDURE FOR
INFORMATION

VISION PHONE
PROCEDURE FOR
DIALLING

                             OPERATOR
                             Good morning, Macy's.

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

                             OPERATOR
                             Just one moment.

12/7/65                                                    b25 
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B19
THE PICTURE FLIPS AND
WE SEE A WOMAN STANDING
IN FORN 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 BACK-
GROUND

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

12/7/65                                                    b26 
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B19
CONTINUED

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

                             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 SEE 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.

12/7/65                                                    b27 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
B19
CONTINUED

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

12/7/65                                                    b27a 
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B20
SPACE STATTION 5 - LOUNGE

                             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?

12/7/65                                                    b28 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
B20
CONTINUED

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

THERE IS A BIT OF
CONFUSION AS ALL
REALISE 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?

12/7/65                                                    b29 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
B20
CONTINUED

                             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?

12/7/65                                                    b30 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
B20
CONTINUED

                             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?

12/7/65                                                    b31 
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B20
CONTINUED

                             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.

12/7/65                                                    b32 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
B20
CONTINUED

                             FLOYD
                             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.

12/7/65                                                    b33 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
B20
CONTINUED

                             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 afaid 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
                             Well, I'm glad about that.

12/7/65                                                    b33a 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
B20
CONTINUED

THE RUSSIANS EXCHANGE
MORE GLANCES. ONE OF
THE WOMEN OFFERS
AROUND A PILL BOX.
ELENA AND ANOTHER
RUSSIAN TAKE ONE AND
THE THIRD RUSSIAN
DELCINES.

                             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, apperently, of an
                             unknown origin. Is this, in
                             fact, what has happened?

A LONG, AWKWARD
PAUSE

12/7/65                                                    b33b 
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
B20
CONTINUED

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

12/7/65                                                    b33c 
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
B20
CONTINUED

                             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 PARA-
GRAPHES IN RUSSIAN

12/7/65                                                    b33d       
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
B21

ARIES-IB IN SPACE.
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 acceler-
                             ation for fifteen minutes. Then
                             the ship would break the bonds of
                             gravity and be a free and indepen-
                             dent planet, circling the Sun in an
                             orbit of its own.

10/4/65                                                    b34 
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B21a

ARIES PASSENGER AREA.
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 TELEVISION

THE ELEVATOR ENTRANCE
DOOR OPENS AND THE
SECOND STEWARDESS ENTERS
CARRYING A TRAY OF FOOD

SHE BRINGS IT TO THE OTHER
STEWARDESS

                             STEWARDESS ONE
                             Oh, thank you very much.

                             STEWARDESS TWO
                             I see he's still asleep.

                             STEWARDESS ONE
                             Yes. He hasn't moved since we
                             left.

STEWARDESS TWO EXITS,
INTO ELEVATOR

12/6/65                                                    b34a 
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B21b

ARIES GALLEY AREA.
STEWARDESS EXITS FROM
ELEVATOR, GOES TO
KITCHEN SECTION, REMOVES
TWO TRAYS, WALKS UP TO
THE SIDE OF THE WALL AND
ENTERS PILOT'S
COMPARTMENT

12/6/65                                                    b34b 
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B22
ARIES-IB COCKPIT.
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.

12/14/65                                                   b35 
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
B22
CONTINUED

                             PILOT
                             I wonder what really IS going on
                             up there?

                             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.

12/14/65                                                   b36       
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
B22
CONTINUED

                             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.

12/14/65                                                   b36a 
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
B23
ARIES-IB IN SPACE.
MOON VERY LARGE.

10/4/65                                                    b37 
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B24
ARIES-IB PASSENGER
AREA. FLOYD FINISHING
BREAKFAST.

PILOT ENTERS.

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

                             FLOYD
                             Oh, marvellous. 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.

12/14/65                                                   b38  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
B24
CONTINUED

                             PILOT
                             Well, if there is anything that you
                             wnat, 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?

