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Village of the Giants Transcribed Screenplay Screenplay by ALAN CAILLOU Screen Story by BERT I. GORDON Film Transcribed by H. Ekim As our film opens we come upon the giants of our film, dancing in slowmotion, as the screen shifts from different colors. The credits begin to roll. JOSEPH E. LEVINE Prsents A BERT I. GORDON PRODUCTION VILLAGE OF THE GIANTS Based on “The Food Of The Gods” by H.G.WELLS Starring TOMMY KIRK JOHNNY CRAWFORD Co-Starring BEAU BRIDGES JOY HARMON BOB RANDOM GAIL GILMORE TISHA STERLING TIM ROONEY KEVIN O'NEAL CHARLA DOHERTY TONI BASIL and Co-Starring RONNY HOWARD as Genius Guest Stars THE BEAU BRUMMELS FREDDY CANNON MIKE CLIFFORD Featuring HANK JONES JIM BEGG DEBI STORM RANCE HOWARD VICKI LONDON and JOSEPH TURKEL as The Sheriff Music Composed and Conducted by JACK NITZSCHE Special Visual Effects by BERT I. GORDON FLORA GORDON Director of Photography PAUL C. VOGEL, A.S.C. Art Director..................................FRANZ BACHELIN Process Photography....FARCIOT EDOUART, A.S.C. Production Manager.........................FRANK CAFFEY Assistant Production Manager..............CURTIS MICK Choreography TONI BASIL Songs: “Marrianne” by JACK NITZSCHE “Nothing Can Stand In My Way” RUSS TITELMAN “Woman” BY RON ELLIOTT “When It Comes To Your Love” “Little Bitty Corrine” by FRANK SLAY FREDERICK A. PICARIELLO Assistant Director.....................JIM ROSENBERGER Script Supervisor..........................DOROTHY YUTZI Camera Operator..................................TOM MORRIS Sound Recording................................JOHN CARTER CHARLES GRENZBACH Set Decoraton......................................BOB BENTON Hairstyle Supervision...........NELLIE MANLEY, CHS Makeup Supervision......WALLY WESTMORE, SMA Costumes...........................................LEAH RHODES Effects...................................HERMAN TOWNSLEY Film Editor................................JOHN BUSHELMAN Sound Effects...................................JACK CORNALL Music Editor...................................CHARLES PALEY Customized Hot Rods by.....BARRIS KUSTOM CITY Special Prop Construction....................ROSS WHEAT Talent Coordinator............................MARVIN PAIGE Copyright MCMLXV by Embassy Pictures Corp. and Berkeley Productions, Inc. The events and characters depictued in this photoplay are fictitious. Any similiarity to actual persons places or films is purely coincidental. Screenplay by ALAN CAILLOU Screen Story by BERT I. GORDON Produced and Directed by BERT I. GORDON Outskirts of Hainesville-DAY Thunder and lightning can be seen and heard, as we see a broken 'Road Closed' sign. Nearby is a broken wheel, and a baby-blue Ford Thunderbird, crashed into the side of a mudslide, as rain pelts the car and the landscape. Part of a broken telehphone pole can be seen. Suddenly, the passenger side door opens up and out jumps Merrie, a platinum- blonde, screaming into the air, a bit wild with abandon. Nearby, the others pile out as well: Jean, a skinnier blonde than Merrie, Goergette, a brunette, and the guys:Fred, Rick, Harry & Pete. Merrie: (screaming in joy) Fred: It's a-drive, baby! Let's rock! The teens begin to rock out to 'Woman,' playing on the car radio, sung by the Beau Brummels. Elsa is still in the car, grooving to the tune. Fred: Hey come on, turn up that radio. Hey let's have some beer out here! Elsa complies and turns up the radio, before passing beer out of the car. Elsa finally emerges from the car, and is embraced by Fred, as she begins to get wet in the rain like everyone else. By now, everyone is caught up in the dancing, albeit in muddy water. Jean: Oh, wet! Rick: Muddy! In the throes of dancing, Rick falls to the ground, gyrating around in the mud. Pete: Hey, get up off of the ground, will ya?' Rick then pulls Jean down to the ground as well. Fred: Hey what kind of a party is this? The two roll around in the mud, and soon, everyone is joining suit. Soon, everyon'e sliding around, and throwing gobs of mud at each other. Rick manages to crawl away from the crew, to a broken sign that the car hit. On the sign, it reads 'Hainseville 3 MI.' Rick: Hey! Let's go to Hainesville and have some fun, huh? Jean: Yeah, but how're we gonna get there? Rick: Those, long, long legs, baby! Jean: Ah, three miles, are you kidding? Fred: Hey it's a wild idea, let's go down to the 'go-gos' and cause a little trouble, huh? Merrie:Are you serious? That's, three miles away! Fred: Oh baby, it'll be good for ya.' Merrie: Harry, the overnight bags! Fred: Hey