· 9 years ago · Dec 17, 2016, 04:22 PM
1 THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
2
3
4
5 Written by
6
7 Jonathan Nolan & Christopher Nolan
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9
10
11 Story by
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13 Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer
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18
19 BLACK SCREEN.
20
21 GORDON (V.O)
22 Harvey Dent was needed. He was
23 everything Gotham has been crying
24 out for. He was...a hero. Not the
25 hero we deserved - the hero we
26 needed. Nothing less than a knight,
27 shining...
28
29
30 The sound of cracking. Splintering. A shape appears, in ice.
31 The shape of a BAT. The ice disintegrates...
32
33
34
35 EXT. GOTHAM STREET - DAY
36
37
38
39 Gordon stands before a massive picture of Harvey Dent.
40
41 GORDON
42 But I knew Harvey Dent. I was...his
43 friend. And it will be a very long
44 time before someone inspires us the
45 way he did.
46 Gordon, choked with emotion, gathers the papers of his
47 eulogy.
48 I believed in Harvey Dent.
49 And we FADE TO BLACK.
50
51 CUT TO:
52
53
54 Racing along a cratered dirt road, and we are -
55
56
57
58 INT. LAND CRUISER JOSTLING OVER UNEVEN TERRAIN - DAY
59
60 Three Hooded Men guarded by East European Militia. A third
61 Militia drives. Next to him is a nervous, bespectacled man.
62
63
64
65 EXT. AIRSTRIP, EASTERN EUROPE - DAY
66
67 An airstrip overlooking a grey city rocked by artillery
68 fire. A bland CIA Operative, flanked by Special Forces Men,
69 stands in front of a commuter plane. CIA Man watches the
70 Land Cruiser pull up, hard. The Militia Men jump out of the
71 vehicle.
72 The Driver shoves the bespectacled man in front of the CIA
73 Man.
74
75 2.
76
77
78
79
80
81 CIA MAN
82 Dr. Pavel, I'm CIA.
83 Dr. Pavel nods, nervous. CIA Man hands the Driver a
84 briefcase.
85
86
87
88 DRIVER
89 He wasn't alone.
90 CIA Man, confused, spots the Hooded Men. He turns to Dr.
91 Pavel.
92
93
94
95 CIA MAN
96 You don't get to bring friends.
97
98 DR. PAVEL
99
100 (SHAKEN)
101 They are not my friends.
102
103 DRIVER
104 Don't worry, no charge for them.
105
106 CIA MAN
107 Why would I want them?
108
109 DRIVER
110 They were trying to grab your
111 prize. (Smiles.) They work for the
112 mercenary. The masked man.
113
114
115
116 CIA MAN
117
118 (EXCITED)
119 Bane?
120 The Driver nods. CIA Man turns to his Special Forces Men.
121
122
123
124 CIA MAN
125 Get 'em on board - I'll call it in.
126
127
128
129
130
131 EXT. SKIES OVER MOUNTAIN RANGE - DAY
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133 The commuter plane struggles over snow-capped mountains.
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135
136
137 INT. MAIN CABIN, COMMUTER PLANE - CONTINUOUS
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139
140
141 The three Hooded Men kneel by the cargo door, handcuffed.
142 CIA Man grabs Hooded Man 1.
143
144 CIA MAN
145 What are you doing in the middle of
146 my operation?
147
148 3.
149
150
151 Hooded Man 1 says nothing. CIA Man pulls out a handgun.
152 The flight plan I just filed with
153 the Agency lists me, my men, and
154 Dr. Pavel here. But only one of
155 you.
156 CIA Man opens the cargo door. Special Forces hang Hooded Man
157 1 out into the howling wind - CIA Man shouts above the wind.
158
159
160
161 CIA MAN
162
163 FIRST ONE TO TALK GETS TO STAY ON
164 MY AIRCRAFT! (Cocks weapon.)
165
166 SO...WHO PAID YOU TO GRAB DR.
167
168 PAVEL?!
169
170
171 Nothing. CIA Man fires out the open door and the Special
172 Forces yank Hooded Man 1 back in, clubbing him quiet.
173
174 CIA MAN
175
176 HE DIDN'T FLY SO GOOD! WHO WANTS TO
177
178 TRY NEXT?!
179
180
181 The Soldiers grab Hooded Man 2, hang him out the door.
182
183 CIA MAN
184
185 TELL ME ABOUT BANE! WHY DOES HE
186
187 WEAR THE MASK?!
188
189
190 The prisoner says nothing. CIA Man presses the gun to the
191 man's hood - he cocks the gun...nothing.
192
193 CIA MAN
194
195 LOT OF LOYALTY FOR A HIRED GUN!
196
197
198
199 THIRD PRISONER (O.S.)
200 Or he's wondering why someone would
201 shoot a man before throwing him out
202 of an aeroplane.
203
204
205 CIA Man turns to the Third Prisoner. Shuts the cargo door.
206
207 CIA MAN
208 Wiseguy, huh? At least you can
209 talk. Who are you?
210
211
212
213 THIRD PRISONER
214 We are nothing. We are the dirt
215 beneath your feet. And no one cared
216 who I was until I put on the
217 mask...
218
219
220 CIA Man, wary, approaches the Third Prisoner - pulls off his
221 hood, revealing a dark mask with a breathing apparatus. The
222 eyes behind it are cold. Still. This is Bane.
223
224 4.
225
226
227
228
229
230 BANE
231 Who we are does not matter. What
232 matters is our plan.
233
234 CIA MAN
235
236 (FASCINATED)
237 If I pull this off, will you die?
238
239 BANE
240 It would be extremely painful.
241
242
243
244 CIA MAN
245 You're a big guy -
246
247 BANE
248 For you.
249
250
251
252 CIA MAN
253
254 (UNNERVED)
255 Was being caught part of your plan?
256
257 BANE
258 Of course. Dr. Pavel refused our
259 offer in favor of yours. We had to
260 know what he told you about us.
261
262 DR. PAVEL
263 Nothing! I said nothing!
264
265
266
267 CIA MAN
268 Why not just ask him?
269
270 BANE
271 He would not have told us.
272
273
274
275 CIA MAN
276 You have methods.
277
278 BANE
279 Him, I need healthy. You present no
280 such problem.
281 CIA Man laughs for the Special Forces' benefit. A heavy bass
282 tone is rising. The Sergeant looks out the window.
283
284
285
286
287
288 EXT. SKIES OVER MOUNTAIN RANGE - CONTINUOUS
289
290 The commuter plane is dwarfed by a massive transport plane
291 looming over it, dangerously close...
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293 5.
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297
298
299 INT. MAIN CABIN, COMMUTER PLANE - CONTINUOUS
300
301 The plane lurches. The noise is building.
302
303 SERGEANT
304 Sir?
305
306
307
308 CIA MAN
309 Well congratulations, you got
310 yourselves caught. What's the next
311 step of your master plan?
312
313
314
315 BANE
316 Crashing this plane...
317
318
319
320 EXT. MOUNTAINS - CONTINUOUS
321
322
323
324 The ramp of the transport opens... Four men leap out on
325 tethers - dropping towards the commuter plane, two each
326 side...
327
328
329
330
331
332 INT. MAIN CABIN, COMMUTER PLANE - CONTINUOUS
333
334 The Spacial Forces react to the turbulence from the plane
335 above. CIA Man looks at Bane.
336
337 BANE
338
339 (RISING)
340 With no survivors.
341 A Special Forces soldier spins around - an Armed Man is
342 outside the window. Bang -
343
344
345
346
347
348 EXT. SKIES OVER MOUNTAIN RANGE - CONTINUOUS
349
350 Two men shoot through the windows, the other two attach
351 grapples to the fuselage - give the thumbs up - hoists start
352 to pull and the tail of the commuter plane is lifted,
353 unnaturally.
354
355
356
357 INT. COCKPIT, COMMUTER PLANE - CONTINUOUS
358
359 The Pilots battle the controls as the plane tilts forward.
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361 6.
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365
366
367 INT. MAIN CABIN, COMMUTER PLANE - CONTINUOUS
368
369 Like lightning, Bane has the CIA Man is his handcuffed arms,
370 legs wrapped around a seat back, The entire cabin upends.
371 Tumbling chaos - Soldiers falling - Bane cracks CIA Man's
372 neck and drops him onto the Sergeant - they tumble down the
373 plane, smashing into the cockpit door with a terminal thud.
374 Dr. Pavel, strapped in, pushes against the seat in front of
375 him - the plane vibrates, trying to tear itself apart.
376
377
378
379
380
381 EXT. ATLAS MOUNTAINS - CONTINUOUS
382
383 The men climb the tail of the smaller plane as it dangles
384 helplessly above the mountains. Its wings shear off.
385
386
387
388
389
390 INT. MAIN CABIN, COMMUTER PLANE - CONTINUOUS
391
392 Bane breaks his handcuffs as if they were plastic, then
393 opens his legs and drops down the cabin, somersaulting
394 gracefully and using his arms to stop himself halfway down,
395 by Dr. Pavel.
396
397
398
399 EXT. SKIES OVER MOUNTAIN RANGE - CONTINUOUS
400
401 The men attach explosives to the tail, then jump away,
402 swinging out as the tail explodes.
403
404
405
406 INT. MAIN CABIN, COMMUTER PLANE - CONTINUOUS
407
408 An explosion takes off the rear door of the cabin - the
409 Armed Men drop through the smoke on cables.
410 A body bag is lowered into the cabin. Bane lies it on the
411 seat backs next to Dr. Pavel and unzips it to reveal a body
412 the same age and build as Dr. Pavel.
413
414
415 Bane rips Dr. Pavel's sleeve - pulls out a length of
416 surgical tubing - pushes a needle into Dr. Pavel's arm -
417 runs the tube to the body's arm... Dr. Pavel watches,
418 horrified, as Bane starts compressions on the body's chest,
419 drawing Dr. Pavel's blood across the tube and into the
420 body...
421
422
423 An Armed Man pulls Hooded Man 1 up through the cabin and
424 out. Bane stops Hooded Man 2.
425
426 7.
427
428
429
430
431
432 BANE
433 Friend. They expect one of us in
434 the wreckage.
435 The man nods, unhooks himself, takes Bane's arm.
436
437
438
439 HOODED MAN 2
440 Have we started the fire?
441
442 BANE
443
444 (NODS)
445 The fire rises.
446 Hooded Man 2 hands Bane his line. Bane clips it around Dr.
447 Pavel, takes out a knife and cuts Dr. Pavel's seat belt. Dr.
448 Pavel panics, flails. Bane takes his arms. Gentle.
449
450
451
452 BANE
453 Calm, Doctor. Now is not time for
454 fear...
455 Bane slides Dr. Pavel out of his seat. They hang in the
456 vertical, windblown cabin. Bane takes out a detonator.
457
458
459
460 BANE
461 That comes later.
462 Bane presses the detonator - the cabin drops from around
463 them, revealing the terrifying drop to the peaks below. Dr.
464 Pavel screams as they are hoisted up towards the transport,
465 and we -
466
467 CUT TO:
468
469
470
471
472
473 EXT. GOTHAM - EVENING
474
475 Drifting over the vast city...
476
477 MAYOR (V.O.)
478 Harvey Dent Day may not be our
479 oldest public holiday...
480 ...moving past the enormous Gotham Bridge...
481
482 MAYOR (V.O.)
483 But we're here tonight because it's
484 one of the most important...
485 ...over the Gotham river to the Palisades on the far side...
486
487 8.
488
489
490
491
492
493 MAYOR (V.O.)
494 Harvey Dent's uncompromising stand
495 against organized crime and, yes,
496 ultimately, his sacrifice, have
497 made Gotham a safer place than it
498 was at the time of his death, eight
499 years ago...
500 ...finding a party in the grounds of Wayne Manor. The Mayor
501 addresses the wealthy and powerful of Gotham.
502
503
504
505 MAYOR
506 This city has seen a historic
507 turnaround. No city is without
508 crime. But this city is without
509 organized crime because the Dent
510 Act gave law enforcement teeth in
511 its fight against the mob. Now
512 people are talking about repealing
513 the Dent Act. And to them I
514 say...not on my watch.
515 Enthusiastic applause as the Mayor wraps up.
516 I want to thank the Wayne
517 Foundation for hosting this event.
518 I'm told Mr. Wayne couldn't be here
519 tonight, but I'm sure he's with us
520 in spirit...
521
522
523 High above, on a darkened balcony, a lone figure. Watching.
524
525 MAYOR (O.S)
526 Now I'm going to give way to an
527 important voice...
528
529
530 Down below at the bar, Commissioner Gordon examines some
531 sheets of densely written paper. A Congressman muscles in.
532
533 CONGRESSMAN
534 Commissioner.
535
536
537
538 GORDON
539 Congressman.
540
541 CONGRESSMAN
542 Ever lay eyes on Wayne at one of
543 these things?
544 Gordon shakes his head. Gordon's Deputy Commissioner, Foley,
545 cuts in.
546
547 9.
548
549
550
551
552
553 FOLEY
554 No one has. Not in years.
555
556 MAYOR (O.S)
557 He can tell you about the bad old
558 days, when the criminals and
559 corrupt ran this town with such a
560 tight grasp that people put their
561 faith in a murderous thug in a mask
562 and a cape. A thug who showed his
563 true nature when he betrayed the
564 trust of this great man - (Turns to
565 picture of Dent.) And murdered him
566 in cold blood.
567 The Congressman watches a tray of canapés breeze past, then
568 grabs the ass of the maid carrying them. She freezes.
569
570
571
572 CONGRESSMAN
573 Sweetheart, not so fast with the
574 chow.
575
576 MAID
577 (turns, tight smile)
578 Shrimp balls?
579 The Congressman grabs two. The Maid moves off. The
580 Congressman glances down at Gordon's papers.
581
582
583
584 MAYOR (O.S)
585 Jim Gordon can tell you the truth
586 about Harvey Dent...
587
588 CONGRESSMAN
589 Jesus, Gordon, is that your speech?
590 We're gonna be here all night.
591
592 GORDON
593 Maybe the truth about Harvey isn't
594 so simple, Congressman.
595
596
597
598 MAYOR (O.S)
599 But I'll let him tell you himself -
600 Commissioner Gordon?
601 Applause. Gordon approaches the mike. Looks down at his long
602 speech. Thinks.
603
604 GORDON
605 The truth...?
606 INSERT CUT: Harvey Dent, face half destroyed, threatens
607 Gordon's son with a handgun.
608
609 10.
610
611
612
613
614 Gordon surveys the audience. Deciding.
615 I have written a speech telling the
616 truth about Harvey Dent...
617 Gordon folds up his speech.
618 Maybe the time isn't right...
619 Gordon stuffs the papers inside his jacket. The Congressman
620 mutters under his breath.
621
622 CONGRESSMAN
623 Thank Christ for that...
624
625 GORDON
626 Maybe right now all you need to
627 know is that there are a thousand
628 inmates in Blackgate Prison as a
629 direct result of the Dent Act.
630 These are violent criminals,
631 essential cogs in the organized
632 crime machine that terrorized
633 Gotham for so long. Maybe, for now,
634 all I should say about Harvey
635 Dent's death is this...it has not
636 been for nothing.
637 The figure on the balcony turns back into the mansion.
638 People clap as Gordon leaves the mike. Gordon approaches
639 Foley.
640
641
642
643 GORDON
644 The second shift reports in?
645
646 FOLEY
647 On your desk. But you should put in
648 some more time with the Mayor -
649
650 GORDON
651 That's your department.
652
653
654 Gordon heads for the line of town cars in the gravel drive.
655
656 CONGRESSMAN
657 Anyone shown him the crime stats?
658
659 FOLEY
660 He goes by his gut, and it
661 continues to bother him, whatever
662 the numbers.
663
664 CONGRESSMAN
665 Must be popular with the wife.
666
667 11.
668
669
670
671
672
673 FOLEY
674 Not really. She took the kids and
675 moved to Cleveland.
676
677 CONGRESSMAN
678 He'll have plenty of time for
679 visits. Mayor's dumping him in the
680 spring.
681
682 FOLEY
683 Really? He's a hero.
684
685
686
687 CONGRESSMAN
688 War hero. This is peacetime. Stay
689 smart, the job's yours.
690
691
692
693
694
695 INT. KITCHENS, WAYNE MANOR - MOMENTS LATER
696
697 Our Maid dives into the bustle of Wayne Manor below stairs -
698 Caterers and Maids, Wait Staff. She overhears another Maid.
699
700 MAID 2
701 They say he never leaves the East
702 Wing.
703
704 MAID 3
705 I heard he had an accident - that
706 he's disfigured.
707
708
709 The other Maids signal her to be quiet. All the chatter has
710 died. Alfred has entered the kitchen.
711
712 ALFRED
713 Mr. Till, why are your people using
714 the main stairs?
715 Alfred places a glass of water on a tray next to a covered
716 plate. Picks up the tray, looks around the chaotic kitchen.
717
718
719
720 ALFRED
721 Where's Mrs. Bolton?
722
723 MAID
724 She's up at the bar, sir. Can I
725 help?
726
727
728 Alfred looks at the Maid. Hands her a key and the tray.
729
730 ALFRED
731 The East drawing room. Unlock the
732 door, place the tray on the table,
733 lock the door again. Nothing more.
734
735 12.
736
737
738
739
740 The Maid nods. Takes the tray.
741
742
743
744 INT. HALL, WAYNE MANOR - MOMENTS LATER
745
746 Following the Maid through the empty house. She comes to the
747 large oak door to the East Wing. Unlocks it...
748
749
750
751 INT. DRAWING ROOM, EAST WING, WAYNE MANOR - CONTINUOUS
752
753 The room is dark, quiet. The Maid places the tray on the
754 table. She looks at the inner door opposite. It is ajar...
755
756
757
758 INT. HALL, WAYNE MANOR - CONTINUOUS
759
760
761
762 Alfred talks to an elegant woman, thirties, Miranda Tate.
763
764 ALFRED
765 I'm sorry, Miss Tate, but I've
766 tried. He won't see you.
767
768
769
770 MIRANDA
771 It's important, Mr. Pennyworth.
772 Her accent is European. Hard to place.
773
774 ALFRED
775 Mr. Wayne is as determined to
776 ignore important things as trivial
777 ones.
778
779 MALE VOICE (O.S.)
780 Don't take it personally, Miranda.
781
782
783 They turn to see a man in his fifties. Daggett.
784
785 DAGGETT
786 Everyone knows Wayne's holed up in
787 there with eight-inch nails, peeing
788 into Mason jars. (To Alfred.) Good
789 of you to let me on the grounds.
790
791 ALFRED
792 The Dent Act is about all Gotham.
793 Even you, Mr. Daggett. Miss Tate,
794 always a pleasure.
795 Alfred turns and walks off. Daggett smiles, glib.
796
797 13.
798
799
800
801
802
803 DAGGETT
804 Why waste your time talking to the
805 man who threw away your investment
806 on some save-the-world vanity
807 project? He can't help you get your
808 money back. But I can.
809
810 MIRANDA
811 I could try explaining that a
812 save-the-world project, vain or
813 not, is worth investing in,
814 whatever the return. I could try,
815 Mr. Daggett, but you understand
816 only money and the power you think
817 it buys, so why waste my time,
818 indeed?
819
820
821 She walks away. Daggett watches her go.
822
823
824
825 INT. DRAWING ROOM, EAST WING, WAYNE MANOR - CONTINUOUS
826
827 Close on the dinner tray. We hear a labored step approach.
828 Bruce Wayne appears, leaning on a cane. Gaunt. Grey temples.
829 He lifts the lid of his dinner, then freezes, hearing
830 something. He slowly limps into the next room...
831
832
833
834 INT. SITTING ROOM, EAST WING, WAYNE MANOR, CONTINUOUS
835
836
837
838 The Maid looks at framed photographs of Rachel, Thomas and
839 Martha Wayne. Some are half-burned. She notices an archery
840 target, arrows stuck in it. She reaches out. WHAM! An arrow
841 sticks into the target - the Maid spins around, flustered.
842 Wayne, at the other end of the long room, lowers a composite
843 bow. Picks up his cane.
844
845 MAID
846 I'm, I'm terribly sorry, Mr. Wayne.
847 It is Mr. Wayne, isn't it?
848
849
850 Wayne nods, gently. Limps towards her.
851
852 MAID
853 Although you don't have the long
854 nails... (Nervous laugh.) Or facial
855 scars...
856 She trails off, embarrassed. Coy. She seems very young.
857
858 WAYNE
859 Is that what they say about me?
860
861 14.
862
863
864
865 MAID
866 It's just that...nobody sees you...
867
868
869 Wayne approaches slowly. He nods at her pearl necklace.
870
871 WAYNE
872 That's a beautiful necklace.
873 Reminds me of the one that belonged
874 to my mother. It can't be the same
875 one - her pearls are in this safe -
876 He reaches out with his cane to press open a panel on the
877 bureau, revealing a safe door...
878 - which the manufacturer clearly
879 explained is uncrackable.
880
881
882 ...which swings open with an awkward creak.
883
884 MAID
885 Oops. No one told me it was
886 uncrackable.
887
888
889 The Maid suddenly seems more confident. Older.
890
891 WAYNE
892 I'm afraid I can't let you take
893 those.
894
895
896 She smiles at him. Moves towards him.
897
898 MAID
899 Look, you wouldn't hit a woman any
900 more than I would beat up a
901 cripple.
902 She kicks his cane from under him, smashes him down.
903 Of course, sometimes exceptions
904 have to be made.
905
906
907 The Maid vaults onto the bureau and up to a high window.
908 Goodnight, Mr. Wayne.
909 She flips backwards through the window. Wayne smiles, then
910 rocks forward on his good leg and rises with athletic grace.
911 He looks at the safe, notices something. Powder...
912
913
914
915 EXT. DRIVE, WAYNE MANOR - CONTINUOUS
916
917 Moving toward the line of town cars, the Maid pulls off her
918 white apron, cuffs and collar, leaving a black dress and
919 pearls. A Valet hurries to open a car door for her - she
920 slips into a town car...beside the Congressman.
921
922 15.
923
924
925
926
927
928 MAID
929 Can I have a ride?
930 The Congressman, a little tipsy, looks at her hungrily.
931
932 CONGRESSMAN
933 You read my mind.
934
935
936
937 INT. EAST WING, WAYNE MANOR - LATER
938
939
940
941 Alfred enters, to find Wayne kneeling at the safe.
942
943 ALFRED
944 Miss Tate was asking to see you
945 again.
946
947
948
949 WAYNE
950 She's very persistent.
951
952 ALFRED
953 And quite lovely, in case you were
954 wondering.
955
956
957
958 WAYNE
959 I wasn't.
960
961 ALFRED
962 What are you doing?
963
964
965
966 WAYNE
967 Examining print dust. We've been
968 robbed.
969
970 ALFRED
971 And this is your idea of raising
972 the alarm?
973
974 WAYNE
975
976 (SHRUGS)
977 She took the pearls. Tracking
978 device and all.
979
980 ALFRED
981 She?
982
983
984
985 WAYNE
986 One of the maids, perhaps you
987 should stop letting them in this
988 side of the house.
989
990 16.
991
992
993
994
995
996 ALFRED
997 Perhaps you should learn to make
998 your own bed, then. Why are you
999 dusting for prints?
1000
1001
1002
1003 WAYNE
1004 I'm not. She was.
1005
1006
1007
1008 EXT. ROOFTOP, MAJOR CRIMES UNIT - CONTINUOUS
1009
1010
1011
1012 Gordon brings a stack of files against the air duct, settles
1013 to read. Next to him is a rusty, broken searchlight.
1014
1015 YOUNG VOICE (O.S.)
1016 Sir?
1017
1018
1019 A young Cop is standing there. This is Blake.
1020
1021 BLAKE
1022 I didn't want to bother you up
1023 here, but they're looking for you.
1024
1025
1026
1027 GORDON
1028 What's the problem, son?
1029
1030 BLAKE
1031 Congressman Gilly's wife's been
1032 calling. He hasn't made it home
1033 from the Wayne Foundation event.
1034
1035 GORDON
1036 That's a job for the police?
1037
1038 BLAKE
1039 Sir, I've been a cop for a year and
1040 I've only logged half a dozen
1041 arrests. When you and Dent cleaned
1042 the streets you cleaned 'em good.
1043 Pretty soon we'll be chasing
1044 overdue library books.
1045 Gordon smiles at this. Blake looks at his stack of files.
1046
1047 BLAKE
1048 But here you are. Like we're still
1049 at war...
1050
1051 GORDON
1052 Old habits.
1053
1054 17.
1055
1056
1057
1058
1059
1060 BLAKE
1061 Or instinct.
1062
1063 GORDON
1064 What's your name, son?
1065
1066
1067
1068 BLAKE
1069 Blake, sir.
1070
1071 GORDON
1072 You have something you want to ask
1073 me, Officer Blake?
1074
1075 BLAKE
1076 It's that night. This night, eight
1077 years ago. The night Dent died.
1078
1079
1080
1081 GORDON
1082 What about it?
1083
1084 BLAKE
1085 The last confirmed sighting of the
1086 Batman. He murders those people,
1087 takes out two SWAT teams, breaks
1088 Dent's neck...then just vanishes?
1089
1090 GORDON
1091 I'm not hearing a question, son.
1092
1093
1094 Blake shifts uneasily. Then looks at Gordon.
1095
1096 BLAKE
1097 Don't you want to know who we was?
1098 Gordon turns to look at the broken searchlight. He brushes
1099 his fingers across its rusted shell.
1100
1101 GORDON
1102 I know exactly who he was. (Turns
1103 to Blake.) He was Batman.
1104
1105
1106 Gordon walks past Blake, heading for the stairs.
1107
1108 GORDON (O.S.)
1109 Let's go see about the
1110 Congressman's wife...
1111
1112 18.
1113
1114
1115
1116 INT. EAST WING, WAYNE MANOR - MORNING
1117
1118 Alfred takes his tray into the bedroom. The bed is empty.
1119
1120
1121
1122 ALFRED
1123 Master Wayne?
1124 Alfred's voice echoes through the vast mansion. No reply.
1125
1126
1127
1128
1129
1130 INT. STUDY, WAYNE MANOR - MOMENTS LATER
1131
1132 Alfred hits three notes on the piano. The bookcase opens.
1133
1134
1135
1136
1137
1138 INT. ELEVATOR SHAFT - CONTINUOUS
1139
1140 Alfred descends into the caverns beneath Wayne Manor.
1141
1142
1143
1144 INT. BATCAVE - CONTINUOUS
1145
1146
1147
1148 Alfred walks through the arches as the stone floor starts to
1149 lower, becoming a ramp. At the bottom, Alfred is level with
1150 a series of dark slate obelisks - a bridge over the water to
1151 where Wayne sits at a computer atop a massive slate cube.
1152
1153
1154
1155 ALFRED
1156 You haven't been down here in a
1157 long time...
1158
1159 WAYNE
1160 Just trying to find out more about
1161 our jewel thief. I ran her prints
1162 from the photos she handled -
1163 Wayne pulls up a mug shot - a fat, male armed-robbery
1164 suspect.
1165 - but she was wearing someone
1166 else's fingerprints. She's good.
1167
1168 ALFRED
1169 She may be. But we have the trace
1170 on the necklace.
1171
1172
1173
1174 WAYNE
1175 We do, so I cross-referenced the
1176 address she went back to with
1177 police data on high-end
1178 B-and-E's...
1179
1180
1181 Wayne hits a key. A photograph of the Maid appears.
1182 Selina Kyle. The databases are full
1183 of close calls, tips from fences...
1184
1185 19.
1186
1187
1188 Newspaper headlines appear -
1189
1190 THE CAT STRIKES AGAIN, POLICE SUSPECT 'CAT' BURGLAR IN JEWEL
1191
1192 HEIST.
1193
1194
1195
1196 WAYNE
1197 She's good, but the ground is
1198 shrinking beneath her feet.
1199
1200
1201
1202 ALFRED
1203 We should send the police before
1204 she fences the pearls.
1205
1206 WAYNE
1207 She won't. She likes them too much.
1208 And they weren't what she was
1209 after.
1210
1211 ALFRED
1212 What was she after?
1213
1214
1215
1216 WAYNE
1217 My fingerprints. There was printer
1218 toner mixed with graphite on the
1219 safe. Gives you a good pull, and
1220 it's untraceable.
1221
1222
1223
1224 ALFRED
1225 Fascinating. Maybe you should
1226 exchange notes over coffee.
1227
1228 WAYNE
1229 Now you're trying to set me up with
1230 a jewel thief?
1231
1232 ALFRED
1233 At this point, sir, I would set you
1234 up with a chimpanzee if I thought
1235 it would bring you back into the
1236 world.
1237
1238 WAYNE
1239 There's nothing out there for me.
1240
1241
1242
1243 ALFRED
1244 And that's the problem. You hung up
1245 the cape and cowl, but never moved
1246 on. You won't get out there and
1247 find a life. Find someone -
1248
1249
1250
1251 WAYNE
1252
1253 (BITTER)
1254 I did find someone, Alfred.
1255
1256 20.
1257
1258
1259
1260
1261
1262 ALFRED
1263 I know. And then you lost them.
1264 That's part of living, sir. But
1265 you're not living - you're waiting.
1266 Hoping for things to go bad again.
1267
1268
1269 Wayne says nothing.
1270 Remember when you left Gotham?
1271 Before all this. Before Batman.
1272 Seven years you were gone. Seven
1273 years I waited. Hoping that you
1274 wouldn't come back.
1275 Wayne looks at Alfred. Not understanding.
1276 Every year I took my holiday. I'd
1277 go to Florence. There's a café by
1278 the Arno... Any fine evening I
1279 would sit there and order a Fernet
1280 Branca...
1281 INSERT CUT: Alfred seated in a café sipping his drink...
1282 I had a fantasy. I liked to imagine
1283 that one day I'd look across the
1284 tables, and see you. Sitting there
1285 with your wife. Perhaps some kids.
1286 You wouldn't say anything to me, or
1287 me to you, but we'd both
1288 know...that you'd made it. That you
1289 were happy.
1290
1291
1292 INSERT CUT: Alfred spots a couple at another table and looks
1293 closer, hopeful. But they are strangers.
1294 I never wanted you to come back to
1295 Gotham. I knew there was nothing
1296 there for you but pain and tragedy,
1297 and I wanted more for you than
1298 that. I still do.
1299 Alfred leaves Wayne to his cave. His bats.
1300
1301
1302
1303
1304
1305 EXT. WATER TREATMENT FACILITY - DAY
1306
1307 Blake and his partner, Ross, get out of their patrol car. A
1308 DWP Man leads them down a long concrete trough.
1309
1310
1311
1312 DWP MAN
1313 They wash up a couple times a
1314 month. More when in gets colder -
1315 homeless sheltering in the tunnels.
1316 We had to pull him to clear the
1317 basin, but other than that we
1318 didn't touch him...
1319
1320 21.
1321
1322
1323
1324
1325 They come out by the catchment basin. Above the grille lies
1326 a body - a teenage boy. Blake looks down at him. Freezes.
1327
1328 ROSS
1329 What?
1330
1331
1332
1333 BLAKE
1334 Name's Jimmy. He's at St.
1335 Swithin's. (Off look.) The boys
1336 home where I...I coach some ball.
1337
1338
1339
1340
1341
1342 EXT. ST. SWITHIN'S HOME FOR BOYS - DAY
1343
1344 Blake looks up at the shabby building.
1345
1346
1347
1348
1349
1350 INT. ST. SWITHIN'S HOME FOR BOYS - MOMENTS LATER
1351
1352 Blake is talking to Father Reilly.
1353
1354 FATHER REILLY
1355 Jimmy hadn't been here for months.
1356
1357
1358
1359 BLAKE
1360 Why?
1361
1362 FATHER REILLY
1363 You know why, Blake - he aged out.
1364 We don't have the resources to keep
1365 boys on after sixteen -
1366
1367 BLAKE
1368 The Wayne Foundation gives money
1369 for that -
1370
1371
1372
1373 FATHER REILLY
1374 Not for two years now.
1375
1376 BLAKE
1377 He has a brother here, right?
1378
1379
1380
1381 FATHER REILLY
1382 Mark. I'll tell him.
1383
1384 BLAKE
1385 I'd like to, if that's okay.
1386
1387 22.
