Lone Survivor Page #5

PILOT:

(on radio)

Ropes. Ropes. Ropes.

Fast rope dropped. Chopper jet engines screaming, the fourOpp SEALs up. The remaining twenty will be relocated andstand by as QRF. Axe up and out first, then Danny, Murphy,

out into the black night. Luttrell last one, hand on therope, fist pounds Shane.

LUTTRELL:

Next one Shane.

SHANE PATTON:

Have fun you lucky bastard.

24 EXT. DROP SIGHT 24

As the four SEALs drop fast, land smooth. Luttrell last.

The Chopper pulls up fast and is gone in seconds leaving the

four SEALs alone in the dead quiet, pitch black.

NIGHT goggles lowered.

The four quickly spread and drop into a STOP. LOOK. LISTEN.

25A.

SILENT.

26.

SEALs breathing.

NIGHT VISION GOGGLES ON:

Silent. Wind and the faint howling of wolves.

Dietz quietly keys his mic.

DIETZ:

Apollo 22, Spartan 01.

25 EXT. AC-130 - NIGHT SKY 25

The AC-130 banking 15,000 ft above the team.

APOLLO RADIO MAN

Spartan 01 Apollo 22, good comms.

Were with you for six hours. Have a

nice walk.

DIETZ:

Apollo 22 Spartan 01 copy.

26 EXT. HINDU KUSH 26

NIGHT VISION GREENS

Tight on Murphy following Danny. Agile, despite the extra 70

pounds of comm weight back-strapped.

Luttrell - Foot down on loose granite. Pitch brutal. Left

foot buckles. Slate shears. Falls. Slides. Flips. Lands on

feet.

He’s back on his feet. Axe pauses. Looks back smiling.

AXE:

(on radio)

Having fun Marcus?

MURPHY:

(on radio)

You picked this route to torture us

didn’t you?

AXE:

(on radio)

Negative.

AXE (CONT’D)

I picked it to torture Luttrell.

27.

Luttrell, too big for this pitch. Slips again.

LUTTRELL:

I’m gonna kill you.

A series of shots tracking the SEAL’s rough hike to their

lookout.

Axe leads navigating with his GPS. At each of the four

waypoints, Danny radios pro words: Budweiser, Corona,

Heineken.

26A

INTERCUT WITH J-BAD TOC 26A

Kristensen, Patton, Musselman and the QRF tracking the teams’

movement across the mountain range.

SEALs reach lookout destination late, the sun is up.

Sunrise.

27

EXT:
WAY POINT 4 - MOUNTAIN TOP 2,000 FT. ABOVE AFGAN 27

VILLAGE.

The team finally makes it to their planned observation spot.

Murphy is the first to have binoculars up and is looking down

hill, way down hill at the Afghan village. 2,000 ft., very

steep, cliff like. Below them.

DANNY’S POV:

100 stone and wood homes, well-constructed. Looks almost

charming. A couple of dozen Afghan villagers in different

parts of the village, kids playing, women cooking, two men

working on a roof. Looks quite peaceful.

Left:
trying to see the rest of the village. Can’t get a good

view, a mountain is blocking his view.

Danny has the radio out and is calling in the arrival proword.

DANNY:

(on radio)

Beastmaster, this is Spartan 01,

radio check.

28

INT. J-BAD TOC 28

In the TOC, SGT HASSLERT takes the call from Dietz. Heavy

static. Weak signal.

28.

HASSLERT:

Spartan 01, this is Beastmaster. I

have you weak but readable

DANNY:

Beastmaster, this is Spartan 01. I

pass Schlitz Malt liquor. How

copy?

Really weak signal.

HASSLERT:

Spartan 01 this is Beastmaster.

Say again your last - you are weak

and unreadable.

DANNY:

Beastmaster, this is Spartan 01. I

pass Schlitz Malt Liquor, how copy.

HASSLERT:

Spartan 01, this is Beastmaster.

Good copy.

Hasslert looks to Kristensen.

HASSLERT (CONT’D)

Sketchy comms, sir. Spartan 01 has

arrived.

