The Replacements Page #9

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SHANE:

Damn it! I am the quarterback! I

am the only one supposed to talkin the huddle!

JAMAL:

But he took my place...

SHANE:

I don't give a sh*t! Now huddle

up!

Everybody gets back into the huddle.

SHANE:

If you've got something to say,

raise your hand! Is that

understood?!

Fumiko raises his hand. Shane grits his teeth and nods.

FUMIKO:

Suppose like, you don't feel good?

Or you're hurt or something? Then

what?

SHANE:

(gritting his teeth)

Then you tell me before the huddlestarts! Okay, listen up: D.C.

right switch 25 blast. On two.

Andre raises his hand.

SHANE:

What!

ANDRE:

That's to the right... right?

JAMAL:

No, it's to the left.

SHANE:

It's to the right!

ANDRE:

You better be quiet, Shane, orthey'll hear you...

We hear another WHISTLE as a penalty flag flies by.

REF:

Delay of game! Five yards!

Shane throws up his hands in despair.

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67 INT. CONTROL BOOTH - ON MADDEN AND SUMMERALL - DAY 67

MADDEN:

Well, Pat, so far the Sentinels

have minus ten yards offensively.

68 INT. NEXTEL STADIUM - O'NEIL'S LUXURY BOX - ON O'NEIL DAY

68

Up in his box, his head in his hands as his idiot wifecontinues working on her ever-present crossword puzzle.

O'NEIL

I've seen monkey sh*t fights atthe zoo that were more organizedthan this!

69 EXT. NEXTEL STADIUM - FIELD - SHANE - DAY 69

as he finally gets an opportunity to run a play.

Ready!

Hut!

SHANE:

Blue 68! Blue 68! Hut!

On the snap, Shane turns to hand off to Cochran butinstead runs right into Andre who knocks him down.

looks up.

Shane

SHANE:

Have you suddenly decided youdon't like me, Andre?

ANDRE:

(wincing)

You said it was to the right,

didn't you?

You see?

COCHRAN:

We should have prayed.

Shut up!

SHANE:

70 EXT. NEXTEL STADIUM - FIELD - DAY 70

Everybody gets back into the huddle.

SHANE:

Okay, pass. D.C. right pro 424tomahawk. On one.

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71 EXT. NEXTEL STADIUM - FIELD - ANOTHER ANGLE - DAY 71

They break and come to the line of scrimmage.

Ready!

SHANE:

Green 22!

A LINEMAN points at Shane and calls out:

LINEMAN:

I'm comin' for you, Footsteps!

Shane loses himself for a moment in the Lineman's eyesbefore snapping back:

Green 22!

SHANE:

Hut! Hut!

Shane does a play-action fake to Cochran and then turnsdownfield. Wham! He's hit by the taunting Lineman, thensandwiched by two more defenders. The ball squirts looseand Detroit recovers.

MADDEN (V.O.)

Wow! You could hear Falco's

fillings drop all the way up here,

Pat!

71A EXT. NEXTEL STADIUM - SIDELINE - ON CHEERLEADERS - DAY 71A

Heather and Dawn cheer.

Go, Sents!

HEATHER:

Go, Sents!

Yaaaay!

DAWN:

Annabelle stops both of them.

ANNABELLE:

Girls. This is not a good timefor cheering...

72 EXT. NEXTEL STADIUM - FIELD - DAY 72

The defense takes it place on the field, led by Bateman.

SUMMERALL (V.O.)

And Detroit will take over the

football with excellent field

position...

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73 ON DETROIT 73

They break their huddle and come to the line ofscrimmage. Bateman is snorting fire. Earl Wilkinson

(with "SMITH" on the back of his jersey) patrols thesecondary and calls out the formation. He's wearing oneof those Darth Vader-like face shields so we can't see

his face.

WILKINSON:

Wide right! Check on the wing!

The DETROIT QUARTERBACK sets up over center.

DETROIT QB:

Cadillac 55. Cadillac 55. Hut!

74 EXT. NEXTEL STADIUM - FIELD - DAY 74

Bam! Bateman runs offside and flattens the quarterback!

