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"SKYWAY ROBBERY" FADE IN: EXT. - AIRPORT TERMINAL - DAY We PUSH IN on a typical airport terminal building and... DISSOLVE THRU TO: INT. - AIRPORT TERMINAL - TICKET COUNTER - CONTINUOUS Jon, Garfield and Odie are there, Jon with a suitcase, ready and eager for travel. Jon is dressed normally as they wait at the counter for a clerk. Garfield looks more impatient than usual. JON This will be a great vacation, guys. I can't wait to lie in that Florida sun. CLOSER ON GARFIELD GARFIELD Why spend all this money to go somewhere else to sleep and eat? I can sleep and eat at home. WIDER SHOT An extremely-blasé male CLERK steps up to the counter. CLERK May I help you? JON Yes, we'd like to go to Miami. CLERK Certainly, sir... ANGLE ON CLERK CLERK (cont.) For eight hundred dollars, you can fly first class. A wide seat, a first-run movie and a filet mignon dinner. ANGLE ON GARFIELD CUT TO him on "filet mignon" and we see his face brighten and he licks his lips. But he looks disappointed as he hears... JON Eight hundred dollars? What have you got that's cheaper? ANGLE ON CLERK AND JON Jon is nervously looking through his wallet. CLERK For four hundred, you can fly coach. A cramped seat, a second-run movie and a cheeseburger. JON What have you got for seventy bucks? ANGLE ON CLERK CLERK (losing heart:) ANGLE ON CLERK AND JON JON That doesn't sound terrible -- CLERK Some restrictions apply. You must fly on Groundhogs Day and stay at least six years. You must dress as a pigeon and be named Larry. CUT TO: EXT. - AIR TERMINAL - MOMENTS LATER The automatic doors open and Jon comes walking sadly out with his suitcase, followed by Garfield and Odie. JON (dejected:) Suddenly, our old friend Mr. SWINDLER (from "Lemon Aid") steps up. Swindler wears a white shirt, tie and slacks, like an airline ticket clerk. SWINDLER Miami? Did I hear someone say they want to go to Miami? ANGLE - JON AND SWINDLER JON Well, we do but... SWINDLER Al Swindler of Swindler Discount Airlines! We have a flight leaving for Miami in minutes. JON How much is a ticket? SWINDLER How much have you got? JON Seventy dollars. Jon holds out his money; Swindler snatches it away. SWINDLER I'll take it. And don't worry. If this isn't enough to get you to Miami, I'll just drop you off somewhere in Tennessee. ANGLE ON GARFIELD AND ODIE GARFIELD Ahem. Mistake in progress. Jon making big mistake. Error! ANGLE ON JON AND SWINDLER SWINDLER I'll go rev it up. Gate 86. WIDER - ON ALL Swindler runs off. Jon turns back to Garfield and Odie. JON Well, guys, what do you think? Garfield reaches up and shakes hands with Jon. GARFIELD Send us a postcard if you make it. ODIE "Right!" Garfield and Odie start walking off. Jon comes after them. JON (annoyed:) Jon grabs them both up under one arm, carries his suitcase with the other hand. JON (cont.) It's perfectly safe. Flying is the safest way to travel. CLOSER ON ODIE AND GARFIELD squirming and uncomfortable in Jon's grasp. GARFIELD Does the word "walking" mean anything to you? DISSOLVE TO: INT. - TERMINAL - A LITTLE LATER Jon, Garfield and Odie walk past GATE 7. Jon is pulling a luggage cart behind him with his suitcase on it. JON That's Gate 7. We're looking for Gate 86. GARFIELD I think we should take a plane to our plane. DISSOLVE TO: ELSEWHERE IN THE TERMINAL - MUCH LATER Jon and Odie trudge to the last gate -- GATE 85 -- exhausted, Jon pulling the luggage cart. Garfield is relaxing on top of the suitcase on the cart. JON/ODIE [WHEEZING] JON This is Gate 85, Odie. But where's Gate 86? ANGLE ON ODIE He looks around, sees it and points. ODIE "There!" THEIR POV - ANGLE THRU GATE There, some distance away, is a ramshackle wooden shack about the size of a large outhouse, with a large, crudely hand-painted sign reading GATE 86. CLOSER ON THE OUTHOUSE Swindler, wearing a leather jacket, parachute and World War I aviator helmet and goggles, steps out to wave to them. SWINDLER Last call for flight 13, now boarding for...where did you want to go, again? ANGLE ON JON, ODIE AND GARFIELD Jon and Odie react in horror. Garfield seems unsurprised. GARFIELD There's still time to back out. Jon looks suddenly determined. JON Come on. Jon grabs Garfield by the paw and leads him off. Odie trots along after them. ANGLE ON JON, GARFIELD AND ODIE as they stride across the field towards the plane, which we don't yet see. Jon is dragging Garfield. JON (cont.) Garfield, what makes you think this flight is unsafe? Jon stops and looks, amazed, at the plane. We PAN OVER or CUT TO it. It's an old, battered cargo plane that has obviously been through many a crash. And one wing is missing. GARFIELD (O.S.) Well, for