Bottle Rocket Page #11

DIGNAN:

Now that makes sense. We'll hang

out for a couple of days. Get a

little R&R. Make sure Future Man's

OK and then get back on the road.

ANTHONY:

As long as he gets out OK.

DIGNAN:

Obviously. That's a given.

ANTHONY:

Bob?

BOB:

What?

ANTHONY:

Is that OK?

Pause. Bob looks at Dignan. Looks at Anthony.

BOB:

(shrugs)

Yeah. I guess so.

They shake hands and start back to the room.

DIGNAN:

See, now we've got a plan.

ANTHONY:

Don't worry about it, Bob.

INT. MOTEL ROOM. NIGHT

Anthony, Dignan, Inez, Carmen, and Anita are sitting crowded

around the little table by the window in the motel room.

They've got banana daqueris and a bottle of wine. Moonlight

comes through the window. Bob is standing up in front of

them with a banana daqueri in his hand. He's singing a blues

number acapella. He's got a good voice.

INT. MOTEL ROOM. NIGHT

Dignan and Bob are playing slapjack with Carmen and Anita.

Everyone's got their hands ready as Carmen turns one card

then the next. Bob's having a conversation in fluent Spanish

with them about Las Vegas. He's talking about the rules at

different casinos: Bally's, Caesar's, the Desert Inn.

Dignan's paying close attention to the deck. A jack comes up

and he slams it.

EXT. MOTEL POOL. NIGHT

There's a light in the pool. Anthony and Inez are swimming.

Anthony swims around her with his eyes just above the water.

He goes under and comes up grabbing onto her. She laughs.

INEZ:

Does my skin feel soft, Anthony?

ANTHONY:

(passionate)

God, yes. Like silk.

.Inez starts to giggle.

ANTHONY:

What?

(starts laughing)

What?

INEZ:

Like silk?

ANTHONY:

God. That does sound corny. Oh,

your skin feels so soft and silky.

But it really kind of does.

He kisses her.

DIGNAN:

No lifeguard on duty. Swim at your

own risk.

They look up. Dignan's standng at the other side of the pool.

He smiles.

DIGNAN:

You know, I did save Anthony from

drowning once, Inez. Tell her,

Anthony.

CUT TO:

Dignan sitting with his feet in the pool. Anthony and Inez

are sitting on the steps beside him, in the shallow end.

DIGNAN:

See, one day we were playing hot

box over at my next door neighbor

Mr. Langston's house and Anthony

fell in the pool and got knocked

unconscious. I had to dive in and

save him.

ANTHONY:

This was in fourth grade.

DIGNAN:

Mr. Langston performed

cardiopulmonary recitation. CPR.

I've never said this before, but

frankly I thought Anthony was dead.

The veins in his face were all

sticking out. His skin was blue. He

truly did look dead.

ANTHONY:

After that my parents never let me

go to Dignan's again.

DIGNAN:

They blamed my family for everything.

They always said Mr. Langston saved

Anthony's life.

Dignan stares wistfully across the pool. Anthony looks at

him for a minute.

ANTHONY:

But if it wasn't for Dignan I

probably would of died.

DIGNAN:

(nodding, whisper voice)

Yes...It's true.

They're all quiet for a minute. Inez hangs onto the side.

INT. MOTEL ROOM. NIGHT

Bob's sitting in the room by himself, close to the TV,

watching a war movie.

EXT. MOTEL. DAY

The next morning. Dignan bursts out the door of the motel

room. He runs across the parking lot.

DIGNAN:

Son of a b*tch.

Dignan runs back into the room. He comes out with Anthony.

DIGNAN:

He's gone. He stole the car.

ANTHONY:

Where was it parked?

DIGNAN:

Right here.

Anthony looks around the parking lot.

DIGNAN:

That coward. Son of a b*tch.

ANTHONY:

Maybe he just went to the store.

DIGNAN:

He took his stuff. He's gone.

(pause)

I should of seen this. I should of

expected it. Bob doesn't have any

character.

Anthony puts his hands in his pockets. Looks out at the

highway.

ANTHONY:

He went back for his brother.

DIGNAN:

We said 48 hours.

ANTHONY:

That's a long time to be in jail.

They stand there in the empty parking lot. Anthony goes

inside.

INT. MOTEL ROOM. DAY

In the room. The blinds are pulled. Anthony's sitting at the

end of a bed. Dignan's pacing around the room.

DIGNAN:

We'll get him. Don't worry about

that. We'll go back. We'll find him.

And we'll blow up his car. Or do

something. I promise you.

Anthony gets up and walks to the bathroom. He shuts the door.

Dignan follows him over to the sink and sits on the counter.

DIGNAN:

I mean, let's face it. Bob was dead

weight. We're a lot better off

without him.

(pause)

But who could expect it? Just like

that. Steals the f***ing car. What

kind of person pulls that --

Anthony opens the door and walks out.

ANTHONY:

Bob didn't steal the car. He told

me he was going. He had to go help

his brother.

Anthony sits back down on the bed. Dignan's shocked.

DIGNAN:

When'd he tell you?

ANTHONY:

This morning.

DIGNAN:

Where was I?

ANTHONY:

You were asleep.

DIGNAN:

He told you and you let him do it.

ANTHONY:

He told me because he wanted to

know if I wanted to go.

DIGNAN:

(hesitates)

If you wanted to go? What were you

going to do? Just leave me here by

myself?

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