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Scene 17 Page 1
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EXT. DAY. FREEWAY. SKIPS FERRARI
EVE
Lordy. Now, this is how yo’ deal with
traffic. Have a police squad follow yo’ and they spread like water fo’
mosses.
(Even though the cars move aside, it’s
still slow going. There is a ringing on SKIPS cell phone. EVE reaches inside
SKIPS coat and retrieves the cell phone.)
EVE
Skippy's got a cell phone.
SNAKE
Yeah? Good. See who it is.
EVE
Hostage’s-R-Us. Eve speakin’. (pause)
It’s the police.
SNAKE
Yeah, that’s what I thought.
EVE
(on phone) Uh, huh. (To SNAKE)
They want to know what our demands is.
SNAKE
We don’t know yet. Tell them to call back.
Wait. Tell them to clear the traffic. That’s what we want. We’re
gonna pull an OJ.
EVE
We want yo’s ta’ clear the traffic.
SNAKE
Yeah, all the way to John Wayne Airport. I wanna
see what this baby can do.
EVE
Clear it ta John Wayne airport.
JIM
What’re we going ta do at John Wayne airport?
SNAKE
Hold on. Skippy. You got a jet, right?
SKIP
(Muffled protest)
HENSON
That’s what I thought. We’re gonna
get on Skippies private jet and fly to Venezuela.
JIM
What’re we gonna do there?
HENSON
Make art. Learn the language. I dunno. We’ll
write a book about our great Hollywood escape. We’ll sell it on the net,
pay back the bank, come back in fifteen or twenty years and make a movie. We’ll
be huge. It’ll be fun. Mom always said we should travel.
JIM
And, what about mom?
SNAKE
We’ll have them bring her down. You hear
that Eve?
EVE
Yo’ got it sugar. (On phone)
Okay. So, clear the traffic and get Burdocks plane ready. And go pick up the
boys momma and bring her down. Take her on a helicopter. She’s never been
on a helicopter. Fact is. I’ve never been on a helicopter. When she gets
there I want a helicopter ride, too.(Pause) She lives on Henderson’s
ranch. She’ll be the one meditating on the porch. (Pause) Yeah.
hold on. (To SNAKE) They want ta’ know what they gettin’
in return.
SNAKE
Humiliated.
EVE
(On phone.) Yo’ get humiliated.
Now yo’ got ten minutes to get it all together, or hostage here looses
a hand.
SKIP
(muffled protest)
EVE
Shut up white bread.
(EVE whacks SKIP. He becomes quiet.)
EVE
Yo’ see that? Yo’ be late and yo’
gonna be pickin’ his fingers off the pavement.
(EVE hangs up.)
EVE
Put the top up. It’s gettin’ hot
out here. Turn on the air. Skippy. Yo’ got any sun block?
(SNAKE pushes a button. The convertible
top rises automatically.)
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