Lone Survivor Page #15

Synopsis: In 2005 Afghanistan, Navy SEALs Marcus Luttrell (Mark Wahlberg), Michael Murphy (Taylor Kitsch), Danny Dietz (Emile Hirsch) and Matthew "Axe" Axelson (Ben Foster) deploy on a mission of surveillance and to take out Taliban leader Ahmad Shah. Though spotted by goatherds, Luttrell and his team decide not to kill them. But one of the Afghans alerts a group of Taliban fighters to the invaders, and a terrible battle ensues, in which the SEALs find themselves hopelessly outnumbered and outgunned.
Production: Universal Studios
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 14 nominations.
 
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Year:
2013
121 min
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PILOT:

Roger that.

KRISTENSEN:

What the f*** is the problem?

PILOT:

Not enough air assets in theatre,

that’s the f***ing problem.

KRISTENSEN:

What’s our f***ing ETA?

PILOT:

15 minutes.

KRISTENSEN:

Where are the Apaches?

PILOT:

25 minutes.

KRISTENSEN:

Can you put us down without the

Apaches?

94.

PILOT:

Not supposed to.

KRISTENSEN:

Will you put us down?

Pilot pauses...looks to Kristensen.

PILOT:

We’ll do whatever we have to do to

get you with your men.

KRISTENSEN:

Thank you.

67

EXT. ON GROUND 67

Luttrell and Axe trying to quietly climb their way down the

mountain. Still a couple of hundred feet above the village.

They are climbing, falling 10-20 ft. falls.

67A

UP MOUNTAIN:
67A

Taraq tracking them. Shah, higher up communicating on radio.

67B

OMIT 67B

68

EXT. HINDU KUSH SKY 68

The two 47’s. The 2nd 47 flies past Kristensen, taking the

lead.

PILOTS:

(misc comms)

1st 47 will fly over LZ make sure

it’s clear. Kristensen’s 47 will be

1st to hover.

69

EXT. J-BAD AIRBASE 69

The two Apaches show up. Tearing over the airfield. Hellfire

missile arrays and 40 mm front mounted getting guns.

95.

The Blackhawks finally take off following the Apaches.

70 EXT. ON MOUNTAIN 70

Tracking tight with Taraq. His worn sandaled feet slowly

stepping down the mountain. He’s following blood drops.

Tight on beaded stone necklace with seven American Dog Tags

hanging from it like human scalps.

Tight on a blood soaked dog tag:

“Danny Dietz”

We move across the faces of several of these Afghan warriors

They feel more like Comanche Indians than anything else.

Fierce and focused, guns up, they hunt Americans.

70A FURTHER DOWN: 3RD CLIFF EDGE ABOVE VILLAGE 70A

Luttrell and Axe at a major cliff edge, looking back

up...guns pointed up mountain.

We pull wide and see just how close Taraq now is to Luttrell

and Axe, 100 ft. away, max. Closing in.

On Luttrell - hearing Taraq and his men, whispering to Axe.

LUTTRELL:

Come here Axe. Let me see you.

Axe nods, blood slow running from his head shot down the

back of the neck. Axe touches the wound.

AXE:

Did they really shoot me in the

head?

LUTTRELL:

Yea buddy.

A moment of silence.

AXE:

It’s funny man. I thought it would

feel worse you know.

LUTTRELL:

Yea.

96.

AXE:

Mikey and Danny are really dead

right?

LUTTRELL:

Yea.

AXE:

Are we dead?

LUTTRELL:

Negative.

AXE:

We’re f***ing good right?

Axe stares at Luttrell. Marcus looks at his dying friend.

AXE (CONT’D)

Marcus?

LUTTRELL:

We’re real good Axe. Real good.

Mikey made the call. We just got to

stay alive for fifteen minutes max.

AXE:

Mikey made the call right?

LUTTRELL:

F*** yea he did.

AXE:

They’re coming.

LUTTRELL:

Coming strong man.

AXE:

Good. That’s good.

LUTTRELL:

I don’t want em to get us with an

RPG, Axe.

AXE:

If I f***ing die you make sure

Cindy knows how much I love her.

LUTTRELL:

She knows.

97.

AXE:

You tell her I died with my

brothers. With a f***ing full

heart.

LUTTRELL:

We ain’t dying Axe.

LUTTRELL (CONT’D)

Can you get to that rock over

there?

Axe looks behind him.

LUTTRELL (CONT’D)

With the dead black tree?

AXE:

Yea I can do that.

LUTTRELL:

You get there. I’m gonna move

right. Cover each other.

