Gran Torino Page #15

SMOKIE (O.S.)

What the hell did...

(CONTINUED)

93.

86 CONTINUED:
86

Walt kicks open the door and grabs Smokie by the collar.

Walt drags the 105 pound Smokie out of his house and

tosses him off the front porch onto the front sidewalk.

Smokie is stunned. Walt kicks him hard in the ribs.

SMOKIE:

How the f*** did you get here?!

WALT:

You aren’t that hard to track

down.

Walt boots him again.

position.

Smokie curls up in the fetal

SMOKIE:

What do you want?

Walt kicks him a second time.

WALT:

I came to give you a chance.

SOMETHING comes out of the shadows under the porch.

Walt swings the barrel of the big Colt .45 at the

movement.

It’s a cat. Walt puts his pistol away. Smokie exhales.

WALT:

It’s just you and me. Nobody

knows or has to know I was here.

You lay off Tao. Tell your guys

he ain’t worth it or whatever the

hell you want. You don’t talk to

him, you don’t go near him. This

is your one chance. You lay off

and no one will ever be the wiser.

Smokie says nothing.

WALT:

I’ll take that as a yes. I don’t

want to come back here. But if I

do, believe me, it’ll be goddamned

ugly.

Walt kicks Smokie again and stalks off into the dark.

94.

87 EXT. WALT’S HOUSE -SAME EVENING 87

Walt pulls up his driveway and parks. Daisy jumps outand Walt carries his rifle into the house. Walt walks

stiffly.

Walt gets to the door and drops his keys. When he bends

down to pick them up, you can really tell he’s sore andhurting.

Walt groans as he goes inside. He’s feeling his age.

88 EXT. WALT’S BACKYARD -DAY 88

Vu, Sue, Tao and Wa Xam all sit in lawn chairs, talkingand laughing. Walt flips the inch-thick STEAKS on his

Weber.

WALT:

How do you want your dog... I mean

steaks cooked? Medium, medium

well?

Funny.

TAO:

Walt pops open a beer and grabs an appetizer that Vumade.

WALT:

Is this Hmoog or Laab?

Laab.

SUE:

WALT:

Isn’t it usually a little spicier?

Tao, Wa Xam and Sue laugh.

SUE:

Oh whatever, Wally.

It does.

zing.

WALT:

Usually it’s got more

SUE:

Jesus Christ, look at you.

never seen you like this.

I’ve

What?

WALT:

(CONTINUED)

95.

88 CONTINUED:
88

SUE:

Look at you smile, old man.

Kicking back, having a good old

time. You’re sure pleased with

yourself today.

TAO:

And it’s a little unnerving if you

ask me.

WALT:

Aw, go on.

SUE:

No, admit it. You are. You’re

feeling pretty good, aren’t you?

WALT:

Well, who wouldn’t? I’m

surrounded by beautiful women,

it’s a beautiful day. Great food,

good friends. Hell, even Toad

isn’t driving me nuts for once.

TAO:

It never ends.

WALT:

I’m just kidding. Let me tell you

something, Yum-Yum. If Tao

doesn’t ask you out soon, I will.

SUE:

Don’t listen to him, Wa Xam. He’s

a white devil.

WA XAM:

(laughs)

I’d love to, Walt, but he beat you

to it.

WALT:

I’ll be damned. Movie? Dinner?

Wa Xam and Tao nod. They’re a bit embarrassed.

SUE:

Yeah, they’re taking the bus.

WALT:

The bus?! That’s no good. A

charming young lady like this

deserves to go in style.

(CONTINUED)

96.

88 CONTINUED:
(2) 88

TAO:

Like what? Take a limo?

Walt nods towards the GRAN TORINO.

TAO:

The Gran Torino? You’d let me

drive it?

WALT:

Sure. Why not.

TAO:

Really?

Walt smiles.

WALT:

Really.

They shake hands.

89 INT. WALT’S LIVING ROOM - EVENING 89

Walt watches baseball. He hears a car outside. Shouts

are heard and glass breaks.