1388
1389
1390
1391
1392
1393 EXT. PLAYGROUND, ST. SWITHIN'S - MOMENTS LATER
1394
1395 Father Reilly watches as Blake sits with Mark - ten.
1396
1397 BLAKE
1398 I'm sorry.
1399
1400
1401 Mark nods slowly. Staring straight ahead.
1402
1403 BLAKE
1404 What was he doing in the tunnels?
1405
1406
1407
1408 MARK
1409 Lot of guys been going down the
1410 tunnels when they age out. Say you
1411 can live down there. Say there's
1412 work down there.
1413
1414
1415
1416 BLAKE
1417 What kind of work are you gonna
1418 find in the sewers?
1419
1420 MARK
1421 More than you can find up here, I
1422 guess.
1423 Blake considers this. Troubled.
1424
1425
1426
1427
1428
1429 INT. DIVE BAR - NIGHT
1430
1431 Selina Kyle, in a little black dress, walks in with a drunk
1432 in a Hawaiian shirt. She sits him on a bar stool - walks
1433 over to a table where a neatly dressed man, Stryver, sits.
1434
1435
1436
1437 STRYVER
1438 You brought a date?
1439
1440 SELINA
1441 I like having someone around to
1442 open doors for me.
1443
1444
1445 Selina glances around. Things scattered throughout the bar.
1446 Jumpy. Selina hands an envelope to Stryver.
1447
1448 SELINA
1449 Right hand. No partials.
1450 Stryver slides a transparency out of the envelope. Holds it
1451 up to the light. Four perfect fingerprint transfers.
1452
1453 23.
1454
1455
1456
1457
1458
1459 STRYVER
1460 Very nice.
1461 He pockets the envelope.
1462
1463 SELINA
1464 Not so fast, handsome. You got
1465 something for me?
1466
1467 STRYVER
1468 Oh, yes.
1469
1470
1471 Stryver signals a Thug who locks the door. Another Thug
1472 joins them at the table. Selina smiles.
1473
1474 SELINA
1475 I don't know what you're going to
1476 do with Mr. Wayne's prints...but
1477 I'm guessing you'll need his thumb.
1478 As Stryver checks the envelope again -
1479
1480 SELINA
1481 You don't count so good, huh?
1482
1483 STRYVER
1484 I count fine.
1485 The Second Thug puts a gun to Selina's head.
1486
1487
1488
1489 STRYVER
1490 In fact, I'm counting to ten right
1491 now...
1492 Selina looks in his eyes. The Thug cocks his gun. She
1493 blinks.
1494
1495 SELINA
1496 Okay, okay -
1497
1498
1499 She reaches for her purse. The Thug stops her, reaches in
1500 himself - pulls out a cellphone. Slides it across the table.
1501
1502 SELINA
1503 My friend is waiting outside. Just
1504 hit 'send'...
1505
1506
1507 Stryver looks at the phone. Hits 'send'. Selina sizes up her
1508 options. A knock on the door. Second Thug hides his gun. The
1509 door opens - a young woman, Jen. She enters, cheerful, spots
1510 Selina. Pulls out an envelope, looks around.
1511
1512 24.
1513
1514
1515
1516
1517
1518 JEN
1519 Place is a little dead.
1520
1521 SELINA
1522 (takes envelope, tense)
1523 It'll liven up in a minute, trust
1524 me.
1525
1526 JEN
1527 Everything okay?
1528
1529
1530
1531 SELINA
1532 Great. Catch you later.
1533 Jen leaves. Stryver checks the envelope. Satisfied.
1534
1535 SELINA
1536 It would've been a lot easier to
1537 just give me what we agreed.
1538
1539 STRYVER
1540 We can't have loose ends. And even
1541 in that dress, no one's going to
1542 miss you.
1543
1544 SELINA
1545 No. But my friend over there...?
1546 Stryver looks at Selina's 'date' drooling into a bowl of
1547 nuts at the bar - he looks familiar...
1548
1549 SELINA
1550 Every cop in the city's missing
1551 him.
1552
1553
1554 Across the bar, the TV on mute -
1555
1556 MANHUNT FOR MISSING CONGRESSMAN.
1557 Stryver looks at Selina.
1558
1559
1560
1561 STRYVER
1562 Cute. But they're not gonna be
1563 looking in a place like this.
1564
1565 SELINA
1566 I don't know... You did just use
1567 his cell phone.
1568 Stryver glances down at the cell phone as - SCREECH - the
1569 Thugs look out the window at cop cars and SWAT units
1570 descending on the bar. Stryver glances at the window and -
1571 SMASH - Selina CRACKS his head against the table, grabs
1572
1573 25.
1574
1575
1576
1577
1578 Second Thug's gun hand, flips over the table, firing at the
1579 other Thugs, who drop. The SWATs batter down the door.
1580 Selina crouches, cowering, screaming.
1581
1582 SWAT
1583 It's alright, Miss. Just stay down
1584
1585 -
1586 The SWATs barrel past, chasing the remaining Thugs back
1587 through the bar and out into the back alley. Selina smiles.
1588
1589
1590
1591
1592
1593 EXT. ALLEY BEHIND BAR - CONTINUOUS
1594
1595 The Thugs turn and open up on the SWATs with automatic
1596 weapons.
1597
1598
1599
1600
1601
1602 INT. DIVE BAR - CONTINUOUS
1603
1604 Selina moves to the door. Spots the Congressman under the
1605 bar, clutching his bleeding leg.
1606
1607
1608
1609 SELINA
1610 Keep some pressure on that,
1611 sweetheart.
1612 She adjusts her dress in the broken mirror behind the bar.
1613 Moves for the door.
1614
1615
1616
1617 CONGRESSMAN
1618
1619 (WEAK)
1620 Call me?
1621
1622
1623
1624
1625
1626 EXT. DIVE BAR - CONTINUOUS
1627
1628 Selina waltzes out - right into Blake. She feigns panic.
1629
1630 SELINA
1631 There's a man in there - he's
1632 bleeding!
1633
1634 BLAKE
1635 It's okay, Miss. It's okay.
1636
1637
1638 Blake helps Selina down onto the tailgate of a SWAT truck.
1639 He heads into the bar, weapon drawn. Selina slips behind the
1640 truck and into the night.
1641
1642 26.
1643
1644
1645
1646
1647
1648 INT. DIVE BAR - CONTINUOUS
1649
1650 Blake enters, gun drawn. Spots the Congressman.
1651
1652 BLAKE
1653
1654 (INTO RADIO)
1655 I've got the Congressman - bullet
1656 to the leg, but he's okay.
1657
1658
1659
1660 EXT. ALLEY BEHIND BAR - CONTINUOUS
1661
1662
1663
1664 The SWATs return fire. The Thugs lay down cover fire, then
1665 race around a corner into a smaller passage.
1666 A cop car pulls up, blocking the mouth of the alley - Gordon
1667 jumps out, gun drawn.
1668
1669
1670 The SWATs approach the passage, massing on both corners
1671 tactically. The two corner SWATs exchange hand signals,
1672 counting down... They round the corner, aiming low and high.
1673 The passage is empty.
1674
1675
1676 The SWATs cover a fire escape, but Gordon spots at once -
1677
1678 GORDON
1679 Manhole!
1680
1681
1682 He races to the manhole cover - SWATs wrench off the cover,
1683 Gordon grabs a flashlight from the nearest SWAT.
1684
1685 GORDON
1686 You three, down with me. You two,
1687 head down to cover the next exit -
1688
1689
1690
1691 SWAT
1692 Where -?
1693
1694 GORDON
1695 Get the DWP down here, now!
1696
1697
1698 Gordon starts climbing down the ladder...
1699
1700
1701
1702 INT. SEWERS - CONTINUOUS
1703
1704
1705
1706 Gordon moves down the tunnel, flashlight low. Three SWATs
1707 fall in behind...
1708
1709 27.
1710
1711
1712
1713
1714
1715 EXT. ALLEY BEHIND BAR - CONTINUOUS
1716
1717 Blake comes into the alley. Cops surround the manhole.
1718
1719 COP
1720 Where's the DWP guy?
1721
1722
1723
1724 BLAKE
1725 They went down there?
1726
1727 FOLEY
1728 (shaking his head)
1729 And Gordon took SWAT in after them.
1730
1731
1732
1733 INT. SEWERS - CONTINUOUS
1734
1735
1736
1737 Gordon hears a noise up ahead - pushes forward, rounds the
1738 corner. BANG! GUNFIRE. SWATs return fire, shots sparking off
1739 the concrete walls, then - BOOM - behind him the tunnel
1740 ERUPTS IN FIRE, blasting the SWATs. Gordon races forward,
1741 tearing through the tunnels.
1742
1743
1744
1745
1746
1747 EXT. ALLEY BEHIND BAR - CONTINUOUS
1748
1749 Blake jumps back as a fireball bursts out of the manhole.
1750
1751
1752
1753
1754
1755 INT. SEWERS - CONTINUOUS
1756
1757 Gordon races around a corner, gun drawn. A noise makes him
1758 turn - WHACK, he is clobbered from behind by a Thug.
1759
1760
1761
1762
1763
1764 EXT. ALLEY BEHIND BAR - CONTINUOUS
1765
1766 Blake pushes forward.
1767
1768 BLAKE
1769 Come on, we gotta get down there -
1770
1771
1772
1773 COP
1774 That was a gas explosion, kid -
1775
1776 BLAKE
1777 Gas? This is a sewer!
1778
1779 FOLEY
1780 No one goes in there till we know
1781 what's down there.
1782
1783 28.
1784
1785
1786
1787
1788
1789 BLAKE
1790 We know what's down there, sir. The
1791 Police Commissioner!
1792
1793 FOLEY
1794 Somebody get the hothead out of
1795 here. And get me a DWP guy!
1796 Blake backs off. Gets an idea - goes for his patrol car.
1797
1798
1799
1800
1801
1802 INT. SEWERS - CONTINUOUS
1803
1804 Thug 1 flips Gordon onto his back.
1805
1806 THUG 1
1807 This one's alive. (Looks closer.)
1808 Jesus. It's the Police
1809 Commissioner.
1810
1811 THUG 2
1812 What do we do?
1813
1814
1815
1816 THUG 1
1817 Take him to Bane.
1818 The two Thugs drag Gordon down through the maze of tunnels.
1819 As they descend deeper they encounter work crews of muscular
1820 men wielding large drills and jackhammers, working the walls
1821 and ceiling of the larger tunnels. Some of the men are armed
1822 Mercenaries, overseeing gangs of homeless street kids. They
1823 stare as Gordon is dragged past. The Thugs drag Gordon
1824 between two waterfalls, into -
1825
1826
1827
1828
1829
1830 INT. BANE'S LAIR, SEWERS - CONTINUOUS (NIGHT)
1831
1832 They approach a figure, turned away, crouched in the
1833 firelight. Bare-chested, muscular, masked. Bane. A crooked
1834 line of scar tissue runs the length of his spine...
1835
1836
1837
1838 BANE
1839 Why are you here?
1840 The Thugs drop Gordon at Bane's feet.
1841
1842
1843
1844 THUG 1
1845 Answer him!
1846 Bane slowly turns to the Thugs.
1847
1848 29.
1849
1850
1851
1852
1853
1854 BANE
1855 I'm asking you.
1856
1857 THUG 1
1858 It's the Police Commissioner.
1859
1860
1861
1862 BANE
1863 And you brought him down here?
1864
1865 THUG 2
1866 We didn't know what to do. We -
1867
1868
1869
1870 BANE
1871 You panicked. And your weakness
1872 costs three lives.
1873
1874 THUG 1
1875 No, he's alone -
1876 Bane flips the Thug's chin up and to the side with a crack.
1877 Thug 1 drops. Bane turns to Thug 2.
1878
1879 BANE
1880 Search him. Then I will kill you.
1881 The Thug, terrified, pulls out Gordon's badge, wallet,
1882 gun...and the folded papers of the speech he did not read.
1883 Bane takes these one by one with quick glances. He stops at
1884 the papers. Unfolds them...
1885
1886
1887 As he reads, Gordon rolls off the steps, dropping into the
1888 rushing flow of water - gunshots ring out...
1889
1890 THUG 2
1891 He's dead.
1892
1893
1894 Thug 2 trails off as Bane looks up from the papers...
1895
1896 BANE
1897 Then show me his body.
1898
1899
1900
1901 THUG 2
1902 That water runs to any one of the
1903 outflows - we'd never find him.
1904 Bane turns to the Lead Mercenary.
1905
1906
1907
1908 BANE
1909 Give me your GPS.
1910 Lead Mercenary hands him a GPS - Bane tucks it into Thug 2's
1911 jacket, zips it up like a mother sending her kid to school.
1912
1913 30.
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919 BANE
1920 Follow him.
1921
1922 THUG 2
1923 Follow him?
1924
1925
1926 Bane shoots Thug 2, kicks him into the water. Turns to Lead
1927 Mercenary.
1928
1929 BANE
1930 Track him. Make sure both bodies
1931 will not be found. Then brick up
1932 the south tunnel.
1933
1934
1935
1936 EXT. WATER TREATMENT FACILITY - NIGHT
1937
1938
1939
1940 Blake comes out to the catchment basin. He spots something
1941 stuck up against the grille, thrusts his hand into the
1942 raging waters - Gordon is there, alive. Just. Blake pulls
1943 him up onto the concrete, hoists him up, hurrying...
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949 INT. FRONT HALL, WAYNE MANOR - DAY
1950
1951 Alfred opens the door to reveal Blake in his dirty uniform.
1952
1953 BLAKE
1954 I need to see Bruce Wayne.
1955
1956
1957
1958 ALFRED
1959 I'm sorry, Mr. Wayne doesn't take
1960 unscheduled calls. Even from police
1961 officers.
1962
1963
1964
1965 BLAKE
1966 And if I go get a warrant, in the
1967 investigation of Harvey Dent's
1968 murder? Would that still count as
1969 unscheduled?
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975 INT. STUDY, WAYNE MANOR - MOMENTS LATER
1976
1977 Blake is sitting, drumming his leg, nervous. Wayne enters.
1978
1979
1980
1981 WAYNE
1982 What can I do for you, officer?
1983
1984 BLAKE
1985 Commissioner Gordon's been shot.
1986
1987 31.
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993 WAYNE
1994 I'm sorry to hear that -
1995
1996 BLAKE
1997 He chased a gunman down into the
1998 sewers. When I pulled him out he
1999 was babbling about an underground
2000 army. A masked man called 'Bane'.
2001
2002 WAYNE
2003 Shouldn't you be telling this to
2004 your superior officers?
2005
2006 BLAKE
2007 I did. One of them asked if he saw
2008 any giant alligators down there. He
2009 needs you. He needs the Batman.
2010
2011
2012
2013 WAYNE
2014 If Commissioner Gordon thinks I'm
2015 the Batman he must be in a bad way
2016
2017 -
2018
2019
2020
2021 BLAKE
2022 He doesn't know or care who you
2023 are. (Off look.) But we've met
2024 before. When I was a kid. At the
2025 orphanage. See, my mom died when I
2026 was small. Car accident, I don't
2027 really remember it. But a couple of
2028 years later my dad was shot over a
2029 gambling debt. I remember that just
2030 fine. (Looks at Wayne.) Not a lot
2031 of people who know what it feels
2032 like, do they? To be angry. In your
2033 bones. People understand, foster
2034 parents understand. For a while.
2035 Then they expect the angry kid to
2036 do what he knows he can never do.
2037 To move on. To forget.
2038
2039
2040 Wayne stares at Blake.
2041
2042 BLAKE
2043 So they stopped understanding and
2044 sent the angry kid to a boys' home
2045 - St. Swithin's. Used to be funded
2046 by the Wayne Foundation. See, I
2047 figured it out too late. You have
2048 to hide the anger. Practice smiling
2049 in the mirror. Like putting on a
2050 mask. You showed up one day in a
2051 cool car, pretty girl on your arm.
2052
2053 (MORE)
2054
2055 32.
2056
2057
2058
2059
2060
2061 BLAKE (CONT'D)
2062 We were so excited - Bruce Wayne,
2063 billionaire orphan. We made up
2064 stories about you. Legends. The
2065 other boys' stories were just that.
2066 But when I saw you I knew who you
2067 really were... (Beat.) I'd seen
2068 that look on your face. Same one I
2069 taught myself.
2070 Blake gets up to leave. Wayne is lost in thought.
2071
2072
2073
2074 BLAKE
2075 I don't know why you took the fall
2076 for Dent's murder, but I'm still a
2077 believer in the Batman. Even if
2078 you're not.
2079
2080
2081
2082 WAYNE
2083 Why did you say your boys' home
2084 used to be funded by the Wayne
2085 Foundation?
2086
2087
2088
2089 BLAKE
2090 Because the money stopped. Might be
2091 time to get some fresh air and
2092 start paying attention to the
2093 details. Some of those details
2094 might need your help.
2095
2096
2097
2098 INT. HALL, WAYNE MANOR - MOMENTS LATER
2099
2100 Wayne and Alfred watch Blake drive away.
2101
2102
2103
2104 WAYNE
2105 You checked that name? 'Bane' -
2106
2107 ALFRED
2108 Ran it through some databases. He's
2109 a mercenary. No other known name.
2110 Never been seen or photographed
2111 without a mask. He and his men were
2112 behind a coup in West Africa that
2113 secured mining operations for our
2114 friend John Daggett.
2115
2116
2117
2118 WAYNE
2119 Now Daggett's brought them here?
2120
2121 ALFRED
2122 It would seem so. I'll keep
2123 digging.
2124
2125 33.
2126
2127
2128
2129
2130 Alfred turns to leave.
2131
2132 WAYNE
2133 Why did the Wayne Foundation stop
2134 funding boys' homes in the city?
2135
2136
2137
2138 ALFRED
2139 The Foundation is funded from the
2140 profits of Wayne Enterprises...
2141 (Off look.) There have to be some.
2142
2143
2144
2145 WAYNE
2146 Time to talk to Mr. Fox, I think.
2147
2148 ALFRED
2149 I'll get him on the phone -
2150
2151
2152
2153 WAYNE
2154 No. Do we still have any cars
2155 around the place?
2156
2157 ALFRED
2158
2159 (LIGHTS UP)
2160 One or two.
2161
2162 WAYNE
2163 And I need an appointment at the
2164 hospital. About my leg.
2165
2166
2167
2168 ALFRED
2169 Which hospital, sir?
2170
2171 WAYNE
2172 Whichever one Jim Gordon's in.
2173
2174
2175 Alfred is less excited by this part of the request.
2176
2177
2178
2179 EXT. WAYNE ENTERPRISES - DAY
2180
2181
2182
2183 Moving towards the tall skyscraper downtown.
2184
2185 MIRANDA (V.O.)
2186 Mr. Fox, I believe in what Mr.
2187 Wayne was trying to do...
2188
2189
2190
2191
2192
2193 INT. BOARDROOM, WAYNE ENTERPRISES - CONTINUOUS
2194
2195 Miranda is talking to Lucius Fox at the table.
2196
2197 34.
2198
2199
2200
2201
2202
2203 MIRANDA
2204 I'm only asking for explanations
2205 because I think I can help.
2206
2207 FOX
2208 I'll pass along your request. Next
2209 time I see him.
2210 Miranda catches something in this.
2211
2212 MIRANDA
2213 He doesn't talk to you either?
2214
2215 FOX
2216 Let's just say that Bruce Wayne has
2217 his...eccentricities.
2218
2219
2220
2221 MIRANDA
2222
2223 (RISING)
2224 Mr. Fox, are you aware that John
2225 Daggett is trying to acquire shares
2226 in Wayne Enterprises?
2227
2228
2229
2230 FOX
2231 I was not. But it wouldn't do him
2232 any good - Mr. Wayne still retains
2233 a clear majority.
2234 Miranda leaves. Fox moves into his office - stops.
2235
2236
2237
2238 FOX
2239 Bruce Wayne. As I live and breathe.
2240 Wayne rises, pushing hard on his cane.
2241
2242
2243
2244 FOX
2245 What brings you out of cryo-sleep
2246 Mr. Wayne?
2247
2248 WAYNE
2249 I see you haven't lost your sense
2250 of humor...even if you have lost
2251 most of my money.
2252
2253 FOX
2254 Actually, you did that yourself.
2255 See, if you funnel the entire R and
2256 D budget for five years into a
2257 fusion project that you then
2258 mothball, your company is unlikely
2259 to thrive.
2260
2261 35.
2262
2263
2264
2265 WAYNE
2266 Even with -
2267
2268
2269
2270 FOX
2271 A wildly sophisticated CEO, yes.
2272 Wayne Enterprises is running out of
2273 time. And Daggett is moving in.
2274
2275 WAYNE
2276 What're my options?
2277
2278 FOX
2279 If you're not willing to turn your
2280 machine on -
2281
2282
2283
2284 WAYNE
2285 I can't, Lucius.
2286
2287 FOX
2288 Then sit tight. Your majority keeps
2289 Daggett at arm's length while we
2290 figure out a future for the energy
2291 program with Miranda Tate - she's
2292 supported your project all the way.
2293 She's smart, and quite lovely.
2294
2295 WAYNE
2296 You too, Lucius?
2297
2298 FOX
2299 We all just want what's best for
2300 you, Bruce. Show her the machine.
2301
2302
2303
2304 WAYNE
2305 I'll think it over.
2306
2307 FOX
2308 Anything else?
2309
2310
2311
2312 WAYNE
2313 No, why?
2314
2315 FOX
2316 These conversations always used to
2317 end with some...unusual requests.
2318
2319 WAYNE
2320 I retired.
2321
2322 FOX
2323 Let me show you some stuff, anyway.
2324 Fox hits a button - the bookcase opens into a hidden
2325 elevator.
2326
2327 36.
2328
2329
2330
2331
2332
2333 INT. APPLIED SCIENCES - MOMENTS LATER
2334
2335 Fox leads Wayne into the vast, gadget-filled space. They
2336 pass Tumblers with different weapons configurations...
2337
2338 WAYNE
2339 I figured you'd have shut this
2340 place down.
2341
2342 FOX
2343 It was always shut down,
2344 officially.
2345
2346 WAYNE
2347 But all this new stuff?
2348
2349 FOX
2350 After your father died, Wayne
2351 Enterprises set up fourteen
2352 different defense subsidiaries.
2353 I've spent years shuttering them
2354 and consolidating all the
2355 prototypes under one roof. My roof.
2356
2357
2358
2359 WAYNE
2360 Why?
2361
2362 FOX
2363 Stop them falling into the wrong
2364 hands. Besides, I thought someone
2365 might get some use out of them...
2366 Wayne shakes his head.
2367
2368 FOX
2369 Sure I can't tempt you to
2370 something? Pneumatic crampons?
2371 Infrared lenses? Least let me get
2372 you something for that leg.
2373
2374
2375
2376 WAYNE
2377 It's fine the use it gets these
2378 days.
2379
2380 FOX
2381 Well, then I have just the thing
2382 for an eccentric billionaire who
2383 doesn't like to walk...
2384 Fox opens a door - we glimpse a sleek vehicle. Wayne's eyes
2385 light up.
2386
2387 37.
2388
2389
2390
2391 WAYNE
2392 Now you're just showing off.
2393
2394
2395
2396 FOX
2397 Defense Department project for
2398 tight-geometry urban pacification.
2399 Rotors configured for maneuvering
2400 between buildings without
2401 recirculation.
2402
2403
2404
2405 WAYNE
2406 What's it called?
2407
2408 FOX
2409 It has a long and uninteresting
2410 Wayne Enterprises designation. So I
2411 took to calling it the Bat. And
2412 yes, Mr. Wayne, it does come in
2413 black.
2414 Wayne touches its sleek side. Marveling.
2415
2416
2417
2418 FOX
2419 Works great except for the
2420 autopilot.
2421
2422 WAYNE
2423 What's wrong with that?
2424
2425 FOX
2426 Software-based instability. Take a
2427 better mind than mine to fix it.
2428
2429
2430
2431 WAYNE
2432 Better mind?
2433
2434 FOX
2435 I was trying to be modest. A less
2436 busy mind. Yours, perhaps.
2437 Wayne looks wistfully at the machine. Turns away.
2438
2439 WAYNE
2440 I told you. I retired, Lucius.
2441
2442
2443
2444
2445
2446 INT. EXAMINATION ROOM, GOTHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL - NIGHT
2447
2448 Wayne listens, distracted, while a Doctor examines an X-ray.
2449
2450
2451
2452 DOCTOR
2453 I've seen worse cartilage in knees
2454
2455 -
2456
2457 38.
2458
2459
2460
2461
2462
2463 WAYNE
2464 That's good -
2465
2466 DOCTOR
2467 No, that's because there is no
2468 cartilage in your knee. And not
2469 much of any use in your elbows and
2470 shoulders. Between that and the
2471 scar tissue on your kidneys,
2472 residual concussive damage to your
2473 brain tissue and general
2474 scarred-over quality of your
2475 body... (Takes a deep breath.) I
2476 cannot recommend that you go
2477 heli-skiing. About the only part of
2478 your body that looks healthy is
2479 your liver, so if you're bored I
2480 recommend you take up drinking, Mr.
2481 Wayne.
2482 Wayne smiles. The Doctor leaves. Wayne pulls on a ski mask,
2483 steps to the window, hops up, pulls a wire from his cane,
2484 which he clips to his belt. He props his cane behind the
2485 frame - jumps out. The wire unspools from the cane as -
2486
2487
2488
2489 EXT. TENTH FLOOR, GOTHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL - CONTINUOUS
2490
2491 Wayne drops three floors...
2492
2493
2494
2495
2496
2497 INT. PRIVATE ROOM, GOTHAM GENERAL - CONTINUOUS
2498
2499 Gordon lies in his bed, hooked up to machines. Wayne, in ski
2500 mask, stands over him. Gordon's eyes flutter open. He tries
2501 to speak with a weak, hoarse voice...
2502
2503 GORDON
2504 We were in this together. Then you
2505 were gone...
2506
2507
2508
2509 WAYNE
2510 The Batman wasn't needed anymore.
2511 We won.
2512
2513 GORDON
2514 Built on a lie. Our lie. Now
2515 there's evil rising from where we
2516 tried to bury it. Nobody will
2517 listen... The Batman has to come
2518 back.
2519
2520 39.
2521
2522
2523
2524
2525
2526 WAYNE
2527 What if he doesn't exist anymore?
2528
2529 GORDON
2530 He must. He must.
2531
2532
2533
2534
2535
2536 INT./EXT. LAMBORGHINI ON GOTHAM STREETS - NIGHT
2537
2538 Wayne pulls up in front of a row of shabby subdivided town
2539 houses. Checks a tracking device. Jon, provocatively
2540 dressed, leads a Yuppie Banker-type in through a front door.
2541
2542
2543
2544 INT. SELINA'S APARTMENT - CONTINUOUS
2545
2546 Selina sits in a small room getting ready to go out. She
2547 picks up the pearls - hears a disturbance in the hall.
2548
2549 JEN (O.S.)
2550 I told you - money first -
2551
2552 YUPPIE (O.S.)
2553 Goddammit, you took my wallet!
2554
2555
2556
2557 INT. STAIRWELL OUTSIDE SELINA'S APARTMENT - CONTINUOUS
2558
2559 The Yuppie has Jen against the wall - he reaches back to hit
2560 her with an expensive wristwatch-clad arm. But Selina has
2561 grabbed his wrist with a powerful grip.
2562
2563 SELINA
2564 Get out.
2565
2566
2567
2568 YUPPIE
2569 She took my wallet!
2570 Selina twists his arm behind him in a blinding move.
2571
2572 SELINA
2573 Now.
2574 She releases the Yuppie, who moves off down the stairs.
2575 Selina turns to Jen. Who is examining a wallet.
2576
2577 SELINA
2578 I told you not to try it with the
2579 assholes, Jen.
2580
2581 JEN
2582 They're all assholes.
2583
2584 40.
2585
2586
2587
2588
2589
2590 SELINA
2591 Okay, the assholes who hit.
2592
2593 JEN
2594 I don't know what he's so upset
2595 about, he only had sixty bucks in
2596 here.
2597
2598 SELINA
2599 Probably the watch.
2600
2601
2602
2603 YOUNG WOMAN
2604 Watch?
2605 Selina opens her hand and gives Jen the Yuppie's Rolex.
2606
2607
2608
2609
2610
2611 EXT. SELINA'S BUILDING, OLD TOWN, GOTHAM - LATER
2612
2613 Selina exits and hails a cab. Wayne watches her go. Then
2614 pulls out. Checking his tracker.
2615
2616
2617
2618
2619
2620 EXT. MUSEUM, GOTHAM - LATER
2621
2622 Town cars dispense Gotham society in tasteful masquerade.
2623 Wayne pulls up to the Valet. Paparazzi line the entrance.
2624 Wayne uses his cane to get out of his Lamborghini...
2625
2626
2627
2628 PAPARAZZI
2629 Another stiff too old to climb out
2630 of his sports car.
2631
2632 PAPARAZZI 2
2633 No, that's Bruce Wayne! Hey, Wayne,
2634 where you been hiding?
2635 Lenses swing onto Wayne, who pushes a button on his key fob
2636 - a pulse. The cameras die. Wayne heads to the door.
2637
2638
2639
2640 WAYNE
2641 I'm not sure if my assistant put me
2642 on the guest list -
2643
2644 GREETER
2645 Right through here, Mr. Wayne...
2646
2647 41.
2648
2649
2650
2651
2652
2653 INT. MUSEUM - CONTINUOUS
2654
2655 A lavish ball - the expressively attired dance under falling
2656 confetti... Even Bruce Wayne is struck by the ostentation.
2657 He spots Selina dancing with a deeply smitten Rich Twit. She
2658 wears a small, velvet pair of cat ears. And the pearls.
2659
2660
2661
2662 MIRANDA (O.S)
2663 Bruce Wayne at a charity ball?
2664 Wayne turns to find Miranda Tate, amazed, a small mask her
2665 only concession to fancy dress.
2666
2667 WAYNE
2668 Miss Tate, isn't it?
2669
2670 MIRANDA
2671 Even before you became a recluse,
2672 you never came to these things...
2673
2674 WAYNE
2675 True. Proceeds go to the big fat
2676 spread, not the cause. It's not
2677 about charity, it's about feeding
2678 the ego of whichever society hag
2679 laid it on.
2680
2681 MIRANDA
2682 Actually, this is my party, Mr.
2683 Wayne.
2684
2685 WAYNE
2686 Oh.
2687
2688 MIRANDA
2689 And the proceeds will go where they
2690 should, because I paid for the big
2691 fat spread myself.
2692
2693 WAYNE
2694 That's very generous of you.
2695
2696 MIRANDA
2697 You have to invest to restore
2698 balance to the world. Take our
2699 clean-energy project...
2700
2701
2702
2703 WAYNE
2704 Sometimes the investment doesn't
2705 pay off. Sorry.
2706
2707 42.
2708
2709
2710
2711
2712
2713 MIRANDA
2714 You have a practiced apathy, Mr.
2715 Wayne. But a man who doesn't care
2716 about the world doesn't spend half
2717 his fortune on a plan to save it...
2718 (Gentle.) And isn't so wounded when
2719 it fails that he goes into
2720 hiding...
2721 Wayne looks at Miranda. Intrigued.
2722
2723
2724
2725 MIRANDA
2726 Have a good evening, Mr. Wayne.
2727 Wayne watches Miranda glide away. Then turns to Selina.
2728
2729 WAYNE
2730 Mind if I cut in?
2731 Rich Twit turns, annoyed - Wayne hands him his cane. Takes
2732 Selina by the waist. She glares at him.
2733
2734 WAYNE
2735 You don't seem very happy to see
2736 me.
2737
2738 SELINA
2739 You were supposed to be a shut-in.
2740
2741
2742
2743 WAYNE
2744 Felt like some fresh air.
2745
2746 SELINA
2747 Why didn't you call the police?
2748
2749
2750
2751 WAYNE
2752 I have a powerful friend who deals
2753 with this kind of thing. (Admires
2754 her cat ears.) Brazen costume for a
2755 cat burglar.
