American Sniper Page #5

---

A CANDIDATE chokes a giggle. Rolle wheels around on-

RYAN JOB(24), a goofy, overweight Oregon kid who looks

like he should be taking orders at a drive-thru window.

INSTRUCTOR ROLLE

Is that you giggling you fat f***? Look

at you. You’re so fat they had to baptize

you at Sea World. Your momma fat too?

RYAN:

No sir, she’s not.

INSTRUCTOR ROLLE

Don’t lie to me! I bet we could use her

panties as a parachute. What the f*** are

you doing here fatboy? Do your feet get

wet when you shower? When’s the last time

you saw your pecker? You’re not a Seal,

you’re a f***in Walrus. A big giggling

Walrus. “Biggles” that’s your new name--

“BIGGLES” is choking, coughing, struggling. ROLLE points

to A BRASS BELL mounted on the back of a truck.

INSTRUCTOR ROLLE

--and that’s your ticket home. Just drag

your jelly-roll ass up and ring it and

you’ll be headed home to momma Shamu.

BIGGLES is beaten, legs giving out, ready to quit when--

CHRIS (OC)

(draws Rolle off Biggles)

Two hundred.

INSTRUCTOR ROLLE

(whirls around, hosing)

Did I ask you to count?

CHRIS:

No, sir.

(03.18.14) 13.

INSTRUCTOR ROLLE

Was that your ass talking then?

THE BELL RINGS. Chris jerks up, worried it was Biggles

but-- an ATHLETIC CANDIDATE staggers off.

INSTRUCTOR ROLLE

That’s a quitter. If he quits here, he’ll

quit in battle. When sh*t gets hairy he

can’t step up. You get shot, he can’t

pull you out. We’re gonna weed out the

quitters and see if we can find a warrior

or two.

Chris and Biggles share a look, a vow, as--

INSTRUCTOR ROLLE

Wave goodbye to the sun, boys...

23 OMITTED 23

24 EXT. BEACH - “SNAKE PIT” - NIGHT 24

A bonfire crackles atop a sand dune. CANDIDATES crouch in

a pit they dug, hugging oars, shivering with hypothermia.

CHRIS stands over the ditch, trying to make INSTRUCTORS

laugh to earn a place by the fire beside BIGGLES.

CHRIS:

--and when I told her the condom broke

she started crying and begging me to do

something. And I’m a virgin, I don’t know

what to do, but I’d heard if you pour

Coke up there you won’t get pregnant--

(guys start laughing)

So we went to 7-11, got a liter of Coke

and drove back into the woods. She took

her panties off and did a handstand

against a tree but when I start pouring,

she starts screaming, “it stings, it

stings” but when I’d stop, she’d scream

“no don’t stop” and it’s fizzing out and-

INSTRUCTORS in stitches. Fire flickering off Chris’ face.

25 EXT. “MUD FLATS” - DAY 25

Fog shrouds CANDIDATES COVERED IN MUD, seated belly-toback,

chattering and quaking, hypothermic.

“INSTRUCTOR TONY”(34), a salty cholo, walks their line.

Rate this script:2.7 / 7 votes