Tin Men Page #22

BB:

(trying to shake

Tilley)

You make this one here, and you

win.

TILLEY:

Don't I know it... don't I know

it!

He shoots. The eight ball heads for the pocket and

doesn't make it. It hangs up on the felt about two feet

from the pocket.

BB:

Bad break.

BB quickly goes to work... sinks every one of his balls.

He eyes the eight ball carefully. Tilley's nervous. A

couple of the tin men make private side bets whether the

ball goes or doesn't. BB lines up the shot; he shoots,

and it misses, hanging up on the lip of the pocket.

TILLEY:

Tough break.

Tilley quickly moves and sinks the eight ball.

TILLEY:

You lose.

BB:

Yeah... that puts an end to one

of our differences. Now,

concerning you...

TILLEY:

Yeah?

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BB:

I'm gonna beat the crap out of

you. You want it here or do you

want it outside?

TILLEY:

Outside.

BB turns his back on Tilley to move toward the door.

Tilley swings with all his might and hits BB in the back

of the head. BB almost falls to the ground. Tilley goes

to hit him again. BB hits him in the face, knocking him

back. Tilley falls back... BB starts to move toward him.

The tin men move in.

TILLEY:

Stay out of this... this is

between the two of us.

BB gets to his feet... the two guys eye one another,

moving. BB quickly moves with incredible cat-like speed

with four hits into the stomach, really fast, and one hit

to Tilley's head. Tilley falls into the rack of pool

cues, they all fall to the ground. BB goes to jump on

Tilley. He slips on one of the pool cues and falls to

the ground.

ANGLE ON DOOR TO OFFICE

Wing is standing watching the fight. He looks disgusted

... shakes his head.

BACK TO TILLEY AND BB

Tilley moves toward BB. BB hits him hard in the stomach

again. Tilley keeps coming at BB. He rams him and

knocks him to the ground. Tilley pushes BB's head onto

the ground, trying to hit it against the floor. BB gets

a hand free and hits Tilley hard in the side of the

head. The tin men have seen enough and jump in and pull

Tilley and BB apart. AD LIBS: "That's enough, you guys"

... "Come on, break it up." BB and Tilley stand up.

BB brushes his suit down with his hand.

BB:

I think our business is finished.

Tilley just stands watching BB. BB walks up the steps

of the pool hall and exits.

CUT TO:

140.

136 EXT. INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AREA - DAY 136

BB drives up to the front of the Superior Aluminum

Siding building. He stops the car and gets out. He is

fairly disheveled and has a bruise on his cheek. He

walks up to the entrance of the building.

CUT TO:

137 INT. SUPERIOR ALUMINUM SIDING OFFICE - DAY 137

Three or four GIRLS are on the phones canvassing for

sales.

GIRL #1

... Improves the insulation...

GIRL #2

... We'll have a representative

in your area...

Carly, Cheese and Looney are sitting around a desk drinking

coffee.

LOONEY:

... Danny's an example of that.

Danny goes into a bar, chicks

lined up and down the bar. Walks

up to one and says, 'Honey, would

you like to f***?' She'd slap

him in the face. He'd move down

to the next girl, say the same

thing... she'd slap him. Then

he'd just keep moving down, going

from one girl to the other.

Fifteen, maybe sixteen girls

would tell him to get lost... to

get the hell out of there...

BB enters, says "hi" to the Girls, moves to get a

coffee.

LOONEY:

... Call him names... but he

doesn't take it personal, you see

... he keeps going, and then the

next girl smiles. He says, 'Why

don't you buy me a drink'... he

scores. Every time. He goes

through a lot of girls, takes a

lot of slaps in the face, but he

never takes it personally...

BB moves over to the guys.

(CONTINUED)

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LOONEY:

... And he always gets what he

wants.

Looney looks up and sees BB's face.

LOONEY:

Hey, Beeb. What happened to you?

That broad beat the sh*t out of

you?

