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This all put Caineinto a terriblesituation. In orderto protect his newpartner, he mustnow lie to hisrecruiter andcommander,COLONEL ROBERTQ. MACKY, and tellhim that Danielswas dead. But if theColonel ever foundout the truth, Cainecould be tried forTreason!SGT. JAMES DOYLECAINE[Narrator-Piano]SGT. JAMES CAINE'SJOURNALIn America wealways talk aboutthe "Vietnam" War.But when I got toVietnam, I foundthat the peoplealways talked aboutthe "American"War. This wasbecause we wereonly the last in along line ofinvaders to theircountry sinceancient times. Wefound, a bit to oursurprise, that thesepeople had alwaysknown war andwere almostcomfortable with it,if that was possible.We didn't know itat the time, but wewere about to learnfrom the best.Vietnam could becalled "TheCrossroads of theOrient," providingthe only landpassage betweenthe vast regions ofChina and all theterritories of thesouth. The invaderswere endless andcame from alldirections. From thenorth came theChinese: the Hans,the Tangs and theSongs. From thesouth, the tradersof the MalayPeninsula. From thewest, the spectralwarriors fromAnkor, the Thai-speaking tribesfrom Siam, andeven absenteelandlords-by-proxyfrom as far away asthe Hindu Kingdomsof India.Industrialtechnology broughtEuropeandominance andVietnam fell underthe French colonialsphere. World WarII brought Japaneseoccupation, butalso, thecooperation of a"Vichy" styleFrench-Vietnamesegovernment. It wasduring this timethat a nationalist,civilian militia roseup called the VIETMINH, with itspolitical andphilosophical leaderHO CHI MINH. !--(Although alignedwith Allied forcesagainst theJapanese, the VietMinh successfullyfought against there-establisment ofFrench colonial ruleafter WWII. Thesubsequent peacetalks in Geneva in1954 schedulednational electionsfor the followingyear. These nationalelections, however,were never held,and the country was"temporarily"divided into Northand SouthVietnam.)--!This forcedseparation did notprove stable andthese civilianfighters re-emergedyears later duringthe "American" warwith a new name.The name that Iwould come toknow them by: theVIET CONG.COMMUNISMThings don't happenin a vacuum, dothey? I'll tell youthe same thingabout communismthat Colonel Mackytold me. AfterWWII, the Alliesgave France back tothe French, we gaveItaly back to theItalians, and Spainback to the Spanish.But the RussianCommunists refusedto leave easternEurope. The peopleof the world hadlegitimate cause tobe alarmed. RussianCommunism was amilitaristiccorruption ofsocialist principles.When word got outthat religion itselfwas to beeliminated, therewas no way toreconcile. Anideological war wason. After theCommunist Koreanstried to march onSeoul, the "DominoTheory" wascreated. If Vietnamfell, all of themainland Orientwould follow. SoJohn Forster Dulles,the archetect ofSEATO, had everyreason to believe hewas doing the rightthing, even if itdenied democracyto the people ofVietnam. After all,Ho Chi Minh wasjust a puppet of theChinese "Reds."
"The citizens arenot intelligentenough to be toldthetruth."...Machiavelli"No one is stupid.But the people arenot well-informedenough to makeimportant decisionsaboutPolicy."...Anonymouspolitical candidate"But youare?" ...BlackballedpoliticalcorrespondantTHE SUMMER OF'64In the summer of1964 I was 11 yearsold. And I canremember it was adifferent time inAmerica. A moreinnocent time. Noone seemed to usebad language.Politicians seemedto always tell thetruth. The policewere all polite andnice. Ourinstitutions wereheld in high regard.And the only peoplewho had tattooswere criminals orveterans from thewar. It was a timebefore Horrormovies andGangster movies (atleast in widerelease). Even loudrock bands like THEBEATLES wore suitsand had relativelyshort hair.It was a time beforedrugs, beforepromiscuous sex,and a time beforeviscious streetcrime, at least for ayoung kid growingup in middle-classRochester, NewYork. About theonly globalproblemsencountered by uskids was when wewere told to finishour food by ourmothers becausethere were starvingchildren in China.But a series ofevents occuring halfa world away wouldconspire to shatterthis delicateAmerican innocenceforever...THE GULF ONTONKIN INCIDENTOn the evening ofAugust 4th, 1964, itwas hot, dark andmisty in the Gulf ofTonkin as twoAmericanbattleships, the USSMADDOX and theUSS TURNER-JOY,began their patrolof these waters offthe coast of NorthVietnam. !