Lone Survivor Page #6

30B.

Shah disappears from sight.

Murphy gets Axe’s attention.

MURPHY (CONT’D)

Axe, stay put. Keep eyes on, we’re

gonna move back.

Murphy, Luttrell and Dietz get up; moves away from the ridge

line, start building their hides.

31A

ABOVE THE RIDGELINE --31A

Marcus and Murphy talk as they work.

31.

LUTTRELL:

If we’re home by the 15th, me and

Morgan are gonna cut down all the

trees behind the stable.

MURPHY:

How does that help me?

LUTTRELL:

Brahms horse auction is, I think

the 27th.

MURPHY:

Is he selling Arabic horses?

Kristensen says I should get her

whatever Silver was.

LUTTRELL:

Silver?

MURPHY:

Hi-Ho Silver. Lone Ranger’s horse.

LUTTRELL:

Yea that’s a badass horse.

MURPHY:

She doesn’t want a badass horse.

She wants an Arabic horse.

LUTTRELL:

Dude, how’s she going to know the

difference. Get her a Quarter

Horse, tell her it’s an Arabic. If

she busts you, tell her if it’s

good enough for the Lone Ranger...

MURPHY:

How much for an Arabic?

LUTTRELL:

Probably around 15 grand.

MURPHY:

F***.

LUTTRELL:

Hell of a wedding present.

MURPHY:

Yea.

LUTTRELL:

Is the redhead a bridesmaid?

31A.

MURPHY:

Melissa?

LUTTRELL:

The redhead?

MURPHY:

Melissa?

LUTTRELL:

The redhead from the Coldplay

concert?

MURPHY:

That’s Melissa.

LUTTRELL:

Is she coming?

32.

MURPHY:

She’s a f***ing bridesmaid.

LUTTRELL:

I love her.

MURPHY:

Get me a deal on the horse. I’ll

get that done.

LUTTRELL:

That works.

-Powerful scopes and cameras.

-Luttrell and Axe draw detailed maps, diagrams, blueprints

of every structure in the village.

Luttrell photos Arab men with weapons moving through thetown. CLEARLY A TALIBAN PRESENCE.

-Dietz photographs windows, doors, detailed notes on hinges,

wall thickness, structure, etc..

-Murphy taking the drawings, photoshopping them on a

Toughbook computer.

Dietz eats a PowerBar. Axe watches him.

AXE:

Shouldn’t eat that sh*t.

DIETZ:

Why?

AXE:

Toxic.

DIETZ:

You eat em...

AXE:

Never.

DIETZ:

I’ve seen you eat PowerBars.

AXE:

Never. I don’t eat sh*t bars.

DIETZ:

Sh*t bars?

33.

AXE:

Why you eating a sh*t bar?

Dietz pauses. Pulls his eyes off his scope.

DIETZ:

I’m eating it because I’m hungry.

AXE:

Eat an apple.

DIETZ:

I know what I’m eating.

AXE:

Negative.

Axe reading the list of ingredients commenting on each one.

DIETZ:

I know exactly what I’m eating.

34.

31B LATER. 31B

- Dietz sleeps.

- Murphy eats an apple.

- Axe up top on security.

- Luttrell throws berries at a sleeping Dietz.

- Axe studies the village.

34A.

POV AXE:

Ahmad Shah moving through village. Taraq and two men with

him, all armed.

MURPHY:

Danny your on, everybody else shut

her down.

-Luttrell, Axe, and Murphy settle in to sleep.

35.

-Dietz, glasses up, studies the village.

FADE OUT:

32 EXT. HINDU KUSH - MORNING 32

Sun getting higher. Low fog. Murphy, Axe, Luttrell sleep.

Danny on watch. Wedged into a tree stump.

ON DANNY.

Tired but awake. Alert. Quietly singing to himself.

TIGHT ON DANNY. His eyes a micro shift of focus. He stills

himself ever so slightly.