2756
2757
2758
2759 SELINA
2760 Yeah? Who are you pretending to be?
2761
2762 WAYNE
2763 Bruce Wayne, eccentric billionaire.
2764 Who's your date?
2765
2766 SELINA
2767 His wife's in Ibiza. She left her
2768 diamonds behind, though. Worried
2769 they'd get stolen.
2770
2771 43.
2772
2773
2774
2775 WAYNE
2776 It's pronounced 'Ibeetha'. You
2777 wouldn't want these folks realizing
2778 you're a crook not a social
2779 climber.
2780
2781
2782
2783 SELINA
2784 (flash of anger)
2785 You think I care what anyone in
2786 this room thinks about me?
2787
2788
2789
2790 WAYNE
2791 I doubt you care what anyone in
2792 this room thinks about you.
2793
2794 SELINA
2795 Don't condescend, Mr. Wayne. You
2796 don't know a thing about me.
2797
2798 WAYNE
2799 Well, Selina Kyle, I know you came
2800 here from your walk-up in Old Town
2801 - modest place for a master jewel
2802 thief. Which means either you're
2803 saving for your retirement - or
2804 you're in deep with the wrong
2805 people.
2806
2807
2808
2809 SELINA
2810 You don't get to judge me because
2811 you were born in the master bedroom
2812 of Wayne Manor.
2813
2814 WAYNE
2815 Actually, I was born in the Regency
2816 Room.
2817
2818 SELINA
2819 I started off doing what I had to.
2820 Once you've done what you had to
2821 they'll never let you do what you
2822 want to.
2823
2824 WAYNE
2825 Start fresh.
2826
2827
2828
2829 SELINA
2830 There's no fresh start in today's
2831 world. Any twelve-year-old with a
2832 cell phone could find out what you
2833 did. Everything we do is collated
2834 and quantified. Everything sticks.
2835 We are the sum of our mistakes.
2836
2837 44.
2838
2839
2840
2841
2842
2843 WAYNE
2844 Or our achievements.
2845
2846 SELINA
2847 The mistakes stick better. Trust
2848 me.
2849
2850
2851
2852 WAYNE
2853 You think that justifies stealing?
2854
2855 SELINA
2856 I take what I need to from those
2857 who have more than enough. I don't
2858 stand on the shoulders of people
2859 with less.
2860
2861 WAYNE
2862 Robin Hood?
2863
2864 SELINA
2865 I'd do more to help someone than
2866 most of the people in this room.
2867 Than you.
2868
2869
2870
2871 WAYNE
2872 Maybe you're assuming too much.
2873
2874 SELINA
2875 Or maybe you're being unrealistic
2876 about what's really in your pants
2877 other than your wallet.
2878
2879 WAYNE
2880 Ouch.
2881
2882
2883
2884 SELINA
2885 You think all this can last?
2886 Wayne glances around at the sumptuous party.
2887
2888
2889
2890 SELINA
2891 There's a storm coming, Mr. Wayne.
2892 You and your friends better batten
2893 down the hatches, because when it
2894 hits you're all gonna wonder how
2895 you ever thought you could live so
2896 large and leave so little to the
2897 rest of us.
2898
2899 WAYNE
2900 Sounds like you're looking forward
2901 to it.
2902
2903 45.
2904
2905
2906
2907
2908
2909 SELINA
2910 I'm adaptable.
2911
2912 WAYNE
2913 These pearls do look better on you
2914 then they did in my safe...
2915
2916
2917 Wayne rolls her into his shoulder - reaches up to the back
2918 of her neck, unclasps the necklace.
2919 But I still can't let you keep
2920 them.
2921
2922
2923 The pearls slide off her neck into his other hand. Selina
2924 looks at him. Angry. Then kisses him, hard, and disappears
2925 into the crowd. Wayne's cane reappears.
2926
2927 RICH TWIT
2928
2929 (ANNOYED)
2930 You scared her off.
2931
2932 WAYNE
2933 Not likely.
2934
2935
2936
2937
2938
2939 EXT. MUSEUM - MOMENTS LATER
2940
2941 Wayne approaches the Valet. Pats down his pockets.
2942
2943 WAYNE
2944 I must have lost my ticket -
2945
2946 VALET
2947 Your wife said you were taking a
2948 cab home, sir.
2949
2950
2951
2952 WAYNE
2953 My wife?
2954
2955
2956
2957 INT./EXT. LAMBORGHINI RACING DOWN STREETS - CONTINUOUS
2958
2959
2960
2961 Selina permits herself a little smile as she guns the
2962 engine.
2963
2964
2965
2966 INT. ROLLS ROYCE - LATER
2967
2968
2969
2970 Alfred watches in the mirror as Wayne climbs into the back.
2971
2972 ALFRED
2973 Just you, sir?
2974
2975
2976 Wayne gives him a withering glare.
2977
2978 (MORE)
2979
2980 46.
2981
2982
2983
2984 ALFRED (CONT'D)
2985 Don't worry, Master Wayne. Takes a
2986 little time to get back into the
2987 swing of things.
2988 Wayne dials his phone.
2989
2990 FOX (O.S.)
2991 This is Fox.
2992
2993
2994
2995 WAYNE
2996 Remember those 'unusual requests' I
2997 used to make?
2998
2999 FOX (O.S.)
3000 I knew it!
3001 Up front, Alfred listens. Concerned.
3002
3003
3004
3005 INT. BATCAVE - DAY
3006
3007
3008
3009 Wayne pushes a button on a hi-tech carbon fiber brace
3010 strapped to his good knee - the brace tones. As Wayne starts
3011 moving his knee, bending, stretching, Alfred puts down a
3012 Thermos.
3013
3014
3015
3016 ALFRED
3017 You've got the wrong leg, sir.
3018
3019 WAYNE
3020 You start with the good limb so it
3021 learns your optimum muscle
3022 patterns.
3023 Wayne swaps the brace to his bad knee. Puts his weight on it
3024 - the knee bends, kicks. He sits again. Cautious.
3025 Now we tighten it up.
3026
3027
3028 Wayne gingerly pushes a button - the brace starts to shrink
3029 tight to his leg, digging in. Wayne grits his teeth.
3030
3031 ALFRED
3032 It is terribly painful?
3033
3034
3035
3036 WAYNE
3037
3038 (GRITTED TEETH)
3039 You're welcome to try it, Alfred.
3040
3041 ALFRED
3042 Happy watching, thank you, sir.
3043 Wayne shouts as the brace clicks home. He gets to his feet.
3044
3045 47.
3046
3047
3048
3049
3050
3051 WAYNE
3052 Not bad -
3053 Wayne executes a perfect roundhouse, knocking out a brick.
3054 Not bad at all.
3055
3056
3057 Alfred picks up the brick. Considers it. Uneasy. He follows
3058 Wayne across the bridge to the cube.
3059
3060 ALFRED
3061 Master Wayne, if you're considering
3062 going back out there you need to
3063 hear some rumors surrounding Bane.
3064
3065 WAYNE
3066 I'm all ears.
3067
3068
3069
3070 ALFRED
3071 There is a prison. In a more
3072 ancient part of the world. A pit.
3073 Where men are thrown to suffer and
3074 die. But sometimes, a man rises
3075 from the darkness. Sometimes...the
3076 pit sends something back.
3077
3078 WAYNE
3079 Bane.
3080
3081 ALFRED
3082 Born and raised in a hell on earth.
3083
3084 WAYNE
3085 Born in a prison?
3086
3087 ALFRED
3088 No one knows why. Or how he
3089 escaped. But they know who trained
3090 him one he did...R¯'s al Gh¯l. Your
3091
3092 A U
3093 mentor.
3094
3095
3096 Wayne takes this in. Shocked.
3097
3098 ALFRED
3099 He plucked Bane from a dark corner
3100 of the earth and trained him in the
3101 blackest disciplines of combat,
3102 deception and endurance. Just like
3103 you.
3104
3105 WAYNE
3106 Bane was a member of the League of
3107 Shadows.
3108
3109 48.
3110
3111
3112
3113
3114
3115 ALFRED
3116 Until he was excommunicated. And a
3117 man considered too extreme for R¯'s
3118
3119 A
3120 al Gh¯l is not to be trifled with.
3121
3122 U
3123
3124
3125
3126 WAYNE
3127 I didn't realize I was known for
3128 trifling with criminals.
3129
3130 ALFRED
3131 That was then. And you can strap up
3132 your leg and put the mask back on.
3133 But it won't make you what you
3134 were.
3135
3136 WAYNE
3137 Which was?
3138
3139
3140
3141 ALFRED
3142 Someone whose anger at death made
3143 him value all life. Even his own.
3144
3145 WAYNE
3146 If this man is all the things you
3147 say he is, then this city needs me.
3148 The Batsuit emerges from the cube.
3149
3150 ALFRED
3151 Yes, this city needs Bruce Wayne.
3152 Your resources, your
3153 knowledge...not your body. Not your
3154 life. That time has passed.
3155
3156
3157
3158 WAYNE
3159 I tried helping as Bruce Wayne,
3160 Alfred. And I failed.
3161
3162 ALFRED
3163 You can fail as Bruce Wayne. As
3164 Batman, you can't afford to.
3165
3166 WAYNE
3167 That's what you're afraid of - that
3168 if I go back out there I'll fail.
3169
3170
3171
3172 ALFRED
3173 No. I'm afraid that you want to.
3174 Wayne looks at Alfred. Then turns to examine the Batsuit.
3175
3176 49.
3177
3178
3179
3180
3181
3182 INT. STOCK EXCHANGE - EVENING
3183
3184 A frenzy of trading on the packed floor...
3185 Two Traders sit on a shoeshine stand in the lobby.
3186
3187
3188
3189 TRADER 2
3190 You can't short the stock because
3191 Bruce Wayne goes to a party -
3192
3193 TRADER 1
3194 Wayne coming back is change. Change
3195 is either good or bad.
3196
3197 TRADER 2
3198 On what basis?
3199
3200
3201
3202 TRADER 1
3203 I flipped a coin.
3204 Near the front entrance: a Food Delivery Guy is standing
3205 there negotiating with a Trader.
3206
3207
3208
3209 TRADER 3
3210 No. Rye. I told 'em rye.
3211 Trader 3 spots bad news on a screen.
3212 Alright, I'll take it.
3213
3214
3215 He thrusts Food Guy a tip and grabs the bag, distracted...
3216 At the rear secure entrance: a Motorcycle Courier enters,
3217 wearing his helmet - a Female Security Guard gets in his
3218 face.
3219
3220
3221
3222 FEMALE SECURITY GUARD
3223 Rookie! Lose the helmet! (Points at
3224 a camera.) We need faces for
3225 cameras.
3226
3227
3228 In the rest room: a Janitor mops the floor, shifting out of
3229 the way of two Traders who rush in to pee.
3230 At the shoeshine stand, Trader 1 waves a bill down at the
3231 man shining his shoes without a glance. Shoeshine Man takes
3232 the bill, then, as the Traders step off, he reaches into a
3233 gym bag and checks an automatic weapon. He clicks the slide
3234 home, then hoists the gym bag and heads for the trading
3235 floor.
3236 At the secure entrance: the Courier pulls off his helmet.
3237 The Female Security Guard's eyes go wide.
3238
3239 50.
3240
3241
3242 In the rest room: the Janitor reaches into his bucket and
3243 pulls out a machine pistol in a Ziploc bag.
3244
3245
3246 Near the front entrance: Food Guy pulls an automatic pistol
3247 - clubs Trader 3 with it, pastrami flying. Shoeshine Man
3248 moves onto the floor, pulls out his weapon.
3249 Under the Courier's helmet - a mask. Bane. He grabs the
3250 Female Security Guard and throws her into her colleagues,
3251 lashing out in four directions with rapidfire lethality.
3252 Shoeshine Man fires into the large trading screens. The
3253 floor erupts into a different frenzy - traders hit the deck,
3254 screaming. Bane moves onto the floor...
3255
3256
3257
3258 TRADER 1
3259 This is a stock exchange, there's
3260 no money you can steal -
3261 He dries up as Bane stops. Turns to him...
3262
3263
3264
3265 BANE
3266 Why else would you people be here?
3267 Bane grabs Trader 1 by the throat and drags him across the
3268 floor to an online automated trades terminal... He puts the
3269 man's thumb onto the print reader - the screen lights up.
3270
3271
3272
3273 BANE
3274 Enter your password. Or I send
3275 these men to your home.
3276
3277
3278 Trader 1, terrified, types in his password. Outside, sirens.
3279 Shoeshine man pulls out a USB drive with an antenna - plugs
3280 it into the computer - figures race across the screen...
3281
3282
3283
3284 EXT. STOCK EXCHANGE - CONTINUOUS
3285
3286
3287
3288 Police vehicles screech into the narrow street -
3289 construction vehicles are blocking. Blake argues with a
3290 burly Construction Worker.
3291
3292 BLAKE
3293 Move it, now! We've got a
3294 situation.
3295
3296 CONSTRUCTION WORKER
3297 Where can I move it?!
3298
3299
3300
3301 BLAKE
3302 That way!
3303 Blake points - but SWAT vehicles pile in, blocking.
3304
3305 51.
3306
3307
3308
3309
3310
3311 BLAKE
3312 Get in your vehicle and stay there!
3313 Foley and the SWAT Commander, Allen, approach the entrance.
3314 The Market Security Chief walks up, frantic.
3315
3316
3317
3318 SECURITY CHIEF
3319 You've gotta get in there!
3320
3321 FOLEY
3322 This is a hostage situation -
3323
3324
3325
3326 SECURITY CHIEF
3327 It's a robbery! They've got direct
3328 access to the online trading desk.
3329
3330 FOLEY
3331 I'm not risking my men for your
3332
3333 MONEY -
3334
3335 SECURITY CHIEF
3336 It's not our money, it's
3337 everyone's!
3338
3339
3340
3341 ALLEN
3342 Really? Mine's in my mattress.
3343
3344 SECURITY CHIEF
3345 If you don't shut these guys down,
3346 the stuffing in that mattress might
3347 be worth a whole lot less, pal.
3348
3349 FOLEY
3350 Cut the fiber line - shut down the
3351 cell tower. That'll slow them down.
3352
3353
3354
3355
3356
3357 INT. STOCK EXCHANGE - CONTINUOUS
3358
3359 Shoeshine Man looks up from the laptop.
3360
3361
3362
3363 SHOESHINE MAN
3364 They cut the fiber. Cell's working.
3365
3366 BANE
3367 For now. How much longer does the
3368 program need?
3369
3370 SHOESHINE MAN
3371 Eight minutes.
3372
3373 52.
3374
3375
3376
3377
3378
3379 BANE
3380 Time to go mobile.
3381 Shoeshine Man picks up the laptop, slips it into his pack...
3382
3383
3384
3385
3386
3387 EXT. STOCK EXCHANGE - CONTINUOUS
3388
3389 Allen shouts at his men.
3390
3391 ALLEN
3392 Get the barriers up - no more in
3393 and out on this street!
3394 Steel wedge-shaped barriers rise up at the mouth of the
3395 street. A Sniper watches the doors through a thermal scope.
3396 Six large heat signatures bloom, too big for people...
3397
3398
3399
3400 SNIPER
3401 I've got something -
3402 The door explodes. SWATs duck, six sportbikes race out and
3403 leap the ramp-like barricades, sending SWATs scattering.
3404 Cops scramble to pull their vehicles out to give chase.
3405
3406
3407
3408 EXT. GOTHAM STREET - CONTINUOUS
3409
3410 The bikes weave through traffic, Traders strapped to the
3411 back, facing backwards - screaming, ties flying in the wind.
3412 A cruiser falls in behind.
3413
3414 ROOKIE COP
3415 Shoot the tires!
3416
3417
3418 A Veteran Cop sights a shot, but the Traders are in the way.
3419
3420 VETERAN COP
3421 No shot!
3422
3423
3424
3425
3426
3427 EXT. STOCK EXCHANGE - CONTINUOUS
3428
3429 Foley is barking into his radio.
3430
3431 FOLEY
3432 Back off, back off! They've got
3433 hostages!
3434
3435 53.
3436
3437
3438
3439
3440
3441 INT./EXT. CRUISER ON GOTHAM STREETS - CONTINUOUS
3442
3443 The cruiser follows the bike into a large tunnel. A Rookie
3444 Cop looks up into his rear-view.
3445
3446 ROOKIE COP
3447 What's going on with the lights?
3448 The Veteran Cop looks back - streetlights and headlights are
3449 dying one after another. The darkness is chasing them - the
3450 darkness hits them. Their lights, sirens, and engine die...
3451
3452
3453 And, out of the silence, a dark shape roars past -
3454
3455 VETERAN COP
3456 It can't be...
3457
3458
3459
3460 ROOKIE COP
3461 The hell was that?!
3462
3463 VETERAN COP
3464 Oh boy. You're in for a show
3465 tonight, son.
3466
3467
3468
3469
3470
3471 EXT. HIGHWAY - CONTINUOUS
3472
3473 Food Guy drives the rear bike. He looks back - sees
3474 streetlights explode behind him - darkness catching him up.
3475
3476
3477 The engine chokes and dies. The Trader jumps off, shouting
3478 for the cops. Food Guy turns, pulling his gun. SMASH! - Food
3479 Guy is thrown backwards off his bike by a dark wing as
3480 BATMAN races by on the Bat-Pod.
3481
3482
3483
3484
3485
3486 EXT. STOCK EXCHANGE - CONTINUOUS
3487
3488 Foley rushes to Blake's cruiser.
3489
3490 FOLEY
3491 Let's roll, they've spotted the
3492 Batman!
3493
3494
3495
3496 EXT. HIGHWAY INTERSECTION - CONTINUOUS
3497
3498
3499
3500 The remaining bikes split up as they reach a high overpass.
3501
3502 54.
3503
3504
3505
3506
3507
3508 EXT. HIGH OVERPASS - CONTINUOUS
3509
3510 Batman pulls up, overlooking the intersection - pulls a
3511 rifle-shaped device. A tone builds - he aims it at the bike
3512 and fires.
3513
3514
3515
3516
3517
3518 EXT. HIGHWAY OFF-RAMP - CONTINUOUS
3519
3520 Janitor's bike sparks and dies. Sirens as Cops move in,
3521 Another bike splutters and dies - the Hostage breaks for
3522 cover.
3523
3524
3525
3526 EXT. HIGH OVERPASS - CONTINUOUS
3527
3528 Batman sees the last two bikes disappear beneath an
3529 overpass. He holsters his EMP rifle and guns the Bat-Pod.
3530
3531
3532
3533 INT. BLAKE'S CRUISER - CONTINUOUS
3534
3535 Foley, in the back, is using the cruiser as a mobile command
3536 station.
3537
3538 FOLEY
3539
3540 (INTO RADIO)
3541 Call everyone in - every car
3542 patrol, beat cop, off-duty, too!
3543 Pull 'em in, close every street!
3544 Now!
3545 Foley looks out at Gotham rushing by.
3546
3547 FOLEY
3548 I'm gonna do what Gordon never
3549 could.
3550
3551 BLAKE
3552 What's that?
3553
3554
3555
3556 FOLEY
3557 I'm gonna take down the Batman.
3558
3559 BLAKE
3560 Sir, what about the armed robbers?
3561
3562
3563 Foley ignores him.
3564
3565 55.
3566
3567
3568
3569
3570
3571 EXT. GOTHAM - CONTINUOUS
3572
3573 All around the city, cops mobilize - cars, vans, choppers...
3574
3575
3576
3577 EXT. HIGHWAY - CONTINUOUS
3578
3579
3580
3581 Bane pulls up at speed alongside Shoeshine Man. Shoeshine
3582 Man glances inside his pack - signals '2'. Bane turns, sees
3583 darkness approaching, reaches back and grabs his Hostage,
3584 lifting him onto the back of Shoeshine Man's bike. Bane
3585 peels off - Batman stays on Shoeshine Man.
3586
3587
3588
3589 INT. CHOPPER - CONTINUOUS
3590
3591 A Spotter watches Bane peel off, hits the radio.
3592
3593
3594
3595 SPOTTER
3596
3597 (INTO RADIO)
3598 One bike's pulled off, no hostage -
3599
3600
3601
3602
3603
3604 INT. BLAKE'S CRUISER - CONTINUOUS
3605
3606 Foley listens to the radio, hungry -
3607
3608 SPOTTER
3609
3610 (OVER RADIO)
3611 Should we pursue?
3612
3613 FOLEY
3614 Negative! Stay on the Batman!
3615
3616 BLAKE
3617 But he's getting away!
3618
3619 FOLEY
3620
3621 (ANNOYED)
3622 Who do you want to catch? Some
3623 robber, or the son-of-a-bitch who
3624 killed Harvey Dent?
3625
3626
3627
3628 INT. DAGGETT'S PENTHOUSE - CONTINUOUS
3629
3630 Coverage of the pursuit blares from all the TVs, as Daggett
3631 and Stryver watch. Tense.
3632
3633 TV ANNOUNCER
3634 People aren't saying much -
3635 frankly, they're too busy - but all
3636 signs suggest that what we're
3637
3638 (MORE)
3639
3640 56.
3641
3642
3643
3644
3645 TV ANNOUNCER (cont'd)
3646 seeing is, in fact, the return of
3647 the Batman...
3648
3649
3650
3651
3652
3653 INT. INNER OFFICE, DAGGETT'S PENTHOUSE - CONTINUOUS
3654
3655 Moving in on a shadow, crouched in front of Daggett's safe,
3656 working the dial... The shadow slides up a pair of goggles
3657 onto the top of its head creating the silhouette of cat
3658 ears. It is Catwoman. She turns to the TV, watching the
3659 pursuit.
3660
3661 CATWOMAN
3662 Well, what do you know?
3663 Catwoman opens the safe. Nothing inside. She frowns.
3664
3665
3666
3667
3668
3669 EXT. GOTHAM STREETS - CONTINUOUS
3670
3671 Bane slips between two cruisers who tear after the Batman.
3672 He jumps up onto a concrete barrier, then down to the mouth
3673 of an outflow pipe. He glances at the entire Gotham Police
3674 Department descending on one man. Disappears into the pipe.
3675
3676
3677
3678 EXT. GOTHAM STREETS - CONTINUOUS
3679
3680
3681
3682 Shoeshine Man glances into his pack - the program beeps,
3683 finished. He looks back to see the Bat-Pod racing at him,
3684 ducks as it comes alongside...riderless. Shoeshine Man looks
3685 up, confused. WHUMP! His hostage is ripped off the bike by a
3686 low-flying dark shape.
3687
3688
3689 Shoeshine Man lays down the bike in a shower of sparks,
3690 rolls off dazed. Batman grabs him.
3691
3692 BATMAN
3693
3694 WHAT WERE YOU STEALING?!
3695
3696
3697 Shoeshine Man stares. Unafraid. Batman rips the computer
3698 from his pack. The screen reads:
3699
3700 APPLICATION COMPLETE
3701
3702
3703 Blinding light and noise as police choppers descend - sirens
3704 everywhere. Batman grabs the USB drive from the laptop. He
3705 jumps on the Bat-Pod - pauses, taking in the sight of
3706 thousands of police, cars, choppers, dogs, closing in.
3707
3708 57.
3709
3710
3711
3712
3713
3714 POLICE VOICE
3715
3716 (OVER LOUDSPEAKER)
3717
3718 STEP AWAY FROM THE BIKE!
3719 Batman looks at the line of stopped traffic. An empty car
3720 transporter is below the on-ramp... Batman fires the cannons
3721 at the transporter, the near ramp crashes down, and Batman
3722 roars towards it - mounts it and jumps onto the on-ramp...
3723
3724
3725
3726 INT. DAGGETT'S PENTHOUSE - CONTINUOUS
3727
3728
3729
3730 Daggett angrily grabs some ice cubes for his drink.
3731
3732 DAGGETT
3733 After eight years he has to pick
3734 tonight...
3735
3736
3737
3738 STRYVER
3739 He's drawing the cops off Bane...
3740 Daggett watches, intrigued.
3741
3742
3743
3744
3745
3746 INT. BLAKE'S CRUISER - CONTINUOUS
3747
3748 Foley shouts down the phone.
3749
3750 FOLEY
3751 How did you let him go?!
3752
3753 COP
3754
3755 (OVER RADIO)
3756 He's got a lot of firepower -
3757
3758
3759
3760 FOLEY
3761 And you don't?! We're not letting
3762 one nut with a bad attitude and
3763 some fancy gadgets run this town
3764 down, you hear me?!
3765
3766
3767
3768 COP
3769
3770 (OVER RADIO)
3771 He's heading back downtown...
3772
3773 FOLEY
3774
3775 (EXCITED)
3776 Then he's as dumb as he dresses -
3777 close it down, gentlemen!
3778
3779 58.
3780
3781
3782
3783
3784
3785 EXT. GOTHAM STREETS - CONTINUOUS
3786
3787 Thousands of police jockey to pursue the Batman as he races
3788 back into the downtown area.
3789
3790
3791
3792
3793
3794 EXT. DOWNTOWN STREET - CONTINUOUS
3795
3796 The Bat-Pod tears along, pursued by a phalanx of cruisers,
3797 choppers overhead. More cops appear at the far end of the
3798 boulevard.
3799
3800
3801 The Bat-Pod executes a ninety-degree turn, flipping over as
3802 it goes, then guns into the darkness of a large blind alley.
3803 Cruisers and choppers block the mouth of the alley. Blake
3804 arrives last, his cruiser sealing the bottleneck. Foley
3805 swaggers out.
3806
3807 FOLEY
3808 Like a rat in a trap, gentlemen...
3809 Foley reaches for a loudhailer. VARRROOOOM!! A noise from
3810 the alley that none of the cops have heard before...
3811
3812 VETERAN COP
3813 You might have the wrong animal
3814 there, sir -
3815
3816
3817 Spotlights smash on and a massive dark cyclone roars out of
3818 the alley, spinning the choppers sideways, dual rotor
3819 downdraft forcing all the cops to the ground.
3820 The Bat, now black, thunders up and over the entire Gotham
3821 PD. Blake slides up to Foley. Dry.
3822
3823
3824
3825 BLAKE
3826 Are you sure that was him?
3827 Foley looks at Blake. Thrusts the loudhailer at him.
3828
3829
3830
3831
3832
3833 INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - CONTINUOUS
3834
3835 Gordon, still hooked up to machines, watches TV. He smiles.
3836
3837
3838
3839 ANNOUNCER
3840
3841 (ON TV)
3842 Police are keeping quiet about the
3843 prospect of a return by the Batman,
3844 but eyewitness accounts seem the
3845 clearly suggests the type of...
3846
3847 59.
3848
3849
3850
3851
3852
3853 INT. DAGGETT'S PENTHOUSE - NIGHT
3854
3855 Daggett watches the TV coverage, concerned. Stryver enters.
3856
3857 STRYVER
3858 Bane says the Batman interfered,
3859 but the task was accomplished.
3860
3861 DAGGETT
3862 What about the men they arrested?
3863
3864
3865
3866 STRYVER
3867 He says, and I quote, they would
3868 die before talking.
3869
3870 DAGGETT
3871
3872 (GRINS)
3873 Where does he find these guys?
3874 Daggett gets to his feet, relieved, moves to his inner
3875 office.
3876 Open the champagne...
3877
3878
3879
3880
3881
3882 INT. INNER OFFICE, DAGGETT'S PENTHOUSE - CONTINUOUS
3883
3884 Daggett comes through the door, calling back.
3885
3886 DAGGETT
3887 And can we get some girls in here?
3888
3889 CATWOMAN (O.S.)
3890 Careful what you wish for.
3891 Catwoman grabs him, throws him across the room. His back
3892 slams against the wall - he draws a gun, but - WHACK! -
3893 Catwoman pins his wrist to the wall at shoulder height using
3894 the high heel of her boot. He whimpers as she leans in.
3895
3896 CATWOMAN
3897 Cat got your tongue?
3898 She plucks the gun from his trembling hand.
3899
3900 DAGGETT
3901 You dumb bitch.
3902
3903
3904
3905 CATWOMAN
3906 Nobody ever accused me of being
3907 dumb.
3908
3909 60.
3910
3911
3912
3913
3914
3915 DAGGETT
3916 Dumb to show up here tonight.
3917
3918 CATWOMAN
3919 I want what you owe me -
3920
3921
3922 Click - Stryver has a gun to her head.
3923
3924 DAGGETT
3925 'I want' never gets...
3926
3927
3928 Stryver looks appreciatively at Catwoman as she lowers her
3929 leg...
3930
3931 STRYVER
3932 Nice outfit...those heels make it
3933 tough to walk?
3934
3935
3936 Catwoman digs her stiletto into his calf, hard. He screams.
3937
3938 CATWOMAN
3939 I don't know, do they?
3940
3941
3942 Catwoman spins, disarms Stryver, grabs Daggett.
3943
3944 CATWOMAN
3945 So where is it?
3946
3947 DAGGETT
3948 Where's what?
3949
3950 CATWOMAN
3951 The program. The 'Clean Slate'.
3952
3953 DAGGETT
3954 Oh, yeah - the ultimate tool for a
3955 master thief with a record. I don't
3956 have it.
3957 The Bodyguard bursts in, gun drawn. Catwoman, holding
3958 Daggett, spins, kicking the window with the point of her
3959 heel. The glass shatters. She pulls Daggett through the
3960 window. He screams - they drop...
3961
3962
3963
3964 EXT. WINDOW-CLEANING PLATFORM - CONTINUOUS
3965
3966
3967
3968 ...ten feet onto the window-cleaning platform. Catwoman uses
3969 her bladed heel to cut a rope - the platform plunges down
3970 the side of the building.
3971
3972 61.
3973
3974
3975
3976
3977
3978 EXT. FLAT ROOF - MOMENTS LATER
3979
3980 Catwoman dumps Daggett onto the roof, towering over him.
3981
3982 CATWOMAN
3983 Where is it?
3984
3985
3986
3987 DAGGETT
3988 The 'Clean Slate'? Type in a name
3989 and date of birth and within a
3990 couple hours that person ceases to
3991 exist in any database? Little too
3992 good to be true.
3993
3994 CATWOMAN
3995 You're lying. Rykin Data took it to
3996 prototype stage -
3997
3998
3999
4000 DAGGETT
4001 That's why I bought them. But they
4002 had nothing. It was a gangland
4003 myth.
4004
4005
4006 Catwoman leans back from Daggett, taking this in... Shapes
4007 drop onto the rooftop. Emerge from fire exits. They're not
4008 Daggett's bodyguards, these are Bane's men... Catwoman holds
4009 Daggett by the throat, threatening him.
4010
4011 CATWOMAN
4012 Stay back!
4013 They continue to approach. One of them screws a silencer
4014 onto his gun.
4015
4016 CATWOMAN
4017 I'm not bluffing!
4018
4019 VOICE (O.S.)
4020 They know...
4021
4022
4023 All eyes search for the source of the voice. Catwoman spots
4024 it - a dark shape, crouched on the roof above: Batman.
4025
4026 BATMAN
4027 They just don't care.
4028
4029
4030 As the Mercenary with the silencer looks up, Catwoman leaps
4031 forward, grabs his gun. Batman drops into the middle of the
4032 fray, fighting back Mercenaries at Catwoman's back - she
4033 fires at one, clipping him, he drops. She spins aiming at
4034 another's head - Batman yanks her arm down, forcing her to
4035 miss the Mercenary. Batman takes him out with a kick.
4036
4037 62.
4038
4039
4040
4041
4042
4043 CATWOMAN
4044 You've got to be kidding.
4045
4046 BATMAN
4047 No guns. No killing.
4048
4049
4050
4051 CATWOMAN
4052 Where's the fun in that?
4053 As more mercenaries come out onto the roof, Batman runs for
4054 the far edge.
4055
4056
4057
4058 BATMAN
4059 Come on!
4060 Catwoman follows, confused, as Batman leaps off the roof.
4061 She gets to the edge, pauses to look down into the alley -
4062 sees the black angular roof of the Bat, cockpit open.
4063 Shots impact around her - she leaps, landing hard, but
4064 gracefully on the back of the vehicle, slides into the
4065 cockpit. As the engines thunder into life, and the canopy
4066 hisses shut, taking bullets from above.
