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  1. Swag Yolo
  2.  
  3. By
  4.  
  5. Achraf Baachaoui
  6.  
  7.  
  8.  
  9.  
  10.  
  11. INT. COFFEE SHOP – MORNING
  12.  
  13. A normal Denny's, Spires-like coffee shop in Los Angeles.
  14. It's about 9:00 in the morning. While the place isn't jammed,
  15. there's a healthy number of people drinking coffee, munching
  16. on bacon and eating eggs.
  17.  
  18. Two of these people are a YOUNG MAN and a YOUNG WOMAN. The
  19. Young Man has a slight working-class English accent and,
  20. like his fellow countryman, smokes cigarettes like they're
  21. going out of style.
  22.  
  23. It is impossible to tell where the Young Woman is from or
  24. how old she is; everything she does contradicts something
  25. she did. The boy and girl sit in a booth. Their dialogue is
  26. to be said in a rapid pace "HIS GIRL FRIDAY" fashion.
  27.  
  28. YOUNG MAN
  29. No, forget it, it's too risky. I'm
  30. through doin' that shit.
  31.  
  32. YOUNG WOMAN
  33. You always say that, the same thing
  34. every time: never again, I'm through,
  35. too dangerous.
  36.  
  37. YOUNG MAN
  38. I know that's what I always say. I'm
  39. always right too, but –
  40.  
  41. YOUNG WOMAN
  42. – but you forget about it in a day
  43. or two -
  44.  
  45. YOUNG MAN
  46. – yeah, well, the days of me
  47. forgittin' are over, and the days of
  48. me rememberin' have just begun.
  49.  
  50. YOUNG WOMAN
  51. When you go on like this, you know
  52. what you sound like?
  53.  
  54. YOUNG MAN
  55. I sound like a sensible fucking man,
  56. is what I sound like.
  57.  
  58. YOUNG WOMAN
  59. You sound like a duck.
  60. (imitates a duck)
  61. Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack,
  62. quack, quack...
  63.  
  64. YOUNG MAN
  65. Well take heart, 'cause you're never
  66. gonna hafta hear it again. Because
  67. since I'm never gonna do it again,
  68. you're never gonna hafta hear me
  69. quack about how I'm never gonna do
  70. it again.
  71.  
  72. YOUNG WOMAN
  73. After tonight.
  74.  
  75. The boy and girl laugh, their laughter putting a pause in
  76. there, back and forth.
  77.  
  78. YOUNG MAN
  79. (with a smile)
  80. Correct. I got all tonight to quack.
  81.  
  82. A WAITRESS comes by with a pot of coffee.
  83.  
  84. WAITRESS
  85. Can I get anybody anymore coffee?
  86.  
  87. YOUNG WOMAN
  88. Oh yes, thank you.
  89.  
  90. The Waitress pours the Young Woman's coffee. The Young Man
  91. lights up another cigarette.
  92.  
  93. YOUNG MAN
  94. I'm doin' fine.
  95.  
  96. The Waitress leaves. The Young Man takes a drag off of his
  97. smoke.
  98.  
  99. The Young Woman pours a ton of cream and sugar into her
  100. coffee.
  101.  
  102. The Young Man goes right back into it.
  103.  
  104. YOUNG MAN
  105. I mean the way it is now, you're
  106. takin' the same fuckin' risk as when
  107. you rob a bank. You take more of a
  108. risk. Banks are easier! Federal
  109. banks aren't supposed to stop you
  110. anyway, during a robbery. They're
  111. insured, why should they care? You
  112. don't even need a gun in a federal
  113. bank. I heard about this guy, walked
  114. into a federal bank with a portable
  115. phone, handed the phone to the teller,
  116. the guy on the other end of the phone
  117. said: "We got this guy's little girl,
  118. and if you don't give him all your
  119. money, we're gonna kill 'er."
  120.  
  121. YOUNG WOMAN
  122. Did it work?
  123.  
  124. YOUNG MAN
  125. Fuckin' A it worked, that's what I'm
  126. talkin' about! Knucklehead walks in
  127. a bank with a telephone, not a pistol,
  128. not a shotgun, but a fuckin' phone,
  129. cleans the place out, and they don't
  130. lift a fuckin' finger.
  131.  
  132. YOUNG WOMAN
  133. Did they hurt the little girl?
  134.  
  135. YOUNG MAN
  136. I don't know. There probably never
  137. was a little girl – the point of the
  138. story isn't the little girl. The
  139. point of the story is they robbed
  140. the bank with a telephone.
  141.  
  142. YOUNG WOMAN
  143. You wanna rob banks?
  144.  
  145. YOUNG MAN
  146. I'm not sayin' I wanna rob banks,
  147. I'm just illustrating that if we
  148. did, it would be easier than what we
  149. been doin'.
  150.  
  151. YOUNG WOMAN
  152. So you don't want to be a bank robber?
  153.  
  154. YOUNG MAN
  155. Naw, all those guys are goin' down
  156. the same road, either dead or servin'
  157. twenty.
  158.  
  159. YOUNG WOMAN
  160. And no more liquor stores?
  161.  
  162. YOUNG MAN
  163. What have we been talking about?
  164. Yeah, no more-liquor-stores. Besides,
  165. it ain't the giggle it usta be. Too
  166. many foreigners own liquor stores.
  167. Vietnamese, Koreans, they can't
  168. fuckin' speak English. You tell 'em:
  169. "Empty out the register," and they
  170. don't know what it fuckin' means.
  171. They make it too personal. We keep
  172. on, one of those gook motherfuckers'
  173. gonna make us kill 'em.
  174.  
  175. YOUNG WOMAN
  176. I'm not gonna kill anybody.
  177.  
  178. YOUNG MAN
  179. I don't wanna kill anybody either.
  180. But they'll probably put us in a
  181. situation where it's us of them. And
  182. if it's not the gooks, it these old
  183. Jews who've owned the store for
  184. fifteen fuckin' generations. Ya got
  185. Grandpa Irving sittin' behind the
  186. counter with a fuckin' Magnum. Try
  187. walkin' into one of those stores
  188. with nothin' but a telephone, see
  189. how far it gets you. Fuck it, forget
  190. it, we're out of it.
  191.  
  192. YOUNG WOMAN
  193. Well, what else is there, day jobs?
  194.  
  195. YOUNG MAN
  196. (laughing)
  197. Not this life.
  198.  
  199. YOUNG WOMAN
  200. Well what then?
  201.  
  202. He calls to the Waitress.
  203.  
  204. YOUNG MAN
  205. Garcon! Coffee!
  206.  
  207. Then looks to his girl.
  208.  
  209. YOUNG MAN
  210. This place.
  211.  
  212. The Waitress comes by, pouring him some more.
  213.  
  214. WAITRESS
  215. (snotty)
  216. "Garcon" means boy.
  217.  
  218. She splits.
  219.  
  220. YOUNG WOMAN
  221. Here? It's a coffee shop.
  222.  
  223. YOUNG MAN
  224. What's wrong with that? People never
  225. rob restaurants, why not? Bars, liquor
  226. stores, gas stations, you get your
  227. head blown off stickin' up one of
  228. them. Restaurants, on the other hand,
  229. you catch with their pants down.
  230. They're not expecting to get robbed,
  231. or not as expecting.
  232.  
  233. YOUNG WOMAN
  234. (taking to idea)
  235. I bet in places like this you could
  236. cut down on the hero factor.
  237.  
  238. YOUNG MAN
  239. Correct. Just like banks, these places
  240. are insured. The managers don't give
  241. a fuck, they're just tryin' to get
  242. ya out the door before you start
  243. pluggin' diners. Waitresses, forget
  244. it, they ain't takin' a bullet for
  245. the register. Busboys, some wetback
  246. gettin' paid a dollar fifty a hour
  247. gonna really give a fuck you're
  248. stealin' from the owner. Customers
  249. are sittin' there with food in their
  250. mouths, they don't know what's goin'
  251. on. One minute they're havin' a Denver
  252. omelet, next minute somebody's
  253. stickin' a gun in their face.
  254.  
  255. The Young Woman visibly takes in the idea. The Young Man
  256. continues in a low voice.
  257.  
  258. YOUNG MAN
  259. See, I got the idea last liquor store
  260. we stuck up. 'Member all those
  261. customers kept comin' in?
  262.  
  263. YOUNG WOMAN
  264. Yeah.
  265.  
  266. YOUNG MAN
  267. Then you got the idea to take
  268. everybody's wallet.
  269.  
  270. YOUNG WOMAN
  271. Uh-huh.
  272.  
  273. YOUNG MAN
  274. That was a good idea.
  275.  
  276. YOUNG WOMAN
  277. Thanks.
  278.  
  279. YOUNG MAN
  280. We made more from the wallets then
  281. we did the register.
  282.  
  283. YOUNG WOMAN
  284. Yes we did.
  285.  
  286. YOUNG MAN
  287. A lot of people go to restaurants.
  288.  
  289. YOUNG WOMAN
  290. A lot of wallets.
  291.  
  292. YOUNG MAN
  293. Pretty smart, huh?
  294.  
  295. The Young Woman scans the restaurant with this new
  296. information.
  297.  
  298. She sees all the PATRONS eating, lost in conversations. The
  299. tired WAITRESS, taking orders. The BUSBOYS going through the
  300. motions, collecting dishes. The MANAGER complaining to the
  301. COOK about something. A smiles breaks out on the Young Woman's
  302. face.
  303.  
  304. YOUNG WOMAN
  305. Pretty smart.
  306. (into it)
  307. I'm ready, let's go, right here,
  308. right now.
  309.  
  310. YOUNG MAN
  311. Remember, same as before, you're
  312. crowd control, I handle the employees.
  313.  
  314. YOUNG WOMAN
  315. Got it.
  316.  
  317. They both take out their .32-caliber pistols and lay them on
  318. the table. He looks at her and she back at him.
  319.  
  320. YOUNG WOMAN
  321. I love you, Pumpkin.
  322.  
  323. YOUNG MAN
  324. I love you, Honey Bunny.
  325.  
  326. And with that, Pumpkin and Honey Bunny grab their weapons,
  327. stand up and rob the restaurant. Pumpkin's robbery persona
  328. is that of the in-control professional. Honey Bunny's is
  329. that of the psychopathic, hair-triggered, loose cannon.
  330.  
  331. PUMPKIN
  332. (yelling to all)
  333. Everybody be cool this is a robbery!
  334.  
  335. HONEY BUNNY
  336. Any of you fuckin' pricks move and
  337. I'll execute every one of you
  338. motherfuckers! Got that?
  339.  
  340. CUT TO:
  341.  
  342. CREDIT SEQUENCE:
  343.  
  344. "PULP FICTION"
  345.  
  346. INT. '74 CHEVY (MOVING) – MORNING
  347.  
  348. An old gas guzzling, dirty, white 1974 Chevy Nova BARRELS
  349. down a homeless-ridden street in Hollywood. In the front
  350. seat are two young fellas – one white, one black – both
  351. wearing cheap black suits with thin black ties under long
  352. green dusters. Their names are VINCENT VEGA (white) and JULES
  353. WINNFIELD (black). Jules is behind the wheel.
  354.  
  355. JULES
  356. – Okay now, tell me about the hash
  357. bars?
  358.  
  359. VINCENT
  360. What so you want to know?
  361.  
  362. JULES
  363. Well, hash is legal there, right?
  364.  
  365. VINCENT
  366. Yeah, it's legal, but is ain't a
  367. hundred percent legal. I mean you
  368. can't walk into a restaurant, roll a
  369. joint, and start puffin' away. You're
  370. only supposed to smoke in your home
  371. or certain designated places.
  372.  
  373. JULES
  374. Those are hash bars?
  375.  
  376. VINCENT
  377. Yeah, it breaks down like this: it's
  378. legal to buy it, it's legal to own
  379. it and, if you're the proprietor of
  380. a hash bar, it's legal to sell it.
  381. It's legal to carry it, which doesn't
  382. really matter 'cause – get a load of
  383. this – if the cops stop you, it's
  384. illegal for this to search you.
  385. Searching you is a right that the
  386. cops in Amsterdam don't have.
  387.  
  388. JULES
  389. That did it, man – I'm fuckin' goin',
  390. that's all there is to it.
  391.  
  392. VINCENT
  393. You'll dig it the most. But you know
  394. what the funniest thing about Europe
  395. is?
  396.  
  397. JULES
  398. What?
  399.  
  400. VINCENT
  401. It's the little differences. A lotta
  402. the same shit we got here, they got
  403. there, but there they're a little
  404. different.
  405.  
  406. JULES
  407. Examples?
  408.  
  409. VINCENT
  410. Well, in Amsterdam, you can buy beer
  411. in a movie theatre. And I don't mean
  412. in a paper cup either. They give you
  413. a glass of beer, like in a bar. In
  414. Paris, you can buy beer at
  415. MacDonald's. Also, you know what
  416. they call a Quarter Pounder with
  417. Cheese in Paris?
  418.  
  419. JULES
  420. They don't call it a Quarter Pounder
  421. with Cheese?
  422.  
  423. VINCENT
  424. No, they got the metric system there,
  425. they wouldn't know what the fuck a
  426. Quarter Pounder is.
  427.  
  428. JULES
  429. What'd they call it?
  430.  
  431. VINCENT
  432. Royale with Cheese.
  433.  
  434. JULES
  435. (repeating)
  436. Royale with Cheese. What'd they call
  437. a Big Mac?
  438.  
  439. VINCENT
  440. Big Mac's a Big Mac, but they call
  441. it Le Big Mac.
  442.  
  443. JULES
  444. Le Big Mac. What do they call a
  445. Whopper?
  446.  
  447. VINCENT
  448. I dunno, I didn't go into a Burger
  449. King. But you know what they put on
  450. french fries in Holland instead of
  451. ketchup?
  452.  
  453. JULES
  454. What?
  455.  
  456. VINCENT
  457. Mayonnaise.
  458.  
  459. JULES
  460. Goddamn!
  461.  
  462. VINCENT
  463. I seen 'em do it. And I don't mean a
  464. little bit on the side of the plate,
  465. they fuckin' drown 'em in it.
  466.  
  467. JULES
  468. Uuccch!
  469.  
  470. CUT TO:
  471.  
  472. INT. CHEVY (TRUNK) – MORNING
  473.  
  474. The trunk of the Chevy OPENS UP, Jules and Vincent reach
  475. inside, taking out two .45 Automatics, loading and cocking
  476. them.
  477.  
  478. JULES
  479. We should have shotguns for this
  480. kind of deal.
  481.  
  482. VINCENT
  483. How many up there?
  484.  
  485. JULES
  486. Three or four.
  487.  
  488. VINCENT
  489. Counting our guy?
  490.  
  491. JULES
  492. I'm not sure.
  493.  
  494. VINCENT
  495. So there could be five guys up there?
  496.  
  497. JULES
  498. It's possible.
  499.  
  500. VINCENT
  501. We should have fuckin' shotguns.
  502.  
  503. They CLOSE the trunk.
  504.  
  505. CUT TO:
  506.  
  507. EXT. APARTMENT BUILDING COURTYARD – MORNING
  508.  
  509. Vincent and Jules, their long matching overcoats practically
  510. dragging on the ground, walk through the courtyard of what
  511. looks like a hacienda-style Hollywood apartment building.
  512.  
  513. We TRACK alongside.
  514.  
  515. VINCENT
  516. What's her name?
  517.  
  518. JULES
  519. Mia.
  520.  
  521. VINCENT
  522. How did Marsellus and her meet?
  523.  
  524. JULES
  525. I dunno, however people meet people.
  526. She usta be an actress.
  527.  
  528. VINCENT
  529. She ever do anything I woulda saw?
  530.  
  531. JULES
  532. I think her biggest deal was she
  533. starred in a pilot.
  534.  
  535. VINCENT
  536. What's a pilot?
  537.  
  538. JULES
  539. Well, you know the shows on TV?
  540.  
  541. VINCENT
  542. I don't watch TV.
  543.  
  544. JULES
  545. Yes, but you're aware that there's
  546. an invention called television, and
  547. on that invention they show shows?
  548.  
  549. VINCENT
  550. Yeah.
  551.  
  552. JULES
  553. Well, the way they pick the shows on
  554. TV is they make one show, and that
  555. show's called a pilot. And they show
  556. that one show to the people who pick
  557. the shows, and on the strength of
  558. that one show, they decide if they
  559. want to make more shows. Some get
  560. accepted and become TV programs, and
  561. some don't, and become nothing. She
  562. starred in one of the ones that became
  563. nothing.
  564.  
  565. They enter the apartment building.
  566.  
  567. INT. RECEPTION AREA (APARTMENT BUILDING) – MORNING
  568.  
  569. Vincent and Jules walk through the reception area and wait
  570. for the elevator.
  571.  
  572. JULES
  573. You remember Antwan Rockamora? Half-
  574. black, half-Samoan, usta call him
  575. Tony Rocky Horror.
  576.  
  577. VINCENT
  578. Yeah maybe, fat right?
  579.  
  580. JULES
  581. I wouldn't go so far as to call the
  582. brother fat. He's got a weight
  583. problem. What's the nigger gonna
  584. do, he's Samoan.
  585.  
  586. VINCENT
  587. I think I know who you mean, what
  588. about him?
  589.  
  590. JULES
  591. Well, Marsellus fucked his ass up
  592. good. And word around the campfire,
  593. it was on account of Marsellus
  594. Wallace's wife.
  595.  
  596. The elevator arrives, the men step inside.
  597.  
  598. INT. ELEVATOR – MORNING
  599.  
  600. VINCENT
  601. What'd he do, fuck her?
  602.  
  603. JULES
  604. No no no no no no no, nothin' that
  605. bad.
  606.  
  607. VINCENT
  608. Well what then?
  609.  
  610. JULES
  611. He gave her a foot massage.
  612.  
  613. VINCENT
  614. A foot massage?
  615.  
  616. Jules nods his head: "Yes."
  617.  
  618. VINCENT
  619. That's all?
  620.  
  621. Jules nods his head: "Yes."
  622.  
  623. VINCENT
  624. What did Marsellus do?
  625.  
  626. JULES
  627. Sent a couple of guys over to his
  628. place. They took him out on the
  629. patio of his apartment, threw his
  630. ass over the balcony. Nigger fell
  631. four stories. They had this garden
  632. at the bottom, enclosed in glass,
  633. like one of them greenhouses – nigger
  634. fell through that. Since then, he's
  635. kinda developed a speech impediment.
  636.  
  637. The elevator doors open, Jules and Vincent exit.
  638.  
  639. VINCENT
  640. That's a damn shame.
  641.  
  642. INT. APARTMENT BUILDING HALLWAY – MORNING
  643.  
  644. STEADICAM in front of Jules and Vincent as they make a beeline
  645. down the hall.
  646.  
  647. VINCENT
  648. Still I hafta say, play with matches,
  649. ya get burned.
  650.  
  651. JULES
  652. Whaddya mean?
  653.  
  654. VINCENT
  655. You don't be givin' Marsellus
  656. Wallace's new bride a foot massage.
  657.  
  658. JULES
  659. You don't think he overreacted?
  660.  
  661. VINCENT
  662. Antwan probably didn't expect
  663. Marsellus to react like he did, but
  664. he had to expect a reaction.
  665.  
  666. JULES
  667. It was a foot massage, a foot massage
  668. is nothing, I give my mother a foot
  669. massage.
  670.  
  671. VINCENT
  672. It's laying hands on Marsellus
  673. Wallace's new wife in a familiar
  674. way. Is it as bad as eatin' her out
  675. – no, but you're in the same fuckin'
  676. ballpark.
  677.  
  678. Jules stops Vincent.
  679.  
  680. JULES
  681. Whoa... whoa... whoa... stop right
  682. there. Eatin' a bitch out, and givin'
  683. a bitch a foot massage ain't even
  684. the same fuckin' thing.
  685.  
  686. VINCENT
  687. Not the same thing, the same ballpark.
  688.  
  689. JULES
  690. It ain't no ballpark either. Look
  691. maybe your method of massage differs
  692. from mine, but touchin' his lady's
  693. feet, and stickin' your tongue in
  694. her holyiest of holyies, ain't the
  695. same ballpark, ain't the same league,
  696. ain't even the same fuckin' sport.
  697. Foot massages don't mean shit.
  698.  
  699. VINCENT
  700. Have you ever given a foot massage?
  701.  
  702. JULES
  703. Don't be tellin' me about foot
  704. massages – I'm the foot fuckin'
  705. master.
  706.  
  707. VINCENT
  708. Given a lot of 'em?
  709.  
  710. JULES
  711. Shit yeah. I got my technique down
  712. man, I don't tickle or nothin'.
  713.  
  714. VINCENT
  715. Have you ever given a guy a foot
  716. massage?
  717.  
  718. Jules looks at him a long moment – he's been set up.
  719.  
  720. JULES
  721. Fuck you.
  722.  
  723. He starts walking down the hall. Vincent, smiling, walks a
  724. little bit behind.
  725.  
  726. VINCENT
  727. How many?
  728.  
  729. JULES
  730. Fuck you.
  731.  
  732. VINCENT
  733. Would you give me a foot massage –
  734. I'm kinda tired.
  735.  
  736. JULES
  737. Man, you best back off, I'm gittin'
  738. pissed – this is the door.
  739.  
  740. The two men stand in front of the door numbered "49." They
  741. whisper.
  742.  
  743. JULES
  744. What time is it?
  745.  
  746. VINCENT
  747. (checking his watch)
  748. Seven-twenty-two in the morning.
  749.  
  750. JULES
  751. It ain't quite time, let's hang back.
  752.  
  753. They move a little away from the door, facing each other,
  754. still whispering.
  755.  
  756. JULES
  757. Look, just because I wouldn't give
  758. no man a foot massage, don't make it
  759. right for Marsellus to throw Antwan
  760. off a building into a glass-
  761. motherfuckin-house, fuckin' up the
  762. way the nigger talks. That ain't
  763. right, man. Motherfucker do that to
  764. me, he better paralyze my ass, 'cause
  765. I'd kill'a motherfucker.
  766.  
  767. VINCENT
  768. I'm not sayin' he was right, but
  769. you're sayin' a foot massage don't
  770. mean nothing, and I'm sayin' it does.
  771. I've given a million ladies a million
  772. foot massages and they all meant
  773. somethin'. We act like they don't,
  774. but they do. That's what's so fuckin'
  775. cool about 'em. This sensual thing's
  776. goin' on that nobody's talkin about,
  777. but you know it and she knows it,
  778. fuckin' Marsellus knew it, and Antwan
  779. shoulda known fuckin' better. That's
  780. his fuckin' wife, man. He ain't gonna
  781. have a sense of humor about that
  782. shit.
  783.  
  784. JULES
  785. That's an interesting point, but
  786. let's get into character.
  787.  
  788. VINCENT
  789. What's her name again?
  790.  
  791. JULES
  792. Mia. Why you so interested in big
  793. man's wife?
  794.  
  795. VINCENT
  796. Well, Marsellus is leavin' for Florida
  797. and when he's gone, he wants me to
  798. take care of Mia.
  799.  
  800. JULES
  801. Take care of her?
  802.  
  803. Making a gun out of his finger and placing it to his head.
  804.  
  805. VINCENT
  806. Not that! Take her out. Show her a
  807. good time. Don't let her get lonely.
  808.  
  809. JULES
  810. You're gonna be takin' Mia Wallace
  811. out on a date?
  812.  
  813. VINCENT
  814. It ain't a date. It's like when you
  815. and your buddy's wife go to a movie
  816. or somethin'. It's just... you know...
  817. good company.
  818.  
  819. Jules just looks at him.
  820.  
  821. VINCENT
  822. It's not a date.
  823.  
  824. Jules just looks at him.
  825.  
  826. INT. APARTMENT (ROOM 49) – MORNING
  827.  
  828. THREE YOUNG GUYS, obviously in over their heads, sit at a
  829. table with hamburgers, french fries and soda pops laid out.
  830.  
  831. One of them flips the LOUD BOLT on the door, opening it to
  832. REVEAL Jules and Vincent in the hallway.
  833.  
  834. JULES
  835. Hey kids.
  836.  
  837. The two men stroll inside.
  838.  
  839. The three young caught-off-guard Guys are:
  840.  
  841. MARVIN, the black young man, who open the door, will, as the
  842. scene progresses, back into the corner.
  843.  
  844. ROGER, a young blond-haired surfer kid with a "Flock of
  845. Seagulls" haircut, who has yet to say a word, sits at the
  846. table with a big sloppy hamburger in his hand.
  847.  
  848. BRETT, a white, preppy-looking sort with a blow-dry haircut.
  849.  
  850. Vincent and Jules take in the place, with their hands in
  851. their pockets. Jules is the one who does the talking.
  852.  
  853. JULES
  854. How you boys doin'?
  855.  
  856. No answer.
  857.  
  858. JULES
  859. (to Brett)
  860. Am I trippin', or did I just ask you
  861. a question.
  862.  
  863. BRETT
  864. We're doin' okay.
  865.  
  866. As Jules and Brett talk, Vincent moves behind the young Guys.
  867.  
  868. JULES
  869. Do you know who we are?
  870.  
  871. Brett shakes his head: "No."
  872.  
  873. JULES
  874. We're associates of your business
  875. partner Marsellus Wallace, you
  876. remember your business partner
  877. dont'ya?
  878.  
  879. No answer.
  880.  
  881. JULES
  882. (to Brett)
  883. Now I'm gonna take a wild guess here:
  884. you're Brett, right?
  885.  
  886. BRETT
  887. I'm Brett.
  888.  
  889. JULES
  890. I thought so. Well, you remember
  891. your business partner Marsellus
  892. Wallace, dont'ya Brett?
  893.  
  894. BRETT
  895. I remember him.
  896.  
  897. JULES
  898. Good for you. Looks like me and
  899. Vincent caught you at breakfast,
  900. sorry 'bout that. What'cha eatin'?
  901.  
  902. BRETT
  903. Hamburgers.
  904.  
  905. JULES
  906. Hamburgers. The cornerstone of any
  907. nutritious breakfast. What kinda
  908. hamburgers?
  909.  
  910. BRETT
  911. Cheeseburgers.
  912.  
  913. JULES
  914. No, I mean where did you get'em?
  915. MacDonald's, Wendy's, Jack-in-the-
  916. Box, where?
  917.  
  918. BRETT
  919. Big Kahuna Burger.
  920.  
  921. JULES
  922. Big Kahuna Burger. That's that
  923. Hawaiian burger joint. I heard they
  924. got some tasty burgers. I ain't never
  925. had one myself, how are they?
  926.  
  927. BRETT
  928. They're good.
  929.  
  930. JULES
  931. Mind if I try one of yours?
  932.  
  933. BRETT
  934. No.
  935.  
  936. JULES
  937. Yours is this one, right?
  938.  
  939. BRETT
  940. Yeah.
  941.  
  942. Jules grabs the burger and take a bite of it.
  943.  
  944. JULES
  945. Uuummmm, that's a tasty burger.
  946. (to Vincent)
  947. Vince, you ever try a Big Kahuna
  948. Burger?
  949.  
  950. VINCENT
  951. No.
  952.  
  953. Jules holds out the Big Kahuna.
  954.  
  955. JULES
  956. You wanna bite, they're real good.
  957.  
  958. VINCENT
  959. I ain't hungry.
  960.  
  961. JULES
  962. Well, if you like hamburgers give
  963. 'em a try sometime. Me, I can't
  964. usually eat 'em 'cause my girlfriend's
  965. a vegetarian. Which more or less
  966. makes me a vegetarian, but I sure
  967. love the taste of a good burger.
  968. (to Brett)
  969. You know what they call a Quarter
  970. Pounder with Cheese in France?
  971.  
  972. BRETT
  973. No.
  974.  
  975. JULES
  976. Tell 'em, Vincent.
  977.  
  978. VINCENT
  979. Royale with Cheese.
  980.  
  981. JULES
  982. Royale with Cheese, you know why
  983. they call it that?
  984.  
  985. BRETT
  986. Because of the metric system?
  987.  
  988. JULES
  989. Check out the big brain on Brett.
  990. You'a smart motherfucker, that's
  991. right. The metric system.
  992. (he points to a fast
  993. food drink cup)
  994. What's in this?
  995.  
  996. BRETT
  997. Sprite.
  998.  
  999. JULES
  1000. Sprite, good, mind if I have some of
  1001. your tasty beverage to wash this
  1002. down with?
  1003.  
  1004. BRETT
  1005. Sure.
  1006.  
  1007. Jules grabs the cup and takes a sip.
  1008.  
  1009. JULES
  1010. Uuuuummmm, hit's the spot!
  1011. (to Roger)
  1012. You, Flock of Seagulls, you know
  1013. what we're here for?
  1014.  
  1015. Roger nods his head: "Yes."
  1016.  
  1017. JULES
  1018. Then why don't you tell my boy here
  1019. Vince, where you got the shit hid.
  1020.  
  1021. MARVIN
  1022. It's under the be –
  1023.  
  1024. JULES
  1025. – I don't remember askin' you a
  1026. goddamn thing.
  1027. (to Roger)
  1028. You were sayin'?
  1029.  
  1030. ROGER
  1031. It's under the bed.
  1032.  
  1033. Vincent moves to the bed, reaches underneath it, pulling out
  1034. a black snap briefcase.
  1035.  
  1036. VINCENT
  1037. Got it.
  1038.  
  1039. Vincent flips the two locks, opening the case. We can't see
  1040. what's inside, but a small glow emits from the case. Vincent
  1041. just stares at it, transfixed.
  1042.  
  1043. JULES
  1044. We happy?
  1045.  
  1046. No answer from the transfixed Vincent.
  1047.  
  1048. JULES
  1049. Vincent!
  1050.  
  1051. Vincent looks up at Jules.
  1052.  
  1053. JULES
  1054. We happy?
  1055.  
  1056. Closing the case.
  1057.  
  1058. VINCENT
  1059. We're happy.
  1060.  
  1061. BRETT
  1062. (to Jules)
  1063. Look, what's your name? I got his
  1064. name's Vincent, but what's yours?
  1065.  
  1066. JULES
  1067. My name's Pitt, and you ain't talkin'
  1068. your ass outta this shit.
  1069.  
  1070. BRETT
  1071. I just want you to know how sorry we
  1072. are about how fucked up things got
  1073. between us and Mr. Wallace. When we
  1074. entered into this thing, we only had
  1075. the best intentions –
  1076.  
