Dirty Harry 5: The Dead Pool Page #4

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- That's it.

See that dirtbag

I was talking to down there?

He says smoking can cause cancer...

...and anyone who smokes as much

as you do is one dumb son of a b*tch.

Fire!

Cut!

Cut! Cut.

Where is that stupid f***? Hauser!

Get your ass down here.

You're supposed to harpoon

the goddamn dummy.

The tide shifted.

"The tide shifted."

The ocean's incompetent, not you.

This is the third time this week.

You'll never work for me again.

There's a bunch

of reporters down there.

Come on, come on.

Can we ask you a few questions?

Please!

I'd like to say one thing.

In light of what's happened...

...perhaps playing the Dead Pool game

isn't smart.

Any tie between the Dead Pool

and Squares' death?

None whatsoever. Next question.

Mr. Swan, will the game continue?

No, we're filming a nightmare

sequence at the shipyards...

...and we'd like to forget this

and get on with our job.

Johnny would have wanted it that way.

First Squares died, then your

production accountant was killed.

Is Hotel Satan cursed?

People can believe what they want,

but nothing...

Nothing will stop me

from making this film.

End of interview.

Whatever you want,

money, credit cards, just take it.

Ever notice how time

slows down at night?

Just like in my films. A dream world.

Shut up!

I can't hear the colors.

I've got to hear them.

That's the mark of a good director,

you have to hear the colors.

You've gotta be able

to taste the sounds.

I have a heart condition.

A critic with a heart.

That's a laugh.

Do you like my films?

- I said, do you like my films?

- Who are you?

- You know who I am.

- I don't. I don't know you.

God...

...what kind of a film critic are you?

Shadows of the Dead!

Hell Without the Devil!

Night of the Slasher!

Peter Swan.

Brilliant, love.

What do you think of my films?

Give me your honest opinion.

I like them.

Liar!

The entrance is probably

through the sliding glass door.

She wasn't sexually assaulted.

IKKilled sometime last night.

Maid found her this morning.

Do you recognize her?

Molly Fisher. Famous movie critic.

On a scale of 1 to 10,

...I'd have to rate this one an 8.

Harry, we found this.

Thanks.

Dead Pool.

Molly Fisher's also

on Peter Swan's list.

Oh, God, it's coming!

Those are just some of the highlights

of Peter Swan's films.

The typeface is the same as those sent

to the papers and TV stations.

And the neighbor saw a man exiting

Molly Fisher's condo last night.

Mid-30s, wearing a black jacket.

I want Swan in custody now.

It doesn't feel right.

Doesn't feel right?

Every celebrity on this list has

called in the last couple days.

They're all screaming

for police protection.

We don't have the manpower

to be 24-hour babysitters.

Ackerman is whining about the negative

publicity this case is giving us.

And your name

is on this list too, Callahan.

My gut feeling tells me Swan is the

best suspect we have...

...so get his butt in here!

Donnelly.

What?

It's for you, Callahan.

We'll be right there.

Wait a minute. Where are you going?

To do my job.

I think we've got our man.

You all stay back.

Everyone.

I'm gonna go up.

Where's the news crew?

You better get them here.

I mean it. Now!

What's up?

Name's Gus Wheeler.

He says he's the Dead Pool killer.

We found him like this.

He's soaked in gas and threatening

to set himself on fire.

Why not hose him down?

He says if he sees a fireman or even

a garden hose, he'll torch himself.

What's he want?

To be on television.

He wants a cameraman and a reporter.

Al and I will just pose as...

It has to be someone he recognizes.

Stay back. Stay back from me.

It's gonna go up. You hear me?

Better keep those people back.

- You all right?

- Not really.

Stop right there! That's far enough.

I'm Samantha Walker from...

- I know who you are!

- What do you want?

Is that camera on?

You want to know why I'm doing this?

Because nobody cares.

We care, Mr. Wheeler...

No! Nobody ever paid

any attention to me before.

In order to get attention,

you gotta do something.

Well, I'm really gonna

do something this time!

Did you have anything

to do with the deaths...

...of Johnny Squares and Molly Fisher?

No, I just said that so you'd listen!

I want everyone to see this!

I want everyone to remember me!

And to remember what I did here!

Oh, Jesus, Harry, he's

really gonna do it.

That's right, lady. I'm really

gonna set myself on fire.

And it's gonna be on the news...

...and then finally everybody

will know about me.

About me! Gus Wheeler!

No one's going to see you die.

What?

I said, no one's gonna see you die.

Not if we stop filming.

You can talk to me

and tell me your story...

...but we won't film your suicide.

What are you doing?

- Turn the camera back on!

- We're not gonna film it!

- We're not.

- She's right.

You can set yourself on fire

and we'll roast marshmallows.

But you won't be on News at 11.

You're ruining everything.

Give me the flare.

You've got plenty of coverage.

You think so?

Trust me.

Okay.

Harry, you okay?

- You hurt?

- No, I'm fine.

Get that gurney over here, quick!

You all right?

Oh, God, Harry.

This man sets himself on fire.

And it's my fault.

It was an accident.

Maybe if we'd have kept filming.

That's exactly what he wanted.

What you did took guts. Most people

would have gone for the exclusive.

Reel three, George.

Just a moment.

What is this? Why the f***

are you harassing me?

I was at a party when

Fisher was killed.

I was there until 2,

and I have witnesses.

We know that. We checked.

Somebody's trying to make us think

that you killed Squares and Fisher.

Any idea who it is?

Are you kidding? It could be anyone.

They all hate me.

My former agent.

My producers, my crew. The public.

They envy my talent so much

they wish to destroy it.

You don't believe me?

Talk to my secretary.

She'll show you the letters I get.

Warnings, death threats...

I get so many,

I don't pay attention anymore.

I'll check on it.

Tell me...

...anyone else have

a jacket like this?

Most of my crew. Why?

Maybe it was someone in your crew,

or who's worked for you in the past.

Whoever's doing these murders uses

your films and you as inspiration.

Welcome to the Nolan IKKennard Show.

Sex, violence, pornography:

I say it's out of hand. It's time

we have guidelines for what we watch.

I don't want Big Brother out there

telling me what to read or watch.

What's your opinion?

Anybody can watch anything...

... as long as it doesn't

hurt somebody else.

Take it easy.

Give me a chance here.

Who decides what's harmful?

Isn't that what we're talking about?

First Johnny Squares, then Molly

Fisher, now Nolan IKKennard.

- Like I said, celebrities always die...

- In threes, yeah.

- At least the guy went out with a...

- A bang, I know.

- What do you have, Russ?

- Hello, Harry.

From the residue on the frags,

I'd say plastic. Probably C3 or 4.

We'll do an analysis back at the lab.

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