Goodfellas Page #5

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HENRY (V.O.)

As far back as I can remember, I

always wanted to be a gangster.

MAIN TITLE:

GOOD FELLAS:

UNFREEZE and

DISSOLVE TO:

HENRY - AS A CHILD

looking out his bedroom window.

TITLE - EAST NEW YORK: BROOKLYN. 1955.

HENRY (V.O.)

To me, being a gangster was better

than being President of the United

States.

EXT. CABSTAND - NIGHT

HENRY'S POV - A GRIMY ONE-STORY CABSTAND

with faded "Pitkin Avenue Cabs" sign above the door. Its

after midnight. WE SEE A HALF-DOZEN, immaculately-dressed

HOODS wearing diamond pinky rings and silk shirts, lounging

around the cabstand talking and sipping coffee.

HENRY (V.O.)

Even before I first wandered into

the cabstand for an after-school

job, I knew I wanted to be a part

of them. It was there I belonged.

HENRY'S POV

WE SEE a Cadillac pull up to the cabstand. WEE SEE the

car rise slightly when TWO huge, dapper HOODS get out.

On HOOD #1 WE SEE large diamond pinky ring on a sausage-

thick finger.

On HOOD #2 WE SEE a broken-nosed hood's tie hanging loosely

across his monogrammed shirt like a silk bandolier.

HENRY (V.O.)

To me it meant being somebody in a

neighborhood full of nobodies.

On the sidewalk WE SEE the TWO HOODS who just got out of

the car hug and playfully shove TUDDY VARIO, the sloppily-

dressed, solidly-built HOOD who runs the cabstand.

HENRY (V.O.)

They weren't like anyone else.

They did whatever they wanted.

They'd double-park in front of the

hydrant and nobody ever gave them

a ticket. In the summer when they

played cards all night, nobody

ever called the cops.

WE SEE TODDY laughingly try to push them away.

HENRY (V.O.)

Tuddy Vario ran the cabstand and a

pizzeria and a few other places

for his brother, Paul, who was the

boss over everybody in the

neighborhood.

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