"Boys of Brooklyn", Written by Joshua Davis Boys of Brooklyn written by Joshua Davis FINAL DRAFT by Joshua Davis EARLY DRAFT by Joshua Davis SCREEN BLACK A VOICE can be heard over the sound of a Plane's Engine,flying pretty damn close to the Screen. It seems to be getting closer, like it's only a few yards away. NICK(v/o) Why did I do this?Why did this have to happen to me and my friends? It didn't have to fucking happen to me........ Another VOICE, even louder is heard over the Plane's engine. ANTHONY(v/o) ......this is fucking nuts. How could this of happened to me? Another VOICE, much louder than the first two, is also heard over the screaming Engine of the plane. This VOICE almost seems more insane than MAD. STAMPINO(v/o) Mutts, every last one of them is nuts. It's all lies, they all lie. Don't believe their fucking lies. The last voice echoes all over the walls and it seems so tuned in with the gentle humming of the Plane. SONNY(v/o) .......this is what happened. EXT. NEW YORK CITY SIDEWALK - 1991 - EVENING VIGNETTE of HENRY STAMPINO: Big tough, strong build with a even stronger Temper. Next to him is his best friend and partner ANTHONY GAVEGA, who's pretty short but with the same kinda temper. SONNY(v/o) Those two tough guys are Henry Stampino and Anthony Gavega, the meanest sonsabitches to walk the mean streets of Brooklyn. They are greeted by an Underboss, MICHAEL FIGETTI, one of the Gangsters whos been on the crew the longest out of everyone in his Family. MICHAEL You got it? ANTHONY We got it, don't you worry Michael. ANTHONY(v/o) ...and that's Michael Figetti, one of the Bosses who roamed New York like a Shark for money and feed on guys like me and my buddies. FIGGETTI looks to STAMPINO and slams a fist in to his Stomach. STAMPINO collapses to his knees, trying the best he can to breath. FIGETTI That's for my wife,jagof. SONNY(v/o) A few days ago Mike Figetti caught Stampino in bed with his wife. Figetti tried to have Stampino whacked but I guess you dont get whacked for personal matters. ANTHONY helps STAMPINO to his feet. Stampino still has a hard time breathing. SONNY(v/o) And that's what the FBI would find. A tape with four men talking, one of them Figetti and the other our boss,Petie Stone. The two other men were paid-for-hire assasins who were related to Figetti. It was all set for Stampino,the two assasins were gonna slit Stampinos throat when he was outside Petie's House.He was so fucked and I didn't even tell him I heard the tape. ANTHONY (yelling offscreen) Bye Mikey! (snickers) I hate him, don't you? STAMPINO (sarcastic) Oh yeah, let's talk him in to running for mayor. ANTHONY You never shoulda fucked wit him anyways. STAMPINO falls back down. MOVING SHOT - HOLLYWOOD CALIFORNIA MOVING shot down a residential neighborhood in Los Angeles. The CAMERA is looking up so all we can see is the PALM TREES, moving past us. EXT.PETIE'S FAMILY RESTAURANT - DAY It's steaming hot outside. People sit at Tables with red checkered Covers on them. The logo of the Restaurant is written in BIG RED LETTERS on the Window: "Petie's Family Restaurant". Beneath the BIG RED LETTERS is a Sub-title: "Great Italian Food! Best in town!" INT.PETIE'S FAMILY RESTAURANT - DAY This is where we get our First look at SONNY. Vignette of SONNY: sitting near the counter in a nice Silk Suit, smoking a Ciggarete. He's about 25, strong chin and the walk of a man who has a lot of style. PETIE, the boss of all of them comes charging out of the back. He's in his late-forties, black hair and he's about middle-weight. PETIE Hey Sonny, would you mind putting that fucking Cig out? I got customers,paying Customers! Do you have any fucking manners? SONNY (being a smartass) What, and you think cussin is gonna attract customers? PETIE (complaining) Smartass,always a smartass. PAN across the room to NICK, who sits at one of the indoor tables with his wife, MARGARET, who's a real beauty. NICK is about the same height as SONNY, except NICK is a real fraidy- cat. MARGARET When are we gonna take that cruise you promised? NICK I promise we'll take that cruise in the summer honey! MARGARET It is the summer! Can't you tell? It's atleast 100 degress out there! NICK So what? I can't afford it right now. MARGARET Can't afford it? You just bought a brand new car! NICK So,so what? I can't pay for it. MARGARET puts out her Ciggarete. MARGARET (pissed) Fine, 'whateva you say. NICK Just shut up and eat your lunch. PAN BACK to SONNY, who watches them fight from the front Counter. SONNY(v/o) That's Nick. Real nice guy but sorda a pussy. He's the brains behind the operation. Never killed the guy but he's a Wiseguy, go figure. (beat) That's his wife Margaret, we call her "The bitch of Brooklyn". PETIE Hey, HEY! SONNY What? PETIE Will you tell Nick and his wife to shut the hell up? The people don't wanna hear two people bicker. SONNY puts out his Ciggarete and walks OFFSCREEN to NICK and his wife MARGARET. PETIE grunts with frustration and charges back in to the Kitchen, nearly knocking off sticks off wrappped Salomi which hang from hooks