ROCK OPERA
(continued)
by
Bob Ray
F I N A L D R A F T 1.4
© 1996, Bob Ray
(Registered by Writers Guild of America, West, Inc., on this date May
19, 1997, registration # 666951.)
66 EXT ROAD TO DEL RIO - TOE'S TRUCK DAY/NIGHT 66
Toe, wearing headphones, drives down to Del Rio. The
Fuckemos song "Mexico" is playing. Toe starts to fantasize
about Cory and he puckers up for a kiss.
FLASHBACK Cory breathing fire into the camera. END FLASHBACK
NIGHT: Toe is blinded by passing headlights.
67 EXT TEJANO BAR - PACO'S TRUCK NIGHT 67
Toe sits on the passenger side of a beat up old pick up
truck. A Mexican man with a teardrop prison tattoo named
Lupe sits next to him and a white guy called Paco stands
outside the door. Paco turns the mirror upwards like a table
and dumps some coke onto it. He pulls out a box cutter and
removes the razor.
PACO
Shit, let me tell you what, you
shouldn't be fucking around with
these goddamn Rohypnols. That shit
makes you crazy.
Paco cuts up a line.
PACO
(continuing)
Now, what you need is some good blow.
This shit right here.
Paco rolls up a bill and snorts up a line of coke.
PACO
(continuing)
The good shit.
Lupe slides out of the cab and walks over to the mirror.
Paco leans in and pulls down the sun visor and a joint falls
out. He catches the joint and lights it.
PACO
(continuing)
We can have the Man here in half an
hour, with as much as you need. Try
this shit out.
Lupe snorts up a big line. Toe walks around to the mirror.
TOE
Hey, I'm just here to get the shit
for Jarvis.
Toe huffs up a line.
PACO
Have it your way. It's like Burger
King down here, ese.
Paco laughs. Toe hands the rolled up bill to Lupe who tears
into the coke snorting up a ton of the stuff. Paco takes
another drag off the joint and breathes a smoke filled sigh.
PACO
(continuing)
Lets go have a beer.
Paco hands the joint to Toe.
TOE
Look, I just wanna get the goods and
get out.
PACO
Chill out man, as soon as we call the
Man, it'll be here.
TOE
Jarvis didn't tell me about the Man.
PACO
Hey, you don't know the Man, and we
don't know you. You think he's gunna
come up here meetin new people before
we check you out? What the fuck?
TOE
I don't know about all this?
PACO
What's not to know? You want the
shit, you'll wait. Where's the cash?
TOE
When I get the shit, you'll get the
cash.
PACO
Let's go have a beer. I'll call the
man.
Toe grumbles.
LUPE
(yelling)
Have a fucking beer!
68 INT TEJANO BAR NIGHT 68
The large doors open to reveal a bright and loud tejano bar.
Music and lights blast at them as Lupe and Paco escort Toe
into the bar. The bar is smoky and has many bright yellow
and orange neon lights, there is a small tejano band playing
on the stage. The bar is relatively empty but there are a
few people scattered around, it has the weird feeling of a
Mexican style mafia hang out.
As they walk past the bar, Paco flashes three fingers at the
bartender. Lupe, Paco and Toe sit at a table. Three beers
arrive and the waitress walks off, Toe sits uncomfortably
with Paco and Lupe. Toe keeps looking at the clock.
LUPE
You in some kinda hurry?
TOE
Man, I got shit to do.
PACO
Chill, It'll be a minute.
TOE
Are you gunna call the Man or what?
PACO
Oh, I'll call the Man. But you ain't
a fag are you, cause the last time
the Man met a fag, we were at this
party and this dude...
and the Man, he had on this bad ass
white suit, all stylin and shit, and
this fag....
Paco is telling a story of violence and action, his voice
slowly being drowned out by the music. The camera zooms in
to an ECU of his mouth, dissolve into a scene of the Man at
a party.
69 INT PARTY AT A HOUSE FLASHBACK NIGHT 69
FLASHBACK
Some GUY is standing next to the Man and his cigar keeps
burning the Man's ass.
PACO (O.S.)
...The Man's shit is all fucked up.
He's all on crutches and can't feel
his legs...
The cigar smoker Guy notices the Man's ass on fire and he
tries to pat out the fire.
THE MAN
Back off faggot! I'm a homophobe!
The Man sees that his ass is on fire and starts to beats the
shit out of the other guy. He beats the other guy down with
his gold plated crutches, using them like a ninja.
