1963ALCOHOL & DRUGS
HIGHBALL HIGHWAY (1963) - RECKLESS DRUNK DRIVER IN HOSPITAL AFTER SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN WHICH HE LOST A LWG, AGONIZES, FEELS RESPONSIBLE IF FRIEND A NON DRINKER) IN OPERATING ROOM WILL COME OUT ALIVE. ACTOR ROBERT YOUNG CLOSES WITH GOOD ADVISE TO DRIVERS.
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EXTERIOR, :STUDEBAKER HOSPITAL. 2 NURSES AT DESK. CU FACE SHOT MALE PATIENT (TOM), HEAD WRAPPED IN BANDAGES, PAIN ON HIS FACE.
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| 00:19:28 11.9 |
PATIENT (TOM) WITH HEAD WRAPPED, BANDAGES ON NECK, WRITHES IN PAIN. TOM'S VOICE OVER, "TONIGHT I WOKE UP WITH A BAD SHOOTING PAIN IN MY RIGHT FOOT". VOICE OVER,"DOCTOR SAID THIS HAPPENS TO PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR LEG".
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| 00:19:32 15.9 |
CU TOM REACHES FOR GLASS OF WATER ON NIGHT TABLE NEXT TO BED, MAKES IT FALL ON FLOOR, ALERTING NURSE, WHO WALKS INTO ROOM PLACES HIS DANGLING LEG BACK ON BED AS CAMERA FOCUSES ON AMPUTATED OTHER LEG..
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| 00:19:40 24.9 |
AS NURSE HELPS PATIENT, VOICE OVER, "AT FIRST I COULDN'T BELIEVE MY LEG WAS GONE.....". "A GUY LIKE ME WHO WAS SO ACTIVE IN SPORTS....".
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| 00:19:55 39.9 |
VARIOUS SHOTS TOM, BEFORE ACCIDENT, SKIING, PLAYING TENNIS, BOWLING, HUNTING. HE AIMS AT DEER, DOESN'T HAVE HEART TO SHOOT. "I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT AT MY AGE I MAY NEVER BE ABLE TO DO MOST OF THESE THINGS AGAIN".
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| 00:20:41 85.9 |
VOICE OVER PATIENT AS HE GLANCES OVER TO EMPTY BED NEXT TO HIM, "THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED TO MAKE ME THINK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE BUT MY SELF" HIS FRIEND WAS STILL IN THE OPERATING ROOM.
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| 00:20:54 98.9 |
FACE SHOT, TOM'S WIFE AS SHE TELLS HER HUSBAND THAT JIM (HIS FRIEND WHO WAS IN CAR WITH HIM AT TIME OF ACCIDENT)) WAS NOT EXPECTED TO LIVE. HE REPLIES, "IF JIM DIES IT'S MY FAULT" "IF HE DIES, I KILLED HIM".
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| 00:21:12 116.9 |
TOM REMINISCES THE GOOD TIMES HE HAD WITH JIM. INCLUDING JIM'S MARRIAGE. SIGN, "JUST MARRIED" ON BACK OF CAR AS IT DRIVES OF PULLING A NUMBER OF TIN CANS.
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| 00:21:22 126.9 |
VARIOUS SHOTS (GOOD DRIVER JIM) BEHIND WHEEL OF CAR DOING ALL THE RIGHT THINGS (VOICE OVER PATIENT, "I GOT TO ADMIT JIM WAS THE STEADIER OF THE 2 OF US.....".
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| 00:21:30 134.9 |
VARIOUS SHOTS TOM, DRIVING HIS CAR IN RECKLESS FASHION, PASSING LIGHTS, ALMOST HITTING BOY WHO RAN INTO STREET FROM BEHIND PARKED CAR. "I ALWAYS THOUGHT I WAS A BORN DRIVER"."I GOT AWAY WITH PRETTY BAD HABITS".
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| 00:22:12 176.9 |
VARIOUS SHOTS DRIVER , CIGARETTE DANGLING FROM LIPS,, FALLING ASLEEP AT WHEEL WHILE DRIVING ON COUNTRY ROAD, ON HUNTING TRIP WITH FRIENDS, AWAKENS JUST IN TIME.
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| 00:22:49 213.9 |
VARIOUS SHOTS LIQUOR BEING POURED INTO GLASS, MEN AND WOMEN DRINKING AT PARTY. VARIOUS SHOTS,OUR DRUNKEN HERO, DRIVES RECKLESSLY ON WAY HOME.
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| 00:23:01 225.9 |
FACE SHOT TOM, IN BED WITH HEAD WRAPPED IN BANDAGES."THERE MUST HAVE BEEN AN ANGEL ON MY SHOULDER... UNTIL THAT ONE NIGHT....".
