It is 7:14 P.M., Monday, September 22, 1975, and we are watching the network news programs on CBS, NBC, ABC and UBS-TV, the network of our story. The AUDIO is OFF; and head shots of WALTER CRONKITE, JOHN CHANCELLOR, HOWARD K. SMITH and HARRY REASONER, and of course, the anchorman of our network, HOWARD BEALE, silently flit and flicker across the four television screens, interspersed with the news
primal triggered by this brutality.
AARON
Go ahead, Stephen -- take your
last licks.
(points at his
face)
But this will heal -- what Im
going to say to you will scar you
forever. Ready? Here it is.
He dodges as they come after him. They catch him by the hair
and hurl him to the ground. As he gets up he hurls his
devastating verbal blow.
AARON
Youll never make more than
nineteen thousand dollars a
energies elsewhere...
...you will not succeed either with me
or in your careers as military officers.
I had hoped youd see that with a
proper grasp of the artillery principles...
...Ive laid before you today,
you would learn to apply...
...these principles with great
effectiveness in your field experiences.
But since you seem unable
to grasp these principles...
...Im forced to conclude I must rep
"HUNTER"
Written by
Jim Thomas and John Thomas
"HUNTER"
FADE IN
1 EXT. OUTER SPACE 1
The infinite blackness punctuated by a billion stars.
As we slowly DESCEND through the varied shades of blue
of the Earths atmosphere, we HEAR the first strains of
a haunting, Central American FLUTE, joined by a swelling
background of JUNGLE SOUNDS. We descend further,
through a lush JUNGLE CANOPY, backlit by a s