Holding the Bricks
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booth on the side of the restaurant. He makes a call.
INT. PHONE BOOTH - LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS - DAY
SOUND of RINGING.
HOTEL OPERATOR (V.O)
Ramada Inn.
JAIME
Hello, can you please connect me to Mr. Rob Loesser.
HOTEL OPERATOR (V.O)
Yes, I'll ring him.
Phone RINGS once.
ROB (V.O.)
Hello.
JAIME
What's your room number?
ROB (V.O.)
Two fourteen.
Jaime hangs up the phone.
EXT. STREET - LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS - DAY
Jaime walks two long blocks to the Ramada Inn.
EXT. RAMADA INN - LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS - DAY
The motel building and SIGN, RAMADA INN are seen from the highway. Jaime walks through the parking lot of the Ramada Inn wearing his backpack and carrying the gym bag.
He enters the Ramada Inn from a side entrance. It is obvious that he is familiar with the hotel layout.
INT. RAMADA INN - DAY
Jaime goes up one flight of stairs, walks down the hallway and stops at Room 214.
DOORWAY
Jaime knocks at the door. Rob opens the door and lets Jaime in.
INT. HOTEL ROOM, RAMADA INN - DAY
Tom sits on one of the twin beds. He sees Jaime and smiles.
Rob stands by Tom.
The television set is on. There is a campaign commercial that explains what a great guy Jimmy Carter is.
JAIME
Who's that guy?
TOM
That jackoff is Jimmy Carter and he's running for President against that other jackoff Gerald Ford.
Tom walks over and turns the television off.
Jaime is tense but conceals it.
Tom and Rob are perfectly comfortable with Jaime. They think Jaime is an ass-hole.
JAIME
Here's the stuff.
Jaime places the canvas bag on a bed.
TOM
Have any problem at Customs.
JAIME
No. The Customs Agent barely checked the car.
Jaime opens the canvas bag. He removes a large sweater and places it on the bed. Next he pulls out a sock and puts it on the bed. He rapidly pulls out the remaining eleven socks placing each one on a twin bed.
Jaime replaces the sweater into the bag and zips it shut. He has his backpack on.
JAIME (CONT'D)
I had to chop the coke up and wrap it in cellophane, cotton and sponge. Then I placed the stuff inside these socks. It's all here.
ANOTHER ANGLE
Tom begins to check a sock. He puts his finger in and tastes the coke. He smiles at Rob. Rob goes over to the closet and pulls out two stacks of one hundred dollar bills. He hands the bills to Jaime.
ROB
That's two grand.
Jaime does not show much emotion. He takes the money and places it in the gym bag.
Rob walks to the radio located between the two twin beds and turns it on. The station plays MUSIC by Jim Croce.
TOM
We are going to cut this stuff, and make it into four kilos. I have a guy in Chicago that will pay thirty grand a key.
Rob goes into the closet. He brings back a small scale and a jar that contains a white substance that looks like powdered milk. Tom places a sock on a table.
Tom and Rob put on green surgical masks.
ROB
Let's get to work and cut this shit.
Tom puts a sock full of coke on one scale. Rob pours powdered milk onto the opposite side scale until the weights are equal. Tom empties the sock of cocaine into a mixing bowl. Rob pushes the milk powder into the bowl and mixes.
Jaime stands a short distance from them.
JAIME
I need to use the bathroom before I leave.
TOM
Sure, go ahead.
Jaime takes the gym bag and goes into the bathroom with his backpack on.
INT. BATHROOM - RAMADA INN - DAY
Jaime places the canvas gym bag on the floor. He takes off the backpack. He removes a different sweater from the backpack. He pulls a 38 caliber Smith and Wesson revolver and silencer from inside the sweater. He removes a baseball cap from the backpack and puts it on his head.
CLOSER
He screws the silencer onto the revolver. He aims the pistol at his reflection in the bathroom mirror.
In the background the radio station plays Rock and Roll MUSIC.
INT. HOTEL ROOM - RAMADA INN - DAY
BATHROOM DOORWAY
Jaime stands in front of the open bathroom doorway. He aims the revolver.
Tom and Rob are busy cutting cocaine. Their backs are shown.
VARIOUS ANGLES
Jaime quickly shoots Rob and Tom in the back of their heads. The silencer works but there are large THUD SOUNDS when Rob and Tom go down.
JAIME walks over. He shoots Rob in the heart. Then he shoots Tom in the heart.
Blood, brains and cocaine are spread across the room.
Jaime inspects his outer jacket for blood. He puts the gun on the bed and removes the jacket. He takes the sweater from the canvas bag and puts it on. He throws the soiled jacket into the canvas bag.
Jaime disengages the silencer from the revolver and places them in the canvas bad. He removes his backpack and puts it into the canvas bag. Jaime zips the bag shut.
MUSIC continues to play on the radio, Chuck Berry sings "Her home is on the south side high up on a ridge."
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. MISSISSIPPI RIVER BRIDGE - MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE - NIGHT
TITLE CARD: MISSISSIPPI RIVER, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE - SATURDAY NIGHT
The Chevy Malibu is parked alongside the Mississippi River. The bridge is shown a few hundred yards to the north. A HOLIDAY INN is seen in the East.
VARIOUS ANGLES
Jaime gets out of the car. He walks to the riverbank. He carries the canvas bag. He removes the gun and silencer from the bag and flings them into the river. He walks down river twenty yards, removes the soiled jacket and throws it into the river.
Jaime walks a few more yards, removes the backpack from the bag and throws that into the water. Finally the canvas bag gets launched into the muddy Mississippi river.
CUT TO:
INT. CAR - MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE - NIGHT
Jaime turns the radio on.
RADIO ANNOUNCER (V.O)
Tomorrow The New York Yankees play the Cincinnati Reds in the World Series.
Jaime presses buttons on the radio and changes channels.
MUSIC by The Eagles. "Don't let the sound of your own wheels, drive you crazy."
Jaime has a smirk on his face.
EXT. HIGHWAY 40 EAST - MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE - NIGHT
MOVING
The Chevy travels down HIGHWAY 40 EAST out of MEMPHIS.
DISSOLVE TO THE END.