Gone in Sixty Seconds Page #6

MEMPHIS:

I don't want them hurt. Any of 'em...

CALITRI:

"don't want" the Dodgers to lose or

the summer to end. But we

don't get to choose these things...

Atley hits the wall-switch and the steel door slides shut. Calitri

turns to Memphis...

CALITRI (cont'd)

"Nothing that's forced can ever be

right." Old woodworking expression.

I really don't care how the 50

get onto my ship ... I just care

that they do. You decide.

With that, he puts his protective glasses back on - and fires up

an abrasive-disc-finishing machine, adjusting the miter gage and

beginning to sand the Outside curve of an angled chamfer.

EXT. HELEN RAINES' HOUSE - ESTABLISHING - NIGHT

A small New England-style shingle and clapboard, up on a hill

overlooking the port. A small GUEST-HOUSE behind it ...

INT. HELEN RAINES' HOUSE

Helen clears away the dinner dishes ... The TV is on. The news. We

see a CRIME SCENE ...

REPORTER:

... the car-jacking, which left Ramona

Sullivan, the 44-year-old mother of

three, dead, occurred last night at ...

Memphis glances to the TV... Grimaces ... He looks out the window

... At the SEDAN parked below...

EXT. RAINES' HOUSE - NIGHT

Memphis comes out ... Moves to the sedan parked across the street

... it is Detectives Castlebeck and Drycoff...

DETECTIVE CASTLEBECK

I know you.

MEMPHIS:

You know my back.

They get out of the car... The view of San Pedro from up here is a

spectacular bedspread of lights ...

DETECTIVE DRYCOFF

When'd you get to town, Raines?

MEMPHIS:

The other day....

DETECTIVE DRYCOFF

What for?

MEMPHIS:

No particular reason. Catch a Laker game. I

heard we got Shaquille ...

DETECTIVE DRYCOFF

Where you been, anyway?

MEMPHIS:

Just out there. Roaming around. Building up my

collection of refrigerator magnets ...

DETECTIVE DRYCOFF

You seem a little hinked-up ...

MEMPHIS:

Not at all ...

He and Castlebeck lock eyes ... Castlebeck takes a pear from his

coat pocket ... Sets to polishing it ...

DETECTIVE CASTLEBECK

I remember us having made some

kind of deal, Randall. I don't

remember this deal having some kind

of time-limit. I look at you -

here - in my town - and I'm

confused...

MEMPHIS:

A little family emergency --

DETECTIVE CASTLEBECK

I hope it's not your dear sweet

mother...

MEMPHIS:

No...

DETECTIVE CASTLEBECK

Or your baby brother. What was his

name?

MEMPHIS:

Kip.

DETECTIVE CASTLEBECK

Yes, Kip. Short for Kipling.

Named for the English writer

of stories about India ...

He bites into his pear ...

Memphis says nothing, waits ...

DETECTIVE CASTLEBECK (cont'd)

I got a rash of thefts. A new crew is

making noise. We recovered a big take -

last week...

MEMPHIS:

And this has what to do with me?

DETECTIVE CASTLEBECK

I don't know. But you shouldn't

be here. Take care of your business.

I'll give you 24 hours. And

then I don't want to see your face.

Ever again. Make a fool of me

once, that's my bad. Make a fool of

me twice. That's really my

bad, and I'll kick your ass from

here to India ...

Castlebeck gives him a long look... As they walk back to the car...

DETECTIVE CASTLEBECK

Good. Cos you know how it plays.

Six years ago, I let you go free. But

the next time ... The next time sends

you away for'a long, long while ...

DETECTIVE DRYCOFF

By the time you get out, a**hole, there

won't even be cars. We'll all be cruisin'

around in space ships ...

He laughs... And they drive off ... Memphis watching them go ...

once they're gone... He walks ...

EXT. "THE SIDE POCKET" - BACK ALLEY EXIT - NIGHT

Kip comes out of the club... Toby follows ...

TOBY:

You goin' home?

