Maverick Page #10

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CONTINUED:

MAVERICK:

I couldn't make you great if I

lived to be even as old as Coop,

but anyone can make you better.

(as Coop glares at him)

Poker's about bluffing and when

you bluff, you've got two dead

giveaways --first one is you

touch your thumb to your little

finger. The other thing is -

COOP:

(very flat)

Shut up. Shut up. Shut up.

64 EXT. CAMPFIRE VICINITY -NIGHT 64

The three walking in dead silence.

ANNABELLE:

as her boot brushes a small stone, sending it skittering.

MAVERICK AND COOP

Both of them whirling, glaring at her.

ANNABELLE:

She mouths "Sorry." They move on in silence again.

Now -

65 OMITTED 65

66 EXT. CAMPFIRE -NIGHT 66

The six men we saw before. Under blankets, some snoring,

some not. Whiskey bottles on the ground. Their six

horses tied nearby.

There is the remains of a fire. It's not as high as it

was, but it's still burning, giving off, along with the

moon, the only light.

PULL BACK to reveal -

Maverick, Coop and Annabelle, on their haunches.

Maverick and Coop have pulled back bushes, giving them

room to see. This next is whispered and fast.

(CONTINUED)

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CONTINUED:

MAVERICK:

There they are. It's gotta be

them.

COOP:

It could be just a bunch of drunken

cowboys fooling around.

MAVERICK:

What are you talking about? Look

at the warpaint... dressed up

like Indians.

COOP:

Proof is identification, right?

What you got now is nothing.

MAVERICK:

Nothing? What proof do you need?

The music box, your sweetheart's

wedding dress. Mary Margaret.

COOP:

Margaret Mary. And what do you

mean sweetheart? She's not my

sweetheart.

MAVERICK:

First name basis... I figured...

ANNABELLE:

Quiet... Now, do you see any

money?

MAVERICK:

He's probably got it stashed in

someplace unsavory.

CLOSEUP -MAVERICK

They're right. He glances at the six men.

MAVERICK:

(to Coop)

We can bring 'em in easy, we can

surprise them.

COOP:

What's this strange new word

that's entered your vocabulary? -'

we'? --this is your show. Ten

percent, remember?

(CONTINUED)

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66 CONTINUED:
(2)

MAVERICK:

(stunned)

You'd let me face down six men?

COOP:

Of course.

MAVERICK:

I've only got one gun. That's

only six bullets. They have six

guns, so that's thirty-six bullets

and they probably have two each so

that's seventy-two bullets, so -

and rifles...

COOP:

Shut up. Do you realize you're

babbling?

MAVERICK:

I'm not.

ANNABELLE:

(her voice louder

than before)

You are babbling. Don't worry -

they're probably drunk and Coop

brought in nine dead sober.

MAVERICK:

Coop's always dead sober -

COOP:

--She didn't mean that -

MAVERICK:

--She said that -

ANNABELLE:

(louder)

--The outlaws were dead sober -

The last three lines are done overlapping.

MAVERICK AND COOP

Both of them clapping a hand on her mouth as we...

SIX MEN:

One of them has heard something --he goes up on one

elbow, looks around. He reaches under his blanket for a

moment, brings it back out --he holds a gun.

(CONTINUED)

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GUY WITH GUN:

He stands --he's wearing long underwear --stares

around.

MAVERICK AND COOP AND ANNABELLE

No one moves.

ANNABELLE:

Still don't see any money. *

MAVERICK:

Coop, if he can cook, he looks

better than Mary Margaret in that

wedding dress. Even prettier.

*

*

*

*

COOP:

Margaret Mary and shut up.

*

*

GUY WITH GUN:

He takes a step in their direction, then another,

another -ANNABELLE

whose eyes are widening. Then -GUY

WITH GUN:

suddenly stopping, reaching down, grabbing a whisky bottle

which is what he was after all the time, drinking from it

as he returns to his blanket, gets under it. He drinks a

little more, eyes closed, then puts the bottle down.

THREE:

Whispering soft again.

MAVERICK:

(to Coop)

What if there's trouble?

COOP:

I'll be right behind you. *

(CONTINUED)

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(4)

MAVERICK:

Yeah, right behind me. And none

of this 'wheel is coming off' sh*t?

COOP:

(great lawman now)

That was about broken bones --this

is about dying.

MAVERICK:

Dying? You better give me yours.

(moves to Annabelle)

I know you got one. Hand it over.

ANNABELLE:

I'm a lady. No, you can't have

it. Okay... Okay... Fifty-fifty.

MAVERICK:

No. Sixty-forty.

ANNABELLE:

Fifty-fifty.

COOP:

Sixty-forty.

ANNABELLE:

Fifty-fifty.

MAVERICK:

Seventy-thirty.

COOP:

Sixty-forty.

ANNABELLE:

Okay. Sixty-forty. But it's

just a little bitty thing and

you're the fastest anyone's seen.

What do you want my gun for?

COOP:

Who says he's the fastest?

ANNABELLE:

He says he is.

MAVERICK:

I admit it, I am fast. But I also

can't hit sh*t. When they're real

people I'm aiming at.

(CONTINUED)

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(5)

ANNABELLE:

I never know whether to believe

you.

MAVERICK:

Neither do I.

ANNABELLE:

... Bert...

MAVERICK:

Bret. My name is Bret. You're

Annabelle. He's Coop. I'm Bret.

ANNABELLE:

Bret. Be careful.

MAVERICK:

Of course. You too.

He heads off.

Annabelle and Coop reposition and look...

MAVERICK AND CAMPFIRE

sauntering toward them alone, his gun in his holster.

MAVERICK:

Hi... Hello, everybody. I saw

your campfire and thought I'd

visit. I'm Burt... uh, Bret

Maverick.

He makes a nice smile.

SIX GUYS:

staring around at each other. What the hell is this?

MAVERICK:

He moves closer, stops.

Just the flickering fire light with help from the moon.

The terrain is flat, dusty.

MAVERICK:

You're probably wondering why

I'm here and it's just to give

you one little piece of

information -(

MORE)

(CONTINUED)

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66 CONTINUED:
(6)

MAVERICK (CONT'D)

(beat)

--right now, right at this very

second -(

beat --quietly)

--guns are aimed at each and

every one of your pretty little

heads.

SIX GUYS:

blinking. They've all had too much to drink, sure, but

this is news you don't forget in a hurry. Now they stare

at the area around them.

MAVERICK:

Going on calmly, without a care in the world.

MAVERICK:

Now, you've got a perfect right

to know who's out there and why.

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