Bottle Rocket Page #4

They nod seriously. Temple laughs.

EXT. FIELD. DAY

They're standing behind Temple's car in the middle of an

open pasture. The trunk is open. Temple's got some guns in

metal cases. They draw targets on pieces of paper. Anthony

draws a man running on his target. They fire a bunch of

different pistols. The last one they shoot's a .44 Magnum.

They buy it.

INT. BOB'S HOUSE. DAY

The TV room. There are two big couches and a nice giant TV.

The doors are open onto the balcony. The .44 is on the

coffee table. Dignan is sitting there with a map and some

diagrams laid out. Anthony and Bob are on either side of him.

Dignan's pointing at a notebook page with the heading

"Escape Route."

DIGNAN:

OK. Escape route. The most important

thing you can have is an escape

route. Just in case somebody's

tailing us. Or even chasing us, as

the case may be --

ANTHONY:

You think we're going to be chased?

DIGNAN:

That's a good question. No. I don't.

I'm just being hypocritical here.

However, I will say --

Bob reaches for the .44.

BOB:

(quietly)

I'm going to take a look at this.

DIGNAN:

(puts hand on gun)

Hang on This is important, Bob.

Anthony and I are responsible for

the internal situation. The money

and the people. You're responsible

for the external situation. The

streets and the getaway.

BOB:

(nods)

That's my responsibility.

DIGNAN:

That's your domain.

BOB:

OK.

Anthony is making a little man out of a scrap of paper.

DIGNAN:

Now. One thing we need to discuss

is timing. Timing is absolutely

crucial. What are you doing? Anthony!

ANTHONY:

(looks up)

Nothing. Go ahead.

Bob picks up the gun.

BOB:

(to himself)

How many bullets can that hold?

Dignan grabs the gun away and sets it down out of Bob's reach.

DIGNAN:

Bob.

BOB:

I'm paying attention. I just want

to look at it for a minute.

DIGNAN:

(screaming)

What's your f***ing problem? You're

a shithead!

BOB:

I just want to see how much bullets

it takes.

Anthony picks up the gun off the table. He clicks the action.

DIGNAN:

Anthony, give me the f***ing gun!

ANTHONY:

(pulling away)

No, Dignan. It's not your gun. It's

all of ours.

BOB:

(quietly)

I paid for it.

DIGNAN:

God DAMMIT.

Dignan stands up, grabbing his papers.

DIGNAN:

You two just don't give a sh*t, do

you?

Dignan starts out of the room. Anthony stands up.

ANTHONY:

Dignan, calm down.

DIGNAN:

(turns back, screaming)

You're out! I'm not working with

either one of you!

ANTHONY:

Dignan! Stop!

Dignan stops. Looking at Anthony.

ANTHONY:

Calm down. Take a deep breath.

DIGNAN:

(pause)

You're right. You're right.

Dignan sits back down and starts spreading out his papers

again. Freezes. Looks at Bob. Bob's looking at the gun. Bob

looks at Dignan. Bob looks away. Nobody moves.

EXT. DECK. EVENING

Anthony and Dignan have moved outside to the hot tub.

Anthony pets Bob's dog HECTOR. Bob's brother FUTURE MAN

walks up the path from the driveway with his blonde

cheerleader GIRLFRIEND.

FUTURE MAN:

What are you guys doing?

ANTHONY:

Nothing. We're just --

FUTURE MAN:

You seen my brother?

DIGNAN:

He's inside.

Future Man goes inside. His girlfriend stands there on the

deck.

GIRLFRIEND:

(smiles)

Hi.

ANTHONY & DIGNAN

Hi.

She stands there, looking across the yard. Anthony and

Dignan sit there in the hot tub, looking around. We hear

Future Man's loud voice inside:

FUTURE MAN:

Goddammit, Bob! Get your sh*t

together.

Future Man comes back out. He stops by the hot tub.

FUTURE MAN:

What are you guys up to tonight?

ANTHONY:

Nothing much.

DIGNAN:

Just hanging around.

Future Man walks back out the gate.

GIRLFRIEND:

Bye.

She follows Future Man. Anthony and Dignan watch them walk

away. Bob comes back out with some drinks. He looks shaken.

DIGNAN:

What'd Future Man want?

Bob shrugs and gets in the hot tub. They sip on their drinks.

Bob's got a Heineken.

BOB:

He doesn't get it. Held never

understand what we're trying to

accomplish here. It's too dangerous

for him.

DIGNAN:

Well, in reality it's not that

dangerous, Bob. It's only dangerous

if you don't know what you're doing.

BOB:

Yeah, but what if some nut pulled

gun on you?

ANTHONY:

The only nut with a gun is going to

be Dignan.

Anthony gets out of the hot tub and dives in the pool.

DIGNAN:

(whispering, very serious)

You know, Bob, Anthony did kill

someone. He electrocuted our

janitor senior year.

BOB:

He electrocuted someone?

DIGNAN:

It was an accidental. I don't want

to go into the details. It was just

one of those senior pranks that

didn't really go right. I mean,

obviously, since Swifty's dead.

That's why Anthony never graduated.

BOB:

His name was Swifty?

DIGNAN:

Yeah. One of the nicest old guys

you'd ever know.

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