Smokin' Aces

FADE UP ON:

TITLE CARD:

A narration accompanies this passage: "The events depicted

herein were believed have taken place in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.

All manner of record as they might pertain to these events

have been seized by the Department of Justice"

INT. VAN -- NIGHT

Wall-to-wall surveillance set-up. Two FBI AGENTS: DONALD

CARRUTHERS 30's and RICHARD MESSNER 30's, man the post,

staring at video monitors. Both hold telephoto images; shaky,

long lens shots of a mansion some distance away. Messner

tacks photographs to a corkboard on the van wall. One is

labeled "Subject SIDNEY K. SERNA: UNDERBOSS/Sparazza Family."

The other is labeled "Subject VICTOR "BABY BUZZ" PADICHE

LIEUTENANT/Sparazza Family." Voices begin emitting over the

van's speakers.

SERNA (V.O.)

Buzzy... Buzz...?

PADICHE (V.O.)

Yeah... Sid?

SERNA (V.O.)

You got clicks, anything?

PADICHE (V.O.)

Nah, nuthin' on my end --

SERNA (V.O.)

-- Okay... hang on, I gotta move --

Messner rides a digital console, tweaks frequency.

MESSNER:

(keying mic)

Zoom and pan please. Stay tight.

ON THE MONITORS:
The image pans, follows a figure moving

behind the mansion's windows, entering a back bedroom.

SERNA (V.O.)

Alright, now Buzzy -- this is, this

is it, here, okay, so listen to me

careful and wait till I'm finished

'cuz we got no room for slop.

PADICHE (V.O.)

I'm here.

Messner adjusts the record level, V-U meters spike, modulate.

The figure on the monitors paces the room. WE SEE it's Serna.

SERNA (V.O.)

Okay, he's gonna clip Israel, I just

gotta outta there --

PADICHE (V.O.)

-- he's doing it then, huh --

SERNA (V.O.)

-- yeah, now lemme finish, I was

eavesdroppin', so give me sec, lay

this thing out, since the information

might be a little loose --

PADICHE (V.O.)

-- okay, g'head --

SERNA:

So what I heard downstairs there is

that they got a guy, some Swede,

real badass, supposedly a "specialist"

and they're bringing him over. Now

he ain't coming cheap -- so, I'm

thinkin' we jump, do this in the

next day or so, get to Israel before

the Swede can, we got chits, y'see?

We're in a power position. Grab him,

ransom him back, pick up that nut,

we're that much closer to having our

own thing.

PADICH (V.O.)

-- I see that, yeah, s'smart move,

for us anyway.

SERNA (V.O.)

Trust me, we keep our mouths shut,

go about our thing, play the part,

nobody suspects us.

(feedback distorts)

The old man's on the fade Buzzy,

f*** him, y'know? And that hurts, I

don't like saying that, but hey, our

livelihood, our lifeboat, y'get?

PADICHE:

No question, no, you're right. We

gotta do what's good for us now.

SERNA (V.O.)

F***in' A, first survive, yes?

PADICHE (V.O.)

Y'gotta, y'gotta. But d'ya think

they'll kick ransom for that little

prick, assuming we get to'm.

SERNA (V.O.)

Yeah, y'ain't heard the punchline,

yet and before I get to it, one more

thing I heard, little curious, should

probably bring it up... Primo wants

Israel's heart. The actual thing,

the organ.

Pause. Feedback. The agents trade looks. Carruthers grabs a

cellphone, dials, patches a feed for the party on the other

end to hear.

PADICHE (V.O.)

... Jesus... what for?

SERNA (V.O.)

-- who can say. He's off his onion,

y'know, he's old school Sicilian,

this is how they hate.

PADICHE (V.O.)

Wow.

SERNA (V.O.)

Hey, we nab Israel, they pay t'get'm

back, I'll cut the f***in' thing out

m'self, no extra charge. My thing

is, we crew up, let's not f*** around,

someone's cousin, some Zip off the

boat from Naples, let's get pros,

people who know how to behave.

PADICHE (V.O.)

Yeah, there's a pair'a broads I'm

thinking might be good for this.

SERNA (V.O.)

Chances are, they're gonna get into

some sh*t too, hafta put people down.

PADICHE (V.O.)

That's not a problem. Are we goin'

outta pocket ourselves?

SERNA:

Yeah, I can front this.

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