Maverick
- PG
- Year:
- 1994
- 127 min
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1
EXT. DESOLATE LANDSCAPE -HANGING TREE -DAY 1
Rocks. Cactus. The occasional tree.
Not a place you'd like to spend your summer vacation.
Now there are sounds: A WHIPPING WIND begins to get
LOUDER. And in the distance, but GROWING: THUNDER.
CAMERA STARTS TO MOVE -SLOWLY,
INEXORABLY, ACROSS this dead place ---
suddenly it STOPS.
We are in a Sergio Leone TIGHT CLOSEUP of just a hideous-
looking man. One eye looks straight ahead. The other
wanders.
CAMERA MOVES AGAIN.
The wind is really kicking up ---
suddenly, another STOP.
Another Leone CLOSEUP.
A second man. This guy makes the first one look
handsome. Both his eyes work, which is an improvement.
But his neck has been horribly burned as if from a noose.
LOUDER THUNDER. A storm is coming fast.
CAMERA STOPS.
We are LOOKING AT the least appetizing of the three. Not
that he's scarred, not that all his parts aren't in
proper working order --it's just that he's so damn
frightening.
Not to mention huge.
This is THE ANGEL and like the other two, he is seated on
a horse. And he is staring intently at something. FROM
The Angel --we go to...
BRET MAVERICK:
for this is who the trio is looking at.
(CONTINUED)
2.
1 CONTINUED:
1MAVERICK's 30, give or take. Enormously appealing.
Whether that's because of his considerable physical
skills or his sunny personality, who knows. It might
be his quiet wit.
In any case, we are looking at a handsome young man that
everybody likes -
--oops -
--make that almost everybody.
Because just now he is seated on a horse beneath a tree
and a thick hope has been tied around his neck, the rope
thrown over a branch. His hands have been tied behind
his back. We are about to watch a hanging. His.
THE ANGEL:
(riding closer)
I almost got hung myself once,
didn't much care for it, how about
you?
(as Maverick
says nothing)
We're gonna leave now, but I'm
worried about your well-being.
Maverick just stares at him, makes no reply.
THE ANGEL:
He gestures for the other two to ride, and they take
off.
THE ANGEL:
See, I don't think it's a good
thing for a man to be alone out
here. Your mind can do cruel
things.
And now he takes a burlap sack, tosses it toward
Maverick. It lands nearby.
THE ANGEL:
Enjoy the company.
He spurs his horse, rides away.
MAVERICK:
managing to turn his head in the direction The Angel
took.
(CONTINUED)
3.
1 CONTINUED:
(2) 1disappearing over a nearby hill.
2 EXT. SKY -DAY 2
The sky. Storm clouds convene.
Maverick. He takes a deep breath, tries to wriggle
free of the knotted rope around his neck.
No luck.
Make that bad luck.
The horse has been surprised by his movement, takes a
half step.
MAVERICK:
Freezing.
HORSE:
It relaxes, settles down.
4 EXT. SKY -DAY 4
The sky, and a THUNDERCLAP.
Maverick, staring at his horse. The noise was loud.
Either the horse is deaf or it likes thunder. Doesn't
budge an inch.
Maverick starts to try and work his neck free again.
This time the horse doesn't move at all.
Maverick sighs with relief, glances around.
BURLAP SACK:
It is starting to wriggle.
(CONTINUED)
4.
5 CONTINUED:
5MAVERICK:
He holds his breath.
HORSE:
It hasn't spotted the sack yet.
SACK:
Wriggling more.
not to spot it.
Pretty soon it's going to be hard
MAVERICK:
caution to the winds now, trying desperately to
somehow get free of the noose ---
and miraculously, he's starting to make a little
headway.
HORSE:
Calm. Nothing flusters this animal.
MAVERICK:
even more headway --he's in pain but he ignores it.
6 EXT. SKY -DAY 6
The sky. More THUNDER.
The horse. Standing still.
8 EXT. SKY -DAY 8
The clouds are darker.
The horse. It could be a statue.
