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Indiana Jones six really..but this is not 1996 with the Monkey King at the centre of the story. Thankfully every six years there's a new Indy film so I doubt if I'm treading on anyone's toes as far as MacGuffins go...in 2017 sixth time lucky.

Indiana Jones and the CITADEL OF THE JADE EMPEROR aka The Citadel of Fear or ?

Not to be confused with previous post dated 18/12 & NYE which refers to a Pyramid of Fear..that was once the Sherlock Holmes film title taken from 1986 - better change that..to Indiana Jones and the Curse..Wrath..Realm of the African Queen

1950's

From the TV series young Indiana Jones chronicles & all that jazz

INDIANA JONES and the THE CITADEL OF FEAR or THE CITADEL of the JADE EMPEROR aka THE HANDS OF GLORY by David Axtell from original character creations by George Lucas...mainly Indiana Jones, Marion Ravenwood, Mutt...etc

EXTERIOR – DAY

We see the familiar Paramount logo fading onto a Mountain brass plate hung
on a stall rack. It is Market day. A sunny afternoon people are going about their

business. Children are helping to put out fruit and vegetables. Various stall holders

are showing their wares.

And the title fades in - GUERNICA SPAIN 1937

Leaning against a pillar we see INDIANA JONES silhouetted against the afternoon sun

in a warm glow. Children run across his path and catch a glimpse of this new stranger

to their town. He casts a long shadow as he begins to walk across the square.

A figure in a side entrance waves to Indy gesturing him to follow.

LOCAL CONTACT

Hi Senor, this way..come, come

Indy walks with him toward a back alley to a safe house. Another man is waiting and

gives them the all clear. The householder shakes Indy’s hand. The mother ushers out the

children and the two men sit down.

INTERIOR – SAFE HOUSE – DAY

CACHI DOMINGO

A little wine?

INDY

Gracious

CACHI DOMINGO

Your reputation precedes you. You made us a generous offer

– your gift will be most helpful in our cause against Franco.

INDY

Anything to help you and your Brigade Cachi.

CACHI DOMINGO

The Internationals are a blessing to us. Mr O’Rourke here is a man

whom I owe my life to.

BRENDAN O’ ROURKE

Afternoon Indiana..fortune and glory brings us together once more.

INDY

Good to see you too O’Rourke. Still the rebel eh.

BRENDAN O’ROURKE

Well, you know there’s plenty of us around. Someone’s got to

put the boot into Fascism. I’m here to put a little light back into

these dark times.

Cachi eats a few olives and offers them over he makes a connection with the desperate

state of the country.

CACHI DOMINGO

Even the olives bleed. There are many brave men and women who’s

lives will prevail. Franco’s sound and the fury will be his death nell.

BRENDAN O’ROURKE

I’ll drink to that.

INDY

Likewise. The offer still stands?

CACHI DOMINGO

Yes, of course…ah here we are.

Cachi Domingo opens a secure metal box to reveal a well worn map.

CACHI DOMINGO

In my hands Dr. Jones is the 400 year old map of the Conquistador

Franscisco Martin the sole survivor of Captain Vascunas legendary

ill fated expedition.

Twenty five of his men perished in the forests of Venezuela. At stake

was their plunder of Gold - twelve pounds per man! After six months

they were growing weaker and weaker from starvation and were ill

equipped against the Indians. Their horde of Gold was becoming an

intolerable burden.

Lost and abandoned they were reduced to eating their horses and dogs.

Eventually reverting to cannibalism to stay alive. Even in this desperate

hour as Vascuna’s men were dying they were still obsessed with the gold.

They spent their last remaining strength burying it under a towering tree

on the near banks of Lake Maracaibo. Only one man survived to tell the

tale.

Franscisco saved himself by floating away down stream and aided by some

friendly Indians he was sold to another tribe and had to turn native to survive.

He was not heard of or seen again until a full year later.

