Dunkirk Page #2

Synopsis: Evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire, and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbor of Dunkirk, France, between May 26- June 04, 1940, during Battle of France in World War II.
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Director(s): Christopher Nolan
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  Won 3 Oscars. Another 51 wins & 197 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.0
Metacritic:
94
Rotten Tomatoes:
92%
PG-13
Year:
2017
106 min
$188,042,171
Website
12,168 Views


MALE VOICE (CONT’D)

WHERE’S THE BLOODY AIR FORCE?!

CUT TO:

EXT. ENGLISH COAST, WEYMOUTH HARBOUR -MORNING

A lanky youth runs down to the masts of the crowded harbour.

He races along the wooden dock, jumping over the ropes as he

rushes to a large yacht, the Moonstone.

Super title:

2. THE SEA

one week

5.

The youth, George (seventeen), leaps from the dock into the

well. Two naval officers emerge from the cabin, pushing past.

George watches them go, confused...

Mr. Dawson (fifties, civilian dress) hands George a stack of

china plates and ducks back inside.

A second young man, Peter (nineteen), emerges, carrying

boxes.

PETER:

Navy’s requisitioned her -there’s

some men across the Channel, at

Dunkirk, need taking off.

(points at dock)

They told us to strip her and load

those life jackets.

George looks along at the dock. At a pile of hundreds of life

jackets. George looks at Peter. Surprised.

GEORGE:

Some men?

PETER:

Navy’ll be back in an hour. My dad

wants to be ready before then...

CUT TO:

EXT. SKY -DAY

Moving through billowy peaks, three sleek, beautiful

Spitfires streak into frame. Elegant. In confident formation.

Super title:

3. THE AIR

one hour

INT. COCKPIT, SPITFIRE 1 -CONTINUOUS

The pilot, Farrier, has a light touch on the controls. He

checks his left and right, scanning the skies.

VOICE ON RADIO:

Check fuel, Fortis 1 and 2.

Farrier reaches forward to his fuel gauge, pushes the button

beside it -the needle shoots up to three-quarters full.

6.

FARRIER:

Seventy gallons.

INT. COCKPIT, SPITFIRE 2 -CONTINUOUS

The pilot, Collins, checks his fuel gauge

COLLINS:

Sixty-eight gallons, Fortis Leader.

FORTIS LEADER:

(over radio)

Stay down at five hundred feet to

leave fuel for forty minutes

fighting time over Dunkirk.

COLLINS:

Understood. Vector 128, angels

point five.

INT. COCKPIT, SPITFIRE 1 -CONTINUOUS

Farrier checks his chart.

FORTIS LEADER:

Keep an eye on that gauge, even

when it gets lively -save enough

to get back.

With a glance at his fuel gauge, Farrier pulls on the stick.

EXT. SKY -CONTINUOUS

The three planes bank left in perfect harmony as we CUT

TO:

EXT. BEACH AT LA PANNE -LATE AFTERNOON

Tommy looks down at several patients on stretchers left

behind bearers dead or disappeared...

One of them groans. Still alive.

Tommy looks around. Gibson is there.

They grab the stretcher and hustle down the beach towards the

mole...

7.

EXT. BASE OF THE MOLE -CONTINUOUS

A Warrant Officer tries to keep order as men line up to start

the shuffle out along the eight-foot wide concrete mole.

The line of stretcher-bearers approaches...

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Christopher Nolan

Christopher Edward Nolan (born 30 July 1970) is an English-American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is one of the highest-grossing directors in history, and among the most successful and acclaimed filmmakers of the 21st century. more…

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Submitted on August 04, 2017

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