[Movie Script]Avengers, The

					THE AVENGERS


Screenplay by Don Macpherson
June 21, 1995
1	BLUE SKY WITH CLOUDS



PAN DOWN to reveal:
2	EXT - SALTFLATS - DAY



A flat horizon, stretching to infinity.
A 360 degree pan reveals: nothing.  Deserted, no hiding places.  No animals, no

humans, no objects.  Except in mid distance --
3	RED PHONE BOX



brightly painted, traditional, comforting, belongs in a village green.  Perfectly

ordinary -- except for its location.
Silence.  Only the wind over the plain.  Except --
The PHONE RINGS.
RING-RING ... a mellow, old-fashioned tone.  We wait for someone to answer it.  But

of course nothing and nobody for miles.  Except --
4	IN DISTANCE



a CAR ENGINE ... A puff of smoke on the horizon ... VA-VA-VOOM of high geared

acceleration, as INTO VIEW
	ZOOM! --


5	CAR


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