dance floor.
Well, that night someone had eyes
for me, and it wasnt her.
It was Darryl Zanuck, head
honcho of th Century Fox.
He had no idea who I was.
But just looking at me, he thought:
That kids right to play the
matador opposite Ava Gardner.
After years and years of knocking
on doors, being turned down...
...here I am, discovered to star
in two pictures within six months.
Thats what you call
euphoria of the record
breaking. Several Crewmen cast nervous glances out through the plexi-
dome. Giant skeletons everywhere.
CUT TO:
10 EXT. SHINKAI 9000 - NIGHT
The Shinkai approaches an eerie-looking rock formation. The robotic
arm comes out. The laser cutter steadies, aims, then shoots out its
blue beam and cuts into the rock.
WHOOSH!! A HUGE JET STREAM OF INKY BLOOD BLASTS OUT OF THE FORMAT
dancing NATIVES)
Shoom boom boo ba! Shoom boom boo
ba --
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STANLEY
Andy!
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ANDY
(startled)
Oh!
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The boy suddenly turns off, becoming introverted... awkward.
Frustrated, Stanley stares at his son.
STANLEY
Andy, this has to stop. Our house
isnt a television station. There
is not a camera in that wall.
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Andy glances over at the wall. Hmm.
STANLEY (contd)
(trying to cope)
Son... listen to m
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
His is the only one still occupied, and it doesnt look that permanent. In the window is a cardboard, handwritten sign that reads "Kwans Shaolin Kung Fu". What remains visible behind the poster and the security grate is an IMPRESSION of people moving and milling around.
INT. WORKOUT AREA - SAME NIGHT
ESTABLISHING SHOT OF KWANS SHAOLIN KUNG FU SCHOOL.
The students are doing their own thing, and the