Memphis Belle Page #3

BRUCE:

You named the plane after your

girl back home, that's a great

angle. You don't sound like

you're from the South, Captain

Dearborn.

DENNIS:

I met her when I was in Memphis

on business.

BRUCE:

I bet she's a living doll, huh,

Dennis?

Dennis looks up at Bruce -- he doesn't like his tone at

all.

DENNIS:

She's a very fine woman, sir.

(CONTINUED)

8.

CONTINUED:

Flash. Now LUKE SINCLAIR, the co-pilot, is in the chair.

Luke is twenty-five and about as handsome as they come.

He's relaxed, smiling. He loves the attention.

BRUCE:

A lifeguard. That's a pretty

responsible job, Luke.

LUKE:

Yeah, it's rough basking in the

sun all day, having girls swarm

all over you. That's why I

joined up. Had to get away from

all that.

Flash. Now VAL KOZLOWSKI the bombardier, is sitting in

the hotseat. Val has Latin good looks and a street

fighter's body. He's a pretty intense guy. He squirms,

pushes at his hair, tries to loosen his collar,

straighten his tie.

BRUCE:

Val. What's that short for,

Valentine? I bet the women love

that. You're the bombardier and

I understand you've got four

years of medical school under

your belt.

VAL:

Yeah. Well, something like that.

BRUCE:

(interrupting)

Believe me, when your picture

comes out in Life Magazine, every

man, woman and child in America is

going to want you to be their

doctor.

Val brightens at this. Flash. Now PHIL LOWENTHAL is in

the chair. Phil's in his early twenties, with a lot of

hair and a lot of teeth. He slumps in the chair, moody

and gloomy. He'd like to be anywhere but here.

BRUCE:

Phil, look at the camera. Sit up

straight. Smile.

PHIL:

What's there to smile about, sir?

BRUCE:

You guys have finished 24 missions.

(MORE)

(CONTINUED)

9.

11 CONTINUED:
(2)

BRUCE (CONT'D)

One more and you get to go home.

That would sure make me smile.

PHIL:

Well, you're not me, sir.

(to the

photographer)

Please just take the picture.

He looks up at the camera, a big cloud over his head.

Flash.

12 INT. MESS HALL - DAY (LATER)

Dennis, Luke, Phil and Val are sitting at a table as

Bruce addresses them.

BRUCE:

You'll go back home in your own

plane and fly all over the States,

making speeches, getting people to

buy more war bonds, work longer

hours, turn out more planes. And

believe me, you'll be wined,

womened and songed from one end of

the U.S. to the other. It'll be

tough, but we all have to make

sacrifices.

He laughs.

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