LA Confidential.pdf - Screenplay.com
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MAYOR We're selling an image, gentlemen. Beautiful weather. Affordable housing. (re: model) Trouble-free transportation. And the best police department in the world to keep it all running smoothly. EXT. STOREFRONT - NIGHT A dozen people watch a display windoe TELEVISION as it rolls the opening of the hit show "Badge of Honor." Over familiar THEME MUSIC, "Sgt. Joe Reno" (actor BRETT CHASE) walks the streets of Los Angeles. CHASE (V.O.) My name? Joe Reno. The city? Los Angeles. A big town. Full of all sorts of people. It's my job to help them. I like what I do. I'm a cop. INT. HANCOCK PARK MANSION - BALLROOM - NIGHT The Mayor continues. MAYOR But with a second rate Al Capone out there, L.A. looks like Chicago in the '30s. Something has to be done. As Pierce Patchett nods sagely. INT. OLYMPIC AUDITORIUM - NIGHT Wrestler GORGEOUS GEORGE primps and poses before flattening an opponent with a drop kick. INT. MOVIE THEATER - NIGHT An enthusiastic crowd adjusts their 3-D glasses. EXT. COHEN MANSION (BEVERLY HILLS) - DAY In monogrammed silk pajamas, Mickey Cohen answers the door, his pet BULLDOG Mickey Jr. at his feet. The police are waiting. REPORTERS' flashbulbs pop. POLICE OFFICER Mr. Cohen, you're under arrest.
COHEN Bullshit. What's the charge? POLICE OFFICER Non-payment of federal income tax. BULLSHIT. COHEN EXT. GRAUMAN'S CHINESE - DAY JOHN WAYNE gets his hand prints in the sidewalk. EXT. WESTCHESTER BEAN FIELD - DAY MIGRANT WORKERS hurry to finish the harvest. We PAN TO CONSTRUCTION WORKERS who wait impatiently with bulldozers under a "Spirit of the Future" BANNER. As the last picker leaves the field, the bulldozers move in, leveling the bean rows to make way for a housing tract. EXT. FEDERAL COURTHOUSE - STEPS - DAY Flashbulbs pop as Mickey Cohen exits and starts down the steps. Accompanied by his LAWYERS, bodyguard Stompanato and mob lieutenants DEUCE PERKINS and NATE JANKLOW, Cohen ignores REPORTERS' shouts. REPORTER How's your bullshit now, Mickey?! As Cohen gets into a waiting car, the media turn their attention to District Attorney ELLIS LOEW. A singularly ambitious man, Loew loves the spotlight. LOEW Today is an auspicious one for the city of Los Angeles. Mickey Cohen has just been sentenced to ten years in federal prison for failure to pay income tax. As the District Attorney for Los Angeles County, it is my pleasure to declare our great city organized crime free. It is truly the dawning of a new day. The SONG ENDS and so does the MONTAGE. INT. PACKARD (ACROSS FROM BULLOCKS WILSHIRE) - NIGHT December 24th. Wendell "BUD" WHITE, 30, stares at the enormous Christmas tree on the deco platform over Bullocks' entrance. An LAPD cop, Bud's rep as the
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COHEN<br />
Bullshit. What's the charge?<br />
POLICE OFFICER<br />
Non-payment of federal in<strong>com</strong>e tax.<br />
BULLSHIT.<br />
COHEN<br />
EXT. GRAUMAN'S CHINESE - DAY<br />
JOHN WAYNE gets his hand prints in the sidewalk.<br />
EXT. WESTCHESTER BEAN FIELD - DAY<br />
MIGRANT WORKERS hurry to finish the harvest. We PAN<br />
TO CONSTRUCTION WORKERS who wait impatiently with bulldozers<br />
under a "Spirit of the Future" BANNER. As the<br />
last picker leaves the field, the bulldozers move in,<br />
leveling the bean rows to make way for a housing tract.<br />
EXT. FEDERAL COURTHOUSE - STEPS - DAY<br />
Flashbulbs pop as Mickey Cohen exits and starts down<br />
the steps. Ac<strong>com</strong>panied by his <strong>LA</strong>WYERS, bodyguard<br />
Stompanato and mob lieutenants DEUCE PERKINS and NATE<br />
JANKLOW, Cohen ignores REPORTERS' shouts.<br />
REPORTER<br />
How's your bullshit now, Mickey?!<br />
As Cohen gets into a waiting car, the media turn their<br />
attention to District Attorney ELLIS LOEW. A singularly<br />
ambitious man, Loew loves the spotlight.<br />
LOEW<br />
Today is an auspicious one for the<br />
city of Los Angeles. Mickey Cohen<br />
has just been sentenced to ten<br />
years in federal prison for<br />
failure to pay in<strong>com</strong>e tax.<br />
As the District Attorney for Los<br />
Angeles County, it is my pleasure<br />
to declare our great city<br />
organized crime free. It is truly<br />
the dawning of a new day.<br />
The SONG ENDS and so does the MONTAGE.<br />
INT. PACKARD (ACROSS FROM BULLOCKS WILSHIRE) - NIGHT<br />
December 24th. Wendell "BUD" WHITE, 30, stares at the<br />
enormous Christmas tree on the deco platform over<br />
Bullocks' entrance. An <strong>LA</strong>PD cop, Bud's rep as the
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