INDEPENDENCE DAY

Dean Devlin & Roland Emmerich

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	AN AMERICAN FLAG



Oddly still, posted in gray dusty sand.
	WIDEN TO REVEAL:



	EXT. LUNAR SURFACE - THE MOON



One small step for man, one large pile of garbage for moon-

kind.  Untouched for years, the flag stands next to the

castoff remains of the Apollo mission.  Slowly the discarded

equipment begins to RATTLE and SHAKE.
AN ENORMOUS SHADOW creeps towards us blotting out the horizon,

a loud RUMBLE is heard.
Suddenly we are covered in DARKNESS as the SHADOW engulfs us.

Only the lonely image of our EARTH hangs in the air, until a

huge silhouetted OBJECT suddenly blocks our view.
							CUT TO:



	EXT. NEW MEXICO - RADIO TELESCOPE VALLEY - NIGHT


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