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BLACK SCREEN
ESTABLISHING SHOT -- INT. LOBBY OF THE PLAZA
HOTEL
WIDE ANGLE displaying the elegant white-and-
gold Plaza lobby to its best advantage. Angle
favors the revolving doors on the Fifth Avenue
side. Through them a Central Park hansom cab
can be seen passing by, and the Plaza double-
P logo with "The Plaza" in script under it is
in evidence in the shot. Various well-to-
do looking people, bellmen, etc, are going
about their business in the lobby, as we HOLD
on this angle for a moment. Then: SFX:
TREMENDOUS EXPLOSION! as the revolving doors
are BLOWN UP and inwards toward our POV.
People in the lobby REACT with predictable
alarm --
CLOSER ON THE DOORS
Or where they used to be, as fragments of glass
and brass and whatnot collapse inward toward
us with appropriate SFX. In over the rubble
come running several STORMTROOPERS, armed with
rifle-blasters with which they cover the lobby
and the people in it. And through the smoke
and haze still lingering where the doors were
blasted in, comes striding a tall, dark,
menacing, very familiar figure, with his black
cloak billowing behind him, and the expected
SFX: LOUD, MECHANICAL BREATHING NOISES coming
from inside his helmet. He walks right up
to the camera till he is framed in MED. ANGLE.
DARTH VADER
(that famous voice, making
this a very silly question)
Do you know me?...
DIFFERENT ANGLE
CAMERA FOLLOWS as the Dark Lord strolls through
the Plaza lobby, past the Palm Court, and toward
the registration desk. As Vader walks along,
we see various people in b.g. REACTING to his
presence -- a child starting toward Vader in
absolute fascination, a worried mother realizing
just who that is, and hustling the child OUT
OF SHOT -- businessmen staring, elegantly-
dressed little old ladies glancing up in
annoyance at having their afternoon tea
disturbed, etc. ad lib. Also in b.g., following
Vader as unobtrusively as possible, we see
several Stormtroopers carrying in his luggage.
All black, of course....
VADER
(to the camera, as he
goes: slightly sinister
overtones)
My...*business*...takes me all
over the Galaxy. To Force-
forsaked spots like Hoth, and
Tattooine.
(very slight beat)
And New York City.
CLOSER -- AT THE REGISTRATION DESK
He pauses beside it, In b.g., again rather
unobtrusively, a Stormtrooper comes up carrying
a two-suiter (black again) and leading a pair
of Dobermans, on leashes, each with its own
black cloak.
VADER
That's why I carry the American
Express Gold Card.
(holds it up)
With the Card, I'm guaranteed an
imperial welcome in the greatest
hotels and restaurants on Earth.
And no matter where I may find
myself, the Card makes sure I'm
treated with the respect I deserve.
DIFFERENT ANGLE
Including more of the registration desk, and a
HOTEL RESERVATION CLERK, who leans over the desk
a bit to take in Vader, the Stormtroopers,
the Dobermans. His expression is rather super-
cilious and annoyed, a "Who *is* this clown?"
look.
CLERK
(a touch snide)
Sir...do you have a reservation?
Vader looks at him, says nothing -- simply raises
the Card a bit, very slowly. The clerk clutches
abruptly at his throat, choking. He begins to
collapse behind the desk. Vader leans forward
slightly as the clerk starts going down,
"following" him. The clerk grabs frantically
at the desk for support, then reaches for the
bell atop it and just manages to hit it (SFX:
DING!) as he goes down behind the desk and OUT
OF SHOT.
CLERK (CONT'D)
(barely squeaks it out)
Front!
CLOSER ON VADER
Still holding up the Card, Vader glances ever so
briefly at it...then BACK AT CAMERA again. No
expression is visible through his helmet, of
course...but his voice sounds like a shark's
smile.
VADER
(wicked enjoyment)
Sometimes I help it a little.
INSERT -- ON BLANK CARD
The usual shot of the Gold Card. With SFX:
TELETYPE NOISE, the words appear on it:
D-A-R-T-H V-A-D-E-R. (There is no expiration
date. Would *you* ever try to cancel Darth
Vader's Amex card?)
ANNOUNCER (V.O.)
The American Express Gold Card.
Don't leave *your* galaxy without
it.
BLACK SCREEN
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