Goodfellas Page #10

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HENRY:

(laughing)

Will you get the f*** out of here.

TOMMY:

Is it my fault she won't go out

without her girlfriend? For

Chrissake. Come on. You don't

even have to stay. Jeesuz! What's

the big deal?

HENRY:

Tommy ...

CUT TO:

HENRY AND TOMMY:

watching smoke coming out of basement windows of Bamboo

Lounge.

TOMMY (O.S.)

(back to conversation)

I swear you don't have to do

nothing. You just show up and then

leave. What do you think, I want

you around? All I need is for you

to get me started.

We hear car angina start.

INT. A QUIET PLUSH BANQUETTE IN THE VILLA CAPRA

A red damask restaurant. TOMMY and HENRY are seated on the

outside of a U-shaped banquette with their two girls, DIANE

and KAREN, seated inside. DIANE is being wooed and pawed

by a blissful TOMMY. DIANE is enjoying every bit of TOMMY'S

undivided attention. KAREN has not touched her melted baked

Alaska and is looking directly at HENRY. HENRY is stirring

his coffee.

HENRY (V.O.)

I had a meeting with Tuddy around

eleven o'clock and here I am a

back-up guy.

KAREN:

(sarcastically)

Have more coffee. It'll wake you

up.

HENRY (V.O.)

I couldn't wait to get away. I was

ordering the dessert when they

were eating dinner. When they were

having coffee, I was asking for a

check.

TOMMY:

(to Henry, while

hugging Diana)

Isn't she great? Isn't this great?

Let's do it tomorrow night? Okay?

KAREN (V.O.)

I couldn't stand him. I thought

he was really obnoxious. He kept

fidgeting around.

EXT. RESTAURANT - PARKING LOT - NIGHT

WE SEE HENRY pushing KAREN Into the car.

KAREN (V.O.)

Before it was even time to go home

he was pushing me into the car ...

EXT. CURBSIDE - KAREN'S HOUSE -

WE SEE HENRY hurrying KAREN out of the car.

KAREN (V.O.)

... and then pulling me out. It

was ridiculous. But Diana and Tommy

had made us promise to meet them

again on Friday night. We agreed.

Of course, when Friday night came

around, Henry stood me up.

INT. VILLA CAPRA RESTAURANT - NIGHT

WE SEE TOMMY, DIANE and KAREN seated at a table set for

four.

KAREN (V.O.)

We were a trio instead of double-

date that night, but I made Tommy

take me looking for him.

EXT. CABSTAND SIDEWALK - NIGHT

A hot night. The HOODS have moved to the sidewalk where WE

SEE them sitting in sleeveless underwear, watching the

street.

WE SEE HENRY leave the cabstand when suddenly a car

screeches up on the sidewalk directly in front of him. The

HOODS scatter and WE SEE that HENRY is terrified.

KAREN:

(charging out of

the door, screaming)

You've got some nerve. Standing me

up. Nobody does that to me. Who do

you think you are? A big shot?

CUT TO:

HENRY:

who sees TOMMY and DIANE in the car, laughing.

HENRY:

(embarrassed and

defensive)

I didn't know, I swear. I thought

it was next week.

KAREN:

Liar!

CUT TO:

HENRY:

Who sees the WISEGUYS laughing.

HENRY:

Take it easy. We can talk about

it.

HENRY (V.O.)

She's screaming on the street and

I mean loud, but she looked good.

She had these violet eyes. I

remember she's screaming, but mostly

I'm looking at her eyes. They were

just like Elizabeth Taylor's. That's

what everybody said.

KAREN:

(furious)

Talk? To you? After what you did!

HENRY:

I thought you were going to stand

me up. You looked bored. You didn't

say anything. What did you expect.

Tommy was all over me. Right?

WE SEE KAREN relax for a second.

HENRY:

Come on, let me make it up.

INT. ENTRY TO KAREN'S SUBURBAN HOME - EVENING

ANGLE ON GOLD CROSS AROUND MAN'S NECK

and TILT UP. HENRY is all smiles and slicked-up.

Standing in the door wearing a grey suit and open-necked

black silk shirt with a gold cross and chain.

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