Bottle Rocket Page #15

ANTHONY:

(pause)

Were you adopted, Bob?

BOB:

Why do you say that?

ANTHONY:

Well, because you guys don't look

alike.

BOB:

No. I wasn't adopted.

Long pause.

ANTHONY:

Was Future Man adopted?

BOB:

Jesus Christ! No.

INT. CAR. DAY

Dignan and APPLEJACK are sitting in, a '72 Monte Carlo by

the curb two houses down from Bob's. Applejack is a small

black man with white hair. It's hard to tell exactly how old

he is. Around sixty-five.

DIGNAN:

There's a lot of valuable sh*t in

there, Applejack. The silver and

the china. The crystal. And the

grandfather clock. Goddammit, I bet

that clock's worth ten grand.

APPLEJACK:

Why the f*** do we need to blow up

the car? It doesn't make any

goddamn sense.

DIGNAN:

Just settling an old score. You

might say revenge.

APPLEJACK:

That sounds like a lot of bullshit

that'll land us in jail.

DIGNAN:

We might have to take that chance.

Cause I feel pretty strongly about

this.

APPLEJACK:

Is that Buckethead?

Anthony is walking Hector down the driveway.

DIGNAN:

Get down.

Anthony does some stretching exercises in the driveway.

APPLEJACK:

Is that him?

DIGNAN:

Wait a second.

They watch Anthony and Hector start down the street.

DIGNAN:

That's Anthony.

APPLEJACK:

That's your friend Anthony?

DIGNAN:

Yeah.

APPLEJACK:

What's he doing here?

DIGNAN:

Looks like he's staying with

Buckethead. That's what I figured.

He's probably got his own room.

Let's see where he's going.

Applejack puts the car in gear. They drive slowly.

DIGNAN:

Don't get too close.

Anthony looks back.

DIGNAN:

Stop. He saw us.

Anthony keeps jogging with Hector.

DIGNAN:

Wait. Did he see us?

APPLEJACK:

We're going too slow. It looks like

we're following him.

Anthony goes around a corner, down an alley.

DIGNAN:

Speed up.

They pull down to the end of the alley. Anthony and Hector

are racing down the alley.

EXT. ALLEY. DAY

Dignan gets out of the car.

DIGNAN:

Anthony!

Anthony looks back. He stops running.

DIGNAN:

Wait up.

Dignan jogs down the alley. He stops a few feet away from

Anthony.

DIGNAN:

Where you going?

Anthony points down the alley.

ANTHONY:

Just walking Hector.

Dignan looks down the alley. He looks at Anthony. Pause.

ANTHONY:

When'd you get back?

DIGNAN:

Ah. Couple days ago.

Pause.

DIGNAN:

(under his breath)

You want to shake hands.

Anthony puts his hand out. They shake. Pause. Anthony looks

down the alley.

ANTHONY:

Who's in the car?

DIGNAN:

That's Applejack. You want to meet

him?

ANTHONY:

Sure.

They walk to the car.

DIGNAN:

This is Applejack.

They shake.

ANTHONY:

Nice to meet you, Applejack.

APPLEJACK:

You're Anthony?

ANTHONY:

Yeah.

APPLEJACK:

I hear you're a good thief.

Anthony shrugs and smiles. He nods.

EXT. HAMBURGER PLACE. DAY

A hamburger place with no other customers. Anthony, Dignan,

and Applejack are sitting at an outdoor table. It's cold and

their jackets are zipped up tight.

APPLEJACK:

I'm just sitting at this bar

drinking my drink when this fine

chick walks by. She was a living

doll. And the big motherf***er who

came in with her sees me looking,

when he walks by he steps on my

foot. Doesn't say sh*t. Just takes

a seat with his lady. Well, I

holler out to him, If I was as big

as you, ain't no way in the hell

you'd of stepped on my foot like

that. He just laughed. He says,

Little man, take your foot and put

it in your pocket. I said, No, how

about I take my foot and I stick it

up your ass? Man, we went to war

right there. I hit him so hard I

knocked his nuts in his watchpocket.

But this motherf***er wouldn't go

down. Then all the sudden, out of

nowhere, Dignan came up behind him

and smashed a bottle on his head.

And that big old boy went down.

That's how I met Dignan. Good cat

to have on your side. He'll go to

war with you. He don't give a f***.

Applelack and Dignan slap hands.

DIGNAN:

Applejack would of got him anyway.

This was just the quicker war.

ANTHONY:

You really hit a guy with a bottle?

Dignan takes a little notebook out of his pocket.

DIGNAN:

Pretty much. He kind of fell into

me. But wait a second.

Dignan opens the notebook on the table.

DIGNAN:

I want you to look at this.

ANTHONY:

What is it?

DIGNAN:

It's big, Anthony. Real big. It's

called Hinckley Cold Storage.

ANTHONY:

What's Hinckley Cold Storage?

EXT. HINCKLEY COLD STORAGE. DAY

Anthony, Dignan, and Applejack are standing in front of a

massive structure with ladders and towers and huge doors.

Applejack's car is parked behind them. There are trucks

lined up along the loading docks. A big sign says Hinckley

Cold Storage.

DIGNAN:

Mr. Henry has an inside source. We

call him Steve. That's where we get

our information.

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