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(After the conference, JOHN introduces CHRIS and ELLEN to his co-workers. |
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CHRIS draws JOHN aside.) |
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CHRIS |
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John, you were great. Can I see you alone? |
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I gotta know what you meant on the phone |
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What is this news you received you can only tell me? |
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JOHN |
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A lot of groups use my Bangkok staff |
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To process problems on their behalf |
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We got this in from the embassy |
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It's not easy to tell you, it's best that you see |
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CHRIS |
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Kim. It's about Kim, isn't it? |
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Only you now how hard I had tried to get word |
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Tell me first, nothing else, tell me: did she survive? |
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JOHN |
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You must read the report, Chris, but yes, she's alive |
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CHRIS |
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You don't know, John, these nightmares, the things that I've seen |
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I have seen her face burned, seen her shot with my gun |
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I have chased her through streets and heard nothing but screams |
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What's wrong? Come on. There is still something more |
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JOHN |
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She has a child |
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You have a son |
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(Shows CHRIS the report) |
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CHRIS |
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You won't believe me but I dreamed this, John |
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It's in the nightmare when I see Saigon |
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Jesus, John, I am married |
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Is this story for real? |
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JOHN |
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I'm only telling you what I received |
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But our reports can usually be believed |
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Kim's a bar-girl in Bangkok |
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Pal, I know how you feel |
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CHRIS |
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It's too late! I have a whole new life |
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I have a wife I love, she just can't disappear |
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JOHN |
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Listen, guy, I know the shock you've had |
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It isn't always bad, there are solutions here |
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CHRIS |
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Oh John, I never told her |
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My wife, how can I tell her? |
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A child, what do I do? |
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I shattered Kim |
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Now Ellen too |
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JOHN CHRIS |
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I have learned the best thing for a couple to do I have to tell her |
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you should both come to Bangkok, I mean Ellen too I have to tell her |
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CHRIS |
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Us both? |
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JOHN |
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You both should go! |
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ELLEN |
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Hey guys, come on |
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CHRIS |
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But first . . . Ellen has to know |
