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58 EXT. AJAX'S SHIP - CONTINUOUS 58
Ajax and his men rappel down the ship's hull while arrows
rip into wood and flesh.
Ajax carries a giant battle-axe and a shield twice the
size of most men's.
When he reaches the surf he doesn't wait for his men; he
roars and charges at the archers in the dunes.
59 EXT. TEMPLE OF APOLLO - CONTINUOUS 59
Achilles, not even breathing hard after the slaughter,
removes his helmet and rests it on the wall. The
surviving Myrmidons search the grounds, dispatching any
dying Trojans.
Eudorus hurries over to Achilles' side.
EUDORUS:
The temple is secure.
ACHILLES:
The Sun God is the patron of Troy,
our enemy. Take whatever treasure
you can find.
The Myrmidons cheer and rush the temple.
EUDORUS:
With your permission, my lord -
ACHILLES:
Speak.
Eudorus gestures to the sun above them.
EUDORUS:
Apollo sees everything. Perhaps
it's not wise to offend him.
(CONTINUED)
53.
59 CONTINUED:
59Achilles nods and walks over to the towering statue of
Apollo in front of the temple.
Eudorus watches in horror as Achilles climbs atop the
statue and beheads Apollo with a swing of his sword.
60 EXT. TROJAN BEACH - CONTINUOUS 60
Hector and Tecton rein in their horses.
TECTON:
Hector spurs his horse and races toward the invaders,
followed by his twenty men.
The other sixty Apollonians gallop to Ajax's landing spot.
61 EXT. TEMPLE OF APOLLO - CONTINUOUS 61
Achilles gazes at the sky as if waiting for the sun to
blast him for blasphemy. Nothing happens.
Hearing hoofbeats, Achilles turns and spots Hector and his
ACHILLES:
(to Eudorus)
Get inside the temple, warn the
men.
Eudorus hurries to warn his comrades.
ACHILLES:
Eudorus! Wait, wait a moment.
The Myrmidon captain stops. Achilles hefts a spear,
judges the distance, and throws.
One hundred yards from Achilles, the spearhead finds its
mark:
Tecton's breastplate. Tecton is knocked from hishorse and skewered to the ground. He clutches at the
wooden shaft, not comprehending his fate.
Hector reins in his horse and stares at his fallen
captain. The man is finished. Hector turns to look at
Achilles.
Eudorus's eyes are wide. No other man alive could have
thrown a spear that far or that accurately.
(CONTINUED)
54.
61 CONTINUED:
61ACHILLES:
Now you can go.
Eudorus runs inside the temple.
Hector kicks his horse and gallops toward Achilles. His
men cry out and follow him. Achilles waits. Hector
raises his own spear. When he is fifty yards away, he
throws.
At the very last moment, Achilles bends his head to one
side, an almost lackadaisical movement. The spear rips
through the air occupied by Achilles' head half a moment
before.
Achilles smiles.
Hector draws his sword and charges, his men right behind
him. Achilles walks, with insulting insouciance, into the
temple.
A series of high steps lead inside the temple. Hector and
the Trojans dismount and proceed cautiously to the temple.
An arrow sticks out of Ajax's leg but he doesn't seem to
notice it. He bulls forward, giant shield held in front,
and slams into the Trojan ranks.
Where Achilles is all grace and speed, Ajax is brute
force. Parrying his blows is useless: his battle axe
splits bronze shields, bronze swords, bronze helmets.
The sound of his axe carving through a breastplate and the
man beneath the breastplate is like nothing else on earth.
As Ajax drops another Trojan, he lifts his ax to the
heavens.
AJAX:
I am Ajax, breaker of stones,
widow-maker of Salamis! Look upon
me, Trojans, and despair!
The Apollonians join the fight against the Greeks. The
Guards are far better than the archers at hand-to-hand
combat.
55.
63 INT. TEMPLE OF APOLLO - DAY 63
Hector and his men enter the temple. Eyes adjusting to
the gloomy light, they gingerly advance. All is quiet.
Evidence of looting is everywhere.
At the back of the temple, stairs lead up to the altar
room. Hector walks toward the stairs. Blood trickles
down the steps. Hector raises his eyes.
Achilles stands atop the staircase, both hands wrapped
around the hilt of his sword, the sword point resting on
the top step. He stares down at Hector.
WAR CRIES explode through the temple. The Myrmidons burst
from their hiding places and rush the Trojans.
Hector is an obvious target. Two Myrmidons charge him,
their spears leveled.
If Achilles is the apotheosis of martial grace, Hector is
something altogether different -- a man of ordinary gifts
who has become an extraordinary warrior by dint of
experience, endless training, and powerful intelligence.
As the Myrmidons charge he waits. At the last moment he
swings his sword, slicing both spearheads from their
shafts. The Myrmidons stare at their decapitated spears.
Hector doesn't give them a chance to recover. He pounces,
sword flashing, and both men fall to the temple floor.
Achilles watches from the top step. Hector begins running
up the stairs. Achilles disappears inside the altar room.
Another Myrmidon bounds up the stairs after Hector. The
prince wheels about and kicks the Myrmidon in the
breastplate. The soldier tumbles down the steps. Hector
continues up the stairs.
As more Greek ships make landfall, the Apollonian officer
sees that their position is no longer defensible.
APOLLONIAN OFFICER
Back to the city! Back to the
city!
The Trojans begin to retreat. The archers still turn to
fire whenever there's time. Mounted Guards haul fleeing
archers onto their horses.
56.
Hector finds the bodies of two PRIESTS. They lie on the
stone floor, limbs splayed, throats slit.
Sitting atop the altar, half-hidden by the shadows, is
Achilles. He's a terrible sight to behold, splattered
with blood, his bronze sword still dripping.
ACHILLES:
You must be very brave or very
stupid, to come after me alone.
(beat)
You must be Hector.
Hector stares at Achilles a moment before kneeling by the
dead priests' bodies.
ACHILLES:
A private audience with the prince
of Troy. I'm flattered. Do you
know who I am?
HECTOR:
These priests weren't armed.
Hector closes the eyes of the murdered priests. Achilles
jumps down from the altar and looks at the bodies.
ACHILLES:
I didn't kill them. Cutting old
men's throats -- there's no honor
in that.
HECTOR:
Honor?
(spits)
Children and fools fight for honor.
I fight for my country.
Hector charges. Achilles dances back, staying just out of
reach. Achilles looks relaxed, almost playful.
HECTOR:
Fight me.
ACHILLES:
Why kill you, prince of Troy, with
no one here to see you fall?
Achilles backs out of an archway opening onto the bright
day outside. Hector follows.
57.
66 EXT. TEMPLE OF APOLLO - CONTINUOUS 66
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