OMIT
138A CLOSE-UPS OF LETTERS BEING WRITTEN -- (SECOND UNIT)
By both John and Savannah’s hands.
138B Words fill the entire screen -- words like: OCTOBER 2001 -- BACK IN CLASS -- DECEMBER -- CHRISTMAS IN HARAT --
All over alternating shots of John and Savannah --
138C INT. AFGHANISTAN BASE CAMP -- DAY -- JOHN --
-- rotely assembles a weapon as each piece snaps in with a CLICK, CLICK, CLICK, while --
138D INT. STAGE MINI-SET -- DAY -- SAVANNAH --
--is in class, sitting next to the slide projector again, writing a letter as the slides CLICK, CLICK, CLICK, and the white light turns into a --
138E MOON AND THEN MATCHING SUN -- (SECOND UNIT)
--whatever montage Lasse envisions here over --
138F MORE CLOSE-UPS OF WORDS IN THE LETTERS -- (SECOND UNIT)
SPRING BREAK AGAIN -- IT’S BEEN ONE YEAR -- JUNE 8, 2002 -- MISS YOU -- DEAR JOHN --
139 OMIT
140 INT. AFGHANISTAN BASE CAMP -- DAY -- JOHN --
-- carefully folds three letters from Savannah back into their envelopes and slips them on top of the tidy stack in his footlocker, which is now a good eight inches tall.
140A INT. STAGE MINI-SET -- NIGHT -- SAVANNAH --
-- is in bed, staring out the window at the moonlight while...
140B EXT. AFGHANISTAN BASE CAMP -- DAY -- JOHN --
--sweating in a t-shirt underneath the Middle Eastern sun, wearily walks an AFGHAN he’s training through a target course. The Afghan misses most of his shots as John -- calm but disinterested -- offers guidance (all done over the shoulder as seen in Gavin’s video).
JOHN
Lower. Slower. Focus. Focus.
140C MORE CLOSE-UP OF WORDS -- (SECOND UNIT)
SEPTEMBER -- SOON -- I HOPE -- DECEMBER -- LETTER #103 -- DEAR SAVANNAH -- ANOTHER CHRISTMAS HERE --
140D SHOTS OF KICKER PALLETS -- (SECOND UNIT)
Landing and stirring up dust, until --
140E INT. AFGHANISTAN BASE CAMP -- DAY -- JOHN --
-- rotely disassembles the same weapon as before, CLICK, CLICK, CLICK as he resentfully stares at a few of the others who are lounging around reading letters from home --
140F INT. AFGHANISTAN BASE CAMP -- DAY -- JOHN --
-- trails Noodles as he distributes the letters from another mailbag.
NOODLES
Sorry, man. I’m just handin out what’s in here.
JOHN
Well we’re obviously not getting the whole delivery anymore...
But Noodles hands a stack of letters to Starks, effectively contradicting him. Looks back at John sympathetically...
NOODLES
I don’t know what to tell you.
...who storms away, calls over his shoulder.
JOHN
You can tell me that you’ll look into it, that’s what you can tell me.
140G TIGHT SHOTS OF THE KICKER PALLET -- (SECOND UNIT)
Boxes being cut open... tape sealing the mailbag being ripped off -- shuffling through letters -- nothing left in the bag --
140H BLEEDING OVER MORE CU’S OF WRITTEN WORDS -- (SECOND UNIT)
WRITE ME BACK? -- YOU OKAY? -- WHERE ARE YOU?
140I EXT. AFGHANISTAN BASE CAMP -- DAY -- JOHN --
--wearily walks the same AFGHAN through the same target course, shot from the same over-the-shoulder POV.
But now, not only is he bundled up in three layers of clothing because it’s so cold, but he’s even more disinterested and distracted than before.
JOHN
(rote)
Good. Good. Good. Good.
141 INT. AFGHANISTAN BASE CAMP -- CAPTAIN STONE’S TENT -- NIGHT
John makes a spontaneous late night call on the team’s new SATELLITE PHONE. As he types in all the digits --
VARIOUS SHOTS OF SAVANNAH (ALREADY FILMED) --
Cut to each CLICK of each number being dialed until it RINGS, and RINGS, and RINGS, and then...
142-146 OMIT
147 EXT. AIR DROP SITE -- DAY
John, still and silent, stares at a new dropped kicker pallet. Noodles, however, hurries right over, searching until he finds the mailbag.
