Uncut Gems Page #8

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DEMANY (O.S.)

The whole city is blocked up. What doyou want me to do about it!?!

HOWARD:

We said 9 o’clock! Not everybody is on‘Demany-time’, man!

HOWARD abruptly hangs up and enters Adley’s.

INT. ADLEY’S AUCTION HOUSE - PROCESSING - CONTINUOUS

HOWARD rushes up to a reception desk.

HOWARD:

Ok... You can you let Anne know we’rehere?

RECEPTIONIST:

(into phone)

Hold on.

(to HOWARD)

Yes?

HOWARD:

I said you can let Anne know thatHoward Ratner and his partner arehere. I’m just waiting for my partner.

But we’re all ready to go.

RECEPTIONIST:

Well, when your partner arrives I’lllet her know. Please take a seat.

HOWARD’s phone rings. It’s Demany. He answers.

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HOWARD:

I told you I’m inside. Come in.

DEMANY (O.S.)

Nah, I’m not gonna find parking-

HOWARD:

So double-park it!

DEMANY (O.S.)

I’m not getting a ticket for you ornobody else. Meet me outside, I needto talk with you-

HOWARD:

Are you f***ing kidding me!?!

DEMANY (O.S.)

I’m pulling up right-

HOWARD hangs up.

HOWARD:

(to RECEPTIONIST, smiling)

I’ll be right back.

(to himself)

F***!

EXT. ADLEY’S AUCTION HOUSE - CONTINUOUS

HOWARD heads back outside looking for DEMANY’s car. It’s notthere. He takes his phone out but is intercepted by LARRY [mid40’s, scrawny, frizzy hair, cast on his right arm], who is

accompanied by his brother STEWART [mid 40’s, near-identicallooking, frizzy hair, etc.]

LARRY:

Howard! Howard!

HOWARD:

Oh Jesus Christ. How’d you find me?

LARRY:

You’re office told me you were here. Ineed my-

HOWARD:

Bullshit. My office would never tellyou where I was-

LARRY:

This is the last straw.

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HOWARD:

Get out of here.

LARRY:

You haven’t returned any of my callsor texts. You can’t take ten minutes

out of your day to-

HOWARD notices STEWART, who glares back at him.

HOWARD:

What’d you do, you brought your heavywith you?

LARRY:

Yeah.

HOWARD sees DEMANY’s car approaching.

LARRY (CONT’D)

You owe me thirty two grand!

HOWARD:

Money? You want money? Fine... Here.

HOWARD reaches into his pocket, pulls one of DEMANY’s Rolex

watches wrapped in cellophane and hands it to LARRY.

LARRY:

What the hell is this-

HOWARD:

That’s 28 grand brand new.

LARRY:

What? Where am I gonna sell it?

HOWARD:

Anywhere. Go to Wempe’s, 55th and 5thavenue. He’ll give you fifteen g’s for

it

DEMANY’s pulls up alongside then and rolls down the window.

HOWARD (CONT’D)

Now go, Put that away quick. In yourpocket!

DEMANY:

Yo.

HOWARD:

Gimme the opal. I’ll run it in.

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DEMANY:

Just get in the car.

HOWARD:

Hand it to me. They’re waiting.

DEMANY:

We need to talk.

LARRY interrupts.

LARRY:

I don’t know anything about sellingwatches.

HOWARD:

Hey, get the f*** away from me! Idon’t want a watch!

LARRY:

You just gave it to me-

HOWARD:

I told you, I’m not f***ing buyingwatches right now. Get lost.

(to DEMANY)

Demany, they are waiting on us!

DEMANY:

Just get in the f***ing car!

HOWARD walks around to the front seat.

HOWARD:

(yelling to LARRY)

GET OUT OF HERE WITH THAT FUGAZI SH*T!

HOWARD gets in the car and slams the door.

INT. DEMANY’S LEXUS - CONTINUOUS

HOWARD:

Why am I in your car right now?

DEMANY:

Alright, alright, listen-

HOWARD:

Where’s the opal?

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DEMANY:

So, we’re all at the hotel after the

game, waiting to go party, and KGleaves his ID upstairs, so-

HOWARD:

We don’t have time for this. Where is

my f***ing opal!?!

DEMANY:

(upset)

Garnett’s got it.