--(AlthoughWahington andHanoi were notofficially at war, theAmericans had setup SEATO, theSouth East AsianTreatyOrganization, indirect opposition tothe Geneva PeaceAccords of 1954,effectively blockingnationalelections.)--!As the evening woreon, a violentthunder cell sweptup the slot from theIndonesian SpiceIslands. As thestorm eventuallyengulfed the ships,the electricalactivity in theswirling cellwreaked havoc withthe sensitive RADARand SONAR systemsof the day.First the RADARoperator reportedpossible contact,but he couldn't besure. Perhaps twoor three smallgunboats. TheSONAR report wasinconclusive. Therewas simply toomuch electricalinterference foraccurate readings.As a precaution,several rounds weredischarged topsidein the direction ofthe vector. As thenight continued,though, no actualcontact was everestablished. Earlierin the evening,however, a radioreport had beensent out informingcommand of theincident.Six days later, inWashington,President Lyndon B.Johnson used thisunsubstantiatedincident to askCongress to passthe so-called GULFOF TONKINRESOLUTION,officially beginningthe "American" warin Vietnam.THE CURTAINRISES...EXTERIOR SCENE Ajungle scene atnight. Two bushesseem to slowlymove.They are moving.But they are notbushes. Twosoldiers crawl alongthe ground. Theywear "Ghillie" suits,covering their headand back with moss,leaves andbranches.One soldier movesslightly ahead andviews withbinoculars. Thesecond holds backand prepares a rifleagainst a tree, butseems hesitant.BINOC GIDEON:"Caine. That's ourtag."RIFLE CAINE:"Gideon. We're tootight. We're on topof'em."GIDEON: "Caine.That's our tag. Thefire. Three clicks tothe left. The oldman with the whitebeard. That's ourtag. Now take it.Stop your cryin'and do your duty!"RELUCTANTLY,Caine locks downthe weapon andFIRES. The BLASTshatters thestillness. After just amoment,SCREAMING,YELLING, and thenweapons FIRE fillsthe air.GIDEON foolishlykeeps viewing asthe ammo RIPS by,all around. Caine isemphatic as hecommands.CAINE: "Gideon. Getdown. Get the helldown."GIDEON turns andruns back to thenow prone Caine,but is hit and fallsas he reaches him.Caine grabs thelimp Gideon by thecollar and dragshim into their"Blind," a tinyshelter in thebushes they havefashioned.NVA REGULARsoldiers run by,pointing andSHOUTING, but onlystopping tocircumview, andthen continue.AS THE SOUND ofthe soldiers fades,Caine stealthilyleaves the"Blind,"... alone.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~INTERIOR SCENESgt. Caine is ledfrom a jail cell intoa meeting arena. Hestands before auniformed officer.OFFICER:"CommandSargeant James D.Caine! You havebeen sentenced to"Death by FiringSquad" by theUnited StatesMartial Court ofSouth Vietnam onthis day, November17th, 1972. Do youhave any last wordsbefore execution ofsentence?"CAINE: "Last words?Of course I gotsome last words. Ishouldn't even behere. ColonelMacky! I followedevery order yougave me. Tell thisguy. Macky,tell'em."OFFICER: "That'senough."FROM THESHADOWS ColonelMacky responds.MACKY: "Caine.Stand tall. Takeyour punishmentlike a man."CAINE: "Mypunishment?"OFFICER:"Sargeant-at-Arms!"SGT-AT-ARMS:"Ready arms. Aim.Fire... Fire... Fire...."TITLE: ONE YEAREARLIER...
