Dog Day Afternoon Page #15

MEDIA (2ND FLOOR)

Hey, lady... you're out now. Stay

out!

Sonny, waiting patiently, holds door open for her.

SYLVIA:

They're my girls. They need me in

there.

And she walks through the door past Sonny and into the bank.

Moretti yells up at the media to get the hell away and at

the same time, turns to a nearby cop and gives orders for

the air conditioning to be turned off inside the bank.

As the crowd realizes what has happened, they APPLAUD and

SCREAM. At the door:

ANGLE IN BANK DOOR

as Sonny turns to grin and wave back at crowd.

CUT TO:

INT. BANK - DAY

as Sonny and Sylvia walk into bank and head for the group at

the rear. Mulvaney is seated at his desk, but the rest of

the girls are standing around the vault area.

Sylvia heads for the girls as Sonny walks toward Sal.

SYLVIA:

Hey, girls -- I was on television...

MULVANEY:

(to passing Sonny)

What about Howard?

Sonny makes reassuring gesture to let him know Howard is

safe.

SONNY:

(to Mulvaney)

Turn on the TV.

Mulvaney turns on the TV set. In the meantime, Sylvia has

reached the other girls.

GIRLS:

What happened?

And Sylvia begins to recount the events out on the street,

mainly about herself as a television celebrity.

ANGLE ON TV SET:

as we see the image of a TV NEWSMAN across the street. Then,

as his director CUTS, we will see on the TV set an

ANGLE ON THE BANK AS SEEN FROM ACROSS THE STREET.

The TV Cameraman ZOOMS and the TV image ZEROES IN through

the door to show a partially-screened but quite clear image

of Sonny, talking to Sal.

SONNY:

(to Sal)

The whole media is out there... it

looks a lot better for us than it

did before...

ON SAL:

absorbing this...

TV NEWSMAN'S VOICE (V.O.)

We can see the robbers inside the

bank, and we're trying now to

establish contact.

THE PHONE BEGINS TO RING.

TV NEWSMAN'S VOICE (V.O.)

We're on the telephone to the bank

manager, Patrick J. Mulvaney... Mister

Mulvaney...

Mulvaney answers the phone.

MULVANEY'S VOICE (V.O.)

Yes, I can hear you.

SONNY:

serious, nodding to Sal.

TV NEWSMAN'S VOICE (V.O.)

Can you put the robber on the phone?

Will he talk to us?

MULVANEY'S VOICE (V.O.)

You wanna talk to him... Sonny...

Sonny turns, trying to understand...

NEW ANGLE:

SONNY:

What?

MULVANEY:

The TV... they want to talk to you...

He holds out the phone. Sonny walks over to him and takes

the receiver. On the TV screen, we can see him doing this.

SONNY:

(into phone)

Yeah? Who's this?

WABC TV NEWSMAN:

Sir, you're on the air. I wonder if

you'd answer a few questions.

SONNY:

(to Sal)

Hey, Sal...

(to phone)

Sure.

TV NEWSMAN:

Why are you doing this?

SONNY:

Doing what?

TV NEWSMAN:

Robbing a bank.

SONNY:

I don't know... It's where they got

the money. I mean, if you want to

steal, you go to where they got the

money, right?

Jenny now edges over and sits on top of Edna's desk.

TV NEWSMAN:

But I mean, why do you need to steal?

Couldn't you get a job?

SONNY:

Get a job doing what? You gotta be

a member of a union, no union card -

no job. To join the union, you gotta

get the job, but you don't get the

job without the card.

TV NEWSMAN:

What about, ah, non-union occupations?

SONNY:

Like what? Bank teller? What do

they get paid -

(now looks over at

girls who offer the

information - $135.37)

they pay one hundred thirty-five

dollars and thirty-seven cents to

start. I got a wife and kids. I

can't live on that -- You want to

live on that? What do you make a

week?

TV NEWSMAN:

(swiftly, evasive)

I'm here to talk to you, Sonny, not...

SONNY:

Wait a minute... I'm talkin' to you.

I'm askin' you a question...

TV NEWSMAN:

The audience is interested in you,

Sonny... not me.

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