Tin Men Page #10

NORA:

(she looks at BB)

You've got a pretty good aim.

BB:

I sure do.

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60.

59 INT. BB'S APARTMENT - BEDROOM - NIGHT 59

Nora is sleeping in the bed, BB slips a robe on, looks

at her and then goes down the stairs to the living room.

He takes a piece of paper out of his jacket pocket on

the back of a chair, and dials a number on the telephone.

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60 INT. PIMLICO HOTEL - BAR - NIGHT 60

TELEPHONE RINGS at the bar, the BARMAN picks it up.

BARMAN:

(into phone)

Yeah, he's here... just a minute.

The Barman calls over to Tilley who we see sitting at a

table with some of the other tin men.

BARMAN:

Hey, Tilley, somebody wants ya on

the phone.

Tilley gets up from the table and goes over to the phone.

TILLEY:

Yeah, this is Tilley...

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61 INT. BB'S APARTMENT - BEDROOM 61

BB on phone.

BB:

Hey, a**hole... here's the

ultimate 'f*** you'... I just

poked your wife!

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62 INT. PIMLICO HOTEL - BAR 62

Tilley on phone.

TILLEY:

What are you talking about?

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61.

63 INT. BB'S APARTMENT - BEDROOM 63

BB on phone.

BB:

She's in my bed right now with abig smile on her face.

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64 INT. PIMLICO HOTEL - BAR 64

Tilley on phone.

TILLEY:

Well, that's just fine by me...

she's a pain in the ass... analbatross around my neck. You're

welcome to her... keep her... andmay you both rot in hell!

Tilley slams the phone down.

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65 INT. LIVING ROOM 65

BB puts the phone down -- looks puzzled.

BB:

Is this a setup? That son of a

b*tch... I bet he set me up... Ithought I got him, and he got me.

That son of a b*tch!

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66 EXT. STREET - NIGHT 66

Tilley pulls up in his car in front of his house.

runs up the front steps.

He

67 INT. TILLEY'S HOUSE 67

He opens the door, flips on the lights and looks around.

He races upstairs and starts rifling through the closetand drawers, pulling out Nora's clothes -- her dresses,

skirts, blouses, and coats -- and he opens the windowwide and throws them out. He screams as he tosses

underwear and the rest of her clothes.

(CONTINUED)

62.

67 67

CONTINUED:

TILLEY:

I'm a free man! I'm a free man!

He grabs Nora's shoes and throws them out onto the

street. Then he goes into the bathroom and piles all of

her toiletries in his arms, tosses them into a trash can.

Takes a suitcase from a shelf in the bedroom, opens it,

throws in the trash can. He clears out her underwear

drawers and empties them into the suitcase, closes the

suitcase and then throws that out of the window. He's

out of breath, exhausted and sweating. He goes downstairs

into the kitchen to get himself a drink. He

sees a pair of Nora's slippers under the kitchen table,

he picks them up, opens the back door and tosses them

outside. Locks the door. He stands there as if a

motor is running inside of him. Walks out of the

kitchen.

68 EXT. TILLEY'S HOUSE 68

He exits the house, gets into his car and drives away.

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69 INT. TILLEY'S CAR - NIGHT 69

Tilley is driving. The same Sinatra record "IN THE WEE

SMALL HOURS OF THE MORNING" is playing on the car RADIO.

Tilley does his now familiar neck exercises to relieve

tension. He's hard to read... a mixture of happiness

and sadness.

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70 EXT. DINER - NIGHT 70

THROUGH the window of the diner we see Tilley sitting

alone at a table drinking a cup of coffee. The Sinatra

record "IN THE WEE SMALL HOURS OF THE MORNING" plays

over this.

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71 EXT. STREET - NIGHT 71

Nora is getting out of her car in front of her house.

She starts to walk toward the house and stops as she

sees her clothing, shoes, etc. scattered all over the

lawn. She tries to take in the scene -- coats are lying

on hedges, underwear on the flower beds... she's shocked.

(CONTINUED)

63.

71 71

CONTINUED:

NORA:

(quietly)

Oh, my God!

She just stands there and tears run down her face.

LONG WIDE SHOT:

of Nora's BACK TO the CAMERA, with all her possessionsstrewn over the front garden of her house.

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72 EXT. BB'S FRONT DOOR - NIGHT 72

Nora is standing at the door with her suitcase in hand.

BB is at the door.

NORA:

He must have gone crazy... Idon't know what happened to him...

he must have found out I was with

you... I don't know... I don't knowwhat to do.

She starts to cry. She goes to hug BB.

NORA:

Can I stay with you for a day ortwo?

BB puts his arms around Nora.

BB:

Sure.

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73 INT. POOL HALL - LONG SHOT - DAY 73

of a nearly empty pool hall. One guy plays alone inthe far corner of the room. Tilley comes down thestairs of the pool hall and starts to walk toward theback rooms -- CAMERA FOLLOWS him. He opens the doorand goes through.

74 INT. GIBRALTAR ALUMINUM SIDING COMPANY 74

CAMERA CONTINUES TO FOLLOW him INTO the offices of

Gibraltar Aluminum Siding Company.

(CONTINUED)

64.

74 CONTINUED:
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We PASS BY THREE GIRLS on telephones -- they are soliciting

jobs for the salesmen. CAMERA GOES FROM one Girl TO

the other.

GIRL #1

Hello, this is Gibraltar Aluminum

Siding Company, we're taking a

survey...

GIRL #2

... Would you be interested in

our field representative giving you

a home demonstration?

GIRL #3

... Home demonstration. We will

have some factory representatives

in your area today as it happens.

A voice calls out.

VOICE (O.S.)

Tilley! Let me see you.

Tilley walks over to the coffee machine.

TILLEY:

Wing, give me a minute to get

a cup of coffee here.

Tilley passes Sam on the way to the coffee machine. Sam

is looking through the sports page of the newspaper,

along with Mouse and Gil.

SAM:

What about 'Super Highway' in the

seventh... it's paying 7 to 1.

Ran well in its last race.

Gil looking at the newspaper.

GIL:

'Super Highway'...

TILLEY:

Four in the fourth... twenty bucks.

SAM:

Who's that?

TILLEY:

I don't know... it just came to

me -- number four in the fourth.

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SAM:

(looking at Tilley)

Number four in the fourth -- 'Rider's

Revenge' -- 60 to 1, never been inthe money. Nice pick, Tilley.

Why don't you just throw thetwenty dollars in the trash canright now.

TILLEY:

'Rider's Revenge'... I like that

name. I've gotta go and see Wing.

(a little pissed off)

Look, we can be scientific from

now to doomsday, but we gotta begutsy and go for the big one.

Tilley goes through the door into Wing's office.

75 INT. WING'S OFFICE 75

His office is equally messy and thrown together aseverything else in the Gibraltar offices. As Tilleycloses the door, his coffee, which is filled to the topof his cup, spills over the top and starts to burn hishand.

Ah! Ah!

TILLEY:

He jumps back, and puts his coffee down on a desk, andwipes his hand on the back of his jacket.

TILLEY:

What's up, Wing?

Wing is sitting at his desk which is cluttered with

papers.

WING:

You lost a sale, Tilley. The

Hudsons' loan didn't go through.

TILLEY:

What do ya mean? They wouldn'tclear the loan?

(CONTINUED)

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