Inherent Vice Page #15

DOC:

Does that man have a swastika on

his head?

DR. THREEPLY

No, he doesn't. That's an ancient

Hindu symbol meaning ‘all is

well.’ It brings good fortune,

luck and well-being, what do you

mean?

DOC:

Only that it looks like a swastika

to me...

DR. THREEPLY

He isn't a regular employee of the

Institute, perhaps you should pay

no attention to that man...

DOC:

Ah-huh.

88.

A MOMENT OF EYE CONTACT between ORDERLY/PUCK and DOC...

CUT TO:

80 INT. LOBBY 80

Doc continues on tour...

DR. THREEPLY

Next, we'll see the Institute's

own Zen garden imported from

Kyoto. Each pebble, each grain of

white sand was transported and

reassembled here exactly in

place...

A STAFF ASSOCIATE RUNS UP.

STAFF ASSOCIATE:

Doctor -- there's a problem with

the volt generator in the

Dungeon...

(ALTERNATE)

Doctor, there's a broken volt

generator in the Dungeon...

(ALTERNATE)

Doctor -- the electroshock machine

is acting fussy again...

DR. THREEPLY

Excuse me, Mr. Sportello...

He leaves. Doc goes snooping...

81 INT. HALLWAY - DAY 81

Kids cleaning hallways...

Doc walks down... O.S. voice "pssssssst." He goes into a -

ROOM:

Coy is there...

COY:

Thinking of checking yourself in?

DOC:

More like lookin' for a way to get

outta here. Couldn't afford it.

I thought you were supposed to be

clean these days -- what are you

doing here?

COY:

Bi-monthly checkup.

89.

DOC:

Why can't you just leave, Coy?

COY:

It's part of the job, it's part

of being dead...

DOC:

You can't go back to your family,

because if you did...?

COY:

It would be my ass. I've told

you.

DOC:

Or maybe you’re as addicted to

this as you were some other

things...

COY:

This is a higher discipline.

They saw something in me I didn't

know I had.

DOC:

You're a snitch, man.

COY:

I have a gift for projecting

alternate personalities -

DOC:

A spy and a weasel -

COY:

I have an addictive personality.

DOC:

You're a stool pigeon, what about

your girls, then? What about

THAT?

COY:

Why are you mad at me?

DOC:

I'm not mad at you...

COY:

What else was I gonna do? The

baby was gonna die -

DOC:

-- you made a choice, Coy --

COY:

I made the only one I had, man --

doesn't everybody wish they had a

different life?

90.

DOC:

I'm not mad at you, Coy, I'm just-- what the f***?

With that, COY is gone again... DOC hears CHANTINGAGAIN...

Something draws Doc to the window... he sees: PUCK

BEAVERTON... leading the group of CHANTERS IN ROBES...

SORTILEGE (V.O.)

It was occurring to Doc nowsomething someone said once aboutvertical integration... that if

the Golden Fang can get itscustomers strung out, why not turnaround and sell them a program tohelp kick? Get them coming andgoing, twice as much revenue andno worries about new customers...

as long as American life wassomething to be escaped from, thecartel could always be sure of abottomless pool of new customers.

A82 EXT. GROUNDS - DAY A82

Doc follows Puck...

82 EXT. ANOTHER AREA - DAY 82

Doc follows Puck through the water... leads him to aBUNGALOW surrounded by FBI...

Doc sees MICKEY WOLFMANN.

Doc gets closer... and talks to Mickey... who's loungingon a patio/deck area --

DOC:

Mickey...

MICKEY:

... (Hello, little hippie... howare you?)

DOC:

What are you doin' here?

MICKEY:

They're helping me wake up frommy bad hippie dream...

DOC:

What did you dream?

what did you dream?

Mickey...

91.

MICKEY:

I dreamed I gave away all my

money...

(I spent my whole life making

people pay for shelter... ...when

all along I didn't realize it

should've been for free...)

DOC:

Who's brought you here?

MICKEY:

My friends...

DOC:

(...)

MICKEY:

The bigger my setback, the bigger

my comeback...

DOC:

... Mickey... where's Shasta?

Mickey gets emotional...

FBI:

Step away from the subject...

CUT TO:

83, 84 OMITTED 83, 84

85 INT. FBI - HOLDING ROOM - DAY (VERSION 1) 85

FLATWEED and BORDERLINE questioning DOC:

FLATWEED:

You're making things awkward.

This curiosity of the Michael

Wolfmann matter is inappropriate.

DOC:

Mickey? No longer even a active

case for me, man, fact, I never

even made a ticket on it, ‘cause

nobody was payin’ me.

FLATWEED:

Yet, you're up here.

DOC:

Looking into something totally

else. I can see how busy you

fellows are, so rather than keep

you, I think I'll just... LIKE,

F***IN’ RUN?

92.

INT. HOLDING AREA (VERSION 2)

FBI AGENT FLATWEED comes in...

FLATWEED:

Your somewhat out on the

probability curve and sure merits

a closer look.

DOC:

How close is that, you're already

upside my face here.

FLATWEED:

I'd say you're the one who's too

close. You recognized that

subject, didn't you?

DOC:

Elvis, was it?

FLATWEED:

You're making things awkward.

This curiosity of the Michael

Wolfmann matter is inappropriate.

DOC:

Mickey? No longer even a active

case for me, man, fact, I never

even made a ticket on it, ‘cause

nobody was payin’ me.

FLATWEED:

Yet, you pursue him all the way

here.

DOC:

I'm here looking into totally

something else.

FLATWEED:

Then you won't mind my sharing a

thought. It's you hippies.

You're making everybody crazy.

We'd always assumed that Michael's

conscience would never be a

problem. After all his years of

never appearing to have one.

Suddenly he decides to change his

life and give away millions to an

assortment of degenerates -Negroes,

longhairs, drifters. Do

you know what he said? We have it

on tape. ‘I feel as if I've

awakened from a dream of a crime

for I can never atone, an act I

can never go back and choose not

to commit.

(MORE)

93.

FLATWEED (CONT'D)

I can't believe I spent my whole

life making people pay for

shelter, when it ought to've been

free. It's just so obvious.’

DOC:

You memorized all that?

FLATWEED:

Another advantage of a marijuana-

free life. You might want to try

it.

DOC:

I can see how busy you fellows are

so rather than keep you, I think

I'll just... LIKE, F***IN’ RUN?

INT. CHRYSKOLODON - HOLDING AREA - LATER (VERSION 3)

FLATWEED and BORDERLINE questioning DOC:

FLATWEED:

You're somewhat out on the

probability curve and sure merits

a closer look.

DOC:

How close is that, you're already

upside my face here.

FLATWEED:

I'd say you're the one who's too

close. You recognized that

subject, didn't you?

DOC:

Elvis, was it?

FLATWEED:

You're making things awkward.

This curiosity of the Michael

Wolfmann matter is inappropriate.

DOC:

Mickey? No longer even a active

case for me, man, fact, I never

even made a ticket on it, ‘cause

nobody was payin’ me.

FLATWEED:

Yet, you pursue him all the way

here.

DOC:

I'm here looking into totally

something else.

94.

FLATWEED:

Then you won't mind my sharing a

thought. It's you hippies.

You're making everybody crazy.

DOC:

So you guys have your own ideas

about how Mickey should be

spending his money?

FLATWEED:

Yes we do. There's better places

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