Collateral Damage Page #2

15 INT. TENEMENT HALLWAY 15

Gordy lowers the family through the floor hole.

16 EXT. TENEMENT 16

Gordy carries the family's small child outside. He

passes the child to its grateful parents, while...

The rescued Firefighter sits on a curb looking at a heroand shaking his head in disbelief and admiration.

17 INT. UPPER WEST SIDE APARTMENT - BEDROOM - MORNING 17

ANNE PITT, thirties, reaches out and KILLS the ALARM.

She rolls over. The other half of the bed's empty. We

hear a CHILD'S VOICE from another room.

18 INT. MATT'S BEDROOM 18

Anne opens the door to find an exhausted Gordy sitting onthe floor with their four-year-old son, MATT. They're

building a K'nex spaceship.

MATT:

Look what we made!

ANNE:

Nice rocket... That took a while.

GORDY:

He was awake when I got home. His

throat still hurts.

ANNE:

Sh*t.

MATT:

That's a bad word.

GORDY:

You're right.

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Sorry.

ANNE:

She feels Matt's forehead. Gordy's done it already.

No fever.

GORDY:

ANNE:

(to Matt)

You better see Dr. Bob.

(to Gordy)

And this time, no opening firehydrants to play in till he'scompletely well.

Yes, ma'am.

GORDY:

She leans down and kisses him. There's passion in it.

ANNE:

How was your shift?

GORDY:

(shrugs)

The usual.

She yawns. Starts heading out.

ANNE:

Dreamed I did a triple axel in anice skating championship.

GORDY:

(beat; calls afterher)

Come back and let me see those

legs again.

19 INT. BATHROOM - DAY 19

Gordy holds Matt in his arms as water pours over them.

It's the second child he's held in the last few hours.

This one is his, this one is safe at home and unafraid:

what a father wants for his child. We see the deepaffection Gordy has for his son. He holds Matt tightly,

skin to skin, and kisses the boy's wet head...

Anne opens the shower door. She's on the phone.

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ANNE:

Dr. Bob can squeeze him in attwelve. I have a patientrelations meeting at twelve-

fifteen. Can you take him?

GORDY:

I have a game. But yeah, if we dothe handoff at the doctor's.

ANNE:

(into phone)

Yes, he'll be there... Thanks.

(hangs up; to Gordy)

Five-of in front of Dr. Bob's.

Don't be late.

(to Matt)

Let's get you out, sweetie. Your

father just can't keep you dry.

She leads Matt out. Closes the shower door. Gordysticks his face into the water. Looks back, finds...

Two bare butts, Anne's and Matt's, are pressed againstthe shower door's foggy glass. OFF Gordy, laughing -20

EXT. SPANISH HARLEM - BASKETBALL COURT - DAY 20

It appears the entire neighborhood's crammed against thechain-link fence around the court, yelling and cheeringas a team of local kids from the NYFD Athletic Leagueplays a team of local kids from the NYPD Athletic League.

Gordy's an NYFD coach, exhorts his team at the top of hislungs.

The rivalry's intense. The game close.

deafening. Bets are going down.

The noise

NYFD goes up by one in the final minute.

Gordy disses a cop coaching the opposing team.

LUIS is one of Gordy's kids. A small but talented

fifteen-year-old. Luis steals the ball. Drives for an

unguarded lay-up to put the team up by three... Andmisses. An opponent recovers the ball. The flow shifts

toward the other end, but Luis is slow adjusting,

devastated at missing the easy "two." Gordy yells at himto defend.

GORDY:

Luis, get back! Pick up your man!

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Luis shakes it off. Hustles back on "D" as his man getsthe ball. The opponent's a step ahead. Goes up... AndLuis gets there to reject him. The crowd loves it. The

BUZZER SOUNDS. NYFD wins.

21 SAME SCENE - GORDY AND LUIS - MOMENTS LATER 21

In the game's immediate aftermath. NYFD celebratingaround them. Gordy's proud of Luis.

GORDY:

We lose, win, whatever. But one

thing we never do. We never, ever

give up. Right?

OFF Gordy, smiling at Luis...

22 SAME SCENE - LATER 22

The crowds are gone. Gordy checks his watch and startsoff, when a SOUND draws his attention.