PACO (O.S.)
But the real shit was later. After
everyone left, the Man waited outside
and fucked that guy up for real.
70 EXT PARTY AT A HOUSE FLASHBACK NIGHT 70
The Man beating the hell out of the other guy. Lupe and Paco
are sitting on the truck, waiting. The Man aims a crutch at
the other guy and fires it like a shotgun, shooting him in
the leg. The Man falls down from the kick of the crutch-gun.
THE MAN
How do you like that, you fucking
gimp?! Get up and walk now you piece
of shit!
END FLASHBACK
71 EXT ALLEYWAY DEL RIO NIGHT 71
Ned and Chicken toss their equipment into their beaten up old
van. Ned pulls out the one hitter, loads it, and passes it
to Chicken. They sit in the van doorway and listen to Burtis
arguing with the door guy. Burtis waves the money in his
face and bounces around.
BURTIS
Thirteen bucks? This crap won't even
pay for the gas it cost to get down
here.
Chicken smokes the hit, sucking in the ashes and then trying
to spit them out.
DOORGUY
Look, no one came out to see you
guys. Not one person. Maybe if more
people come out later on tonight...
Ned reloads the one hitter, and holds it up to display it
before Chicken.
NED
Observe.
Ned sucks the hit and shoots out the ashes onto the ground.
NED
(continuing)
You gotta watch the reflection of the
ember in the lighter and spit it out
before it ashes.
CHICKEN
Let me try again.
Chicken loads up another hit. Chicken smokes the hit and
shoots out the still burning ember.
NED
You spit it out too soon. Wait til
the weed stops burning.
CHICKEN
Lemme try again.
Ned hands the one hitter to Chicken and he loads up another
hit. Ned walks over to the other side of the alley.
BURTIS
This is fucked up.
DOORGUY
Hey, be thankful we're giving you
free beer.
BURTIS
Free beer? Fuck yeah, we can drink
a lot of free beer.
Burtis follows the doorguy back into the club. Chicken sucks
the hit and gets up and walks toward the door.
CHICKEN
I heard that. Free beer.
NED
Hey, grab that box of porn videos we
got from that porn shop show. Maybe
we can sell some for gas money.
CHICKEN
Dude, we're keeping those.
NED
Just sell a few, so we can buy gas.
Jesus christ, we got sixty-three
tapes.
Ned steps up next to the closed door of another club and
begins to relieve himself. Chicken finds a few tapes that he
can part with and goes inside.
72 INT TEJANO BAR NIGHT 72
Paco and Lupe are laughing. Toe is petrified in a drug
induced daze. Paco kicks the bottom of the table and the
beers bounce around.
PACO
Boom!
The loud banging noise snaps Toe out of his trance. Paco and
Lupe laugh. Toe takes a gulp of his beer.
PACO
(continuing)
Then Lupe started kicking him. Right
in the fucking peanuts. You can just
call that old boy "the man with the
inverted nut sack".
TOE
You fucked that guy up, huh, Loopy?
Paco finishes his beer. Lupe takes a gulp of his beer.
PACO
Aw, shit,lemme go call up the boss.
Paco gets up and goes to the pay phone in the bathroom.
There is a moment of awkward silence.
TOE
Say Loopy--
Lupe snaps and kicks Toe's chair. Toe falls out of his chair
and onto the ground.
LUPE
What the fuck's your problem?!
Lupe stands and kicks at Toe. Toe is squirming back and down
the hall toward the exit as Lupe keeps trying to kick at him.
TOE
Chill out Loopy, it's cool, it's
cool.
LUPE
My name's Lupe. Loo-pay,
motherfucker!
Toe raises his hands up as if surrendering.
LUPE
(continuing)
You wanna fucking square off? You
fucking bitch, get up bitch let's
fucking go.
Lupe kicks at Toe.
LUPE
(continuing)
Say my name, bitch! LOO-PAY!! Say
it! Say it!!
Lupe hovers above Toe who is still on the ground near the
exit. Lupe picks up an empty beer bottle and breaks it on
the wall.
LUPE
(continuing)
Get the fuck up!
Toe stands up slowly, trying not to antagonize Lupe. Lupe
shoves Toe through the exit.
73 EXT ALLEYWAY DEL RIO NIGHT 73
Ned is standing outside the back door pissing in the alley
way. Suddenly, the door comes tearing open and nails Ned.
Ned slams into the wall that he is facing and pisses all over
himself as Toe hits the ground. Lupe steps into the doorway
hovering above Toe with broken beer bottle in hand.
