3:10 to Yuma Page #17

Synopsis: Outlaw Ben Wade (Russell Crowe) terrorizes 1800s Arizona, especially the Southern Railroad, until he is finally captured. Wade must be brought to trial, so Dan Evans (Christian Bale), the owner of a drought-stricken ranch, volunteers to escort him to the train. Along the trail, a grudging respect forms between the men, but danger looms at every turn, and the criminal's men are in pursuit.
Production: Lionsgate Films
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 30 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Metacritic:
76
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
R
Year:
2007
122 min
$53,574,088
Website
2,995 Views


out on you, Dan. Now what do you

figure you and your son are gonna

die for. Because Butterfield’s

railroad lost some money.

...and Dan has no reply. He looks at William.

147 EXT. HOTEL FRONT, CONTENTION - DAY

Charlie watches the marshal and deputies walk out guns down.

GUNSHOTS RING OUT as he murders them. Inside, Butterfield

shudders. Prince turns to the BRIDAL SUITE WINDOW...

CHARLIE PRINCE:

(calling)

That all of them?

...after a moment, Wade appears in the window.

WADE:

Almost.

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148 INT. BRIDAL SUITE, CONTENTION HOTEL - DAY

Up in the suite, Wade returns to the bed...

...glancing at Dan who grips his HAMMER SHOTGUN tightly.

WADE:

Your turn, general.

WILLIAM:

What do you expect him to say.

WADE:

I expect him to say something that

makes sense. Something that might

save the two of you.

(pause)

Take a look, Dan... What’s the

matter, don’t you want to see them.

DAN:

I’ll see them soon enough.

WADE:

How about you, kid. You wanna look.

DAN:

Stay away from the window, William.

WADE:

Go on. Look down there.

William looks at his father and then at Wade...

...venturing to the window and staring at the gang.

WADE (CONT'D)

They’re animals. All of them.

They’ll kill you and your father,

William, and they’ll laugh while

they do it. I think you know that.

William looks at Wade.

WILLIAM:

Call them off.

WADE:

Why should I.

(CONTINUED)

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148 CONTINUED:

WILLIAM:

Because you’re not all bad.

WADE:

Yes I am.

WILLIAM:

You saved us from those Indians.

WADE:

I saved myself.

WILLIAM:

You helped us through the tunnels,

you helped us get away.

WADE:

If I had a gun in those tunnels, I

would’ve used it on you.

WILLIAM:

...I don’t believe you.

Wade smiles.

WADE (CONT'D)

Kid. I wouldn’t last five minutes

leading an outfit like that if I

wasn’t as rotten as Hell.

149 EXT. HOTEL FRONT, CONTENTION - DAY

Outside, Charlie Prince gives a nod to the gang and they all

split up. Disappearing into the streets and back alleys with

the dozens of CONTENTION GUNMEN.

Butterfield peeks nervously out the front of the hotel. He

sees all the gunmen waiting outside. And makes a decision.

Charlie setlles into a chair across the street, watching.

He checks the watch he stole from the dead Pinkerton.

150 INT. BRIDAL SUITE, CONTENTION HOTEL - DAY

The DOOR OPENS suddenly and Butterfield comes inside the

Bridal Suite. He looks stricken. Wade instantly reads the

look on his face. Butterfield crosses to the window.

WADE:

Here it comes...

(CONTINUED)

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150 CONTINUED:

BUTTERFIELD:

Dan.

(beat)

I can’t do it.

WADE:

They say discretion is the better

part of Valor.

BUTTERFIELD:

If you think you have an obligation

to me or the railroad, you don’t.

I’m releasing you.

WADE:

So it’s just you now, Dan.

And your boy.

BUTTERFIELD:

You have no obligation.

WADE:

Listen to what he’s saying.

WILLIAM:

Maybe he’s right, Pa. Maybe we

should go home.

DAN:

What did Doc Potter give his life

for, William. And McElroy.

WADE:

They’re specks, Dan. Little red

ants on a hill.

