Gone in Sixty Seconds Page #8

MEMPHIS:

Speak for yourself, boss I don't

have a Hollandaise sauce

ATLEY JACKSON:

No, but you dress like an a**hole ...

They walk...

MEMPHIS:

I think about that night a lot...

ATLEY JACKSON:

Me, too. Every time I walk...

MEMPHIS:

How they were just there ... Waiting on

us ... The fix was definitely in ...

Nothing from Atley... They walk ... Memphis looks at him.

MEMPHIS (cont'd)

Yeah, you know:
I just. I just

never really thanked-you. I meant

to. I just want you to

know...

Memphis nods. Atley shrugs, and selects some halibut

filets.

MEMPHIS (cont'd)

Tell him it's on ...

Atley looks at him...

ATLEY JACKSON:

Yeah -- ?

MEMPHIS:

Yeah Tell him to lay off Kip and

them Tell him it's on

Atley nods...

ATLEY JACKSON:

Any idea how you're gonna go at it?

Memphis looks at him... Shakes his head... FADE TO BLACK.

As a SUPER on-screen reads: PART II - BACK TO WRONG

EXT. OTTO'S AUTO - NIGHT

The hustle and bustle of a full-service auto restoration

operation ...

Dig the 157 Chevy, as an orange diamond tuck and roll with

orange fur interior is installed... Dig the 153 Corvette

as its front and rear suspension is replaced with coils

and airshocks ... Dig the 150 Merc, as its chrome is

stripped off and the old paint sandblasted and holes

brazed...

All under the watchful eye of...

OTTO HALLIWELL:

Late 60s. A feisty grease-soaked curmudgeon who begs the

question:
how the hell did they manage to rock together

Yoda and the ghost of Walter Huston... ?

But he remains the Zen master of cars and all that cars are, were

and can be ...

His mixed-breed MUTT - Hemi - licks his balls in one corner

Otto is currently AIRBRUSHING a candy-colored, variegated DESIGN

on the deck lid of a Camaro ... It is painstaking work ... But he

is an artist ...

His woman - JUNIE - a tall blonde, early 40s, body of a thousand

dances, wipes his brow, like a scrub nurse ...

Memphis wanders in...

Otto sees Memphis ... Drops his brush... He walks over to Memphis

... Takes him in his arms ... Hugs him close... Actually waltzes

him a few steps ...

Memphis is stunned at the transformation this place has gone

through ...

OTTO:

Am I dying? Are all the angels of my life

returning to bid a final farewell?

(holds him at arm's length)

And have my angels completely lost

their fashion sense -- ?

MEMPHIS:

Hello, Otto ...

OTTO:

You remember Junie?

MEMPHIS:

Of course. Hi, Junie --

JUNIE:

Hello, Memphis -

MEMPHIS:

What happened here -- ?

OTTO:

Whatever do you mean?

MEMPHIS:

The chop-shop... Where are the stripped

cars? The rolled-back odometers? The

part bins?

OTTO:

What happened? Old-age happened. I tired of

killing them. I woke up one morning and thought

I am no longer a destroyer. I am a means of

resurrection. Now. We restore. We revive.

There are so few things in this life, we can

prevent from decay. Most must die. These don't

have to...

He calls over to the MEXICAN MAN working on the pick-up ...

OTTO (cont'd)

It's 3 coats of primer, 12 coats of black

acrylic lacquer before laying out the

flames ... And fill the cab top with mylar

flakes ... They'll sparkle like stars ...

(turns to Memphis)

Randall, Randall, Randall ... You look

splendid ...

MEMPHIS:

You, too, Otto

And Otto goes back to the Camaro ... To finish his work...

OTTO:

I heard rumors you were back. About

Kip ...

MEMPHIS:

He's gotten involved --

Otto looks up frustrated... To Junie

OTTO (O.S.)

I can't concentrate. Play something, my

sweetness; my reason to rise ...

And Junie hits PLAY on a cassette deck ... And, instantly, ENGINE

SOUNDS rip from the shop's stereo speakers ... Otto listens, as

if it were a Mahler symphony...

