[Movie Script]Thirteen Days

13 Days

by
David Self
DARKNESS.  As the MAIN TITLES BEGIN, the theater thrums with

a subsonic HISS which mounts in all the rattling power of

THX, and we...
	BURN IN, BRIGHT LIVING COLOR:



	EXT. STRATOSPHERE - DAY



The glory of stratospheric dawn.  The engines of a silver

Lockheed U-2F rasp upon the trace oxygen here at 72,500 feet.

Scattered cloud formations hang over the blue brilliance of

sea far, far below.  In the haze, the looming edge of land.
	SUPER: FLIGHT G-3101. OCTOBER 14TH, 1962. OVER CUBA.



The spy plane's CAMERA DOORS whine open.  The glassy eye of

the 36-inch camera focuses.  And then with a

BANGBANGBANGBANG, its high-speed motor kicks in, shutter

flying.
							MATCH CUT TO:



	INT. O'DONNELL BEDROOM - DAY


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