BOTTLE ROCKET FINAL SCRIPT
Act One
Act Two
Act Three
Outside the voluntary mental hospital…
Dignan: Kuh-Kaah! Kuh-Kaah!
In the voluntary mental hospital…
Anthony looks at his patient bracelet. Knock
Anthony: Hey, Dr. Nichols! I was just coming down to say good-bye.
Dr. Nichols: Anthony, I came to help you with your bags.
Anthony: No that’s okay. I got…I can take them down myself. I…I got em.
Dr. Nichols: What’s…what’s this? (pointing to the sheet rope) What’s going on?
Anthony: Ah, whew. Well, see my friend Dignan didn’t realize that this was a voluntary hospital, and he got this whole escape thing worked out. And he just got so excited about the thing, I didn’t have the heart to tell him “no”…that uh…Look how excited he is. I gotta do it this way, Dr. Nichols. I gotta climb out. It’s only one floor down.
Dr. Nichols: Okay, but can you do it fast? You know this doesn’t look good. None of this looks good at all.
Anthony: Well thanks very much, Dr. Nichols. You’ve really been a great help. You’ve been a great doctor.
Dr. Nichols: Well, thank you.
Anthony: Can you hand me my bag, please. I’ll see ya.
Climbing down
Dr. Nichols: Hey Anthony, don’t try to save everybody, okay?
Anthony: Okay, I won’t. Yo Dennis…See you later, Felicia.
Patient: Hey Anthony! Thanks for everything. Good-bye, take care.
Anthony: Goodbye Barbara. See ya Chris.
Patient: Thanks, Anthony
Rendezvous spot
Dignan: Come on. Come on. Any problems? Yes! Yes! Wait, wait. Who did you get to do that? (pointing to Dr. Nichols drawing the sheet rope back into the room) Did you bribe the janitor? Smart! Smart!
Dignan waves at the “janitor.” Dr. Nichols waves back.
On a bus, home.
Dignan: Driver, what’s our ETA?
Driver: 7:30
Dignan: Good, good. We're on schedule. Here's our agenda for the next few months. I believe you will find everything is in order.
Anthony: Practice job. Looks Good.
Dignan: Practice Job. That's our first move when we get back. Uh, look it over and I will brief you on the way.
Anthony: Okay (opens Dignan's notebook)
Dignan: Now, this is just a rough sketch of what I was trying to do. The idea of practice job, a heist. And the idea that you and I both respond to goals. And it all leads to Mr. Henry.
Anthony: Oh, the guy from the letters?
Dignan: Exactly, exactly. Now, this is rough. But what I tried to do is, I think, that you and I both respond to structure. And that's what's important.
Anthony: While Dignan is speaking, Anthony flips through the notebook. Second five. Twenty-five. Boy, you really have it well-planned out. Next fifty! Whew! So, did you enjoy your first visit to the nuthouse? Did you like that?
Dignan: Hey, hey. Shh. Shh. Shh. Come on. Be sensitive to the fact that other people are not comfortable talking about emotional disturbances. Um, you know I am. I'm fine with that. But other people….Put it behind you. You're out. You're better.
Anthony: You're right.
Dignan: And so it begins.
Back home, walking through neighborhood.
Dignan: Okay, now, we should also get on a fitness regime…sit-ups, road works, hitting the bags
Anthony: You know I was running ten miles a day when I was out in the desert.
Dignan: Were you, really?
Anthony: Yeah…
Dignan: That's exactly what I'm talking about. That's good cardiovascular
Anthony: When did you get so avid about the fitness thing, Dignan?
Dignan: What? What do you mean by avid?
Anthony: I'm just saying I've never known you to be all that athletic. And all of a sudden….
Dignan: You've never, wait….You've never known me to be all that athletic? Well, I mean does it sound weird?
Anthony: I'm not saying that you're not a good athlete, Dignan.
Dignan: Well, does it sound weird to be talking about all the exercising?
Anthony: No, come on, it doesn't sound weird….
Dignan: I'm not saying it's the top priority but I think it's a pretty good goal.
Anthony: Yeah, I know. I think it's a really good goal.
Dignan: Here, put these on. Hands Anthony gloves.
Breaking into a house scene. background music: 7 & 7 album (Love Story (1966-72)); Love.
Drug store counter.
Dignan: Obviously good quickness.
Anthony: Yeah in and out pretty fast.
Dignan: Real fast, man. And good intensity.
Anthony: High intensity!
Dignan: Great intensity. Cause I was like…tooo….tooo….tooo…and I was like really fast.