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jamesDK Productions presentsa Vietnam playGHOST OF WAR2011We are delighted to announcethat we are entering our ThirdYear of Workshops,Showcases and Productions forGHOST OF WAR.~ 2011 is alsothe 40th Anniversary of theVietnam Lottery Draft of 1971,the "Inciting Incident" of thisStory. ~This is a "WriterProduced" presentation.(General Contact informationis placed at the end of thiswebpage.)~~~ Our next SHOW ~~~The PRODUCER'SCLUB358 West 44th St. @ 9th Ave.(212) 315-4743SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19th,2011 ~ 8:00 PMTKTS$40 V.I.P.R.S.V.P.$30 General Admission atDoor$20 Students~Actors~FriendsFCFSAGENTS ET ALR.S.V.P.Lounge opens at 6:00 PMMICRO SYNOPSIS"The Tempest" meets"Romeo and Juliet" inVietnam."In a sense, Mankind'sFirst War never ended.The Losers simplyregrouped and cameback. Maybe it took 10years, maybe 100. Butthe sting of Defeatcultivated the resolveto reply.~~~ No Waraffected our presentSociety more than theViet-American War,juxtapposing itself withthe "CulturalRenaissance" of theSixties.~~~ But fewWars have ever beenless understood.~~~ Aswe approach a world ofever expandingcomplexity, it isimperative that weattempt to understandhow we got here. Thiscycle of AncientConflict will end someday. We can choose theeasy way, workingtogether as a GlobalSociety, or the hardway, continuing to pitone culture againstanother.SETTING-OVERVIEW"Retired" Army Sgt.James D. Caine narrateshis own story from thepiano. Afterencountering the ghostof his old partner andtrainer Command Sgt.Thomas E. Daniels, heflashes back to his daysas a Vietnam scout andsniper. The anguish ofwar and the anxiety ofhouse arrest, however,have turned Caine intoa "Split Personality."CAST OFCHARACTERSin order of appearance(Please click on pictures forArtist Video Profiles)JAMES DOYLE CAINE,57............ Narrator,piano, FBI DC OPROBERT QUINCYMACKY, (1916-2002).......Caine's 2nd PersonalityTHOMAS E. DANIELS,mid 20's....... Caine'sfirst partner and ghostlurpMING TET SONG, early20's.........LI MING'SAristocratic sisterLI MING SONG, mid20's......... NVA OPand Daniels' fianceANDY MIRKOVIC,early 20's.....Caine'scollege roommate-confidanteJAMES DOYLECAINE, 18...........College studentturned L.R.R.P.GIDEON MAXWELL,20's.....DELTA Scout,Caine's 2nd partnerin NamCYNTHIA MILAGROSSANTOS, 18.......Caine's ex-girlfriendELI WEINBERG,57...........Cynthia'sPoly Sci ProfessorCMMDR TUNGTRINH, TAK, ZACK,HUNT, 20's.......LiMing's battalionA WORD ABOUTTHE PRODUCTIONGHOST OF WAR hasevolved into anacoustic Play withpiano Interludes,using nomicrophones orsound amplification.But the Play wasoriginally conceivedas a "Multi-Media"Musical with RockMusic, Ballads andOrchestral Music. Acompanion DVD willeventually bereleased for thePlay with much ofthe music writtenwith the originalconcept in mind.Here we offer a fewmusic videos thatwe are developingfor that DVD."STRAY STREET""DANCE OF THEDINOSAURS""GHOST OF WAR""SERGEANT CAINE'SANTHEM"MACRO SYNOPSISJAMES CAINE grewup with theVietnam War. Butthat is not to say hereally knewanything about it.To him as a youngteenager it was onlya TV war. Half aworld away. Butthen as a collegefreshman he wasshocked to find thatthe new "lottery"draft excluded allthe usual collegedeferments. Thewar had becomevery unpopular andthe attitudes of thetraditional drafteeshad degenerated.America's militaryleaders decided thatthe drastic newmeasure of draftingcollegians right outof school was thebest way totransition to an all-volunteer militaryonce the war wasover.The new lotteryworked like this: All365 days of the yearwere placed in adrum andwithdrawn. One byone, each date wasgiven a number. Forexample, the firstdate drawn, January17th, was assignednumber one, and soon. College studentsaround the countryestimated that ifyour birthdate wasone of the first 100or so drawn, youwould probably bedrafted. (Before thisnew "lottery" draft,if you were acollege student ingood standing, youwere given a"deferment," or"pass" from thedraft.)So when Caine'sbirthdate came upnumber 11, he knewhe could not avoidbeing drafted, eventhough he was anengineering studentwith an "A" classaverage.Caine's freshmanroommate incollege was the sonof a successfulPittsburghbusinessman andworld-wise beyondhis years. He hadsome advice forCaine. Don't rebel.Don't procrastinate.Don't run away.Run in! Enlist! Turnthis around. Make itsomething positive.Be somebodyimportant andrespected. Embracethis as anopportunity.Caine qualified forspecial