  1077. As Brett talks, Jules takes out his gun and SHOOTS Roger
  1078. three times in the chest, BLOWING him out of his chair.
  1079.  
  1080. Vince smiles to himself. Jules has got style.
  1081.  
  1082. Brett has just shit his pants. He's not crying or whimpering,
  1083. but he's so full of fear, it's as if his body is imploding.
  1084.  
  1085. JULES
  1086. (to Brett)
  1087. Oh, I'm sorry. Did that break your
  1088. concentration? I didn't mean to do
  1089. that. Please, continue. I believe
  1090. you were saying something about "best
  1091. intentions."
  1092.  
  1093. Brett can't say a word.
  1094.  
  1095. JULES
  1096. Whatsamatter? Oh, you were through
  1097. anyway. Well, let me retort. Would
  1098. you describe for me what Marsellus
  1099. Wallace looks like?
  1100.  
  1101. Brett still can't speak.
  1102.  
  1103. Jules SNAPS, SAVAGELY TIPPING the card table over, removing
  1104. the only barrier between himself and Brett. Brett now sits
  1105. in a lone chair before Jules like a political prisoner in
  1106. front of an interrogator.
  1107.  
  1108. JULES
  1109. What country you from!
  1110.  
  1111. BRETT
  1112. (petrified)
  1113. What?
  1114.  
  1115. JULES
  1116. "What" ain't no country I know! Do
  1117. they speak English in "What?"
  1118.  
  1119. BRETT
  1120. (near heart attack)
  1121. What?
  1122.  
  1123. JULES
  1124. English-motherfucker-can-you-speak-
  1125. it?
  1126.  
  1127. BRETT
  1128. Yes.
  1129.  
  1130. JULES
  1131. Then you understand what I'm sayin'?
  1132.  
  1133. BRETT
  1134. Yes.
  1135.  
  1136. JULES
  1137. Now describe what Marsellus Wallace
  1138. looks like!
  1139.  
  1140. BRETT
  1141. (out of fear)
  1142. What?
  1143.  
  1144. Jules takes his .45 and PRESSES the barrel HARD in Brett's
  1145. cheek.
  1146.  
  1147. JULES
  1148. Say "What" again! C'mon, say "What"
  1149. again! I dare ya, I double dare ya
  1150. motherfucker, say "What" one more
  1151. goddamn time!
  1152.  
  1153. Brett is regressing on the spot.
  1154.  
  1155. JULES
  1156. Now describe to me what Marsellus
  1157. Wallace looks like!
  1158.  
  1159. Brett does his best.
  1160.  
  1161. BRETT
  1162. Well he's... he's... black –
  1163.  
  1164. JULES
  1165. – go on!
  1166.  
  1167. BRETT
  1168. ...and he's... he's... bald –
  1169.  
  1170. JULES
  1171. – does he look like a bitch?!
  1172.  
  1173. BRETT
  1174. (without thinking)
  1175. What?
  1176.  
  1177. Jules' eyes go to Vincent, Vincent smirks, Jules rolls his
  1178. eyes and SHOOT Brett in the shoulder.
  1179.  
  1180. Brett SCREAMS, breaking into a SHAKING/TREMBLING SPASM in
  1181. the chair.
  1182.  
  1183. JULES
  1184. Does-he-look-like-a-bitch?!
  1185.  
  1186. BRETT
  1187. (in agony)
  1188. No.
  1189.  
  1190. JULES
  1191. Then why did you try to fuck 'im
  1192. like a bitch?!
  1193.  
  1194. BRETT
  1195. (in spasm)
  1196. I didn't.
  1197.  
  1198. Now in a lower voice.
  1199.  
  1200. JULES
  1201. Yes ya did Brett. Ya tried ta fuck
  1202. 'im. You ever read the Bible, Brett?
  1203.  
  1204. BRETT
  1205. (in spasm)
  1206. Yes.
  1207.  
  1208. JULES
  1209. There's a passage I got memorized,
  1210. seems appropriate for this situation:
  1211. Ezekiel 25:17. "The path of the
  1212. righteous man is beset on all sides
  1213. by the inequities of the selfish and
  1214. the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is
  1215. he who, in the name of charity and
  1216. good will, shepherds the weak through
  1217. the valley of darkness, for he is
  1218. truly his brother's keeper and the
  1219. finder of lost children. And I will
  1220. strike down upon thee with great
  1221. vengeance and furious anger those
  1222. who attempt to poison and destroy my
  1223. brothers. And you will know my name
  1224. is the Lord when I lay my vengeance
  1225. upon you."
  1226.  
  1227. The two men EMPTY their guns at the same time on the sitting
  1228. Brett.
  1229.  
  1230. AGAINST BLACK, TITLE CARD:
  1231.  
  1232. "VINCENT VEGA AND MARSELLUS WALLACE'S WIFE"
  1233.  
  1234. FADE IN:
  1235.  
  1236. MEDIUM SHOT – BUTCH COOLIDGE
  1237.  
  1238. We FADE UP on BUTCH COOLIDGE, a white, 26-year-old
  1239. prizefighter. Butch sits at a table wearing a red and blue
  1240. high school athletic jacket. Talking to him OFF SCREEN is
  1241. everybody's boss MARSELLUS WALLACE. The black man sounds
  1242. like a cross between a gangster and a king.
  1243.  
  1244. MARSELLUS (O.S.)
  1245. I think you're gonna find – when all
  1246. this shit is over and done – I think
  1247. you're gonna find yourself one smilin'
  1248. motherfucker. Thing is Butch, right
  1249. now you got ability. But painful as
  1250. it may be, ability don't last. Now
  1251. that's a hard motherfuckin' fact of
  1252. life, but it's a fact of life your
  1253. ass is gonna hafta git realistic
  1254. about. This business is filled to
  1255. the brim with unrealistic
  1256. motherfuckers who thought their ass
  1257. aged like wine. Besides, even if
  1258. you went all the way, what would you
  1259. be? Feather-weight champion of the
  1260. world. Who gives a shit? I doubt you
  1261. can even get a credit card based on
  1262. that.
  1263.  
  1264. A hand lays an envelope full of money on the table in front
  1265. of Butch. Butch picks it up.
  1266.  
  1267. MARSELLUS (O.S.)
  1268. Now the night of the fight, you may
  1269. fell a slight sting, that's pride
  1270. fuckin' wit ya. Fuck pride! Pride
  1271. only hurts, it never helps. Fight
  1272. through that shit. 'Cause a year
  1273. from now, when you're kickin' it in
  1274. the Caribbean you're gonna say,
  1275. "Marsellus Wallace was right."
  1276.  
  1277. BUTCH
  1278. I got no problem with that.
  1279.  
  1280. MARSELLUS (O.S.)
  1281. In the fifth, your ass goes down.
  1282.  
  1283. Butch nods his head: "yes."
  1284.  
  1285. MARSELLUS (O.S.)
  1286. Say it!
  1287.  
  1288. BUTCH
  1289. In the fifth, my ass goes down.
  1290.  
  1291. CUT TO:
  1292.  
  1293. INT. CAR (MOVING) – DAY
  1294.  
  1295. Vincent Vega looks really cool behind the wheel of a 1964
  1296. cherry red Chevy Malibu convertible. From the car radio,
  1297. ROCKABILLY MUSIC PLAYS. The b.g. is a COLORFUL PROCESS SHOT.
  1298.  
  1299. EXT. SALLY LEROY'S – DAY
  1300.  
  1301. Sally LeRoy's is a large topless bar by LAX that Marsellus
  1302. owns.
  1303.  
  1304. Vincent's classic Malibu WHIPS into the near empty parking
  1305. lot and parks next to a white Honda Civic.
  1306.  
  1307. Vince knocks on the door. The front entrance is unlocked,
  1308. revealing the Dapper Dan fellow on the inside: ENGLISH DAVE.
  1309. Dave isn't really English, he's a young black man from Baldwin
  1310. Park, who has run a few clubs for Marsellus, including Sally
  1311. LeRoy's.
  1312.  
  1313. ENGLISH DAVE
  1314. Vincent Vega, our man in Amsterdam,
  1315. git your ass on in here.
  1316.  
  1317. Vincent, carrying the black briefcase from the scene between
  1318. Vincent and Jules, steps inside. English Dave SLAMS the door
  1319. in our faces.
  1320.  
  1321. INT. SALLY LEROY'S – DAY
  1322.  
  1323. The spacious club is empty this time of day. English Dave
  1324. crosses to the bar, and Vince follows.
  1325.  
  1326. VINCENT
  1327. Where's the big man?
  1328.  
  1329. ENGLISH DAVE
  1330. He's over there, finishing up some
  1331. business.
  1332.  
  1333. VINCENT'S POV: Butch shakes hands with a huge figure with
  1334. his back to us. The huge figure is the infamous and as of
  1335. yet still UNSEEN Marsellus.
  1336.  
  1337. ENGLISH DAVE (O.S.)
  1338. Hang back for a second or two, and
  1339. when you see the white boy leave, go
  1340. on over. In the meanwhile, can I
  1341. make you an espresso?
  1342.  
  1343. VINCENT
  1344. How 'bout a cup of just plain lo'
  1345. American?
  1346.  
  1347. ENGLISH DAVE
  1348. Comin' up. I hear you're taking Mia
  1349. out tomorrow?
  1350.  
  1351. VINCENT
  1352. At Marsellus' request.
  1353.  
  1354. ENGLISH DAVE
  1355. Have you met Mia?
  1356.  
  1357. VINCENT
  1358. Not yet.
  1359.  
  1360. English Dave smiles to himself.
  1361.  
  1362. VINCENT
  1363. What's so funny?
  1364.  
  1365. ENGLISH DAVE
  1366. Not a goddamn thing.
  1367.  
  1368. VINCENT
  1369. Look, I'm not a idiot. She's the big
  1370. man's fuckin' wife. I'm gonna sit
  1371. across a table, chew my food with my
  1372. mouth closed, laugh at her jokes and
  1373. that's all I'm gonna do.
  1374.  
  1375. English Dave puts Vince's coffee in front of him.
  1376.  
  1377. ENGLISH DAVE
  1378. My name's Paul, and this is between
  1379. y'all.
  1380.  
  1381. Butch bellies up to the bar next to Vincent, drinking his
  1382. cup of "Plain ol' American."
  1383.  
  1384. BUTCH
  1385. (to English Dave)
  1386. Can I get a pack'a Red Apples?
  1387.  
  1388. ENGLISH DAVE
  1389. Filters?
  1390.  
  1391. BUTCH
  1392. Non.
  1393.  
  1394. While Butch waits for his smokes, Vincent just sips his
  1395. coffee, staring at him. Butch looks over at him.
  1396.  
  1397. BUTCH
  1398. Lookin' at somethin', friend?
  1399.  
  1400. VINCENT
  1401. I ain't your friend, palooka.
  1402.  
  1403. Butch does a slow turn toward Vincent.
  1404.  
  1405. BUTCH
  1406. What was that?
  1407.  
  1408. VINCENT
  1409. I think ya heard me just fine, punchy.
  1410.  
  1411. Butch turns his body to Vincent, when...
  1412.  
  1413. MARSELLUS (O.S.)
  1414. Vincent Vega has entered the building,
  1415. git your ass over here!
  1416.  
  1417. Vincent walks forward OUT OF FRAME, never giving Butch another
  1418. glance. We DOLLY INTO CU on Butch, left alone in the FRAME,
  1419. looking like he's ready to go into the manners-teaching
  1420. business.
  1421.  
  1422. BUTCH'S POV: Vincent hugging and kissing the obscured figure
  1423. that is Marsellus.
  1424.  
  1425. Butch makes the wise decision that is this asshole's a friend
  1426. of Marsellus, he better let it go – for now.
  1427.  
  1428. ENGLISH DAVE (O.S.)
  1429. Pack of Red Apples, dollar-forty.
  1430.  
  1431. Butch is snapped out of his ass-kicking thoughts. He pays
  1432. English Dave and walks out of the SHOT.
  1433.  
  1434. DISSOLVE TO:
  1435.  
  1436. INT. LANCE'S HOUSE (KITCHEN) – NIGHT
  1437.  
  1438. CLOSEUP – JODY
  1439.  
  1440. A woman who appears to have a fondness for earrings. Both of
  1441. her ears are pierced five times. She also sports rings in
  1442. her lips, eyebrows and nose.
  1443.  
  1444. JODY
  1445. ...I'll lend it to you. It's a great
  1446. book on body piercing.
  1447.  
  1448. Jody, Vincent and a young woman named TRUDI sit at the kitchen
  1449. table of a suburban house in Echo Park. Even though Vince is
  1450. at the same table, he's not included in the conversation.
  1451.  
  1452. TRUDI
  1453. You know how they use that gun when
  1454. they pierce your ears? They don't
  1455. use that when they pierce your
  1456. nipples, do they?
  1457.  
  1458. JODY
  1459. Forget that gun. That gun goes against
  1460. the entire idea behind piercing. All
  1461. of my piercing, sixteen places on my
  1462. body, every one of 'em done with a
  1463. needle. Five in each ear. One through
  1464. the nipple on my left breast. One
  1465. through my right nostril. One through
  1466. my left eyebrow. One through my lip.
  1467. One in my clit. And I wear a stud in
  1468. my tongue.
  1469.  
  1470. Vince has been letting this conversation go through one ear
  1471. and out the other, until that last remark.
  1472.  
  1473. VINCENT
  1474. (interrupting)
  1475. Excuse me, sorry to interrupt. I'm
  1476. curious, why would you get a stud in
  1477. your tongue?
  1478.  
  1479. Jody looks at him and says as if it were the most obvious
  1480. thing in the world.
  1481.  
  1482. JODY
  1483. It's a sex thing. It helps fellatio.
  1484.  
  1485. That thought never occurred to Vincent, but he can't deny it
  1486. makes sense. Jody continues talking to Trudi, leaving Vincent
  1487. to ponder the truth of her statement.
  1488.  
  1489. LANCE (O.S.)
  1490. Vince, you can come in now!
  1491.  
  1492. INT. LANCE'S BEDROOM – NIGHT
  1493.  
  1494. Lance, late 20s, is a young man with a wild and woolly
  1495. appearance that goes hand-in-hand with his wild and woolly
  1496. personality. LANCE has been selling drugs his entire adult
  1497. life. He's never had a day job, never filed a tax return and
  1498. has never been arrested. He wears a red flannel shirt over a
  1499. "Speed Racer" tee-shirt.
  1500.  
  1501. Three bags of heroin lie on Lance's bed.
  1502.  
  1503. Lance and Vincent stand at the foot of the bed.
  1504.  
  1505. LANCE
  1506. Now this is Panda, from Mexico. Very
  1507. good stuff. This is Bava, different,
  1508. but equally good. And this is Choco
  1509. from the Hartz Mountains of Germany.
  1510. Now the first two are the same, forty-
  1511. five an ounce – those are friend
  1512. prices – but this one...
  1513. (pointing to the Choco)
  1514. ...this one's a little more expensive.
  1515. It's fifty-five. But when you shoot
  1516. it, you'll know where that extra
  1517. money went. Nothing wrong with the
  1518. first two. It's real, real, real,
  1519. good shit. But this one's a fuckin'
  1520. madman.
  1521.  
  1522. VINCENT
  1523. Remember, I just got back from
  1524. Amsterdam.
  1525.  
  1526. LANCE
  1527. Am I a nigger? Are you in Inglewood?
  1528. No. You're in my house. White people
  1529. who know the difference between good
  1530. shit and bad shit, this is the house
  1531. they come to. My shit, I'll take the
  1532. Pepsi Challenge with Amsterdam shit
  1533. any ol' day of the fuckin' week.
  1534.  
  1535. VINCENT
  1536. That's a bold statement.
  1537.  
  1538. LANCE
  1539. This ain't Amsterdam, Vince. This is
  1540. a seller's market. Coke is fuckin'
  1541. dead as disco. Heroin's comin' back
  1542. in a big fuckin' way. It's this whole
  1543. seventies retro. Bell bottoms, heroin,
  1544. they're as hot as hell.
  1545.  
  1546. Vincent takes out a roll of money that would choke a horse
  1547. to death.
  1548.  
  1549. VINCENT
  1550. Give me three hundred worth of the
  1551. madman. If it's as good as you say,
  1552. I'll be back for a thousand.
  1553.  
  1554. LANCE
  1555. I just hope I still have it. Whaddya
  1556. think of Trudi? She ain't got a
  1557. boyfriend, wanna hand out an' get
  1558. high?
  1559.  
  1560. VINCENT
  1561. Which one's Trudi? The one with all
  1562. the shit in her face?
  1563.  
  1564. LANCE
  1565. No, that's Jody. That's my wife.
  1566.  
  1567. Vincent and Lance giggle at the "faux pas."
  1568.  
  1569. VINCENT
  1570. I'm on my way somewhere. I got a
  1571. dinner engagement. Rain check?
  1572.  
  1573. LANCE
  1574. No problem?
  1575.  
  1576. Vincent takes out his case of the works (utensils for shooting
  1577. up).
  1578.  
  1579. VINCENT
  1580. You don't mind if I shoot up here?
  1581.  
  1582. LANCE
  1583. Me casa, su casa.
  1584.  
  1585. VINCENT
  1586. Mucho gracias.
  1587.  
  1588. Vincent takes his works out of his case and, as the two
  1589. continue to talk, Vince shoots up.
  1590.  
  1591. LANCE
  1592. Still got your Malibu?
  1593.  
  1594. VINCENT
  1595. You know what some fucker did to it
  1596. the other day?
  1597.  
  1598. LANCE
  1599. What?
  1600.  
  1601. VINCENT
  1602. Fuckin' keyed it.
  1603.  
  1604. LANCE
  1605. Oh man, that's fucked up.
  1606.  
  1607. VINCENT
  1608. Tell me about it. I had the goddamn
  1609. thing in storage three years. It's
  1610. out five fuckin' days – five days,
  1611. and some dickless piece of shit fucks
  1612. with it.
  1613.  
  1614. LANCE
  1615. They should be fuckin' killed. No
  1616. trial, no jury, straight to execution.
  1617.  
  1618. As he cooks his heroin...
  1619.  
  1620. VINCENT
  1621. I just wish I caught 'em doin' it,
  1622. ya know? Oh man, I'd give anything
  1623. to catch 'em doin' it. It'a been
  1624. worth his doin' it, if I coulda just
  1625. caught 'em, you know what I mean?
  1626.  
  1627. LANCE
  1628. It's chicken shit. You don't fuck
  1629. another man's vehicle.
  1630.  
  1631. CLOSEUP – THE NEEDLE
  1632.  
  1633. Going into Vincent's vein.
  1634.  
  1635. CLOSEUP – BLOOD
  1636.  
  1637. Spurting back into the syringe, mixing with the heroin.
  1638.  
  1639. CLOSEUP – VINCENT'S THUMB
  1640.  
  1641. Pushing down on the plunger.
  1642.  
  1643. CUT TO:
  1644.  
  1645. EXT. MARSELLUS WALLACE'S HOUSE – NIGHT
  1646.  
  1647. Vincent walks toward the house and pulls a note off the door
  1648.  
  1649. CLOSEUP – NOTE
  1650.  
  1651. The Note reads:
  1652.  
  1653. "Hi Vincent, I'm getting dressed. The door's open. Come inside
  1654. and make yourself a drink. Mia"
  1655.  
  1656. MIA (V.O.)
  1657. Hi, Vincent. I'm getting dressed.
  1658. The door's open. Come inside and
  1659. make yourself a drink.
  1660.  
  1661. FADE TO WHITE
  1662.  
  1663. Music in.
  1664.  
  1665. FADE TO:
  1666.  
  1667. INT. MARCELLUS' HOUSE / LIVING ROOM – NIGHT
  1668.  
  1669. Vincent enters on the background.
  1670.  
  1671. VINCENT
  1672. Hello?
  1673.  
  1674. INT. MARCELLUS' HOUSE / DRESSING ROOM – NIGHT
  1675.  
  1676. MIA, Marcellus' beautiful young wife. Video screens are in
  1677. the background. Dusty Springfield is singing "SON OF A
  1678. PREACHER MAN".
  1679.  
  1680. Mia's mouth comes toward a microphone.
  1681.  
  1682. MIA
  1683. (into microphone)
  1684. Vincent.
  1685.  
  1686. INT. MARCELLUS' HOUSE / LIVING ROOM – NIGHT
  1687.  
  1688. Vincent turns.
  1689.  
  1690. MIA
  1691. (over intercom)
  1692. Vincent. I'm on the intercom.
  1693.  
  1694. INT. MARCELLUS' HOUSE / DRESSING ROOM – NIGHT
  1695.  
  1696. MIA
  1697. (into microphone)
  1698. It's on the wall by the two African
  1699. fellas.
  1700.  
  1701. INT. MARCELLUS' HOUSE / LIVING ROOM – NIGHT
  1702.  
  1703. MIA
  1704. (over intercom)
  1705. To your right.
  1706.  
  1707. Vincent walks.
  1708.  
  1709. MIA
  1710. ...warm. Warmer. Disco.
  1711.  
  1712. Vincent finds the intercom on the wall.
  1713.  
  1714. VINCENT
  1715. Hello.
  1716.  
  1717. MIA
  1718. (over intercom)
  1719. Push the button if you want to talk.
  1720.  
  1721. VINCENT
  1722. (into intercom)
  1723. Hello.
  1724.  
  1725. INT. MARCELLUS' HOUSE / DRESSING ROOM – NIGHT
  1726.  
  1727. MIA
  1728. (into microphone)
  1729. Go make yourself a drink., and I'll
  1730. be down in two shakes of a lamb's
  1731. tail.
  1732.  
  1733. INT. MARCELLUS' HOUSE / LIVING ROOM – NIGHT
  1734.  
  1735. MIA
  1736. (over intercom)
  1737. The bar's by the fireplace.
  1738.  
  1739. VINCENT
  1740. (into intercom)
  1741. Okay.
  1742. (licks lips)
  1743.  
  1744. INT. MARCELLUS' HOUSE / DRESSING ROOM – NIGHT
  1745.  
  1746. A video screen with an image of Vincent, walking. The Dusty
  1747. Springfield song continues.
  1748.  
  1749. Mia turns a knob which controls the movement of the video
  1750. camera in Marcellus' living room.
  1751.  
  1752. INT. MARCELLUS' HOUSE / LIVING ROOM – NIGHT
  1753.  
  1754. Vincent picks up a bottle of scotch. He sniffs the bottle,
  1755. and then pours it into a glass.
  1756.  
  1757. INT. MARCELLUS' HOUSE / DRESSING ROOM – NIGHT
  1758.  
  1759. A razor blade cuts cocaine on a mirror.
  1760.  
  1761. INT. MARCELLUS' HOUSE / LIVING ROOM – NIGHT
  1762.  
  1763. Vincent drinks a glass of scotch.
  1764.  
  1765. INT. MARCELLUS' HOUSE / DRESSING ROOM – NIGHT
  1766.  
  1767. Mia sniffs the cocaine.
  1768.  
  1769. INT. MARCELLUS' HOUSE / LIVING ROOM – NIGHT
  1770.  
  1771. Vincent sips the drink and looks at a portrait of Mia on the
  1772. wall.
  1773.  
  1774. Mia walks into the room, and takes the needle off a record.
  1775. The Dusty Springfield song stops.
  1776.  
  1777. MIA
  1778. Let's go.
  1779.  
  1780. EXT. JACKRABBIT SLIM'S – NIGHT
  1781.  
  1782. In the past six years, 50's diners have sprung up all over
  1783. L.A., giving Thai restaurants a run for their money. They're
  1784. all basically the same. Decor out of an "Archie" comic book,
  1785. Golden Oldies constantly emanating from a bubbly Wurlitzer,
  1786. saucy waitresses in bobby socks, menus with items like the
  1787. Fats Domino Cheeseburger, or the Wolfman Jack Omelet, and
  1788. over prices that pay for all this bullshit.
  1789.  
  1790. But then there's JACKRABBIT SLIM'S, the big mama of 50's
  1791. diners.
  1792.  
  1793. Either the best or the worst, depending on your point of
  1794. view.
  1795.  
  1796. Vincent's Malibu pulls up to the restaurant. A big sign with
  1797. a neon figure of a cartoon surly cool cat jackrabbit in a
  1798. red windbreaker towers over the establishment. Underneath
  1799. the cartoon is the name: JACKRABBIT SLIM'S. Underneath that
  1800. is the slogan: "Next best thing to a time machine."
  1801.  
  1802. VINCENT
  1803. What the fuck is this place?
  1804.  
  1805. MIA
  1806. This is Jackrabbit Slim's. An Elvis
  1807. man should love it.
  1808.  
  1809. VINCENT
  1810. Come on, Mia, let's go get a steak.
  1811.  
  1812. MIA
  1813. You can get a steak here, daddy-o.
  1814. Don't be a...
  1815.  
  1816. Mia draws a square with her hands. Dotted lines appear on
  1817. the screen, forming a sqaure. The lines disperse.
  1818.  
  1819. VINCENT
  1820. After you, kitty-cat.
  1821.  
  1822. INT. JACKRABBIT SLIM'S – NIGHT
  1823.  
  1824. Compared to the interior, the exterior was that of a quaint
  1825. English pub. Posters from 50's A.I.P. movies are all over
  1826. the wall
  1827.  
  1828. ("ROCK ALL NIGHT," "HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL," "ATTACK OF
  1829. THE CRAB MONSTER," and "MACHINE GUN KELLY"). The booths that
  1830. the patrons sit in are made out of the cut up bodies of 50s
  1831. cars.
  1832.  
  1833. In the middle of the restaurant in a dance floor. A big sign
  1834. on the wall states, "No shoes allowed." Some wannabe beboppers
  1835. (actually Melrose-types), do the twist in their socks or
  1836. barefeet.
  1837.  
  1838. The picture windows don't look out the street, but instead,
  1839. B & W movies of 50's street scenes play behind them. The
  1840. WAITRESSES and WAITERS are made up as replicas of 50's icons:
  1841. MARILYN MONROE, ZORRO, JAMES DEAN, DONNA REED, MARTIN and
  1842. LEWIS, and THE PHILIP MORRIS MIDGET, wait on tables wearing
  1843. appropriate costumes.
  1844.  
  1845. Vincent and Mia study the menu in a booth made out of a red
  1846. '59 Edsel. BUDDY HOLLY (their waiter), comes over, sporting
  1847. a big button on his chest that says: "Hi I'm Buddy, pleasing
  1848. you please me."
  1849.  
  1850. BUDDY
  1851. Hi, I'm Buddy, what can I get'cha?
  1852.  
  1853. VINCENT
  1854. I'll have the Douglas Sirk steak.
  1855.  
  1856. BUDDY
  1857. How d'ya want it, burnt to a crisp,
  1858. or bloody as hell?
  1859.  
  1860. VINCENT
  1861. Bloody as hell. And to drink, a
  1862. vanilla coke.
  1863.  
  1864. BUDDY
  1865. How 'bout you, Peggy Sue?
  1866.  
  1867. MIA
  1868. I'll have the Durwood Kirby burger –
  1869. bloody – and a five-dollar shake.
  1870.  
  1871. BUDDY
  1872. How d'ya want that shake, Martin and
  1873. Lewis, or Amos and Andy?
  1874.  
  1875. MIA
  1876. Martin and Lewis.
  1877.  
  1878. VINCENT
  1879. Did you just order a five-dollar
  1880. shake?
  1881.  
  1882. MIA
  1883. Sure did.
  1884.  
  1885. VINCENT
  1886. A shake? Milk and ice cream?
  1887.  
  1888. MIA
  1889. Uh-huh.
  1890.  
  1891. VINCENT
  1892. It costs five dollars?
  1893.  
  1894. BUDDY
  1895. Yep.
  1896.  
  1897. VINCENT
  1898. You don't put bourbon in it or
  1899. anything?
  1900.  
  1901. BUDDY
  1902. Nope.
  1903.  
  1904. VINCENT
  1905. Just checking.
  1906.  
  1907. Buddy exits.
  1908.  
  1909. Vincent takes a look around the place. The YUPPIES are
  1910. dancing, the DINERS are biting into big, juicy hamburgers,
  1911. and the icons are playing their parts. Marilyn is squealing,
  1912. The Midget is paging Philip Morris, Donna Reed is making her
  1913. customers drink their milk, and Dean and Jerry are acting a
  1914. fool.
  1915.  
  1916. MIA
  1917. Whaddya think?
  1918.  
  1919. VINCENT
  1920. It's like a wax museum with a pulse
  1921. rate.
  1922.  
  1923. Vincent takes out his pouch of tobacco and begins rolling
  1924. himself a smoke.
  1925.  
  1926. After a second of watching him –
  1927.  
  1928. MIA
  1929. What are you doing?
  1930.  
  1931. VINCENT
  1932. Rollin' a smoke.
  1933.  
  1934. MIA
  1935. Here?
  1936.  
  1937. VINCENT
  1938. It's just tobacco.
  1939.  
  1940. MIA
  1941. Oh. Well in that case, will you roll
  1942. me one, cowboy?
  1943.  
  1944. As he finishes licking it –
  1945.  
  1946. VINCENT
  1947. You can have this one, cowgirl.
  1948.  
  1949. He hands her the rolled smoke. She takes it, putting it to
  1950. her lips. Out of nowhere appears a Zippo lighter in Vincent's
  1951. hand. He lights it.
  1952.  
  1953. MIA
  1954. Thanks.
  1955.  
  1956. VINCENT
  1957. Think nothing of it.
  1958.  
  1959. He begins rolling one for himself.
  1960.  
  1961. As this time, the SOUND of a subway car fills the diner,
  1962. making everything SHAKE and RATTLE. Marilyn Monroe runs to a
  1963. square vent in the floor. An imaginary subway train BLOWS
  1964. the skirt of her white dress around her ears as she lets out
  1965. a squeal. The entire restaurant applauds.
  1966.  
  1967. Back to Mia and Vincent.
  1968.  
  1969. MIA
  1970. Marsellus said you just got back
  1971. from Amsterdam.
  1972.  
  1973. VINCENT
  1974. Sure did. I heard you did a pilot.
  1975.  
  1976. MIA
  1977. That was my fifteen minutes.
  1978.  
  1979. VINCENT
  1980. What was it?
  1981.  
