INDIANA JONES AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD


Screenplay

by

Tommy Lynskey


Story

by

TOMMY LYNSKEY, GEORGE LUCAS







FIRST DRAFT MARCH 2006
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FADE IN:

The scene starts out like all the other Indiana Joneses; Indy is out to get an artifact. The clouds at an elevation of 3600 feet zoom by the Junker Nazi transport plane. A few lightning strikes flash the sky, but not a threat to Indy and the Nazis. The Nazis are off guard, they already have the TABLETS OF THE HEGIRA in their possession, and Indiana is –as far as they know- back at Mecca strapped to a bomb in the hold of a Persian Oil Tanker. The plane soars through the clouds. Back in the hold of the plane, which is the entire back portion of it, a crate lies next to the rack of parachutes and air tanks near the closed door to the outside. In that crate lie the TABLETS OF THE HEGIRA. The only Nazi on guard sits on one of the benches fixing the swastika emblem on his lapel. From another crate, in the shadows near the tail, the lid rises and Indiana Jones peeks out looking at the Nazi polishing his uniform details. Indy pauses and thinks about this- how does he get out? He closes the lid and thinks for a bit. He pulls out his lighter to see if there is anything in the crate to help him. With a flick and a hold, the lighter ignites, the light hurts Indy's eyes, he’s been in the dark for so long. His eyes slowly become accustomed to the light and he realizes that in that crate is only ammunition, no guns but ammunition, which gives him an idea. He takes his lighter and flares it up onto a torn scrap of wood. The wood ignites slowly and burns even slower. The plane shakes from thunder and continues to do so rapidly. Indy can’t help but smile from this. The Nazi guard feels edgy from this, apparently, this is his first flight, and Indy is determined to make it his last. The Nazi inches towards the cockpit hoping the crew will help him calm down. Indiana sees this through a crack in the crate. When the guard is not looking, he flings the flaming shard out towards the parachutes. Now he must wait for the guard to notice the flames slowly trying to engulf the plane. Seconds pass, which turns into minutes. The flames engulf the rack- the Nazi is still at the cockpit. That’s it, that’s the breaking point. Indy carefully climbs out of the lid just before the crate with the TABLETS OF THE HEGIRA is charred. He slides the crate out of the flames path. Indiana pulls from the fire kit on the wall an extinguisher. Slowly putting out the flames, Indy manages to keep the Nazis from seeing him, but thunder struck. The plane shook. The anxious Nazi leaves the cockpit and returns to see Indy standing with his back away from him at the flames.

Anxious Nazi
Halt! Keinen beweikonst!

Indiana Jones
You know the plane caught fire. You really should be more careful. If it wasn’t for me… uh… you don’t understand a word I said, did you?

Indiana elbows the Nazi hard in the face, sending him into the wall. Indy grabs him by the shoulders and pummels him up against the door to the outside world. The Nazi struggles with getting his MP-40 Schweiβer up against Indy’s chest while Indy struggles with the latch. They both are pushing each other and at the same time trying to prevent the other from accomplishing their goal by pushing them away. The Nazi in this struggle manages to successfully do one thing though…

Anxious Nazi
Ich brauche hilfe! Kommt ihr heir jetzt! Ein schauspioin*!
[I need help! You guys come here now! A spy! *-rough spelling]

The pilots turn around, but only the co-pilot is free. The co-pilot is a Chinese man of roughly 16 years old. He stands up from his seat and runs to the back while at the same time ripping off his headsets. The pilot tries to fly the plane, but is thoughts are on how he hopes the spy is thrown off the plane. Indy slugs the anxious Nazi again, sending him recoiling hard enough to fly into the door. Indy uses most of his strength to pull the Junkers Lever down. The door flies off the plane sucking out the anxious Nazi. The pressure is normal within a few seconds so nothing else is sucked out, but the wind continues to blow in. The co-pilot grabs Indy from behind and spins him around and sends his fist into Indiana’s face. In retaliation, Indy grabs the co-pilot and bashes his head into the corner of the steel doorframe. Before Indy has the chance to push out the co-pilot, the co-pilot pulls out a P-38. He struggles to resist the same fate as the anxious Nazi. He fires a shot back but misses and sends the small pistol round into the back of the pilots head.

