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72 EXT. ARRAKEEN LANDING - NIGHT 72
Gurney and his men spill out into the night, pulling on
jackets and belts.
In orbit overhead they can see the running lights of a
colossal Guild Heighliner -- and from that mighty ship a VAST
HARKONNEN WAR FLEET is issuing: big frigates, fast gunships,
troop carriers. Quartering the sky in their hundreds.
Gurney stares at the sight and despair fills his face.
GURNEY
God in Heaven. Get everything with
guns off the ground!
The spaceport control tower BLOWS UP in a brutal and
spectacular explosion.
73 EXT. ARRAKIS ORBIT 73
Below, the night side of Arrakis is a sea of darkness. The
massive explosion of the spaceport control tower illuminates
the desert. The shadow of a huge Harkonnen Frigate glides in
the foreground.
74 EXT. ARRAKEEN LANDING - NIGHT 74
Gurney and his men run toward one of the Atreides frigates.
The ship explodes. The whole spaceport is being bombarded.
Gurney leads his men across the tarmac, swords drawn, shields
on. Troopships are spilling Harkonnen soldiers ahead of them.
Gurney charges three Harkonnen soldiers. A swift exchange of
blades -- and Gurney kills the Harkonnens, taking an enemy
sword as last one falls.
He looks around. His men vastly outnumbered. Harkonnen
raining down all over the spaceport. He roars like a lion:
GURNEY
WITH ME! WITH ME!
He charges, a sword in each hand, a wolfish smile on his
face. And his men follow him into the jaws of hell.
74A EXT. ARRAKEEN - NIGHT 74A
A flock of Harkonnen troopships land around the residency.
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