  1982. MIA
  1983. It was show about a team of female
  1984. secret agents called "Fox Force Five."
  1985.  
  1986. VINCENT
  1987. What?
  1988.  
  1989. MIA
  1990. "Fox Force Five." Fox, as in we're a
  1991. bunch of foxy chicks. Force, as in
  1992. we're a force to be reckoned with.
  1993. Five, as in there's one... two ...
  1994. three... four... five of us. There
  1995. was a blonde one, Sommerset O'Neal
  1996. from that show "Baton Rouge," she
  1997. was the leader. A Japanese one, a
  1998. black one, a French one and a brunette
  1999. one, me. We all had special skills.
  2000. Sommerset had a photographic memory,
  2001. the Japanese fox was a kung fu master,
  2002. the black girl was a demolition
  2003. expert, the French fox' specialty
  2004. was sex...
  2005.  
  2006. VINCENT
  2007. What was your specialty?
  2008.  
  2009. MIA
  2010. Knives. The character I played, Raven
  2011. McCoy, her background was she was
  2012. raised by circus performers. So she
  2013. grew up doing a knife act. According
  2014. to the show, she was the deadliest
  2015. woman in the world with a knife. But
  2016. because she grew up in a circus, she
  2017. was also something of an acrobat.
  2018. She could do illusions, she was a
  2019. trapeze artist – when you're keeping
  2020. the world safe from evil, you never
  2021. know when being a trapeze artist's
  2022. gonna come in handy. And she knew a
  2023. zillion old jokes her grandfather,
  2024. an old vaudevillian, taught her. If
  2025. we woulda got picked up, they woulda
  2026. worked in a gimmick where every
  2027. episode I woulda told and ol joke.
  2028.  
  2029. VINCENT
  2030. Do you remember any of the jokes?
  2031.  
  2032. MIA
  2033. Well I only got the chance to say
  2034. one, 'cause we only did one show.
  2035.  
  2036. VINCENT
  2037. Tell me.
  2038.  
  2039. MIA
  2040. No. It's really corny.
  2041.  
  2042. VINCENT
  2043. C'mon, don't be that way.
  2044.  
  2045. MIA
  2046. No. You won't like it and I'll be
  2047. embarrassed.
  2048.  
  2049. VINCENT
  2050. You told it in front of fifty million
  2051. people and you can't tell it to me?
  2052. I promise I won't laugh.
  2053.  
  2054. MIA
  2055. (laughing)
  2056. That's what I'm afraid of.
  2057.  
  2058. VINCENT
  2059. That's not what I meant and you know
  2060. it.
  2061.  
  2062. MIA
  2063. You're quite the silver tongue devil,
  2064. aren't you?
  2065.  
  2066. VINCENT
  2067. I meant I wouldn't laugh at you.
  2068.  
  2069. MIA
  2070. That's not what you said Vince. Well
  2071. now I'm definitely not gonna tell
  2072. ya, 'cause it's been built up too
  2073. much.
  2074.  
  2075. VINCENT
  2076. What a gyp.
  2077.  
  2078. Buddy comes back with the drinks. Mia wraps her lips around
  2079. the straw of her shake.
  2080.  
  2081. MIA
  2082. Yummy!
  2083.  
  2084. VINCENT
  2085. Can I have a sip of that? I'd like
  2086. to know what a five-dollar shake
  2087. tastes like.
  2088.  
  2089. MIA
  2090. Be my guest.
  2091.  
  2092. She slides the shake over to him.
  2093.  
  2094. MIA
  2095. You can use my straw, I don't have
  2096. kooties.
  2097.  
  2098. Vincent smiles.
  2099.  
  2100. VINCENT
  2101. Yeah, but maybe I do.
  2102.  
  2103. MIA
  2104. Kooties I can handle.
  2105.  
  2106. He takes a sip.
  2107.  
  2108. VINCENT
  2109. Goddamn! That's a pretty fuckin'
  2110. good milk shake.
  2111.  
  2112. MIA
  2113. Told ya.
  2114.  
  2115. VINCENT
  2116. I don't know if it's worth five
  2117. dollars, but it's pretty fuckin'
  2118. good.
  2119.  
  2120. He slides the shake back.
  2121.  
  2122. Then the first of an uncomfortable silence happens.
  2123.  
  2124. MIA
  2125. Don't you hate that?
  2126.  
  2127. VINCENT
  2128. What?
  2129.  
  2130. MIA
  2131. Uncomfortable silences. Why do we
  2132. feel it's necessary to yak about
  2133. bullshit in order to be comfortable?
  2134.  
  2135. VINCENT
  2136. I don't know.
  2137.  
  2138. MIA
  2139. That's when you know you found
  2140. somebody special. When you can just
  2141. shit the fuck up for a minute, and
  2142. comfortably share silence.
  2143.  
  2144. VINCENT
  2145. I don't think we're there yet. But
  2146. don't feel bad, we just met each
  2147. other.
  2148.  
  2149. MIA
  2150. Well I'll tell you what, I'll go to
  2151. the bathroom and powder my nose,
  2152. while you sit here and think of
  2153. something to say.
  2154.  
  2155. VINCENT
  2156. I'll do that.
  2157.  
  2158. INT. JACKRABBIT SLIM'S (LADIES ROOM) – NIGHT
  2159.  
  2160. Mia powders her nose by doing a big line of coke off the
  2161. bathroom sink. Her head jerks up from the rush.
  2162.  
  2163. MIA
  2164. (imitating Steppenwolf)
  2165. I said goddamn!
  2166.  
  2167. INT. JACKRABBIT SLIM'S (DINING AREA) – NIGHT
  2168.  
  2169. Vincent digs into his Douglas Sirk steak. As he chews, his
  2170. eyes scan the Hellsapopinish restaurant.
  2171.  
  2172. Mia comes back to the table.
  2173.  
  2174. MIA
  2175. Don't you love it when you go to the
  2176. bathroom and you come back to find
  2177. your food waiting for you?
  2178.  
  2179. VINCENT
  2180. We're lucky we got it at all. Buddy
  2181. Holly doesn't seem to be much of a
  2182. waiter. We shoulda sat in Marilyn
  2183. Monroe's section.
  2184.  
  2185. MIA
  2186. Which one, there's two Marilyn
  2187. Monroes.
  2188.  
  2189. VINCENT
  2190. No there's not.
  2191.  
  2192. Pointing at Marilyn in the white dress serving a table.
  2193.  
  2194. VINCENT
  2195. That's Marilyn Monroe...
  2196.  
  2197. Then, pointing at a BLONDE WAITRESS in a tight sweater and
  2198. capri pants, taking an order from a bunch of FILM GEEKS –
  2199.  
  2200. VINCENT
  2201. ... and that's Mamie Van Doren. I
  2202. don't see Jayne Mansfield, so it
  2203. must be her night off.
  2204.  
  2205. MIA
  2206. Pretty smart.
  2207.  
  2208. VINCENT
  2209. I have moments.
  2210.  
  2211. MIA
  2212. Did ya think of something to say?
  2213.  
  2214. VINCENT
  2215. Actually, there's something I've
  2216. wanted to ask you about, but you
  2217. seem like a nice person, and I didn't
  2218. want to offend you.
  2219.  
  2220. MIA
  2221. Oooohhhh, this doesn't sound like
  2222. mindless, boring, getting-to-know-
  2223. you chit-chat. This sounds like you
  2224. actually have something to say.
  2225.  
  2226. VINCENT
  2227. Only if you promise not to get
  2228. offended.
  2229.  
  2230. MIA
  2231. You can't promise something like
  2232. that. I have no idea what you're
  2233. gonna ask. You could ask me what
  2234. you're gonna ask me, and my natural
  2235. response could be to be offended.
  2236. Then, through no fault of my own, I
  2237. woulda broken my promise.
  2238.  
  2239. VINCENT
  2240. Then let's just forget it.
  2241.  
  2242. MIA
  2243. That is an impossibility. Trying to
  2244. forget anything as intriguing as
  2245. this would be an exercise in futility.
  2246.  
  2247. VINCENT
  2248. Is that a fact?
  2249.  
  2250. Mia nods her head: "Yes."
  2251.  
  2252. MIA
  2253. Besides, it's more exciting when you
  2254. don't have permission.
  2255.  
  2256. VINCENT
  2257. What do you think about what happened
  2258. to Antwan?
  2259.  
  2260. MIA
  2261. Who's Antwan?
  2262.  
  2263. VINCENT
  2264. Tony Rocky Horror.
  2265.  
  2266. MIA
  2267. He fell out of a window.
  2268.  
  2269. VINCENT
  2270. That's one way to say it. Another
  2271. way is, he was thrown out. Another
  2272. was is, he was thrown out by
  2273. Marsellus. And even another way is,
  2274. he was thrown out of a window by
  2275. Marsellus because of you.
  2276.  
  2277. MIA
  2278. Is that a fact?
  2279.  
  2280. VINCENT
  2281. No it's not, it's just what I heard.
  2282.  
  2283. MIA
  2284. Who told you this?
  2285.  
  2286. VINCENT
  2287. They.
  2288.  
  2289. Mia and Vincent smile.
  2290.  
  2291. MIA
  2292. They talk a lot, don't they?
  2293.  
  2294. VINCENT
  2295. They certainly do.
  2296.  
  2297. MIA
  2298. Well don't by shy Vincent, what
  2299. exactly did they say?
  2300.  
  2301. Vincent is slow to answer.
  2302.  
  2303. MIA
  2304. Let me help you Bashful, did it
  2305. involve the F-word?
  2306.  
  2307. VINCENT
  2308. No. They just said Rocky Horror gave
  2309. you a foot massage.
  2310.  
  2311. MIA
  2312. And...?
  2313.  
  2314. VINCENT
  2315. No and, that's it.
  2316.  
  2317. MIA
  2318. You heard Marsellus threw Rocky Horror
  2319. out of a four-story window because
  2320. he massaged my feet?
  2321.  
  2322. VINCENT
  2323. Yeah.
  2324.  
  2325. MIA
  2326. And you believed that?
  2327.  
  2328. VINCENT
  2329. At the time I was told, it seemed
  2330. reasonable.
  2331.  
  2332. MIA
  2333. Marsellus throwing Tony out of a
  2334. four story window for giving me a
  2335. foot massage seemed reasonable?
  2336.  
  2337. VINCENT
  2338. No, it seemed excessive. But that
  2339. doesn't mean it didn't happen. I
  2340. heard Marsellus is very protective
  2341. of you.
  2342.  
  2343. MIA
  2344. A husband being protective of his
  2345. wife is one thing. A husband almost
  2346. killing another man for touching his
  2347. wife's feet is something else.
  2348.  
  2349. VINCENT
  2350. But did it happen?
  2351.  
  2352. MIA
  2353. The only thing Antwan ever touched
  2354. of mine was my hand, when he shook
  2355. it. I met Anwan once – at my wedding
  2356. – then never again. The truth is,
  2357. nobody knows why Marsellus tossed
  2358. Tony Rocky Horror out of that window
  2359. except Marsellus and Tony Rocky
  2360. Horror. But when you scamps get
  2361. together, you're worse than a sewing
  2362. circle.
  2363.  
  2364. CUT TO:
  2365.  
  2366. ED SULLIVAN AND MARILYN MONROE STAND ON STAGE
  2367.  
  2368. ED SULLIVAN
  2369. (into microphone)
  2370. Ladies and gentlemen, now the moment
  2371. you've all been waiting for, the
  2372. worldfamous Jackrabbit Slim's twist
  2373. contest.
  2374.  
  2375. Patrons cheer.
  2376.  
  2377. Ed Sullivan is with Marilyn Monroe, who holds a trophy.
  2378.  
  2379. ED SULLIVAN
  2380. ...One lucky couple will win this
  2381. handsome trophy that Marilyn here is
  2382. holding.
  2383.  
  2384. Marilyn holds the trophy.
  2385.  
  2386. ED SULLIVAN
  2387. ...Now, who will be our first
  2388. contestants?
  2389.  
  2390. Mia holds her hand.
  2391.  
  2392. MIA
  2393. Right here.
  2394.  
  2395. Vincent reacts.
  2396.  
  2397. MIA
  2398. I wanna dance.
  2399.  
  2400. VINCENT
  2401. No, no, no no, no, no, no, no.
  2402.  
  2403. MIA
  2404. (overlapping)
  2405. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. I do
  2406. believe Marsellus, my husband, your
  2407. boss, told you to take me out and do
  2408. whatever I wanted, Now, I want to
  2409. dance. I want to win. I want that
  2410. trophy.
  2411.  
  2412. VINCENT
  2413. (sighs)
  2414. All right.
  2415.  
  2416. MIA
  2417. So, dance good.
  2418.  
  2419. VINCENT
  2420. All right, you asked for it.
  2421.  
  2422. Vincent and Mia walk onto the dance floor, toward Ed Sullivan.
  2423.  
  2424. ED SULLIVAN
  2425. (into microphone)
  2426. Let's hear it for our first
  2427. contestants.
  2428.  
  2429. Patrons cheer.
  2430.  
  2431. Vincent and Mia walk up to the microphone.
  2432.  
  2433. ED SULLIVAN
  2434. Now let's meet our first contestants
  2435. here this evening. Young lady, what
  2436. is your name?
  2437.  
  2438. MIA
  2439. (into microphone)
  2440. Missus Mia Wallace.
  2441.  
  2442. ED SULLIVAN
  2443. (into microphone)
  2444. And, uh, how 'bout your fella here?
  2445.  
  2446. MIA
  2447. (into microphone)
  2448. Vincent Vega.
  2449.  
  2450. ED SULLIVAN
  2451. (into microphone)
  2452. All right, let's see what you can
  2453. do. Take it away!
  2454.  
  2455. Mia and Vincent dance to Chuck Berry's "YOU NEVER CAN TELL".
  2456. They make hand movements as they dance.
  2457.  
  2458. INT. MARSELLUS WALLACE'S HOME – NIGHT
  2459.  
  2460. The front door FLINGS open, and Mia and Vincent dance tango-
  2461. style into the house, singing a cappella the song from the
  2462. previous scene. They finish their little dance, laughing.
  2463.  
  2464. Then...
  2465.  
  2466. The two just stand face to face looking at each other.
  2467.  
  2468. VINCENT
  2469. Was than an uncomfortable silence?
  2470.  
  2471. MIA
  2472. I don't know what that was.
  2473. (pause)
  2474. Music and drinks!
  2475.  
  2476. Mia moves away to attend to both. Vincent hangs up his
  2477. overcoat on a big bronze coat rack in the alcove.
  2478.  
  2479. VINCENT
  2480. I'm gonna take a piss.
  2481.  
  2482. MIA
  2483. That was a little bit more information
  2484. than I needed to know, but go right
  2485. ahead.
  2486.  
  2487. Vincent shuffles off to the john.
  2488.  
  2489. Mia moves to her CD player, thumbs through a stack of CDs
  2490. and selects one: k.d. lang. The speakers BLAST OUT a high
  2491. energy country number, which Mia plays air-guitar to. She
  2492. dances her way around the room and finds herself by Vincent's
  2493. overcoat hanging on the rack. She touches its sleeve. It
  2494. feels good.
  2495.  
  2496. Her hand hoes in its pocket and pulls out his tobacco pouch.
  2497. Like a little girl playing cowboy, she spreads the tobacco
  2498. on some rolling paper. Imitating what he did earlier, licks
  2499. the paper and rolls it into a pretty good cigarette. Maybe a
  2500. little too fat, but not bad for a first try. Mia thinks so
  2501. anyway. Her hand reaches back in the pocket and pulls out
  2502. his Zippo lighter. She SLAPS the lighter against her leg,
  2503. trying to light it fancy-style like Vince did. What do you
  2504. know, she did it! Mia's one happy clam. She triumphantly
  2505. brings the fat flame up to her fat smoke, lighting it up,
  2506. then LOUDLY SNAPS the Zippo closed.
  2507.  
  2508. The Mia-made cigarette is brought up to her lips, and she
  2509. takes a long, cool drag. Her hand slides the Zippo back in
  2510. the overcoat pocket. But wait, her fingers touch something
  2511. else. Those fingers bring out a plastic bag with white powder
  2512. inside, the madman that Vincent bought earlier from Lance.
  2513. Wearing a big smile, Mia brings the bag of heroin up to her
  2514. face.
  2515.  
  2516. MIA
  2517. (like you would say
  2518. Bingo!)
  2519. Disco! Vince, you little cola nut,
  2520. you've been holding out on me.
  2521.  
  2522. CUT TO:
  2523.  
  2524. INT. BATHROOM (MARSELLUS WALLACE'S HOUSE) – NIGHT
  2525.  
  2526. Vincent stands at the sink, washing his hands, talking to
  2527. himself in the mirror.
  2528.  
  2529. VINCENT
  2530. One drink and leave. Don't be rude,
  2531. but drink your drink quickly, say
  2532. goodbye, walk out the door, get in
  2533. your car, and go down the road.
  2534.  
  2535. LIVING ROOM
  2536.  
  2537. Mia has the unbeknownst-to-her heroin cut up into big lines
  2538. on her glass top coffee table. Taking her trusty hundred
  2539. dollar bill like a human Dust-Buster, she quickly snorts the
  2540. fat line.
  2541.  
  2542. CLOSEUP – MIA
  2543.  
  2544. Her head JERKS back. Her hands go to her nose (which feels
  2545. like it's on fucking fire), something is terribly wrong.
  2546. Then... the rush hits...
  2547.  
  2548. BATHROOM
  2549.  
  2550. Vincent dries his hands on a towel while he continues his
  2551. dialogue with the mirror.
  2552.  
  2553. VINCENT
  2554. ...It's a moral test of yourself,
  2555. whether or not you can maintain
  2556. loyalty. Because when people are
  2557. loyal to each other, that's very
  2558. meaningful.
  2559.  
  2560. LIVING ROOM
  2561.  
  2562. Mia is on all fours trying to crawl to the bathroom, but
  2563. it's like she's trying to crawl with the bones removed from
  2564. her knees. Blood begins to drip from Mia's nose. Then her
  2565. stomach gets into the act and she VOMITS.
  2566.  
  2567. BATHROOM
  2568.  
  2569. Vince continues.
  2570.  
  2571. VINCENT
  2572. So you're gonna go out there, drink
  2573. your drink, say "Goodnight, I've had
  2574. a very lovely evening," go home, and
  2575. jack off. And that's all you're
  2576. gonna do.
  2577.  
  2578. Now that he's given himself a little pep talk, Vincent's
  2579. ready for whatever's waiting for him on the other side of
  2580. that door. So he goes through it.
  2581.  
  2582. LIVING ROOM
  2583.  
  2584. We follow behind Vincent as he walks from the bathroom to
  2585. the living room, where he finds Mia lying on the floor like
  2586. a rag doll. She's twisted on her back. Blood and puke are
  2587. down her front. And her face is contorted. Not out of the
  2588. tightness of pain, but just the opposite, the muscles in her
  2589. face are so relaxed, she lies still with her mouth wide open.
  2590. Slack-jawed.
  2591.  
  2592. VINCENT
  2593. Jesus Christ!
  2594.  
  2595. Vincent moves like greased lightning to Mia's fallen body.
  2596. Bending down where she lays, he puts his fingers on her neck
  2597. to check her pulse. She slightly stirs.
  2598.  
  2599. Mia is aware of Vincent over her, speaking to her.
  2600.  
  2601. VINCENT
  2602. (sounding weird)
  2603. Mia! MIA! What the hell happened?
  2604.  
  2605. But she's unable to communicate Mia makes a few lost mumbles,
  2606. but they're not distinctive enough to be called words.
  2607.  
  2608. Vincent props her eyelids open and sees the story.
  2609.  
  2610. VINCENT
  2611. (to himself)
  2612. I'll be a son-of-a-bitch.
  2613. (to Mia)
  2614. Mia! MIA! What did you take? Answer
  2615. me honey, what did you take?
  2616.  
  2617. Mia is incapable of answering. He SLAPS her face hard.
  2618.  
  2619. Vincent SPRINGS up and RUNS to his overcoat, hanging on the
  2620. rack.
  2621.  
  2622. He goes through the pockets FRANTICALLY. It's gone. Vincent
  2623. makes a beeline to Mia. We follow.
  2624.  
  2625. VINCENT
  2626. (yelling to Mia)
  2627. Okay honey, we're getting you on
  2628. your feet.
  2629.  
  2630. He reaches her and hoists the dead weight up in his arms.
  2631.  
  2632. VINCENT
  2633. We're on our feet now, and now we're
  2634. gonna talk out to the car. Here we
  2635. go, watch us walk.
  2636.  
  2637. We follow behind as he hurriedly walks the practically-
  2638. unconscious Mia through the house and out the front door.
  2639.  
  2640. EXT. VINCENT'S HOT ROD (MOVING) – NIGHT
  2641.  
  2642. INSERT SPEEDOMETER: red needle on a hundred.
  2643.  
  2644. Vincent driving like a madman in a town without traffic laws,
  2645. speeds the car into turns and up and over hills.
  2646.  
  2647. INT.VINCENT'S HOT ROD (MOVING) – NIGHT
  2648.  
  2649. Vincent, one hand firmly on the wheel, the other shifting
  2650. like Robocop, both eyes staring straight ahead except when
  2651. he glances over at Mia.
  2652.  
  2653. Mia, slack-jawed expression, mouth gaping, posture of a bag
  2654. of water.
  2655.  
  2656. Vincent takes a cellular phone out of his pocket. He punches
  2657. a number.
  2658.  
  2659. INT. LANCE'S HOUSE – NIGHT
  2660.  
  2661. At this late hour, LANCE has transformed from a bon vivant
  2662. drug dealer to a bathrobe creature.
  2663.  
  2664. He sits in a big comfy chair, ratty blue gym pants, a worn-
  2665. out but comfortable tee-shirt that has, written on it, "TAFT,
  2666. CALIFORNIA", and a moth-ridden terry cloth robe. In his hand
  2667. is a bowl of Cap'n Crunch with Crunch Berries. In front of
  2668. him on the coffee table is a jug of milk, the box the Cap'n
  2669. Crunch with Crunch Berries came out of, and a hash pipe in
  2670. an ashtray.
  2671.  
  2672. On the big-screen TV in front of the table is the Three
  2673. Stooges, and they're getting married.
  2674.  
  2675. PREACHER (EMIL SIMKUS)
  2676. (on TV)
  2677. Hold hands, you love birds.
  2678.  
  2679. The phone RINGS.
  2680.  
  2681. Lance puts down his cereal and makes his way to the phone.
  2682.  
  2683. It RINGS again.
  2684.  
  2685. Jody, his wife, CALLS from the bedroom, obviously woken up.
  2686.  
  2687. JODY (O.S.)
  2688. Lance! The phone's ringing!
  2689.  
  2690. LANCE
  2691. (calling back)
  2692. I can hear it!
  2693.  
  2694. JODY (O.S.)
  2695. I thought you told those fuckin'
  2696. assholes never to call this late!
  2697.  
  2698. LANCE
  2699. (by the phone)
  2700. I told 'em and that's what I'm gonna
  2701. tell this fuckin' asshole right now!
  2702. (he answers the phone)
  2703. Hello, do you know how late it is?
  2704. You're not supposed to be callin' me
  2705. this fuckin' late.
  2706.  
  2707. BACK TO:
  2708.  
  2709. VINCENT IN THE MALIBU
  2710.  
  2711. Vincent is still driving like a stripe-assed ape, clutching
  2712. the phone to his ear. WE CUT BACK AND FORTH during the
  2713. conversation.
  2714.  
  2715. VINCENT
  2716. Lance, this is Vincent, I'm in big
  2717. fuckin' trouble man, I'm on my way
  2718. to your place.
  2719.  
  2720. LANCE
  2721. Whoa, hold you horses man, what's
  2722. the problem?
  2723.  
  2724. VINCENT
  2725. You still got an adrenaline shot?
  2726.  
  2727. LANCE
  2728. (dawning on him)
  2729. Maybe.
  2730.  
  2731. VINCENT
  2732. I need it man, I got a chick she's
  2733. fuckin' Doing on me.
  2734.  
  2735. LANCE
  2736. Don't bring her here! I'm not even
  2737. fuckin' joking with you, don't you
  2738. be bringing some fucked up pooh-butt
  2739. to my house!
  2740.  
  2741. VINCENT
  2742. No choice.
  2743.  
  2744. LANCE
  2745. She's ODin'?
  2746.  
  2747. VINCENT
  2748. Yeah. She's dyin'.
  2749.  
  2750. LANCE
  2751. Then bite the fuckin' bullet, take
  2752. 'er to a hospital and call a lawyer!
  2753.  
  2754. VINCENT
  2755. Negative.
  2756.  
  2757. LANCE
  2758. She ain't my fuckin' problem, you
  2759. fucked her up, you deal with it –
  2760. are you talkin' to me on a cellular
  2761. phone?
  2762.  
  2763. VINCENT
  2764. Sorry.
  2765.  
  2766. LANCE
  2767. I don't know you, who is this, don't
  2768. come here, I'm hangin' up.
  2769.  
  2770. VINCENT
  2771. Too late, I'm already here.
  2772.  
  2773. At that moment inside Lance's house, WE HEAR VINCENT's Malibu
  2774. coming up the street. Lance hangs up the phone, goes to his
  2775. curtains and YANKS the cord. The curtains open with a WHOOSH
  2776. in time to see Vincent's Malibu DRIVING UP on his front lawn
  2777. and CRASHING into his house. The window Lance is looking out
  2778. of SHATTERS from the impact.
  2779.  
  2780. JODY (O.S.)
  2781. What the hell was that?
  2782.  
  2783. Lance CHARGES from the window, out the door to his front
  2784. lawn.
  2785.  
  2786. EXT. LANCE'S HOUSE – NIGHT
  2787.  
  2788. Vincent is already out of the car, working on getting Mia
  2789. out.
  2790.  
  2791. LANCE
  2792. Have you lost your mind?! You crashed
  2793. your car in my fuckin' house! You
  2794. talk about drug shit on a cellular
  2795. fuckin' phone –
  2796.  
  2797. VINCENT
  2798. If you're through havin' your little
  2799. hissy fit, this chick is dyin', get
  2800. your needle and git it now!
  2801.  
  2802. LANCE
  2803. Are you deaf? You're not bringin'
  2804. that fucked up bitch in my house!
  2805.  
  2806. VINCENT
  2807. This fucked up bitch is Marsellus
  2808. Wallace's wife. Now if she fuckin'
  2809. croaks on me, I'm a grease spot. But
  2810. before he turns me into a bar soap,
  2811. I'm gonna be forced to tell 'im about
  2812. how you coulda saved her life, but
  2813. instead you let her die on your front
  2814. lawn.
  2815.  
  2816. INT. LANCE'S HOUSE – NIGHT
  2817.  
  2818. WE START in Lance's and Jody's bedroom.
  2819.  
  2820. Jody, in bed, throws off the covers and stands up. She's
  2821. wearing a long tee-shirt with a picture of Fred Flintstone
  2822. on it.
  2823.  
  2824. We follow HANDHELD behind her as she opens the door, walking
  2825. through the hall into the living room.
  2826.  
  2827. JODY
  2828. It's only one-thirty in the goddamn
  2829. mornin'! What the fuck's goin' on
  2830. out here?
  2831.  
  2832. As she walks in the living room, she sees Vincent and Lance
  2833. standing over Mia, who's lying on the floor in the middle of
  2834. the room.
  2835.  
  2836. From here on in, everything in this scene is frantic, like a
  2837. DOCUMENTARY in an emergency ward, with the big difference
  2838. here being nobody knows what the fuck they're doing.
  2839.  
  2840. JODY
  2841. Who's she?
  2842.  
  2843. Lance looks up at Jody.
  2844.  
  2845. LANCE
  2846. Get that black box in the bedroom I
  2847. have with the adrenaline shot.
  2848.  
  2849. JODY
  2850. What's wrong with her?
  2851.  
  2852. VINCENT
  2853. She's ODing on us.
  2854.  
  2855. JODY
  2856. Well get her the hell outta here!
  2857.  
  2858. LANCE AND VINCENT
  2859. (in stereo)
  2860. Get the fuckin' shot!
  2861.  
  2862. JODY
  2863. Don't yell and me!
  2864.  
  2865. She angrily turns and disappears into the bedroom looking
  2866. for the shot.
  2867.  
  2868. WE MOVE into the room with the two men.
  2869.  
  2870. VINCENT
  2871. (to Lance)
  2872. You two are a match made in heaven.
  2873.  
  2874. LANCE
  2875. Look, just keep talkin' to her, okay?
  2876. While she's gettin' the shot, I gotta
  2877. get a medical book.
  2878.  
  2879. VINCENT
  2880. What do you need a medical book for?
  2881.  
  2882. LANCE
  2883. To tell me how to do it. I've never
  2884. given an adrenaline shot before.
  2885.  
  2886. VINCENT
  2887. You've had that thing for six years
  2888. and you never used it?
  2889.  
  2890. LANCE
  2891. I never had to use it. I don't go
  2892. joypoppin' with bubble-gummers, all
  2893. of my friends can handle their highs!
  2894.  
  2895. VINCENT
  2896. Well then get it.
  2897.  
  2898. LANCE
  2899. I am, if you'll let me.
  2900.  
  2901. VINCENT
  2902. I'm not fuckin' stoppin' you.
  2903.  
  2904. LANCE
  2905. Stop talkin' to me, and start talkin'
  2906. to her.
  2907.  
  2908. WE FOLLOW Lance as he runs out of the living room into a...
  2909.  
  2910. INT. SPARE ROOM
  2911.  
  2912. With a bunch of junk in it. He frantically starts scanning
  2913. the junk for the book he's looking for, repeating the words,
  2914. "Come on," endlessly.
  2915.  
  2916. From OFF SCREEN we hear:
  2917.  
  2918. VINCENT (O.S.)
  2919. Hurry up man! We're losin' her!
  2920.  
  2921. LANCE
  2922. (calling back)
  2923. I'm looking as fast as I can!
  2924.  
  2925. Lance continues his frenzied search.
  2926.  
  2927. WE HEAR Jody in the living room now as she talks to Vincent.
  2928.  
  2929. JODY (O.S.)
  2930. What's he lookin' for?
  2931.  
  2932. VINCENT (O.S.)
  2933. I dunno, some medical book.
  2934.  
  2935. Jody calls to LANCE.
  2936.  
