Apache, maybe.
Some kind of Apache son of a bitch.
Good day, sir.
I said, hello.
That your man over there in the trees?
What is he planning on doing with that carbine?
Weve had trouble with coyotes killing calves.
Tell him Im not a coyote.
Is that the healers place?
You come for doctoring?
Lady shuts her doors at sundown.
Shes pretty firm about her hours.
Youre welcome to spend the night, see her
storm to pass.
And yet, it seems like
theyre mostly having fun.
When you say "dark,"
you mean angry? Violent?
No.
Even though she knew how
to handle a switch or a belt.
Oh, no!
They came from the "spare the rod,
spoil the child" philosophy.
What?
I owe all my creativity to her.
If my childhood was easy,
Id have nothing to write about.
"The daughter of a tap-dancing,
child-abuser of a mother...
..
U-Turn
(Stray Dogs)
Screenplay by
John Ridley
and
Richard Rutowski & Oliver Stone
NOTE: THE HARD COPY OF THIS SCRIPT CONTAINED SCENE NUMBERS
AND SOME "OMITTED" SLUGS. THEY HAVE BEEN REMOVED FOR THIS
SOFT COPY.
EXT. SOMEWHERE IN THE DESERT SOUTHWEST - DAY
BEGIN TITLES OVER:
It is early morning and already hot. INSECTS drone, crackle,
and scurry for shade. PRAIRIE DOGS burrow to escape the sun.
We
A top-secret, experimental, offensive/defensive military installation hidden away in the countryside outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
CLOSE on a beautiful, intricate, state of the art computer panel as it is lifted out of a large console. A huge, dimly lit display board, sporting a galaxy of small running lights, looms above.
The panels removal creates a large, vulnerable opening, inside of wh
INDEPENDENCE DAY
Dean Devlin & Roland Emmerich
AN AMERICAN FLAG
Oddly still, posted in gray dusty sand.
WIDEN TO REVEAL:
EXT. LUNAR SURFACE - THE MOON
One small step for man, one large pile of garbage for moon-
kind. Untouched for years, the flag stands next to the
castoff remains of the Apollo mission. Slowly the discarded
equipment begins to RATTLE and SHAKE.
AN ENORMOUS SHADOW creeps towards u