Unbroken Page #4

PRIEST (CONT’D)

. . . to accept the dark, live

through the night, forgive the sin,

smile upon the sinner.

(then, softer)

“Love... thine... enemy.”

Louie stares back at the priest.

OFFICER COLLIER (0.S)

ZAMPERINI!

12-15

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EXT. TORRANCE STREETS 12

CLOSE ON OFFICER COLLIEROFFICER

COLLIER:

ZAMPERINI! I know it’s you.

Louie is running.

Officer Collier chases him around the corner and into the

back alley behind the shops.

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EXT. TORRANCE -DAY A13

Louie is chased by Officer Collier. (Close on his legs - we

can hear the change in his pockets.)

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EXT. ALLEY 13

Louie running down a second alley and out the other end,

across the street, and disappearing into the bushes.

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EXT. TRAIN TRACKS 14

Louie comes bursting out of the bushes towards the train

tracks. Past an old truck kicking up dust.

He turns the corner and looks back. He’s safe. No Officer

Collier in sight.

Louie slides into a corner near an old, defunct, small

building. His hide out. His stash. It’s very impressive.

Magazines. Jars of keys, coins, and other goods he’s

collecting. He unloads the new change from his pockets and

separates them into jars.

He closes and covers his stash.

He then takes a “milk bottle” and unwraps the rubber bands

and cloth cover and takes a drink. He digs a wooden match out

of a pocket and pulls the end of his belt out of its loop.

He bends the belt-end back to expose a striking surface stuck

to its underside, strikes the match, and lights a cigarette

with deep sucks as he tucks the belt-end back under its loop

and sits.

He looks at the billboard up near the chain link fence. (A

soap ad. A pretty blonde blue eyed American woman and son. A

sweet angel of a son.) He’s lost in thought.

12-15A

Suddenly NICKY and THE BULLIES are there.

NICKY:

Look who’s here. What are you doin

wop?

LOUIE:

BRUTTA BESTIA!

BULLIES:

(laughs, mocking)

BRUTABRUTTABAATATATA...

NICKY:

Go back to Italy. You and your

greasy wop family.

Louie swings. Nicky swerves out of the way. He punches Louie

to the ground.

Louie is defiant-- he gets up. Nicky is surprised. He punches

him again. Louie starts to get up.

NICKY (CONT’D)

Stay down you dumb dago.

Louie gets up and throws his whole body into Nicky. They

fight. The other boys jump in to pull Louie off. Louie is

swinging like mad.

Suddenly, he is pulled back. Officer Collier has caught him.

15 EXT. FRONT PORCH - ZAMPERINI HOME - LATE DAY 15

His thick hand on the back of Louie’s neck, Officer Collier

escorts Louie back home. He carries the “milk bottle”.

OFFICER COLLIER:

The only reason you’re not in

reform school now is because of the

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