Goodfellas Page #18

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EXT. HENRY'S CAR PARKED ON DESERTED COUNTRY ROAD - NIGHT

A hot summer night. The car trunk is open. HENRY, JIMMY

and TOMMY are struggling with shovels. HENRY, sickened by

the stench, is wearing his handkerchief over his nose and

mouth. HENRY looks at JIMMY and TOMMY. They do not appear

to be bothered by the stench.

EXT. HENRY AND KAREN'S SUBURBAN HOME

HENRY is homing out the trunk of his car. He has all of

the mats, the spare tire, and the jack out of the trunk.

KAREN:

What happened to the car?

(annoyed at Karen's

prying)

I hit a skunk.

HENRY sprinkles in a bottle of perfume and slams the trunk

shut.

INT. LINDA'S APARTMENT - BEDROOM - NIGHT

WE SEE LINDA showing off her new apartment to the GIRLS,

including ROBIN, a sexy, dark-haired girl. We hear HENRY,

TOMMY, SEPE and MANRI laughing in BG. The apartment is

decorated in Ocean Parkway Ring. There are thick velvet-

covered sofa and blue-glass coffee table in bedroom and WE

SEE a satin-covered, king-size bed with a doll propped

against the pillows. WE SEE LINDA lean over and show her

GIRLFRIENDS, including ROBIN, the bed ruffles.

HENRY (V.O.)

I set up Linda in an apartment

around the corner from the Suite.

That way I was able to stay over a

couple of nights a week. Karen was

home with the kids anyway and she

never asked any questions anyway.

INT. BRIDAL SHOP - BACKROOM

HENRY is strangling the OWNER of a bridal shop with his

own tie while TOMMY and JIMMY laugh.

HENRY (V.O.)

Linda and I were having so much

fun, she started screwing up at

work, and I had to straighten out

her boss a little bit.

INT. LINDA'S APARTMENT - BEDROOM - CONTINUOUS NIGHT

WE SEE LINDA suddenly lifted off her feet and thrown on

the bed. WE SEE HENRY and the GIRLS laughing. As HENRY

lifts LINDA off her feet, he winks at ROBIN, who smiles

back.

INT. THE SUITE - A BASEMENT CARD SAME - NIGHT

Glazed walls, ornate sconces, and a rumpus room bar. HENRY,

JIMMY, TOMMY and OTHER WISEGUYS are playing cards. TOMMY

is a little drunk. SPIDER, a 22-year-old apprentice hood,

is waiting on the PLAYERS, bringing then drinks. The sort,

of thing we saw HENRY doing earlier. TOMMY is feeling

expansive. He throws his jacket open TO REVEAL a gun tacked

in his belt.

TOMMY:

(impatiently)

Spider. C'mon, get me a seven and

seven.

WE SEE SPIDER deliver a drink to HENRY and slowly back

toward the bar.

TOMMY:

Spider, what did I say? Did I say

I was dying over here? Come on.

Move it. Don't walk, dance.

(to his fellow

players)

Did you ever see in the cowboy

movies where they make them dance?

Did you see The Oklahoma Kid, the

only cowboy movie Cagney ever made?

Come on, dance, you varmit.

WE SEE TOMMY taking out his guns.

SPIDER:

Tommy, don't f*** around.

TOMMY:

Yahooo.

HENRY:

Tommy, don't f*** around. Put the

gun away. Tommy!

TOMMY:

No, no. It's okay.

HENRY:

Tommy, come on. Put the gun away.

TOMMY:

No. It's okay. Just watch this.

Watch it.

The gun explodes and WE SEE SPIDER shot in the foot.

EXT. HENRY'S HOUSE - EVENING

WE SEE a set of keys come flying out the window. TILT DOWN

to keys.

CUT TO:

BEDROOM:

HENRY is furious. He pushes past KAREN and looks out window

HENRY:

I gotta go out!

KABEN:

Not tonight, you're not. Not without

the car keys, you're not.

HENRY:

Are you nuts?

KAREN:

I don't care. Something's going

on.

HENRY:

(exasperated)

That again.

KABEN:

(shrieking and in

tears)

You're a liar. I look at you and I

know you're a liar.

HE SEE HENRY pick up a large lamp and throw it at KAREN.

He misses.

HENRY:

(suddenly calm and

walking out)

I need some air. I need a little

peace. At least at home.

WE SEE KABEN sit down on bed and begin to cry. We hear the

CHILDREN crying in BG.

INT. THE SUITE - BASEMENT CARD GAME - NIGHT

ANGLE ON SPIDER:

With bandaged foot and HENRY walking in and TILT UP TO

both of them.

JIMMY, TOMMY and SOME HOODS are playing cards. TOMMY Is

already drunk.

TOMMY:

Hey! Look at this. Fred Astaira,

back from the wars. Can you believe

this guy? That bandage. It's bigger

than his foot.

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