My Cousin Vinny Page #4

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groceries. And then what?

BILL:

we went out to the ~ar. That's

it. ,FARLEY

But ••• when did you shoot him?

BILL:

What?

FARLEY:

At what point did

clerk?

you shoot the

.,-

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X:

BILL:

(completely confused,

rolling the words over)

I shot the clerk

FARLEY:

Yes, when did you shoot him?

BILL:

(gives questioning look

to Farley)

I shot the clerk

Farley nods. Bill is thoroughly dumbfounded

BILL:

Uh ••

Another Deputy comes in

DEPUTY:

Hey Dean, we need you out here

FARLEY:

I'm in the middle of a damn

confession

Frustrated, Farley sighs and exits, taking the Deputy with him

BILL:

Wait a second!

But they're gone

INT. CORRIDOR - DAY

Bill's handcuffed, sitting on a bench, when Stan, who is

handcuffed too, is led in. Bill's scared

STAN:

What's the matter?

BILL:

Do you know what this is all

about?

STAN:

Yeah - they're f***ing with us

BILL:

You don't believe them?

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r ,,

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STAN:

No way. They don't execute for

shoplifting

BILL:

You think we're being booked for

shoplifting?

STAN:

You're being booked tor

shoplifting, I'm being booked for

accessory to shoplifting

BILL:

No, I'm being booked for murder

You're being booked for accessory

to murder

DEPUTY SHERIFF:

Time to make your phone calls

He leads. Dazed, th~y follow

BILL:

Is there anyway you can contact

your parents?

STAN:

How? Call the Chilean Consulate?

What're they going to do? send

a guide into the mountains looking

tor them?

(beat)

We have to call an attorney -

great attorney -- do you know

any great attorneys?

BILL:

No. I'm calling my mother~,, ,.-

Bill picks up the phone and dials

BILL:

Hello, Ma? This is Bill

(beat)

We're in Wahzoo

(beat)

It's in Beechum County, Alabam(with difficulty)

Not too good. Uh •.. we've been

arrested

(more)

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BILL (Cont'd)

(reacting to hysteria)

Mom, Please ..• Mom. Mom •

(s.h.e.'s "calmed", then )

First of all, we didn't do it

(beat)

Uh ••• well ••• murder

(reacting to her

hysteria)

Mom, please, Mom, please

, (beat)

It's a f*** up, excuse me Ma, its

a mistake. We must look like the

guys who did it

STAN:

Tall her what we think ••

BILL:

We think they're setting us up

as patsies. You know how corrupt

it is down here - they all know

each other ••

STAN:

The Klan's here, they're inbred,

they sleep with their sisters •(he realizes the guard

is glaring at him)

••• some of them do

BILL:

We gotta get an attorney. It's

going to cost a lot of money

A decent

thousand

STAN:

one? Fifty,

dollars ,,

a hundred

(CONTINUED)

BILL:

(to phone)

50, maybe a hundred thou

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