Pearl Harbor 珍珠港（2001） Movie Script

RAFE:

No. You're trying to beat me.

DANNY:

We've always tried to beat each other.

RAFE:

Bullshit. We've played with each other, pushed each other. This is different.

Like you want to prove that you're better than me. Who's that for -- Evelyn?

Danny's anger flares for a moment -- but Rafe's hit home.

DANNY:

Maybe just trying to measure up.

RAFE:

What's between you and her is between you and her. But here's what's between you and me. Everybody has a hero, Danny.

And you're mine.

Danny's caught off-guard.

RAFE:

When we were growing up, I had everything. You had nothing. You climbed out of a hole I couldn't even see the bottom of. I think maybe when I went off to England, I was trying to measure up to you. Measuring up's over. Let's just look out for each other. Okay?

They embrace, closer now than ever.

MONTAGE - INTERCUT with the planes practicing their short takeoffs, we see Roosevelt in one of his fireside chats, his voice broadcast across America... ROOSEVELT'S VOICE Good evening, America... Families all across America are gathered around radios, listening.

ROOSEVELT'S VOICE I'm told that 80% of American families are listening to these fireside chats of ours, and I'm happy we can come together, as one great American family. I'd like each of you within the sound of my voice to find a map... The FAMILIES do, gathering around encyclopedias, school books, any reference they have, spread on kitchen tables, suburban living room rugs, or farmhouse hearths... And the B-25's, all sixteen of them, begin a journey in formation, flying at treetop level across America: Mississippi delta land, Texas plains, Arizona mesas... ROOSEVELT'S VOICE Look at the Pacific Ocean. It covers half the surface of the earth. And look at the great Atlantic. The oceans both divide and connect us to our enemies, and either they will come to us, or we will go to them... The formation of B-25's reaches San Francisco.

EXT. SAN FRANCISCO NAVAL AIR STATION - DAY Doolittle leads the bombers to a landing. IN RAFE'S PLANE, everybody's wondering why they're here.

RED:

N-naval station? What's g-going on?

RAFE:

Wish I knew, Red.

EXT. SAN FRANCISCO AIR FIELD - DAY The crews climb from their planes, and almost before they're out, teams of men use straps and cranes to hoist the bombers onto flatbed trucks. Doolittle walks up to Rafe and Danny, watching the baffling operation.

DOOLITTLE:

Want to see where they're going?

EXT. SAN FRANCISCO HARBOR - EVENING Cranes lift the planes from the trucks and hoist them onto the flight decks of the carrier USS HORNET. The pilots stand on the pier, watching.

ANTHONY:

I guess that settles it. Somewhere in the Pacific.

RED:

With a s-short r-runway.

They all gather around Doolittle as he moves up to them.

DOOLITTLE:

You have rooms at the Biltmore. I suggest a nice meal and a good night's sleep. We leave tomorrow.

Doolittle walks to join a captain.

INT./ EXT. SAN FRANCISCO HOTEL - NIGHT The pilots get off the bus and carry their duffels into the lobby.