Uncut Gems Page #7

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EDDIE:

KG’s f***in’ killing them!

HOWARD:

Shhh! Keep it down. Your brother’ssleeping.

EDDIE:

I know, I’m sorry, I’m just so hyped.

HOWARD:

The NBA is always the last threeminutes, so let’s calm down... Hit

that, KG! BOOM!

EDDIE:

Jason bet me twenty five bucks for thefirst half. Double that up for thesecond, that’s fifty bucks!

HOWARD:

(proudly)

Your father bet a lot of money on this

game.

EDDIE:

Really???! How much?

HOWARD:

You don’t want to know.

EDDIE:

It’s a lot though, right?

HOWARD:

You don’t wanna know...

(at the TV)

PUT THAT SH*T IN THE HOLE!

(to EDDIE)

Ok, you can dunk it again.

EDDIE performs another nerf slam dunk. HOWARD puts his aroundhim, keeping his eyes on the game.

INT. HOWARD’S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - SOON AFTER

HOWARD rushes back into the living room. DINAH is seated onthe couch watching a dating show.

HOWARD:

Ok, he’s down.

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HOWARD lingers in the doorframe. He enters the room, bendsdown and starts putting on his shoes.

EDDIE (O.S.)

YESSSSSS! DAD YOU SEE THAT!?!?

HOWARD:

Uh, would you mind jumping to ESPN fora second?

DINAH:

God, it’s so boring.

HOWARD:

Trust me, this game is anything butboring. What this guy is doing islegendary.

DINAH:

I’m not talking about the game.

A pause. HOWARD stares at the tv, a guilty look on his face.

DINAH (CONT’D)

Ya know, I’m tempted to just wranglethe kids downstairs right now and getit over with.

HOWARD:

You really want to do that? The nightbefore Marcel’s play? That doesn’tsound very sensitive.

DINAH:

Oh, you’re calling me insensitive?

HOWARD:

We both agreed to wait til afterPassover.

DINAH:

Right. And next you’ll be saying wedon’t want to ruin their summer

vacation.

HOWARD:

I’m not opposed to waiting ‘til after

summer....

HOWARD notices her show has cut to a commercial break.

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HOWARD (CONT’D)

It’s a commercial, will you changethe channel now? Just for a second...

‘Til my car gets here?

DINAH reluctantly throws the remote at him. HOWARD quicklyflips the channel back to the game. With 7 minutes left in the3rd quarter, the Celtics are now up 71 to 51!

EXT. L.I.E. - NIGHT

A livery cab drives on a desolate and dark L.I.E.

INT. LIVERY CAB - NIGHT - SOON AFTER

HOWARD slouches in the backseat as he continues to watch the

game on his phone.

BROADCASTER 2 (O.S.)

Here is KG hitting the shot fromoutside. He’ll be 36 on Saturday.

At the drop of the bucket, HOWARD’s face goes white in a stateof ecstatic shock. He fumbles with his phone to refresh astatistics site on his phone.

BROADCASTER 2 (O.S.) (CONT’D)

And he’ll put the Celtics over thecentury mark, 101 to 76!

HOWARD zooms into KG’s stat line: 27pts and 13rbs! HOWARD’serupts in celebration.

HOWARD:

OH.... YESSSSSS!

HOWARD celebrates, pumping his fist wildly.

HOWARD (CONT’D)

Oh my god yes. Oh my god... Oh f***,

oh My GOD.

HOWARD tries to bring himself to reality.

HOWARD (CONT’D)

(to DRIVER)

Change of plans...

DRIVER (O.S.)

What’s up?

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HOWARD:

Take the exit, 49th street and 3rd

avenue, Smith and Wollensky.

DRIVER:

We’re not going to 31st?

HOWARD:

I just hit very big... Very big... MyGod!

The DRIVER celebrates with HOWARD. On screen KG victoriouslyslams an alley-oop in slow motion as the score appears Celtics101, Sixers 76. A blow out.

BROADCASTER 2

KG havin’ fun...