over the front counter. SONNY(o/s) Va fa 'n culo. [Va fa 'n culo means "fuck off" in Italian Slang] PETIE (from Kitchen) Hey, I heard that! EXTREME CLOSEUP ON PETIE PETIE'S eyes shift OFFSCREEN. SONNY(v/o) and Petie had a secret, a big secret. EXT. OUTSIDE FREEMONT HOTEL - NEW YORK - EVENING STILL SHOT of the front entrance of the FREEMONT CASINO,a very large,75 story Hotel near the main circuit of New York City. SONNY and ANTHONY stand outside of the front door of the Hotel. A nice LIMO is parked near them. They're waiting for somebody. ANTHONY Why do we have to pick this fuck up? SONNY "the fuck" isn't a little kid. It's a Mob Boss Ant-- ANTHONY (bitching) -- will you stop calling me Ant? I'm so sick-and-fucking tired of being called Ant! My name is fucking Anthony! A-N-T-H-O-N-Y! Anthony. SONNY What the hells your problem? ANTHONY (pissed) Everyone who calls me Ant! The two men turn as the FRONT DOOR of the Hotel swings open and the mob boss they were waiting for,FRANKIE PICIOTTA, steps out on to the steps of the Hotel.PICIOTTA is of average height, but a little overweight. SONNY Good evening,sir. SONNY and ANTHONY walk FRANKIE PICIOTTA to his car.They open the door and let PICIOTTA inside. ANTHONY How long do we have to be fucking whores for Petie? SONNY Just until we get enough money Anthony. I need the money. ANTHONY Yeah, YOU need the fuckin money. I don't. SONNY Then why do you help with this? ANTHONY Because I need the fuckin' money. SONNY(v/o) We were desperate for cash. I did everythign I could. From picking up Mob Bosses, to taking their wives out for a night while they were out on business, and then I went in to killing. (pause) You see I wanted to be something. I wanted to be a big star, I wanted to have my name circled in big shiny lights at the movie theatre. But in order to move to El Lay I needed some good hard dead presidents. MUSIC KICKS UP: "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer" 5. INT.PETIE'S FAMILY RESTAURANT - DAY "Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer" CONTINUES PETIE and his son, RANDALL(he was adopted, he isn't Italian), stand behind the counter of the Restaurant, handing a Pizza over to a nice Couple who pay him and walk out the door. SONNY and NICK sit at the table, watching the nice young couple from their seats. NICK You see? That's what I want my marriage to be like. I'm married to a jew broad whose nickname is "the bitch of Brooklyn". (sighs) Oh lucky me. SONNY isn't listening, he's staring at the long legs of the woman. CLOSE ON -- WOMANS LEGS NICK(o/s) Sonny? Hey,Sonny? SONNY What Nick? NICK Come on, we gotta go get the fucking tree. 6. EXT. OUTSIDE NEW YORK - CHRISTMAS TREE LOT - NIGHT The first snow of the year. That means it Christmas Time. NICK and SONNY pull up in a old fashioned Station Wagon with a luggage rack on top(so they can tie the Tree to the top). SONNY How many Christmas Trees do we need? NICK I dunno. Four or five. SONNY Five? NICK Yeah. One for our family, Stamp's,Anthonys and Peties. SONNY (confused) Why are we buying a Tree for Petie? He's got tons of cash. NICK Oh well. We should buy one since he gave you that fucking job. SONNY So. If someone gives me a Newspaper for free that doesn't mean I buy them a goddamn Christmas tree. NICK Just stop your bitching. SONNY and NICK get out of the Car. SONNY Why do I have to stop my bitching? NICK Sonny, just zip your lip. EXT. SONNY'S HOUSE - EVENING Christmas eve. Outside SONNY's House is decorated with the works. The baby Jesus scene with the manger, Christmas Lights,Rudolph on the Roof with Santa and the rest of the Rudolph's crew. GROWNUPS and LITTLE KIDS can be heard yeling and laughing inside the House. 8. INT. SONNY'S HOUSE - CHRISTMAS EVE - EVENING SONNY's house is all decorated for the Holidays: Christmas Tree, Egg Nog for the grownups, presents under the Tree, one present each. SWISH PAN to SONNY and his brother, MARCO CHAZELLE, who stand in the Kitchen with NICKY and STAMPINo, all of them drinking Egg Nog. NICK (to Marco) Pass me the Egg nog. MARCO refills Nick's glass of Egg Nog. MARCO I think you better quit it with the Egg Nog. NICK Why's that? MARCO You're gonna become a fucking drunk. STAMPINO looks up from his Egg Nog. STAMPINO Too late. FREEZE FRAME ON SONNY SONNY(v/o) Look at my life. Look at my brother Nick and my other brother Marco.This was my life before I was brought in by Petie. BACK TO SPEED A moment of laughter from the fifty other people in the House. NICK just looks at them with a grim sense.His look says, "fuck you". NICK (to everyone) Screw you all! You can all go to hell. No one notices anything NICK says. They'll all drunk from the Egg Nog. SONNY Nick, no one likes you.So just shut the hell up. NICK flips SONNY "the bird". SONNY "flips him the Bird" right back. MARCO (implying) Why DON'T you shut the fuck up Nick? NICK shoots MARCO a dirty look. NICK (offended) Hey, just shut up Marc,stupid fucking Poop dick. LAUGHTER from all over. They all think "Poopey Dick" is the stupidest thing they've ever heard. NICK (chuckling) Poopey