Crime Spree Page #14

They know he's right.

SAMI:

He's got a point.

Sami lifts up a heavy brass lamp from the nightstand. He pulls

the electrical cord out of the base, then touches two wires

together. They spark. Before Hadley can say a word Sami touches

them to his hand. Hadley's body jerks violent as he screams.

Sami removes the wires. Hadley winces in pain from the burn mark

on his hand.

AGENT HADLEY:

Okay! Okay! We've been investigating

Zammito for years, but we've never had

enough evidence for a warrant to search

his house. We got word through a snitch

that Zammito was planning on taking

Bonanno out.

DANIEL:

We know all this.

AGENT HADLEY:

You just don't take out a boss. You

need permission from the other families

to do something like that. Our informant

told us that Zammito was talking with

other bosses and recording their

conversations in case they later claimed

they weren't involved. Look at these

tapes. The guy has recorded every

conversation he's had for years.

DANIEL:

So we rob Zammito. You arrest us when

we come out and the contents of the safe

is now evidence which you can use against

him.

Agent Hadley nods.

SAMI:

(to Sophie)

What are you getting out of this?

There is no point in hiding anything now.

SOPHIE:

Money. It was supposed to simple. In

and out.

Zammito wasn't supposed to be there.

QUICK CUT TO:

INT. ITALIAN RESTAURANT -- LAST NIGHT (FLASHBACK)

We see Zammito walk over to Mario.

ZAMMITO:

Mario, I gotta go. When my date arrives

will you explain to her I had an

emergency.

MARIO:

Of course, Mr. Zammito.

Zammito leaves. Through the window we see Joey "Two Tons" open

the door to the car. Zammito and Joey get in and drive away. A

beat. A Taxi pulls up. The front door opens and Sophie enters,

all dressed up and beautiful. She walks up to Mario.

SOPHIE:

Hi. I'm meeting Frankie Zammito --

CUT BACK TO:

INT. MOTEL ROOM -- CONTINUOUS

Sami stares at her with contempt.

SAMI:

Why?

SOPHIE:

Vincent Bastaldi is in jail.

DANIEL:

For what?

SOPHIE:

Laurant and Vincent were in business

with Zammito.

DANIEL:

What kind of business?

SOPHIE:

Black market art. Zammito got to a few

key security guards at the Metropolitan

Museum. The Bastaldi's supplied the

artists to make copies of famous works.

They'd switch the paintings, send the

originals to Paris and the Bastaldi's

would sell them to private collectors.

AGENT HADLEY:

We're talking Matisse, Renoir, Monet.

We know for sure they replaced Van Gogh's

"Vase with twelve sunflowers" last week

with a copy. It was on loan from the

London National Gallery and they're not

going to be very happy when they find

out about it.

SAMI:

So Bastaldi makes a deal with the Feds

to trade up for his brother?

AGENT HADLEY:

Yeah. He delivers the goods on Zammito.

If we got what we wanted we'd let his

brother go providing he tells us where

the Van Gogh and the other paintings

are.

RAYMOND:

No one has mentioned the part of the

plan about us getting caught and going

to prison.

DANIEL:

We're leaving. Raymond get the bag.

AGENT HADLEY:

You walk out with that bag and you won't

only have Zammito and his people after

you. You'll have the entire United States

justice department. How far do you think

you'll get? I know who you are Mr. Foray?

Mr. Zerhouni. Mr. Gayet.

(looks at Zero)

Mr...

Agent Hadley looks to Sophie.

SOPHIE:

Zero. That's all I know.

AGENT HADLEY:

You'll never get out of the city.

They move to the door.

EXT. BAY VIEW MOTEL -- MORNING

Daniel, Sami, Raymond and Zero walk to the Impala.

DANIEL:

Bastaldi's dead. He is f***in' dead!

ZERO:

You want Zero to kill him?

DANIEL:

I'm going to kill him myself!

ZERO:

What about the money?

SAMI:

It has to be at Sophie's. She didn't

have time to go anywhere else before she

came here.

ZERO:

We don't know that for sure.

DANIEL:

Forget the money! We've got bigger

problems than the money right now.

RAYMOND:

She probably hid it at her place. The

six of us could find it in --

SAMI:

(overlapping)

-- We don't have time to look for it.

Hadley's first move is going to be to

look for us there.

Daniel dials a number on his cell phone.

DANIEL:

We're moving. Pack up and be on the

street in five minutes.

INT. MOTEL ROOM -- MORNING

Agent Hadley steps out of the bathroom, a towel wrapped around the

burn on his hand.

AGENT HADLEY:

This is turning to sh*t. If word gets

out of my involvement in this I'll go to

prison.

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