Malcolm X Page #14
- PG-13
- Year:
- 1992
- 202 min
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MALCOLM:
Yeah and get a slave, too, huh, baby?
SHORTY:
I ain't doing bad.
MALCOLM:
Man, the name musicians ain't got
sh*t. How you gonna have something?
I need a stake, a bundle, a grand.
My woman can't afford it; my homey
ain't got it. How about you baby?
What you got?
Peg smiles, afraid of Malcolm.
SHORTY:
Jesus, Red, she's just a kid.
MALCOLM:
Jesus ain't got nothin' to do with
this.
Shorty eyes him with amazement. The degree of Malcolm's
depravity surprises even him.
MALCOLM:
Surprise you, baby? Well, that's the
way it is. What kind of scratch you
got on you? Turn out. Let me have
it. All of you --
Glances exchanged among Shorty, Sophia and Peg. Shorty reaches
into his pocket.
INT. HARVARD SQUARE APARTMENT - NIGHT
Malcolm with Sophia, Shorty and Peg around him.
MALCOLM:
We gone rob this town blind. Anybody
want out say so.
Nobody answers; they'll go with Malcolm.
MALCOLM:
Okay. I got the stake and I got a
fence. I need a driver.
PEG:
How about Rudy?
MALCOLM:
Who's Rudy?
SHORTY:
Yeah, Rudy.
JUMP CUT:
SAME LOCATION - LATER
RUDY is with them. He is a good-looking, very-light skinned
black, tough as they come.
RUDY:
I'm half wop, half n*gger and ain't
afraid of no one.
MALCOLM:
What can you do?
They are in the process of appraising each other, seeing
which one has the bigger penis.
RUDY:
You name it, feller.
SHORTY:
Rudy does catering. Rich joints on
Beacon Hill.
MALCOLM:
That ain't bad.
SHORTY:
Tell him about Baldy.
RUDY:
Yeah. This rich ofay, like he's 60.
I give him a bath on Friday.
Peg and Sophia are listening, a little horrified.
RUDY:
Then I put him to bed and pour talcum
powder on him like a baby. He gets
his jollies off.
MALCOLM:
So what about him?
RUDY:
So? The man got silver, china, rugs --
MALCOLM:
Might be all right.
RUDY:
Might be, sh*t. Man, I know this
town. I got my own fences. Who the
hell are you? Who put you in charge?
Malcolm smiles easily.
MALCOLM:
You want to be the head man?
RUDY:
That's right.
MALCOLM:
Head n*gger in charge?
RUDY:
I'm the man.
MALCOLM:
Okay, baby. Let's flip for it. Flip
this.
He takes out his gun, a .38 revolver. He dumps the shells on
the table, then reinserts one shell and twirls the barrel.
MALCOLM:
I'll flip first.
He puts the revolver to his own head.
PEG:
Don't.
Malcolm squeezes the trigger. It clicks. Now he twirls the
barrel again and hands the gun to Rudy.
MALCOLM:
Your flip, baby.
Rudy is staring at him; so are they all. Malcolm puts the
gun to his temple again.
SOPHIA:
Red, for God's sake --
He pulls the trigger a second time. Click. Now he twirls it
again.
SHORTY:
Christ, Red, no --
PEG:
I can't stand it.
Malcolm puts the gun to Rudy's head.
MALCOLM:
Your turn, Rudy. You want me to flip
for you?
RUDY:
Jesus Christ, no. Okay, okay. You
got it, you got it! You're the boss.
A beat.
MALCOLM:
Don't never try to cross someone who
ain't afraid to die.
SHORTY:
You the man!
Nodding accord from Rudy and Shorty. Sophia can hardly stand.
MALCOLM:
All right. We'll start with Old Talcum
Powder. You draw the house, where
everything is. You and Peg go out
and buy them tools like I told you.
We hit tonight on account of in the
daytime some of us got that high
visibility. Ya dig?
Rudy is at a table drawing a diagram; the girls have left.
Shorty and Malcolm alone at a window.
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