The Delivery (5)
R Perez

 


THRU WINDSHIELD: busy CONSTRUCTION SITE.

ON THE STREET

The Mustang races by signs: "LANE ENDS" and "ONE LANE AHEAD."

The Mustang halts at the rear of a long line of cars, ENGINE
SNORTING. Up front, a yawning FLAGMAN holds a "STOP" sign.

Merrill sticks his head out, looking...
Construction vehicles and a huge mound of dirt block the
right lane. Opposing traffic's coming thru on the left.

Merrill sweats. He looks back...
Here they come: Mustang... Cadillac... squad car...

IN THE MUSTANG

Augustus aims his shotgun out back.

AUGUSTUS
Whatever we're gonna do, we should do
it now.

Merrill shifts, reverse, heading backwards...

AUGUSTUS
Um... wrong way. See, the bad men
are back there, and we want to go
away from them!

ON THE STREET

The Mustang angles, stops, then heads forward, squeaking past
the long line of cars... PICKING UP SPEED...

IN THE MUSTANG

AHEAD: the mound of dirt...
WHIP PAN: to Jules, who realizes, looking to Merrill, who is
intensely goal-focused, in a zone.

JULES
You're... you're not doing what I
think you're doing... ?

MERRILL
Seatbelts fastened, please.

Augustus faces front, confused...

JULES
Even if we make it.. which we
won't... we don't know what's on
the other side!

Augustus figures it out...

AUGUSTUS
Oh, no... no, no, no!!

ENGINE'S HUMMING. Jules braces her feet on the dash, head
between her knees. Augustus sees this, dizzy with fear...

AUGUSTUS
(trying to be calm)
Look, Merrill... pull over and let me
out. I'll be fine... okay? How
'bout that... ?
(absolutely freaking)
Oh, Lord almighty, listen to me... I
don't want to die!! Lemme out of
this coffin!!

MERRILL
Clench your teeth.

AUGUSTUS
Wh... what... ?!

MERRILL
Clench your teeth so when we land you
don't accidentally bite off your
tongue.

Augustus lets out a weak whimper, sits back, gripping
ceiling straps and closing his eyes.

ON THE STREET

Construction workers dive for safety.
The Mustang hits the dirt mound, riding up....

Taking flight...
High above...

Lands with a WHOOMP!, throwing dust, rocketing onward...

IN THE MUSTANG

Merrill gives a HOOT of joy. Jules plants a kiss on him. In
back, Augustus half-giggles/half-cries, giddy.

ON THE STREET, BEHIND

The Mustang ZOOMS off the dirt ramp... flying...
Followed by Balls' Cadillac... skyward...

They both land upright, surviving...

BEHIND

The squad car FLIES over the dirt mound... soaring...

Something's wrong. Off balance, slowly flipping...

BOOOOOOOM! -- lands flat on its roof, pancaked!

CUT TO:

EXT. L.A. RIVER BASIN -- CHASE CONTINUES

A narrow spillway. At the top, the Mustang BASHES thru a
chain-link gate, heading down...

Into the far-as-the-eye-can-see expanses of the concrete
Los Angeles River. The Mustang picks up the pace, riding the
sloped wall.

LONG-SHOT AERIAL VIEW: as the Mustang and Cadillac shadow
the Mustang. Straightaway. SPEEDS BECOME EXCESSIVE...

IN THE MUSTANG

Jules cranks a handle above, opening a SUNROOF.

IN THE RIVER BASIN

Jules stands up thru the sunroof, aiming two guns back...

Behind, Poe slows, letting Balls' Cadillac take the lead.
Thug-One leans out, FIRING a MACHINE GUN...

Jules shoots, DOUBLE BLASTING...

IN THE CADILLAC

Thug-One's gun empties. He leans in to reload. He doesn't
notice yet: Balls is a gory, bullet-ridden mess beside him,
slumped against the steering wheel.

THUG-ONE
Bitch can't hit a thing.

Thug-One finishes loading, lets out a nervous laugh, glances
at Balls' corpse... does a double-take...