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| 00:23:08 232.9 |
CU VOICE OVER TOM, SPEAKS OF "THE NIGHT HE TOOK THE ROAD THAT ALWAYS LEADS TO TROUBLE....."THE HIGHBALL HIGHWAY".
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| 00:23:15 239.9 |
ATTORNEY AT TOM'S BEDSIDE, FILLS TOM IN ON THE LEGAL END OF THE ACCIDENT.
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| 00:23:18 242.9 |
LAB TECHNICIAN TESTS TOM'S BLOOD FOR ALCOHOL CONTENT. VARIOUS SHOTS TESTS IN PROGRESS. VOICE OVER, "ONLY 2 DRINKS AND YOU'RE NOT THE DRIVER YOU OUGHT TO BE". "A FEW DRINKS CAN KILL YOU". "WHAT'S WORSE, YOUR DRINKS CAN KILL OTHER PEOPLE".
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| 00:24:17 301.9 |
CU BANDAGED FACE SHOT AS HE AGONIZES THE EMPTY BED NEXT TO HIM BELONGING TO HIS FRIEND IN OPERATING ROOM.
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| 00:24:38 322.9 |
TOM AND FRIENDS PUTTING THEIR BRIEF CASES IN TRUNKS OF CARS . TOM SUGGESTS STOPPING FOR DRINKS ON WAY HOME. HIS FRIEND WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO WANTED TO GET HOME, BUT WENT ALONG RELUCTANTLY.\.
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| 00:24:57 341.9 |
VARIOUS SHOTS SMALL JAZZ BAND WITH FEMALE SINGER, PLAYING AS THE MEN ST AT TABLE. CU DRINKS BEING MIXED, THEN SERVED. CU GUITARIST PLAYING..
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| 00:25:26 370.9 |
THE MEN FLIRT WITH 2 OMEN AT BAR. RAISE THEIR DRINKS IN TOAST TO THEM. CLARINETIST PLAYS AS NIGHT DRAWS ON AND MEN KEEP DRINKING. "SOME HOW OR OTHER WE HAD MORE TO DRINK THAN WE INTENDED".
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| 00:26:11 414.9 |
VARIOUS SHOTS, A DRUNKEN BLEARY EYED TOM AT WHEEL DRIVING JIM HOME. "I WANTED TO GET JIM AND MYSELF HOME". CU TOM IN HOSPITAL BED, ... WE HAVEN'T BEEN HOME YET... MAYBE JIM NEVER WILL"
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VARIOUS SHOTS LIGHTS CHANGING TO YELLOW, THEN RED, THEN A SCREECHING SOUND INDICATING A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. "TO AVOID THE OTHER CAR, I SKIDDED, LOST CONTROL... I TURNED OVER".
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| 00:26:47 451.9 |
LIGHT COMES ON IN APARTMENT WINDOW, WOMAN PEERING OUT IN HORROR, GOING BACK IN TO CALL 911.
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| 00:26:59 463.9 |
CU BANDAGED HEAD TOM, WRITHES IN PAIN. "IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, NOTHING SEEMS RIGHT..., NOTHING SEEMS REAL".
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| 00:27:08 471.9 |
TOM HALLUCINATES... HE SEES FUNERAL WITH HIS FRIEND JIM IN CASKET, HE WALKS IN WITH ONE FOOT, CRUTCHES. HE THINKS OF JIM'S WIFE AND CHILDREN.
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NURSES ROLL IN BED WITH JIM IN IT. OPERATION WAS A SUCCESS," HE IS GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT, SAYS DOCTOR!" "THANK GOD!" SAYS TOM.
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VARIOUS SHOTS ONE LEGGED TOM IN PATIO LOUNGE HAVING PICNIC ON PATIO WITH HE AND JIM'S FAMILY.. "THEY SAY TOM WILL BE ABLE TO DRIVE AGAIN, LOTS OF PEOPLE DRIVE WITH ARTIFICIAL LEG".
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| 00:28:36 560.9 |
FRIEND JIM HELPS TOM ATTACH HIS ARTIFICIAL LEG. TOM GETS OUT OF BEACH CHAIR AND MAKES AGONIZING ATTEMPT AT WALKING, USING CRUTCHES.
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| 00:29:23 606.9 |
GOOD SHOTS 1660S CARS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC.
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HOLLYWOOD ACTOR ROBERT YOUNG CLOSES WITH WARNING ABOUT DRINKING AND DRIVING. "IT COULD BE ANYONE OF US......".
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