Get Shorty Page #20

BO CATLETT:

Make yourself comfortable.

INT. BATHROOM -- SAME TIME

As Karen shuts the door on him. She listens a moment.

BO CATLETT:

We gonna make a little trade.

She spots a copy of Martin's hardback Weir'D Tales by the

toilet.

KAREN:

For Christ sake . . .

INT. LIVING ROOM -- SAME TIME

Bo Catlett goes over to the stereo.

BEAR:

Trade for what?

BO CATLETT:

The money. F***. I gotta think . . .

We hear Marvin Gaye OVER . . .

BEAR:

Jesus, Bo, what're you doing?

Karen sticks her head out the door . . .

KAREN:

He doesn't know what the f*** he's doing.

Bo Catlett points the gun at her face . . .

BO CATLETT:

Shut up.

She closes the door.

BEAR:

So you kidnapped her?

Karen opens the door again . . .

KAREN:

That's a f***ing federal offense, a**hole!

BEAR/BO CATLETT

Shut up!

Again she shuts the door.

BEAR:

You get life for kidnapping.

BO CATLETT:

Calm down, Bear . . .

BEAR:

Calm down? We're going away for life and you tell me to calm

down?

He taps Bo's gun . . .

BEAR:

(ranting)

Hell, why not just shoot her? Why not shoot everybody.

F***in' shoot me. Shoot the f***in' president?

BO CATLETT:

Don't fade on me now, Bear. Not unless you wanna hold Farrah

on your lap in a room fulla felons.

The two men stare at each as we hear . . .

INT. HOUSE -- SAME TIME

CHILI:

So this's one of those houses you see way up hanging over

the cliff.

They both look over at Chili, standing in the doorway,

lighting a cigarette.

CHILI:

Where's Karen?

BO CATLETT:

(nods to the closed door)

In the can. That the money?

Chili opens Leo's bag so that Bo can see the money.

CHILI:

Lemme see her.

Bo Catlett shrugs, walks over and opens the bathroom door.

Karen stands there with her arms folded across her chest.

CHILI:

You okay?

KAREN:

Guy's got a f***ing pink toilet, for Christ's sake.

BO CATLETT:

She's great. Gimme the money.

CHILI:

First you and me gotta get a couple things straight.

Chili walks to the doorway leading out to the deck and turns

around. He eyes Bo Catlett a moment, then . . .

CHILI:

I've been shot at before -- once by accident, twice on

purpose. I'm still here and I'm gonna be here as long as I

want. That means you're gonna have to be somewhere else, not

anywhere near me or Harry or Karen.

Chili sets the duffle bag down in front of him.

CHILI:

Here's your money. Take it and leave the movie business to

the rest of us, know what we're doing. C'mon Karen . . .

They turn to leave, we hear a LOUD CLICK as Bo raises the

gun, takes a step towards them . . .

BO CATLETT:

You broke in my house and I have a witness to it.

CHILI:

What?

Chili looks at the Bear. The Bear won't look at him.

BO CATLETT:

Only this time, no John Wayne and Dean Martin shooting the

bad guys in El Dorado.

CHILI:

It was Rio Bravo. Robert Mitchum was the drunk in El Dorado,

Dean Martin in Rio Bravo, practically the same part. John

Wayne, he also did the same thing in both. He played John

Wayne.

BO CATLETT:

Man, I can't wait for you to be dead.

CHILI:

Bear, you're not really gonna --

The Bear hooks one to Chili's face. Chili drops to his

knees.

BEAR:

That's for the stairs.

The Bear kicks him, sending Chili back into the living room

at Karen's feet.

BEAR:

Ever fallen down stairs before? It really hurts . . .

KAREN:

Hey --

Karen moves to help Chili. Bo raises the gun . . .

BO CATLETT:

You wanna go first, honey? That's fine with me.

Bear picks up Chili . . .

BO CATLETT:

Get him off my carpet, you gonna make him bleed like that.

The Bear knees Chili in the gut, then shoves him out on to

the balcony. Bo Catlett follows them out there . . .

