Eye In The Sky Movie Script

STEVE is terrified by the presence of ALIA.

STEVE:

Colonel Powell, Ma’am, I am the pilot in command responsible for releasing the weapon. I have the right to ask for the CDE to be run again. I will not release my weapon until that happens.

A long, tense beat. POWELL is seething. But these are the rules regarding a pilot’s rights and she has no option but to respect the request: COLONEL POWELL: Re-run CDE.

STEVE:

Do I understand we are now on ‘weapons hold’?

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COLONEL POWELL: Weapons hold.

Despite her irritation, POWELL shows a moment of relief.

STEVE eases his finger off the trigger.

210 INT. SQUADRON OPERATIONS ROOM - NIGHT 210

MATT:

F***!

COLONEL WALSH: (in his state of anxiety) Steve, what the f*** are you doing?

You just threw the rulebook at a Colonel?

211 INT. GROUND CONTROL STATION - NIGHT 211 STEVE is trying to keep it together. To keep it professional.

STEVE:

Sir, I am safing up the weapon until you read me a new clearance with a new CDE.

STEVE and CARRIE watch ALIA laying out her bread.

CARRIE:

(almost a whisper) Well done.

He nods his thanks. Both know he’s in big trouble now.

212 INT. PJHQ - LONDON - AFTERNOON 212 POWELL watches the same Reaper image: ALIA looking small and vulnerable as she lays out the bread. On her other screen, RASHEED is still in the bathroom.

COLONEL POWELL: Sergeant, re-run CDE!

MUSHTAQ:

Yes, Ma’am!

COLONEL POWELL: Showman50, North20, get your man with the beetle to buy this girl’s bread and get her out of there.

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213 INT. OPERATIONS ROOM - COMPANY D BASE - AFTERNOON 213 MAJOR OWITI on his headset: MAJOR OWITI: North20, Showman50, copy that.

A213 INT. PJHQ - LONDON - AFTERNOON A213 A text from BENSON appears on SERGEANT GLEESON’S screen.

BENSON:

“What’s going on?” SERGEANT GLEESON Colonel, General Benson is asking for an update.