Inherent Vice Page #2

AUNT REET:

Make it quick, Larry, I’ve got a

live one tonight and a quarter ton

of makeup to put on yet --

DOC:

Okay. Mickey Wolfmann, what can

you tell me?

AUNT REET:

Powerhouse in L.A. real estate

from the desert to the sea --

Technically Jewish but wants to be

a Nazi -- what’s he to you?

DOC:

Shasta... she came around... told

me about a possible plot to snatch

up Wolfmann by his wife and her

boyfriend.

8.

AUNT REET:

And what is Shasta's role in all

this?

DOC:

Like how passionately does she

feel about her flame Mickey? I

didn’t ask. ‘I love him’ is

probably the answer, what else?

AUNT REET:

Is she paying you?

DOC:

Mmm...

AUNT REET:

Pause. Silence. Big surprise.

Listen, if Shasta can’t pay you,

maybe that means Mickey dumped her

and she’s blaming the wife and

wants revenge.

DOC:

Possible. But say I just wanted

to hang out and rap with this

Wolfmann?

AUNT REET:

I wouldn’t recommend your usual

approach, he goes around with a

dozen bikers, mostly Aryan

Brotherhood alumni -- all court

certified bad-asses.

DOC:

Wait, wait, wait, I flunked social

studies:
Jews and Aryan

Brotherhood. Isn’t there

something about hatred?

AUNT REET:

Mickey’s eccentric. More and more

lately. I would say stoned out of

his f***in’ mind, since he

discovered drugs, no offense to

you, Doc.

DOC:

So where would I find him

accidentally?

AUNT REET:

I promised my little sister that

I’d never put her baby in the way

of danger.

9.

DOC:

I’m cool with the Brotherhood,

Aunt Reet, I know their secret

handshake and everything.

AUNT REET:

It’s your ass -- try the Channel

View Estates, his latest insult to

the environment.

DOC:

Channel View Estates. The one

Bigfoot Bjornsen does the

commercials for?

AUNT REET:

That’s the one. Maybe your old

cop buddy’s the one who should be

taking care of your case.

DOC:

I did think of going to Bigfoot

but just as I reached for the

phone, history and all, I thought,

‘naaahhhhh.’

AUNT REET:

Maybe you’re better off with the

Nazis. Call your mother once in a

while so she knows you’re alive...

Doc gets up and walks to the TV, switches the channel,

finds:

5A INSERT - ON TELEVISION 5A

The commercial for “Channel View Estates” comes on after

a bad horror movie: It has LT. BIGFOOT BJORNSEN dressed

as a “hippie.” He’s wearing an ankle-length velvet cape

in paisley, love beads, shades with peace symbols and an

Afro wig. He’s like Cal Worthington, except for live

animals, he has a pack of SCREAMING KIDS that do

cannonballs in the pool of a MODEL HOME that Bigfoot’s

showing off and listing details and financing options,

etc... Bigfoot turns to the CAMERA:

BIGFOOT (V.O.)

Those li’l kids, wow, they’re

really something, huh!

BACK TO SCENE:

Doc looks confused. Bigfoot, ON SCREEN seems to be

looking STRAIGHT AT DOC... and DOC looks back... HOLD

THEIR LOOK AT EACH OTHER.

10.

DOC:

So what's all this now...

F***ing Bigfoot. Well, wouldn'tyou know. Why does the LAPD needSAG cards?

AUNT REET:

I have major liquid liner issuesto deal with here, Larry -- I'mgetting off now --

She hangs up. DOC doesn't notice and keeps talking.

CUT TO:

6 EXT. LSD INVESTIGATIONS - DOC'S OFFICE - DAY 6

Doc comes into the office, greets PETUNIA...

Morning, Doc.

head?

PETUNIA:

What's on your

DOC:

Howdy, Petunia. Still married to

what's his name?

PETUNIA:

Oh, Doc. You've got somebodywaiting for you...

CUT TO:

7 INT. DOC'S OFFICE - THAT MOMENT 7

A large, imposing black man: TARIQ KHALIL (30s, BlackPanther style) is waiting for him:

TARIQDoctor Sportello?

DOC:

That's right...

Tariq Kahlil.

TARIQ:

Doc collects himself, note pad, etc...

DOC:

Okay -- so how can I help you?

TARIQThere's this white guy I was inthe joint with. AryanBrotherhood. We did some

business, now we're both out. And

he still owes me.

(MORE)

11.

TARIQ (CONT'D)

It's a lot of money. I can't give

you details.