one thing -- when I fly, I like two wings. ANGLE ON SWINDLER He's fumbling with a large, unfolded road map, turning it every which way. Jon comes up to Swindler. SWINDLER Let's see -- Miami...here's Copenhagen. This is a map of Denmark. JON No! CLOSER ON SWINDLER Swindler crumples the map and throws it away. SWINDLER That's the last time I stop at that gas station. You ready to go? TWO-SHOT - INCLUDES JON JON Aren't you forgetting something important? SWINDLER No, I've got my parachute. JON The plane has only one wing. ANGLE ON SWINDLER We take a LONG PAUSE here as he looks puzzled for a moment, scratches his head, then: SWINDLER That's not enough? ANGLE ON BOTH JON (exasperated:) Swindler slinks away. SWINDLER Complain, complain, complain. ANGLE ON THE SHED Swindler goes inside. We hear the rustling of junk being moved, then he comes out with a large, patched airplane wing under his arm. SWINDLER (cont.) You give a guy a bargain and he gets demanding. Next thing you know, he'll be expecting landing gear. WIPE TO: INSIDE THE PLANE Jon is buckling Garfield into the seat next to him. Jon's in the middle of three seats, Garfield near the window, Odie on the aisle. These are the only seats in the plane and it's all pretty grubby. JON We're going to have a nice flight. GARFIELD Who'd he buy this plane from? Orville or Wilbur? SWINDLER (FILTER:) Good afternoon, this is your pilot, Al G. Swindler... IN THE COCKPIT A real dump of broken instruments. Dice hang from a rear view mirror in front of him. Al talks into one end of a dixie-cup-and-string set-up. SWINDLER (cont.) We'll be traveling non-stop from one end of the airport to the other...where we will all have to get out and push... ANGLE ON GARFIELD, JON AND ODIE Jon looks concerned as they listen... SWINDLER (cont.) And listen, if any of you have an idea what Miami looks like, give us a hint, huh? CLOSER ON GARFIELD AND JON Garfield reaches up and kisses Jon on the cheek. GARFIELD [KISS!] It's been nice knowin' ya. ANGLE ON THE PLANE SWINDLER Pilot to tower, do you read me? Come in, tower. CLOSE ON THE COCKPIT from the outside. Swindler throws a window open, sticks his head out and yells. SWINDLER (cont.) (yells:) WIDER ON THE PLANE as it begins to taxi down the runway, bouncing and shaking. IN THE PLANE Jon, Garfield and Odie are bounced around in their seats -- and also in their seats which are not bolted down. WIDER ON THE PLANE gaining speed as it zooms down the runway. ANGLE ON GARFIELD'S WINDOW There's no glass in it. He sticks his head out to see what's ahead and is shocked at what he sees. GARFIELD "Gasp!" HIS POV - ANGLE ON THE TOWER We PUSH IN to indicate we're heading right for the Tower. BACK TO GARFIELD He gives a horrified look, then, to CAMERA... GARFIELD Kids! Check your TV listings. Make sure this isn't the last episode. ANGLE ON THE PLANE as it zooms towards the tower. IN THE COCKPIT Swindler is calmly paging through an instruction manual, not even looking where he's going. SWINDLER (reading:) He tosses the book away and starts pulling levers on the control panel. SWINDLER (cont.) One of these must do it. ANGLE ON THE PLANE as it is just about to hit the tower, it suddenly does a sharp turn and heads straight up. ANGLE ON JON, GARFIELD AND ODIE pressed back in their seats, their bodies distorted, by the gravity force involved here. THE PLANE does a loop and then levels off to fly normally. ANGLE ON GARFIELD, ODIE AND JON They drop from the ceiling into their seats, Odie dropping into the seat with Garfield. Jon seems relaxed. JON Whew! Rough take-off. But things seem to be fine now. ANGLE ON GARFIELD AND ODIE Odie looks pretty worried; Garfield's confident. GARFIELD "Gasp!" ODIE [WORRIED WHINE] GARFIELD Don't worry, Odie. We'll make it. IN THE CABIN Swindler sees the control panel smoldering. SWINDLER What now? I've had it with this junkheap. I'm getting out of here. Swindler gets up and heads out. ANGLE ON THE PLANE'S DOOR - SWINDLER He throws it open -- clouds rushing by -- and leaps out. SWINDLER (cont.) Some Indian's nammmmmmmeee. BACK TO GARFIELD AND ODIE Odie looks confident now. GARFIELD We're safe. Nothing can go wrong. ODIE [RELIEVED SIGH] Garfield turns and looks out the window. ANGLE THRU WINDOW AT GARFIELD His face goes to horror at what he sees. WHAT HE SEES: ANGLE ON SWINDLER Floating down on his parachute. BACK TO ODIE AND GARFIELD Garfield turns to Odie. GARFIELD Odie, we're doomed! ODIE "Yowp?" ANGLE ON DOOR TO CABIN Garfield leads the way, running in. Jon and Odie follow. IN THE CABIN Garfield leaps up on the pilot's seat as Jon comes in behind him, followed by Odie. JON Where's Mr. Swindler? GARFIELD He stepped out for a minute.
