Gone in Sixty Seconds Page #9

MEMPHIS:

You know where the others are?

Donny frowns... Looks close at Memphis ... Then:

DONNY ASTRICKY:

Most of 'em are gone. The Dyar Boys are

doing a nickel at Chino; Henry Santoro

and Frankie Fish are moving

weight in Florida; Bill Doolin was

killed in Denver... Atley

Jackson's on the gimp and runnin'

errands for Calitri; The Sphinx

is still around, I guess ... Then

of course, there's ...

His pause is meaningful ...

MEMPHIS:

Forget that ...

DONNY ASTRICKY:

Okay. Figure it forgotten. What's this

about anyways -- ?

INT. OTTO'S AUTO - NIGHT

In a wood-panelled back room, around a conference table: Memphis

and Donny sit... With the list before them...

DONNY ASTRICKY:

Most of 'em are late-model...

MEMPHIS:

That's right. Only 10 exotics ...

DONNY ASTRICKY:

We'll have to start beating the

bushes, find out where they live...

Otto enters. Giggles...

OTTO:

Some crew you got ...

MEMPHIS:

If we put out the word. That we're

crewing-up, for a one-time-only job...

What do you think that'll yield?

DONNY ASTRICKY:

A bunch of strung-out hypes and stick-

up men. This ain't like the old days,

Memphis. The profession has lost its..

OTTO:

Dignity...

DONNY ASTRICKY:

Yeah...

MEMPHIS:

Well, the three of us don't'exactly

inspire confidence...

Beat ... Donny examines the list ...

DONNY ASTRICKY:

Wow! They got Eleanor here -- ?

MEMPHIS:

I know. Weird, huh -- ?

The door opens ... One of Otto's WORKERS is there...

WORKER:

Otto, there's someone here to --

But they walk past: Kip, Tumbler, Mirror Man, Toby, Freb

DONNY ASTRICKY:

Lookit Kip. All grown up...

KIP:

Hey, Donny --

MEMPHIS:

What are you doing here?

KIP:

Otto called -

Memphis looks to Otto ... Otto shrugs ...

OTTO:

You need him...

MEMPHIS:

No we don't -

OTTO:

I appreciate your dilemma, Memphis.

But how are two washed-up thieves

and an old man supposed to boost

50 cars in three days...

MEMPHIS:

His criminal career has officially come

to a close ...

OTTO:

The conundrum still applies, of course. The

purpose of the endeavor is to rescue

baby brother from imminent

death and/or a life of crime. However.

This cannot be successfully

carried out without baby brother's

considerable resources, shabby

though they may be.

Memphis considers ... He has little choice ...

MEMPHIS:

We do this. Then. You're finished.

Then. You're clean

KIP:

I like how you wallop back in here -

after four years - and can still get all

Clifford Huxtable on my sh*t ...

MEMPHIS:

You hear me?

KIP:

I hear ya. Get me outta this. I'll

move to the country. Open a fruit

stand...

Memphis looks at him... Shakes his head...

DONNY ASTRICKY:

You guys have any skills at all?

KIP:

Hell, yeah. Mirror Man here is

our electronics expert. He's got

some gadgets you old farts maybe

never -heard of; Tumbler can drive

anything with wheels, and some

things without; Toby's a hacker,

can do things with a computer, that

are pretty amazing ...

MEMPHIS:

How old are you now, Toby?

TOBY:

Sixteen. But my birthday's in seven

months ...

Memphis shakes his head... Sighs ...

DONNY ASTRICKY:

(re:
Freb)

What about him?

KIP:

Freb can order pizzas like nobody's

business

Freb starts to Protest ... Shrugs ...

FREB:

People gotta eat ...

Memphis looks at all of them ... Sighs...

MEMPHIS:

Okay, then... Otto?

OTTO:

In order to succeed, you're going

to have to go old-school. one night

boost. Put all your nuts in one basket.

And...

TUMBLER:

One night? Are you nuts?

MEMPHIS:

You got maybe a better plan?