BB smiles.

LOONEY:

I think you must enjoy these

masochistic relationships.

Smashes your car... punches

you in the face...

Bagel walks out of his office and across to NICK, a tin

man sitting at a desk across from Looney. He hands Nick

a file.

LOONEY:

(to Bagel)

Bagel, you ought to get a load

of this broad Beeb's messing

with.

BAGEL:

(looking over

to BB)

Looks a little too romantic for

me.

He walks back to his office.

CHEESE:

You know who's no longer married

to who?

CARLY:

Well, we ought to know. There's

like a million f***ing people

living in Baltimore. How many

guesses do we get?

(NOTE:
The following action and dialogue will run

concurrently.)

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CHEESE:

It's not that hard if youthink about it.

LOONEY:

Ruby and Joe.

CHEESE:

No, but they're friendsof them.

LOONEYFriends of them...

A MAN comes into the

office from outside.

He's carrying an envelope.

He approaches Nick, who isclosest to the door.

MAN:

I have a certified letter

here for William Babowski.

NICK:

(points to BB)

The guy over there.

CARLY:

Ed and Ethel?

CHEESE:

Ed and Ethel aren't that

friendly with Ruby and Joe.

The Man approaches BB whois standing back from thegroup a little.

MAN:

William Babowski?

CARLY:

What are you talking about?

I went to a party, not twoweeks ago at Ed and Ethel's,

and they invited Ruby andJoe over.

BB:

Yeah.

MAN:

I have a certified letter

for you.

CHEESE:

It doesn't mean they'refriendly because they'reinvited to a party. They'refriendly, but not thatfriendly. Couple I'mthinking about were very,

very tight with Ruby andJoe.

BB takes the letter.

MAN:

(hands BB a pieceof paper)

Would you please sign.

BB picks up a pen andsigns the paper.

LOONEY:

Do we have any money beton this, because otherwise

we could be thinking andnot gaining anything fromthis discussion.

CARLY:

Frank and Vivien?

LOONEY:

Frank and Vivien broke up?

MAN:

Thank you.

He turns and exits the

office. BB looks at the

envelope, opens it andpulls out a summons. He

reads it:
"You are

summoned to appear beforethe Home ImprovementCommission at 9:30 A.M.

on Wednesday, April 6,1963."

(CONTINUED)

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CARLY:

I don't know... I'm justmaking names up for Christsake.

CHEESE:

They did break up, butthat's not who I was

thinking about.

LOONEY:

I'd like to call on

Vivien... she's one hot

broad.

BB smiles and walks over

to Bagel who is standingoutside of his office

looking through some files.

BB hands him the summons -Bagel

looks at it.

BAGEL:

Jesus Christ! I think

you should take somelegal counsel, Double B.

BB:

Not necessary.

CARLY:

Then why don't you callher?

BAGEL:

Better to err on the safe

side.

LOONEY:

I stood her up in highschool... she's hated me

for nearly fifteen years.

CHEESE:

You stood up VivienMarshall? Are you anidiot! What an idiot.

LOONEY:

I stood her up for Denise,

who happened to have beenmy wife. So, yes, I wasan idiot. If I knew then

what I know now...

BB:

I'd rather handle it

myself.

BAGEL:

Want me to find out what

they've got against you?

I know a clerk down there.

For a price I could getthe inside scoop. These

guys are just fishingright now.

BB just shakes his head"no." Bagel looks athim.

CARLY:

What was your ex-wife'smaiden name?

LOONEY:

Essex.

CARLY:

Denise Essex. Did she have

a sister named Wilma?

LOONEY:

Yeah.

CARLY:

You're kidding me.

BAGEL:

You okay, Double B?

BB:

Yeah... yeah.

BAGEL:

Because ever since Moe

went down you seem alittle off your feed

to me.

BB:

Thanks for the concern,

Bagel, but I'll be allright.

(CONTINUED)

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