Anthony: And the preparation was really good, you know, I think that's your specialty.
Dignan: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Cause if I said that one, it would sound like bragging. That’s why I didn’t want to say it. Okay criticisms?
Anthony: Criticisms…
Dignan: I've only one: not very thorough. Left a lot of valuables behind.
Anthony: Yeah, I don't think that was a mistake.
Dignan: No, that was one of the limitations of this job, but…by the way, great job in there. It was nice working with you, cause
Anthony: Thank You
By the drug store pinball machine
Dignan: Next order of business: Mr. Henry. I know you're probably wondering when I'm going to introduce you to Mr. Henry after all I've told you about him. Well in answer to that question, very soon. In fact, judging from how well that…(pointing at the pinball machine) here you go. You gotta do that. There you go…And judging from how well that job went today which was pretty good, man, including the coin collection and the earrings was to say the least…
Anthony: (stops playing pinball) You took the earrings, Dignan? You took em. (leaving drug store) Well, you know, it's my fault. It's like, ultimately, Anthony, when are you gonna learn?
Dignan: Man, you got another ball. Should I play your game?
(outside)
Anthony: The list, Dignan. I know you remember the list cause you signed it. You signed the things Dignan’s not supposed to touch.
Dignan: The thing is I can't be sorting through all that shit in the middle of a burglary.
Anthony: Hey, hey, I don't care, okay? I bought the earrings for my mother on her birthday. I went down, I picked em out myself.
Dignan: Hey, one thing is, every valuable item in the house was on that list.
Anthony: Hey, maybe, we should've robbed your house. Did you ever think of that? No, I bet that never crossed your mind.
Dignan walks away
Anthony: What? What? Come on, Dignan.
Dignan: You know there's nothing to steal from my mom and Craig.
elementary school
Anthony: Hey, hey Grace! Hey, Grace.
Grace: You're supposed to be in Arizona.
Anthony: What, you don't say hi anymore? Come on.
Bernice: Is this the…Are you the pilot?
Anthony: No, I'm, I'm Anthony. I'm Graces's brother.
Grace: Will you excuse us for a minute, Bernice?
Bernice: Are you sure?
Grace: Yeah.
Anthony: You told…you told your friend Bernice I’m some kind of jet pilot?
Grace: What was I supposed to say, they stuck you in an insane asylum?
Anthony: It wasn't an insane asylum, Grace. I explained to you back then that it was for exhaustion.
Grace: Exhaustion?
Anthony: Yes, exhaustion.
Grace: You haven't worked a day in your life. How could you be exhausted?
Anthony: Okay, sit down. Okay? I didn't come up here today to argue with you, okay? I got some friends waiting for me, and I got some things that I need to….
Grace: Who?
Anthony: Some associates?
Grace: Dignan?
Anthony: Yeah, Dignan, but also…
Grace: Sigh
Anthony: What's wrong with Dignan, Grace? I thought you liked Dignan.
Grace: I do like Dignan.
Anthony: Then why do you sigh when I mention is name now.
Grace: But he's a liar.
Bob Mapplethorpe's parked car outside the elementary school
Dignan: Bob Maplethorpe, potential getaway driver, G0! Go!
Bob: Well, I think there's an air of mystery about me.
Dignan: Don't complicate it. Your number one strength is you have a car you can provide. Sell yourself. Start over. You ready? Go.
Bob: Okay. All right. I'm a risk taker. I'm growin' an entire crop of marijuana plants in my parent's back yard. I think that shows a little…
Dignan: Whoa, whoa. Wait a second. You’re growing an entire crop of marijuana in your back yard?
Bob: Dignan, look, I’m just not that good at this selling your self stuff, okay, so I’m just going to tell you the truth. I really want to be a part of this team, and I’m the only one with a car.
Dignan: That's good. That's good. Cause that hits me right here.
back at the elementary school
Anthony: Okay, can you do me a favor and take, uh….I want you to take these earrings and put them in Mom's mahogany box. Now, put them in your backpack or something so you don't lose...
Grace: What are doing with these?
Anthony: Could you just put them in the box, please Grace. You..you've really gotten into the bad habit of asking a huge amount of questions, lately. Sigh. I gotta go, okay, pal.
Grace: What's going to happen to you Anthony?
Anthony: Geez Grace, what the hell kind of question is that to ask me?
Grace: When are you coming home?
Anthony: Grace, I can't come home. I'm an adult. Why are you looking at me like that? Huh?
back in the car
Dignan: When I was a little kid, I wanted to know what caused thunder.