BUTTERFIELD:

I’ll pay you the two hundred, Dan.

Right now. And you can walk away.

Dan has to laugh. He looks out the window, knowing this is

the decision of his life.

DAN:

...You know... this whole ride,

it’s been nagging on me. That’s

what the government gave me. For my

leg. A hundred ninety eight

dollars, thirty six cents.

(MORE)

(CONTINUED)

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150 CONTINUED:
(2)

DAN (cont'd)

Funny thing is, when you think

about it, which I have been lately,

they weren’t paying me so I could

walk away. They were paying me so

they could walk away. So they could

forget the people that got maimed

and killed for their own interests.

Butterfield is stung.

WADE:

Don’t muddy past and present, Dan.

DAN:

I’m seeing the world as it is,

Wade. What’s two hundred gonna do.

By the time I get back, Hollander

will want more.

WILLIAM:

If you take him to the train, Pa,

I’m going with you.

DAN:

No. Mr. Butterfield is taking you

home.

WILLIAM:

I’m not going anywhere with him.

DAN:

Yes you are.

BUTTERFIELD:

...I’ll get him to Bisbee, Mr.

Evans. I promise you.

DAN:

You’re gonna promise more than

that, if I put the scourge of the

Southern Line on that train. I want

a guarantee that Hollander and his

boys never set foot on my land

again. And that my water’s gonna

flow. And I expect you to hand my

wife one thousand cash dollars when

you see her.

Wade smiles, amused.

(CONTINUED)

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150 CONTINUED:
(3)

DAN (CONT’D)

‘You got it to spare, Butterfield.

You were gonna divvy up a thousand

to five for a job I’m doing alone.

BUTTERFIELD:

My company will be glad to do all

of those things ...if Wade gets on

the train.

DAN:

(to Wade)

Youu heard him.

Wade nods. Satisfied, Dan turns to William. He pulls out

Alice’s ANTIQUE BROOCH... ...and hands it to him.

DAN:

Bring this back, William. Tell your

mother... Tell her I had it with me

to the end. That it helped me find

what was right.

WILLIAM:

Pa. I can’t... just leave you...

DAN:

I’ll be a day behind you, William.

...Unless something happens,.. And

if it does, I need a man at the

ranch. To keep it running and

protect our family. I know you can

do that because you’ve become a

fine man. You got all the best

parts of me, William, what few

there are.

Dan embraces his son. Wade watches them, reluctantly moved...

DAN (CONT'D)

Just remember how your old man

walked Ben Wade to the station...

(pause)

...when nobody else would.

Dan gives Butterfield a look.

DAN:

You take him and find a room down

the hall.

(CONTINUED)

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150 CONTINUED:
(4)

WILLIAM:

Pa.

DAN:

When we make the move, we’ll pull

his gang away. And that’s when your

ride out of town.

Butterfield crosses to the door. After a look from his

father, William goes with him. Holding his father’s eyes as

he leaves the room.

151 OMITTED

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152 INT. BRIDAL SUITE, CONTENTION HOTEL - DAY - CONTINUOUS

Dan checks the time: Five minutes to three.

DAN:

Goddammit...

WADE:

You know, squeezing that watch

ain’t gonna stop time.

Dan angrily hurls the POCKET WATCH at Wade...

...it misses by an inch, SMASHING against the wall.

WADE (CONT'D)

(smiles)

Now you shouldn’t get so scared,

Dan. Might back a bad move.

And Dan just turns away, staring out the window.

153 EXT. STREETS, CONTENTION - VARIOUS - DAY

Every now and then we glimpse one of WADE’S GANG. Hidden in

alley ways. Or climbing on roof tops. Loading their rifles.

Elsewhere, we see CONTENTION GUNMEN readying to earn a buck.

154 OMITTED

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155 INT. BRIDAL SUITE, CONTENTION HOTEL - DAY

Dan sits in the ROCKER, staring at the rumbling STORM CLOUDS.

Wade lies on the bed, DRAWING something in a HOTEL BIBLE...

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