4067
4068
4069
4070 CATWOMAN
4071 My mother warned me about getting
4072 into cars with strange men -
4073
4074 BATMAN
4075 This isn't a car.
4076 Catwoman flinches as the Bat thunders into the sky,
4077 downdraft forcing the Mercenaries down onto the roof, all
4078 but one, who walks slowly across the roof, strong against
4079 the wind...Bane. He watches the Bat roar off into the night.
4080
4081
4082
4083
4084
4085 EXT. ROOFTOP, SKYSCRAPER, GOTHAM - MOMENTS LATER
4086
4087 The Bat lands - the canopy opens. Catwoman jumps out.
4088
4089
4090
4091 CATWOMAN
4092 See you around -
4093 Batman steps down after her.
4094
4095
4096
4097 BATMAN
4098 You're welcome.
4099
4100 CATWOMAN
4101 I had it under control.
4102
4103 63.
4104
4105
4106
4107 BATMAN
4108 Those weren't street thugs - they
4109 were trained killers. I saved your
4110 life. In return I need to know what
4111 you did with Bruce Wayne's
4112 fingerprints.
4113 Catwoman looks at him. Considering.
4114
4115 CATWOMAN
4116 Wayne wasn't kidding about a
4117 'powerful friend'. I sold his
4118 prints to Daggett. For something
4119 that doesn't even exist.
4120
4121 BATMAN
4122 I doubt many people get the better
4123 of you.
4124
4125 CATWOMAN
4126 Hey, when a girl's desperate...
4127
4128
4129
4130 BATMAN
4131 What were they going to do with
4132 them?
4133
4134 CATWOMAN
4135 I don't know. But Daggett seemed
4136 pretty interested in that mess at
4137 the stock market.
4138 Batman considers this. A police chopper sweeps past,
4139 searching. Batman turns to it. Then turns back.
4140
4141
4142
4143 BATMAN
4144 Miss Kyle -?
4145 But she is gone.
4146 So that's what that feels like.
4147
4148
4149
4150
4151
4152 INT. BATCAVE - NIGHT
4153
4154 Alfred is studying security camera footage of Bane killing
4155 at the stock exchange. A roar builds - the waterfall glows
4156 brighter until...SMASH! The Bat breaches, downdraft spraying
4157 water. Two cubes rise - the Bat lands, Batman jumps out.
4158 Alfred brushes water off his suit.
4159
4160 ALFRED
4161 Very inconspicuous. Shall I tell
4162 the neighbors you got yourself a
4163 new leaf-blower?
4164
4165 64.
4166
4167
4168
4169
4170
4171 WAYNE
4172 We bought all the neighbors.
4173 Alfred takes the cowl from him, then the cape, as they walk.
4174
4175 ALFRED
4176 From the look of the television
4177 coverage, you seem to have your
4178 taste for wanton destruction back.
4179
4180 WAYNE
4181 (pulls out USB drive)
4182 I retrieved this.
4183
4184 ALFRED
4185 Shouldn't the police be gathering
4186 the evidence?
4187
4188
4189
4190 WAYNE
4191 They don't have the tools to
4192 analyze it.
4193
4194 ALFRED
4195 They would if you gave them to them
4196
4197 -
4198
4199 WAYNE
4200 One man's tool is another man's
4201 weapon.
4202
4203
4204
4205 ALFRED
4206 In your mind, perhaps. But there
4207 aren't many things you couldn't
4208 turn into a weapon.
4209
4210
4211
4212 WAYNE
4213 Alfred. Enough. The police weren't
4214 getting it done -
4215
4216 ALFRED
4217 Perhaps they would've if you
4218 haven't made a sideshow of
4219 yourself.
4220
4221 WAYNE
4222 Perhaps you're upset you were
4223 wrong.
4224
4225 ALFRED
4226 Wrong?
4227
4228 65.
4229
4230
4231
4232
4233
4234 WAYNE
4235 You thought I didn't have it in me.
4236 Alfred looks at him. Puts down the cape and cowl.
4237
4238 ALFRED
4239 You don't. You lead a bloated
4240 police force on a merry chase with
4241 some fancy new toys from Fox. What
4242 about when you come up against him.
4243 What then?
4244
4245
4246 Alfred points to the monitor - Wayne sees Bane killing...
4247
4248 WAYNE
4249 I'll fight harder, I always have.
4250
4251
4252
4253 ALFRED
4254 When you had something to fight
4255 for. What are you fighting for now?
4256 Not your life.
4257 Wayne moves to switch off the monitor. Alfred grabs his
4258 hand.
4259
4260 ALFRED
4261 Take a good look. At his speed, his
4262 ferocity, His training. I see the
4263 power of belief. Of the fanatic. I
4264 see the League of Shadows
4265 resurgent.
4266
4267 WAYNE
4268 You said he was excommunicated.
4269
4270
4271
4272 ALFRED
4273 By R¯'s al Gh¯l. Who leads them
4274
4275 A U
4276 now?
4277
4278 WAYNE
4279 R¯'s al Gh¯l was the League of
4280
4281 A U
4282 Shadows. And I beat him. Bane's
4283 just a mercenary, and we have to
4284 find out what he's up to.
4285 Wayne plugs the USB in, hits keys. Text scrolls.
4286
4287
4288
4289 WAYNE
4290 Trades of some kind. Coded...
4291 The screen blanks, a thumb print appears.
4292
4293 66.
4294
4295
4296
4297
4298
4299 ALFRED
4300 Is that -?
4301
4302 WAYNE
4303 Mine. Courtesy of Selina Kyle.
4304
4305
4306 Wayne pulls out the USB, rises.
4307 Get this to Fox - he can crack the
4308 code and tell us what trades they
4309 were executing.
4310
4311
4312 Alfred looks at Wayne. Takes the USB.
4313
4314
4315
4316 INT. HALL, WAYNE MANOR - CONTINUOUS (NIGHT)
4317
4318 As Wayne hits the bottom of the stairs, Alfred calls.
4319
4320
4321
4322 ALFRED
4323 I'll get this to Fox. But no more.
4324 Wayne hears his tone of voice. Turns to him.
4325
4326
4327
4328 ALFRED
4329 I've sewn you up and set your
4330 bones...but I won't bury you. I've
4331 buried enough members of the Wayne
4332 family.
4333
4334
4335
4336 WAYNE
4337 You'd abandon me?
4338
4339 ALFRED
4340 You see only one end to your story.
4341 Leaving is all I have to make you
4342 understand: you aren't Batman
4343 anymore - you have to find another
4344 way. You used to talk about
4345 finishing. About life beyond that
4346 awful cave -
4347
4348
4349
4350 WAYNE
4351 Rachel died knowing we'd decided to
4352 be together. That was my life
4353 beyond this cave and I can't just
4354 move on. She didn't. She couldn't.
4355
4356
4357 Alfred considers this. Looks away.
4358
4359 ALFRED
4360 What if he had? What if she wasn't
4361 intending to make a life with you?
4362
4363 67.
4364
4365
4366
4367
4368
4369 WAYNE
4370 She was, I can't change that -
4371
4372 ALFRED
4373 What if, before she died, she'd
4374 written a letter? Explaining that
4375 she'd chosen Harvey Dent over you?
4376 Wayne watches, confused, as the old man prepares to say -
4377
4378 ALFRED
4379 And what if, to spare you
4380 pain...I'd burned that letter?
4381 Wayne stares at Alfred, shocked.
4382
4383 WAYNE
4384 Why would you say such a thing?
4385
4386 ALFRED
4387 Because I have to make you
4388 understand.
4389
4390
4391
4392 WAYNE
4393 You're lying.
4394
4395 ALFRED
4396 Because you are as precious to me
4397 as you were to your own mother and
4398 father and I swore to them that I
4399 would protect you and I haven't.
4400
4401 WAYNE
4402 You're lying!
4403
4404
4405
4406 ALFRED
4407 I've never lied to you. Except when
4408 I burned Rachel's letter.
4409 Wayne turns on the old man, furious.
4410
4411
4412
4413 WAYNE
4414 How dare you use Rachel to stop me!
4415
4416 ALFRED
4417 I'm using the truth, Master Wayne.
4418 Maybe it's time we all stopped
4419 trying to outsmart the truth and
4420 just let it have its day. I'm
4421 sorry.
4422
4423 68.
4424
4425
4426
4427
4428
4429 WAYNE
4430 Sorry?! You expect to destroy my
4431 world, then shake hands?!
4432
4433 ALFRED
4434 No. I know what this means -
4435
4436 WAYNE
4437 What does it mean, Alfred?!
4438
4439 ALFRED
4440 It means your hatred. It means
4441 losing the person I've cared for
4442 ever since I heard his first cries
4443 echo through this house. But it
4444 might also mean saving your life.
4445 And that is more important.
4446
4447
4448 Wayne looks at Alfred. Furious. Summons the worst thing to
4449 say and says it quietly and calmly.
4450
4451 WAYNE
4452 Goodbye, Alfred.
4453
4454
4455
4456 ALFRED
4457
4458 (QUIET)
4459 Goodbye, Bruce.
4460 Wayne mounts the stairs...Alfred watches him go. Turns.
4461
4462
4463
4464
4465
4466 INT. MASTER BEDROOM, WAYNE MANOR - MORNING
4467
4468 Wayne is woken by the doorbell.
4469
4470
4471
4472
4473
4474 INT. STAIRCASE, WAYNE MANOR - MOMENTS LATER
4475
4476 As Wayne moves through the empty house, tying his dressing
4477 gown, he can't resist one tentative.
4478
4479
4480
4481 WAYNE
4482 Alfred?
4483 But Alfred is gone.
4484
4485
4486
4487
4488
4489 INT. FRONT HALL, WAYNE MANOR - CONTINUOUS
4490
4491 Wayne opens the front door the find Fox. Fox is surprised.
4492
4493 69.
4494
4495
4496
4497
4498
4499 FOX
4500 Answering your own door?
4501
4502 WAYNE
4503 Yes. Could you decode the trades on
4504 that drive?
4505
4506
4507 Fox hands Wayne a newspaper - the main headline:
4508
4509 BATMAN BACK TO FOIL OR MASTERMIND STOCK RAID...
4510
4511
4512
4513 FOX
4514 I didn't need to. Page three.
4515 Wayne turns the page:
4516
4517 WAYNE DOUBLES DOWN - AND LOSES...
4518
4519
4520
4521 FOX
4522 It seems you made a series of large
4523 put options on the futures
4524 exchange. Verified by thumb print.
4525 The options expired at midnight
4526 last night.
4527 Wayne looks up from the newspaper, reeling.
4528
4529 FOX
4530 Long term we may be able to prove
4531 fraud, but for now...you're
4532 completely broke. And Wayne
4533 Enterprises is about to fall into
4534 the hands of John Daggett.
4535
4536 WAYNE
4537 The weapons - we can't let Daggett
4538 get his hands on Applied Sciences -
4539
4540 FOX
4541 Applied Sciences is shut up tight,
4542 and off the books. The energy
4543 project is a different story.
4544
4545 WAYNE
4546 Miranda Tate. We need to convince
4547 the board to get behind her. Let's
4548 show her the reactor -
4549
4550 FOX
4551 We're meeting her there in
4552 thirty-five minutes. You better get
4553 dressed.
4554
4555 70.
4556
4557
4558
4559 EXT. WAYNE ENTERPRISES RECYCLING PLANT - DAY
4560
4561 A scrapyard on the Gotham river. Across the water, the
4562 towers of Gotham. Lucius leads Miranda from her car.
4563
4564 MIRANDA
4565 You brought me out here to show me
4566 a rubbish dump, Mr. Fox?
4567
4568
4569
4570 FOX
4571 Bear with me, Miss Tate.
4572 They arrive at a Portakabin and enter.
4573
4574
4575
4576
4577
4578 INT. PORTAKABIN - CONTINUOUS
4579
4580 Miranda looks around the derelict office. Fox smiles at her.
4581
4582 FOX
4583 Keep your hands and feet inside the
4584 car at all times.
4585 He hits a button and the floor descends, Miranda is shocked
4586 as the office becomes an elevator into -
4587
4588
4589
4590
4591
4592 INT. ELEVATOR, FUSION REACTOR - CONTINUOUS
4593
4594 They descend diagonally into a massive concrete tunnel...
4595
4596 MIRANDA
4597 This is it, isn't it?
4598
4599
4600
4601 FOX
4602 The reactor is beneath the river so
4603 that it could be instantly flooded
4604 in an event of a security breach.
4605
4606
4607
4608 MIRANDA
4609 Is Bruce Wayne really that
4610 paranoid?
4611
4612 FOX
4613 I'm gonna plead the fifth on that
4614 one.
4615 Miranda marvels as they step off the elevator. She spots a
4616 figure deep within: Bruce Wayne.
4617
4618
4619
4620 WAYNE
4621 I thought you might like to see
4622 what your investment built.
4623
4624 71.
4625
4626
4627
4628 MIRANDA
4629 No radiation, no fossil fuels.
4630 Free, clean energy for an entire
4631 city.
4632
4633 WAYNE
4634 If it worked. It doesn't.
4635 Wayne leads Miranda to the core. Two perpendicular rings of
4636 electromagnets suspend a bowling-ball-sized mass of metal.
4637 Wayne hits buttons - the ball glows, then dies to cold.
4638
4639 WAYNE
4640 Ignition, yes. But no chain
4641 reaction.
4642
4643
4644
4645 MIRANDA
4646 You've built a lot of security
4647 around a damp squib.
4648 Nothing.
4649 About three years ago a Russian
4650 scientist published a paper on
4651 weaponized fusion reactions. One
4652 week later your reactor started
4653 developing problems... (Looks at
4654 Wayne.) I think this machine works.
4655
4656
4657
4658 WAYNE
4659 Miranda, if it were operational,
4660 the danger to Gotham would be too
4661 great.
4662
4663
4664
4665 MIRANDA
4666 Would it make you feel better to
4667 know that the Russian scientist
4668 died in a plane crash six months
4669 ago?
4670
4671
4672
4673 WAYNE
4674 Someone else will work out what Dr.
4675 Pavel did. Someone else will figure
4676 out how to turn this power source
4677 into a nuclear weapon. I need you
4678 to take control of Wayne
4679 Enterprises and this reactor.
4680
4681 MIRANDA
4682 And to do what with it?
4683
4684
4685
4686 WAYNE
4687 Nothing. Until we can find a way to
4688 guarantee its safety.
4689
4690 72.
4691
4692
4693
4694 MIRANDA
4695 And if we can't?
4696
4697
4698
4699 WAYNE
4700 Decommission it. Flood it.
4701
4702 MIRANDA
4703 Destroy the world's best chance for
4704 a sustainable future?
4705
4706
4707
4708 WAYNE
4709 If the world's not ready. Yes.
4710
4711 MIRANDA
4712 Bruce, if you want to save the
4713 world you have to start trusting
4714 it.
4715
4716 WAYNE
4717 I'm trusting you.
4718
4719
4720
4721 MIRANDA
4722 Doesn't count. You have no choice.
4723
4724 WAYNE
4725 I could've flooded this chamber any
4726 time in the last three years. I'm
4727 choosing to trust you, Miranda, and
4728 that's not the easiest thing for
4729 me. Please.
4730 His eyes are genuine. Pleading. Miranda nods.
4731
4732
4733
4734 FOX
4735 We have a board meeting to get to.
4736
4737
4738
4739 INT. BOARDROOM, WAYNE ENTERPRISES - DAY
4740
4741
4742
4743 The Board Members, including Daggett and Miranda, take their
4744 seats. Fox at one end of the table, Wayne at the other.
4745
4746 DAGGETT
4747 I'd like to point out that we have
4748 a non-board member here. Highly
4749 irregular, even if it is his family
4750 name above the door...
4751 All eyes go to Wayne. An older member of the board pipes up.
4752
4753
4754
4755 FREDERICKS
4756 Bruce Wayne's family built this
4757
4758 COMPANY -
4759
4760 73.
4761
4762
4763
4764
4765
4766 BOARD MEMBER 2
4767 And he himself has run it -
4768
4769 DAGGETT
4770 Into the ground, sir. Anybody
4771 disagree? Check the value of your
4772 shares this morning. Gambling on
4773 crazy futures didn't just lose Mr.
4774 Wayne his seat, it's lost us all a
4775 lot of money. He needs to leave.
4776
4777
4778
4779 FOX
4780 I'm afraid he has a point, Mr.
4781 Wayne.
4782
4783 WAYNE
4784 I understand. Ladies and gentlemen.
4785
4786
4787 Wayne glances at Miranda who nods at him. Wayne leaves.
4788
4789 DAGGETT
4790 Let's get down to business.
4791
4792
4793
4794 FOX
4795 Right away.
4796
4797
4798
4799 INT. LOBBY, WAYNE ENTERPRISES - CONTINUOUS
4800
4801
4802
4803 Wayne exits the building. There is an angry mob of
4804 Shareholders and a pack of hungry Reporters.
4805
4806 REPORTER
4807 Wayne, how's it feel to be one of
4808 the people?!
4809
4810
4811
4812 COMPANY VALET
4813 I'm sorry, sir, they had paperwork
4814
4815 -
4816
4817
4818 Wayne looks over to see his Lamborghini being towed.
4819
4820 BLAKE (O.S.)
4821 Looks like you need a lift.
4822 Wayne turns to see Blake standing by his patrol car. Nods.
4823
4824 74.
4825
4826
4827
4828
4829
4830 INT. DAGGETT'S PENTHOUSE - DAY
4831
4832 Daggett bursts in, furious. Stryver tries to placate him.
4833
4834 DAGGETT
4835 How the hell did Miranda Tate get
4836 the inside track on the Wayne
4837 board?! Was she meeting with Wayne?
4838 Was she sleeping with Wayne?
4839
4840 STRYVER
4841 Not that we know of -
4842
4843 DAGGETT
4844 Clearly you don't 'know of'
4845 anything, do you?! Where's Bane?!
4846
4847
4848
4849 STRYVER
4850 We told him it was urgent -
4851
4852 DAGGETT
4853 Then where is the masked -
4854
4855
4856
4857 BANE (O.S.)
4858 Speak of the devil...
4859 Daggett turns. Bane is already there.
4860
4861 BANE
4862 ...and he shall appear.
4863
4864 DAGGETT
4865 What the hell's going on?
4866
4867 BANE
4868 The plan is proceeding as expected.
4869
4870 DAGGETT
4871 You see me running Wayne
4872 Enterprises?! (Moves towards Bane.)
4873 Your stock exchange hit didn't
4874 work, friend. And now you've got my
4875 construction crews working all
4876 hours around the city? How's that
4877 supposed to help my company absorb
4878 Wayne's?
4879
4880
4881
4882 BANE
4883
4884 (TO STRYVER)
4885 Leave us.
4886
4887 75.
4888
4889
4890
4891
4892
4893 DAGGETT
4894 You stay right there! I'm in
4895 charge!
4896 Bane places a gentle hand on Daggett's shoulder.
4897
4898
4899
4900 BANE
4901 Do you feel in charge?
4902 Daggett is taken aback. Stryver leaves.
4903
4904
4905
4906 DAGGETT
4907 I've paid you a small fortune -
4908
4909 BANE
4910 And that gives you power over me?
4911
4912
4913 Daggett considers the heavy hand on his shoulder. Nervous.
4914
4915 DAGGETT
4916 What is this?
4917
4918 BANE
4919 Your money and infrastructure have
4920 been important. Till now.
4921
4922 DAGGETT
4923 What are you?
4924
4925
4926
4927 BANE
4928 Gotham's reckoning. Come to end the
4929 borrowed time you've all been
4930 living on...
4931
4932
4933 Bane gently takes the terrified Daggett's head in his
4934 hands...
4935
4936 DAGGETT
4937 You are true evil...
4938
4939
4940
4941 BANE
4942 I am necessary evil.
4943 Stryver, on the steps outside the living room, flinches.
4944
4945
4946
4947
4948
4949 SCENE OMITTED
4950
4951 76.
4952
4953
4954
4955
4956
4957 INT./EXT. CRUISER ON GOTHAM STREETS - MOMENTS LATER
4958
4959 Wayne stares out the window. Blake glances across.
4960
4961 BLAKE
4962 When you began...why the mask?
4963
4964
4965
4966 WAYNE
4967 To protect the people closest to
4968 me.
4969
4970
4971
4972 BLAKE
4973 You're a loner with no family.
4974
4975 WAYNE
4976 There are always people you care
4977 about. You just don't realize how
4978 much until they're gone. (Collects
4979 himself.) The idea was to be a
4980 symbol. Batman could be anybody,
4981 that was the point.
4982
4983 BLAKE
4984 It was damn good to see him back.
4985
4986 WAYNE
4987 Not everybody agrees.
4988
4989 BLAKE
4990 They'll figure it out in the end.
4991
4992 WAYNE
4993 Got anything on Bane's whereabouts?
4994
4995 BLAKE
4996 Yeah, I've got five hundred pages
4997 of tunnel records and a flashlight.
4998 I could use some help.
4999
5000 WAYNE
5001
5002 (THINKS)
5003 You know what? Drop me in Old
5004 Town...
5005
5006
5007
5008 EXT. SELINA'S BUILDING, OLD TOWN, GOTHAM - DAY
5009
5010
5011
5012 Blake drops Wayne off.
5013
5014 WAYNE
5015 Don't wait. I'll get a cab.
5016
5017 77.
5018
5019
5020
5021 BLAKE
5022 You got money?
5023
5024
5025
5026 WAYNE
5027 (smiles, sheepish)
5028 Actually, no.
5029 Blake hands him some bills, watches him cross the street.
5030 The radio squawks. Blake reacts - drives off.
5031
5032
5033
5034
5035
5036 INT. SELINA'S APARTMENT - MOMENTS LATER
5037
5038 Selina is packing a bag. She hears voices in the stairwell.
5039
5040
5041
5042 JEN (O.S.)
5043 I told you, money first.
5044
5045 WAYNE (O.S.)
5046 I don't think so.
5047
5048
5049
5050
5051
5052 INT. STAIRWELL OUTSIDE SELINA'S APARTMENT - CONTINUOUS
5053
5054 Selina finds Wayne standing there with Jen.
5055
5056 SELINA
5057 He's not a mark.
5058 Jen looks at Selina. At Wayne.
5059
5060 SELINA
5061 And he doesn't have a cent to his
5062 name, anyway.
5063
5064
5065
5066 INT. SELINA'S APARTMENT - MOMENTS LATER
5067
5068 Wayne looks at the cramped space. Selina shifts,
5069 embarrassed.
5070
5071 SELINA
5072 Yeah, it's not much. (Smiles.) But
5073 it's more that you've got right
5074 now.
5075
5076 WAYNE
5077 Actually, they're letting me keep
5078 the house.
5079
5080
5081
5082 SELINA
5083
5084 (SHAKES HEAD)
5085 The rich don't even go broke same
5086 as the rest of us, huh?
5087
5088 78.
5089
5090
5091
5092
5093
5094 WAYNE
5095 (spots her bag)
5096 Vacation?
5097
5098 SELINA
5099 Let's just say that I've incurred
5100 the wrath of some people less
5101 susceptible to my charms than you.
5102
5103 WAYNE
5104 My powerful friend hopes to change
5105 your mind about leaving.
5106
5107 SELINA
5108 And how would he do that?
5109
5110 WAYNE
5111 By giving you what you want.
5112
5113 SELINA
5114 It doesn't exist.
5115
5116 WAYNE
5117 He says it does. He wants to meet.
5118 Tonight.
5119
5120 SELINA
5121 Why?
5122
5123
5124
5125 WAYNE
5126 He needs to find Bane. He thinks
5127 you'd know how.
5128
5129 SELINA
5130 Tell him I'll think about it.
5131 Wayne nods, starts to leave.
5132
5133 SELINA
5134 Mr. Wayne? I'm sorry they took all
5135 your money.
5136
5137 WAYNE
5138 No, you're not.
5139
5140
5141
5142
5143
5144 INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR - DAY
5145
5146 Blake moves through the hospital corridor, looking for -
5147
5148 79.
5149
5150
5151
5152 INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - CONTINUOUS
5153
5154 Blake enters. Gordon is sitting up in bed, talking to Foley.
5155
5156 FOLEY
5157 Can we help you, officer?
5158
5159 BLAKE
5160 John Daggett's body was found in a
5161 dumpster an hour ago. I thought you
5162 might like to know.
5163
5164
5165
5166 GORDON
5167 Why?
5168
5169 BLAKE
5170 Because Daggett's name is all over
5171 the permits I pulled to map the
5172 tunnels under Gotham.
5173 Blake hands Gordon a stack of files. Foley glares at Blake.
5174
5175
5176
5177 BLAKE
5178 MTA maintenance, sewer
5179 construction...
5180
5181 GORDON
5182
5183 (TO FOLEY)
5184 Where did you get to with the
5185 tunnel searches?
5186
5187 FOLEY
5188
5189 (TO BLAKE)
5190 Remind me to tell the detail to
5191 keep hotheads out. (To Gordon.)
5192 We've had teams down there, but
5193 it's a huge network -
5194
5195 GORDON
5196 Get more men, work a grid. I want
5197 him found.
5198
5199 FOLEY
5200 Yeah, yeah - the masked man. We're
5201 on it.
5202
5203
5204 Gordon eyes the files hungrily - glances up at Blake.
5205
5206 GORDON
5207 This is good work. Lose the uniform
5208 - you're working for me now. We
5209 could use some hotter heads around
5210 here.
5211
5212 80.
5213
5214
5215
5216
5217
5218 BLAKE
5219 This could just be a coincidence.
5220
5221 GORDON
5222 You're a detective now, son, you're
5223 not allowed to believe in
5224 coincidence anymore.
5225 Blake tries to conceal his excitement from Foley.
5226
5227
5228
5229
5230
5231 EXT. WAYNE MANOR - EVENING (END OF DAY)
5232
5233 Wayne, covering his head with a newspaper, hurries up the
5234 driveway in the rain. Steps into the alcove. Hits the bell.
5235
5236 MIRANDA (O.S)
5237 Nobody's answering.
5238 Wayne turns to find Miranda there.
5239
5240 WAYNE
5241 No. I'm on my own now.
5242
5243
5244
5245 MIRANDA
5246 Do you have keys?
5247 Wayne looks a little helpless all of a sudden.
5248
5249
5250
5251 WAYNE
5252 Never needed them...
5253 She takes his hand.
5254
5255 MIRANDA
5256 Let's find a window.
5257
5258
5259
5260 INT. GREAT ROOM, WAYNE MANOR - CONTINUOUS (END OF DAY)
5261
5262 They force the French windows - enter, brushing off the
5263 rain.
5264
5265 MIRANDA
5266 Fox worked the board like you've
5267 never seen - I'm in, Daggett's out
5268 and he's not happy.
5269 Wayne sets down the newspaper:
5270
5271 FROM BILLIONAIRE TO BUM
5272
5273 81.
5274
5275
5276
5277
5278
5279 WAYNE
5280 Hope you don't like me for your
5281 money.
5282 Miranda kicks off her shoes. Glances at the paper.
5283
5284
5285
5286 MIRANDA
5287 Suffering builds character.
5288 Then at a photo of Wayne's parents.
5289
5290
5291
5292 MIRANDA
5293 I'll take care of your parents'
5294 legacy, Bruce.
5295 Miranda picks up a photo of Rachel.
5296
5297
5298
5299 MIRANDA
5300 Who's this?
5301 Wayne looks at her. Can't find words...
5302
5303 MIRANDA
5304 Where's Alfred?
5305
5306 WAYNE
5307 He left. Taking everything.
5308 Miranda puts the photo down. Kisses him. Passionately. Then
5309 again. He kisses back. Suddenly the lights go out.
5310
5311 MIRANDA
5312 What's that?
5313
5314
5315
5316 WAYNE
5317
5318 (SHEEPISH)
5319 I think my power's been shut off.
5320
5321
5322
5323 INT. SAME - LATER (NIGHT)
5324
5325
5326
5327 Wayne watches as Miranda tends to a roaring fire.
5328
5329 WAYNE
5330 You're pretty good at that.
5331
5332
5333
5334 MIRANDA
5335 When I was a child we had almost
5336 nothing. But on the nights we had a
5337 fire, we felt very rich indeed.
5338 She returns to him, pulling a blanket around both of them.
5339
5340 82.
5341
5342
5343
5344 WAYNE
5345 I assumed your family was wealthy.
5346
5347 MIRANDA
5348 Not always. Not when I was young.
5349
5350
5351 He traces a scar on her shoulder.
5352
5353 MIRANDA
5354 An old mistake.
5355
5356
5357
5358 WAYNE
5359 I've made a few myself.
5360 She turns to him, tracing the scars across his chest.
5361
5362 MIRANDA
5363 More than a few... (Smiles.) We
5364 could leave. Tonight. Take my
5365 plane. Go anywhere we wanted.
5366
5367 WAYNE
5368 Someday perhaps. Not tonight.
5369 She pulls him close. He kisses her. They fold into each
5370 other, the warm heart at the center of a vast, cold room.
5371
5372
5373
5374
5375
5376 INT. GREAT ROOM, WAYNE MANOR - NIGHT
5377
5378 Miranda is sleeping, wrapped in the blanket. Wayne studies
5379 her for a moment, then slips out...
5380
5381
5382
5383
5384
5385 INT. BATCAVE - MOMENTS LATER
5386
5387 Wayne moves to the Batsuit. Picks up the cowl.
5388
5389
5390
5391 EXT. SKIES ABOVE GOTHAM - NIGHT
5392
5393
5394
5395 The Bat roars towards downtown. Batman kills the lights and
5396 main engines - the Bat quietly autorotates into the canyons.
5397
5398
5399
5400 INT. MIA TUNNEL - LATER
5401
5402
5403
5404 Catwoman on a wall, watching trains go by. She senses...
5405
5406 CATWOMAN
5407 Don't be shy.
5408
5409
5410 ...Batman is there.
5411
5412 83.
5413
5414
5415
5416
5417
5418 CATWOMAN
5419 Wayne says you can get me the
5420 'Clean Slate'.
5421
5422 BATMAN
5423 That depends.
5424
5425 CATWOMAN
5426 On what?
5427
5428 BATMAN
5429 On what you want it for. I acquired
5430 it to keep it out of the wrong
5431 hands.
5432
5433 CATWOMAN
5434 Still don't trust me, huh? How can
5435 we change that?
5436
5437 BATMAN
5438 Start by taking me to Bane.
5439
5440 CATWOMAN
5441
5442 (SHRUGS)
5443 You asked.
5444 Catwoman jumps down. Batman follows. Catwoman leads him down
5445 into a service tunnel...
5446
5447
5448
5449
5450
5451 INT. SERVICE TUNNEL - CONTINUOUS
5452
5453 Catwoman speaks over her shoulder as she walks.
5454
5455 CATWOMAN
5456 From here, Bane's men patrol the
5457 tunnels...and they are not your
5458 average brawlers.
5459
5460 BATMAN
5461 Neither am I.
5462 Catwoman swings into a -
5463
5464
5465
5466 INT. SEWER TUNNEL - CONTINUOUS
5467
5468
5469
5470 A Mercenary patrols. Catwoman comes up behind.
5471
5472 CATWOMAN
5473 He's behind you.
5474
5475 84.
5476
5477
5478
5479
5480
5481 MERCENARY
5482
5483 (SPINS)
5484 Who?
5485 Batman hangs upside down behind him.
5486
5487
5488
5489 BATMAN (O.S.)
5490 Me.
5491 Darkness smashes onto the Mercenary. Gunfire in the tunnel.
5492 Catwoman races along, pursued by a Mercenary. He is yanked
5493 off his feet by darkness - he screams...
5494 Batman picks off more and more Mercenaries. Screams echo...
5495 Batman follows Catwoman through the dark tunnel.
5496
5497 CATWOMAN
5498 Just a little further.
5499 A grate slams down, separating them - the lights come on. He
5500 is deep inside.
5501
5502
5503
5504
5505
5506 INT. BANE'S LAIR, SEWERS - CONTINUOUS
5507
5508 Mercenaries look down on him from above. Catwoman turns.
5509
5510 CATWOMAN
5511 I had to find a way to stop them
5512 trying to kill me.
