Goodfellas Page #15

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ANGIE:

But he was always a bad kid, that

one.

MICKEY:

No. Come on. It was the younger

one that was the bad one.

KAREN (V.O.)

(continuing over

dialogue)

They had bad skin and wore too

much makeup. I mean they didn't

look very good. They looked beat-

up.

CLOSE UP - WOMEN

Talking.

KAREN (V.O.)

You never saw teeth like that where

I was growing up and the stuff

they wore was thrown together and

cheap. A lot of pants suits and

double-knits. And they talked about

how rotten their kids were and

about beating them with broom

handles and leather belts, but

that the kids still didn't pay any

attention. When Henry picked me

up, I was dizzy.

INT. BEDROOM - KAREN'S MOTHER'S HOUSE - NIGHT

WE SEE they are getting ready for bed.

KAREN:

I Don't know. I don't know if I

could live that way. What if, God

forbid, you go to prison. Mickey

said Jeannie's husband --

HENRY:

(angrily interrupting)

Are you nuts? Jeannie's husband

went to the can just to get away

from her, she's such a pain in the

ass. Let me tell you. Nobody goes

to jail unless they want to, unless

they make themselves get caught.

They do stuff with the wrong people.

They don't have things organized.

You know who goes to jail? N*gger

stickup men. That's who. And they

only get caught because they fall

asleep in the getaway car.

KAREN looks down. She listening.

HENRY:

Listen, we're beginning to make

real money for the first time.

It's business. Do you think I'm

going to walk away from that?

HENRY puts his arm around KAREN and begins to hug her.

KAREN (V.O.)

After a while, it all got to be

normal. None of it seemed like

crimes. It was more that Henry was

enterprising. That he and the guys

were making a few bucks hustling,

while other men were sitting on

their asses waiting for handouts.

Our husbands weren't brain surgeons.

They were blue collar guys, and

the only way they could get extra

money, real extra money, was to go

out and cut a few corners.

CUT TO:

INT. TRUCK - NIGHT

ANGLE ON HENRY AND TOMMY

who is carrying a brown paper bag as though it were a gun,

pulling a DRIVER out of his truck and shoving him toward

ANOTHER HOOD who pushes him into the rear seat of a car

Where WE SEE - ANOTHER HOOD.

CUT BACK TO:

HENRY AND TOMMY getting into the truck.

CUT TO:

ROAD where HE SEE the truck drive off.

CUT BACK TO:

TRUCK:

Where WE SEE the paper bag in TOMMY'S hand explode in a

red burst as he wildly fixes shots into the air.

He hear HENRY's laughter.

KAREN (V.O.)

And we were also very close. I

mean, there were never any outsiders

around. Absolutely never! And

being together all the time made

everything seem even more normal.

INT. HENRY'S DOORWAY

WE SEE KAREN looking at a search warrant being shown to

her by DETECTIVES who are being very polite. The CHILDREN

are looking on.

KAREN (V.O.)

There was always a little

harassment. They always wanted to

talk to Henry about this or that.

They'd come with their subpoenas

and warrants and make me sign.

But mostly they were just looking

for a handout. A few bucks to keep

things quiet, no matter what they

found.

KAREN:

(signing the paper)

Can I make you some coffee?

The DETECTIVES smile and, taking off their hats, walk into

the house where KIDS and KAREN resume watching TV.

KAREN (V.O.)

I always asked them if they wanted

coffee. Some of the wives, like

Mickey Burke, used to curse at

them and spit on the floor. Imagine.

She'd spit on her own floor.

That never made any sense to me.

It was better to be polite and

call the lawyer.

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