Bottle Rocket Page #2

DIGNAN:

Well. What do you want to do? You

want to steal one or just drive

your car?

BOB:

(thinks for a minute)

I'll just drive my car.

INT. DELI. DAY

Anthony's playing pinball at a machine in the back of a

little grocery store. Dignan's watching.

DIGNAN:

Anthony, we'll get two hundred for

the coin collection alone. That's

less than what it's appraised at.

ANTHONY:

But Dignan, do you really know that

much about rare coins?

DIGNAN:

I know about money, Anthony. I know

the value of money. Plus the

earrings are worth three times that.

Anthony looks at Dignan. Dignan points at the pinball machine.

DIGNAN:

Your ball.

Dignan tries to hit the flipper.

ANTHONY:

I told you not to take the earrings.

Anthony keeps looking at Dignan. Dignan doesn't look up from

the machine. Anthony turns and walks away.

DIGNAN:

You got another ball.

Dignan watches him go.

DIGNAN:

I'm playing your game.

EXT. SIDEWALK. DAY

They're walking fast down the sidewalk.

ANTHONY:

The list, Dignan. I know you

remember the list because you

signed it. "Things Dignan was not

supposed to touch."

DIGNAN:

Every valuable item in the house

was on that list.

ANTHONY:

That doesn't make any difference. I

bought those earrings for my mother

on her birthday. They have a very

special value for her.

DIGNAN:

Yeah, but I can't be sorting

through that sh*t in the middle of

a burglary. There's just not time

for it.

ANTHONY:

Then you shouldn't of gone in

there, Dignan. Maybe we should of

robbed your house. Did you ever

think of that?

Dignan stops walking. Anthony looks back at him. Pause.

ANTHONY:

What?

Dignan turns and starts walking the other way.

ANTHONY:

Where are you going?

DIGNAN:

I don't appreciate you ridiculing me.

ANTHONY:

How was I ridiculing you?

DIGNAN:

You're making fun of my family. You

know there's nothing to steal from

my mom and Craig. You know exactly

what you're saying.

ANTHONY:

That's not what I meant, Dignan.

They both see something. They keep walking. Dignan looks

back down the sidewalk.

DIGNAN:

Did you see that?

ANTHONY:

Yeah, I saw it.

DIGNAN:

I'm lookout.

ANTHONY:

Dignan, it's got an alarm.

DIGNAN:

I don't think so. Just reach on in.

ANTHONY:

That sets it off.

DIGNAN:

No, just do it real quick.

(starts down the sidewalk)

I'll meet you down there.

Dignan cuts into an alley. Anthony turns back. Looks at a

parked car. Looks left and right. Walks to the car and

reaches in the half-open window.

An alarm goes off. Anthony unlocks the door and opens it.

Leans inside. Grabs a wallet off the seat.

A MAN standing on the sidewalk watches Anthony get out of

the car. Anthony looks at him, then walks down the sidewalk

not too fast. He turns down an alley and runs.

EXT. ALLEY. DAY

Anthony comes around the corner and meets Dignan beside a

dumpster. The alarm is still ringing in the distance.

Anthony starts looking through the wallet.

ANTHONY:

It had an alarm.

DIGNAN:

Yeah, I heard that.

ANTHONY:

(counting the money)

Five, seven, eight dollars.

He looks at Dignan.

DIGNAN:

(taking the wallet)

Holy sh*t. What'd I tell you?

ANTHONY:

Eight dollars.

DIGNAN:

That's not bad.

Anthony keeps looking at Dignan. Dignan smiles. He hands

Anthony a five dollar bill. Anthony looks at it. He takes it.

He puts it in his pocket. Dignan puts out his hand to shake.

Anthony waits a second. He shakes Dignan's hand for just a

second and walks down the alley. Dignan smiles and walks

behind him.

INT. HAMBURGER PLACE. NIGHT

Anthony and Dignan are sitting at a table with Bob.

ANTHONY:

What do herbs have to do with it? I

don't understand the --

BOB:

Pot is an herb. It's just like any

type of gardening.

DIGNAN:

How much could you grow?

Realistically.

BOB:

As much as I want. When these

plants bud I'll probably have about

six thousand dollars worth of weed.

DIGNAN:

Six thousand dollars? Come on, Bob.

BOB:

You should take a look. I have an

entire crop in my backyard.

ANTHONY:

In your backyard? How do you

protect them?

BOB:

It's private property. Plus I have

Hector.

ANTHONY:

Hector woudn't do anything.

BOB:

But he's got a loud bark. That's

the most important thing is a loud

bark.

DIGNAN:

If it's that easy why doesn't

everybody grow them?

BOB:

Good question.

Bob looks at Anthony and Dignan. He suddenly gets worried.

BOB:

Don't you guys tell anybody about

my plants.

DIGNAN:

You're paranoid, Bob.

BOB:

Yeah, but don't tell anybody.

ANTHONY:

Could you grow cinnamon?

BOB:

I don't know. Sure, I guess.

ANTHONY:

You could make your own cinnamon

toast.

Bob looks at Anthony for a second. He looks at Dignan. Back

at Anthony.

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