  2937. JODY (O.S.)
  2938. What are you lookin' for?
  2939.  
  2940. LANCE
  2941. My black medical book!
  2942.  
  2943. As he continues searching, flipping and knocking over shit,
  2944. Jody appears in the doorway.
  2945.  
  2946. JODY
  2947. Whata're you looking for?
  2948.  
  2949. LANCE
  2950. My black fuckin' medical book. It's
  2951. like a text book they give to nurses.
  2952.  
  2953. JODY
  2954. I never saw a medical book.
  2955.  
  2956. LANCE
  2957. Trust me, I have one.
  2958.  
  2959. JODY
  2960. Well if it's that important, why
  2961. didn't you keep it with the shot?
  2962.  
  2963. Lance spins toward her.
  2964.  
  2965. LANCE
  2966. I don't know! Stop bothering me!
  2967.  
  2968. JODY
  2969. While you're lookin' for it, that
  2970. girl's gonna die on our carpet. You're
  2971. never gonna find it in all this shit.
  2972. For six months now, I've been telling
  2973. you to clean this room –
  2974.  
  2975. VINCENT (O.S.)
  2976. – get your ass in here, fuck the
  2977. book!
  2978.  
  2979. Lance angrily knocks over a pile of shit and leaves the SHOT
  2980. heading for the living room.
  2981.  
  2982. LIVING ROOM
  2983.  
  2984. Vincent is bent over Mia, talking softly to her, when Lance
  2985. reenters the room.
  2986.  
  2987. VINCENT
  2988. Quit fuckin' around man and give her
  2989. the shot!
  2990.  
  2991. Lance bends down by the black case brought in by Jody. He
  2992. opens it and begins preparing the needle for injection.
  2993.  
  2994. LANCE
  2995. While I'm doing this, take her shirt
  2996. off and find her heart.
  2997.  
  2998. Vince rips her blouse open.
  2999.  
  3000. Jody stumbles back in the room, hanging back from the action.
  3001.  
  3002. VINCENT
  3003. Does it have to be exact?
  3004.  
  3005. LANCE
  3006. Yeah, it has to be exact! I'm giving
  3007. her an injection in the heart, so I
  3008. gotta exactly hit her in the heart.
  3009.  
  3010. VINCENT
  3011. Well, I don't know exactly where her
  3012. heart is, I think it's here.
  3013.  
  3014. Vince points to Mia's right breast. Lance glances over and
  3015. nods.
  3016.  
  3017. LANCE
  3018. That's it.
  3019.  
  3020. As Lance readies the injection, Vincent looks up at Jody.
  3021.  
  3022. VINCENT
  3023. I need a big fat magic marker, got
  3024. one?
  3025.  
  3026. JODY
  3027. What?
  3028.  
  3029. VINCENT
  3030. I need a big fat magic marker, any
  3031. felt pen'll do, but a magic marker
  3032. would be great.
  3033.  
  3034. JODY
  3035. Hold on.
  3036.  
  3037. Jody runs to the desk, opens the top drawer and, in her
  3038. enthusiasm, she pulls the drawer out of the desk, the contents
  3039. of which (bills, papers, pens) spill to the floor.
  3040.  
  3041. The injection is ready. Lance hands Vincent the needle.
  3042.  
  3043. LANCE
  3044. It's ready, I'll tell you what to
  3045. do.
  3046.  
  3047. VINCENT
  3048. You're gonna give her the shot.
  3049.  
  3050. LANCE
  3051. No, you're gonna give her the shot.
  3052.  
  3053. VINCENT
  3054. I've never does this before.
  3055.  
  3056. LANCE
  3057. I've never done this before either,
  3058. and I ain't starting now. You brought
  3059. 'er here, that means you give her
  3060. the shot. The day I bring an ODing
  3061. bitch to your place, then I gotta
  3062. give her the shot.
  3063.  
  3064. Jody hurriedly joins them in the huddle, a big fat red magic
  3065. marker in her hand.
  3066.  
  3067. JODY
  3068. Got it.
  3069.  
  3070. Vincent grabs the magic marker out of Jody's hand and makes
  3071. a big red dot on Mia's body where her heart is.
  3072.  
  3073. VINCENT
  3074. Okay, what do I do?
  3075.  
  3076. LANCE
  3077. Well, you're giving her an injection
  3078. of adrenaline straight to her heart.
  3079. But she's got a breast plate in front
  3080. of her heart, so you gotta pierce
  3081. through that. So what you gotta do
  3082. is bring the needle down in a stabbing
  3083. motion.
  3084.  
  3085. Lance demonstrates a stabbing motion, which looks like "The
  3086. Shape" killing its victims in "HALLOWEEN".
  3087.  
  3088. VINCENT
  3089. I gotta stab her?
  3090.  
  3091. LANCE
  3092. If you want the needle to pierce
  3093. through to her heart, you gotta stab
  3094. her hard.
  3095.  
  3096. Then once you do, push down on the plunger.
  3097.  
  3098. VINCENT
  3099. What happens after that?
  3100.  
  3101. LANCE
  3102. I'm curious about that myself.
  3103.  
  3104. VINCENT
  3105. This ain't a fuckin' joke man!
  3106.  
  3107. LANCE
  3108. She's supposed to come out of it
  3109. like –
  3110. (snaps his fingers)
  3111. – that.
  3112.  
  3113. Vincent lifts the needle up above his head in a stabbing
  3114. motion.
  3115.  
  3116. He looks down on Mia.
  3117.  
  3118. Mia is fading fast. Soon nothing will help her.
  3119.  
  3120. Vincent's eyes narrow, ready to do this.
  3121.  
  3122. VINCENT
  3123. Count to three.
  3124.  
  3125. Lance, on this knees right beside Vincent, does not know
  3126. what to expect.
  3127.  
  3128. LANCE
  3129. One...
  3130.  
  3131. RED DOT on Mia's body.
  3132.  
  3133. Needle raised ready to strike.
  3134.  
  3135. LANCE (O.S.)
  3136. ...two...
  3137.  
  3138. Jody's face is alive with anticipation.
  3139.  
  3140. NEEDLE in that air, poised like a rattler ready to strike.
  3141.  
  3142. LANCE (O.S.)
  3143. ...three!
  3144.  
  3145. The needle leaves frame, THRUSTING down hard.
  3146.  
  3147. Vincent brings the needle down hard, STABBING Mia in the
  3148. chest.
  3149.  
  3150. Mia's head is JOLTED from the impact.
  3151.  
  3152. The syringe plunger is pushed down, PUMPING the adrenaline
  3153. out through the needle.
  3154.  
  3155. Mia's eyes POP WIDE OPEN and she lets out a HELLISH cry of
  3156. the banshee. She BOLTS UP in a sitting position, needle stuck
  3157. in her chest – SCREAMING.
  3158.  
  3159. Vincent, Lance and Jody, who were in sitting positions in
  3160. front of Mia, JUMP BACK, scared to death.
  3161.  
  3162. Mia's scream runs out. She slowly starts taking breaths of
  3163. air.
  3164.  
  3165. The other three, now scooted halfway across the room, shaken
  3166. to their bones, look to see if she's alright.
  3167.  
  3168. LANCE
  3169. If you're okay, say something.
  3170.  
  3171. Mia, still breathing, not looking up at them, says in a
  3172. relatively normal voice.
  3173.  
  3174. MIA
  3175. Something.
  3176.  
  3177. Vincent and Lance collapse on their backs, exhausted and
  3178. shaking from how close to death Mia came.
  3179.  
  3180. JODY
  3181. Anybody want a beer?
  3182.  
  3183. CUT TO:
  3184.  
  3185. INT. VINCENT'S MALIBU (MOVING) – NIGHT
  3186.  
  3187. Vincent is behind the wheel driving Mia home. No one says
  3188. anything, both are still too shaken.
  3189.  
  3190. EXT. FRONT OF MARSELLUS WALLACE'S HOUSE – NIGHT
  3191.  
  3192. The Malibu pulls up to the front. Mia gets out without saying
  3193. a word (still in a daze) and begins walking down the walkway
  3194. toward her front door.
  3195.  
  3196. VINCENT (O.S.)
  3197. Mia!
  3198.  
  3199. She turns around.
  3200.  
  3201. Vincent's out of the car, standing on the walkway, a big
  3202. distance between the two.
  3203.  
  3204. VINCENT
  3205. What are your thoughts on how to
  3206. handle this?
  3207.  
  3208. MIA
  3209. What's yours?
  3210.  
  3211. VINCENT
  3212. Well I'm of the opinion that Marsellus
  3213. can live his whole live and never
  3214. ever hear of this incident.
  3215.  
  3216. Mia smiles.
  3217.  
  3218. MIA
  3219. Don't worry about it. If Marsellus
  3220. ever heard of this, I'd be in as
  3221. much trouble as you.
  3222.  
  3223. VINCENT
  3224. I seriously doubt that.
  3225.  
  3226. MIA
  3227. If you can keep a secret, so can I.
  3228.  
  3229. VINCENT
  3230. Let's shake on it.
  3231.  
  3232. The two walk toward each other, holding out their hands to
  3233. shake and shake they do.
  3234.  
  3235. VINCENT
  3236. Mum's the word.
  3237.  
  3238. Mia lets go of Vincent's hand and silently makes the see-no-
  3239. evil, hear-no-evil, and speak-no-evil sign with her hands.
  3240.  
  3241. Vincent smiles.
  3242.  
  3243. VINCENT
  3244. If you'll excuse me, I gotta go home
  3245. and have a heart attack.
  3246.  
  3247. Mia giggles.
  3248.  
  3249. Vincent turns to leave.
  3250.  
  3251. MIA
  3252. You still wanna hear my "FOX FORCE
  3253. FIVE" joke?
  3254.  
  3255. Vincent turns around.
  3256.  
  3257. VINCENT
  3258. Sure, but I think I'm still a little
  3259. too petrified to laugh.
  3260.  
  3261. MIA
  3262. Uh-huh. You won't laugh because it's
  3263. not funny. But if you still wanna
  3264. hear it, I'll tell it.
  3265.  
  3266. VINCENT
  3267. I can't wait.
  3268.  
  3269. MIA
  3270. Three tomatoes are walking down the
  3271. street, a poppa tomato, a momma
  3272. tomato, and a little baby tomato.
  3273. The baby tomato is lagging behind
  3274. the poppa and momma tomato. The poppa
  3275. tomato gets mad, goes over to the
  3276. momma tomato and stamps on him –
  3277. (stamps on the ground)
  3278. – and says: catch up.
  3279.  
  3280. They both smile, but neither laugh.
  3281.  
  3282. MIA
  3283. See ya 'round, Vince.
  3284.  
  3285. Mia turns and walks inside her house.
  3286.  
  3287. CLOSEUP – VINCENT
  3288.  
  3289. After Mia walks inside. Vincent continues to look at where
  3290. she was. He brings his hands to his lips and blows her a
  3291. kiss. Then exits FRAME leaving it empty. WE HEAR his Malibu
  3292. START UP and DRIVE AWAY.
  3293.  
  3294. FADE TO BLACK
  3295.  
  3296. FADE UP On the cartoon "SPEED RACER." Speed is giving a
  3297. detailed description of all the features on his race car
  3298. "The Mac-5," which he does at the beginning of every episode.
  3299.  
  3300. OFF SCREEN we hear a WOMAN'S VOICE... .
  3301.  
  3302. WOMAN'S VOICE (O.S.)
  3303. Butch.
  3304.  
  3305. DISSOLVE TO:
  3306.  
  3307. BUTCH'S POV
  3308.  
  3309. We're in the living room of a modest two bedroom house in
  3310. Alhambra, California, in the year 1972. BUTCH'S MOTHER, 35ish,
  3311. stands in the doorway leading into the living room. Next to
  3312. her is a man dressed in the uniform of an American Air Force
  3313. officer. The CAMERA is the perspective of a five-year old
  3314. boy.
  3315.  
  3316. MOTHER
  3317. Butch, stop watching TV a second. We
  3318. got a special visitor. Now do you
  3319. remember when I told you your daddy
  3320. dies in a P.O.W. camp?
  3321.  
  3322. BUTCH (O.S.)
  3323. Uh-huh.
  3324.  
  3325. MOTHER
  3326. Well this here is Capt. Koons. He
  3327. was in the P.O.W. camp with Daddy.
  3328.  
  3329. CAPT. KOONS steps inside the room toward the little boy and
  3330. bends down on one knee to bring him even with the boy's
  3331. eyeline. When Koons speaks, he speaks with a slight Texas
  3332. accent.
  3333.  
  3334. CAPT. KOONS
  3335. Hello, little man. Boy I sure heard
  3336. a bunch about you. See, I was a good
  3337. friend of your Daddy's. We were in
  3338. that Hanoi pit of hell over five
  3339. years together. Hopefully, you'll
  3340. never have to experience this
  3341. yourself, but when two men are in a
  3342. situation like me and your Daddy
  3343. were, for as long as we were, you
  3344. take on certain responsibilities of
  3345. the other. If it had been me who had
  3346. not made it, Major Coolidge would be
  3347. talkin' right now to my son Jim. But
  3348. the way it worked out is I'm talkin'
  3349. to you, Butch. I got somethin' for
  3350. ya.
  3351.  
  3352. The Captain pulls a gold wrist watch out of his pocket.
  3353.  
  3354. CAPT. KOONS
  3355. This watch I got here was first
  3356. purchased by your great-granddaddy.
  3357. It was bought during the First World
  3358. War in a little general store in
  3359. Knoxville, Tennessee. It was bought
  3360. by private Doughboy Ernie Coolidge
  3361. the day he set sail for Paris. It
  3362. was your great-granddaddy's war watch,
  3363. made by the first company to ever
  3364. make wrist watches. You see, up until
  3365. then, people just carried pocket
  3366. watches. Your great-granddaddy wore
  3367. that watch every day he was in the
  3368. war. Then when he had done his duty,
  3369. he went home to your great-
  3370. grandmother, took the watch off his
  3371. wrist and put it in an ol' coffee
  3372. can. And in that can it stayed 'til
  3373. your grandfather Dane Coolidge was
  3374. called upon by his country to go
  3375. overseas and fight the Germans once
  3376. again. This time they called it World
  3377. War Two. Your great-granddaddy gave
  3378. it to your granddad for good luck.
  3379. Unfortunately, Dane's luck wasn't as
  3380. good as his old man's. Your granddad
  3381. was a Marine and he was killed with
  3382. all the other Marines at the battle
  3383. of Wake Island. Your granddad was
  3384. facing death and he knew it. None of
  3385. those boys had any illusions about
  3386. ever leavin' that island alive. So
  3387. three days before the Japanese took
  3388. the island, your 22-year old
  3389. grandfather asked a gunner on an Air
  3390. Force transport named Winocki, a man
  3391. he had never met before in his life,
  3392. to deliver to his infant son, who he
  3393. had never seen in the flesh, his
  3394. gold watch. Three days later, your
  3395. grandfather was dead. But Winocki
  3396. kept his word. After the war was
  3397. over, he paid a visit to your
  3398. grandmother, delivering to your infant
  3399. father, his Dad's gold watch. This
  3400. watch. This watch was on your Daddy's
  3401. wrist when he was shot down over
  3402. Hanoi. He was captured and put in a
  3403. Vietnamese prison camp. Now he knew
  3404. if the gooks ever saw the watch it'd
  3405. be confiscated. The way your Daddy
  3406. looked at it, that watch was your
  3407. birthright. And he'd be damned if
  3408. and slopeheads were gonna put their
  3409. greasy yella hands on his boy's
  3410. birthright. So he hid it in the one
  3411. place he knew he could hide somethin'.
  3412. His ass. Five long years, he wore
  3413. this watch up his ass. Then when he
  3414. died of dysentery, he gave me the
  3415. watch. I hid with uncomfortable hunk
  3416. of metal up my ass for two years.
  3417. Then, after seven years, I was sent
  3418. home to my family. And now, little
  3419. man, I give the watch to you.
  3420.  
  3421. Capt. Koons hands the watch to Butch. A little hand comes
  3422. into FRAME to accept it.
  3423.  
  3424. CUT TO:
  3425.  
  3426. INT. LOCKER ROOM – NIGHT
  3427.  
  3428. The 27-year old Butch Coolidge is dressed in boxing regalia:
  3429. trunks, shoes and gloves. He lies on a table catching a few
  3430. zzzzzz's before his big fight. Almost as soon as WE CUT to
  3431. him, he wakes up with a start. Shaken by the bizarre memory,
  3432. he wipes his sweaty face with his boxing glove.
  3433.  
  3434. His trainer KLONDIKE, an older fireplug, opens the door a
  3435. little, sticking his head in the room. Pandemonium seems to
  3436. be breaking out behind Klondike in the hallway.
  3437.  
  3438. KLONDIKE
  3439. It's time, Butch.
  3440.  
  3441. BUTCH
  3442. I'm ready.
  3443.  
  3444. Klondike steps inside, closing the door on the WILD MOB
  3445. outside.
  3446.  
  3447. He goes to the long yellow robe hanging on a hook. Butch
  3448. hops off the table and, without a word, Klondike helps him
  3449. on with the robe, which says on the back: "BATTLING BUTCH
  3450. COOLIDGE".
  3451.  
  3452. The two men head for the door. Klondike opens the door for
  3453. Butch.
  3454.  
  3455. As Butch steps into the hallway, the Crowd goes apeshit.
  3456. Klondike closes the door behind him, leaving us in the quiet,
  3457. empty locker room.
  3458.  
  3459. FADE TO BLACK
  3460.  
  3461. TITLE CARD:
  3462.  
  3463. "THE GOLD WATCH"
  3464.  
  3465. We hear over the black and white title:
  3466.  
  3467. SPORTSCASTER #1 (O.S.)
  3468. – Well Dan, that had to be the
  3469. bloodiest and, hands-down, the most
  3470. brutal fight this city has ever seen.
  3471.  
  3472. The SOUND of chaos in the b.g.
  3473.  
  3474. FADE IN:
  3475.  
  3476. EXT. ALLEY (RAINING) – NIGHT
  3477.  
  3478. A taxi is parked in a dark alley next to an auditorium. The
  3479. sky is PISSIN' DOWN RAIN. WE SLOWLY DOLLY toward the parked
  3480. car. The SOUND of the CAR RADIO can be heard coming from
  3481. inside.
  3482.  
  3483. SPORTSCASTER #1 (O.S.)
  3484. ...Coolidge was out of there faster
  3485. than I've ever seen a victorious
  3486. boxer vacate the ring. Do you think
  3487. he knew Willis was dead?
  3488.  
  3489. SPORTSCASTER #2 (O.S.)
  3490. My guess would be yes, Richard. I
  3491. could see from my position here, the
  3492. frenzy in his eyes give way to the
  3493. realization of what he was doing. I
  3494. think any man would've left the ring
  3495. that fast.
  3496.  
  3497. DISSOLVE TO:
  3498.  
  3499. INT. TAXI (PARKED/RAINING) – NIGHT
  3500.  
  3501. Inside the taxi, behind the wheel, is a female cabbie named
  3502. ESMARELDA VILLALOBOS. A young woman, with Spanish looks,
  3503. sits parked, drinking a steaming hot cup of coffee out of a
  3504. white styrofoam cup.
  3505.  
  3506. The Sportscasters continue their coverage.
  3507.  
  3508. SPORTSCASTER #1 (O.S.)
  3509. Do you feel this ring death tragedy
  3510. will have an effect on the world of
  3511. boxing?
  3512.  
  3513. SPORTSCASTER #2 (O.S.)
  3514. Oh Dan, a tragedy like this can't
  3515. help but shake the world of boxing
  3516. to its very foundation. But it's of
  3517. paramount importance that during the
  3518. sad weeks ahead, the eyes of the
  3519. W.B.A. remain firmly fixed on the –
  3520.  
  3521. CLICK – Esmarelda shuts off the radio.
  3522.  
  3523. She takes a sip of coffee, then hears a NOISE behind her in
  3524. the alley. She sticks her head out of the car door to see:
  3525.  
  3526. EXT. BOXING AUDITORIUM (RAINING) – NIGHT
  3527.  
  3528. A window about three stories high opens on the auditorium-
  3529. side of the alley. A gym bag is tossed out into a garbage
  3530. dumpster below the window. Then, Butch Coolidge, still dressed
  3531. in boxing trunks, shoes, gloves and yellow robe, LEAPS to
  3532. the dumpster below.
  3533.  
  3534. ESMARELDA'S REACTION takes in the strangeness of this sight.
  3535.  
  3536. Gym bag in hand, Butch CLIMBS out of the dumpster and RUNS
  3537. to the taxi. Before he climbs in, he takes off his robe and
  3538. throws it to the ground.
  3539.  
  3540. INT. TAXI (PARKED / RAINING) – NIGHT
  3541.  
  3542. Butch, soaking wet, naked except for trunks, shoes and gloves,
  3543. HOPS in the backseat, SLAMMING the door.
  3544.  
  3545. Esmarelda, staring straight ahead, talks to Butch through
  3546. the rearview mirror:
  3547.  
  3548. ESMARELDA
  3549. (Spanish accent)
  3550. Are you the man I was supposed to
  3551. pick up?
  3552.  
  3553. BUTCH
  3554. If you're the cab I called, I'm the
  3555. guy you're supposed to pick up.
  3556.  
  3557. ESMARELDA
  3558. Where to?
  3559.  
  3560. BUTCH
  3561. Outta here.
  3562.  
  3563. The ignition key is TWISTED. The engine ROARS to life.
  3564.  
  3565. The meter is FLIPPED on.
  3566.  
  3567. Esmarelda's bare foot STOMPS on the gas pedal.
  3568.  
  3569. EXT. BOXING AUDITORIUM (RAINING) – NIGHT
  3570.  
  3571. The cab WHIPS out of the alley, FISH-TAILING on the wet
  3572. pavement in front of the auditorium at a rapid pace.
  3573.  
  3574. INT. WILLIS LOCKER ROOM (AUDITORIUM) – NIGHT
  3575.  
  3576. Locker room door opens, English Dave fights his way through
  3577. the pandemonium which is going on outside in the hall,
  3578. shutting the door on the madness. Once inside, English Dave
  3579. takes time to adjust his suit and tie. Mia is standing by
  3580. the door. She sees Vincent with English Dave.
  3581.  
  3582. VINCENT
  3583. Mia. How you doin'?
  3584.  
  3585. MIA
  3586. Great. I never thanked you for the
  3587. dinner.
  3588.  
  3589. In the room, black boxer FLOYD RAY WILLIS lies on a table –
  3590. dead.
  3591.  
  3592. His face looks like he went dunking for bees. His TRAINER is
  3593. on his knees, head on Floyd's chest, crying over the body.
  3594.  
  3595. The huge figure that is Marsellus Wallace stands at the table,
  3596. hand on the Trainer's shoulder, lending emotional support.
  3597. We still do not see Marsellus clearly, only that he is big.
  3598.  
  3599. Mia sits in a chair at the far end of the room.
  3600.  
  3601. Marsellus looks up, sees English Dave and walks over to him.
  3602.  
  3603. MARSELLUS (O.S.)
  3604. What'cha got?
  3605.  
  3606. ENGLISH DAVE
  3607. He booked.
  3608.  
  3609. MARSELLUS (O.S.)
  3610. I'm prepared to scour the earth for
  3611. this motherfucker. If Butch goes to
  3612. Indo China, I want a nigger hidin'
  3613. in a bowl of rice, ready to pop a
  3614. cap in his ass.
  3615.  
  3616. ENGLISH DAVE
  3617. I'll take care of it.
  3618.  
  3619. INT. CAB (MOVING / RAINING) – NIGHT
  3620.  
  3621. Butch gets one of his boxing gloves off.
  3622.  
  3623. Esmeralda watches in the rearview mirror.
  3624.  
  3625. He tries to roll down one of the backseat windows, but can't
  3626. find the roll bar.
  3627.  
  3628. BUTCH
  3629. Hey, how do I open the window back
  3630. here?
  3631.  
  3632. ESMARELDA
  3633. I have to do it.
  3634.  
  3635. She presses a button and the back window moves down. Butch
  3636. tosses his boxing glove out the window, then starts untying
  3637. the other one.
  3638.  
  3639. Esmeralda can't keep quiet anymore.
  3640.  
  3641. ESMARELDA
  3642. Hey, mister?
  3643.  
  3644. BUTCH
  3645. (still working on the
  3646. glove)
  3647. What?
  3648.  
  3649. ESMARELDA
  3650. You were in that fight? The fight on
  3651. the radio – you're the fighter?
  3652.  
  3653. As he tosses his other glove out the window.
  3654.  
  3655. BUTCH
  3656. Whatever gave you that idea?
  3657.  
  3658. ESMARELDA
  3659. No c'mon, you're him, I know you're
  3660. him, tell me you're him.
  3661.  
  3662. BUTCH
  3663. (drying himself with
  3664. a gym towel)
  3665. I'm him.
  3666.  
  3667. ESMARELDA
  3668. You killed the other boxing man.
  3669.  
  3670. BUTCH
  3671. He's dead?
  3672.  
  3673. ESMARELDA
  3674. The radio said he was dead.
  3675.  
  3676. He finished wiping himself down.
  3677.  
  3678. BUTCH
  3679. (to himself)
  3680. Sorry 'bout that, Floyd.
  3681.  
  3682. He tosses the towel out the window.
  3683.  
  3684. Silence, as Butch digs in his bag for a t-shirt.
  3685.  
  3686. ESMARELDA
  3687. What does it feel like?
  3688.  
  3689. BUTCH
  3690. (finds his shirt)
  3691. What does what feel like?
  3692.  
  3693. ESMARELDA
  3694. Killing a man. Beating another man
  3695. to death with your bare hands.
  3696.  
  3697. Butch pulls on his tee-shirt.
  3698.  
  3699. BUTCH
  3700. Are you some kinda weirdo?
  3701.  
  3702. ESMARELDA
  3703. No, it's a subject I have much
  3704. interest in. You are the first person
  3705. I ever met who has killed somebody.
  3706. So, what was it like to kill a man?
  3707.  
  3708. BUTCH
  3709. Tell ya what, you give me one of
  3710. them cigarettes, I'll give you an
  3711. answer.
  3712.  
  3713. Esmarelda bounces in her seat with excitement.
  3714.  
  3715. ESMARELDA
  3716. Deal!
  3717.  
  3718. Butch leans forward. Esmarelda, keeping her eyes on the road,
  3719. passes a cigarette back to him. He takes it. Then, still not
  3720. looking behind her, she brings up her hand, a lit match in
  3721. it.
  3722.  
  3723. Butch lights his smoke, then blows out the match.
  3724.  
  3725. He takes a long drag.
  3726.  
  3727. BUTCH
  3728. So...
  3729.  
  3730. He looks at her license.
  3731.  
  3732. BUTCH
  3733. ...Esmarelda Villalobos – is that
  3734. Mexican?
  3735.  
  3736. ESMARELDA
  3737. The name is Spanish, but I'm
  3738. Columbian.
  3739.  
  3740. BUTCH
  3741. It's a very pretty name.
  3742.  
  3743. ESMARELDA
  3744. It mean "Esmarelda of the wolves."
  3745.  
  3746. BUTCH
  3747. That's one hell of a name you got
  3748. there, sister.
  3749.  
  3750. ESMARELDA
  3751. Thank you. And what is your name?
  3752.  
  3753. BUTCH
  3754. Butch.
  3755.  
  3756. ESMARELDA
  3757. Butch. What does it mean?
  3758.  
  3759. BUTCH
  3760. I'm an American, our names don't
  3761. mean shit. Anyway, moving right along,
  3762. what is it you wanna know, Esmarelda?
  3763.  
  3764. ESMARELDA
  3765. I want to know what it feels like to
  3766. kill a man –
  3767.  
  3768. BUTCH
  3769. – I couldn't tell ya. I didn't know
  3770. he was dead 'til you told me he was
  3771. dead. Now I know he's dead, do you
  3772. wanna know how I feel about it?
  3773.  
  3774. Esmarelda nods her head: "yes."
  3775.  
  3776. BUTCH
  3777. I don't feel the least little bit
  3778. bad.
  3779.  
  3780. EXT. PHONE BOOTH (RAINING) – NIGHT
  3781.  
  3782. We DOLLY around a phone booth as Butch talks inside.
  3783.  
  3784. BUTCH
  3785. (into phone)
  3786. What'd I tell ya, soon as the word
  3787. got out a fix was in, the odds would
  3788. be outta control. Hey, if he was a
  3789. better fighter he's be alive. If he
  3790. never laced up his gloves in the
  3791. first place, which he never shoulda
  3792. done, he'd be alive. Enough about
  3793. the poor unfortunate Mr. Floyd, let's
  3794. talk about the rich and prosperous
  3795. Mr. Butch. How many bookies you
  3796. spread it around with?
  3797.  
  3798. (PAUSE)
  3799. Eight? How long to collect?
  3800. (pause)
  3801. So by tomorrow evening, you'll have
  3802. it all?
  3803. (pause)
  3804. Good news Scotty, real good news – I
  3805. understand a few stragglers aside.
  3806. Me an' Fabienne're gonna leave in
  3807. the morning. It should take us a
  3808. couple days to get into Knoxville.
  3809. Next time we see each other, it'll
  3810. be on Tennessee time.
  3811.  
  3812. Butch hangs up the phone. He looks at the cab waiting to
  3813. take him wherever he wants to go.
  3814.  
  3815. BUTCH
  3816. (to himself in French
  3817. with English subtitles)
  3818. Fabienne my love, our adventure
  3819. begins.
  3820.  
  3821. CUT TO:
  3822.  
  3823. EXT. MOTEL (STOPPED / RAINING) – NIGHT
  3824.  
  3825. Esmeralda's taxi pulled into the motel parking lot. The rain
  3826. has stopped, but the night is still soaked. Butch gets out,
  3827. now fully dressed in tee-shirt, jeans and high school athletic
  3828. jacket. He leans in the driver's side window.
  3829.  
  3830. ESMARELDA
  3831. Forty-five sixty.
  3832.  
  3833. Handing her the money.
  3834.  
  3835. BUTCH
  3836. Merci beaucoup. And here's a little
  3837. something for the effort.
  3838.  
  3839. Butch holds up a hundred dollar bill.
  3840.  
  3841. Esmarelda's eyes light up. She goes to take it. Butch holds
  3842. it out of reach.
  3843.  
