Deer Hunter

and forth. His eyes are vacant and his face is fixed in an
expression of horror, as if he were still watching the boy at
the table blow himself away. Beside SAL is NICK. NICK sits
slumped against the bamboo. One knee is raised and he is
picking at the threads of his trousers where they have torn
at the knee.
MERLE IS STANDING, GRIPPING THE BAMBOO WALLS OF THE CAGE
AND
LOOKING OUT AT THE "PITS".
EXT. THE PITS - MERLE'S POV - HEAVY RAIN - DAY
The pits are about twenty feet away. Running mud and water
gurgle into them, coming out through shallow trenches on the
downhill side. There are fewer hands than the day before, far
fewer. The nearest pit only has one pair and as MERLE watches
he sees that these hands are struggling to keep their grip.
SUDDENLY ONE OF THE HANDS SLIPS AWAY. THE HAND COMES
BACK FOR
A MOMENT, THEN BOTH HANDS DISAPPEAR.
INT. TIGER CAGE - HEAVY RAIN - DAY
MERLE turns away from the "pits". He looks down at SAL, then