5513
5514 BATMAN
5515 You've made a serious mistake.
5516
5517 BANE (O.S.)
5518 Not as serious as yours, I fear.
5519 Batman turns. Bane emerges from behind the waterfalls.
5520
5521 BATMAN
5522 Bane.
5523
5524 BANE
5525 Let's not stand on ceremony here,
5526 Mr. Wayne.
5527
5528
5529 Catwoman hears the name. Less sure of what she's done.
5530 Batman moves at Bane - strikes powerful blows - Bane catches
5531 his fist.
5532
5533 BANE
5534 Peace has cost you strength.
5535 Victory has defeated you.
5536
5537 85.
5538
5539
5540
5541
5542 Bane SMASHES Batman back - kicks him off the catwalk -
5543 Batman drops, uses his cape to land. Bane climbs down on a
5544 chain - his men watch in disciplined silence - Batman hurls
5545 flashbangs at Bane, who doesn't flinch.
5546
5547
5548
5549 BANE
5550 Theatricality and deception are
5551 powerful agents...to the
5552 uninitiated.
5553 Batman lashes out at Bane - Bane counters - they separate.
5554
5555
5556
5557 BANE
5558 But we are initiated, aren't we,
5559 Bruce? The League of Shadows. And
5560 you betrayed us...
5561
5562
5563
5564 BATMAN
5565 Us? You were excommunicated. From a
5566 gang of psychopaths.
5567
5568 BANE
5569 Now I am the League of Shadows,
5570 here to fulfill R¯'s al Gh¯l's
5571
5572 A U
5573 destiny...
5574 Batman hurls himself at Bane, throwing him into the
5575 waterfall, where he smashes his fists and gauntlets into
5576 Bane's mask again and again, water cascading over them.
5577
5578
5579 Bane is not moving. Just taking the blows. Batman pauses.
5580 Bane's arms SHOOT OUT, SMASHING Batman aside - Bane RISES...
5581
5582 BANE
5583 You fight like a younger man.
5584 Nothing held back. No reserves.
5585 Admirable. But mistaken.
5586 Batman hits a switch on his belt - the lights go out - Bane
5587 turns slowly addressing all the shadows at once.
5588
5589
5590
5591 BANE
5592 You think darkness is your ally.
5593 But you merely adopted the dark. I
5594 was born in it. Formed by it...
5595
5596
5597 In the shadows, Batman circles, looking to strike...
5598
5599 BANE
5600 I didn't see the light until I was
5601 already a man. And by then it was
5602 nothing to me but blinding...
5603
5604 86.
5605
5606
5607
5608
5609 Bane lunges backwards into the darkness - Batman's throat in
5610 his grasp.
5611
5612 BANE
5613 The shadows betray you, because
5614 they belong to me...
5615
5616
5617 Bane SMASHES him into the ground, POUNDING, pounding,
5618 pounding the hard cowl with his bare fists until it CRACKS.
5619 Bane RISES from Batman, gestures to the ceiling of the
5620 chamber - explosive charges have been drilled into holes...
5621
5622 BANE
5623 I will show you where I've made my
5624 home while preparing to bring
5625 justice. Then...I will break you.
5626
5627
5628 A Mercenary tosses Bane a detonator - Batman watches through
5629 cracked cowl - Bane hits the detonator - explosions BURST
5630 over his head as the ceiling CRUMBLES revealing:
5631 Applied Sciences - Bane has dropped the bottom out of Fox's
5632 weapons store...a camouflage Tumbler rests in the rubble.
5633
5634 BATMAN
5635 No...
5636
5637 BANE
5638 Your precious armory. Gratefully
5639 accepted. We will need it.
5640
5641
5642
5643 INT. APPLIED SCIENCES - CONTINUOUS
5644
5645
5646
5647 Mercenaries race through the stacks of equipment...
5648
5649
5650
5651 INT. BANE'S LAIR, SEWERS - CONTINUOUS
5652
5653 Batman climbs to his feet, swaying. Bane approaches.
5654
5655
5656
5657 BANE
5658 I wondered which would break first
5659 - your spirit...
5660
5661
5662 Batman SWINGS at him - misses - Bane GRABS him, lifts him
5663
5664 HIGH.
5665 ...or your body.
5666 Bane brings Batman down onto his knee, BREAKING his back
5667 with a horrific CRACK.
5668
5669 87.
5670
5671
5672
5673
5674 In the shadows, Catwoman looks on. Shocked. Bane crouches to
5675 pull the broken cowl off the broken Wayne. Mercenaries lift
5676 Wayne's body and carry him off... Bane stares into the
5677 hollow eyes of his trophy...
5678
5679
5680 Catwoman slinks back into the shadows, and we -
5681
5682 FADE TO BLACK.
5683
5684 FADE IN:
5685
5686
5687
5688
5689
5690 EXT. WAYNE MANOR - DAY
5691
5692 Blake's cruiser pulls up. He noses up to the windows.
5693 Nothing.
5694
5695
5696
5697
5698
5699 EXT. SELINA'S BUILDING, OLD TOWN, GOTHAM - DAY
5700
5701 Blake sits in his cruiser. Selina exits, wide-brimmed hat,
5702 bags. Blake recognizes her. She hails a cab.
5703
5704
5705
5706 BLAKE
5707
5708 (INTO RADIO)
5709 Get Commissioner Gordon. Tell him
5710 I've got a line on the
5711 Congressman's kidnapping.
5712
5713
5714 Blake pulls out to follow.
5715
5716
5717
5718 INT. TERMINAL, GOTHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - DAY
5719
5720 Selina moves through the terminal. She clocks a Uniform Cop
5721 staring at her - ducks down a service hallway.
5722
5723
5724
5725 INT. SERVICE HALLWAY, AIRPORT - CONTINUOUS
5726
5727 The Uniform rounds the corner to find Selina applying
5728 make-up.
5729
5730 UNIFORM
5731 Excuse me, Miss. I need to see your
5732 ticket and identification, please.
5733
5734
5735 Selina, surprised, fumbles with her purse.
5736
5737 SELINA
5738 Would you mind?
5739
5740 88.
5741
5742
5743
5744
5745 She hands the Uniform her hat - punches him through the
5746 brim, stuffs him in a closet - plants her mangled hat on his
5747 head.
5748
5749
5750
5751
5752
5753 INT. JETWAY, AIRPORT - MOMENTS LATER
5754
5755 Selina makes her way down the jetway - spots Security at the
5756 far end - turns - Blake smiles at her. Badge in hand.
5757
5758
5759
5760
5761
5762 INT. INTERROGATION ROOM, AIRPORT - DAY
5763
5764 Selina, now in cuffs, looks up as Blake walks in.
5765
5766 BLAKE
5767 I showed your picture to the
5768 Congressman and guess what?
5769
5770 SELINA
5771 Don't tell me, still in love?
5772
5773 BLAKE
5774 Head over heels. Pressing charges,
5775 though.
5776 Blake lays a police file down with a thump.
5777 You've made some mistakes, Ms.
5778 Kyle.
5779
5780
5781
5782 SELINA
5783 Girl's gonna eat.
5784
5785 BLAKE
5786 You have an appetite. Why run? You
5787 can't hide from us with this
5788 record.
5789
5790 SELINA
5791 Maybe it's not you I'm running
5792 from.
5793
5794 BLAKE
5795 Who then? Bane? What do you know
5796 about him?
5797
5798
5799
5800 SELINA
5801
5802 (QUIET)
5803 That you should be as afraid of him
5804 as I am.
5805
5806 89.
5807
5808
5809
5810
5811
5812 BLAKE
5813 We can offer you protection...
5814 Selina looks at him with contempt. Blake shrugs, switches
5815 off the tape, moves to the door.
5816
5817
5818
5819 BLAKE
5820 When I spotted you, I was looking
5821 for a friend...Bruce Wayne.
5822 Selina turns to look at Blake. His eyes plead with her.
5823
5824
5825
5826 BLAKE
5827 Did they kill him?
5828
5829 SELINA
5830 I'm not sure.
5831
5832
5833 And we -
5834
5835 CUT TO:
5836 BLACK SCREEN. Sounds: screaming, laughing, CRYING. Sights:
5837 LIGHT, bodies FALLING, a DARK SKULL... And we are -
5838
5839
5840
5841 INT. STONE CELL - DAWN
5842
5843 Wayne opens his eyes. Unshaven. Filthy. Someone else is in
5844 the cell - Wayne cannot move to look - even the attempt is
5845 painful...the skull drifts into his sight. Bane. Squatting
5846 at Wayne's bedside, muscled shoulders curving into his mask.
5847
5848 WAYNE
5849 Why didn't you just kill me?
5850
5851
5852
5853 BANE
5854 You don't fear death. You welcome
5855 it. Your punishment is to be more
5856 severe.
5857
5858
5859
5860 WAYNE
5861
5862 (SCATHING)
5863 You're a torturer...
5864
5865 BANE
5866 Yes. But not of your body. Of your
5867 soul.
5868 Wayne exhales. Eyes losing focus from sheer pain.
5869
5870 90.
5871
5872
5873
5874
5875
5876 WAYNE
5877 Where am I?
5878
5879 BANE
5880 Home.
5881
5882
5883 Wayne's eyes dart about: filthy stone walls, distant
5884 sunlight from above, iron bars: an underground prison.
5885 Where I learned the truth about
5886 despair. As will you. (Rises.)
5887 There is a reason that this prison
5888 is the worst hell on earth...
5889 Bane steps to the bars - looks up at a bright opening five
5890 hundred feet above. Like being at the bottom of a gigantic
5891 well...
5892 Hope. Every man who has rotted here
5893 over the centuries has looked up to
5894 the light and imagined climbing to
5895 freedom. So simple. So easy. And,
5896 like shipwrecked men turning to sea
5897 water from uncontrollable thirst,
5898 many have died trying. I learned
5899 that there can be no true despair
5900 without hope. (Turns to Wayne.) So
5901 as I terrorize Gotham, I will feed
5902 its people hope to poison their
5903 souls. I will let them believe they
5904 can survive so that you can watch
5905 them clamber over each other to
5906 stay in the sun...
5907 Bane points to an old TV, just outside the bars.
5908 You will watch as I torture an
5909 entire city to cause you pain you
5910 thought you could never feel again.
5911 Then, when you have truly
5912 understood the depths of your
5913 failure, we will fulfill R¯'s al
5914
5915 A
5916 Gh¯l's destiny. We will destroy
5917
5918 U
5919 Gotham. And when it is done...when
5920 Gotham is ashes...then you have my
5921 permission to die.
5922 Bane rises. Leaves. Wayne drifts back to unconsciousness.
5923
5924
5925
5926
5927
5928 EXT. BLACKGATE PRISON - DAY
5929
5930 A van pulls through the gate. Selina, inside the van, looks
5931 up at the formidable grey building.
5932
5933 91.
5934
5935
5936
5937 INT. BLACKGATE PRISON - CONTINUOUS
5938
5939 Guards lead Selina down the cells. Whistles and catcalls.
5940
5941
5942
5943 GUARD
5944 We're locking her up in here?
5945
5946 WARDEN
5947 The Dent Act allows non-segregation
5948 based on extraordinary need. First
5949 time she broke out of women's
5950 correctional she was sixteen.
5951 Selina passes a Huge Inmate who strains through the bars...
5952
5953
5954
5955 HUGE INMATE
5956 Little closer, baby...
5957
5958 SELINA
5959 Why, honey, you wanna hold my hand?
5960
5961
5962 Without breaking step, she slips his outstretched hands
5963 between her handcuffed ones and cartwheels, snapping his
5964 arms - he screams in agony - she keeps walking...
5965
5966 WARDEN
5967 She'll be just fine.
5968
5969
5970
5971
5972
5973 INT. WAYNE ENTERPRISES - DAY
5974
5975 Fox comes out of the elevator with Miranda.
5976
5977
5978
5979 FOX
5980 I don't see the need for a board
5981 meeting on the energy project -
5982
5983 MIRANDA
5984 Bruce got a lot of things right.
5985 Keeping the board in the dark
5986 wasn't one of them...
5987 Fox swings the doors to the boardroom open...
5988
5989
5990
5991
5992
5993 INT. BOARDROOM, WAYNE ENTERPRISES - CONTINUOUS
5994
5995 The board is there. Scared. At the head of the table - Bane.
5996
5997 BANE
5998 This meeting is called to order.
5999 Fox and Miranda freeze. Staring at the mask.
6000
6001 92.
6002
6003
6004
6005
6006
6007 BANE
6008 Chair and President. I also need
6009 one ordinary member - Mr. Fox,
6010 would you care to nominate?
6011
6012
6013
6014 FREDERICKS
6015 No. I volunteer.
6016 The dignified older board member gets to his feet.
6017 Mercernaries round the three up.
6018
6019
6020
6021 FOX
6022 Where are you taking us?
6023
6024 BANE
6025 Where you buried your resources.
6026 The bowels of Gotham.
6027
6028
6029
6030
6031
6032 INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - DAY
6033
6034 Gordon, with a Nurse's help, pulls himself to a seated
6035 position as Blake watches.
6036
6037
6038
6039 GORDON
6040 So you think our friend is gone
6041 again?
6042
6043 BLAKE
6044
6045 (GRAVE)
6046 This time...he might not be coming
6047 back.
6048 Gordon takes this in...Foley bursts in, agitated.
6049
6050
6051
6052 FOLEY
6053 Okay, Commissioner, you were right.
6054
6055 GORDON
6056 What's happened?
6057
6058
6059
6060 FOLEY
6061 Your masked man kidnapped the Wayne
6062 Enterprises board. He let most of
6063 them go, but took three down into
6064 the sewers.
6065
6066
6067
6068 GORDON
6069 No more patrols, no more hide and
6070 seek. Send every available cop
6071 down there to smoke him out.
6072
6073 93.
6074
6075
6076
6077
6078
6079 FOLEY
6080 The Mayor won't want panic -
6081
6082 BLAKE
6083 So it's a training exercise.
6084
6085
6086 Foley looks at Gordon.
6087
6088 FOLEY
6089 I'm sorry for not taking you
6090
6091 SERIOUSLY -
6092
6093
6094
6095 GORDON
6096 Don't apologize for believing the
6097 world's in better shape then it
6098 is...just fight to make it true.
6099
6100
6101 Foley nods. Leaves. Blake gets up.
6102
6103 GORDON
6104 Not you. You're telling me the
6105 Batman's gone. So you chase up the
6106 Daggett leads, any way you can.
6107
6108
6109 Blake nods.
6110
6111
6112
6113 INT. STONE CELL, UNDERGROUND PRISON - DAY
6114
6115
6116
6117 Wayne lies, weak, feverish. A Prisoner drips water onto his
6118 parched lips. An elderly Blind Prisoner squatting by the
6119 wall in the next cell rasps something in an ancient tongue.
6120
6121 PRISONER
6122 He asks if you would pay us to let
6123 you die. I told him you have
6124 nothing.
6125
6126 WAYNE
6127 Do it for the pleasure.
6128
6129
6130 The Prisoner puts bread to Wayne's lips.
6131
6132 PRISONER
6133 They pay me more than that to keep
6134 you alive.
6135
6136
6137 A chant gets Wayne's attention. He rolls his head painfully
6138 to watch a Tattooed Prisoner hand a thick rope to a Strong
6139 Man, who ties it around his chest, watched by other
6140 Prisoners.
6141
6142 94.
6143
6144
6145
6146
6147
6148 PRISONER
6149 He will try the climb.
6150 Strong Man starts scaling the wall. The Prisoners' chant
6151 grows stronger as he climbs towards the light.
6152
6153
6154 Above: Strong Man stops, perched on a ledge, a twelve-foot
6155 leap from the rest of the climb... The chanting peaks as
6156 Strong Man leaps...misses...falls. The rope catches - he
6157 swings into the rock face. Prisoners fall silent as Strong
6158 Man is lowered, broken, bloody, to the prison floor.
6159
6160
6161
6162 WAYNE
6163 Has anyone made it?
6164
6165 PRISONER
6166 Of course not.
6167
6168
6169 The Blind Prisoner barks at him.
6170
6171 WAYNE
6172 What does he say?
6173
6174
6175
6176 PRISONER
6177 He says there is one who did. A
6178 child...
6179 INSERT CUT: a child of about ten looks up towards the light.
6180
6181
6182
6183 PRISONER
6184 A child who had been born in this
6185 hell...
6186
6187 WAYNE
6188 Bane.
6189
6190
6191
6192 PRISONER
6193 An old legend. Nothing more.
6194 The Prisoner leaves Wayne's cell - switches on the TV.
6195
6196
6197
6198 WAYNE
6199 Don't.
6200
6201 PRISONER
6202 Whatever they want you to
6203 see...it's happening soon.
6204
6205 95.
6206
6207
6208
6209
6210
6211 INT. BANE'S LAIR, SEWERS - DAY
6212
6213 Bane's men lead Fox, Miranda and Fredericks through the
6214 debris. Fox stares at Mercenaries working on his old
6215 inventions...
6216
6217
6218
6219
6220
6221 EXT. LOCATIONS AROUND GOTHAM - EVENING
6222
6223 SWATs and Cops mass around entrances to sewers, tunnels...
6224
6225
6226
6227
6228
6229 INT. MASSIVE TUNNEL - CONTINUOUS
6230
6231 Bane leads Fox and the others to where Mercenaries plant
6232 charges on a hewn wall. Dr. Pavel is here. Waiting. Bane
6233 nods at his men. The wall blows.
6234
6235
6236
6237
6238
6239 EXT. LOCATIONS AROUND GOTHAM - CONTINUOUS
6240
6241 A SWAT team about to enter a sewer pipe hear a low echoing
6242 boom. They look at each other, then head in. Thousands of
6243 Police head into manholes, tunnel entrances, checking
6244 weapons, using flashlights...
6245
6246
6247
6248 INT. MASSIVE TUNNEL - CONTINUOUS
6249
6250
6251
6252 Bane leads the way over rubble into the REACTOR. Dr. Pavel
6253 follows. Bane approaches the machine. Turns to Fox.
6254
6255 BANE
6256 Turn it on.
6257
6258
6259 Fox shakes his head. Bane holds his gun to Fredericks' head.
6260
6261 BANE
6262 I only need one other board member.
6263 There are eight more waiting
6264 upstairs.
6265
6266
6267
6268 FOX
6269 I won't do it.
6270 Fredericks trembles. Bane cocks the weapon.
6271
6272
6273
6274 MIRANDA
6275 Alright, stop.
6276 She walks up to the scanner. Places her hand on it. It
6277 beeps. She turns to Fox. Quietly pleading.
6278
6279 96.
6280
6281
6282
6283 MIRANDA
6284 Lucius, you'll kill this man and
6285 yourself, and barely slow them
6286 down.
6287 Fox reluctantly puts his hand on the scanner. Then
6288 Fredericks. The core glows brighter and brighter. Dr. Pavel
6289 is transfixed.
6290
6291
6292
6293 BANE
6294 Do your work.
6295 Bane turns to his men. Gestures at the hostages.
6296 Take them to the surface. People of
6297 their status deserve to see the
6298 next era of western civilization.
6299 Fox, Miranda and Fredericks are led back into the rubble.
6300
6301
6302
6303 EXT. GOTHAM STADIUM - DAY
6304
6305
6306
6307 The Mayor, flanked by Security, talks to a crowd of
6308 Reporters.
6309
6310 REPORTER
6311 We're seeing literally thousands of
6312 police heading into the sewers -
6313
6314 MAYOR
6315 A training exercise, that's all. If
6316 you'll excuse me, I've got tickets
6317 to watch our boys thrash Rapid
6318 City.
6319 The Mayor heads into the stadium with the crowds...
6320
6321
6322
6323
6324
6325 INT. SEWERS - CONTINUOUS
6326
6327 Hundreds of SWATs wade, flashlights swinging, heading
6328 towards the center... Teams are converging from different
6329 entry points...
6330
6331
6332
6333
6334
6335 INT./EXT. CRUISER ON GOTHAM STREETS - CONTINUOUS
6336
6337 Blake is on the phone.
6338
6339 BLAKE
6340 I've been to half Daggett's cement
6341 plants, logged locations they've
6342 poured for underground
6343 construction...
6344
6345 97.
6346
6347
6348
6349
6350
6351 GORDON (O.S.)
6352 Anything strange about the
6353 pourings?
6354 Blake glances at a large map - dots mark pouring locations.
6355
6356
6357
6358 BLAKE
6359 Honestly, Commissioner, I don't
6360 know anything about civil
6361 engineering.
6362
6363
6364
6365 GORDON
6366 But you know about patterns. Keep
6367 looking.
6368 Blake pulls up in front of a cement plant.
6369
6370
6371
6372
6373
6374 INT. REACTOR PLANT - CONTINUOUS
6375
6376 Dr. Pavel finishes his work. Turns to Bane. Grave.
6377
6378 DR. PAVEL
6379 It's done. This is now a
6380 four-megaton nuclear bomb.
6381
6382 BANE
6383 (to his men)
6384 Pull the core out of the reactor.
6385
6386
6387
6388 DR. PAVEL
6389
6390 (HORRIFIED)
6391 You can't. This is the only power
6392 source capable of sustaning it - if
6393 you move it, the core will decay in
6394 a matter of months.
6395
6396 BANE
6397 Five, by my calculations.
6398
6399
6400
6401 DR. PAVEL
6402 And then it will go off.
6403
6404 BANE
6405 For the sake of your family, Dr.
6406 Pavel, I hope so.
6407
6408
6409 Dr. Pavel stares as Mercenaries start to disconnect the
6410 core...
6411
6412 98.
6413
6414
6415
6416 EXT. CEMENT PLANT - CONTINUOUS
6417
6418 Blake is led through a fence by a Worker.
6419
6420
6421
6422 WORKER
6423 Boss is about to leave.
6424 Blake walks past cement mixers. Spots someone. A Driver.
6425
6426
6427
6428 BLAKE
6429 Hey.
6430 The Driver turns.
6431
6432 BLAKE
6433 That was you outside the stock
6434 exchange, right?
6435
6436 DRIVER
6437 When?
6438
6439
6440
6441 BLAKE
6442 When? When half the city's cops
6443 were trying to pull onto Castle
6444 Street and your truck shut them
6445 out.
6446
6447
6448
6449 DRIVER
6450 Oh yeah. You're that cop -
6451
6452 BLAKE
6453 Detective, now.
6454
6455
6456 Behind Blake the Worker puts his hand is his pocket...
6457
6458 BLAKE
6459 And as a detective...I'm not
6460 allowed to believe in coincidences
6461
6462 ANYMORE -
6463 Blake spins, drawing his weapon. The Worker lunges with a
6464 knife, Blake smashes his hand to one side and shoots him.
6465 The Driver grabs him from behind. Blake wrestles, but the
6466 Driver is strong, trained. Blake can't aim his gun, he fires
6467 behind, into a steel mixer - the bullets ricochet, one
6468 catches the Driver in the back and he goes down... Blake,
6469 gasping, kneels beside the Driver.
6470
6471 BLAKE
6472 What were you doing?! What?!
6473
6474
6475 The man dies. Blake looks down at his gun. Disgusted. Tosses
6476 is down. Pulls out his phone. Dials.
6477
6478 99.
6479
6480
6481
6482
6483
6484 BLAKE
6485 Commissioner, I'm at the Fourteenth
6486 Street plant with two dead
6487 witnesses and a lot of questions.
6488 Call me -
6489
6490
6491 Blake freezes, stooped to pick up his gun. Looking at some
6492 empty barrels...
6493 Commissioner, they've got
6494 Polyisobutylene here... (Looks
6495 around.) And motor oil. They
6496 weren't making cement, they were
6497 making explosives -
6498
6499
6500
6501 INT./EXT. CRUISER OUTSIDE CEMENT PLANT - MOMENTS LATER
6502
6503
6504
6505 Blake grabs his carts - scanning the pattern of the dots -
6506 realizes.
6507
6508 BLAKE
6509 Oh, God.
6510
6511
6512 Blake fires up the cruiser and pulls out, hard.
6513
6514
6515
6516 INT./EXT. CRUISER ON GOTHAM STREETS - CONTINUOUS
6517
6518 Blake is driving furiously, shouting into the radio -
6519
6520
6521
6522 BLAKE
6523 Patch me into Foley!
6524
6525 DISPATCH
6526
6527 (OVER RADIO)
6528 Foley's overseeing the operation -
6529
6530 BLAKE
6531 They're heading into a trap!
6532
6533
6534
6535
6536
6537 EXT. MTA TUNNEL - MOMENTS LATER (DAY)
6538
6539 Foley, concerned, takes the radio from a colleague.
6540
6541 FOLEY
6542 Foley.
6543
6544 BLAKE
6545 It's a trap! Pull everyone out!
6546 Bane's been pouring concrete laced
6547 with explosives -
6548
6549 100.
6550
6551
6552
6553
6554
6555 FOLEY
6556 Where?
6557
6558 BLAKE
6559 There's a ring around the tunnels -
6560 they're gonna blow it and trap the
6561 cops underground!
6562 Foley looks up with dread at the mouth of the tunnel.
6563
6564 FOLEY
6565 Pull out! Pull 'em out!
6566
6567
6568
6569 INT. BOILER ROOM - CONTINUOUS
6570
6571 Mercenaries rise from a hole in the floor - Bane emerges...
6572
6573
6574
6575
6576
6577 INT. GOTHAM STADIUM - CONTINUOUS
6578
6579 The Mayor, in a corporate box, mouths the National Anthem...
6580
6581
6582
6583
6584
6585 INT. LOCKER ROOM TUNNEL - CONTINUOUS
6586
6587 The Mercenaries pull out detonators. Bane listens to the
6588 kickoff like a hunting dog sensing the wind...decides.
6589
6590
6591
6592 BANE
6593 Let the games begin.
6594 The Mercenaries hit the detonators.
6595
6596
6597
6598
6599
6600 INT. SEWERS - CONTINUOUS
6601
6602 SWATs react - the tunnel roof behind collapses... Chunks of
6603 concrete structure drop - thousands of police throughout
6604 different tunnels are trapped...
6605
6606
6607
6608
6609
6610 EXT. GOTHAM STADIUM - CONTINUOUS
6611
6612 The crowd goes wild as a Receiver catches - starts a run -
6613 the Mayor looks on, suddenly confused.
6614
6615
6616 As the Receiver sprints for the end zone, the field behind
6617 him DROPS away in smoking ruins, swallowing Players...
6618 The crowd is not cheering but SCREAMING... The Mayor's box
6619
6620 EXPLODES...
6621
6622 101.
6623
6624
6625
6626
6627 The Receiver, nearing the touchdown, glances back - sees
6628 Armageddon - the entire field is now a smoking mass of
6629 rubble, but for one strip of turf...Mercenaries pour out of
6630 the tunnel, creating a gauntlet...
6631
6632
6633
6634
6635
6636 INT./EXT. CRUISER ON GOTHAM STREETS - CONTINUOUS
6637
6638 Blake's cruiser swerves to avoid eruptions of asphalt. An
6639 eruption TOSSES Blake's cruiser onto its roof.
6640
6641
6642
6643
6644
6645 EXT. GOTHAM RIVER - CONTINUOUS
6646
6647 All bridges, except the Gotham Bridge, suffer controlled
6648 demolitions.
6649
6650
6651
6652
6653
6654 INT. LOCKER ROOM TUNNEL - CONTINUOUS
6655
6656 Bane steps into the smoking stadium, a gladiator walking
6657 into the arena...TV cameras swing onto him. Passing a dead
6658 umpire, he takes the men's headset - surveys the screaming
6659 crowd, lifts an arm for silence, raises the mike to his
6660 mask.
6661
6662 BANE
6663 Gotham, take control of your
6664 city...
6665
6666
6667
6668
6669
6670 INT./EXT. OVERTURNED CRUISER ON GOTHAM STREET - CONTINUOUS
6671
6672 Blake squeezes out of his cruiser, reaches in for the radio.
6673
6674
6675
6676 BLAKE
6677 Foley?
6678
6679 FOLEY
6680
6681 (OVER RADIO)
6682 Jesus, Blake! Every cop in the
6683 city's down in those tunnels!
6684
6685 BLAKE
6686
6687 (REALIZES)
6688 Not every cop...
6689
6690
6691 Blake pulls the shotgun from his cruiser - flags down a car.
6692
6693 102.
6694
6695
6696
6697
6698
6699 INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - CONTINUOUS
6700
6701 Gordon's heart-rate monitor alarms. Gordon wakes, groggy...
6702
6703
6704
6705 INT. HOSPITAL LOBBY - CONTINUOUS
6706
6707
6708
6709 Patients and Doctors crowd the entrance. mercenaries with
6710 automatic weapons force their way in - hit the stairwell.
6711
6712
6713
6714
6715
6716 INT./EXT. CAR GOTHAM STREETS - CONTINUOUS
6717
6718 Blake drives, swerving around dazed and terrified people.
6719 Flames and smoke billow from the sewers.
6720
6721
6722
6723
6724
6725 EXT. GOTHAM HOSPITAL - CONTINUOUS
6726
6727 Blake races up to the hospital entrance.
6728
6729
6730
6731 INT. CORRIDOR, GOTHAM HOSPITAL - CONTINUOUS
6732
6733
6734
6735 Two Mercenaries move room to room, searching.
6736
6737
6738
6739 INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - CONTINUOUS
6740
6741
6742
6743 Gordon pulls himself out of his bed, wheeling his IV.
6744
6745
6746
6747 INT. CORRIDOR, HOSPITAL - CONTINUOUS
6748
6749 Blake jumps into the corridor, gun raised. Shots echo down
6750 the hall - Blake sprints.
6751
6752
6753
6754 INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - CONTINUOUS
6755
6756 Blake leaps into the room, gun high - freezes as warm metal
6757 touches the base of his skull.
6758
6759 GORDON (O.S.)
6760 Clear the corners, rookie.
6761 Blake turns. Gordon holds his service weapon. The
6762 Mercenaries are on the ground, dead.
6763
6764 GORDON
6765 Get my coat, son.
6766
6767 103.
6768
6769
6770
6771
6772
6773 EXT. GOTHAM STADIUM - CONTINUOUS
6774
6775 Mercenaries pull the glowing core onto the field.
6776
6777 BANE
6778 This is the instrument of your
6779 liberation...
6780
6781
6782
6783 INT. PENTAGON WAR ROOM - CONTINUOUS
6784
6785
6786
6787 Analysts and military personnel assess the situation.
6788
6789 ANALYST
6790 Satellite shows a radiation
6791 spike...
6792
6793
6794
6795 ANALYST 2
6796 Whatever it is...it's nuclear.
6797
6798
6799
6800 EXT. GOTHAM STADIUM - CONTINUOUS
6801
6802
6803
6804 The Mercenaries thrust Dr. Pavel to his knees before Bane.
6805
6806 BANE
6807 Identify yourself to the world.
6808
6809 DR. PAVEL
6810 Dr. Leonid Pavel, nuclear
6811 physicist.
6812 Bane turns Dr. Pavel's head for the cameras.
6813
6814
6815
6816
6817
6818 INT. PENTAGON WAR ROOM - CONTINUOUS
6819
6820 Armed Forces and Intelligence staff scramble to verify.
6821
6822 CIA ANALYST
6823 Pavel was confirmed dead - plane
6824 crash on an Agency pull-out of
6825 Uzbekistan... But it certainly
6826 looks like him -
6827 He points to a monitor with a photo of Dr. Pavel. An Air
6828 Force General rubs his chin, thinking, nervous.
6829
6830 104.
6831
6832
6833
6834
6835
6836 EXT. SKIES ABOVE GOTHAM - CONTINUOUS
6837
6838 F-22's streak over the river, sizing up the island.
6839
6840
6841
6842 EXT. GOTHAM STADIUM - CONTINUOUS
6843
6844
6845
6846 Bane rests his powerful hand on Dr. Pavel's shoulder.
6847
6848 BANE
6849 Tell the world what this is.
6850
6851
6852
6853 DR. PAVEL
6854 A fully primed neutron bomb. With a
6855 blast radius of six miles.
6856
6857 BANE
6858 And who can disarm this device?
6859
6860 DR. PAVEL
6861 Only me.
6862
6863 BANE
6864 Thank you, Doctor.
6865 Bane snaps Dr. Pavel's neck in front of the world.
6866
6867 BANE
6868 The bomb is armed, the bomb is
6869 mobile, the identity of the
6870 triggerman is a mystery. One of you
6871 holds the detonator - we come not
6872 as conquerors, but as liberators to
6873 return control of this city to the
6874 people. At the first sign of
6875 interference from the outside world
6876 or of people attempting to flee,
6877 this anonymous Gothamite, this
6878 unsung hero, will trigger the bomb.