LARRY and STEWART linger outside the car, then head around tothe back to write down the license plate number.

HOWARD:

Garnett’s got it!??! He f***ed us...

They’re threatening to pull it fromauction-

DEMANY:

What do you want me to do about it?

You’re the one who gave it to him.

HOWARD:

Call KG right now!

DEMANY:

He’s at practice. He’s not gonna pickup his phone for me, God or anybodyelse.

HOWARD:

Call him and tell him I’ll give himanother opal, for free, to wear aslong as he likes-

DEMANY:

Howard, you’re not listening to me.

He... is... at... PRACTICE!

HOWARD:

Okay, fine, then we’re going topractice.

DEMANY:

In Philly???

HOWARD:

He’s in Philly. Then we’re going toPhilly.

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DEMANY:

I just got back from Philly. I ain’t-

HOWARD:

It’s 2 f***ing hours. This is amillion dollar gem. You want thatchain, don’t you?

DEMANY:

You owe me that chain for bringing youKG in the first place.

INT. 76ERS PRACTICE FACILITY - GARAGE - AFTERNOON

DEMANY leads HOWARD through a long corridor. They pass teampersonnel. DEMANY looks nervous, unsure.

HOWARD:

We gotta be in and out. In and out.

Ok? I got my kid’s play tonight.

DEMANY’s phone ‘dings’.

HOWARD (CONT’D)

That KG? Tell him we’re here. Tell him

we’re walking in now.

DEMANY:

Chill.

HOWARD:

Is he gonna meet us outside or do weget to go into the facility?

DEMANY looks at his phone, distracted.

DEMANY:

I don’t know yet.

HOWARD:

Cause if we’re going in, I’d love anintro to Rondo or Pierce or Allen.

DEMANY:

These guys are busy.

HOWARD:

I just wanna thank them for lastnight.

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DEMANY:

(annoyed)

You think they care how much money youmade?

HOWARD:

(laughing)

It’s not about the money, it’s aboutthe 14 f***in’ dimes Rondo dropped.

That’s what.

DEMANY:

Why’re you jews so obsessed withbasketball anyway?

HOWARD:

I’ll have you know the first twopoints ever scored for the NBA wasscored by a Jew1

DEMANY:

Yeah? Who’s that... Fred Flinstein?

HOWARD:

(proudly)

Ozzie Sheckman. 1946. Played for the

Knicks.

HOWARD sees into an empty Philly arena. He’s in awe.

HOWARD (CONT’D)

Wow, so this is where the big boysplay?

INT. SIXERS PRACTICE FACILITY - PHILADELPHIA, PA - AFTER

HOWARD and DEMANY enter into side building full of practicecourts. Again, HOWARD can’t believe his eyes. He sees someplayers playing on a court. He can’t help himself.

HOWARD:

(to DEMANY)

Check this out!

HOWARD runs out onto the court and playfully pokes the ballout from underneath a TRAINER’s arms. HOWARD chases it down

and dribbles full-court for a ‘fast-break’ layup. Narratinghis play as if a color commentator on TV. DEMANY, annoyed,

uses this moment to break free from HOWARD and rushes towards

the locker-room entrance.

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HOWARD, proud of his layup skills, looks to DEMANY forapprobation but instead sees him greeting a SECURITY GUARD atthe entrance to the locker room. HOWARD races over as DEMANY

enters.

HOWARD (CONT’D)

Yo! Demany!

DEMANY is let through the threshold. HOWARD picks up his pace.

HOWARD (CONT’D)

(to SECURITY)

Wait, I’m with him.

HOWARD is stopped at the barrier.

SECURITY GUARD:

Back up a bit.

HOWARD:

I’m telling you I’m with him.

SECURITY GUARD:

HEY! HE WITH YOU?

DEMANY continues walking without looking back.

HOWARD:

He’s joking...

DEMANY disappears.

HOWARD (CONT’D)

DEMANY! YO!

(beat)

Ohhhh you piece of sh*t! F***in’cocksucker.

(to SECURITY GUARD)

Lemme go grab him. I’ll be right back.

SECURITY GUARD:

I don’t think so. What’s your name?

HOWARD:

No, I won’t be on the list. I came

with him. But you saw us arrivetogether.

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