Cellular Page #21

GRILLO:

(to Theo)

I told you I had a loving wife.

Lenore and the officer make a chilling couple.

GRILLO:

In case you crapped out it was my

job to go after that briefcase.

THEO:

Or relieve me of it later.

GRILLO:

Only I was sloppy. I let you take

me out. That was quite a

humiliation.

Grillo now retaliates by clubbing Theo several times with

the barrel of the gun.

Theo goes down and is smart enough to stay down.

NELSON (V.O.)

Don't f*** around. Pop a cap in

him.

LENORE:

Allow me.

Theo sees what's coming but he's down on his knees in a

clearing with no place to run.

Her husband passes Lenore the gun. She can't help but hit

him at such close range.

LENORE:

Hold the phone out so Nels doesn't

miss the show.

Lenore takes careful aim.

LENORE:

In appreciation for services

rendered, I'll make it quick.

TIGHT ANGLE - LENORE

As she fires. One solitary shot. (We don't see Theo who is

on the ground off camera.)

LENORE:

(into phone)

He took it like a man.

(to Grillo)

Toss him in that drainage ditch.

NELSON:

There's a taxi stand here. I can

meet you.

As Grillo continues listening camera swivels 180 degrees.

We expect to see Theo's body lying sprawled and bloody.

NELSON (V.O.)

Only be careful nobody "makes"

that Chrysler.

GRILLO:

It's only a few miles and our

friend was thoughtful enough to

bring spare plates.

LENORE:

We're switching plates now.

Instead of a bloody corpse we see Theo kneeling where he was

before -- without a mark on him.

Lenore has fired the shot entirely for Nelson's benefit.

She's conning him just as she conned Theo.

GRILLO:

(to Nelson)

See you at the canyon house.

Grillo hangs up. After a silence Theo finally speaks.

THEO:

You missed.

GRILLO:

(to Lenore)

Any time you decide to let me in

on it.

LENORE:

You nearly f***ed up your end so

keep quiet. Get him busy on those

license plates.

At gunpoint, Theo is forced to kneel down, remove the plates

and replace them with the ones lying in the trunk.

He uses the same small Swiss army knife with which he broke

open the briefcase.

While Theo works at it, Lenore and Grillo confer in hushed

tones out of his earshot.

LENORE:

I prefer to have the sucker die at

a more convenient location. Once

Nels arrives with his backpack

full of goodies.

GRILLO:

So Theo and Nels will appear to

have whacked each other out and we

never existed. A thing of beauty.

Jesus, the sh*t you come up with!

Theo finishes the license plate switch, turns to face them.

GRILLO:

Peg that knife into the bushes.

Theo obeys tossing the Swiss army knife away.

GRILLO:

Now turn around. I'm going to

cuff you.

LENORE:

Put those away. We can't have

marks on his wrists.

GRILLO:

You never miss a trick.

LENORE:

I'll see that he stays calm. Pack

the money up and put it in the

trunk.

There's no question about who's calling the shots here --

Officer Grillo gathers the loose money and bonds and stuffs

it all in the broken attache case before depositing it back

in the trunk.

Lenore forces Theo into the passenger seat in front. She's

positioned directly behind him -- the gun at his head.

LENORE:

Want to try taking it away from me

again?

Grillo gets behind the wheel, starts rolling.

GRILLO:

How do we get back to the freeway?

THEO:

Bear right till the fire road

ends. It's not far.

He reaches out toward the glove compartment. Then he feels

extra pressure from the gun on the back of his neck.

LENORE:

Both hands on your lap.

THEO:

Nothing but CDs in there. I

thought maybe you'd like some

Celine or Whitney.

Grillo reaches over and opens the glove compartment,

spilling out dozens of CDs at Theo's feet. He's satisfied

there's no weapon in there. The glove compartment remains

open.

GRILLO:

I'd like for you to shut up for

awhile.

The fire road now widens and down below they can see the

freeway -- busy now with afternoon traffic. Grillo

continues driving down, finally approaching the on-ramp.

THEO:

Yeah, I suppose getting whacked

has got to be one of your best

ways to die. Particularly if

you're not expecting it. You

don't know what hit you.

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