Deer Hunter

VET
WITH THE BUGLE IN THE BASEMENT BELOW.
BUT NOW THE SOUND OF THE CHOIR GROWS -- A SOUND AS DEEP
AS
WATER, AS DARK AS NIGHT; A SOUND LIKE STONE.
Gradually, one by one, the OLDER WOMEN stop fussing with the
table. They stand motionless, listening.
EXT. GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH - FRONT STEPS - DAY
A HEARSE waits at the curb. The day is windless, cold and
grey Snow is drifting down and the gleaming vehicle emits a
ghostly cloud of white exhaust.
THE SOUND OF THE CHOIR IS MUCH LOUDER, ASCENDING IN DARK
TRIUMPH TO A SUDDEN, FINAL NOTE.
In the ringing silence of the MUSIC'S END the doors to the
church swing open. NICK, VINCE, ALBERT and JOHN appear with
MERLE's flag-draped COFFIN. Followed by MOURNERS, they bear
the COFFIN slowly down the steps.
EXT. CEMETERY - DAY
Snow drifts down from a leaden sky as the MOURNERS stand