Thug-One looks forward, opening his mouth to scream...

IN THE RIVER BASIN

The Cadillac EXPLODES as it SLAMS a bridge abutment dead
center. HUGE FIREBALL...

The Mustang bursts thru the flame, unrelenting...

Merrill takes the Mustang down off the wall...
KNIFING thru shallow water...
Up the opposite wall...

The Mustang follows suit with Thug-Two SHOOTING...

CUT TO:

EXT. GOLF COURSE -- CHASE CONTINUES

Chain link fence borders the L.A. River. A golf cart
putters past. The Mustang and Mustang BUST up and out thru
the fence, taking off across the golf course...

ELSEWHERE

On the tee, an elderly GENTLEMAN GOLFER, in plaid knickers
and a pom-pom cap, tees off. Good hit...

He watches his ball go, squinting. Far off, down the
fairway, the Mustang and Mustang cross the lush, rolling
hills, EXCHANGING GUNFIRE...

DOWN THE FAIRWAY

The golf ball bounces off the hood of the Mustang.

UP ON THE TEE

Gentleman Golfer watches the cars pass. GUNSHOTS ECHO.

GENTLEMAN GOLFER
That's peculiar.
(long pause, to caddie)
Winter rules, I suppose.

FURTHER ON

The Mustang and Mustang clash, BUMPING each other...

JOSTLING for position. Really moving...
The Mustang heads downhill, swerving... BASHING the Mustang,
guiding it... towards a SAND TRAP...

Poe realizes too late, crying out...

The Mustang hits the sand trap, WHEELS WHINING, SPINNING and
THROWING SAND high in the air. Immediately immobile.

Poe pounds the wheel in frustration, going ape-shit.

The Mustang continues...

CUT TO:

EXT. L.A. STREET -- CHASE CONTINUES

The Mustang BURSTS out from a line of thick shrubbery, onto a
semi-busy street, joins the flow of traffic.

CUT TO:

INT. BEVERLY HILLS ESTATE, LIVING ROOM -- AFTERNOON

Big party. Loud. Party-goers move in the trippy flicker of
STROBE LIGHTS, drinking and drugging. Merrill, Jules and
Augustus arrive, scanning..

In the middle of the' crowd, there's a NUDE WOMAN in only a
mink coat standing on top a piano, laughing
hysterically for no reason, non-stop; laughing and laughing
and laughing, though we can't hear her over the din.

Half the room's taken up by a makeshift indoor volleyball
court, where men and women play NAKED VOLLEYBALL. These
aren't all "beautiful people" either. There's plenty of
middle-aged men and women who should have kept clothes on.

AUGUSTUS
That's sick.

MERRILL
Welcome to Beverly Hills.
Wife-swapping Capital of the World.

Merrill leads the way. A big, NAKED BODY-BUILDER comes to
block their path. Merrill grimaces, afraid to look down.

NAKED BODY-BUILDER
'Scuse me, fella... I need to see
your invitations.

MERRILL
Or what? You gonna hit us over the
head with your penis?

Body-Builder grips Merrill. Jules and Gus brandish guns.

JULES
Take your baby-lotioned hands off
him, Zeus. Good. Now, come here...

IN A HALLWAY

Jules leads Naked Body-Builder with her gun to his neck.

JULES
You're gonna tell us where Aaron the
accountant is. But first...

She takes out HANDCUFFS, snaps one cuff around a doorknob
and secures it, then holds up the other cuff.

JULES
Try to guess which part of your
body's going in here.

INT. BEVERLY HILLS ESTATE, DISCO ROOM -- AFTERNOON

MUSIC THROBS. People dance, drenched, STROBE-LIT. Bad
fashion choices. They're really shaking their bootie,
banging asses together, grabbing and gyrating, oversexed.
Merrill, Jules and Gus shove thru this jumble, moving on.

