Unforgiven Page #18

LITTLE BILL:

He admit it?

FUZZY:

No... but I guess he will soon enough.

Had a Spencer rifle on him an' he

was...

LITTLE BILL:

Those cowboys messin' him up?

FUZZY:

Uh... a little, maybe.

LITTLE BILL:

(to Clyde)

You an' Andy get the hell out there.

Find out where them other two went.

EXT. OUTHOUSE - DAWN

DAWN, the outhouse, birds chirping cheerily and the outhouse

door opens and BUCK BARTHOL steps out and stretches

luxuriously.

VIEW on bushes and The Kid holding his nose. The bushes are

right behind the outhouse and the stink is terrible. The Kid

is crouched there and he is doing an elaborate pantomime of

his suffering for Munny's benefit.

INT. BUNKHOUSE - DAY

VIEW on Buck coming into the bunkhouse. There isn't much

light and the shadowy sleeping figures are more easily

discernable by the snorts and snores they make than by their

shapes... except for THIRSTY and Quick Mike who are sitting,

half dressed at a table rolling cigarettes.

THIRSTY:

See anythin' out there, Buck?

BUCK:

Hell, yes I did.

(Mike looks up

nervously)

Seen about two hundred fellers packin'

rifles... F***ers got the place

surrounded, says they want Quick

Mike's ass... I says, "How much?"

They says, "About five." I says,

"Dollars?" They says, "Cents." I

says, "Sold."

MIKE:

Well I ain't worried I got protection.

(he indicates a nearby

bunk)

Fatty snoring on the bunk near Quick Mike.

EXT. MAIN STREET - NIGHT

CLOSE on Ned's face, nose bloodied, eye blackened, as he

rides down the Main Street of Big Whiskey escorted by six

cowboys (including Texas Slim, Johnny Foley and Lippy

MacGregor) and Clyde and Andy. Ned's wrists are tied and he

looks sullen and... scared.

Little Bill and WW Beauchamp are standing on the porch of

the County Office when the little group pulls up attended by

numerous onlookers. Little Bill looks Ned over coolly as he

addresses Clyde.

LITTLE BILL:

He tell you where them others is?

CLYDE:

Nope.

LITTLE BILL:

He give 'em names?

CLYDE:

Didn't give us nothin' but his own

name... Ned Roundtree.

LITTLE BILL:

Well, Ned, you'll want to tell me

an' Mister Beauchamp here all about

them two villainous friends of yours,

I guess.

(to Clyde and Andy)

Bring him in, boys, for I will be

glad to know the names and the

whereabouts of those other two

murdering sonsofbitches.

EXT. OUTHOUSE - DAY

VIEW on the mid day sun blazing from on high and an enormous

farting sound...

VIEW ON THE OUTHOUSE

After a pause, another vigorous fart and then silence broken

only by the buzzing of flies, and then the sound of newspaper

and suddenly the door opens and Thirsty steps out and heads

up toward the bunkhouse.

VIEW ON THE KID:

In the bushes reacting to the smell and the flies are buzzing

furiously.

THE KID:

Sure is f***in' ripe. I wish we'd

get a breeze.

Munny wipes sweat from his face and looks up at the blazing

sun.

MUNNY:

It's gonna get riper yet.

THE KID:

You still think he's in there?

MUNNY:

(his eyes on the

bunkhouse)

Yeah, he's in there.

THE KID:

Well, he's holding on to his sh*t

like it was money.

MUNNY:

He's in there.

THE KID:

Tell me right off if you see him.

MUNNY:

Yup.

THE KID:

You... you ain't gonna shoot him

yourownself?

MUNNY:

(tired of saying it)

You can shoot him.

The Kid nods, satisfied, but he's keyed up something ferocious

and his fingers play nervously with his pistol.

INT. JAIL - DAY

CLOSE on Ned's face jammed against the bars of the cell in

the County Office. He has been tied to the bars outside the

cell so that he is, more or less, spread-eagled in an upright

position with his bare back exposed to Little Bill and Charley

Hecker and WW Beauchamp.

LITTLE BILL:

Now then, Ned... you an'... uh...

Mister Quincy an' uh... What was

that young feller's name?

NED:

Tate. Elroy Tate.

WW shakes his head at Little Bill and holds out his notebook

for Little Bill to see.

LITTLE BILL:

That ain't what you said before,

Ned.

Little Bill empties hot coals from the bowl of his pipe on

Ned's shoulders and Ned writhes and grits his teeth.

NED:

Hellif it ain't.

LITTLE BILL:

(looking at WW's notes)

Before you said Elroy Quincy out of

Medicine Hat an' Henry Tate out of

Cheyenne.

NED:

F*** if I did.

LITTLE BILL:

(refilling his pipe)

Charley, go bring them whores here

that f***ed these boys the night of

the storm.

CHARLEY:

Strawberry Alice an' Silky?

LITTLE BILL:

Yeah... an' fetch a bullwhip out of

the German's.

Ned's face against the bars is covered with perspiration and

etched with fear as he hears the door close behind Charley.

LITTLE BILL:

(lighting his pipe)

Now, Ned... them whores are gonna

lie different lies than you... an'

when your lie ain't the same as their

lie... I ain't gonna hurt no woman,

I'm gonna hurt you... not gentle

like I been doin' but... baaaad.

Ned swallows hard and sweats and waits.

INT. BUNKHOUSE - DAY

CLOSE on cards. They are playing at the little table in the

bunkhouse, Quick Mike, Buck, Thirsty, Fatty Rossiter and

OLAF HARKEN and Quick Mike doesn't even have a pair and tosses

his cards down in disgust and walks over to his bunk and

starts to put on his boots.

BUCK:

(to Mike)

Where you goin'?

QUICK MIKE:

Take a sh*t.

FATTY:

(he has two kings)

Lemmee finish this hand, will you?

QUICK MIKE:

You gonna protect me while I take a

sh*t?

Quick Mike walks over to a peg and hangs a gunbelt over his

bare shoulder.

BUCK:

You could get bushwhacked.

QUICK MIKE:

(heading for the door)

I'll fart on 'em.

THIRSTY:

(starting to get up)

I'll go with him.

QUICK MIKE:

You could wipe my ass, Thirsty.

THIRSTY:

(sitting down)

Hell with him. Man ain't polite, he

oughta get shot.

EXT. OUTHOUSE - DAY

The Kid in the bushes and he hears the door slamming shut up

at the bunkhouse and he squints anxiously.

THE KID:

(whispering)

Is it him?

MUNNY:

(watching Mike)

Yup.

The Kid is beside himself, his throat goes dry and he gulps

for air and he brings the hammer back on his pistol and

squints anxiously.

HIS POV:

Mike out of focus approaching from The kid's POV and gradually

Mike comes into focus walking closer and we

VIEW ON THE KID:

Sweating, tensed for action and Munny looks over at him.

MUNNY:

(whispering)

He's yours, Kid. Can you get him?

And The Kid is biting his lip and doesn't answer and Quick

Mike is very close and The Kid brings up his pistol and gulps

and doesn't shoot and then it is too late because Mike has

entered the outhouse.

Munny is disgusted and he c*cks the shotgun to do it himself.

The Kid is walking on eggshells approaching the door of the

outhouse, pistol in his right hand and he reaches his left

hand to open the door but he is hesitant and...

Munny sees Fatty Rossiter step casually out of the bunkhouse

and Munny raises the shotgun and Fatty sees The Kid and

screams.

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