Uncut Gems Page #4

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HOWARD:

Ok, let’s go to the wall of watches.

DEMANY:

I was telling him about the Presi youhooked me up with at that crazy assdeal.

KG:

Yeah, he said 16. That sounds fake.

DEMANY:

Fake!?!

DEMANY takes the watch off his wrist.

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DEMANY (CONT’D)

Here, look at this. Boom!

KG inspects it.

HOWARD:

That’s a small watch for a big man, Idon’t know.

KG:

You got papers for this?

DEMANY:

Of course-

HOWARD:

No, I don’t have box and papers. Idon’t have either one. What are youtalking about?

DEMANY:

Of course you do. You sold me thisshit, dummy.

KG:

FakeWatchBusta callin out a lot of

niggas right now.

DEMANY:

Name one nigga with a KMH Roley that’s

been called out? Name one, I’ll wait..

HOWARD:

Fellas, it’s a moot point cause Idon’t have them.

DEMANY flashes HOWARD a sharp look.

HOWARD (CONT’D)

So how bout we move onto the diamonds

here?

HOWARD opens a display case containing diamond necklaces andearrings.

HOWARD (CONT’D)

You got a girl? How ‘bout we get yourgirl a treat.

JULIA interrupts from several feet away.

JULUA:

He doesn’t have a girlfriend!

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KG:

Says who?

JULIA:

Says you!

KG walks over to her.

KG:

(flirting)

How do you know if I got a girlfriendor not?

HOWARD closes the display case. DEMANY leans in close.

DEMANY:

(in hushed tones)

Yo, why didn’t you go grab my watches?

HOWARD:

Get outta here.

DEMANY:

Nigga would have bought one!

HOWARD:

Look, I told you. You can keep ‘em inmy safe but I’m not selling them in myshowroom.

DEMANY:

Well I can’t sell ‘em on the damn

street!

HOWARD:

That’s your problem.

DEMANY:

That’s my problem? That’s myproblem!?! F*** you! I’m taking hisass to Flawless.

HOWARD:

Flawless!?! You’re not-

DEMANY:

Look, I brought KG like I said Iwould.

HOWARD:

I know, it’s incredible, I-

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DEMANY:

Except it’s not. I can feel it, he’snot into what you got.

HOWARD:

What? He’s having an absolute ballhere.

DEMANY:

Oh yeah? And what the f*** is he gonnabuy, a goddamn Furby, nigga!?!?

A pause. HOWARD notices KG leaning on the showcase again.

HOWARD:

Uh, Kevin, do me a favor? Don’t lean

on that please.

BUZZZZZ! A DELIVERY MAN carrying an over-wrapped styrofoamcrate over his shoulder appears on the security monitortalking to the BODYGUARDS.

HOWARD (CONT’D)

Oh my g-d oh my g-D! Buzz him in! Buzzhim in now!

BUZZZ! The DELIVERY MAN enters the vestibule, along with thetwo BODYGUARDS. HOWARD is jumping up and down with excitement.

HOWARD (CONT’D)

OH MY G-D! IS THIS... THIS IS IT!

JOANI buzzes the DELIVERY MAN through the second door.

DELIVERY MAN:

I got a package from Fishtonic. Where

you want this?

HOWARD:

(beyond excited)

Back there. Bring it into my office...

The DELIVERY MAN enters the backroom.

HOWARD (CONT’D)

KG! Don’t you dare leave! What’s inthis package is going to blow yourmind!

HOWARD hurries into the back room.

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INT. KMH GEMS AND JEWELRY OFFICE - BACKROOM - CONTINUOUS

HOWARD:

Is it heavy?

DELIVERY MAN:

Yes.

HOWARD:

YES!!!!

The DELIVERY MAN puts the crate down on the desk.

HOWARD (CONT’D)

Sh*t.. Uhhhh, here. That’s for you.

HOWARD gives THE DELIVERY MAN a rogue gold chain sitting onhis desk as a tip. The DELIVERY MAN exits the room. HOWARDgrabs a utility blade and violently slices open the exteriorpackaging, clumsily and manically ripping it from the crate.

