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Hero Page #17
- PG-13
- Year:
- 2002
- 107 min
- 2,130 Views
ESPINOSA:
You have the right to remain silent,
you have the right to --
BERNIE:
Hey, this is bullshit! Do you guys
know who I am? You know where I
got the goddamn plastic? I got a
million bucks coming. I'm the guy
who...
ESPINOSA:
(continuing)
You have the right to the counsel
of an attorney...
ANGLE ON CHICK:
Watching BERNIE being hustled out of the bar, handcuffed,
protesting loudly.
BERNIE:
CHICK, CALL MY ATTORNEY! THIS IS
BULLSHIT! ENTRAPMENT! I GOT A
MILLION BUCKS COMING, FOR CHRISSAKE!
MONTAGE:
PRINTING PRESSES - DAYNewspapers roll off the presses one after another.
THE TIMES features "The Image" with a headline over the firey
scene trumpeting "AN ANGEL FOR FLIGHT 104?"
THE MIRROR is tighter on the image featuring an enlargement of
the silhouette of Bernie with a headline asking "WHO IS HE?"
THE HERALD features a full page photo of the single muddy shoe
with a headline supered over it announcing "SEARCH FOR MR.
CINDERELLA!"
and finally THE TRIBUNE screams in massive black letters "ONE
MILLION DOLLAR REWARD!"
EXT. STREET CORNER/CITY - DAY
A NEWS VENDOR is waving a paper and shouting...
NEWS VENDOR:
ONE MILLION DOLLAR REWARD TO THE
UNANIMOUS HERO! ONE MILLION BUCKS
FOR THE "ANGEL" WHO SAVED FIFTY
A WOMAN walks by with a tee-shirt featuring "The Image." The
spectacular picture looks great on the contours of her chest!
PARKER, the youthful Channel Four gofer/runner, moves along a
seemingly endless line of WANNABE HEROES that stretches along
the sidewalk outside Channel Four and disappears around the
corner. He's addressing them at the top of his lungs...
PARKER:
PLEASE, IF YOUR FOOT ISN'T A SIZE
10-B, DON'T REMAIN IN LINE. WE'RE
ONLY SEEING SIZE 10-B "HEROES."
GROANS and CATCALLS from the WANNABES, as we MOVE ALONG the line,
eavesdropping on various WANNABES...
AFRICAN AMERICAN
Thass a racist perspective, assuming
that because something heroic was
done that a white man done it. A
man with mud on his face could be
a man of any color, most likely was,
which is true in this case cause
it was me! With mud all over me.
Two other WANNABES are squaring off to fight...
1ST FIGHTER
You call me a liar, I'm gonna kick
your ass.
2ND FIGHTER
Hey, it's not just me sayin' you
ain't no hero. Everybody in the
goddamn line says you ain't the
hero.
ANOTHER WANNABE:
Can you believe this? Must be more
than a thousand phonies after my
reward.
A WANNABE with mud smeared on his face spots GALE approaching
the front door of the station, a look of amazement on her face
at the length of the line.
MUD-FACE WANNABE
HEY, MISS GAYLEY! HEY, GALE!
REMEMBER ME? I'M THE GUY! I SAVED
YOUR LIFE! REMEMBER --
Rolling her eyes good naturedly, GALE walks briskly up the steps
to the front door of the station, passing PARKER who's measuring
a TALL WANNABE'S feet. The TALL WANNABE calls out to her.
TALL WANNABE:
My foot's only eight and a half but
I wear a ten B for the comfort.
I swear!
(she keeps walking)
Hey, Miss Gayley, I saved your life!
Just as GALE is about to enter the TV station, PARKER catches
up to her.
PARKER:
Hey, Miss Gayley, there's a cop
looking for you. From Robbery
Detail, Inspector Dayton. He wants
you to call him.
GALE:
What about?
PARKER:
I didn't ask him.
GALE:
Call him back. Ask him.
(indicating the line)
I'm a little...busy.
GALE disappears into the TV Station.
INT. DEAKINS' OFFICE - DAY
WALLACE is looking down at the line of WANNABES.
INT. COURTROOM - DAY
JUDGE GOINES is addressing a miserable looking CRIMINAL...
JUDGE GOINES:
Bail in this matter will remain
in the sum of five thousand
dollars. Next.
DISCOVER MENDOZA, ESPINOSA AND VARGAS
carrying on a whispered discussion with an African American
detective (DAYTON) in the spectator section (AS THE COURT
PROCEEDINGS CONTINUE IN THE BACKGROUND). MENDOZA indicates
something at the rear of the room to DAYTON who follows his
look.
DAYTON'S P.O.V.
A group of PRISONERS have just been led in the side door from
a holding cell and a BAILIFF is removing the handcuffs that
tied the PRISONERS together. One of the PRISONERS is BERNIE
LAPLANTE. DONNA approaches him as the BAILIFF uncuffs him.
She speaks to him but her words are inaudible to DAYTON.
ANGLE ON DAYTON:
as he watches BERNIE from a distance, nods affirmatively to
something MENDOZA whispers in his ear. We realize we'll be
seeing DAYTON again...
ANGLE ON DONNA:
astonished, reacting to BERNIE in a sharp whisper...
DONNA:
"The Angel of Flight 104!" You're
telling me you're the A...?
BERNIE:
(whispering)
"Angel!" I didn't say "angel,"
that's a little strong. Listen,
here's the thing, I gotta get over
there to the TV station to collect
my million bucks.
DONNA:
Mister LaPlante, I really want to
help you, but crazy stories are
only going to make it worse. The
D.A. is asking your bail be set
at twenty-five thousand dollars
because you were arrested again
while you were out on bail...
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