3:10 to Yuma Page #20

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:
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89%
R
Year:
2007
122 min
$53,574,088
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Meanwhile, William rides to the CATTLE YARD next to the

station. He dismounts, keeping hidden...

...as he makes his way through the CATTLE towards the gate.

184 INT. TICKET BOOTH, TRAIN STATION - DAY

Wade stares at Dan in the ticket booth...

WADE:

There’s no sense putting me on this

train, Dan. I’ll be out within the

week.

...and Dan just stares at him, wounded, fading.

185 EXT. CATTLE YARD, TRAIN STATION - DAY

Now William quietly slips the CATTLE GATE open, then scuttles

back to his horse. The CATTLE stay in their yard, confused...

186 INT. TICKET BOOTH, TRAIN STATION - DAY

...as Wade makes his final plea to Dan:

WADE:

You made it further than anybody

ever expected. Most of all, me. You

did it. Go on home to your family.

Dan looks at him. Suddenly, they hear a TRAIN WHISTLE.

187 EXT. TRAIN STATION, CONTENTION - DAY

Here she comes, the 3:10 to Yuma. A STEAM-POWERED LOCOMOTIVE

hauling seven TRAIN CARRIAGES and a JAILHOUSE CABOOSE...

...all heads turn to watch as she puffs towards the station.

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188 INT. TICKET BOOTH, TRAIN STATION - DAY

Dan and Wade peer over the TICKET COUNTER and see the train

coming towards them. And Dan just starts checking his ammo,

gearing up for the last few yards.

DAN:

Do me a favor, will you... When you

break out of Yuma, don’t go back to

your crew.

WADE:

What.

DAN:

Hang up your guns, settle down

somewhere. Raise a family...

(pause)

...that’s what you want, isn’t it.

WADE:

What the hell do you know about

what I want.

Dan finishes RELOADING.

189 EXT. TICKET BOOTH, CONTENTION - DAY

Charlie Prince keeps his SCHOFIELDS on the ticket booth as

the train nears the station.

CHARLIE PRINCE:

(to the gang)

They’ll be coming.

...the other outlaws now prepare for the final shoot-out. The

crowd, including Butterfield, watching anxiously behind them.

190 EXT. CATTLE YARD, TRAIN STATION - DAY

William gets ready on his horse at the back of the CATTLE as

the LOCOMOTIVE rolls past, HISSING STEAM out its wheels...

191 EXT. TICKET BOOTH, TRAIN STATION - DAY

...pulling into the station as the DOOR OPENS on the ticket

booth. Dan escorts Wade out, the HAMMER SHOTGUN at his back.

(CONTINUED)

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109.

191

CONTINUED:

The OUTLAWS and the CONTENTION GUNMEN get set to fire...

192

EXT. CATTLE YARD, TRAIN STATION - DAY

...but then William suddenly fires a shot from his old PISTOL

and the spooked CATTLE begin to stampede out the open gate.

193

EXT. TICKET BOOTH, TRAIN STATION - DAY

Dan sees his son deftly whipping up the cattle...

...and for a moment, Dan’s furious. But then he realizes that

William’s driving the CATTLE between them and the outlaws.

The animals steam past the outlaws, blocking their line of

fire. Charlie Prince falls beneath them, engulfed in PLUMES

OF STEAM from the LOCOMOTIVE...

...we hear him SCREAM as the cattle trample him.

Dan and Wade break for the JAILHOUSE CABOOSE at the back of

the train. Keeping their heads low just beyond the CATTLE.

194

EXT. JAILHOUSE CABOOSE, TRAIN STATION - DAY

An old PRISON GUARD on the JAILHOUSE CABOOSE sees Dan coming

with Wade. He rises to his feet, grabbing the JAILHOUSE KEYS

off the rack behind him...

DAN:

I’ve got a prisoner to go to Yuma.

Wade looks at Dan who appears shocked to have made it here.

To have been able to say those eight words.

195

EXT. TRAIN STATION, CONTENTION - DAY

Nobody can see anything through the large HERD OF CATTLE. Not

even WADE’S GANG who are effectively cut off from their boss.

