Full Metal Jacket

Doc Jay jumps over the wall and, ducking low, zig-zags across the open ground.

The squad fires to cover him.

Doc Jay gets there safely and momentarily drops out of sight.

COWBOY
Goddamn it! Goddamn it! Okay, cease fire! He's there!

Adlibs of "Cease fire!"

SNIPER POV – DAY

Doc Jay, Seen over the sights of the Sniper's AK-47, drags Eightball toward cover.

EXT. THE SQUARE – DAY

The Sniper fires. Doc Jay is hit and falls next to Eightball.

The squad opens fire again.

COWBOY
Hold your fire! Hold your fire!!! Cease fire! You can't see the sniper! Save the ammo! Nobody fire till I tell you! Nobody!

ANIMAL MOTHER

What the fuck do we do now, Cowboy?

COWBOY

Gimme that fucking radio.

Donlon scuttles over with the radio.

COWBOY
(into radio)

Murph? This is Cowboy. Over.

MURPHY (O.S.)

This is Murphy. Over.

COWBOY

Murph, we're in some deep shit. I got two men down. What's the story on that fucking tank? Over.

MURPHY (O.S.)

Sorry, Cowboy. No luck so far with the tank. Will advise. Over.

COWBOY

Roger. Out.

(muttering to himself)

Numbnut bastards!

(to the squad)

Okay, listen up!

T.H.E. ROCK

Listen up!

COWBOY

Can't afford to wait for the tank. I think they're gonna hit us any minute. When they do we won't have time to pull out. We gotta do it now. Let's get ready to move.

No one moves or says anything.

T.H.E. ROCK

Get ready to pull out!

ANIMAL MOTHER

Wait a minute! Hold it! Hold it! Nobody's pulling out! There's only one fucking sniper out there!

COWBOY

Back off, Mother! I'm calling the plays! I say we're pulling out!

ANIMAL MOTHER

Yeah, well, what about Doc Jay and Eightball?

COWBOY

I know it's a shitty thing to do, but we can't refuse to accept the situation.

ANIMAL MOTHER

Yeah, well, we're not leaving Doc Jay and Eightball out there!

COWBOY

Doc Jay and Eightball are wasted! You know that!

ANIMAL MOTHER

Bullshit! Come on, you guys! We gotta go bring'em back! Let's go get 'em! Let's do it!

COWBOY

Stand down, Mother! That's a direct order!

ANIMAL MOTHER

Fuck you, Cowboy! Fuck all you assholes!

Animal Mother jumps over the wall and runs screaming and firing his M-60.

The squad fires to cover him, blasting chunks of mortar and concrete from the buildings.

ANIMAL MOTHER
(screaming)

Fucking son-of-a-bitch! You motherfucker! Aaagh! Whooo!

Animal Mother reaches the buildings and drops down against a shattered wall. He calls across the open street.

ANIMAL MOTHER

Doc! Doc! Doc! Where's the sniper?

Doc Jay tries to speak.

ANIMAL MOTHER
Doc, where's the sniper?

Barely able to move, Doc Jay tries to point in the direction of the Sniper.

Suddenly he and Eightball are riddled by a burst of automatic fire from the Sniper, Killing them instantly.

Animal Mother's eyes widen in horror.

ANIMAL MOTHER
(under his breath)

Shit!

Animal Mother gets to his feet and edges forward to the corner of the building.

He carefully looks around the corner across the square at the black building, from where he thinks the shots were fired.

BANG!

A shot from the Sniper ricochets off the wall a few inches from his head.

He ducks back around the corner, breathing hard.

Animal Mother looks around and carefully works his way to a safer spot behind another building.

He shouts to the squad.

ANIMAL MOTHER
Hey, Cowboy!

COWBOY

Yeah!

ANIMAL MOTHER

Doc Jay and Eightball are wasted! There's only one sniper, nothing else. Move up the squad! You're clear up to here! Come on!

Cowboy isn't sure what to do.

COWBOY

(mutters)

Son-of-a-bitch.

The squad look to him.

He takes a couple of thoughtful breaths and decides to go.

COWBOY

Okay, listen up! No-Doze, Stutten, Donlon, Rock – you come with me, we'll take a look! The rest of you stay put and cover our ass! We may be coming back in a big hurry!

JOKER

I'm going with you.

RAFTERMAN

I'm coming, too.

COWBOY

Okay.

(to the others)

You all set?

Adlibs "Yeah!"

COWBOY

Let's move out!

T.H.E. ROCK

Let's do it!

The five men clamber over the wall and dash across the broken ground to the smouldering cluster of buildings.

When they reach Animal Mother he leads them to a street off the square where they duck down against a shattered building.

They catch their breath and move forward to the next building, where they crouch down against the wall.

ANIMAL MOTHER
(pointing)

Cowboy... top of the black building, around the corner.

Cowboy cautiously moves to the corner of the building and studies the strange-looking black building which commands the square.

Then he ducks back around the corner, more uncertain than ever what they should do.

COWBOY

Donlon... give me that radio.

Cowboy moves to Donlon to take the radio. Facing away from the black building, Cowboy does not notice that from the place he has moved to he can be seen. by the SNIPER through a jagged hole in the building.

INT. SNIPER POV OF COWBOY – DAY

The Sniper's POV – Cowboy's upper body is just visible through the hole in the building.

EXT. SQUARE – DUSK

COWBOY
Murphy, this is Cowboy. Over!

A gunshot reverberates.

In slow-motion Cowboy falls.

JOKER

Cowboy!

Animal Mother starts firing his M-60.

RAFTERMAN
(shouting)

Holy shit! The sniper's got a clean shot through the hole in the wall.

Much yelling, shouting and confusion as the men realize where the shot came from.

JOKER

(shouting)

Get him! Get him the fuck outta here!!

Cowboy is carried behind the building.

All talk at once.

JOKER

Easy! Easy!

DONLON
Get him on his back.

Adlibs.

COWBOY

(weakly)

Oh, I don't believe this shit.

Adlibs, fumbling for bandages, etc.

JOKER

Shut up! You'll be all right, Cowboy.

T.H.E. ROCK

Take it easy.

Four pairs of hands doing things.

COWBOY

(moaning)

Uhhh, that son-of-a-bitch!

JOKER

You're gonna be all right.

T.H.E. ROCK

You're going home, man. You're going home.

DONLON

Easy, man. Easy. Easy.

COWBOY

Ohhhh, don't shit me, Joker! Don't shit me!