Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Page #10

DUKE reaches out to grab GONZO, who jumps back -- keeps

going around.

The BARTENDER narrows his eyes at them.

DUKE steps onto the merry-go-round -- hurries round the

bar -- approaching GONZO from the blind side and shoves

GONZO from behind. GONZO goes down with a hellish scream.

DUKE approaches him with his hands in the air. Smiling.

DUKE:

You fell. Let's go.

GONZO refuses to move and stands tense, fists clenched,

looking for somebody to hit...an old woman perhaps?

DUKE (CONT'D)

OK. You stay here and go to jail.

I'm leaving.

DUKE walks fast towards the stairs. GONZO catches up with

him.

GONZO:

Did you see that? Some sonofabitch

kicked me in the back.

DUKE:

Probably the bartender. He wanted

to stomp you for what you said to

the waitress.

GONZO:

Good God! Let's get out of here!

Where's the elevator?

DUKE:

(turning him in the

opposite direction)

Don't go near that elevator.

That's just what they want us to

do... trap us in a steel box and

take us down to the basement.

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EXT. BAZOOKO CIRCUS CASINO - NIGHT

DUKE and GONZO stumble out of the entrance.

DUKE:

Don't run. They'd like any excuse

to shoot us.

GONZO:

(in an extended fall)

You drive! I think there's

something wrong with me.

INT. MINT HOTEL CORRIDOR OUTSIDE THEIR SUITE - NIGHT

DUKE AND GONZO RUN MADLY DOWN THE CORRIDOR... DUKE TAKING

CARE NOT TO STEP ON THE PATTERNED PART OF THE CARPET.

GONZO STRUGGLES with the key in the lock.

GONZO:

Those bastards have changed the

lock on us. They probably searched

the room. Jesus, we're finished!

The door SUDDENLY SWINGS OPEN. DUKE AND GONZO fall inside.

INT. MINT HOTEL SUITE - NIGHT

GONZO:

Bolt everything! Use all chains!

DUKE locks the door. The suite is crowded with ROOM SERVICE

GOODIES. DUKE turns to see GONZO staring at two hotel room

keys. EVERYTHING STOPS.

GONZO:

Where did this one come from?

DUKE snatches a key.

DUKE:

That's Lacerda's room.

GONZO smiles a slow smile...

GONZO:

Yeah... I thought we might need it...

DUKE:

What for?

GONZO snatches the key back.

40.

GONZO:

Let's go up there and blast him out

of bed with the fire hose.

DUKE:

No, we should leave the poor

bastard alone. I get the feeling

that he's avoiding us for some

reason.

GONZO:

Don't kid yourself. That Portuguese

son of a b*tch is dangerous. He's

watching us like a hawk.

DUKE:

He told me he was turning in early...

GONZO utters an anguished cry -- slaps the wall with both

hands.

GONZO:

That dirty bastard! I knew it!

He's got hold of my woman!

DUKE:

(laughing)

That little blonde groupie with the

film crew? You think he sodomized

her?

GONZO:

That's right, laugh about it! You

goddamn honkies are all the same!

GONZO SLASHES A GRAPEFRUIT with a HUGE RAZOR SHARP HUNTING

KNIFE. DUKE blanches.

DUKE:

Where'd you get that knife?

GONZO SLICES THE GRAPEFRUIT -- MANIACAL.

GONZO:

Room service sent it up. I wanted

something to cut the limes.

GONZO SLICES THE GRAPEFRUIT -- INTO EIGHTHS!

DUKE:

What limes?

GONZO SLICES -- SIXTEENTHS!

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GONZO:

They didn't have any. They don't

grow in the desert.

SLICE! SLICE! SLICE!

GONZO:

That dirty toad bastard! I knew I

should have taken him out when I

had the chance. Now he has her.

SLICE! SLICE! SLICE! GONZO SLASHES INSANELY!

DUKE watches -- straight-faced.

DUKE (V/O)

I remember the girl. We'd had a

problem with her in the elevator a

few hours earlier: my attention had

made a fool of himself.

INT. ELEVATOR - DAY (FLASHBACK)

An elevator door opens to reveal the SMILING FACES OF

LACERDA, THE BLONDE TV REPORTER AND HER CREW.

DUKE and GONZO stagger in.

LACERDA drops his smile. He's standing beside the BLONDE TV

REPORTER. A trembling GONZO moonily turns his eyes onto her.

BLONDE TV REPORTER

(to Gonzo)

You must be a rider. What class

are you in?

GONZO:

Class? What the f*** do you mean?

BLONDE TV REPORTER

What do you ride? We're filming

the race for a TV series -- maybe

we can use you.

GONZO:

Use me?

DUKE (V/O)

Mother of God, I thought. Here it

comes.

GONZO is TREMBLING BADLY. There's a moment of uncomfortable

silence.

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GONZO:

(suddenly shouting)

I ride the BIG ONES! The really

BIG f***ers!

GONZO shows his teeth to LACERDA. DUKE laughs trying to

defuse the scene.

DUKE:

The Vincent Black Shadow. We're

with the Factory Team.

TV CAMERAMAN:

Bullshit.

GONZO stills -- becomes dangerous -- zeros in on the TV

CAMERAMAN -- groin to groin...

GONZO:

Wait a minute, pardon me lady, but

I think there's some kind of

ignorant chicken-sucker in this car

who needs his face cut open. You

cheap honky faggots! Which one of

you wants to get cut?!

DEAD SILENCE.

Ding! The elevator door opens, but nobody moves. The door

closes.

Next floor. Ding! The door opens again. A middle-aged

couple start to get in. Change their minds. The door closes.

INT. CORRIDOR - DAY

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