L.A. Confidential Page #2

As Pierce Patchett nods sagely.

INT. OLYMPIC AUDITORIUM - NIGHT

Wrestler GORGEOUS GEORGE primps and poses before flatten-

ing an opponent with a drop kick.

INT. MOVIE THEATER - NIGHT

An enthusiastic crowd adjusts their 3-D glasses.

EXT. COHEN MANSION (BEVERLY HILLS) - DAY

In monogrammed silk pajamas, Mickey Cohen answers the

door, his pet BULLDOG Mickey Jr. at his feet. The police

are waiting. REPORTERS' flashbulbs pop.

POLICE OFFICER:

Mr. Cohen, you're under arrest.

COHEN:

Bullshit. What's the charge?

POLICE OFFICER:

Non-payment of federal income tax.

COHEN:

Bullshit.

EXT. GRAUMAN'S CHINESE - DAY

JOHN WAYNE gets his hand prints in the sidewalk.

EXT. WESTCHESTER BEAN FIELD - DAY

MIGRANT WORKERS hurry to finish the harvest. We PAN

TO CONSTRUCTION WORKERS who wait impatiently with bull-

dozers under a "Spirit of the Future" BANNER. As the

last picker leaves the field, the bulldozers move in,

leveling the bean rows to make way for a housing tract.

EXT. FEDERAL COURTHOUSE - STEPS - DAY

Flashbulbs pop as Mickey Cohen exits and starts down

the steps. Accompanied by his LAWYERS, bodyguard

Stompanato and mob lieutenants DEUCE PERKINS and NATE

JANKLOW, Cohen ignores REPORTERS' shouts.

REPORTER:

How's your bullshit now, Mickey?!

As Cohen gets into a waiting car, the media turn their

attention to District Attorney ELLIS LOEW. A singularly

ambitious man, Loew loves the spotlight.

LOEW:

Today is an auspicious one for the

city of Los Angeles. Mickey Cohen

has just been sentenced to ten

years in federal prison for

failure to pay income tax.

As the District Attorney for Los

Angeles County, it is my pleasure

to declare our great city

organized crime free. It is truly

the dawning of a new day.

The SONG ENDS and so does the MONTAGE.

INT. PACKARD (ACROSS FROM BULLOCKS WILSHIRE) - NIGHT

December 24th. Wendell "BUD" WHITE, 30, stares at the

enormous Christmas tree on the deco platform over

Bullocks' entrance. An LAPD cop, Bud's rep as the

toughest man on the force has been well earned. In the

back seat, with cases of Walker Black and Cutty Sark, is

Bud's partner -- DICK STENSLAND. Older, but also a tough

hump, "Stens" sucks on a pint of Old Crow.

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