EXT. BEVERLY HILLS ESTATE, BACKYARD -- AFTERNOON

On the porch, surrounded by coke mirrors and bowls of R,W+B
pills, three nubile YOUNG WOMEN sit in the frothing HOT TUB,
drinking champagne and giggling.

Then, AARON, a middle-aged, hairy-chested sleaze-ball in
gold chains, pops up from under the water, laughing...

AARON
Now, that's what I call diving for --

He's YANKED out of the hot tub by the chains around his
neck, ending that sentence with a guttural CHOKE.

INT. BEVERLY HILLS ESTATE, GARAGE -- AFTERNOON

Aaron's shoved into the garage, catches himself against his
red Trans-Am, wet and vulnerable in his bathing suit. He
turns to face Merrill, Jules and Augustus.

AARON
This is private property. This is
breaking and entering!

MERRILL
Just entering. We'll get to the
breaking in a minute.

Aaron's shifty, crosses his arms to cover nipples.

AARON
Whatever you fuzz are sniffing for, I
don't have it. You came to the wrong
place.

Merrill throws the ledger book and Aaron catches it.

MERRILL
You're Ted's calculator,
Aaron. All the blood money you had
to move around to make this deal, you
got to know something. Maybe they
told you, maybe you overheard things
you weren't supposed to hear...

AARON
I'm telling you, you're barking up
the wrong tree.

MERRILL
(furious)
Well, I'm running out of trees, so
look me in the eye like a man and
tell me you don't know! Convince me!

AARON
(flinching, miserable)
I don't know. Fuck off!

JULES
(studies Aaron)
You suck at lying, Aaron.

MERRILL
See... now that we know you know, the
hard part's done for us.

JULES
It's just a question of how long do
we have to slap you silly till you
spill the beans.

AARON
If this deal goes smooth, I clear
three hundred fifty grand. That's
enough for three more houses like
this. And, what are you offering me
instead, other than a black eye and a
fat lip?

Merrill motions. Augustus steps up, puts Aaron in a choke.

AARON
Yeah... there, just like that...
(submits)
Okay, go ahead. But first take a
good look around at how I'm living,
and then think about your own shitty
lives...

Merrill pushes Augustus aside, GUT-PUNCHES Aaron. Aaron's
gasping. Augustus PUNCHES him, sends him sprawling.

AARON
(catching breath)
I know the drill. Maybe I can't stop
you from beating on me... but, I'll
heal up. It doesn't change the fact
that cops eat hamburgers and hot dogs
while crooks eat lobster and caviar.

Merrill KICKS. Aaron rolls. Merrill comes to lift Aaron up
by gold chains, ready to punch again...

AARON
(weary, resigned)
It's not even like there's a choice
to be made, so... do whatever you
feel like you have to do.

Merrill's unsure. He drops Aaron, frustrated, leaving.

INT. BEVERLY HILLS ESTATE, LIVING ROOM -- AFTERNOON

Merrill leads the way back across the volleyball room, angry,
pushing stoned guests. Augustus lights up a cigarette.

JULES
We're screwed.

MERRILL
I'm well aware of that.

AUGUSTUS
What's the plan?

MERRILL
Beats me. You got a suggestion, feel
free to shout it out, genius.

Merrill glances up, stops. He's focused above, loathing...

ABOVE, on a balcony overlooking the party, ADAM, a gaunt,
glassy-eyed blonde junkie in head-to-toe leather, smiles
down. He crooks his finger slyly; "come here."

INT. BEVERLY HILLS ESTATE, UPSTAIRS BEDROOM -- AFTERNOON

Our three heroes follow Adam in, wary. Dim room. Candles.
Adam sinks into a couch, puts his arm around EVE, a blonde
misfit-addict also slathered in leather.

MERRILL
(disgust, anger)
Adam and Eve. Never one without the
other.

Eve's fixing, shooting heroin...

Jules's riveted by this, instantly queasy, averts her eyes.

EVE
That's our names, don't wear'em out.

Eve laughs, so stoned. She puts the needle aside. Adam
gropes her face and they flick tongues together.

