Casino Page #17

COWBOY:

Bullshit, I ain't goin' anywhere

with you!

SECURITY GUARD #1

Bullshit, you're out of here, cowboy!

SECURITY GUARD #1 knocks his feet off the table, as GUARDS

#2 and #3 lift him off his seat.

COWBOY:

F*** you! F*** you!

SECURITY GUARD #1

Yeah?

COWBOY:

You know who you're f***in' with?!

Huh? Do you?!

SECURITY GUARD #1

Now move along.

COWBOY:

(Screaming at ACE who

follows him)

You f***in' f*ggot! Do you know who

you're f***in' with?

The GUARDS carry him out and forcefully shove him towards a

side exit.

COWBOY:

Leave me alone!

SECURITY GUARD #1

Here we go!

COWBOY:

(Grunting)

You've gotta be kidding me!

(Groans.)

The GUARDS lift him off his feet and, holding him like a

battering ram, smash his head into the door.

ACE (V.O.)

(As COWBOY is thrown

out the door)

Sure enough, an hour later, I get

the call.

INT. VEGAS BAR - NIGHT

NICKY is on a public wall-phone talking to ACE. MARINO is

staring at the disheveled COWBOY.

NICKY:

(Into telephone)

Ace, what happened over there? I

mean, did you know that guy you threw

out was with me?

INT. TANGIERS CASINO - NIGHT

ACE is on a Tangiers house phone. SHERBERT looks on.

ACE:

(Into telephone)

No, I didn't know that. But you know

what he did?

NICKY:

(Over telephone)

No.

INT. VEGAS BAR - NIGHT

NICKY gives COWBOY a look.

ACE:

(Over telephone)

He insulted Billy. And then I walked

over to him politely...

INT. TANGIERS CASINO - NIGHT

ACE:

(Into telephone)

...and he tells me to go f*** myself.

NICKY:

(Over telephone)

What?

ACE:

(Into telephone)

Then he called me a f*ggot.

INT. VEGAS BAR - NIGHT

ACE:

(Over telephone)

So what do you think I do? I threw

that cocksucker out.

NICKY:

(Into telephone)

What? Ho-

(He puts down the

phone; to COWBOY:)

Hey, come here.

COWBOY walks up to him.

NICKY:

You called my friend a f*ggot? You

tell him to go f*** himself?

COWBOY:

Nicky, I did -

NICKY:

Is that what you did?

COWBOY:

I did - I didn't -

NICKY:

Tell him to go f*** himself? You

f***in' hick! F***in'...

NICKY hits him on the head with the phone. COWBOY falls back,

groaning.

INT. TANGIERS CASINO - NIGHT

ACE listens to the noise of NICKY roughing up COWBOY.

NICKY:

(Over telephone)

...you big f***in' hick, you. Come

here. Come here. Get him up. Come

here.

ACE LOOKS AT SHERBERT.

MARINO:

(Over telephone)

Get up.

INT. VEGAS BAR - NIGHT

NICKY:

(To COWBOY)

Come here, come here.

MARINO:

Get up.

NICKY:

You go over there right now and you

apologize. You better hope he lets

you back in.

INT. TANGIERS CASINO - NIGHT

NICKY:

(Over telephone)

If you ever get out of line over

there again, I'll smash your f***in'

head so hard...

INT. VEGAS BAR - NIGHT

NICKY:

(To COWBOY)

...you won't be able to get that

cowboy hat on. You hear me? F***in'

hick.

(Into telephone)

Sammy, listen...

INT. TANGIERS CASINO - NIGHT

NICKY:

(Over telephone)

...this guy obviously doesn't know

who he was talkin' to, you understand?

He doesn't...

INT. VEGAS BAR - NIGHT

NICKY:

(Into telephone)

...know that, uh, we're dear friends.

I mean, he's already very sorry.

But, uh, if you could do me a favor

to let him back in, I swear to you

he'll never get out of line again. I

promise you that.

INT. TANGIERS CASINO - NIGHT

ACE:

(Into telephone)

If he does it again, he's out for

good. I don't care what it is, Nick,

I'm gonna ha- I'll - I'll never let

him in the place again.

NICKY:

(Over telephone)

I'm sorry about this. Really.

INT. VEGAS BAR - NIGHT

NICKY:

(Into telephone)

All right, Ace?

ACE:

(Over telephone)

Okay.

NICKY:

(Into telephone)

Thanks, pal.

NICKY hangs up the phone and turns to COWBOY.

NICKY:

You took your boots off? You put

your feet on the table... you sh*t-

kicking, stinky, horse-manure-smellin'

motherf***er you! You f*** me up

over there, I'll stick you in a hole

in the f***in' desert! You understand?

(Slapping him.)

Go over there and apologize.

(Kicking the chastened

COWBOY away.)

Go! Get the f*** out of -

COWBOY:

Nicky, I'm sorry.

EXT. TANGIERS CASINO - DAY

A tiger leaps towards the camera, which pans over to two

showgirls and then to ACE's hand holding the key to a Rolls

Royce. He gives it to JONATHAN and DAVID as reporters rush

in to photograph the moment.

NICKY (V.O.)

You know, Ace could be a very touchy

guy, especially when he got bigger

and bigger in town. Like when he

hired that Jonathon and David and

their tigers away from the Palace by

buildin' them a new stage and then

givin' them a silver Rolls Royce.

INT. BACKSTAGE TANGIERS THEATER - DAY

ACE and SHERBERT watch as a STAGE MANAGER weighs in the 'Femme

Fatale' Showgirls.

NICKY (V.O.)

But I'll tell you, he knew how to

bring in the crowds. He knew all the

f***in' angles. He brought over the

whole 'Femme Fatale' show from Paris.

But he forgot how lazy them European

dancin' broads can get. I mean, he

had to weigh 'em in once a week to

make sure they didn't blow up like

f***in' balloons.

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