Dog Day Afternoon Page #4

CLOSE - NEW ANGLE - SONNY

glancing at clock, taking a sharp deep breath...

SAL:

staring at Mulvaney.

MULVANEY:

the ruins of his smile still on his face.

HOWARD:

straightens up from locking the door; the figure of the Lady

and the Baby can be seen receding outside...

SONNY:

seeing that the bank is closed, locked in, with no customers,

crosses toward the front teller's cage area, carrying the

florist box. As he reaches the other side, he rips open the

box and takes the rifle out and aims it level onto SYLVIA

BALL, the teller, who automatically takes the "closed" sign

and holds it in front of her face as though to protect herself

from the rifle.

SYLVIA:

(holding sign in front

of her face)

Sorry, this window is shut...

TWO SHOT - MULVANEY AND SAL

as Mulvaney stands and yells to Sylvia...

ANGLE ON BACK OF BANK, REST ROOM AREA

as MARGARET, an accountant, comes out of the ladies' room,

starts to cross downstage toward her desk, sees what is

happening, and momentarily freezes in her tracks.

SONNY:

The cues have got all f***ed up, but he's so programmed and

ready, he can't adjust, so the speech he had ready comes out

now:

SONNY:

Okay, this is a stickup! Nobody

move! This is a f***ing stickup!

Just freeze now, goddammit! Get

away from your desk... get in the

center - get in the center!

Sylvia and Edna start to move toward the rear of the bank,

toward Margaret's desk.

MULVANEY:

aghast at his own outspokenness... Sal holding the gun

levelled on him.

MULVANEY:

Okay, okay... we know it's a stickup!

SONNY:

(to Jackie, re:
Howard)

If he moves - blow his guts out...

Cover him!

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