Augustus puts a hand on Jules's shoulder. Jules gives him a
look to say she's okay, wiping sweat off her upper lip.

ADAM
(to Eve, lovingly)
Indivisible and inseparable.

MERRILL
Incestuous.

ADAM
Every person's got their own kinks,
beef-cake.
(stands, slinks forward)
What's wrong, Merrill? You don't
swing?

Adam rises to lavish attention, touching. Merrill stews.

ADAM
What Eve and I wouldn't give to meet
up with you on the business end of a
daisy chain.

MERRILL
(shoves Adam off)
Put up your kickstand, freak. Start
talking, or we're out the door.

ADAM
A little birdie whispered in my ear
today... about the needle-candy
you're chasing. It's up here...
(taps his forehead)
... in the old curiosity shop.

Merrill looks questioningly to Jules and Augustus, doubtful.

MERRILL
How much?

ADAM
I figure, for this information, the
usual payment... times ten.

MERRILL
You think it's that good?

ADAM
I'll tell you what... I think it's
all you've got.

MERRILL
(false smile)
Well... what can I do? You've
created a dilemma...
(looks at watch)
And, look at the that.
Time's running out. I wonder... how
can I impress upon you just exactly
how frustrating this situation is for
me?

Augustus dutifully drops his cigarette, steps it out. He
grabs Adam and throws him across the room...

Adam SMASHES a dresser and tumbles to the floor, smugness
immediately replaced by shock and fear.

EVE
Bastards... !

Eve gets up, falls down, and crawls to cradle Adam.

MERRILL
You get nothing and like it. And if
we're not blissfully happy with what
you tell us, we arrest you just for
the fun of it.

ADAM
Okay, man, okay. I'm with you. I...
I heard how the shit's arriving...
(leans forward, whispers)
It's coming in a Lincoln.

Merrill's waiting for more. There ain't more.

MERRILL
And... ?

ADAM
What and? That's what I got.

MERRILL
A Lincoln? What Lincoln? Lincoln
Continental? Lincoln Mark Five...
Six... ?

ADAM
Now you know what to watch for...

MERRILL
Am I supposed to take this
information and sit up in the hills
with a frickin' telescope?

JULES
This much powder you don't throw in
the trunk with a blanket over it.
It's got to be smuggled.

MERRILL
There's not even enough places to
stash it in a car.

ADAM
Have I ever steered you wrong?

MERRILL
(pissed, to Augustus)
Cuff'em. Let's see what these two
love birds say once they're sitting
in separate cages.

Augustus pulls Eve off Adam, handcuffs her roughly as she
kicks and protests. Adam grabs at her, scared.

ADAM
Get off her, monster! Leave her
alone... !

Augustus shoves Adam. Jules restrains Adam, cuffing him.

MERRILL
(to Augustus)
Take her down to the car, and for
Christ's sake be careful this time.
(to Adam)
Last suspect he took in,
butter-fingers dropped her down the
stairs. What a mess. Why is it we
don't appreciate our arms and legs
till we've lost the use of them?

ADAM
(desperation rising)
Hey, listen... I'll give you
something else, Merrill. Anything.
Remember... remember that corpse
washed up on Huntington Beach? It
was never identified...

MERRILL
Who cares?

ADAM
Alright, wait... there's a dentist in
Brentwood peddling morphine...

MERRILL
(ignores, to Gus)
Careful she doesn't hit her head on
the way.

Augustus drags Eve towards the door.

ADAM
Come on, don't you screw with her,
please! You... you got to want this:
armored car job. CalTrust Bank.
They took two million in cash...

MERRILL
Read my lips: Ted or nothing.

JULES
Hold up a minute, Merrill.

Jules drops Adam, motions for Merrill to follow her. They
huddle. Jules whispers.

Gus waits in the doorway with Eve, lights a cigarette.
Merrill nods to Jules, then returns to Adam.

MERRILL
We'll take the CalTrust heist, but if
it's no good, we will hunt you down,
and Augustus will pull out your
spine and he will beat you to death
with it.