Co-pilot
Das ist mein glück!
[That’s my luck!]

The right engine dies as the fire engulfs circuit wires for the right wing. The plane is destroyed, but still gliding on two motors. Indy turns to the Co-pilot and looks at him.

Indiana Jones
Can we fix this thing?

Co-pilot
I don’t know, the circuit breakers need to be flipped. You can do it from here but the controls for it are on fire.

Indiana Jones
It can be done manually from the engines themselves.

Co-pilot
I thought you couldn’t fly a plane.

JONES starts inspecting the damages quickly.

INDIANA JONES
You’d be surprised at what you learn from Nazis. Where would you find the circuit breakers for the right wing?

Co-pilot
On the right wing of course.

Indiana Jones
Of course. Shorty, let’s get out of here.

Co-pilot
Well, there is still hope for the controls. We just need to engage this.

The Co-Pilot turns a knob. At that second, the controls flare up like a machine gun.

Co-pilot
I did what the manual said! Not my fault! Dr. Jones, let’s go!

By now we’ve pretty much realized the co-pilot is Short Round, Indy’s old apprentice from ‘TEMPLE OF DOOM’. But there is still one more predicament, the parachutes! They were inflamed.


Short Round (Co-pilot)
What do we do, Dr. Jones? There’s no more parachutes.

Indiana Jones
Relax, I’ve got an idea.

Short Round
Don’t bother, no rafts either.

Indiana Jones
No.

Indiana Jones rips open the crate with the TABLETS OF THE HEGIRA in it. A gold glow surrounds it which drowns the glow of the fire. He lifts it out of the case, revealing it to us- two stone tablets, covered with text from top to bottom, and slightly shattered around the edges. Indy carefully clasps them and walks it towards the controls. As he passes the rack, thunder rocks the plane, tripping Indy almost, the tablets fly out of Indy’s hand and towards the door. SHORT ROUND grabs them just as they almost follows the anxious Nazis path.

SHORT ROUND
Careful Dr. Jones.

INDIANA JONES
Well, why don’t you try spending 4 hours in a crate.

SHORT ROUND hands it off to Indy, who walks it in the cockpit, but thunder strikes again. This time Indy is able to clasp it in time. He gives the stones a dirty look and then laughs to himself. He clutches them tight and thinks hard. At this moment, the thunder slows down and the plane begins to dip down from a lack of control. The thunder stops and the rain clears up, but it is still very cloudy as if it were still pouring. Indy places the stones onto the controls, and they suddenly spark. Indy sits down in the pilot seat and begins flying it- it works!

INDIANA JONES
How far is the next airfield?

SHORT ROUND
About 40 miles, but it is occupied by Germans. You and I will both be shot as spies.

INDIANA JONES
40 miles? That sounds to me like Berlin. Do you think we can hold out until we reach Allied lines?

SHORT ROUND
Maybe, but that is in another hundred miles, we barely have enough fuel to make it to Berlin.

INDIANA JONES
Fuel shortages in the Third Reich?



SHORT ROUND
Yes, Dr. Jones. You talk as though I’m a true Nazi. Don’t you remember? I work for the same museum you do.

INDIANA JONES
Sorry, I think it is just the uniform.

SHORT ROUND looks down at his Nazi pilot uniform. JONES continues steering the controls. SHORT ROUND pulls the map from the co-pilot’s position over to Indy. SHORTY points to a spot on the map just over Dresden, Germany.


SHORT ROUND
This is where we are. We were supposed to get to Berlin. Hitler is waiting for the tablets.

INDIANA JONES
So I have heard. The old tyrant wants to reuse his weapons. We can’t have that.

INDIANA pauses a second and laughs.

INDIANA JONES
This won’t be the first time I got the Fuhrer’s blood to boil. If he ever gets his hand on me…

SHORT ROUND
I don’t think he will Dr. Jones.

INDIANA JONES
He has before, (groans, and then suddenly perks up) but not for long.

SHORT ROUND
Well, maybe he might get you again.