NED
What the FUCK?!
Ned mule-kicks the door and it slams shut. The door crashes
into Lupe. Lupe's hand bounces off the door and the broken
bottle stabs into his neck. Lupe staggers back, bleeding
profusely. Ned spins around to see Toe sprawled out on the
dirt alley-way before him.
NED
(continuing)
Hey motherfucker!
Ned marches toward Toe, zipping up his pants. Toe
frantically scurries to his feet. Slipping in the loose
dirt, he bolts off down the alley in a cloud of dust.
NED
(continuing)
You'd better run, you pussy!
Ned lunges toward Toe, trying to grab him. The door bursts
back open and Ned freezes. He whips his head around to see
a blood covered Lupe standing in the doorway, swaying from
side to side. Lupe's face is pale and covered in blood. His
left hand is pressed into his neck, desperately trying to
keep his pipes and veins from falling out of the gaping wound
in his throat. His right hand reaches into his coat and
yanks out a pistol. The gun gleams in Ned's eyes as he
backpedals.
Lupe fires off a round. Ned screams in pain as he grabs his
face and bellyflops face down in the dirt, sending up a cloud
of dust. The force of the shot makes Lupe slip on the bloody
tile beneath his feet. He begins to fall and catches himself
with his elbow on the wall.
Ned is writhing in pain on the ground as Toe starts to zig-
zag, juking the bullets as he runs down the alleyway. Lupe
unloads another round as his legs give out and he slides down
to the floor, leaving a slug-like trail of blood on the
inside of the door.
Lupe, lying on his stomach and covered in blood, continues to
shoot. Lupe's vision is bloodied and blurry, he squints but
he can barely see Toe, way down the road, climbing into his
pick up truck. Lupe struggles to hold the pistol upright, he
aims and fires.
Toe fumbles with the keys and stabs them into the ignition,
he spins the keys, but nothing happens. Toe pops the e-brake
and the truck starts to roll backwards down the hill toward
Lupe, who shoots again. Toe hops out and pushes the vehicle,
giving it a little boost. He jumps back in, slams it into
reverse, and pops the clutch, cranking the car to life with
a sputter and a wheeze. Toe stomps the brakes and the truck
slides to a stop just inches in front of Ned.
Lupe blasts out another shot as Ned reaches his bloody hand
up and grabs the exhaust pipe, trying to pull himself up.
Toe grinds the car into first gear and slams the gas pedal,
shooting debris in Ned's face as he peels out. Ned is
dragged for about seven feet before the exhaust pipe breaks
off and slides to a stop in the dust.
Lupe arm is near limp, and he fires his next three shots
directly into the dirt only a few feet in front of him.
Suddenly, Lupe's body convulses as he tries to fire his
already empty handgun, his arm jerks up as he squeezes the
trigger. He exhales a last moan into the dirt as life
escapes him and he goes limp again.
PACO
Holy Christ!
Paco runs over to Ned and starts to beat the shit out of him.
As Toe's truck driving past the front of the club, he sees
the Man walking across the street with a bowling bag in his
hand. Toe turns the wheel and yanks the e-brake and slides
out of control, crashing into the Man. Toe's truck
sandwiches the Man in between the pickup and a parked car.
The bowling bag flies into the bed of the truck as the Man
coughs up blood. Toe stomps the gas, the tires spin but it
doesn't move. The truck is hung up on the other car. White
smoke is pouring up from the spinning tires as the Man
reaches for his bag. Toe is grinding the gears in forward
and reverse, trying to break free of the other car. The Man
reaches his bag and unzips it, he pulls out a chrome
derringer and aims it at Toe. At that moment, Toe breaks
free from the other vehicle and peels out. He ducks down in
the cab to dodge the bullets. The Man pulls the trigger and
a small flame comes out of the derringer lighter.
74 EXT NEIGHBORHOOD STREET - JARVIS'S VEHICLE NIGHT 74
Jarvis is driving along in his truck we can hear his police
scanner going off in the background. He picks up his car
phone and punches in some numbers. The phone starts to ring.
Jarvis turns down the police scanner.
75 INT ROSS'S LIVING ROOM NIGHT 75
Ron answers the portable phone.
RON
Hello.
Ron starts to take a bong hit.
JARVIS (PHONE)
Ross.
Ron whimpers as he nearly coughs out the bong hit making a
noise that sounds like:
RON
Uh-huh.
