Michael Clayton Page #4
PLAYER #4, a Chinese landlord -- already pushing his cardsaway -- he’s folding -
DEALER:
(back to Michael)
Two hundred to you.
MICHAEL shakes his head. He’s out. PLAYER #2 right behindhim. THE DEALER starts gathering cards for the next hand.
PLUMBER:
You don’t remember me, huh?
(to Michael as he rakes
in the pot--)
We played a couple times that lampplace. On Bowery. That guy’sshowroom. All the lamps and sh*t?
MICHAEL:
Galaxy.
PLUMBER:
That’s it. You had a restaurant youopened, right? On Franklin? Cause
my old partner bid that job, theplumbing. You don’t remember me?
MICHAEL:
I remember.
PLUMBER:
I lost a lot of weight since then.
MICHAEL:
You bought some hair.
PLUMBER:
Yeah, with your money.
MICHAEL just posts his blind. Tune him out.
PLUMBER:
So your bar, what happened? Just had
to be in show biz, right?
PLAYER #2
Sh*t, man...
(getting cranky)
I want to listen to Larry King, I’ll gohome and put the f***ing TV on.
PLUMBER:
(just ignoring him)
Cause that was a good location.
MICHAEL:
Yeah, that’s what my partner kepttelling me.
Cards coming out as we --
ANGLE ON:
THE BASKET WITH MICHAEL’S STUFF. THE PAGER starts vibrating.
A moment later, THE CELL PHONE starts ringing and --
INT. CHINATOWN FREIGHT ELEVATOR -- NIGHT
Ascending. MICHAEL leaving in a hurry. Strapping on hisRolex, trying to read the pager and -
EXT. DOYERS ST. -- NIGHT
Late. Cold. Quiet. MICHAEL coming up the street, jugglinga remote security pendant and A CELL PHONE -
MICHAEL (OS)
-- is he drunk?
MALE VOICE (PHONE)
(nervous, hyper)
“-- no, that’s the first thing I askedhim -- no, he’s sober --”
MICHAEL:
-- tell him to stay off the phone --
MALE VOICE (PHONE)
“-- so, Michael, I mean, you’re on it
now, right? Because this guy, he’s ahuge client -- this is half my book,
this guy, okay?”
MICHAEL:
I’m walking to my car.
MALE VOICE (PHONE)
“Let me give you my number in Bermuda,
I gotta call him right back and let him
know you’re on the way.”
A BLACK MERCEDES comes alive -- lights flaring as the alarm
disables and -
EXT. WEST SIDE HIGHWAY -- NIGHT
INT. THE MERCEDES -- NIGHT (CONT)
MICHAEL trying to drive and mess with the GPS UNIT on his
dashboard. Something’s wrong with it. He’s tapping on itand THE SCREEN is flickering on and off -- finally, f*** it-- he slaps the GPS away -- steps on the gas and -
EXT. WEST SIDE HIGHWAY -- NIGHT (CONT)
THE MERCEDES racing toward the George Washington bridge.
EXT. WESTCHESTER MANSION -- NIGHT
THE MERCEDES pulling up the long dark driveway.
THE DAMAGED FRONT BODY PANEL OF A MERCEDES. Dented in.
MICHAEL’S HAND -- his pen -- examining the freshly-chipped
paint, until -
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