Pearl Harbor 珍珠港（2001） Movie Script

Danny can't just stand there; he moves back to her, and puts a hand on her shoulder. He sits beside her again, and suddenly she turns to him and sobs upon him. Danny wraps her gently in his arms, and then he breaks down, having found the first place he can truly grieve.

EXT. JAPANESE BOMBING PRACTICE - JAPANESE ISLAND - DAY The Japanese have constructed a replica of Pearl Harbor on their practice island; erecting new target barriers and silhouettes of the various ships anchored at Pearl. Streams of Japanese planes skim overhead in practice bombing runs, dropping dummy torpedoes and bombs. From a control platform erected on the beach, Yamamoto and Genda oversee it all.

YAMAMOTO:

Everything real except the fact that no one is shooting back at us.

GENDA:

If we achieve surprise, they will offer little resistance.

YAMAMOTO:

Set up teams of radio operators to send out messages the Americans will intercept, concerning every potential American target in the Pacific. Include Hawaii -- the clutter will be more confusing that way.

GENDA:

Brilliant, Admiral.

YAMAMOTO:

A brilliant man would find a way not to fight a war.

He looks out at the planes roaring into his practice harbor at top speed... INT. PRESIDENTIAL BEDROOM - NIGHT Roosevelt's valet leans over him.

Roosevelt wakes; beside the valet is a Presidential AIDE.

AIDE:

Mr. President, we've received a message from the Argentinian ambassador to Japan.

His sources tell him the Japanese are assembling their fleet to attack us.

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT We're picking up warnings for every American base in the Pacific. Does this ambassador know the target?

AIDE:

Not for sure. But he thinks it's Pearl Harbor.

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT Tell the Pentagon.

The Aide leaves quickly and Roosevelt starts to get out of bed; his valet comes to help him.

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT No, George, I need the practice, in case there's a fire.

Roosevelt drags himself out of bed, crawling toward the bathroom, his powerful arms dragging his lifeless legs.

INT. PENTAGON - DAY ADMIRALS and other OFFICERS are gathered around a giant map of the Pacific.

ADMIRAL:

The attack seems inevitable. The question is where? The way to answer that question is to ask: if we were the Japanese, how would we do it?

He nods to a VICE ADMIRAL, who stands over the map.

VICE ADMIRAL:

Between America and the Far East are the sea lanes where the winds and the currents make the best route for shipping. Far above is the northern route, between Canada and Russia.

Between these two is something they call the Vacant Sea. If I were the Japs, I'd send a task force there. You could hide the entire land mass of Asia in the Vacant Sea, and nobody would know.

ADMIRAL:

So they pop out and attack where?

VICE ADMIRAL:

That's the problem, Admiral. They could hit anywhere they want.

Nobody has any solution.