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Hero Page #21
- PG-13
- Year:
- 2002
- 107 min
- 2,130 Views
ON THE SCREEN (INT. TV STUDIO - DAY)
BUBBER/TV
I guess when I... did what I
did... I was trying to save my
own life more than anything else.
people again and be... part of the
whole. You have to help others
to do that, you need a role to,
play... even if it's a very humble
role, it gives you self worth.
INT. DEAKINS' OFFICE
(NOTE:
Bubber dialogue, additional or as above continuesthroughout scene)
GALE, her editor, JOAN, DEAKINS, WALLACE, CHUCKY, PARKER, and
CONKLIN are crowded around the monitor staring at the screen.
JOAN catches GALE surreptitiously hiding a tear and whispers
to her...
JOAN:
Is he like that in real life? So
gorgeous?
GALE:
He's pretty... remarkable.
JOAN:
(eyes widening at the
thought)
You didn't... get it on with him?
GALE:
Don't be ridiculous. I'm a reporter.
JOAN:
Reporters don't have hormones?
GALE:
Reporters... have to... rise above
their hormones.
ANGLE ON DEAKINS, WALLACE
reacting to BUBBER on TV. WALLACE is impressed.
WALLACE:
The guy's... a natural.
DEAKINS rolls his eyes, a cynical, hardened newsman.
ANGLE ON TV SCREEN (INT. TV STUDIO - DAY)
GALE/TV/VOICE OVER
Medal of Honor.
BUBBER/TV
As far as the medal goes, well...
that medal's for something me and
my buddies did almost twenty years
ago in Viet Nam. So if I'm a war
hero today then I was a war hero
last week when I was selling cans
and sleeping in my car... when I
didn't have a medal. I don't think
a medal makes a hero. You don't
need machinegun fire or burning
planes to be... brave. People do
heroic acts every day only there's
nobody around to take their picture
or decorate them. Little things
can be heroic. Helping someone
day in and day out, giving up your
life a little every day instead
of all at once... to help.
Maybe... maybe we're all heroes.
MONTAGE - DAY
Across the nation solemn FACES reflect the glow of the TV screen.
YOUNG FACES, OLD FACES, BLACK, WHITE, BROWN, YELLOW...
-HOME
-BARBERSHOP
-ELECTRONICS SHOWROOM
-BAR
-JAIL CELL
...And BERNIE LAPLANTE'S FACE. He's glaring at the screen in
the Day Room of the Jail, sputtering helplessly...
BERNIE:
We're all heroes, huh? A**hole!
Just then a GUARD enters the Day Room and belows...
GUARD:
LAPLANTE, BERNARD. LAPLANTE?
BERNIE:
Me?
GUARD:
Ya made bail, Ace. C'mon, let's
go.
BERNIE looks startled.
News coverage of the crash and photos of Bubber are ZOOMED,
DISSOLVED, WHIRLED and SPUN into a glittering promo while a
stentorian WELLESIAN VOICE brays excitedly...
WELLESIAN VOICE/TV
John Bubber himself! Along with
twenty of the real survivors of
flight 104! See the real life
participants re-enact the
burning plane.
INT. SUITE/DRAKE HOTEL - DAY
BUBBER is staring at the TV screen wide-eyed with amazement
as the promo continues on the screen
ON SCREEN (WELLESIAN VIDEO)
WELLESIAN VOICE/TV
Out of the darkness, out of the
fire, out of a nightmare of
fear... came The Angel of Flight
104. John Bubber saved fifty-four
people. This is his story and
actual people who actually lived
those moments of terror. No
make-up, no music, no actors.
This is the real thing. Thursday
night. Channel-Four. Be there!
On Screen the Channel Four logo blends exotically with "The
Image".
INT. SUITE/DRAKE HOTEL - DAY
A dismayed BUBBER dials the telephone.
INT. DEAKINS' OFFICE - A LITTLE LATER - DAY
DEAKINS and WALLACE walk, deep in conversation, WALLACE upset.
WALLACE:
Upset! What's he upset about?
DEAKINS:
Said he's not an actor.
WALLACE:
He's not supposed to be an actor,
that's the whole point. He's a real
life hero, all he has to do is act
like a real life hero. That's the
beauty of the concept, the whole
freshness of it. Did she call
him back?
DEAKINS:
She's talking to him now.
WALLACE:
We paid him a million dollars.
You'd think he'd want to cooperate
a little, help our ratings.
DEAKINS responds eagerly to GALE entering the office.
DEAKINS:
How'd it go?
GALE:
He'll do it.
(to Wallace)
You really-should have talked to
him first.
WALLACE:
He might have said no.
INT. CORRIDOR/HALL OF JUSTICE - DAY
BERNIE charging through the crowded Waiting Room having just
been released on bail. He doesn't actually shove the WOMEN and
CHILDREN waiting to visit inmates out of the way, but he doesn't
slow down either as he weaves rapidly among them with DONNA on
his heels, barely able to keep pace. He doesn't look back as
he speaks rapid-fire. He's really pissed.
BERNIE:
Whaddaya mean they didn't reduce
the bail? If they didn't reduce
it, how'dja spring me?
DONNA:
(a deep breath,
embarrassed)
I took a loan on my car and my
computer.
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