Want to hear the idea? It's about a dry cleaner that scams the airline out of 300 grand. Tell her. Well, it's simple. Basically, it's about a guy who owes a shylock $15,000... and he's three weeks over on the vig. The interest you have to pay. I know. Anyway, this dry cleaner-- Let's call him Leo. He's scared. He doesn't know any better. He leaves town. So Leo gets on a plane, but the plane sits there. Doesn't move. They announce there's some kind of mechanical problem. They'll be there maybe an hour... but keep your seats, in case they fix it sooner. The guy's in no shape to sit there, sweat it out. So he gets off the plane. He goes to the cocktail lounge and starts throwing them down, one after the other. In fact, he's still in the lounge when the plane crashes on takeoff. When the guy finds out it was his flight, he can't believe it. If he had stayed on the plane, he'd be dead. He knows his luck has changed. If everybody thinks he's dead, he won't have to pay back the 15 or the vig. Keep going. Come on. Since Leo's name was on the passenger list... they bring his wife out to the airport. They're going through personal effects, whatever wasn't burned up. Leo's bags were on the plane. The wife tells them what to look for-- things that only she would know about. My Leo! A couple days go by. The airline people visit his wife. They tell her they're sorry their plane exploded and offer her a settlement. The amount based on what he would have earned for the rest of his life. How much is she offered? 300 grand. So they take it. Money in their hand, babe. He gets his wife to cash the check... and he takes off for Vegas with the dough. He gets there. He's supposed to call her... to let her know when to come out. She never hears from him again, but he's hot. He runs the 300 grand up to half a million. -He comes to L.A.-- -But he's going nuts... because he's winning, and he can't say who he is. So we show in a back story his motivation, his desire to be famous. He's got the dough to buy his way in... mix with the celebs, and he can't resist... so he comes to L.A. I don't know about the mixing with the celebrities. That was something new that was just added. But, yeah, he comes to L.A. and... I don't know what happens after that. What? That's it? That's your movie? I said that I had an idea for a movie. That's half a movie with holes in it. There's maybe 40 minutes of screen time. You don't have a girl, a female lead. On top of that, you don't have anybody to sympathize with. -You don't have a good guy. -The shylock is a good guy. The shylock is barely mentioned... and it's not believable the wife would get a settlement that fast. Harry doesn't realize it's a true story. That Miami flight that went down? It was on the news every day for a week. Harry must've been busy. -That's where you got the idea? -Part of it, yeah. Wait a minute. You're not the guy? The dry cleaner? Leo. You wouldn't be talking to me if you were. -No, I'm not the guy, Harry. -But you work for the casino? For God's sake, Harry, he's the shylock. That's what you do for a living? That's what I did until recently. After I'm done here, I don't know what I'll do next. I got an early call. No problem, babe. Go on up to bed. I'm saying that I would like you and your new buddy to get out of my house. Oh, yeah. Well, sure. It was absolutely a pleasure to meet you, Karen. I guess in your line of work there's times you have to get rough. You know, in case one of your customers don't pay? They always pay. You pack a gun? Not really. You ever been arrested? I've been picked up for loan-sharking and racketeering but never convicted. No, I'm clean, Harry. Racketeering. That covers a lot of ground, doesn't it? Get to the point. You want me to do something for you. That's us. Good girl. Don't say nothing. Sit down and act like you ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Случайный турист на английском - текст Интервенция на английском - текст Статский советник на английском - текст Амадей на английском - текст Вижу Землю! на английском |