Anthony enters car
Dignan: How did it go with Grace?
Anthony ponders
Dignan: How'd it go?
Anthony: Can we leave, please Bob
Bob: Sure
Anthony clears throat
Dignan: Little kids are really cute. She is a cute little kid.
Anthony gets out of car
Anthony: I don't know what happened. I just have no idea. I mean, how did Grace get so cynical? Where does it come from? Where does it come from?...
Dignan: ...Look I can't answer that question right now. All I'm concerned about is getting you back in the car, man...
Anthony: ...she comes to this conclusion about me, at this point...
Dignan: ...Let's get back in the car where we, you can settle down...
Anthony: ...She thinks I'm a failure...
Dignan: ...What!? She said you're a failure? What has she ever accomplished with her life that's so great, man. Nothing! Nothing! Wait you don't have to do anything, man...
Anthony: ...I'm not saying that she has to look up to me at all. I'm not saying that. Although, maybe, she should. Why not? She tells her best friend that I was a pilot...
Dignan: ...Stop. Stop for a second. Will you stop for a second? And look at this?...
Dignan shows Anthony the picture of the lawn wranglers
Anthony: Groans Oh no!
Dignan: Fact: I learned more in the two months I spent with Mr. Henry and his crew than I learned in 15 years of academic study. Fact: I can guarantee you after Mr. Henry sees us pull this job, he's going to take a personal interest in our future. Fact: Mr. Henry drives a jaguar...
Anthony: Fact: Dignan, the picture's not doing it for me right now.
Dignan: Well does the fact that I'm trying to do it do it for you?
Bob: Uh, I hate to interrupt your conversation guys.
Back in the car driving
Bob: But I think I know what you've been going through, man. Cause I've been through some pretty heavy shit myself. If you're feeling alone like nobody in the world cares...nobody in the fucking world gives a shit...
Bob drives through a stop sign. Car honks.
Bob: ...then I'm here man...
Anthony: ...Ah, that was a stop sign...
Bob: I'm ready to listen, man. And if you want, I'll even open first. I mean my brother, that's a shit situation you know he beats the crap out of me all the time.
The Mapplethorpe
residence/ backyard
Enter Jonathan Mapplethorpe (aka Futureman, Bob's older brother), H. Clay Murchison , and Stacy Sinclair
Futureman: I don't suppose either one of you know why Bob's car's parked out in front?
Anthony: Yeah, he's here.
Dignan: He's, uh, he's insi...
Anthony: He's here...he's here at the house.
Futureman: Let me see if Bob's keeping the pool clean.
Dignan: That's Futureman
Anthony: Uh, yeah, I know.
Picking up a leaf in the pool
Futureman: What the fuck is this? Vamanos Clay.
(Futureman and Clay go into house. Futureman can be heard scolding Bob in the background during the Stacy Sinclair dialogue).
Futureman: Bob you were told to thoroughly clean the pool this morning.
Bob: Jack it was one leaf. Man, one leaf...
Futureman: Yeah, what about the car...out in front of the house...(
Note as Bob is getting scolded by Futureman ('Yeah, and what about the car? I asked you not to park that shit out in front of the house!'). Anthony, Dignan, and Stacy Sinclair remain outside.
Dignan: It's a leaf.
Stacy: Your name is Anthony, isn't it?
Dignan: Yeah his name is Anthony. My name is Dignan.
Stacy: I'm Stacy Sinclair, Elizabeth's sorority sister.
Anthony: I didn't know she had a sister.
Stacy: Laughs. Oh my God, you have the best sense of humor. She is going to be so jealous I saw you here. So you go to school in Arizona, right?
Anthony: No I was in the hospital.
Stacy: Oh, what for?
Anthony: I went nuts.
Dignan: He's kidding. He's kidding. He didn't go nuts.
Stacy: You poor thing. How did it happen?
Anthony: Do you really one to know?
Stacy: Yes, I really do
Anthony: Okay, one morning over at Elizabeth's beach house, she asked me if I'd rather go water-skiing or lay-out. And I realized that not only did I not want to answer that question, but I never wanted to answer another water sports question or see any of these people again for the rest of my life. Three days later I was on my way out to the desert. And that was that.
In the background, Bob and Futureman can be heard
Bob: Bullying son of a bitch.
Futureman: You're calling me a bully. Here's a bully for you. punch. punch.
Bob: Oww!
Futureman: Hold on Bob you're only going to make this take longer.
