Lone Survivor Page #4

Synopsis: In 2005 Afghanistan, Navy SEALs Marcus Luttrell (Mark Wahlberg), Michael Murphy (Taylor Kitsch), Danny Dietz (Emile Hirsch) and Matthew "Axe" Axelson (Ben Foster) deploy on a mission of surveillance and to take out Taliban leader Ahmad Shah. Though spotted by goatherds, Luttrell and his team decide not to kill them. But one of the Afghans alerts a group of Taliban fighters to the invaders, and a terrible battle ensues, in which the SEALs find themselves hopelessly outnumbered and outgunned.
Production: Universal Studios
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 14 nominations.
 
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2013
121 min
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The two men charge up and over the gate. Body Armor on.

13 EXT. BAGRAM - MONTAGE - MORNING 13

Murphy and Dietz running hard racing each other on a two mile

lap of the Air Base.

Luttrell keeps time.

Shane starts bench pressing.

Luttrell eats cereal.

13A AXE in bunk room. On the computer with Cindy. 13A

9A.

“I won’t be able to talk for a couple of days.”

“Gotta go to work?”

10.

“Got to pay the bills.”

Murphy and Dietz sprinting. Dead even. Past Marines. Down a

runway full of active aircraft and helicopters.

14 INT. WEIGHT ROOM - DAY 14

Shane benching big. Luttrell munches cereal. Healy doing

pushups.

SHANE PATTON:

Am I going?

HEALY:

No idea

LUTTRELL:

I don’t know.

SHANE PATTON:

You know.

LUTTRELL:

If I say I don’t know. I don’t

know.

SHANE PATTON:

You know.

LUTTRELL:

If you go you’ll go. If you don’t

go, trust me you will go.

Eventually. Comprende?

SHANE PATTON:

So, I’m not going?

LUTTRELL:

I didn’t say that.

SHANE PATTON:

You said if you don’t go, you will

eventually go.

LUTTRELL:

Yea, that’s not saying your not

going.

SHANE PATTON:

I’m not going.

Shane back to bench pressing. Luttrell checks his watch,

heads out towards the gate.

10A.

14A INT / EXT WEIGHT ROOM - DAY 14A

Other SEALs starting to gather. JAMES SUH, DAN HEALY, MIKE

MCGREEVY, JAQUES FONTAN, JEFF LUCAS and JEFF TAYLOR

11.

Dietz and Murphy balls out sprinting. Murphy has him by a few

feet coming back to Ouellette iron wall. Murphy throws open

the gate, runs inside.

Dietz a second behind.

Luttrell looks at his watch.

LUTTRELL:

Murphy by 1.1.

Exhausted Dietz and Murphy sit in the dirt.

LUTTRELL (CONT’D)

Head shave?

DIETZ:

F***.

Axe walks up, shorts and flip flops.

AXE:

Who won?

LUTTRELL:

Murphy. Barely.

AXE:

Head shave?

Dietz looks pained.

MURPHY:

Man...I got to think this one out.

If I shave his head, I’m going to

have to look at him. Really look at

him. Ears, face, funny shaped

head...I don’t know. Marcus? What

do you think?

LUTTRELL:

I don’t know boss...I don’t want to

be looking at him that close

either, but he has been running his

mouth about beating you...a lot.

Head shave is fair.

MURPHY:

Axe?

12.

AXE:

Hell yea, I say shave him, and he

can’t eat with us, make him eat

with E3 Marines until it grows

back. Shave the boy.

MURPHY:

Shane?

SHANE PATTON:

Well, I could go both ways on this.

He did lose but, he was close and

you’re Mike Murphy and I would have

expected a much bigger separation.

Plus, we’re at war and there’s the

whole Samson thing, so I’m not

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Peter Berg

Peter Berg (born March 11, 1964) is an American director, actor, producer, and writer of film, television, and music videos. He is known for directing films such as the black comedy Very Bad Things (1998), the action comedy The Rundown (2003), the sports drama Friday Night Lights (2004), the action thriller The Kingdom (2007), the superhero comedy-drama Hancock (2008), the military science fiction war film Battleship (2012), the war film Lone Survivor (2013), and the disaster drama Deepwater Horizon (2016). more…

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