KIP:

Yeah... You want a ride...

TOBY:

Sure -

KIP:

How'd you get here? Your Moms give you

ride -- ?

TOBY:

Hell, no. I boosted a 'Vette.

KIP:

You boosted a 'Vette? Then where is it?

TOBY:

I dunno. It was right here. Someone

musta' boosted it back...

KIP:

Damn crooks is everywhere --

They smile...And go to Kip's TRANS AM...

TOBY (cont'd)

Memphis seemed weird, huh? What's with

them clothes? He a farmer now or

something?

And this seems funny to Kip... He smiles..

KIP:

Yeah. Except the only thing he's growing

is old...

And they are fronted by TWO GOONS ... Who toss them up against the

wall...

KIP (cont'd)

What do you want -- ?

One of the goons SOCKS Toby in the gut. Toby doubles over. Kip

strains to intervene, but his goon holds him back --

KIP:

Don't you do that! You leave him alone!

GOON:

Shaddup, Raines

KIP:

He's got nothing to do with this --

And the goon punches him in the face. And Kip goes down. And out.

GOON:

Get him in the car

EXT. WOODBURN SCRAP AND METAL - NIGHT

Kip comes to. In his car. Hot white lights blind him. The Trans

Am is in the crusher. FIGURES above him. Calitri. The goons ...

CALITRI:

Hello, Kip --

Kip tries to get out. The doors are pinned by the forklift.

KIP:

Lemme out of this --

CALITRI:

Were it only that easy --

KIP:

We can still do it --

Calitri nods ... And the crusher presses ... The roof caves a bit

... Kip is close to scrunch ...

CALITRI:

No you can't. Flies on sherbert is what you

remind me of. Because just being attracted

to something, doesn't mean you belong...

INT. CALITRI'S WOODSHOP

Atley is here, watching Calitri and Kip. one of the monitors. He's

miserable. But there is nothing he can do.

EXT. SCRAPYARD - NIGHT

Kip continues to struggle free...

KIP:

Listen, Calitri --

CALITRI:

Call me "Ray." Better yet: call me

"a**hole." Cos that's how you've

treated me --

KIP:

I get out of this I'm gonna f***

you up --

Calitri does have to admire the stones on the kid. But. Another

nod. Another crusher-press. Another scrunch...

KIP (cont'd)

Calitri -- !

Nothing. Silence. Kip peers through the slit that the

side window has become ... Only they are gone ... And there

is another awful NOISE ... Kip strains to discern its

origin ... Only he can't get the angle ...

We can. It's a huge CRANE, tipped with a GRIPPING CLAW... It is

maneuvered over the Trans Am... Grasps it. . . And LIFTS IT

INTO THE AIR ... Kip, terrified, inside ...

And, as the crane dangles the Trans Am toward the black waters of

the harbor, we CUT TO:

INT. HELEN RAINES' HOUSE - KITCHEN

Memphis is at the kitchen table. The list of cars before him. He's

making notations. He gets to his feet ... He goes to check on his

mother ... She's asleep in her room... He closes the door ...

And goes back to the kitchen. He goes to a framed PHOTOGRAPH - of

he and Kip. Earlier times. Happier times.

When there is an enormous THUD! From outside. Memphis goes to a

window. Sees a RAMP TRUCK unloading a gnarled blob of metal.

Memphis runs outside. Just as the ramp truck drives off ...

Memphis goes to the mangled Trans Am... Leans down ... And there's

Kip ... Seriously smooshed in the flattened car.

MEMPHIS:

Kip -- ?

KIP:

Yeah ...

MEMPHIS:

You all right -- ?

KIP:

I think so. There's things I can't

feel right now. Like my feet. But ...

You think you can get me outta this,

Memphis? I'd appreciate it -

MEMPHIS:

Just hold-on there --

Memphis goes to the garage ... Finds a crowbar, an acetylene

TORCH, tin-snips ... He goes back to the wrecked car... And sets

to work... He looks at Kip ... Shakes his head...

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