The Italian Job Page #6

CHARLIE (V.O.)

If you would have told me that I would

spend the next three years searching for

Steve Bandell, I would have said that was

nothing. Cause I would have spent a

lifetime looking for that bastard if I

had to.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. OFFICE -DAY

SOMEONE'S POV. A top of the line safe. The only light in

the office is the beam of a penlight on the dial.

GLOVED HANDS spin the dial, feeling for "contact points",

areas on the dial where a slight resistance can be felt — if

you have the touch.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

NEW ANGLE. A woman holds the penlight in her teeth while

trying to crack the safe. It's Stella Bridger, now 30.

SUPERIMPOSE:

Three Years Later Philadelphia

She manipulates the dial. Click. She grabs the safe's lever

and swings the heavy steel door open, her face a mixture of

pride and relief. But before we see what's inside —

LIGHTS TURN ON.

S:

TWO COPS lurk at the doorway.

FIRST COP:

You always work in the dark?

STELLA:

Buzz of the fluorescents throws me off.

She's all yours.

The cops come closer and only now do we realize that they' re

on the same team.

SECOND COP:

Damn. Chris Perley couldn't crack it.

Neither could Michael Hoyt.

STELLA:

Now you know who to call first.

FIRST COP:

You're expensive, Stella. Those guys cut

us a break on subpoena jobs. Goodwill,

community service. . .

STELLA:

Well I do it for the money. I'll send

you the bill.

SECOND COP:

Don't you want to see what's inside?

STELLA:

I never look. Bye/ guys.

And as she walks off, they do look — at her.

EXT. STREET -DAY

A car RISES INTO FRAME on a bustling street: a 1960 Mini

Cooper S., a worldwide motoring icon. Its shape crouches low

to the ground and its tiny 10-inch wheel-at-each-corner gives

it the legendary Mini look.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED:

If when you see its headlights and classic grille it doesn't

bring a smile to your face, then you've got no automobile

soul.

INT. MINI (CRUISING) -DAY

Stella takes on the road like someone who loves to be behind

the wheel of a car that claimed victory in the Monte Carlo

Rally three times. She passes a minivan, a breeze with the

Mini's quick, go-kart-like handling.

She searches for a parking space on a street lined with SUVs.

Sees a spot, it's not really a space, just a gap between two

gas guzzlers, there's no way any car could squeeze in.

Brake. Shift. Hard turn. She parallel parks the Mini with

ease. She's right in front of —

HER SHOP:

Antique keys and locks dominate the storefront window with

the name of the shop stenciled across the glass: BRIDGER

LOCK AND SAFE COMPANY. Stella hops out of the Mini. With a

poised walk she heads inside.

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