[Movie Script]Under Fire

                                       "UNDER FIRE"



Screenplay by

Clayton Frohman and Ron Shelton
Story by
Clayton Frohman
                                      SHOOTING DRAFT







               SOMEWHERE IN AFRICA



               EXT. GRASSY PLAINS - DUSK



BIRDS ARE FLUSHED FROM HIDING. A soldier carrying an automatic

weapon rises up out of the grass and looks around. A mortar

shell explodes nearby. There are no sound effects. He seems

unperturbed.
Several more explosions in the field. The soldier motions

with his arm and:
FIFTY MORE SOLDIERS RISE UP OUT OF THE GRASS More small

explosions.
               FREEZE FRAME



With a click-click of a camera -- still no fx.
THE SOLDIERS RUN THROUGH THE GRASS FOLLOWING THEIR LEADER As

they do, the platoon leader waves his arms again.
FIVE ELEPHANTS CHARGE OUT OF THE SHRUBBERY Through a field

of small mortar explosions.
               FREEZE FRAME


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