Rescue Dawn Page #5

(COUGHING)

I think they believe we call in aircraft.

- DUANE:
(CRYING) I can't take this.

- Duane. Duane.

- You hang in.

- I can't take it anymore.

You hang in.

I'm your true friend.

I'm your true friend. I would not lie to you.

I will never let you down, okay?

- Okay.

- Never.

- Okay.

- Never.

Okay.

(WHISPERING) Hey.

So, listen.

Once we have got the guards,

we are gonna set up a perimeter.

If reinforcements come along

this jungle path...

(SHUSHING)

They're having some kind of discussion

in the kitchen.

I understand what they are saying.

I just need to hear.

(MUTTERING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Hey, what's going on?

Silence.

So what are they saying?

What they're discussing is this.

They sent some villagers out

to forage for some rice.

- Yeah?

- They came back with nothing.

Ever since the bombings,

the entire province cannot grow rice.

I didn't think it could get any worse.

No, it's much worse than that.

They plan to march us out

in the jungle and kill us,

and make it look

as if we were trying to escape.

They wanna all go back to their villages

and somehow try to get some food.

The ringleaders are Little Hitler

and Crazy Horse.

- I knew it.

- Okay, so

it has to be tomorrow.

Come here.

Procet.

We are still a day short

of Independence Day, but so what.

Hey, there's no rain.

Tomorrow,

chow time.

DIETER:
So then, Duane and I

will go this way outside of the fence.

The four of you will go this

way outside of the fence.

And we must all

arrive at the kitchen

at the same moment

to encircle them.

This is the most important thing, okay?

And then you two,

you will interrogate the guards.

Okay. Where the hell is the tower?

Where's the tower?

Okay. Yes. Those three are in the

kitchen. I think that is it.

I think they're all in the kitchen, I think.

This is it. I'm going.

Dieter, good luck.

Quiet, quiet.

Quickly. Kitchen. Kitchen.

Meet us at the kitchen. Yes? Okay.

Duane, come on.

Come on. Oh, God.

Oh, God, there are six or seven

or something.

(SHOUTS)

Gene! Procet! Come on!

DIETER:
Procet! Gene!

Where the hell are you?

Gene! Damn you, where are...

Duane, come on!

Duane, where the hell are you!

Jumbo, don't try anything.

Go on! Go on, run!

Run!

God damn you!

Where are the shoes?

The shoes are always hanging here.

Look for them! Go on, look for them.

This is terrible. This is terrible.

Come on. Get something.

Get this bag.

- There's no shoes.

- Get this bag.

Get as much as you can.

God damn you, Gene!

God damn you!

We have to leave. We have to leave.

The guards will be coming back.

Come on.

Duane. Duane. Not in the open.

Not in the open. Come on. Come on.

Dieter.

Y. C., what the hell happened?

Why didn't you show up at the kitchen?

Gene? Gene, where the hell were you?

Gene, where the hell have you been?

Did you hear the shooting? Did you?

I couldn't get a shot.

Oh, you couldn't get a shot at them.

You weren't there to get a shot at them.

Look at these.

What nice shoes you have.

Where are our shoes?

Where are our shoes?

Phisit.

You're telling me that he took

three pairs of shoes?

He took his, he took Duane's

and he took mine?

- That's right.

- DIETER:
Yeah.

- Yeah.

- DIETER:
That's right.

So, you were busy getting your machetes

and your nice shoes

while we were being shot at.

Okay. Where was this rifle?

Where did you find this rifle?

Where'd you get that?

Where am I gonna go?

I don't know where you're gonna go.

Where'd you get the rifle?

Or did you just find that?

You just found it lying around?

We found it.

Okay, listen, that's it.

Listen, I have an ammo clip for you.

My ammo clip for your machete.

Oh, yeah.

DIETER:
Oh, that's funny?

- Why is that funny?

- 'Cause I was just thinking,

maybe you'll go back

and get one yourself.

Maybe I'll go back

and get one myself? Okay.

GENE:
Happy now

you got to do your big plan?

Yes.

Yes.

Yeah, I bet you're happy.

You hand me that machete.

You hand me that machete.

You tell me where to go.

You tell me where to go.

I don't know where you can go.

I didn't think so.

Didn't think so.

Gene. Gene.

What's that? What's that?

Yeah, Dieter.

Is that where you're going?

See you, Duane. Duane, love you, brother.

You go that way, I'll go this way.

But where am I gonna go?

I'm gonna go over there.

Where am I gonna go?

Where am I gonna go?

Dieter.

It's gonna rain.

I know it.

This is how it always starts.

(SCREAMING)

DIETER:
Duane.

Look at this.

You see over there?

See?

Down there must be a river.

It must lead to the Big Muddy.

And then we'll be out of here.

DIETER:
We'll build a raft, and we

can float all the way down to it.

No one will see us.

Then we can cross

over into Thailand.

(CUTTING)

Listen.

Do you hear that?

Is that a waterfall?

Waterfall! Waterfall, bail out!

Dieter!

(SHOUTING)

Dieter!

- Careful!

- The shore!

Grab the shore!

Hey, pick a hand.

No.

Which one of your feet is worse off?

That's a trick question, right?

We can trade off with this thing.

DIETER:
There's no way

that we shoot it out with the Vietcong

if we run into them, so...

And we can't use these for hunting

because of the noise.

You wanna ditch them?

Yeah.

I'm sick of carrying these, anyway.

(GROANING)

Oh, God.

Duane.

We got to move.

I'm too tired.

- Keep moving.

- No, I'm too tired.

Come on, buddy.

I can't go on any longer.

Duane.

Duane.

These are huts.

This is an abandoned village.

This is a hut.

No.

- Yeah.

- It's all jungle.

Be careful.

- I'm done.

- No.

DIETER:
Travel by night.

No, I'm telling you,

I can't go any further.

You just leave me here.

We'll travel by night.

I help you along.

When we reach the Big Muddy,

we'll make it across,

and I'm sure we're gonna run right

into an American officers' club.

And we're gonna go

straight into the kitchen,

and we're gonna order a burger

and French fries

and milkshake and ice cream sundaes.

All that sweet stuff that you like.

(HELICOPTERS APPROACHING)

Duane! Duane! There's choppers!

Duane! Duane, look!

There's... Oh, here we are!

Here we are!

Oh, please! Please, be real!

Here we are! It's your buddies!

It's your buddies!

Oh, yes!

Thank you! Thank you!

We're here! We're here!

No!

We're here!

Where are you going?

We are here!

Stop!

You idiots, where are you going?

Please.

Please.

Please come back.

Please come back.

- Keep your voice down.

- Duane.

- Dieter.

- Duane.

- The guards are coming.

- Duane,

I'm not speaking.

I'm not speaking.

God, why don't you help us

when we need you most?

Keep your voice down.

They're coming.

(SHIVERING)

Come here.

Lie down.

Lie down there.

Lie down.

Okay.

Listen, I'm gonna build

a fire tonight, a big one.

And those helicopters,

they will see it.

And they will come for us.

Okay, they will come for us.

Come on, come on.

Yes.

DIETER:
(SHOUTING) Here we are!

Here we are! Oh, yes!

Oh, thank God! Oh, yes!

Yeah!

Yes!

(MACHINE GUN FIRlNG)

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