Out of Sight Page #23

Synopsis: Out of Sight is a 1998 American criminal comedy film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Scott Frank, adapted from Elmore Leonard's novel of the same name. The picture was the first of several collaborations between Soderbergh and Clooney, and was released on June 26, 1998.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Production: Universal Pictures
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 12 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Metacritic:
85
Rotten Tomatoes:
93%
R
Year:
1998
123 min
683 Views


Foley turns to go.

BUDDY:

Hey...

Buddy hands him his gun. Foley takes it, stuffs it in the back

of his pants, and then turns back to the house.

FOLEY:

Now get outta here.

KAREN:

As she watches Foley go back inside. A moment later, the van

pulls out of the driveway. Karen makes a decision, starts for

the side of the house...

INT. RIPLEY'S HOUSE - THE FOYER - SAME

Foley enters and we hear the maid scream. Foley starts up

the stairs.

INT. RIPLEY'S STUDY

Maurice and White Boy Bob both have their guns to Ripley's head.

RIPLEY:

(hears the scream)

Midge.

MAURICE:

Forget about her. Tell me where the

money's at.

RIPLEY:

Foley's got it.

MAURICE:

Where the f*** is Foley?

INT. UPSTAIRS HALL - SAME

Foley comes up the stairs, heads for Ripley's bedroom. The

door is closed now...

FOLEY:

Midge?

He steps to one side, is about to reach for the knob when

suddenly the DOOR IS BLASTED OFF ITS HINGES.

INT. KITCHEN (DOWNSTAIRS) - SAME TIME

Karen comes through the door, hears the gunshot, stops cold.

INT. HALLWAY (UPSTAIRS) - SAME

As Foley steps into the doorway and we see Kenneth and the maid

bare, both sitting up in bed, Kenneth racking the shotgun, the

maid turning away from him, gathering the covers that hang off

her side of the bed...

...and coming around to throw them like a net at Kenneth as the

shotgun goes off and the covers catch fire as Foley pumps one

two three shots into Kenneth somewhere under there.

INT. RIPLEY'S STUDY - SAME

As Ripley tries to get away...

RIPLEY:

Midge!

Maurice grabs him by the collar, spins him around and whips him

across the face with his gun. He and White Boy Bob then both

hit Ripley on the head until he goes down and stays down.

MAURICE:

(to WBB)

You take the front stairs, I'll take

the back.

INT. RIPLEY'S BEDROOM - SAME

As the maid jumps up and drags the burning covers from the bed

and sees Kenneth now, the bullet holes in his chest, staring

blankly back at him. She then looks at Foley.

MAID:

(cold)

Where's Dick?

FOLEY:

Downstairs.

(then)

But wait here. There's two more.

INT. UPSTAIRS HALLWAY - SAME

As Foley starts out of the room and immediately hears...

WHITE BOY BOB:

Hold it, a**hole!

Foley sees White Boy Bob at the bottom of the stairs.

WHITE BOY BOB (CONT'D)

Drop the gun.

Nowhere to go, Foley has to comply.

WHITE BOY BOB (CONT'D)

Now stay right there. Don't move.

White Boy Bob starts to jog up the stairs two at a time, all

the while keeping his eyes fixed on Foley.

WHITE BOY BOB (CONT'D)

Maurice! I got Foley!

INT. RIPLEY'S BACK STAIRCASE - SAME

As Maurice starts up the backstairs...

WHITE BOY BOB:

Maurice! Up here!

...and a moment later, Karen comes out of the kitchen into the

downstairs hallway -- just missing each other.

INT. STAIRCASE - SAME

As White Boy Bob gets maybe half way up when he catches a toe

on one of the risers and pitches forward. Stupidly, he tries

to break his fall with the elbow of his gun hand and ends up

jamming his chin down onto the muzzle of his gun which,

unfortunately for him, goes off, firing a bullet through his

head and killing him instantly.

To say the least, Foley is stunned by this freak accident. He

stands there looking at the dead bulk on the stairs.

FOLEY:

(finally)

You learn from doing.

Foley bends down to pick up his gun and we see MAURICE COMING

UP THE BACK STAIRCASE, his gun raised, and now firing away...

Foley is forced to jump back behind a pillar as Maurice keeps

firing at him, shots ricocheting off the pillar, the railing,

the wall...

