Dog Day Afternoon Page #9

JENNY:

Hon? I got to go.

MAN (V.O.)

I love you.

Jenny hesitates. Everyone is looking at her. They look

away, as though to give her privacy.

JENNY:

Yeah. Well, I got to go now...

A beat of silence. Realizes she can't talk...

MAN (V.O.)

I'll kiss the baby for you.

JENNY:

(past embarrassment)

I love you.

She hangs up and then crosses to the group by the vault.

NEW ANGLE:

on Sonny as he moves to Sal, to reassure Sal out of some

guiltiness about trapping him in this situation. His tone

apologetic... almost tender...

SONNY:

Sal, I'm sorry about this. But we

can get outta this thing. There's a

way outta this.

SAL:

Are you serious? About throwin' a

body outta here if we have to?

SONNY:

Well, I stalled him for a while.

When it comes the time, then we'll

work it out. Okay?

SAL:

But do you mean it?... But you just

told him that if worse comes to

worse...

SONNY:

I want him to think that.

SAL:

But I want to know what you think.

SONNY:

We won't have to.

SAL:

I'll tell you right now - that I'm

ready to do it.

Now Sonny moves over to the group at the vault gate and speaks

to them.

SONNY:

What I want to say is... everything's

gonna be all right... if we all

cooperate and we don't, you know...

carry on... I don't know you and you

don't know me... and what I'm tryin'

to tell you is that if you stay cooled

out, we can work this thing out and

nobody's going to get hurt... believe

me, I don't want to hurt anybody...

Everybody is going to have a chance

to do what they have to do... she's

gotta go to the bathroom - so you go -

and you can go after... Everybody's

gonna get a chance... Everybody's

gonna get a chance to use the phone...

Let's just take it a step at a time.

Sonny now turns toward Mulvaney. Howard lies down, head on

jacket, in the vault.

SONNY:

(to Mulvaney)

Now, you -- what's your name?

MULVANEY:

Mulvaney...

SONNY:

You and me are checking the other

ways in and out.

Sal takes a position where he can cover the door and also

the girls and Howard.

NEW ANGLE:

as Sonny and Mulvaney move toward the rear of the bank.

SONNY:

Let's go to the back door.

(referring to Howard)

How'd that guy get to be a guard?

MULVANEY:

Well, they go to guard school.

SONNY:

To what... learn how to shoot?

They don't get a gun.

MULVANEY:

They make $105 a week to start.

They fold the flag, check the place

out in the morning. I don't know

what they learn, Sonny.

At some point in their move toward the rear door, Sylvia

exits the Ladies' room and moves back toward the group.

MULVANEY:

Here we are... the back door.

They look at it. It is big, black, steel and seems solid.

Sonny tests it.

SONNY:

They could shoot the lock... I want

to block it, so if they try comin'

here, we're gonna hear it. Here,

you pull on that side.

(puts gun aside)

He has found a big office machine, a Xerox or whatever, which

he now starts to push toward the door. On the opposite side,

Mulvaney starts to pull it toward the door. It's very heavy

and they have to strain to budge it at all. Meanwhile:

SONNY:

You got kids?

MULVANEY:

I got two kids... and I'd like to

see them again.

SONNY:

Ah, I know! You're being very

cooperative. I got no complaint

against you whatever; you got bank

insurance?

Mulvaney has removed his suit jacket.

MULVANEY:

You know I do. You seem to know a

lot about bank procedure.

Sonny laughs and pushes the machine. Mulvaney pulls from

the opposite side.

SONNY:

Don't ask me questions. I got

connections. You find out who I am,

you're cold meat.

MULVANEY:

I don't care who you are...

(shove)

I just want to get you outta here,

safe, right?

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