Tin Men Page #4

(to Housewife)

What time would your husband be

home, 'cos he'd have to go over

the figures with the salesman...

that's if there's a salesman

available this evening.

HOUSEWIFE:

He'll be home at seven.

BB:

We might be able to work it.

HOUSEWIFE:

That would be wonderful.

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25 INT. WOODEN FRAMED HOUSE - NIGHT 25

BB and Moe are sitting on a sofa sipping coffee, looking

as if they were members of the family. The Housewife and

her HUSBAND are sitting across the dining room table from

Carly. Carly is going through papers, adding up figures.

CARLY:

Okay... we've got a total of

thirty-seven hundred dollars.

HUSBAND:

Thirty-seven hundred dollars?

HOUSEWIFE:

Honey, we're gonna be in Life

Magazine.

ANGLE ON MOE AND BB ON SOFA

BB:

(to Moe)

Moe, did you call the office

and make sure we can hold up the

issue until this job is completed?

This house really could be a

showcase.

HUSBAND:

Thirty-seven hundred dollars!

CARLY:

I tell you what... I've got

an idea. Do you mind my guys

working on a Saturday? 'Cos if

my crew can work on Saturday

next, that'll free my guys up

on Monday. Yeah, that'll really

help me out on another job.

Anyway, if we can do that, I

think I'll be able to knock off

three hundred and fifty dollars

from the job. You see, I've

got an overlapping situation on

Monday... I don't want to go

into it. What do ya think?

We got a deal?

HUSBAND:

Yep.

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26 INT. HOUSE #1 - MONTAGE - ANGLE ON LOONEY 26

LOONEY:

What are the benefits of

aluminum siding? One: you

never have to paint.

27 INT. HOUSE #2 - MONTAGE - ANGLE ON CHEESE

CHEESE:

... You have much greater

insulation.

28 INT. HOUSE #3 - MONTAGE - ANGLE ON MOUSE

MOUSE:

... It cuts down on your heating

bills...

29 INT. HOUSE #4 - MONTAGE - ANGLE ON GIL

GIL:

So what we've got is efficiency

and the beautification of your

home.

30 INT. HOUSE - NIGHT

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Tilley is packing up his sample case. A middle-aged

HUSBAND and wife sit on a couch across from him.

HUSBAND #2

No, I'm sorry, Mr. Tilley, I

just can't afford it.

TILLEY:

We haven't even got to discussing

terms. There are so many friendly

financial arrangements that would

hardly be a bite into your weekly

salary.

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HUSBAND #2

No... not this time.

TILLEY:

Well, as I said, you can alwaysreach me... you've got my card,

and when the time comes, let's

talk.

The Husband and wife stand to show Tilley to the door.

TILLEY:

Hey, give my best to your littleson... wonderful kid there. What's

his name again, Ronnie?

Randy.

HUSBAND #2

Randy, right.

TILLEY:

Well, good night.

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31 INT. CADILLAC - NIGHT 31

Sam is singing to the RADIO. Tilley opens the back doorand throws his sample case inside. He gets in thedriver's seat and slams the car door angrily.

TILLEY:

I thought I had 'em... I was thisclose.

He demonstrates with his fingers.

SAM:

The amount of time you spent there,

I thought you were ready to sendfor me to close it up.

Damn!

TILLEY:

I thought I had 'em.

Tilley STARTS the CAR and pulls out.

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32 INT. PIMLICO HOTEL - BAR/RESTAURANT - NIGHT 32

This is a piano bar with an intimate restaurant at oneend. The PIANIST is playing "The Girl From Ipanema."

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PIANIST:

'Tall and tan and young and lovely,

the girl from Ipanema goes walking,

and when she passes each one she

passes goes... "Ah!"'

The last word of the verse -- "Ah" -- has great emphasis

put on it and is lengthened considerably. The people

sitting around the piano all join the pianist and say

"Ah" in unison. CAMERA MOVES OVER TO a table where Mouse,

Sam, Tilley, Gil and a few other tin men set. WING, the

head of Gibraltar Aluminum, a tall, strong, imposing

figure, holds court. The table is filled with papers,

folders, etc., as if Wing's office desk had been transported

to the bar. He's reviewing a paper from a job

that Mouse has done.

WING:

Forty-six hundred dollars. This

looks like a sound deal. They

own their own house... we won't

have any problem getting the

financing for them. Real good,

Mouse.

He picks up his check book ledger and writes out a check.

WING:

(writing)

So, that's one thousand, one

hundred and thirty-eight dollars.

Finishes writing check and hands it to Mouse.

MOUSE:

Thanks, boss. Pleasure doing

business with ya.

Mouse takes the check and pockets it. Wing turns to

Tilley and Sam.

WING:

Now, what's your guys' story?

TILLEY:

Nothing again... came up short.

Let me get a little advance...

three hundred, just to carry me

for a bit.

WING:

Tilley, I'm already carrying you

for, what is it -- twenty-three

hundred? Something like that?

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TILLEY:

No problem... just in a little

slump here.

WING:

Don't try to go walking on me.

TILLEY:

What do you mean, walking? You

think I'm gonna work somewhere

else... you've been very good

to me... very honorable.

SAM:

He's always said that about you,

Wing. Always said that about you...

he has.

WING:

I'll give you hundred and fifty.

TILLEY:

Wing, I need a bit more than that...

I got expenses.

WING:

What's wrong with your wife? She

doesn't work?

TILLEY:

Yeah, but how much is she gonna

make working at the Social Security

office?

Wing writes out a check and gives it to Tilley.

TILLEY:

Come on, Wing, can't you do better

than this... a man in my position

in terms of this firm... I dunno...

WING:

All right, I'll give you two

hundred.

Wing changes amount of check and hands it to Tilley.

MOUSE:

(yelling to

cocktail waitress)

Honey, can you get me some

Marlboros and a 7 and 7?

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SAM:

And some scotch, straight up.

Tilley pockets the check.

WING:

Now listen, guys, we got a problem

here.

SAM:

(to Mouse)

Did she hear me say scotch

straight up?

WING:

My sources tell me this Home

Improvement Commission is for real...

it's no jackpot. These guys are

going to be a real pain in the ass,

so any of the scams that you guys

are pulling, they get wind of it,

they take your license and it's

goodbye to this business.

MOUSE:

They take away your license? They

take away your livelihood? What

kind of people are these?

SAM:

They have no respect for the

working man.

TILLEY:

Which scams are they talking about?

They got a list?

WING:

Any irregularities, you know,

selling a house on the pretense

that it's a model house and

every job sold in the area they

get a kickback... the Life

Magazine hustle... you guys know

all the bullshit numbers we can

run.

SAM:

Jesus! What a pain in the ass.

Do you think this commission's

gonna stick around or is it gone

with the wind?

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TILLEY:

They take your license?

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33 EXT. STREET - NIGHT 33

BB's Cadillac moves along the street.

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34 INT. CADILLAC - NIGHT 34

BB and Moe are in the car driving along.

MOE:

I wouldn't mind seeing Africasome time.

BB:

Not me. I don't want to gowhere they've got snakes.

MOE:

They've got snakes?

BB:

I've heard they've got snakesthat'll outrun a horse throughthe grass. They got a snakethat bites you... you got elevenseconds to live. No thank you.

I don't want to spend my goodmoney to visit with that kindof jeopardy. I'd like to go toa place where... hold it!

He hits the brakes suddenly.

What's wrong?

MOE:

BB backs his car halfway up the street. He stops in thedriveway of the Pimlico Hotel parking lot.

BB:

The guy who ran into me...

that's his car.

He puts the car into park and opens the car door.

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