Lipstick Page #6

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No.

Or call downstairs

for some help?

I should have.

But you didn't,

did you?

'Cause you didn't believe

your sister was in danger.

That's the truth,

isn't it?

Did you think for an instant

your sister was being harmed?

I didn't know.

You would have

called for help

if she'd been

in danger. Yes.

You would have

telephoned the police. Yes.

Anyone,

wouldn't you?

Yes.

But from what you saw,

she wasn't being harmed.

She wasn't struggling.

She wasn't

being beaten.

She didn't scream.

She was quiet,

wasn't she?

You looked into your sister's

bedroom, Kathy,

and you saw her making love.

In some way,

she wanted to make love,

with a teacher

you liked and admired.

No, he was raping her.

BONDI:

Objection. This calls for a conclusion.

He was raping her!

JUDGE:

Sustained.

You did like Mr. Stuart,

didn't you, Kathy?

It's not true.

You didn't like him?

No.

Didn't you?

No. Yes, but...

Did you like him

or didn't you?

He raped my sister.

No, you mean your sister

told you she'd been raped.

He raped her.

Look, that is the

accusation, Kathy,

but Mr. Gordon Stuart

is not guilty of rape.

That requires evidence,

and there is no evidence.

You were an

eyewitness, Kathy,

but you didn't see

anything violent

or you would have

called the police.

BONDI:

Your Honor, I demand

that you admonish counsel

to stop using

this child as a tool

for his closing argument!

A jury, not

this witness,

will determine that

violence was done,

that Chris McCormick was raped.

Your Honor, I agree that there

was a rape that afternoon

in Miss McCormick's apartment.

From this evidence, from the

testimony of the one eyewitness,

it is impossible to tell,

beyond a reasonable doubt,

just who the victim was.

KATHY:

He was raping her!

He was!

Your Honor, I have

no more questions.

She told me!

Your Honor,

I have no more questions.

She told me!

She never lies to me!

( gavel pounds )

( gavel pounds )

JUDGE:

Have you reached a verdict?

We have, Your Honor.

CLERK:

We, the jury, find the defendant not guilty.

( buzz of conversation )

How do you feel about...?

( all shouting questions )

What do you think

happened, Miss Bondi?

Will anyone hire

you after this?

Will you

continue to model?

Hi.

Gordon Stuart!

Yeah.

Gordon Stuart,

can we have a picture

of you

and Chrissy together?

How does it feel

to be a free man?

Mrs. Bondi, have you had it

with the D.A.'s office?

I've had it

with 18th century juries.

How about a retrial?

What do you want?

What do you want?

You want to follow them

in the ladies' room?

You want more rape?

Come on, come on.

Just trying to get in.

Can we have a picture?

Do you still believe

Chris's story?

We're certainly innocent.

Bastards.

Are you okay?

Are you

all right?

Oh, God.

( disco music plays )

Try and look right

in the camera.

You look so beautiful

today, Chrissy.

Come on, try

a little bit.

That's nice

like that.

Just turn your head

away a little bit.

Turn it away.

( camera shutter clicking )

Just turn it away.

That's it.

Bring it back

to me, Chrissy.

Bring your head

back to me.

Come on, you're

my favorite, Chrissy.

My favorite girl

in the whole world.

( shutter clicking )

Try a little

harder, Chrissy.

Just remember

the way we used to do it.

Kill that bulb.

Chrissy, honey, come on.

Please let me try it

one more time, Francesco.

I'll be all right

in a minute.

We can do it another time.

We don't have to do it today.

There's no hurry.

We've got so much

to do, though.

Aw, come on, baby.

Let's go out.

We can get it

in one session.

Remember when we-we did

the ten pages

for Vogue in one day?

Nobody could believe

we finished it.

We can always do

things another day.

But... we have

a whole campaign to finish.

We don't really.

The agency wants

to cool it,

and Steve agrees.

He says, possibly we'll

pick it up next year.

This is the last

session, Chrissy,

but we don't have

to finish it today.

We can do it tomorrow.

You'll be fresher then.

KATHY:

Why should you?

'Cause I've got

a commitment.

But they fired you.

Who said they fired me?

You said.

After today.

Just put the

rest of the gear

in the back

of the car.

Zip up that

rifle case.

Well, I'll do it.

It's okay.

It's not just a question

of being fired.

There's a lot more to it

than that.

How will we make a living?

Starving.

We'll be the first sister team

to make a living by starving.

We couldn't starve.

Why not?

We've got

looks, talent, honesty,

and we're great in courtrooms.

Chris?

Mm-hmm.

Will they take him back

at school?

You heard the verdict.

Not guilty.

They'll probably

throw him a party.

How could they believe him?

Even the kids

at my new school.

What?

They look at me.

You know, funny.

Steve gave you that,

didn't he?

Yeah, right.

Steve.

Steve, who said

I was the hottest

model in the business.

And the jury

agreed with him.

Why didn't the jury believe you?

Kathy...

I have to ask you a question.

After the jury--

what they said,

do you think maybe it...

it didn't happen?

No.

KATHY:

How long is it going to take this time?

Don't worry about it.

We'll have

plenty of time

to get to the

mountains afterwards.

When are you

going to know?

Know what?

If we come

back to L.A.

or go home

to Colorado.

Well,

in the mountains,

there'll be

some fresh air,

and then we'll

be able to make

the wrong decision

better. Right?

GIRLS:

Kathy! Kathy!

Where have you been?

How are you?

Good to see you.

Where have you been?

Can you come

watch us rehearse?

No, I'm here with Chris.

She's working.

We're doing

modern dance.

It's really neat.

Come on. Can't you

come watch us rehearse?

Come on, Kathy.

Come on. Please?

Kathy, come on!

Please?

No, I've got to be with Chris.

Okay. We'll see

you later, okay?

Bye!

What time you going

up to the mountains?

Right afterwards.

When we're

finished shooting.

I'll bet you can't wait

to get out of here.

Marvelous! Marvelous!

In five years,

I'll hire you.

There! Now, let's see.

What can I do?

There! Like Dietrich.

Marlene Dietrich.

Very languorous. Dietrich.

Oh, this is the most

beautiful dress

I think I've ever had on.

You look fabulous.

I love it.

Let me see you move.

Look what happens

when I turn around.

That's it. Just

walk around there.

Kind of tiring,

isn't it?

Yeah, a little.

Sort of boring.

You know, there

are two or three floors up there

that are unoccupied.

Lots of empty shops.

Sort of like

a big fun house.

Why don't you

go exploring?

I think I will.

Sure. There are all

kinds of escalators.

Have fun, honey.

Fix the hair

and the makeup.

Give me the camera

on the floor.

That's it. This is

going to be really good.

Fabulous like that.

From down here,

you should see you, Chrissy.

Great.

Twirl for me.

Great like that.

Fabulous!

( electronic music playing )

( music continues )

Open it out!

On her.

Okay, good.

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