The American Page #2

"The American" June 21st, 2010 page 5A. page 5A.

PAVEL:

(calm)

Sh*t.

*

A beat.

PAVEL:

There’s a bar not far from the

station. Caff. Vigeti via Voltorno.

Wait here.

*

PAVEL puts the phone down. *

10 OMITTED 10

"The American" June 21st, 2010

page 6.

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INT. BAR- DAY 11

JACK washes his face in the cramped bathroom at the back of

the bar.

JACK’s well trained ear picks up sounds coming through the

ventilation:
sounds from the street, from the kitchen.

JACK stares at himself in the mirror. He looks exhausted.

PAVEL *

Turn right outside the bar, then *

second left, Via Magenta. *

while I sort this out. *

JACK looks at him. There is tension between the two men.

PAVEL reaches into his inside pocket. JACK watches closely.

*

*

PAVEL produces an envelope and pushes it across the table. *

She had nothing to do with it. *

PAVEL *

A pity. I’ve made arrangements for

you in a small town in Abruzzo,

*

*

to take some time. Did she set you *

up? *

JACK *

A friend. Who were the Swedes... *

PAVEL *

I’m working on that... It’s going *

PAVEL *

Who was the girl? *

JACK *

but much gravitas.

It’s clear there’s a long history of mutual respect between

these two men.

12

JACK waits.

12INT. BAR- DAY

PAVEL enters.

Sits at JACK’S TABLE.

*

He is older than JACK. Refined but tough. A man of few words

"The American" June 21st, 2010 page 6A. page 6A.

PAVEL (V.O.) *

You’ll find a dark blue Fiat Tempra *

with Pescara plates. I’ve marked a *

small town called Castelvecchio on *

the map. Stay there and lay low *

‘till you get my call. *

We cut back to the cafe. *

PAVEL *

Don’t talk to anyone. And Jack, *

above all else don’t make any *

friends... you used to know that. *

JACK watches him go. *

PAVEL rises. *

We now cut to Jack at the car parked on the street,

(Previously hot.) as we hear Pavel.

*

*

12A INT. BAR - DAY (ALTERNATE VERSION) 12A *

JACK waits. *

PAVEL enters. *

Sits at JACKS table. *

He is older than JACK. Refined but tough. A man of few words *

but much gravitas. *

It’s clear there’s a long history of mutual respect between *

these two men. *

PAVEL *

Who was the girl? *

JACK *

A friend. *

PAVEL *

A friend? *

JACK *

Who were the Swedes... *

PAVEL *

I’m working on that... It’s going *

to take some time. Did she set you *

up? *

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