Dick? FREEZE FRAME ON NICK. SONNY(v/o) My brothers Nick and Marco never liked eachother.They always use to fight. They don't know...... BACK TO SPEED MARCO Yeah, for butt-fucking Petie! BAM! NICK explodes and slams a good left Hook right in to Marco's jaw. MARCO flys backwards, landing hard on his back. Before Nick can leap on him the rest of the guys pull him off him. MARCO (getting up,loud) OH! Good shot fucko! How ya feeling Nicky? You feel strong, huh?! NICK spits out some blood. NICK (licking bloody lips) FUCK YOU! STAMPINO and SONNY drag Nick away from the Kitchen in to the Back yard. MARCO watches them leave, then takes another sip of Egg Nog. He washes it around in his Mouth and watches some of the other people laugh. MARCO(v/o) My brother Nick always started the fights. Belive me, honest. He's a prick, nothing more to it. Some people say he's a pussy but I know he's just playing that. MUSIC UP: "Peggy Sue" by Buddy Holly KICKS UP. NICK (Off-screen, from following scene) I hate that........ 9. EXT.SONNY'S BACKYARD - EVENING The back yard is just as decorated as the front yard. NICK (offscreen) .......fucking prick. SONNY and STAMPINO watch NICK calm down from the Porch. NICK sits in one of the Swings of the old swingset.NICK drinks a Coca-Cola. He finishes and throws the bottle in the yard. SONNY Nick, he's our brother. NICK (calmly) I still don't care anymore. SONNY (annoyed) Yes you do! Remember,he's family Nick! STAMPINO (chuckles to self) Yeah, family. Who needs 'em? SONNY (pointing to Stamp) You fucking hear that? Now that's some words of advice. SONNY shoots him STAMPINO a glare. SONNY Will you stop edging him on? STAMPINO (cocky) Come on, everyone should hear my advice. (laughs) SONNY(v/o) cocky bastard. SONNY just stares at STAMPINO and NICK, who laugh. NICK(v/o) I could never see us all seperated. We were a fucking team you see, a team. We were all brothers. SONNY But still, your shooting him the wrong message. C'mon, I mean, he should love and respect his Brother. (beat) I do. SONNY passes Nick a ciggarete. SONNY C'mon Nicky, I need you just to do that for me. Just respect him and actually treat him like your fucking brother. EXT.OUTSIDE MANSION - NIGHT There's already a PARKED CAR outside the front gate of the Mansion.It's pitch black inside.There's a spot of black on the PASSENGER MIRROR. Suddenly,the back door opens and a DARK FIGURE in a Black Suit steps out, clutching a Bloody Icepick. SONNY(v/o)) A few years later I was working part time at Petie's, who made me a Waitor. The money was alright but it wasn't a big salary The Dark figure opens up the front door and a BODY falls out, BLOODY.There's a monster hole uptop the Victim's head. The DARK FIGURE pulls out a Pistol and puts two more BULLETS in to the already dead body MARCO(V/O) Why the fuck are you a murderer? Why do you kill? For money? For respect? I know why! Because you were money hungry you fuckin bastard..... The DARK FIGURE reaches in to the front seat and pulls out a Silver Suitcase from the CAR. NICK(v/o) Petie was really nervous.Some Wiseguy or something was going around killing Casino execs and Count Execs who were fuckin delivering money to the Mob Bosses for helping out with the Casino. (beat) This murderer was ambushing them, killing them and taking the money. SONNY(v/o) This "guy", whoever he was, had some balls.He even killed a Chicago Gangster who had stolen some money from a bank in a heist. The assasin waited for the Gangster who walked out the back door of a club...... ANTHONY(v/o) ......and the Assasin hit him over the head with a lead pipe. Blood everywhere. Some witnesses said the FIGURE hit the guy over the head with the Pipe and then strangled him with some kinda wire...... SONNY(v/o) .....then the Assasin shot the Gangster twice I mean, shit! It was so fucking bloody.The fuckin feds are still shocked which boss ordered the hit or if their even was a Boss! (beat) I don't have a clue why Petie is so scared. EXT.PETIE'S RESTAURANT The front Door to PETIE'S FAMILY RESTAURANT is locked way to early. Inside, we can hear the sound of someone moaning in pain, someone getting beat up. INT.PETIE'S RESTAURANT - AFTERNOON PETIE, and two hoods by the name of JONESY and ROCKY are kicking the shit out of a scumbag, who just lays on the floor curled up in a ball. PETIE picks the scumbag up and drags him over to one of the Booths and slams the scumbags head in to the hard surface of the table, six or seven times. PETIE (pissed) How 'ya feeling,fuckhead? JONESY (worried) Is he dead? PETIE looks to JONESY. PETIE Man, obcourse he fucking dead. (points at Body) Does he look alive to you? JONESY just looks right back. JONESY I-I dunno! He could be alive! Shit, that is one messed up fucko you know that? PETIE kicks the scumbag a few times just for good measure. The scumbag is in a world of fuckin hurt. NICK(v/o) ....but Petie had his stupid opinions on the who the Gunman. He was willing to kill this guy,just to stop a fucking War between Wiseguys.I mean, who wants a war? JONESY I don't think he is dead. PETIE