Sister Act Page #5

Joey suddenly flies into the bin. He climbs out with his

gun in sight.

JOEY:

Which way?

The workers point to the door, and Joey rushes across the

room. One of the workers is now wearing the mink coat.

EXT. STREET - NIGHT

Joey comes out of the hotel and finds an empty street. He

looks in every direction, but the nearby streets have

swallowed Christy into safety for the moment.

EXT. POLICE STATION - NIGHT

The central offices of the Las Vegas Police Department.

INT. MULCAHY'S OFFICE

Eddie's office is a glassed-in area set in the middle of

the station's main floor.

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Christy is huddled in a chair, surrounded by Eddie and two

other detectives, CLARKSON and TATE.

CHRISTY:

Right between the eyes! Down and out!

The guy was gone! I... I couldn't

believe it!

EDDIE:

You couldn't believe it? Vince the

Prince?

CHRISTY:

I never said he was an altar boy, okay?

But he sent his goons after me! They

tried to kill me! I'm not kidding!

CLARKSON:

Tough break. Whoa.

EDDIE:

What did you expect? Vince is as dirty

as they come. We've been finding bodies

around here for years.

CHRISTY:

I don't know anything about bodies! I

mean, he didn't bring it home. He was

good to me... sometimes. He was sweet.

He took care of me. Who am I supposed to

go out with? He owns a casino. He let

me sing.

EDDIE:

He didn't do you a favor.

CHRISTY:

Screw you!

TATE:

Come on, she'll sing great. When she

sings for us.

CHRISTY:

Sing -- like testify? Are you nuts? I

just want you to protect me! You're

cops!

TATE:

Busy cops. We don't have time to be

bodyguards for anyone who comes in here

with some cockamamie story. Mink coats

and laundry chutes.

CLARKSON:

Unless, of course, you're willing to

testify.

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CHRISTY:

What is this, some squeeze play? Can't

you just protect me without any strings?

The three detectives move in closer now and really apply

the pressure.

EDDIE:

We could put you into our witness

protection program.

TATE:

A hiding place.

CLARKSON:

A new identity.

EDDIE:

But you'd have to agree to testify. The

whole nine yards.

CHRISTY:

And if I don't?

EDDIE:

Then-you run.

TATE:

You wait.

CLARKSON:

You listen for the footsteps.

EDDIE:

Then one day they find you.

TATE:

They open a window.

CLARKSON:

It's ten flights up.

TATE:

Ten flights down.

CHRISTY:

Ten flights?

EDDIE:

You'd lose. You'd die. All over the

sidewalk. And into the street.

CHRISTY:

All right! I get the picture! I'll do

it! I'll testify!

EDDIE:

(to Tate)

Get a stenographer.

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Tate leaves. Christy looks to Eddie for a bargain now.

CHRISTY:

Okay, here's what I want. I know about

this stuff. A five-star hotel. With

room service.

EDDIE:

Maybe Hawaii.

CLARKSON:

Diamond Head.

CHRISTY:

Yeah. And I'll need a new look. Like a

disguise.

EDDIE:

Maybe Armani.

CLARKSON:

No -- Calvin Klein.

CHRISTY:

For sportswear. And a limo. And my

hair -- up?

CLARKSON:

It could work.

EDDIE:

Jesus, what do you think this is --

Wheel of Fortune? Let me spell it out

for you. You have to hide like you don't

even exist. You have to get so far

hidden away that you never see sunlight.

CHRISTY:

(confused)

Okay -- no limo.

EDDIE:

No nothing.

CHRISTY:

What're you gonna do, put me in a bag

and bury me?

EDDIE:

I'm gonna put you in the last place on

Earth that Vince would ever look for you.

Eddie smiles. Christy doesn't like the sound of this at

all a

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INT. STAINED CLASS WINDOW - DAY

Jesus delivers the Sermon on the Mount in vibrant red,

blue and green stained glass. An ORGAN plays a hymn --

badly. Notes are missed, skipped over and mutilated.

PAN DOWN to a procession of nuns who march into a chapel

at the ancient St. Katherine's Convent. The organ isn't

getting any better, and we see it is being played by SISTER

ALMA, a seventy-year-old nun with arthritis and a hearing

aid. Apparently the hearing aid is malfunctioning, because

Sister Alma doesn't seem to realize how badly she's

playing.

As the last nun in the procession enters the chapel, she

closes the door behind her. Across the lobby, the front

door opens and Eddie enters with a very reluctant Christy.

CHRISTY:

(to Eddie)

I hate you. I totally hate you.

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