ADAM
(relieved)
Fair enough.


CUT TO:

INT. WAREHOOSE HIDEOUT -- AFTERNOON

A dirty window. Merrill's face appears outside, peeking in
thru grime. He ducks away. CAMERA MOVES...

REVEALS an ARMORED CAR in the middle of the vast
warehouse... and, away from the truck, SIX BANK ROBBERS,
unwashed, frightening tough-guys, play poker, drink and
smoke... and, nearby, a SUITCASE full of cash. $2 million.

EXT. WAREHOUSE DISTRICT -- AFTERNOON

Empty streets like a ghost town. Late in the day. The
sun's low. Merrill hurries back to the parked Mustang.

INSIDE THE MUSTANG

MERRILL
They're there, laying low. It's
Diane and Jack's crew.
Lunatics, every one of 'em.

Jules and Augustus have duffel bags of guns on their laps,
sorting and trading bullets, loading every gun. Merrill
picks up his own bag, following suit.

For a while, that's the only sound, of guns checked and
loaded. Merrill takes a deep swallow from his
flask. Gus turns his head, seeing this, faces front.

Augustus
(Merrill)
When you planning to cut back on
that?

Merrill
What?

Augustus
The booze.

Merrill
I don't know. I could quit now if I
wanted, I just don't want to.

JULES
(skeptical)
Sure you could.

Merrill studies his reflection in the flask, buzzed, sad.

Merrill
I don't know what the problem is.
Plenty of great men throughout
history got their bravery out of a
bottle

Augustus
Name one.

Merrill
Dean Martin.

Augustus
Entertainers don't count.

All the time, they're still occupied loading guns.

Merrill
What about Jack Daniels? Wasn't he a
decorated general in the Civil War?

JULES
No.

Merrill
General Jim Beam, then.

JULES
Nope.

Merrill
Oh. Well. I think it's pretty
common knowledge that in the Battle
of Little Big Horn, Custer was drunk
off his ass.

Augustus
Who's been giving you history
lessons? Your bartender?

Merrill
Okay, seriously. What about
Napoleon, huh?

Augustus
What about him?

Merrill
You've never heard of Napoleon
brandy, Mister Smarty-Pants? How do
you think it got its name?

JULES
Merrill, I love you I really do... but
I've got to tell you, every day, in
every way, you give new meaning to
the word "stupidity."

Merrill
(long pause)
What can I say to that... except, I
love you too, you mean-spirited
bitch.

In front, Jules allows a thin smile, still loading. Merrill
turns ON the RADIO: Theme from TV�s "Happy Days."

MERRILL
(to Jules, calm)
Excuse me...

Merrill moves over, angling his body and lifting his heel so
he can KICK the radio -- SMASHING the radio into SILENCE.

Merrill sits back down and calmly continues loading.

CUT TO:

INT. WAREHOUSE HIDEOUT -- AFTERNOON

Big warehouse doors. The Mustang CRASHES thru!

Across the warehouse, robbers leap to their weapons, running
for cover behind big wooden crates and industrial drums.

The Mustang skids to stop, sideways...
Merrill, Jules and Augustus, wearing NYLONS stretched over
their heads, jump out with duffel bags, taking cover behind
the car. Bullets THUNK against the Mustang.

Merrill's got got a BULLHORN, shouting into it.

MERRILL
(thru bullhorn)
... This is the police. We don't
want trouble... just come out with
your hands up...

The bank robbers peer out occasionally, FIRING sporadically.

MERRILL
(thru bullhorn)
Put down your weapons and surrender.
I'm not kidding... this is your last
chance. Stop trying to kill us', or
we will be forced to return fire...

Robbers curse them, keeping up their uneven attack.

BEHIND THE BARRELS, Several robbers are reloading, not too
quick, dropping bullets in their haste.

BEHIND THE MUSTANG, Merrill gives Jules and Augustus a look
and a shrug. He tosses the bullhorn aside...

