Death to Smoochy Page #19

HIGH ANGLE:

LOOKING DOWN AT the opera. The CAMERA PANS OVER TO the

catwalk high above the rink.

CATWALK:

Buggy Ding-Dong, still in his Rhinette costume, settlesinto his assassin's roost. He begins to assemble therifle and check the scope.

EXT. MADISON SQUARE GARDEN - FEW MINUTES LATER

Randolph emerges from a cab and runs through the crowdoutside the Garden. A few people recognize him.

MAN:

It's Rainbow Randolph! Someone

stop him!

Randolph finds a side exit and slips into the arena.

INT. MADISON SQUARE GARDEN - FEW MINUTES LATER

The "Opera on Ice" continues. The soprano continuessinging as Smoochy reenacts the incidents of his recentlife. The fairy princess brings Smoochy to a room with agleaming white desk. Smoochy takes a seat behind thedesk. The fairy princess places a crown on his head,

bids him good-bye, and floats away. Smoochy sits proudlyin his new world.

(CONTINUED)

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CONTINUED:

Suddenly, Rhinettes dressed as devils glide in and skatein a circle around the desk. They throw money at Smoochy.

He jumps up and skates away, but the Rhinette devilspursue him with daggers. The music from the orchestra

intensifies as the drama plays out.

NETWORK BOX:

Nora continues to watch the opera, totally entranced.

Stokes and Burke look a little on edge. Burke glances athis watch.

CATWALK:

Buggy finishes loading the rifle. He shines the barrel

with his sleeve and looks through the scope as Smoochyand company continue to perform below.

POV THROUGH RIFLE SCOPE

Atmospheric fog created by the smoke machine is so thickthat Buggy has difficulty FINDING Sheldon THROUGH thecross-hairs. Occasionally, Smoochy skates through a holein the clouds only to disappear again. BUGGY CURSES in

frustration.

ARENA:

Randolph pushes his way past Garden security and runstoward the rink. Several cops working the event spothim. A few spectators scream in horror.

ICE RINK:

The soprano's mournful aria reaches its crescendo asSmoochy is now pursued by Rhinettes dressed as Nazis.

They hold signs with words like "SCANDAL" and "SHAME."

Smoochy skates to a section of the rink resemblingChinatown where he lands over a fallen "Moochy." He

cradles Moochy's head in his arms as the Nazis glide pasthim and disappear into the fog.

NETWORK BOX:

Nora wipes a tear from her eye as she watches the tragedyplay out. Burke and Stokes glance skyward. Nora notices

this.

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RINK'S EDGE

Randolph reaches the rink as cops push their way towardhim.

RANDOLPH:

Sheldon!!!

But Sheldon can't hear over the orchestra. The sopranohits a high note.

CATWALK:

Buggy aims the rifle.

POV THROUGH RIFLE SCOPE

Smoochy glides THROUGH the cross-hairs followed by aRhinette.

TIGHT ON BUGGY'S FINGER

as he quickly squeezes off a SHOT.

RINK:

The MUFFLED sound of GUNSHOT is absorbed by the intensemusic. A wounded Rhinette falls to the ice, but no one

notices. Smoochy, oblivious, continues to skate towardthe "gates of heaven" with the angel Moochy. Giant white

gates slowly swing open at the rink's far end as floatingangels open their arms to welcome Moochy.

OUTER RINK:

Randolph runs around the rink's perimeter, trying to getSheldon's attention. Cops and security push their waytowards Randolph. He suddenly notices the felledRhinette on the ice and looks skyward. He can make out

a rifle barrel protruding from the catwalk.

NETWORK BOX:

Stokes and Burke notice a commotion in the audience.

They now see Randolph running through the crowd on hisway to the stairwell.

(CONTINUED)

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CONTINUED:

STOKES:

(whispering to Burke)

What's he doing here?! He's goingto screw everything up!

Nora notices the distressed look on their faces and

follows their gaze to the rafters. She now sees the

rifle barrel.

ANGLE - NORA

jumps to her feet. FAST PUSH IN TO Nora's mouth.

NORA:

(screaming)

Sheldon!!!

She starts to climb out of the box but Burke stops her.

BURKE:

Nora...

NORA:

You're in on this, aren't you!

You sold him out! You fuckingsnake!

Stokes tries to put his arm around her.

STOKES:

Nora, please. It's not what youthink. I'm grooming you. You're

going to run the division oneday...

She pushes him. He goes down hard. She starts to climb

out of the box. Burke tries to grab her, but she spinsaround and punches him. She runs for the rink.

Stokes stands in the box looking dumbstruck as pandemonium

plays out around him. People are running in alldirections, cops are everywhere.

STOKES:

(frightened; to Burke)

What now? What do we do now?!

BURKE:

Survival of the fittest!

Burke runs off through the panicked crowd. Stokes looks

around and heads off in the opposite direction.

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OUTSIDE RINK:

Tommy and her boys notice the commotion in the audience.

They see cops pursuing someone. They realize it'sRandolph. Tommy, Jimmy and Sammy take off after him.

CATWALK:

Buggy, in position again, looks through the rifle scope.

POV THROUGH RIFLE SCOPE

As the soprano reaches for an impossibly high note, thefog dissipates slightly and Smoochy's foam rubber headCOMES perfectly INTO VIEW.

BUGGY:

smiles.

RINK'S EDGE

Nora screams.

NORA:

Sheldon!!! Get down!!!

CLOSE ON BUGGY'S FINGER

He's about to squeeze the trigger.

CATWALK:

Randolph reaches the catwalk as the orchestra plays adramatic series of smashing notes. He tackles Buggy justas he squeezes off the SHOT.

RINK:

The top of Smoochy's foam rubber head is blown off. In

SLOW MOTION, Smoochy's tattered horn sails through theair and lands softly on the ice.

WIDE:

Everyone in the arena screams and heads for the exits.

It's pandemonium. Thanks to Randolph, Buggy's shot wastoo high and just missed Sheldon's skull.

(CONTINUED)

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CONTINUED:

A confused Sheldon bends over to pick up a chunk of theSmoochy head.

Nora, who's entered at the opposite end of the rink,

tries to reach him, but it's impossible. Panicked

audience members run across the rink, heading for theexits. It's chaos. People slip, Rhinettes get trampled.

CATWALK:

Randolph tries to get the rifle away from Buggy. Theystruggle on a narrow beam high above the rink. The copshave reached the outer edge of the catwalk now. Tommyand the boys get there a second later. They all standback -- the catwalk is too unstable.

RANDOLPH:

Give me that gun, you fuckingwacked-out freak!

Buggy manages to shove Randolph off him. He raises the

RIFLE and SHOOTS at the cops. Randolph grabs him. Both

he and Buggy lose their footing and slip from thecatwalk. Randolph is able to grab onto the edge and hold

on. Buggy clutches Randolph's leg which threatens tobring them both down. They dangle 80 feet above therink. Randolph desperately tries to hold onto thecatwalk as Buggy clings to Randolph's ankle.

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