Uncut Gems Page #3

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NICO starts to pat him down, removes the envelope from theBazaar from his inside pocket.

NICO:

What’s this?

HOWARD:

That’s $1200 That’s literally all thecash I have.

PHIL notices HOWARD’s Audemars Piguet watch.

PHIL:

What about this?

HOWARD:

What about it? It’s not mine.

PHIL lets out a loud laugh.

PHIL:

Take the watch.

8.

HOWARD:

It’s not mine! I went halves on this

with Avi down the block. We haven’t

even blinged it out yet.

PHIL:

Take it off.

HOWARD removes the watch and hands it over.

HOWARD:

Ok, happy? We done?

PHIL:

No. We’re gonna be hanging around heretoday.

HOWARD:

Doing what?

PHIL:

Observing. We wanna see for ourselvesjust how ‘barely you’re stayingafloat’.

(beat)

You got a problem with that?

HOWARD:

No, what do I care? You’re gonna seethe exact same thing I’ve been tellingArno for months.

PHIL:

Go talk to your staff. Make sureeveryone’s on the same page.

HOWARD stares at the two of them for a beat then walks out.

EXT. EAST 38TH STREET - 30 MINS LATER

HOWARD walks down the street, dialing a number into thisphone.

HOWARD:

-Arno, what the f*** are you doing??

You’re sending collectors to f*** with

me? Are you out of your f***in’mind???... I’m literally minutes awayfrom closing the biggest deal of mygoddamn life, and with that f***in’money I’m gonna be paying you back you

moron...

(remembering)

(MORE)

9.

HOWARD (CONT'D)

Oh and by the way that watch they tookfrom me is worth 20 thousand dollars.

I want that deducted from the hundred

grand, you understand?!?!... Call meback!

HOWARD walks into a doorman’d building.

INT. HOWARD'S APT BUILDING - 37TH FL - HALLWAY - AFTER

HOWARD steps out of the elevator. Two young women quietly exitan apartment at the far end of the hall. HOWARD approachesthem.

HOWARD:

What’s up ladies?

One of the women, LEXUS, quietly ‘shhhh’s’ him.

HOWARD (CONT’D)

What’s going on???

LEXUS:

She’s sleeping...

HOWARD:

(smiling, repeating)

She’s sleeping...

INT. HOWARD’S APARTMENT - LIVING ROOM - CONTINUOUS

HOWARD enters. The place is a mess from hard partying. HOWARDhears JULIA from the bedroom and angrily approaches.

JULIA (O.S.)

Wait, wait, go back.

(a beat)

No the other one, send me that one.

INT. HOWARD’S APARTMENT - BEDROOM - CONTINUOUS

HOWARD enters into darkness. JULIA (28, New York native] liesin bed next to KAT [Dominican, mid 20s]. They scroll throughpictures on a DSLR camera.

HOWARD:

This is bullshit!

JULIA:

Hey Howie.

10.

HOWARD:

People comin’ in and out of the

apartment... Show up to work anytimeyou damn please?

JULIA:

Howard, I was working all night.

HOWARD:

I’m sick of this sh*t. You’re takingadvantage of me.

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