Dog Day Afternoon Page #17

Edna exits ladies room as Sonny crosses back to the phone,

picks it up.

SONNY:

(into phone)

Get me Moretti.

Now Sonny turns and speaks to the group.

SONNY:

We're all gonna get outta here.

You're all gonna be all right. I'm

gonna ask for a helicopter and a

jet... and we're gonna get outta

here alive... You've all been all

right with me and as long as it stays

that way, then things are gonna be

all right - as long as you

cooperate...

(into phone)

Moretti, I want to talk to you. I'm

comin' out.

Sonny slams the phone down and walks over to Sal, rifle still

in his hands.

SONNY:

You realize, Sal, that we're gonna

get outta the country, so if you

wanna talk to somebody, do it now...

You gotta Mother or a Father?

Friends?

(Sal nods no)

If we gotta be outside the country,

where do you wanna go? Any country.

Just name a country.

SAL:

Wyoming.

SONNY:

(stopped for a moment)

Wyoming... That's not out of the

country -- that's in the United

States... Look, I'll be back.

Sonny starts to walk toward the door. As he does, Sal calls

back to him.

SAL:

Sonny! Gimme the gun. You don't

need that.

Sonny realizes what he's saying and crosses back to Sal and

hands him the gun, then moves toward the front door.

EXT. BANK - DAY

Much as before. Sonny steps out. The guns start to come

up.

SONNY:

Put them down.

The Cops lower their weapons. Moretti comes out on the

sidewalk. He's eating an ice cream bar, and stands seemingly

at ease, an island of calm control in a storm of passion

about to be let loose. The Cops are always about to explode.

MORETTI:

Sonny, ya want somethin'?

Sonny is about to open his mouth when a medium-size dark-

haired Man who has been standing among people behind the

barriers puts his head down and runs at astonishing speed

right across the street towards Sonny. He catches everybody

so by surprise he is already on Sonny before anyone can do

more than start to yell at him to stop. Sonny, himself,

can't believe it! He is slammed to the ground and the Man

begins to punch him and beat him viciously. Cops charge in

and with great difficulty pull him off.

YELLING on the radio network; TV Reporters and the crowd up

and SCREAMING for blood!

CLOSE ANGLE:

as Moretti steps in. Sonny gets up, dazed. The Man goes on

kicking and fighting Cops...

MORETTI:

Who the hell is that?

ANGLE SHOWING DOOR OF BANK

Mulvaney stands in the door...

MORETTI:

(to Maria's boy friend)

Hey! What the f*** you tryin' to

do? You don't think the whole police

department can do the job?

MARIA'S BOY FRIEND

I think he's got Maria in there, and

I see blood, man! I wanta jam him

up...

MORETTI:

Jesus, the Spanish! You gotta do it

yourself, right? Eye for an eye!

Go wan get outa here, we'll take

care of her.

(turns to Sonny)

You okay, Sonny? Boy, he hung a

couple good ones on you there!

MULVANEY:

(from door; alarmed)

Sal wants to see Sonny. He says

he'll shoot unless he can see Sonny.

He means Sal. Sonny, dazed and bleeding, reels to the door

and calls in... Sal now stands alone behind 3rd pillar.

SONNY:

It's okay, Sal.

He turns back to face Moretti, Sylvia, Mulvaney.

SONNY:

(continuing; hurt,

wondering)

He wanted to kill me!

MORETTI:

It's okay, you got a lot of

protection.

CLOSE - SONNY

Looking around, bewildered, the crowd is YELLING and now it

sounds unfriendly. He is really shaken up... He shakes

himself -- stops that line and starts over in a business-

like tone.

SONNY:

I want a helicopter to get outa here!

And a jet to take us to...

(cagey)

...wherever we want to go. Outa the

country, so no little jets. A big

one with a bar and a piano lounge.

MORETTI:

I don't know, Sonny. I don't know

if the helicopters can land in here.

I'll have to check it out. I got

superiors, unnerstan? They don't

always see eye to eye with me. I'll

do what I can.

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