MAP TRANSITION: MECCA TO DRESDEN IS ALREADY DRAWN, BUT IT TAKES A SHARP TURN AND LANDS IN LE HAVRE, THEN LANDS IN LONDON, THEN CROSSES INTO NUUK (GREENLAND), THEN LANDS IN WASHINGTON DC.

TITLE: SEPTEMBER, 1944

JONES and Short round exit the plane. MARCUS BRODY and another man greet them. The other man kind of looks like Walter Donovan from Last Crusade, only younger. His accent of fake English is pretty hard to miss. He introduces himself to them as Mr. RONALD DOUGLAS. He shook Indy’s hand and then Short Round’s. Shorty turns to Indy.

SHORT ROUND
Dr. Jones, I gonna go unload the cargo.

INDIANA JONES
Okay, Shorty.

Short Round walks back to the Ju52 and walks into it. JONES turns back to Ron

RONALD DOUGLAS
I was doing a little research on the legend of Manoa, you know Manoa, right? The legend of El Dorado.

Indy said El Dorado as Ron did, at the same time, showing that he did know.

INDIANA JONES
The Legend of El Dorado. Yeah, I’ve heard of it. It’s a mythical land just like Atlantis or the Kingdom of Shambhala. The word means “the gilded one” in Spanish and the myth is a story that the Native Americans said to the Spanish conquistadors to keep them away but it backfired.

RONALD DOUGLAS
You know your stuff Dr. Jones.

INDIANA JONES
Well. I-

MARCUS BRODY
Yes, Indiana is our best archeologist.

RONALD DOUGLAS
As I was saying, recently, I was rummaging through some old archives in Washington and a document has fallen into my possession. A document written by one Sir Walter Raleigh.

INDIANA JONES
I’ve heard of him, too. He supposedly wrote saying that he found the city located on an island in the middle of a lake, and it was marked on maps for over 200 years, but when the existence of the lake was refuted, so was his tale.

RONALD DOUGLAS
Impressive, but I’m talking about another document, a document not intended for the public. In it he states that he found it in a whole other spot, but it was not stated. The only thing he did say was how he found it. We need to follow his path before the nazis do and-[interrupted]

INDIANA JONES
Nazis? Who said anything about Nazis? Spend weeks in the desolate Amazon with snakes [groans, and says snakes quietly to himself again], and Nazis all around me chasing after a city that you don’t even know is there!? I don’t think you should try me. And who’s we? If you’re looking for a surveyor partner, our museum has a few specialists you could hire. /~/~/=or=\~\~\ I’m not so sure I want to encounter Nazis again so soon. I need to cool off a bit. And who’s we? If you’re looking for a surveyor partner, our museum has a few specialists you could hire.

RONALD DOUGLAS
I need much more than a navigator, Dr. Jones.

INDIANA JONES
Well, maybe a telepath. I don’t mean to rain on your parade, but do you own a map? Do you know how big the Amazon is? It covers Northern South America, and you expect to find a city which might have never exited, let alone have survived to date? Hire a psychic.

RONALD DOUGLAS
If you chose not to believe it is real, you might as well deny that that plane right behind you is real. You are very interesting, but you need to have a little faith.

INDIANA JONES
Alright, tell me. Why do you need me? What is it that interests you?

RONALD DOUGLAS
It is not only your capabilities academically, but also communally. I am an academic. I am not a field man, and that is why I need you. When we do get to El Dorado, the people there might not be exactly as they appear to be.

INDIANA JONES
Are you sure you were in the historical section of the archives, or did you wander into fantasy?

RONALD DOUGLAS
You’re disbelief is quite common. If we do not find the city, then you can call me eccentric, but until then expect to be proven wrong.

INDIANA JONES
What makes you think I’m gonna want to help you?

RONALD DOUGLAS
The handsome reward.

MARCUS BRODY
What exactly is this handsome reward you’re talking about?

He had to ask? It is the city of gold, what else could be the reward? RONALD DOUGLAS and INDIANA JONES just give him a look like “that doesn’t even deserve to be answered.” Then they go back to talking.

INDIANA JONES
Even if we did find the city, what makes you think the inhabitants would welcome our desire for their gold?

RONALD DOUGLAS
If we give them something in return, I know they will give us a vast sum of Gold.

