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46 EXT. GATES OF TROY - DAY 46
Hector and Tecton gallop through the gate. They rein in
their horses and look over the elite Apollonian Guard,
eighty of Troy's finest soldiers, riding well-groomed,
snorting mounts.
When Hector speaks his voice is clear and steady.
HECTOR:
All my life I've lived by a code,
and the code is simple.
(beat)
Honor the gods.
(beat)
Love your woman.
(beat)
And defend your country.
The men roar.
HECTOR:
Troy is mother to us all. Fight
for her!
The men roar and thrust their spears into the air. Hector
leads the charge to the beach.
47 EXT. ACHILLES' WARSHIP - DAY 47
Achilles stands in his ship's bow, scanning the Trojan
dunes. He turns to face his men. He smiles.
ACHILLES:
Myrmidons, we are brothers of the
sword. I'd rather fight alongside
you than any army of thousands.
(CONTINUED)
48.
47 CONTINUED:
47The Myrmidons cheer. Achilles points his sword toward
Troy.
ACHILLES:
Do you know what's waiting beyond
that beach?
(beat)
Immortality.
The Myrmidons raise their swords and cry out with one
voice.
The oarsmen give one last mighty pull on their oars and
beach the tar-caulked keel of the warship on Trojan sand.
Achilles puts on his helmet, grabs a coiled rope anchored
to a bronze cleat, and rappels down to the beach. The
Myrmidons follow him, tossing the ropes off the deck and
shimmying down to the beach.
48 EXT. TROJAN BEACH FORTIFICATIONS - CONTINUOUS 48
The archers behind the fortifications watch the Myrmidons
climb down from their ship.
Their CAPTAIN raises his hand: wait... wait...
CAPTAIN of archers
Now!
The archers rise and release their arrows.
49 EXT. TROJAN BEACH - CONTINUOUS 49
Hundreds of arrows whistle through the air. Four of the
Myrmidons climbing down cry out as arrows hit them; they
tumble into the sea. Other arrows rip into the packed
sand or zip harmlessly into the water.
The Myrmidons, clustered together and holding their
shields above their heads, look to Achilles. Achilles
makes a hand signal. Half his men split off and run to
the fortifications on their left, howling like wolves as
arrows rain down.
50 EXT. ACHILLES' WARSHIP - CONTINUOUS 50
Patroclus huddles under the railing beside the cook as
arrow after arrow screams by. A flaming arrow hits one of
the sails, and then another. The sails begin to burn.
(CONTINUED)
49.
50 CONTINUED:
50ONE-LEGGED COOK
Help me get the sails down!
The cook limps over to the sails, ignoring the arrows that
rain around him. Patroclus takes a deep breath and runs
in a crouch to the cook. Together they lower the burning
sails.
Achilles sprints toward the archers, half his men behind
him. The archers let off another volley. More Myrmidons
fall.
52 EXT. AGAMEMNON'S SHIP - DAY 52
Agamemnon, Menelaus, and Nestor watch the battle from the
prow of their ship. They're still half a mile away.
AGAMEMNON:
(in awe despite himself)
The man wants to die.
We hear SHOUTS of "Achilles!" from the other ships, a
great clamor as men bash the flats of their swords against
their shields and cheer their hero on.
Agamemnon hears the cheering. He grits his teeth and
glares at the distant Achilles. Nestor notices
Agamemnon's barely concealed fury. He speaks quietly, so
no one else can hear.
NESTOR:
Give him his battle. You'll take
the war.
AGAMEMNON:
Give him too many battles and the
men will forget who's king.
Hector and his men near the high dunes, galloping at
breakneck speed.
54 EXT. TROJAN BEACH - CONTINUOUS 54
Achilles, three arrows in his shield, sprints across the
sands. Arrows tear through the air about him. No man
alive can run with Achilles.
(CONTINUED)
50.
54 CONTINUED:
54He leaps over the fortification, sword flashing before his
feet ever touch the ground. The archers crumple to the
ground as Achilles' sword cuts through them.
In a moment the Myrmidons catch up to Achilles and lay
into the archers. Within seconds they massacre them.
Achilles turns and nods to the temple: the next target.
Eudorus gasps for air. Achilles regards him with
amusement.
ACHILLES:
Breathe, my friend.
Eudorus takes two deep breaths. Achilles dashes for the
temple. His Myrmidons follow behind.
The archers at the temple unleash a fusillade of arrows.
Every few yards another Myrmidon falls. Several of them
are wounded, but if they're not dead they keep moving
forward.
55 EXT. AJAX'S SHIP - CONTINUOUS 55
Ajax's ship is one hundred yards from shore. Legendary
AJAX (30) -- a huge man, brutally muscled, head shaved,
face and body scarred -- stands in the prow, watching
Achilles.
AJAX:
Look at him, hogging all the glory.
He walks over to his rowers, grabs an oarsmen on the front
bench under the armpits and tosses him away. Ajax sits,
grabs the oar handle, and begins rowing maniacally, the
veins in his massive arms bulging through the skin.
AJAX:
Row, you lazy whores, row! Greeks
are dying!
The oarsmen redouble their efforts and the ship leaps over
56 EXT. TROJAN BEACH DUNES - DAY 56
Hector and the Apollonian Guards rein in their horses atop
the dunes. Hector sees Ajax's ship plowing into the
beach. Hundreds of other ships are close behind.
51.
The Trojan archers rain arrows down on Ajax's ship.
Several flaming arrows catch in the hull and begin to
burn.
56B EXT. TROJAN BEACH DUNES - DAY 56B
TECTON:
We can't hold the beach, my prince.
Hector sees where Achilles and the Myrmidons are heading.
HECTOR:
They're trying to take the temple.
TECTON:
No believer would spill blood in
Apollo's temple.
Hector, increasingly uneasy, watches Achilles dodge
arrows. He turns and points to the spot where Ajax's ship
has landed.
HECTOR:
(to an Apollonian officer)
The archers need help. Burn as
many ships as you can, but don't
sacrifice yourself. Bring the men
back to the city.
The OFFICER bows and leads 60 Guards to the
fortifications.
HECTOR:
(to Tecton)
Follow me.
He gallops toward the temple, Tecton and his men behind
him.
57 EXT. TEMPLE OF APOLLO - DAY 57
Achilles, his shield now quilled with arrows, hurls his
spear. It catches the closest archer just above the
breastplate, tearing through the man's throat.
The archers near by throw down their bows and take up the
(CONTINUED)
52.
57 CONTINUED:
57But Achilles is already upon them, cutting them down with
ruthless precision. Every time his bronze sword flashes
through the air another Trojan falls, and Achilles keeps
sweeping through them, his face painted with Trojan blood.
The other Myrmidons are fighting beside their leader now,
and the Trojan archers are no match for the Myrmidons in
hand to hand combat. Soon the temple area belongs to the
Greeks.
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