The Replacements Page #7

Nigel Gruff, striker out of

Cardiff now residing in Hell's

Kitchen. They called him 'The

Leg' because he could kick a

soccer ball the entire length of

the field -- and score.

PILACHOWSKI (V.O.)

Has he kept in shape?

McGINTY (V.O.)

Yeah. By Welsh standards.

18A INT. GRUFF'S PUB - SAME TIME 18A

As we see what has become of The Leg. Nigel Gruff isstanding on top of the bar, holding a Guinness as he sings"Better to be a Welshman" to his drunken friends.

He wears an old T-shirt two sizes too small and sweat

pants that have been cut into shorts which show off hisnow spindly legs. A cigarette dangles from the corner ofhis mouth and we get the feeling that the only weights helifts are the pints of beer he puts away. He finishes

the ditty as his friends cheer.

NIGEL:

Drinks are on the house, mates!

Everyone bum-rushes the bar. But as he hops down off ofthe counter he finds himself face to face with three

shady-looking mobsters from the neighborhood.

NIGEL:

Bullocks.

The BIG GANGSTER grabs him and throws him up against thewall as the SMALLEST GANGSTER, and the one in charge,

steps up.

SMALL GANGSTER:

Pissing away our money again,

Nigel?

NIGEL:

Oh no, sir! The money's on its

way!

(CONTINUED)

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18A CONTINUED:
18A

GANGSTER #2 (BIG GANGSTER)

Yeah, to the O.T.B.!

NIGEL:

I'm tellin' ya I got a line on ahorse! Swear on my mum's grave!

Suddenly the TELEPHONE RINGS.

NIGEL:

There! That's probably them nowtellin' me I'm in the money!

(picks up phone)

Gruff's Pub!

(pauses)

What? Are you daft?

(but then)

How much?

Nigel's eyes go wide as he hears the amount. Then:

NIGEL:

(quietly, into phone)

Could I get that in cash?

Preferably tens and twenties...?

CUT TO:

19 EXT. MARINA - DUSK 19

A cold and tired Shane Falco, wearing his patched wetsuit, climbs out of his inflatable dinghy...

PILACHOWSKI (V.O.)

Shane Falco? You don't mean

Footsteps Falco from Ohio State?

The same.

McGINTY (V.O.)

PILACHOWSKI (V.O.)

He hasn't played in years!

McGINTY (V.O.)

Then he should be well-rested,

shouldn't he?

Shane flops onto the deck of his boat, exhausted, when...

McGINTY (O.S.)

You look like a swordfish I caught

once.

(CONTINUED)

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Shane jumps. McGinty is sitting on Shane's old chair onthe stern of the boat.

McGINTY

He hit the deck just like that.

Shane studies his visitor for a beat before taking a beerout of a cooler and cracking it open.

McGINTY

You know who I am?

SHANE:

(nodding)

We met right before the SugarBowl.

McGINTY

Hell of a game, that Sugar Bowl.

What'd you lose it by? Fortypoints?

SHANE:

Forty-five.

McGINTY

Jesus. Sometimes a game can stickwith you so that you can nevershake it off.

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