Sister Act Page #16

DUDE:

Hey, Sisters -- how you doin'?

CHRISTY:

(flirting)

Better now.

DUDE:

How come they let you out? Out of that

convent place?

CHRISTY:

Time off. For bad behavior.

DUDE:

Oww! A nun havin' fun! I don't believe

it! It's good to have you ladies in this

fine establishment. So... anybody on the

move?

MARY ROBERT:

(standing up)

I am.

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CHRISTY:

Bob! What're you doing?

Mary Robert leads the Dude out onto the dance floor.

MARY ROBERT:

I'm getting experience.

CHRISTY:

(to the Dude)

You watch yourself!

Christy decides she'd better keep an eye on Mary Robert;

she grabs another DUDE, and heads for the dance floor.

As the music percolates, Christy and Mary Robert dance;

Christy is very hot, and Mary Robert picks up on her moves.

The CLUB PATRONS are delighted, and cheer as the nuns start

to get down.

CLUB PATRON #1

Do it, Sisters!

CLUB PATRON #2

Sway and pray!

As the song, and the nuns' exuberant dancing, peak, the

Club Patrons cheer, shouting "Hallelujah!" and "Amen!"

EXT. STREET - NIGHT

Christy and Mary Robert are walking back to the convent.

They are both in very good spirits.

MARY ROBERT:

Those people are wonderful! Why don't

we ever see them in church?

CHRISTY:

Good point. Especially that dude you

were with. I'd like to see him down

front.

MARY ROBERT:

(giggling)

Mary Clarence! You're so... different

from the other sisters. Sometimes,

well... sometimes you sound more like a

layperson.

CHRISTY:

Honey.

As the two women laugh together, they don't notice the car

that begins to follow them, creeping slowly forward with

its headlights out.

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MARY ROBERT:

I can't wait to tell Reverend Mother

about all my experiences. I've learned

so much.

CHRISTY:

Well, you know, you don't have to tell

her everything. I mean, nothing really

happened. We just... took a walk.

The car's bright lights suddenly switch on, and the nuns

turn, startled. The car hurtles toward them. They scream,

and Christy grabs Mary Robert and throws her out of the

car's path; the two women land on a pile of garbage bags.

Struggling to her feet, Christy sees the car go into

reverse, and then pull forward again. She sees a glint of

light reflect off a gun as the car's driver (Mike the

bartender) leans out the window.

CHRISTY:

(to Mary Robert)

Run!

Christy shoves Mary Robert towards an alley. As she does

so, the gun GOES OFF with a red flash. The shot misses the

two women and SHATTERS a plate glass window of the store

behind them.

EXT. ALLEY

Running up the alley, Christy and Mary Robert hear Mike's

FOOTSTEPS chasing them, growing louder as he gains on them.

MARY ROBERT:

Mary Clarence!

CHRISTY:

Keep moving!

Christy grabs the ladder of a fire escape, and shoves Mary

Robert up the ladder ahead of her.

CHRISTY:

Climb! Now!

As Christy and Mary Robert climb the fire escape, another

GUNSHOT ECHOES in the alley, ricocheting off the fire

escape.

The nuns climb higher up the building. Mike pursues,

looking for a shot between the steps and the landings, but

not finding any openings. He takes the steps two at a time

and begins to gain ground.

At the fourth floor landing, Christy's heel gets stuck in

the grating. She pulls frantically at the laces.

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CHRISTY:

Goddamn it!

MARY ROBERT:

Mary Clarence!

Mike arrives at the landing just as Christy twists her

toot out of the shoe, and surprises him with a lunge for

the gun. Mike's hand is knocked back against the metal

frame of the fire escape, and the gun flies loose, RATTLING

down the metal steps to the landing below. Christy shoves

Mary Robert into the open window of an apartment, and

follows her in.

INT. TENEMENT APARTMENT

Christy and Mary Robert leap into the bedroom of an

Hispanic couple, their arms wrapped around each other in

bed. At the women's entrance, the couple looks up, stunned

to see two nuns in their bedroom.

MARY ROBERT:

Oh my Lord!

CHRISTY:

(pushing Mary Robert

forward)

Experience!

The couple continues to look stunned as the nuns race out

of the room.

EXT. CONVENT - NIGHT

Christy and Mary Robert run up to the side door of the

convent; they catch their breath.

MARY ROBERT:

What was all that? Who was that man?

Why would he shoot at us?

CHRISTY:

I don't know, some people just don't

like nuns. I wish I had a ruler.

MARY ROBERT:

We could have been killed! But you

saved me!

(throwing her arms

around Christy)

Thank you, Mary Clarence!

The door to the convent swings open. Mother Superior is

waiting.

MOTHER SUPERIOR:

Yes -- thank you so much.

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INT.CONVENT CORRIDOR - DAY

Christy sits alone outside Mother Superior's office,

listening to the loud TICKING of the clock on the wall. She

seems small and vulnerable, like a child sent to the

principal's office.

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