El Mariachi Page #5

INT. HOTEL COAHUILA LOBBY - DAY

Mariachi enters the lobby and winks at the old Clerk who is

standing over his open register in shock. His eyes widen when he

sees Mariachi. He runs out of the hotel.

VIEJO CLERK:

(screaming, pointing inside)

PENDEJOS!!!

INT. MARIACHI'S HOTEL ROOM - DAY

Mariachi rushes in, grabs his jacket and puts it on. He grabs his

guitar case and squeezes it tight, his eyes shut. Slow dolly into

him, as his eyes open.

CLOSEUP of plague on wall with mace and swords. He grabs the

mace, swining it around a few times. He feels secure, now. He

turns to leave.

EXT. HOTEL COURTYARD - DAY

Mariachi rushes out the door, he looks down and sees the Mean

Dudes entering the courtyard. He ducks his head back just as they

look up to see him. Mariachi runs up a smal flight of steps,

where he then tosses his guitar onto a balcony, which he then

jumps over to himself.

The men rush up the steps shooting at the balcony. Bullets

narrowly miss Mariachi as he climbs over the balcony to safety.

INT. HOTEL HALLWAY - DAY

Mariachi dashes down the hallway out onto a balcony. He sees no

way down.

EXT. COURTYARD BALCONY - DAY

The Mean Dudes are climbing over the balcony like spiders.

Mariachi runs back and slams his guitar into the first guy to

make it over the balcony. His dummy falls down the stairs and

over the narrow railing. The Dude splats on the ground in

gruesome CLOSEUP.

The old man looks over at him as he dies, then turns back as if

nothing happened. Mariachi bolts back down the hill.

EXT. FRONT BALCONY - HOTEL COAHUILA - DAY

Mariachi is looking down the balcony trying to find a way to

escape. Mariachi looks behind him.

INT. HOTEL HALLWAY - DAY

Mean Dudes barrel down the hallway reloading the guns.

EXT. FRONT BALCONY - HOTEL COAHUILA - DAY

Mariachi flings his mace over an electric cable, then stands on

the balcony lip, placing his guitar between his legs.

EXT. STREET SHOT OUTSIDE HOTEL - DAY

Mariachi is sliding down the cable and turns back to see Mean

Dudes firing guns at him. Bus stops in traffic and Mariachi grabs

his guitar and jumps onto the hood of the bus.

EXT. STREET - DAY

Mariachi jumps onto another car and then down into the street.

Mean Dudes exit the hotel and chase him on foot while a few get

in the truck and chase him. The truck takes a short cut.

Mariachi is running through the sidewalks and streets in front os

curioso shops, jumping small carts and children and cars to

escape the two men behind him. He enters a small cutoff where the

truck tries to stop him by heading off. The bad guys stick their

heads and guns out of their windows and laugh as they ready to

shoot him. Mariachi, though, already having built momentum, runs

right up the front of the trucks as the guys try to shoot him but

not succeed in only shooting each other as he runs up and over

the cab, into the bed, and onto the street. He swings his guitar

case into another guy's groin and grabs is gun, reaiming it to

shoot Mean Dude #5. Mariachi shoots him in the arm, and Mean Dude

#5 drops his gun and cowers away in pain. Mariachi then turns the

guy's gun on him and shoots him in the chest. Mariachi grabs his

case and as Mean Dude #5 turns to get s look at him, all he sees

is the case coming into his face. Mariachi heads back for

Domino's.

INT. BOYSTOWN SALOON DOMINO'S - DAY

Mariachi stumbles through city streets, pausing against a

telephone pole as he gazes at Domino's Saloon across the street.

Mariachi stumbles across, almost getting hit by a few cars, and

drags himself into the saloon.

INT. AMADEUS - DAY

Mariachi staggers into Amadeus and washes his face in a fountain

by the door. He makes his way to the bar as a patron pays and

leaves.

DOMINO:

What happened to you, Mariachi? Too much refresco?

MARIACHI:

I just killed four guys.

Domino turns around and looks at Mariachi, wondering hard is he's

joking. He lifts up a bloody hand, grabs a napkin, and then seems

to ask permission with his eyes before wiping his hands clean.

DOMINO:

Is it true?

Mariachi nods an ashamed yes.

Domino reaches for her gun under the counter.

The camera is on Mariachi when she brings it out and points at

him.

MARIACHI:

(exhausted)

Wait a minute... what's your name?

DOMINO:

Domino.

MARIACHI:

Wait a minute, Domino! It was self-defense.

She c*cks the pistol.

MARIACHI:

(frantic)

I'm new in town. I don't know everyone!!! I have no friends

here... and no enemies.

DOMINO:

(lowering the gun a bit)

Thieves?

MARIACHI:

(nodding)

No way. They were well-dressed men. I checked into the cheapest

hotel in town, no money, nothing of value, except this guitar and

maybe this coat, which they could have taken when I left my room,

but they didn't. They were only interested in killing me.

DOMINO:

(lifting the gun back up)

So why do you come here? You want to get me killed?

MARIACHI:

I need a place to stay until I figure this out. They've got me

mixed up with someone else.

DOMINO:

And you've never seen them before? Not even in another town?

MARIACHI:

(long pause)

Are you saying they followed me, a mariachi, here? What for?

DOMINO:

Maybe they hate your music.

Mariachi stares at her expressionless. She stares back at him.

DOMINO:

Maybe you were singing in another town, they hated your voice,

and now they're trying to kill you.

MARIACHI:

Are you serious?

DOMINO:

(nodding)

Yes.

She laughes.

MARIACHI:

Are you going to help me, or am I gonna have to die on your

porch?

DOMINO:

I have a room upstairs. My room. Don't touch anything. I'll be up

after awhile and we can call a friend of mine.

Mariachi shakes her hand.

MARIACHI:

Thank you. I'll never forget this.

He tries to kiss her hand. She slides it away and effortlessly

slaps him.

DOMINO:

This way.

He follows her to a doorway revealing an unlit staircase. When he

enters, the darkness swallows him as she shuts the door behind

him.

INT. UPSTAIRS DOMINO'S LOFT - DAY

Mariachi enters a roomy, luxurious apartment above the main bar.

There is a free-standing porcelain tub in the center of the room.

Mariachi places his guitar halfway between the entrance and the

tub. The camera is tracking backwards with him as he walks,

making th room look endless. He removes his jacket as he makes

his way to the tub. He drops his jacket onto the floor and gently

climbs into the tub. The camera faces him as he settles back. The

camera slowly dollies into him as he lays back, crosses his

fingers, and gives a relaxed smile.

INT. AMADEUS - DAY

Domino is washing a glass. She the then remembers she has the gun

in her waist belt, so she removes it and sticks it back under the

counter. Wounded Mean Dude #5 comes in limping. She takes out a

towel and drops it on the counter.

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