Merrill, Jules and Augustus open duffel bags in front of
then, choosing guns, rising...

FIRING, six guns in all, one per hand...

Wooden crates splinter. Holes burst in metal drums.
Several robbers are hit, bloodied.

Our heroes keep BLASTING. As soon as a gun empties, it's
thrown aside in favor of another from a duffel bag,
facilitating NON-STOP FIRING...

One robber rises up, FIRING. He's hit, falling, and bloody.

Poker chips and cards are sent flying...
BULLETS are HEARD RICOCHETING everywhere, throwing sparks...

Bank robbers are overwhelmed, hardly able to get in a shot.

GUNSHOTS are DEAFENING as Merrill, Jules and Augustus
continue SHOOTING. Gun smoke grows thick and empty guns pile
up at their feet.

One robber makes a run for an exit door, but he gets shot
down on the way, falling, screaming.

Merrill, Jules and Augustus stop firing. GUNSHOTS ECHO.

MERRILL
(pause, shouting)
If anybody's still alive over
there... now would be a good time for
you to run away.

A pause. Two remaining robbers run, reaching an exit door
and escaping, not looking back.

CUT TO:

INT. Aaron�s B.H. ESTATE, BATHROOM -- AFTERNOON

Aaron's house. Aaron's in the shower. PHONE'S RINGING.
Aaron gets a towel, answers the nearby phone.

AARON
(into phone)
Yeah?
(listens, impatient)
I got nothing to say to you... huh?
How's that...
(interest piqued)
I'm listening.


IN THE ADJOINING BEDROOM

A REDHEAD, one of the hot tub bikini girls, stands
eavesdropping. She crosses...

Carefully picks up a phone, listening.

MERRILL'S VOICE (v.o.)
(from phone)
This is something you should
seriously consider. What do you say?

AARON'S VOICE (v.o.)
(pause, from phone)
Meet me on Mulholland. Above Outpost
Drive...

INT. BEVERLY HILLS MANSIOH, KITCHEN -- AFTERNOON

Party Music�s still THROBBING elsewhere. The Redhead moves
thru weirdoes, reaches a phone, dialing.

REDHEAD
(waits for answer,
whispers in phone)
Hello? Yeah... I need to talk to
Mister Ted.

CUT TO:

EXT. MULHOLLAND DRIVE, LOOKOUT POINT -- AFTERNOON

Merrill opens the SUITCASE filled with $2 million dollars.

MERRILL
It's all yours.

Aaron tries not to let his excitement show, but he's awed.
It's twilight. They're on the road's narrow shoulder with
the city beginning to sparkle behind. Cars parked nearby.

AUGUSTUS
You could start over again with cash
like that.

JULES
Go wherever you want. Live how you
want.

MERRILL
No more counting the big money for
someone else.

JULES
Beholden to none.

Aaron's conflicted. He touches the money, hands trembling.

MERRILL
(looks at watch)
It's six o'clock. Time's running
out. Decide.

AARON
If I tell you, how do I know you
won't just club me and take it back?

MERRILL
You don't. It's a gamble. But, not
even in Vegas are you gonna get close
to this kind of cash.
(emphasizing)
This is two million, Aaron. It's
not three houses, it's twelve. It's
dreams come true.

Aaron's tempted, fearful.

JULES
(whispers)
Risk it.

Aaron stares at the money, trance-like. Then, quietly:

AARON
It just got here. Like you said, it
took about a week from New York...

Merrill, Augustus and Jules share looks, can't believe.

AARON
(long pause)
Three hundred kilos of White Lady
hidden inside a giant bust of Abraham
Lincoln. A parade float.

MERRILL
What... ?

AARON
(looks to Merrill)
Abe Lincoln...

FLASHBACK -- INTERSTATE HIGHWAY -- DAYS AGO

Coming down the road, hauled by a R,W+B pick-up truck: a
giant ABE LINCOLN HEAD parade float, tacky and crude.

AARON'S VOICE
It's gonna be in the Bicentennial
parade on Wilshire tonight.

