BARRY LYNDON
A Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick
Based on the novel by William Makepeace Thackeray
FADE IN:
EXT. PARK - DAY
Brief shot of duel.
RODERICK (V.O.)
My father, who was well-known to the
best circles in this kingdom under
the name of roaring Harry James, was
killed in a duel, when I was fifteen
years old.
EXT. GARDEN - DAY
Mrs. James, talking with a suitor; Roderick, at a
distance.
RODERICK
Geronimo: An American Legend Script
Theyll fight a delaying action.
Twenty-five, thirty warriors, maybe.
Hundred women and children.
Thats it.
The warriors will turn and fight.
-No avoiding that.
-No.
Itll give the women and children
time to take cover.
One thing for damn sure,
they already know were here.
-Captain Ragsdale!
-Sir.
Troopers on the flat, form a line!
Company!
-Mr. Ragsdale!
-Sir!
A
Gods And Generals Script
Welcome, Colonel Lee.
Welcome to my home.
Make yourself comfortable
there, colonel.
Allow me to get to the point, sir.
I have been authorized by
President Lincoln himself...
...with the full blessing
of the War Department...
...to offer you full command of the Army
with the rank of major general.
This Army being raised to quell this
rebellion and to preserve the Union.
I
Gardens Of Stone Script
- Escort, hut!
- Firing party.
Atten, hut!
Please rise for the rendering
of military honours.
Firing party,
fire three volleys!
Take a breath. Stand by.
Ready!
Ready! Aim! Fire!
Ready! Aim! Fire!
Ready! Aim! Fire!
Ready!
This is Thor. We got
a couple people hit here.
This is chop-2. I got Thorbear here,
took two rounds in the chest.
-Roger that.
-Hes got one round in t
As the C-130 coasts to a stop, the hatch rotating down on a hot, dusty lifeless airstrip somewhere in Vietnam. Nothing seems to live or move in the midday sun.
TITLES RUN
A DOZEN NEW RECRUITS step off the plane, unloading their duffel bags, looking around like only the new can look around, their hair regulation-clipped, crisp, new green fatigues fitting them like cardboard.
CHRIS TAYLOR is just a