Erik Kristensen sitting. Nods. Gets up. Checks the wall

clock:
6:45 AM

KRISTENSEN:

Ok.

He stretches, cracks his back, looks to a couple of SEALs

manning the TOC.

KRISTENSEN (CONT’D)

Later fellas. Night, night.

28A Track out the door with Kristensen, as he, Shane, and Healy

28A

step out of the TOC into the bright Afghan sunshine.

KRISTENSEN (CONT’D)

Glorious day.

Kristensen and all but four SEALs head to the waiting 47’s,

start boarding.

Kristensen looks to Musslemen, a SEAL who is staying with theQRF.

29.

KRISTENSEN (CONT’D)

All yours brother.

MUSSLEMEN:

Roger that Skipper.

Kristensen boards his 47 and the two choppers lift offheading back to Bagram.

Two Blackhawks and two Apaches standing by on the tarmac.

29 EXT. HINDU KUSH - SCHLITZ MALT LIQUOR WAYPOINT 29

Axelson and Luttrell together, spotting scopes out, they

study the village.

LUTTRELL:

Can’t see half the village.

MURPHY:

Yea.

They study the surrounding area.

MURPHY (CONT’D)

Let’s move down towards that peak,

see if that’s not better.

LUTTRELL:

Sounds good.

Luttrell looks back at Axe and Dietz. He soft whistles and

rolls his index finger, points down towards the peak below

them.

Axe and Danny immediately get it. They start moving out.

30 INT. J-BAD TOC 30

PETE MUSSLEMEN, one of the four SEALs left as part of the QRF

in J-Bad, walks into the TOC. Looks to Hasslert.

MUSSLEMEN:

Are we good?

HASSLERT:

Yes sir. They arrived about half

hour ago. Should be digging in nice

and tight right about now.

Musslemen checks the clock on the J-Bad TOC.

30.

Tight on clock.

7:
15 AM

31 EXT. HINDU KUSH 31

Moving, far from tucked in, over Murphy’s back as he moves up

towards his new spot.

Murphy, low crawling, gets close to the ledge.

The four SEALs crawling out to the new lookout spot. Murphy’s

got his binoculars out.

NEW POV:

A perfect, clear, unobstructed view of the entire Afghan

village.

MURPHY:

We’re good.

Danny, on radio, trying to call in that they’ve relocated.

Can’t get through.

DANNY:

(to Murphy)

No joy.

MURPHY:

Keep trying.

As the team sets up, Dietz is looking up at the small

mountain behind him that seems to be killing his radio.

Series of shots:

Murphy and Luttrell scopes up, start counting Taliban. At

forty, Luttrell looks to Murphy.

LUTTRELL:

That’s more than 10.

MURPHY:

Yes.

Murphy is focused on a group of four men off to the side of

the village playing a game with stones. Seeing who can throw

the farthest.

DOWN IN VILLAGE:

30A.

Shah and Taraq with three soldiers playing stone throwing

game. Laughing. Shah throws his stone. The men argue over who

threw further.

HIDE:

Murphy locks his sight on Shah. Studying him.

MURPHY (CONT’D)

Marcus.

Murphy hands the scope to Luttrell.

MURPHY (CONT’D)

Four guys on the right. Tall guy.

Red scarf. No earlobes.

Luttrell’s scope now trained on Shah.

Luttrell and Murphy both checking wrist bands. Photo of Shah.

Clear match.

LUTTRELL:

Bingo.

MURPHY:

Do you have a shot?

LUTTRELL:

Jesus Mickey, with this little 556?

I’d need to stalk at least a 1000

yards closer.

MURPHY:

Gotta call it in.

Murphy turns to Dietz

MURPHY (CONT’D)

Can you make the f***ing radio

work?

Dietz tries to call it in - no luck.

Luttrell following Shah’s face with scope. Finger on trigger.

VILLAGE:

Shah arguing with his soldiers over who threw further.

Proclaims himself winner. Moves out of village into woods.

HIDE:

Luttrell’s POV:

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