Ron turns the receiver so that the mouthpiece is away from
his mouth.
JARVIS (PHONE)
I'm coming over to pick up the money.
I'll be there in an hour.
Ron is doing his best to fight off the cough and listen to
the phone at the same time.
JARVIS (PHONE)
(continuing)
Have the shit ready this time.
Jarvis hangs up the phone and Ron starts coughing up a storm.
76 EXT PAYPHONE NIGHT 76
Paco's bloody finger punches out some numbers. Paco is on the
brink of tears. His truck is behind him with the door open
and the engine running. Ned is in the floorboard of the
truck, covered in blood. Paco starts crying.
77 INT PACO'S MOM'S HOUSE FLASHBACK DAY 77
Paco's cries turn into coughs as he belches out smoke. Paco
and Lupe are in a house that was fancy back in the seventies.
Lupe is rummaging around and Paco is on the phone. Paco
clears his throat.
PACO
(into the phone)
You know I'd bring it up there to you
but my probation officer won't let
me leave the county.
Lupe is messing shit up.
PACO
(continuing; to Lupe)
Hey, cut it out. You're gunna fuck
up all my mom's shit.
JARVIS (O.S.)
Listen...
PACO
Sorry, Lupe's messin up all my mom's
shit. Why don't you just send ol Tad
down, he's good for some laughs.
JARVIS (O.S.)
That fuckin moron's under house
arrest for jerkin off in a laundry
mat.
PACO
What the hell is up with that? I
mean sure, it's cheaper than a
hooker, but christ.
JARVIS (O.S.)
You know what? I got someone right
here. He's fuckin green and a little
stupid, but he's good. He can be
there by eight thirty.
PACO
Eight thirty's good. You know where,
Tejano Tejas.
JARVIS (O.S.)
He'll be drivin a fucked up eye-
shitzu pickup... name's Toe.
PACO
Toe huh? He's not bringin Larry or
Shemp is he? Curly's alright, but
fuck that Curly Joe dude. I mean--
JARVIS (O.S.)
I don't got time for your shit, Paco,
my boy will be there at eight thirty.
Paco hangs up the phone and puffs on the joint.
LUPE
So Jarvis is sending someone down?
PACO
Yeah, some stooge named Toe.
Lupe walks up to Paco and produces a pistol from behind his
back.
LUPE
Lets take his fuckin money and stick
him in a ditch somewhere.
PACO
Jesus fucking Christ. Where the hell
did you get that?
LUPE
In that drawer.
Lupe points the gun at the drawer.
PACO
That's my mom's teargas gun. Put it
back. Man, she'd whup my ass if she
found out I was messin with that.
Paco starts to get up and Lupe pushes him back into the sofa.
PACO
(continuing; laughing)
You fucker.
LUPE
(imitating Paco's mom)
Now Paco, are you smoking weed up
there? I smell weed. I've got my
gun.
PACO
Gimme that.
Paco gets up and grabs at the gun. Lupe pulls it out of
reach.
PACO
(continuing)
Is that thing loaded?
Lupe tosses the gun to Paco.
LUPE
Man, the safety's on. It's just tear
gas anyway.
Paco hands Lupe the joint and inspects the gun.
PACO
This things loaded. Put this back
where you found it. If my mom found
out we were messing with that, I'd be
in deep shit.
Paco hands the gun to Lupe and he walks over to the drawer.
LUPE
You know what we should do? Just
fuck with that Toe dude. Scare him
a little. Tell him crazy stories.
Give him something to talk about.
78 INT TEJANO BAR, PAY PHONE FLASHBACK NIGHT 78
Paco is talking on the pay phone.
PACO
(laughing)
Oh, you're gunna bust up when you see
this shit. I gave Lupe one of those
tear drop prison tattoos. And we
told him your crutches were made of
gold and they were shotguns. This
dude is eating it up.
THE MAN (O.S.)
No shit, huh? Well I'm ready to do
this whenever you guys are.
PACO
You got all the pills in that bowling
bag right?
THE MAN
Yeah, it's all here.
PACO
Alright. Now you come in strutting,
like you own the place.
THE MAN
Right. I'm the bad ass. I am The
Man. You guys couldn't think of
anything better than The Man?
PACO
Hey, man, Lupe thought of that one.
And he was high. It's better than
Dwayne.
THE MAN
Yeah, but I coulda been One Eyed
Charlie or Frankie Two Toes or
something mean sounding like that.
