Fury Page #15

NORMAN:

Why are they so thin?

WARDADDY:

They're from the concentration camps.

They starve 'em to death there.

NORMAN:

Are they criminals?

WARDADDY:

No. They're just people. Regular

people. Germans are marching them around

to keep them from us. Rather have them

dead than free.

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67 OMITTED 67

68 EXT. VALLEY - DAY 68

The tanks head for the crossroads. Norman is back in the

front right hatch.

ON LOVE 1-5 -- The last in the tank column-

THWACK-KABOOM! --Is suddenly hit by a high velocity gun...

Its turret is blown into the air --The tank instantly burns,

a maelstrom of gasoline, explosives and gun propellant...

WARDADDY:

F***! Where the f*** did that come from?

Driver! Reverse!

(into radio)

All tanks, back up! Get behind the rise

on the right. Everyone button up.

The three remaining tanks quickly reverse and spread out.

Wardaddy scanning with binoculars. Looking very worried.

BIBLE:

What the f*** was it?

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WARDADDY:

That was an 88. It's a goddamned tank.

FSSSSS-WHAM! -- A glowing high-velocity shell hits the ground

and ricochets in front of the Fury.

SGT. DAVIS

Tank! Three O'clock! Eight hundred

yards!

Wardaddy whips his binoculars to 3 O'clock...

WHAT HE SEES --A German TIGER TANK emerges from a camouflage

blind in a hay field. Tigers are the deadliest tanks of the

war. Wardaddy's three Shermans are hopelessly outgunned,

worse, a Tiger's armor is nearly impervious to their cannons.

WARDADDY:

I see it. It's a goddamned Tiger.

Bible, get an eyeball on him and send it.

BIBLE:

I got him! On the way!

KABOOM! -- The Fury fires. Its glowing shell strikes the

front of the distant Tiger and ricochets off harmlessly.

SGT. DAVIS

Let's get the f*** out of here.

WARDADDY:

Unless he drowns himself in a sh*t filled

ditch, it's up to us to kill him. C'mon,

hit that sonofabitch!

KABOOM-KABOOM-KABOOM! -- All three tanks open fire on the

Tiger...

WARDADDY (CONT’D)

All tanks! Fast right turn! Right at

him. Let's bumrush this cocksucker.

Turn on your gyros! Shoot and scoot!

The three tanks stop backing up --They quickly turn towards

the Tiger and accelerate right at him! Firing their cannons

as fast as they can...

Three little Davids versus one big Goliath --The Tiger aims

at Love 1-4, the middle tank...

KABOOM! -- The 88 cannon shell misses the Sherman --But hits

Sgt. Peterson -- Taking his head right off...

KABOOM-KABOOM-KABOOM! -- The Sherman's keep firing. Quickly

closing the distance to the massive German tank...

69 INT. FURY (MOVING) - DAY 69

Tense faces. Bible focuses on the target. Coon-Ass stands

by with a fresh shell -- Bible fires...

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KABOOM--KERCHANG--CLANK! -- Coon-Ass loads the cannon...

COON-ASS

Clear-

KABOOM--KERCHANG--CLANK! -- They keep pumping rounds into the

massive German tank...

ON NORMAN -- Staring at the Tiger through his periscope. He

opens fire...

BRDDDDDDT! -- His .30 Cal spits empty brass as it jackhammers

slugs at the armored enemy monster...

NORMAN'S PERISCOPE POV -- His tracer rounds splash harmlessly

against the German tank.

70 EXT. HAY FIELD - DAY 70

KAPOW! -- The Tiger again fires at the middle tank...

THWACK! -- Its shell strikes the turret and goes right

through. The fatally wounded Sherman rolls to a stop,

gushing yellow smoke. The DRIVER and A-DRIVER bail out...

The Tiger opens fire with its machine gun -- Splattering the

two poor tankers...

WARDADDY:

F***ing Animals! Load a white

phosphorous. Blind the bastard!

71 INT. FURY (MOVING) - DAY 71

Coon-Ass loads a phosphorous shell...

COON-ASS

Clear!

Bible, ever cool under fire, takes careful aim and toes the

firing pedal --KABOOM!

72 EXT. HAY FIELD - DAY 72

--POW! -- The white phosphorous shell bursts with a large

cloud of dense white smoke. Burning clumps of phosphorous

cover the Tiger...

The Fury and Sgt. Davis' tank are damn close to the powerful

Tiger. They are now passing down its right side...

WARDADDY:

Here we go. Shoot at the back third,

under the track. AP. Fire when ready.

BIBLE:

I know where to hit him.

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WARDADDY:

So shoot the sumbitch!

The monster's turret is turning towards Sgt. Davis' tank.

Pure menace -- It fires!

WARDADDY (CONT’D)

He's lining up on Roy.

Bible is pure focus. He fires...

KABOOM! --KTANG! -- The shot was high, it merely glances off

the Tiger.

KABOOM! -- The Tiger fires. It's shell plows through Davis'

tank...

With a shattering explosion, the turret of Love 1-5 is lifted

up and drops back down. Sgt. Davis and his crew are no more.

ON WARDADDY -- Time slows as Wardaddy watches YET another

tank die. He surveys the battlefield of burning tanks. He

and his crew now face the Tiger alone...

WARDADDY (CONT’D)

...Roy's gone...

THE MONSTER'S HUGE CANNON NOW SWINGS TOWARD THE FURY...

It is do or die time...

WARDADDY (CONT’D)

Driver. Make a tight right turn! Get

behind him, right on his ass -- Gunner,

start pumping solid shot in his flanks!

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75 INT. FURY (MOVING) - DAY 75

Bible traverses the turret. It feels like it's taking

forever to aim the main gun at the Tiger...

Gordo double clutches and puts the Fury in 3rd gear. He

stomps the gas pedal, white knuckling the steering levers.

KABOOM! -- Bible fires. Missing the tank...

GORDO'S PERISCOPE POV -- The Tiger is looming damn close.

Its turret traversing to line up a shot on the Fury...

BOOM! -- The Tiger fires...

KTANG! -- It's a glancing strike against the side of the Fury

causes a burst of SPARKS inside. The noise and shock of the

impact stun Gordo and Norman...

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HYDRAULIC OIL sprays everywhere...

There is a SMOKING WHITE HOT DENT where the round struck the

hull. The Fury fills with smoke. Norman is bleeding from

his scalp...

NORMAN:

I'm hit! I'm hit!

Gordo ignores the chaos, keeps driving at the Tiger...

WARDADDY:

Gordo! Any damage?

GORDO:

Dunno. She's still drivin'.

Bible works the power traverse grip --Something's wrong...

THE TURRET STOPS TURNING! -- The shell damaged its mechanism.

BIBLE:

I lost power traverse!

He switches to the MANUAL TRAVERSE WHEEL -- Turning it

frantically. The Fury's turret now turning slower --This is

very bad...

KABOOM! -- Bible fires again...

BIBLE'S GUNSIGHT POV -- The Armor Piercing shell bounces

harmlessly off the Tiger's turret...

76 EXT. HAYFIELD - DAY 76

It's a close range tank duel --The two tanks are now just

yards apart. Smoke from the burning Sherman's washes over

the battle-locked armored vehicles...

WARDADDY:

That's it! Gordo, drive in a circle

around him. We can move faster than he

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