PEARL HARBOR
by
Randall Wallace
EARLY DRAFT
Out of BLACK we hear the sound of an airplane roaring by.
EXT. POV OF AN AIRPLANE
Flying over American heartland. We see the earth through the
pilots perspective as sky and ground swap positions, the
plane swooping down and storming over the ground.
THE PLANE
is a biplane, racing over a field lush with young plants. It
releases a trail of crop spray, an
TRACKING DOWN the line of empty, open capsules. Frozen twilight. The final four capsules are sealed, lids in place.
ANGLE - INSIDE CAPSULE
NEWT, then RIPLEY. HICKS next, his head and chest bandaged. Then BISHOP in his caul of plastic. But the lid of Bishops capsule is misted with hothouse condensation.
CLOSER
A tear of fluid streaks the condensation.
An alarm SOUNDS.
A monitor begins to scroll da
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
INT. THE ROSE THEATRE. DAY.
SKY. Over which a title "LONDON--SUMMER 1593" appears.
Title card: In the glory days of the Elizabethan theatre
two playhouses were fighting it out for writers and
audiences. North of the city was the Curtain Theatre,
home to Englands most famous actor, Richard Burbage.
Across the river was the competition, built by Philip
Henslowe, a busines
ⅲ. Disarmament of Conventional Weapons
The first UN Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects adopted in July 2001 a forward-looking program of action that committed nations, regions and the international Community collectively to:
1) Help to prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit trade in small arms
2) Enhance cooperation among states to end