Goodfellas Page #19

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SPIDER ignores him.

The card game is going on. Shirts are unbuttoned. The table

filled with empty glasses. SPIDER limps over with drinks.

TOMMY:

Spider. You're so full of sh*t.

Even with that foot, I bet you can

dance.

SPIDER puts the drinks down and tries to ignore TOMMY again.

TOMMY:

Come on. Spider. Come on. Let's

see you dance.

SPIDER:

Why don't you go f*** yourself.

JIMMY:

(laughing)

Hey, Spider. That's very good.

Did you hear, Spider? The kid's

got balls. See, the kid's got

balls. He's a good kid.

SPIDER starts to limp proudly back to the bar.

JIMMY:

(whispering to Tommy)

You going to take that sh*t from

this punk? This f***in' low-life.

This kid's got bigger balls than

you'll have any day. He just got

shot in the foot by you and he

tells you to go f*** yourself. I

can't believe this sh*t.

(to the crew, roaring

with laughter)

Can you believe this sh*t?

(To Tommy, almost

whispering)

Tommy! You gonna take that sh*t

from a punk?

The PLAYERS are all laughing loudly. SPIDER is proudly

standing near the bar. And, before anyone has any idea of

what is about to happen, TOMMY pulls out one of his two

guns and puts three deafening shots into SPIDER'S chest.

EVERYONE is frozen in silence. HENRY is upset by shooting.

There is a long pause.

JIMMY:

All right, you dumb f***, if you're

going to be a big f***in' wiseguy,

you can dig the hole.

WE SEE a frowning TOMMY get up from table and slowly begin

moving chairs around to get ready to dig the hole.

HENRY:

After Billy Batts and Spider,

everything was going crazy. Not

just our crew, but everybody.

CUT TO:

EXT. LINDA'S APARTMENT - DAY

WE SEE LINDA in the apartment.

CUT TO:

LINDA'S DOOR

WE SEE KAREN pressing the buzzer while holding TWO

hysterical CHILDREN.

KAREN:

(screaming)

Open up! I know you're there! You

stay away from my husband.

KAREN (V.O.)

She wouldn't open the door. I

rang her bell. Still, she wouldn't

open. I rang her bell for two

hours, and she kept on hiding.

CUT TO:

INT. HENRY'S HOUSE - BEDROOM - NIGHT

ON HENRY'S SLEEPING FACE

CAMERA IS LOOKING at him. Peel a presence on top of him.

We hear a click. HENRY's eyes open. HENRY looks up.

CUT TO:

HENRY'S POV

WE SEE the gun aiming right through the lens. WE CAN SEE

the bullets in the chambers.

KAREN:

(straddling Henry

in bed, holding a

gun)

Henry.

(she pulls back the

hammer)

Wake up.

HENRY:

(always deny)

What's the matter with you? You're

crazy.

KAREH:

(hysterically)

Crazy? I'm crazy enough to shoot

you and her.

COVERED BY A SERIES OF QUICK CLOSE UP CUTS

KAREN sweating, HENRY'S profile, the hammer of the gun,

etc.

KAREN (V.O.)

But still I couldn't hurt him.

How could I hurt him? I couldn't

even bring myself to leave him.

CUT TO:

KAREN:

sweating.

HENRY:

(carefully moving

his head away from

the gun)

It's all bullshit. I swear. It's

nothing. Whatever you want, we'll

do.

CUT TO:

HENRY'S PROFILE

CUT TO:

KAREN'S TRIGGER FINGER

KAREN (V.O.)

The truth was, that no matter how

bad I felt, I was still very

attracted to him. Why should I

give him up to someone else? Why

should she win?

HENRY:

(quickly moving his

head away and

grabbing the gun)

Son of a b*tch.

WE SEE HENRY slap KAREN across the face and knock her off

the bed.

HENRY:

(angrily getting

out of bed and

packing his clothes)

I don't need this bullshit. I got

enough to worry about getting

whacked on the street. I gotta

come home to get whacked?

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