LA Confidential.pdf - Screenplay.com
LA Confidential.pdf - Screenplay.com LA Confidential.pdf - Screenplay.com
But no one moves to do so. HUDGEONS Fellas? (nervous) We had a deal. You, me and Patchett, We're a team! (scared) Come on, we're friends. We're -- As Hudgeons protests, Dudley slaps a hand over his mouth. Hush-hush... DUDLEY As Breuning and Carlisle move in... INT. RECORDS ROOM - LAPD - DAY A wormish CLERK searches dusty filing cabinets with dates like 1939 and 1940. The same ones Jack looked through. Exley steps over from another row. Anything? Nothing. EXLEY CLERK EXLEY So on active duty, Meeks didn't make an arrest from 1938 to '43. CLERK Someone must've pulled the records. Exley ponders the implications. Taking out the photo of Meeks, he gets an idea. EXLEY Where are the police academy files? CLERK I don't have time. I have -- EXLEY Just show me where they are!
EXT. 1736 NOTTINGHAM (LYNN BRACKEN'S) - DAY Blue, Lynn sits on her porch watching the rain come down. A SCREECHING on the wet street as Bud's PACKARD pulls up. She watches as he gets out and starts for the house. Lynn stands, holds her arms out. Bud stops short on the steps, out of reach, the rain soaking him. BUD Did you talk to Exley? LYNN Come in out of the rain. In the morning we'll have both our stories for breakfast. Lightning flashes. Bud shakes hs head. BUD I want to know about Exley. LYNN He's the opposite of you. He's more like me. Cold, calculating. BUD How'd you get to know so much about him? More lightning. Lynn looks God-awful sad. LYNN Come in out of the rain, Bud. BUD You gonna tell me what happened with you and Exley? We talked. LYNN BUD So tell me about it. LYNN (looking away) In the morning. BUD No. Now. (a beat) You fucked him. Too tired to lie anymore, Lynn finally just nods. LYNN I thought I was helping you. I thought --
- Page 59 and 60: EXLEY Did one of the officers work
- Page 61 and 62: EXLEY Why were you throwing clothes
- Page 63 and 64: EXLEY Larry, he called you queer. H
- Page 65 and 66: BUD One in six. Where's the girl? E
- Page 67 and 68: EXLEY How's it going to look on you
- Page 69 and 70: ELEVATOR Coates watches as the elev
- Page 71 and 72: INT. STATE ASSEMBLY - CHAMBER - DAY
- Page 73 and 74: DUDLEY Breaking a big case sticks y
- Page 75 and 76: Yeah. JACK Jack doesn't really feel
- Page 77 and 78: REYNOLDS I can't do it. HUDGEONS Ta
- Page 79 and 80: INT. LYNN BRACKEN'S (1736 NOTTINGHA
- Page 81 and 82: INT. AFTER HOURS CLUB - NIGHT The B
- Page 83 and 84: EXLEY Until he gunned down six peop
- Page 85 and 86: BUD It's like they knew they were g
- Page 87 and 88: DEN Innocuous except for the smell.
- Page 89 and 90: EXLEY Officer White? A sweet man. E
- Page 91 and 92: EXLEY Do you make the three Negroes
- Page 93 and 94: Should I? STOMPANATO BUD His file l
- Page 95 and 96: They stand, kiss again. Lynn's gown
- Page 97 and 98: INT. 1184 GRETNA GREEN (PATCHETT'S)
- Page 99 and 100: EXLEY Miss Bracken, I'm Lieutenant
- Page 101 and 102: INT. PACIFIC DINING CAR - NIGHT Jac
- Page 103 and 104: LYNN Like recognizes like. I'm pret
- Page 105 and 106: JACK Have you a valediction, lad? D
- Page 107 and 108: EXLEY We got a dead ex-cop and a gi
- Page 109: And? DUDLEY HUDGEONS In my car. Bla
- Page 113 and 114: EXLEY Look. Dudley and Meeks go way
- Page 115 and 116: BUD There are no rules! Why the fuc
- Page 117 and 118: EXT. 1736 NOTTINGHAM (LYNN BRACKEN'
- Page 119 and 120: OFFICE BATHROOM Loew is at the mirr
- Page 121 and 122: BUD They never made a match on the
- Page 123 and 124: BUD You wanted to meet here? EXLEY
- Page 125 and 126: EXLEY I'm thinking we might walk aw
- Page 127 and 128: EXLEY Something like that. DUDLEY R
- Page 129 and 130: OBSERVATION ROOM Loew leans over, w
- Page 131: The car moves. A turn into traffic,
EXT. 1736 NOTTINGHAM (LYNN BRACKEN'S) - DAY<br />
Blue, Lynn sits on her porch watching the rain <strong>com</strong>e down.<br />
A SCREECHING on the wet street as Bud's PACKARD pulls up.<br />
She watches as he gets out and starts for the house.<br />
Lynn stands, holds her arms out. Bud stops short on the<br />
steps, out of reach, the rain soaking him.<br />
BUD<br />
Did you talk to Exley?<br />
LYNN<br />
Come in out of the rain. In the<br />
morning we'll have both our<br />
stories for breakfast.<br />
Lightning flashes. Bud shakes hs head.<br />
BUD<br />
I want to know about Exley.<br />
LYNN<br />
He's the opposite of you. He's<br />
more like me. Cold, calculating.<br />
BUD<br />
How'd you get to know so much<br />
about him?<br />
More lightning. Lynn looks God-awful sad.<br />
LYNN<br />
Come in out of the rain, Bud.<br />
BUD<br />
You gonna tell me what happened<br />
with you and Exley?<br />
We talked.<br />
LYNN<br />
BUD<br />
So tell me about it.<br />
LYNN<br />
(looking away)<br />
In the morning.<br />
BUD<br />
No. Now.<br />
(a beat)<br />
You fucked him.<br />
Too tired to lie anymore, Lynn finally just nods.<br />
LYNN<br />
I thought I was helping you. I<br />
thought --
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