[Movie Script]Blind Side, The

                               THE BLIND SIDE


Written by
John Lee Hancock
Based on the book

The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game
By
Michael Lewis
                                                            04/28/09


          1 OVER BLACK... 1

          A distinctly SOUTHERN VOICE...
          LEIGH ANNE'S VOICE

          There's a moment of orderly silence

before a football play begins.

Players are in position, linemen

are frozen, and anything's

possible. Then, like a traffic

accident, stuff begins to randomly

collide. From the snap of the ball

to the snap of the first bone is

closer to four seconds than five.
          2 EXT. FOOTBALL FIELD/GAME FOOTAGE - NIGHT 2



We're watching footage of the 1985 Redskins/Giants Monday

Night Football game. Lots of angles, faces, knuckles as the

two teams line up, Redskins on offense, for the snap of the

ball. As the play begins --
          LEIGH ANNE'S VOICE


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