ANGLE ON GARFIELD He picks up a radio mike and starts "yelling" into it. GARFIELD (cont.) Mayday! Mayday! Big trouble up here! S.O.S.! WIDER SHOT - INCLUDES JON Garfield hands him the mike. GARFIELD (cont.) Here. Maybe you'd better do this. I just remembered I can't talk. JON Hello? Anyone there? We have a problem. ANGLE ON GARFIELD frantically pushing buttons on the console. GARFIELD "Problem?" Your shoelace untied is a problem. This is a catastrophe! WIDE ON THE PLANE as it starts doing barrel rolls and looping through the sky. GARFIELD/JON/ODIE (B-Track:) CONTROLLER (O.S.) (filter:) IN THE CABIN The whole scene is upside-down; Jon on the mike. JON (blurts out:) CLOSE ON JON as the scene rocks into normal and sways. CONTROLLER (O.S.) Okay, we'll talk you down. Put your hand on the rudder control. JON (panicked:) CONTROLLER The rudder control looks kinda like a big cannelloni. ANGLE ON GARFIELD He's calm as he puts his hand on a control lever. GARFIELD Cannelloni. That's this one. IN THE TOWER We now see the Controller; He's obese and he's eating spaghetti as he talks into his mike on his end. CONTROLLER Now, you need your wing flaps. They look like ravioli...[SLURPS SPAGHETTI] IN THE CABIN Garfield is confidently in control, flying the plane, as Jon and Odie look on in amazement. CONTROLLER (cont.) Now, the level line in your altimeter will look like linguini floating in clam sauce... GARFIELD Hey, this is easy... DISSOLVE TO: ANOTHER AIRPORT - DAY We see the plane coming in for a shaky landing. CONTROLLER Now, pull back on the cannelloni and ease up on your veal parmesan... The plane touches down and taxis, slowing down. IN THE CABIN Jon and Odie look on in amazement as Garfield, the picture of confidence, steers the plane to a halt. GARFIELD Flying's easy when they explain it in a way that makes sense. JON We made it! We're down! ANGLE ON THE PLANE'S DOOR It opens, a stairwell pops out and Jon, Garfield and Odie walk down. JON (cont.) Garfield, you did it. You landed the plane. GARFIELD Yeah. And all that airplane talk has made me famished. ON THE ASPHALT They're walking along. Jon is delighted. JON Well, it all turned out all right. You thought we wouldn't get to Miami but here we are! Here we... Jon starts to notice they are passing snow drifts and penguins. Igloos in the background. JON (cont.) (struck dumb:) GARFIELD Yeah, this is your basic Miami weather. ANGLE ON JON, GARFIELD AND ODIE JON Well, then this is where we're spending our vacation. Because there's nothing in this world that can get me back in an airplane now. Jon moves over to an eskimo with his back to us and taps him on the shoulder. JON (cont.) Excuse me. Can you tell us where we can find a hotel? ANGLE ON JON AND ESKIMO The eskimo turns around and it's Swindler. SWINDLER Certainly, sir! The Swindler Motor Inn, just a short dogsled ride away! Jon reacts in horror. JON YAGGGGHHHH! ANGLE ON JON as he grabs up Garfield and Odie, sprints back to the plane, up the ladder, pulls in the door and the plane zooms off into the distance. ANGLE ON SWINDLER SWINDLER Boy! It's getting tougher and tougher to make an honest dollar. Swindler shakes his head as we... FADE OUT. THE END |
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