walks away, smoking a Cigar. ROCKY (to Jonesy) Man, he's dead. SONNY(v/o) Petie was actually a homo. PETIE waits for the others to leave when he gives the body a big kiss on the cheek. NICK(v/o) That was unheard of in the mafia world. He would admit it? I mean, it would be so fucking embarrasing and it would dive on Petie's empire. Everyone would muscle in and try to take his empire, his land, his property. INT. PETIE'S FAMILY RESTAURANT - DAY SONNY scrubs the tables, scrubbing each one with expert precision. He's in his normal waitors uniform, white shirt whith Black suit pants. NICK sits at one of the booths, eating A Hamburger and drinking a Coke with a Straw. NICK You know what I was thinkin just the other day? SONNY What? NICK I was thinking of asking Petie to give you a raise. SONNY laughs. SONNY Now, why would he listen to you of all people? NICK I dunno, I mean it's worth a shot. SONNY Trust me, I'll be stuck cleaning tables for the rest of my life cleaning tables. NICK No you wont, we'll just muscle. SONNY stops laughing. SONNY Muscle? NICK Yeah, we fucking muscle in on Petie. SONNY(v/o) I don't belive he's even thinkin about this. I mean, Petie has been good to us. He's like our papa. NICK I mean, what the fuck? What the hell will it hurt? We'll muscle in on his business to get some respect. SONNY (hesitant) I-I Dunno..... NICK takes a drink of his Soda. NICK Are you some kinda pussy or somethin? SONNY (chuckles) No. It's fucking risky man. NICK Risky? Risky?! (laughs) Obcourse it's fucking risky. The guy's got more guns than the fuckin army! SONNY He'll break our fucking necks! NICK He's too fucking fat to be powerful! The only thing he can break is a chicken wing! (laughs) SONNY (not believing it) I don't belive your even thinkin about this..... NICK What?! C'mon, why not? SONNY just stares OFFSCREEN at his brother...... NICK(o/s) Sonny? Sonny? Sonny?! SONNY What? NICK C'mon, let's go get Marco. DISSOLVE OUT DISSOLVE IN: EXT. PETIE'S FAMILY RESTAURANT - MORNING An old fashioned STATION WAGON (like from the Christmas Tree lot scene) pulls up outside PETIE'S FAMILY RESTAURANT. The ignition shuts off and the doors open. MARCO, SONNY and NICK, the three brothers, step out of the Car and walk in to PETIE'S FAMILY RESTAURANT. All of them are smoking Ciggaretes, walking all badass in brand new Suits. INT. PETIE'S FAMILY RESTAURANT - MORNING MARCO, SONNY and NICK walk inside where Petie and his two boys, ROCKY and JONESY. All three of them look badass too, smoking Cigars. PETIE looks at SONNY, who's behind his two other brothers. PETIE (chuckles) Sonny, your late for work you motherfucker.Sorry, I have to take it out of your pay check. IN ONE FLUID MOTION: 1. BAM! MARCO lands a punch right in to PETIE'S jaw.PETIE goes flying from his chair. 2. ROCKY and JONESY spins around, guns drawn, aiming them right at MARCO. 3. NICK, SONNY and MARCO pull out their Pistols and aim them at PETIE, JONESY and ROCKY. END OF MOTION. FREEZE FRAME ON MARCO POINTING HIS GUN AT PETIE AND HOLDING HIS SUITCASE IN THE OTHER. BACK TO SPEED MARCO slams the Suitcase on the Front Counter. ROCKY PUT THE GUN DOWN MOTHERFUCKER! ROCKY puts the gun less than a inch from SONNY's eye. SONNY looks to MARCO. SONNY What is in the briefcase anyway? No answer from Marco. SONNY Marco? MARCO doesn't answer. SONNY Marco! MARCO What? SONNY What's in the motherfuckin briefcase? MARCO flips open the latches of the Briefcase and it POPS open. All eyes stare at the contents in the briefcase.All eyes drop. Inside the briefcase is 100 BILLS, filling the briefcase completely. SONNY (shocked) Holy shit....... PETIE looks at the contents of the briefcase. PETIE Where did you get all that money. MARCO pulls a newspaper out from inside his Coat Pocket. He slams it near PETIE. The front headline of the paper reads: MASKED KILLER MAKES OFF WITH LARGE SUM OF CASH. Everyone just stares at the clipping. SONNY(v/o) No fucking way....... Beat. SONNY No fucking way....... SONNY looks at MARCO, then looks at NICK. SONNY(v/o) Did he know about this? No, Nick was too smart. He would never even imagine anything like this. (pause) But he did think about taking Petie out. Holy fucking shit. MARCO looks at PETIE. MARCO All of it, stolen.I'm the guy who's been doing this. PETIE looks at MARCO, with pure shock. PETIE You motherfucker! I don't believe it was you! PETIE'S look of shock goes directly to Anger! PETIE I'M GONNA FUCKING KILL YOU MOTHERFUCKER! PETIE breaks loose and slams punches in to MARCO: his Face, his stomach, his crotch, his ribs. Marco's legs buckle, he collapses to the ground. PETIE stands over him, kicking him. NICK and SONNY watch, both still pointing their guns at ROCKY and JONESY. PETIE is a man possesed, his kicks come from all the fury pent up and thrown away in his soul. PETIE Fucking slick,eh Motherfucker? PETIE kicks him PETIE(cont'd) Think you big and fucking bad? FUCK YOU! PETIE stops kicking MARCO, keaves him panting and coughing out blood on the ground. PETIE looks at SONNY a good long time. FREEZE FRAME: PETIE LOOKING AT