The Replacements Page #15

MADDEN (V.O.)

Yeah, but all it takes is one bigplay to get back in this ball game.

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Shane marches back over to Annabelle...

SUMMERALL (V.O.)

And here goes Falco!

Annabelle swings her legs over the bar as Shane walksinto her arms, their mouths kissing hungrily as the CROWDCHEERS!

MADDEN (V.O.)

Falco scores! Falco scores!

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135A INT. PHOENIX STADIUM - FIELD - DAY 135A

Shane's team piles on top of him in the endzone as timeexpires on the game clock!

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136 INT. CONTROL BOOTH - DAY 136

Madden doing his pen-on-the-screen thing to try toexplain a play that just occurred. There are lines

everywhere.

MADDEN:

It started with an end around, but

Jackson, the pulling tackle ran

into Falco's pitchout... see?

Right here, it bounced off his

helmet. Boom! Then it was kicked

by Landon and then Hayes touched

it, I think, and then Clifford

Franklin had it, but quickly lost

it, and finally the ball took a

crazy bounce right back into

Falco's hands -- look at his face

here. He can't believe it either!

Falco then ran it all the way back

to just about the line of

scrimmage, executed the same play,

an end around to Murphy, and the

Sentinels scored. Welcome to

strike football!

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137 EXT. PHOENIX STADIUM - DAY 137

Shane is on the line.

SHANE:

Deuce Left, Pro Zig 90 Jag.

They break and as they walk up to the line of scrimmagewe CLOSE ON Franklin.

SHANE:

Blue 36! Blue 36! Hut hut!

He hikes the ball as we see Franklin sprint down the field,

totally burning his man-on-man coverage. Shane launches

the ball a country mile but, unfortunately, it hitsFranklin right in the hands and he drops it.

138 EXT. PHOENIX STADIUM - SIDELINE 138

ON McGinty.

McGINTY

Time out! Call a time out!

Shane calls time out as Franklin jogs over to thesidelines.

McGINTY

Come here!

Franklin puts his head down as McGinty and Pilachowskisurround him.

FRANKLIN:

I'm sorry, Coach, I --

McGINTY

Shut up!

(to Pilachowski)

Gimme the Stick 'em!

Pilachowski hands McGinty a container of Stick 'em whichmany wide receivers use for a better grip.

FRANKLIN:

Isn't that illegal, Coach?

McGINTY

What are they gonna do? Put youin football jail?

McGinty rubs it all over Franklin's hands, front andback...

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FRANKLIN:

I can't feel my fingers...

Don't talk!

McGINTY

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... rubbing and rubbing until the entire stick has beenused. Franklin's hands look like they just jerked offan elephant.

McGINTY

We're gonna run the same play, doyou hear me? And you're gonnacatch that ball, Franklin! Sayyou understand!

FRANKLIN:

But --

McGINTY

Say you understand!

FRANKLIN:

I understand!

McGINTY

(totally losing it)

Now get out there and catch thegoddamn ball for a change!

A waterboy gives Franklin a cup of All-Sport which hedowns and tosses aside before running on the field.

Except he can't toss it aside. It's stuck to his righthand. He tries to peel it off with his left but then itsticks to that hand. He goes back and forth with thecup, trying desperately to get rid of it as he getsinto the huddle.

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as Shane leans in...

SHANE:

Same play, Franklin...

Franklin is obsessed with his All-Sport cup.

snatches it away.

SHANE:

Look at me.

Shane

Franklin stops and sees Shane's eyes burning into his.

SHANE:

You can do this.

Franklin smiles and nods before they break.

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as Shane barks out the orders:

Blue 36!

SHANE:

Blue 36! Hut hut!

Franklin again takes off like a rocket. But this time

the Buffalo defense is onto him and he's double-teamed.

Shane throws a bomb into the end zone as Franklin leapsawkwardly up into the air without looking, raising hishands up high just as -- the football comes down in hishands! He comes down with both feet in the end zone for

his touchdown!

MADDEN (V.O.)

And Franklin catches the ball!

Holy cow! Franklin catches

the ball!

Franklin does a lame victory dance in the end zone beforehis teammates mob him.

SUMMERALL (V.O.)

That makes the score 21 to 20.

Conventional wisdom says kick theextra point, tie the game and gointo overtime. Especially with theplayoffs on the line.

MADDEN (V.O.)

But Jimmy McGinty is anything but aconventional guy, Pat...

We see McGinty make a motion towards the field. He and

Shane share a look between them. Shane takes a deepbreath.

SUMMERALL (V.O.)

And McGinty says 'go for it'!

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as we see Shane step up behind the center. Then he looks

up to the scoreboard and sees the time on the clock.

SUMMERALL (V.O.)

And this kind of situation has not

been Falco's strong point in the

past...

He wipes the nervous perspiration from his hands...

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SHANE:

Hut hut!

He snaps the ball. And as he does everything seems tohappen at once. There's a blitz. Two big fast guys arealmost upon him instantaneously. He instinctively runsbackwards, trying to evade them. He runs right but he'scut off. He runs left but there are two coming from thatway as well. He's trapped! Shane throws the ball into

the end zone. It wobbles through the air right into thehands of a safety.

Shane screams as he puts his head in his hands. But back

in the end zone we see the safety hit before he can take aknee. The ball goes flying out of his hands and into thewaiting (and still sticky) hands of Franklin.

MADDEN (V.O.)

And Franklin ends up with the ball!

Washington wins! Washington wins!

The players celebrate before running towards the tunneltogether... revealing Shane still standing on the field.

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ON McGINTY

as he sees him, walks over...

McGINTY

It's over. We won.

Shane shakes his head.

McGINTY

Hey...

Shane looks up.

McGINTY

We won.

McGinty pats him on the shoulder before turning andjoining his players for the tunnel. CLOSE ON Shane

before we -

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139B INT. LOCKER ROOM - LATER 139B

As we see Shane's teammates celebrating. A FEMALE

REPORTER steps into the locker room for an interview.

Franklin stands in the b.g. waving and mouthing "Hi Mom!"

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FEMALE REPORTER:

Shane Falco, great game out there

today. What do you attribute

this team's sudden rise over these

past few weeks?

SHANE:

Talk to Franklin. He's the hero

today.

Shane walks out abruptly leaving the Reporter alone. The

Reporter is momentarily flustered until Franklin steps in.

FEMALE REPORTER:

Clifford Franklin, terrific day

today -

FRANKLIN:

You've barely scratched the

surface to the talents of

Clifford Franklin. Clifford

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