Sergeant Rock

PRODUCERS: Joel Silver Arnold Schwartzenegger SGT. ROCK An Original Screenplay by David Webb Peoples based on the comic book character created by Bob Kanigher FIRST DRAFT August, 1987 WARNER BROS. INC.O 1987 4000 Warner BoulevardWARNER BROS. INC. Burbank, California 91522All Rights Reserved NOTE:Nazi rhymes with potsy... Nazzey rhymes with snazzy... Likewise the plurals... A TINY VILLAGE/NIGHT Moonlight illuminates a mountain village consisting merely of a cobble street and a cluster of modest cottages.A jeep full of NAZI SOLDIERS grinds through the deserted street as words appear SUPERED over the scene... ITALY, 1943 Peering from the cracks in shuttered windows frightened CHILDREN watch shadowy NAZI SOLDIERS as they dismount from the Jeep. MOMENTS LATER The SOLDIERS move ominously from house to house while A NAZI OFFICER, speaking in crude Italian, questions a PEASANT WOMAN in her doorway, her CHILDREN clinging in terror to her skirts, their eyes on the towering NAZI, whose face is lost in shadows... NAZI OFFICER (Italian, subtitled) Americans?Where? PEASANT WOMAN (Italian, subtitled) No, no.Not here. NAZI OFFICER (Italian, subtitled) Where?How far?How many kilometers? The CHILDREN cringe in horror as the NAZI OFFICER grabs the WOMAN roughly by the arm, shaking her. PEASANT WOMAN (Italian, subtitled) I don't know. (pointing south) That way, I think.Five kilometers maybe. NAZI OFFICER (Italian, subtitled) You're lying, you wop whore, I don't believe you. A VOICE (O.S.