Many people have tried and failed to find Vascuna’s Gold. With this map

Dr Jones YOU will become the saviour of these riches.

Indy holds the fragile parchment in his hands and Cachi goes to retrieve a cloth bound object

from behind a clome oven. Cachi unravels the cloth to reveal a GOLDEN EAGLE.

CACHI DOMINGO

Exquisite isn’t it? Such craftsmanship. A small taster for sure of the

harvest you will no doubt reap.

You find the gold Dr Jones and the hand of glory will be yours.

INDY

A good sign I hope – (he holds the Golden Eagle in his hands and is in

awe of it’s beauty as it gleams in the sunlight)

O’ROURKE

Well today is as good a day as any …

O’Rourke lights up a cigar. (He owns a lighter with a shamrock emblem) Indy is too

enthralled by the objects in his hands to notice. Cachi pours out more wine for everyone…

CACHI

Let us make a toast – to freedom

All three raise their glasses

ALL

To free....d….o....m…..

Suddenly a mighty blast rips the room apart. There is debris everywhere and smoke filled

air. Indy is thrown into the oven area. Cachi is dead. O’Rourke looks unconscious. Indy

struggles to hear after the deafening roar of the blast. With a bloodied nose and cut hands

Indy is disorientated and stumbles out of the wreckage to witness utter DEVASTATION.

EXTERIOR – THE MARKET SQUARE - DAY

People are screaming in the street – people crying over loved ones. A plane drops more

bombs onto the town. Indy reaches for this pistol and fires wildly into the air at
the approaching Luftwaffe planes. Utter disbelief and anger is raging inside Indy.

Another nearby building is on fire – he splashes water onto his face from the
market square fountain. (The water is discoloured red) He searches through the
debris and he can see there are not many survivors then he hears a BABY CRYING.

INDY

Oh Jesus…

Regaining his composure he is determined to rescue the baby. Indy rushes
passed collapsing houses as bombs rain down cars are blown sky high. He
dives to the ground to avoid the hurtling vehicle just as a chimney stack
begins to crumble and fall Indy throws himself forwards and rolls to the
right as it narrowly misses him. He is covered in brick dust.

INTERIOR – Bombed house – Day

INDY clambers up the stairwell and is confronted by the fact that half the
house is missing. O’Rourke has made it into the Square and is limping from
a broken leg. He is desperately trying to help coax more people away from
the houses.

INDY

O’Rourke get these people out of here

Indy can see that the floor is unstable and as he leaps across the divide the
stairs fall away just as he makes the jump and uses his whip to hang on for
dear life to the stairwell newel post. The cot is now teetering on the edge
of the floor. He has to run down a hall that is fast disappearing from the
flames and the destruction. Tiles and wooden beams begin to fall all around
Indy….there is a lot of dust and debris.

                     The flames are reaching closer and closer – Indy grabs hold of the crying
baby and wraps the baby up with a cot blanket just as the rest of the
   building begins to collapse. O’Rourke is below beckoning Indy to throw
   him the baby.

Indy has to make a life or death decision and makes a jump for it….

22 YEARS LATER

1959

INTERIOR – INDY’S HOUSE – NIGHT

Indy wakes up with a start.

MARION JONES

Honey are you okay? (Marion is trying to soothe him)

INDY

Yeah, it’s just….

MARION

.. a bad dream ? You wanna talk about it?

INDY

I need a drink.

Indy gets up and goes downstairs to recover – gets a whisky from the drinks cabinet

and goes into his study…he pulls open a drawer and turns over a package to reveal

the golden Eagle and the old Vascuna map. (He is still keen to take the adventure..)

There is also a letter he retrieves…he closes the desk drawer and reads through the

contents of the letter. He sips his drink as Marion watches from the door.

MARION

Guess we’ve still got a lot of catching up to do….

