Queen of the Lot Page #11

I'm totally confused by you.

And I need some honesty.

I need full disclosure,

because I have a feeling

that things are not

as they seem to be.

(SIGHING)

MAGGIE:
Are you

what you seem to be?

No, I'm not.

I'm not even close

to what I seem to be.

FRANCES:
We'll get through this.

I mean the family's

been through worse.

I can't do the picture.

I can't do the picture.

You have to do it.

No I can't.

I'm not going to do it.

It would kill me spiritually.

ERNESTO:
Excuse me, sir. Sir.

The business associates

are here.

The men and women

from the bank are here.

They're all waiting up there.

LOUIS:
The vultures, okay.

Let's go.

Uh, I'm alright. See you after.

- Look after Louis.

- Okay.

ERNESTO:
Are we in

some kind of trouble, sir?

I'll talk to you later, Ernesto.

ERNESTO:
I just want to know

if I have to look for

another job or something,

I've been here for 40 years.

I've got a funny feeling.

- LOUIS:
Okay.

- (LAUGHING)

- LOUIS:
Hello.

- ODIN:
Hi, hello.

LOUIS:
How are you?

- A little out of breath.

- BANKER:
Gary.

LOUIS:
I just want to get

down to business right away.

You have to do this picture,

you're gonna break us

if we don't.

If we don't get this picture

done, you're gonna break us.

You want to break me?

Yeah, yeah.

I'm not doing

the f***ing picture...

No, no. Actually,

it would be okay for you

to compromise your spirituality

for one minute,

and take care of the family.

I am horrified by

what you're saying,

and I'm not doing the picture,

so forget it.

This family has taken

care of you.

- Hello, forget it.

- You owe them.

- I don't owe them dick.

- Yeah, you do.

No, I don't owe them anything.

I'm doing a picture, a comedy,

I've been wanting to

do for some years.

It's going to make

a lot of money

and I can pay your

Goddamn father back.

- It'll be too late.

- That's the end of that, okay?

- Finished!

- It'll be too late.

LOUIS:
Um,

you see this beautiful house.

I happen to be working

on a movie at the moment.

And I need eight more months,

just eight more months,

that's all I need,

it's just eight months.

BANKER:
I'm afraid not.

(PIANO PLAYING AND SINGING

"JOY TO THE WORLD")

(SINGING "WE WISH YOU

A MERRY CHRISTMAS")

(SINGING "THE FIRST NOEL")

- Another 2,000.

- Another 2,000?

- Yep.

- Oh, this is exciting.

Alright, I see your 2,000,

and I'll raise you

another $4,000.

MAN:
Oh my gosh,

are you really?

I'm making it interesting.

(SINGING "SILENT NIGHT")

- I gotta borrow four grand.

- MAN:
Alright.

Not for too long,

you can't beat me.

I'm borrowing $4,000, man,

and I'll throw in the chips.

CAESAR:

Cut it off, exactly four.

Can you beat an

Ace high straight?

Huh? Can you beat an

Ace high straight?

Okay, read it

and weep young man.

Read it and weep.

DOV:
You're the

luckiest mother I know.

(SINGING

"DECK THE HALLS")

Never again.

Never again.

Hey leave one, let's go already.

He cheats.

(PIANO PLAYING "AVE MARIA")

(SINGING "AVE MARIA"

TO PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT)

(LOCK CLICKING)

(HORN HONKING)

(SINGING "JINGLE BELLS")

Let's play, the three of us.

Everybody!

Game's not over, is it?

I don't have any money,

and I'm tired.

- Okay, well then go.

- Borrow the money.

What are you doing?

You and me.

Huh, you scared?

DOV:
Come on,

look what I got.

You want to play?

You want to play for real?

Are you scared?

'Cause what I got here

is double what you won,

at least.

I got three and a half million

dollars worth of jewelry here.

Come on, you and me.

Right now,

heads up for all this.

One cut, for all of it.

I wouldn't talk to you

if it weren't for you father,

you understand that?

This is your card.

It's a fake.

- Huh?

- Three of diamonds.

Alright, game's over.

- DOV:
Ace of spades.

- Take a walk.

DOV:
You f***ing scared of me?

Motherf***er.

- You mother f***er!

- DOV:
Hey!

(GUNSHOT)

(CLAPPING)

No!

Yay!

Wow, this is like a real

family Christmas.

(SINGING

"JOY TO THE WORLD" )

Maggie, uh...

Uh, I really f***ed up

this time.

Um...

Yeah, you got to get over

to the dress shop.

Huh?

Yeah, the dress shop!

In the back room

as soon as you can.

No, it doesn't...

it doesn't matter what happened.

Just get here!

(BELLS JINGLING)

What did you do?

He came at me, with a gun.

I tried to protect myself.

And he fell.

He's been laying there,

hasn't moved since.

He must have hit his head,

or something, I don't know.

Okay, I want you

to listen to me.

I need you to let me know that

you can hear me, right now.

I want you to

pull yourself together.

Tell me that you can hear me,

and you understand

what I'm saying.

- DOV:
I can hear you.

- Good.

This is what you're going to do.

You're going to be

a very good boy.

You are going to go home.

You're going to take the car

and you're going to go home

without me.

And you're going to take Beverly

Glen instead of Crescent.

And when you get...

Do you understand, Beverly

Glen instead of Crescent?

- Yeah, I understand.

- Say it!

Beverly Glen

instead of Crescent.

When you get four blocks

from the house,

you're going to

turn off the lights.

You're going to pull

in the back alley.

Repeat after me, Goddamn it Dov!

Four blocks away, I'm gonna

turn the lights off in the car.

And I'm gonna pull in the alley.

Very good.

When you get inside the house,

you're going to take a shower,

and you're going

to get into bed.

And then you're

going to go to sleep.

I'm going to take a shower

and go to bed.

Very good.

Now go.

Go on, be a good boy.

(PHONE RINGING)

Hi, it's Maggie.

My manager, Caesar's,

had an accident.

I have a little...

(SNIFFS)

...something here

that I need help with.

There's been

a little altercation

and I need your help.

I didn't know who else to call,

so I just called you.

Maggie, just stay there,

I'll take care of it.

It's a dress shop over here

on the west side.

6107 La Cienega.

Someone will show up.

Alright, thank you. (SNIFFS)

(PHONE BEEPING)

(SOBBING)

It's me.

I need you to take care

of something for me.

(RETCHING)

- (TOILET FLUSHING)

- (WATER RUNNING)

(CARS PASSING)

- (DOOR OPENING)

- (BELLS JINGLING)

What happened?

What are you doing here?

What happened?

Your brother had an accident.

What are you doing here?

AARON:
My father called me.

He said that he was

gonna send somebody

who could take care of this.

He did.

You can't fix this.

Yeah, I can.

This is...

This is what I do.

This is what I did.

Where's Dov?

MAGGIE:
I sent him home.

Good.

He tends to fall apart

at times like these.

(SNIFFLING)

Okay, you were never here.

- What?

- Come on, go, go, go, go.

Don't leave anything behind.

You have your purse?

You have your phone?

Your keys?

I can't leave him here

like this.

Just watch your step.

Okay, go straight home.

Okay?

MAGGIE:
Okay.

Go.

(BELLS JINGLING)

F***ing Dov.

(PHONE BEEPING)

Mr. Gray,

it's Aaron.

And I could use a little help.

I am in a dress shop

on La Cienega,

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