Tower Heist Page #4

entering and leaving the station.

(TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING)

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Hello.

WOMAN ON PA:

Dr. Carr, dial 118, please.

Hey, what happened?

Lester tried to step in front

of a subway train tonight.

An off-duty

traffic cop was there

and pulled him back

at the last second.

They have him on

a 48-hour hold.

Where is he?

If you wanted a sick day,

all you had to do was ask.

Seriously, I need

you back at work.

I'm going to tell the

doctor somebody pushed you.

It was a misunderstanding,

okay?

I gave it to him, Josh.

All my money.

I asked him to

invest it for me.

Shaw?

Yeah

A couple of months ago, I gave him

everything I had, my life savings.

Six years working the back door

at the Waldorf,

nine at the Carlyle,

three at the Pierre,

That's 29 years

of opening doors.

$73,000 and change,

and I gave him every penny.

In a few months I won't

have money for rent.

I can't retire now.

All those years of opening

doors, year after year.

Truth is, people can

open their own doors.

Not the way you do it.

(CHUCKLES)

Lester, he's going to pay

you back every penny.

I promise.

Josh, please calm down.

Hold the elevator.

You can't go up there.

You're acting like a vigilante.

Move your hand.

I won't move my hand.

Move your hand!

Relax. You're not

using your head.

FITZHUGH:
Hey, Charlie.

Hey, Josh.

Hey.

So, they're evicting

me this morning.

My wife already took the

kids, wants a divorce.

So, if you need me,

I'll be living in this box

Can I ask you a question?

You're a Wall Street guy.

When did Shaw realize

that it was over for him?

Ten months, maybe a year.

I heard he was interviewing

lawyers over the summer.

So if he took someone's

money a few months ago?

Probably needed the cash

to keep up appearances.

Throw his famous Labor

Day party at the beach.

At a certain point, it isn't

about securities fraud,

it's about catering.

Drop Mr. Fitzhugh on 59.

I'm going to the penthouse.

Wow! This is

going to be good.

(ELEVATOR DINGS)

Don't get up. Whoa!

Where do you think you're going?

We're just going

to get the trash.

And the breakfast order.

Go ahead.

Takes a village.

Good morning, Josh, Charlie, Enrique.

How are you doing?

How was your Labor Day

party this year, Mr. Shaw?

Must have been something, huh?

What did you serve? Crab legs?

Surf and turf?

I've always tried to extend

you a certain courtesy,

but this tone you're using...

What tone? Who gives

a sh*t about my tone?

What are you, some

kind of tone master?

CHARLIE:
Josh, come on.

I'm going to ask you one time, okay?

So you better

think really hard.

Why did you take

Lester's money?

He came to me, he asked me to

invest and I did. It was a favor.

Mm-hmm. $73,000? A favor?

Everything he had.

Did Lester ask you

to come up here?

CHARLIE:
Mr. Shaw,

a few hours ago, Lester stepped

in front of a subway train.

Oh, Jesus.

ENRIQUE:
Here we go.

What are you doing?

Josh, you need to listen to me.

The FBI is lying to you.

Josh, put down the club.

Christ's sake, don't do

anything you can't undo.

Investing money is a gamble.

It doesn't always pay off.

Mr. Shaw, do you care?

Josh, come on.

No, really.

Do you feel any responsibility

for what happened to Lester?

Of course I feel badly.

I had no idea he was going

to lose everything.

Lester has been a part of

my life for over a decade.

Then why haven't you asked me

whether he's alive or dead?

Josh, this car

is irreplaceable!

Not like doormen!

They make new ones

of those all the time.

Must be 50 new doormen coming off

the line in Michigan right now!

God damn it! Stop it!

Want some Brie with your burger?

Here you go.

Josh, don't!

Shh!

Want me to come

work for you, huh?

Want to steal me away

to Saint Bart's?

Come on, let's go!

I'm ready to rock!

Mr. Kovaks, let me have

a swing at that sh*t!

No! Nobody touches

this car but me.

You think Steve McQueen is the

coolest cat that ever lived?

Guess what? Today, Steve

McQueen is my little b*tch.

(GRUNTING)

Ooh!

Ah!

Oh!

Whoops.

Don't worry, I'll have the

help come clean that up.

Let's go.

ARTHUR:
Josh, aren't you

forgetting something?

My breakfast order.

SIMON:
Do you understand

the sh*t-storm

that can be brought

down on this building?

Shaw's lawyer will shove harassment,

destruction of property

and civil rights charges

right down our throats!

Now, I don't care what Shaw did

or how much money

he's accused of stealing.

And you know damn well I got

murdered by that son of a b*tch!

But a line has been crossed,

and a gang of vigilantes

will not be tolerated

at The Tower.

You're all fired.

Hey, wait, hold on.

Mr. Simon, they had nothing to do with this.

They just followed me up there.

I don't give a sh*t!

Mr. Simon, wait a minute, my

wife is eight months pregnant.

You should have thought of that

before you walked in that apartment.

We went up there for Lester!

Lester's job is waiting

for him when he gets out.

Meanwhile, the rest of you, I want

you out of the building right now.

(SIGHS)

Um, the carpet cleaners are coming

tomorrow, they start on 44. Okay?

Bye, Joshie.

Good luck with the bar.

I don't know what

you're talking about.

All right. Let's go, everyone.

Back to work, okay?

JOSH:
Hey, Charlie, wait!

Wait. I'll call Sasha,

all right.

I'll tell her you

tried to stop me.

Please, don't do me any favors.

And, Josh,

don't pretend to care now,

I know you always

wanted to fire me.

That's because you

stink at this job.

So I stink? I stink?

Yeah.

The guy who made Mrs. Jin

smile on Chinese New Year?

Mrs. Jin is Korean.

She's what?

That's why she was smiling.

She's not Chinese,

she's Korean.

And you believed her?

Yeah, she's Korean.

All right, Josh,

maybe she's Korean.

Why are you whispering?

She is Korean.

What's important is that she

appreciated the gesture I made,

and that's more than I

can say for some people.

Thanks for getting me fired.

CLAIRE:
Hey.

Hey. Thank you

for coming down.

Yeah, no problem.

You got something for me?

Yeah. I probably shouldn't

even be doing this,

because it violates

everything I believe in,

but I have to get my

employees money back, so...

This is Shaw's travel schedule

for the last 10 years.

It's his guest registry.

Names of judges, politicians

women,

tail number of his plane,

hull identification

number of his yacht,

names of his race horses

in West Virginia...

Gill's Pride and Sunny Day.

Yeah, we have all that, Kovaks.

And eventually they're gonna

sell his planes and his yachts,

and his horses, and the bank

is going to take it all.

You guys were his

smallest account.

I'm sorry.

It's okay.

Thought I'd give it a shot.

Kovaks,

you wanna get drunk?

Thanks.

I've got to be

honest with you, Kovaks.

The last time I drank this much at

a bar I made out with a fireman.

Really?

How long ago was that?

Tuesday.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

You know, you surprise me.

I saw the security tape of you

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