12/14/65                                                   b39 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
B24
CONTINUED

                             FLOYD
                             I'm afraid that's out of my depart-
                             ment, 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.

12/14/65                                                   b40 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
B24
CONTINUED

                             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.

12/14/65                                                   b40a 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
B25
ARIES-IB CLOSER TO MOON

10/4/65                                                    b41      
------------------------------------------------------------------------
B26
FLOYD GOES TO ARIES-IB
WASHROOM AND LOOKS AT
THE VERY LONG LIST OF
COMPLICATED INSTRUCTIONS

10/4/65                                                    b42 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
B27
ARIES-IB CLOSER TO MOON

DISSOLVE:

10/4/65                                                    b43 
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B28
FLOYD VISITING ARIES-IB
COCKPIT. WEIGHTLESS
TRICK ENTRANCE.

10/4/65                                                    b44      
------------------------------------------------------------------------
B29
ARIES-IB ORBITING MOON.

                             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.

10/4/65                                                    b45 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
B30
ARIES-IB COCKPIT - 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.

10/4/65                                                    b46 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
B31
ARIES-IB DECENDING.
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.

10/4/65                                                    b47 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
B32
A GROUND BUS NUZZLES UP
TO COUPLING SECTION OF
ARIES-IB

10/4/65                                                    b48      
------------------------------------------------------------------------
B33
INSIDE GREAT AIRLOCK
ENTRANCE. GROUND BUS
PULLS IN. GIANT DOORS
CLOSE BEHIND IT.

10/4/65                                                    b49      
------------------------------------------------------------------------
B34
INSIDE SECOND AIRLOCK.
DOORS OPEN AFTER OUT-
SIDE SECTION DOORS ARE
CLOSED. GROUND BUS
PULLS IN. DOORS CLOSE
BEHIND IT. SEE PEOPLE
WAITING IN GLASSED-IN
SECTION WAITING FOR
SECOND AIRLOCK DOORS
TO CLOSE.

10/4/65                                                    b50 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
B35
LOW GRAVITY
GYMNASIUM TRICK
WITH CHILDREN.

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

10/4/65                                                    b51 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
B36
CHILDREN IN SCHOOL.
TEACHER SHOWING THEM
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:

10/5/65                                                    b52 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
B37
LARGE CENTRAL
RECEPTION AREA. DOORS
BRANCHING OFF TO DIFF-
RENT 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
                             (voice echoing)  I must congratulate
                             you Halvorsen. you've done wonder-
                             ful 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:

10/5/65                                                    b53 
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B38
LOW CEILING CONFERENCE
ROOM, "U" SHAPED TABLE
FACING THREE PROJECTION
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.

11/25/65                                                   b54 
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B38
CONTINUED

                             FLOYD (cont'd)
                             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 realise the potential for
                             cutural shock and social
                             disorientation contained in the
                             present situation if the facts
                             were prematurely and suddenly
                             made public without adequate
                             preparation and conditioning.

11/25/65                                                   b55 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
B38
CONTINUED

                             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)
                             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 every-
                             one who had any knowledge of this
                             event. There must be adequate
                             time for a full study to be made
                             of the situation before any con-
                             sideration can be given to
                             making a public announcement.

11/25/65                                                   b56 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
B38
CONTINUED

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

11/25/65                                                   b56a 
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B39
SEVERAL SCENIC VIEWS OF
MOON ROCKET BUS SKIMMING
OVER SURFACE OF MOON.

10/5/65                                                    b57 
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B40
INSIDE ROCKET BUS,
FLOYD, HALVORSEN,
MICHAELS, FOURTH
MAN, PILOT AND
CO-PILOT. ALL IN
SPACE SUITS MINUS
HELMETS.

FLOYD IS SLOWELY
LOOKING THROUGH
SOME PHOTOGRAPHS
AND MAGNETIC
MAPS OF THE AREA.

HE LOOKS OUT OF
THE WINDOW,
THOUGHTFULLY.