He's out of his mind, foaming at the mouth as he screams:

BATEMAN:

I'm gonna bury you up, man! I'm

gonna bury YOUR FAMILY! And bury

your DOG! And bury your DOG'S

FAMILY!

Penalty flags fly as a Detroit lineman makes the mistakeof pushing Bateman away. Bateman promptly jumps on hishead as even more flags fly.

SUMMERALL (V.O.)

I think the Sentinels just set a

record for penalties in the first

three minutes. We're waiting for

the stats on that...

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74A DETROIT RUNNING BACK 74A

slicing through the field and into the end zone to score.

MADDEN (V.O.)

Touchdown Detroit!

74B EXT. NEXTEL STADIUM - SIDELINE - DAY 74B

Bob, Rob and Todd howling in pain. Some fans around them

are already heading for the exit.

75 OMITTED 75

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76 SCOREBOARD

Detroit 7, Washington 0.

76

77 EXT. NEXTEL STADIUM - FIELD - HUDDLE - DAY (LATER)

Everyone is dirty, sweating bullets and breathing veryhard. Fumiko suddenly raises his hand.

SHANE:

What?

FUMIKO:

I don't feel good...

SHANE:

Suck it up!

Fumiko tries to suck it up -- and promptly vomits!

JAMAL:

Oh, God!

COCHRAN:

Oooooh... eggs!

ANDRE:

Man, that's ripe!

FUMIKO:

I'm sorry!

Everyone is reacting. Some players gag.

FRANKLIN:

Shane, we got to move, man! If we

don't move I'm gonna blow chowtoo!

SHANE:

We're in a huddle here!

Franklin stops -- then lurches all over Shane's shoes!

ANDRE:

F*** me!

FRANKLIN:

I tried to tell you! I can't be

around someone puking or I startpuking...

We hear two sharp claps as they turn to see Murphy makingsign language for "Me, too."

(CONTINUED)

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SHANE:

Okay! Okay! On the count of

three. Everyone move left. Hut!

Hut! Hut!

ON HUDDLE:

Eleven bent-over guys move in unison with tiny steps tothe left.

78 ON DETROIT'S LINEBACKER 78

watching the bizarre spectacle take place.

DETROIT LB:

What the hell is this?

79 INT. CONTROL BOOTH - DAY 79

Summerall has his binoculars on the moving huddle.

SUMMERALL:

John, how many years have we beencalling games together?

MADDEN:

Seventeen, I think...

Pat just hands John the binoculars.

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81 EXT. NEXTEL STADIUM - SIDELINE - McGINTY - DAY 81

alongside a very pale-looking Pilachowski on thesidelines.

McGINTY

Hey... this is the first thingwe've done together as a team...

Pilachowski just looks at him.

82 EXT. NEXTEL STADIUM - FIELD - LINE OF SCRIMMAGE - DAY 82

Ready!

SHANE:

Blue 42! Blue 42! Hut!

(CONTINUED)

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Shane rolls to his right but the blitz is on and hereverses and rolls left. He throws the ball to Cochran

over the middle who runs ahead for 15 yards!

ANDRE:

Yeah yeah yeah!

JAMAL:

Here we go, baby! Now we're

moving!

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82A OMITTED 82A

82B SHANE 82B

faking a handoff to Cochran before rolling out andthrowing to Murphy along the sidelines. He pulls it infor another pick-up of 35 yards...

SUMMERALL (V.O.)

Signs of life from Washington

here...

MADDEN (V.O.)

That completion by Falco puts them

back in field goal range...

82C OMITTED 82C

83 EXT. NEXTEL STADIUM - SIDELINE - ON NIGEL - DAY 83

He flicks his cigarette away as he walks out onto thefield. We STAY ON McGinty and Pilachowski.

PILACHOWSKI:

Don't you think it's a mistake to

give him a 40 yarder on his first

shot?

McGINTY

Only if he misses.

Pilachowski shakes his inhaler, as we...

CUT TO:

A83A EXT. NEXTEL STADIUM - FIELD - ON SHANE - DAY A83A

crouching down for the snap from Cochran.

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