Sister Act Page #9

CHRISTY:

(mouthing)

No food?

MOTHER SUPERIOR:

(taking away Christy's

plate)

No food. Not until sundown.

ANGLE on Christy, clutching her fork, hungrily watching

the other nuns eat.

EXT. POLICE STATION - DAY

Vince leaves the police station with his henchmen, Joey

and Willy, and LARRY NARREN, an attorney. Vince is

steaming as they walk through the parking lot.

VINCE:

They grilled me for six hours in there.

And my hotshot lawyer -- where the hell

were you?

LARRY:

It takes time, Vince. Slow and steady.

We've been through this before.

Vince reaches his car. As Joey opens the door for him,

another car drives by, and stops. Eddie is driving; he

leans out the window.

EDDIE:

So long, Vince. See you soon.

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Vince lurches toward Eddie; Larry restrains him. Eddie

drives off, chuckling.

VINCE:

He's so damn cocky. This is different.

JOEY:

It's a bluff, Vince.

VINCE:

You know so much. They've got Christy,

and we've got to find her. Get her 8x10,

from in front of the lounge. Fax it to

every contact we got.

Larry covers his ears with both hands.

LARRY:

I can't hear this. I'm an attorney,

Vince, and you're just an honest casino

owner. Object of a witch hunt. Innocent

victim.

VINCE:

Keep the message vague, but let 'em

know. The price has gone up. Christy

Van Cartier -- a quarter of a million.

Dead or nearby.

Vince looks grim and vindictive, as he gets into the car.

EXT. CONVENT VEGETABLE GARDEN - DAY

The vegetable patch is located behind the convent, on a

patch of land surrounded by high walls. Various sections

have been partitioned with string and then furrowed.

Several nuns are working in the patch, weeding and raking.

They wear large, ungainly straw hats over their wimples.

Christy has been given a hoe and a straw hat. She is

hacking at the dirt, with great disinterest. She picks up

a carrot from the vegetable patch; she looks around to see

if anyone is watching. She starts to gnaw on the carrot.

She becomes aware that someone is watching her. She looks

up.

Sister Mary Robert is watching Christy eat the carrot,

breaking her fast. Christy drops the carrot on the ground,

as if it burned her. Mary Robert resumes hoeing in the

next furrow over.

Christy stares at Mary Robert, narrowing her eyes.

Christy looks around; all the other nuns are busy at their

tasks. Christy decides that she will try and make Sister

Mary Robert talk. She picks up the carrot and tosses it

at Mary Robert. Mary Robert jumps. She waggles a finger

at Christy, scolding her. Mary Robert resumes hoeing.

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Christy is now determined. She takes her hoe, and tiptoes

nearer to Mary Robert. Very gently, she uses the handle of

the floe to lift Mary Robert's skirt, and gooses her.

Mary Robert vips, very loudly. All the other nuns turn

and stare at Mary Robert, scolding her. Christy waggles

her finger at Mary Robert, scolding her.

Christy, giggling to herself, resumes hoeing. She sees

Mother Superior, standing at the end of the furrow. Mother

Superior looks extremely grim; she has not missed anything.

EXT. SUNSET - THAT NIGHT

LONG SHOT of the sun going down, ending the nuns' Vow of

Silence.

We hear Christy SCREAM, O.S.

INT. CONVENT HALLWAY - THAT NIGHT

This hallway is marked by a series of heavy wooden doors

with tiny, grilled windows. These are the cells where the

nuns sleep. Nuns are entering their cells and closing

their doors for the night.

Mother Superior glides down the hall, followed by a dusty,

bedraggled Christy. Christy is devouring a slice of brown

bread.

CHRISTY:

Is this all the food I get?

MOTHER SUPERIOR:

Yes. Until breakfast.

CHRISTY:

That's tomorrow! Don't you have any

snacks? Machines?

They stop by a door.

MOTHER SUPERIOR:

This shall be your cell, Mary Clarence.

CHRISTY:

My what?

MOTHER SUPERIOR:

Your cell. Your room.

INT. CHRISTY'S CELL

The door swings open, and Mother Superior and Christy

enter. The room is tiny, with bare plaster walls. There

is a narrow wooden bed, with a thin muslin-covered

mattress. There is a small nightstand and a wooden stool.

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CHRISTY:

(looking around)

You were right the first time. Is this

like, solitary? The cooler? Where's the

furniture?

MOTHER SUPERIOR:

Our lives are simple. We have little

need for material possessions.

CHRISTY:

Right, sure thing. But what about,

like, appliances? Like a little color

portable? Boom box?

MOTHER SUPERIOR:

Useless distractions.

CHRISTY:

(sinking to the bed)

It's like the Stone Age. The room time

forgot. What about a phone?

MOTHER SUPERIOR:

And whom would you call?

CHRISTY:

Oh, I don't know... Satan?

MOTHER SUPERIOR:

(not amused)

Your cell is more than adequate.

CHRISTY:

Right. So what do we do now? Ping-

Pong? Row over to the monastery?

MOTHER SUPERIOR:

It is nine p.m. Pleasant dreams.

CHRISTY:

Wait. No. You're kidding. Lights out?

At nine? My day's just starting.

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