Screenplay data
An extraterrestrial being, the Star Man, crashes on Earth and takes the form of Jenny Haydn's deceased husband, Scott, after observing her home. The Star Man, needing to reach a rendezvous point in Arizona within three days to be rescued, kidnaps Jenny, who is initially terrified but gradually develops feelings for him as they evade government agents led by Marc Shermin and Major Aaron Bell. During their journey, the Star Man demonstrates his unique abilities, including rapid healing and the power to manipulate objects with glowing orbs, which he uses to save Jenny after she is shot during a police chase. As they near their destination, the Star Man reveals he has impregnated Jenny with a child, a gift from his people. In a final confrontation with the military, Shermin, sympathetic to the Star Man, helps him escape George Fox's forces, allowing the Star Man to be retrieved by his people, leaving Jenny with the promise of their child.
Save the Cat beat sheet
A stranded alien crash-lands and, pursued by authorities, slowly learns human ways through befriending Jenny, whom he mistakes for a wife.
Open full beat sheetSTAR MAN is listed as Extraterrestrial. Translucent coral skin, hairless, black pupilless eyes, chalk-white lips, three fingers and a thumb. In the parsed data, STAR MAN is connected to 64 scenes, 82 dialogue lines, 82 text mentions, first appearing around scene 18.
64 scenes / 82 dialogue linesJENNY HAYDN is listed as Protagonist. Pretty girl in her mid-twenties, widow of Scott Haydn. In the parsed data, JENNY HAYDN is connected to 57 scenes, 82 dialogue lines, 83 text mentions, first appearing around scene 33.
57 scenes / 82 dialogue linesMARC SHERMIN is listed as NSA Agent. Grizzled man in his mid-fifties with an honest stubborn face. In the parsed data, MARC SHERMIN is connected to 22 scenes, 38 dialogue lines, 40 text mentions, first appearing around scene 25.
22 scenes / 38 dialogue linesBENNY is listed as Security Guard. Frightened, nervous, becomes agitated. In the parsed data, BENNY is connected to 15 scenes, 16 dialogue lines, 22 text mentions, first appearing around scene 2.
15 scenes / 16 dialogue linesMIKE is listed as Police Officer. Police officer on patrol. In the parsed data, MIKE is connected to 14 scenes, 18 dialogue lines, 21 text mentions, first appearing around scene 4.
14 scenes / 18 dialogue linesLYMAN is listed as Technician. Technician working with Shermin. In the parsed data, LYMAN is connected to 13 scenes, 10 dialogue lines, 11 text mentions, first appearing around scene 22.
13 scenes / 10 dialogue linesGEORGE FOX is listed as Government Official. Mid-forties, hair slicked straight back, round wire-rimmed glasses. In the parsed data, GEORGE FOX is connected to 10 scenes, 19 dialogue lines, 20 text mentions, first appearing around scene 30.
10 scenes / 19 dialogue linesMAJOR AARON BELL is listed as Military Investigator. Tall homespun man, investigating sightings for seventeen years. In the parsed data, MAJOR AARON BELL is connected to 10 scenes, 15 dialogue lines, 16 text mentions, first appearing around scene 25.
10 scenes / 15 dialogue linesDR. BERGEN is listed as Scientist. Tall thin balding man in his late fifties. In the parsed data, DR. BERGEN is connected to 1 scene, 1 dialogue line, 1 text mention, first appearing around scene 42.
1 scenes / 1 dialogue linesA police car speeds down a deserted highway at night.
BENNY, MIKEBenny directs the police officers toward a housing development.
BENNY, MIKEThe police car turns onto a dirt road toward Pinewood Estates.
Benny turns off the police lights, causing tension.
BENNY, MIKEThe police car creeps through the unfinished housing development.
BENNY, MIKEThe officers smell smoke.
BENNY, MIKEThe men investigate a fire on the hill.
BENNY, MIKEStrange lights appear among the houses.
BENNY, MIKEThe officers feel anxious.
