]The film""s screenplay, by first-time scripter Bruce Robinson, was adapted from Pulitzer Prize-winningNY Timesreporter Sydney Schanberg""sThe Death and Life of Dith PranfromThe NY Times Magazine.He was about to be lowered via cable into the volcano to detonate a ""cold-fusion"" device ("a super ice-cube"), into order to stop an eruption hat could potentially wipe out all life on the planet.As Laurie was restrained by the younger Michael, she saw another vision of Deborah -- and was ordered to repeat: "I love you, Mommy.She went hysterically insane when she realized that the wind was uncovering evidence of his corpse.At first, she curled up in a fetal position, shook and cried and was desperate to block out the wind.[Note: From Shakespearean Play to Screen: The Montagues became the Anglo Jets street gang, while the Capulets were transformed into rival Puerto Ricans.