Stacy: You're really complicated, aren't you?
Bob: Owww! My ear!
Anthony: I try not to be.
Scene in the shooting range. The gang buys a gun.
Back at the Mappelthorpe residence, the kitchen table.
Dignan: Referring to the plan. Okay, escape route is crucial just in case somebody is tailing us or even chasing us as the case may be. We can't be sure how it is going to happen.
Anthony: Do you think that we are going to be chased tonight? Is that a possibility?
Dignan: That's a good question. No I don't think we are going to be chased. I'm just being hypocritical here. However, I will say...Bob, please don't interrupt me, man, 'cause I'm trying to stay focused on this stuff. You're responsible for the external situation tomorrow: streets and the getaway.
Anthony: Woh, woh, woh, woh. Excuse me. The...are the explosives really necessary here? I think it'd be a lot more simple if I just walk up to the door alone. I...I think that would be...
Dignan: Why are you undermining me, man?
Bob: playing with the gun. How much bullets does this thing take.
Dignan: Bob!
Bob: Look, I'm paying attention...
Dignan: Goddammit! You're not paying attention if you're messing around with the gun. Now quit...Anthony, just keep the gun on the table. Keep...
Anthony: ...Look, Dignan, relax...
Dignan: ...I can't focus unless the gun is on the table...
Bob: I paid for it.
Dignan: Shut, man! Shut up. I'm warning you now. Be quiet, please!
Bob: It's true, Dignan. I paid for the gun.
Dignan: Say it again. Say it one more time. Say it again. Repeat what you just said.
Anthony shakes his head at Bob.
Bob: I paid for the gun.
Pause.
Dignan: Sigh. He's out. You're out, too. And I don't thing I'm in either. No gang!
Anthony: ...Just calm down...
Dignan storms out of the kitchen followed by Anthony
Dignan: in the background, as Bob is playing with the gun in the kitchen. You two just don't give a shit. It comes right down to it that you don't care...Look at this kitchen. How does an asshole like Bob get such a great kitchen?
Anthony: C'mon, Dignan.
The boys return to the kitchen
Dignan: Um...I apologize. That was poor leadership. I'm under a lot of pressure right now, and...I don't feel like the team is gelling the way...if I can even use that word because I don't even now if we are a team.
Anthony: Hey, we are a team.
Bob: Yeah, team.
Dignan: back to the plan. Okay, there do you see the star is me, right there, and I'll be in there. The "X" is Anthony. Bob you're the "0" out here in the car.
outside the book store
Dignan: Okay, okay. Puts bandage on his nose.
Bob: What are you putting that tape on your nose for?
Dignan: Exactly. sets watch. Let's get lucky.
exiting car, heading to the book store
Dignan: You, you open the door.
Anthony: Okay wait right here.
Dignan: Come on, let's go. Don't panic. Okay, get him to open the door. Don't panic. Don't panic.
Anthony: knocking on the book store entrance. I left my sweater inside. I know...do you have a lost and found?
Dignan: Here he comes...ku-kaah, ku-kaah, ku-kah...Bob...
Bob: whooo! whoo!
Book Store Clerk: At the door. Sorry, we're closed, sir.
Anthony: Yeah, do you have a lost and found? I left my sweater back...
Book Store Clerk: You got something on your...what's that on your nose?
Anthony: I cut it. It's... I got a cut across the bridge. Do you have a lost and found that maybe I can check?...
Book Store Clerk: Can you come back tomorrow?
Anthony: I really...I can't. I gotta, I gotta get it tonight.
Book Store Clerk: Opens the door. Well, well, let me check with my manager. Whole on one second. Just, just stand inside.
Dignan tries to enter.
Book Store Clerk: Hey, excuse me sir, we're, we're closed.
Dignan: Oh, what, what about that guy?
Anthony: I-I left my sweater in there.
Book Store Clerk: He forgot his sweater.
Dignan: Oh yeah, I left some money in there.
Book Store Clerk: The money. Where?
Dignan: In the cash register. pulls gun. Step away from the door. Stockers! Stockers! Where are the other stockers?
Book Store Clerk: Who, Robby? He might be in literature that's his section
Dignan: Hey is that the manager? Wait who is it? Come here, come here.
Anthony: I'm gonna go down this aisle.
Dignan: Yeah go down there, check what we got.
Book Store Manager: What's going on here?
Dignan: Come here, come here, come here, come here, come her. I'm sending you both back there. Let's go. Come on. Move. Move.
