Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk Page #5

I mean, what does it do

when it... When it hits somebody?

- Fucks 'em up.

- But does it kill them?

I mean, stopping power's

what I'm getting at.

Maybe not with a body shot.

That's why we aim for the face.

The .50, I read about that sucker

in Guns & Ammo.

Been in every single war since the 1920s.

What's that one like?

Well, you hit someone with a .50,

it takes 'em apart like...

Like a pink mist.

You ever kill somebody?

I mean, like... Pow!

Watch 'em die?

Yes.

What's that feel like?

It doesn't feel like anything.

Not while it's happening.

Come on, man.

- You can tell us.

- Come on.

What's it feel like when you hit somebody?

Like, really connect.

Look at the crap they use

to protect themselves.

- Do you guys have half this sh*t?

- Nope.

Grab an equipment bag

and you can take some back.

Do it.

Hey, Billy, find where

they're keeping the steroids?

Roy.

You remember my wife, Nikki. Tiffany.

Excuse me.

Hello. Thrilled you could come.

Come on in.

Thank you.

Now, normally, I like to give

thanks to God before kickoff

for the blessings we've received...

And the games we've won.

But this Thanksgiving,

I want to honor my special guests.

A group of soldiers called Bravo.

Their presence here serves as a reminder

that we must not only give thanks

for our bounty,

but we must also defend it.

And in times of grave threat,

mount an aggressive offense

if America is to hang on to that trophy

of being the greatest nation on Earth.

Door left, door right!

- Got door right.

- Sykes! Foo, get them up!

Get up! Get up! Get the f*** up!

- Hurry up!

- Come on!

Don't f***in' move!

Don't f***in' move! You stay right there.

- Okay -

- You stem!

- Foo, check the back.

- Got it.

- All clear.

- Room clear.

- Check that kitchen.

- Do you have any weapons?

No. He doesn't have anything.

He says to tell you there's nothing here.

Are you working

with the anti-coalition forces?

This is ridiculous.

He is a simple man.

He's taking care of his family.

He is not the enemy.

Are you hiding anyone or anything?

- That's crazy. He's not...

- Look at this sh*t.

Come on. You just said you had no weapons.

It is a personal gun.

For personal use to defend his family.

There's no government, no law.

You think I'm going to fight

the Americans with a pistol?

- Hey.

- And these papers?

He was a colonel in the military.

These are his personal

things, his memories.

We got more houses

to get to, Sergeant.

What's he saying?

Interpret!

Sorry, he's upset. He's not...

Hey, hey, hey, Sergeant, check this out.

Enough! Enough!

Zip them up and put them in the truck!

Do you not fear me?

I'm f***in' serious... Get the f*** off!

Easy. Easy, man. Easy.

Go easy.

He says he knows

once you take him he's not coming back.

Tell them we're just going

to verify their identities.

Then they'll be brought

back to their family.

So let's give 'em

a big-as-all-hell Texas welcome.

- Here you go.

- Thank you.

- Hey, what'll you have?

- How about an OJ?

Cool.

Thanks a lot, Joe.

- My man.

- Hell, yeah.

Hey, it's all coming together.

Just taking a little time.

Now,

how you gonna finance this film?

Uh, we have a lot of interest in Hollywood.

That's a problem, Albert.

The way I see it, Bravo's here,

and Hollywood is way the heck over there.

And frankly, I don't

think these studio folks

have the moral fortitude

to grasp the true stakes of Bravo's story.

You have a point there, Norm.

You have a point.

What do you mean you don't disagree?

If you agree, then buy the thing.

If you disagree, then don't.

Because when you're telling me

you don't disagree,

what I hear is you don't have

an opinion whatsoever.

Sorry, ma'am. Just keep your hands

and feet away from their mouths

and you won't get hurt.

That's what I'm saying,

and you keep saying the same thing.

I mean, give me...

So, Billy, tell us about everything.

Dad, would you turn that sh*t off?

It's loud in here.

He doesn't need to be hearing

all this propaganda...

Kathryn.

They could cripple the economy,

force widespread quarantines,

and cause sickness and death.

So, how's it going?

It's weird. Mmm.

I mean, we got rid of their dictator,

and now they're fighting each other

as well as us.

We're getting 'em sewer systems

and building schools,

and they don't even have textbooks.

We're soldiers.

What do we know about stuff like that?

I'm sure y'all are doing the best you can.

Yeah, with an illegal war

that we should've never started

in the first place.

Shh.

What about all those WMDs

we keep hearing about?

You see any?

How about bringing democracy

to the country,

- is that working out...

- Kathryn, no politics at the table.

- We all know what that war is about.

- Yeah, right. The oil?

Like you know everything, Kat.

Like you're better

than all the people in Washington?

Yeah, I think if they want a war so bad,

they should fight it themselves.

- Shh.

- It's not worth another American life,

especially not my brother's.

Kathryn.

- Your son.

- That's enough!

What's the matter, Albert?

Don't like cake?

Everybody in LA is eating turkey.

This is the part I hate, waiting around.

Know what I do over there to kill time?

I'm afraid to ask.

I imagine my kid.

Up here. I imagine playing with him, man.

It just levels me up.

What you do over there? What's...

What's your specialty?

Communications.

And I'm telling you, Al, when I get out,

I could be like one of them IT guys

up in some office, man.

You got a skill, man.

I need one of them.

Hello.

How has Norm been treating you fellas?

Excellent, sir.

Stadium cake's just out of this world.

Well, good. I just wanted to come over here

and tell you all how much I appreciate you.

Oh, heck. I bet you boys have had

just about your fill of compliments by now.

No. We thrive on them, sir.

It's the compliments that keep us going.

You know, in the face

of the enemy's fanatical hatred.

A sense of humor is a powerful weapon.

My name is Wayne Pfister.

Pfister Oil & Gas. 100% family-owned.

We are digging deep to find

new sources of energy right here in Texas.

Extracting oil out of the Barnett Shale with

a process called "hydraulic fracturing".

See, some of my friends' kids

are servin' over there with y'all,

so it's a personal thing for me,

lessening our dependence on foreign oil.

I figure the better I do my job,

the quicker we can bring

you youngsters home.

Thank you, sir.

We certainly do appreciate your efforts.

From your own perspective,

how do you think we're doing over there?

How are we doing?

Just from our own perspective?

Well, I'm far from qualified

to speak to the big picture, sir.

All I can tell you with any confidence

is that the exchange of force

with intent to kill...

That is truly a mind-altering

experience, sir.

I can only imagine how hard it is

to face that level of violence.

Oh, no.

We like going lethal.

I mean, isn't that

what you're paying us for, sir?

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