The float whizzes past.

BACK TO SCENE ON MULHOLLAND

AARON
You see how perfect it is? It's the
fucking Trojan "horse," man. Nobody
suspects a thing...

FLASHBACK -- TOWN FAIR -- A FEW DAYS AGO

In a small town square, country folk gather to look at the
Lincoln float and have pictures taken with it.

AARON'S VOICE (v.o.)
A gift from one city to another, but
who's gonna ask who's giving the
gift? It's a great, big,
paper-and-glue goodwill ambassador,
stopping along the way to promote
American values.

FLASHBACK -- NEW YORK CITY WAREHOUSE -- A WEEK AGO

Thugs load the lobotomized Abe float with BAGS of HEROIN.

AARON'S VOICE (v.o.)
Nobody imagines what's inside. No
cops are gonna search it, cause
what's to search? It's not a car.
It's not a truck. It's Abe Lincoln.

BACK TO SCENE ON MULHOLLAND

AARON
All Ted has to do is sit back
at his party tonight and wait till
the parade's done. The floats go to
some warehouse afterwards, where
there's no guards cause it's all
garbage in the morning anyhow. So,
while the city sleeps, Ted's
guys show up and empty it out.
(smiles)
It's that simple.

GUNFIRE O.S.! Bullets hit Aaron...
Merrill, Jules and Augustus turn, reaching for guns...

Poe and TWO KILLERS stand on the road, FIRING...

Merrill, Jules, Augustus and Aaron jerk and twist like
puppets as BULLETS RIDDLE THEIR BODIES.

The suitcase is hit, flipping off the ledge...
Money dumps out into Mulholland canyon.

Merrill, Jules, Augustus and Aaron collapse. GUNFIRE STOPS.

Poe walks over, inspecting. Smoke wafts. Merrill, Jules,
Augustus and Aaron lie motionless in pools of blood.

In the canyon, cash flutters down like a blizzard.

Poe walks away, taking one killer with him up the street.

POE
(to remaining killer)
Finish it.

The remaining KILLER goes to put a gun to Jules head,
pulls back the hammer... pulls the trigger --

Killer reloads, takes his time. POE'S MUSTANG can be HEARD
SCREECHING AWAY 0.S. Killer puts the gun to
Augustus's head, pulls back the hammer...

With a sudden ROAR, Augustus awakens, instinctively
grabbing Killer's gun and yanking -- SNAPS Killer's arm.

Augustus grips Killer's head, twists -- BREAKS Killer's
neck. Killer's dead. Augustus rises, uneasy, looks
around... falls back, unconscious.

FADE TO BLACK:

A VOICE from blackness: PRESIDENT GERALD FORD.

PREZ FORD (v.o.)
Two hundred years ago we, the people
of the United States of America,
began a great adventure which stirred
the imagination and quickened the
hopes of men and women throughout the
world. The date was July 4, 1776;
the occasion, the signing of our
Declaration of Independence...

FADE IN:

-- NIGHT

- On WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, the parades readying. Floats
are guided round a corner: giant BALD EAGLE, massive
REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIER with a musket... and, here comes the
Abe Lincoln float, pulled by the R,W+B pick-up.

- Marching bands mill about, NOISY, disorganized.

- Sidewalks with expectant spectators.

- Boy Scout troops are lined up by den-leader dads.

- Policemen chase a naked STREAKER. The crowd cheers.

- Baton twirling drum majors warm up.

PREZ FORD (v.o.)
No other nation in history has ever
dedicated itself more specifically
nor devoted itself more completely to
the proposition that all men are
created equal, that they are endowed
by their Creator with such
unalienable rights of life, liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness.

- In a HOSPITAL EMERGEMCY ROOM, doors slam open: doctors
and interns run all directions as Merrill, Jules, and Augustus
and Aaron are wheeled in on stretchers. Pandemonium.

- Merrill's bloody body is transferred to an operating
table. DOCTOR'S SHOUT ORDERS. Oxygen's administered.

 

 

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