![Find Hero on Amazon](https://www.scripts.com/images/script/1099_hero.png)
Hero Page #20
- PG-13
- Year:
- 2002
- 107 min
- 2,130 Views
GALE ushers the dazed BUBBER toward a bank of elevators and
prevents others from joining them in the elevator.
GALE'S mood changes to amusement as she and BUBBER ascend alone.
Giggling, she "points" her chest at BUBBER.
GALE:
Uh, if you could, just, uh, support,
uh, a small airfield...
BUBBER:
(embarrassed)
It's been sometime since, uh, I
received any, uh, of that kind of,
uh... attention. A couple of...
years.
GALE stops giggling. Their eyes meet. A charged moment.
GALE:
Years?
(then...)
There are going to be lots of...
opportunities.
BUBBER:
Gale... you're a very nice person.
I wouldn't want to hurt you... in
any way...
They're struggling against an embrace that seems inevitable...
GALE:
I... I know that, John...
BUBBER:
You... you think I saved your...
life. I can't take advantage....
GALE:
You did save my life! And it's me!
I'd be taking advantage of you! I'm
a reporter, John, an experienced
professional... I...
Inevitably they embrace, KISS, can't help themselves.
BUBBER disengages suddenly, distraught.
BUBBER:
I... no... I don't have the right...
I...
GALE:
No, I don't have the right. You're
a news story!
BUBBER:
Uh, right. A... news story.
She pushes him out the elevator door.
GALE:
I know the truth, John. I'm flying
in some guys from your unit in
Vietnam tomorrow. Interviewing them
live on network hookup!
BUBBER:
(stunned)
Vietnam!
GALE:
Goodnight, John.
INT. BEDROOM/DRAKE SUITE
BUBBER wanders into the bedroom of the fabulous suite... in
a daze. He stares at BERNIE'S shoes on the floor. He shakes
his head as if to clear it.
TELEVISION SCREEN: INT. TV STUDIO - DAY
A fortyish black man, TOM WELLER, appears on the screen...
TOM/TV
Next thing I know, I'm in this
medical unit an' I see the other
dude, the one who was with me when
we got jumped, the one who I thought
was dead. There he is in the next
bed. I says "How'd we get here,
brother? We dead or what?"
He says, "That crazy white brother,
Johnny Bubber, he come back for us,
hauled us out." He shoulda been
wrote up, got a medal, but it was
fate. Wasn't no officers around
to observe it or nothing.
TELEVISION SCREEN: INT. TV STUDIO - DAY
A fortyish redneck type, CHARLIE BACON, is speaking to camera.
CHARLIE/TV SCREEN
The sonofagun goes out in the
paddies, pulling us outta there,
one after the other, six guys. Hey,
it don't surprise me one bit it was
Johnny Bubber went into that plane!
BERNIE VOICE (O.S.)
Fifty bucks says the a**hole was
never even in Vietnam.
BERNIE is furious, glaring at the TV, surrounded by PRISONERS.
TOUGH PRISONER #2
Shut your face, dirt bag... That
guy's a goddamn hero and you're
nothin' but a cynical little turd.
ON THE SCREEN (INT. TV STUDIO - DAY)
BUBBER is embracing WELLER, CHARLIE and several other VETERANS
as GALE narrates...
GALE/VOICE OVER/TV
After an emotional reunion, Bubber's
fellow veterans watched as station
manager James Wallace presented
Bubber with a check for one million
dollars...
Surrounded by applauding MEDIA TYPES, SPECTATORS and VETERANS,
BUBBER is accepting the check...
GALE/TV
As Bubber reacted to his sudden
wealth, word came that the
Secretary of the Army, responding
to an urgent resolution from the
Senate has conferred on John
Bubber the Medal of Honor.
This for his actions in Vietnam more
than 20 years ago, heroism that was
not acknowledged at the time because
it was not witnessed or reported
by a ranking officer. Later I spoke
to him about his sudden change in
circumstances...
BUBBER appears full screen, head and shoulders, interview
footage. He's shy and awkward at first... tentative... then
gaining confidence as he speaks...
BUBBER/TV
Well, I don't feel... right... about
all that money, Miss Gayley. That's
too much money for one person. What
I'm gonna do is donate, uh, most
of it to different organizations
like the Homeless Vets and stuff,
and start up some programs... to
help people. See, when you're out
there in the cold like I was, on
bridges or in your car, the worst
thing, even worse than the hunger
and the cold, is the... feeling...
that you're just plain... useless.
You don't matter to a single soul
in this world, nobody needs you,
nobody wants you.
MONTAGE:
TELEVISION SCREEN AND VIEWERSBUBBER'S INTERVIEW appears on screens in...
-HOME
-MOTEL ROOM
-WHITE HOUSE
The PRESIDENT watching.
-CHEAP HOTEL LOBBY
-SHADOW LOUNGE
CHICK watching.
-JAIL
BERNIE watching.
-EVELYN'S LIVING ROOM
JOEY, EVELYN, and ELLIOT watching.
-PRISON
INMATES, their tough faces momentarily solemn, watching.
-WINSTON'S APARTMENT
WINSTON smacks the TV he bought from Bernie to adjust the color.
Translation
Translate and read this script in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add this screenplay to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Hero" Scripts.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 30 Aug. 2024. <https://www.scripts.com/script/hero_1099>.
Discuss this script with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In