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HUDSON HAWK -Rev. 7/6/90 5.

8 EXT. OUTSIDE THE PRISON--DAY 8

Hawk strides to the Massive Sliding Concrete Door/Wall

between him and freedom. As music crescendos and Hawk

glows his first smile.

GUARD:

On the gate!

HAWK:

See you around, Michael.

GATES:

Hudson Hawk, you're under arrest.

(cackles)

Just kidding. Good opening line

though, huh? I've got a

proposition....

HAWK:

Answer's no, not even if you

bathe.

The Concrete Wall/Door slams shut behind Hawk.

GATES:

Why do you treat your parole officer

with such disrespect? I've found

you a job. An auction house. One

night's work then you're free like

no ex-con's ever been. No checking

in with a shrink, no community

service teaching retards how to

play air hockey. It's a great deal,

I can't lie.

HAWK:

The only thing you can't do is get

sex for free. I know I was in

prison for basically the 80's,

but, call me batty, aren't you

supposed to stop me from committing

crimes. You know, Book-em-Dano,

Call-for-back-up, Give-a-HootDon't-

Pollute.

Hawk begins to strut off. Gates and the car keep up.

GATES:

You wouldn't be out if it wasn't

for me! I did the dog and pony

for you! You think the parole

board would have let you out after

what you did to them?

(CONTINUED)

HUDSON HAWK -Rev. 7/6/90 6.

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HAWK:

How was I supposed to know they

were women?

GATES:

You told them they looked like the

Three Stooges!

HAWK:

One of them was bald and kept

saying "Sointinly."

Gates simmers himself with a self-control smile.

GATES:

Remember that guy in the cell next

to you who hung himself?

HAWK:

Yeah. Scratchy...

GATES:

Remembeer that shoe you lost...

HAWK:

Uh, yeah. Now that we've

established my photographic

memory...

Gates pulls on a glove and is handed a shoe from a STONEFACED

DRIVER.

GATES:

One phone call and your shoe will

become a piece of evidence "found

in Scratchy's cell" and his

suicide'll become a murder.

HAWK:

Gates, I don't want you to take

this the wrong way, but this is

the f***ing stupidest thing I ever

heard in my life.

GATES:

This is the beauty part. It's

bullshit, but I can make it stick

because I'm a good guy parole

officer and you're a bad guy who's

about to find out that there's a

thin line between ex-con and

escaped con.

(CONTINUED)

HUDSON HAWK -Rev. 7/6/90 6A.

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A PRISON GUARD from above loudly click-loads his rifle.

Gates gives the shoe to Stoneface and the car roars off.

An identical police car, lights flashing and no siren,

zooms up in its place.

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