Tumbler looks to Kip...

KIP:

You spread it out ... you move around...

So's they can't touch you... so's they

don't know... Shadow games and sh*t

...

MEMPHIS:

"Shadow games?"

KIP:

Shadow games ...

MEMPHIS:

You spread it out, by the 2nd night,

the heat are onto you. Know

something's up. With a one-night boost,

by the time all the cars are reported

stolen, your ship's set sail.

Kip and the others nod... Makes sense ...

MEMPHIS (cont'd)

Go on, Otto -

OTTO:

We're on a truncated time-table. Take a day to

shop it; a day to prep it ... And we're still

going to need to expand the crew...

DONNY ASTRICKY:

There's no one left ...

OTTO:

We've got several Italian cars on the list.

Always tricky, always timeconsuming. So

we're gonna need a specialist ...

Memphis looks at him. Because that's what he was afraid of.

MIRROR MAN:

(to Otto)

You know of one -- ?

MEMPHIS:

Yeah. He's knows of one all right.

So we'll PRE-LAP The Beach Boys' "409" and CUT TO:

INT. "THE NAUTICAL MILE" SALOON - NIGHT

A SHOT GLASS, slammed down on a bar by a surly DRUNK... In a

mariner saloon. Drunken SAILORS and FISHERMAN and NAVY TYPES.

Sawdust on the floor. Broken beer mirrors. A rough joint...

DRUNK:

One more, girl -

The BARTENDER comes over.. . She is a dark-haired, heavily

tattooed GIRL, 26, with the faded blue world-weariness of Roy Orbison

song... Her name is Sara Wayland... And she goes by SWAY. She

collects the Drunk's empty glass...

SWAY:

I think you've had enough, Billy...

DRUNK:

Enough? I haven't even started, girl.

Gimme another --

SWAY:

If you leave now, Billy, you can get

a head-start on waking up in a pool

of your own vomit...

DRUNK:

Listen, you little cooze--

And the Drunk reaches out across the bar, to grab a bottle And

Sway grabs his hand, twists it ... The Drunk groans in agony ...

And Sway, still clutching his hand, hops over the bar ... And

drags the drunk by his twisted hand to the front ... Cries of

"Attagirl, Sway!" pepper the air ...

EXT. "THE NAUTICAL MILE" - NIGHT

Sway tosses him... The Drunk hitting the pavement ...

SWAY:

Come back when you've learned how to

drink, Billy --

And she freezes ... Because standing there, is Memphis ... She

looks at him ... Shocked is a good place to start ...

MEMPHIS:

See you're still stealing the sailors from

the sea --

SWAY:

What are you doing here?

And she heads back inside ... And he follows her...

INT. "THE NAUTICAL MILE"

They head toward the bar...

SWAY:

(re:
his clothes)

What's with the look?

MEMPHIS:

The hip, cool, sexy thing was getting

old...

SWAY:

You look like you lost your sheep ...

And she hops back behind the bar ...

MEMPHIS:

You still wrenching at Bacchiochi's?

SWAY:

Hell, yeah. I'm not getting rich in

here ...

MEMPHIS:

Buy you a drink?

SWAY:

Nope. I got a coffee. And a

boyfriend.

She waves to a 30-year-old CAT drinking with his buddies. He waves

back. Memphis frowns.

SWAY (cont'd)

Mitch.

MEMPHIS:

"Mitch?"

SWAY:

Mitch.

MEMPHIS:

So I was replaced by Mitch?

SWAY:

No. You were replaced by Alex.

Who was replaced by Kevin. Who

was replaced by Vince. Who was

replaced by Mitch...

She smiles sourly at him...

MEMPHIS:

Wow. And to think all I

accomplished these past six

years was the "LORD OF THE

RINGS" trilogy...

She stares at him... Shakes her head... Busies herself with her

glassware ... Beat ...

MEMPHIS (cont'd)

You look great --

SWAY:

Yeah, well, you always were a sucker

for flawed existences ...

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