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Deer Hunter, The (1978) movie scrip
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trembling with heat, and they come
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SAL'S MOTHER It would snow... Every
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checking out. NICK, SAL and MERLE a
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stop dead in their tracks. VINCE Sn
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MERLE Right. ALBERT Damn right! VIN
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VET 1 (signals) Up ribbon! One end
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GUYS IN THE CAR (chanting) Do it, N
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Love, Mom." ANGELA frowns, turns th
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holds a half-empty bottle in his ha
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LINDA'S FATHER swings at her again,
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SAL'S MOTHER So cold is your heart
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NICK I know. MERLE That way it sets
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MERLE Fucking A. NICK I don't think
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point is, Nick, without you I'd hun
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That's new, isn't it? NICK Couple o
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carnations, NICK hears someone call
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NICK Linda, Linda...! LINDA (very s
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PRIEST "Blessed be the Kingdom... n
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crowned for the servant of God Ange
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unison, they desert the smiling and
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MERLE crosses back to LINDA and giv
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Pow! The SERGEANT gives a beery chu
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as they have gone MARSHA is taken b
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Uh... well, maybe you could tell us
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from the dance floor right out into
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Don't worry what it says in the boo
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No. LINDA Oh, Nick! Oh I missed you
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NICK's knees. LINDA (CONT'D) (smoot
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just have beer. Do you want some ch
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NICK Naw, it's... I mean... LINDA M
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(takes his arm, laughs) No-o-o! NIC
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It's Nick! VINCE Nick...? (sees him
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How're you guys... I mean, how've y
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gun, Vince. VINCE looks around. Car
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Nick! Hey, Nick! (gives him a big h
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No? NICK No. How's Angela? How's sh
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WHAT THE HELL IS THIS??? ALBERT Nic
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now! The toaster man! I'll go and g
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Nick! ANGELA begins to tremble, jab
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dark, like a great river rolling th
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NICK doesn't stir, doesn't budge. L
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geyser of molten steel erupts in a
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understand, doing it with one... wo
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ALBERT (CONT'D) Hey, John! ALBERT s
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Albert... VINCE cracks up, howling.
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Yeah... All the guys, we're all goi
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EXT. MOUNTAINS - MIXED HARDWOOD FOR
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down. JOHN and ALBERT drag VINCE to
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growling sound. NICK grabs for the
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coming in, thudding in the mud and
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ALBERT indicates his rifle. VINCE s
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NICK (grins) Damn... God damn... EX
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ALBERT Then what's the gun for! Wha
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VINCE What the hell was that! (pick
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pounds on the car. VINCE takes off,
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What's that noise? SAL John Wayne..
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INT. NICK'S TRAILER - NIGHT NICK ho
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Too bad. NICK goes down a long aisl
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Let's make love forever! INT. NICK'
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irked with himself, a little fright
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NICK We do, Sal. We do... You're th
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Where? NICK Here. Behind you. NICK
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for a long time. NICK picks the pap
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money. The reality of what MERLE is
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NICK Like I say, Phantom Mary's pre
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Biederman. Is that right? BIEDERMAN
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important. LIEUTENANT That I must n
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(leans close) Not bad fresh, but th
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ush. NICK gets in the limousine. Th
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omelettes, s'il vous plait. WIFE (h
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the yard with the little grape arbo
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falls flat on his back. Standing in
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doin' in there? NICK You know a guy
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about, glass-eyed, drinking champag
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disbelief at the evolution of the g
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five languages. NICK starts off aga
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You are his friend. NICK Where is h
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How's Linda? NICK Fine. She's fine.
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NICK reaches the end of the terrace
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a bugle, trying to play TAPS. VET 1
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NICK (very shaky) I just... would l