"BRAVEHEART"

by

Randall Wallace

Early Draft



FADE IN:

EXT. THE SCOTTISH COUNTRYSIDE - DAY

Epic beauty: cobalt mountains beneath a glowering purple sky
fringed with pink, as if the clouds were a lid too small for
the earth; a cascading landscape of boulders shrouded in
deep green grass; and the blue lochs, reflecting the sky. We
hear a voice, husky, Scottish...

VOICE OVER
I will tell you of William Wallace.

EXT. MACANDREWS FARM - DAY

A farmhouse and a large barn lie nestled in a Scottish valley.
Riding down the roads that lead in from opposite sides are
Scottish noblemen in full regal