The Boondock Saints Page #15

SMECKER:

(intrigued)

He's struck again, hasn't he, Greenly?

GREENLY:

Why do you always disrespect me like

that?

SMECKER:

Respect is earned, Greenly, never

given. Guys like you should have to

follow me around squabbling for the

scraps from my table.

INT. PLAZA HOTEL SUITE LIVING ROOM NIGHT

Smecker and Greenly walk into a large sunken living room

with high ceilings. There is a huge white shaped pit couch

in the center with seven dead bodies draped across it. All

the bodies have been turned so they are either seated or on

their backs and bright new pennies have been place in their

eyes. There is one corpse directly in the middle of the living

room, making eight. This victim (THE FAT MAN) is overweight

and is lying in debris made up of sheet rock and broken wood

which spreads thinly for a five foot radius around him.

The victims' body positions are in a circle with the fat man

as the hub. Smecker is instantly engulfed. The regular

homicide detectives are on hand with their I.D.s hanging out

of their breast pockets. They see Smecker and back off.

Duffy wears an especially loud tie. Smecker lights up a smoke.

He circles around and sees another body behind the couch,

which makes nine. The victim is on his back, with pennies

stuck in his eyes.

SMECKER:

How many bodies, Greenly?

GREENLY:

(still Dejected)

Eight.

Smecker's eyes widen as he turns to Greenly.

GREENLY:

(catching himself)

No! Sh*t! I didn't see that one.

Nine! Nine!

Smecker takes a beat. He addresses the detectives.

SMECKER:

While Greenly's getting coffee,

anybody else want anything?

GREENLY:

(as he walks to the

door)

Sh*t! Sh*t!

Smecker surveys the scene.

SMECKER:

So Duffy, got any theories to go

with that... tie.

DUFFY:

(looks down)

These guys were pros. I think they

were coming for one target, the fag

man, he was the...

SMECKER:

The what man?

DUFFY:

(surprised)

The fat man.

SMECKER:

Well, Freud was right. So you think

they came for the fag man, huh? And

what do you base this upon?

DUFFY:

He was the only one done right. Two

in the back of the head.

SMECKER:

And the pennies?

DUFFY:

New hitman wants to leave his mark

SMECKER:

That's a possibility. Y'know you

Boston cops are perking up. That's

two sound theories in one day, neither

of which deal with abnormally sized

men.

(pause)

Another possibility is that they

were placed there with religious

intent.

DUFFY:

Yeah. Some cultures still put pennies

in the eyes of the dead, or silver.

SMECKER:

The Greeks. The Italians.

DUFFY:

The Sicilians.

DOLLY:

What's the symbology there?

Smecker tosses the Idiot glance to Dolly.

SMECKER:

Symbology? Well, now that Duffy has

relinquished his King Bone Head crown

I see we have an heir to the throne.

I'm sure the word you were looking

for was symbolism. What's the

symbolism there? Let me explain it

to you. In Greek and Roman mythology

when you died you would have to pay

the toll to Charon, the boatman who

ferried you across to the gates of

judgment. This made sure the dead

came to atone for what they did during

their lives, Detective...

Smecker looks at his I.D.

SMECKER:

Dollapoppaskalious.

The detectives are impressed.

DOLLY (DOLLAPOPPASKALIOUS)

Holy sh*t. You're the first one that's

ever got that.

SMECKER:

(aside)

Yeah, well... I'm an expert in name-

ology.

The detectives chuckle.

INT. PLAZA HOTEL SUITE LIVING ROOM NIGHT

Smecker is chain smoking. His clothes appear unkempt. His

eyes show emotion at every new found clue. The detectives

watch closely. He is hunched over the body of the fat man

probing his wounds with his gloved fingers. Greenly has re-

entered. He defiantly holds a cup of coffee but is too

intimidated to interrupt Smecker. He sets it down and folds

his arms.

SMECKER:

I've seen burns like these before.

They used silencers. Look at these

entry and exit wounds. They're

identical.

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