DANNY’s POV

He’s looking down hill. Wide gentle slope of the mountain

leading to a sharper drop. The fire lights up the village far

below.

Nothing moves.

BACK to Danny. Eyes more focused. He slowly reaches down and

kills the iPod.

Silence. Danny studies the hill with increasing focus.

POV.

Nothing moves.

The three SEALs sleep.

Tight on Luttrell. Sleeping.

THEN a very faint sound from down hill. Silence. Then

another.

Luttrell slowly opens his eyes. Listening.

Another sound, a soft bell.

Marcus shifts, looks down hill.

Marcus’s POV

Looking down hill. Nothing moving. The sounds becoming more

present. Bells.

Tight on Luttrell. Looking.

36.

BACK TO HIS POV:

The empty hill. More Bells. Then cresting the hill. First

just the tips of the ears. Then the forehead, nose, face....

A large male goat.

Bell ringing gently from his neck.

TIGHT ON MARCUS:

Studying the goat.

As another goat appears. Then another...then another...then

twenty...

A herd of goats moving up the hill right at them.

Marcus is wide awake, eyes scanning the hill scanning the

goats when...

A human head crests the hill. A young Afghan BOY, ten years

old.

Luttrell reaches for his Mark 12, looks over to Axe still

sleeping. Then to Murph still sleeping. Then back to Danny.

Danny’s already on scope. Gun aimed at the approaching kid

when...

Two more Afghan MEN crest the hill - an old man and a

teenager.

The hill is full of goats. More than a hundred with the three

Afghans moving straight at the SEALs.

The goat bells and baying of the animals creating serious

noise. Murph and Axe both waking up.

Weapons coming up as they silently take in this bizarre

situation.

Back to Marcus as the first goat passes by. Then another.

Tight on lead Afghan boy...THE GOAT BOY.

He’s heading dangerously close to Luttrell’s hide singing

quietly to himself.

Tight on Luttrell. Gun up and trained on the goat boy as he

gets closer...closer...and then in a one in a million...this

f***ing goat boy takes one more step and comes down square on

Luttrell’s head.

37.

Luttrell moves, the kid screams, Luttrell’s up, gun

up...screaming.

LUTTRELL:

Get the f*** down.

Axe, Danny, and Murphy. Guns up moving in fast on the

terrified goat men...

DANNY:

Down Down Down.

The kid screams and starts running downhill towards the

village. AXE sprints on him fast, takes the kid down, hand

over mouth.

Kid bites and struggles wild.

Goats running in fear as the three Afghans are roughly thrown

down. Searched, a military style Motorola walkie talkie taken

from the old man, flex-cuffed and gagged...

When it’s done the four SEALs stand over them. Murphy looking

at Luttrell.

MURPHY:

F***.

Murphy looks to Dietz.

MURPHY (CONT’D)

(re:
radio)

Can you get a call out or what?

Dietz reaches for his radio.

33 INT. J-BAD TOC 33

In the radio room. Musselman and Comms guys by their radios.

SILENT. Clearly Spartan 01 is not getting through.

34 BACK ON THE MOUNTAIN 34

The goats spread out, grazing, bells ringing loud. a large

dog, mouth foaming, growls and bark at the team.

Luttrell raises his Mark 12 at the dog when it gets too

close.

Murphy is trying to interrogate the older man with a

translation box. He speaks into it and it’s supposed to

translate into Pashto.

38.

They have separated the older man from the boys. Murphy and

Luttrell have them off to the side.. Axe stands watch over

the boy.

MURPHY:

(speaking into the Phrase-

O-Later)

Are you looking for Americans?

A robotic-like voice used for making out the question in

Arabic.

The old man stares at Murphy with a combination of hatred and

confusion.

MURPHY (CONT’D)

Do the Taliban know we are up here?

Death stare from the old man.

Murphy getting frustrated. Louder.

MURPHY (CONT’D)

Do they know?

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