PACO
Hey, listen here Three Eyed Frankie
Big Toe, just bring in the shit and
act like a bad ass. Can you do that?
THE MAN
When do you want me?
PACO
Come in right now. Use the front
door and make a grand entrance.
THE MAN
Alright, I'll see you on the inside.
Paco hears gunshots. He runs to the back door and finds
blood everywhere. He opens up the door and Lupe is lying dead
on the ground.
PACO
(sobbing)
Holy christ!
Paco sees Ned writhing around. Paco grabs the exhaust pipe
and starts to beat the shit out of Ned.
END FLASHBACK
79 EXT GAS STATION NIGHT 79
Toe pulls into a closed down gas station. Toe hops out and
grabs the bowling bag. The bag spills and there are Rohypnol
packages everywhere. Toe stuffs the pills back into the bag
and tosses it into the cab. Toe scrounges up all his change
and loads up a pay phone and punches in some numbers.
80 EXT PAYPHONE NIGHT 80
Paco's crying on the phone as it rings, Ned is bloody and
passed out in the truck in the background.
PACO
(sobbing)
Oh my fucking god.
81 INT ROSS' LIVING ROOM NIGHT 81
The phone is ringing as Ross walks out of the bathroom, the
toilet can be HEARD flushing in the background. Ron is laid
out on the couch, the phone is next to him.
ROSS
You gunna get that?
Ross walks over and snatches up the phone from next to Ron.
ROSS
(continuing)
Hello.
TOE
Hey Ross, it's Toe. Listen, I'm on
a payphone and it's long distance, so
I don't have long.
ROSS
What's up?
82 EXT ROSS'S HOUSE - JARVIS'S VEHICLE NIGHT 82
Jarvis is driving his truck and his cell phone starts to
RING. Jarvis answers the cell phone.
JARVIS
Yeah.
PACO (PHONE)
(screaming & crying)
Goddamnit, what the fuck did you do?
You piece of fucking shit, sending
some crazy down here.
JARVIS
Paco? Is that you? What the hell
are you crying about?
PACO (PHONE)
You double crossed the wrong man,
motherfucker!
JARVIS
Paco! What the fuck is going on?
PACO (PHONE)
(screaming)
Your boy fucked up the job, I can't
be fucking killed. Don't you know
that?
JARVIS
What the fuck happened down there?
Where are my goddamn drugs?
PACO (PHONE)
What happened? What the fuck
happened? Lupe and Dwayne are dead.
That's what the fuck happened. That
fucking psycho went ape shit. I
fucked up his partner, the son of a
bitch.
JARVIS
Paco? What the hell are you talking
about?
PACO (PHONE)
(sobbing)
Toe slashed Lupe's fucking throat.
JARVIS
Holy shit.
PACO (PHONE)
(sobbing)
He ran over Dwayne with his truck.
He's got the pills, the money....
JARVIS
That piece of shit. Fuck, fuck,
fuck... when did all this happen?
Paco takes a deep breath and regains his composure.
PACO (PHONE)
Half hour ago. I'm on my way up. If
I find out you're involved, I'll
fucking---
He pulls over to the side of the road, a couple of houses
down the street from Ross's house. His police scanner is
picking up Ross's conversation with Toe.
Wait a second. Just fucking hold on.
Jarvis turns up the scanner.
TOE (SCANNER)
Check it out, I just came into a
shitload of Rohypnols. Like 500 or
so. I gotta unload them as soon as
I get back to Austin. Interested?
JARVIS
Paco, listen to this shit. It's my
scanner. The dumbass is using a
portable phone.
Jarvis holds the phone up to the police scanner.
ROSS (SCANNER)
Hell yeah. How much you sellin em
for?
TOE (SCANNER)
Christ, I don't know. How's 300
bucks sound?
ROSS (SCANNER)
Sounds like a deal.
TOE (SCANNER)
Kick ass. We gotta do this quick,
I'm in a big ass hurry. I don't have
time to swing by your house, so
you'll have to meet me down at the
railroad tracks on third street at
1:30.
ROSS (SCANNER)
Third street. Right.
Ross hangs up the phone.
JARVIS
Paco, you get up here. I know what
in the hell's going on. That little
weasel has fucked the both of us.
Jarvis hangs up the phone. Jarvis sees ROSS run out of his
house and toss a brown paper bag into the trunk of his car.
Ross runs back into the house.