6879 For now, martial law is in effect.
6880 Return to your homes, hold your
6881 families close, and wait. Tomorrow
6882 you claim what is rightfully yours.
6883 Bane turns, leaves the field, followed by his men.
6884
6885
6886
6887
6888
6889 INT. PENTAGON WAR ROOM - CONTINUOUS
6890
6891 The General breaks the silence.
6892
6893 105.
6894
6895
6896
6897
6898
6899 GENERAL
6900 Pull back the fighters, start
6901 high-level reconnaissance flights.
6902 And get the President on the line.
6903
6904
6905
6906
6907
6908 EXT. GOTHAM BRIDGE - SUNSET
6909
6910 Mercenaries hold the bridge. A tank rolls across from the
6911 mainland, soldiers behind. The Lead Mercenary uses a
6912 bullhorn.
6913
6914
6915
6916 LEAD MERCENARY
6917 Tanks and planes cannot stop us
6918 detonating our device. Send an
6919 emissary to discuss terms of access
6920 for supplies and communication.
6921
6922
6923 A Captain steps forward, walks to the apex of the bridge.
6924
6925 CAPTAIN
6926 How many of you are there, son?
6927 (Nothing.) You don't have enough
6928 men to stop twelve million people
6929 leaving that island.
6930
6931 LEAD MERCENARY
6932 We don't. But you do.
6933
6934
6935
6936 CAPTAIN
6937 Why in the hell would we help you
6938 keep your hostages?
6939
6940 LEAD MERCENARY
6941 If people start crossing this
6942 bridge Gotham gets blown to hell.
6943 The Captain considers this. Troubled.
6944
6945
6946
6947
6948
6949 EXT. SKIES ABOVE GOTHAM - CONTINUOUS
6950
6951 As night falls the F-22's peel away from the fire-ringed
6952 city. The voice of the President echoes across the
6953 airwaves...
6954
6955
6956
6957 PRESIDENT
6958
6959 (OVER RADIO)
6960 The people of our greatest city are
6961 resilient. They have proven this
6962 before, they will prove this
6963 again...
6964
6965 106.
6966
6967
6968
6969
6970
6971 INT. STONE CELL, UNDERGROUND PRISON - CONTINUOUS
6972
6973 Wayne stares at the old TV. At his burning city.
6974
6975 PRESIDENT
6976
6977 (OVER TV)
6978 We do not negotiate with
6979 terrorists, but we do recognize
6980 realities...
6981 Wayne starts to cry.
6982
6983
6984
6985
6986
6987 INT. CAR - CONTINUOUS (NIGHT)
6988
6989 Blake drives the deserted streets. Gordon is slumped in the
6990 passenger seat, listening.
6991
6992
6993
6994 PRESIDENT
6995
6996 (OVER RADIO)
6997 As the situation develops, one
6998 thing must be understood above all
6999 others... People of Gotham, we have
7000 not abandoned you.
7001
7002 BLAKE
7003 What does that mean?
7004
7005 GORDON
7006 It means we're on our own. I have
7007 to get in front of a camera -
7008
7009 BLAKE
7010 Sir, they'll kill you the second
7011 you show your face -
7012
7013
7014
7015 GORDON
7016 The Mayor's dead. I'm the symbol of
7017 law and order. Bane says he's
7018 giving Gotham back to the people -
7019 they need to know that I could
7020 lead.
7021
7022 BLAKE
7023 Bane's not gonna let that happen -
7024
7025
7026
7027 GORDON
7028 Then he'll show his true colors.
7029
7030 BLAKE
7031 And you'll be dead.
7032
7033
7034 Gordon says nothing.
7035
7036 107.
7037
7038
7039
7040
7041
7042 EXT. GOTHAM STREET - DAY
7043
7044 Three camouflage Tumblers roll down the deserted street.
7045
7046
7047
7048 EXT. BLACKGATE PRISON - MOMENTS LATER
7049
7050
7051
7052 A crowd of news crews has gathered. Guards in the towers
7053 look down, apprehensive. The Tumblers roll up, stopping in
7054 front of the gates. Bane emerges from the lead Tumbler.
7055
7056
7057
7058 BANE
7059 Behind you stands a symbol of
7060 oppression. Blackgate Prison...
7061
7062
7063
7064 INT. CELLBLOCK, BLACKGATE PRISON - CONTINUOUS
7065
7066
7067
7068 Prisoners strain to hear Bane's words. Selina is there.
7069
7070 BANE (O.S.)
7071 Where a thousand men have
7072 languished for years. Under the
7073 Dent Act. Under the name of this
7074
7075 MAN -
7076
7077
7078
7079 EXT. BLACKGATE PRISON - CONTINUOUS
7080
7081
7082
7083 Bane holds up a photo of Harvey Dent.
7084
7085 BANE
7086 Harvey Dent. Held up to you, and
7087 over you, as a shining example of
7088 justice and good...
7089
7090
7091
7092
7093
7094 INT. BLAKE'S APARTMENT - CONTINUOUS
7095
7096 Gordon sits watching Bane's speech. Blake gathers supplies.
7097
7098
7099
7100 BLAKE
7101 We're gonna keep moving you, till
7102 we can get you in front of a camera
7103
7104 -
7105
7106
7107
7108
7109
7110 EXT. BLACKGATE PRISON - CONTINUOUS
7111
7112 Bane sets fire to the picture of Dent...
7113
7114 108.
7115
7116
7117
7118
7119
7120 BANE
7121 But they supplied you a false idol.
7122 A straw man. To placate. To stop
7123 you tearing down this corrupt
7124 city...
7125
7126
7127
7128
7129
7130 INT. CELLBLOCK, BLACKGATE PRISON - CONTINUOUS
7131
7132 The Prisoners start cheering, shouting.
7133
7134
7135
7136 BANE (O.S.)
7137 ...and rebuilding it the way it
7138 should have been rebuilt
7139 generations ago...
7140
7141
7142
7143
7144
7145 EXT. BLACKGATE PRISON - CONTINUOUS
7146
7147 Bane drops the burning picture.
7148
7149 BANE
7150 Let me tell you the truth about
7151 Harvey Dent. In the words of
7152 Gotham's Police Commissioner, James
7153 Gordon...
7154
7155
7156
7157 INT. BLAKE'S APARTMENT - CONTINUOUS
7158
7159
7160
7161 This gets Blake's attention. Gordon watches, uneasy...
7162
7163
7164
7165 EXT. BLACKGATE PRISON - CONTINUOUS
7166
7167
7168
7169 Bane unfolds the pages of Gordon's undelivered speech...
7170
7171 BANE
7172 'The truth about Harvey Dent is
7173 simple in only one regard - it has
7174 been hidden for too long. After his
7175 devastating injuries, Harvey's mind
7176 has recovered no better than his
7177 mutilated face. He was a broken,
7178 dangerous man, not the crusader for
7179 justice that I, James Gordon, have
7180 portrayed him to be for the last
7181 eight years. Harvey's rage was
7182 indiscriminate. Psychopathic. He
7183 held my family at gunpoint, then
7184 fell to his death in the struggle
7185 over my son's life. The Batman did
7186 not murder Harvey Dent - he saved
7187
7188 (MORE)
7189
7190 109.
7191
7192
7193
7194
7195
7196 BANE (CONT'D)
7197 my boy. Then took the blame for
7198 Harvey's appalling crimes, so that
7199 I could, to my shame, build a lie
7200 around this fallen idol.'
7201
7202
7203
7204
7205
7206 INT. BLAKE'S APARTMENT - CONTINUOUS
7207
7208 Blake stares at the TV, Gordon's face lowers into his
7209 hands...
7210
7211
7212
7213 BANE (V.O.)
7214 'I praised the madman who tried to
7215 murder my own child.'
7216
7217
7218
7219
7220
7221 EXT. BLACKGATE PRISON - CONTINUOUS
7222
7223 The crowd is silent, stunned, as Bane continues to read.
7224
7225 BANE
7226 'The things we did in Harvey's name
7227 brought desperately needed security
7228 to our streets... But I can no
7229 longer live with my lie. It is time
7230 to trust the people of Gotham with
7231 the truth, and it is time for me to
7232 resign.'
7233
7234
7235 Bane folds the papers. Looks out to the stunned crowd.
7236 Do you accept this man's
7237 resignation?
7238
7239
7240 Individuals in the crows start shouting 'Yes!'
7241
7242
7243
7244 INT. CELLBLOCK, BLACKGATE PRISON - CONTINUOUS
7245
7246 Prisoners cheer, pounding against the bars. Selina
7247 watches...
7248
7249
7250
7251 EXT. BLACKGATE PRISON - CONTINUOUS
7252
7253
7254 BANE
7255 Do you accept the resignation of
7256 all the liars?! All the corrupt?!
7257 More and more of the crowd is chanting 'Yes!'
7258
7259 110.
7260
7261
7262
7263
7264
7265 INT. BLAKE'S APARTMENT - CONTINUOUS
7266
7267 Blake turns to Gordon, who stares at the TV.
7268
7269 BLAKE
7270 These men, locked up in Blackgate
7271 for eight years, denied parole
7272 under the Dent Act. Based on a lie.
7273
7274 GORDON
7275 A lie to keep a city from burning
7276 to the ground. Gotham needed a
7277 hero, someone to believe in -
7278
7279 BLAKE
7280 Not as much as it does now. But you
7281 betrayed everything you stood for.
7282
7283
7284
7285 GORDON
7286 (looks at Blake)
7287 There's a point. Far out there.
7288 When the structures fail you. When
7289 the rules aren't weapons anymore,
7290 they're shackles, letting the bad
7291 get ahead. Maybe one day you'll
7292 have such a moment of crisis. And
7293 in that moment, I hope you have a
7294 friend like I did. To plunge their
7295 hands into the filth so you can
7296 keep yours clean.
7297
7298 BLAKE
7299 Your hands look pretty filthy to
7300 me, Commissioner.
7301
7302
7303 Gordon stares at him. Blake goes back to packing.
7304
7305
7306
7307 EXT. BLACKGATE PRISON - CONTINUOUS
7308
7309
7310
7311 Bane signals a Tumbler - its turret turns to the prison
7312 doors.
7313
7314 BANE
7315 We take Gotham from the corrupt.
7316 The rich. The oppressors of
7317 generations who've kept you down
7318 with the myth of opportunity. And
7319 we give it to you, the people.
7320 Gotham is yours - none shall
7321 interfere. Do as you please...
7322
7323
7324 The Tumbler fires, blowing the doors to hell.
7325
7326 (MORE)
7327
7328 111.
7329
7330
7331
7332
7333
7334 BANE (CONT'D)
7335 But start by storming Blackgate and
7336 freeing the oppressed... Step
7337 forward, those who would serve...
7338
7339
7340 Bane's men surge through the burning gates...
7341
7342
7343
7344 INT. BLACKGATE PRISON - CONTINUOUS
7345
7346 Selina watches as Prisoners stream out of open cell doors.
7347 She makes her way quietly through the excited throng.
7348
7349 BANE (V.O.)
7350 For an army will be raised...
7351 Mercenaries hand out weapons to escaping Prisoners...
7352
7353
7354
7355
7356
7357 EXT. PARK BOULEVARD - DAY
7358
7359 As Mercenaries shoot open locks, people storm into expensive
7360 apartment buildings overlooking the park...
7361
7362
7363
7364 BANE (V.O.)
7365 The powerful will be ripped from
7366 their decadent nests...
7367
7368
7369
7370
7371
7372 INT. BEAUTIFUL OLD GOTHAM APARTMENT - DAY
7373
7374 People ransack the apartment...
7375
7376 BANE (V.O.)
7377 ...and cast into the cold world the
7378 rest of us have known and
7379 endured...
7380
7381
7382
7383 EXT. PARK BOULEVARD - DAY
7384
7385
7386
7387 Wealthy people are herded onto the street by Mercenaries...
7388
7389 BANE (V.O.)
7390 Courts will be convened...
7391
7392
7393
7394
7395
7396 INT. STOCK EXCHANGE - DAY
7397
7398 A kangaroo court is in session, presided over by a Criminal
7399 we recognize from Blackgate. Bane watches from the
7400 gallery...
7401
7402 112.
7403
7404
7405
7406
7407
7408 BANE (V.O.)
7409 The spoils will be enjoyed...
7410
7411
7412
7413 INT. ELEGANT APARTMENT, PARK BOULEVARD - DAY
7414
7415
7416
7417 Tough-looking Revellers crack open champagne - spraying it,
7418 swigging it - Selina amongst them, watching...
7419
7420 BANE (V.O.)
7421 Blood will be shed...
7422
7423
7424
7425
7426
7427 INT. SEWERS - DAY
7428
7429 Hundreds of Police living underground. Dividing up supplies
7430 lowered by ropes... Ross opens a pack of supplies.
7431
7432
7433
7434 BANE (V.O.)
7435 But the police will live, until
7436 they are ready to serve true
7437 justice...
7438
7439
7440
7441
7442
7443 EXT. GOTHAM STADIUM - NIGHT
7444
7445 Moving in on the bright glow of the core...
7446
7447 BANE (V.O.)
7448 This great city will endure...
7449 Close enough to see the flickering digits of its
7450 countdown...
7451
7452 BANE (V.O.)
7453 Gotham will survive.
7454 Mercenaries load the core into the back of a black truck.
7455
7456
7457
7458 INT. STONE CELL, UNDERGROUND PRISON - DAY
7459
7460
7461
7462 Wayne rolls off his cot. Grunts. The Prisoner realizes Wayne
7463 is trying to do a push-up. From the next cell, the Blind
7464 Prisoner says something...
7465
7466
7467
7468 PRISONER
7469 He says you must first straighten
7470 your back.
7471 The Prisoner helps Wayne roll over, painfully.
7472
7473 113.
7474
7475
7476
7477
7478
7479 WAYNE
7480 How would he know?
7481
7482 PRISONER
7483 He was the prison doctor. A
7484 morphine addict who incurred the
7485 displeasure of powerful people.
7486 Including your masked friend.
7487
7488 WAYNE
7489 How?
7490
7491
7492
7493 PRISONER
7494 Many years ago, during a time of
7495 plague, Bane was attacked by other
7496 prisoners. The doctor's fumbling
7497 attempts to repair the damage left
7498 him in perpetual agony. The mask
7499 holds his pain at bay.
7500
7501 WAYNE
7502 Is Bane the child you spoke of? Was
7503 he born here?
7504
7505
7506
7507 PRISONER
7508 The legend is that there was a
7509 mercenary working for the local
7510 warlord who fell in love with his
7511 daughter. They married in secret.
7512
7513
7514 The Prisoner takes a rope - ties it under Wayne's arms.
7515
7516 PRISONER
7517 When the warlord found out, he
7518 condemned the mercenary to this
7519 pit. But then exiled him instead.
7520 INSERT CUT: the Mercenary is dropped at the side of a barren
7521 road. He starts to walk.
7522
7523 PRISONER
7524 The mercenary understood that the
7525 warlord's daughter had secured his
7526 release, but he couldn't know the
7527 true price of his freedom. She had
7528 taken his place in the pit.
7529
7530
7531 INSERT CUT: a Woman is lowered into the prison. The
7532 prisoners below all have their faces covered with muslin
7533 masks...
7534
7535 114.
7536
7537
7538
7539 PRISONER
7540 And she was with the child. The
7541 mercenary's child.
7542
7543
7544 INSERT CUT: the Woman watches as the Doctor, (the Blind
7545 Prisoner, younger-looking, sighted) examines her small
7546 child. The Doctor exits, locking the cell...
7547
7548 PRISONER
7549 One day the doctor forgot the lock
7550 the cell...
7551 INSERT CUT: Prisoners move into the cell towards his mother.
7552 The child runs at them with a knife...
7553
7554
7555
7556 PRISONER
7557 Innocence cannot flower
7558 underground. It was to be stamped
7559 out. But the child had a friend. A
7560 protector...
7561
7562
7563 INSERT CUT: the Protector, face covered, pulls the Child off
7564 the attackers. One grabs for the Child - the Protector snaps
7565 his arm, carries the Child into a corner...
7566
7567 PRISONER
7568 ...who showed the others that this
7569 innocence was their redemption. The
7570 mother was not so lucky.
7571 The Blind Prisoner shouts at the Prisoner. He nods.
7572
7573
7574
7575 PRISONER
7576 This is Bane's prison now. Bane
7577 would not want this story told.
7578 The Prisoner pulls - Wayne screams in pain as he is pulled
7579 upright. The Prisoner ties him off. Checks his spine.
7580 You have a protruding
7581 vertebra...I'm going to force it
7582 back...
7583
7584 WAYNE
7585 How -?
7586
7587
7588 The Prisoner punches Wayne in the back, hard. Wayne screams.
7589
7590 PRISONER
7591 You stay like this. Until you
7592 stand.
7593
7594
7595 Wayne passes out from the pain and we FADE TO BLACK.
7596 Wayne is hanging in his cell, delirious.
7597
7598 115.
7599
7600
7601
7602
7603
7604 R¯'S AL GH¯L (O.S.)
7605
7606 A U
7607 Did you not think I'd return,
7608 Bruce?
7609 R¯'s al Gh¯l, in his Ducard guise, steps in front of Wayne.
7610
7611 A U
7612
7613
7614
7615 R¯'S AL GH¯L
7616
7617 A U
7618 I told you I was immortal.
7619
7620 WAYNE
7621 I watched you die.
7622
7623
7624
7625 R¯'S AL GH¯L
7626
7627 A U
7628 There are many forms of
7629 immortality.
7630 Wayne looks inward, remembering...
7631
7632
7633 INSERT CUT: R¯'s at the campfire (from Batman Begins).
7634
7635 A
7636
7637 R¯'S AL GH¯L
7638
7639 A U
7640 Once I had a wife. My great love.
7641 She was taken from me...
7642
7643
7644 INSERT CUT: the Woman is lowered into the prison...
7645 Wayne looks at R¯'s.
7646
7647 A
7648
7649 WAYNE
7650 You were the mercenary. Bane is
7651 your child. Your heir.
7652 INSERT CUT: the Mercenary at the side of the road. R¯'s.
7653
7654 A
7655
7656 R¯'S AL GH¯L
7657
7658 A U
7659 An heir to ensure the League of
7660 Shadows fulfills its duty to
7661 restore balance to civilization.
7662
7663 WAYNE
7664 No...
7665
7666 R¯'S AL GH¯L
7667
7668 A U
7669 You yourself fought the decadence
7670 of Gotham for years. With all your
7671 strength and resources, all your
7672 moral authority. And the only
7673 victory you could achieve was a
7674 lie. Finally you understand...
7675 Gotham is beyond saving...
7676
7677 116.
7678
7679
7680
7681 WAYNE
7682
7683 NO!
7684
7685
7686
7687 R¯'S AL GH¯L
7688
7689 A U
7690 And must be allowed to die.
7691 CUT TO WHITE. And we are -
7692
7693
7694
7695
7696
7697 EXT. STREET, DOWNTOWN GOTHAM - DAY
7698
7699 Snow blankets the street. A Tumbler carves tracks as it
7700 patrols the deserted street. Blake peers from behind a
7701 parked car - he is crouched, feeding a kite string down a
7702 storm drain.
7703
7704
7705
7706
7707
7708 INT. SEWER TUNNEL - CONTINUOUS
7709
7710 Ross strains to reach a note dangling on a string - he
7711 grasps it. All around him are dozens of Cops living
7712 underground...
7713
7714
7715
7716 EXT. GOTHAM STREET - CONTINUOUS
7717
7718 Blake winds the string, picks up a jerrycan, hurries off.
7719
7720
7721
7722
7723
7724 INT. ST. SWITHIN'S HOME FOR BOYS - CONTINUOUS
7725
7726 The home is packed. People, not just kids, huddle in every
7727 corner. Blake spots Father Reilly. Hands him the can.
7728
7729
7730
7731 BLAKE
7732 For the bus in case there's a
7733 chance to evacuate. Keep it in here
7734 - people are siphoning parked cars.
7735
7736
7737
7738 FATHER REILLY
7739 Really?
7740
7741 BLAKE
7742
7743 (GRINS)
7744 How do you think I got it?
7745
7746 FATHER REILLY
7747 Right. Any news? Is the
7748
7749 COMMISSIONER -
7750
7751
7752
7753 BLAKE
7754 Less you know, Father. How're the
7755 boys?
7756
7757 117.
7758
7759
7760
7761 FATHER REILLY
7762 Power's been on more, so they get
7763 some TV.
7764
7765
7766 Blake smiles. Moves to the door.
7767 Blake, you be careful out there.
7768 They're hunting down cops like
7769 dogs.
7770
7771
7772 Blake nods. Leaves.
7773
7774
7775
7776 INT. ELEGANT APARTMENT, PARK BOULEVARD - DAWN
7777
7778 Following Selina through rooms strewn with trash, empty
7779 bottles and sleeping partygoers. She spots a family
7780 photograph, glass smashed. A hand lands on her shoulder.
7781
7782 JEN
7783 Who's that?
7784
7785
7786
7787 SELINA
7788 This was someone's home.
7789
7790 JEN
7791 Now it's everyone's home.
7792
7793
7794 Selina stares out at a Tumbler rolling by.
7795
7796 JEN
7797 'Storm's coming', remember? This is
7798 what you wanted.
7799
7800
7801
7802 SELINA
7803 No. It's what I thought I wanted.
7804
7805
7806
7807 INT. STONE CELL, UNDERGROUND PRISON - DAY
7808
7809
7810
7811 The Prisoner unties the rope from Wayne's chest. Wayne
7812 stands. Just. Then walks.
7813
7814
7815
7816 INT. SAME - LATER
7817
7818
7819
7820 Wayne does push-ups. Stronger. The Prisoner watches.
7821
7822 PRISONER
7823 Why build yourself?
7824
7825
7826
7827 WAYNE
7828 I'm not meant to die in here.
7829 The Prisoner indicates the TV:
7830
7831 118.
7832
7833
7834
7835
7836
7837 SIEGE OF GOTHAM: DAY 84.
7838
7839 PRISONER
7840 Here? There? What's the difference?
7841 Wayne ignores this. Focuses on his body...
7842
7843
7844
7845
7846
7847 INT. STONE CELL, UNDERGROUND PRISON - DAY
7848
7849 Wayne moves to the wall - takes the rope from the Tattooed
7850 Prisoner, wraps it around his chest. Curious Prisoners
7851 gather, the Prisoner at their head. Wayne looks up at the
7852 light, hundreds of feet above. Starts to climb. Prisoners
7853 get excited as Wayne RISES - money starts exchanging hands.
7854 Reaching the precipice, he checks his rope, looks up at the
7855 next handhold, far away. He takes a breath, then LEAPS.
7856 His fingers brush the ledge. Wayne DROPS a hundred feet -
7857 the rope catches, SLAMMING him into the rock face. The
7858 Prisoners disperse, losing interest as the Tattooed Prisoner
7859 lowers Wayne on the rope. The Blind Prisoner turns away.
7860
7861
7862
7863 PRISONER
7864 I told you it could not be done.
7865
7866 WAYNE
7867 You told me a child did it...
7868
7869
7870
7871 PRISONER
7872 No ordinary child...
7873 INSERT CUT: the Protector fights off prisoners as the Child,
7874 older now, moves to the climbing wall
7875 A child born in hell.
7876 INSERT CUT: the Child makes the climb...pauses, looking down
7877 - making eye-contact with the Protector, who fights off
7878 Prisoners... They swarm over the Protector, knives drawn.
7879 A child forged by suffering,
7880 hardened by pain...
7881 INSERT CUT: the Child leaps across the abyss, grabbing a
7882 handhold on the ledge and swinging up...
7883 Not a man from privilege.
7884
7885
7886 Wayne's eyes close in despair.
7887
7888 119.
7889
7890
7891
7892
7893
7894 EXT. CHECKPOINT, GOTHAM BRIDGE - DAY
7895
7896 Supply trucks await inspection. Mercenaries open an
7897 18-wheeler - check boxes of rations...wave it on...
7898
7899
7900
7901
7902
7903 EXT. SUPERMARKET - CONTINUOUS
7904
7905 The 18-wheeler pulls up. A line of Gothamites waits
7906 patiently along the sidewalk.
7907
7908
7909
7910
7911
7912 INT. 18-WHEELER - CONTINUOUS
7913
7914 Three plain-clothes Special Forces Men emerge from the
7915 boxes, checking, then concealing weapons. The doors open -
7916 they exit.
7917
7918
7919
7920
7921
7922 INT. SUPERMARKET - CONTINUOUS
7923
7924 The Special Forces Men carry boxes into the store as if
7925 delivering. The Store Manager leads them into the back and
7926 down into -
7927
7928
7929
7930 INT. LOWER STOREROOM - CONTINUOUS
7931
7932 Where they are met by four Cops out of uniform.
7933
7934
7935
7936 FOLEY
7937 You have ID?
7938
7939 SPECIAL FORCES 1
7940 Of course not.
7941
7942
7943
7944 FOLEY
7945 How can we trust you?
7946
7947 GORDON (O.S.)
7948 We don't have any choice.
7949
7950
7951 Gordon and Blake emerge from the back of the room.
7952
7953 SPECIAL FORCES 1
7954 Commissioner Gordon? Captain Jones,
7955 Special Forces.
7956
7957
7958
7959 GORDON
7960 Captain, glad to have you here.
7961
7962 120.
7963
7964
7965
7966
7967
7968 CAPTAIN JONES
7969 How many of you are there?
7970
7971 GORDON
7972 Dozens. I'd rather not say exactly.
7973 But the men trapped underground
7974 number almost three thousand.
7975
7976 CAPTAIN JONES
7977 What kind of shape they're in?
7978
7979
7980
7981 GORDON
7982 They've been getting water, food.
7983
7984 CAPTAIN JONES
7985 Could we break them out?
7986
7987
7988
7989 BLAKE
7990 Yes, sir - take out the mercenaries
7991 guarding the outflow south of
7992 Ackerman Park, blow the rubble,
7993 you've got a hole big enough for
7994 ten at a time. I'm in contact with
7995 my partner - they're waiting for
7996 the day.
7997
7998 SPECIAL FORCES 2
7999 Men who haven't seen daylight for
8000 three months?
8001
8002
8003
8004 BLAKE
8005 Men with automatic weapons who
8006 haven't seen daylight in three
8007 months.
8008
8009
8010
8011 CAPTAIN JONES
8012 What about the bomb? The satellites
8013 can't see any radiation hot
8014 spots...
8015
8016
8017
8018
8019
8020 EXT. DOWNTOWN STREET - DAY
8021
8022 Blake scouts with Jones. A rumble makes them turn.
8023
8024 GORDON (V.O.)
8025 They keep it on a truck - it must
8026 have a lead-lined roof. They move
8027 it constantly.
8028
8029 CAPTAIN JONES (V.O.)
8030 But you know the truck?
8031
8032 121.
8033
8034
8035
8036
8037
8038 GORDON (V.O.)
8039 They've got three of them. The
8040 routes don't vary much.
8041 Two Tumblers lead a massive black truck down the street.
8042 Captain Jones reaches into his jacket and triggers a Geiger
8043 counter. Shows Blake the display. Nods. One of the Tumblers
8044 stops, turns back. Blake leads them down a side street.
8045
8046
8047
8048 INT. LOWER STOREROOM - CONTINUOUS
8049
8050
8051
8052
8053 CAPTAIN JONES
8054 What about the triggerman?
8055
8056 GORDON
8057 No leads. It's a bluff - Bane
8058 wouldn't give control of that bomb
8059 to someone else.
8060
8061 CAPTAIN JONES
8062 We can't take that chance. Until we
8063 have the triggerman, we just track
8064 the device, smuggle men over -
8065
8066 BLAKE
8067 While Gotham lives under a warlord,
8068 like in some failed state?
8069
8070
8071
8072 CAPTAIN JONES
8073 Dial it back, officer. This
8074 situation is unprecedented. We
8075 can't do anything to risk millions
8076 of lives.
8077
8078
8079
8080 BLAKE
8081
8082 (TO GORDON)
8083 Aren't you gonna tell him?!
8084
8085 GORDON
8086 Captain, things are more
8087 complicated than you think. There's
8088 somebody you need to meet. Blake?
8089 Blake nods, leads Jones and his men up the stairs.
8090
8091
8092
8093
8094
8095 EXT. SIDE STREET, DOWNTOWN - CONTINUOUS
8096
8097 Blake leads them to the door of an empty bank.
8098
8099 122.
8100
8101
8102
8103
8104
8105 INT. TELLSONS BANK - CONTINUOUS
8106
8107 They head across the empty lobby to an elevator.
8108
8109
8110
8111 INT. OFFICES ABOVE TELLSONS - MOMENTS LATER
8112
8113
8114
8115 Blake leads them into empty offices. Cots and makeshift
8116 furnishings line the offices and corridors.
8117
8118 BLAKE
8119 I was up here looking for a vantage
8120 point. Found the people who run the
8121 corporation who owns it living
8122 here.
8123
8124 CAPTAIN JONES
8125 Which corporation?
8126
8127 FOX (O.S.)
8128 Wayne Enterprises.
8129 Lucius Fox is there, with Miranda Tate.
8130
8131
8132
8133 BLAKE
8134 Captain, meet Mr. Fox. Mr. Fox, I'd
8135 like you to brief the Captain.
8136 Captain Jones indicates Miranda.
8137
8138
8139
8140 FOX
8141 Miss Tate is fully aware of the
8142 situation.
8143
8144 MIRANDA
8145 And as CEO of Wayne Enterprises, I
8146 have to take responsibility for it.
8147
8148 CAPTAIN JONES
8149 Why?
8150
8151
8152
8153 MIRANDA
8154 Because, Captain, we built it.
8155
8156 CAPTAIN JONES
8157 You built the bomb?
8158
8159
8160
8161 FOX
8162 It was built as a fusion reactor.
8163 The first of its kind. Bane turned
8164 the core into a bomb, then
8165 disconnected it from the reactor.
8166
8167 123.
8168
8169
8170
8171
8172
8173 BLAKE
8174 And here's the important part.
8175
8176 FOX
8177 As the device's fuel cells decay,
8178 it's becoming increasingly
8179 unstable...until the point of
8180 detonation.
8181
8182 BLAKE
8183 The bomb's a time bomb.
8184
8185
8186
8187 FOX
8188 And it will go off. In twenty-three
8189 days.
8190 Captain Jones reels at this news.
8191
8192
8193
8194 BLAKE
8195 Bane's revolution is a sham. He's
8196 watching Gotham rearrange its
8197 deckchairs while the whole ship's
8198 going down. Your appeasement plan
8199 might not be as practical as you
8200 thought.
8201 Captain Jones throws Blake a look. Addresses Fox.
8202
8203 CAPTAIN JONES
8204 Could you disarm it?
8205
8206 FOX
8207 I don't know, But I could reconnect
8208 it to the reactor. Stabilize it.
8209
8210
8211
8212 CAPTAIN JONES
8213 We'd have to let the Pentagon know.
8214
8215 SPECIAL FORCES 2
8216 They'll be monitoring our
8217
8218 FREQUENCIES -
8219
8220 CAPTAIN JONES
8221 We have no choice. Let's move away
8222 from this location, then call it
8223 in.
8224
8225 124.
8226
8227
8228
8229
8230
8231 INT. TELLSONS BANK - MOMENTS LATER
8232
8233 Captain Jones exits the elevator, followed by his men and
8234 Blake. Halfway across the floor, hell breaks loose.
8235 Mercenaries blast them with machine guns - the lobby becomes
8236 a devastating ambush. Blake dives back into the elevator.
8237
8238
8239
8240
8241
8242 INT. OFFICES ABOVE TELLSONS - CONTINUOUS
8243
8244 Blake flies out of the elevator.
8245
8246
8247
8248 BLAKE
8249 Fox, somebody sold us out!
8250 Fox and Miranda burst into the corridor.
8251
8252
8253
8254 FOX
8255 Take Miranda -
8256 Blake grabs Miranda, heads for the back stairs. Mercenaries
8257 jump out of the elevator, firing high.
