Pearl Harbor 珍珠港（2001） Movie Script

BETTY:

Nervous?

RED:

Yeah. But if I have to get something out, I c-can always s-s-s- (he sings) SIIING!

She covers his hand with hers.

BETTY:

Don't be nervous.

Red looks at Betty with love in his eyes. Under the table, Rafe and Evelyn join hands too.

EVELYN:

There shipping us out. Hawaii. The Germans are overrunning Europe, and we're sent to paradise. How about you? Have you heard anything?

He hesitates; then Evelyn is distracted by the conversation beside them, between Barbara and Billy.

BILLY:

You're a very special woman, and...well baby, they're training me for war, and we don't know what happens tomorrow. So we gotta make tonight special.

Barbara shoots a look at Evelyn, before she answers.

BARBARA:

I hope you can back that up, flyboy.

Cause you're not ever gonna forget tonight.

She takes him by the hand and pulls him to his feet... They start dancing, sexy movements that won't stop till they've been in bed.

Rafe pulls Evelyn to her feet, and leads her through the dancers, outside.

EXT. THE NIGHT CLUB - NIGHT They find a quiet place on a balcony that overlooks the river, and Manhattan beyond. Evelyn takes in the view, breathes in the air; she still holds the rose.

EVELYN:

Whatever you're trying to tell me isn't good, is it. Or it wouldn't be so hard to say.

RAFE:

The only reason it's hard to say is that I keep thinking I don't have the right to say it. But I've got to because it's true. I love you.

(beat) That must surprise you.

EVELYN:

It surprises me that I'm not the only one on this balcony who feels that way.

The power of hearing this from each other grips them both.

RAFE:

There's one thing I have to say. I'm going away.

EVELYN:

We're all going away.

RAFE:

I'm going to the war. The real war.

Hitler's taken Europe. The Brits are hanging on by their fingernails, and If they lose, there'll be more people killed than anybody can imagine. And not just there, but here.

EVELYN:

But you're in the U.S. Army, how could you --

RAFE:

Colonel Doolittle pulled the strings, and put me on loan to the R.A.F. They need pilots, and we need experience. I leave tomorrow.