Entry #57 - The Opening Scene from Hellcopter: Helicopter From Hell

In the previous Buster H. McHenry's Hellcopter: Helicopter From Hell entry I only posted a line from the script, this is because I had not gotten permission to post the script for all to read. So, I gave Buster a call and he said I can post the script. He was always attached to this script and in some way still believes it will be made. This in mind, I have decided to post the script in scene by scene basis for I also still have hope this movie will be made. Maybe I should make it in the grindhouse vein.

You are about to read the opening scene of Hellcopter: Helicopter From Hell, This from the first draft of the script written in April of 1982, grammar mistakes might occur. He sent this draft to me instead of the slightly improved second draft. He is still new to email and stuff, I think his nephew sent this or something. Any-who I hope you enjoy it, I know I do.

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Ext. Jungle - day

VIETNAM 1969. The thick jungle is full of the madness of war. The sound of men dying and gun fire can be heard by our virgin ears. The extreme over head shot exposes the insanity of man's capability. But all you really see is the jungle. The jungle hides the horror. The jungle is the horror.

The sound of helicopters approaching can be heard.The Sound of helicopters is getting louder. There is a slight breeze on the tops of the thick jungle trees. The jungle seems calm, looks peaceful expect for the sounds of horror.

A fleet of helicopters enter frame. They come in like the cavalry with guns a blazen. There is soldiers on the sides of the helicopters shooting at the ground with big machine guns and flame throwers, some are dropping barrels of napalm. Flame erupt from underneath. The Soldiers all have a sadistic look our there far from innocent faces. More Flames erupt until it looks like a hell on Earth.

CUT TO.

OPENING CREDITS

HELLCOPTER: HELICOPTER FROM HELL over black.

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This is a rougher opening than I remember. During writing this script Buster H. McHenry was is a rough patch at home. He was going through a bitter divorce and took his anger and put it in this script. Basically all his writing was during this was very angry. In 1979 Buster H. McHenry moved from Ohio to Hollywood to become a screenwriter and filmmaker. He was there for five years and all he made was a few educational films and wrote an episode of a failed sitcom as a freelance gig. He was poor and penniless. When his wife left him, he got really depressed and that's when he wrote my favorite of his short stories, Skullfuckers From Iowa, which I posted a while back ago.

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