OTTO (cont'd)

The Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona. At Le

Mans. 1971. The quad-cam V12. Hear

how they got the engine up?

Hear those exhaust notes? That's a

very wide rev range... Here, it

peaks at 5500 RPM...

Memphis smiles ... These eccentricities are old hat...

OTTO (cont'd)

Raymond Calitri. He's amplified much

sorrow on these streets ...

MEMPHIS:

You think it can be done?

OTTO:

Are you considering a comeback tour?

MEMPHIS:

Tell me...

OTTO:

It can be done. Take two days to shop;

one to prep. I'll offer up my bible

for a small fee. You also have to

hope Kip's jerk-circus didn't undo

Castlebeck's linkage so much so

that he's setting up surveillance

teams on every city block. And

then get yourself a crew...

MEMPHIS:

The hard part ...

OTTO:

"A people is a detour of nature to

get 6 or 7 great men - Yes, and then

to get around them..." Nietzsche said

that.

MEMPHIS:

Is he still working here ?

OTTO:

The old crew. Go find them. I can't

help you with that. Since I've cleaned

up the act a bit, they no longer come

around... A pity how legitimacy makes

you unpopular -

MEMPHIS:

I Just don't know how happy they'll be

to see me

Otto has finished the Camaro ... He looks at Memphis --

OTTO:

I remember I had a 1964 Buick Opal.

worst car ever built. Value job.

Everything broke and I-fixed it.

A coma car - built to German specs.

Plastic gas line. 3 speedometer head.

On a quiet night, you could hear it

rusting in the garage. But when that

car was gone, I missed it. If it came

driving back in here right now,

there'd be tears and laughter ...

MEMPHIS:

And the moral of that story is -- ?

OTTO:

Go to them. They'll be happy to see

you ... Ahhh...

And he closes his eyes ... To listen to the Ferrari tape ...

OTTO (cont'd)

... 8.8:
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We PRE-LAP Simon And Garfunkel's "Baby Driver" and CUT TO:

CLOSE ON:
A SIGN READING: "PLEASURE CRUISE DRIVING SCHOOL"

atop a moving DODGE ARIES K. Which is nearly SIDE-SWIPED by an

oncoming PICK-UP. A MAN HOWLS IN TERROR...

INT. DODGE - MOVING - CITY STREETS - DAY

A timid CHINESE GIRL - JENNY, 23 - negotiates the vehicle at

10 & 2. Riding shotgun, her howling instructor is DONNY ASTRICKY - 41,

whom we remember from six years ago. Now he's paunchy, with Ernie

Borgnine tough-guy-warmth. At one time, he kicked out the

jams. Now he teaches driver's ed...

DONNY ASTRICKY:

Pull over! Pull her the hell over!

Jenny pulls the car over in a lopsided lurch...

DONNY ASTRICKY (cont'd)

Put it in PARK. Remember how

to do that? It's the big "Pff.

She parks it. He stabs at the side-view mirror ...

DONNY ASTRICKY (cont'd)

"Objects May Appear Closer

Than They Seem." Can you say

that for me?

JENNY:

I'm sorry.

DONNY ASTRICKY:

You ain't sorry. You're a horrible

driver... You can't strap into

your seat belt, without almost

getting creamed by a bus ...

She starts to cry... Donny softens ...

DONNY ASTRICKY (cont'd)

Aw, c'mon. It's no big deal.

You can't drive. You can't.

Time to acknowledge it and move on. I

can't swim. I know I can't. So you

know what I do? I stay the f*** outta

the pool ...

EXT. PLEASURE CRUISE DRIVING SCHOOL - DAY

Memphis waits outside ... The Aries K comes crawling toward him.

Donny gets out of the car ... Sees Memphis ...

DONNY ASTRICKY:

Damn. Memphis Raines. Long time ...

MEMPHIS:

How you doing, man?

DONNY ASTRICKY:

All I get are the Orientals. They can

build 'em, but they can't drive

'em So? What are you doing here?

What's with the outfit -- ?

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