INTERIOR - PYRAMID - DAY
Broussard resumes his downward climb. SUDDENLY, HIS FEET LOSE THEIR
PURCHASE AS THE WALLS OF THE SHAFT DISAPPEAR.
The tunnel has reached its end. Below him is an unfathomable,
cavernous space.
BROUSSARD
(huffing and puffing)
Tunnel's gone -- cave or something
below me -- feels like the tropics
in here; air is warm and humid...
(consults his instruments)
... high oxygen content, no dust,
it's completely breathable --
Puffing with exertion, he releases his purchase on the stone walls and
begins to lower himself on power. Now he is dangling free in darkness,
spinning slowly on the wire as the chest unit unwinds.
Finally, his feet hit bottom. He grunts in surprise and almost loses
his balance.
INTERIOR - TOMB - DAY
Broussard is standing on a dusty stone floor, with a feeble column of
sunlight shining down around him from the tunnel above. Around is
solid darkness.
He flashes his datastick around. The beam reveals that he is in a
stone room. STRANGE HEIROGLYPHICS are carved into the walls. They have
a primitive, religious appearance. Row after row of pictograms stretch
from floor to ceiling, some epic history in an unknown language. Huge
religious symbols dominate one wall.
Spaced at intervals are stylized stone statues, depicting grotesque
monsters, half anthropoid, half octopus.
BROUSSARD
It's unbelievable! It's like some
kind of tomb... some primitive
religion! Hey, is anybody there? Do
you read me? Standard!
Annoyed, Broussard yanks off his breathing goggles, and leaves them
hanging around his neck. He takes a deep breath of the wet air.
Friday, September 14, 1979
O'Bannon's early Alien script: Online version: Inside the Pyramid scene:
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