Maverick Page #3
- PG
- Year:
- 1994
- 127 min
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Next to him sits, of all things, a woman. But not
ordinary, certainly not in these surroundings. She's
elegantly-dressed, close to being beautiful. She's
married, has a deep Southern accent, and hasn't been
poor for a long time. Maybe she's thirty. She seems
a rotten poker player, but a wonderful flirt. This
is ANNABELLE BRANSFORD.
Next to her sits The Angel. We met him already --he
tossed the burlap bag of rattlesnakes at Maverick just
before the hanging. Huge, powerful, not much makes him
smile, except winning at cards.
There is an empty seat at the table.
STAIRCASE:
as Maverick descends. If before he was grimy from
travel, he isn't anymore. He wears a black hat, a black
--and just the most beautiful white lace shirt you ever
saw.
POKER GAME:
as Maverick approaches.
MAVERICK:
(indicating the
empty chair)
Taken?
ANNABELLE:
(lilting Southern
accent)
It is now.
(smiles at him)
My name is Annabelle Bransford.
And what do people call you?
MAVERICK:
Bret Maverick, ma'm.
And as he starts to sit -(
CONTINUED)
8.
14 CONTINUED:
14THE ANGEL:
glaring at Maverick. (We know that within a week,
he'll hang Maverick. But they haven't met before.)
THE ANGEL:
I like the game the way it is.
MAVERICK:
I bring all kinds of plusses to
the table. I hardly ever bluff and
I never ever cheat.
THE ANGEL:
I don't believe it.
MAVERICK:
Neither do I.
THE ANGEL:
(voice rising, not
in pitch, but
intensity)
I like the game just the way it
is.
MAVERICK:
Bet I can change your mind.
(beat)
I promise to lose for at least
an hour.
THE ANGEL:
(without a pause)
We're playing five card draw.
As Maverick sits -
MAVERICK:
losing a hand to The Angel. The Angel smiles -
--but so does Maverick.
MAVERICK:
losing again, this time to Annabelle. She's happy -
--but again, so is Maverick.
And now we begin a SERIES of VERY QUICK CUTS.
Of The kid, holding his cards. Tightly.
(CONTINUED)
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14 CONTINUED:
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Of the cattleman casually making a bet. Very casually.
Of Maverick, who doesn't seem to be paying much
attention.
He loses again, smiles.
Now the preacher is staring at his cards before betting.
For a long beat.
And the cattleman is fiddling with his chips.
The chips in front of The Angel are sloppy.
The chips in front of Annabelle are neatly stacked. She
flicks her fingernails against her front teeth, makes a
bet.
The businessman is toying with his necktie.
The Angel is holding his cards, moving the top to the
bottom, then repeating, the top to the bottom.
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