BOY

(SQUEAKY)

BOY

(SQUEAKY)

How about a beer, man?

SAM

How about an I.D.?

SAM

BOY

An I.D.? That's very flattering. Wait till I tell the missus.

HE HANDS SAM A CARD.

CHEERS: A BAR IN BOSTON, SOMEWHERE IN TOWN NEAR THE BOSTON COMMON: ATTRACTIVE, FRIEDLY TRADITIONAL DECOR, WITH A SPORTS ORIENTATION -- PHOTOGRAPHS AND MEMNETOS HERE AND THERE. THE BAR IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS BUT NO CUSTOMERS OR BARTENDER ARE IN SIGHT. _SAM MALONE ENTERS_ FROM THE BACK CARRYING A BOX OF GLASSES, WHICH HE STARTS TO UNPACK. HE’S IN HIS THIRTIES WITH THE BODY OF AN EX-ATHLETE. _A YOUNG TEENAGE BOY ENTERS,_ AND SITS DOWN AT THE BAR. HE’S DRESSED IN A SUIT, TRYING TO LOOK AS OLD AS POSSIBLE.
        

SAM

Ah, military I.D. First Sargent James Burnes. Born 1944. That makes you 38. Must have fought in Vietnam.