Inside the crate are a few layers of cooling packets, whichHOWARD throws aside, revealing 4 large fish each wrapped invacuum sealed bags. YUSSI comes to the doorway.

YUSSI:

(angrily)

Man, I can’t do this anymore. I can’twork like this!

HOWARD:

(disinterested)

Why, what happened?

YUSSI:

Those animals attacked me!

HOWARD:

Well you must have done something topiss them off.

YUSSI:

Me!??! KG’s people came in and wantedto know who worked here and who

didn’t, and all I did was say ‘thoseguys don’t work here.’

HOWARD feels each fish up and down, clearly looking forsomething.

HOWARD:

Yeah, you shouldn’t have done that.

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YUSSI:

They DON’T work here! Look at this,

they ripped my f***in’ shirt!

HOWARD pulls a shirt from a pile of designer clothes on anearby chair. He throws it to YUSSI.

HOWARD:

Take that. It’s a Gucci shirt. $500.

Brand new.

HOWARD returns to feeling another fish.

YUSSI:

Are you serious???

HOWARD:

The tags still on it.

YUSSI:

It aint about the f***ing shirt I’vegiven you eight years of my life andlook how you’re f***ing treating me,

man?

HOWARD is totally preoccupied with the fish. In the last fishof the batch, HOWARD feels a large lump within it. He growsexcited.

YUSSI (CONT’D)

Listen, there’s a lot of people onthis block who would love to do

business with me, Howard. When you seeme out there, working with them,

guess what? You’re not gonna like it.

You’re gonna be jealous!

HOWARD slices open the sealed bag, rolls up his sleeves andremoves his watch. He digs his hand into the fish and pullsout a lump wrapped in blue plastic.

YUSSI (CONT’D)

Hello?... I’m standing here, man!

HOWARD manically unwraps the item and discovers an uncut 600

carat BLACK OPAL. He grabs a loupe and looks into an openingin the gem. HOWARD whips his head around towards YUSSI. Helooks possessed.

HOWARD:

OH MY GOD! I’M GONNA CUM!

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YUSSI:

F*** you, man. I’m finished with thisshithole.

YUSSI exits the room. HOWARD doesn’t even look up. He’scompletely transfixed by the opal.

INT. KMH GEMS AND JEWELRY OFFICE - SHOWROOM - SOON

HOWARD rushes out of the back room, gem in hand.

HOWARD:

KG! KG! Come here! I gotta show yousomething.

(to JOANI)

Lemme get my phone.

JOANI:

Yussi is gone... he stormed out...

HOWARD:

I don’t care about that.

JOANI:

He’s gone for good.

HOWARD:

Great... KG! Come.

KG:

I gotta leave soon.

KG, DEMANY and few of KG’s friends meet HOWARD at a showcase.

HOWARD:

Ok, so I’m watching tv about a yearago. I’m watching one of those HistoryChannel shows, trying to learn sh*t-

DEMANY laughs as HOWARD excitedly opens up a video on hisphone and shows it to KG: a ‘60 Minutes’-style profile on BetaIsrael Ethiopian Jews.

HOWARD (CONT’D)

You ever hear about African Jews?

KG:

(laughing)

African jews?

HOWARD:

No, right?

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DEMANY:

Haha. This nigga wants everyone to bea Jew!

HOWARD:

Nah, nah. Check this out.

KG leans over and watches the screen: a tribe of modern dayEthiopians shows off their community Torah.

HOWARD (CONT’D)

All these black Jews just stranded inthe middle of Ethiopia. I couldn’tbelieve it. It’s deep sh*t!

HOWARD pauses the image and holds the screen up.

HOWARD (CONT’D)

See anything weird here?

KG examines the image.

HOWARD (CONT’D)

Look closely at what they’re wearing.

All of the tribesman are wearing exquisite hand-carved opals.

HOWARD (CONT’D)

I’m like “what the f***!?!” How the

hell did these guys get precious blackopals? That’s what those are.

HOWARD points to a Torah on screen, which is encrusted withopal.

HOWARD (CONT’D)

See- Sure enough I do some researchand they live near the Welo mines,

which is known primarily for redopals, which aren’t worth sh*t... butthese...

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