images were almost infamous.
But he was said to be very young.
Ah, yes! Very young indeed.
An accident, no doubt.
Yes, as you say, an accident.
Well... that is I...
Brother William...
may I speak to you candidly?
You seem anxious to do so.
When I heard you were coming
to our abbey...
I thought it was an answer
to my prayers.
I said: "Heres a man who has the
knowledge both of the human spirit...
a
IMAGE SHIFTS TO A PRESIDENT, DOING PRESIDENTIAL THINGS. AND THE VOICE-
OVER.
VOICE-OVER
For Peace, prosperity, for all of us: Dont change
Horses in...
ANGLE
A CORRIDOR OF THE WHITE HOUSE, AS AMES AND THE MAN IN THE RATTY JACKET (BREAN)
WALK HURRIEDLY. AMES FINISHES ONE CIGARETTE AND USES THE BUTT TO LIGHT A
FRESH ONE. THEY PASS BY A LARGE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BACK OF A MAN, BENDING TO
SHAKE HANDS WI
A VIDEO IMAGE FLICKERS TO LIFE. A ruggedly handsome man with dark, haunted eyes. Eyes that have seen hell.
NEVILLE
My name is Robert Neville. Today is October 17th,
the year 2002. I was born in 1960, on this very day,
so that makes today my birthday. (remembering)
Every year for my birthday, my wife Ellen would throw
me a party. A kids party. Cake, ice cream, funny hats,
"Pin the Tail on the Donk
Downtown L.A. Noon on a hot summer day. On an EXTREME LONG LENS the lunchtime crowd stacks up into a wall of humanity. In SLOW MOTION they move in herds among the glittering rows of cars jammed bumper to bumper. Heat ripples distort the torrent of faces. The image is surreal, dreamy... and like a dream it begins very slowly to...
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. CITY RUINS - NIGHT
Same spot as the last shot, bu
shepherd
of your fathers flock,
but God has chosen you...
to be the shepherd
of His people Israel,
to unite His
scattered tribes
into one nation...
and to send the heathen
from His promised land.
My brothers are all soldiers.
Why not choose one of them?
It was not I who chose you.
It was the Lord God of Israel.
But I am the least
in my fathers house.
You are a child
after Gods own heart.
If I sta
IMAGES
Through smoke, a desperate MARINE PRIVATE who knows he will never be rescued... TWO MARINES walk up to a farmhouse door; through the screen we see a MOTHER AND DAUGHTER who know what the news will be...
IMAGES
A MARINE COLOUR GUARD carries a COFFIN... Now we are the coffin as a FLAG drapes down on us. placed into a YOUNG WOMANS HAND.
Now were in ARLINGTON CEMETERY. Images of the cemetery a
images on a
canvas... Your gift teaches
children how to be strong in
situations where most adults would
piss on themselves.
(beat)
Yes, I believe what they wrote
about you.
Anna lets go of his hands. Annas eyes are emotional. Malcolm
smiles softly.
MALCOLM
Thank you.
Anna leans towards him. They hold each other tight. Beat.
MALCOLM
What are we hugging about again?
Anna laughs as she wipes h
Deep Impact Script
Altair,
Alpha Centauri, Sirius.
Matt Shepherd?
Its just a party,
and he asked me.
Hes really nice.
Yeah, to you, maybe.
You guys getting some
good work done over here?
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
Yeah, sounds like it.
Whats the bright one?
Uh...
Mizar.
Its a double star.
Good.
The one next to it?
Uh...
Alcor.
Good, Biederman,
and the one next to that?
Uh...
I dont know.
Its Megrez.
I dont
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Through smoke, a desperate MARINE PRIVATE who knows he will never be rescued... TWO MARINES walk up to a farmhouse door; through the screen we see a MOTHER AND DAUGHTER who know what the news will be...
IMAGES
A MARINE COLOUR GUARD carries a COFFIN... Now we are the coffin as a FLAG drapes down on us. placed into a YOUNG WOMANS HAND.
Now were in ARLINGTON CEMETERY. Images of the cemetery a
image everywhere.
You wont pin that on me. l stick my neck out every day.
You remind me of bureaucrats in the s sending kids to fight in Vietnam.
lm not going to send you to Vietnam.
-lm going to send you to the th. -That shithole.
Youll fit right in.
Come on, get up.
l know my rights, man.
Knock off the shit!
Understand?
Can l help you?
lm looking for the ringleader of this circus.
Yes, sir. An