AXE:

Did Mikey make the call?

LUTTRELL:

Fifteen minutes brother. Stay

strong Axe.

AXE:

I’ll do it.

LUTTRELL:

Stay quiet.

A nod from Axe and the two men split up.

Axe moves to his left, Luttrell to his right.

Tight on Axe. Shot up. Blood pouring from head wound. Tough.

Grinding it out. Staying low. Deep breathing. Grunting as hecrosses the mountain.

Gun fire erupts around him. Turning, spots half a dozenTaliban on him.

Axe pushes deeper into the woods. A hunted animal running outof options.

LUTTRELL:

The same. Moving quiet in the other direction.

98.

This is all very silent. Tense....Taraq like a hunting dog,

dead quiet, Luttrell and Axe, the hunted, desperately trying

to stay quiet.

On Luttrell - trying to move towards a large rock...

His right foot digging in for traction, dislodges a small

pebble... on that pebble picking up momentum, hitting smaller

pebbles, dislodging more little rocks... A mini avalanche,

hitting a bigger rock.

Tight on Luttrell.

Looking down at the small rock slide, hearing its noise....

LUTTRELL (CONT’D)

Sh*t.

And they open fire again, bullets firing all around Luttrell,

both Luttrell and Axe return fire. This is much closer gun

fighting...grenades and RPG’s at close quarters. Men behind

rocks, guns blazing.

71 INT. LEAD 47 - AIRBORNE 71

Over the head of the lead pilot as he comes flying up towards

the mountain.

72 ON LUTTRELL:
MOUNTAIN ABOVE VILLAGE 72

Mid gunfight he looks up as that big 47 flies up high over

them, over the top of the mountain.

On Axe and Luttrell spotting the QRF.

LUTTRELL:

Keep fighting Axe.

Axe is fighting. Shot up but recharged by the 47.

73 INT. LEAD 47 73

Too high to see the gunfight down below the pilot is focusing

on the landing area on top of the mountain. He does a 1st fly

by over the top. Looks clear.

LEAD 47 PILOT

(on radio)

Looks good. Looks quiet.

99.

2ND 47 PILOT

Roger that we’re good to drop.

The second 47 pulls up over the LZ.

Ramp down, fast rope out. The SEALs, lead by Kristensen, up

ready to fast rope out....

The TF 160 gunners alert, scanning behind their 50 Cal.

Machine guns.

The 47 pulls up, high hover, 80 ft. drop.

Tight on Kristensen

His hands around the fast rope....

KRISTENSEN:

Let’s do this. Patton, you’re first

move!

Shane Patton, can’t help but grin, he’s on his feet moving

towards the open door.

KRISTENSEN (CONT’D)

You good?

SHANE PATTON:

Couldn’t be more good.

KRISTENSEN:

Glorious opportunity here, Mr.

Patton.

SHANE PATTON:

Yes sir.

Kristensen has one foot out of the chopper when...

Movement on the ground.

50 Cal gunner catches the reflection of something metallic, a

small detonation from the ground. Then terrifying sights of

incoming ordinance.

50 CAL GUNNER

RPG!

Tight on Kristensen and Patton looking down as the RPG round

flies into the chopper right past them, literally into the

47.

99A.

74 EXT. A MOMENT OF SILENCE, THEN... 74

The Chinook explodes.

Ripping apart, tilting, rotor blades immediately tearing into

treetops then thick tree trunks - like massive buzz saws -

the chopper turns and burns.

100.

Rocks and trees churn, bodies break and burn and die as the

big Chinook 47 rips apart exploding and tumbling down the

mountain.

DOWN RANGE:

74A

ON LUTTRELL - peering up at the explosion. 74A

Luttrell watches wide-eyed as his teammates smash and burn.

74B

ON THE FIRST 47:
74B

Banks hard as the Taliban fire more RPG’s and small arms fire

up at it

75

INT. 47 - AIRBORNE 75

Argument breaking out between SEAL Lt. and Airforce Pilot.

SEAL LT.

You got to put us down now!

PILOT:

No f***ing way.

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Peter Berg

Peter Berg (born March 11, 1964) is an American director, actor, producer, and writer of film, television, and music videos. He is known for directing films such as the black comedy Very Bad Things (1998), the action comedy The Rundown (2003), the sports drama Friday Night Lights (2004), the action thriller The Kingdom (2007), the superhero comedy-drama Hancock (2008), the military science fiction war film Battleship (2012), the war film Lone Survivor (2013), and the disaster drama Deepwater Horizon (2016). more…

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