83 EXT GAS STATION NIGHT 83
Toe scrounges up all the remaining change in his ashtray. He
stuffs a fistful of quarters into the pay phone and punches
out a bunch of numbers. An answering machine picks up.
ANSWERING MACHINE
Pigpoke Global Headquarters here,
leave a message, jackass. Wait,
before that, check out this new song
I recorded on the four track.
A song from the one-man band tapes starts up and plays, the
machine finally beeps.
TOE
Hey, Bo. This is Toe. Crazy shit is
going down. I think Jarvis tried to
set me up for some kind of hit or
something. We gotta hit the road
tonight. You guys get all our
equipment together. I'm on my way
back into--
The answering machine cuts off.
TOE
(continuing)
Shit!
Toe searches his truck for more change. There is none. He
finds a gum ball machine and beats it up, stealing all the
coins. Toe, chewing gum, reloads the pay phone and punches
out the numbers again.
ANSWERING MACHINE
Pigpoke Global Headquarters here,
leave a message, jackass. Wait,
before that, check out this new song
I recorded on the four track.
A song from the one-man band tapes starts up and plays, the
machine finally beeps.
TOE
(talking fast)
Listen. Just have everything ready
by two o'clock. We have gotta hit
the road tonight. I'll be there with
the truck at two. Make sure you got
everything. We don't have time to
mess around this is urgen--.
CUT TO:
A shot of the answering machine cutting Toe off, again.
84 EXT DROP SITE NIGHT 84
Start off on Ross's face in his car, waiting for the drug
drop. Pull back to reveal that he's stuffed down on the
floorboard, all taped up with packing tape. Jarvis sits in
the driver's seat lighting a cigarette with the car lighter.
JARVIS
You're not too bright are you? You
knew I was coming over to get my
money. I just fucking talked to you.
What, did you think I was too stupid
to figure it out? I know ya'll are
friends, you and Toe. And doing
business on a portable phone. How
fucking stupid are you? Worthless
pill heads.
Jarvis takes a big drag off his cigarette.
JARVIS
(continuing)
I should burn your fuckin eyes out
for tryin to fuck me over. And that
ain't the half of what I'm gunna do
to Toe when he shows up.
Jarvis sighs and looks around. Ross whimpers.
JARVIS
(continuing)
What's that? I can't fucking hear
you.
Jarvis flicks his cigarette at Ross and it hits him in the
head.
JARVIS
(continuing; exhaling)
Alright, you better hope this piece
of shit has a big trunk.
Jarvis hops out and walks around to the back of the car.
Ross whines as Jarvis opens the trunk.
JARVIS
(continuing)
Plenty of room for a shitbag like
you. What ya got here, a sack lunch?
Jarvis picks up the bag of cash and inspects it.
JARVIS
(continuing)
Three hundred bucks. You were going
behind my back to fuck me to save
fifty bucks?
Ross squirms around, trying to free himself. He uses an
untaped finger to locate a plastic butter knife lying amidst
the fast food trash on the floor. He starts sawing on the
tape on his wrists. Jarvis walks around to the passenger
side and opens the door.
JARVIS
(continuing)
Alright bitch, let's go.
Jarvis leans in to pick up Ross and Ross slices his eye with
the serrated plastic butter knife. Blood flies and Jarvis
screams in agony as he recoils back hitting his head on the
roof of the car. He grabs at his bleeding eye hole and drops
the sack of cash.
JARVIS
(continuing;
screaming)
You goddamn shit!!
Jarvis reaches for his brass knuckle-knife. Ross slices the
back of Jarvis's hand and Jarvis drops the knife, screaming
again. Ross lunges forward and knocks Jarvis back, they both
fall to the ground.
Ross slices right through the tape on his legs and hops up.
Ross holds Jarvis at bay with the plastic knife and Jarvis
jumps up. The hillbilly knife lies between them, they both
see it, Jarvis makes a move for it. Ross tries to stomp on
Jarvis's hand as he grabs for the knife, but Ross ends up
kicking the knife underneath the car. Jarvis dives on the
ground and stretches for the knife. Ross stabs the plastic
butter knife into Jarvis's back and it breaks off. Jarvis
wails in agony.
Ross looks at the broken handle. Jarvis jumps up, flailing
wildly, he knocks Ross back. Jarvis reaches for the broken
plastic knife in his back. Ross dives at Jarvis and they
wrestle and fight. They end up fighting one another all over
the place. The fight leads them down onto the old bridge as
a train storms by.
Toe, chewing gum, pulls up in his truck with the headlights
off. No one is around the car and the trunk is wide open.