RONALD DOUGLAS changes his tone so that MARCUS pays more attention to it, as it is more directed to him than Indy.


RONALD DOUGLAS
Enough gold to fund the museum 10 times over.

MARCUS BRODY
You know, Indy, I was thinking, how would you like a wing named after you?

INDIANA JONES
Great, thanks, you got Marcus hopped up, now I have no choice or I’ll never heard the end of it.

Short Round comes back to the three and enters the conversation.

RONALD DOUGLAS
Very good, Marcus and I have already booked a flight for you to Lima tomorrow night.

RONALD DOUGLAS hands off a document to INDIANA. It is the Sir Walter Raleigh document.

RONALD DOUGLAS
Look over it before we go, it may help you.

Short Round
I come too, right Dr. Jones? Where you going?

MARCUS BRODY
Sorry Shorty, but you are needed to turn in the Tablets to the government.

Short Round
I get to meet Roosevelt?

MARCUS BRODY
Of course.

While Shorty and MARCUS BRODY talk, Indy thinks to himself about if he should regret his decision, but it was too late now. Jones enters a car at the airport which drives off. It pulls up to a house and by now, the sun is setting and it is getting darker. Indy exits the car and pays the driver. He walks up the path to the door with his hat on and jacket over his arm and the document in his hand. He pulls keys out of his satchel and unlocks the door as the cab drives away. He enters the house, and hangs his fedora up and puts his coat on a hook in the closet, sets down his satchel, throws the keys on a table near the door, takes off his shoes, and sits on a chair at a desk. He unfurls the document and begins reading out loud.

INDIANA JONES
[reading]
To the Right and just Lord and Kinsman of mine Charles Howard, I honor thee by, of the most fortunate strike of fate that I tell you I indeed hath found El Dora-

Indy begins loosing interest [mainly in hopes that our audience will not!] and starts skimming through the document. Indy reads words he sees as he skims.


INDIANA JONES
[Skimming] ploy document, city of the mountains, lost city, Urubamba River, Andes, Manly Peak- It sounds to me like he’s talking about Macchu Picchu.

His back suddenly gets cold and he turns around to see that a window was open. He walks over to it and shuts it. He then sits back down and continues reading.

FADE OVERLAP:

The scene fades to the same camera angle, but it is now morning and Jones is asleep at his desk leaning on the papers. There is a knock at his door, and the knock, after about the third time, finally wakes Indy up. He looks at the document as he pokes up his head. The door knocks again, and Indy stands and walks to the door and opens it. It is Marcus. Jones leans on one arm on the door frame and his head slightly resting on his shoulder.

INDIANA JONES
Marcus, don’t you think it is a bit early?

MARCUS BRODY
You just had a long night. It is 1 in the afternoon.

Indy looks at his watch, huh, it is 1. Indy is slightly surprised that it was already that late, but he doesn’t stay surprised too long.

INDIANA JONES
What do you want?

MARCUS BRODY
Well, usually I know you are allowed a few day grace period where the University allows you to stay home and rest-

JONES starts walking away from the door and back to his kitchen. He puts on a tea kettle. MARCUS enters and follows him.

INDIANA JONES
And I can’t thank them enough.

MARCUS BRODY
Yes, but one of your students has fallen ill. I think he would love it if you came and visited for at least an hour. You are leaving again tonight.

INDIANA JONES
Which one was it? Was it Douglas Scott? That kid always looks sick. Or was it Everett Hopkins-


MARCUS BRODY
Actually, I don’t know the name or even what is the sickness, but I do know you are leaving tonight and one of your students wants to see you. Frankly, that would be enough for me.

INDIANA JONES
I suppose if I do skip a few things on my schedule I should be able to squeeze him in.

INDIANA picks up the kettle from the stove and puts his hand near it. It was on for only a few seconds, so it is barely warm. Jones is so tired he really doesn’t care.

MARCUS BRODY
You’d make him very happy.

INDIANA JONES
I hope so.

JONES Pours tea out of the kettle and into a mug and throws a teabag in.

MARCUS BRODY
I think you made a good first impression with your new partner.