training:Long RangeReconnaisancePatrol. His firstpartner and fieldtrainer was the best"Ghost Warrior" incountry. But this"lurp" wasn't thebest because hehadn't learned theways of the enemy.He was the bestbecause he had: inevery way.Command SargeantTHOMAS DANIELShad lost faith in themotives of his owngovernment andnow planned themost egregioustransgression:Defection. He hadfallen in love with abeautiful andaristocratic youngNorth Vietnameseoperative named LIMING SONG.This all put Caineinto a terriblesituation. In orderto protect his newpartner, he mustnow lie to hisrecruiter andcommander,COLONEL ROBERTQ. MACKY, and tellhim that Danielswas dead. But if theColonel ever foundout the truth, Cainecould be tried forTreason!SGT. JAMES DOYLECAINE[Narrator-Piano]SGT. JAMES CAINE'SJOURNALIn America wealways talk aboutthe "Vietnam" War.But when I got toVietnam, I foundthat the peoplealways talked aboutthe "American"War. This wasbecause we wereonly the last in along line ofinvaders to theircountry sinceancient times. Wefound, a bit to oursurprise, that thesepeople had alwaysknown war andwere almostcomfortable with it,if that was possible.We didn't know itat the time, but wewere about to learnfrom the best.Vietnam could becalled "TheCrossroads of theOrient," providingthe only landpassage betweenthe vast regions ofChina and all theterritories of thesouth. The invaderswere endless andcame from alldirections. From thenorth came theChinese: the Hans,the Tangs and theSongs. From thesouth, the tradersof the MalayPeninsula. From thewest, the spectralwarriors fromAnkor, the Thai-speaking tribesfrom Siam, andeven absenteelandlords-by-proxyfrom as far away asthe Hindu Kingdomsof India.Industrialtechnology broughtEuropeandominance andVietnam fell underthe French colonialsphere. World WarII brought Japaneseoccupation, butalso, thecooperation of a"Vichy" styleFrench-Vietnamesegovernment. It wasduring this timethat a nationalist,civilian militia roseup called the VIETMINH, with itspolitical andphilosophical leaderHO CHI MINH. !--(Although alignedwith Allied forcesagainst theJapanese, the VietMinh successfullyfought against there-establisment ofFrench colonial ruleafter WWII. Thesubsequent peacetalks in Geneva in1954 schedulednational electionsfor the followingyear. These nationalelections, however,were never held,and the country was"temporarily"divided into Northand SouthVietnam.)--!This forcedseparation did notprove stable andthese civilianfighters re-emergedyears later duringthe "American" warwith a new name.The name that Iwould come toknow them by: theVIET CONG.COMMUNISMThings don't happenin a vacuum, dothey? I'll tell youthe same thingabout communismthat Colonel Mackytold me. AfterWWII, the Alliesgave France back tothe French, we gaveItaly back to theItalians, and Spainback to the Spanish.But the RussianCommunists refusedto leave easternEurope. The peopleof the world hadlegitimate cause tobe alarmed. RussianCommunism was amilitaristiccorruption ofsocialist principles.When word got outthat religion itselfwas to beeliminated, therewas no way toreconcile. Anideological war wason. After theCommunist Koreanstried to march onSeoul, the "DominoTheory" wascreated. If Vietnamfell, all of themainland Orientwould follow. SoJohn Forster Dulles,the archetect ofSEATO, had everyreason to believe hewas doing the rightthing, even if itdenied democracyto the people ofVietnam. After all,Ho Chi Minh wasjust a puppet of theChinese "Reds.""The citizens arenot intelligentenough to be toldthetruth."...Machiavelli"No one is stupid.But the people arenot well-informedenough to makeimportant decisionsaboutPolicy."