THE LETTER

It’s from a young woman called SANDY. Her Father a good friend of Indy from his

Oxford days has gone missing. It is BRENDAN O’ROURKE. Sandy is the BABY orphan

Indy rescued from the wreckage of the bombed building in Guernica over twenty years ago.

Sandy is studying Philosophy, Art and Archaeology in Oxford. A pretty red head. She is an

athletic woman, a keen archer and horse rider. Indy and Marion must make a journey to

Oxford to meet her.

STORY OUTLINE..and a few extracts of the PLOT

O’Rourke has been missing ever since he ventured out to Toledo Spain where he was sent

to investigate the Spanish towns famous Sword smith tradition en route to a pilgrimage to

SANTIAGO de COMPESTALA. (He has given a map to his adopted daughter.) She was

also helping him through her work on a field study with the Oxford Archaeological Society.

Researching in the Bodlein library the whereabouts to another Christian relic.

Sandy shows Indy the map of ‘THE END OF THE WORLD’ map that shows where the

sacred HAND OF GLORY is to be found. One of the relics of the Roman Centurian

(St Longinus) who handled the SPEAR OF DESTINY – the one that pierced Christ on

the cross.

But this is not what the captors are after...

O'Rourke was trying to locate a MARCO POLO map locating a LEGENDARY JADE

EMPEROR. Taken from clues found in the Cathedral of Toledo. But the missing pieces

of the map are to be found in Oxford.

THE LEGEND OF THE JADE EMPEROR

Both the Chinese and Russians are on the same trail. They are looking to get their own

HAND of GLORY to open up the TOMB OF THE JADE EMPEROR which is located

in one of the PAGODA's of PAGAN Burma. The Jade Emperor is also known as THE

GOD OF WAR. Buried with a suit made of Jade. A material they believe preserves the

body forever and gives everlasting powers. A worthy bit of kit for CHAIRMAN MAO
A Chinese explorer XIAN WU is on their trail.

The North Koreans want to obtain the Jade Emperor for the Korean President Kim II-Song.

Believing it will make him all conquering. Every despot seems keen..

OXFORD

Indy Marion and Mutt are treated as guest of Honour by the University. Indy is told an

ancient Samurai sword has been stolen from the University said to belong to the

Emporer Guan Yu. (From the Three Han Dynasty Kingdoms) O' Rourke was helping

with their antiquities.

Mutt locates the ancient MARCO POLO map beneath the vaults of the Museum of the
history of Science. (The original old Ashmolean Museum) Depicting the whereabouts
of the ancient Emperor.

Lost for hundreds of years from when the museum was first built. The map is 15^th Century

made with folded and lacquered bamboo pleats depicting the LEGEND OF THE JADE
EMPEROR.

There is a SUNDIAL located in one of the college quadrangles which gives a clue to the

whereabouts of the tomb. Atop the sundial is a MYTHICAL HINTHA bird. (Built with

the knowledge given by the explorer to the original college architect)

Whilst in Oxford, assassins try to take back the incomplete map and Mutt is lured into

a trap by a beautiful chinese student. Sandy is having nothing of this, demanding much

of Mutt's attention - eventually falling for each other they have the beginnings of an

eventful relationship.

WHEN THE CIRCUS CAME TO TOWN

The Chinese State circus is in town and the Oxford University have their suspicions that

Communist spies are infiltrating the Oxford students and are using the circus as a cover.

When Indy, Mutt and Sandy investigate the Circus there is a knife throwing show with

a MONKEY KING re-enactment...the knife throwing show does not go according to plan.

THE FRENCH MAN & THE CITADEL OF TOLEDO

O’Rourke is being held prisoner by a french man who is working for the Russians. Marion

spots a familiar captors wine bottle whilst in Oxford.

The owner who holds O'Rourke captive is BELLOQ's son JEAN SUEREL BELLOQ. He

wants to get to the JADE EMPERORS TOMB first. Jean also had a twin sister CAMILLE!

