"COMMANDO" by Richard Tuggle FINAL Rpril 18, 1985 SILVER PICTURES In Association With Ags TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATIONABS "COMMANDO" BLACK SCREEN. One word explodes towards us with cold brutality: COMMANDO. It FADES...leaves us in darkness. And we HEAR a growing ROAR...a frightening RUMBLE. FADE IN EXT. SUBURBAN CUL-DE-SAC - DAY TIGHT ON the churning compactor of a garbage truck. The CAMERA PULLS BACK and we SEE the truck, battered and olive-grey. A bored garbage man with 2 kerchief over his mouth hangs on the back of the truck as it moves along the street. INT, BEDROOM - CLOSE ON THE BED - DAY As LAWSON awakes with a start. He's late 30's, a little worn. He shakes his WIFE. LAWSON What's that? WIFE (barely awake) Unnn...sounds like... (stifling yawn) -+.the garbage men. LAWSON on Tuesday? WIFE (yawning) Maybe they changed the schedule... Lawson listens to the noise as it APPROACHES, finally throws his feet into his bedroom slippers. LAWSON shit. INT. LAWSON'S HOUSE - PANTRY He runs into the pantry, dragging several ungainly plastic trash bags.