In the back office
Dignan: Okay, sit down, sit down. Get up against the wall. What's in here? What's in here? Where's the money? Where's the money? Talk, stretch!
Book Store Clerk: It's, it's in the drawer.
Dignan: Okay, there it is. Come on. Open up that drawer. No, it's not. Come on. The other one. Let's go. There's the money. Okay. Put in one of those bags. Get one of those bags. Let’s move! Come on! A bigger one, you idiot! What are you think…
Book Store Manager: Don’t call me an idiot, you punk.
Dignan: Do you have…do you have bigger bags for atlases or dictionaries, uh, sir?
in the travel section of the book store
Anthony: Robby?
Book Store Clerk 2: Uh-huh
Anthony: Aren't you supposed to be in literature?
Book Store Clerk 2: It's all full up.
Anthony: Okay, they need you in the office right now.
back at the office
Dignan: Use the little bags. Put the money in there. We'll just use a lot of them. Quickly. Just, do your best?
Book Store Clerk: Why, why do you wear that tape on your nose?
Anthony: Little bags, man.
Dignan: Okay everybody, I want everybody to sit tight. Sit tight. Okay, thank you so much.
outside
Dignan: Wooh! Whooh! Success. Full success! Okay, we're heading back to Bob's, and we're going to hit the road and go on the lam. Go! Go! Go!
car speeds away
back at Bob's house
Dignan: Okay, now, before we divide the loot. Let me say one thing: Bob, gets the spirit award on this case, and although his share won't be as equal as ours, his contribution was neverthe...
Bob: What?!? What do you...
Dignan: Come here, Bob. Come here. Did you see the look he gave me? Don't double cross this guy. Don't even think it. Great work. Great work. Both of you... toasts. Clink! Clink!
Anthony: So, Dignan, what's next? Do we meet the crew after we go on the lam or what?
Dignan: Everybody wants to know what's next. May I enjoy this moment?
Bob: What crew?
Dignan: Now is not a good time to bring up the crew.
Bob: Goddammit! You son of a bitch! You're gonna' cut me. You're gonna'...
Anthony: ...Wait a second, Bob...
Bob: ...Wait a second, nothing! You're gonna' cut me out...
Anthony: ...Nobody's cutting anybody out of anything. Okay, let me show you this. taking out Lawn Wranglers picture.
Dignan: ...Whoa Whoa...
Anthony: No, Dignan this is fine. Bob, should see this. Bob, I got something.
Bob: What's this supposed to be?
Anthony: That's the crew. That's Mr. Henry. These are the...I know...
Bob: Laughs. Anthony, that's the Lawn Wranglers, the landscape company that Dignan here used to work for.
Anthony: What do you mean landscaping?
Bob: I mean push the mower. Trim the hedge. Landscaping.
Anthony: Landscaping?
Bob: Landscaping.
Anthony: Groans
Dignan: Yes, they're landscapers, okay. Yes, yes, yes, they're landscapers. But did it ever occur to you that a landscaping crew is a perfect front for an operation, man. Now look at this. shows the picture. You've seen this picture. That is Mr. Henry and aside from owning the Lawn Wranglers, he is a very talanted thief.
Anthony: Then, uh, why aren't you over there right now?
Dignan: Because we're fugitives. And also cause he fired me. Best job I ever had, working my way up, meeting people, listening to stories. One day he walks over and says "Dignan, you're out" just like that. By the way, man, he was right. Just cause it's a front doesn't mean somebody doesn't have to do the actual landscaping. But those days are over now. Just a matter of time before I pick up the phone and I say Mr. H, we are coming home. So don't worry about your future, man, because I am thinking. Anthony, If you don't mind, I'd appreciate it if you didn't mention to Bob about me getting fired
Anthony: I won't.
Dignan: On the run from Johnny Law. It ain't no trip to Cleveland.
driving. stopping to buy fireworks. background music: Zorro is Back performed by Oliver Onions.
Dignan: (In the car. Shouting and shooting fireworks out of the car.) I love it. And another one for me. Bobby, one for you. Anthony, fire away! Somebody hand me one! I'm gonna throw it out the window! Cherry bomb!
Dignan: (at night. gestures and makes a rig honk its horn) Did you hear that?
Anthony: Dignan, I don't expect you to be as depressed as I am but I don't think...watch the road Bob. But I don't think that your happiness is quite appropriate. I mean your 75 year plan does not seem to be working, you know. The only thing I've learned so far is that crime does not pay.
Dignan: Gee man, that's not the greatest attitude in the world to have. I don't think we get anywhere by complaining, guys.
