3:10 to Yuma Page #3

Synopsis: Outlaw Ben Wade (Russell Crowe) terrorizes 1800s Arizona, especially the Southern Railroad, until he is finally captured. Wade must be brought to trial, so Dan Evans (Christian Bale), the owner of a drought-stricken ranch, volunteers to escort him to the train. Along the trail, a grudging respect forms between the men, but danger looms at every turn, and the criminal's men are in pursuit.
Production: Lionsgate Films
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 30 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.7
Metacritic:
76
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
R
Year:
2007
122 min
$53,574,088
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2,821 Views


a merciless fighter. He’s been with Wade since the beginning.

Darden taunts Nez with his long knife, oblivious to Wade’s

approach-- He and Jackson trade a chuckle.

Nez looks at Wade. And Wade looks at Darden hard.

DARDEN:

Ben.

Darden slips the knife back in the sheaf.

Wade turns his eyes to the road below.

...and here comes the STAGECOACH, GETTING CLOSER.

(CONTINUED)

3:
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CONTINUED:

Wade turns to Charlie and gives a nod...

...and the gang surges behind Charlie Prince. As everyone

rides past him, Campos the marksman looks back to Wade. Wade

nods to a CLUSTER OF BOULDERS nearby.

Campos climbs off his horse and scales the rocks.

10A EXT. STAGECOACH, DESERT VALLEY - DAY

CLOSE ON:
GALLOPING HOOVES thundering down a desert road.

A team of FOUR HORSES pulling an ARMORED STAGECOACH through a

barren stretch of land.

We see a fancy EYE LOGO stamped upon the door with the famous

Pinkerton slogan printed below: The Eye That Never Sleeps...

There are SIX PINKERTONS riding. Two in front, two on a

mounted “tailgun” platform and two inside, peering out slits.

THE VETERAN DRIVER pushes the horses.

Sitting beside him is the sixth man and the group’s leader-

BYRON McELROY (55). McElroy is clearly not a Pinkerton, and

hardly dressed or groomed like one. He’s got snake-like eyes.

He holds a mean-looking, twelve-gauge HAMMER SHOTGUN.

10B EXT. FOOTHILLS, DESERT VALLEY - DAY

Dan’s crouched next to his horse, gazing at one of his cows

which has collapsed upon the arid earth, gasping...

Dan glances up at the sky, then he pulls out the BROOCH in

his grimy hands.

Twenty feet away, William sits on his horse behind Dan,

shuffling HIS DECK OF CARDS.

WILLIAM:

You gonna hock that?

Dan pockets it.

DAN:

Someday, William. You walk in my

shoes, you might understand.

WILLIAM:

I’m never walking in your shoes.

(CONTINUED)

10B CONTINUED:

3:
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Mark calls out from a nearby ridge:

MARK:

Tracks over here!

Dan takes the SPENCER RIFLE from his saddle. Standing over

the dying creature. Looking in its eyes as he FIRES...

10C CLOSE ON-- WADE, WATCHING COACH FROM HILLTOP

The SHOT ECHOES faintly through the foothills. Wade peers

around behind him. He shrugs it off, focusing back on his

outfit below.

11 EXT. STAGECOACH, DESERT VALLEY - DAY

McElroy stiffens as-- WADE’S GANG appears suddenly on the

road ahead coming straight at the coach, head on. McElroy

sees them and grimaces. Cocking both pins on his SHOTGUN.

MCELROY:

Here we go.

With proficiency, the other Pinkertons flip down or slide

across several ARMORED STEEL PLATES in front of them...

...and in the next second, the outlaws and the Pinkertons

clash in a violent FUSILLADE OF BULLETS.

TWO PINKERTONS MAN THE GATLIN mounted at the rear.

Unfortunately it is exactly where the gang isn’t (they’re

coming from the front) and they have no shot.

The Pinkertons fire as Wade’s gang rides straight at them, a

game of chicken.

Bullets exploding around him, McELROY AIMS AT ONE OF THE

OUTLAWS RIDING IN FRONT.

-- BANG! -- With one shot he blows the outlaw off his horse.

As the gang swarms around them -- RATATATAT. PINKERTONS FIRE

THE GATLIN, spraying the gang, mowing down another outlaw.

Suddenly, one of the Pinkertons on the gatlin falls back,

shot by-- CAMPOS, at his sniper’s perch-- rifle smoking.

The remaining Pinkerton cradles the ammo and swings the big

brass gun at Campos, twisting the crank.

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