Goodfellas Page #4

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CUT TO:

INT. REAR OF CABSTAND

TODDY is folding and placing long sheets with policy bets

into a brown paper bag. In the BG, WE SEE HOODS going

through boxes of stolen orange and blue cardigan sweaters.

HENRY waits at TUDDY'S side until TODDY finishes making a

notation on a slip of paper. TODDY holds the paper bag in

his hands and

TODDY:

(to Henry, with a

smile)

Okay.

EXT. CABSTAND

WE SEE HENRY running out the cabstand door carrying the

paper bag. He runs past HALF A DOZEN HOODS, lounging outside

on wooden chairs, wearing orange and blue sweaters.

HENRY:

People like my father could never

understand, but I was a part of

something. I belonged. I was

treated like a grown-up. Every day

I was learning to score.

INT. KITCHEN - HENRY'S HOUSE

FATHER:

(in mock concern)

Did you study hard in school today?

Did you learn a lot? Huh?

HENRY is silent and begins backing away.

FATHER:

I can't hear you, you little liar.

(waving the letter)

I got this from the school. They

say you haven't been there in

months.

HENRY tries to dart past his FATHER, but he cannot escape.

HENRY gets a blow on the back of his head. HENRY'S MOTHER

starts to interfere, but is pushed back.

FATHER:

(beating Henry, but

glaring at Carmella)

Little lying bastard.

CARMELLA screams. HENRY doubles up. HENRY'S FATHER keeps

pounding away.

CLOSE ON HENRY'S FACE

FREEZE IN ACTION ON HENRY'S FATHER'S FACE

HENRY (V.O.)

My father was always pissed off.

He was pissed that he had to work

so hard. He was pissed that he

made such lousy money. Be was pissed

that there were seven of us living

in a tiny house. But after a while,

he was mostly pissed that I hung

around the cabstand. He said they

were bums and that I was a bum.

He said I was going to get into

trouble. I used to say I was only

running errands after school, but

he knew better. He knew what went

on at the cabstand and, every once

in a while, usually after he got

his load on, I had to take a

beating. But by then, I didn't

care. No matter how many beatings

I took, I wouldn't listen to what

he said. I don't think I even

heard him. The way I saw it,

everybody has to take a beating

some time.

UNFREEZE and continue the beating.

CUT TO:

HENRY'S SWOLLEN AND BEATEN FACE

INT. CABSTAND BACKROOM

TODDY:

What happened to you?

HENRY:

I can't make any more deliveries.

TODDY:

Whadda you mean, you can't make

any more deliveries? You're going

to f*** up everything?

HENRY:

My father got a letter from the

school. He said the next time he'll

kill me.

CUT TO:

INT. AUTOMOBILE

THREE HOODS and HENRY in parked car outside the post office.

HOOD #1

(pointing to one

postman)

Is that the one?

HENRY:

NO.

HOOD »2

(pointing at another)

Him?

HENRY:

No.

(pause)

There. That's him. That's the guy.

HOOD #1 and HOOD #2 get out of the car and grab the stunned

MAILMAN. He loses his hat and spills some mail as they

shove him into the car's rear seat.

INT. A NEIGHBORHOOD PIZZERIA

TODDY VARIO is standing in front of a pizza oven. HENRY

watches the HOODS shove the MAILMAN against the side of

the oven. WE SEE PAUL VARIO in the BG.

TODDY:

(pointing to Henry)

You know this kid?

MAILMAN:

(barely able to

speak)

Yes.

TUDDY:

You know where he lives?

MAILMAN nods.

TODDY:

You deliver mail to his house?

MAILMAN nods again.

TODDY:

From now on, any letters to the

kid from his school come directly

here. Do you understand? One more

letter from the school to the kid's

house and ...

TODDY looks at PAUL VARIO, who nods, and the HOODS pull

down the door or the pizza oven and shove the MAILMAN up

close.

TODDY:

... you're going in the oven head-

first.

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