Enemy of the State Page #11

DEAN:

Where's Stacy?

JENNY:

She doesn't want to talk to you.

DEAN:

(beat)

What are you talking--

JENNY:

She can't talk to you right now.

DEAN:

(beat)

Why?

JENNY:

Because she's reading the newspaper,

you a**hole.

DEAN pushes past her and heads to the back patio--

EXT. BACK PATIO - CONTINUOUS

STACY stares blankly, eyes red. A copy of The Post is

beside her. A picture of DEAN and RACHEL, arm in arm,

accompanies a headline.

DEAN walks in--

DEAN:

Stacy?

STACY:

How could you let me find out like

this?

DEAN:

Stacy, I found out like this. This

is the first I'm hearing of--

STACY:

Robert--

DEAN:

It's not true.

STACY:

(reading)

"Sources revealed an FBI

investigation into a possible money

laundering scheme that may have

sent millions of dollars--

DEAN:

I've seen it.

STACY:

(reading)

"At the center of the investigation

are well-known Washington-area

attorneys Robert Dean and Rachel

Banks."

DEAN:

Yeah...look--

STACY whips the paper at him--

STACY:

You swore!

DEAN:

I have lunch with Rachel once a

month. She's my connection to an

investigator.

STACY:

I told you I didn't want you seeing

her.

DEAN:

I know.

STACY:

You had an affair with this woman,

Robert, we went to a f***ing

counselor for a year.

DEAN:

I see her for business.

STACY:

You told me you weren't seeing her

at all.

DEAN:

I didn't want you to be upset. I

shouldn't have lied. Stacy, there's

nothing between me and Rachel Banks.

STACY grabs another paper and shoves it across the

table. DEAN picks it up.

DEAN'S POV:
A black and white surveillance photo of

DEAN and RACHEL on a hotel balcony.

STACY (O.S.)

The date stamp on the picture is

last month. Is that where you and

Rachel conduct business.

DEAN:

(shaking his head)

It's not real...

(to STACY)

That's not me.

STACY:

Oh, please--

DEAN:

It's not a real picture, Stacy,

it's been doctored-up.

STACY:

I think you should leave now, Robert.

DEAN:

Stacy--

STACY:

Leave this house.

EXT. HYATT HOTEL - NIGHT

Establishing. Downtown Washington, D.C.

INT. REGISTRATION DESK - CONTINUOUS

A busy night. DEAN stands at the registration desk

facing a DESK CLERK.

DESK CLERK:

(returning card)

I'm sorry, sir, this card's been

declined.

DEAN:

It's a brand new card.

DESK CLERK:

Maybe it's not connected yet.

DEAN:

(handing him another)

Here, you can use this.

The CLERK runs it through. Same result.

DESK CLERK:

I'm sorry.

He returns the card, embarrassed for Dean. DEAN turns

to leave...

...and stops dead. He stares at the empty floor by a

pillar.

DEAN:

My suitcase--

DESK CLERK:

Sir?

DEAN:

My suitcase is gone.

DEAN walks quickly around the area, looking at

everything and everyone.

DESK CLERK:

I'm sure we can locate it for you, sir.

DEAN:

Don't count on it.

EXT. BANK MACHINE - NIGHT

DEAN stands at the ATM, waiting for cash. There's a

short line of PEOPLE behind him. His bank card spits

out. The monitor reads:

Temporarily Unable to Process

this Transaction

DEAN:

(pounding the machine)

God Dammit!

The waiting PEOPLE back away...

EXT. CHEAP MOTEL - NIGHT

A weathered sign reads:

All Rooms $39.95

An O.S. TV DRONES the latest AT&T COMMERCIAL--

TV ANNOUNCER:

(soft and seductive)

Have you ever tucked your kid in

from a phone booth? You will--

INT. MOTEL ROOM - CONTINUOUS

CLOSE ON AN OLD COLOR TV. The COMMERCIAL ENDS. A

NEWSCASTER returns to deliver the late-night news.

NEWSCASTER:

(on TV)

In Richmond today, Senate Majority

Leader Sam Albert paid a visit to

promote the ten-billion dollar

Anti-Terror Bill.

The newscast cuts to SAM ALBERT, late 60's, standing on

State Capitol Building steps delivering a speech to

community leaders.

SENATOR ALBERT:

(on TV)

America is under assault, and this

time it's from within. The gangs,

the terrorists, the drug lords, the

cults...

PULLING AWAY from the TV, we explore the room. Dimly

lit and cluttered with tired furniture.

SENATOR ALBERT (CONT'D)

(on TV)

It's a war like any other war. A

war with victims and a war that

requires courage and strength.

Outside the window, a BUZZING NEON SIGN flickers red

and blue. We finally end on DEAN, sitting on a sagging

bed, rubbing his eyes...the newspaper with the

doctored-up photo is sitting next to him.

EXT. BUILDING - DAY

Establishing. Italian area of Baltimore. A 40's era

box-building. A sign reads:

Italian/American Legion - Members Only

INT. ITALIAN/AMERICAN LEGION - CONTINUOUS

Thread-bare chairs and a couch. SAL and FRANKIE, both

meaty guys in shiny shirts, sit facing DEAN, who stands

before them.

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