Blow Out Page #4

No. Something's buggin' me. This whole

thing with Henry, the governor's assistant.

Oh, he talked to you too, huh?

That's why I'm leavin' town.

He gave me some money

to disappear for a while.

I thought so. Look, they are covering up

a lot more than you being with McRyan.

- I know that tyre was shot out.

- How can you be so sure?

- Did you see the News Today photos?

- Yeah.

I found a way to put my sound with them.

And when you see it,

I'm sure you'll see it was no blowout.

I don't know.

Would you stick around

for a couple of days?

- What for?

- I just think you could help me with this.

Jack, I don't know. I'm in a helluva lot of

trouble already. If I stick around here...

If I can just clear myself of this...

We could go away together.

I mean... why not?

What the hell's the sense

of goin' away by yourself?

- I don't know.

- Come on.

I have to think about it or somethin'.

I'll think about it.

Hey, Sal. How ya doin', huh?

It's good to see... I was just hangin'

around, watchin' this great movie on TV.

You look terrific.

Yeah. So what are you doin' in Reading?

Listen, you want somethin' to drink here?

How about some Scotch?

- Yeah?

- It's Sally.

Hey, Sal! Hey, come on in! Come in.

You look great.

What are you doin' around here?

Jesus, Manny.

Don't they ever clean this place?

You gotta get up real early

to catch a maid. I haven't made it yet.

Hey, I'm sure glad

you come by, you know?

Listen, how'd you find me?

- We worked this place a million times.

- Oh, that's right. Hey, you want a drink?

- This isn't a social visit, Manny.

- Oh, no, huh? Oh.

You almost got me killed the other night.

Dead-you understand?

Oh, hey, babe. I didn't have nothin'

to do with that. That was an accident.

- What happened to you?

- What do you mean?

I took off as soon as I saw

that kid jump into the creek.

He did a helluva lot better job

than I coulda ever done.

You know, I don't know if I ever told you

this before but... I can't even swim, babe.

Great.

Terry, do you know how many conspiracy

nuts I've already had in here today?

No.

If I had a f***in' dime for every one of 'em

I'd buy all of Florida and retire in peace.

It's very clear in these photos.

The flash and the smoke.

It could be a lot of things. Why the f***

does everything have to be a conspiracy?

A man has a couple too many drinks,

he drives off the road, falls into a creek.

- Accident, plain and simple.

- It was not an accident.

I was there. That tyre was shot out.

I heard it. I recorded it.

So you're an earwitness

to an assassination. It's got a nice ring.

- Are you heading up the investigation?

- Yeah.

- Did you check McRyan's tyre?

- No. Why should I?

It has a bullet hole. He was killed.

- Says you. Everybody else says accident.

- Who?

I got a special commission formin' here

that's gonna say it was an accident.

That's gonna say it was?

They have no evidence! They don't have

the tape, the tyre, they didn't speak to me.

I know all about you and your f***in'

tapes. You put a lotta good cops away.

That has nothin' to do with this,

and I resent it.

I think you stink.

That's what it's got to do with it.

Hey, you. Just because I don't like you

does not mean I'm not gonna do my job.

Now gimme that tape. I'll send it over

to the lab and I'll have it checked out.

I want you to look at that film I made from

those photos. I think you'll get the idea.

But if we can get Karp's original film,

this gunshot'll be a lot clearer.

Karp is makin' a bundle

sellin' his pictures to magazines.

What makes you think

he'll give 'em to us?

- He's got to. It's evidence.

- I can't find him, Terry!

- It's your job, man!

- Don't tell me how to do my goddam job!

He could tell us what he was

really doin' with his camera.

Nobody wants to know. Nobody cares.

No sordid details.

No political assassination. Accident!

This guy's dead. None of this sh*t's

gonna do him any good now.

This isn't for him! I know he's dead!

Don't you understand? If they can get

away with killing McRyan, who's next?

Who's "they"? First tell me who "they" is.

Is it a communist conspiracy? Or maybe

it's ayatollahs in the street with blowguns.

- Oh, give me a break.

- Save your paranoia for public TV.

F*** you. I'm leaving.

Put those pictures down, or I'll have you

arrested for withholding evidence.

Is that right?

All right. I'll be at the office all day.

You can get me there.

I'll call you. Don't call me.

- It's Burke, sir.

- What?

It's Burke, sir.

- Burke! What have you done?

- I don't understand the question, sir.

Are you crazy? You were just

supposed to get some pictures of him.

Are you aware of what you're saying, sir?

Where are you?

I'm calling from a secure phone booth.

I suggest you call me back on same.

Excuse me. Is Mr Karp in?

- Could I go in?

- What for?

- I just have to pick up some pictures.

- Are you anybody?

- I'm one of his customers.

- You know, he had a lotta customers.

- You're a reporter, ain't ya?

- No.

- You want Karp's film.

- I don't know what you're talking about.

If there was a law against Iyin', I'd have

made a lotta collars today - Mr Customer.

- I am a customer and I'd like my pictures.

- Yeah, he's a customer too.

- He offered me a thousand bucks.

- Really?

And his wife offered me three.

Doesn't seem worth it

but I guess you had to be there, huh?

Looks like Karp did

a little divorce work on the side.

Didn't give a sh*t about his customers.

I found these in a heap under his bed.

That's some baby picture.

You were supposed to get pictures

of McRyan, not kill him!

I understood

the objectives of the operation.

I didn't kill him. It was an accident.

You accidentally

shot out the tyre of his car?

As you may recall, this was my plan

as proposed at our meeting of June 6.

We rejected that plan.

Don't you remember?

I do admit I had to exceed

the parameters of my authority.

But I stayed within

an acceptable margin of error.

After all, the objective was achieved.

He was eliminated from the election.

Burke, I don't know you.

I've never seen you.

- Don't ever call me again!

- Just a minute. We got some loose ends.

I changed the tyre

so it looked like a blowout.

I erased the sound guy's tapes

so he'll seem like a crackpot.

Karp's disappeared, but I'll find him.

But that still leaves the girl.

I've decided to terminate her and make it

look like one of a series of sex killings.

- This would secure our operation.

- What operation?!

Come on, Betty. Try again.

Take 28.

- Cut!

- Cut!

- Speak into the mike. They can't hear.

Oh, Christ. Cut!

All right, uh... switch.

Betty, you pull the hair. Jean, you scream.

Take 29.

- Sam! I'll be in my room.

- Hey! Where the f*** have you been?

I had some business to take care of.

Shut up!

- I thought you were workin' for me.

- I am. What's the problem?

- We need the effects for the other reel.

- Fine. I'll get 'em.

I haven't even got the scream

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