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From Kathryn Smith, Australia

The following is a transcript of the ET blurb on US Marshals on July 31, 1997.


Entertainment Tonight lead in: picture of TLJ climbing over a fence

Mary Hart's voice: "... tracking down a new suspect."

MCU shot of TLJ (in white shirt and tie): "I feel pretty good."

Various shots of Wesley Snipes (WS) and Irene Jacob climbing, Tommy Lee pointing his gun, and Robert Downey Jr (RDJr) running and stumbling.

Mary Hart 's voice: "Wesley Snipes is on the run, the chase is on, and RDJr is getting in on the action."

MCU of RDJr: "I've never really done a 'johnny handgun' before."

TLJ chasing, Wesley Snipes running, TLJ running, lining WS up in his gun sights

MH's voice: "And ET's the only one to bring you the star studded sequel."

Lead in to story:

MH: (Re: Harrison Ford) "... thanks to the success of "Air Force One", but long before he duked it out with Russian terrorists, he was a man on the run from Tommy Lee Jones in "The Fugitive"."

Shot of TLJ appears.

MH: "Now in the sequel, Harrison is history, and Wesley Snipes is the fugitive who has Tommy Lee on his trail."

Actual story:

Voice (probably the director): "Action!"

TLJ running through graveyard, stops, aims gun, starts running, climbs fence

MH's voice: "TLJ, hot off one of the summer's biggest block-busters returns, not as a man in black, but as a U.S. Marshal."

MCU TLJ: "I feel pretty good. I'm happy to be working." Voice: "Action!"

Shot of WS running with IJ, climbing boxes to get over a fence

MH's voice: "Wesley's a supposed assassin on the run. This fugitive gets a love interest - European actress Irene Jacob."

Still climbing over fence, WS is trying to get IJ over it

MCU IJ: "I have to trust that he is innocent and try to help him out."

MLS of TLJ, sitting on a concrete fence, emptying dirt out of his right shoe.

TLJ: (To crewmember) "I know this train has your freight Bill. I won't start."

Shot of train coming toward camera. Voice: "Go!"

MH's voice: "Tommy Lee keeps an eagle eye on every detail.

Shot of train then back to TLJ.

"He even reminds the wardrobe department that he needs his watch so that every shot matches."

TLJ tying shoe. Crewmember leaves, saying: "Right, here we go."

TLJ points to left arm: "I have no watch."

Crewmember: "It's coming. Let's go guys." TLJ coughs. Other crewmember comes to hand watch to him.

TLJ: "You are now in a hurry. Thank you."

Shot of RDJr running toward camera

MH's voice: "On the Marshals' side is government man RDJr." RDJr stumbles. "He says Jones and Snipes know how to do this action stuff but he keeps doing schtick stunts for fun."

Shot of RDJr getting up. Voice: "Keep it rolling." Crew laugh.

MCU RDJr: "They're pretty adept at doing movies like this. I've never really done a 'johnny handgun' before."

Shot of TLJ scaling a fence, going over it and coming down, then running down an incline to a road. TLJ keeps running; RDJr runs behind him and falls. TLJ keeps running.

RDJr's voice: "Well it's a very powerful emotional scene. I'm running through a cemetery - no, we're chasing, chasing Wesley (MCU RDJr), so there's a lot of different places we're chasing him. It's a long chase."

MCU TLJ: "It's like a family reunion. Ah we had a lot of fun when we made the first one, and then, as it turns out, we still continue to have a lot of fun."

Same shot of TLJ with raised gun.

Back to studio:

MH: "Did you see Tommy Lee get over that fence?" She looks pretty amazed and Bob Goen laughs. MH: "I'm impressed. If you remember that great train wreck scene near the beginning of "The Fugitive" you won't be disappointed at what producers have in store for "U.S. Marshals". This time the guys are taking a plane and promise a spectacular crash that pulls out all the stops. "U.S. Marshals" is due out next year."


Abbreviations:

MCU = Medium Close-Up shot
MLS = Medium Long Shot