SONY SONNY(v/o) I didn't know what the fuck I was gonna do. Was he gonna pull out a gun and blow my fucking head off? I didn't know if he was gonna have his boys jump me and Nicky. Was he personnaly gonna kick the shit outta me? BACK TO SPEED SONNY Fuck! PETIE is still staring at SONNY. Then, he slams a good hard punch in to NICK's Face. NICK goes down for the count,not moving. NICK(v/o) Why the fuck did we do this? I knew we never shoulda fucked with Big Petie. PETIE looks at SONNY once more and then he just walks out in to the sunny day,OUT OF FRAME. INT. SONNY'S STATIONWAGON - DAY SONNY drives through Brooklyn with NICK who is in the passenger seat and MARCO is in the back seat. Marco now has a bandage covering his right eyebrow, which is bleeding like a motherfucker. SONNY's persona is of a nervous rabbit, Nick's is just as jittery and MARCO'S is that of a cool dude who just had his ass kick, trying to pretend it never even happened. SONNY Alright, fucking lock your doors. NICK nods his head: "alright". SONNY(v/o) You see, at the time we did not know Petie was involved with the underworld. REPEAT LAST PART. SONNY Alright, fucking lock your doors. NICK nods his head: "alright". MARCO What are we gonna do about Petie? SONNY I dunno. INT. BIG MIKE'S GUNSHOP - DUSK SONNY stands in BIG MIKE'S GUNSHOP, a local gunshop right near LAX(Los Angeles Airport). BIG MIKE is a jolly fat dude with a beard, looks like one of the guys you see of those hunting shows. SONNY is at the counter, looking at some PISTOLS on one of the display racks. BIG MIKE Can I help you find something? SONNY (to Mike) Yeah, something big. BIG MIKE walks in to some kind of back room. We can hear him looking for soemthing back there. BIG MIKE re-emerges from the back room with a big old SILVER MAGNUM. It looks bigger than SONNY's arm. SONNY (transfixed) That'll do. BIG MIKE hands SONNY the gun so he can check it out. SONNY(v/o) You see,that's the first time I've ever touched a gun.Well,I have but I didn't plan on using it. I was fucking scared as hell. Did you see the guns those two guys had. They musta been bigger than my fucking head. SONNY pays for the gun. MUSIC UP: "Gimme Shelter" by The Rolling Stones SONNY(v/o) From here on out my life was fucking up. BIG MIKE Come again. EXT. PETIE'S FAMILY RESTAURANT - MORNING SONNY sits at one of the tables outside on the little deck at PETIE'S FAMILY RESTAURANT. He sits alone,drinking a cup of Coffee and eating a Maple Bar. PETIE strolls up and sits down across from SONNY. PETIE (apolegetic) I'm sorry about kicking the shit outta your brothers but they disrespected me infront of my boys. SONNY doesn't answer, he just keeps eating. PETIE(cont'd) I had to fuck Marco up. And I wanted to get Nick because he was involved. SONNY looks up at PETIE, a look of confusion in his eyes. SONNY takes another sip of his Coffee. SONNY Well, why didn't you take me out? PETIE doesn't answer. SONNY(v/o) He liked me. PETIE Well,Sonny. I like ya, your a good kid. While Petie talks, SONNY pulls out a pack of Ciggaretes from his pants and pulls out a Ciggarete. PETIE You a goodfella. SONNY lights a Ciggarete. SONNY You know what Petie? I ain't got nothin against ya and I didn't plan on killing ya. Marco told me just to keep cool and I didn't know what was in the briefcase. SONNY takes a drag on the Ciggarete. SONNY(cont'd) He told me if something went down just pull out your guns and cover him. THEN, IN ONE QUICK MOTION SONNY gets up, shoves the table away, pulls out his big Silver Magnum and puts a hole in Petie's Face. BOOM! Sonny awakes up. It was all a dream. He's back where he was,listening to PETIE talk. PETIE Well,Sonny. I like ya, your a good kid. While Petie talks, SONNY pulls out a pack of Ciggaretes from his pants and pulls out a Ciggarete. PETIE You a goodfella. SONNY lights a Ciggarete. SONNY You know what Petie? I ain't got nothin against ya and I didn't plan on killing ya. Marco told me just to keep cool and I didn't know what was in the briefcase. SONNY takes a drag on the Ciggarete. SONNY(cont'd) (overworked) He told me if something went down just pull out your guns and cover him. I didn't know what the fuck to do! I never have touched a gun until then. I mean, I said "what the fuck is that Marco?" Now, During SONNY's CONVERSATION we hear the whole briefcase conversation from a few scenes ago in VOICE OVER FASHION. SONNY(v/o) Marco? SONNY(v/o) Marco! MARCO(v/o) What? SONNY(v/o) What's in the motherfuckin briefcase? SONNY(v/o) (shocked) Holy shit....... PETIE(v/o) Where did you get all that money? PETIE Sonny, did you check out the new grill? SONNY (pause) Yeah. Yeah I did. SONNY(v/o) No fucking way....... Beat. SONNY(v/o) No fucking way....... SONNY(v/o) Did he know about this? No, Nick was too smart. He would never even imagine anything like this. (pause) But he did think about taking Petie out. Holy fucking shit. MARCO(v/o) All of it, stolen.I'm the guy who's been doing this. PETIE I need your honest opinion Sonny. SONNY Yeah what is it? PETIE What shall we do about your brother? PETIE(v/o) You