Finally, John reluctantly walks over. Noodles looks up at him as he
138A CLOSE-UPS OF LETTERS BEING WRITTEN -- (SECOND UNIT)
By both John and Savannah’s hands.
138B Words fill the entire screen -- words like: OCTOBER 2001 -- BACK IN CLASS -- DECEMBER -- CHRISTMAS IN HARAT --
All over alternating shots of John and Savannah --
138C INT. AFGHANISTAN BASE CAMP -- DAY -- JOHN --
-- rotely assembles a weapon as each piece snaps in with a CLICK, CLICK, CLICK, while --
138D INT. STAGE MINI-SET -- DAY -- SAVANNAH --
--is in class, sitting next to the slide projector again, writing a letter as the slides CLICK, CLICK, CLICK, and the white light turns into a --
138E MOON AND THEN MATCHING SUN -- (SECOND UNIT)
--whatever montage Lasse envisions here over --
138F MORE CLOSE-UPS OF WORDS IN THE LETTERS -- (SECOND UNIT)
SPRING BREAK AGAIN -- IT’S BEEN ONE YEAR -- JUNE 8, 2002 -- MISS YOU -- DEAR JOHN --
139 OMIT
140 INT. AFGHANISTAN BASE CAMP -- DAY -- JOHN --
-- carefully folds three letters from Savannah back into their envelopes and slips them on top of the tidy stack in his footlocker, which is now a good eight inches tall.
140A INT. STAGE MINI-SET -- NIGHT -- SAVANNAH --
-- is in bed, staring out the window at the moonlight while...
140B EXT. AFGHANISTAN BASE CAMP -- DAY -- JOHN --
--sweating in a t-shirt underneath the Middle Eastern sun, wearily walks an AFGHAN he’s training through a target course. The Afghan misses most of his shots as John -- calm but disinterested -- offers guidance (all done over the shoulder as seen in Gavin’s video).
JOHN
Lower. Slower. Focus. Focus.
140C MORE CLOSE-UP OF WORDS -- (SECOND UNIT)
SEPTEMBER -- SOON -- I HOPE -- DECEMBER -- LETTER #103 -- DEAR SAVANNAH -- ANOTHER CHRISTMAS HERE --
140D SHOTS OF KICKER PALLETS -- (SECOND UNIT)
Landing and stirring up dust, until --
140E INT. AFGHANISTAN BASE CAMP -- DAY -- JOHN --
-- rotely disassembles the same weapon as before, CLICK, CLICK, CLICK as he resentfully stares at a few of the others who are lounging around reading letters from home --
140F INT. AFGHANISTAN BASE CAMP -- DAY -- JOHN --
-- trails Noodles as he distributes the letters from another mailbag.
NOODLES
Sorry, man. I’m just handin out what’s in here.
JOHN
Well we’re obviously not getting the whole delivery anymore...
But Noodles hands a stack of letters to Starks, effectively contradicting him. Looks back at John sympathetically...
NOODLES
I don’t know what to tell you.
...who storms away, calls over his shoulder.
JOHN
You can tell me that you’ll look into it, that’s what you can tell me.
140G TIGHT SHOTS OF THE KICKER PALLET -- (SECOND UNIT)
Boxes being cut open... tape sealing the mailbag being ripped off -- shuffling through letters -- nothing left in the bag --
140H BLEEDING OVER MORE CU’S OF WRITTEN WORDS -- (SECOND UNIT)
WRITE ME BACK? -- YOU OKAY? -- WHERE ARE YOU?
140I EXT. AFGHANISTAN BASE CAMP -- DAY -- JOHN --
--wearily walks the same AFGHAN through the same target course, shot from the same over-the-shoulder POV.
But now, not only is he bundled up in three layers of clothing because it’s so cold, but he’s even more disinterested and distracted than before.
JOHN
(rote)
Good. Good. Good. Good.
141 INT. AFGHANISTAN BASE CAMP -- CAPTAIN STONE’S TENT -- NIGHT
John makes a spontaneous late night call on the team’s new SATELLITE PHONE. As he types in all the digits --
VARIOUS SHOTS OF SAVANNAH (ALREADY FILMED) --
Cut to each CLICK of each number being dialed until it RINGS, and RINGS, and RINGS, and then...
142-146 OMIT
147 EXT. AIR DROP SITE -- DAY
John, still and silent, stares at a new dropped kicker pallet. Noodles, however, hurries right over, searching until he finds the mailbag.
Finally, John reluctantly walks over. Noodles looks up at him as he
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