Okay, okay, you're right.
Dignan: There we go. There we go (pointing out a roadside motel). Perfect great little place to lie low while the heat cools down. We'll get in touch with Mr. Henry. I'll get the best room in the house, guys. Crime does pay.
packed in motel room. Bob sleeps on a rollaway cot.
next morning, outside by the swimming pool. Anthony spies Inez for the first time. background music: Prendeme la Vela (Lo Mejor Del Ritmo Negro Peruano) performed by Abelardo Vasquez & Cumanana
Anthony: still by the pool. I can't get my haircut. That's just not possible, all right.
Dignan: from the balcony with Bob. Then you're gonna gave to dye it red, man, cause we need to hide our identities.
Anthony: No I'm sorry, I can't do that either.
Dignan: Even if it's the difference between some trooper recognizing us and throwing us in jail or not?
Anthony: I guess so.
Dignan: Then you my dear friend are a damn fool. Let's go, Bob. Come on. Bob, let's go.
Bob: See you.
Anthony: See you, Bob.
Anthony lying in bed.
Anthony: Whistling. Knocking. Hello!
Inez enters the room to clean.
Inez: Excuse me.
Anthony: No, no it's okay. Come on in...following Inez. Oh excuse me. Jeez, it's great how you are able to bring a room to life like this with just a little touch...Jeez, it's, uh, it's nice out today, isn't it? Boy, you get a nice breeze with that door open like this. It was kinda' stuffy in here. Do you do all these rooms yourself? All these...Offers Inez his hand. I'm Anthony. Anthony. What's your name?
Inez: Inez.
Anthony: Inez. That's wow. Oh sorry. Sorry this is such a mess here. You know, let me give you hand with this.
Inez leaves the room. Anthony continues to follow Inez and her towel cart outside the motel.
Anthony: I think I might have seen you earlier when I was swimming. Did you happen to see me down there? By the pool? Yeah, that was me. Yep. Do you speak English? Spanish?
Inez: Si
Anthony: You have really good posture, you know. You stand up very straight. cleaning a new room. You know people they think cause they're in a hotel that they can really just kind of act like slobs. It's bad manners if you ask me, but then, if I were guilty of it. Yeah. Which part of Mexico are you from?
Inez: Paraguay.
Anthony: Paraguay? Boy, okay, that's kind of over/under Guatemala I think.
Inez: Excuse me, Anthony.
Anthony: Sorry Inez.
Anthony: These towels are still warm. I guess that's from the dryer. See. puts towel to Inez's face.
Enters a new room
Inez: Housekeeping? sees couple. Sorry.
Motel guest: No, we're just checking out.
Anthony enters the room , continues to follow Inez.
Anthony: Hi.
Motel guest: Hi?
Meanwhile, outside the barber shop Bob is talking on a pay phone.
Bob: Son of a bitch!
Inside the barber shop
Dignan: That's a good hair..that's a good haircut there, parted on the side.
Customer: Thank you
Dignan: It's what my friend needs to get. Bob, get one like this. Here you go first.
enter Bob
Bob: whispering. Dignan, may I speak to you for a moment please. It's about my marijuana crop. I don't want everyone to hear this...
Dignan: ...I don't want to lose my place in line...
Bob: My brother is in jail.
Dignan: What? Wait a second. Your brother's... Why?
Bob: The weed
Dignan: What weed?
Bob: The weed from my back..in my backyard.
Dignan: They got em by the balls. What's the official charge?
Bob: They say he's a drug dealer.
Dignan: That's so unfair. They say he's a drug dealer. You and I both know he's not a drug dealer. Right? He's not a drug dealer.
Bob: Yeah, I know that, Dignan. I know...
Dignan: Well, well Bob. What about hiding our identities...Bob leaves barber shop. Bob! to the barber. I'm sorry guys we're going to have to take a rain check. Bob!
in the laundry room.
Anthony: Sigh. God, this is great! Sitting here in the laundry room. You working on your vocabulary, and we're sharing these tamales. It's...it's just, how unexpected. What is that, Inez? Does it open? Opens Inez's locket, takes out picture. Wow, you were just a little girl when this was taken. A little girl in Paraguay. Can I keep this? Can I have it?
Inez: She's my sister.
Anthony: Really? She looks just like you. Can I keep it anyway?
Inez: Si
Dignan and Bob enter the room. The room is full of motel staff. Spanish music (Pachanga Diferente (The Best of Rene Touzet and Pachanga Differente!); Rene Touzet) and blender noise in the background.
