THE SYMPATHIZER
COMING THIS SUMMER
THE HAMLET
SCENE 03 - EXT. JUNGLE - DAY
THE CRASHED HUEY HELICOPTER FILLS THE ENTIRE SCREEN.
FLAMES ERUPT FROM THE FUSELAGE.
THE GREEN BERETS
JAMIE JOHNSON KEEP ON GROOVIN'
BE QUIET!
QUIET, CHILD!
THE HAMLET
WHERE ARE THE VILLAGERS?
CAPTAIN SHAMUS
SERGEANT BELLAMY
JAMIE JOHNSON KEEP ON GROOVIN'
THE HAMLET KICK OFF PARTY
COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER "COMMO" KIM
BON.
FREDDIE MISSES YOU.
HE'S GROWN A REAL AMERICAN GUT.
YOU KNOW HOW HE LOVES THE BREW.
ONLY BUDS, OF COURSE--
HEINEKEN.
REALLY?
HE DRANK HEINEKEN. - SO...
WHY DON'T YOU COME UP HERE TOO?
SAY HI TO AN OLD FRIEND?
HEY, BUDDY...
COULDN'T HURT.
GET ON UP HERE FOR A CHANGE OF SCENERY.
YOU ALWAYS SAY YOU MISS THE JUNGLE AND THE SOUND OF GUNFIRE.
SCENE 03 - EXT. JUNGLE - DAY
THE CRASHED HUEY HELICOPTER FILLS THE ENTIRE SCREEN.
FLAMES ERUPT FROM THE FUSELAGE.
THE GREEN BERETS SCRAMBLE FOR SAFETY.
QUE LINH
N.S. 1929 T.T. 1963
8/20/75 THE HAMLET SCENE 7 TAKE 1
SCENE 07 - EXT. JUNGLE - DAY
THE GREEN BERETS ADVANCE INTO THE JUNGLE.
ON YOUR KNEES, HANDS UP!
HANDS UP!
8/23/75 THE HAMLET SCENE 7 TAKE 1
HANDS UP!
WE'RE NOT AFRAID.
OUR HANDS WILL CLOSE AROUND THE THROAT OF AMERICAN IMPERIALISM!
8/26/75 THE HAMLET SCENE 35 TAKE 1
SCENE 35 - EXT. RICE PADDY - DAY
ARMED AND ANGRY VIET CONG CORNER THE VILLAGERS.
WHEN THEY CALL ACTION SAY:
THE AMERICAN IMPERIALIST SYMPATHIZERS HAVE BETRAYED THEIR NATION.
NOTHING IS MORE PRECIOUS THAN INDEPENDENCE AND FREEDOM.
I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT.
THAT'S THE LINE.
IT'S COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA.
YOU'RE A COMMUNIST.
I HATE THE FUCKING COMMUNISTS!
THE AMERICAN IMPERIALIST SYMPATHIZERS HAVE BETRAYED THEIR NATION.
NOTHING IS MORE PRECIOUS THAN INDEPENDENCE AND FREEDOM.
9/21/75 THE HAMLET
I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THE STUPID COMMUNIST SLOGAN...
IN YOUR SHITTY MOVIE...
FOR FIFTEEN BUCKS A DAY!
LISTEN UP.
NOW...
THE PRODUCTION HAS AGREED TO GET US MORE SUITABLE FOOD.
PLUS AN ACROSS THE BOARD RAISE OF ONE DOLLAR AN HOUR FOR EVERYBODY.
FOR THOSE OF YOU CAST AS VIET CONG,
YOU'LL RECEIVE AN EXTRA TEN DOLLARS ON TOP OF THAT,
AND WILL BE CREDITED AS A "FEATURED" EXTRA.
THE V.C. MURDERED MY BROTHER...
AND MY UNCLE.
THEY'RE ANIMALS.
LET'S TRY TO KEEP AN OPEN MIND.
THIS IS A MOVIE.
