American Sniper Page #4
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18 LATER 18
TV plays across Chris’ drunken face. He lays on the sofa,
a beer on his chest. JEFF is sprawled in a chair.
JEFF:
Some people ain’t worth fighting for.
CHRIS:
But she was right...
JEFF:
(closing his eyes)
A job is a job. At least we’re outside.
(03.18.14) 10.
Chris is bleary, lost and drifting to sleep. The imageson the TV don’t immediately register but--
NEWS FOOTAGE of the WORLD TRADE CENTER BOMBING (1993)
plays on TV. An explosion has demolished the garage.
NEWS ANCHOR (OS)
--group of radical militants called Al-
Qaeda are taking credit for a bombingthat left six dead and hundreds injured-American
flags at half mast. His chest rises and falls--
CHRIS:
Jeff, wake up. Look at this--
The faces of INNOCENT VICTIMS play across the screen.
Chris’ injured hand slowly curls into a fist.
CHRIS:
Look what they did...
19 INT. NAVY RECRUITING OFFICE 19
Posters of destroyers on walls. The NAVY RECRUITER islean and shrewd.
CHRIS:
I saw what they did, on our soil, and--
NAVY RECRUITER:
And you’re from Texas and you’re a
patriot so it pissed you off.
CHRIS:
Yes, sir. But I can’t see myself on a
ship. I’d wanna be in the fight-NAVY
RECRUITER:
You wanna fight? Meet the warrior elite.
He slides him a brochure-- “NAVY SEALS” emerge from the
water, armed and bound for glory.
SEALs?
CHRIS KYLE:
NAVY RECRUITER:
Sea, Air and Land.
CHRIS:
I ain’t much of a swimmer--
(03.18.14) 11.
NAVY RECRUITER:
(taking brochure back)
This isn’t for the faint of heart. Most
men wash-out. They quit-
CHRIS:
(cutting him off)
I’m not most men, sir. I don’t quit.
20 OMITTED 20
21 OMITTED 21
22 EXT. NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE CENTER / “THE GRINDER” - DAY 22
CHRIS and 50 OTHER CANDIDATES lay on their backs doing
flutter-kicks on a patch of blacktop surrounded by beige
buildings. INSTRUCTORS wield hoses.
INSTRUCTOR ROLLE
(sprays Chris in the face)
You a quitter, boy?
CHRIS KYLE:
No, sir!
INSTRUCTOR ROLLE
Bullshit, you are fleet-meat. Don’t turn
away. Look up and take it. You’re old as
f***. Did you join the Navy cause you had
such a good time on Noah’s Arc? How old
are you?
CHRIS:
30, sir.
INSTRUCTOR ROLLE
30! You fart dust and could’ve fathered
half these boys. You think cause you had
a pop-gun back in Texas you’re cut out to
be a SEAL?
CHRIS:
No, sir.
INSTRUCTOR ROLLE
No, you’re not cut out to be one?
Chris is twisted in agony and clearly dislikes the water.
(03.18.14) 12.
INSTRUCTOR ROLLE
What kind of a**hole joins the Navy but
hates the water.
CHRIS:
I love water, hooyah.
INSTRUCTOR ROLLE
My ass you do.
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