Changing Lanes Page #4

There's this black guy

on a golf course.

And all these people are trying

to get him to caddy for them...

but he's not a caddy.

He's just a guy trying

to play a round of golf.

Then these guys give him

a five-dollar bill...

and tell him to go to the clubhouse

and get 'em cigarettes and beer.

So off he goes, home...

to his wife and little son...

who he teaches to pIay goIf.

We see all the other little boys

playing hopscotch...

while little Tiger practices

on the putting green.

We see all the other kids

eating ice cream...

while Tiger practices hitting

long balls in the rain...

while his father shows him how.

And we fade up...

to Tiger winning

four grand slams in a row...

and becoming the greatest golfer

to ever to pick up a nine iron.

And we end on his father...

in the crowd on the sidelines...

and Tiger giving him the trophies.

All because of

a father's determination...

that no fat white man--

like your fathers, probably--

would ever send his son

to the clubhouse...

for cigarettes and beer.

I'm sorry.

What did you say about our fathers?

- You better go.

- Mr. DoyIe Gipson.

You is now bankrupt.

And you owe me $5,000.

- Come on.

- Where'd he go?

Where is he?

- Hello?

- It's me.

- So you really bought a house?

- Yeah.

- Wanna play a round of golf?

- Really? You actually own it?

It's not a mansion on the hill.

It needs a lot of work,

but it'd be yours.

- It'd be your house.

- Here we go!

- Gonna hit the ball!

- Oh, God.

What? This line's going dead.

I can't hear you. I can't hear you.

ObviousIy, it wouId be better for

the boys to be near their father.

- What?

- To have you nearby.

- What?

- No, we didn't like it.

- I'll call you back.

- Talkin' to your daddy?

- Oh, God! You hit me!

- I'll hit you again! You like it?

Mister, please!

- I got kids, man!

- Yeah? Well, so do I!

DoyIe Gipson.

This is Gavin Banek calling.

I have something that

I wanna tell you.

First of all,

I wanted to shake hands, all right?

I wanted to start over.

I gave you a chance.

And you did this. Fine.

I have just turned off your credit.

You are now a spirit

without a body, all right?

Now, I can go on and on...

pulling your llfe down

around your ears.

You can turn it off. You can

go back to the way things were.

Just give me my file back!

Just-- Today.

I mean,just--

I mean-- Thank you.

Give me my file back, get the credit

turned back on. Okay? Today.

Thank you.

- Has he phoned yet?

- Not yet.

- Look at this.

- What?

- What is it?

- It's the life of Doyle Gipson.

His whole life.

We have his bank...

his wife, kids--

two boys, Danny and Steve--

their birth dates, the school

they go to, credit card balances...

health records.

His cholesterol is high,

but his blood pressure is normal.

I'm 29 years old.

That foundation has

107 million dollars in it.

My bosses are the trustees.

So why didn't they

come to court with me?

I don't know.

Mina Dunne hates me.

I assume there's a reason. Why

am I always the last guy to know?

What's in those files

that I haven't seen?

- Can you get me a messenger?

- What for?

I found something. I wanna give it

back to the person it belongs to.

Is there a reward or something?

- Yeah.

- What is it?

Doing the right thing--

giving it back.

- That's it?

- That's it.

- That's the reward.

- How about that?

Yeah, how a bout that?

Mr. Gipson, it's Ron Cabot

at Queen's RoyaI FederaI.

There's something I need

to taIk to you about.

If you can give me

a call today...

or if it's convenient to stop by

the bank, I'd appreciate it.

- Thank you.

- DoyIe Gipson.

This is Gavin Banek calling.

I have something that

I wanna tell you.

I lied to you this morning.

On my way to the court,

I stopped off at a diner.

I took the files out,

I looked them over.

When I was leaving,

I put them back.

At least, I could've sworn

I put them back.

When I got to the court, the

power of appointment was missing.

And the court has given me

until the end of the day...

- to produce the original.

- Did you call the diner?

I did. All the trash has been

picked up, but we're tracking it.

I think we'll probably get it back.

I just wanted you to know.

Why did you lie to us?

I'm really sorry.

You're sorry?

Who the f*** gives a sh*t about

the struggles of your character?

Get out of here,

you son of a b*tch!

If you have to go through every

f***in' gar bage bag in this city...

you fllnd that file, or you're gonna

be the disaster of my life!

Wait a minute.

We might get the file back.

But if we don't, we have

to adopt a strong position.

- I need to see those files.

- You're not gonna see the files!

- Why do you wanna see the files?

- Who not? He's my goddamn client!

Hey, what are you gonna do?

Give me a lecture on law?

Why did you send me to the court

by myself? I'm your son-in-law!

- I hired you, you little sh*t!

- Steven, calm down!

- Quiet, please.

- What are you doing?

- There's a way out of this.

- What are you doing?

A way out? By letting him

bring the files into court?

Calm down and stay with me here.

Okay.

We had a signed document,

right? Didn't we?

- Yes.

- Okay. Now.

The power of appointment...

is eight pages.

The living will, which also has

his signature, is ten.

The living will, which also has

his signature, is ten.

So we can reformat

the power of appointment...

and using the signature page

from the living will...

attach it to the new printout

of the power of appointment.

And code the header

to match the document.

- What do you think? Will it pass?

- Yeah, this could work.

I didn't ask you, all right?

Gavin, will it pass?

We forge it?

We just forge a document?

You screwed this up.

You lost the f***in' file.

No body's asking you

to get yourself out of it alone.

We're willing to put ourselves

on the line for you with this.

Making a file is fraud.

A new file is fraud.

Do you understand that?

And we're saying we're gonna put

our own careers on the line for you.

That's what it means

to be a partner.

We're not inventing. We're not.

We're not inventing.

We're just reproducing something

that already exists.

Look, Gavin, you take this

into the court...

and, buddy,

we can go on with our lives...

like this never happened, huh?

- Let me think about it.

- What are you gonna think about?

Your high school ethics class?

What choice have you got?

You wanna go to jail?

No, I don't wanna go to jail.

Get out of here!

Leave it!

Leave it! Go!

Leave!

What does it say?

It says they pay themselves

a million and a half dollars...

each, out of the trust.

Out of the income of the trust.

Jesus Christ!

Which is why they got rid of Mina

Dunne and the rest of the board.

- It's probably not even illegal.

- It's probably just disgusting.

I did this.

- I did this.

- No, you didn't.

- I did this.

- No, you did not.

What do I do?

You give me the file,

and I'll take it back.

- Take it back?

- What?

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