DAY OF THE DEAD (The original script) by George A. Romero

110   CONTINUED:

            SARAH
      Looks like just two. We can take 'em
      when the time comes.

            JOHN
      We're only about a quarter-mile from
      Cave entrance number five.

            TOBY
      That entrance is closest to the labs
      and the Bee cages.

            JOHN
      Come on. Let's go.

   They move off stealthily.

   They enter the clearing with the spectacular PLANTS that Miguel
   discovered. Six feet tall, their red-gold blossoms like
   trumpets with their bells down, these are Daturas, nightshades
   indigenous to southern Florida and parts of the Caribbean.

   SALLY AND JACK, who we saw working on the nitro sticks, are
   chopping off the eighteen-inch blossom and stuffing them into
   LARGE LEAF BAGS. They're wearing HOSPITAL MASKS over their
   mouth and noses. JOHN moves in to help. TOBY AND SARAH follow
   but JOHN stops them.

            JOHN
      Just stand guard for now. Spell us validation
      after a while. Can't breathe this grass
      too long or somebody hafta carry you
      home.

   Work goes on in silence.

111   EXT. THE STREET OUTSIDE THE RITZ - NIGHT

   MUSIC ROCKS AND VOICES SHOUT. The street scene is as wild as
   ever. HOOKERS, PUSHERS AND DRUNKS pack the hot darkness.

112   INT. THE RITZ - NIGHT

   At A COT near the open wall, in DIM LIGHT FROM AN OVERHEAD BULB
   OUTSIDE, SARAH, JOHN AND TOBY huddle. The DIN from the street
   makes it impossible for others to hear them. TOBY is drawing A
   MAP.

            TOBY
      Maintenance shafts run behind all the
      main rooms. Nobody's in those at night.
      You can use them to get around in. Hit
      the power governors first. Kick a surge
      into their computer network and you
      erase everything stored in the memory.
      Then...over in here...that's where the
      cages are...