motherfucker! I don't believe it was you! Beat. PETIE(v/o) I'M GONNA FUCKING KILL YOU MOTHERFUCKER! SONNY says somethign but we can't tell what exactly he says. PETIE Alright. Thanks for the advice Sonny. SONNY finishes up his Coffee. SONNY You see the Yankees game? PETIE (pause) Yeah, they won. I read it in the paper. Weren't they playing Seattle? SONNY Yeah..... SONNY puts out the Ciggarete. SONNY(cont'd) .....Jeter hit a home run. PETIE You think they'll get to the series? SONNY I fucking hope so. I bet some money on that fuckin game. PETIE laughs out loud. PETIE (chuckles) Well, let's hope you win. SONNY pulls out a Newspaper and begins reading it. PETIE(v/o) What can I say....... CARD UP: "The Kitchen" INT. PETIE'S FAMILY RESTAURANT - KITCHEN - DUSK SONNY is in the kitchen, scrubbing the brand new grill Petie was talking about. SONNY uses some kind of stuff in a spray bottle. PETIE(v/o)(cont'd) I was attracted to the kid. SONNY turns around, we're in his POV, and we turn right in to PETIE, and SONNY/OUR LIPS's meet with Petie's. We're right in PETIE's face, kissing. SWITCH OUT OF POV SONNY is still kissing PETIE. Sonny doesn't even realize it. He's caught by suprise by Petie, who's old enough to be his father. FREEZE FRAME: SONNY and PETIE kissing. SONNY(v/o) I wasn't gay, but I guess Pete was. I was totally caught by suprise, I was frozen with so much shock. BACK TO SPEED SONNY pushes off Petie woth enough force that SONNY falls flat on his ass. PETIE stills stands, looking over SONNY, licking his lips. SONNY doesn't know what to do. PETIE (psychotic) I'm sorry,Sonny. FREEZE FRAME REGULAR SPEED INT. PETIE'S FAMILY RESTAURANT - DUSK The door to PETIE'S FAMILY RESTAURANT opens and in walks SAM HIGGINS, 35, a small time thug from down the street walks in to the Restaurant in his regular clothes: a New York Yankees cap, sweat pants and a pure white shirt with some motor oil and grease on it. SONNY(v/o) Sam Higgins. If he had never walked in to Petie's Family restaurant at that time this whole thing woulda never have happened. There's no one in the restaurant but SAM. He looks around. SAM Anyone here? No answer. SAM Hello? SAM moves past the counter and walks in to the Kitchen and suddenly stops in his tracks. His jaw drops. FROM HIS POV: We see a replay of the entire scene where PETIE kisses SONNY. Then, SONNY pushes away from PETIE,and SONNY falls flat on his ass. SAM turns away and slowly walks out of the Restaurant in to the Brooklyn heat, stunned. PETIE'S POV: As Sam turns around, PETIE catches a small glimpse of him SAM, just before he walks out in to the Brooklyn Heat. DOUBLE-TAKE: "Oh shit....." PETIE Oh fuck....... SONNY just stares blankly at PETIE, doesn't know exactly what to say. INT. ALFONZO'S BAR - NIGHT PETIE leads through a run-down bar, but the bar is still good,it just needs a paint job. The bar is owned by Petie's brother, ALFONZO. Sitting at the bar are a few of PETIE'S Wiseguys: IRISH THUG who grew up with Petie and Alfonzo, TONY, MIGUEL (Cuban Drug Dealer), SPANO, ALFONZO who stands at the back of the bar,watching the TV. They all give a big wave to SONNY, who just gives a tiny wave back. PETIE(v/o) I got a proposition for you Sonny. SONNY(v/o) What is it? INSERT SCENE: PETIE SHOWING SONNY a suitcase full of Money. BACK TO SCENE SONNY(v/o) Money? PETIE(v/o) Yeah. That's Twenty-five grand. All real, no counterfeit. SONNY(v/o) How does this all involve me Petie? PETIE(v/o) Now, I know your just working for me to get you plane fair for Hollywood. And there's a way this money can be all yours. EXT. MARCO'S FRONT HOUSE - MORNING MARCO is washing his Jaguar, shirt off, listening to some Rolling Stones. He whistles along and sings to the tune, laughing. What we see and MARCO doesn't is a little RED X on his forehead. It can't be scratched off or washed off, he's a marked man. SUDDENLY, a car screeches up, stops right infront of MARCO's driveway, and then several SHOTS volley from the car(the car blocks our view of MARCO) The car drives off, moving away very fast. Then, all we're left with is MARCO lying on the ground. SONNY(v/o) He's not answering his phone. SONNY's car pulls up a second later, AGAIN blocking our view of MARCO. EXT. PETIE'S ITALIAN RESTAURANT - EVENING IRISH THUG and TONY get out of Thug's car, totting Shotguns and Pistols. EXT. MARCO'S DRIVEWAY - DAY - A FEW HOURS EARLIER "Layla(piano exit)" KICKS ON. SONNY is bent on MARCO, who is barely hanging on to life. MARCO has been shot several times, his worst wound is a small bullet hole right above his left eye, and it never exited out the back of his head. SIRENS can be heard down the road....... MARCO Oh shit..... SONNY HOLD ON! You gonna fucking live. A tear rolls down SONNY's face. The blood now flows out faster out of his wounds. MARCO begins to cough up blood. A Small drop of blood rolls off MARCO's chin on to his throat. MARCO (crying) Oh shit, man I'm fucking dying......... SONNY trys to help his brother to his feet, just as the Ambulance arrives, stopping at the curb. Many of MARCO'S neighbors