MAVERICK:
one eye on the sack as he continues to work to free his
neck. Now -SACK
as a rattlesnake peeks out.
(CONTINUED)
MAVERICK -Rev. 11/15/93 5.
9 CONTINUED:
9MAVERICK:
Jesus.
HORSE:
Oblivious.
SACK:
Half-a-dozen rattlers are moving out of the sack now.
Close by. Some of them are big, some of them are very
big. All of them have fangs.
MAVERICK:
struggling harder than ever, and he's actually making
more headway. It's exhausting labor. As he continues
his fight for life -MAVERICK
(V.O.)
It had been just a shitty week for
me from the beginning.
Now, FROM that -9A
FLASHBACK -EXT. ROAD -LONG LENS -AFTERNOON 9A
A lone rider rides through dusty area up and down dips
in the road. It is Maverick. He rides a mule. Angel
follows and then Coop follows.
*
*
9B EXT. DUSTY CANYON -AFTERNOON 9B
Maverick rides his mule along dusty trail; as we PAN WITH
him a wagon train travels in opposite direction; kids
play poker in the f.g. --one smokes a corn cob pipe; we
CONTINUE PAN WITH Maverick and REVEAL the town of Crystal
River, a ferry coming across the river in the b.g.
MAVERICK (V.O.)
I was heading into Crystal River
to take some money from the bank.
Probably I should have expected
bad luck on the horizon when my
horse got stolen and I had to
replace it with something less
than a thoroughbred.
10 EXT. CRYSTAL RIVER -AFTERNOON 10
Crystal River. Not much of a place. Dusty. One main
street --and almost every storefront indicates that it
is either a saloon or a gambling hall.
(CONTINUED)
MAVERICK -Rev. 11/15/93 6. *
10 CONTINUED:
10Just now the stagecoach comes off the ferry and drives
through town kicking up dust.
10A EXT. CRYSTAL RIVER -AFTERNOON 10A
Maverick, riding into town from the other direction, as
the dust whips up. He's wearing different clothes than
in the hanging scene.
MAVERICK (V.O.)
My luck had to change fast --the
poker game of the century was
starting in St. Louis in just ten
days, and I was still short three
thousand for the entrance fee.
10B OMITTED (STABLE SCENE MOVED TO 11B) 10B
11 EXT. BANK -AFTERNOON 11
Maverick rides toward the bank, stops. A sign in front
indicates "Closed 'til Morning."
11A NONE 11A
11B EXT. STABLES -AFTERNOON 11B
A stable as Maverick dismounts, does his best to beat
some dust from his riding clothes. He grabs his
saddlebag as a STABLE BOY hurries up.
MAVERICK:
(indicating the mule)
How much?
STABLE BOY:
By the day, week or month?
MAVERICK:
No-no --Not how much to take
care of him, how much to just
take him. Permanently.
STABLE BOY:
Pa. The man wants to sell the
burro.
PA:
That burro's not worth a cent.
(CONTINUED)
MAVERICK -Rev. 11/15/93 6A. *
11B CONTINUED:
11BMAVERICK:
You just made yourself a fine
deal.
(they shake)
How 'bout the saddle?
Five dollars.
PA:
MAVERICK:
Five dollars. Nice doing business
with you. Thank you. He doesn't
eat much. He's a regular jackass
... Hee... haw... Hee... haw.
Always likes to be called Arthur.
He opens the door. He bumps into Angel. They look at
each other. Maverick exits and Angel looks and moves
inside.
CUT TO:
12 EXT. CRYSTAL PALACE -AFTERNOON 12
The biggest establishment in town. This place actually
has a second floor and advertises rooms as well as vices.
13 INT. CRYSTAL PALACE -STAIRCASE -AFTERNOON 13
Maverick is starting up the stairs when the REGISTRATION
CLERK hurries over from his desk.
CLERK:
You got a wire, want me to read it
to you?
No.
MAVERICK:
(reaching for it)
CLERK:
(reading)
It just says, 'Watch your back.'
(beat)
No signature.
(hands it over)
Here.
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