Paid in Full Page #4

Synopsis: Ace is an impressionable young man working for a dry cleaning business. His friend, drug dealer Mitch goes to prison. In an unrelated incident, he finds some cocaine in a pants pocket. Soon, Ace finds himself dealing cocaine for Lulu. Via lucky breaks and solid interpersonal skills, Ace moves to the top of the Harlem drug world. Of course, unfaithful employees and/or rivals conspire to bring about Ace's fall.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Charles Stone III
Production: Dimension Films
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
49
Rotten Tomatoes:
52%
R
Year:
2002
97 min
$3,042,188
7,515 Views


- It ain't my flow, man.

- Oh, it ain't your flow.

Oh, you too smooth, now?

That's what it is? You too smooth?

- Nah, man, it's you.

- Oh, it's me.

Yeah, you right, man.

Making money is me, man.

Nah, I'm just

f***in' with you, A., man.

Yes, you'll probably have

a whole chain of cleaners

in a hot minute anyway, you know?

F*** around, be the George Jefferson

of the ghetto, B.

Yeah, nigga's got jokes.

In 10 years, me and you gonna

have matching Benzes.

10 years'?

Nigga more like 10 days, man. 10 days.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

All right. Yeah.

All right. Get outta here.

Hey, come here for a minute.

What?

F*** you mean, "What?"

Come here, dude.

Talking to myself.

You, uh--

You talking to Mitch's sister, right?

Yeah, 'cause I be seein'

y'all around and all that.

You know, that's cool, man.

The girl kinda bangin'.

You hittin' that, right?

Come on, man.

Oh, my God!

Kid, you're supposed

to be hittin' that!

Sweatin' in that laundry

for nickels and dimes

is not gonna get you that ass.

Look here, you saw that jonesin' motherf***er

that just ran out of here?

That's my clientele.

That's real money right there.

Like-- Like what?

I just made enough dough to bake biscuits

for the projects, nigga.

Try a quick $800 in one day.

The f*** are you shrugging for'?

There's something wrong

with your back? Yeah?

Look.

This here is a hundred a pop.

Only niggas with real dough

f*** with this.

And that's all yours?

Hell, yeah, this is all me!

Eight niggas.

All I'm tryin' to tell you

is that with this money

your girl'll suck your dick all day.

- Okay, man.

- No problem.

- Hey, Ace.

- Hey.

- Hey, what's goin' on, Miss Billips?

- Calvin.

- Calvin.

- What's goin' on, baby?

You know, we're just gettin'

ready for dinner.

I put the tips in the thing.

Hey, how about that? A number eight.

Here, this here is for the, uh--

for groceries, Mrs. Billips.

Thank you, Calvin.

Yeah, no problem.

Yo, uh...

Come on.

Come on where?

We eatin'.

Oh, Miss Billips,

We, uh--

You know, we, uh--

We were gonna go out

to eat somewhere.

Why don't you go on ahead, Calvin?

She'll be right there.

What's the next product up to win?

It's a sturdy washer and dryer!

- You're stupid.

- Whatever!

Come on, Ace!

How many times I gotta tell you

about this boobity-boob

sh*t playing in the store?

What you want me to do?

Like, not listen to the radio?

What?

I said, half the time,

you ain't even in here!

What you want me to do,

sit in here and not listen to no music?

It don't make no difference

if I'm here or not!

It's my rules, my radio,

my store, my music!

You know I don't listen to this sh*t!

L-- I can't even understand them!

Rate this script:5.0 / 1 vote

Matthew Cirulnick

All Matthew Cirulnick scripts | Matthew Cirulnick Scripts

0 fans

Submitted on August 05, 2018

Discuss this script with the community:

0 Comments

    Translation

    Translate and read this script in other languages:

    Select another language:

    • - Select -
    • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
    • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
    • Español (Spanish)
    • Esperanto (Esperanto)
    • 日本語 (Japanese)
    • Português (Portuguese)
    • Deutsch (German)
    • العربية (Arabic)
    • Français (French)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
    • 한국어 (Korean)
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Gaeilge (Irish)
    • Українська (Ukrainian)
    • اردو (Urdu)
    • Magyar (Hungarian)
    • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
    • Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Italiano (Italian)
    • தமிழ் (Tamil)
    • Türkçe (Turkish)
    • తెలుగు (Telugu)
    • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
    • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
    • Čeština (Czech)
    • Polski (Polish)
    • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Românește (Romanian)
    • Nederlands (Dutch)
    • Ελληνικά (Greek)
    • Latinum (Latin)
    • Svenska (Swedish)
    • Dansk (Danish)
    • Suomi (Finnish)
    • فارسی (Persian)
    • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
    • հայերեն (Armenian)
    • Norsk (Norwegian)
    • English (English)

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this screenplay to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "Paid in Full" Scripts.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 29 Mar. 2024. <https://www.scripts.com/script/paid_in_full_15497>.

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest writers community and scripts collection on the web!

    Watch the movie trailer

    Paid in Full

    Browse Scripts.com

    The Studio:

    ScreenWriting Tool

    Write your screenplay and focus on the story with many helpful features.