American Hustle Page #21

construction, if we can expedite a

very wealthy man’s citizenship --

149 INT. SHERMAN SUITE, PLAZA HOTEL - NIGHT 149

150 CAMERA PANS TO HOLE IN CORNER and CAMERA LENS --150

152 152

RICHIE DIMASO:

How you doing congressmen?

JOHN O’CONNELL

I’m excited to be here.

CARMINE POLITO:

This brings the state back. I mean,

how long we known each other?

(MORE)

119.

CARMINE POLITO (CONT'D)

You know what this is gonna do for

us? This is huge for the state of

New Jersey. It stabilizes our

economy.

IRVING ROSENFELD

Hotels. Restaurants. It’s waiting

to happen. Carmine sees it, this

f***ing thing is waiting to happen.

CARMINE POLITO:

The goddamn bankers. Keeping their

money on the sidelines. How we

supposed to get anything done?

JOHN O’CONNELL

Bankers only put money in the game

when they can reap insane profit.

Richie staring, mesmerized by this trap.

RICHIE DIMASO:

The only problem is this

citizenship situation. I mean, we

got to expedite it as soon as

possible.

JOHN O’CONNELL

Yeah, well I'll tell you, you came

to the right place.

Everyone looks tense and on edge before.

JOHN O’CONNELL (CONT’D)

I’ll make it happen.

CARMINE POLITO:

Hey, this is going to happen.

Richie slides the briefcase in John’s direction.

CARMINE POLITO (CONT’D)

This is real. You understand? This

is real. On my family. On my kids.

On my life. On my work.

JOHN O’CONNELL

I know that, Carmine. You're a

good man

This hurts Irving to see his friends sincerity.

120.

153 ANOTHER DAY - ON GRAINY MONITOR 153

RICHIE DIMASO:

(on grainy black and white)

I’m federal agent Richard Dimaso. Iam placing 75 thousand dollars inthis brief case for one

Representative Gerald Sanders ofthe 3rd district.

SMASH TO:

154 -HAND SHAKES - REP. SANDERS SITS LOOKING WARILY AT BRIEFCASE 154

REP. SANDERS

I don’t want to do anything illegal-

CARMINE POLITO:

Please Gerry. Use it as a campaigndonation. Whatever you want to do.

Richie slides the briefcase to him.

155 ANOTHER DAY 155

RICHIE DIMASO:

(on grainy monitor)

I’m placing g $60,000 into an this

brief case for one Congressman EricKeshoygan of the 4th district --

ERIC KESHOYGAN:

I’m going to do what I can to help

Carmine.

Irv watches in pain as he sits with them.

SMASH TO:

156 ANOTHER DAY 156

RICHIE DIMASO:

A $100,000 into this briefcase for

two term United States Senator

Horton Mitchell of New Jersey.

A distinguished silver haired Senator, older.

HORTON MITCHELL:

Atlantic City. All the way down theshore. A mecca by the sea.

121.

Richie slides over the briefcase.

HORTON MITCHELL (CONT’D)

Carmine you’re beloved by your

people. Your constituency is noteven your constituency it’s your

family. That’s what you represent,

family.

CARMINE POLITO:

One small thing we do for this manis a huge thing we do for thepeople of New Jersey. This is whatwe can leave behind.

Irving can’t stand how hopeful his friend Carmine is being

because Irving knows Carmine is being set up. He gets up -CARMINE

POLITO (CONT’D)

Irving what are you doing?

RICHIE DIMASO:

Where you going?

IRVING ROSENFELD

(excusing himselfuncomfortably)

I just gotta go see a man about adog.

158 IRVING WALKS DOWN THE HALL VERY DISTORTED. HE GOES INTO THE

VIDEO ROOM WHERE STODDARD WATCHES THE SURVEILLANCE MONITORS

INTENSELY AS CARMINE CONTINUES TO STAND BEHIND HIS SINCERE

PLEDGES.