are outside, checking to see what is going on. CUT TO: INT. SONNY'S HOUSE - MORNING "Layla(piano exit)" CONTINUES. SONNY walks in to his Bathroom. SONNY splashes his pale,ghostlike face with Ice cold water. His face has become alive when the water hits,but the drugs are too powerful. His face has quickly turned back to pale. SONNY slowly begins to cry. SONNY(v/o) The next few days would be the toughest for me. When Marco died everything went away, and all those pills toke it away. SONNY exits the bathroom, we TRACK alongside him, in to the Kitchen. In the kitchen on the table is a suitcase, stuffed full of money. SONNY(v/o) What was I gonna do? There was all that money, Petie leading me and the fame and the fortune at the end of the road. SONNY picks up a wad of money and begins to feel it in his hands. It feels good. He sniffs the money. It's the smell of success. SONNY pulls out a ciggarete and lights it. "Little Green Bag" by The George Baker Selection KICKS ON. SONNY(v/o) That's all I ever wanted. Money, fame, power. MONTAGE SONNY begins to sniff the money even harder. SONNY laughs at the money, sipping some champaigne and smoking a Ciggarete. SERIES OF SHOTS with SONNY watching the TV and just looking at the moeny. END OF MONTAGE SONNY places the money back in to the suitcase, picks it up and walks out the door. CLOSE on SONNY's picture of MARCO. PICTURE: MARCO does the rabbit ears signal right above SONNY's head. PETIE(o/s) (from following scene) I'm glad you decided to help Sonny. INT. PETIE'S FAMILY RESTAURANT - DAY That very same day. PETIE and SONNY sit at one of the booths, the one in the very back. SONNY sips a cup of coffee while PETIE eats some Veal. PETIE has a bib on as some of the Veal falls on to his shirt. SONNY smokes a Ciggarete. PETIE .....I really could use some help in the family business. Times are tight and I need a little help. SONNY nods his head, understanding. SONNY(v/o) He wanted me to be a killer, a wiseguy, a fucking hitman. But, it was money. Two-hundred and fifty grand a hit. It was cold cash. But, money is greed. This was supposed to be only a one-time thing. But, you know how it goes. The money begins to roll in and you just want more and more and more until it's down to the very last drop. I soon became addicted to killin for money. PETIE Listen man, I'm sorry about Marco. It was too bad he was killed. SONNY nods his head in agreement. SONNY (teary-eyed) I don't know why he was killed. I mean, what has Marco done to anyone? I just don't fucking get it... PETIE Beats me why he was freakin whacked. I personally don't know why he was taken out. But, I have a pretty good fucking idea, PETIE grabs the suitcase and slams it on the table. PETIE You see the money? SONNY Yeah. PETIE The money I'm offering you? SONNY Yeah. PETIE Guess where I got the money? SONNY(v/o) No fucking way. SONNY No fucking way..... PETIE Where else was I gonna get the money. There hasn't been good money in the business since 1977. SONNY The seventies? I thought you opened this place in 1994. PETIE doesn't know what to say. PETIE Dry-Cleaning. SONNY (confused) Dry-cleaning? PETIE (chuckles) Yeah, Dry-cleaning. It's a family business. My mom owns a dry-cleaning Business in Times Square, near the Empire State Building. She's owned it since 1969. I worked in it since I was 12 years young. (laughs) Both men share a LAUGH. SONNY (chuckling) 12 years young? Who the fuck says 12 years young? PETIE (quick laugh) Old people. SONNY steals a bite of PETIE's Veal. SONNY So, what do you want me to do? PETIE (pause) Four man team, quick shoot and run. SONNY Does the fuck have a name? PETIE (hesitant) Sam Higgins. SONNY Sam Higgins? PETIE Yeah, that's his name. The guy slept around with my sister. SONNY(v/o) It seemed like a stupid reason to have some poor fuck whacked. Why would he want me to kill the guy for 25,000 dollars because the guy slept with his sister? PETIE The dude pulled his gun out on me..... SONNY(v/o) Okay, that's a pretty good reason. PETIE Now, How bout it? SONNY is thinking. SONNY (steadfast) I'm in. PETIE pulls a gun out from under the table and slams it on top of the Suitcase. SONNY nearly leaps out of his seat. PETIE (gesturing at Gun) Now, here is your weapon. Get as many people you want. SONNY(v/o) It was like he planned this even before he meet me. It was like he was the spider waiting for the fly. He was waiting for some prey. PETIE(cont'd) Don't worry, Sam is a loner,a hobo. He's a clean guy, just been fucking up with the money and my sister. That fucking bastard fucked up the money coming in. SONNY(v/o) You see, the job of wiseguys wasn't to kill people, it was to score cash. And that was what I was doing, after cash. If you fucked up the whole system of making money, you were dealt with. I guess you could say it was the greed and the money that kills you. PETIE lights up a Ciggarete. SONNY Is this the only weapon? PETIE No, you can bring whatever you want. It's cool as long as he goes down. I don't give a fuck if you kill him with a Garden Hose, as long as he dies. SONNY