  3844. BUTCH
  3845. Now if anybody should ask you about
  3846. who your fare was tonight, what're
  3847. you gonna tell 'em?
  3848.  
  3849. ESMARELDA
  3850. The truth. Three well-dressed,
  3851. slightly toasted, Mexicans.
  3852.  
  3853. He gives her the bill.
  3854.  
  3855. BUTCH
  3856. Bon soir, Esmarelda.
  3857.  
  3858. ESMARELDA
  3859. (in Spanish)
  3860. Sleep well, Butch.
  3861.  
  3862. He tweaks her nose, she smiles, and he turns and walks away.
  3863. She drives off.
  3864.  
  3865. INT. MOTEL (ROOM SIX) – NIGHT
  3866.  
  3867. Butch enters and turns on the light.
  3868.  
  3869. Lying curled up on the bed, fully dressed, with her back to
  3870. us is Butch's French girlfriend, FABIENNE.
  3871.  
  3872. FABIENNE
  3873. Keep the light off.
  3874.  
  3875. Butch flicks the switch back, making the room dark again.
  3876.  
  3877. BUTCH
  3878. Is that better, sugar pop?
  3879.  
  3880. FABIENNE
  3881. Oui. Hard day at the office?
  3882.  
  3883. BUTCH
  3884. Pretty hard. I got into a fight.
  3885.  
  3886. FABIENNE
  3887. Poor baby. Can we make spoons?
  3888.  
  3889. Butch climbs into bed, spooning Fabienne from behind.
  3890.  
  3891. When Butch and Fabienne speak to each other, they speak in
  3892. babytalk.
  3893.  
  3894. FABIENNE
  3895. I was looking at myself in the mirror.
  3896.  
  3897. BUTCH
  3898. Uh-huh?
  3899.  
  3900. FABIENNE
  3901. I wish I had a pot.
  3902.  
  3903. BUTCH
  3904. You were lookin' in the mirror and
  3905. you wish you had some pot?
  3906.  
  3907. FABIENNE
  3908. A pot. A pot belly. Pot bellies are
  3909. sexy.
  3910.  
  3911. BUTCH
  3912. Well you should be happy, 'cause you
  3913. do.
  3914.  
  3915. FABIENNE
  3916. Shut up, Fatso! I don't have a pot!
  3917. I have a bit of a tummy, like Madonna
  3918. when she did "Lucky Star," it's not
  3919. the same thing.
  3920.  
  3921. BUTCH
  3922. I didn't realize there was a
  3923. difference between a tummy and a pot
  3924. belly.
  3925.  
  3926. FABIENNE
  3927. The difference is huge.
  3928.  
  3929. BUTCH
  3930. You want me to have a pot?
  3931.  
  3932. FABIENNE
  3933. No. Pot bellies make a man look either
  3934. oafish, or like a gorilla. But on a
  3935. woman, a pot belly is very sexy. The
  3936. rest of you is normal. Normal face,
  3937. normal legs, normal hips, normal
  3938. ass, but with a big, perfectly round
  3939. pot belly. If I had one, I'd wear a
  3940. tee-shirt two sizes too small to
  3941. accentuate it.
  3942.  
  3943. BUTCH
  3944. You think guys would find that
  3945. attractive?
  3946.  
  3947. FABIENNE
  3948. I don't give a damn what men find
  3949. attractive. It's unfortunate what we
  3950. find pleasing to the touch and
  3951. pleasing to the eye is seldom the
  3952. same.
  3953.  
  3954. BUTCH
  3955. If you a pot belly, I'd punch you in
  3956. it.
  3957.  
  3958. FABIENNE
  3959. You'd punch me in my belly?
  3960.  
  3961. BUTCH
  3962. Right in the belly.
  3963.  
  3964. FABIENNE
  3965. I'd smother you. I'd drop it on your
  3966. right on your face 'til you couldn't
  3967. breathe.
  3968.  
  3969. BUTCH
  3970. You'd do that to me?
  3971.  
  3972. FABIENNE
  3973. Yes!
  3974.  
  3975. BUTCH
  3976. Did you get everything, sugar pop?
  3977.  
  3978. FABIENNE
  3979. Yes, I did.
  3980.  
  3981. BUTCH
  3982. Good job.
  3983.  
  3984. FABIENNE
  3985. Did everything go as planned?
  3986.  
  3987. BUTCH
  3988. You didn't listen to the radio?
  3989.  
  3990. FABIENNE
  3991. I never listen to your fights. Were
  3992. you the winner?
  3993.  
  3994. BUTCH
  3995. I won alright.
  3996.  
  3997. FABIENNE
  3998. Are you still retiring?
  3999.  
  4000. BUTCH
  4001. Sure am.
  4002.  
  4003. FABIENNE
  4004. What about the man you fought?
  4005.  
  4006. BUTCH
  4007. Floyd retired too.
  4008.  
  4009. FABIENNE
  4010. (smiling)
  4011. Really?! He won't be fighting no
  4012. more?!
  4013.  
  4014. BUTCH
  4015. Not no more.
  4016.  
  4017. FABIENNE
  4018. So it all worked out in the finish?
  4019.  
  4020. BUTCH
  4021. We ain't at the finish, baby.
  4022.  
  4023. Fabienne rolls over and Butch gets on top of her. They kiss.
  4024.  
  4025. FABIENNE
  4026. We're in a lot of danger, aren't we?
  4027.  
  4028. Butch nods his head: "yes."
  4029.  
  4030. FABIENNE
  4031. If they find us, they'll kill us,
  4032. won't they?
  4033.  
  4034. Butch nods his head: "yes."
  4035.  
  4036. FABIENNE
  4037. But they won't find us, will they?
  4038.  
  4039. Butch nods his head: "no."
  4040.  
  4041. FABIENNE
  4042. Do you still want me to go with you?
  4043.  
  4044. Butch nods his head: "yes."
  4045.  
  4046. FABIENNE
  4047. I don't want to be a burden or a
  4048. nuisance -
  4049.  
  4050. Butch's hand goes out of frame and starts massaging her
  4051. crotch.
  4052.  
  4053. Fabienne reacts.
  4054.  
  4055. FABIENNE
  4056. Say it!
  4057.  
  4058. BUTCH
  4059. Fabienne, I want you to be with me.
  4060.  
  4061. FABIENNE
  4062. Forever?
  4063.  
  4064. BUTCH
  4065. ...and ever.
  4066.  
  4067. Fabienne lies her head back.
  4068.  
  4069. Butch continues to massage her crotch.
  4070.  
  4071. FABIENNE
  4072. Do you love me?
  4073.  
  4074. BUTCH
  4075. Oui.
  4076.  
  4077. FABIENNE
  4078. Butch? Will you give me oral pleasure?
  4079.  
  4080. Butch kisses her on the mouth.
  4081.  
  4082. BUTCH
  4083. Will you kiss it?
  4084.  
  4085. She nods her head: "yes."
  4086.  
  4087. FABIENNE
  4088. But you first.
  4089.  
  4090. Butch's head goes down out of frame to carry out the oral
  4091. pleasure. Fabienne's face is alone in the frame.
  4092.  
  4093. FABIENNE
  4094. (in French, with
  4095. English subtitles)
  4096. Butch my love, the adventure begins.
  4097.  
  4098. FADE TO BLACK
  4099.  
  4100. FADE UP:
  4101.  
  4102. MOTEL ROOM
  4103.  
  4104. Same motel room, except empty. WE HEAR THE SHOWER RUNNING in
  4105. the bathroom. The CAMERA MOVES to the bathroom doorway. We
  4106. see Fabienne in a white terry cloth robe that seems to swallow
  4107. her up.
  4108.  
  4109. She's drying her head with a towel. Butch is inside the shower
  4110. washing up. We see the outline of his naked body through the
  4111. smoky glass of the shower door. Steam fills the bathroom.
  4112. Butch turns the shower off and opens the door, popping his
  4113. head out.
  4114.  
  4115. BUTCH
  4116. I think I cracked a rib.
  4117.  
  4118. FABIENNE
  4119. Giving me oral pleasure?
  4120.  
  4121. BUTCH
  4122. No retard, from the fight.
  4123.  
  4124. FABIENNE
  4125. Don't call me retard.
  4126.  
  4127. BUTCH
  4128. (in a Mongoloid voice)
  4129. My name is Fabby! My name is Fabby!
  4130.  
  4131. FABIENNE
  4132. Shut up fuck head! I hate that
  4133. Mongoloid voice.
  4134.  
  4135. BUTCH
  4136. Okay, sorry, sorry, sorry, I take it
  4137. back! Can I have a towel please,
  4138. Miss Beautiful Tulip.
  4139.  
  4140. FABIENNE
  4141. Oh I like that, I like being called
  4142. a tulip. Tulip is much better than
  4143. Mongoloid.
  4144.  
  4145. She finishes drying her hair and wraps the towel like a turban
  4146. on her head.
  4147.  
  4148. BUTCH
  4149. I didn't call you a Mongoloid, I
  4150. called you a retard, but I took it
  4151. back.
  4152.  
  4153. She hands him a towel.
  4154.  
  4155. BUTCH
  4156. Merci beaucoup.
  4157.  
  4158. FABIENNE
  4159. Butch?
  4160.  
  4161. BUTCH
  4162. (drying his head)
  4163. Yes, lemon pie.
  4164.  
  4165. FABIENNE
  4166. Where are we going to go?
  4167.  
  4168. BUTCH
  4169. I'm not sure yet. Wherever you want.
  4170. We're gonna get a lot of money from
  4171. this. But it ain't gonna be so much,
  4172. we can live like hogs in the fat
  4173. house forever. I was thinking we
  4174. could go somewhere in the South
  4175. Pacific. The kinda money we'll have'll
  4176. carry us a long way down there.
  4177.  
  4178. FABIENNE
  4179. So if we wanted, we could live in
  4180. Bora Bora?
  4181.  
  4182. BUTCH
  4183. You betcha. And if after awhile you
  4184. don't dig Bora Bora, then we can
  4185. move over to Tahiti or Mexico.
  4186.  
  4187. FABIENNE
  4188. But I do not speak Spanish.
  4189.  
  4190. BUTCH
  4191. You don't speak Bora Boran either.
  4192. Besides, Mexican is easy: Donde esta
  4193. el zapataria?
  4194.  
  4195. FABIENNE
  4196. What does that mean?
  4197.  
  4198. BUTCH
  4199. Where's the shoe store?
  4200.  
  4201. FABIENNE
  4202. Donde esta el zapataria?
  4203.  
  4204. BUTCH
  4205. Excellent pronunciation. You'll be
  4206. my little mama ceta in no time.
  4207.  
  4208. Butch exits the bathroom. We stay on Fabienne as she brushes
  4209. her teeth.
  4210.  
  4211. Butch keeps on from the other room.
  4212.  
  4213. BUTCH (O.S.)
  4214. Que hora es?
  4215.  
  4216. FABIENNE
  4217. Que hora es?
  4218.  
  4219. BUTCH (O.S.)
  4220. What time is it?
  4221.  
  4222. FABIENNE
  4223. What time is it?
  4224.  
  4225. BUTCH (O.S.)
  4226. Time for bed. Sweet dream, jellybean.
  4227.  
  4228. Fabienne brushes her teeth. We watch her for a moment or
  4229. two, then she remember something.
  4230.  
  4231. FABIENNE
  4232. Butch.
  4233.  
  4234. She walks out of the bathroom to ask Butch a question, only
  4235. to find him sound asleep in bed.
  4236.  
  4237. She looks at him for a moment.
  4238.  
  4239. FABIENNE
  4240. Forget it.
  4241.  
  4242. She exits frame, going back in the bathroom. WE STAY on the
  4243. WIDE SHOT of the unconscious Butch in bed.
  4244.  
  4245. FADE TO BLACK
  4246.  
  4247. FADE UP:
  4248.  
  4249. MOTEL ROOM – MORNING
  4250.  
  4251. SAME SHOT AS BEFORE, the next morning. We find Butch still
  4252. asleep in bed.
  4253.  
  4254. Fabienne brushes her teeth half in and half out of the
  4255. bathroom so she can watch TV at the same time. She still
  4256. wears the terry cloth robe from the night before.
  4257.  
  4258. ON TV: WILLIAM SMITH and a BUNCH OF HELL'S ANGELS are taking
  4259. on the entire Vietnamese army in the film "THE LOSERS".
  4260.  
  4261. Butch wakes from his sleep, as if a scary monster was chasing
  4262. him.
  4263.  
  4264. His start startles Fabienne.
  4265.  
  4266. FABIENNE
  4267. Merde! You startled me. Did you have
  4268. a bad dream?
  4269.  
  4270. Butch squints down the front of the bed at her, trying to
  4271. focus.
  4272.  
  4273. Butch, still trying to chase the cobwebs away, sees on TV
  4274. Hell's Angels tear-assin' through a Vietnamese prison camp.
  4275.  
  4276. BUTCH
  4277. What are you watching?
  4278.  
  4279. FABIENNE
  4280. A motorcycle movie, I'm not sure the
  4281. name.
  4282.  
  4283. BUTCH
  4284. Are you watchin' it?
  4285.  
  4286. Fabienne enters the room.
  4287.  
  4288. FABIENNE
  4289. In a way. Why? Would you like for me
  4290. to switch it off?
  4291.  
  4292. BUTCH
  4293. Would you please?
  4294.  
  4295. She reaches over and turns off the TV.
  4296.  
  4297. BUTCH
  4298. It's a little too early in the morning
  4299. for explosions and war.
  4300.  
  4301. FABIENNE
  4302. What was it about?
  4303.  
  4304. BUTCH
  4305. How should I know, you were the one
  4306. watchin' it.
  4307.  
  4308. Fabienne laughs.
  4309.  
  4310. FABIENNE
  4311. No, imbecile, what was your dream
  4312. about?
  4313.  
  4314. BUTCH
  4315. Oh, I... don't remember. It's really
  4316. rare I remember a dream.
  4317.  
  4318. FABIENNE
  4319. You just woke up from it.
  4320.  
  4321. BUTCH
  4322. Fabienne, I'm not lying to you, I
  4323. don't remember.
  4324.  
  4325. FABIENNE
  4326. Well, let's look at the grumpy man
  4327. in the morning. I didn't say you
  4328. were lying, it's just odd you don't
  4329. remember your dreams. I always
  4330. remember mine. Did you know you talk
  4331. in your sleep?
  4332.  
  4333. BUTCH
  4334. I don't talk in my sleep, do I talk
  4335. in my sleep?
  4336.  
  4337. FABIENNE
  4338. You did last night.
  4339.  
  4340. BUTCH
  4341. What did I say?
  4342.  
  4343. Laying on top of him.
  4344.  
  4345. FABIENNE
  4346. I don't know. I couldn't understand
  4347. you.
  4348.  
  4349. She kisses Butch.
  4350.  
  4351. FABIENNE
  4352. Why don't you get up and we'll get
  4353. some breakfast at that breakfast
  4354. place with the pancakes.
  4355.  
  4356. BUTCH
  4357. One more kiss and I'll get up.
  4358.  
  4359. Fabienne gives Butch a sweet long kiss.
  4360.  
  4361. FABIENNE
  4362. Satisfied?
  4363.  
  4364. BUTCH
  4365. Yep.
  4366.  
  4367. FABIENNE
  4368. Then get up, lazy bones.
  4369.  
  4370. Butch climbs out of bed and starts pulling clothes out of
  4371. the suitcase that Fabienne brought.
  4372.  
  4373. BUTCH
  4374. What time is it?
  4375.  
  4376. FABIENNE
  4377. Almost nine in the morning. What
  4378. time does our train arrive?
  4379.  
  4380. BUTCH
  4381. Eleven.
  4382.  
  4383. FABIENNE
  4384. I'm gonna order a big plate of
  4385. blueberry pancakes with maple syrup,
  4386. eggs over easy, and five sausages.
  4387.  
  4388. BUTCH
  4389. (surprised at her
  4390. potential appetite)
  4391. Anything to drink with that?
  4392.  
  4393. Butch is finished dressing.
  4394.  
  4395. FABIENNE
  4396. (referring to his
  4397. clothes)
  4398. Oh yes, that looks nice. To drink, a
  4399. tall glass or orange juice and a
  4400. black cup of coffee. After that, I'm
  4401. going to have a slice of pie.
  4402.  
  4403. As he goes through the suitcase.
  4404.  
  4405. BUTCH
  4406. Pie for breakfast?
  4407.  
  4408. FABIENNE
  4409. Any time of the day is a good time
  4410. for pie. Blueberry pie to go with
  4411. the pancakes. And on top, a thin
  4412. slice of melted cheese –
  4413.  
  4414. BUTCH
  4415. – where's my watch?
  4416.  
  4417. FABIENNE
  4418. It's there.
  4419.  
  4420. BUTCH
  4421. No, it's not. It's not here.
  4422.  
  4423. FABIENNE
  4424. Have you looked?
  4425.  
  4426. By now, Butch is frantically rummaging through the suitcase.
  4427.  
  4428. BUTCH
  4429. Yes I've fuckin' looked!!
  4430.  
  4431. He's now throwing clothes.
  4432.  
  4433. BUTCH
  4434. What the fuck do you think I'm doing?!
  4435. Are you sure you got it?
  4436.  
  4437. Fabienne can hardly speak, she's never seen Butch this way.
  4438.  
  4439. FABIENNE
  4440. Uhhh... yes... beside the table drawer
  4441.  
  4442. BUTCH
  4443. – on the little kangaroo.
  4444.  
  4445. FABIENNE
  4446. Yes, it was on your little kangaroo.
  4447.  
  4448. BUTCH
  4449. Well it's not here!
  4450.  
  4451. FABIENNE
  4452. (on the verge of tears)
  4453. Well it should be!
  4454.  
  4455. BUTCH
  4456. Oh it most definitely should be here,
  4457. but it's not. So where is it?
  4458.  
  4459. Fabienne is crying and scared.
  4460.  
  4461. Butch lowers his voice, which only serves to make him more
  4462. menacing.
  4463.  
  4464. BUTCH
  4465. Fabienne, that was my father's fuckin'
  4466. watch. You know what my father went
  4467. through to git me that watch?... I
  4468. don't wanna get into it right now...
  4469. but he went through a lot. Now all
  4470. this other shit, you coulda set on
  4471. fire, but I specifically reminded
  4472. you not to forget my father's watch.
  4473. Now think, did you get it?
  4474.  
  4475. FABIENNE
  4476. I believe so...
  4477.  
  4478. BUTCH
  4479. You believe so? You either did, or
  4480. you didn't, now which one is it?
  4481.  
  4482. FABIENNE
  4483. Then I did.
  4484.  
  4485. BUTCH
  4486. Are you sure?
  4487.  
  4488. FABIENNE
  4489. (shaking)
  4490. No.
  4491.  
  4492. Butch freaks out, he punches the air.
  4493.  
  4494. Fabienne SCREAMS and backs into a corner, Butch picks up the
  4495. motel TV and THROWS IT AGAINST the wall.
  4496.  
  4497. Fabienne SCREAMS IN HORROR.
  4498.  
  4499. Butch looks toward her, suddenly calm.
  4500.  
  4501. BUTCH
  4502. (to Fabienne)
  4503. No! It's not your fault.
  4504. (he approached her)
  4505. You left it at the apartment.
  4506.  
  4507. He bends down in front of the woman who has sunk to the floor.
  4508.  
  4509. He touches her hand, she flinches.
  4510.  
  4511. BUTCH
  4512. If you did leave it at the apartment,
  4513. it's not your fault. I had you bring
  4514. a bunch of stuff. I reminded you
  4515. about it, but I didn't illustrate
  4516. how personal the watch was to me. If
  4517. all I gave a fuck about was my watch,
  4518. I should've told you. You ain't a
  4519. mind reader.
  4520.  
  4521. He kisses her hand. Then rises.
  4522.  
  4523. Fabienne is still sniffling.
  4524.  
  4525. Butch goes to the closet.
  4526.  
  4527. FABIENNE
  4528. I'm sorry.
  4529.  
  4530. Butch puts on his high school jacket.
  4531.  
  4532. BUTCH
  4533. Don't be. It just means I won't be
  4534. able to eat breakfast with you.
  4535.  
  4536. FABIENNE
  4537. Why does it mean that?
  4538.  
  4539. BUTCH
  4540. Because I'm going back to my apartment
  4541. to get my watch.
  4542.  
  4543. FABIENNE
  4544. Won't the gangsters be looking for
  4545. you there?
  4546.  
  4547. BUTCH
  4548. That's what I'm gonna find out. If
  4549. they are, and I don't think I can
  4550. handle it, I'll split.
  4551.  
  4552. Rising from the floor.
  4553.  
  4554. FABIENNE
  4555. I was so dreadful. I saw your watch,
  4556. I thought I brought it. I'm so sorry.
  4557.  
  4558. Butch brings her close and puts his hands on her face.
  4559.  
  4560. BUTCH
  4561. Don't feel bad, sugar pop. Nothing
  4562. you could ever do would make me
  4563. permanently angry at you.
  4564. (pause)
  4565. I love you, remember?
  4566. (he digs some money
  4567. out of his wallet)
  4568. Now here's some money, order those
  4569. pancakes and have a great breakfast.
  4570.  
  4571. FABIENNE
  4572. Don't go.
  4573.  
  4574. BUTCH
  4575. I'll be back before you can say,
  4576. blueberry pie.
  4577.  
  4578. FABIENNE
  4579. Blueberry pie.
  4580.  
  4581. BUTCH
  4582. Well maybe not that fast, but fast.
  4583. Okay? Okay?
  4584.  
  4585. FABIENNE
  4586. Okay.
  4587.  
  4588. He kisses her once more and heads for the door.
  4589.  
  4590. BUTCH
  4591. Bye-bye, sugar pop.
  4592.  
  4593. FABIENNE
  4594. Bye.
  4595.  
  4596. BUTCH
  4597. I'm gonna take your Honda.
  4598.  
  4599. FABIENNE
  4600. Okay.
  4601.  
  4602. And with that, he's out the door.
  4603.  
  4604. Fabienne sits on the bed and looks at the money he gave her.
  4605.  
  4606. INT. HONDA (MOVING) – DAY
  4607.  
  4608. Butch is beating the steering wheel and the dash with his
  4609. fists as he drives down the street.
  4610.  
  4611. BUTCH
  4612. Of all the fuckin' things she coulda
  4613. forgot, she forgets my father's watch.
  4614. I specifically reminded her not to
  4615. forget it. "Bedside table – on the
  4616. kangaroo." I said the words: "Don't
  4617. forget my father's watch."
  4618.  
  4619. EXT. CITY STREET – DAY
  4620.  
  4621. The little Honda races toward its destination as fast as is
  4622. little engine will take it.
  4623.  
  4624. CUT TO:
  4625.  
  4626. A parking meter red flag rises up, then out, leaving the
  4627. arrow pointing at one hour.
  4628.  
  4629. EXT. RESIDENTIAL STREET CORNER – DAY
  4630.  
  4631. Butch isn't completely reckless. He has parked his car a
  4632. couple of blocks from his apartment to check things out before
  4633. he goes boppin' through the front door.
  4634.  
  4635. EXT. ALLEY – DAY
  4636.  
  4637. Butch walks down the alley until he gets to another street,
  4638. then he discreetly glances out.
  4639.  
  4640. EXT. STREET – BUTCH'S APARTMENT – DAY
  4641.  
  4642. Everything seems normal. More or less the right number of
  4643. cars in the street. None of the parked cars appear out of
  4644. place. None of them have a couple of goons sitting inside.
  4645. Basically, it looks like normal morning activity in front of
  4646. Butch's home.
  4647.  
  4648. Butch peers around a wall, taking in the vital information.
  4649.  
  4650. Butch walks out of the alley and is ready for anything. He
  4651. crosses the street and enters his apartment courtyard.
  4652.  
  4653. Across the street from Butch's building, on the corner, is a
  4654. combination donut shop and Japanese restaurant. A big sign
  4655. sticks up in the air, with the name "Teriyaki Donut" and a
  4656. graphic of a donut sticking out of a bowl of rice.
  4657.  
  4658. EXT. BUTCH'S APARTMENT COURTYARD – DAY
  4659.  
  4660. Butch is in the courtyard of his North Hollywood apartment
  4661. building. Once again, everything appears normal – the laundry
  4662. room, the pool, his apartment door – nothing appears
  4663. disturbed.
  4664.  
  4665. Butch climbs the stairs leading to his apartment, number 12.
  4666. He steps outside the door and listens inside. Nothing.
  4667.  
  4668. Butch slowly inserts the key into the door, quietly opening
  4669. it.
  4670.  
  4671. INT. BUTCH'S APARTMENT – DAY
  4672.  
  4673. His apartment hasn't been touched.
  4674.  
  4675. He cautiously steps inside, shuts the door and takes a quick
  4676. look around. Obviously, no one is there.
  4677.  
  4678. Butch walks into his modest kitchen, and opens the
  4679. refrigerator.
  4680.  
  4681. He takes out a carton of milk and drinks from it.
  4682.  
  4683. With carton in hard, Butch surveys the apartment. Then he
  4684. goes to the bedroom.
  4685.  
  4686. His bedroom is like the rest of the apartment – neat, clean
  4687. and anonymous. The only things personal in his room are a
  4688. few boxing trophies, an Olympic silver medal, a framed issue
  4689. of "Ring Magazine" with Butch on the cover, and a poster of
  4690. Jerry Quarry and one of George Chuvalo.
  4691.  
  4692. Sure enough, there's the watch just like he said it was: On
  4693. the bedside table, hanging on his little kangaroo statue.
  4694.  
  4695. He walks through the apartment and back into the kitchen. He
  4696. opens a cupboard and takes out a box of Pop Tarts. Putting
  4697. down the milk, he opens the box, takes out two Pop Tarts and
  4698. puts them in the toaster.
  4699.  
  4700. Butch glances to his right, his eyes fall on something.
  4701.  
  4702. What he sees is a small compact Czech M61 submachine gun
  4703. with a huge silencer on it, lying on his kitchen counter.
  4704.  
  4705. BUTCH
  4706. (softly)
  4707. Holy shit.
  4708.  
  4709. He picks up the intimidating peace of weaponry and examines
  4710. it.
  4711.  
  4712. Then... a toilet FLUSHES.
  4713.  
  4714. Butch looks up to the bathroom door, which is parallel to
  4715. the kitchen. There is someone behind it.
  4716.  
  4717. Like a rabbit caught in a radish patch, Butch freezes, not
  4718. knowing what to do.
  4719.  
  4720. The bathroom door opens and Vincent Vega steps out of the
  4721. bathroom, tightening his belt. In his hand is the book
  4722. "MODESTY BLAISE" by Peter O'Donnell.
  4723.  
  4724. Vincent and Butch lock eyes.
  4725.  
  4726. Vincent freezes.
  4727.  
  4728. Butch doesn't move, except to point the M61 in Vincent's
  4729. direction.
  4730.  
  4731. Neither man opens his mouth.
  4732.  
  4733. Then... the toaster LOUDLY kicks up the Pop Tarts.
  4734.  
  4735. That's all the situation needed.
  4736.  
  4737. Butch's finger HITS the trigger.
  4738.  
  4739. MUFFLED FIRE SHOOTS out of the end of the gun.
  4740.  
  4741. Vincent is seemingly WRACKED with twenty bullets
  4742. SIMULTANEOUSLY – LIFTING him off his feet, PROPELLING him
  4743. through the air and CRASHING through the glass shower door
  4744. at the end of the bathroom.
  4745.  
  4746. By the time Butch removes his finger from the trigger, Vincent
  4747. is annihilated.
  4748.  
  4749. Butch stands frozen, amazed at what just happened. His look
  4750. goes from the grease spot in the bathroom that was once
  4751. Vincent, down to the powerful piece of artillery in his grip.
  4752.  
  4753. With the respect it deserves, Butch carefully places the M61
  4754. back on the kitchen counter.
  4755.  
  4756. Then he exits the apartment, quickly.
  4757.  
  4758. EXT. APARTMENT COURTYARD – DAY
  4759.  
  4760. Butch, not running, but walking very rapidly, crosses the
  4761. courtyard...
  4762.  
  4763. ...comes out of the apartment building, crosses the street...
  4764.  
  4765. ...goes through the alley...
  4766.  
  4767. ...and into his car in one STEADICAM SHOT.
  4768.  
  4769. EXT. HONDA – DAY
  4770.  
  4771. Butch CRANKS the car into gear and drives away. The big wide
  4772. smile of a survivor breaks across his face.
  4773.  
  4774. EXT. APARTMENT BUILDING STREET – DAY
  4775.  
  4776. The Honda turns down the alley and slowly cruises by his
  4777. apartment building.
  4778.  
  4779. INT. HONDA – DAY
  4780.  
  4781. Butch looks out the window at his former home.
  4782.  
  4783. BUTCH
  4784. That's how you're gonna beat 'em,
  4785. Butch. They keep underestimatin'
  4786. ya.
  4787.  
  4788. This makes the boxer laugh out loud. As he laughs, he flips
  4789. a tape in the cassette player. When the MUSIC starts, he
  4790. SINGS along with it.
  4791.  
  4792. He drives by the apartment, but is stopped at the light on
  4793. the corner across from Teriyaki Donut.
  4794.  
  4795. Butch is still chuckling, singing along with the song, as we
  4796. see:
  4797.  
  4798. THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD
  4799.  
  4800. The big man himself, Marsellus Wallace, exit Teriyaki Donut,
  4801. carrying a box of a dozen donuts and two large styrofoam
  4802. cups of coffee. He steps off the curb, crossing the street
  4803. in front of Butch's car. This is the first time we see
  4804. Marsellus clearly.
  4805.  
  4806. Laughing boy stops when he sees the big man directly in front
  4807. of him.
  4808.  
  4809. When Marsellus is in front of Butch's car, he casually glances
  4810. to his left, sees Butch, continues walking... then STOPS!
  4811.  
  4812. DOUBLE-TAKE: "Am I really seeing what I'm seeing?"
  4813.  
  4814. Butch doesn't wait for the big man to answer his own question.
  4815. He STOMPS on the gas pedal.
  4816.  
  4817. The little Honda SLAMS into Marsellus, sending him, the donuts
  4818. and the coffee HITTING the pavement at thirty miles an hour.
  4819.  