11/25/65                                                   b58 
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B40
CONTINUED

THE PHOTOGRAPHES
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:

11/25/65                                                   b59
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B41
TMA-1 EXCAVATION.
AIR VIEW. ROCKET
BUS DESCENDING.

THERE ARE NO LIGHTS
ON THE ACTUAL EXCA-
VATION, ONLY THE
LANDING STRIP AND
THE MONITOR DOME.

12/14/65                                                   b60
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B42
LONG SHOT MONITOR DOMES
WITH A BIT OF EXCAVATION
IN SHOT. SIX SMALL FIGURES
IN SPACE SUITS SLOWLY WALK
TOWARD EXCAVATION.

10/5/65                                                    b61      
------------------------------------------------------------------------
B43
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.

12/14/65                                                   b62      
------------------------------------------------------------------------
B44
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

11/25/65                                                   b63 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
B44
CONTINUED

                             MICHAELS
                             might do something, but we
                             don't want to be too rough until
                             we know a little more.

                             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.

11/25/65                                                   b64 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
B44
CONTINUED

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

11/25/65                                                   b65 
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B45
INSIDE MONITOR DOME
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
                             futher work could be done.

11/25/65                                                   b66 
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B46
TMA-1 EXCAVATION

                             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
                             photographes. Dr. Floyd, would
                             you thand 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
SEPERATE 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
SPACESUITED HANDS. THEN
COMES MERCIFUL SILENCE.

11/25/65                                                   b67 
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B47
VARIOUS SHOTS OF
SPACE MONITORS,
ASTEROIDS, THE SUN,
PLUTO, MARS.

                             NARRATOR
                             A hundred million miles beyond
                             Mars, in the cold lonliness
                             where no man had yet travelled,
                             Deep-Space-Monitor-79 drifts
                             slowly among the tangled orbits
                             of the asteroids.

                             NARRATOR
                             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 eever 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.

                             NARRATOR
                             All these things and many others
                             were patiently noted by Deep-
                             Space-Monitor-79, and recorded
                             in its crystalline memory.

11/25/65                                                   b68 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
B47
CONTINUED

                             NARRATOR
                             But now it had noted something
                             strange - the faint yet
                             unmistakable distrubance rippling
                             across the solar system, and
                             quite unlike any natural phenomena
                             it had ever observed in the past.

                             NARRATOR
                             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.

                             NARRATOR
                             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.

11/25/65                                                   b69 
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B SECTION TIMING

B1-1f     00.50               B25     00.10  
B2        00.10               B26     00.20
B3        00.15               B27     00.05
B4        00.15               B28     Out
B5        00.20               B29     00.30
B6        00.15               B30     00.30
B7        00.10               B31     00.25
B8        00.15               B32     00.20
B9        00.10               B33     00.20
B10       00.10               B34     00.30
B11       00.15               B35     00.20
B12       00.50               B36     00.20
B13       01.10               B37     00.30
B14       00.35               B38     02.15
B15       Out                 B39     00.20
B16       Out                 B40     00.50
B17       01.15               B41     00.15
B18       00.15               B42     00.10
B19       01.00               B43     00.15
B20       03.55               B44     01.40
B21       00.20               B45     00.20
B21A      00.20               B46     00.40
B21B      00.15               B47     01.25
B22       01.00
B23       00.10
B24       01.30

B SECTION TOTAL:  28 MIN. 10 SECS.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------
TITLE

                             PART III
                             14 MONTHS LATER

                                                           b69a
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C1
DISCOVERY 1,000,000
MILES FROM EARTH.
SEE EARTH AND MOON
SMALL.

WE SEE A BLINDING
FLASH EVERY 5
SECONDS FROM ITS
NUCLEAR PULSE
PROPULSION. IT
STRIKES AGAINST
THE SHIP'S THICK
ABLATIVE TAIL
PLATE.

SEVERAL CUTS OF
THIS.