Jones kind of laughs to himself as he pulls out cream and sugar.

INDIANA JONES
I’m surprised he still wanted my aid after the first impression.

MARCUS BRODY
You always knew how to show people who you are without irritating them. Indy, did you read any of that document Ronald gave you?

JONES drinks about half of his glass of tea.

INDIANA JONES
I took a look at it. Pretty interesting. Apparently there might be some sort of connection with El Dorado and Machu Picchu.

MARCUS BRODY
I heard. Ron told me about it. Do you think that that long ago, Machu Picchu had already been visited my explorers? It just premiered in the National Geographic only about 30 years ago.

INDIANA JONES
It’s possible. The Incans did inhabit both at one point, according to myths. It wouldn’t be odd if there were different things scattered between them relating to each other.

MARCUS BRODY
Do you think possibly it is El Dorado?

INDIANA JONES
They both were lost at one point, and they were described to be deep in the Amazon. But the document said that it wasn’t.

MARCUS BRODY
What exactly did it say?

JONES drinks the rest of his tea.

INDIANA JONES
Nothing really. I think I’ll go check on that student of mine now.

MARCUS BRODY
Yes, by all means.

INDIANA heads to the stairs to go up and change into his professor suit, when BRODY stops him.

MARCUS BRODY
Indiana, if there is one thing that troubles me, it is the way the University director told me about the kid, as if he was hiding something from me.

INDIANA JONES
I wouldn’t worry about it.

JONES walks up to the top and closes a door. Marcus takes a look at the Raleigh document.

FADE OVERLAP:

INDIANA JONES is outside of his classroom in the hallway. He goes to his room and opens the door. His class isn’t there, but three men are. One of them has blond hair and blue eyes, he looks about 32. He is accompanied by 2 really big built men. They were sitting up against the desks, but when Indy entered, they all stood. The blond guy walks over to Indy and shakes his hand.

BLOND GUY
Hallo. I am Heinrich Kleinman. Und you are Dr. Henry Jones, I presume.

For those of you who are wondering, Kleinman means “Little man.”

INDIANA JONES
That’s right, but you can call me Indiana.

BLOND GUY
I’d love to if we had met under inconsequential circumstances, but I have been ordered to treat you with the utmost respect.

INDIANA JONES
So, I’m assuming the sick kid was just a ruse. Where is my class?

BLOND GUY
Someone is covering them. No doubt by now you have been approached by someone named Mr. RONALD DOUGLAS. That man cannot be trusted.


INDIANA JONES
What’s it to you?

BLOND GUY [HEINRICH KLEINMAN]
It would be regrettable to see a man with your talents to be killed by mistrust.

INDIANA JONES
What makes you trust that I trust you that he cannot be trusted?

HEINRICH KLEINMAN
I don’t know if you trust me, but I know you should. He und I have worked together in the past. He was a worker for the German government up until last year.

INDIANA JONES
So, that makes you nazis.

HEINRICH KLEINMAN
We prefer Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei.

INDIANA JONES
Exactly. What made you think that I wouldn’t turn you over to the police?

HEINRICH KLEINMAN
The way you handled the situation on that oil tanker. You could easily have blown the ship sky high before you even stepped on it, but you knew there was a prize. You got the tablets, and you will get El Dorado. But you need help. Sure, you can go with Ron, but you won’t survive there. I bet he hasn’t even told you of the city’s secrets. If you go with us, you will get a fair share of the city, and you will be spared when our armies conquer your country in the third war.

INDIANA JONES
I wouldn’t sell my soul to you and your fuhrer. I have heard enough and believe it would be the perfect time for you to leave. Thanks, but I think I’ll stick with Ron.

HEINRICH KLEINMAN
Suit yourself. But know this, when you get to El Dorado, there are things worse than gold there.

HEINRICH KLEINMAN and his Nazi thugs stand and walk to the door after saying that line.

INDIANA JONES
I bet there are. Tell your fuhrer, Indiana Jones says hi. He’ll love that.

HEINRICH stops half way out the door and mutters to himself.

HEINRICH KLEINMAN
You along with all other countries will bow down to Hitler.

The three Nazis leave the room. Jones is still looking at the door they left from.

