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Helga begins sucking on Stanley's fingers. He pulls them

away.

GABRIEL:

So it can be done? Maybe slide in

a Trojan horse hiding a worm?

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STANLEY:

Something like that. Is this an

interview?

GABRIEL:

Sort of. Marco, let's give him

some incentive.

The drapes close. Two of Gabriel's crew step out. Marco

yanks out a .40 caliber Glock and quickly screws a well-

used silencer onto the end. Marco walks around behind

Stanley.

STANLEY:

(now totally confused)

What are you doing?

Helga smiles, then drops her head into Stanley's lap. We

hear his PANTS UNZIP.

GABRIEL:

Relax, Stanley.

He has to go with it.

GABRIEL:

I've been told the best crackers

in the world could do this in

sixty minutes. Unfortunately,

I need someone who can do it in

sixty seconds.

STANLEY:

You're kidding...

GABRIEL:

'Fraid not.

Stan realizes now no one is smiling. He grabs the blonde

by the hair but can't pull her up.

GABRIEL:

Forty-five seconds. Time is a

wasting, big guy.

The silencer is pressed into the back of his head.

Stanley tries to focus on the screen. Stanley sucks air

through his teeth, trying to focus.

GABRIEL:

You have thirty seconds, Stanley.

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Stanley gives up on trying to get her up and his hands

start flying over the keyboard. We INTERCUT the ACTION

WITH a CLOSEUP of Stanley's hands working the keyboard,

and a CLOSEUP of Gabriel, and a CLOSEUP of the LCD screen

which reads in flashing red letters -"

ACCESS DENIED."

GABRIEL:

She's very good, isn't she,

Stanley?

Tension builds as Stanley continues to work the keyboard.

"ACCESS DENIED."

GABRIEL:

C'mon, Stanley. 20 seconds.

"ACCESS DENIED."

GABRIEL:

Fifteen.

"ACCESS DENIED."

GABRIEL:

Ten... Nine...

Faster and faster. "ACCESS DENIED."

GABRIEL:

Three... Two...

"ACCESS DENIED."

He grabs her head. She doesn't come up. The screen

flashes:

"ACCESS DENIED."

GABRIEL:

Too bad, Stanley. Ya gotta die.

Marco puts the silencer to his eye.

STANLEY:

Wait... !

CLICK. The GUN is empty. Stanley tries to catch his

breath. Helga lifts up her head. Everyone laughs.

Gabriel walks around the table.

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GABRIEL:

I was just f***ing with you,

Stan.

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Stanley is pissed. Helga, smiling, kisses him on thecheek. Stanley tries to calm down. He gets up, shootssomeone's half-drank drink, zips his pants, then -STANLEY

So was I.

Stanley hits the enter key and spins the computer around.

CLOSEUP - COMPUTER SCREEN

"ACCESS GRANTED" appears, and the Department of Defenselogo scrolls across the screen.

WIDER:

Stanley gives them all a "f*** you" smile, then stompsout through the curtain.

CLOSEUP ON GABRIEL

who smiles.

55 INT. CLUB - REST ROOM - NIGHT 55

Stanley pushes into the bathroom.

wastebasket across the room.

He kicks the

Sh*t!

STANLEY:

He pushes a club kid out of the way of the sink. He

turns on the water and washes his face. Slowly he leanshis forehead against the mirror. Ginger appears behindhim.

STANLEY:

What are you looking at?

GINGER:

Relax, Stanley. You can do this.

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STANLEY:

Get away from me.

GINGER:

I want to help you.

STANLEY:

Help? Help what, squeegee my

brain off the ceiling?

GINGER:

It was just a test, Stan, you

passed.

Ginger pulls out a cigarette and a lighter from her

plastic overcoat.

STANLEY:

A test... I don't know why I let

you talk me into this. I can't

believe how desperate I am.

She exhales toward Stanley.

GINGER:

I thought you were here saving

your daughter, Stanley.

He turns around.

STANLEY:

(pissed)

Look... I'd do anything to get

Holly back. But, if I end up in a

box or back in jail, then I really

can't help her, can I? What I

should do, is take my money and go

back to court.

GINGER:

Back to court? Back to Melissa's

gladiators? You throw a hundred

grand at her, she'll throw five

back at you. It's not about

Holly, it's about beating you.

You know that. Think, Stanley.

STANLEY:

What I'm thinking about is that

you're willing to put a gun to my

head to see if I can hack -

Suddenly three club kids come busting into the bathroom.

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Ginger interrupts him by slamming Stan between theurinals and ramming her tongue into his mouth with thekind of wet, aggressive action that takes a movie fromPG-13 to an R.

When the kids realize that the urinals are occupied, theyleave. Slowly Ginger takes her tongue out of Stan'smouth. They look at each other. She smiles at him.

GINGER:

(coyly)

Sorry...

A beat, for a moment there exists something between them,

then bam, she's all business again.

GINGER:

So, let me sum it up for you,

Stanley. You live in a trailer.

(beat)

You're a felon, working a dead-

end job. You want to get Hollyback, Gabriel's your only shot.

ANGLE ON STANLEY

As he realizes she's right, he's got nothing to lose.

Slam! He smacks the mirror with his fist, then walks out

of the rest room. Ginger slowly lifts the cigarette.

She exhales, then slowly smiles. She's got him.

56 EXT. PRAGUE VALET - NIGHT 56

Next to the valet stand, Gabriel leans over the hood of

an evil-looking, bright-yellow Lamborghini DiabloRoadster, a GAMEBOY CHIRPING in his hands.

Stanley walks INTO the FRAME.

Gabriel looks up -Without

missing a beat,

Big Stan.

you.

GABRIEL:

I was afraid we lost

Gabriel stands up and walks toward Stan.

STANLEY:

Tell me what the deal is.

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GABRIEL:

Let's go up to the house. I'm

having a little get-together. I'llexplain it to you there.

Gabriel smiles.

FADE TO:

57 INT. FBI LAB - NIGHT 57

Three GEEKY COMPUTER-TYPES sit in front of a huge arrayof CRTs. They look up when Roberts stalks into the room.

He yanks off his jacket, crumbles it and throws it acrossthe room. They just look at each other.

ROBERTS:

Tell me you have some good newsfor me.

FBI COMPUTER GEEK #1

Actually we have a small ray ofhope in the vast darkness that isyour life, sir. Check this out.

On one of the 25-inch screens we see a terminal at LAX

with hundreds of people streaming by at 20x speed.

Torvalds is being apprehended. He freezes it.

FBI COMPUTER GEEK #1

See these two guys?

He points at two men watching this action from thesideline. He pulls another monitor forward.

FBI COMPUTER GEEK #1

Now watch this...

He fast-forwards through the crowd until the two guysshow up again. He freezes it.

FBI COMPUTER GEEK #1

Recognize those two, same guys,

next day. Question is -He

slowly moves the action forward -FBI

COMPUTER GEEK #1

-- who's that?

The footage stops and zooms in on one of two travelerswho the two men are meeting.

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It is Stanley.

ROBERTS:

Stanley Jobson...

The computer guys look at each other. One hands Roberts

an open copy of Wired magazine.

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