Uncut Gems Page #3

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HOWARD:

Yeah, he’s not scoring tonight, hisknees are shot. I want the Heat money-

line. The over on Lebron’s points andrebounds. Sixers to cover, what’s that

at?

GARY:

Plus one.

HOWARD:

Should be even-

GARY:

That’s where I have it. You want it or

not?

HOWARD gets an incoming call from “Demany”.

HOWARD:

Hang on.

14.

GARY:

One thing at a time now!

HOWARD:

(into phone)

Demany, fast, I’m in the middle ofsomething.

DEMANY (O.S.)

Yo. KG just hit me, he said he’scoming up right now, where are you?

HOWARD:

Ok, ok, if he gets to the store beforeI do, you just f***ing keep him there.

(beat, DEMANY talks)

Promise me!?!?

HOWARD hangs up.

HOWARD (CONT’D)

(elated)

Kevin Garnett is coming to my fuckingshow room right now. RIGHT NOW!

INT. KMH GEMS AND JEWELRY OFFICE - HALLWAY - AFTER

DING! The elevator doors open. HOWARD steps out. At the end ofthe hallway, he sees two large black BODYGUARDS fighting withPHIL and NICO. NICO steps to BODYGUARD 1 and he flinches.

Instantly, BODYGUARD 2 knocks NICO to the floor with onepunch. PHIL immediately runs at the two BODYGUARDS.

HOWARD:

Whoah, whoah, whoah!

HOWARD runs over, helps NICO up.

NICO:

Get the f*** off of me.

HOWARD:

What? What did I do??

BODYGUARD 1

(to NICO/PHIL)

What’re you gonna do bout that?!!

DAVID, a jeweler, pops his head from a neighboring door.

DAVID:

What the f*** is going on out here!??!

15.

PHIL gets tangled up with BODYGUARD 1, who throws him intoHOWARD, who tries to catch him. PHIL instinctively pushesHOWARD away from him.

PHIL:

You, you a**hole!

HOWARD:

What!??!

(motioning to bodyguards)

I don’t even know these guys!

PHIL, with NICO behind him, heads towards the elevators.

PHIL:

You think I’m playing games!?!

HOWARD:

I didn’t do nothing!

PHIL:

Get your laughs off now, a**hole.

HOWARD:

Does it look like I’m laughing?!

The elevators open behind PHIL and NICO. They get onto it.

PHIL:

When I’m shoveling the dirt over yourfucking head, we’ll see how funny itis then!

The elevator doors close. HOWARD pauses, collects himself andwalks back to the BODYGUARDS.

DAVID:

I have clients in the office, Howard.

This is crazy!

HOWARD:

David, go back inside, everything’sfine.

BODYGUARD 1

(to HOWARD)

Turn around and walk away!

HOWARD:

Uh, excuse me. I’m the owner. This is

my shop.

(waving at the securitycamera)

HELLO! OPEN THE DOOR!

16.

HOWARD presses the buzzer.

HOWARD (CONT’D)

It’s me, let me in.

INT. KMH GEMS AND JEWELRY OFFICE - SHOWROOM - CONTINUOUS

HOWARD is buzzed into the vestibule. He realizes that the

BODYGUARD 1 is lingering in the doorway.

HOWARD:

(to BODYGUARD, now

friendly)

You coming in? If you are, we gottashut this door, otherwise I can’t

enter.

BODYGUARD 1 enters the vestibule. HOWARD eyes KEVIN GARNETT,

aka KG, [6’11” tall, star basketball player] is on the otherside of the glass door staring at him blankly. With KG areDEMANY [30, black, flashy], plus a small entourage.

HOWARD (CONT’D)

(to himself, with wonder)

KG...

The second door is buzzed and HOWARD and BODYGUARD 1 are

buzzed into the showroom. He puts on a good face, makes hisway towards KG but is interrupted by DEMANY.

DEMANY:

What the f*** is going on, man?

HOWARD:

What? That? That was nothing.

DEMANY:

Those guys tried to f*** Yussi up.

Look at his shirt!

YUSSI scowls from behind the counter. His shirt is ripped atthe neck. JULIA (now dressed and made-up for work) looks onconcerned from behind the showcase.

