Goodfellas Page #23

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HENRY:

(hugging her to him)

Never.

DISSOLVE TO:

TITLE - FOUR YEARS LATER

EXT. PRISON GATE - DAY

HENRY comes out in civilian clothes. WE SEE his face drop.

PAN over to the beat-up old car. KAREN is behind the wheel.

HENRY gets in.

INT. KAREN'S SMALL, CRAMPED APARTMENT

The signs of wealth are long gone. HENRY sees that KAREN

has been living four tough, lean years.

Their DAUGHTERS are watching as HENRY looks around the

house.

HENRY:

(smiling faintly)

Get packed. We're getting out of

here.

KAREN:

With what?

HENRY:

(smiling, slyly)

Don't worry with what. You just

start looking for a new place. I'm

going to Pittsburgh in the morning.

The guys from Pittsburgh they owe

me fifteen grand from our little

partnership and it's only the

beginning.

KAREN:

But you've got to see your parole

officer in the afternoon and

(whispering)

I promised we'd take Judy to F.A.O.

Schwarz.

HENRY:

Don't worry about it. You listening

to me? Now, come on. We gotta go

see Paulie.

CUT TO:

INT. VARIO'S HOUSE - DAY

ANGLE ON PLATTERS OF FOOD

Coming out of the kitchen and placed on the table.

CUT TO:

DOCK - IN REAR OF VARIO'S HOUSE

DISSOLVE TO:

VARIO AND HENRY walking toward the edge of the dock.

VARIO:

I don't want any more of that Sh*t.

HENRY:

Wha? Me?

VARIO:

Just stay away from the garbage.

Yon know what I mean.

HENRY:

(shocked)

Me? Why would I get into that sh*t?

VARIO:

(interrupting)

I know what you did inside. You

did what you had to do. I'm not

talking about that. I'm talking

from now on, outside. I'm talking

right here.

HENRY:

Why would I get into that?

VARZO:

Don't make me a fool. You know

what I mean, from now on, you gotta

be careful. Just don't mess around

with that sh*t, and watch out for

Jimmy. Jimmy's a good earner, but

he's sometimes too hungry. He's

wild. He does foolish things.

Jimmy is not a businessman. As

good as he is, he takes too many

chances.

HENRY:

I know that. I know Jimmy. You

think I'd take chances like Jimmy?

VARZO:

And that Tommy. He's a good kid,

but he's crazy. He's a cowboy.

He's got too much to prove. You

got to watch out for kids like

that.

HENRY:

Paulie, I know. I know what they

are. But I use them for certain

things. Please. Believe me, you

don't nave to worry.

VARIO:

(not even listening

to Henry's protest)

I'm not going to get f***ed like

Gribbs. He's seventy years old and

the f***ing guy is going to die in

prison. I don't need that. I don't

care who it is. I'm warning

everybody. Gribbs got twenty years

just because he said hello to some

f*** who was sneaking around selling

junk behind his back. That's not

going to happen to me. You

understand?

HENRY:

Paulie. Why would I? I swear.

VARIO:

You're only home early because we

got you a job, right? And I don't

need any heat. You understand?

HENRY:

Nods.

VARIO:

And, if you hear about anybody

else f***ing around with that sh*t,

you tell me.

HENRY:

Nods again.

VARIO:

(gently slappinq

Henry on the cheek)

Anybody! You understand?

HENRY:

I understand.

INT. ROBIN'S BASEMENT APARTMENT - DAY

ANGLE ON ROBIN'S HANDS

CUT TO:

mixing coke in metal bowl. WE SEE HENRY standing behind

her. ROBIN is an intense, sexy, 30-year-old, divorced.

Ex-airport clerk. (ROBIN is described earlier in SCENE #75

page 58, where she flirts with HENRY.) The apartment is a

jumbled mess and even the table where she is cutting the

drugs is littered with old coffee caps, newspapers, and

day-old dirty dishes.

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