Toe pulls the e-brake, leaves the truck running, and hops
out. Gumballs pour out of the cab. Toe inspects the site,
looking around for Ross.
TOE
Ross.
Toe looks inside the car for Ross, he checks out the open
trunk and then sees the cash in a bag on the ground. Toe
gathers up all the loot and looks around. In the distance he
can see Ross and Jarvis fighting. Toe runs back to his truck
and tosses the bag in the passenger window. Toe runs around
his vehicle and opens up the door. Gumballs fall out of the
car and some Pigpoke stickers as well.
Toe hops in and slams the truck into gear and hauls ass out
of there.
85 INT TOE'S HOUSE, BACK ROOM NIGHT 85
Mic, Trav, and Bo sit around the back room. Slow motion shot
of Bo as he loads a triple hit of nitrous oxide into a
balloon and inhales it. As he exhales, he sinks back into
the chair and slide off onto the floor. At the point where
he hits the floor, the Cherubs song "Sinatras" starts up.
Slow motion from Bo's p.o.v. as Toe comes busting onto the
scene. Toe (chewing gum)is freaking out and screaming, but
only the music can be heard.
86 EXT DROP SITE NIGHT 86
Ross and Jarvis pop back onto the scene, still fighting.
They fight all over the place and end up next to the vehicle.
Ross reaches in the trunk and grabs the tire iron. Ross
slams the hood of the trunk down onto Jarvis and he collapses
into the trunk. Ross stuffs his legs in and slams the trunk
shut.
87 INT TOE'S HOUSE, BACK ROOM NIGHT 87
Toe come running back into the room.
TOE
Jesus Christ, let's fucking go!
Toe spits out the gum.
TOE
(continuing)
Come on, I'm not fucking around.
Toe runs around franticly. He sees that none of the
equipment has been packed up. He looks around and everyone's
still high and drunk and doing whip-its.
TOE
(continuing)
What the hell?! Get off your asses.
We gotta get on the road, NOW!
Mic and Trav get up and start to help Toe gather up all the
equipment.
TRAV
What's the rush? Stu brought over a
shitload of whipits. He was waiting
for his half pound.
TOE
What's the fucking rush?! I just
ripped off half a dozen of the
meanest sons of bitches in Texas.
That's the fucking rush.
Toe runs off into another room and grabs his guitar. Bo sits
dumbfounded by the nitrous, he watches Toe, Trav, and Mic.
Toe runs outside with his guitar.
88 EXT TOE'S HOUSE, ROSS'S CAR NIGHT 88
Ross pulls up, he's covered in blood. He stops up the street
from Toe's house and can see them loading up their truck.
Jarvis is screaming out death threats as he kicks the back
seat from inside the trunk of the car. Ross gets out of the
vehicle and begins to walk toward the house.
89 EXT TOE'S HOUSE, PACO'S TRUCK NIGHT 89
Paco and Ned sit in the front seat of his pickup, they are
both covered in blood. Ned is passed out. Paco has a metal
pipe sitting in his lap.
PACO
Which house is it?
Ned doesn't respond and Paco pokes his face with the pipe.
PACO
(continuing)
Which one.
Ned points out the window, at nothing in particular.
PACO
(continuing)
No shit?
Paco sees Ross walking up to the vehicle, he rubs his
bloodshot eyes. His vision is blurry and he thinks Ross is
Toe.
PACO
(continuing)
Is that the piece of shit right there?
Paco screeches to a halt and jumps out of the car.
PACO
(continuing; yelling)
Hey, mutherfucker!
Ross turns around. Paco points the tear gas gun at him.
Ross dives on the ground and rolls, trying to avoid getting
shot. Paco realizes that it's not Toe and starts laughing.
Ross starts running.
PACO
(continuing)
Run you piece of shit!
Paco heads for the front door of Toe's house.
90 INT TOE'S HOUSE, KITCHEN NIGHT 90
Mic dumps a bunch of cymbals into the truck and runs back in
the house. He sees Toe, carrying a milk crate full of cords
and pedals.
TOE
This is the last of it.
Toe hands the crate to Mic.
MIC
Someone's out there flashing a gun.
TOE
Oh, fuck. Where's Bo at?
MIC
I guess he's still in there.
Mic points to the back room. They see someone walk in front
of the window and toe slinks into the living room and grabs
the Pigpoke banner and hands it to Mic.
TOE
Here, we can't forget this.
The front door opens.
