EXT - Mount Fuji
KUROSAWA
What's happening?
KUROSAWA (cont.)
Has Fuji erupted? How terrible!
WOMAN
It's worse than that, didn't you know?
WOMAN (cont.)
Chris Mullin went for a lay-up and was fouled. The pressure is now on him to sink
both free throws!
BUSINESS MAN
The Olympic crowds. They're exploding one after another.
CROWD
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH~!
BUSINESS MAN
Japan is so small. There's no escape.
WOMAN
We all know that. No way out. But still we have to try. No other way.
CROWD
(silently disappears)
BUSINESS MAN
This is the end.
KUROSAWA
But... what happened? Where did all those people go? Where did they escape to?
BUSINESS MAN
To the bottom of the sea. The East German women. Even they're leaving.
WOMAN
Lucky East German women! They can swim away.
BUSINESS MAN
It won't help. The pressure will get to them. The clouds...
The red one is pride in your country.
1,000,000th of a gram causes jingoism. If you let your country down in the
Olympics you'll be forever known as a choke artist, no matter what kind of career you've
had.
BUSINESS MAN (cont.)
The yellow one is pride in yourself. If you miss this basket at this level, how can
you call yourself one of the best in the world? Man's stupidity is unbelievable.
Pressure was invisible, and because of the danger they colored it. But that only lets you
know which kind kills you. Death's calling card.
The green one is pride in your team. It
is sponsored by Gatorade!
See you later.
(heads for the cliffs)
KUROSAWA
No! Pressure doesn't kill you all at once!
BUSINESS MAN
So what? A slow death is even worse. I refuse to die slowly, adults dying--
WOMAN
They've lived long enough already! But the children haven't even lived yet. It's unfair.
BUSINESS MAN
Waiting to die of excitement isn't living.
WOMAN
They told us that the Olympic Games were safe. Human accident is the danger, not
basketball itself. No accidents, no danger. That's what they told us. What liars! If
they're not hanged for this I'll kill them myself.
BUSINESS MAN
Don't worry, the pressure will do that for you. (pauses)
I'm sorry. I'm the one who fouled Chris Mullin. I deserve to die.
(jumps into the sea)
WOMAN
AAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!
KUROSAWA
(removes his jacket and spins it around his head -- like a helicopter -- to cheer Mullin
on)
CHRIS MULLIN
(stream of consciousness)
oh shit oh shit oh shit
okay
okay okay okay
dribble dribble dribble dribble
set feet
dribble dribble dribble dribble
bend knees
aim
SHOOT
follow through
swish!
dribble dribble dribble dribble
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