8258
8259
8260
8261 MERCERNARY
8262
8263 DOWN ON THE FLOOR!
8264 Fox freezes. Lowers himself to the ground.
8265
8266
8267
8268
8269
8270 INT. TELLSONS BANK - CONTINUOUS
8271
8272 Captain Jones goes down in a hail of bullets. The other
8273 Special Forces Men are down. Bane enters, midges Jones with
8274 his toe. He is alive. Barely. Bane leans in close. Jones
8275 looks up at him, defiant.
8276
8277
8278
8279 CAPTAIN JONES
8280 I'll die before I talk...
8281
8282 BANE
8283 I'm on your schedule, Captain.
8284
8285
8286 Bane places his hand over Jones's nose and mouth.
8287
8288 MERCERNARY
8289 There were people living upstairs.
8290
8291
8292 Bane looks up, disinterested. Jones is dead.
8293
8294 BANE
8295 Give them over for judgement.
8296 (Indicates bodies.) Hang them where
8297 the world will see.
8298
8299 125.
8300
8301
8302
8303 INT. STONE CELL, UNDERGROUND PRISON - DAY
8304
8305 Wayne stares at the TV: the Special Forces bodies hang in
8306 the cables of Gotham Bridge. Wayne throws a stone into the
8307 screen.
8308
8309
8310
8311 INT. SAME - LATER
8312
8313
8314
8315 Wayne does endless push-ups, squats, stretches. The Blind
8316 Prisoner listens. He speaks in an ancient tongue.
8317
8318 PRISONER
8319 He says the leap to freedom is not
8320 about strength.
8321
8322
8323
8324 WAYNE
8325 My body makes the jump.
8326
8327 BLIND PRISONER
8328
8329 (CRACKED ENGLISH)
8330 Survival is the spirit. The soul.
8331
8332 WAYNE
8333 My soul's as ready to escape as my
8334 body.
8335
8336
8337
8338 BLIND PRISONER
8339 Fear is why you fail.
8340
8341 WAYNE
8342 I'm not afraid. I'm angry.
8343
8344
8345 Wayne throws punches...focused.
8346
8347
8348
8349 INT. UNDERGROUND PRISON - DAY
8350
8351
8352
8353 Wayne takes the rope at the foot of the climb. Prisoners
8354 look up, but none bother to gather round. Wayne starts
8355 climbing, determined.
8356 He FIGHTS the rock face...breathing hard. Grabs at a rock -
8357 it comes away in his hand. He DROPS - SMASHES into the rock
8358 face. The Blind Prisoner shakes his head.
8359 A Skinny Prisoner playing cards with the Prisoner looks up
8360 at Wayne, hanging upside down.
8361
8362 SKINNY PRISONER
8363 Shouldn't you get him down?
8364 The Prisoner glances up at Wayne, disdainful.
8365
8366 126.
8367
8368
8369
8370
8371
8372 PRISONER
8373 He'll keep.
8374 As Wayne drifts into unconsciousness we -
8375 INSERT CUT: Young Bruce lies at the bottom of the well,
8376 looking up at his father, lowering down to rescue him.
8377
8378 THOMAS WAYNE (V.O.)
8379 And why do we fall?
8380
8381
8382
8383
8384
8385 INT. CAVE PRISON - NIGHT
8386
8387 Wayne wakes with a start - the Blind Prisoner is there.
8388
8389 BLIND PRISONER
8390
8391 (CRACKED ENGLISH)
8392 You do not fear death. You think
8393 this makes you strong. This makes
8394 you weak.
8395
8396 WAYNE
8397 Why?
8398
8399 BLIND PRISONER
8400 How can you move faster then
8401 possible? Fight longer than
8402 possible? If not from the most
8403 powerful impulse of the spirit. The
8404 fear of death. The will to survive.
8405 Wayne gets up onto his elbow. Looks at the Blind Prisoner.
8406
8407 WAYNE
8408 I do fear death. I fear dying in
8409 here while my city burns with no
8410 one there to save it.
8411
8412 BLIND PRISONER
8413 Then make the climb.
8414
8415 WAYNE
8416 How?
8417
8418 BLIND PRISONER
8419 As the child did. Without the rope.
8420 (Dry laugh.) Then fear will find
8421 you again.
8422 Wayne considers this.
8423
8424 127.
8425
8426
8427
8428
8429
8430 INT. CAVE PRISON - MORNING
8431
8432 Wayne puts some scraps of bread into a rough coat which he
8433 folds into a makeshift shoulder pack.
8434
8435 PRISONER
8436 Supplies for your journey?
8437 Prisoners nearby laugh. Wayne moves to the cliff face. The
8438 Prisoner follows, intrigued by Wayne's new demeanor. The
8439 Tattooed Prisoner offers him the rope. Wayne refuses. Starts
8440 to climb. Prisoners gather around as word spreads. Wayne
8441 makes his way cautiously up the treacherous rock face. Down
8442 below the Prisoners start a low chant.
8443 As Wayne hoists himself up onto the precipice something
8444 EXPLODES from the cliff face. Wayne flinches - BATS... They
8445 circle up to the opening above...
8446 Wayne closes his eyes. The chant RISES. Wayne takes a
8447 breath...opens his eyes...looks down at the drop...up
8448 again...then he jumps.
8449
8450
8451 Time skips a beat as the Prisoners stop breathing.
8452 And Wayne GRABS the ledge above.
8453 The Prisoners go WILD as Wayne hoists himself up onto the
8454 ledge. The Blind Prisoner nods. Wayne climbs to FREEDOM.
8455
8456
8457
8458
8459
8460 EXT. CAVE PRISON, NEAR A FORTRESS - CONTINUOUS
8461
8462 Wayne climbs out of the hole and into formidable desolation.
8463 He shoulders his pack - spots a large coil of rope attached
8464 to the wall. He pushes it into the hole then walks away...
8465
8466
8467
8468 INT. BASEMENT, ABANDONED STOCK EXCHANGE - DAY
8469
8470 A mass of huddled Gothamites. Professionals (traders,
8471 industrialists). In a corner, Fox. Mercenaries come down
8472 into the chamber, pull out a man, who starts yelling. It is
8473 Stryver, Daggett's functionary.
8474
8475 STRYVER
8476 I want to see Bane! There's been a
8477 mistake! Take me to Bane!
8478 Fox watches him dragged upstairs...
8479
8480 128.
8481
8482
8483
8484
8485
8486 INT. ABANDONED STOCK EXCHANGE - MOMENTS LATER
8487
8488 A kangaroo court. Stryver is dragged before a jeering crowd.
8489
8490 STRYVER
8491 There's been a mistake! Where's
8492 Bane?!
8493
8494 VOICE (O.S.)
8495 There's been no mistake, Mr.
8496 Stryver.
8497
8498
8499 Stryver turns to look at the 'judge': Dr. Jonathan Crane.
8500
8501 CRANE
8502 You are Philip Stryver, executive
8503 vice-president of Daggett
8504 Industries? (Off nod from Stryver.)
8505 The same Philip Stryver who for
8506 years lived like a prince off the
8507 blood and sweat of people less
8508 powerful?
8509
8510
8511
8512 STRYVER
8513 Call Bane! I'm one of you!
8514 Jeers. Pull back to reveal a silent figure, watching. Bane.
8515
8516 CRANE
8517 Bane has no authority here. This is
8518 merely a sentencing hearing. The
8519 choice is yours, death or exile.
8520 Stryver looks around, terrified, as the crowd shouts
8521 'Death'.
8522
8523
8524
8525 STRYVER
8526 Exile.
8527
8528 CRANE
8529
8530 (SMASHES GAVEL)
8531 Sold...to the man in the cold
8532 sweat!
8533 Mercenaries pull Stryver from the dock...
8534
8535
8536
8537
8538
8539 EXT. GOTHAM RIVER - DAY
8540
8541 Stryver, with other wealthy Gothamites, is led down to the
8542 ice. A Blackgate Inmate undoes his handcuffs, whispering.
8543
8544 129.
8545
8546
8547
8548
8549
8550 BLACKGATE INMATE
8551 Follow the tick ice. Try to swim -
8552 you're dead in minutes.
8553
8554 STRYVER
8555 Has anyone made it?
8556 The Blackgate Inmate turns away. Stryver is forced onto the
8557 ice. He shuffles forward, listening to the creaking...
8558 Stryver is a hundred yards out when the river swallows him.
8559
8560
8561
8562
8563
8564 INT. EMPTY OFFICE BUILDING - DAY
8565
8566 Gordon stands over a map of the city. A handful of Cops sit
8567 around the room. Waiting. Gordon looks at his watch.
8568
8569
8570
8571 GORDON
8572 Where the hell are they? It's not
8573 like we have a lot of time, here.
8574
8575 COP
8576 How long?
8577
8578 GORDON
8579 The bomb goes off tomorrow. We've
8580 got about eighteen hours to do
8581 something.
8582
8583
8584
8585 COP
8586 To do what?
8587
8588 GORDON
8589 We mark that truck. Get a GPS on
8590 it, then we can start thinking
8591 about how to take it down.
8592 The door opens and Blake enters, followed by ten cops.
8593 Gordon is counting them in. He moves to Blake.
8594
8595
8596
8597 GORDON
8598
8599 (LOW)
8600 That's it?
8601 Blake just looks at him. Gordon checks the faces. Realizes.
8602
8603
8604
8605 GORDON
8606 Foley. Where's Foley, dammit?!
8607 Gordon heads for the door.
8608
8609 130.
8610
8611
8612
8613
8614
8615 BLAKE
8616 You shouldn't be out on the streets
8617
8618 -
8619
8620
8621
8622
8623
8624 EXT. FOLEY'S BROWNSTONE - DAY
8625
8626 Gordon hurries up the steps to a brownstone. Stabs the bell.
8627
8628 FOLEY'S WIFE
8629 Jim. He's not here -
8630
8631
8632 Gordon, furious, addresses the hallway behind her.
8633
8634 GORDON
8635 You're sending your wife to the
8636 door when the city's under
8637 occupation?!
8638 Foley appears at the end of the corridor. Ashamed.
8639
8640 FOLEY
8641 Wait in the kitchen, honey.
8642
8643
8644
8645 GORDON
8646 What did you do, bury your uniform
8647 in the backyard?
8648
8649 FOLEY
8650 Jim, you saw what they did to those
8651 Special Forces.
8652
8653 GORDON
8654 You forgotten all the years we went
8655 out on patrol with every gangbanger
8656 wanting to plant one as soon as our
8657 backs were turned?
8658
8659 FOLEY
8660 This is different and you know it.
8661 These guys run the city - the
8662 government's done a deal with them
8663
8664 -
8665
8666 GORDON
8667 Deal?! Bane's got their balls in a
8668 vice. That's not a deal -
8669
8670 FOLEY
8671 You move against Bane, the
8672 triggerman's gonna hit the button -
8673
8674 131.
8675
8676
8677
8678
8679
8680 GORDON
8681 You think he's given control of
8682 that bomb to one of 'the people'?!
8683 You think this is part of some
8684 revolution? There's one man with
8685 his finger on the button - Bane.
8686
8687 FOLEY
8688 We have to keep our heads down
8689 until they can fix this. If you
8690 still had family here maybe you'd -
8691
8692
8693
8694 GORDON
8695 This only gets fixed from inside
8696 the city, Foley. (Calmer.) Look,
8697 I'm not asking you to walk down
8698 Grand in your dress blues. But
8699 we've got to do something before
8700 this maniac blows us all to hell.
8701
8702 FOLEY
8703 I'm sorry Jim. I gotta -
8704
8705
8706
8707 GORDON
8708 Keep your head down? What's that
8709 gonna do tomorrow, when that thing
8710 blows?
8711
8712 FOLEY
8713 You don't know that's going to
8714 happen.
8715 Foley closes the door on Gordon. Gordon stands there.
8716
8717
8718
8719 MIRANDA (O.S)
8720 I hear you're looking for men,
8721 Commissioner.
8722 Gordon turns to see Miranda, Blake behind her. Blake shrugs.
8723
8724
8725
8726 MIRANDA
8727 How about me, instead?
8728
8729 GORDON
8730 Miss Tate, I can't ask you -
8731
8732
8733
8734 MIRANDA
8735 My company built it.
8736
8737 GORDON
8738 Bruce Wayne built it.
8739
8740 132.
8741
8742
8743
8744
8745
8746 MIRANDA
8747 And he wanted to destroy it. It was
8748 me who didn't listen. Please.
8749 Gordon looks at Blake. Then Miranda. Nods.
8750
8751
8752
8753 GORDON
8754 Let's go.
8755
8756
8757
8758 EXT. GOTHAM STREET - DAY
8759
8760
8761
8762 A Kid sprints down the deserted street, chased by two
8763 Gangbangers. The Kid slips in the snow - the men are on him.
8764
8765 GANGBANGER
8766 You steal from us, you little
8767 bastard?
8768 They grab the Kid's backpack, the Gangbanger pulls out an
8769 apple, moves to hit the Kid when - SMACK! - his hand is
8770 grabbed, and the apple flies into the air as his arm cracks.
8771 Selina catches the apple.
8772
8773
8774
8775 SELINA
8776 You boys know you can't come into
8777 my neighborhood without asking
8778 politely.
8779
8780
8781 Gangbanger 2 lunges with a knife - she spins him, making him
8782 stab himself in the backside. The Gangbangers run off,
8783 howling. The Kid eyes her, wary.
8784
8785 SELINA
8786 Never steal anything from someone
8787 you can't outrun, kid.
8788
8789 KID
8790 Now you're gonna take it.
8791
8792
8793 Selina looks at the red apple. Takes one perfect bite.
8794
8795 SELINA
8796 Just tax.
8797 She tosses him the apple. He takes it and runs.
8798
8799
8800
8801 WAYNE (O.S.)
8802 Pretty generous, for a thief.
8803 Selina recognizes the voice. Turns to find Wayne - strong,
8804 but weathered. Beard, work clothes.
8805
8806 133.
8807
8808
8809
8810
8811
8812 SELINA
8813 You came back. I thought they'd
8814 killed you.
8815
8816 WAYNE
8817 Not yet.
8818
8819 SELINA
8820 If you're expecting an apology -
8821
8822 WAYNE
8823 It wouldn't suit you. I need your
8824 help.
8825
8826 SELINA
8827 And why would I help you?
8828
8829
8830 Wayne pulls a USB drive out of his pocket.
8831
8832 WAYNE
8833 For this. The 'Clean Slate'.
8834
8835 SELINA
8836 You're gonna trust me with that?
8837 After what I did to you?
8838
8839 WAYNE
8840 I admit I felt a little let down.
8841 But I still think there's more to
8842 you. In fact, I think for you -
8843 (indicates USB) this isn't a tool,
8844 it's an escape route. You want to
8845 disappear. Start fresh.
8846
8847
8848 She looks at him. Takes the drive, staring at it.
8849
8850 SELINA
8851 Start fresh? I can't even get off
8852 this island.
8853
8854
8855
8856 WAYNE
8857 I can give you a way off. Once
8858 you've gotten me to Lucius Fox. I
8859 need you to find out where they're
8860 holding him. Then take me in.
8861
8862
8863
8864 SELINA
8865 Why do you need Fox?
8866
8867 WAYNE
8868 To save this city.
8869
8870 134.
8871
8872
8873
8874
8875
8876 SELINA
8877 Who says it needs saving? Maybe I
8878 like it this way.
8879
8880 WAYNE
8881 Maybe you do. But tomorrow that
8882 bomb's going off.
8883
8884 SELINA
8885 Get your powerful friend on the
8886 case.
8887
8888
8889
8890 WAYNE
8891 I'm trying. But I need Fox.
8892
8893
8894
8895 EXT. GOTHAM STREETS - DAY
8896
8897
8898
8899 Gordon and his Men are in two-man teams. Gordon is walking
8900 down the street with Miranda. He hands her a Geiger counter.
8901
8902 GORDON
8903 Stay further up the block. (Points
8904 at Men.) They're gonna cross the
8905 street and try and slow the truck
8906 down. As it approaches, hit this
8907 button. If the needle hits two
8908 hundred - give me the signal and I
8909 mark the truck. Okay?
8910
8911
8912
8913 BLAKE
8914
8915 (OVER RADIO)
8916 Heads up.
8917
8918
8919 Blake is up on a rooftop. Gordon moves down to the other end
8920 of the block. As the truck rumbles into view, Gordon's Men
8921 walk out into the street in front of it as if crossing the
8922 road. The convoy barely slows. Miranda gives Gordon the
8923 signal. As the truck comes past, he tosses a magnetic GPS
8924 locator at the lower part of the truck...
8925
8926
8927 Gordon regroups with his Men on the corner. Checks his GPS.
8928
8929 GORDON
8930 Got it.
8931
8932
8933 They keep moving, turning down the next street...into an
8934 ambush. Dozens of Mercenaries, weapons trained.
8935
8936 MERCENARY
8937 Commissioner Gordon, you're under
8938 arrest.
8939
8940 135.
8941
8942
8943
8944 GORDON
8945 On whose authority?
8946
8947 MERCERNARY
8948 The people of Gotham.
8949
8950
8951 Blake, from his vantage point, watches Gordon, Miranda and
8952 the other Cops being rounded up and led away...
8953
8954
8955
8956 INT. BASEMENT, ABANDONED STOCK EXCHANGE - DAY
8957
8958
8959
8960 Miranda comforts a crying Woman in the corner. Thugs come
8961 down the stairs, laughing, leading a Hooded Prisoner. They
8962 kick him down the last step and he stumbles. Fox moves to
8963 his aid.
8964
8965
8966
8967 BASEMENT THUG 1
8968 Find this one a spot, he's got a
8969 big day tomorrow.
8970 They dump the Hooded Man with Fox.
8971
8972
8973
8974 BASEMENT THUG 2
8975 We all do. It's not every day you
8976 bag Bruce Wayne...
8977 Fox hears this. Pulls the bag from Wayne's head. Wayne nods
8978 at him, silent. Fox nods back. The Thugs leave. Miranda
8979 comes over.
8980
8981 MIRANDA
8982 Bruce?
8983
8984
8985
8986 FOX
8987 You picked a hell of a time to go
8988 on vacation, Mr. Wayne.
8989
8990 WAYNE
8991 How long until the core ignites?
8992
8993
8994
8995 FOX
8996 That bomb goes off in twelve hours.
8997
8998 WAYNE
8999 Unless we can connect it to the
9000 reactor.
9001
9002 FOX
9003 If you can get it there. I'll find
9004 a way to plug it back in.
9005 (Indicates Miranda.) Can you get
9006 Miranda out?
9007
9008 136.
9009
9010
9011
9012
9013
9014 WAYNE
9015 Not tonight. I'm sorry.
9016
9017 MIRANDA
9018 Do what's necessary.
9019
9020
9021
9022 WAYNE
9023
9024 (TO FOX)
9025 Tonight I need you.
9026
9027 FOX
9028 What for?
9029
9030 WAYNE
9031 To get me back in the game.
9032 Catwoman comes down the stairs with the Thugs.
9033
9034
9035
9036 CATWOMAN
9037 Sorry to spoil things, boys, but
9038 Bane wants these guys himself...
9039 The thugs pull Wayne and Fox to their feet - Miranda looks
9040 up.
9041
9042 WAYNE
9043 I won't forget about you.
9044
9045 MIRANDA
9046 I know.
9047
9048
9049
9050 EXT. COLONNADE, HOLDING AREA - CONTINUOUS
9051
9052 The Thugs lead Wayne and Fox along the colonnade. Catwoman
9053 spins, takes out one Thug with a heel, one with a punch to
9054 the throat. Fox smiles as she unlocks his wrists.
9055
9056 FOX
9057 I like your girlfriend, Mr. Wayne.
9058
9059
9060
9061 CATWOMAN
9062 He should be so lucky.
9063 And she's gone. Fox turns to Wayne. Who shrugs.
9064
9065
9066
9067
9068
9069 INT. DARK SPACE - NIGHT
9070
9071 Lights flicker on... Wayne and Fox are in the Bat-Bunker.
9072
9073 137.
9074
9075
9076
9077
9078
9079 WAYNE
9080 Any move I make against Bane or the
9081 bomb - the triggerman sets it off.
9082
9083 FOX
9084 They can't be using radio or cell -
9085 too much interference. Infrared
9086 doesn't have the range. It could
9087 only be micro-burst long wave...
9088 Wayne opens a panel in the wall, takes out equipment:
9089 mini-mines, Batarangs, utility belt...
9090
9091 WAYNE
9092 Could you block it?
9093
9094 FOX
9095 Yes. I need the EMP cannon-guidance
9096 mount from the Bat. You remember
9097 where you parked?
9098 Wayne nods. Smiles. The Batsuit rises from the floor...
9099
9100
9101
9102
9103
9104 INT. ABANDONED STOCK EXCHANGE - EVENING (LATE DAY)
9105
9106 Gordon and his men on trial. Crane presides.
9107
9108 CRANE
9109 The charges are espionage and
9110 attempted sabotage... Do you have
9111 anything to say in your defense?
9112
9113 GORDON
9114 No lawyer, no witnesses. What sort
9115 of due process is this?
9116
9117 CRANE
9118 More than you give Harvey's
9119 prisoners, Commissioner. Your guilt
9120 is determined, this is merely a
9121 sentencing hearing. What's it to
9122 be, death or exile?
9123
9124 GORDON
9125 Crane, if you think we are going
9126 willingly out onto that ice, you've
9127 got another think coming.
9128
9129 CRANE
9130 Death, then?
9131
9132 138.
9133
9134
9135
9136
9137
9138 GORDON
9139 Looks that way.
9140
9141 CRANE
9142 Very well... Death... (Smiles.) By
9143 exile.
9144
9145
9146 He smashes his gavel. Bane leans in to one of his men,
9147 indicates Miranda.
9148
9149 BANE
9150 Bring her to me.
9151
9152
9153
9154 INT. STAIRWELL, SKYSCRAPER - SUNSET
9155
9156 Wayne bounds up the stairs. Fox follows, out of breath
9157
9158
9159
9160 LUCIUS
9161 I think it's time to talk about my
9162 year-end bonus...
9163
9164
9165
9166
9167
9168 EXT. ROOFTOP, SKYSCRAPER, GOTHAM - MOMENTS LATER
9169
9170 Fox emerges to see Wayne uncovering the Bat... As the sun
9171 sets, Fox starts pulling apart the gun mount.
9172
9173 FOX
9174 She fly pretty well?
9175
9176 WAYNE
9177 Even without the autopilot...
9178
9179 FOX
9180 Autopilot? That's what you're there
9181 for.
9182
9183
9184
9185 EXT. GOTHAM RIVER - NIGHT
9186
9187
9188
9189 Gordon and the rest of the men stand at the edge of the ice.
9190 A Mercenary fires his gun in the air. Gordon takes a breath,
9191 then leads his men onto the ice...which creaks and groans...
9192 Further out, Gordon stops - sniffs - looks down: a pool of
9193 liquid, beside it: a flare. Gordon picks it up, puzzled.
9194
9195 BATMAN (O.S.)
9196 Light it up.
9197
9198 139.
9199
9200
9201
9202
9203 Gordon, energized by the familiar voice, lights the flare -
9204 jams it into the liquid, sending a trail of FIRE across the
9205 ice - up into a building where it forms the shape of a
9206
9207 BAT...
9208
9209
9210
9211
9212
9213 INT. FOLEY'S BROWNSTONE - CONTINUOUS
9214
9215
9216 FOLEY'S KIDS
9217 Dad! Check it out!
9218
9219
9220
9221 FOLEY'S WIFE
9222 Honey, take a look!
9223 Foley moves to a back window. Sees the flaming sign.
9224
9225
9226
9227
9228
9229 EXT. GOTHAM STREET - CONTINUOUS
9230
9231 A Mercenary nervously approaches Bane's back.
9232
9233 MERCENARY
9234 Sir?
9235
9236
9237 Bane turns. The Mercenary points at the sign.
9238
9239 MERCENARY
9240 You think it's really him?
9241
9242
9243
9244 BANE
9245 Impossible...
9246
9247
9248
9249 INT. FOLEY'S BROWNSTONE, BEDROOM - MOMENTS LATER
9250
9251
9252
9253 Foley yanks up the floorboards. Pull his dress blues from
9254 their hiding place.
9255
9256
9257
9258 EXT. OUTFLOW PIPE, ACKERMAN PARK - CONTINUOUS
9259
9260
9261
9262 Mercenaries guarding the entrance see the sign. One of them
9263 moves out to get a better look. WHAM! He is taken out by a
9264 dark figure. The figure steps into the light - it is
9265 Blake...
9266
9267
9268
9269
9270
9271 EXT. GOTHAM RIVER - CONTINUOUS
9272
9273 Batman hands Gordon a metal box.
9274
9275 140.
9276
9277
9278
9279 BATMAN
9280 This blocks the remote detonator
9281 signal to the bomb. Get it onto the
9282 truck by sunrise. They might hit
9283 the button when it starts.
9284
9285
9286
9287 GORDON
9288 When what starts?
9289
9290 BATMAN
9291 War.
9292
9293
9294
9295
9296
9297 EXT. OUTFLOW PIPE, ACKERMAN PARK - CONTINUOUS
9298
9299 Blake takes out a second Mercenary - moves over to the open
9300 manhole. Ross emerges - nots at Blake, who helps him climb
9301 out. BANG - Ross goes down as Blake dives for cover. Blake
9302 is grabbed by Mercenaries. They detonate the manhole,
9303 sealing it, prepare to execute Blake. A dark shape drops
9304 onto the Mercenaries... Blake watches, in awe, as Batman
9305 takes them out in a fury of punches and kicks - then it is
9306 finished. Quiet. One of the Mercenaries moves slightly.
9307
9308 BLAKE
9309 You missed a spot.
9310 Batman boots him in the head as he moves towards Blake.
9311
9312
9313
9314 BATMAN
9315 If you're working alone, wear a
9316 mask.
9317
9318 BLAKE
9319 No one cares who I am.
9320
9321 BATMAN
9322 The mask is not for you. It's to
9323 protect the people you care about.
9324
9325
9326
9327 BLAKE
9328 Huh. And you always seem to know
9329 where those people are. How is
9330 that?
9331
9332 BATMAN
9333 I lost someone once. Since then I
9334 break into their homes when they're
9335 sleeping and implant a tracking
9336 device on the back of their neck.
9337
9338
9339 Blake laughs. Then feels the back of his neck. Batman tosses
9340 Blake a mini-mine.
9341
9342 141.
9343
9344
9345
9346
9347
9348 BATMAN
9349 On three - one, two, three -
9350 They throw the mini-mines at the rubble of the entrance -
9351 the blasts barely move any rubble.
9352
9353
9354
9355 BLAKE
9356 No offense, but you got anything
9357 bigger in that belt?
9358
9359 BATMAN
9360 That's to warn the men on the other
9361 side.
9362 Batman disappears into the shadows.
9363
9364 BLAKE
9365 But how do we -?
9366 KAABOOOM! The Bat's cannons light up the night.
9367
9368 BLAKE
9369 Okay.
9370
9371
9372 Cops climb out into the cold night - skinny, ragged, but
9373 glad to be alive and carrying guns...
9374
9375 BLAKE
9376 What now?
9377
9378
9379
9380 BATMAN
9381 All-out assault on Bane...but you
9382 need to get the people you care
9383 about across the bridge.
9384
9385
9386
9387 BLAKE
9388 Why?
9389
9390 BATMAN
9391 In case we fail. Lead an exodus
9392 across the bridge. Save as many
9393 lives as you can.
9394
9395 BLAKE
9396 Don't you need me here?
9397
9398
9399
9400 BATMAN
9401 You've given me an army. Now go.
9402 Blake nods. Turns to leave. Stops.
9403
9404 142.
9405
9406
9407
9408 BLAKE
9409 Thank you.
9410
9411
9412
9413 BATMAN
9414 Don't thank me yet.
9415
9416 BLAKE
9417 I might not get a chance later.
9418
9419
9420 Batman nods. Blake disappears into the night.
9421
9422
9423
9424 EXT. GOTHAM STREET - CONTINUOUS
9425
9426 Gordon checks the metal box. Puts it under his coat. Nods at
9427 his men, hiding in the doorways. Checks his GPS...
9428
9429
9430
9431 EXT. ALLEY - NIGHT
9432
9433 Batman leads Catwoman to a rusty old container. He opens it,
9434 revealing the Bat-Pod. Catwoman's eyes light up.
9435
9436 CATWOMAN
9437 Oh, you shouldn't have...
9438 She hops on, feeling the controls.
9439
9440
9441
9442 BATMAN
9443 The mid-town tunnel's blocked by
9444 debris, but the cannons give you
9445 enough firepower to make a path for
9446 people.
9447
9448
9449 Catwoman marvels at the controls...
9450
9451 BATMAN
9452 To start it, you -
9453
9454
9455
9456 VARROOOM!
9457
9458 CATWOMAN
9459 I got it.
9460
9461
9462
9463 BATMAN
9464 We've got forty-five minutes to
9465 save this city -
9466
9467 CATWOMAN
9468 No, I've got forty-five minutes to
9469 get clear of the blast radius,
9470 because you don't stand a chance
9471 against these guys.
9472
9473 143.
9474
9475
9476
9477 BATMAN
9478 With your help I might.
9479
9480
9481 She shakes her head.
9482
9483 CATWOMAN
9484 I'll open that tunnel, then I'm
9485 gone.
9486
9487
9488 He looks at her.
9489
9490 BATMAN
9491 There's more to you than that.
9492 She stares back at him. Facade slipping a touch.
9493
9494
9495
9496 CATWOMAN
9497 Sorry to keep letting you down.
9498 He says nothing. She looks at him, imploring.
9499 Come with me. Save yourself. You
9500 don't owe these people anymore -
9501 you've given them everything...
9502
9503 BATMAN
9504 Not everything. Not yet.
9505
9506
9507 Batman turns. Catwoman watches him go. Then fires up the
9508 bike and takes off.
9509
9510
9511
9512 EXT. STREETS LEADING TO SOUTH TUNNEL - NIGHT
9513
9514
9515
9516 Catwoman tears along on the Bat-Pod. She pulls up at the
9517 tunnel entrance blocked by stacked vehicles.
9518
9519
9520
9521 EXT. DOWNTOWN STREETS - DAWN
9522
9523
9524
9525 The army of Cops stands at the low end of the street. At the
9526 op is Bane's stronghold - City Hall. Men pour out of the
9527 building, forming up into an opposing line.
9528 A Cop wearing full dress blues steps forward. It is Foley.
9529 The silence is eerie... The numbers look evenly matched -
9530 until two Tumblers arrive.
9531
9532 VOICE
9533
9534 (OVER LOUDSPEAKER)
9535
9536 DISPERSE. DISPERSE OR BE FIRED
9537
9538 UPON.
9539 The Cops look shaky, pale, but determined.
9540
9541 144.
9542
9543
9544
9545
9546
9547 FOLEY
9548 There's only one police in this
9549 city.
9550 He steps forward. The line follows.
9551
9552
9553
9554
9555
9556 EXT. CITY HALL - CONTINUOUS
9557
9558 Bane stands in the colonnade. Watching.
9559
9560
9561
9562 BANE
9563 Open fire.
9564
9565
9566
9567 EXT. STREET, DOWNTOWN GOTHAM - CONTINUOUS
9568
9569
9570
9571 The Tumblers FIRE into the line of Cops, THROWING men into
9572 the air, SCREAMING. The line of Cops is about to scatter -
9573 WHOOOSHHH. The Bat DROPS down in front of the Cops and
9574 BLASTS both Tumblers, FLIPPING them sideways. The Bat RISES
9575 and the cops run towards the Mercenaries, firing - until
9576 they are close enough to fight hand-to-hand. The street is
9577 filled with thousands of men in pitched battle.
9578
9579
9580
9581 EXT. STREETS LEADING TO SOUTH TUNNEL - CONTINUOUS
9582
9583 Catwoman, hearing the distant battle, blasts the tunnel
9584 blockage...the dust settles. Her path is clear.
