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Tully BACK-PEDALS and, as he PULLS the sword from thewall, POINTS TO something behind Gomez.

TULLY:

What's that?!

Gomez turns to see and Tully CHARGES, wielding the swordas if he means to decapitate Gomez. But Gomez easilyPARRIES the blow.

GOMEZ:

Dirty pool, old man! I like it!

Gomez counters, driving Tully back. He shreds Tully'sjacket.

TULLY:

Had enough?

They continue to fence. Gomez flips Tully's briefcaseopen and a sheaf of legal looking papers spills out.

GOMEZ:

Where's my pen? Never mind, I'll

use yours.

His blade finds the pen in Tully's inside jacket pocket.

He does HANDSPRINGS back to his desk, landing gracefullyin his chair.

GOMEZ:

First, the old business!

He swivels, warding off another blow, then cavalierlycontinues the duel as he signs the LEGAL DOCUMENTSscattered before him.

CUT TO:

17 INT. ADDAMS ATTIC - SAME TIME 17

Morticia, Granny, and Margaret sort through Addams'possessions. In trunks. Boxed. Stacked. Covered with

shrouds. Morticia opens a gigantic, elaborately carvedarmoire.

MORTICIA:

Perhaps it's in here.

GRANNY:

(mischievously)

I don't think so...

In the front of the armoire is an overstuffed GARMENT BAG

LABELLED 'UNCLE NIKNAK'S WINTER CLOTHES.'

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MORTICIA:

(full of fondmemories)

Uncle Niknak's winter wardrobe...

She carefully passes the garment bag to Granny whochucks it aside.

The next garment bag is marked 'UNCLE NIKNAK'S SUMMERCLOTHES.'

MORTICIA:

Uncle Niknak's summer wardrobe...

She passes this garment bag to Granny who chucks it asidealso.

Next in the armoire is a BODY BAG.

MORTICIA:

(fonder still)

Uncle Niknak.

Morticia continues going through the armoire.

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18 INT. GOMEZ'S STUDY - SAME TIME 18

Gomez and Tully are still duelling. Still signing. Gomez

hasn't even broken a sweat.

GOMEZ:

I wish you'd drop by moreoften.

Tully doggedly fights on. His jacket has suffered moreshredding from Gomez's blade.

TULLY:

I'm like to, but...

GOMEZ:

But what, old sport?

TULLY:

Oh, you know...

GOMEZ:

You know what?

TULLY:

I'm a bleeder.

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Gomez STOPS DEAD at a document. Deftly, he DISARMS Tully,

sending his saber flying up and out of view.

GOMEZ:

What's this? A new proposal? "The

Fester Addams Off-Shore Retirement

Fund?" What would they do?

TULLY:

What wouldn't they do? It's a veryworthy cause and a great addition tothe other Fester Addams Funds.

GOMEZ:

(rhapsodizes)

Fester - all tribute to thee. Some

called him inhumanly evil.

TULLY:

(protesting)

No!

GOMEZ:

Only our parents. I called him brother.

TULLY:

And his memory must live on, forever.

Through money. We'll deposit thefunds under my name, for tax purposes.

GOMEZ:

Really? That's inspired!

TULLY:

He would have wanted it that way.

Beloved Fester.

The sword tumbles back into his hand. They resumeduelling.

GOMEZ:

Indeed! For Fester!

TULLY:

For Fester! A brother!

GOMEZ:

My brother!

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TULLY:

One of a kind!

GOMEZ:

The doctors all said!

TULLY:

Kind to animals! So good withchildren!

GOMEZ:

They never proved anything.

TULLY:

One million dollars. The perfect

amount.

GOMEZ:

It's brilliant!

TULLY:

It's untraceable.

GOMEZ:

But, Tully, it's not old business.

It's going to have to wait. You

know the rules better than that.

TULLY:

(taken aback)

What? But this is different! It's

in my name! Make an exception!

GOMEZ:

Old business is old business and

new business is new business and

this...

Gomez holds up the proposal.

GOMEZ (cont'd)

... is new business and we don't

discuss new business again until...

With one finger, he rifles through a desk calendar,

flipping endless pages. He lands on a distant date...

GOMEZ:

Next quarter! Next quarter!?

Tully has gone white.

TULLY:

Next quarter!?

Tully goes to attack like an enraged bull.

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Gomez does a KUNG FU BACK FLIP out of his chair -- justmissing being run through by Tully's saber. The saber

skewers the overstuffed chair, and carried by the momentumof the charge, Tully SOMERSAULTS over the desk, collidingwith the chair, landing on the floor.

GOMEZ:

Fine lunge, but your riposte

a tad rusty.

Gomez carelessly flings away his sword.

Thing, perched on a decorative Samurai helmet, plucks thesword from the air and resheathes it.

GOMEZ:

Make yourself comfortable, old man,

while I get the money for the monthly

expenses.

Tully lies, ruined, on the floor.

Gomez GRABS TULLY'S BRIEFCASE and makes a brisk exit,

closing the office doors behind him.

Tully crawls to the doors and slides them open a crack,

intent on spying on Gomez. He PEEKS INTO:

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A20 INT. DEN - SAME TIME A20

At one of the floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, Gomez reachesfor A BOOK, pulling it partway from the shelf. We see the

book's title - GREED. The entire shelf -- a secret panel -revolves

and deposits Gomez on the other side of the wall.

Then it turns back to its original position.

Tully gets to his feet, goes through the doors, andstaggers for the bookcase.

FROM BEHIND THE BOOKCASE COME THE SOUNDS OF GOMEZ MAKING

HIS DESCENT INTO THE VAULT. CREAKING, GROANING, THE SOUNDS

OF CHAINS AND PULLEYS, VAGUE ANIMAL HOWLS, SPLASHING WATER.

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B20 INT. ATTIC - SAME TIME B20

The armoire has been totally emptied. Morticia looks over

the contents of a nearby shelf. Thing sits on the shelf,

offering a BEJEWELED TREASURE.

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MORTICIA:

There it is. Just what we've been

searching for.

(takes the treasure

from Thing)

Thank you, Thing.

Morticia passes Margaret the JEWEL-ENCRUSTED CYLINDER OFWEBBED GOLD, dragons' heads with gaping jaws at either end.

Margaret is at first afraid to touch it, but greed helpsher get over it.

MARGARET:

(awed)

My God, what is it?

MORTICIA:

A family heirloom. A finger trapfrom the court of Emperor Wu.

MARGARET:

It must be worth a fortune. Look

at those emeralds.

(superciliously)

Oh, Morticia, this is too

extravagant! Even for the auction!

GRANNY:

Let's keep it.

MORTICIA:

Hush - it's for charity. Widows

and orphans. We need more of them.

Margaret?

Enchanted by the object, Margaret isn't listening. She

inserts her fingers and they're instantly stuck.

MARGARET:

(struggling)

Mmm?

MORTICIA:

The seance - tonight. Won't youcome? It's Gomez, I'm terriblyworried. He won't eat, he can't

sleep, he's been coughing upblood...

MARGARET:

(aghast)

He coughs up blood?

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MORTICIA:

(sadly)

Well... not like he used to...

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C20 INT. DEN - SAME TIME C20

At the bookshelf, Tully reaches for a book, approximatelyin the same place where Gomez unlocked the secret panel -but

Tully's book comes out of its place on the shelf andnothing happens.

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