Casino Page #20

NICKY:

(From inside the diner)

What the f*** is that supposed to

mean?

INT. IDLE SPURS DESERT DINER - DAY

ACE and NICKY are seated at a table in the empty diner.

NICKY:

(Reading from a

document)

' ...detrimental to gaming. And he

will be ejected from any casino in

Las Vegas... and the casinos can be

fined as much as a hundred thousand

every time he shows up.'

(He waves the document.)

Do you believe this sh*t?

ACE:

(Smoking a cigarette)

Yeah, I believe it. You got banned.

NICKY hisses.

NICKY:

(Reading)

'Who is of notorious and unsavory

reputation...'

He angrily wads the document and tosses it across the table.

NICKY:

Motherf***er. Unsavory f***in'...

Is there any way around this?

ACE:

Nope, there's no way.

NICKY:

Let's say... for instance... I want

to go in the restaurant which happens

to be in the casino... to get one of

those sandwiches I like?

ACE:

Forget it. You can't even set foot

in the parking lot. That's how serious

it is.

NICKY:

In other words, I'm f***ed.

ACE:

In so many words, yes.

ACE (V.O.)

It just didn't sink into his head

about the Black Book and what it

meant. Not being able to go into a

casino is just one thing, but being

in this book etched your name into

the brains of every cop and FBI agent

in the state. I mean, you're listed

in there with Al Capone. But Nicky

didn't care.

NICKY:

I gotta do somethin'. I gotta do

somethin'. They ain't gettin' rid of

me. They're not gettin' rid of me.

I'm staying here. F*** 'em. F***

'em.

EXT. GOLD RUSH JEWELER'S - DAY

WE MOVE PAST THE SKULL OF A STEER MOUNTED ON AN EXTERIOR

WALL AND A WOODEN CIGAR STORE INDIAN STATUE, TO REVEAL

DOMINICK SANTORO (WHO LOOKS A LITTLE LIKE HIS BROTHER NICKY)

AND MARINO WHO ARE WAITING INSIDE THE GOLD RUSH. CAMERA COMES

TO REST ON EXTREME CLOSE-UP OF NICKY'S EYES AS HE STANDS ON

THE OUTSIDE PORCH.

NICKY (V.O.)

So, once they pulled that sh*t, I

started doin' my own things in Vegas

nobody ever thought of doin'. To

keep an eye on things, I brought in

my kid brother Dominick... and some

desperadoes from back home and started

knockin' over high rollers, casino

bosses, bookmakers, anybody, right

here in town. I had a good f***in'

crew goin' for me, I'll tell you

that.

SAL FUSCO, JACK HARDY and BERNIE BLUE are getting out of a

car and walking into the jewelry store which is designed to

replicate an old-fashioned Western town with peaked roofs,

wooden planked sidewalks and hitching posts. The camera tracks

by each man as they're introduced.

NICKY (V.O.)

I had Sal Fusco, a great second-story

guy. Jack Hardy, he worked for a

safe company after he did a six-year

bit. And then there was Bernie Blue.

This guy could bypass any alarm for

me. And I opened up my own jewelry

store, too:
'The Gold Rush'.

INT. BEDROOM OF LUXURY HOME - NIGHT

NICKY places some jewelry from a vanity table into a sack

and turns over some family photos. MARINO and HARDY are

struggling with a safe.

NICKY (V.O.)

Sometimes I used to go along on a

heist just for the fun of it. But I

didn't like the people I was rippin'

off lookin' at me, so I used to turn

their f***in' pictures around.

NICKY:

(To MARINO and HARDY)

What's takin' so long over there?

MARINO:

This peter's a motherf***er.

HARDY:

(Grunting)

It's workin'. Just keep workin' it.

It's comin'.

NICKY:

Gotta learn how to open these f***in'

things so you won't have to take

'em.

INT. GOLD RUSH BACK ROOM - DAY

NICKY is looking at diamonds with MARINO, HARDY and BLUE.

NICKY:

Frankie, some of these stones got a

lot of n*ggers in 'em.

ZOOM IN TIGHT ON A DIAMOND.

NICKY:

Tell that f***in' Pepe if he's

switching stones on us, he'd better

take a f***in' camel -

Phone rings.

NICKY:

- back to

(picking up phone)

Nigeria.

(Into telephone)

Yeah.

HOTEL RECEPTIONIST

(Over telephone)

Listen...

INT. TANGIERS RECEPTIONIST'S DESK - DAY

HOTEL RECEPTIONIST

(Talking quietly into

telephone)

...they're in Penthouse K.

INT. GOLD RUSH BACK ROOM - DAY

NICKY:

(Into telephone)

They check in alone?

INT. TANGIERS RECEPTIONIST'S DESK - DAY

HOTEL RECEPTIONIST

(Into telephone)

They checked in alone.

INT. GOLD RUSH BACK ROOM - DAY

NICKY:

(Into telephone)

Are they out now?

INT. TANGIERS RECEPTIONIST'S DESK - DAY

HOTEL RECEPTIONIST

(Into telephone)

Yes, don't worry.

NICKY:

(Over telephone)

All right.

INT. GOLD RUSH BACK ROOM - DAY

NICKY:

(Into telephone)

Thanks.

He hangs up.

ACE (V.O.)

He had tipsters...

INT. CASINO HOTEL BELL STATION - DAY

We see some luggage on the floor. A BELLMAN is on the phone

with MARINO.

ACE (V.O.)

...all over town. Bellmen.

BELLMAN:

(Into telephone) This one looks good.

But you got to hurry.

MARINO:

(Over telephone)

Yeah...

INT. GOLD RUSH - DAY

MARINO:

(Into telephone)

...yeah, okay.

He hangs up.

EXT. CASINO - DAY

A VALET PARKER standing outside a casino.

ACE (V.O.)

Valet parkers.

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