INT. HOWARD’S APARTMENT- HOWARD’S BEDROOM - NIGHT

HOWARD enters the apartment with takeout bags from Smith andWollenky’s Steakhouse. He flips the lights on.

HOWARD:

Jules?

No answer. HOWARD pops his head into the bedroom.

HOWARD (O.S.) (CONT’D)

Julia?

HOWARD re-enters the living room and puts the bags down in thekitchen. He pulls his phone out and dials Julia. He pacesthroughout the apartment as the phone rings. JULIA picks up.

HOWARD (CONT’D)

Hey, where’re you at?

JULIA (O.S.)

I’m just coming back, in the elevator.

Why, where’re you?

HOWARD:

Eh, I’m just on my way back now. Gotheld up. Dinah was on a f***ing teartonight.

JULIA (O.S.)

That sucks. How far away are you?

HOWARD:

Let’s see. I just got in the tunnel.

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JULIA (O.S.)

Oh so you’re very close. Lemme go.

HOWARD:

Yeah, I can’t wait to see you. I’m inan incredible mood.

JULIA (O.S.)

I gotta go.

HOWARD quickly grabs the Smith and Wollensky bags from thekitchen and turns all the lights out in the apartment andhides himself in a closet and peers out through a crack. Aftera beat, JULIA’s voice is heard entering the apartment. HOWARDwatches her enter the apartment carrying her own SMITH andWollensky’s bag. She rushes in and throws her stuff down onthe couch.

JULIA (CONT’D)

(into phone)

I gotta go... Stop, he’s gonna be hereany minute.... Yeah, I told you, hisgem arrived today, it’s a big f***in’deal... I got him Smith andWollensky’s, got a a whole thingplanned out... I got the one with thegreen and black lace.

HOWARD watches JULIA rush into the bedroom, phone cradled toher ear.

JULIA (O.S.) (CONT’D)

Sh*t I have to go... I said let mego!... Ok bye.

HOWARD stares at the Smith and Wollensky bag sitting next tothe couch. He can no longer hear JULIA on the phone. He waitsa beat. JULIA returns to the living room in a rush, nowwearing extravagant, clearly planned, lingerie. She hurriedlyunpacks the take out from the bags and begins setting up aromantic dinner on the coffee table.

HOWARD takes out his phone and sends her a text message: “What

are you wearing right now?”

He watches JULIA receive the incoming text, pause and thensend a reply. HOWARD receives it: “If I told you you’d startjacking off in the cab” HOWARD replies: “I’m already doingthat. Send pic.” JULIA receives the text. HOWARD watches her

as she takes a filthy picture of herself and sends it back tohim. HOWARD receives it and replies: “Are you wet?” A pause.

She replies:
“I’m so f***ing wet”. He replies: “Start without

me. I’m coming up.” Her legs start to shift and gyrate.

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HOWARD pops out of the closet.

HOWARD:

I’m gonna cum!

JULIA screams in fear, her phone flies to the ground.

JULIA:

OH MY GOD!

She springs up from the sofa and slams into HOWARD hitting hischest.

JULIA (CONT’D)

Howard! You little sh*t.

HOWARD embraces her. She quickly calms.

HOWARD:

You know how sweet you looked?

HOWARD kisses her.

HOWARD (CONT’D)

You look so gorgeous... is this for

me?

JULIA:

Yeah.

HOWARD:

I hit so goddamn big tonight... I hitso big.

JULIA:

How big??

JULIA takes his hand.

JULIA (CONT’D)

Feel how wet I am.

They kiss. HOWARD starts to undress. JULIA picks up the remotefor the curtains.

HOWARD:

No, no, wait, leave ‘em open. I wantpeople to watch.

They fall to the couch behind them. JULIA atop of HOWARD.

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EXT. ADLEY'S AUCTION HOUSE - MORNING

HOWARD looks east and west on 49th St, talking into his phoneto DEMANY.

DEMANY (O.S.)

I’m almost there, I’m almost there-

HOWARD:

Yeah, you told me that already. It’s9:43, where the f*** are you?

DEMANY (O.S.)

I’m in mad traffic-

HOWARD:

Well you should have planned for that.

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