158

CARMINE POLITO:

(on grainy monitor)

I appreciate this. On my family. Onmy kids. This needs to happen. It’sgotta happen. You’ve got my word

Irving walks out of the room --

159 INT. HALLWAY OF SHERMAN SUITE, PLAZA -- CONTINUOUS 159

--into another room where Sydney on elegant gold couch, sitsalone. Surveillance equipment and room service trays are onthe coffee table.

160 INT. ANOTHER ROOM OF SHERMAN SUITE - CONTINUOUS 160

She watches Irving who is pacing anxiously and very wound up.

122.

IRVING ROSENFELD

(pacing)

I want to save us. I want to save

Carmine. It’s f***ing killing me.

SYDNEY PROSSER:

You know the only way to help

Carmine is through the Tellegio

thing.

IRVING ROSENFELD

It’s dangerous. We gotta get a wire

in there. We gotta make him feel

safe.

SYDNEY PROSSER:

There’s only one thing that can

really f*** this up and that’s your

wife.

IRVING ROSENFELD

(pacing)

Yep.

161 EXT. DANNY’S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL -- DAY 161

Rosalyn fixes Danny’s coat, hands him his lunch and sends him

off towards the school’s front door -

CLOSE UP:
ROSALYN STARES INTO LENS. Emotional, a mixture of

sadness and hope. She holds a closed bottle of her favorite

nail finish and smells it nostalgically.

A BLACK SEDAN PULLS INTO THE FRAME, SHE OPENS THE DOOR AND

GETS IN. IT IS PETE MUSANE, TELLEGIO’S MOBSTER SHE FLIRTED

WITH AT THE CASINO.

162 INT. PETE MUSANE’S CADILLAC - DAY 162

He gently puts a hand on her knee. She leaves it there for a

moment before pushing it away. They stare at each other.

163 INT. MAISON D’LUC - HUNTINGTON, LONG ISLAND - DAY 163

A NICE RESTAURANT OVERLOOKING THE LONG ISLAND SOUND, LIGHT

CORAL COLORED TABLECLOTHS; THE PLACE FILLED WITH DAYLIGHT --

ROSALYN AND PETE SIT VERY CLOSE. QUIET. TOGETHER. IN SILENCE.

FEW BEATS. CONTENT.

123.

PETE MUSANE:

I don't like your husband. You're

no good together. He doesn't

appreciate you. Hey, it happens.

It happened in my marriage. That's

why I went to Miami. Sometimes you

just gotta be tough. You gotta

stand up and you gotta leave, you

know?

Rosalyn looks at Pete smitten.

PETE MUSANE (CONT’D)

Sometimes you gotta let something

die to let something live. You’re

too beautiful to be unhappy.

ROSALYN ROSENFELD

I know. I mean, I don't want to

badmouth my husband, but let me

badmouth my husband for a second.

He just thinks that he knows

everything and he's so full of

sh*t. He's such a liar. He thinks

that I'm stupid, but I'm not

stupid. I hear him on the phone

arguing. He loves Carmine, but he

hates that other guy, that curly-

headed I.R.S. guy, or whatever

who's carting around my husband's

ex-lover, that redheaded whore.

PETE MUSANE:

IRS?

ROSALYN ROSENFELD

Anyway. You can see that it drives

him crazy.

PETE MUSANE:

You said IRS. What IRS guy? What

are you talking bout?

ROSALYN ROSENFELD

I hear them on the phone. I think

that he’s got Irv in some sort of

bind or something and he’s making

him do all of this stuff and so Irv

and Carmine right now are at the

Plaza Hotel throwing away all this

money at like Congress or whatever.

They’re giving money to congress or

something. I don’t really know but

I overheard it on the phone.

124.

Pete’s brow furrows - this is serious.

PETE MUSANE:

You know I hate to do this to you

but I have to go talk to your

husband. My boss is already angry.

You stay here I’m going to give you

some money for a taxi home.

He puts cash in her hands.

PETE MUSANE (CONT’D)

You stay here. Get yourself some

dessert. Finish the bottle of

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