BO CATLETT:

Like I say, 'I warned him, officer, but he kept coming at me

. . .'

The Bear follows Chili out, hits him again.

BEAR:

And that's for the airport.

BO CATLETT:

Hey, he should have a weapon, a knife or something.

BEAR:

We'll get it later.

And the Bear hits Chili again . . .

BO CATLETT:

Okay, Bear . . . that's enongh.

But the Bear can't stop, keeps hitting Chili. Bo moves up to

the Bear . . .

BO CATLETT:

Hey, Bear . . . enough!

The Bear looks at Bo Catlett . . .

BO CATLETT:

You keep hittin' him like that, he ain't gonna look like he

broke in anymore, he gonna look like someone beat him up and

then shot him.

BEAR:

You're right.

And then the Bear, holding on to the back of Chili's shirt,

shoves him towards Bo Catlett, who takes a step back, and

grabs the rail behind behind him, and drops the gun as he

gets a funny look on his face as . . . THE RAIL BREAKS AWA Y

. . .

BO CATLETT:

F*** . . .

He flails a moment, grabbing at spare, but then quickly

grabs on to Chili . . .

CHILI:

Hey --

The Bear tries to pull Chili back, but ends up holding a

handful of Chili's shirt as both Chili and Bo Catlett go

over the rail together and drop from sight . . .

KAREN:

Chili!

EXT. FROM THE HOUSE BELOW -- LOOKING UP AT BO CATLETT'S

HOUSE:

As a body falls . . . too dark to see who . . .

EXT. BO CATLETT'S DECK -- SAME TIME

As Karen spots THE GUN on the deck as two hands apprar on

the edge and the Bear rushes forward . . .

BEAR:

C'mon, man, gimme your hand . . . we gotta get outta here .

. .

Behind the Bear, Karen picks the gun up off the deck, points

it at the Bear. . .

BEAR:

Hey, Karen, don't --

The Bear reaches down again and BOOM! Karen SHOOTS THE BEAR

IN THE LEG. He cries out, falls back and lets go of . . .

CHILI:

Who now barely hangs on to the deck.

CHILI:

Karen! What the f*** are you doing?!

KAREN:

Oh, sh*t . . . I'm sorry . . . I thought that was . . . I'm

so sorry . . .

She comes over to the edge . . . helps the now wounded Bear

pull Chili back up on to the deck. Then they all stand there

looking down at Bo Catlett lying in the weeds and scraggly

bushes, a hundred or so feet down, not moving.

Marvin Gaye singing 'Ain't No Mountain High Enongh' as Chili

then steps back, looks at the railing . . .

CHILI:

Jesus. How'd that happen?

The Bear starts taking bolts and nuts, old used ones, out of

his pants pockets. Wiping each one on his shirt before

dropping it over the side . . .

BEAR:

Beats the sh*t out of me.

BO CATLETT'S POV -- CHILI, KAREN, & THE BEAR

The three of them looking down. Slowly the picture gets

blurry as we then . . .

FADE OUT.

We then TILT DOWN TO REVEAL

EXT. SUNSET MARQUIS HOTEL -- NIGHT

As Chili and Karen pull to the curb out front. She looks at

him . . .

KAREN:

Were you scared up there?

CHILI:

You bet.

KAREN:

You don't act like it?

CHILI:

I was scared then, not now. How long you want me to be

scared?

She looks off, shakes her head . . .

CHILI:

I'll be right back.

KAREN:

(shakes her head)

Go get your stuff.

INT. CHILI'S ROOM -- NIGHT

As Chili enters, takes off his suitcoat, drapes it over a

chair. He takes his suitcase out of the closet, throws it on

the bed, and freezes as . . .

RAY BONES:

extending the 9mm at Chili, comes out of the bathroom.

CHILI:

You don't need that. You want to sit down and talk, it's

fine with me. Get this straightened out.

Bones steps further into the room as Chili turns his back on

Bones, walks to the sofa and sits down.

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