INT. DOWNSTAIRS HALLWAY - SAME

As Karen hugs the wall at the sound of gunshots, sees Ripley

lying on the floor of the study...

INT. UPSTAIRS HALLWAY - SAME

As we hear CLICK as the breech opens on Maurice's now empty .45

And now Foley steps out from behind the pillar and calmly bends

down, picks up his gun, Maurice still walking forward...

MAURICE:

Jack, you don't use a gun, do you?

FOLEY:

Not until recently.

MAURICE:

(still coming)

Nervous?

FOLEY:

A little.

MAURICE:

(getting close)

This kind of setup, you don't have any

idea what the f*** you're doing -- do

you?

FOLEY:

You're right. So why take a chance--

Foley pulls the trigger. CLICK. Maurice hesitates, surprised

that Foley would pull the trigger, then the two of them at the

same time rush each other, begin a messy mano a mano, now using

their spent guns as bludgeons.

INT. RIPLEY'S STUDY - SAME

As Karen carefully comes into the room, Ripley lets out a low

GROAN. She's bending down to check him when HER PHONE RINGS.

INT. UPSTAIRS HALLWAY - SAME

As Foley and Maurice grapple on the floor near the head of the

stairs.

INT. STUDY - SAME

As Karen answers her phone, checks Ripley...

KAREN:

Hello?

CRUZ (PHONE)

We're a few minutes away. Just sit

tight, stay outta the house till we

get there, understand?

KAREN:

Oh-kay...

INT. UPSTAIRS HALLWAY - SAME

As Foley finally shoves Maurice down the stairs. Maurice rolls

down a few steps, right over White Boy Bob, as...

Foley gets up, runs back to the bedroom.

INT. RIPLEY'S BEDROOM - SAME

As Foley enters, goes straight to Kenneth's body, begins

searching for the shotgun (lifting the covers, turning over

the body, etc) with no success...

FOLEY:

Sh*t...

INT. STAIRWELL - SAME

As Maurice attempts to prise the gun out from under the dead bulk

of White Boy Bob.

INT. RIPLEY'S BEDROOM - SAME

As Foley, exasperated, stands back up...

MIDGE (O.S.)

This what you want?

Foley looks to where Midge stands -- now back in her bathrobe,

but more importantly, clutching the shotgun. Foley crosses and

takes it from her, begins to stride out of the room, when --

MIDGE (CONT'D)

It's empty.

Foley just looks at her.

INT. STAIRWELL - SAME

As Maurice finally rolls White Boy Bob over, grabs the gun...

INT. RIPLEY'S BEDROOM - SAME

As Foley sticks his hand in Kenneth's coveralls, comes out with

a shell, loads the gun, snaps it shut...

INT. STAIRWELL - SAME

As Maurice c*cks the pistol, takes a step up the stairs...

KAREN (OS)

Maurice--

Maurice spins around, points his gun down at Karen, now standing

in the foyer, her own gun pointing up at him...

EXT. HOUSE - SAME TIME

As Raymond Cruz and several green-and-whites arrive...

INT. RIPLEY'S BEDROOM - SAME

As Jack, about to exit, stops cold as he HEARS TWO GUNSHOTS,

then a BODY FALL.

He stands still. Not sure who was just shot. After a long moment,

we then hear:

KAREN (OS)

Jack?

He sees Midge looking at him, closes his eyes, sags against the

wall.

KAREN (OS) (CONT'D)

I know you're up there.

INT. FOYER - SAME

As Foley steps into the hallway, his ski mask now pulled down

over his face. He holds Kenneth's shotgun in one hand and his

pistol in another.

KAREN:

Come on, Jack -- don't.

FOLEY:

Pretend I'm somebody else.

KAREN:

You think I'd shoot you?

Foley brings up the pistol and the shotgun. AND NOW WE HEAR

THE SIRENS...

FOLEY:

If you don't, one of those guys will.

KAREN:

What're you now, a desperado? Put the

guns down.

FOLEY:

I told you, I'm not going back.

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Scott Frank

A. Scott Frank (born March 10, 1960) is an American screenwriter, film director, and author. He has earned two Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nominations, for Out of Sight (1998) and Logan (2017). more…

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