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The MAN makes a clicking sound, three times, as if firing a pistol. NICK nods. MAN (CONT'D) How extremely clever. That is really most extraordinaire... Allow me please to introduce myself. I am Armand... And you are? NICK Nick. ARMAND Nick. C'est extraordinaire! Do you know that I have a cousin who is called Nicholas and a nephew Nickolai. So you are, comme on dit, en famille. In the family. There is another SHOT from inside and another round of APPLAUSE. NICK
I have to go. ARMAND But you must come in. NICK No, I -- ARMAND But I insist. NICK I have to go. ARMAND You are frightened, no? NICK nods. ARMAND (CONT'D) Of what is there to be afraid? The war? The war is no problem. It is a joke, a silly thing. I make one call and get you out. ARMAND refills NICK's glass. NICK looks at it. The glass is
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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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Pontiac, ALBERT carrying MERLE's cl
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that. NICK (half laughing) Merle --
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conversation. ALBERT She fucked you
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JOHN Who's got the ammo? ALBERT Amm
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VINCE into a blind rage. VINCE Get
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That's mustard! ALBERT (mouth jamme
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it. EXT. ROADSIDE AREA - DAWN The s
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over. VINCE (CONT'D) (rummaging aro
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(both hands in the air) No!!!? MERL
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times, Merle! (to the others) I fix
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MERLE I said no. JOHN looks at ALBE
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Yeah... I mean so he knows... He do
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WE HEAR THE BUZZ AND CREAK OF OTHER
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gaunt, but we recognize that it is
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ROAR. EXT. APPROACHING AMERICAN HEL
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A shot rings out. The LIEUTENANT go
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is a single-action .45 caliber revo
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toward the SOUTH VIETNAMESE. The SO
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Page 97 and 98: What else? MERLE I thought you migh
Page 99 and 100: NICK Forget Sal? MERLE Forget Sal..
Page 101 and 102: means we gotta play each other. NIC
Page 103 and 104: ONE OF THEM lets off a blast of aut
Page 105 and 106: EXT. CLEARING IN THE JUNGLE - WAITI
Page 107 and 108: NICK puts the revolver back on the
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Page 111 and 112: MERLE IS STRONG! -- HA! MERLE IS MA
Page 113 and 114: suddenly discovering himself among
Page 115 and 116: spins, BADLY WOUNDED. MERLE throws
Page 117 and 118: ope which MERLE has tied around his
Page 119 and 120: Hey! Hey, gee! SAL crosses to the w
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Page 127 and 128: CAMERA HOLDS ON NICK as he turns ou
Page 129 and 130: Everybody love Linda. NICK That's r
Page 131 and 132: You like to call me Linda now? NICK
Page 133 and 134: BAR GIRL Wait! First I give you spe
Page 135 and 136: (to the YOUNGEST URCHIN) You know h
Page 137 and 138: NICK walks out past the CORPSES. Th
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Page 141: Where did you play? NICK Up north.
Page 145 and 146: (weary, shaking his head) No. None
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Page 149 and 150: CAB DRIVER What're you, crazy? That
Page 151 and 152: LINDA gives a thin smile. VINCE (CO
Page 153 and 154: gulping down whiskey -- gulping it
Page 155 and 156: NICK stands half-way down a rickety
Page 157 and 158: No. LINDA Oh, Nick! Oh I missed you
Page 159 and 160: NICK's knees. LINDA (CONT'D) (smoot
Page 161 and 162: just have beer. Do you want some ch
Page 163 and 164: NICK Naw, it's... I mean... LINDA M
Page 165 and 166: (takes his arm, laughs) No-o-o! NIC
Page 167 and 168: It's Nick! VINCE Nick...? (sees him
Page 169 and 170: How're you guys... I mean, how've y
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Page 173 and 174: Nick! Hey, Nick! (gives him a big h
Page 175 and 176: No? NICK No. How's Angela? How's sh
Page 177 and 178: WHAT THE HELL IS THIS??? ALBERT Nic
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Page 181 and 182: Nick! ANGELA begins to tremble, jab
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Page 185 and 186: NICK doesn't stir, doesn't budge. L
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Page 191 and 192: 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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together on a steep hillside of til
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NICK (very shaky) I just... would l
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