  4820. Butch CUTS into cross traffic and is BROAD-SIDED by a gold
  4821. Camaro Z-28, BREAKING all the windows in the Honda and sending
  4822. it up on the sidewalk.
  4823.  
  4824. Butch sits dazed and confused in the crumpled mess of what
  4825. at one time was Fabienne's Honda. Blood flows from his
  4826. nostrils. The still-functional tape player continues to play.
  4827. A PEDESTRIAN pokes his head inside.
  4828.  
  4829. PEDESTRIAN
  4830. Jesus, are you okay?
  4831.  
  4832. Butch look at him, spaced-out.
  4833.  
  4834. BUTCH
  4835. I guess.
  4836.  
  4837. Marsellus Wallace lies sprawled out in the street. GAWKERS
  4838. gather around the body.
  4839.  
  4840. GAWKER #1
  4841. (to the others)
  4842. He's dead! He's dead!
  4843.  
  4844. This jerk's yelling makes Marsellus come to.
  4845.  
  4846. TWO PEDESTRIANS help the shaken Butch out of the wreckage.
  4847.  
  4848. The woozy Marsellus gets to his feet.
  4849.  
  4850. GAWKER #2
  4851. If you need a witness in court, I'll
  4852. be glad to help. He was a drunken
  4853. maniac. He hit you and crashed into
  4854. that car.
  4855.  
  4856. MARSELLUS
  4857. (still incoherent)
  4858. Who?
  4859.  
  4860. GAWKER #2
  4861. (pointing at Butch)
  4862. Him.
  4863.  
  4864. Marsellus follows the Gawker's finger and sees Butch Coolidge
  4865. down the street, looking a shambles.
  4866.  
  4867. MARSELLUS
  4868. Well, I'll be damned.
  4869.  
  4870. The big man takes out a .45 Automatic and the Gawkers back
  4871. away.
  4872.  
  4873. Marsellus starts moving toward Butch.
  4874.  
  4875. Butch sees the fierce figure making a wobbly bee-line toward
  4876. him.
  4877.  
  4878. BUTCH
  4879. Sacre bleu.
  4880.  
  4881. Marsellus brings up his weapon and FIRES, but he's so hurt,
  4882. shaky and dazed that his arm goes wild.
  4883.  
  4884. He HITS a LOOKY-LOO WOMAN in the hip. She falls to the ground,
  4885. screaming.
  4886.  
  4887. LOOKY-LOO WOMAN
  4888. Oh my God, I've been shot!
  4889.  
  4890. That's all Butch needs to see. He's outta here.
  4891.  
  4892. Marsellus RUNS after him.
  4893.  
  4894. The CROWD looks agape.
  4895.  
  4896. Butch is in a mad, limping RUN.
  4897.  
  4898. The big man's hot on his ass with a cockeyed wobbly run.
  4899.  
  4900. Butch cuts across traffic and dashes into a business with a
  4901. sign that reads "MASON-DIXIE PAWNSHOP".
  4902.  
  4903. INT. MASON-DIXIE PAWNSHOP – DAY
  4904.  
  4905. MAYNARD, a hillbilly-lookin' boy, stands behind the counter
  4906. of his pawnshop when, all of a sudden, chaos in the form of
  4907. Butch RACES into his world.
  4908.  
  4909. MAYNARD
  4910. Can I help you wit' somethin'?
  4911.  
  4912. BUTCH
  4913. Shut up!
  4914.  
  4915. Butch quickly takes measure of the situation, than stands
  4916. next to the door.
  4917.  
  4918. MAYNARD
  4919. Now you just wait one goddamn minute
  4920.  
  4921. Before Maynard can finish his threat, Marsellus CHARGES in.
  4922. He doesn't get past the doorway because Butch LANDS his fist
  4923. in Marsellus' face.
  4924.  
  4925. The gangster's feet go out from under him and the big man
  4926. FALLS FLAT on his back.
  4927.  
  4928. Outside, two police cars with their SIRENS BLARING race by.
  4929.  
  4930. Butch POUNCES on the fallen body, PUNCHING him twice more in
  4931. the face.
  4932.  
  4933. Butch takes the gun out of Marsellus' hand, than grabs ahold
  4934. of his middle finger.
  4935.  
  4936. BUTCH
  4937. So you like chasing people, huh?
  4938.  
  4939. He BREAKS the finger. Marsellus lets out a pain sound. Butch
  4940. then places the barrel of the .45 between his eyes, PULLS
  4941. back the hammer and places his open hand behind the gun to
  4942. shield the splatter.
  4943.  
  4944. BUTCH
  4945. Well guess what, big man, you caught
  4946. me –
  4947.  
  4948. MAYNARD (O.S.)
  4949. – hold it right there, godammit!
  4950.  
  4951. Butch and Marsellus look up at Maynard, who's brandishing a
  4952. pumpaction shotgun, aimed at the two men.
  4953.  
  4954. BUTCH
  4955. Look mister, this ain't any of your
  4956. business –
  4957.  
  4958. MAYNARD
  4959. – I'm makin' it my business! Now
  4960. toss that gun!
  4961.  
  4962. Butch does.
  4963.  
  4964. MAYNARD
  4965. Now you on top, stand up and come to
  4966. the counter.
  4967.  
  4968. Butch slowly gets up and moves to the counter. As soon as he
  4969. gets there, Maynard HAULS OFF, HITTING him hard in the face
  4970. with the butt of the shotgun, knocking Butch down and out.
  4971.  
  4972. After Butch goes down, Maynard calmly lays the shotgun on
  4973. the counter and moves to the telephone.
  4974.  
  4975. Marsellus Wallace, from his position on the floor, groggily
  4976. watches the pawnshop owner dial a number. Maynard waits on
  4977. the line while the other end rings. Then it picks up.
  4978.  
  4979. MAYNARD
  4980. Zed? It's Maynard. The spider just
  4981. caught a coupl'a flies.
  4982.  
  4983. Marsellus passes out.
  4984.  
  4985. FADE TO BLACK
  4986.  
  4987. FADE UP:
  4988.  
  4989. INT. PAWNSHOP BACK ROOM – DAY
  4990.  
  4991. TWO SHOT – BUTCH AND MARSELLUS
  4992.  
  4993. They are tied up in two separate chairs. In their mouths are
  4994. two S&M-style ball gags (a belt goes around their heads and
  4995. a little red ball sticks in their mouths). Both men are
  4996. unconscious.
  4997.  
  4998. Maynard steps in with a fire extinguisher and SPRAYS both
  4999. guys until they're wide awake and wet as otters. The two
  5000. prisoners look up at their captors.
  5001.  
  5002. Maynard stands in front of them, fire extinguisher in one
  5003. hand, shotgun in the other, and Marsellus' .45 sticking in
  5004. his belt.
  5005.  
  5006. MAYNARD
  5007. Nobody kills anybody in my place of
  5008. business except me or Zed.
  5009.  
  5010. A BUZZER buzzes.
  5011.  
  5012. MAYNARD
  5013. That's Zed.
  5014.  
  5015. Without saying another word, Maynard climbs up the stairs
  5016. that lead to red curtains and goes through them.
  5017.  
  5018. WE HEAR, on the other side of the curtains, Maynard let Zed
  5019. inside the store.
  5020.  
  5021. Butch and Marsellus look around the room. The basement of
  5022. the pawnshop has been converted into a dungeon. After taking
  5023. in their predicament, Butch and Marsellus look at each other,
  5024. all traces of hostility gone, replaced by a terror they both
  5025. share at what they've gotten themselves into.
  5026.  
  5027. Maynard and ZED come through the curtains. Zed is an even
  5028. more intense version of Maynard, if such a thing is possible.
  5029. The two hillbillys are obviously brothers. Where Maynard is
  5030. a vicious pitbull, Zed is a deadly cobra. Zed walks in and
  5031. stands in front of the two captives. He inspects them for a
  5032. long time, then says:
  5033.  
  5034. ZED
  5035. (to Maynard)
  5036. You said you waited for me?
  5037.  
  5038. MAYNARD
  5039. I did.
  5040.  
  5041. ZED
  5042. Then how come they're all beat up?
  5043.  
  5044. MAYNARD
  5045. They did that to each other. They
  5046. was fightin' when they came in. This
  5047. one was gonna shoot that one.
  5048.  
  5049. ZED
  5050. (to Butch)
  5051. You were gonna shoot him?
  5052.  
  5053. Butch makes no reply.
  5054.  
  5055. ZED
  5056. Hey, is Grace gonna be okay in front
  5057. of this place?
  5058.  
  5059. MAYNARD
  5060. Yeah, it ain't Tuesday is it?
  5061.  
  5062. ZED
  5063. No, it's Thursday.
  5064.  
  5065. MAYNARD
  5066. Then she'll be fine.
  5067.  
  5068. ZED
  5069. Bring out The Gimp.
  5070.  
  5071. MAYNARD
  5072. I think The Gimp's sleepin'.
  5073.  
  5074. ZED
  5075. Well, I guess you'll just wake 'em
  5076. up then, won't you?
  5077.  
  5078. Maynard opens a trap door in the floor.
  5079.  
  5080. MAYNARD
  5081. (yelling in the hole)
  5082. Wake up!
  5083.  
  5084. Maynard reaches into the hole and comes back holding onto a
  5085. leash.
  5086.  
  5087. He gives it a rough yank and, from below the floor, rises
  5088. THE GIMP.
  5089.  
  5090. The Gimp is a man they keep dressed from head to toe in black
  5091. leather bondage gear. There are zippers, buckles and studs
  5092. here and there on the body. On his head is a black leather
  5093. mask with two eye holes and a zipper (closed) for a mouth.
  5094. They keep him in a hole in the floor big enough for a large
  5095. dog.
  5096.  
  5097. Zed takes the chair, sits it in front of the two prisoners,
  5098. then lowers into it. Maynard hands The Gimp's leash to Zed,
  5099. then backs away.
  5100.  
  5101. MAYNARD
  5102. (to The Gimp)
  5103. Down!
  5104.  
  5105. The Gimp gets on its knees.
  5106.  
  5107. Maynard hangs back while Zed appraises the two men.
  5108.  
  5109. MAYNARD
  5110. Who's first?
  5111.  
  5112. ZED
  5113. I ain't fer sure yet.
  5114.  
  5115. Then with his little finger, Zed does a silent "Eenie, meany,
  5116. miney, moe... " just his mouth mouthing the words and his
  5117. finger going back and forth between the two.
  5118.  
  5119. Butch are Marsellus are terrified.
  5120.  
  5121. Maynard looks back and forth at the victims.
  5122.  
  5123. The Gimps's eyes go from one to the other inside the mask.
  5124.  
  5125. Zed continues his silent sing-song with his finger moving
  5126. left to right, then it stops.
  5127.  
  5128. TWO SHOT – BUTCH AND MARSELLUS
  5129.  
  5130. After a beat, THE CAMERA MOVES to the right, zeroing in on
  5131. Marsellus.
  5132.  
  5133. Zed stands up.
  5134.  
  5135. ZED
  5136. Wanna do it here?
  5137.  
  5138. MAYNARD
  5139. Naw, drag big boy to Russell's old
  5140. room.
  5141.  
  5142. Zed grabs Marsellus' chair and DRAGS him into Russell's old
  5143. room.
  5144.  
  5145. Russell, no doubt, was some other poor bastard that has the
  5146. misfortune of stumbling into the Mason-Dixie pawnshop.
  5147. Whatever happened to Russell is known only to Maynard and
  5148. Zed because his old room, a back room in the back of the
  5149. back room, is empty.
  5150.  
  5151. As Marsellus is dragged away, he locks eyes with Butch before
  5152. he disappears behind the door of Russell's old room.
  5153.  
  5154. MAYNARD
  5155. (to The Gimp)
  5156. Up!
  5157.  
  5158. The Gimp rises. Maynard ties The Gimp's leash to a hook on
  5159. the ceiling.
  5160.  
  5161. MAYNARD
  5162. Keep an eye on this one.
  5163.  
  5164. The Gimp bows its head: "yes." Maynard disappears into
  5165. Russell's old room. There must be a stereo in there because
  5166. suddenly The Judds, singing in harmony, fills the air.
  5167.  
  5168. Butch looks at The Gimp. The Gimp giggles from underneath
  5169. the mask as if this were the funniest moment in the history
  5170. of comedy.
  5171.  
  5172. From behind the door we hear country MUSIC, struggling, and:
  5173.  
  5174. MAYNARD (O.S.)
  5175. Whoa, this boy's got a bit of fight
  5176. in 'em!
  5177.  
  5178. We the HEAR Maynard and Zed beat on Marsellus.
  5179.  
  5180. ZED (O.S.)
  5181. You wanna fight? You wanna fight?
  5182. Good, I like to fight!
  5183.  
  5184. Butch pauses, listens to the voices. Then, in a panic,
  5185. hurriedly struggles to get free.
  5186.  
  5187. The Gimp is laughing wildly.
  5188.  
  5189. The ropes are on too tight and Butch can't break free.
  5190.  
  5191. The Gimp slaps his knee laughing In the back room, we hear:
  5192.  
  5193. MAYNARD (O.S.)
  5194. That's it... that's it boy, you're
  5195. goin' fine. Oooooooh, just like
  5196. that... that's good.
  5197. (grunting faster)
  5198. Stay still... stay still goddamn ya!
  5199. Zed goddammit, git over here and
  5200. hold 'em!
  5201.  
  5202. Butch stops struggling and lifts up on his arms. Then, quite
  5203. easily, the padded chair back slides up and off as if it
  5204. were never connected by a bolt.
  5205.  
  5206. The Gimp sees this and its eyes widen.
  5207.  
  5208. THE GIMP
  5209. Huhng?
  5210.  
  5211. The Gimp FLAILS WILDLY, trying to get the leash off the hook.
  5212. He tries to yell, but all that comes out are excited gurgles
  5213. and grunts.
  5214.  
  5215. Butch is out of his chair, quickly dispensing three BOXER'S
  5216. PUNCHES to its face. The punches knock The Gimp out, making
  5217. him fall to his knees, this HANGING HIMSELF by the leash
  5218. attached to the hook, Butch removes the ball gag, then
  5219. silently makes his way through the red curtains.
  5220.  
  5221. INT. PAWNSHOP – DAY
  5222.  
  5223. Butch sneaks to the door.
  5224.  
  5225. On the counter is a big set of keys with a large Z connected
  5226. to the ring. Grabbing them, he's about to go out when he
  5227. stops and listens to the hillbilly psychopaths having their
  5228. way with Marsellus.
  5229.  
  5230. Butch decides for the life of him, he can't leave anybody in
  5231. a situation like that. Se he begins rooting around the
  5232. pawnshop for a weapon to bash those hillbillies' heads in
  5233. with.
  5234.  
  5235. He picks up a big destructive-looking hammer, then discards
  5236. it: Not destructive enough. He picks up a chainsaw, thinks
  5237. about it for a moment, then puts it back. Next, a large
  5238. Louisville slugger he tries on for size. But then he spots
  5239. what he's been looking for:
  5240.  
  5241. A Samurai sword.
  5242.  
  5243. It hands in its hand-carved wood sheath from a nail on the
  5244. wall, next to a neon "DAD'S OLD-FASHIONED ROOT BEER" sign.
  5245. Butch takes the sword off the wall, removing it from its
  5246. sheath. It's a magnificent piece of steel. It seems to glisten
  5247. in the low-wattage light of the pawnshop. Butch touches his
  5248. thumb to the blade to see if the sword is just for show. Not
  5249. on your life. It's as sharp as it gets. This weapon seems
  5250. made to order for the Brothers Grimm downstairs. Holding the
  5251. sword pointed downward, Takakura Kenstyle, he disappears
  5252. through the red curtains to take care of business.
  5253.  
  5254. INT. PAWNSHOP BACK ROOM – DAY
  5255.  
  5256. Butch quietly sneaks down the stairs leading to the dungeon.
  5257.  
  5258. Sodomy and the Judds can still be heard going string behind
  5259. the closed door that leads to Russell's old room.
  5260.  
  5261. INT. RUSSELL'S OLD ROOM – DAY
  5262.  
  5263. Butch's hand comes into frame, pushing the door open. It
  5264. swings open silently, revealing the rapists, who have switched
  5265. positions.
  5266.  
  5267. Zed is now bent over Marsellus, who is bent over a wooden
  5268. horse.
  5269.  
  5270. Maynard watches. Both have their backs to Butch.
  5271.  
  5272. Maynard faces the CAMERA, grinning, while Butch comes up
  5273. behind him with the sword.
  5274.  
  5275. Miserable, violated, and looking like a rag doll, Marsellus,
  5276. red ball gag still in mouth, opens his watery eyes to see
  5277. Butch coming up behind Maynard. His eyes widen.
  5278.  
  5279. BUTCH
  5280. Hey hillbilly.
  5281.  
  5282. Maynard turns and sees Butch holding the sword.
  5283.  
  5284. Butch SCREAMS... with one mighty SWING, SLASHES Maynard across
  5285. the front, moving past him, eyes and blade now locked on
  5286. Zed.
  5287.  
  5288. Maynard stands trembling, his front sliced open, in shock.
  5289.  
  5290. Butch, while never taking his eyes off Zed, THRUSTS the sword
  5291. behind him, SKEWERING Maynard, then EXTRACTS it, pointing
  5292. the blade toward Zed. Maynard COLLAPSES.
  5293.  
  5294. Zed disengages from Marsellus in a hurry and his eyes go
  5295. from the tip of Butch's sword to Marsellus' .45 Automatic,
  5296. which lies within reach.
  5297.  
  5298. Butch's eyes follow Zed's.
  5299.  
  5300. BUTCH
  5301. You want that gun, Zed? Pick it up.
  5302.  
  5303. Zed's hand inches toward the weapon.
  5304.  
  5305. Butch GRIPS the sword tighter.
  5306.  
  5307. Zed studies Butch.
  5308.  
  5309. Butch looks hard at Zed.
  5310.  
  5311. Then a VOICE says:
  5312.  
  5313. MARSELLUS (O.S.)
  5314. Step aside, Butch.
  5315.  
  5316. Butch steps aside, REVEALING Marsellus standing behind him,
  5317. holding Maynard's pump-action shotgun.
  5318.  
  5319. KABOOM!!!!
  5320.  
  5321. Zed is BLASTED in the groin. Down he goes, SCREAMING in AGONY.
  5322.  
  5323. Marsellus, looking down at his whimpering rapist, EJECTS the
  5324. used shotgun shell.
  5325.  
  5326. Butch lowers the sword and hangs back. Not a word, until:
  5327.  
  5328. BUTCH
  5329. You okay?
  5330.  
  5331. MARSELLUS
  5332. Naw man. I'm pretty fuckin' far from
  5333. okay!
  5334.  
  5335. Long pause.
  5336.  
  5337. BUTCH
  5338. What now?
  5339.  
  5340. MARSELLUS
  5341. What now? Well let me tell you what
  5342. now. I'm gonna call a couple pipe-
  5343. hittin' niggers, who'll go to work
  5344. on homes here with a pair of pliers
  5345. and a blow torch.
  5346. (to Zed)
  5347. Hear me talkin' hillbilly boy?! I
  5348. ain't through with you by a damn
  5349. sight. I'm gonna git Medieval on
  5350. your ass.
  5351.  
  5352. BUTCH
  5353. I meant what now, between me and
  5354. you?
  5355.  
  5356. MARSELLUS
  5357. Oh, that what now? Well, let me tell
  5358. ya what now between me an' you. There
  5359. is no me an' you. Not no more.
  5360.  
  5361. BUTCH
  5362. So we're cool?
  5363.  
  5364. MARSELLUS
  5365. Yeah man, we're cool. One thing I
  5366. ask – two things I ask: Don't tell
  5367. nobody about this. This shit's between
  5368. me and you and the soon-to-be-livin'-
  5369. the-rest-of-his-short-ass-life-in-
  5370. agonizing-pain, Mr. Rapist here. It
  5371. ain't nobody else's business. Two:
  5372. leave town. Tonight. Right now. And
  5373. when you're gone, stay gone. You've
  5374. lost your Los Angeles privileges.
  5375. Deal?
  5376.  
  5377. BUTCH
  5378. Deal.
  5379.  
  5380. The two men shake hands, then hug one another.
  5381.  
  5382. MARSELLUS
  5383. Go on now, get your ass outta here.
  5384.  
  5385. Butch leaves Russell's old room through the red curtains.
  5386.  
  5387. Marsellus walks over to a phone, dialing a number.
  5388.  
  5389. MARSELLUS
  5390. (into the phone)
  5391. Hello Mr. Wolf, it's Marsellus. Gotta
  5392. bit of a situation.
  5393.  
  5394. EXT. MASON-DIXIE PAWNSHOP – DAY
  5395.  
  5396. Butch, still shaking in his boots, exits the pawnshop. He
  5397. looks ahead and sees, parked in front of the establishment,
  5398. Zed's Big Chrome Chopper with a teardrop gas tank that has
  5399. the name "GRACE" on it. He climbs aboard, takes out the keys
  5400. with the big Z on them and starts up the huge hog. It RUMBLES
  5401. to life, making sounds like a rocket fighting for orbit.
  5402. Butch twists the accelerator handle and SPEEDS off.
  5403.  
  5404. WE CUT BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN...
  5405.  
  5406. INT. BUTCH AND FABIENNE'S HOTEL ROOM – DAY
  5407.  
  5408. Fabienne stands in front of a mirror wearing a "Frankie says,
  5409. Relax" tee-shirt, singing along with MUSIC coming from a
  5410. BOOM BOX.
  5411.  
  5412. EXT. CITY STREET – CHOPPER (MOVING) – DAY
  5413.  
  5414. Butch drives down the street, humping a hot hog named "GRACE."
  5415. He checks his father's watch. It says: 10:30.
  5416.  
  5417. The SONG in the motel room PLAYS OVER this.
  5418.  
  5419. EXT. MOTEL ROOM – DAY
  5420.  
  5421. Butch rides up on Grace. He hops off and runs inside the
  5422. motel room, while we stay outside with the bike.
  5423.  
  5424. FABIENNE (O.S.)
  5425. Butch, I was so worried!
  5426.  
  5427. BUTCH
  5428. Honey, grab your radio and your purse
  5429. and let's go!
  5430.  
  5431. FABIENNE (O.S.)
  5432. But what about all our bags?
  5433.  
  5434. BUTCH
  5435. Fuck the bags. We'll miss our train
  5436. if we don't split now.
  5437.  
  5438. FABIENNE (O.S.)
  5439. Is everything well? Are we in danger?
  5440.  
  5441. BUTCH
  5442. We're cool. In fact, we're super-
  5443. cool. But we gots to go. I'll wait
  5444. for you outside.
  5445.  
  5446. Butch runs out and hops back on the bike. Fabienne exits the
  5447. motel room with the boom box and a large purse. When she
  5448. sees Butch on the chopper, she stops dead.
  5449.  
  5450. FABIENNE
  5451. Where did you get this motorcycle?
  5452.  
  5453. BUTCH
  5454. (he kick-starts it)
  5455. It's a chopper, baby, hop on.
  5456.  
  5457. Fabienne slowly approaches the two-wheel demon.
  5458.  
  5459. FABIENNE
  5460. What happened to my Honda?
  5461.  
  5462. BUTCH
  5463. Sorry baby, I crashed the Honda.
  5464.  
  5465. FABIENNE
  5466. You're hurt?
  5467.  
  5468. BUTCH
  5469. I might've broke my nose, no biggie.
  5470. Hop on.
  5471.  
  5472. She doesn't move.
  5473.  
  5474. Butch looks at her.
  5475.  
  5476. BUTCH
  5477. Honey, we gotta hit the fuckin' road!
  5478.  
  5479. Fabienne starts to cry.
  5480.  
  5481. Butch realizes that this is not the way to get her on the
  5482. bike. He turns off the engine and reaches out, taking her
  5483. hand.
  5484.  
  5485. BUTCH
  5486. I'm sorry, baby-love.
  5487.  
  5488. FABIENNE
  5489. (crying)
  5490. You were gone so long, I started to
  5491. think dreadful thoughts.
  5492.  
  5493. BUTCH
  5494. I'm sorry I worried you, sweetie.
  5495. Everything's fine. Hey, how was
  5496. breakfast?
  5497.  
  5498. FABIENNE
  5499. (waterworks drying a
  5500. little)
  5501. It was good –
  5502.  
  5503. BUTCH
  5504. – did you get the blueberry pancakes?
  5505.  
  5506. FABIENNE
  5507. No, they didn't have blueberry
  5508. pancakes, I had to get buttermilk –
  5509. are you sure you're okay?
  5510.  
  5511. BUTCH
  5512. Baby-love, from the moment I left
  5513. you, this has been without a doubt
  5514. the single weirdest day of my entire
  5515. life. Climb on an' I'll tell ya about
  5516. it.
  5517.  
  5518. Fabienne does climb on. Butch STARTS her up.
  5519.  
  5520. FABIENNE
  5521. Butch, whose motorcycle is this?
  5522.  
  5523. BUTCH
  5524. It's a chopper.
  5525.  
  5526. FABIENNE
  5527. Whose chopper is this?
  5528.  
  5529. BUTCH
  5530. Zed's.
  5531.  
  5532. FABIENNE
  5533. Who's Zed?
  5534.  
  5535. BUTCH
  5536. Zed's dead, baby, Zed's dead.
  5537.  
  5538. And with that, the two lovebirds PEEL AWAY on Grace, as the
  5539. SONG on the BOOM BOX RISES.
  5540.  
  5541. FADE TO BLACK
  5542.  
  5543. TITLE CARD:
  5544.  
  5545. "JULES VINCENT JIMMIE & THE WOLF"
  5546.  
  5547. TITLE DISAPPEARS.
  5548.  
  5549. Over black, we can HEAR in the distance, men talking.
  5550.  
  5551. JULES (O.S.)
  5552. You ever read the Bible, Brett?
  5553.  
  5554. BRETT (O.S.)
  5555. Yes!
  5556.  
  5557. JULES (O.S.)
  5558. There's a passage I got memorized,
  5559. seems appropriate for this situation:
  5560. Ezekiel 25:17. "The path of the
  5561. righteous man is beset on all sides
  5562. by the inequities of the selfish and
  5563. the tyranny of evil men..."
  5564.  
  5565. FADE UP:
  5566.  
  5567. INT. BATHROOM – DAY
  5568.  
  5569. We're in the bathroom of the Hollywood apartment we were in
  5570. earlier. In fact, we're there at exactly the same time. Except
  5571. this time, we're in the bathroom with the FOURTH MAN. The
  5572. Fourth Man is pacing around the small room, listening hard
  5573. to what's being said on the other side of the door, tightly
  5574. CLUTCHING his huge silver .357 Magnum.
  5575.  
  5576. JULES (O.S.)
  5577. "...blessed is he who, in the name
  5578. of charity and good will, shepherded
  5579. the weak through the valley of
  5580. darkness. And I will strike down
  5581. upon thee with great vengeance and
  5582. furious anger those who attempt to
  5583. poison and destroy my brothers. And
  5584. you will know I am the Lord when I
  5585. lay my vengeance upon you."
  5586.  
  5587. BANG! BANG! BOOM! POW! BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM!
  5588.  
  5589. The Fourth Man freaks out. He THROWS himself against the
  5590. back wall, gun outstretched in front of him, a look of yellow
  5591. fear on his face, ready to blow in half anybody fool enough
  5592. to stick their head through that door.
  5593.  
  5594. Then he listens to them talk.
  5595.  
  5596. VINCENT (O.S.)
  5597. Friend of yours?
  5598.  
  5599. JULES (O.S.)
  5600. Yeah, Marvin-Vincent-Vincent-Marvin.
  5601.  
  5602. Waiting for them isn't the smartest move. Bursting out the
  5603. door and blowing them all away while they're fuckin' around
  5604. is the way to go.
  5605.  
  5606. INT. APARTMENT – DAY
  5607.  
  5608. The bathroom door BURSTS OPEN and the Fourth Man CHARGES
  5609. out, silver Magnum raised, FIRING SIX BOOMING SHOTS from his
  5610. hand cannon.
  5611.  
  5612. FOURTH MAN
  5613. Die... die... die... die...!
  5614.  
  5615. DOLLY INTO Fourth Man, same as before.
  5616.  
  5617. He SCREAM until he's dry firing. Then a look of confusion
  5618. crosses his face.
  5619.  
  5620. TWO SHOT – JULES AND VINCENT
  5621.  
  5622. Standing next to each other, unharmed. Amazing as it seems,
  5623. none of the Fourth Man's shots appear to have hit anybody.
  5624. Jules and Vincent exchange looks like, "Are we hit?" They're
  5625. as confused at the shooter. After looking at each other,
  5626. they bring their looks up to the Fourth Man.
  5627.  
  5628. FOURTH MAN
  5629. I don't understand –
  5630.  
  5631. The Fourth Man is taken out of the scenario by the two men's
  5632. bullets who, unlike his, HIT their marks. He drops DEAD.
  5633.  
  5634. The two men lower their guns. Jules, obviously shaken, sits
  5635. down in a chair. Vincent, after a moment of respect, shrugs
  5636. it off.
  5637.  
  5638. Then heads toward Marvin in the corner.
  5639.  
  5640. VINCENT
  5641. Why the fuck didn't you tell us about
  5642. that guy in the bathroom? Slip your
  5643. mind? Forget he was in there with a
  5644. goddamn hand cannon?
  5645.  
  5646. JULES
  5647. (to himself)
  5648. We should be fuckin' dead right now.
  5649. (pause)
  5650. Did you see that gun he fired at us?
  5651. It was bigger than him.
  5652.  
  5653. VINCENT
  5654. .357.
  5655.  
  5656. JULES
  5657. We should be fuckin' dead!
  5658.  
  5659. VINCENT
  5660. Yeah, we were lucky.
  5661.  
  5662. Jules rises, moving toward Vincent.
  5663.  
  5664. JULES
  5665. That shit wasn't luck. That shit was
  5666. somethin' else.
  5667.  
  5668. Vincent prepares to leave.
  5669.  
  5670. VINCENT
  5671. Yeah, maybe.
  5672.  
  5673. JULES
  5674. That was... divine intervention. You
  5675. know what divine intervention is?
  5676.  
  5677. VINCENT
  5678. Yeah, I think so. That means God
  5679. came down from Heaven and stopped
  5680. the bullets.
  5681.  
