The Stunt Man Page #4

Burt whirls on him, enraged.

BURT:

What the hell is that supposed to

mean?!

CAMERON:

(confused)

No offense...thought you might...

BURT:

Every one of you jerks is a goddamn

hotshot expert! Thanks for the vote

of confidence. If you think you can

do any better, just come and try it!

He puts his boot in Cameron's stomach and shoves hard.

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EXT. CAR

Cameron comes flying out and lands on his back in the road as the

Duesenberg squeals forward, its open door slamming shut from the

momentum.

Stunned, the wind knocked out of him, Cameron rises to his elbows.

Before the old relic has gone thirty yards, again the brakes

screech, swinging the car into a sliding salute turn, one hundred-

eighty degrees and it is suddenly screaming back toward Cameron.

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INT. CAR - ANGLE ON BURT

Driving with one hand on the door handle, his head halfway out the

window watching the bridge railing and the water beyond.

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ANGLE ON ROAD - CAR AND CAMERON

Cameron, sprawled on the road, is momentarily paralyzed at the sight

of the Duesenberg's great brass grill bearing down. His hand closes

over a rock and with the same illogical gesture that a soldier

flings a Coke bottle at a tank, Cameron hurls the rock in the

direction of the car and frantically rolls sideways. The big

spinning tires brush him as they pass. We catch a momentary glimpse

of the rock smashing against the gleam of the passing windshield.

As he stops rolling, once more face down in the dust, eyes closed,

expecting death, he becomes aware there is only silence. He opens

his eyes, climbs to his feet. The road is empty. The Duesenberg is

gone. Astonished, confused -- he walks to the side of the bridge

where the railing ends and the car might have plunged off. There is

nothing below but the rushing black water. Here and there bubbles

swirl to the surface. They could be from a sinking car or could be

caused by the current.

ANGLE ON CAMERON

His thoughts racing. Was it the sun, has he imagined the whole

thing? Suddenly a HELICOPTER appears, hovering, almost at eye

level. Sunlight flashes through the spinning blades like a strobe.

WIDER ANGLE:

It is the same helicopter we saw in the opening sequence. It has

swiftly descended beside the bridge just beyond the railing,

catching Cameron with no chance to run or hide. FOUR MEN Can be

seen inside the plastic cockpit barely a few feet away. The man

beside the PILOT is ELI CROSS. He grabs the radio microphone and

begins speaking into it. Cameron whirls, scrambles down a bank to a

field. The helicopter drops to within a few feet of the water,

hovers. Protected from sight, Cameron runs between the tall stalks,

away from the road.

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