23 GORDY'S POV 23

Luis walks along the inside of the chain-link fencearound the court. A neighborhood gangbanger and his crewmatch Luis step for step outside the fence, rattling thefence, clearly trying to intimidate him.

24 BACK TO SCENE 24

Gordy stalks walking toward them.

GORDY:

Luis...

Calls -Seeing

Gordy approach, the gangbanger and crew drift off.

Reaching Luis -GORDY

What was that about?

LUIS:

Told 'em I wouldn't play with 'em

anymore.

But Gordy sees Luis is scared. And he sees the

gangbanger and crew hovering nearby waiting for Gordy to

go.

10.

25 EXT. SPANISH HARLEM - BODEGA - DAY 25

THROUGH the window, we see Gordy delivering Luis to aLatin man, clearly Luis's father and the bodega's owner.

We don't hear the words, but we can tell Gordy'scomplimenting the boy to his dad.

Gordy emerges. Checks his watch. Whistles up a taxi.

26 INT. TAXI - DAY 26

Traffic jam on Park Avenue South. Gordy's anxious.

Checks his watch. He's late. To the cabbie -Try

Fifth.

GORDY:

27 EXT. 68TH AND MADISON - DAY 27

Anne waits on the corner with Matt, playing with hisspaceship. She checks her watch. It's five of twelve.

28 INT. TAXI - DAY 28

Fifth Avenue's also a parking lot.

GORDY:

Sh*t.

He jams money in the pay dish.

GORDY:

I'm getting outta here.

29 EXT. FIFTH AVENUE 29

Gordy exits the cab and takes off running.

30 ANNE 30

checks her watch again. She's pissed now.

In b.g., a cop leaves his police cart to write a ticket.

A caravan of Lincoln Navigators passes Anne and turnseast on 68th.

31 GORDY 31

turns onto 68th. As he runs, he jumps, trying to seeAnne and Matt over other pedestrians.

11.

32 ANNE

In b.g., the Navigators pull up at a building flying theColombian flag. Latin and American men in suits get outof the Navigators.

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33 EXT. 68TH - BETWEEN FIFTH AND MADISON

Gordy dodges pedestrians. Still trying to get a glimpseof Anne and Matt.

The cop we saw writing tickets earlier is walking theother way. Gordy nearly collides with him. At the last

moment, the traffic cop shuffles Gordy aside.

GORDY:

Sorry.

Gordy reaches the corner. Sees Anne and Matt. Whistles.

In b.g., behind Gordy, we see the cop get into a brownFord.

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34 ANNE AND MATT

hear the WHISTLE. Matt sees Gordy.

MATT:

There he is.

Matt waves.

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35 GORDY

waves back, shrugs an apology to Anne as he starts acrossthe street, when...

35

36 INTENSE FLASH

suddenly lights up the intersection.

In SLOW MOTION:

36

37 SHOCK WAVE

wave rolls up 68th past Madison...

37

38 HUGE BALL OF FLAME

erupts behind Anne and Matt...

We hear the ENORMOUS BANG of the explosion...

38

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39 WINDOWS 39

are sucked into millions of fragments, a hailstorm ofglass...

40 GREAT CHUNK OF METAL 40

-- an engine block -- flies from the ball of flame...

41 ANNE 41

instinctively pulls her child to her...

42 GORDY 42

sees the engine block tumbling through the air toward hiswife and son.

His scream is lost in the thunderous ROAR all around.

43 GORDY'S POV - IN SLOW MOTION 43

The engine block is about to hit Anne and Matt, when...

A FedEx TRUCK, WINDOWS SHATTERED, SKIDS past, wiping outGordy's line of sight. When the truck clears...

Anne and Matt are gone. The corner's empty. Just Matt's

spaceship, slowly falling to the ground...

44 BACK TO SCENE 44

There's a horrible SCREECH. A TAXI SKIDS sideways toavoid the FedEx truck and hits Gordy. He's in the air,

tumbling, then smacks to the ground.

Gordy looks up, through the smoke and falling debris.

Then struggles to his hands and knees.

GORDY:

Anne!

He tries to stand, then falls down, screaming in pain, alarge shard of glass embedded in his leg.

People come to help him, but Gordy only cares aboutfinding Anne and Matt. He looks around desperately butcan't see them, when...

His eyes go to the spaceship, in pieces on the pavement.

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