  5682. JULES
  5683. Yeah, man, that's what is means.
  5684. That's exactly what it means! God
  5685. came down from Heaven and stopped
  5686. the bullets.
  5687.  
  5688. VINCENT
  5689. I think we should be going now.
  5690.  
  5691. JULES
  5692. Don't do that! Don't you fuckin' do
  5693. that! Don't blow this shit off!
  5694. What just happened was a fuckin'
  5695. miracle!
  5696.  
  5697. VINCENT
  5698. Chill the fuck out, Jules, this shit
  5699. happens.
  5700.  
  5701. JULES
  5702. Wrong, wrong, this shit doesn't just
  5703. happen.
  5704.  
  5705. VINCENT
  5706. Do you wanna continue this theological
  5707. discussion in the car, or at the
  5708. jailhouse with the cops?
  5709.  
  5710. JULES
  5711. We should be fuckin' dead now, my
  5712. friend! We just witnessed a miracle,
  5713. and I want you to fuckin' acknowledge
  5714. it!
  5715.  
  5716. VINCENT
  5717. Okay man, it was a miracle, can we
  5718. leave now?
  5719.  
  5720. EXT. HOLLYWOOD APARTMENT BUILDING – MORNING
  5721.  
  5722. The Chevy Nova PROPELS itself into traffic.
  5723.  
  5724. INT. NOVA (MOVING) – MORNING
  5725.  
  5726. Jules is behind the wheel,Vincent in the passenger seat and
  5727. Marvin in the back.
  5728.  
  5729. VINCENT
  5730. ...Ever seen that show "COPS?" I
  5731. was watchin' it once and this cop
  5732. was on it who was talkin' about this
  5733. time he got into this gun fight with
  5734. a guy in a hallway. He unloads on
  5735. this guy and he doesn't hit anything.
  5736. And these guys were in a hallway.
  5737. It's a freak, but it happens.
  5738.  
  5739. JULES
  5740. If you wanna play blind man, then go
  5741. walk with a Shepherd. But me, my
  5742. eyes are wide fuckin' open.
  5743.  
  5744. VINCENT
  5745. What the fuck does that mean?
  5746.  
  5747. JULES
  5748. That's it for me. For here on in,
  5749. you can consider my ass retired.
  5750.  
  5751. VINCENT
  5752. Jesus Christ!
  5753.  
  5754. JULES
  5755. Don't blaspheme!
  5756.  
  5757. VINCENT
  5758. Goddammit, Jules –
  5759.  
  5760. JULES
  5761. – I said don't do that –
  5762.  
  5763. VINCENT
  5764. – you're fuckin' freakin' out!
  5765.  
  5766. JULES
  5767. I'm tellin' Marsellus today I'm
  5768. through.
  5769.  
  5770. VINCENT
  5771. While you're at it, be sure to tell
  5772. 'im why.
  5773.  
  5774. JULES
  5775. Don't worry, I will.
  5776.  
  5777. VINCENT
  5778. I'll bet ya ten thousand dollars, he
  5779. laughs his ass off.
  5780.  
  5781. JULES
  5782. I don't give a damn if he does.
  5783.  
  5784. Vincent turns to the backseat with the .45 casually in his
  5785. grip.
  5786.  
  5787. VINCENT
  5788. Marvin, what do you make of all this?
  5789.  
  5790. MARVIN
  5791. I don't even have an opinion.
  5792.  
  5793. VINCENT
  5794. C'mon, Marvin. Do you think God came
  5795. down from Heaven and stopped the
  5796. bullets?
  5797.  
  5798. Vincent's .45 goes BANG!
  5799.  
  5800. Marvin is hit in the upper chest, below the throat. He GURGLES
  5801. blood and SHAKES.
  5802.  
  5803. JULES
  5804. What the fuck's happening?
  5805.  
  5806. VINCENT
  5807. I just accidentally shot Marvin in
  5808. the throat.
  5809.  
  5810. JULES
  5811. Why the fuck did you do that?
  5812.  
  5813. VINCENT
  5814. I didn't mean to do it. I said it
  5815. was an accident.
  5816.  
  5817. JULES
  5818. I've seen a lot of crazy-ass shit in
  5819. my time –
  5820.  
  5821. VINCENT
  5822. – chill out, man, it was an accident,
  5823. okay? You hit a bump or somethin'
  5824. and the gun went off.
  5825.  
  5826. JULES
  5827. The car didn't hit no motherfuckin'
  5828. bump!
  5829.  
  5830. VINCENT
  5831. Look! I didn't mean to shoot this
  5832. son-ofa-bitch, the gun just went
  5833. off, don't ask me how!
  5834.  
  5835. JULES
  5836. Look at this mess! We're drivin'
  5837. around on a city street in broad
  5838. daylight –
  5839.  
  5840. VINCENT
  5841. – I know, I know, I wasn't thinkin'
  5842. about the splatter.
  5843.  
  5844. JULES
  5845. Well you better be thinkin' about it
  5846. now, motherfucker! We gotta get this
  5847. car off the road. Cops tend to notice
  5848. shit like you're driving a car
  5849. drenched in fuckin' blood.
  5850.  
  5851. VINCENT
  5852. Can't we just take it to a friendly
  5853. place?
  5854.  
  5855. JULES
  5856. This is the Valley, Vincent. Marsellus
  5857. don't got no friendly places in the
  5858. Valley.
  5859.  
  5860. VINCENT
  5861. Well, don't look at me, this is your
  5862. town, Jules.
  5863.  
  5864. Jules takes out a cellular phone and starts punching digits.
  5865.  
  5866. VINCENT
  5867. Who ya callin'?
  5868.  
  5869. JULES
  5870. A buddy of mine in Toluca Lake.
  5871.  
  5872. VINCENT
  5873. Where's Toluca Lake.
  5874.  
  5875. JULES
  5876. On the other side of the hill, by
  5877. Burbank Studios. If Jimmie's ass
  5878. ain't home, I don't know what the
  5879. fuck we're gonna go. I ain't got any
  5880. other partners in 818.
  5881. (into phone)
  5882. Jimmie! How you doin' man, it's Jules.
  5883. (pause)
  5884. Listen up man, me an' my homeboy are
  5885. in some serious shit. We're in a car
  5886. we gotta get off the road, pronto! I
  5887. need to use your garage for a couple
  5888. hours.
  5889.  
  5890. INT. JIMMIE'S BATHROOM – DAY
  5891.  
  5892. Jules is bent over a sink, washing his bloody hands while
  5893. Vincent stands behind him.
  5894.  
  5895. JULES
  5896. We gotta be real fuckin' delicate
  5897. with this Jimmie's situation. He's
  5898. one remark away from kickin' our
  5899. asses out the door.
  5900.  
  5901. VINCENT
  5902. If he kicks us out, whadda we do?
  5903.  
  5904. JULES
  5905. Well, we ain't leavin' 'til we made
  5906. a couple phone calls. But I never
  5907. want it to reach that pitch. Jimmie's
  5908. my friend and you don't bust in your
  5909. friend's house and start tellin' 'im
  5910. what's what.
  5911.  
  5912. Jules rises and dries his hands. Vincent takes his place at
  5913. the sink.
  5914.  
  5915. VINCENT
  5916. Just tell 'im not to be abusive. He
  5917. kinda freaked out back there when he
  5918. saw Marvin.
  5919.  
  5920. JULES
  5921. Put yourself in his position. It's
  5922. eight o'clock in the morning. He
  5923. just woke up, he wasn't prepared for
  5924. this shit. Don't forget who's doin'
  5925. who a favor.
  5926.  
  5927. Vincent finishes, then dries his hands on a white towel.
  5928.  
  5929. VINCENT
  5930. If the price of that favor is I gotta
  5931. take shit, he can stick his favor
  5932. straight up his ass.
  5933.  
  5934. When Vincent is finished drying his hands, the towel is
  5935. stained with red.
  5936.  
  5937. JULES
  5938. What the fuck did you just do to his
  5939. towel?
  5940.  
  5941. VINCENT
  5942. I was just dryin' my hands.
  5943.  
  5944. JULES
  5945. You're supposed to wash 'em first.
  5946.  
  5947. VINCENT
  5948. You watched me wash 'em.
  5949.  
  5950. JULES
  5951. I watched you get 'em wet.
  5952.  
  5953. VINCENT
  5954. I washed 'em. Blood's real hard to
  5955. get off. Maybe if he had some Lava,
  5956. I coulda done a better job.
  5957.  
  5958. JULES
  5959. I used the same soap you did and
  5960. when I dried my hands, the towel
  5961. didn't look like a fuckin' Maxie
  5962. pad. Look, fuck it, alright. Who
  5963. cares? But it's shit like this that's
  5964. gonna bring this situation to a boil.
  5965. If he were to come in here and see
  5966. that towel like that... I'm tellin'
  5967. you Vincent, you best be cool. 'Cause
  5968. if I gotta get in to it with Jimmie
  5969. on account of you... Look, I ain't
  5970. threatenin' you, I respect you an'
  5971. all, just don't put me in that
  5972. position.
  5973.  
  5974. JULES
  5975. Jules, you ask me nice like that, no
  5976. problem. He's your friend, you handle
  5977. him.
  5978.  
  5979. INT. JIMMIE'S KITCHEN – MORNING
  5980.  
  5981. Three men are standing in Jimmie's kitchen, each with a mug
  5982. of coffee. Jules, Vincent and JIMMIE DIMMICK, a young man in
  5983. his late 20s dressed in a bathrobe.
  5984.  
  5985. JULES
  5986. Goddamn Jimmie, this is some serious
  5987. gourmet shit. Me an' Vincent woulda
  5988. been satisfied with freeze-dried
  5989. Tasters Choice. You spring this
  5990. gourmet fuckin' shit on us. What
  5991. flavor is this?
  5992.  
  5993. JIMMIE
  5994. Knock it off, Julie.
  5995.  
  5996. JULES
  5997. What?
  5998.  
  5999. JIMMIE
  6000. I'm not a cobb or corn, so you can
  6001. stop butterin' me up. I don't need
  6002. you to tell me how good my coffee
  6003. is. I'm the one who buys it, I know
  6004. how fuckin' good it is. When Bonnie
  6005. goes shoppin;, she buys shit. I buy
  6006. the gourmet expensive stuff 'cause
  6007. when I drink it, I wanna taste it.
  6008. But what's on my mind at this moment
  6009. isn't the coffee in my kitchen, it's
  6010. the dead nigger in my garage.
  6011.  
  6012. JULES
  6013. Jimmie –
  6014.  
  6015. JIMMIE
  6016. – I'm talkin'. Now let me ask you a
  6017. question, Jules. When you drove in
  6018. here, did you notice a sign out front
  6019. that said, "Dead nigger storage?"
  6020.  
  6021. Jules starts to "Jimmie" him –
  6022.  
  6023. JIMMIE
  6024. – answer to question. Did you see a
  6025. sign out in front of my house that
  6026. said, "Dead nigger storage?"
  6027.  
  6028. JULES
  6029. (playing along)
  6030. Naw man, I didn't.
  6031.  
  6032. JIMMIE
  6033. You know why you didn't see that
  6034. sign?
  6035.  
  6036. JULES
  6037. Why?
  6038.  
  6039. JIMMIE
  6040. 'Cause storin' dead niggers ain't my
  6041. fuckin' business!
  6042.  
  6043. Jules starts to "Jimmie" him.
  6044.  
  6045. JIMMIE
  6046. – I ain't through! Now don't you
  6047. understand that if Bonnie comes home
  6048. and finds a dead body in her house,
  6049. I'm gonna get divorced. No marriage
  6050. counselor, no trial separation –
  6051. fuckin' divorced. And I don't wanna
  6052. get fuckin' divorced. The last time
  6053. me an' Bonnie talked about this shit
  6054. was gonna be the last time me an'
  6055. Bonnie talked about this shit. Now I
  6056. wanna help ya out Julie, I really
  6057. do. But I ain't gonna lose my wife
  6058. doin' it.
  6059.  
  6060. JULES
  6061. Jimmie –
  6062.  
  6063. JIMMIE
  6064. – don't fuckin' Jimmie me, man, I
  6065. can't be Jimmied. There's nothin'
  6066. you can say that's gonna make me
  6067. forget I love my wife. Now she's
  6068. workin' the graveyard shift at the
  6069. hospital. She'll be comin' home in
  6070. less than an hour and a half. Make
  6071. your phone calls, talk to your people,
  6072. than get the fuck out of my house.
  6073.  
  6074. JULES
  6075. That's all we want. We don't wanna
  6076. fuck up your shit. We just need to
  6077. call our people to bring us in.
  6078.  
  6079. JIMMIE
  6080. Then I suggest you get to it. Phone's
  6081. in my bedroom.
  6082.  
  6083. INT. MARSELLUS WALLACE'S DINING ROOM – MORNING
  6084.  
  6085. Marsellus Wallace sits at his dining table in a big comfy
  6086. robe, eating his large breakfast, while talking on the phone.
  6087.  
  6088. MARSELLUS
  6089. ...well, say she comes home. Whaddya
  6090. think she'll do?
  6091. (pause)
  6092. No fuckin' shit she'll freak. That
  6093. ain't no kinda answer. You know 'er,
  6094. I don't. How bad, a lot or a little?
  6095.  
  6096. INT. JIMMIE'S BEDROOM – MORNING
  6097.  
  6098. Jules paces around in Jimmie's bedroom on the phone.
  6099.  
  6100. JULES
  6101. You got to appreciate what an
  6102. explosive element this Bonnie
  6103. situation is. If she comes home from
  6104. a hard day's work and finds a bunch
  6105. of gangsters doin' a bunch of gangsta'
  6106. shit in her kitchen, ain't no tellin'
  6107. what she's apt to do.
  6108.  
  6109. MARSELLUS
  6110. I've grasped that, Jules. All I'm
  6111. doin' is contemplating the "ifs."
  6112.  
  6113. JULES
  6114. I don't wanna hear about no
  6115. motherfuckin' "ifs."What I wanna
  6116. hear from your ass is: "you ain't
  6117. got no problems, Jules. I'm on the
  6118. motherfucker. Go back in there, chill
  6119. them niggers out and wait for the
  6120. cavalry, which should be comin'
  6121. directly."
  6122.  
  6123. MARSELLUS
  6124. You ain't got no problems, Jules.
  6125. I'm on the motherfucker. Go back in
  6126. there, chill them niggers out and
  6127. wait for The Wolf, who should be
  6128. comin' directly.
  6129.  
  6130. JULES
  6131. You sendin' The Wolf?
  6132.  
  6133. MARSELLUS
  6134. Feel better?
  6135.  
  6136. JULES
  6137. Shit Negro, that's all you had to
  6138. say.
  6139.  
  6140. INT. HOTEL SUITE – MORNING
  6141.  
  6142. The CAMERA looks through the bedroom doorway of a hotel suite
  6143. into the main area. We SEE a crap game being played on a
  6144. fancy crap table by GAMBLERS in tuxedos and LUCKY LADIES in
  6145. fancy evening gowns. The CAMERA PANS to the right revealing:
  6146. Sitting on a bed, phone in hand with his back to us, the
  6147. tuxedo-clad WINSTON WOLF aka "THE WOLF". We also see The
  6148. Wolf has a small notepad that he jots details in.
  6149.  
  6150. THE WOLF
  6151. (into phone)
  6152. Is she the hysterical type?
  6153. (pause)
  6154. When she due?
  6155. (jotting down)
  6156. Give me the principals' names again?
  6157. (jots down)
  6158. Jules...
  6159.  
  6160. We SEE his book. The page has written on it:
  6161.  
  6162. "1265 Riverside Drive Toluca Lake 1 body (no head)
  6163. Bloody shot-up car Jules (black)"
  6164.  
  6165. THE WOLF
  6166. ...Vincent... Jimmie... Bonnie...
  6167.  
  6168. HE WRITES:
  6169.  
  6170. "Vincent (Dean Martin) Jimmie (house) Bonnie (9:30)"
  6171.  
  6172. THE WOLF
  6173. Expect a call around 10:30. It's
  6174. about thirty minutes away. I'll be
  6175. there in ten.
  6176.  
  6177. He hangs up. We never see his face.
  6178.  
  6179. CUT TO:
  6180.  
  6181. TITLE CARD OVER BLACK:
  6182.  
  6183. "NINE MINUTES AND THIRTY-SEVEN SECONDS LATER"
  6184.  
  6185. CUT TO:
  6186.  
  6187. EXT. JIMMIE'S STREET – MORNING
  6188.  
  6189. A silver Porsche WHIPS the corner leading to Jimmie's home,
  6190. in HYPER DRIVE. Easily doing 135 mph, the Porsche stops on a
  6191. dime in front of Jimmie's house.
  6192.  
  6193. A ringed finger touches the doorbell: DING DONG.
  6194.  
  6195. INT. JIMMIE'S HOUSE – MORNING
  6196.  
  6197. Jimmie opens the door. We see, standing in the doorway, the
  6198. tuxedo-clad man. He looks down to his notebook, then up at
  6199. Jimmie.
  6200.  
  6201. THE WOLF
  6202. You're Jimmie, right? This is your
  6203. house?
  6204.  
  6205. JIMMIE
  6206. Yeah.
  6207.  
  6208. THE WOLF
  6209. (stick his hand out)
  6210. I'm Winston Wolf, I solve problems.
  6211.  
  6212. JIMMIE
  6213. Good, 'cause we got one.
  6214.  
  6215. THE WOLF
  6216. So I heard. May I come in?
  6217.  
  6218. JIMMIE
  6219. Please do.
  6220.  
  6221. In the dining room, Jules and Vincent stand up.
  6222.  
  6223. THE WOLF
  6224. You must be Jules, which would make
  6225. you Vincent. Let's get down to brass
  6226. tacks, gentlemen. If I was informed
  6227. correctly, the clock is ticking, is
  6228. that right, Jimmie?
  6229.  
  6230. JIMMIE
  6231. 100%.
  6232.  
  6233. THE WOLF
  6234. Your wife, Bonnie...
  6235. (refers to his pad)
  6236. ...comes home at 9:30 in the AM, is
  6237. that correct?
  6238.  
  6239. JIMMIE
  6240. Uh-huh.
  6241.  
  6242. THE WOLF
  6243. I was led to believe if she comes
  6244. home and finds us here, she wouldn't
  6245. appreciate it none too much.
  6246.  
  6247. JIMMIE
  6248. She won't at that.
  6249.  
  6250. THE WOLF
  6251. That gives us forty minutes to get
  6252. the fuck outta Dodge, which, if you
  6253. do what I say when I say it, should
  6254. by plenty. Now you got a corpse in a
  6255. car, minus a head, in a garage. Take
  6256. me to it.
  6257.  
  6258. INT. JIMMIE'S GARAGE – MORNING
  6259.  
  6260. The three men hang back as The Wolf examines the car. He
  6261. studies the car in silence, opening the door, looking inside,
  6262. circling it.
  6263.  
  6264. THE WOLF
  6265. Jimmie?
  6266.  
  6267. JIMMIE
  6268. Yes.
  6269.  
  6270. THE WOLF
  6271. Do me a favor, will ya? Thought I
  6272. smelled some coffee in there. Would
  6273. you make me a cup?
  6274.  
  6275. JIMMIE
  6276. Sure, how do you take it?
  6277.  
  6278. THE WOLF
  6279. Lotsa cream, lotsa sugar.
  6280.  
  6281. Jimmie exists. The Wolf continues his examination.
  6282.  
  6283. THE WOLF
  6284. About the car, is there anything I
  6285. need to know? Does it stall, does it
  6286. make a lot of noise, does it smoke,
  6287. is there gas in it, anything?
  6288.  
  6289. JULES
  6290. Aside from how it looks, the car's
  6291. cool.
  6292.  
  6293. THE WOLF
  6294. Positive? Don't get me out on the
  6295. road and I find out the brake lights
  6296. don't work.
  6297.  
  6298. JULES
  6299. Hey man, as far as I know, the
  6300. motherfucker's tip-top.
  6301.  
  6302. THE WOLF
  6303. Good enough, let's go back to the
  6304. kitchen.
  6305.  
  6306. INT. KITCHEN – MORNING
  6307.  
  6308. Jimmie hands The Wolf a cup of coffee.
  6309.  
  6310. THE WOLF
  6311. Thank you, Jimmie.
  6312.  
  6313. He takes a sip, then, pacing as he thinks, lays out for the
  6314. three men the plan of action.
  6315.  
  6316. THE WOLF
  6317. Okay first thing, you two.
  6318. (meaning Jules and
  6319. Vincent)
  6320. Take the body, stick it in the trunk.
  6321. Now Jimmie, this looks to be a pretty
  6322. domesticated house. That would lead
  6323. me to believe that in the garage or
  6324. under the sink, you got a bunch of
  6325. cleansers and cleaners and shit like
  6326. that, am I correct?
  6327.  
  6328. JIMMIE
  6329. Yeah. Exactly. Under the sink.
  6330.  
  6331. THE WOLF
  6332. Good. What I need you two fellas to
  6333. do is take those cleaning products
  6334. and clean the inside of the car. And
  6335. I'm talkin' fast, fast, fast. You
  6336. need to go in the backseat, scoop up
  6337. all those little pieces of brain and
  6338. skull. Get it out of there. Wipe
  6339. down the upholstery – now when it
  6340. comes to upholstery, it don't need
  6341. to be spic and span, you don't need
  6342. to eat off it. Give it a good once
  6343. over. What you need to take care of
  6344. are the really messy parts. The pools
  6345. of blood that have collected, you
  6346. gotta soak that shit up. But the
  6347. windows are a different story. Them
  6348. you really clean. Get the Windex, do
  6349. a good job. Now Jimmie, we need to
  6350. raid your linen closet. I need
  6351. blankets, I need comforters, I need
  6352. quilts, I need bedspreads. The thicker
  6353. the better, the darker the better.
  6354. No whites, can't use 'em. We need to
  6355. camouflage the interior of the car.
  6356. We're gonna line the front seat and
  6357. the backseat and the floor boards
  6358. with quilts and blankets. If a cop
  6359. stops us and starts stickin' his big
  6360. snout in the car, the subterfuge
  6361. won't last. But at a glance, the car
  6362. will appear to be normal. Jimmie –
  6363. lead the way, boys – get to work.
  6364.  
  6365. The Wolf and Jimmie turn, heading for the bedroom, leaving
  6366. Vincent and Jules standing in the kitchen.
  6367.  
  6368. VINCENT
  6369. (calling after him)
  6370. A "please" would be nice.
  6371.  
  6372. The Wolf stops and turns around.
  6373.  
  6374. THE WOLF
  6375. Come again?
  6376.  
  6377. VINCENT
  6378. I said a "please" would be nice.
  6379.  
  6380. The Wolf takes a step toward him.
  6381.  
  6382. THE WOLF
  6383. Set is straight, Buster. I'm not
  6384. here to say "please."I'm here to
  6385. tell you want to do. And if self-
  6386. preservation is an instinct you
  6387. possess, you better fuckin' do it
  6388. and do it quick. I'm here to help.
  6389. If my help's not appreciated, lotsa
  6390. luck gentlemen.
  6391.  
  6392. JULES
  6393. It ain't that way, Mr. Wolf. Your
  6394. help is definitely appreciated.
  6395.  
  6396. VINCENT
  6397. I don't mean any disrespect. I just
  6398. don't like people barkin' orders at
  6399. me.
  6400.  
  6401. THE WOLF
  6402. If I'm curt with you, it's because
  6403. time is a factor. I think fast, I
  6404. talk fast, and I need you guys to
  6405. act fast if you want to get out of
  6406. this. So pretty please, with sugar
  6407. on top, clean the fuckin' car.
  6408.  
  6409. INT. JIMMIE'S BEDROOM – MORNING
  6410.  
  6411. Jimmie's gathering all the bedspreads, quilts and linen he
  6412. has.
  6413.  
  6414. The Wolf is on the phone.
  6415.  
  6416. THE WOLF
  6417. (into phone)
  6418. It's a 1974 Chevy Nova.
  6419. (pause)
  6420. White.
  6421. (pause)
  6422. Nothin', except for the mess inside.
  6423. (pause)
  6424. About twenty minutes.
  6425. (pause)
  6426. Nobody who'll be missed.
  6427. (pause)
  6428. You're a good man, Joe. See ya soon.
  6429. (he looks at Jimmie)
  6430. How we comin', Jimmie?
  6431.  
  6432. Jimmie comes over with a handful of linen.
  6433.  
  6434. JIMMIE
  6435. Mr. Wolf, you gotta understand
  6436. somethin' –
  6437.  
  6438. THE WOLF
  6439. – Winston, Jimmie – please, Winston.
  6440.  
  6441. JIMMIE
  6442. You gotta understand something,
  6443. Winston. I want to help you guys out
  6444. and all, but that's my best linen.
  6445. It was a wedding present from my
  6446. Uncle Conrad and Aunt Ginny, and
  6447. they ain't with us anymore –
  6448.  
  6449. THE WOLF
  6450. – let me ask you a question, if you
  6451. don't mind?
  6452.  
  6453. JIMMIE
  6454. Sure.
  6455.  
  6456. THE WOLF
  6457. Were you Uncle Conrad and Aunt Ginny
  6458. millionaires?
  6459.  
  6460. JIMMIE
  6461. No.
  6462.  
  6463. THE WOLF
  6464. Well, your Uncle Marsellus is. And
  6465. I'm positive if Uncle Conrad and
  6466. Aunt Ginny were millionaires, they
  6467. would've furnished you with a whole
  6468. bedroom set, which your Uncle
  6469. Marsellus is more than happy to do.
  6470. (takes out a roll of
  6471. bills)
  6472. I like oak myself, that's what's in
  6473. my bedroom. How 'bout you Jimmie,
  6474. you an oak man?
  6475.  
  6476. JIMMIE
  6477. Oak's nice.
  6478.  
  6479. INT. GARAGE – MORNING
  6480.  
  6481. Both Jules and Vincent are inside the car cleaning it up.
  6482. Vincent is in the front seat washing windows, while Jules is
  6483. in the backseat, picking up little pieces of skull and gobs
  6484. of brain.
  6485.  
  6486. Both are twice as bloody as they were before.
  6487.  
  6488. JULES
  6489. I will never forgive your ass for
  6490. this shit. This is some fucked-up
  6491. repugnant shit!
  6492.  
  6493. VINCENT
  6494. Did you ever hear the philosophy
  6495. that once a man admits he's wrong,
  6496. he's immediately forgiven for all
  6497. wrong-doings?
  6498.  
  6499. JULES
  6500. Man, get outta my face with that
  6501. shit! The motherfucker who said that
  6502. never had to pick up itty-bitty pieces
  6503. of skull with his fingers on account
  6504. of your dumb ass.
  6505.  
  6506. VINCENT
  6507. I got a threshold, Jules. I got a
  6508. threshold for the abuse I'll take.
  6509. And you're crossin' it. I'm a race
  6510. car and you got me in the red. Redline
  6511. 7000, that's where you are. Just
  6512. know, it's fuckin' dangerous to be
  6513. drivin' a race car when it's in the
  6514. red. It could blow.
  6515.  
  6516. JULES
  6517. You're gettin' ready to blow? I'm a
  6518. mushroom-cloud-layin' motherfucker!
  6519. Every time my fingers touch brain
  6520. I'm "SUPERFLY T.N.T," I'm the "GUNS
  6521. OF NAVARONE." I'm what Jimmie Walker
  6522. usta talk about. In fact, what the
  6523. fuck am I doin' in the back? You're
  6524. the motherfucker should be on brain
  6525. detail. We're tradin'. I'm washin'
  6526. windows and you're pickin' up this
  6527. nigger's skull.
  6528.  
  6529. INT. CHEVY NOVA – MORNING
  6530.  
  6531. The interior of the car has been cleaned and lined with
  6532. bedspreads and quilts. Believe it or not, what looked like a
  6533. portable slaughterhouse can actually pass for a non-descript
  6534. vehicle.
  6535.  
  6536. The Wolf circles the car examining it.
  6537.  
  6538. Jules and Vincent stand aside, their clothes are literally a
  6539. bloody mess, but they do have a sense of pride in what a
  6540. good job they've done.
  6541.  
  6542. THE WOLF
  6543. Fine job, gentlemen. We may get out
  6544. of this yet.
  6545.  
  6546. JIMMIE
  6547. I can't believe that's the same car.
  6548.  
  6549. THE WOLF
  6550. Well, let's not start suckin' each
  6551. other's dicks quite yet. Phase one
  6552. is complete, clean the car, which
  6553. moves us right along to phase two,
  6554. clean you two.
  6555.  
  6556. EXT. JIMMIE'S BACKYARD – MORNING
  6557.  
  6558. Jules and Vincent stand side by side in their black suits,
  6559. covered in blood, in Jimmie's backyard. Jimmie holds a plastic
  6560. Hefty trash bag, while The Wolf holds a garden hose with one
  6561. of those guns nozzles attached.
  6562.  
  6563. THE WOLF
  6564. Strip.
  6565.  
  6566. VINCENT
  6567. All the way?
  6568.  
  6569. THE WOLF
  6570. To your bare ass.
  6571.  
  6572. As they follow directions, The Wolf enjoys a smoke.
  6573.  
  6574. THE WOLF
  6575. Quickly gentlemen, we got about
  6576. fifteen minutes before Jimmie's better-
  6577. half comes pulling into the driveway.
  6578.  
  6579. JULES
  6580. This morning air is some chilly shit.
  6581.  
  6582. VINCENT
  6583. Are you sure this is absolutely
  6584. necessary?
  6585.  
  6586. THE WOLF
  6587. You know what you two look like?
  6588.  
  6589. VINCENT
  6590. What?
  6591.  
  6592. THE WOLF
  6593. Like a couple of guys who just blew
  6594. off somebody's head. Yes, strippin'
  6595. off those bloody rags is absolutely
  6596. necessary. Toss the clothes in Jim's
  6597. garbage bag.
  6598.  
  6599. JULES
  6600. Now Jimmie, don't do nothin' stupid
  6601. like puttin' that out in front of
  6602. your house for Elmo the garbage man
  6603. to take away.
  6604.  
  6605. THE WOLF
  6606. Don't worry, we're takin' it with
  6607. us. Jim, the soap.
  6608.  
  6609. He hands the now-naked men a bar of soap.
  6610.  
  6611. THE WOLF
  6612. Okay gentlemen, you're both been to
  6613. County before, I'm sure. Here it
  6614. comes.
