Dog Day Afternoon Page #24

EXT. BANK

as Sonny sees Leon get out of the car.

SONNY:

Leon! Leon! Over here! Happy

Birthday, Leon!

ON LEON:

who doesn't hear Sonny calling, the detectives and Moretti

start to take him to the barbershop.

MORETTI:

(to cop driver)

What's that?

COP DRIVER:

We went to the hospital, where he

told us - and asked for his wife.

He...

(indicates Leon)

...says they got married in a church.

MORETTI:

Jesus!

They continue along the sidewalk. Leon, coming to, starts

to look around him. He sees Sonny.

ON SONNY:

as he yells again to Leon.

SONNY:

Leon! Happy Birthday!

ON LEON:

who faints.

FULL SHOT:

The crowd yelling in increasing waves of SOUND; Moretti and

cops pick up Leon and rush him toward the barbershop.

ANGLE ON SONNY:

who dashes toward the bank door, enters.

INT. BANK - DAY

as Sonny comes running in. Sylvia is now showing off her

new-found expertise with a cigarette to Miriam, Jenny and

Deborah, seated around Edna's desk. (Deborah is talking on

the phone.) Meanwhile, Edna is back in the Conference Room

with Mulvaney; Margaret is seated at her desk, speaking on

the phone; Maria, speaking on phone, is seated at Mulvaney's

desk - where television is still on.

Sonny, wanting to use a phone, realizes that all are in use,

rushes to a desk at the front of the bank. Sal follows him

there. Sonny grabs a phone.

SONNY:

(into phone)

Get me Moretti!

INT. BARBERSHOP

where Moretti and cops are trying to revive Leon. A cop at

the phone turns to Moretti.

COP ON PHONE:

Moretti - he wants to talk to you.

Moretti walks over to phone, takes receiver from cop.

INT. BANK

Sonny waiting for Moretti to answer phone.

SONNY:

Is he all right? Is he all right?

MORETTI (V.O.)

He's all doped up.

SONNY:

I want to talk to him.

MORETTI (V.O.)

He's groggy, Sonny. Let me get him

on his feet and he'll call you back.

(hangs up)

INT. BARBERSHOP

as Moretti hangs up phone and walks over to Leon, who now

has a glass of water and a cold towel.

MORETTI:

Leon? Whatsa matter? They give you

a shot down the hospital or what?

LEON:

Oh, God, they shot me with like

unreal!

MORETTI:

Well, you got to get hold of yourself.

You got to talk to him, tell him to

give himself up.

LEON:

Oh no!

MORETTI:

He's got eight people in there with

him. He's got this kid with him...

they're gonna shoot the people.

LEON:

I can't help it. I can't stop him

from anything.

MORETTI:

If he won't listen to you, who will

he listen to?

LEON:

He won't listen to anybody. He's

been very crazy all summer. Since

June he's been trying to kill me.

MORETTI:

You try calling the police?

LEON:

What good is that? They couldn't

stop him. And it'd just make him

mad. They don't know him.

MORETTI:

Somebody's got to stop him, Leon.

LEON:

He was under great strain: you don't

understand, he's a very mixed up

person.

MORETTI:

He's makin' threats in there.

LEON:

He's scared. It's crazy. I never

met anyone like him. His wife, he's

a wonderful father to his children.

His mother - you should see her -

his mother and father together are

like a bad car wreck - he lets it

all slide off his back, he sees them,

he pays their rent. Unbelievable.

I wanted to get married... He didn't

really want it... he's married

already! But he did it. I don't

know why. I thought it would help

me, but it didn't. I was just as

confused and unhappy was before; I

did terrible things.

MORETTI:

What kind of things, Leon?

LEON:

Ten days I spent in Atlantic City -

Sonny was frantic - he knew I was

drinking; he didn't know where I

was... who I was with. I couldn't

explain why I did the things I did.

So I went to this psychiatrist who

explained to me I was a woman in a

man's body. So Sonny right away

wanted to get me money for a sex

change operation: but where was he

to get that? 2500 dollars! My God,

he's in hock up to his ears already.

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