Annie Decides to Take the Highway: Sniper Highway
Opening Credits...
In a Middle Eastern City
Annie is 18. She wants to leave her school, which is in the wrong side of town since the kidnappers and snipers have started terrorizing the city.
On the phone, her mom implores Annie to stay where she is, but Annie tells her that her English teacher was kidnapped inside the school during the night. She can't stay, she wants to come home.
Her mother orders her to stay there until the army sends troops. Annie tells her she'll stay then. But after hanging up, Annie runs down the stairs and goes outside.
Downhill, the highway leading to her house stretches for 20 kilometers, where many well positioned snipers take aim at drivers. Many cars sit on the pavement, like metal coffins.
Annie gets in her new Alfa Romeo, and starts the engine. She steps on the gas and takes off. Her school friends tell her to come back.
She gets to the access ramp and sees no one on the highway.
She passes one car that is stopped in the middle of the road. It is empty, but a dead man lays down on the ground a few yards down the highway. Another car has crashed on the middle rail. Two bodies are dead on the front seat.
Annie's valses around other cars, a truck, a motorcyclist is lying in front of his motocycle.
Suddenly, a bullet hits the windshield and and smashes it. Annie sreams and almost loses control of the car.
Another bullet hits the lower part of the door, and her car starts making a strange noises.
She hits the side of an abandonned car and loses control of the car. It spins round at a high speed.
The car stops in the middle of the highway. It's stalled. Annie's trembling hand turns the key.
The engine roars back to life but Annie can't put the car in first gear. The transmission was damaged by a bullet.
Another bullet whistles by.
Annie ducks down and puts the car in second gear. She releases the clutch and the steps on the gas.
The front tire blows up.
Suddenly, a Mercedes pulls next to her. A young man opens his door then the door on her passenger side. "Jump in!!" he screams.
A bullet hits his windshield too. Annie crawls onto the next seat, and jumps in the other car. The man jumps in and takes off.
Gaining speed, the young man turns to her and smiles. "Hi, remember me? Ronnie... during the manifestation?" Annie looks at him. "Yes Ronnie! What are you doing here?"
Short Flashback: Ronnie is the young man who was arrested with her during a manifestation 2 months earlier. He was being beatten by police because he didn't want to give them his name. Later they let him go when they learned that he was the son of the chief of the secret services.
Back on the Sniper Highway: Ronnie swirls at very high speed and brakes suddenly to avoid the snipper bullets. "See that's how you have to drive in this town". She smiles, and they manage to leave the highway of death, safely.
Suddenly, Annie appears lying in a bed, in full clothes, her eyes closed. She seems to be asleep. The phone starts to ring, and she doesn't wake up, doesn't move. Her face is emaciated.
In a Middle Eastern City
Annie is 18. She wants to leave her school, which is in the wrong side of town since the kidnappers and snipers have started terrorizing the city.
On the phone, her mom implores Annie to stay where she is, but Annie tells her that her English teacher was kidnapped inside the school during the night. She can't stay, she wants to come home.
Her mother orders her to stay there until the army sends troops. Annie tells her she'll stay then. But after hanging up, Annie runs down the stairs and goes outside.
Downhill, the highway leading to her house stretches for 20 kilometers, where many well positioned snipers take aim at drivers. Many cars sit on the pavement, like metal coffins.
Annie gets in her new Alfa Romeo, and starts the engine. She steps on the gas and takes off. Her school friends tell her to come back.
She gets to the access ramp and sees no one on the highway.
She passes one car that is stopped in the middle of the road. It is empty, but a dead man lays down on the ground a few yards down the highway. Another car has crashed on the middle rail. Two bodies are dead on the front seat.
Annie's valses around other cars, a truck, a motorcyclist is lying in front of his motocycle.
Suddenly, a bullet hits the windshield and and smashes it. Annie sreams and almost loses control of the car.
Another bullet hits the lower part of the door, and her car starts making a strange noises.
She hits the side of an abandonned car and loses control of the car. It spins round at a high speed.
The car stops in the middle of the highway. It's stalled. Annie's trembling hand turns the key.
The engine roars back to life but Annie can't put the car in first gear. The transmission was damaged by a bullet.
Another bullet whistles by.
Annie ducks down and puts the car in second gear. She releases the clutch and the steps on the gas.
The front tire blows up.
Suddenly, a Mercedes pulls next to her. A young man opens his door then the door on her passenger side. "Jump in!!" he screams.
A bullet hits his windshield too. Annie crawls onto the next seat, and jumps in the other car. The man jumps in and takes off.
Gaining speed, the young man turns to her and smiles. "Hi, remember me? Ronnie... during the manifestation?" Annie looks at him. "Yes Ronnie! What are you doing here?"
Short Flashback: Ronnie is the young man who was arrested with her during a manifestation 2 months earlier. He was being beatten by police because he didn't want to give them his name. Later they let him go when they learned that he was the son of the chief of the secret services.
Back on the Sniper Highway: Ronnie swirls at very high speed and brakes suddenly to avoid the snipper bullets. "See that's how you have to drive in this town". She smiles, and they manage to leave the highway of death, safely.
Suddenly, Annie appears lying in a bed, in full clothes, her eyes closed. She seems to be asleep. The phone starts to ring, and she doesn't wake up, doesn't move. Her face is emaciated.
posted by Alex at 12:49
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I can't wait to watch this on giant screen !
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