The Replacements Page #11

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They all sigh in unison. Shane looks down into his beer,

feeling guilty as hell.

COCHRAN:

This is an excellent time to look

to scripture for inspiration...

Everybody gives him a death stare.

COCHRAN:

Then again maybe not.

ANDRE:

Hey, where's Bateman?

FRANKLIN:

He said he was going to getsomething pierced. Thought itmight cheer him up.

Suddenly, we hear a commotion of LAUGHTER as they lookover to see... the strikers. Martel, Wilson, and the

other pros are coming in for a drunken celebration.

SHANE:

(sighs)

Perfect...

Our replacements sink down into their chairs likeSlinkies. But Martel spots them anyway.

MARTEL:

Hey! There they are! Ladies and

gentlemen -- your WashingtonSentinels!

They all crack up as our players look to each other tosee if anyone is going to stand up to them. But nobodyis.

NEW ANGLE:

Murphy, our deaf player, is at the counter writing downhis drink order for the bartender as Martel laughs.

MARTEL:

Hell, he's the luckiest guy here.

At least he couldn't hear the

booing.

They laugh as Murphy hands the bartender his handwrittenorder, unaware that he's being ridiculed.

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ON SHANE:

as he watches this from across the bar.

And as he does he slowly stands up...

FRANKLIN:

Shane?

BACK AT BAR:

Martel continues to have fun at Murphy's expense until:

SHANE (O.S.)

Hey.

The strikers look over to see Shane standing before them.

SHANE:

Lay off.

MARTEL:

Lighten up, Falco. It's not like

he knows what we're saying.

SHANE:

I know. Lay off.

BACK AT TABLE:

the replacements all look to each other... they haven'tseen Shane like this before. Murphy grabs a pen off ofthe bar and begins writing down a note on a napkin. He

hands it to Shane. Shane reads it and as he does... he

begins to smile.

MARTEL:

(smile fading)

Hey... what's it say?

SHANE:

(reading)

'There's one good thing about

being deaf:
it makes it easy to

ignore the a**holes.'

Shane holds up his hand and Murphy high-fives him.

Martel steps up just as Murphy looks over to see what'shappening. He signs quickly.

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SHANE:

(still looking to

Murphy)

It's okay, Brian --

Wham! Martel cold-c*cks Shane with a sucker punch andShane hits the ground hard. The replacements step towardthe strikers but Shane holds up his hand to stop them.

SHANE:

No.

They wait uneasily as Shane struggles drunkenly to hisfeet, his nose bleeding. He smiles and nods at Martel.

And then Shane suddenly swings. But Martel easily ducksit and Shane connects instead with the huge strikerstanding at Martel's side. The huge striker only smiles.

SHANE:

F***.

Wham! The huge striker decks Shane. The replacementsmove in but Shane holds out his hand a second time.

SHANE:

No...

Shane struggles to get to his feet and leans on the barcounter to steady himself before he grins drunkenly.

SHANE:

You guys had enough?

MARTEL:

(laughing)

I gotta hand it to ya, Falco -you

got balls. You got sh*t forbrains but you got balls.

Martel and the huge striker start toward Shane when --

Wham! The door suddenly bursts open and Bateman stepsin!

BATEMAN:

Dude, I got my sack pierced!

He stops as he surveys the situation. And then he smiles

like a child on Christmas morning. Shane looks over to

the strikers and grins as we notice the huge striker'sshirt.

It's red.

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SHANE:

Danny, remember what I told youabout red shirts in practice?

BATEMAN:

Yeah?

SHANE:

Forget it.

BATEMAN:

COOL!

Bateman suddenly screams like a berserker and chargesinto Martel, tackling him into the bar as a full-scalebar brawl breaks out! Wilson jumps onto Bateman andpulls him off as they start trading punches! The other

players jump into the fray as bodies begin to fly! The

sounds of a POLICE SIREN WAIL IN the DISTANCE as we -

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Our guys are all waiting to get picked up. They're allbeaten up and hurting...

WILKINSON:

This is bullshit.

BATEMAN:

Should be like homecoming for you.

WILKINSON:

Screw you, Bateman.

BATEMAN:

You're in the right place.

SHANE:

Cool it. There's been enoughfighting for one night.

ANDRE:

I just wanna know why we're theonly ones in jail.

COCHRAN:

Simple. They're winners.

FUMIKO:

Not tonight.

JAMAL:

(nodding)

That was pretty sweet when yousat on Wilson's head, Jumbo.

FUMIKO:

Thank you, Jamal.

FRANKLIN:

What about me? I lost count of

how many guys I knocked out!

The guys jeer incredulously.

FRANKLIN:

What?

NIGEL:

You were hiding behind the jukebox!

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FRANKLIN:

At first I was afraid, I was

petrified...

Everyone stops as Franklin begins to sing like GloriaGaynor:

FRANKLIN:

Thinking I could never live

without you by my side...

Shane covers his face with his hands and groans. Jamal

grabs the bars as he calls out to the guard:

JAMAL:

Electric chair? Please?

Franklin steps up and puts his hands on Jamal's

shoulders.

FRANKLIN:

I stayed up so many nights

thinking how you did me wrong,

but I grew strong... And I

learned how to get along!

Jamal can't help smiling. And soon everyone is laughingas Franklin steps up to each one of them as he sings on...

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96E McGINTY 96E

walking down the hall. But as he gets closer he hearsFranklin singing "I Will Survive" at the top of his lungs.

McGinty can't help smiling and shaking his head.

McGINTY

Jesus...

But it's a good sound. The sound of camaraderie.

ON GUYS:

laughing their asses off as Franklin reaches the end,

some of them clapping and hooting while others aredancing and singing along. And then they look up to seeMcGinty standing in the doorway. They stop.

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McGINTY

If anything like this happens againthere will be no place for you onthis football team. Am I makingmyself clear?

They look down and nod. A beat.

McGINTY

But just for the record... Iwould have loved to have been

there to see Martel get his asskicked.

They look up and smile.

McGINTY

Let's get out of here.

FADE OUT.

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99 EXT. MARINA PARKING LOT - NEXT MORNING 99

Annabelle steps out of her car and starts toward the

water. But then she stops at what she sees.

NEW ANGLE:

to reveal Shane on his boat. His shirt is off and he's

trying to get a wet suit on but the pain makes itdifficult.

Shane?

ANNABELLE:

He looks up, surprised to see her walking down thedock...

Hey...

SHANE:

ANNABELLE:

What are you doing?

My job.

SHANE:

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ANNABELLE:

You're a professional footballplayer.

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