American Hustle Page #5

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Edith WATCHES A COSMO COVER SHOOT --15

SYDNEY PROSSER (V.O.)

I was broke, fearless, with nothingto lose -EXT./

INT. POOL PARTY - LONG ISLAND HOUSE - DAY

Irv and Sydney dance slowly.

SYDNEY PROSSER (V.O.) (CONT’D)

-- and my dream, more thananything, was to become anyone elseother than who I was.

24 EXT. LONG ISLAND DRY CLEANERS-- DAY 24

Irv holds the door open for Edith as she enters.

IRVING ROSENFELD

-- I got two in the Bronx and threein Manhattan. (to an employee) Hey,

Byron.

SYDNEY PROSSER (V.O.)

He had a chain of dry cleaningstores. He asked me to come in and

upgrade my wardrobe-- he said a lotof nice things got left behind bypeople and forgotten over the years-

IRVING ROSENFELD

I mean you wouldn’t believe the

sh*t that people leave behind here.

Unbelievable.

SYDNEY PROSSER:

People leave stuff here?

IRVING ROSENFELD

Oh yeah. They go out for the night,

they drink, come here in themorning, put their clothes in andthen they forget. They got no ideawhere they left it.

Irving touches a hanging blue sequined dress.

IRVING ROSENFELD (CONT’D)

Look at that. Sequined thing. Idon’t know. Is that nice or not?

14.

SYDNEY PROSSER:

It’s beautiful.

Irving and Sydney continue to walk through towards the back

and enter a fur vault filled with elegant designer clothes.

IRVING ROSENFELD

I mean, some of it’s been here for

years. They’re not picking it up.

Nobody’s picking it up.

Sydney starts riffling through nice things hanging on the

racks.

IRVING ROSENFELD (CONT’D)

You like that?

SYDNEY PROSSER:

I love it.

IRVING ROSENFELD

It’s yours. You want it? It’s

yours.

Sydney looks back at Irving in shock.

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SHE STEPS OUT OF THE DRESSING ROOM IN THE VON

FURSTENBERG DRESS - LOOKS FANTASTIC.

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