...Anonymouspolitical candidate"But youare?" ...BlackballedpoliticalcorrespondantTHE SUMMER OF'64In the summer of1964 I was 11 yearsold. And I canremember it was adifferent time inAmerica. A moreinnocent time. Noone seemed to usebad language.Politicians seemedto always tell thetruth. The policewere all polite andnice. Ourinstitutions wereheld in high regard.And the only peoplewho had tattooswere criminals orveterans from thewar. It was a timebefore Horrormovies andGangster movies (atleast in widerelease). Even loudrock bands like THEBEATLES wore suitsand had relativelyshort hair.It was a time beforedrugs, beforepromiscuous sex,and a time beforeviscious streetcrime, at least for ayoung kid growingup in middle-classRochester, NewYork. About theonly globalproblemsencountered by uskids was when wewere told to finishour food by ourmothers becausethere were starvingchildren in China.But a series ofevents occuring halfa world away wouldconspire to shatterthis delicateAmerican innocenceforever...THE GULF ONTONKIN INCIDENTOn the evening ofAugust 4th, 1964, itwas hot, dark andmisty in the Gulf ofTonkin as twoAmericanbattleships, the USSMADDOX and theUSS TURNER-JOY,began their patrolof these waters offthe coast of NorthVietnam. !--(AlthoughWahington andHanoi were notofficially at war, theAmericans had setup SEATO, theSouth East AsianTreatyOrganization, indirect opposition tothe Geneva PeaceAccords of 1954,effectively blockingnationalelections.)--!As the evening woreon, a violentthunder cell sweptup the slot from theIndonesian SpiceIslands. As thestorm eventuallyengulfed the ships,the electricalactivity in theswirling cellwreaked havoc withthe sensitive RADARand SONAR systemsof the day.First the RADARoperator reportedpossible contact,but he couldn't besure. Perhaps twoor three smallgunboats. TheSONAR report wasinconclusive. Therewas simply toomuch electricalinterference foraccurate readings.As a precaution,several rounds weredischarged topsidein the direction ofthe vector. As thenight continued,though, no actualcontact was everestablished. Earlierin the evening,however, a radioreport had beensent out informingcommand of theincident.Six days later, inWashington,President Lyndon B.Johnson used thisunsubstantiatedincident to askCongress to passthe so-called GULFOF TONKINRESOLUTION,officially beginningthe "American" warin Vietnam.THE CURTAINRISES...EXTERIOR SCENE Ajungle scene atnight. Two bushesseem to slowlymove.They are moving.But they are notbushes. Twosoldiers crawl alongthe ground. Theywear "Ghillie" suits,covering their headand back with moss,leaves andbranches.One soldier movesslightly ahead andviews withbinoculars. Thesecond holds backand prepares a rifleagainst a tree, butseems hesitant.BINOC GIDEON:"Caine. That's ourtag."RIFLE CAINE:"Gideon. We're tootight. We're on topof'em."GIDEON: "Caine.That's our tag. Thefire. Three clicks tothe left. The oldman with the whitebeard. That's ourtag. Now take it.Stop your cryin'and do your duty!"RELUCTANTLY,Caine locks downthe weapon andFIRES. The BLASTshatters thestillness. After just amoment,SCREAMING,YELLING, and thenweapons FIRE fillsthe air.GIDEON foolishlykeeps viewing asthe ammo RIPS by,all around. Caine isemphatic as hecommands.CAINE: "Gideon. Getdown. Get the helldown."GIDEON turns andruns back to thenow prone Caine,but is hit and fallsas he reaches him.Caine grabs thelimp Gideon by thecollar and dragshim into their"Blind," a tinyshelter in thebushes they havefashioned.NVA REGULARsoldiers run by,pointing andSHOUTING, but onlystopping tocircumview, andthen continue.AS THE SOUND ofthe soldiers fades,Caine stealthilyleaves the"Blind,"... alone.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~INTERIOR SCENESgt. Caine is ledfrom a jail cell intoa meeting arena. Hestands before auniformed officer.OFFICER:"CommandSargeant James D.Caine! You havebeen sentenced to"Death by FiringSquad" by theUnited StatesMartial Court ofSouth Vietnam onthis day, November17th, 1972. Do youhave any last wordsbefore execution ofsentence?"CAINE: "Last words?Of course I gotsome last words. Ishouldn't even behere. ColonelMacky! I followedevery order yougave me. Tell thisguy. Macky,tell'em."OFFICER: "That'senough."FROM THESHADOWS ColonelMacky responds.MACKY: "Caine.Stand tall. Takeyour punishmentlike a man."CAINE: "Mypunishment?"OFFICER:"Sargeant-at-Arms!"SGT-AT-ARMS:"Ready arms. Aim.Fire... Fire... Fire...."TITLE: ONE YEAREARLIER...
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