A Few Good Men Page #17

JO:

This afternoon. Sometime after we

left.

KAFFEE:

I'll talk to him in the morning.

JO:

I already tried, I can't find him.

KAFFEE:

You tried? Joanne, you're coming

dangerously close to the textbook

definition of interfering with a

government investigation.

JO hands KAFFEE the file she's been holding.

JO:

I'm Louden Downey's attorney.

KAFFEE's stunned. He opens the file and begins to read.

JO:

(continuing)

Aunt Ginny. She said she feels like

she's known me for years. I suggested

that she might feel more comfortable

if I were directly involved with the

case. She had Louden sign the papers

about an hour ago.

KAFFEE looks up. Still too stunned to say anything. Then

finally...

KAFFEE:

I suppose it's way too much to hope

that you're just making this up to

bother me.

JO:

Don't worry, I'm not gonna make a

motion for separation, you're still

lead counsel.

KAFFEE hands her back the file.

KAFFEE:

Splendid.

JO:

I think Kendrick ordered the Code

Red.

(beat)

So do you.

CUT TO:

INT. A HOLDING ROOM IN THE BRIG - NIGHT

DAWSON and DOWNEY come to attention as KAFFEE and JO are led

in.

DAWSON:

Officer on deck, ten hut.

KAFFEE starts in immediately.

KAFFEE:

Did Kendrick order the code red?

DAWSON:

Sir?

KAFFEE:

Don't say sir like I just asked you

if you cleaned the latrine. You heard

what I said. Did Lt. Kendrick order

you guys to give Santiago a code

red?

DAWSON:

Yes sir.

KAFFEE:

(to Downey)

Did he?

DOWNEY:

Yes sir.

KAFFEE:

You mind telling me why the hell you

never mentioned this before?

DAWSON:

You didn't ask us, sir.

KAFFEE:

Cutie-pie sh*t's not gonna win you a

place in my heart, corporal, I get

paid no matter how much time you

spend in jail.

DAWSON:

Yes sir. I know you do, sir.

KAFFEE:

F*** you, Harold.

There's some understandable tension in the room, broken by --

JO:

Alright. Let's sort this out. There

was a platoon meeting on August 6th

at four in the afternoon. And Lt.

Kendrick, he gave strict instructions

that nothing was to happen to

Santiago. Now is that true? I want

you to speak freely.

DAWSON:

Ma'am, that's correct. But then he

dismissed the platoon and we all

went to our rooms.

JO:

And what happened then?

DAWSON:

Lt. Kendrick came to our room, ma'am.

KAFFEE:

When?

DAWSON:

About five minutes after the meeting

broke, sir. About 16:20.

KAFFEE:

(continuing)

And what happened then?

DAWSON:

Lt. Kendrick ordered us to give

Santiago a Code Red.

CUT TO:

INT. THE GYMNASIUM - NIGHT

ROSS is playing a game of full-court basketball with some

other OFFICERS.

A door at the far end of the court opens and KAFFEE and JO

walk in. They head down the sideline toward Ross.

KAFFEE shouts --

KAFFEE:

Jack!

But ROSS is into the game...

KAFFEE:

(continuing)

Jack!!

ROSS:

(waving him off)

Hang on...

KAFFEE:

They were given an order.

ROSS stops cold and looks over at Kaffee. The game flies by

him. He motions to the locker room door in the corner of the

gym and the three of them make their way to privacy.

JO:

How long have you known about the

order?

ROSS:

I didn't --

(to KAFFEE)

Who is this?

KAFFEE:

This is Jo Galloway she's Downey's

lawyer. She's very pleased to meet

you.

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