Dignan: Oh, I'm sorry. We're in the wrong room.
Bob: No, man, this is...
Dignan: No, okay, I guess there's been a mistake made. Two twelve. Do you...do you speak English? We have a friend...
enter Anthony from the bathroom.
Anthony: I thought you guys went to get your haircut?
Dignan: No, we didn't.
Anthony: Well, gang this is my friend Di...
Dignan: My name is Jerry and this my associate Cornelius. Anthony, What's going on here, man?
Bob: Anthony, I need to talk to you, man....
Anthony: I'm having a party in here, man. I made some banana daiquiris for these folks here. Do you want one of these?
Dignan: Yeah, I guess I'll have one.
Anthony: Come on in here, man. This is Inez. And that's Rocky right there. C'mon Bob, shut the door, get in here, man. Anybody else want anything? A soda for Rocky. Cmon, Bob let me get you one...
Bob: raising his voice. Anthony, I have got to talk to you! Look, I'm sorry about this, this seems like a nice soiree, but I've got a family situation! I don't care what you think! I don't care! Tengo uno situacion mi familia! Dignan does not want to deal with it! Could you please come outside for a minute!
Anthony: Bob, I'm just saying we've got to analyze the situation, okay. First of all, how long are they going to hold him?
Bob: I don't know. I don't know anything. All I know is that Phil says they got him, that he's in jail.
Dignan: Okay, I've made a suggestion that he needs to hire an attorney.
Bob: You are pushing your luck, man. Unbel..
Anthony: Hey, Dignan, he does have a point.
Dignan: I'm the leader.
Bob: So what, you think I should abandon my brother?
Dignan: Yes.
Anthony: No, Bob.
Dignan: No
Anthony: I'm saying let's keep it, let's keep it very simple, okay. We'll make some calls. We'll figure out what's going on. And if he's not out in 48 hours then we'll go back, okay? Bob?
Bob: What?
Anthony: Is that okay?
Bob: Okay.
Dignan: Now, I wasn't trying to antagonize you, man by saying that stuff. It was just that you were going to fly off half-cocked.
Bob: Don't tell me what I was going to fly off of.
Dignan: Okay, I'm sorry. It's a team decision.
Anthony and Inez in the motel swimming pool.
Inez: Says something in Spanish.
Anthony: What? What did you... what does that mean?
Inez: I, I don't know what to say...
Anthony: What I'm talking?
Inez: No
Anthony: Your skin feels like silk.
Inez: Kind of like silk? laughs. What silk?
Anthony: Your skin, it feels so soft and silky. Soft
Inez: Silk?
Anthony: points to his skin. Sandpaper. points to her skin. Silk.
Inez: Silk. A new word.
Anthony: It's very soft. I don't know much Spanish. Can I kiss you?
They kiss
Dignan: Marco! Marco! No lifeguard on duty. Swim at your own risk.
Anthony: Okay, we'll, we'll be very careful, Jerry. Thank you.
Dignan: You guys mind if I take a dip? Hey, I'm kidding. I'm kidding. I'm not that insensitive. 'Sides I didn't bring my trunks anyway. How's the water down there?
by the motel steps
Anthony: I'm going to give you something, okay? I want you to hold onto this. gives Inez his watch.
Dignan: Phoo, well, thank you for listening to our old war stories. I hope they didn't bore you too terribly.
Anthony: Ah, Dignan. Mm-Hmm.
Dignan: Well any way good evening.
Inez: Good evening. Bye Jerry.
Anthony: Anyways, the watch okay. It, it has an, an alarm on it and will go off and make a sound when we're supposed to meet. And you do that by this little button right here. So you can just press that. See? Okay? It's pretty simple.
Inez: car honks Bueno. I have to go.
Anthony: I'm very glad I met you Inez.
Inez: honk Me too. I have to go.
early morning, we see Bob's hand reach for the keys.
next scene, Dignan is running outside the motel.
Dignan: Uh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, son of a bitch! Anthony! Anthony! Bob's gone. He stole his car. The little coward. That son of a bitch. He flew the coop while we were sleeping. He has no character, man.
Anthony: Maybe, he went up to the store.
Dignan: No, man. He took his stuff. He's long gone.
back in the room
Anthony: Hi, housekeeping. Can I speak to Inez please? I thought she gets in at nine? Oh, it i..okay, see I don't have my watch on. She has it. Tell me something, what's it like working with her? I mean I bet she's really great at... uh, okay, bye?