9585
9586
9587
9588 EXT. GOTHAM STREET - CONTINUOUS
9589
9590 Gordon heard the fighting. Checks the box. Nervous.
9591
9592
9593
9594 GORDON
9595 Come on, come on...
9596
9597
9598
9599 EXT. DOWNTOWN STREET - CONTINUOUS
9600
9601
9602
9603 Bane strides through the battle, taking out Cops left and
9604 right. A space clears - he is face the face with the
9605 Batman...
9606
9607
9608
9609 BANE
9610 You came back. To die with your
9611 city.
9612
9613 BATMAN
9614 No. I came back to stop you.
9615
9616 145.
9617
9618
9619
9620
9621 Bane leaps at Batman, smashing powerful blows into his head.
9622 Batman ducks, weaves and smashes his fists into Bane's side.
9623 Someone is watching from the window of City Hall - Miranda.
9624
9625
9626
9627
9628
9629 EXT. GOTHAM STREET - CONTINUOUS
9630
9631 The black truck rounds the corner. Gordon signals his man in
9632 a Greyhound bus - who pulls across the street. The truck
9633 smashes into the bus and stops. Gordon and his men swarm in,
9634 blasting at the Guards. Gordon opens the back - empty. No
9635 bomb. Wrong truck.
9636
9637 GORDON
9638 That's impossible... Come on! Cut
9639 over to Fifth!
9640
9641
9642 They sprint for the next parallel avenue...
9643
9644
9645
9646 INT. REACTOR PLANT - CONTINUOUS
9647
9648
9649
9650 Fox hurries into the reactor - starts throwing switches...
9651
9652
9653
9654 EXT. ST. SWITHIN'S HOME FOR BOYS - CONTINUOUS
9655
9656 Blake leads the boys out of the home - points down the
9657 street.
9658
9659 BLAKE
9660 Knock on doors, spread the word -
9661 the bomb's going to blow! Get out
9662 by the South Street tunnel, or over
9663 the bridge! Do two blocks, then get
9664 back to the bus!
9665 The boys race down the street. Father Reilly climbs into the
9666 bus.
9667
9668
9669
9670
9671
9672 EXT. DOWNTOWN STREETS - CONTINUOUS
9673
9674 Batman and Bane fight, Batman pushing Bane back - a Tumbler
9675 roars between them, separating them. Batman chases after.
9676
9677 146.
9678
9679
9680
9681
9682
9683 INT. LOBBY, CITY HALL - CONTINUOUS
9684
9685 Bane SMASHES backwards through the door, Batman on him.
9686 Batman POUNDS Bane against the marble floor. Mercenaries
9687 guarding Miranda move towards them -
9688
9689
9690
9691 BANE
9692 Stay back. He is mine -
9693 Bane SMASHES Batman's head - moves in for the kill, but
9694 Batman SMASHES Bane to the ground, RIPS sideways across the
9695 tubes of Bane's mask with the blades of his forearm. Bane
9696 bellows, thrashing in AGONY. Batman holds him down with a
9697 hand on his throat - searches him with his free hand.
9698
9699 BATMAN
9700 Give me the trigger! You'd never
9701 give it to an ordinary citizen -
9702 Bane's thrashing calms as he stares at Batman through
9703 pain-soaked eyes...gasping through his broken mask for
9704 relief.
9705
9706
9707
9708 BANE
9709 I broke you. How have you come
9710 back?
9711
9712 BATMAN
9713 You thought you were the only one
9714 who could learn the strength to
9715 escape?
9716 Bane looks at Batman, curiosity behind his pain.
9717
9718
9719
9720 BANE
9721 I never escaped - R¯'s al Gh¯l
9722
9723 A U
9724 rescued me. That is why I must
9725 fulfill his plan. That is why I
9726 must avenge his murder.
9727
9728
9729
9730 BATMAN
9731
9732 (CONFUSED)
9733 The child of R¯'s al Gh¯l made the
9734
9735 A U
9736
9737 CLIMB -
9738
9739 MIRANDA (O.S)
9740 But he is not the child of R¯'s al
9741
9742 A
9743 Gh¯l...
9744
9745 U
9746 Batman flinches, frozen as Miranda leans into his ear...
9747
9748 147.
9749
9750
9751
9752
9753
9754 MIRANDA
9755 I am.
9756 Miranda has a knife through Batman's suit, into his ribs...
9757 And though I am not 'ordinary', I
9758 am a citizen...
9759
9760
9761 She pulls out the trigger...
9762
9763
9764
9765 EXT. FIFTH STREET - CONTINUOUS
9766
9767
9768
9769 Gordon spots the second black truck moving down the street.
9770 His men pull in front, slowing it. Gordon jumps into the
9771 back. The truck accelerates - Gordon drops, hanging on to
9772 the bumper, struggling with the box, trying to turn it on...
9773
9774
9775
9776
9777
9778 INT. LOBBY, CITY HALL - CONTINUOUS
9779
9780 Batman cannot move to defend himself. He has Bane by the
9781 throat, but Miranda has her knife in his side -
9782
9783
9784
9785 MIRANDA/TALIA
9786 My mother named me Talia before she
9787 was killed. The way I would've been
9788 killed if not for my
9789 protector...Bane.
9790
9791
9792 INSERT CUT: the child, Talia, makes eye-contact with the
9793 Protector, then leaps. Down below, Prisoners swarm over the
9794 protector, ripping the muslin from his face. Bane looks up
9795 at Talia, says one quiet word -
9796
9797 BANE
9798 Goodbye.
9799 Then is overrun.
9800
9801 TALIA
9802 I climbed out of the pit...
9803 INSERT CUT: Young Talia stands by the hole looking out at
9804 the landscape...
9805 I found my father and brought him
9806 back to exact terrible vengeance -
9807 but by that time...the prisoners
9808 and the doctor had done their work
9809 to my friend...my protector...
9810 Talia reaches up to touch Bane's mask.
9811
9812 148.
9813
9814
9815 INSERT CUT: the League of Shadows descend into the prison -
9816 at their head, R¯'s al Gh¯l. They slaughter prisoners. Then
9817
9818 A U
9819 stop. R¯'s al Gh¯l has found Bane, bandaged.
9820
9821 A U
9822
9823
9824
9825 TALIA
9826 The League took us in. Trained
9827 us...
9828
9829
9830
9831
9832
9833 INT. TEMPLE, LEAGUE OF SHADOWS - DAY
9834
9835 Bane in a prototype mask, stands on logs, blocking blows
9836 from men with sticks.
9837
9838 TALIA (V.O.)
9839 But my father could not accept
9840 Bane.
9841 R¯'s al Gh¯l watches Bane training. Turns away.
9842
9843 A U
9844
9845
9846
9847
9848
9849 INT. LOBBY, CITY HALL - CONTINUOUS
9850
9851 Talia looks into Bane's eyes as she holds the knife in
9852 Batman's side.
9853
9854 TALIA
9855 He saw only a monster who could
9856 never be tamed. Whose very
9857 existence was a reminder of the
9858 hell he'd left his wife to die in.
9859 He excommunicated Bane from the
9860 League of Shadows. His only crime
9861 was that he loved me. I could not
9862 truly forgive my father...
9863 Talia looks at Batman, cold.
9864 Until you murdered him.
9865
9866
9867
9868 BATMAN
9869 He was trying to kill millions of
9870 innocent people -
9871
9872 TALIA
9873 'Innocent' is a strong word to
9874 throw around Gotham, Bruce. I honor
9875 my father by finishing his work.
9876 Vengeance against the man who
9877 killed him is simply a reward for
9878 my patience...
9879
9880
9881 Talia twists the knife in Batman's side.
9882 You see, it's the slow knife...the
9883 knife that takes its time, the
9884
9885 (MORE)
9886
9887 149.
9888
9889
9890
9891 TALIA (CONT'D)
9892 knife that waits years without
9893 forgetting, then slips quietly
9894 between bones...that's the knife -
9895 Talia arms the trigger...
9896 - that cuts deepest.
9897 She hits the button - nothing.
9898
9899
9900
9901
9902
9903 EXT. FIFTH STREET - CONTINUOUS
9904
9905 A light on the metal box is blinking. Gordon hangs on -
9906
9907
9908
9909
9910
9911 INT. LOBBY, CITY HALL - CONTINUOUS
9912
9913 Talia turns, furious.
9914
9915 BATMAN
9916 Your knife may have been too
9917 slow...
9918 A Mercenary steps forward -
9919
9920 MERCENARY
9921 The truck's under attack -
9922 Talia looks around, mind racing.
9923
9924 TALIA
9925 Gordon. (To Batman.) You gave him a
9926 way to block my signal. No matter -
9927 (Looks at watch.) He's bought
9928 Gotham eleven minutes. (Shouts at
9929 Mercenary.) Prepare a convoy. We
9930 must secure the bomb until it
9931 detonates.
9932 Talia jumps to her feet. Bane grabs a shotgun from a
9933 Mercenary - points it at Batman.
9934
9935 TALIA
9936 Not yet... I want him to feel the
9937 heat. (To Batman.) Feel the fire of
9938 twelve million souls you failed.
9939 Talia reaches up to Bane's mask, reconnects his tubes,
9940 tenderly.
9941 Goodbye, my friend.
9942 Bane nods at her, slowly. Talia moves out with the
9943 Mercenaries.
9944
9945 150.
9946
9947
9948
9949
9950
9951 EXT. CITY HALL - CONTINUOUS
9952
9953 Talia gets into a Tumbler with a Mercenary. Three Tumblers
9954 pull out in convoy, blowing anything out of the way - cars,
9955 cops.
9956
9957
9958 Foley stands in the road, firing his sidearm. Talia's
9959 Tumbler SMASHES him out of the way.
9960
9961
9962
9963 INT. LOBBY, CITY HALL - CONTINUOUS
9964
9965
9966
9967 Bane grabs Batman, throws him into the floor - checks the
9968 rounds in the barrels.
9969
9970 BANE
9971 You'll have to imagine the fire -
9972
9973
9974 He shuts the gun - jams it into Batman's face.
9975 We both know I need to kill you
9976 now.
9977 He squeezes the trigger. BLAMMM! Bane is blasted across the
9978 lobby by cannon fire.
9979 Catwoman is there, on the Bat-Pod.
9980
9981 CATWOMAN
9982 The whole no-guns thing? I don't
9983 feel as strongly about it as you
9984 do.
9985
9986
9987
9988 EXT. GOTHAM BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS
9989
9990
9991
9992 Blake pulls up to the barricade, leads the kids off,
9993 marching them up the bridge, Father Reilly at the rear. A
9994 Uniform shouts through the loudhailer -
9995
9996 UNIFORM
9997 Stay there! What are you doing?!
9998
9999 BLAKE
10000
10001 (PULLS BADGE)
10002 Blake, MCU - I'm getting these boys
10003 to safety -
10004
10005
10006
10007 UNIFORM
10008 Safety?! You're gonna get us all
10009 killed. Anyone crosses this bridge
10010 they blow the city -
10011
10012 151.
10013
10014
10015
10016
10017
10018 BLAKE
10019 It's gonna blow anyway. We need
10020 this bridge open right now.
10021
10022 UNIFORM
10023 No one leaves the island. Orders -
10024
10025 BLAKE
10026 Whose orders? Bane's?
10027
10028 UNIFORM
10029 Police Department's.
10030
10031 BLAKE
10032 Haven't you heard the shooting? The
10033 Batman's battling it out with Bane
10034
10035 -
10036
10037
10038
10039 UNIFORM
10040 The Batman's dead. Look, Officer -
10041
10042 BLAKE
10043 It's Detective -
10044
10045
10046
10047 UNIFORM
10048 Well, Detective, you take one more
10049 step, we have to shoot you. Two
10050 more steps, we have to blow the
10051 bridge.
10052
10053
10054
10055 BLAKE
10056 (to the boys)
10057 Wait for me back at the bus.
10058 The Boys walk back down the bridge...
10059
10060
10061
10062
10063
10064 EXT. DOWNTOWN STREETS - CONTINUOUS
10065
10066 Talia's convoy surrounds the black truck. Tumblers off each
10067 flank, protecting the bomb as it counts down...
10068
10069
10070
10071 INT. LOBBY, CITY HALL - CONTINUOUS
10072
10073 Batman looks at Catwoman.
10074
10075
10076
10077 BATMAN
10078 I need you on the ground, me in the
10079 air, we have to force that convoy
10080 east, to the entrance to the
10081
10082 REACTOR -
10083
10084 152.
10085
10086
10087
10088
10089
10090 EXT. CITY HALL - MOMENTS LATER
10091
10092 Catwoman roars down the steps on the Bat-Pod.
10093
10094
10095
10096 INT. BLACK TRUCK - CONTINUOUS
10097
10098
10099
10100 Gordon climbs into the back of the truck - the bomb is
10101 there, heating up. He looks at the countdown - nine
10102 minutes...
10103
10104
10105
10106
10107
10108 EXT. GOTHAM BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS
10109
10110 Blake turns back to the Uniform.
10111
10112 BLAKE
10113 Your orders are out of date! The
10114 situation's changed! Listen, I'm a
10115 cop like you. And I'm walking out
10116 there. Please don't shoot me.
10117 Blake walks. Shots ring out at his feet. He keeps walking...
10118
10119
10120
10121
10122
10123 EXT. GOTHAM STREETS - CONTINUOUS
10124
10125 The Bat descends on the convoy, Catwoman approaches on the
10126 ground. A rolling battle ensues. Catwoman targets the rear
10127 of the Tumblers, Batman swings the Bat in low at the
10128 junctions, trying to force the convoy east...
10129 The Tumbler's gun turrets swing around onto Catwoman. She
10130 swerves to avoid heavy fire.
10131
10132
10133
10134
10135
10136 EXT. GOTHAM BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS
10137
10138 Blake continues to walk, ignoring the warning shots.
10139
10140 UNIFORM
10141 Son-of-a-bitch! (To his partner.)
10142 Blow it! Before he reaches the line
10143
10144 -
10145 His partner arms the detonator. Uniform shouts at Blake -
10146
10147
10148
10149 UNIFORM
10150 Get down! We're blowing the bridge!
10151 As Blake looks, disbelieving, the bridge in front of him
10152 blasts upwards in a massive fireball. Blake dives backwards.
10153
10154 153.
10155
10156
10157
10158
10159
10160 EXT. GOTHAM STREETS - CONTINUOUS
10161
10162 The Bat blasts away in front of the convoy, making a huge
10163 crater in front of a Tumbler and trapping it, rear in the
10164 air. Catwoman dodges around it, uses the Bat-Pod cannons to
10165 take out another Tumbler... The countdown ticks away...seven
10166 minutes.
10167
10168
10169
10170 INT. REACTOR PLANT - CONTINUOUS
10171
10172
10173
10174 As Fox fires up the reactor something catches his eye -
10175 something is wrong...
10176
10177
10178
10179 EXT. GOTHAM BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS
10180
10181
10182
10183 The smoke clears, Blake sees the impossible gap.
10184
10185 BLAKE
10186 You idiots! You sons of bitches!
10187 You're killing us!!
10188
10189
10190
10191
10192
10193 INT. BLACK TRUCK - CONTINUOUS
10194
10195 Gordon climbs out the back of the truck but is immediately
10196 strafed by gunfire from the Tumblers. He dives back inside,
10197 moves to the front of the trailer - looks at the bulkhead,
10198 gauging the driver's position. Starts firing blind through
10199 the bulkhead -
10200
10201
10202
10203 INT. CAB, BLACK TRUCK - CONTINUOUS
10204
10205
10206
10207 Bullets fly through the cab. The driver takes one, falls
10208 forward, dead. Talia takes the wheel - bullets keep coming.
10209
10210
10211
10212 EXT. GOTHAM BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS
10213
10214
10215
10216 Blake races back. Father Reilly has the boys in a huddle,
10217
10218 PRAYING -
10219
10220 BLAKE
10221 Father! Get the boys on the bus -
10222
10223
10224
10225 FATHER REILLY
10226 But there's nowhere to go, son.
10227
10228 154.
10229
10230
10231
10232
10233
10234 EXT. GOTHAM STREETS - CONTINUOUS
10235
10236 The Bat spins down in front of the black truck, forcing it
10237 into a hard right turn...
10238
10239
10240
10241
10242
10243 INT. TRUCK - CONTINUOUS
10244
10245 Talia watches the navigation screen.
10246
10247 TUMBLER DRIVER
10248
10249 (OVER RADIO)
10250 They're trying to force us onto
10251
10252 GRAND -
10253
10254 TALIA
10255 Pushing us to the entrance of the
10256 reactor. They're going to try and
10257 reconnect the core.
10258
10259 TUMBLER DRIVER
10260
10261 (OVER RADIO)
10262 Can they?
10263
10264
10265 Talia smiles.
10266
10267
10268
10269 INT. REACTOR PLANT - CONTINUOUS
10270
10271
10272
10273 Fox runs to a ladder. Alarms sound. As he hits the ladder he
10274 turns. A massive rumble builds - water SMASHES into the
10275 reactor, flooding in from both directions.
10276
10277
10278
10279 EXT. GOTHAM STREETS - CONTINUOUS
10280
10281
10282
10283 Catwoman comes up behind the lead Tumbler. She blasts it
10284 again and again - it flips diagonally into the path of the
10285 black truck, causing the truck to lurch onto its side. Both
10286 vehicles careen into the mouth of the tunnel.
10287
10288
10289
10290
10291
10292 INT. REACTOR PLANT - CONTINUOUS
10293
10294 Fox loops his arm around a rung of the ladder and braces as
10295 a wave smashes into him, painfully...
10296
10297 155.
10298
10299
10300
10301
10302
10303 EXT. TUNNEL ENTRANCE - CONTINUOUS
10304
10305 Gordon jumps out of the truck, opening the rear doors to
10306 expose the glowing core. Catwoman pulls up on the Bat-Pod.
10307
10308 GORDON
10309 Give me a hand!
10310 The Bat lands at the tunnel mouth. Gordon moves in to try
10311 and grab the core but it is too hot.
10312 Let's get a cable on it and drag it
10313 out! Come on, we're almost there -
10314 Laughter. Gordon turns. Talia, lying half out the truck.
10315 Dying.
10316
10317 TALIA
10318 Fox showed me how to operate the
10319 reactor core. Including the
10320 emergency flood -
10321
10322
10323
10324 INT. REACTOR PLANT - CONTINUOUS
10325
10326
10327
10328 Fox pulls himself above the rising whitewater -
10329
10330
10331
10332 EXT. TUNNEL ENTRANCE - CONTINUOUS
10333
10334
10335
10336 Gordon looks down at Talia. Batman is at his side.
10337
10338 TALIA
10339 There is no way to stop this bomb.
10340 Prepare yourselves... (Looks up at
10341 Batman.) My father's work is done.
10342
10343
10344 Talia smiles as her eyes flutter closed. Gordon turns -
10345 Batman is at the core, plunging his hands into the heat to
10346 attach a hoist from the Bat.
10347
10348 GORDON
10349 What're you doing?
10350
10351 BATMAN
10352 Two minutes. I can fly it out over
10353 the bay...
10354
10355
10356 Catwoman is at his side as he works.
10357
10358 CATWOMAN
10359 Rig it out to fly over the water,
10360 then bail -
10361
10362 156.
10363
10364
10365
10366
10367
10368 BATMAN
10369 No autopilot.
10370 She takes this in. He stands to face her.
10371
10372 CATWOMAN
10373 You could've gone anywhere. Been
10374 anything. But you came back here.
10375
10376 BATMAN
10377 So did you.
10378
10379
10380
10381 CATWOMAN
10382 I guess we're both suckers.
10383 She puts her arms around his neck. Kisses him. Batman moves
10384 to the Bat, Gordon alongside.
10385
10386
10387
10388 GORDON
10389 So this is the part where you
10390 vanish, only this time you don't
10391 come back?
10392
10393
10394 Batman opens the canopy.
10395
10396
10397
10398 EXT. GOTHAM BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS
10399
10400 Blake grabs at the smallest boys, shoving them onto the bus.
10401
10402
10403
10404 BLAKE
10405 Come on! On the bus!
10406
10407 FATHER REILLY
10408 What're you doing?
10409
10410
10411
10412 BLAKE
10413 Protection from the blast -
10414
10415 FATHER REILLY
10416 It's an atom bomb -!
10417
10418
10419 Blake turns on Father Reilly, furious.
10420
10421 BLAKE
10422 You think they need to hear that in
10423 their last seconds? You think I'm
10424 going to let them die without hope?
10425
10426 157.
10427
10428
10429
10430
10431
10432 EXT. TUNNEL ENTRANCE - CONTINUOUS
10433
10434 Gordon puts a hand on Batman's arm.
10435
10436 GORDON
10437 I never cared who you were -
10438
10439
10440
10441 BATMAN
10442 And you were right.
10443
10444 GORDON
10445 But shouldn't the people know the
10446 hero who saved them?
10447
10448 BATMAN
10449 A hero can be anyone. That was
10450 always the point.
10451
10452
10453 Batman sits into the cockpit, then looks again at Gordon.
10454 Anyone. A man doing something as
10455 simple and reassuring as putting a
10456 coat around a little boy's
10457 shoulders to let him know that the
10458 world hadn't ended...
10459 The canopy closes - and as the Bat fires up Gordon remembers
10460
10461 -
10462 INSERT CUT: Gordon, in his uniform, wraps the overcoat
10463 around the Young Bruce's shoulders, his eyes reassuring,
10464 loving.
10465 Gordon looks up to the cockpit -
10466
10467 GORDON
10468 Bruce Wayne?
10469 - but is dusted by downdraft as the Bat RISES. Gordon LEAPS
10470 out of the way as the core is dragged along and out of the
10471 tunnel mouth.
10472
10473
10474 The Bat struggles with the weight of the smoking core... A
10475 building is in the way - Batman fights the controls but
10476 there's no power to get over it.
10477
10478
10479
10480
10481
10482 EXT. GOTHAM BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS
10483
10484 Blake shouts into the bus -
10485
10486 BLAKE
10487 Heads down! Heads down, now!
10488
10489 158.
10490
10491
10492
10493
10494
10495 FATHER REILLY
10496 Blake, they need to make their
10497 peace.
10498 Blake turns to him, furious.
10499
10500
10501
10502 BLAKE
10503 They're children! They have no
10504 peace to make -
10505 An EXPLOSION from downtown Gotham. Blake looks across,
10506 startled, turns to the children on the bus.
10507 Get down! This is it!
10508 The smallest of the boys stares through the window past
10509 Blake.
10510
10511
10512
10513 LITTLE BOY
10514 No. That's Batman!
10515 Blake turns to see the Bat thundering out of the heart of
10516 Gotham, trailing smoke, the core hanging from it. It curves
10517 dangerously close to the bridge before heading for the mouth
10518 of the river...the bay...the ocean...
10519 Until a point of light fires into an enormous nuclear BLAST
10520 - wind and light and dust blowing VIOLENTLY but harmlessly
10521 over the bridge, the tunnel mouth, all of Gotham...
10522
10523
10524 As the nuclear dawn fades over Gotham, and we see its
10525 inhabitants start to raise their heads, and helicopters and
10526 boats converge on the island, we hear a voice. Jim Gordon.
10527
10528 GORDON (V.O.)
10529 'I see a beautiful city and a
10530 brilliant people rising from this
10531 abyss...'
10532 Blake pulls out his badge. Throws it into the river.
10533
10534
10535
10536 GORDON (V.O.)
10537 'I see the lives for which I lay
10538 down my life, peaceful, useful,
10539 prosperous and happy...'
10540
10541
10542
10543
10544
10545 EXT. GARDENS, WAYNE MANOR - DAY
10546
10547 Gordon is reading from A Tale of Two Cities. Opposite is
10548 Fox, arm in a sling, and Blake, grim. Another figure is
10549 there, whose face we do not yet see...
10550
10551 159.
10552
10553
10554
10555
10556
10557 GORDON
10558 'I see that I hold a sanctuary in
10559 their hearts, and in the hearts of
10560 their descendants, generations
10561 hence. It is a far, far better
10562 thing that I do, than I have ever
10563 done...'
10564 Gordon closes the book, looking down at Bruce Wayne's grave.
10565 'It is a far, far better rest that
10566 I go to than I have ever known.'
10567
10568
10569 Gordon looks up at the figure standing across from him...
10570 Alfred. Tears streaming.
10571 Fox places a gentle hand on Alfred's shoulder, then leaves.
10572 Gordon and Blake follow. Alfred, alone with the Wayne
10573 family, turns to the grave beside Bruce's - the grave of
10574 Thomas and Martha Wayne.
10575
10576 ALFRED
10577 I'm so sorry. I failed you. You
10578 trusted me, and I failed you.
10579 And the old man's shoulders begin to shake with sobs.
10580
10581
10582
10583 EXT. FRONT ENTRANCE, WAYNE MANOR - CONTINUOUS
10584
10585
10586
10587 Gordon nods at Lucius. Blake is at Gordon's side.
10588
10589 GORDON
10590 Can I change your mind about
10591 quitting the force?
10592
10593
10594
10595 BLAKE
10596 No. What you said about structures.
10597 About shackles. I can't take it.
10598 The injustice. (Gestures at
10599 gardens.) I mean...no one's ever
10600 going to know who saved an entire
10601 city.
10602
10603 GORDON
10604 They know. (Off look.) It was
10605 Batman.
10606
10607 160.
10608
10609
10610
10611
10612
10613 EXT. PLAZA, DOWNTOWN GOTHAM - DAY
10614
10615 Gordon, on a platform with dignitaries, watches a statue
10616 being unveiled. The curtain parts: Batman, immortalized in
10617 granite. We move in on the stone face...
10618
10619
10620
10621 VOICE (V.O.)
10622 Mr. Wayne's will was not amended to
10623 reflect his more modest estate...
10624
10625
10626
10627
10628
10629 INT. LAWYER'S OFFICE - DAY
10630
10631 The voice belongs to Wayne's lawyer, addressing a small
10632 group.
10633
10634 LAWYER
10635 Nonetheless, there are considerable
10636 assets to dispose of... The
10637 contents of the house are to be
10638
10639 SOLD -
10640 He glances up to see someone slip into the room - Blake.
10641
10642
10643
10644
10645
10646 EXT. WAYNE MANOR - DAY
10647
10648 Movers carefully bring artworks and furniture out of the
10649 house, watched by a solitary figure. Alfred.
10650
10651
10652
10653 LAWYER (V.O.)
10654 - to settle the estate's accounts.
10655 The remainder is left in its
10656 entirety to Alfred J. Pennyworth...
10657
10658
10659
10660
10661
10662 INT. LAWYER'S OFFICE - DAY
10663
10664 Blake shifts. Out of place. The Lawyer continues.
10665
10666 LAWYER
10667 The house and grounds are left to
10668 the city of Gotham, on condition
10669 that they never be demolished,
10670 altered, or otherwise interfered
10671
10672 WITH -
10673
10674 161.
10675
10676
10677
10678
10679
10680 EXT. WAYNE MANOR - DAY
10681
10682 Different movers carry bunk beds into the huge house.
10683
10684 LAWYER (V.O.)
10685 And that they shall be used for one
10686 purpose, and one purpose only...
10687 A schoolbus pulls up. Father Reilly shepherds children
10688 towards the house. The children look up at the house,
10689 wide-eyed.
10690 The housing and care of the city's
10691 at-risk and orphaned children.
10692 A sign reads:
10693
10694 THE MARTHA AND THOMAS WAYNE HOME FOR CHILDREN
10695
10696
10697
10698
10699
10700 INT. LAWYER'S OFFICE - DAY
10701
10702 People file out as the Lawyer stands.
10703
10704
10705
10706 LAWYER
10707 My clerk will help anyone with the
10708 smaller correspondences and
10709 instructions...
10710 Blake approaches the Clerk. She smiles.
10711
10712
10713
10714 BLAKE
10715 Blake, John.
10716
10717 CLERK
10718
10719 (CHECKS LIST)
10720 Nothing here.
10721 Blake realizes, offers her his driving license.
10722
10723 BLAKE
10724 Try my legal name.
10725
10726
10727 The Clerk glances at the license. Checks.
10728
10729 CLERK
10730 Yup, here it is.
10731
10732
10733 She reaches down behind the desk, sorting through various
10734 items, and hands him a sports bag. Blake takes it, curious.
10735
10736 CLERK
10737 You should use your full name. I
10738 like that name... Robin.
10739
10740 162.
10741
10742
10743 Blake smiles, embarrassed. Leaves.
10744
10745 LAWYER
10746 Any word on the missing item?
10747
10748 CLERK
10749 No, not yet.
10750
10751 LAWYER
10752 Well, they'd better leave no stone
10753 unturned... We can't just put a
10754 string of pearls on the manifest as
10755 'lost'.
10756
10757
10758
10759
10760
10761 INT. APPLIED SCIENCES - DAY
10762
10763 Fox stands in front of the second camouflage rotor. Two
10764 Techs are examining the controls in the cockpit.
10765
10766 TECH 1
10767 Why worry about the stabilization
10768 software? This whole autopilot
10769 system's obsolete -
10770
10771 FOX
10772 Please, I just need to know what I
10773 could've done to fix it.
10774
10775 TECH 2
10776 But Mr. Fox, it's already been
10777 fixed. (Typed on panel.) Software
10778 patch...six months ago.
10779
10780 FOX
10781
10782 (CONFUSED)
10783 Check the user ident on the
10784 patch...
10785
10786
10787 Tech 2 types some more keys. Looks surprised.
10788
10789 TECH 2
10790 Huh. Bruce Wayne.
10791
10792
10793 Fox turns away from the rotor, an idea starting to form...
10794
10795
10796
10797 EXT. WOODS - DAY
10798
10799 Blake sits in his car looking at a GPS device, puzzled.
10800 Beside him, the sports bag, open. In it is a piece of paper
10801 with coordinates, on top of some climbing rope and shackles.
10802 Blake gets out of the car with the bag. Follows the GPS into
10803 the trees.
10804
10805 163.
10806
10807
10808
10809
10810
10811 EXT. CAFÉ, FLORENCE - DAY
10812
10813 Alfred, paper under his arm, heads to his usual table. Sits.
10814
10815 WAITER
10816 Lei e solo?
10817
10818
10819
10820 ALFRED
10821 Si, Fernet Branca, per cortesia.
10822
10823
10824
10825
10826
10827 EXT. WOODS - DAY
10828
10829 Blake finds a large waterfall... He checks his GPS,
10830 confused. Stares at the waterfall. Reaches for the climbing
10831 gear...
10832
10833
10834
10835
10836
10837 EXT. MCU - NIGHT
10838
10839 Gordon steps onto the roof with his pile of arrest
10840 reports...
10841
10842
10843
10844
10845
10846 EXT. CAFÉ, FLORENCE - DAY
10847
10848 As Alfred sips his drink, he glances up at a couple at the
10849 next table. Strangers. Alfred looks back down...
10850
10851
10852
10853
10854
10855 INT. CAVE - DAY
10856
10857 Moving in on the waterfall from inside... Blake bursts
10858 through, landing painfully on the shale inside. he gets to
10859 his feet, moving cautiously into the cave...
10860
10861
10862
10863
10864
10865 EXT. MCU - NIGHT
10866
10867 Gordon bangs his files against the air duct, straightening
10868 them. He stops. Sees something. The searchlight...fixed.
10869 Gordon runs his fingers across a brand new, steel Bat
10870 symbol... He looks up into the night...
10871
10872
10873
10874 INT. CAVE - DAY
10875
10876
10877
10878 Blake lights his torch...then ducks, crouching, as THOUSANDS
10879 of SCREECHING creatures descend. BATS...
10880
10881 164.
10882
10883
10884
10885
10886
10887 EXT. CAFÉ, FLORENCE - DAY
10888
10889 Alfred folds his paper. Pulls out his money, then stops,
10890 seeing...across the tables, a familiar couple... Bruce
10891 smiles at Alfred, who nods. Bruce turns back to the pretty
10892 brunette in pearls. Selina. Alfred pays his bill, content.
10893
10894
10895
10896
10897
10898 INT. CAVE - DAY
10899
10900 Blake lifts his head, FEELING the bats all around him...
10901 Blake RISES, and is SWALLOWED by the darkness of their wings
10902 and we -
10903
10904 FADE OUT.
10905
10906 CREDITS.
10907
10908
10909
10910 THE END.