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Screenplay "OUT OF
YELLOWSTONE"
A Screenplay
By Hilma Volk
LOG LINE: Earthquakes that rock
Yellowstone National Park trigger localized
disasters, leave a fiercely independent female
ranger and her recently divorced supervisor
fighting for survival, and foreshadow the arousal
of the sleeping volcano below.
FACT: Beneath Yellowstone National Park a
gargantuan volcano slumbers, a hot spot that
ignited some of the world's most cataclysmic and
explosives eruptions 2 million, 1.3 million, and
640,000 years ago. It is classified as
"active".
SYNOPSIS: Two young men hold on for their lives
on a precarious ledge above the Grand Canyon of
the Yellowstone. They fell there when the earth
shook. One of the three rangers to the rescue is
a woman, the fiercely independent Head Naturalist
ROBIN TAYLOR, who happened to be nearby.
While she and the recently divorced Park
Superintendent, REX MONTGOMERY, attend a two-day
meeting in the Tetons, earthquakes rock
Yellowstone, altering geyser activity and shaking
up visitors. Media attention focuses on
Yellowstone's cataclysmic volcanic past. Despite
warnings from a resident seismologist, the
Assistant Superintendent is unwilling to make the
decision to close the park. After all, Rex will
return tomorrow.
As Rex and Robin head back, earthquakes pound,
killing some, marooning thousands. The thirty
people motor-stranded with our duo are airlifted
out. But before the helicopter returns, Rex and
Robin flee an outpouring of lava, then duck under
a buffalo stampede, which destroys their two-way
radio. Darkness thwarts the search.
A grizzly bear, boiling water, sudden chasms, and
more threaten the duo. With each futile attempt
to escape the increasingly hostile Yellowstone,
Robin concocts a new scheme. In spite of herself,
her vulnerable side emerges.
As they run out of options, a helicopter spots
them. But it explodes during a shower of fiery
volcanic rocks. Another of many quakes slams. A
falling tree pins Robin, breaking her lower leg.
Lava and forest fires closing in, Rex struggles
to free her. A second chopper comes to the
rescue.
In the nick they make it out of Yellowstone,
but......
Screenplay Registered WGAw No. 987160
Hilma Volk
3209 N. 8th Street
Coeur d'Alene, ID 83815
1 (208) 667-3779
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