The Italian Job Page #14

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CONTINUED:

Charlie just shakes his head in disbelief.

HALF-EAR

My work here is done.

EXT. OPORTO DRIVE -DAY

A Brink's truck climbs the road towards Steve's house,

flanked by two BMW K1200LTA motorcycles.

EXT. MARAVILLA DRIVE -.SAME TIME

Through binoculars, Handsome Rob is still keeping an eye on

Steve's house from the higher vantage point.

HIS POV:

The front gate'rises. The Brink's truck and motorcycles are

let inside and head up the driveway.

But then he sees a SECOND ARMORED truck drive up, also

guarded by two motorcycles. And a third Brink's followed by

motorcycles turns into the driveway.

EXT. STEVE'S HOUSE

It's a convoy of matching armored trucks...

EXT. MARAVILLA DRIVE -DAY

Witnessing the twist of events through his binoculars. He

speaks into his headset mic —

HANDSOME ROB:

Problemo.

INT. U-HAUL -INTERCUT

The rest of the crew is now all in the U-Haul. Lyle's

manning the laptop.

CHARLIE:

What is it? .

HANDSOME ROB:

He's brought in three identical armored

trucks.

CHARLIE:

Sh*t. Decoys. It's like a shell game on

wheels.

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LYLE:

How can I reroute the truck if I don't

know which truck to reroute?

EXT. STEVE'S HOUSE -(TIME CUT) DAY

The caravan of armored trucks and motorcycles now head down

the driveway. The Ferrari follows behind.

EXT. MARAVILLA DRIVE -DAY

Handsome Rob sees the vehicles head east on Oporto. He

reports into his mike:

HANDSOME ROB:

Three Brink's trucks are leaving with

motorcycle escorts, plus Steve in his

Ferrari.

INT. U-HAUL

Maddening frustration.

LYLE:

How're we going to figure out which truck

has the gold?

Charlie is just as frustrated.. .but in a tight spot he always

comes up with an idea. ,

CHARLIE:

You can monitor the traffic video cameras

from your laptop, right?

LYLE:

Yeah.

CHARLIE:

Where's the first camera the trucks will

go past?

Lyle hits a command key and we now see the intersection of

Woodrow Wilson Drive and Cahuenga where vehicles are driving

under the traffic signal that a traffic video camera is

mounted to.

LYLE:

Cahuenga Boulevard. They all have to

cross that.

CHARLIE:

The weight of the gold will lower the

suspension on the truck.

EXT. CAHUENGA BOULEVARD -DAY

The first armored truck makes its way through the green

light.

INT. U-HAUL

Lyle hits the keyboard and lines of measurements appear

across the image of the Brink's truck. He strikes another

key, momentarily FREEZING the image. He makes a visual check

of the top of the armored truck against the Cahuenga

• Boulevard street sign.

LYLE:

Lines up with the top of the sign.

Next...

He unfreezes the first image just in time to check out the

next armored truck in line. FREEZE. The top of this truck

also lines up perfectly with the top of the street sign.

LYLE (CONT'D)

First two are the same.

EXT. CAHUENGA BOULEVARD -SAME TIME

The third Brink's truck makes its way through the

intersection, the Ferrari behind it.

INT. U-HAUL -SAME TIME

The third Brink's comes into the monitor's view. FREEZE.

The top of the truck is below the top of the street sign.

LYLE:

That's our truck! License plate

AWP82092.

EXT. CAHUENGA -SAME TIME

We see the truck with the California plate AWP82092. OUR

VIEW RISES UP until we're looking at an AERIAL VIEW as the

three armored trucks and their motorcycles fan out in three

different directions, with the Ferrari going in a fourth

direction. ^

EXT. HOLLYWOOD AT HIGHLAND -DAY

Handsome Rob pulls up in his Mini and parks behind the other

Minis.

INT. U-HAUL -SAME TIME

Charlie gives the command.

CHARLIE:

Gridlock time.

Lyle executes, hitting a series of keys and —

INT. MAINFRAME COMPUTER ROOM -SAME TIME

inconspicuous on a shelf, the dummy file box CLICKS into

action In response, the false panels on the mainframes HUM

to life and in the adjacent —

TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER

The mosaic of traffic screens SPIRAL INTO DARKNESS.

The workers can't believe it. They start hitting their

keyboards trying to get the system up and running again. But

it's useless since —

INT. U-HAUL

Lyle controls the system now. A single mouse click loads his

new algorithm into the computer and —

SERIES OF RAPID-FIRE SHOTS

All the traffic signals in Hollywood turn areen

simultaneouslv.

EXT. INTERSECTIONS

See cars collide into each other. See a domino line of rear-

end crashes. A motorcycle tumbling over.

INT. TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER

The stymied workers watch helplessly.

INT. U-HAUL

Lyle quickly types out some words and

INT. TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER

The workers see the words form on the giant screens:

YOU'LL NEVER SHUT DOWN THE REAL NAPSTER!

EXT. MORE INTERSECTIONS

The traffic lights turn RED simultaneously. Then all turn

GREEN. Then RED again.

It's demolition derby time. Daisy-chains of wrecks. Cars

spinning like hockey pucks. Total traffic meltdown.

INT. KNX-AM 1070 TRAFFIC HELICOPTER -DAY

Sweeping over a panoramic view of the greatest traffic jam in

L.A.'s history is traffic anchor CHRISTINA GRIEGO. She

reports what she sees:

CHRISTINA GRIEGO

This is Christina Griego with your drive-

home traffic report on KNX. I'm looking

down on Hollywood Boulevard .and this is

definitely a CIG alert.

INT. FERRARI

They're blocked in solid ahead and behind.

STEVE:

What the hell?

He turns on the radio as —

INT. U-HAUL

Lyle's fingers dance across the keyboard.

LYLE:

Opening up a space on North Highland.

INT. GOLD TRUCK

Stuck in the middle of it. The driver and guard, both armed,

are as confused as everyone else.

GUARD:

Get us out of here.

DRIVER:

I'm trying.

He sees a way out, a sudden opening on North. Highland.

INT. U-HAUL

Via a traffic video camera, Lyle sees on his laptop the gold

truck, followed by two motorcycles, making the turn onto

North Highland.

LYLE:

He's taking it...

Lyle hits more keys.

LYLE (CONT'D)

I now command you to turn left.

EXT. GOLD TRUCK

It comes to the next intersection. Every light is stuck on

red — except the left turn only signal which is green. No

choice. The truck takes it.

INT. U-HAUL

He's striking keys, an orchestral conductor, the crew his

audience.

LYLE:

I've got it on Hollywood Boulevard.

Time to slow down.

EXT. HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD

Signals turn green, but only for three seconds, long enough

for one car to gun through it at a time.

At the same time, we see Charlie get out of the U-Haul and

climb into the first Mini. Stella gets into the second Mini.

Half-Ear joins Handsome Rob in the third.

INT. FERRARI -DAY

Steve gets the scoop over the radio. He can't believe it.

CHRISTINA GRIEGO (V.O.)

According to the police, the computers at

the Traffic Control Center are down.

Steve knows who did that.

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