WHY DO WE MAKE ART,
IF NOT TO EXPLORE THE FULL COMPLEXITY OF LIFE,
TO PLUMB THE DEPTHS,
TO UNEARTH THE HIDDEN TRUTH,
TO SEE A THING FROM ALL SIDES?
CAN I SEE A SHOW OF HANDS?
TEN DOLLARS...
WHO'S UP FOR TORTURE?
WHAT EXACTLY WILL I HAVE TO DO?
YOU'LL BE TORTURING JAMES YOON.
BUT WHY ARE WE TORTURING HIM?
WHAT IS OUR BACKSTORY?
SO...
AFTER THE DEVASTATING LOSS OF THEIR LOVED ONES AT THE HANDS OF THE US ARMY,
THE VIET CONG HOLE THEMSELVES UP IN THE SURROUNDING FORESTS...
AND CAPTURE COMMO KIM IN A RAID.
THE V.C. NEEDS HIS INTEL ON AN IMMINENT AMERICAN AIR RAID.
REGRETTABLY, THE URGENCY OF THE SITUATION CALLS FOR
CERTAIN HEIGHTENED INTERROGATION TACTICS...
SON OF A BITCH! QUICK, TAKE THAT FUCKER!
HEY, TWICE-OF-EVERYTHING.
SO IT'S TRUE-- LANA SAID YOU'RE ALWAYS HERE IN YOUR SPARE TIME.
10/01/75 THE HAMLET SCENE 37 TAKE 1
HOLLYWOOD PRODUCTION THE HAMLET
DATE 11/15 SCENE 45 TAKE 6
CONFESS, YOU FUCKER!
THE DAY IS SOON WHEN SAIGON WILL FALL...
AND ALL OF YOU TRAITORS WHO HAVE CARRIED A SNAKE INTO YOUR OWN HOME,
WILL BE ON YOUR KNEES, BEGGING FOR A COWARD'S FLIGHT OUT OF HERE.
BUT EVEN THEN WE WILL NEVER LET YOU GO.
THE VIETNAMESE GIRL SCREAMS AND SCREAMS!
HAVE YOU SEEN LANA?
I'M READY
SCENE 64 - EXT. VILLAGE - QUE-LINH'S HUT
12/03/75 THE HAMLET SCENE 64 TAKE 1
AND SQUINTING AT THE FIREBALL THAT GREW LIKE A COSMIC EVENT,
I AM ASHAMED TO ADMIT THAT I WONDERED...
IF MS. MORI WOULD'VE FOUND ME SEXY.
CAN YOU NOT SEE HOW YOU WERE CORRUPTED BY THE MOST CRASS OF HOLLYWOOD INDULGENCES?
THE VERY SAME INDULGENCES YOU WENT TO HOLLYWOOD TO CHANGE.
YOU SUPPOSE YOURSELF THE ONLY ONE
WHO HAS CONQUERED THE NUANCES OF AMERICAN CULTURAL PRODUCTION.
YOU'RE WRONG.
OUR PARTY HAS PUT EXHAUSTIVE STUDY INTO OUR ENEMY'S PROPAGANDA.
NOW THAT I'VE BEEN REEDUCATED,
HEARING AN AMERICAN SONG THAT I HAVEN'T HEARD IN A LONG TIME...
ONLY FILLS ME WITH DISGUST.
TOGETHER WE BUILD SOCIALISM FOR THE FUTURE
"DETERMINED TO FIGHT, DETERMINED TO WIN" FOLLOWS UNCLE HO'S EXAMPLE
FOR THE PEOPLE WE SACRIFICED TO FIGHT WITHOUT FEAR OF DANGER
KEEPING THE MOUNTAINS AND RIVERS SINGING THE MARCHING SONG
THE PARTY HAS BROUGHT US WARMTH AND FRESH SPRING WITHOUT FADING
DETERMINED TO LIVE AND DIE UNDER THE BANNER OF PEACE
COME ON, BROTHERS FROM ALL OVER THE PLACES WANT TO STEP HERE,
WALK SIDE BY SIDE, JOIN HANDS, JOIN FORGE, JOIN MIND.