Sound of Metal Page #4

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FAY:

Welcome to the afterlife.

The Protagonist lifts his head and we are –

INT. BOAT AT SEA – DAY

The Protagonist sees the STEELY OCEAN SWELL...

FAY:

You’ve been in a medically inducedcoma while we got you out ofUkraine and rebuilt your mouth.

PROTAGONIST:

The pills are fake?

FAY:

We swapped yours for a sedative.

PROTAGONIST:

Why?

FAY:

A test.

The Protagonist runs a finger around his mouth. REALIZING.

9.

PROTAGONIST:

Test? They pulled my teeth out.

Fay lets that dissipate. The Protagonist closes his eyes.

PROTAGONIST (CONT'D)

Did the team get clear?

FAY:

No. Private Russians, we think.

PROTAGONIST:

Somebody talked.

FAY:

Not you. You chose to die insteadof giving up your colleagues.

EXT. DECK OF THE BOAT – LATER

The Protagonist stands in the wind, contemplating thehorizon.

FAY (O.S.)

We all believe we’d run into the

burning building, but until we feelthat heat... we can never know. You

do.

PROTAGONIST:

I resign.

FAY:

You don’t work for us – you’redead.

The Protagonist turns to Fay, confused.

FAY (CONT'D)

Your duty transcends nationalinterests. This is about survival.

PROTAGONIST:

Whose?

FAY:

Everyone’s. There’s a cold war.

Cold as ice. To even know its true

nature is to lose. This is

knowledge divided – all I have foryou is a gesture –

(interlaces his fingers)

– in combination with a word –

‘tenet’. Use it carefully, it’llopen the right doors, but some ofthe wrong ones, too.

10.

PROTAGONIST:

That’s all they’ve told you?

FAY:

The test you passed?

(beat)

Not everybody does.

Fay breaks eye contact with the Protagonist. The boatcontinues to nose into the swell.

EXT. LAUNCH, WIND FARM AT SEA – DUSK

The Protagonist is driven away from the boat on a launch,

towards the GIANT WHITE TURBINES of the ocean wind farm.

The launch SLIPS amongst them, seeking the ladder of aparticular one...

The Protagonist climbs the ladder to a door. He tries it –

it’s open. He turns to see the launch move off into thegathering dark. The Protagonist ENTERS the wind turbine.

INT. WIND TURBINE – CONTINUOUS

In the bare space, the Protagonist finds a SPORTS BAG, a COT,

a pallet of WATER and PROTEIN BARS. He opens the sports bagto find passports, cash, credit cards and a HI-VIZ VEST.

Under the vest is a small black cylinder. He unscrews the topto find three SILVER SUICIDE PILLS. The Protagonist shakeshis head as he tosses them back into the bag.

INT. WIND TURBINE – LATER

The Protagonist EATS, DRINKS and EXERCISES by CLIMBING theendless interior ladder of the turbine. The stash of food and

water SHRINKS...

The Protagonist does PULL-UPS at the very top of the ladder,

FEET DANGLING over the VERTIGINOUS DROP...

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