  6615.  
  6616. He hits the trigger, water SHOOTS OUT, SMACKING both men.
  6617.  
  6618. JULES
  6619. Goddamn, that water's fuckin' cold!
  6620.  
  6621. THE WOLF
  6622. Better you than me, gentlemen.
  6623.  
  6624. The two men, trembling, scrub themselves.
  6625.  
  6626. THE WOLF
  6627. Don't be afraid of the soap, spread
  6628. it around.
  6629.  
  6630. The Wolf stops the hose, tossing it on the ground.
  6631.  
  6632. THE WOLF
  6633. Towel 'em.
  6634.  
  6635. Jimmie tosses them each a towel, which they rub furiously
  6636. across their bodies.
  6637.  
  6638. THE WOLF
  6639. You're dry enough, give 'em their
  6640. clothes.
  6641.  
  6642. FADE UP ON:
  6643.  
  6644. JULES AND VINCENT In their tee-shirts and swim trunks. They
  6645. look a million miles away from the black-suited, bad-asses
  6646. we first met.
  6647.  
  6648. THE WOLF
  6649. Perfect. Perfect. We couldn't've
  6650. planned this better. You guys look
  6651. like... what do they look like,
  6652. Jimmie?
  6653.  
  6654. JIMMIE
  6655. Dorks. They look like a couple of
  6656. dorks.
  6657.  
  6658. The Wolf and Jimmie laugh.
  6659.  
  6660. JULES
  6661. Ha ha ha. They're your clothes,
  6662. motherfucker.
  6663.  
  6664. JIMMIE
  6665. I guess you just gotta know how to
  6666. wear them.
  6667.  
  6668. JULES
  6669. Yeah, well, our asses ain't the expert
  6670. on wearin' dorky shit that your is.
  6671.  
  6672. THE WOLF
  6673. C'mon, gentlemen, we're laughin' and
  6674. jokin' our way into prison. Don't
  6675. make me beg.
  6676.  
  6677. INT. JIMMIE'S GARAGE – MORNING
  6678.  
  6679. The garbage bag is tossed in the car trunk on top of Marvin.
  6680. The Wolf SLAMS is closed.
  6681.  
  6682. THE WOLF
  6683. Gentlemen, let's get our rules of
  6684. the road straight. We're going to a
  6685. place called Monster Joe's Truck and
  6686. Tow. Monster Joe and his daughter
  6687. Raquel are sympathetic to out dilemma.
  6688. The place is North Hollywood, so a
  6689. few twist and turns aside, we'll be
  6690. goin' up Hollywood Way. Now I'll
  6691. drive the tainted car. Jules, you
  6692. ride with me. Vincent, you follow
  6693. in my Porsche. Now if we cross the
  6694. path of any John Q. Laws, nobody
  6695. does a fuckin' thing 'til I do
  6696. something.
  6697.  
  6698. (TO JULES)
  6699. What did I say?
  6700.  
  6701. JULES
  6702. Don't do shit unless –
  6703.  
  6704. THE WOLF
  6705. – unless what?
  6706.  
  6707. JULES
  6708. Unless you do it first.
  6709.  
  6710. THE WOLF
  6711. Spoken like a true prodigy.
  6712. (to Vincent)
  6713. How 'bout you, Lash Larue? Can you
  6714. keep your spurs from jingling and
  6715. jangling?
  6716.  
  6717. VINCENT
  6718. I'm cool, Mr. Wolf. My gun just went
  6719. off, I dunno how.
  6720.  
  6721. THE WOLF
  6722. Fair enough.
  6723. (he throws Vince his
  6724. car keys)
  6725. I drive real fuckin' fast, so keep
  6726. up. If I get my car back any different
  6727. than I gave it, Monster Joe's gonna
  6728. be disposing of two bodies.
  6729.  
  6730. EXT. MONSTER JOE'S TRUCK AND TOW – MORNING
  6731.  
  6732. Jules and Vincent wait by Winston's Porsche.
  6733.  
  6734. JULES
  6735. We cool?
  6736.  
  6737. WINSTON
  6738. Like it never happened.
  6739.  
  6740. Jules and Vincent bump fists.
  6741.  
  6742. WINSTON
  6743. Boys, this is Raquel. Someday, all
  6744. this will be hers.
  6745.  
  6746. RAQUEL
  6747. (to the boys)
  6748. Hi. You know, if they ever do "I
  6749. SPY: THE MOTION PICTURE," you guys,
  6750. I'd be great. What's with the
  6751. outfits. You guys going to a
  6752. volleyball game?
  6753.  
  6754. Winston laughs, the boys groan.
  6755.  
  6756. WINSTON
  6757. I'm takin' m'lady out to breakfast.
  6758. Maybe I can drop you two off. Where
  6759. do you live?
  6760.  
  6761. VINCENT
  6762. Redondo Beach.
  6763.  
  6764. JULES
  6765. Inglewood.
  6766.  
  6767. Winston grabs Jules' wrist and pantomimes like he's in a
  6768. "DEAD ZONE" trance.
  6769.  
  6770. WINSTON
  6771. (painfully)
  6772. It's your future: I see... a cab
  6773. ride.
  6774. (dropping the act)
  6775. Sorry guys, move out of the sticks.
  6776. (to Raquel)
  6777. Say goodbye, Raquel.
  6778.  
  6779. RAQUEL
  6780. Goodbye, Raquel.
  6781.  
  6782. WINSTON
  6783. I'll see you two around, and stay
  6784. outta trouble, you crazy kids.
  6785.  
  6786. Winston turns to leave.
  6787.  
  6788. JULES
  6789. Mr. Wolf.
  6790.  
  6791. He turns around.
  6792.  
  6793. JULES
  6794. I was a pleasure watchin' you work.
  6795.  
  6796. The Wolf smiles.
  6797.  
  6798. WINSTON
  6799. Call me Winston.
  6800.  
  6801. He turns and banters with Raquel as they get in the Porsche.
  6802.  
  6803. WINSTON
  6804. You hear that, young lady? Respect.
  6805. You could lean a lot from those two
  6806. fine specimens. Respect for one's
  6807. elders shows character.
  6808.  
  6809. RAQUEL
  6810. I have character.
  6811.  
  6812. WINSTON
  6813. Just because you are a character
  6814. doesn't mean you have character.
  6815.  
  6816. RAQUEL
  6817. Oh you're so funny, oh you're so
  6818. funny.
  6819.  
  6820. The Porsche SHOOTS OFF down the road.
  6821.  
  6822. The two men left alone look at each other.
  6823.  
  6824. JULES
  6825. Wanna share a cab?
  6826.  
  6827. VINCENT
  6828. You know I could go for some
  6829. breakfast. Want to have breakfast
  6830. with me?
  6831.  
  6832. JULES
  6833. Sure.
  6834.  
  6835. INT. COFFEE SHOP – MORNING
  6836.  
  6837. Jules and Vincent sit at a booth. In front of Vincent is a
  6838. big stack of pancakes and sausages, which he eats with gusto.
  6839. Jules, on the other hand, just has a cup of coffee and a
  6840. muffin. He seems far away in thought. The Waitress pours a
  6841. refill for both men,
  6842.  
  6843. VINCENT
  6844. Thanks a bunch.
  6845. (to Jules, who's
  6846. nursing his coffee)
  6847. Want a sausage?
  6848.  
  6849. JULES
  6850. Naw, I don't eat pork.
  6851.  
  6852. VINCENT
  6853. Are you Jewish?
  6854.  
  6855. JULES
  6856. I ain't Jewish man, I just don't dig
  6857. on swine.
  6858.  
  6859. VINCENT
  6860. Why not?
  6861.  
  6862. JULES
  6863. They're filthy animals. I don't eat
  6864. filthy animals.
  6865.  
  6866. VINCENT
  6867. Sausages taste good. Pork chops taste
  6868. good.
  6869.  
  6870. JULES
  6871. A sewer rat may taste like pumpkin
  6872. pie. I'll never know 'cause even if
  6873. it did, I wouldn't eat the filthy
  6874. motherfucker. Pigs sleep and root in
  6875. shit. That's a filthy animal. I don't
  6876. wanna eat nothin' that ain't got
  6877. enough sense to disregard its own
  6878. feces.
  6879.  
  6880. VINCENT
  6881. How about dogs? Dogs eat their own
  6882. feces.
  6883.  
  6884. JULES
  6885. I don't eat dog either.
  6886.  
  6887. VINCENT
  6888. Yes, but do you consider a dog to be
  6889. a filthy animal?
  6890.  
  6891. JULES
  6892. I wouldn't go so far as to call a
  6893. dog filthy, but they're definitely
  6894. dirty. But a dog's got personality.
  6895. And personality goes a long way.
  6896.  
  6897. VINCENT
  6898. So by that rationale, if a pig had a
  6899. better personality, he's cease to be
  6900. a filthy animal?
  6901.  
  6902. JULES
  6903. We'd have to be talkin' 'bout one
  6904. motherfuckin' charmin' pig. It'd
  6905. have to be the Cary Grant of pigs.
  6906.  
  6907. The two men laugh.
  6908.  
  6909. VINCENT
  6910. Good for you. Lighten up a little.
  6911. You been sittin' there all quiet.
  6912.  
  6913. JULES
  6914. I just been sittin' here thinkin'.
  6915.  
  6916. VINCENT
  6917. (mouthful of food)
  6918. About what?
  6919.  
  6920. JULES
  6921. The miracle we witnessed.
  6922.  
  6923. VINCENT
  6924. The miracle you witnessed. I witnessed
  6925. a freak occurrence.
  6926.  
  6927. JULES
  6928. Do you know that a miracle is?
  6929.  
  6930. VINCENT
  6931. An act of God.
  6932.  
  6933. JULES
  6934. What's an act of God?
  6935.  
  6936. VINCENT
  6937. I guess it's when God makes the
  6938. impossible possible. And I'm sorry
  6939. Jules, but I don't think what happened
  6940. this morning qualifies.
  6941.  
  6942. JULES
  6943. Don't you see, Vince, that shit don't
  6944. matter. You're judging this thing
  6945. the wrong way. It's not about what.
  6946. It could be God stopped the bullets,
  6947. he changed Coke into Pepsi, he found
  6948. my fuckin' car keys. You don't judge
  6949. shit like this based on merit. Whether
  6950. or not what we experienced was an
  6951. according-to-Hoyle miracle is
  6952. insignificant. What is significant
  6953. is I felt God's touch, God got
  6954. involved.
  6955.  
  6956. VINCENT
  6957. But why?
  6958.  
  6959. JULES
  6960. That's what's fuckin' wit' me! I
  6961. don't know why. But I can't go back
  6962. to sleep.
  6963.  
  6964. VINCENT
  6965. So you're serious, you're really
  6966. gonna quit?
  6967.  
  6968. JULES
  6969. The life, most definitely.
  6970.  
  6971. Vincent takes a bite of food. Jules takes a sip of coffee In
  6972. the b.g., we see a PATRON call the Waitress.
  6973.  
  6974. PATRON
  6975. Garcon! Coffee!
  6976.  
  6977. We recognize the patron to be Pumpkin from the first scene
  6978. of Pumpkin and Honey Bunny.
  6979.  
  6980. VINCENT
  6981. So if you're quitting the life,
  6982. what'll you do?
  6983.  
  6984. JULES
  6985. That's what I've been sitting here
  6986. contemplating. First, I'm gonna
  6987. deliver this case to Marsellus. Then,
  6988. basically, I'm gonna walk the earth.
  6989.  
  6990. VINCENT
  6991. What do you mean, walk the earth?
  6992.  
  6993. JULES
  6994. You know, like Caine in "KUNG FU."
  6995. Just walk from town to town, meet
  6996. people, get in adventures.
  6997.  
  6998. VINCENT
  6999. How long do you intend to walk the
  7000. earth?
  7001.  
  7002. JULES
  7003. Until God puts me where he want me
  7004. to be.
  7005.  
  7006. VINCENT
  7007. What if he never does?
  7008.  
  7009. JULES
  7010. If it takes forever, I'll wait
  7011. forever.
  7012.  
  7013. VINCENT
  7014. So you decided to be a bum?
  7015.  
  7016. JULES
  7017. I'll just be Jules, Vincent – no
  7018. more, no less.
  7019.  
  7020. VINCENT
  7021. No Jules, you're gonna be like those
  7022. pieces of shit out there who beg for
  7023. change. They walk around like a bunch
  7024. of fuckin' zombies, they sleep in
  7025. garbage bins, they eat what I throw
  7026. away, and dogs piss on 'em. They got
  7027. a word for 'em, they're called bums.
  7028. And without a job, residence, or
  7029. legal tender, that's what you're
  7030. gonna be – a fuckin' bum!
  7031.  
  7032. JULES
  7033. Look my friend, this is just where
  7034. me and you differ –
  7035.  
  7036. VINCENT
  7037. – what happened was peculiar – no
  7038. doubt about it – but it wasn't water
  7039. into wine.
  7040.  
  7041. JULES
  7042. All shapes and sizes, Vince.
  7043.  
  7044. VINCENT
  7045. Stop fuckin' talkin' like that!
  7046.  
  7047. JULES
  7048. If you find my answers frightening,
  7049. Vincent, you should cease askin'
  7050. scary questions.
  7051.  
  7052. VINCENT
  7053. I gotta take a shit. To be continued.
  7054.  
  7055. Vincent exits for the restroom.
  7056.  
  7057. Jules, alone, takes a mouthful of muffin, then... Pumpkin
  7058. and Honey Bunny rise with guns raised.
  7059.  
  7060. PUMPKIN
  7061. Everybody be cool, this is a robbery!
  7062.  
  7063. HONEY BUNNY
  7064. Any of you fuckin' pricks move and
  7065. I'll execute every one of you
  7066. motherfuckers! Got that?!
  7067.  
  7068. Jules looks up, not believing what he's seeing. Under the
  7069. table, Jules' hand goes to his .45 Automatic. He pulls it
  7070. out, COCKING IT.
  7071.  
  7072. PUMPKIN
  7073. Customers stay seated, waitresses on
  7074. the floor.
  7075.  
  7076. HONEY BUNNY
  7077. Now mean fuckin' now! Do it or die,
  7078. do it or fucking die!
  7079.  
  7080. Like lightning, Pumpkin moves over to the kitchen. While
  7081. Honey Bunny SCREAMS out threats to the PATRONS, keeping them
  7082. terrified.
  7083.  
  7084. PUMPKIN
  7085. You Mexicans in the kitchen, get out
  7086. here! Asta luego!
  7087.  
  7088. Three COOKS and two BUSBOYS come out of the kitchen.
  7089.  
  7090. PUMPKIN
  7091. On the floor or I'll cook you ass,
  7092. comprende?
  7093.  
  7094. They comprende. The portly MANAGER speaks up.
  7095.  
  7096. MANAGER
  7097. I'm the manager here, there's no
  7098. problem, no problem at all –
  7099.  
  7100. Pumpkin heads his way.
  7101.  
  7102. PUMPKIN
  7103. You're gonna give me a problem?
  7104.  
  7105. He reaches him and sticks the barrel of his gun hard in the
  7106. Manager's neck.
  7107.  
  7108. PUMPKIN
  7109. What? You said you're gonna give me
  7110. a problem?
  7111.  
  7112. MANAGER
  7113. No, I'm not. I'm not gonna give you
  7114. any problem!
  7115.  
  7116. PUMPKIN
  7117. I don't know, Honey Bunny. He looks
  7118. like the hero type to me!
  7119.  
  7120. HONEY BUNNY
  7121. Don't take any chances. Execute him!
  7122.  
  7123. The Patrons SCREAM. Jules watches all this silently, his
  7124. hand tightly gripping the .45 Automatic under the table.
  7125.  
  7126. MANAGER
  7127. Please don't! I'm not a hero. I'm
  7128. just a coffee shop manager. Take
  7129. anything you want.
  7130.  
  7131. PUMPKIN
  7132. Tell everyone to cooperate and it'll
  7133. be all over.
  7134.  
  7135. MANAGER
  7136. Everybody just be calm and cooperate
  7137. with them and this will be all over
  7138. soon!
  7139.  
  7140. PUMPKIN
  7141. Well done, now git your fuckin' ass
  7142. on the ground.
  7143.  
  7144. INT. COFFEE SHOP BATHROOM – MORNING
  7145.  
  7146. Vincent, on the toilet, oblivious to the pandemonium outside,
  7147. reads his "MODESTY BLAISE" book.
  7148.  
  7149. INT. COFFEE SHOP – MORNING
  7150.  
  7151. Cash register drawer opens. Pumpkin stuffs the money from
  7152. the till in his pocket. Then walks from behind the counter
  7153. with a trash bag in his hand.
  7154.  
  7155. PUMPKIN
  7156. Okay people, I'm going to go 'round
  7157. and collect your wallets. Don't talk,
  7158. just toss 'em in the bag. We clear?
  7159.  
  7160. Pumpkin goes around collecting wallets. Jules sits with his
  7161. .45 ready to spit under the table.
  7162.  
  7163. Pumpkin sees Jules sitting in his booth, holding his wallet,
  7164. briefcase next to him. Pumpkin crosses to him, his tone more
  7165. respectful, him manner more on guard.
  7166.  
  7167. PUMPKIN
  7168. In the bag.
  7169.  
  7170. Jules DROPS his wallet in the bag. Using his gun as a pointer,
  7171. Pumpkin points to the briefcase.
  7172.  
  7173. PUMPKIN
  7174. What's in that?
  7175.  
  7176. JULES
  7177. My boss' dirty laundry.
  7178.  
  7179. PUMPKIN
  7180. You boss makes you do his laundry?
  7181.  
  7182. JULES
  7183. When he wants it clean.
  7184.  
  7185. PUMPKIN
  7186. Sounds like a shit job.
  7187.  
  7188. JULES
  7189. Funny, I've been thinkin' the same
  7190. thing.
  7191.  
  7192. PUMPKIN
  7193. Open it up.
  7194.  
  7195. Jules' free hand lays palm flat on the briefcase.
  7196.  
  7197. JULES
  7198. 'Fraid I can't do that.
  7199.  
  7200. Pumpkin is definitely surprised by his answer. He aims the
  7201. gun right in the middle of Jules' face and pulls back the
  7202. hammer.
  7203.  
  7204. PUMPKIN
  7205. I didn't hear you.
  7206.  
  7207. JULES
  7208. Yes, you did.
  7209.  
  7210. This exchange has been kind of quiet, not everybody heard
  7211. it, but Honey Bunny senses something's wrong.
  7212.  
  7213. HONEY BUNNY
  7214. What's goin' on?
  7215.  
  7216. PUMPKIN
  7217. Looks like we got a vigilante in our
  7218. midst.
  7219.  
  7220. HONEY BUNNY
  7221. Shoot 'em in the face!
  7222.  
  7223. JULES
  7224. I don't mean to shatter your ego,
  7225. but this ain't the first time I've
  7226. had gun pointed at me.
  7227.  
  7228. PUMPKIN
  7229. You don't open up that case, it's
  7230. gonna be the last.
  7231.  
  7232. MANAGER
  7233. (on the ground)
  7234. Quit causing problems, you'll get us
  7235. all killed! Give 'em what you got
  7236. and get 'em out of here.
  7237.  
  7238. JULES
  7239. Keep your fuckin' mouth closed, fat
  7240. man, this ain't any of your goddamn
  7241. business!
  7242.  
  7243. PUMPKIN
  7244. I'm countin' to three, and if your
  7245. hand ain't off that case, I'm gonna
  7246. unload right in your fuckin' face.
  7247. Clear? One...
  7248.  
  7249. PUMPKIN
  7250. ...two... three.
  7251.  
  7252. JULES
  7253. You win.
  7254.  
  7255. Jules raises his hand off the briefcase.
  7256.  
  7257. JULES
  7258. It's all yours, Ringo.
  7259.  
  7260. PUMPKIN
  7261. Open it.
  7262.  
  7263. Jules flips the locks and opens the case, revealing it to
  7264. Pumpkin but not to us. The same light SHINES from the case.
  7265. Pumpkin's expression goes to amazement. Honey Bunny, across
  7266. the room, can't see shit.
  7267.  
  7268. HONEY BUNNY
  7269. What is it? What is it?
  7270.  
  7271. PUMPKIN
  7272. (softly)
  7273. Is that what I think it is?
  7274.  
  7275. Jules nods his head: "yes."
  7276.  
  7277. PUMPKIN
  7278. It's beautiful.
  7279.  
  7280. Jules nods his head: "yes."
  7281.  
  7282. HONEY BUNNY
  7283. Goddammit, what is it?
  7284.  
  7285. Jules SLAMS the case closed, then sits back, as if offering
  7286. the case to Pumpkin. Pumpkin, one big smile, bends over to
  7287. pick up the case.
  7288.  
  7289. Like a rattlesnake, Jules' free hand GRABS the wrist of
  7290. Pumpkin's gun hand, SLAMMING it on the table. His other hand
  7291. comes from under the table and STICKS the barrel of his .45
  7292. hand under Pumpkin's chin.
  7293.  
  7294. Honey Bunny freaks out, waving her gun in Jules' direction.
  7295.  
  7296. HONEY BUNNY
  7297. Let him go! Let him go! I'll blow
  7298. your fuckin' head off! I'll kill ya!
  7299. I'll kill ya! You're gonna die, you're
  7300. gonna fuckin' die bad!
  7301.  
  7302. JULES
  7303. (to Pumpkin)
  7304. Tell that bitch to be cool! Say,
  7305. bitch be cool! Say, bitch be cool!
  7306.  
  7307. PUMPKIN
  7308. Chill out, honey!
  7309.  
  7310. HONEY BUNNY
  7311. Let him go!
  7312.  
  7313. JULES
  7314. (softly)
  7315. Tell her it's gonna be okay.
  7316.  
  7317. PUMPKIN
  7318. I'm gonna be okay.
  7319.  
  7320. JULES
  7321. Promise her.
  7322.  
  7323. PUMPKIN
  7324. I promise.
  7325.  
  7326. JULES
  7327. Tell her to chill.
  7328.  
  7329. PUMPKIN
  7330. Just chill out.
  7331.  
  7332. JULES
  7333. What's her name?
  7334.  
  7335. PUMPKIN
  7336. Yolanda.
  7337.  
  7338. Whenever Jules talks to Yolanda, he never looks at her, only
  7339. at Pumpkin.
  7340.  
  7341. JULES
  7342. (to Yolanda)
  7343. So, we cool Yolanda? We ain't gonna
  7344. do anything stupid, are we?
  7345.  
  7346. YOLANDA
  7347. (crying)
  7348. Don't you hurt him.
  7349.  
  7350. JULES
  7351. Nobody's gonna hurt anybody. We're
  7352. gonna be like three Fonzies. And
  7353. what' Fonzie like?
  7354.  
  7355. No answer.
  7356.  
  7357. JULES
  7358. C'mon Yolanda, what's Fonzie like?
  7359.  
  7360. YOLANDA
  7361. (through tears, unsure)
  7362. He's cool?
  7363.  
  7364. JULES
  7365. Correct-amundo! And that's what we're
  7366. gonna be, we're gonna be cool.
  7367. (to Pumpkin)
  7368. Now Ringo, I'm gonna count to three
  7369. and I want you to let go your gun
  7370. and lay your palms flat on the table.
  7371. But when you do it, do it cool. Ready?
  7372.  
  7373. Pumpkin looks at him.
  7374.  
  7375. JULES
  7376. One... two... three.
  7377.  
  7378. Pumpkin lets go of his gun and places both hands on the table.
  7379.  
  7380. Yolanda can't stand it anymore.
  7381.  
  7382. YOLANDA
  7383. Okay, now let him go!
  7384.  
  7385. JULES
  7386. Yolanda, I thought you were gonna be
  7387. cool. When you yell at me, it makes
  7388. me nervous. When I get nervous, I
  7389. get scared. And when motherfuckers
  7390. get scared, that's when motherfuckers
  7391. get accidentally shot.
  7392.  
  7393. YOLANDA
  7394. (more conversational)
  7395. Just know: you hurt him, you die.
  7396.  
  7397. JULES
  7398. That seems to be the situation. Now
  7399. I don't want that and you don't want
  7400. that and Ringo here don't want that.
  7401. So let's see what we can do.
  7402. (to Ringo)
  7403. Now this is the situation. Normally
  7404. both of your asses would be dead as
  7405. fuckin' fried chicken. But you
  7406. happened to pull this shit while I'm
  7407. in a transitional period. I don't
  7408. wanna kill ya, I want to help ya.
  7409. But I'm afraid I can't give you the
  7410. case. It don't belong to me. Besides,
  7411. I went through too much shit this
  7412. morning on account of this case to
  7413. just hand it over to your ass.
  7414.  
  7415. VINCENT (O.S.)
  7416. What the fuck's goin' on here?
  7417.  
  7418. Yolanda WHIPS her gun toward the stranger.
  7419.  
  7420. Vincent, by the bathroom, has his gun out, dead-aimed at
  7421. Yolanda.
  7422.  
  7423. JULES
  7424. It's cool, Vincent! It's cool! Don't
  7425. do a goddamn thing. Yolanda, it's
  7426. cool baby, nothin's changed. We're
  7427. still just talkin'.
  7428. (to Pumpkin)
  7429. Tell her we're still cool.
  7430.  
  7431. PUMPKIN
  7432. It's cool, Honey Bunny, we're still
  7433. cool.
  7434.  
  7435. VINCENT
  7436. (gun raised)
  7437. What the hell's goin' on, Jules?
  7438.  
  7439. JULES
  7440. Nothin' I can't handle. I want you
  7441. to just hang back and don't do shit
  7442. unless it's absolutely necessary.
  7443.  
  7444. VINCENT
  7445. Check.
  7446.  
  7447. JULES
  7448. Yolanda, how we doin, baby?
  7449.  
  7450. YOLANDA
  7451. I gotta go pee! I want to go home.
  7452.  
  7453. JULES
  7454. Just hang in there, baby, you're
  7455. doing' great, Ringo's proud of you
  7456. and so am I. It's almost over.
  7457. (to Pumpkin)
  7458. Now I want you to go in that bag and
  7459. find my wallet.
  7460.  
  7461. PUMPKIN
  7462. Which one is it?
  7463.  
  7464. JULES
  7465. It's the one that says Bad
  7466. Motherfucker on it.
  7467.  
  7468. Pumpkin looks in the bag and – sure enough – there's a wallet
  7469. with "Bad Motherfucker" embroidered on it.
  7470.  
  7471. JULES
  7472. That's my bad motherfucker. Now open
  7473. it up and take out the cash. How
  7474. much is there?
  7475.  
  7476. PUMPKIN
  7477. About fifteen hundred dollars.
  7478.  
  7479. JULES
  7480. Put it in your pocket, it's yours.
  7481. Now with the rest of them wallets
  7482. and the register, that makes this a
  7483. pretty successful little score.
  7484.  
  7485. VINCENT
  7486. Jules, if you give this nimrod fifteen
  7487. hundred buck, I'm gonna shoot 'em on
  7488. general principle.
  7489.  
  7490. JULES
  7491. You ain't gonna do a goddamn thing,
  7492. now hang back and shut the fuck up.
  7493. Besides, I ain't givin' it to him.
  7494. I'm buyin' somethin' for my money.
  7495. Wanna know what I'm buyin' Ringo?
  7496.  
  7497. PUMPKIN
  7498. What?
  7499.  
  7500. JULES
  7501. Your life. I'm givin' you that money
  7502. so I don't hafta kill your ass. You
  7503. read the Bible?
  7504.  
  7505. PUMPKIN
  7506. Not regularly.
  7507.  
  7508. JULES
  7509. There's a passage I got memorized.
  7510. Ezekiel 25:17. "The path of the
  7511. righteous man is beset on all sides
  7512. by the inequities of the selfish and
  7513. the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is
  7514. he who, in the name of charity and
  7515. good will, shepherds the weak through
  7516. the valley of the darkness. For he
  7517. is truly his brother's keeper and
  7518. the finder of lost children. And I
  7519. will strike down upon thee with great
  7520. vengeance and furious anger those
  7521. who attempt to poison and destroy my
  7522. brothers. And you will know I am the
  7523. Lord when I lay my vengeance upon
  7524. you." I been sayin' that shit for
  7525. years. And if you ever heard it, it
  7526. meant your ass. I never really
  7527. questioned what it meant. I thought
  7528. it was just a coldblooded thing to
  7529. say to a motherfucker 'fore you popped
  7530. a cap in his ass. But I saw some
  7531. shit this mornin' made me think twice.
  7532. Now I'm thinkin', it could mean you're
  7533. the evil man. And I'm the righteous
  7534. man. And Mr. .45 here, he's the
  7535. shepherd protecting my righteous ass
  7536. in the valley of darkness. Or is
  7537. could by you're the righteous man
  7538. and I'm the shepherd and it's the
  7539. world that's evil and selfish. I'd
  7540. like that. But that shit ain't the
  7541. truth. The truth is you're the weak.
  7542. And I'm the tyranny of evil men. But
  7543. I'm tryin'. I'm tryin' real hard to
  7544. be a shepherd.
  7545.  
  7546. Jules lowers his gun, lying it on the table.
  7547.  
  7548. Pumpkin looks at him, to the money in his hand, then to
  7549. Yolanda.
  7550.  
  7551. She looks back.
  7552.  
  7553. Grabbing the trash bag full of wallets, the two RUN out the
  7554. door.
  7555.  
  7556. Jules, who was never risen from his seat the whole time,
  7557. takes a sip of coffee.
  7558.  
  7559. JULES
  7560. (to himself)
  7561. It's cold.
  7562.  
  7563. He pushes it aside.
  7564.  
  7565. Vincent appears next to Jules.
  7566.  
  7567. VINCENT
  7568. I think we oughta leave now.
  7569.  
  7570. JULES
  7571. That's probably a good idea.
  7572.  
  7573. Vincent throws some money on the table and Jules grabs the
  7574. briefcase.
  7575.  
  7576. Then, to the amazement of the Patrons, the Waitresses, the
  7577. Cooks, the Bus Boys, and the Manager, these two bad-ass dudes
  7578. – wearing UC Santa Cruz and "I'm with Stupid" tee-shirts,
  7579. swim trunks, thongs and packing .45 Automatics – walk out of
  7580. the coffee shop together without saying a word.
  7581.  
  7582. FADE OUT
  7583.  
  7584. THE END
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