Phil Spector Page #6

Sure.

WOMAN:
Oh, yeah, sure.

Just give me a second.

MAN:
Of course.

WOMAN:
Just got it...

5 PM.

It was nice meeting you.

MAN:
You, too. Yes.

What did they have you

doing in there?

You're with

the defense

team?

I work in the office.

We were just

watching these

cartoons

about what the blood

would do and so on.

You mean like movies?

Yeah.

And what do you think?

You could show me

"Dumbo."

Hey, what does that

prove?

Anyone can make

cartoons.

MAN:
Thursday, May 7, 2009.

Retired LAPD officer

Joseph Smith.

Colt detective special.

In attendance, retired federal

officer Michael Brown

with Ms. Linda Kenney Baden.

One round.

38 plus "P."

Hollow point, 110 grain.

OK.

Clear the range.

[Gunshot]

BRUCE:
Then they say,

Dr. Spitz, your various

credentials...

We should add

my publication.

Oh, yeah. We will

add your

publication.

35 years in

forensics.

Exactly.

Now, in your career

you have investigated...

Over 10,000 instances

of gunshot wounds.

Fatal.

Yes, gunshot wounds

to the head.

Good. And then

they show you

the diagram,

and they say,

have you ever...

in 35 years, that wound,

the angle of that wound

is absolutely

inconsistent with any

but a self-inflicted

wound.

I'd put it simpler.

I don't understand.

I would say, "I've only

ever seen that as

a self-inflicted wound."

That's right.

In 95%, that is

a self-inflic--

No. Dr. Spitz, you

cannot say 95%.

I beg your pardon.

I was just using that

as a figure of speech.

Shh, shh.

Good, but you know, to the

prosecution, you say 95%,

on cross-examination

you've just admitted that

there's a 5% chance

that it is not

a self-inflicted wound.

Is there a 5% chance that

somebody else shot her?

There is no chance.

Then do not say 95%.

That was just

a figure of speech.

Sure, Dr. Spitz, but you've

seen 10,000 case, right?

5% of which,

the prosecution will

point out,

is 500 cases in which

that is not a

self-inflicted wound.

It is a self-

inflicted wound.

The we require you

to so testify.

Now, Dr. Spitz, we're

gonna take a look at

the bullet itself.

Yes.

BRUCE:
That's good

if they let you use it.

What?

Oh, the tape?

Mm-hmm.

LINDA:
No, no.

I'm not planning on

using the tape.

No. Listen, it is

impossible

that Philip

took that shot.

If he had, his coat,

his hair, his

everything

would have been

covered in blood.

We've got to break

that thought into

the jury's mind--

he could not

have done it.

So you don't show them

the tape?

No. No. I'm gonna

build it.

BRUCE:
Uh-huh.

I'm gonna build

a bulletproof

Plexiglas chamber

and put it

in the courtroom.

I'm gonna put the wound

dummy in the chair

and a ballistics tech in

a lab coat and have him

pull the trigger.

When they see the booth

and the coat, everything

covered in blood,

the jury sees that, we

just broke their thought

processes.

We won the case.

The judge will never

allow that.

"Culpepper

v. Volkswagen."

I've got a hearing

tomorrow at noon.

She shot herself.

You bet she did.

Why?

Not our problem anymore.

It's been decided

it's inadmissible.

PHIL:
What does

that mean?

LINDA:
It means you can't

legally base a demonstration

on a theory.

You know what? Why don't

they get a carpenter

in there?

Get a carpenter

in there,

build me a coffin,

have the judge

nail me in.

Philip.

Get it over with.

Philip,

the California law--

They see that

demonstration,

I walk out of there

free.

It's been decided the

judge will--and can legally

disallow it.

Therefore, to make

a request doomed

to failure is--

Why would I kill

that girl?

Why?

Because she wouldn't

what?

She wouldn't what?

She would have done

anything I asked.

That's why she came

here.

No. So forget why.

How?

What did I do?

What did I say?

"Here.

"You hold the gun and

you put it in your

mouth.

I'll pull the trigger."

Why?

Because I want to prove

my power.

My power was she got in

the car.

That was my power.

Some wretched,

stunted Jewish kid,

a poor kid,

who could have, over the

years, any f***ing woman

I wanted--

oh, I'm gonna throw my

life away for her.

Why not?

She was a cocktail

waitress.

In the old days,

the cops,

they showed up,

she shot herself, they

throw her in jail

for f***ing up my

evening,

dead as she was.

I want you to put me

on the stand.

LINDA:
One-way

ticket to the

gallows.

I want to tell

what happened.

What happened?

You got 12 seconds?

I was drunk.

She was screwed up

out of her mind.

I took her home.

She asked me--

she asked me

did I have any guns

around the house?

I said, "Why?"

She said, "I find

it exciting."

Many women do.

So I showed her

the guns,

I went in the other

room, I came back.

She's got a gun in her

hand, and she's smiling

provocatively, right?

She takes the stupid

gun, puts it in her

mouth.

I scream, "No!"

The gun goes off.

LINDA:
It's interesting.

PHIL:
What?

The various looks,

the wigs.

A lot of people

think they're wigs.

That's called

prejudice.

Brindon, where are they?

They have gone.

We must tell Torvald.

He was with them.

No.

BRINDON:
Shall I

alert Princess Isa?

No. Better to take

a dagger through the heart,

for the news would

kill her.

Brindon...

95%. Unbelievable.

LINDA:
My boss came out

of the house and said,

"I think I just

killed somebody."

"I think I should call

somebody"?

You want to know

the case?

Our guy used to be

a big shot.

Now he's nobody.

The girl--she's living

the dream.

Should have died

10 years ago

when she could marry

money.

Too late now--she's

every woman's nightmare.

She goes home

with a fella.

She ends up dead.

Let your guy go?

Why?

What was he doing

there with her?

That's not what he's

being tried for.

Really?

What time does Bruce

get in?

1:
05.

What if it were

an accident?

Ah.

Thank you for coming today.

Thank you.

How are you?

I'm well, thank you.

Good.

My name is Michael

Brown.

Jenny O'Brien.

BROWN:
I'm a retired

federal officer.

I've spent most of

my government service

occupied with

ballistics, which is

the study of projectiles

and firearms.

This is a model

of a firearm, a revolver.

As you see, it cannot

fire anything.

There is nothing

to fire.

It's solid plastic.

That's all it is.

This model--I won't

call it a toy, because

it's not a toy--

is designed for purposes

of demonstration.

OK?

Mmm.

Basically...it's

a garage door opener.

Now, here is one

thing this model

can do.

If the trigger is

depressed, it sends

a signal...

[Alarm sounds]

The light and

the alarm go off.

You all received your

checks for coming in

today?

Yes.

Fine.

In addition to your

honorarium, in addition

to that,

if you can insert the model

in your mouth without

pulling the trigger,

you'll receive $300.

You understand?

Yeah.

Wrapped in plastic.

Completely sterile.

Please remove it

from the plastic.

Now without pulling

the trigger,

insert the model

in your mouth.

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