Casino Page #5

NICKY (V.O.)

Keepin' Remo happy with money was

the greatest insurance policy in the

world.

GAGGI beams as ACE takes out an envelope filled with cash

and hands it over to him. GAGGI sits back down and ACE,

knowing his place, smiles and is about to leave.

GAGGI:

Son-of-a-b*tch. How the hell did you

get Oklahoma-Michigan? Nobody ever

had Oklahoma-Mi... How the hell'd

you do it?

ACE:

Well, that's why they paid so well.

GAGGI:

You see?

(Chuckles.)

Never tells me nothin'. Ace, what do

we got on for next week?

ACE:

Well, it's a little too early. I'd

say Thursday would be good. I'll

know by then. Is that all right?

GAGGI:

Okay. You come by the house?

ACE:

I'll come by.

GAGGI:

Seven o'clock?

ACE:

Seven o'clock.

GAGGI gets up and kisses ACE as NICKY and OLD MAN CAPO look

on.

GAGGI:

Good job, my boy. Keep it up. Okay,

Ace?

ACE nods in agreement and leaves the room.

GAGGI:

(To NICKY)

Hey, Nick. Vien acca. [Italian-

American slang for 'Come here']

NICKY:

(To ACE)

I'll be right out.

GAGGI:

T'aggia parla. [Italian-American

slang for 'I've got to talk to you']

Nicky... See that guy?

(pointing to the off-

screen ACE)

NICKY:

Mm.

GAGGI:

Keep a good eye on him. He's makin'

a lot of money for us. And he's gonna

continue makin' a lot of money for

us, so keep a good eye on him.

NICKY:

Mm.

GAGGI:

Not like your f***in' friends out

there, that... without brains. Okay?

NICKY:

All right.

GAGGI:

Uh-huh. Mi raccomando. [Italian-

American slang for 'I'm counting on

you']

NICKY:

Yeah.

GAGGI:

Fine.

NICKY:

(Reaching down to

touch GAGGI's money,

joking with him.)

Want me to take this for you?

(He walks out.)

NICKY (V.O.)

So, now, on top of everything else,

I gotta make sure that nobody fucks

around with the Golden Jew.

INT. BACK HOME BAR - NIGHT

We move past JOE, a guy at the bar entertaining a BRUNETTE

and a BLONDE, to NICKY and FRANK MARINO at the other end.

There are other bar patrons in the background.

JOE:

(To the BARTENDER)

Chase, couple of shooters for the

ladies.

BARTENDER (O.S.)

All right.

ACE (V.O.)

Yeah, we made a great pair. I made

book and Nicky made sure we always

collected. The old men loved us. And

why not? They all made money with

us.

NICKY:

(To MARINO)

They payin'?

ACE (V.O.)

How did Nicky collect?

MARINO:

They pay every week, like they're

supposed to.

ACE (V.O.)

Don't ask.

NICKY:

Then where the f*** is the money? I

don't see the money.

ACE enters, and greets the two girls.

ACE:

Hi, Melissa. Heidi.

BLONDE:

Hi, Sam.

JOE:

(To the GIRLS)

Who's this guy?

MARINO:

(To NICKY)

Get the f*** out of here. It was

nine. I laid nine.

ACE approaches NICKY and MARINO.

NICKY:

It was eight. Ace... tell him the

line on the Bear's game.

ACE:

Eight.

NICKY:

If he don't know, nobody knows. Told

you it was eight.

MARINO:

Well, how come I laid nine?

NICKY:

'Cause you're a jag-off. I would

have f***in' made you lay ten...

ACE notices a pen lying on the bar. He taps JOE on the

shoulder.

ACE:

(To JOE)

Excuse me.

JOE:

What?

ACE:

(He holds up the pen)

Is this yours? Your pen?

JOE:

Yeah, that's my pen. Why?

ACE:

I ju- Well, it's a nice pen. I just

didn't know whose it was. I thought

it was yours. I didn't want it to

get lost.

JOE:

Well, thank you. Why don't you take

that f***in' pen and shove it up you

ass, you f***in' jag-off?

NICKY looks over.

ACE:

Well, I was just offering you the-

NICKY moves towards JOE.

JOE:

(Turning his back to

talk to the girls,

referring to ACE)

This f***in' a**hole.

NICKY grabs the pen out of ACE's hand.

MAN #1

(To JOE)

Look out!

Before ACE can react, NICKY grabs JOE and starts stabbing

him in the neck with the pen.

MAN #1

Joe! Look out, Joe! Look out!

NICKY grunts while JOE gasps and groans. The BLONDE screams

while NICKY's hand continues to plunge the pen into JOE's

throat. JOE tumbles to the floor.

NICKY pounces on him, still stabbing and now kicking. JOE

whimpers.

NICKY:

What's that? You hear? You hear a

little girl, Frankie? You hear a

little girl, Ace? Is that a little

f***in' girl?! What happened to the

f***in' tough guy? Told my friend

stick it up his f***in' ass?! Huh?!

Huh?!

ACE:

(Over whimpers and

pants)

Wait a sec, Nicky, Nicky, Nicky. Ta-

take it easy.

ACE looks stunned. NICKY's still holding the bloody pen.

ACE (V.O.)

While I was tryin' to figure out why

the guy was sayin' what he was sayin',

Nicky just hit him. No matter how

big a guy might be, Nicky would take

him on. You beat Nicky with fists,

he comes back with a bat. You beat

him with a knife, he comes back with

a gun. And you beat him with a gun,

you better kill him, because he'll

keep comin' back and back until one

of you is dead.

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