I swore an oath I wouldn't tell.

DOC:

How about just his name?

TARIQ:

Glen Charlock.

DOC:

You know where he's staying now?

TARIQ:

Only who he works for. He's a

bodyguard for a builder named

Wolfmann.

MOMENT. Doc writes: paranoia alert.

DOC:

If you don't mind my asking, Mr.

Kahlil, how did you hear about me?

TARIQ:

Sledge Poteet.

DOC:

Wow. Blast from the past.

TARIQ:

Said you helped him out of a

situation back in '67.

DOC:

First time I ever got shot at.

You guys know each other from the

place?

TARIQ:

That's right -- they were teachin'

us both how to cook.

DOC:

I remember him when he couldn't

boil water. So if you don't mind

an obvious question: You know

where this Glen Charlock works

now, why not just go over there,

look him up directly?

TARIQ:

Because Wolfmann is surrounded day

and night with the Aryan

Brotherhood Army and outside of

Glen, I've never enjoyed the

company of Nazis.

12.

DOC:

So send some white guy in to get

his head hammered.

TARIQ:

More or less.

DOC:

When you were inside, were you in

a gang?

TARIQ:

Black Guerrilla Family.

DOC:

And you say you did business with

the who now, the Aryan

Brotherhood? Can you explain that

to me...

TARIQ:

We found we shared many of the

same opinions about the U.S.

government.

DOC:

Alright, that racial harmony.

I can dig it. There something

else?

TARIQ:

My old street gang. Artesia

Crips. When I got out of Chino I

went looking for some of them and

found it ain't just them gone, but

the whole turf itself.

DOC:

What do you mean ‘gone’?

TARIQ:

Not there. Grind up in little

pieces. Seagulls all pickin' at

it. Figure I must be trippin',

drive around for a while, come

back, everything's still gone.

DOC:

Uh-huh.

TARIQ:

Nobody and nothing. A ghost town

except for this big sign, ‘Coming

Soon On This Site.’ Guess who the

builder is...?

DOC:

Wolfmann again.

13.

TARIQ:

That's it.

DOC:

Can you show me on the map?

They look at map.

DOC:

So you're, like, what again,

Japanese?

TARIQ:

How long you been doin' this?

DOC:

Looks closer to Gardena than

Compton is all I'm sayin'.

TARIQ:

WW Two. Before the war, a lot of

South Central was still a Japanese

neighborhood. Those people got

sent to camps, we come on in to be

the new Japs.

DOC:

And now it's your turn to get

moved along.

TARIQ:

More white man's revenge. Freeway

up by the airport wasn't enough.

DOC:

Revenge for...?

TARIQ:

Watts.

DOC:

The riots?

TARIQ:

Some of us say, ‘insurrection.’

The Man, he just waits for his

moment...

BEAT.

DOC:

If I can get ahold of your prison

buddy, this Glen Charlock, will he

honor his debt to you?

TARIQ:

I can't tell you what it is. I

swore an oath...

14.

DOC:

No need.

TARIQAnd I can't give you nothin' upfront.

DOC:

Groovy with that.

TARIQSledge was right: You are one

crazy white motherf***er.

DOC:

How can you tell?

TARIQI counted.

DOC:

Lemme look around -- I'll see what

I see. Alright?

CUT TO:

A8 INT. DOC'S CAR A8

DRIVING TO CHANNEL VIEW ESTATES.

SORTILEGE (V.O.)

Long, sad history of L.A. land use-- Mexican families bounced out of

Chavez Ravine to build DodgerStadium, American Indians sweptout of Bunker Hill for the Music

Center and now Tariq'sneighborhood bulldozed aside forChannel View Estates...

CUT TO:

8 EXT. CHANNEL VIEW ESTATES - DAY 8

DOC drives down the street, past a bunch of BLACKPEDESTRIANS walking around, looking for their homes...

it’s like driving through lost cattle -DOC

pulls his DODGE DART into this UNDER CONSTRUCTIONDEVELOPMENT. STREETS AREN'T PAVED, BUT THERE ARE STREETSIGNS, VARIOUS SUPPOSED TO BE SMALL SPANISH TYPE HOMESBEING BUILT... It's quiet.

There's a MAKESHIFT MINI MALL erected for the

construction crews. There's a BEER BAR, LIQUOR STORE,

SANDWICH PLACE and a MASSAGE PARLOR called CHICK PLANET

with a row of Harleys precision parked in a row outfront.

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