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PINK REV 4-19-12 1818.

RACHEL:

Well, they’ll know I belong on thatplane or wherever I happen to be.

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18 EXT. DC-3 - DAY (STOCK FOOTAGE) 18

Descending toward a runway. Landing gear coming down.

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19 INT. TERMINAL - NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT AIRPORT - DAY 19

A WOMAN exits the lady’s room, passing a SIGN: White Only.

REVERSE to show Rachel looking at it like she’s been slapped.

Jack joins Rae from the TICKET COUNTER, with the chicken box.

INSERT:
New Orleans Lakefront Airport.

JACK:

The flight to Pensacola leaves inan hour... You okay?

RACHEL:

I’ve just never seen one before.

JACK:

(follows her look)

We’re not in Pasadena anymore.

A sudden momentum carries her forward.

Honey...

JACK:

Rae -He

takes a step after her, stops as she disappears inside.

Jack unsure what to do. He looks around. Looks back. He

doesn’t need this right now.

*

*

*

20 OMITTED 20 *

21 OMITTED 21 *

PINK REV 4-19-12 1919.

22 INT. AIRPORT COFFEE SHOP - DAY 22 *

A black BUSBOY reacts as a bickering Jack and Rachel enter. *

JACK *

I promised Mr. Rickey we’d stay out *

of trouble. *

RACHEL *

Did you promise him we wouldn’t go *

to the bathroom? You’ve done it. *

JACK *

Before I promised. *

RACHEL *

It was just a toilet. You’d think *

the commodes were made of gold. *

The busboy watches as Jack and Rachel slide into a booth. As *

Jack reaches for a MENU, here comes the COOK.

COOK:

You folks can’t sit here.

JACK:

Excuse me?

COOK:

It’s white only.

Jack looking to Rachel; it’s equanimity time.

COOK:

I’ll sell you some sandwiches. But

you gotta take ‘em to go.

Jack looks to the busboy, back to the cook.

JACK:

No. You hang onto those.

*

*

Not easy.

Mastering himself, Jack slides out. Drilling the cook with a

look, he offers his hand to Rachel as she slides out as well.

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23 OMITTED

GREEN REV 4-27-12 2020.

24 INT. TERMINAL - NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT AIRPORT - DAY 24

Seen from on high. Jack and Rachel, sitting on a bench, twolittle figures as passengers move along the concourse. Theysit a bit apart from each other, the world a wedge.

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25 EXT. RUNWAY - PENSACOLA AIRPORT - NIGHT 25 *

SMOKE PINWHEELS as the wheels of a BOEING 247 touch down.

INSERT:
Pensacola, Florida. Later that day.

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26 INT. BOEING 247 - TARMAC - NIGHT 26

Jack and Rachel worn out among eight other passengers. As

the door is opened, FOUR of the eight get up and disembark.

After a beat, FOUR NEW PASSENGERS board and take their seat.

JACK:

Just a hop to Daytona now.

As Rachel nods, an AIRLINE EMPLOYEE boards, MISS BISHOP.

makes her way over. She spots who she’s looking for.

She

MISS BISHOP:

Jack Robinson? Come with me.

She starts away without explaining, looks back at them a bitimpatiently.

MISS BISHOP:

Come on now. Both of you.

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BLUE REV 4-07-12 21.

27 INT. TICKET COUNTER - PENSACOLA AIRPORT - NIGHT 27

The shoe box sitting on the counter, Jack in mid discussion

with Miss Bishop. Rachel just behind Jack. *

MISS BISHOP:

We have to lighten the plane.

There’s some bad weather east of

here. A heavy plane’s dangerous.

*

RACHEL:

(low)

Tell her you’re with the Dodgers. *

Jack would rather not play that card.

JACK:

When’s the next flight?

MISS BISHOP:

Tomorrow morning. But it’s booked.

So someone’ll have to cancel.

*

Jack and Rachel unaware as a WHITE COUPLE are ushered out a

door and onto the tarmac behind them.

JACK:

Look, I’m with the Brooklyn Dodger

organization. I’ve got to get down

to Daytona. I’m supposed to report

to spring training in the morning.

MISS BISHOP:

We’ll do our best to get you down

there by tomorrow afternoon, but it

might be the day after.

*

Jack -RACHEL

He follows her gaze to where the white couple get on the

plane they got off. Jack wheels on Miss Bishop, furious. *

JACK:

You gave away our seats!

back on that plane!

Get us

Miss Bishop picks up a PHONE, holds it in Jack’s face. *

MISS BISHOP:

Do you want to call the Sheriff?

Or should I?

*

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YELLOW REV 4-24-12 2222.

28 EXT. BUS STATION - PENSACOLA - NIGHT 28

Closed. A line of EMPTY BUSES; the BANNER on one: DaytonaBeach. Across from it Rachel sits at one end of a BENCH, her

fur pulled around her. Jack at the other, staring off intothe night. Finally, he reaches down, picks up the shoebox.

He pulls out a DRUMSTICK, considers it, then takes a bite.

JACK:

Mama knew...

He holds it out to Rachel. She slides over, takes it, takes

a bite as well, smiles at him. He smiles back.

It’s good.

RACHEL:

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29 EXT. BASEBALL FIELD - DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA - DAY 29 *

LEO DUROCHER hitting fungoes. One after the next. PEE WEE

REESE and EDDIE STANKY both settle under the same ball.

I got it!

REESE:

I got it!

STANKY:

I got it! I got it!

They both back off at the last second and it drops to theground between them. Durocher chuckles.

DUROCHER:

That’s what spring training’s for,

boys! Sort out our differences!

He hits another. This time to the outfield where veteran

DIXIE WALKER gives chase, finally gives up on it.

DUROCHER:

C’mon, Dixie, get after it!

WALKER:

(laughing)

I’m old!

DUROCHER:

I’m gonna squeeze one more year outof that worn out body of yours!

WALKER:

If you could, skipper, my wifewould sure appreciate it!

DUROCHER:

Keeping the women happy!

what it’s all about!

That’s

BLUE REV 4-07-12 23.

29 A EXT./INT. CONVERTIBLE - DAY 29 A *

Rickey drives a dirt road through the training field singing *

“Two Sleepy People” along with the radio: Passing BROOKLYN *

DODGERS, MONTREAL ROYALS & ST. PAUL SAINTS on either side. *

Durocher hits another as Rickey pulls up. *

RICKEY:

How are they looking, Leo? *

DUROCHER:

Rusty, Mr. Rickey. But we’ll get

‘em oiled up and ready in no time.

You find your lost sheep yet?

Troubled, Rickey shakes his head ‘no’. As he does, Harold

Parrot hurries over. He’s the Dodgers travelling secretary.

PARROTT:

Jackie Robinson’s on a bus leaving

Pensacola.

RICKEY:

A bus? Harold, how in blazes did

he end up on a bus?!

BOB BRAGAN, in his catching gear, passing by with pitchers

RALPH BRANCA and KIRBY HIGBE. Higbe asides to Bragan: *

HIGBE:

Why don’t they just put him on a *

watermelon truck?

BRANCA:

What’s the matter with you guys?

BRAGAN:

Not a thing, Branca, but we ain’t

just two pretty faces either.

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30 EXT. GREYHOUND STATION - DAYTONA BEACH - SUNSET 30

Wendell Smith stands waiting as a BUS pulls in.

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