MIC
Oh, shit.
Mic slips out the back door and Toe slides into the back
room. Toe finds Bo passed out in the corner. Paco enters
the house. Toe slaps Bo around and can't wake him up. Paco
is approaching. Toe picks up Bo and slides him out of the
window. Paco is at the door of the room as we see Toe's feet
disappear out the window.
91 EXT TOE'S HOUSE, ROSS'S CAR NIGHT 91
The trunk of Ross's car comes flying open and a bloody Jarvis
leaps out.
92 INT TOE'S HOUSE, FRONT ROOM NEAR DAWN 92
Jarvis makes his way into the front door, walks through the
living room and wanders in to the front room. He walks
across the room to the door on the other side. He listens as
he takes off his belt and prepares to enter.
93 INT TOE'S HOUSE, BACK ROOM NEAR DAWN 93
Paco listens at the door. He hears a toilet flushing and
Paco busts open the door.
94 INT TOE'S HOUSE, BATHROOM NEAR DAWN 94
Jarvis hears the toilet flush and busts open the door with
his belt slashing through the air. The leather strap slaps
Paco in the face and Paco drops the metal pipe into the
toilet. Stu sees Paco and Jarvis standing in front of him.
He punches both of them in the face and they fall back.
Jarvis stumbles into the front room and Paco steps back into
the back room. Stu moves in like a rabid bulldog, he kicks
Jarvis and he drops the belt and falls down. Stu then
attacks Paco with rapid punches to the face. As Paco is
backing up, he slips on one of the empty nitrous canisters
rolling around the floor.
Jarvis grabs a nearby baseball bat and charges at Stu. Stu
turns and blocks the bat with his forearm. Stu lays into
Jarvis with a mighty punch and they fall back into the front
room and continue to fight. Paco crawls out into the kitchen.
95 EXT TOE'S HOUSE, TOE'S TRUCK NEAR DAWN 95
Toe jumps in the truck. Gum balls roll off the seat and onto
the ground. Bo's feet can be seen sticking out of the bed of
the truck. Toe puts it in neutral and Trav and Mic push the
car out of the drive. Toe pops the clutch and the vehicle
makes a loud grinding noise, but doesn't start.
96 INT TOE'S HOUSE, KITCHEN NEAR DAWN 96
Paco hears the noise and looks out the window. He sees the
boys trying to start the truck.
97 EXT TOE'S HOUSE, PACO'S TRUCK NEAR DAWN 97
Ned searches for the keys. He finds a carburetor and some
pipes. Ned dumps all the weed out of the dug out and into
his hand. He picks up a half inch pipe and crams the weed
into it. He's really packing the weed in there.
98 INT TOE'S HOUSE NEAR DAWN 98
Paco runs for the front door.
99 EXT TOE'S HOUSE NEAR DAWN 99
The Pigpoke boys give their truck another push. Toe gets the
car started and they haul ass. The house fight can be heard
as they drive off screen, we can hear and see flashes from
the guns being fired inside.
Paco comes running out of the house with the keys in his hand
and he runs after the Cricket. He turns back and runs to his
pickup.
100 EXT TOE'S HOUSE, PACO'S TRUCK NEAR DAWN 100
Ned tweaks the rear view mirror so he can see Paco running
toward the truck. He strikes up the lighter and burns the
ball of weed to a glowing ember. As Paco approaches the
truck, Ned sits up in the front seat and shoots the burning
ball of weed like a giant spitwad. The ball explodes in
Paco's face and he recoils back. He lets go of the keys and
grabs at his face, falling to his knees. The keys fly in
through the window and Ned catches them. Ned pushes open the
front door and knocks Paco in the head. Paco collapses, out
cold. Ned starts up the truck, tunes in the radio to a good
song and throws it into gear.
101 EXT NEIGHBORHOOD ROAD - TOE'S TRUCK DAWN 101
Pigpoke, all of them chewing gum, drives off into the
sunrise. Bo sits up in the bed, looking confused. They
drive past Ross who's still running away from the shootout.
Toe tosses the bag of pills out to Ross as they pass him and
it busts open in front of him.
ROSS
Fuck yeah!
FADE OUT:
ROLL CREDITS
102 INT TOE'S LIVING ROOM DAWN 102
Show Stu as victorious from the fight. Jarvis is sprawled
out on the floor and Stu takes a bong hit, coughing out the
smoke.
STU
Goddamn, that was fucked up.
FADE OUT; THE END.
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