[Movie Script]Siege, The

                                       "THE SIEGE"


Screenplay by
Lawrence Wright, Menno Meyjes & Edward Zwick
Story by
Lawrence Wright
                                           1998



                                      SHOOTING DRAFT







               FADE IN:



               EXT. TYRE, LEBANON - DAY



A coast road. Date palms. Burnt-out hulks that once were

Russian T-54 TANKS have long ago been left to rust in the

sun. A 4-door MERCEDES hurtles down the ancient road.
                                     DEVEREAUX (V.O.)

                         We're online for exactly two minutes.
               A SATELLITE VIEW



Of the same scene. A grainy IMAGE of the car, and some

distance away, a moving cluster of animals. They are:
               HERD OF SHEEP


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