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Hero Page #23
- PG-13
- Year:
- 2002
- 107 min
- 2,130 Views
BERNIE:
(O.S., diminishing)
GETCHER GODDAMN HANDS OFFA ME. ALL
I WANNA DO IS TALK TO THE GUY.
BUBBER and everybody turn toward the sound of the commotion.
BUBBER'S P.O.V.
of an unidentified MAN (BERNIE), obscured by the bodies of the
two SECURITY OFFICERS who are hurriedly hustling him off the
ward.
BERNIE (O.S.)
AMERICA FOR CHRISSAKE! I GOT
RIGHTS!
BUBBER:
is frowning when a DOCTOR reassures him...
DOCTOR:
All under control. An unfortunate
man. Security will look after him.
BUBBER nods and turns back to SICK KIDS who seem transfigured
from BERNIE'S gruesome vision to children radiant with hope.
Much of their appearance, at least, was attitude, despair.
ANGLE ON BERNIE:
A solitary figure.
INT. WARD/HOSPITAL - DAY
A 14 year old ALLEN lies comatose in an intensive care room,
tubes in his nose, arms, and chest, monitors all around him,his
arms and legs in casts and traction.
BUBBER leans over the unconscious boy speaking intensely while a
DOCTOR hovers next to him and REPORTERS and CAMERAMEN jockey for
position at the foot of the bed.
BUBBER:
Listen, kid, you gotta hang on.
I know you're scared, we all get
scared, but that's when you have
to fight...
DOCTOR.
I'm afraid he can't hear you. He...
BUBBER:
He can hear me...
As he leans closer to ALLEN, BUBBER puts a hand out without
turning away from the boy,and waves away CHUCKY who has oozed
in close with his camera. This is private. Understanding, GALE
puts a hand on the lens and pushes the camera aside.
BUBBER:
Listen...
(eyes flicking to
Allen's I.D. bracelet)
Allen, you're in the darkness there
and it's scary. The doctors are
working on you but the tough part
is for you. You can't quit!
GALE can't hear what BUBBER is saying as he leans even closer
to ALLEN and grips the boy's hand.
BUBBER:
I know you don't know it, but
you're a hero. Sometimes you
don't know how brave you are...
and sometimes you don't know...
you can do something... until
you... until you surprise yourself
and... do it. But I know you've
got the stuff, I know it in my
heart. I want you to struggle
kid... for yourself, for all of
us.
(vulnerable)
For me. I... I really need you
to do this for me. I need you to
get well, Allen.
Did an eyelid flicker? Did the boy hear?
GALE'S eyes glisten with emotion as BUBBER rises, shaken.
EXT. HOSPITAL - DAY
A CROWD is waiting for BUBBER, MEDIA PERSONNEL among them.
BERNIE comes up behind a TV CAMERAMAN and taps his shoulder.
BERNIE:
Hey, buddy, you're with the media,
right? I got a story for you.
Something fantastic. That guy
Bubber, he's a fake, he...
THE CAMERAMAN is turning to consider BERNIE when there's a
sudden EXCITEMENT. The CROWD surges toward the hospital
entrance. VOICES cry out "He's coming! Here he comes!"
THE CAMERAMAN turns toward the doors leaving BERNIE helpless,
caught in a surging tide of people.
BERNIE:
CHRISSAKE!
INT. LOBBY/CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL - DAY
BUBBER and his entourage of DOCTORS, MEDIA PEOPLE and SECURITY
GUARDS are surging toward the front door of the hospital like
an excited amoeba. GALE is close to BUBBER in the crush.
GALE:
(emotional)
You were... very... inspiring.
BUBBER:
(alarmed)
A script! I thought we just walked
through everything...
GALE:
Read it. It'll be fine.
They're being swept through the front door of the hospital, the
whole amoeba. A CHEER GOES UP.
EXT. FRONT STEPS/HOSPITAL - DAY
BERNIE is being tossed about like a cork in stormy seas.
Buffeted about by happy ONLOOKERS full of good will, only BERNIE
is surly, obnoxious.
BERNIE:
Quit shovin', lady. Hey, watch yer
elbow. YOU'RE ALL NUTS FOR CRYING
OUT LOUD! WHATSA MATTER WITH YOU?
ANGLE ON BUBBER:
being jostled as his BODYGUARDS are shoved back into him,
CAMERAS push toward his face, HANDS reach out desperately for
him. But, in a dramatic contrast to BERNIE, BUBBER thrives on
the energy, laughing, reaching out to touch the hands that reach
for him, thriving on the vibe.
TEENAGE GIRL:
BUBBER:
HEY, WE ALL LOVE EACH OTHER, DON'T
WE?
OLD WOMAN ONE:
GOD BLESS YOU, JOHN! GOD BLESS YOU!
BUBBER:
BERNIE'S VOICE (O.S.)
YA GODDAMN PHONY!
BUBBER stiffens imperceptibly. Dld he hear that right? Was
there a discordant note in the cacophony' of VOICES singing his
praises from every direction?
BUBBER'S POV
A sea of shining faces filled with love and admiration surges
in front of him. And yet, that VOICE again, a sour note of
contraction...
BERNIE'S VOICE (O.S.)
BUBBER, YA GODDAMN FRAUD! THAT'S
ANGLE ON BUBBER:
Hearing it, looking around urgently, but all he sees are
ADMIRERS thrusting at him as he's borne, as if on a tide, toward
his limo. Nobody else seems to have noticed BERNIE'S VOICE.
INT. WAITING LIMO
As the door slams shut, the cheering is suddenly faint. BUBBER
sinks back in the opulent seats while FACES distort themselves
against the smoked glass, trying to peer into the sanctuary.
Then, as the limo pulls away, BUBBER hears the VOICE again
muffled by the thick glass. He turns, looks out the rear
window. He sees the CROWD receding behind him, a confusion of
SPECTATORS and... is that that hitchhiker (BERNIE) being
restrained by a COP?
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