BENNY, MIKEA light rises from a dumpster.
A humanoid figure scans the kitchen.
STAR MANThe police confront the light.
BENNY, MIKEBenny fires at the light.
BENNY, MIKEThe humanoid figure watches from a window.
STAR MANBenny is injured by the light.
BENNY, MIKEThe humanoid figure prepares to leave.
STAR MANThe spacecraft departs.
BENNY, MIKE, STAR MANThe figure transmits a message.
STAR MANAn 18-wheeler drives down the road.
The truck driver and partner are in the cab.
The figure collides with the truck.
STAR MANThe drivers investigate the crash.
The Star Man is injured.
STAR MANShermin arrives at the scene.
MARC SHERMINShermin meets Major Bell.
MARC SHERMIN, MAJOR AARON BELLBell and Shermin discuss the situation.
MARC SHERMIN, MAJOR AARON BELLThe Star Man recovers.
STAR MANThe scientists examine the dead extraterrestrial.
MARC SHERMIN, MAJOR AARON BELLThe Star Man attempts to contact his ship.
STAR MANShermin contacts Fox.
MARC SHERMIN, GEORGE FOXThe dead extraterrestrial is moved.
The Star Man observes the town.
STAR MAN, JENNY HAYDNJenny arrives home.
JENNY HAYDNThe Star Man continues his search.
STAR MANThe Star Man watches Jenny.
STAR MAN, JENNY HAYDNThe Star Man watches Jenny mow her lawn, creates a message ball, and sends it into the sky.
STAR MAN, JENNY HAYDNShermin, Lyman, and Bell track a UFO that turns out to be a light sea plane; they discuss the extraterrestrial situation.
MARC SHERMIN, MAJOR AARON BELL, LYMANStar Man watches Jenny inside her house and practices human speech.
STAR MAN, JENNY HAYDNStar Man confronts Jenny in her home.
STAR MAN, JENNY HAYDNJenny arms herself while Star Man pounds on the door.
STAR MAN, JENNY HAYDNJenny finds Star Man in the den transforming into her late husband.
STAR MAN, JENNY HAYDNDr. Bergen performs an autopsy on the dead extraterrestrial.
DR. BERGENStar Man, now looking like Scott, forces Jenny to leave with him.
STAR MAN, JENNY HAYDNJenny drives while Star Man learns English words and navigates.
STAR MAN, JENNY HAYDNJenny tries to get help from a van driver after the collision.
STAR MAN, JENNY HAYDNThe Star Man forces Jenny into the Mustang and threatens a bystander with a gun before driving off.
STAR MAN, JENNY HAYDNJenny convinces the Star Man to put the gun away.
STAR MAN, JENNY HAYDNShermin and Major Bell discuss the lack of leads and the strange clicking sounds.
MARC SHERMIN, MAJOR AARON BELL, LYMANShermin and Bell interview neighbors who claim to have seen Scott Haydn.
MARC SHERMIN, MAJOR AARON BELL, LYMANThe Star Man practices English and laughs at the letter X.
STAR MAN, JENNY HAYDNShermin informs Fox that the extraterrestrial has taken the form of Scott Haydn.
MARC SHERMIN, GEORGE FOXJenny and the Star Man discuss identity and the car runs out of gas.
STAR MAN, JENNY HAYDNThey stop for gas and Jenny tries to leave a message in the restroom.
STAR MAN, JENNY HAYDNJenny and the Star Man buy snacks at a vending machine and get into the Mustang.
STAR MAN, JENNY HAYDNJenny and the Star Man argue about being kidnapped.
STAR MAN, JENNY HAYDNThe Star Man sends a message to his people.
STAR MAN, JENNY HAYDNShermin and his team track the subjects.
MARC SHERMIN, MAJOR AARON BELL, GEORGE FOX, LYMANThe Star Man runs a red light, causing an accident.
STAR MAN, JENNY HAYDNJenny and the Star Man discuss their destination.
