Raging Bull Page #6

JOEY:

C'mon, hurry up. We're never gonna

get outa here tonight.

JOEY sips a drink as JAKE knots his tie. IRMA

enters from the bedroom.

IRMA:

Where you going at this hour?

JAKE:

What're you, a cop? I'm goin' out --

business.

IRMA:

You f***in' worm, if you're going

out, I'm going out.

JAKE:

And where you goin'?

IRMA:

None of your f***in' business.

JOEY lifts his eyes up.

JAKE:

Eh, go out. Do what you're gonna

do. What do I care?

JOEY opens the door to leave. JAKE follows.

IRMA:

That's right -- run out. I ain't

gonna be here when you get back.

INT. JAKE AND IRMA'S APT. BUILDING - HALLWAY - LATE

NIGHT:

JAKE and JOEY hurry down the stairs. IRMA shouts

after them.

IRMA:

Bunch of guys. You all hang out

together. Yeah, you're all going

out on business. You're all gonna

suck each other off.

INT. JAKE AND IRMA'S BUILDING - GROUND FLOOR - LATE

NIGHT:

JOEY:

What a mouth on her -- you shoulda

hit her -- no good f***in' Jewish

c*nt -- breakin' our balls. You

shoulda hit her with a chair.

JAKE:

Hey, watch your mouth. Don't talk

like that. She's still my wife.

JOEY:

No, but Jake... how much abuse can

you take.

JAKE:

(interrupting)

How many times do I have to hit

her? I hit her enough.

They exit to street.

EXT. JAKE AND IRMA'S APARTMENT BUILDING - STREET -

LATE NIGHT:

JOEY and JAKE come out of the building and start

walking down the street.

IRMA opens the window on the second floor right

above them, and shouts out to them:

IRMA:

Go ahead -- that's all you're good

for -- to go out and leave me here

like a dog. You and your brother!

You don't even look like brothers.

You look like faggots! That's what

you look like -- faggots!

JAKE and JOEY walk faster down the block,

pretending that IRMA must be shouting at someone

else.

She throws a bottle at them. It smashes in the

street.

EXT. WEBSTER HALL - NIGHT (AN HOUR LATER)

ESTABLISHING SHOT.

INT. WEBSTER HALL - NIGHT

A neighborhood dance is in progress. A small BAND

is playing while mainly OLDER COUPLES dance. There

are TWO PRIESTS present. The younger people are

divided into two groups -- the BOYS, who are

dressed in suits and ties, and spend most of their

time at the bar area -- and the GIRLS, who are in

evening dresses, and spend most of their time

dancing together.

Some of the more popular GIRLS are surrounded by

"WISE-GUYS." There are tables near the dance floor

with "set ups" (bottles of Scotch, rye, and a

bucket of ice) on them. These tables are the "bases

of operation" for different neighborhood groups, as

if they were street corners.

JAKE and JOEY are walking toward a table. VERA, a

young neighborhood girl, blocks their way as she

bends over to talk to some GUYS at a table. VERA's

well-built, and knows it.

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