11/19/65                                                   c1 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C2
ANOTHER CLOSER
VIEW OF DISCOVERY.
SEE BOWMAN THROUGH
COMMAND MODULE
WINDOW.

11/19/65                                                   c2 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C3
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
BACKGROUND IN
COMPUTER BRAIN
CENTRE AREA.
AFTER A FEW
SECONDS HE EXITS.

THE ELAPSED
MISSION TIMER
READS "DAY 003,
HOUR 14, MINUTE
32, SECOND 10."

11/19/65                                                   c3 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C4
BOWMAN EXITS TO
ACCESS-LINK AIRLOCK.
BRIGHT COLOR-CODED
DOORS LEAD TO
CENTRIFUGE AND POD
BAY. LARGE ILLUMUN-
ATED PRINTED WARNINGS
AND INSTRUCTIONS
GOVERNING LINK
OPERATIONS ARE SEEN.

HE PRESSES NECESSARY
BUTTONS TO OPERATE
AIRLOCK DOOR TO
POD BAY.

11/19/65                                                   c4 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C5
BOWMAN ENTERS POD
BAY AND CONTINUES
HIS SEARCH. SUDDENLY
HE FINDS IT - HIS
ELECTRONIC NEWSPAD.

HE EXITS POD BAY.

11/19/65                                                   c5 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C6
IN THE AIRLOCK-
LINK BOWMAN
OPERATES BUTTONS
TO OPEN DOOR
MARKED "CENTRIFUGE".

11/19/65                                                   c6      
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C7
INSIDE THE
CENTRIFUGE HUB
BOWMAN MOVES TO
THE

ENTRY PORT
CONTROL PANEL

                             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

11/19/65                                                   c7 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C8
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.

11/19/65                                                   c8 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C9
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 TV-PICTURE
START TO ROTATE
AGAIN. "WEIGHTLESS
CONDITION" SIGN GOES
OUT.

11/19/65                                                   c9 
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C10
INSIDE CENTRIFUGE
BOWMAN MAKES 180 DEGREE
WALK TO POOLE.
ON WAY HE PASSES
THE SLEEPERS.

WE GET A GOOD
LOOK AT THE THREE
MEN IN THEIR
HIBERNACULUMS.

POOLE IS SEATED
AT A TABLE READING
HIS ELECTRONIC
NEWSPAD.

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

                             POOLE
                             (absent but friendly)  Great.

BOWMAN OPERATES
ARTIFICIAL FOOD
UNIT, TAKES HIS TRAY
AND SITS DOWN. KEYS
ON HIS ELECTRONIC
NEWSPAD AND BEGINS
TO EAT. BOTH MEN
EAT IN A FRIENDLY
AND RELAXED SILENCE.

11/19/65                                                   c10 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C11
DISCOVERY IN SPACE,
STILL NUCLEAR
PULSING. EARTH
AND MOON CAN BE
SEEN IN BACKGROUND.

DISSOLVE:

11/19/65                                                   c11 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C12
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.

12/14/65                                                   c12 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C12
CONTINUED

                             BOWMAN
                             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.

12/14/65                                                   c13 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C12
CONTINUED

                             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 differ-
                             ent 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.

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

                             BOWMAN
                             No. I never did, either.

12/14/65                                                   c14 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C12
CONTINUED

                             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.

12/14/65                                                   c15 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C12
CONTINUED

                             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.

                             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.

12/14/65                                                   c15a 
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C12                                 
CONINUED

                             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?

12/14/65                                                   c15c       
------------------------------------------------------------------------
C12 
CONTINUED

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

                             POOLE
                             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.

12/14/65                                                   c15b
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
C12
CONTINUED

                             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?

                             HAL
                             That's true.

12/14/65                                                   c15d
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
C12
CONTINUED

                             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 rendezous 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.

12/14/65                                                   c15e
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
C12
CONTINUED

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

BOTH MEN LOOK AT
EACH OTHER RATHER
SHEEPISHLY.

12/14/65                                                   c15f
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