veteran
and had lost his leg in battle.
And from most accounts,
it changed him.
Sometimes it seemed that
along with that leg...
...hed also lost
a piece of his heart.
You know l.C.? Colored fellow
at the service station?
Sure.
-His son came back from Europe today.
-Wonderful.
In a box.
Somebody around heres gonna
be having a birthday pretty soon.
You been thinking about
how you want to celebrate?
veterans of World War One as
"Hooverville" is set afire in the very shadow of the nations
capitol...
??
All these faces, all these lives, in a world not really so
very long ago...
??
EXT. FIELD - DAY(SLOW MOTION)
??
...where cattails sway in the sepia-toned heat. A small scrap
of fabric is snagged in the nettles, fluttering languidly...
??
COLOR BLEEDS SLOWLY IN as mosquitoes swarm and dragonflie
veterans pace themselves
better. They finish stronger.
Theyre great in September.
(beat)
While I dont believe a woman
needs a man to be fulfilled, I do
confess an interest in finding
the ultimate guy--hed have that
youthful exuberance but the
veterans sense of timing...
ANNIE STARTS PACKING A HUGE HANDBAG -- With fruit, an official
scorebook, binoculars, a radar gun, and lipstick.
ANNIE
Ysee ther
veteran who proudly
displays his missing hand, scowls at Johnny, bemused.
JOHNNY
Sorry, Mr. Rasczak.
But as soon as Rasczak turns back to the class, Johnny begins to sketch
a cartoon on his desks touch screen.
RASCZAK
Here in History and Moral Philosophy
weve explored the decline of
Democracy when social scientists brought
the world to the brink of chaos, and how the
veterans took control and imp
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