INDIANA JONES
Keep dreaming, Heinrich.

JONES looks at the clock. 3:30. He pulls out his ticket for the plane. He looks at the time of departure. 5:00. INDIANA decides to leave and walks down the hall. He passes windows overlooking a part of the parking lot and front yard. Outside he sees the three Nazis walk out a door to the yard and meet three more. How did they get here? From where Jones is, it looks like Heinrich Kleinman is their leader. While 5 of them are talking outside (we don’t hear what they say), the sixth one scans the windows and sees Jones. Jones is on the second floor. The sixth Nazi looks up at Jones, who looks back. The sixth Nazi gets the other’s attention just as Indy gets out of their view. It looks like the sixth tells the others what he saw, and they disperse. Uh oh. Jones having to fight on school grounds? Not good. He walks further down the hallway towards the stairwell. As he gets to be about 100 feet down the hall from it, two Nazis in civilian outfits walk up at a fast pace. Jones knows they were Nazis because they point towards his class and begin walking down there fast. Before they see who’s in the halls, Jones takes a quick turn down another hall to other stairs and arrives on the first floor. JONES walks out the back door and turns around a corner. Around it, he sees three more Nazis, and at the exact second he turns the corner, he turns and goes the opposite way. He makes it away from the school without the Nazis realizing he ever left the hallway. He heads out a side entrance and into the parking lot, occasionally looking back to see if there are any Nazis back there following him, but none of them saw him leave. He gets to his car and heads back to his house. He opens it up and there is Marcus, still reading the Raleigh document. Marcus is deeply interested in it, and is very fascinated. He is worried too, as to how powerful the city supposedly is, but, we’re trying to avoid the similar scene from Raiders.

MARCUS BRODY
This is rather interesting stuff. According to this, some Incan cities had sister cities, in which they shared many traits. And, according to this, Machu Picchu is the sister city to El Dorado.

INDIANA JONES
You see? I told you I read it.

MARCUS BRODY
Oh, yes, Ronald called. The plane is ready. That was 35 minutes ago.

INDIANA JONES
That’s why I’m here, to get my stuff.

JONES walks upstairs to get his stuff, pre-packed. BRODY follows him.


MARCUS BRODY
I was thinking about these sister-cities. Do you think that would explain a lot of ancient myths about Chinchero?

INDIANA JONES
It could be possible.

JONES picks up his suitcase, opens it, and throws in his whip, revolver, and satchel. He puts his fedora on, and closes the case. Then he throws his jacket over his shoulder.

INDIANA JONES
Chinchero could be related to Yukay. The legends say that they were both made in the same century. They are very similar to each other.

MARCUS BRODY
Well, the document says there is something for El Dorado in Chinchero.

INDIANA JONES
I thought the thing was in Machu Picchu.

MARCUS BRODY
No, it is in Chinchero. That’s where the plane is taking you.

INDIANA JONES
Okay, lets see… Chinchero is about 10 miles from Machu Picchu. We need to go to Chinchero to get this ‘thing’. What do you think the ‘thing’ is?

MARCUS BRODY
I don’t know, Raleigh didn’t say in his document, but I’m positive Ronald knows.

INDIANA JONES
It probably is the Sword of Manco Copac.

MARCUS BRODY
I have heard of the god but not the sword. What is the sword?

INDIANA JONES
Well, it is just an ordinary sword. But the ancients believe it was the weapon Manco Copac murdered his second brother with. It is believed to be in Chinchero, because some war was fought between the city of Cuzco and Chincero.

MARCUS BRODY
Chinchero won.

INDIANA JONES
Yes. But, I believe the sword is connected to El Dorado because the handle is made of pure gold, and the Incans believed some gold was taken off the sword and used to make the city. But, it is all just myth, cults came up with the stuff, and believe me, I’ve experienced cults first hand, I know what crazy ideas they can come up with.

MARCUS BRODY
Indy, you really need to pay more attention to what happens to you. You should know by now not to underestimate the occult.

INDIANA JONES
What could happen? Besides, Ronald is an ex-Nazi. My guard will be up the whole time.

