Pearl Harbor Page #3
DANNY:
He's gonna do it.
BILLY:
Do what?
DANNY:
It.
(beat)
Aw, sh*t. Aw sh*t sh*t sh*t...
RAFE'S PLANE reaches two thousand feet, just a speck above
them, and seems to pause in the air.
DANNY:
I shouldn't'a done an inside loop.
I shouldn't'a done an inside loop.
BILLY:
Why?
DANNY:
Cause now he's gonna do an outside loop.
TRAINING CAPTAIN
Aw sh*t. Aw sh*t sh*t sh*t...
Anthony and Billy join in, like an involuntary chant --
ANTHONY & BILLY
Aw sh*t sh*t sh*t...
RAFE, IN HIS COCKPIT, is tightly controlled, yet serene. He
noses the plane into a power dive.
The P-40 screams toward the ground, picking up speed, going
so fast it begins to shudder.
THE OTHER PILOTS are transfixed. Red is so nervous he can't
get the words out.
RED:
Aw sh- sh- sh- sh-
BILLY:
Sh*t.
RED:
Yeah.
DANNY:
You can do it, Rafe. You can do it.
The P-40, hurtling toward the ground at nauseating speed,
snaps into a half roll, streaking upside down over the
runway. Rafe hangs inverted in his flight harness, the
asphalt of the runway shooting past, ten feet beyond his
head.
He pushes the plane into a climb, his cockpit on the outside
of the circle. The plane reaches the top of its arc, and
almost stalls; but Rafe noses it over again, toward the
earth, only this time he has very little altitude. The plane
hurtles down, still with it belly on the inside of the
curve...
And makes it full circle. Rafe's head now is barely a foot
off the asphalt as the plane shoots past, still inverted.
THE OTHER PILOTS burst into cheers.
RAFE, IN HIS COCKPIT permits himself a smile.
He lands, and the guys run out to meet him...all except for
the Training Captain, who stands there shaking his head.
Danny jumps on the wing, as Rafe stops and slides back his
canopy. Danny grabs him by the harness and shakes him.
DANNY:
You could've killed yourself, you stupid
bastard!
He dives into the cockpit, hugging Rafe.
DANNY:
That was the most beautiful thing I ever
saw.
INT. COLONEL DOOLITTLE'S OFFICE - DAY
COLONEL JIMMY DOOLITTLE, mid-forties, is commander of the
base. He's as tough as he is good in the air. And right now
he's frowning at Rafe McCawley, standing at attention before
him.
DOOLITTLE:
There are some people who think the
outside loop is reckless and
irresponsible.
RAFE:
How could it be irresponsible, Sir, if
you were the first man in the world to do
it?
DOOLITTLE:
Don't get smart with me, son.
RAFE:
Never, Sir. I just meant it's dangerous
only for the kind of pilot who wants to
show off, rather than inspire the other
pilots in his unit. And all you've done
for me, Sir, working out the transfer, I
did it to say thanks. To honor you, Sir.
What the French call a "homage."
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