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Chinatown Page #6
- R
- Year:
- 1974
- 130 min
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There's something gleaming in the bottom of it. Gittes notes
it. After a moment, the Gardener drops the long probe -- the
waters recede.
EXT. POND - GITTES AND JAPANESE GARDENER - DAY
GARDENER:
(to Gittes)
Bad for glass.
GITTES:
(not understanding)
Yeah sure. Bad for glass.
The Gardener nods, and is off, leaving Gittes staring at the
object in the bottom of the pond that is gleaming.
He looks at the tool the Gardener was using, hesitates, picks
it up and starts to probe into the pond himself, toward the
gleaming object.
He then spots Evelyn rounding a turn, coming down the
trellised pathway. He casually belts the probe, holds onto
it for poise.
27.
Evelyn is wearing jeans that are lathered white on the inside
of the thighs and laced with brown horsehair.
She's wearing riding boots, is perspiring a little, but looks
younger than she did in the office.
EVELYN:
Yes, Mr. Gittes?
Gittes is a little taken aback at seeing Evelyn. He is annoyed
as well. Nevertheless, he is elaborately polite.
GITTES:
Actually, I'm here to see your
husband, Mrs. Mulwray.
He laughs. a little nervously. He waits for a reply.
There is none. The Chinese Butler appears on the veranda.
EVELYN:
Would you like something to drink?
GITTES:
What are you having?
EVELYN:
Iced tea.
GITTES:
Yeah -- fine, thank you.
Chinese Butler nods, disappears
EXT. POND AND GARDEN - MULWRAY HOUSE - DAY
Evelyn sits at a glass-topped table. Gittes Joins her.
EVELYN:
My husband's at the office.
GITTES:
Actually he's not. And he's moved
from his apartment at the El Macando.
EVELYN:
(sharply)
That's not his apartment.
GITTES:
Anyway I -- the point is, Mrs.
Mulwray, I'm not in business to be
loved, but I am in business, and
believe me, whoever set up your
husband, set me up. L.A.'s
28.
He waits for a response. Then:
GITTES:
(continuing; uneasily)
I'm just trying to make a living,
and I don't want to become a
local joke
EVELYN:
Mr. Gittes, you've talked me into
it. I'll drop the lawsuit.
GITTES:
What ?
EVELYN:
I said I'll drop it.
The iced tea comes on a tray which Ramon sets down between
them.
EVELYN:
(continuing; pleasantly)
-- so let's just -- drop the whole
thing. Sugar? Lemon -
GITTES:
Mrs. Mulwray?
EVELYN:
(as she's mixing one
of the drinks)
-- Yes, Mr. Gittes?
GITTES:
I don't want to drop it.
Evelyn looks up. Gittes smiles a little sheepishly.
GITTES:
I should talk this over with your
husband.
EVELYN:
(a little concerned)
Why?... What on earth for?
Look, Hollis seems to think you're
an innocent man.
GITTES:
Well, I've been accused of many
things, Mrs. Mulwray, but never that.
Again he laughs a little nervously. Again no reaction.
29.
GITTES:
(continuing)
You see, somebody went to a lot of
trouble here, and I want to find
out, lawsuit or no lawsuit.
I'm not the one who's supposed to be
caught with my pants down...
so I'd like to see your husband -unless
that's a problem.
EVELYN:
(with a slight edge)
What do you mean?
GITTES:
May I speak frankly, Mrs. Mulwray?
EVELYN:
You may if you can, Mr. Gittes.
GITTES:
(determined to be
polite)
-- Well, that little girlfriend, she
was attractive -- in a cheap sort of
way of course -- she's disappeared.
Maybe they disappeared together
somewhere.
EVELYN:
(with rising anger)
Suppose they did. How does it concern
you?
GITTES:
-- Nothing personal, Mrs. Mulwray, I
just -
EVELYN:
It's very personal. It couldn't be
more personal. Is this a business or
an obsession with you?
GITTES:
Look at it this way -- Now this phony
broad, excuse the language, says
she's you, she's hired me.
Whoever put her up to it, didn't
have anything against me. They were
out to get your husband.
Now if I see him, I can help him did
you talk this morning?
Evelyn brushes lightly at the horsehair on her Jeans.
EVELYN:
-- No. I went riding rather early -
30.
GITTES:
-- Looks Like you went quite a
distance -
EVELYN:
No, Just riding bareback, that's
all. Anyway, you might try the Oak
Pass or Stone Canyon Reservoirs -sometimes
around them -- otherwise he'll be
home by 6:
30.GITTES:
I'll stop by.
EVELYN:
Please call first.
Gittes nods.
Gittes drives up a winding road, following a flood channel
up into the parched hills.
TWO FIRE TRUCKS, one a rescue truck, are at the entrance to
the reservoir.
The chain link fence with its KEEP OUT sign is open and there
are people milling around. The reservoir is below.
Gittes' car is stopped by a couple of UNIFORMED POLICE.
GUARD:
Sorry, this is closed to the public,
sir.
Gittes hesitates only a moment, then:
GITTES:
(to the Guard)
It's all right -- Russ Yelburton,
Deputy Chief in the Department.
He fishes out one of Yelburton's cards from his handkerchief
pocket -- hands it to the Guard.
GUARD:
Sorry, Mr. Yelburton. Go on down.
Gittes drives past the Guards, through the gate, along the
reservoir. He spots a police car and an unmarked one as well.
Gittes stops and gets out of the car. Several men with their
backs turned, one talking quietly, staring down into the
reservoir where other men in small skiffs are apparently
dredging for something.
31.
One of the men turns and sees Gittes. He recognizes Gittes
and is visibly shocked.
LOACH:
Gittes -- for Chrissakes -
GITTES:
Loach -
LOACH:
(moving to Gittes,
taking him by the
arm)
-- C'mon, get out of here before -
EXT. RESERVOIR - DAY
Loach tries to ease him down the path.
GITTES:
Before what? What the hell's going
on?
At the sound of his raised voice, a man standing at the edge
of the channel, talking to two boys in swimming trunks, turns
around. He's a tall, sleek Mexican in his early thirties,
LUIS ESC0BAR.
Both Gittes and Escobar register considerable surprise at
seeing one another. The men around them are extremely uneasy.
Loach is actually sweating. Finally, Escobar smiles.
ESCOBAR:
Hello, Jake.
GITTES:
(without smiling)
How are you, Lou?
ESCOBAR:
-- I have a cold I can't seem to
shake but other than that, I'm fine.
GITTES:
Summer colds are the worst.
ESCOBAR:
Yeah, they are.
Gittes reaches into his pocket, pulls out his cigarette case.
A FIREMAN:
No smoking, sir -- it's a fire hazard
this time of year -
32.
ESCOBAR:
I think we can make an exception -I'll
see he's careful with the
matches.
GITTES:
(lighting up)
Thanks, Lou.
ESCOBAR:
How'd you get past the guards?
GITTES:
Well, to tell you the truth, I lied
a little.
Escobar nods. They walk a couple of steps -- the other police -two
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