besides, there's this broad down there that I've always had my eye on, what's her name? Uh, uh, Nancy! N-Nancy or something or the w-w-wait a minute- Merrie, not at all happy with Fred's thinking, takes a gob of mud and tries to cram it in his mouth. Nancy's House- Day On a sofa in the living room, lay Mike & Nancy, in each other's arms, as a record player nearby plays an instrumental version of the song 'Marianne.' As the two kiss, a nearby dog, named Woof, looks away. Mike: When do your parents get back in town, huh? Nancy: They're spending the night in Los Angeles. They phoned. Mike: Oh. Nancy: There's a big landslide up the road. Mike: Oh, (feigning worry)I'm sorry to hear that. Nancy: I'll bet you are. Genius: Hey Mike! Enter Genius, Nancy's younger brother, holding a steaming beaker, interrupting the teen's makeout session. Genius: Look what I got.Am2Su, HcSoF, and Magnesium Sulfate. How about that, Mike? Mike: That's very impressive, Genius. Genius: They're not compatible. This is supposed to blow up. I wonder why it doesn't? Nancy: You and I aren't going to be very compatible either Genius, if you don't get out of here. Genius: Mike, I don't know what you see in her. As Genius turns to go, Nancy tosses a pillow after him, and then turns to Mike, hoping to pick up where they left off. Mike: I don't know either. But, uh, whatever it is, I like it. They begin to kiss again. Mike: Oh you're good for me Nanacy, you know that? You are very, very good. Nancy: I never knew you liked good girls. Mike: I don't. They talk too much. Nancy: So? Mike: So, stop talking so much. They begin to lean in, until a loud explosion is heard, even causing the dog Woof to be spooked. Nancy and Mike rush to the basement, where a huge amount of smoke is pouring out of the doorway leading to Genius' laboratory. As they get inside, he rises from the floor, his face and glasses coated with a red substance. Genius: That's not really what I was trying to do. Nancy: Genius, are you all right? Genius: Of course I'm all right. Why shouldn't I be? Nancy: Well you could have been killed. Genius: Oh, nonsense. Nancy: Well you could have. Nancy comes over and begins to clean her brother up. Genius: I put an electric charge to that stuff I was mixing, and then POW, the whole place blew up! Mike is looking at the former foaming beaker, only now, it's filling with a pinkish-yellow substance, that is slowly expanding out of it's beaker. Mike: I wonder what that is. Genius: Do you think it might be ammonia-actride sulfate? Mike: No. It's either pancake mix, or an octopus. A glob of the stuff falls to the floor, as the Mike and Genius continue to watch the expanding stuff. As they watch, a cat sneaks in through the open basement window. Nancy: What a mess. Alright genius, put your talents to cleaning this up. Go get a broom. Genius heads to a corner to find a broom. Mike: The things this kid comes up with. Fantastic! Nancy: I suppose. Anyway, he does keep things from getting dull, if he just wouldn't overdo it. As they talk the cat jumps up on the table and begins to nibble on the stuff in the beaker. Mike (to cat): Shoo. Go on, beat it. The cat takes off, while Mike grabs the beaker and moves it to a nearby desk. He is about to turn when- Genius: Mike!! Genius quickly moves a bear trap on the floor aside. Genius: You nearly stepped on it. Mike: On what? Genius: You might have set it off. You really must be more careful. Nancy: His burglar alarm. Mike: How's it work? Pretty good? Genius: I don't know. I never really tried it out. Only in theory. In theory, it works fine. Mike: Well, build a better mousetrap, and they'll beat a path to your door, they always say. Genius: Not 'mouse trap,' 'burglar trap.' I'm going to patent it. As Mike looks up, he sees something that soon Nancy and Genius can't even believe. Mike: Am I nuts or something? The small cat is now as tall as them, and begins to growl angrily at them. Nanacy: If you are. We all are. The cat continues to growl and advance on them. Genius: Go get him, Woof. Sic em,' boy! Woof begins to bark at the cat. The cat growls at Woof, before exiting out the doorway, up the stairs. Woof follows in hot pursuit. Genius: Atta boy Woof, sic em'! As they breathe a sigh of relief, Mike looks at the stuff again. Mike: That cat was eating that. What've we got here? Genius: I suppose the correct name would be 'ammonia actride sulfate, deethyl chlroicin.' Genius notes that Mike isn't really warming up to the title. Genius: Perhaps we ought to call it Goo. Would that be simpler? Nancy: No, not really.