Goodfellas Page #16

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IN BACKGROUND HE SEE the DETECTIVES going through the house.

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INT. DINING ROOM - JIMMY HORSE'S HOUSE - NIGHT

WE SEE JIMMY and MICKEY and HENRY and KAREN and TODDY and

WIFE, TOMMY and GIRLFRIEND, MARTY and FRAN KRUGMAN, ANGELO

SEPE and WIFE and the ASSORTED CHILDREN, all wearing party

hats and blowing out the candles on nine-year-old JESSE

JAMES BURKE's huge layer cake.

KAREN:

We did everything together and we

were always the same crowd.

Anniversaries. Christenings. We

only want to each other's houses.

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SNAPSHOT OF JIMMY HOGGING KAREN AND MICKEY AT TABLE

KAREN (V.O.)

The woman played cards. When my

kids were born. Jimmy and Mickey

were always the first at the

hospital.

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SNAPSHOT OF BEAMING JIMMY, MICKEY AND HENRY EMBRACING

AGAINST THE WINDOW OF MATERNITY HOSPITAL WHILE A NURSE

HOLDS OP A BABY. MICKEY IS IN TEARS.

KAREN (V.O.)

When we went to the Islands or

Vegas for vacation, we always .

went together.

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SNAPSHOT OF JIMMY AND MICKEY AND HENRY AND KAREN IN BATH-

SUITS STANDING NEXT TO THEIR POOLSIDE CHAIRS HOLDING TALL

TRADER VIC'S-STYLE DRINKS WITH TINY UMBRELLAS AND PINEAPPLE

STICKING OUT OF THEM.

KAREN:

It got to ba normal. I got to where

I was even proud that I had the

kind of husband who was willing to

go out and risk his neck just to

get us the little extras.

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INT. HENRY AND KAREN'S SUBURBAN HOUSE - MORNING

ANGLE ON HENRY'S BEDROOM CLOSET

CAMERA TRACKS row after row of neatly hung suits and sports

jackets and racks of sharp shoes.

WE SEE HENRY getting undressed. He neatly hangs his jacket

and then lifts the front of his sport shirt to his neck,

REVEALING thick packets of crisp $50 and $100 bills be has

wedged all around his waist.

KAREN (O.S.)

But I got my mother to watch the

kids tomorrow night.

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KAREN'S BEDROOM CLOSET

CAMERA TRACKS past rows of KAREN'S dresses, pants suits,

blouses, shoes and fur coats.

HENRY (O.S.)

I told you I can't.

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KITCHEN:

WE SEE HENRY, now shaved and dressed in a different suit.

He is on his way out.

KAREN:

(annoyed)

I'm gonna need some money.

HENRY:

How much?

WE SEE KAREN hold her thumb and forefinger about an inch

apart.

WE SEE HENRY take about an inch and a half of money from

his inside jacket pocket, slap it on the table and go out

the door.

INT. THE SUITE - NIGHT

A plush, overdecorated cocktail lounge and nightclub on

Queens Boulevard, where we hear Sergio Pranchi on the

jukebox.

(NOTE:
REPLAY THE OPENING OF THE FILM AT 9 TIMES NORMAL

SPEED -- HENRY SLAMMING THE TRUNK CLOSED.)

HENRY (V.O.)

For most of the guys, killing got

to be accepted. They were routine.

Murder was the only way everybody

stayed in line. It was the ultimate

weapon. Yon got out of line, you

got whacked. Everyone knew the

rules.

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TOMMY SMASHING GUN INTO BILLY BATT'S HEAD

HENRY (V.O.)

But sometimes, even if people didn't

get out of line, they'd get whacked.

Hits just became a habit for some

guys. It didn't take anything to

get yourself killed.

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SILHOUETTE OF TOMMY, HENRY AND JIMMY

Stuffing BILLY'S body into the trunk.

HENRY (V.O.)

Guys would get into arguments over

nothing and before you knew it,

one of them was dead. They were

shooting each other all the time.

Shooting people was a normal thing.

It was no big deal.

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TOMMY'S MOTHER'S KITCHEN AND BREAKFAST.

HENRY (V.O.)

You didn't have to do anything and

nobody was immune. You just had to

be there.

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TOMMY:

smashing shovel into soft, bloodied matress cover in the

trunk of the car.

HENRY (V.O.)

But we had a problem with Billy

Batts. This was a touchy thing.

Tommy had killed a made man. Billy

was a part of the Bambino crew and

untouchable.

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