Bottle Rocket Page #9

DIGNAN:

Even if it's the difference between

some trooper recognizing us and

throwing us in prison or not?

Silence.

DIGNAN:

Well, Bob, Samson has decided that

his hair is more important than our

safety.

(screaming)

My friend, that is a reckless

decision! Let's go, Bob.

Dignan starts walking away.

DIGNAN:

Bob. Are you coming?

BOB:

See you in a little while.

ANTHONY:

See you, Bob.

INT. MOTEL ROOM. DAY

Anthony's wearing a bathrobe, sitting on one of the beds.

The maid unlocks the door and looks inside. She sees Anthony

and starts to go back out.

ANTHONY:

No, it's OK. Come on in.

She goes in and starts cleaning up. Anthony sits down in one

of the chairs and makes conversation.

ANTHONY:

It's hot out, isn't it? Yeah. This

is a nice little town. So, what, do

you do all these rooms yourself? Or

what? I'm Anthony.

He puts out his hand. She shakes it.

ANTHONY:

What's your name?

MAID:

Inez.

ANTHONY:

Inez?

She nods.

ANTHONY:

Let me give you a hand with that.

He helps her make the beds.

EXT. MOTEL HALLWAY. DAY

Anthony walks with Inez from room to room, helpinq her clean

up.

ANTHONY:

How do you say nineteen?

INEZ:

Dies y nueve.

ANTHONY:

Right. Yeah. Yo soy dies y nueve.

How old are you?

INT. MOTEL ROOM. DAY

Inez opens the door to one of the room.. They go in to clean

it.

ANTHONY:

Are you ever scared of finding a

dead body in one of these rooms?

INEZ:

(laughs)

No.

ANTHONY:

It could happen. This is the exact

kind of place where it happens. But

I don't want to scare you.

Anthony picks up a magazine off somebody's suitcase. He

flips through it. Inez takes it out of his hands and puts it

back on the suitcase.

INT. BATHROOM. DAY

Inez is putting a new bar of soap in the shower. Anthony

picks up some wet towels off the floor. It's cramped in there.

ANTHONY:

People think because they're in a

hotel they can act like a slob.

It's bad manners.

Inez takes the towels. She pulls the shower curtain shut.

ANTHONY:

Were you born in Mexico?

INEZ:

Cuba.

ANTHONY:

Oh, really? That's interesting. Do

you prefer Cuba or the United States?

Inez is trying to get out of the bathroom but Anthony's in

the way.

INEZ:

Scuse me.

EXT. MOTEL HALLWAY. DAY

Inez is pushing the cart. Anthony has his hand on the cart.

ANTHONY:

These towels are still warm.

He picks one up and holds it to his face.

ANTHONY:

I guess from the dryer.

He hands the towel to Inez. She holds it to her face.

ANTHONY:

I've never met anybody from Cuba

before.

Inez says a few sentences of very fast Spanish. Anthony nods.

Inez knocks on the door of a room.

INEZ:

Housekeeping.

A WOMAN about thirty-five years old opens the door.

WOMAN:

We're just checking out.

The woman goes back into the room. Inez follows her.

INT. MOTEL ROOM. DAY

The woman's packing a bag on the bed. Anthony comes in. The

woman looks at him. 8he's about to say something when

Anthony takes the liner out of the trashcan. The woman's

HUSBAND comes out of the bathroom. Anthony picks up some

stuff off the floor.

HUSBAND:

Hi.

ANTHONY:

Hi.

Anthony follows Inez into the bathroom. The husband looks at

his wife.

INT. BARBERSHOP. DAY

Diqnan's sitting in the waiting area of a barbershop reading

a newspaper. We can see Bob out the window, talking on a pay

phone. He hangs up and comes inside.

DIGNAN:

You can go first, Bob.

BOB:

My brother's in jail.

DIGNAN:

What are you talking about?

EXT. BARBERSHOP. DAY

They're standing next to the spinning striped pole.

BOB:

The weed.

DIGNAN:

But it's not his. How can they

arrest Future Man?

BOB:

They said he's a drug dealer.

Bob looks off into the distance. Sickened.

DIGNAN:

Those a**holes. We got rapes.

Murders. Violent crimes every

second. And this is what they come

up with.

(shaking his head)

They're just f***ing him because

he's from a prominent family.

INT. DINER. DAY

They're sitting at a table, waiting for their order.

DIGNAN:

I don't think they can make it

stick, Bob. I mean, what do they

actually have on Future Man?

BOB:

Well, the marijuana crop is a good

start.

DIGNAN:

That could be anybody's.

BOB:

They also found my two beam scale

in the garage.

. DIGNAN

Since when is it a crime to have a

scale in your house? Everybody has

a scale.

BOB:

The cops say it's a special kind of

scale drug dealers use in selling

marijuana.

DIGNAN:

So tell them the truth. What do you

use it for?

BOB:

(pause)

I was just going to use it to see

how much I had.

Dignan mulls this over for a minute.

DIGNAN:

How long has he been in there?

BOB:

I don't know.

DIGNAN:

Then how come they haven't set the

bail yet? That's unconstitutional.

BOB:

We'll have to see when we get back.

Dignan looks at Bob for a minute.

DIGNAN:

What do you mean get back?

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