Hardcore Page #16

The CAMERA studies the line: an attractive boy wears a studded

collar, a low-rider sports his colors, a diminutive girl

waits silently in her hari-krishna robe.

The line inches forward. Behind Jake, one woman tells another

about this great swinging party. Van Dorn takes some comfort

in the fact that the MAN in front of him, dressed in a

seersucker suit, looks pretty straight.

The GIRL AT THE WINDOW takes his ad:

MAN IN SEERSUCKER SUIT

(reading ad)

'W/M, 35, 140 fastest tongue in west,

will demonstrate proficiency in all

dialects to females under 50. Looks

not imp.' That's all in caps, 'LOOKS

NOT IMP.' 'George Harper. P.O. Box

102, Alhambra, Ca., 91801.'

GIRL AT THE WINDOW

That's 'dial-a' what?

MAN IN SEERSUCKER SUIT

Di-a-lects. D-I-A-L-E-C-T-S. Like

talking.

The Man in the Seersucker Suit pays his fee and Jake steps

up to the window.

JAKE:

I'd like to place a 'Personals' ad

in the Free Press.

GIRL AT THE WINDOW

How many weeks?

JAKE:

Just one.

GIRL AT THE WINDOW

The rate is a dollar per line, a

dollar and a half bold face.

Jake takes out a slip of paper and hands it to the Girl.

JAKE:

I have it here. Can you take this

down?

The Girl takes the slip of paper and reads it back to him as

she fills in the advertising form:

GIRL AT THE WINDOW

'Film Producer' -- that should be in

caps, bold face.

JAKE:

Okay.

GIRL AT THE WINDOW

'Film Producer seeks young men, 18

to 25, for hardcore film. Prior film

experience a must. Call Jake at

Players Motel. 777 Vine. 463-5671.

Jake nods.

CUT TO:

EXT. DARK ROAD - NIGHT

A small film crew sets up a shot. Ramada, Kurt, Van Dorn and

others, standing by a trailer, watch from the b.g. Jake's

floral rayon shirt is open to the third button.

The script evidently calls for "Dark Road -- Night" because

that's where the gaffer is arranging lights around a parked

red Mustang. A YOUNG ACTOR in a soldier's uniform waits in

the car. Niki and another actress, dressed as a stewardess,

stand on their marks near the front of the car.

Ramada and Kurt walk over to talk to the YOUNG DIRECTOR.

Niki, finished for the moment, walks back toward the trailer.

Niki picks a heavy coat out of the trailer, and wrapping it

around her, stands next to Jake. They watch as Ramada gives

the Director some last minute advice.

JAKE:

Are you the star of this picture?

NIKI:

You kidding? Three days work. I finish

tonight.

JAKE:

The other girl is the star?

NIKI:

She thinks so.

(a beat)

What do you do?

JAKE:

I work with Ramada. We're doing some

pictures together.

NIKI:

Well, next time you talk to him,

tell him to pay his actresses more.

DIRECTOR:

(calling)

All right, girls, Niki! To your

places.

NIKI:

(to Jake)

Nice meeting you.

Niki throws off her coat and runs to the set. The Actor backs

the Mustang out of CAMERA range.

There is a pause, the Director calls: "ACTION!" and the

Mustang drives to where the two stewardesses, stranded, are

waving for help. The cameraman pans with the Mustang. The

Soldier opens his door, looks at the girls' car and offers

to help.

Kurt steps over to Jake.

The Soldier, looking at the stranded stewardesses, rubs his

inner thigh.

KURT:

(to Jake)

We'll come in for a closeup here.

Niki unfastens the Soldier's belt and pulls down his zipper.

The Soldier leans against the car as Niki sinks to her knees

and opens his trousers.

CUT TO:

EXT. PLAYERS MOTEL - NIGHT

The Players Motel is a "specialty motel." It offers "X-rated

movies, Closed Circuit Color TV, Water Beds." Rates are $10

a night, or $8 for two hours.

Most clients prefer the two hour rate.

Van Dorn pulls his rented Pontiac into the lot and parks in

the first available space.

Weary, he gets out of the car and heads for his room. He

passes a colored whore with a towering synthetic wig.

Further down the line of rooms, Wes De Jong sits slouched in

the front seat of his rental car, watching, waiting.

A prostitute wearing jeans and a shoulder bag, enters a

lighted room with her trick, a construction worker. He

unbuttons his shirt as she closes the curtains.

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