STAR MAN, JENNY HAYDNThe Star Man is attacked in a mall after a misunderstanding.
STAR MAN, JENNY HAYDN, BENNYJenny helps the Star Man prepare for his journey.
STAR MAN, JENNY HAYDNJenny and the Star Man say goodbye at the bus station, but the Star Man asks her to stay, and she eventually agrees to let him ride in her car instead.
STAR MAN, JENNY HAYDN, MIKEShermin and his team track the Star Man's movements through a shopping mall.
MARC SHERMIN, BENNY, LYMANShermin questions the security guard about the Star Man.
MARC SHERMIN, BENNY, LYMANJenny and the Star Man discuss his origins while driving.
STAR MAN, JENNY HAYDNJenny and the Star Man travel at night; he sings for her.
STAR MAN, JENNY HAYDNJenny and the Star Man check into a motel.
STAR MAN, JENNY HAYDNPolice surround the motel as Jenny and the Star Man attempt to leave.
STAR MAN, JENNY HAYDN, MIKEA high-speed chase ensues; Jenny is shot.
STAR MAN, JENNY HAYDNThe Star Man escapes with the wounded Jenny by leaping off a cliff using a glowing orb.
STAR MAN, JENNY HAYDN, MARC SHERMIN, MAJOR AARON BELL, LYMANThe Star Man hides with Jenny in a mobile home being transported by a truck.
STAR MAN, JENNY HAYDNThe Star Man tends to Jenny's wounds while the truck travels.
STAR MAN, JENNY HAYDNStar Man finishes healing Jenny and checks his compass.
STAR MAN, JENNY HAYDNShermin argues with Fox over the radio about the Star Man.
MARC SHERMIN, GEORGE FOX, LYMANJenny wakes up, finds the Star Man gone, and discovers his voice in the ring.
STAR MAN, JENNY HAYDNThe Star Man gets a ride from a cook and learns about human life.
STAR MANJenny calls the Highway Patrol and speaks with Shermin.
JENNY HAYDN, MARC SHERMINJenny hitches a ride with a teenager to continue searching for the Star Man.
JENNY HAYDNJenny searches for the Star Man while riding in a Porsche with a teenager.
JENNY HAYDNJenny gets out of the Porsche and waits for the Star Man.
JENNY HAYDNThe creature was hit three times... the arm, the abdomen and the upper chest, the one in the chest being the cause of death. It shattered, for want of a better term, the creature's backbone. It's not really, because it's not jointed. It's simply a hollow shaft of very pliable silicate material, as is its entire endoskeleton. The creature seems to have tremendous regenerative powers. Although it must have died within minutes of receiving the fatal wound, the arm and abdomen wounds are almost totally healed and the bullet here... has begun to dissolve...
I've been investigating sightings for seventeen years, Mr. Shermin. This one's real. We have a dead extra-terrestrial in that tent and another one in the area that might be alive. We've been visited. It's finally happened and the sooner Washington accepts that and starts figuring out how we're going to deal with these beings, the better off we're going to be.
Iron channel message. Suit and rockets destroyed. Radical mixture of this atmosphere and ours in helmet allowed chemo-ion response time to adapt my body to this air. Am going to attempt extreme transformation in order to cross land mass to site of our practice landings. If transformation is not fatal, second message ball by next darkness.
The police shouldn't have started shooting. But you can hardly blame them. You surprised them. They didn't know you were up there. When they saw you, they thought you were here to hurt us.
None. And there's another one in the area that's alive. I don't know if it's the only one. I don't know if it was left here by accident or it's part of an inva...
The captain wanted to land to see close and to get some things from Earth to take home. The police came and shot at us. One of the people from my ship was killed.
We're going... Damn! We'll tell the press that there was an accident. Chemical warfare spill. That cover cannot be violated in any way. Understand me, Shermin?
There's nothing... No reports of sightings or landings or anything... in the other parts of the country or overseas... Seems like a totally isolated incident.
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