carcass.
In the distance, where a long, dusty road meets the horizon, a
small shape appears -- a Sixty-four-and-a-half Mustang
convertible, its top down. Its candy-apple red burns like a
brilliant fireball under the sun. As the car drifts closer, we
see steam escaping from under the hood. Sammi Smiths "Please
Help Me Get Through The Night" plays on the cars radio.
INT. BOBBY COOPERS MUSTANG - DAY
The camera is moving toward an Indian city. We are high and far away, only the sound of the wind as we grow nearer and nearer, and through the passing clouds these words appear:
No mans life can be encompassed in one telling. There is no way to give each year its allotted weight, to include each event, each person who helped to shape a lifetime. What can be done is to be faithful in spirit to the
weight, but its not that heavy, and she holds it up
easily. It bobs its head, scarfs up the goldfish, and eats
it.
Enchanted, Cathy breaks into an enormous grin and returns her
hand, calling back over her shoulder.
CATHY (contd)
Mom! Dad! You gotta come see this!
I found something!
She turns back.
Thirty more compys have come out onto the sand. Theyre
standing there, bobbing anxiously, staring at
weight supported by thick ROPES around
his wrists that are fastened to a wooden beam which runs the
length of the room.
HOODED MANS VOICE
Vieira...
VIEIRA looks up. He is old, his hair thin and gray, but his
eyes are alive, defiant. The Hooded Man moves closer. Vieira
follows him with his eyes, trying to see the Hooded Mans face.
Vieira strains against his ropes. The Hooded Man does not
move.
VIE
Celebrate" by Rare Earth comes on LOUD.
Troy walks away holding his temple in pain; SOLDIERS gather
to stare at the dead Iraqi, getting their cameras out.
EXT. IRAQI DESERT ROAD - AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN COMBAT GEAR
dance on a road in the desert. "I Just Want to Celebrate"
BLARES as the CAMERA DOLLIES THROUGH the soldiers.
DOLLY INTO TENT TOWN, past bare chested soldiers pumping free
weights; jogg