Goodfellas Page #13

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EXT. CORVETTE DRIVEWAY

WE SEE HENRY walk down driveway to the backyard area where

BRUCE and TWO of his BROTHERS are talking. BRUCE sees

HENRY and walks toward him. BRUCE'S TWO BROTHERS are

smirking.

BRUCE:

What do you want?

They get closer.

BRUCE:

(annoyed and menacing)

Hey! Fucko! You want something?

With absolutely no warning, HENRY reaches out and grabs

BRUCE's hair with one hand and pulls his gun out of his

waistband with the other. In almost one motion, HENRY

Smashes the gun across BRUCE's face. Teeth fall from BRUCE's

mouth. The TWO BROTHERS, still not seeing the gun, start

toward HENRY, but HENRY continues to pound the gun into

BRUCE'S face like a dinner gong. BRUCE's head is still

off the ground only because HENRY refuses to let go of his

hair. BRUCE'S BROTHERS realize HENRY has a gun. They freeze

and back off.

WOMAN'S VOICE

(from a window)

HELP! Police! He's got a gun!

Police! Quick! Murder!

HENRY drops BRUCE to the ground.

EXT. KAREN'S DRIVEWAY

WE SEE KAREN standing at the side door as HENRY races up

and puts something in her hand.

HENRY:

(panting)

Here, hold this.

WE SEE KAREN look down.

CUT TO:

KAREN'S HAND

holding gun.

CLOSE UP - GUN

KAREN (V.O.)

I know there are women, like my

best friends, who would have gotten

out of there the minute their

boyfriend gave them a gun to hide.

"Fha! You and your gun. Get out

of here, who needs you?" That's

what they would have said to him.

But I didn't. I've got to admit

the truth. It turned me on.

WE SEE KAREN look around to make sure no one else has seen

her. She then leans over and hides the gun in the milk box

at her feet.

INT. KAREN'S PARENTS' HOUSE

WE SEE hands carefully wrapping a white linen table napkin

around some object. WE SEE the napkin and object placed on

the fleer. WE SEE a MAN's heel cone down and smash the

object:
, which turns out to be a wine glass. We are at a

small Jewish living room wedding with a canopy and RABBI

and it was HENRY who broke the glass as a part of the

ritual. KAREN'S PARENTS are glumly looking on. HENRY'S

PARENTS are even glummer. Only MICHAEL, HENRY's brother in

the wheelchair, looks pleased.

INT. CHATEAU BLEU CATERING HALL

PAULIE VARIO, FRENCHY, MARTY KRUGMAN, TOMMY DESIMONE, and

ALL of their WIVES and FIANCEES are present.

PAN from HENRY'S and KAREN'S PARENTS sitting uneasily at

different tables.

JUMP CUTS TO PAUL VARIO presiding at a sort of line,

introducing KAREN to the VARIO FAMILY and GUESTS. HENRY

stands behind KAREN, smiling proudly.

KAREN (V.O.)

It was like he had two families.

The first time I was introduced to

them all at once, it was crazy.

Paulie and his brothers had lots

of sons and nephews and almost all

of them were named Peter or Paul.

It was unbelievable. There must

have been two dozen Peters and

Pauls at the wedding. Plus, they

were all married to girls named

Marie, and they named all their

daughters Marie. By the time I

finished meeting everybody. I

thought I was drunk.

CUT TO:

HENRY AND KAREN'S TABLE

Seated nearby are a beaming JIMMY BURKE and his wife, MICKEY

BURKE.

WE SEE VARIO approach and hand KAREN an envelope.

VARIO:

Here. This is for you.

KAREN:

(looking down at

the envelope)

Paulie, you shouldn't.

WE SEE that VARIO's envelope is richly embossed with hearts

and flowers and has a clear window in front through which

she can see several neatly-folded hundred, dollar bills.

When KAREN looks up, she sees that EVERY WISEGUY and his

WIFE are lined up before her and that they are ALL holding

envelopes with clear windows in front.

CUT TO:

KAREN:

perspiring a little as she accepts and thanks the DOZENS

OF WISEGUYS giving her the envelopes. WE ALSO SEE HENRY

has opened a plastic supermarket shopping bag under the

table where he is stuffing the envelopes just as soon as

KAREN accepts them.

CUT TO:

HENRY AND KAREN getting up to dance.

KAREN:

(whispering)

My bag. My bag.

HENRY:

(amused)

What bag?

KAREN:

(desperate)

The bag with the envelopes.

HENRY:

(chiding)

Oh that. Don't worry about that.

Nobody's gonna steal it.

INT. KAREN'S MOTHER'S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - DAWN

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