HOWARD:

Ok...ok...

(to KG and his posse)

Thanks for the security by the way.

Send those b*tches back to Paramus or

Bay Ridge.

HOWARD heads hands his phone to Joani.

17.

HOWARD (CONT’D)

(to JOANI)

Take that and charge it up for me.

(to KG and his posse)

All I got is Yussi over here to

protect me.

YUSSI scowls. HOWARD approaches KG, who chats with JULIA.

HOWARD (CONT’D)

(making light, to KG)

What’s up, what’s up?

KG:

What’s goin’ on?

HOWARD:

The Big Ticket! My son despises you!

KG:

Haha. What’d I do?

HOWARD:

What’d you do?? Every time you come tothe garden. The way you walked over tohalf court and called off Amare’s

shot.

KG:

Oh, you’re one of those f***ed upKnicks fans.

JULIA:

Oh you don’t even know!

HOWARD flashes JULIA a quick glance. He clearly doesn’t wantto be interrupted.

HOWARD:

Ok... so... Did Amare have time on the

clock? or what?

KG:

(dismissive)

There wasn’t time on the clock.

HOWARD:

Aw, come on. You were waving him offlike he was-

KG:

(to DEMANY)

What is this guy, a referee?

18.

HOWARD:

Hey! I like the earrings.

KG:

Ha, you like these?

HOWARD:

Those are great. When was the lasttime you cleaned em?

KG:

What’re you talking about?

HOWARD:

Lemme throw them in the ultrasonics

for you, steam ‘em for you...

KG:

I’m good.

HOWARD:

C’mon, I’ll make them shine.

KG:

How much this gonna cost me?

HOWARD:

For free!

DEMANY:

(laughing)

It ain’t gonna cost you anything!

KG:

You heard that everyone, he said free.

KG takes off his earrings, placing them onto a jewelry tray.

Right away, he notices a series of blinged-out Furby pendantsdisplayed on a shelf under the glass countertop.

KG (CONT’D)

What is that? Haha. Is that a

gremlin!??!

Everyone in the entourage bursts out laughing.

KG (CONT’D)

Looks like an iced-out gremlin!

HOWARD:

What? You don’t remember the Furby?

KG:

Nah.

19.

DEMANY:

(pointing to HOWARD)

This motherf***er right here. He’lltake an animal or a toy or some shitand he’ll just bling the b*tch out!

KG:

They look freaky.

DEMANY:

He used to work with niggas on musicvideos, all that sh*t. He started

that, he was the first to do that,

first to work with niggas like that.

HOWARD takes ones of the Furby’s out of the case and holds itup proudly.

HOWARD:

I started this! I started this sh*t.

DEMANY:

Show him the eyes.

HOWARD:

Oh! Ok, so I did this.

HOWARD pulls a lever on the back of the Furby making itseyeballs shift from side to side.

HOWARD (CONT’D)

So it fucks with you!

Everyone bursts into hysterics. HOWARD lets the excitementplay out and then puts the Furby away.

HOWARD (CONT’D)

This sh*t was slammin’ man! Slammin!

He picks up the tray containing KG’s earrings and headstowards the backroom.

HOWARD (CONT’D)

KG, Doc know you’re here by the way?

KG:

No! He doesn’t. And let’s keep it that

way.

HOWARD:

It’s game night. You should bestretching out!

HOWARD enters the backroom.

20.

KG:

(laughing)

What is he, a coach?

DEMANY:

Nah, he’s just a crazy ass jew.

INT. KMH GEMS AND JEWELRY OFFICE - BACKROOM - CONTINUOUS

HOWARD hands the tray to ROMAN.

HOWARD:

Throw these in the ultrasonic.

ROMAN:

Yes, as soon as the other stuff is

done.

HOWARD:

No. Now!

HOWARD heads back out to the showroom.

INT. KMH GEMS AND JEWELRY OFFICE - SHOWROOM - CONTINUOUS

HOWARD reenters. DEMANY is waiting for him. KG is next to him,

leaning on the display case.

HOWARD:

KG, I wouldn’t lean on that.

DEMANY:

Yo, yo, yo, Kevin was just saying he’sinto watches.

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