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110.

196

EXT. JAILHOUSE CABOOSE, TRAIN STATION - DAY

A smile spreads across Dan’s weary face. Wade smiles, too.

Genuinely happy for him.

BANG! A GUNSHOT echoes through the train station.

WADE:

No.

Dan SCREAMS with pain, returning fire...

...it’s Charlie Prince. Materializing out of the steam. Beat-

up from the CATTLE STAMPEDE. Dan’s SHOTGUN clips his arm.

197

EXT. TRAIN STATION, CONTENTION - DAY

Everybody hears the shots. Peering through the rain and steam

from the locomotive. The outlaws pushing through the cattle.

198

EXT. JAILHOUSE CABOOSE, TRAIN STATION - DAY

BANG! BANG! BANG! Charlie Prince cuts Dan down...

...ripping into his legs, his arms, his chest. The HAMMER

SHOTGUN falls to the soggy ground. His body spun around.

Wade leaps off the JAILHOUSE CABOOSE, flinging himself into

the line of fire. Charlie Prince stops firing just in time.

199

EXT. TICKET BOOTH, TRAIN STATION - DAY

CLOSE ON:
WILLIAM seeing his father fall as the cattle parts

fifty feet away. A river of shock grips him like a vice.

200

EXT. JAILHOUSE CABOOSE, TRAIN STATION - DAY

ANGLE ON:
WADE helpless to save Dan who collapses into the

mud, a look of shock on his face. Wade grinds to a halt next

to him...

...kneeling beside him, cradling the dying rancher’s head in

his lap. Charlie Prince triumphantly reloads his SCHOFIELDS.

WADE:

Dan.

(CONTINUED)

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200 CONTINUED:

Dan looks up at Wade, bloody and weak... ...a faint grin...

201 EXT. TRAIN STATION, CONTENTION - DAY

Stricken, William stares at his father, twenty yards off, in

Wade’s arms, frozen. Butterfield approaches from behind.

202 EXT. JAILHOUSE CABOOSE, TRAIN STATION - DAY

The other outlaws walk up now, holstering their weapons and

fetching horses. Gathering around Wade in a loose circle...

...as Charlie Prince struts over and grabs a CUFFS KEY from

the PRISON GUARD. He UNLOCKS Wade now, dropping the key and

the cuffs as he walks off.

Charlie Prince spits at Dan’s feet.

CHARLIE PRINCE:

(laughing)

For a one leg rancher, you was one

tough sonovabitch.

Wade gently sets Dan down. His gaze falls on the HAMMER

SHOTGUN lying nearby... his eyes go stone f***ing cold.

CLOSE ON:
CHARLIE PRINCE who has taken only a few steps, when

he stops. An alarming sixth sense telling him to turn around.

203 EXT. TRAIN STATION, CONTENTION - DAY

William tries to run to his father, tears in his eyes, but

Butterfield grabs hold of him... pulls him under an overhang,

they are both getting wet.

BUTTERFIELD:

You need to stay here, son.

William kicks and claws at Butterfield.

WILLIAM:

Let go of me!

(CONTINUED)

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203 CONTINUED:

BUTTERFIELD:

You can’t help him right now.

204 EXT. JAILHOUSE CABOOSE, TRAIN STATION - DAY

...the outlaws have gone rock still in the rain. All eyes on

Wade and the SHOTGUN. Wade is just as still and silent.

Suddenly, Charlie Prince draws...

...BOOM! The HAMMER SHOTGUN bellows.

Catapulting Charlie back three feet.

205 EXT. TRAIN STATION, CONTENTION - DAY

As the shot rings out, William turns-- becomes still.

Everybody’s stunned and riveted.

MAN:

He shot one of his own men... He

just shot him.

206 EXT. JAILHOUSE CABOOSE, TRAIN STATION - DAY

Wade’s gang is shocked... ...and livid. Staring at Charlie

Prince lying on the ground. What happens next takes no more

than twenty seconds.

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