FADE OVERLAP:

A plane fires up its engines for take off. INDIANA JONES meets RONALD DOUGLAS on the runway near the plane. BRODY comes to see him off. Three other men are there to see RONALD off. BRODY wishes JONES the best of luck. JONES turns in the direction of RONALD who is talking with the three men. It is almost impossible to make out what they say (it is in a foreign language). RONALD looks and sees JONES looking at him, and he quickly finishes the conversation. RONALD walks over to JONES and shakes hands.

RONALD DOUGLAS
Glad you could make it, Dr. Jones.

INDIANA JONES
[not too enthusiastic]
Glad I could be here.

RONALD DOUGLAS
The plane is ready when you are.

INDIANA JONES
Then it’s ready.

RONALD DOUGLAS gets on the plane, and BRODY stops JONES for a second.

MARCUS BRODY
[Whispering]
So he’s an ex Nazi?

INDIANA JONES
Least that’s what the Nazis said.

MARCUS BRODY
Well, watch out anyway. Do you need any other archeologists to come to help?

INDIANA JONES
Don’t worry, I can look after myself.

MARCUS BRODY
I know, just I keep imagining a giant army there against you.

INDIANA JONES
Trust me.

JONES gets on and the plane starts moving. It takes off.

MAP TRANSITION: NEW YORK TO MIAMI, MIAMI TO SAN JOSE, SAN JOSE TO LIMA.

INDIANA JONES and RONALD DOUGLAS get off the plane, which is now landed in Lima, Peru. The plane is in a field. JONES is in his trademark outfit of the leather jacket, fedora, bullwhip, holster, long brown pants, and satchel. RONALD DOUGLAS is too in an adventure outfit. He has an almost safari hat, a light brown (almost suit jacket), long pants, and a holster in which a P-38 is. A P-38 is a German pistol from WWII. The two of them begin walking across the field.

INDIANA JONES
We’re here, what now?

RONALD DOUGLAS
First we must visit Chinchero. When we get there, we need to find the-

INDIANA JONES
Sword of Manco Copac.

RONALD DOUGLAS
You are very impressive, Dr. Jones. You always seem to know what I am gonna say.

INDIANA JONES
Just a guess, but I have heard of the myth of how El Dorado was built from the gold of the sword that killed a god.

RONALD DOUGLAS
Very good. I have hired a team of 2 to guide us to Chinchero, which is just a ways off of Machu Picchu.

INDIANA JONES
It’s been a long time since I’ve been to that lost city.

RONALD DOUGLAS
I’m afraid there won’t be anytime for sight seeing. We must beat the Nazis to El Dorado or else the Nazis will have virtually unlimited funding, not to mention the power of the gods.

INDIANA JONES
Then we have to beat them.

The two meet up with two Peruvians.

Peruvian Guide 1
Buenos Días, amigos. Chinchero, Esta lejos de aquí, por aquí, por favor.

Peruvian Guide 2
He said Hello,-

RONALD DOUGLAS
Perdone. Yo hablas español.

INDIANA JONES
Yo hablas un poco español, alzo.

Peruvian Guide 2
Mió Benin. Follow us, por favor.

RONALD DOUGLAS
Gracias.

INDIANA JONES
Gracias.

The two Peruvian Guides take Ronald’s and Indy’s things, and carry them. They walk into the Amazons, just off of the field.

Peruvian Guide 2
If we keep walking, it should be about a day to get to Chinchero. When we get there, we need to avoid every official there, because it is off limits after my government found out the Nazis were interested.

INDIANA JONES
Seems alright with me.

Peruvian Guide 2
Mió Benin. The thing that I keep wondering is why do the Nazis want the city? Other than the fact that gold is there?

INDIANA JONES
Well, the city can give extreme powers to any army. All you need is the sword of Manco Copac, and then you need the chief’s blessing.

RONALD DOUGLAS
That is almost all of it. Does your friend speak English?

Peruvian Guide 2
No, only Spanish.

INDIANA looks around at the trees above him, and then to his side. Laying next to one of the trees is an old native dart (like the one from Raiders). The camera pans upward to the sky, the daylight fades into dusk. RONALD is exhausted from all the walking, JONES, on the other hand, doesn’t seem to be bothered.