Full Metal Jacket Page #14

(in cold anger)

Okay.

ANIMAL MOTHER leads then down a narrow

street.

They stop to take cover behind a building just off

the

square.

They have to cross the open. square, ruhich would

give the

SNIPER a clear shot at them.

ANIMAL MOTHER:

Give 'em

some smoke.

He and JOKER toss three smoke grenades into the

square.

They explode ruith a dull bang.

They wait while the square slowly

fills with

smoke.

ANIMAL MOTHER waves and they run out blindly

through the thick smoke to the other side of the

square.

85 INT. BLACK

BUILDING:

They work their way into the shattered, burning

building,

past twisted steel girders and huge broken

chunks of concrete.

They

come to a place where they have to split up.

ANIMAL MOTHER points one

way.

ANIMAL MOTHER:

Donlon, Rock--that way. You two with

me.

DONLON and T.H.E. ROCK move off as ordered.

JOKER and RAFTERMAN

follow ANIMAL MOTHER the

other way.

They come to another place where

they have to

choose which way to go.

ANIMAL MOTHER:

(pointing)

JOKER, in there! New Guy with me.

JOKER cautiously

enters one door. ANIMAL MOTHER

and RAFTERMAN disappear through the

other.

86 INT. WRECKED AND BURNING LOBBY--DAY

JOKER finds himself in

what was the lobby of the

building, a large room, which is on fire,

with

shattered columns, oriental arches, and windows

with large

decorative grillwork.

JOKER inches slowly into the room.

He hears a

noise, ducks behind a column and peers

around it.

He sees a small, b lack-clad figure standing at a

window - the SNIPER.

He raises his

rifle, aims and squeezes the trigger.

A loud click.

In slow motion

the SNIPER turns to face JOKER.

We see the startled face of a

beautiful Vietnamese

girl of about fifteen.

In slow motion JOKER

frantically works the bolt of

his M-16.

With the hard eyes of a

grunt, the SNIPER fires her

AK-47 rifle.

In slow motion JOKER ducks

behind the column,

desperately trying to unjam his M-16 rifle.

In,

slow motion the SNIPER fires and runs down a

few steps to get a better

shot at JOKER.

The bullets from her AK-47 tear large chunks of

masonry from the column shielding him.

Suddenly the SNIPER's body

seems to explode as she

is hit by a burst of automatic fire.

RAFTERMAN has come up and fires his M-16 into the

girl's body.

JOKER:

stands trembling against the shattered

column.

RAFTERMAN snaps

another M-16 magazine into

place, gestures JOKER to stay put, and moves

forward like Supergrunt to check out the rest of the

room.

It's

clear.

He moves to the window, and shouts to the two men

in the

square.

RAFTERMAN:

We got the sniper!

The SNIPER lies

on the floor, writhing in pain.

JOKER and RAFTERMAN cautiously

approach her.

RAFTERMAN kicks away her AK-47.

The two men stare at

her in disbelief:

The SNIPER is a child, no more than fifteen years

old, a slender Eurasian. angel with dark beautiful

eyes.

They are

startled by a faint sound.

They dive for cover.

They listen.

ANIMAL MOTHER calls from behind cover at the other

end of the room.

ANIMAL MOTHER:

Joker?

JOKER:

Yo.

ANIMAL:

MOTHER:

What's up?

JOKER:

We got the sniper.

RAFTERMAN and JOKER circle around the SNIPER as

DONLON and T.H.E. ROCK

and ANIMAL MOTHER walk

up.

RAFTERMAN:

I saved JOKER's

ass. I got the sniper. I f***ing

blew her away.

RAFTERMAN laughs

hysterically, and kisses his rifle.

RAFTERMAN:

Am I bad?

Am I a life-taker? Am I a heartbreaker?

No one pays any

attention to RAFTERMAN.

The SNIPER gasps, whimpers.

DONLON stares

at her.

DONLON:

What's she saying?

JOKER:

(after a pause)

She's praying.

T.H.E. ROCK

No more

boom-boom for this baby-san. There's

nothing we can do for her.

She's dead meat.

ANIMAL MOTHER stares down at the SNIPER.

ANIMAL MOTHER:

Okay. Let's get the f*** outta here.

JOKER:

What about her?

ANIMAL MOTHER:

F*** her. Let

her rot.

The SNIPER prays in Vietnanese.

JOKER:

We

can't just leave her here.

ANIMAL MOTHER:

Hey, a**hole

... Cowboy's wasted. You're

fresh out of friends. I'm running this

squad

now and I say we leave the gook for the

mother-lovin'

rats.

JOKER stares at ANIMAL MOTHER.

JOKER:

I'm not

trying to run this squad. I'm just

saying we can't leave her like

this.

ANIMAL MOTHER looks down at the SNIPER.

SNIPER:

(whimpering)

Sh . . . sh-shoot . . . me. Shoot . . . me.

ANIMAL:

MOTHER looks at JOKER.

ANIMAL MOTHER:

If you want to

waste her, go on, waste her.

JOKER looks at the SNIPER.

The four

men look at JOKER.

SNIPER:

(gasping)

Shoot .

. . me . . . shoot . . . me.

JOKER slowly lifts his pistol and looks

into her

eyes.

SNIPER:

Shoot . . . me.

JOKER jerks

the trigger.

BANG!

The four men are silent.

JOKER stares down at

the dead girl.

RAFTERMAN:

(laughs)

JOKER ...

we're gonna have to put you up for

the Congressional Medal of...

Ugly!

(laughs)

JOKER looks at RAFTERMAN, blankly.

DONLON:

Hard core, man. F***ing hard core.

87 EXT. BURNING

CITY--NIGHT.

The platoon moves through the city, silhouetted

against

the raging fires. A scene in, hell.

JOKER:

(narration)

We have nailed our names in the pages of

history

enough for today. We hump down to

the Perfume River to set in for

the night.

The marines start to sing.

MARINE PLATOON:

Who's the leader of the club that's made for

you and me?

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E.

Hey there. Hi there. Ho there. You're as

welcome as can be.

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E.

Mickey Mouse. (Mickey

Mouse.)

Mickey Mouse. (Mickey Mouse.)

Forever let us hold our

banner high.

High. High. High.

Come along and sing a song and

join the

jamboree.

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E.

Here we go

a-marching and a-shouting

merrily.

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E.

We play fair and we work hard and we're in

harmony.

M-I-C-K-E-Y

M-O-U-S-E.

Mickey Mouse. (Mickey Mouse.)

Mickey Mouse. (Mickey

Mouse.)

Forever let us hold our banner high.

High. High. High.

Boys and girls from far and near you're as

welcome as can be.

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E.

Who's the leader of the club that's made for

you and me?

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E.

Who is marching coast to

coast and far across

the sea?

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E.

Mickey Mouse. (Mickey Mouse.)

Mickey Mouse. (Mickey Mouse.)

Forever let us hold his banner high.

High. High. High.

Come

along and sing a song and join the

family.

M-I-C-K-E-Y

M-O-U-S-E.

JOKER:

(voiceover)

My thoughts

drift back to erect nipple wet

dreams about Mary Jane Rottencrotch

and

the Great Homecoming F*** Fantasy. I am so

happy that I am

alive, in one piece and short.

I'm in a world of sh*t . . . yes. But

I am alive.

And I am not afraid.

MARINE PLATOON:

(singing)

Come along and sing this song and join our

family.

M-I-C-K-E-Y- M-O-U-S-E

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