花旗小和尚 American Shaolin (1992) Movie Script

杰瑞发布于2024-02-07

在香港国际散打争霸赛上，美国青年卡森惨败于特里弗之手，并被当众羞辱，为报仇雪恨，卡森萌发了去少林寺出家习武的念头。他来到嵩山脚下，结识一个叫阿诗玛的姑娘。阿诗玛带他到少林寺山门。卡森好奇心胜，误闯经堂，被赶出山门，心灰意冷◇经阿诗玛爷爷的指点，他不畏烈日风雨，在山门前打坐，终于打动少林寺主持三德和尚，破例收卡森为少林弟子。卡森入寺后，先是随师兄弟劳作，时日一久，卡森露出烦闷，听起了摇滚音乐。三德法师原谅了他的过失◇来又在练武时逞强好胜，不慎打碎神像，三德法师又原谅了他，并借机教以少林武… After being humiliated in the ring by a dirty kickboxer who pulled down his shorts and then hit him, a martial arts master decides to travel to China and enter a monastery where he may learn the Shaolin form of fighting. The film then veers into "Karate Kid" territory where the novice humiliates himself at every turn, is tolerated as a foreigner, and still comes out a champion. The monastery teaches non-violence, but everyone knows that sooner or later the student will catch up with the bad guy.

ANGLE ON DREW: Up on the poles again. Only this time, squared off against him is Li. They move from pole to pole, throwing kicks and punches at each other.
EXT. FARM – DAY ESTABLISHING SHOT OF THE GROUP OF DISCIPLES STANDING UNDER THE SWELTERING SUMMER SUN IN FRONT OF A RUN DOWN FARM BUILDING.
The D.S. is standing in front of them.
DREW:
We've got to rebuild this?
D.S.
No.
(beat) Tear it down.
Smiles grow on the faces of the disciples. They rush into the building.
FOLLOWING MONTAGE SECTION Different shots of the monks tearing the building apart with kicks and punches. Shots of Drew, Gao and Li kicking through walls, through doors, through windows, etc. Some the three of them destroy together, others are seperate. Several shots of disciples as they concentrate on particularly difficult things, using their chi, smashing the bricks and wood apart. They are destroying the building, and they are having a GREAT TIME!
(NOTE:
Great place for HOT song over this scene) EXT. TRAINING AREA – DAY TIGHT SHOT OF DREW'S ARM PULL BACK TO REVEAL Drew standing there, calmly, while two full-sized disciples hang off his arm.
EXT. TEMPLE – NIGHT ESTABLISHING SHOT OF DREW WALKING THROUGH THE COURTYARDS OF THE TEMPLE.
He is going nowhere in particular, just walking and thinking.
Suddenly, out of nowhere, comes the staff and the ATTACK.
Drew calmly avoids the first few strikes, blocks a couple more, then grabs the staff and PULLS.
Out comes the D.S. into the night on the other end of the staff. He looks proudly at Drew.
ANGLE ON D.S.
As he smiles and bows in respect to Drew.
Drew returns his bow.
EXT. SHAOLIN TEMPLE – DAY ESTABLISHING SHOT OF SAN DE WRITING BOLD, BLACK CALLIGRAPHY ON A BARE WHITE PAPER.
The CAMERA follows the sweeping brush, as it ends with a FLOURISH. The CAMERA PULLS BACK TO REVEAL the temple courtyard, where San De and the D.S. are standing in front of the group of disciples.
SAN DE:
Only one trial remains before you become full fledged fighting monks. The Wooden Man Chamber.
ANGLE ON THE DISCIPLES They are remembering the stories they have heard about the chamber.
SAN DE (CONT'D) I warn you all, any monk who fails must leave the temple forever, and will NEVER be called Shaolin.
San De pauses, letting this remark sink in.
SAN DE (CONT'D) Disciple Drew Carson, as you will return to America, and never intended to live as a monk in the temple, you need not enter the chamber.