Walt gets up and looks out the shades...

TAO’S HOUSE is raked with GUNFIRE coming from a VAN!

Windows shatter and the siding splinters.

FIFTY BULLETS shake the house before the VAN peels off.

90 EXT. TAO’S HOUSE -SAME TIME 90

Walt is up their front steps and in the house in seconds.

Walt goes from room to room, from Vu to Phong finally to

Tao --making sure no one’s been hit.

WALT:

Is everyone okay? Is anyone hit?

Sue? Vu? Tao, where’s Tao?

Tao sits up from behind the couch. Blood pours down his

neck. He’s stunned.

WALT:

Oh no.

Walt lays Tao down and rips open the collar of his shirt.

Walt probes around Tao’s neck.

(CONTINUED)

97.

90 CONTINUED:
90

TAO:

What... what is it?

WALT:

Hang on... you’re just cut, is

all.

TAO:

Is everybody else okay?

WALT:

Yeah.

Walt looks around at the BULLET HOLES in the walls. Tao

follows his gaze.

TAO:

It’s a miracle no one was killed.

WALT:

They aimed high.

Sure enough --most of the bullet holes are above head

level on the walls.

WALT:

Where’s Sue?

TAO:

She went to our aunt’s.

WALT:

Call her.

TAO:

What?

WALT:

I said call her. Get the

goddamned phone and call and see

if she’s there.

Tao scrambles for the phone and dials.

Tao speaks Hmong to whomever answered. Tao starts to

speak faster. He looks at Walt and shakes his head “no.”

For once --Vu and Phong understand what Walt was talking

about. There is anguish on every face in the room.

CUT TO:

98.

91 INT. TAO’S HOUSE -LATER 91

Walt sits across from Tao, drinking rice liquor. Walt

speaks loudly, without any consideration for Phong whoshoots him dirty looks.

WALT:

This is exactly what I didn’t

want. Damn gooks. Why the hell

am I even here?

TAO:

Maybe one of her friends calledand she just changed plans.

Walt sips the rice liquor.

Tao.

Walt now speaks quietly to

WALT:

In Korea I learned not to care.

The best friends of my life arestill missing somewhere in Korea.

You harden yourself. Don’t let

anything get to you.

Phong looks out the window and screams.

and swings open the door.

She runs over

Everyone expects the worst...

And it comes like a cold wind --SUE WALKS IN LIKE A

ZOMBIE. She has been brutally beaten. Her clothes are

dirty and torn.

BLOOD runs down SUE’S legs from under her shirt.

Walt looks at her and the glass falls from his hand.

Sue staggers into Vu’s arms.

mother and sobs.

Vu weeps. Sue hugs her

Tao reaches to hug his sister, but Phong screeches athim, pointing at Walt and back to Tao.

Walt is destroyed. He steps outside into the dark.

92 EXT./INT. WALT’S HOUSE -SAME TIME 92

Walt staggers across the yard to his house.

WALT:

No, no, no, no, no.

(CONTINUED)

99.

92 CONTINUED:
92

Walt bursts in the door, throws himself in an easy chair

and CRIES. He tries to stop and cries harder.

It’s the first time Walt has cried in fifty years. He

wails, crying for Tao, Sue, his wife, kids and himself.

He lets it all out. Daisy jumps in his lap and he hugs

his old dog as he bawls.

CUT TO:

93 INT. WALT’S LIVING ROOM - LATER 93

Walt sits, red-eyed. He’s done crying. Family photo

albums are scattered around.

Father Janovich knocks and eases open the front door.

FATHER JANOVICH:

Mr. Kowalski, are you in here?

WALT:

Come on in.

Father Janovich comes in and sits down across from Walt.

FATHER JANOVICH:

Are you okay?

Walt nods.

FATHER JANOVICH:

The police finally left. No one

is talking. One thing about the

Hmong, they keep their mouths

Rate this script:5.0 / 6 votes