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INT. NAZI HEADQUARTERS (1933) - ADOLF HITLER
stands at attention and salutes, Nazi style, as some Nazi STORM TROOPERS enter. After a beat we HEAR the BUZZING of a fly.
CLOSE SHOT - HITLER'S NOSE
as the time-traveling fly lands on it. Hitler notices, reacts, then slaps himself on the nose.
MED. SHOT - THE STORM TROOPERS
follow suit and slap themselves on the nose.
CLOSE SHOT - HITLER
looks at the dead fly on his hand which, after a beat, disappears.
INT. LABORATORY (1995) - THE SCIENTISTS
ponder the empty bell jar. Suddenly the fly reappears, and falls, dead, on the table.
 BRICKHOUSE
DENTON
MELLINGER
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Of course, we'll never know for sure if it reached its destination, or what effect it may have had on history, but the big test of our mission is yet to come. |
SASHIMI
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Too bad Doctor Julius couldn't have been here to share in this moment of triumph. |
They all look back at the pacing DOCTOR JULIUS.
CLOSE SHOT - DOCTOR JULIUS
paces like a madman, which he is.
JULIUS
 (to himself)
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There's no way -- if the logarithm is correct. Of course the cosine has to match the sine, read the sign, go back to the cosine and ask him for directions. R-r-r-r-r-r-ruffles have r-r-r-r-r-r-ridges. They have ridges I say! |
MED. SHOT - THE SCIENTISTS
shake their heads.
SASHIMI
DENTON
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Excuse me, please, but I have my report ready. |
MELLINGER
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Then let's get right to it, Doctor Denton. |
They sit down at a table as Denton passes out manila folders.
MELLINGER(V.O.)
(continuing)
| Have you whittled the candidates down to a manageable number? |
DENTON
(confident)
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Better than that. I think we have the team. |
MELLINGER|
Really? That's what I like to hear. |
DENTON|
These are the dossiers of the five team members, plus the team captain, chosen from a list of over ten thousand prospective time travelers... |
BRICKHOUSE
(looking up, dreamily)|
I love it -- time travelers. Travelers through time. |
They all study the papers.
DENTON|
You'll notice that each possesses unique qualifications for the job: Strong, athletic, not too smart -- able to take commands and follow orders; successful, but not so successful that they would be missed if they disappeared for a few weeks -- or longer. |
They continue to look over the dossiers.
DENTON
(continuing)
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Well, what do you think? Comments? |
BRICKHOUSE
SASHIMI
DENTON
MELLINGER|
Full speed ahead. To the past! |
He throws his dossier on the table.
CLOSE SHOT - THE DOSSIER
has photographs of six men. They are: JOHN MADDEN, the popular football broadcaster; DICK BUTKUS, the Hall of Fame linebacker, now TV pitchman; BUBBA SMITH, ex-NFL great and character actor; LARRY CSONKA, hard-charging ex-fullback, also doing TV commercials; BRIAN "THE BOZ" BOSWORTH, ex-NFL almost-great and oddball; WILLIAM "THE REFRIGERATOR" PERRY, current NFL great for the Philadelphia Eagles.
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