As long as he dies? PETIE Yes. As long as he dies. "Misty Mountain Hop" by Led Zeppelin KICKS ON CUT TO: EXT. SAM HIGGINS HOUSE - DAY SAM HIGGINS, the Hustler, the street thug is no longer the thug. He is now dressed in a sweet and snay suit, it costed him atleast Seven-hundred dollars. He slowly walks across his front lawn to....... ......A nice LAMBOURGINI, which is parked in his sloping driveway. NICK(v/o) Sam Higgins had another life. He went from a thug and a damn street hustler to Mr.Sam Higgins, a businessman fuck who lives in the suburbs. Then, from OFFSCREEN comes a man, in a black mask, right up to SAM. SAM Who the hell are you? POV: SAM HIGGINS is now staring down the barrel of a Gun, a .45 Automatic. We can see the inside of the gun, and the bullet inside. GUNMAN (though mask) Morning. BANG! SAM HIGGINS is dropped by a bullet to the face. His face spews blood, he's standing still as the GUNMAN walks off, and then he finnaly falls, BLOOD all over his suit, pouring down from the hole right below his left eye. ANGLE ON SAM: He spins, revealing the big hole in the back of his head, his brains hanging out the back of a big hole. Then, SAM HIGGINS falls to the ground OFFSCREEN. SONNY(v/o) It's weird.I was paid thousands of dollars to put a bullet in that poor fuck's face, with a pure black gun. He didn't see me coming until the Gun was so close he could see the bullet inside the gun. INSERT: SHOT of Blood from the exit wound splattered on the driver's door of the LAMBOURGINI. INSERT: OVERHEAD SHOT of SAM lying there, on the ground, a smoking hole right below his left eye. FANTASY -- RIGHT NOW Then, suddenly, Money, the money that SONNY is being payed to kill SAM HIGGINS, is flying around,some coming out the large Bullet hole,It's ALOT. It's like the wind is blowing money. SONNY(v/o) For the next few night I'd have the same dream: All the cash is flying around like the wind,the blood money. Some of the money is coming out of his wound.... BACK TO SCENE The GUNMAN is now standing above SAM. The GUNMAN FIRES one more shot from the pistol in to SAM'S already lifeless body. HOLD ON SAM'S BODY EXT. OUTSIDE BRAND NEW HOUSE - MORNING SONNY stands out on the sidewalk out infront of a brand new house in the Suburbs. SONNY is smoking a Cigar and drinking a Pepsi. SONNY(v/o) Just for the extra bullets I put in Sam Petie gave me a 25,000 dollar raise. With that I bought a nice house in the suburbs near Central Park. NICK stands next to SONNY on the sidewalk. NICK is wearing a brand new black suit, Italian Silk with a red bow tie. NICK(v/o) I was able to buy a used Chevy just for being the driver. I can't get that kinda dow workin at McDonald's. (laughs) SONNY pulls a 100 dollar bill from his pocket, takes his Cigar and lights the bill on fire, the wind blowing the ashes in to the summers sky.... NICK (from following scene) I know what I'm gonna buy...... EXT. VICTORIAN HOUSE - GARAGE - QUEENS,NEW YORK - NIGHT NICK is lead in to a Garage by a white DRUG DEALER. The drug dealer looks almost like a suburbanite, an ex-marine, clean face, gold Rolex watch, pressed shirt. NICK wears nothing like he normally does. He's wearing all baggy street clothes with a backwards hat. NICK(cont'd) I'm gonna buy some grade A Coca. The DRUG DEALER leads NICK over to the workbench in the middle of the Garage(this is wear the dealer does all his work). The DRUG DEALER opens up a drawer and pulls out a nice little bag full of COCAINE. CUT TO: INT. HOUSE - THAT VERY SAME MOMENT Just down the street, SONNY and his new buddy named IRISH WISEGUY beat the shit out of the only witness to SONNY's dastardly deed. IRISH slams the witness several times with a BASEBALL BAT. SONNY(v/o) It took a while to get rid of the only witness to what I did to Sam? What was I gonna do? Let that nosy little fuck do me in the ass and pass the story to the Feds who give it to CNN? Fuck that. Fuck him. Fuck the FBI. Fuck Wolf Blitzer! I served in the Gulf War, I don't need no one telling me about what's going on! (beat) Wait, what was I talking about again? SONNY bring out a pistol and shoots the WITNESS a few times with a .45-AUTOMATIC. SONNY(v/o) Nothin much, break a few toes just for insurance. EXT. VICTORIAN HOUSE - GARAGE "The Joker" by The Steve Miller Band plays from a little radio on a tool bench. NICK snorts a line of Cocaine. His head rocks back, the rush of the Cocaine hitting his brain like a Baseball Bat. It's almost too much for NICK. He stumbles backwards and knocks down a few tools hanging from the walls of the dealer's garage. DEALER (chuckles) Would you like fries with that? NICK gives a little laugh at the stupid joke. SONNY(v/o) Can you guess what Nick did with his share? NICK does another line of COCAINE as the dealer laughs even more at the stupid joke. This one isn't as powerful as the other one. INT.SONNY'S CAR - DAY SONNY and NICK cruise through the streets of Brooklyn. SONNY I don't care. NICK You don't care? SONNY Yes I don't fucking care. NICK flips on the old Radio. A Brand new ROCK TUNE from about that time comes on.