Dignan: We'll get him. We'll get him, man. Don't worry about that. We'll get him. And when we do get him, we'll blow up his car or do something. I can guarantee you that. What makes me furious is thinking about the look on Bob's fat face, man, when he drives away today... thinking that he pulled one over on us, man. I'll tell you another thing...
Anthony: ...Dignan...
Dignan: ...that if our paths cross again, you're going to see a side of Dignan that you haven't seen before. A sick, sadistic side because I'm furious at Bob...
Anthony: ...C'mon Dignan...
Dignan: I couldn't be more angry. Come on what?
Anthony: Bob, didn't steal the car, you know. He told me he was leaving. He went back to help his brother.
In a coffee shop.
Dignan: Phoo.
Anthony: Look, Dignan, look I'm sorry that I didn't tell you about Bob leaving. You, you, had just as much a right to know as I did. I'm sorry...
Dignan: Thank you, thank you. That's all I needed. I mean who's to say that you need Bob to have an adventure? Where is that rule written? There's nothing that says that. What are you working on?
Anthony: Nothing, just a, just a sketches. Ahem. It's , you know, it's just a little horse. With little sparks coming off. Kinda like stardust. Nothing. Sorry it just, uh...
Dignan: Don't apologize to me. Don't do that to me. Don't treat me like the jealous friend who's envious of you because that's not what this is about. I'm as excited for you as anybody is.
Anthony: Really? Then I gotta go. I'll see you later, Dignan. See you back at the room.
Running to motel. Love scene with Inez in a motel room. background music: Alone Again Or (Love Story (1966-72)); Love.
Dignan shooting bottle rockets and firecrackers outside the motel.
Anthony: Why don't you come, uh, over to this bar we're going to, Dignan?
Dignan: Where?
Anthony: It's in the town.
Dignan: No, I don't want to go.
Anthony: Why don't you just come with us?
Dignan: Sigh
Anthony: Why don't you just come over there with us?
Dignan: All right. hands Inez a sparkler.
Anthony: Sparkler.
Dignan: Certainly, can't feel any worse than I do
Anthony: Don't worry, all he needs is one drink.
At a local bar. background music: Mambo Guajiro (the Best of Rene Touzet and Latin American Tempos); Rene Touzet. In the bathroom.
Bar Patron: Hello, my friend.
Dignan: Hey, hola, amigo! Como Esta?
Bar Patron: You're in the army, yes?
Dignan: No, no, I just have short hair.
Dignan: can be heard in the background Amigo, let's play pool.
Front entrance of the bar
Julio: Inez? Que milagro! (Inez? What a Miracle!)
Inez: Julio?
Julio: Eh, como estas como te ha hido? (Well, how are you how have things been going?)
Inez: Bien. (Good.)
Julio: Bien? Que bien. No te imaginas lo qu me acaba de pasar ahora. (Good? That's good. You cannot imagine what just happened to me right now.)
Inez: Que? (What?)
Julio: No, llego un ricachon ahi en el taller, que se le cayo los llaves en el tanque de gas, imaginate. (See, this rich guy arrived there in the store, because his keys fell in his gas tank, imagine it.)
Inez: Ah, si? (Oh, really?)
Julio: Bueno, ahi nos vemos, eh? (Well, we'll see each other around, eh?)
Inez: Bueno. (OK.)
Julio: Veete. (Take care of yourself.)
Inez: Que te vaya bien. (May everything go well.)
Anthony: Julio leaves. Boy, that guy was a real chatter box waddn't he? I didn't think he was ever going to stop with the story. Jesus, that's, that's what I call a language barrier. I need to take it easy. It's just a little frustrating when you guys talk so easily.
Dignan can be heard in the background arguing with the Bar Patron. "Amigo, you just cheated." Patron punches Dignan.
Dignan: punch. Okay, I'm calling my gang. punch. Anthony! Kuh-Kaah! Kuh-Kaah!(1)
Back at the hotel
Anthony: God, you know, I can't believe the guy just decided to jump you like that?
Dignan: sigh. Could you pass me those french fries please?
Anthony: Yeah. Dignan, you know, I was right out in front of the place with Inez. I...
Dignan: If you don't my mind, I'd rather not re-live it. Don't really feel much like talking about it. Fact, the only thing I feel like is to get the fuck out of this town
Anthony: Yeah, we, uh, we need a car I think.
Dignan: I have an idea for that. Inez has the master key to all the rooms, doesn't she? Doesn't she?
Anthony: Yeah, I don't think we can do that.
Dignan: I, I, know we