They both want revenge for their father's death...

el Greco Toledo

When Indy, Marion, Mutt and Sandy reach the CITADEL of TOLEDO in Spain they find clues

in the CATHEDRAL and in the religious paintings of EL GRECO. Fresco depictions show

the HOLY GRAIL. Mutt asks if it is the real CUP of CHRIST and Indy responds positively!

Mutt is very much interested in the sword making facilities of Toledo. Soon they discover
that O'Rourke has been taken to Burma...

NEPAL - TIBET

On the way to the Pagoda's of Pagan Burma. A Buddhist Temple has been ransacked –

their HAND OF GLORY a GOLDEN HAND with a LIGHTNING BOLT had been stolen.
Here they witness the monks by the prayer wheels and the beautiful Khampa women.

Also Indy must overpower Ninja's and Samurai swordsmen who are hell bent on causing

havoc where ever he goes...Mutt steps in with his swordmanship.

hand of glory

Marion and Indy recount their last encounter near here...in Nepal (1936)

THE CITADELS OF DEVOTION - BURMA

There are over 2,000 Pagoda's to search and it is only a matter of time before either the

Chinese or Russians locate the tomb.

Within the Temples terra cotta plaques illustrate the life of Buddha. Many of these Pagoda's

have been ransacked over the centuries of precious metals, jewellery and sacred relics.
There are traps set in the Temple to protect the Emperor. The Jade Emperor is guarded by
an undead terracotta army..they will not let his tomb go peacefully. No-one can go beyond
the sacred Pagoda. Indy is shot and Mutt uses the Jade vest to bring back Indy to life.

They travel by Steamer up the IRAWADDY RIVER. It had been a decade since the British

ruled this part of the world. They watch an animal drink from the river which gets pulled

down below the water line.

INDY

Careful, don't go near the water

MUTT

Why?

INDY

Piranha's.....

They meet with a local Buddhist monk U NAGAR JIN confirms that the Chinese are

also in Burma. (Branching out of their sphere of influence through Tibet and Bhutan)

However without the MARCO POLO map and clues they found in Oxford. Only Indy,

Mutt, Marion and Sandy know the true location of the Jade Emperor. Jean and Camille

BELLOQ and the Russians are looking in the wrong place...

Cast

Indiana Jones (1937 title sequence) - CGI 30's period Harrison Ford

Brendan O'Rourke (1937 title sequence) – Domhnall Gleeson
Cachi Domingo (1937 title sequence) - Michael Pena

Indiana Jones - Harrison Ford

Marion - Karen Allen

Mutt - Shia La Beouff

Sandy - Eleanor Tomlinson

Brendan O'Rourke - Brendan Gleeson
Jean Suerel Belloq - Tom Hiddleston

Camille Belloq - Emily Blunt
Xian Wu - Simon Yam

Mutt and Sandy now own The End of the World map to obtain the whereabouts of the

Centurian's Hand of Glory.

And Vascuna's Gold is up for grabs too. Indy had it in mind as one last venture before

he hangs up his whip...not before he goes missing in Venezuela.

INDY 7 INDIANA JONES and the QUEST for the SPEAR of DESTINY

Indy & Mutt take on the new challenges...whilst in Madagascar Mutt and Sandy
discover not only a sapphire mine but Indy discovers some of Madagascars' supposed
'extinct' animals are very much alive! Such as The Elephant Bird...
Dalfinger's son BAPTISTE (Daniel Bruhl) is on their trail.

As a crazy genetic scientist DR. KURT GEIGER (Christoph Waltz) is spearheading
the quest to form his own MYSTERIOUS ISLAND he was involved in nuclear testing
at Bikini atoll. And wants the SPEAR OF DESTINY to not only carbon date but re-create
it's atomic structure as an ultimate weapon. To be cont...

note - the 1937 year always was the missing year of the first trilogy

Cachi Domingo means peaceful Sunday

I once had a pet called Sandy...

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