KIDS
clutching "Red Devil" fireworks, timing the sinking sun.
MOMS
pouring iced tea.
HAM
pilfers dog makin's from various Q's. Concocts a two-fisted
doglog! He catches up to
THE GANG
marching away into the SETTING SUN.
A LONG LINE OF FIREWORKS
in the street.
MATCH HEADS
are lit.
YELLOW MATCH FLAMES
The SAME SIZE IN FRAME as our guys at the end of the block,
are set to fuses.
DADS AND KIDS
rush for the curbs... and
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everyone: woah
THE FIRECONES FLOW INTO THE SKY
in kaleidoscopic columns of star-hot colors.
MATCH DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. SANDLOT - NIGHT
BURSTING FIREWORKS IN THE SKY down from which WE TILT TO
THE GANG
playing hard beneath them. Snap throws. Basket catches.
Snatching grounders.
NARRATOR
There was only one nightgame a year.
On the Fourth of July, the whole sky
would brighten up with fireworks, giving
us just enough light for a game.
(BEAT)
We played better then too. Because I
guess, we all felt like Big Leaguers
under the lights at some great stadium.
(BEAT)
Benny felt like that all the time.
Benny: *smiles*
BENNY
Knocks dirt from his p.f. flyers. Twirls the bat. Cocks it
back. Coils up 'round his back leg.
DENUNEZ
delivers. Fastball.
CRUNCH!
Ash meets cowhide.
FIREWORKS EXPLODE
high above them.
THE GANG
stops play and marvels up at the colors.
SCOTTY'S
a little kid with a too-big mitt and floppy cap, goggling up
at the fireworks. The ball lands by him. He retrieves it.
Is about to throw - stops.
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EVERYONE'S
staring at Benny up at
HOME PLATE
bat slung second-naturedly over his shoulder... a real ball
player.
NARRATOR (CONT'D)
We all knew Benny was different. We
knew that he was gonna go on to bigger
and better games.
(BEAT)
Because everytime we stopped to watch
the sky that night like regular kids,
Benny was there to call us back.
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