Game of Aces Page #3

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we're out here supposedly saving?

(ELEANOR) Yes.

Do you?

- Yes.

- [JACKSON YELLING] Do you?

- Yes!

- [YELLING] Do you really?

Josef von Zimmermann.

Captain Josef von Zimmermann,

the... [indistinct]

Germany's top ace.

You heard of him?

- Well!

- Well?

[YELLING] Did you hear that

Captain Josef Von Zimmermann

has singlehandedly

shot down 27 Allied planes

and has 23 confirmed kills,

and did you hear

that one of those 23

confirmed kills was my brother?

[YELLING] Yeah? Well,

how many have you killed?

I'm sorry.

Yeah.

So I'm sorry if I'm not

in any rush to find him.

I didn't know.

I know you didn't know.

Oh, no thanks.

I don't smoke.

How long has it been?

Six months.

Older brother?

Younger.

He shouldn't have been out here.

Ace?

Almost.

Were you close?

As close as brothers are.

[SIGHS]

[SIGHS]

You know, just because von Zimmermann's

a switch-hitting batter

for both sides

doesn't change anything.

He doesn't deserve to live.

You're... you're not thinking about...

You're not thinking you're going to...

Kill him?

I've seen so many men die in hospitals.

I guess we're just

simply taught to care.

I don't see anyone as good or bad.

I just see them as men...

brothers...

with children, families.

We just do our best to aid them.

Is this why you were grounded?

No.

Come on.

Share.

I crashed too many planes.

What?

I crashed too many planes!

What do you mean

"you crashed too many planes"?

I mean, pilots crash all the time.

(CAPTAIN JACKSON)

Yeah, not when they're drunk.

All right. Well... well,

how many are we talking?

Enough to get me grounded.

Why do you do it?

What? Drink?

Fly.

I don't know.

I guess it's that thing

da Vinci said, you know,

"Once you've tasted flight,

you'll forever walk the earth"

with your eyes turned skyward

because there you've been

"and there you will always

long to return."

That's beautiful.

I never heard anything like that.

Ah, come on, Oxford.

I thought you were educated.

[CHUCKLES] I am, thank you very much.

I know who da Vinci is.

That's good.

What about you?

- Educated?

- No! No! Nope.

I left school when I was 13.

Injury ended my baseball career,

so, military was all

that was left really.

If it wasn't for flying,

I don't know what I'd do.

Do you think it has a future?

Pilots don't think much

about their future.

Yeah, I guess not many

of us do these days.

And you?

Me? Oh, I don't know.

I just like helping people.

At least what you do is exciting.

[CHUCKLES] Yeah, well,

the girls love it.

Oh.

[GIGGLES]

Aw, come on.

You think we just fly up there

risking our lives every day

for fun, huh?

[CHUCKLES] No.

Ninety-nine percent of us

are just pilots

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