"DO THE RIGHT THING" (1989)

DO '1'BERIGHTTHJ:HG

by

Spike Lee

FROM THEAUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X

•The greatestmiracle Christianity has achievedin America is that theblack man in whiteChristian hands ha• not grown violent. It ia a miracle that22 million black people havenot risen up against theiroppressors -- in which they wouldhave been justified byall moral criteria, and evenby the democratic tradition. It is a miracle that a nationof black people has sofervently continued to believein a turn-the-other-cheekand heaven- for-you-atter-you•diephilosophy. It is a miraclethat the American black peoplehave remained a peacefulpeople, whila catching all thecenturies of hell thatthey have caught,.here in thewhite man'• heaven. Themiracle ia that the white man'spuppet Negro leaders, hispreachers and the educated Negroesladen with degrees andother ■ who have been allowedto wax fat off their blackpoor brothers, have been ableto hold the black massesquiet until now.•

MalcolmX as told toAlex Haley

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Tl:TLES- WHITEON BLACK

CUT TO1

EXTREME CLOSE UP

WE SBE only big whiteteeth and very Negroidal (bi3)lips.

CAMERA MOVES BACK SLOWLYTO REVEAL MISTER sil$oRLOVE DADDY, a OJ, a radio personalitybehind a microphone.

The CAMERA, which is S'l·ILL PULLINGBACK,showsthatMister SenorLove Daddy is actuallysitting in a storefront window. The control booth looksdirectly out into the street. This is WE-LOVE RADIO,a modest station witha loyalfollowing, right in theheart of the neighborhood. TheOPENING SHOT will be a TRICKSHOT -- the CAMERA PULLINGBACK through the storefrontwindow.

MISTER ss'foRLOVEDADDY (contd) Here I.am. Am I here? Y'know it. It ya know. This is Mister SeWorLove Daddy, doing the nasty toya ears, ya ears to the nasty. I'se play only da plattersdat matter, da matters dey platterand That's the truth, Ruth.

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He hits thecart machine and we heara station jingle._

Be laughs like a madman.

An old, grizzled manstirs in the bed, his sheetsare soaked with sweat. Heflings them off hiswet body.

CAMERA MOVESIN ON a young man sitting at the edgeof a sofa bed.

CLOSE UP - HIS SMALL BANDS

WE SEE him counting hismoney. This isn't any ordinary counting of money, he's straighteningout all thecorners of the billa, arranges themso the bills -- actuallythe •dead president.a•-- are facingthe same way. Thisia MOOKIE. Once he'• finishedwith that task, countinghis money, he aneaka into his sister'sbedroom.

CLOSE OP - JADE

JADE, Mookie's sister, is fastasleep. Mookie's fingers ENTER THE FRAME and start toplay with her lips. Jade push'eshis hands away. Mookiewaits several beats andhe continues. Jade wakes up --mad. - JADE Don't you have enoughsense not to bother people whenthey're sleeping?

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MOOK!E It's gonnabe hot today.

He plants a big fat juicy onhis sister's forehead. -

s EXT: SAL'S FAMOUS PIZZERIA- DAY

A 1975 El Dorado pulls up infront of the neighborhood pizzeria -- Sal's Famous Pizzeria. From the carcomes out the owner, SAL, a slightlyoverweight man inhis early fifties, and his two sons,PINO, 22, and VITO,20. It'stime for them to go towork at Sal's FamousPizzeria in the heart of Black Brooklyn. Sal's sits righton the corner of The Block. The Blockbeing where this film on the hottest day of the summertakes place.

Pinokicks a beer can in hispat~ into the gutter.

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Pinoaow.is silent. Sal walks overto him.

Mookie comesdown his stoop and walksto work.

7 EX-r-:STREET'"-DAT

The Block is beginningto come to life. Those unlucky souls who have tow~rk this Saturday dragthemselves to it, and the kidsare out on the street toplay in the hot sun all day long.

Mookie stopsto say hello to MOTHERSISTER. She leans out her outher window on the parlorfloor. In the summertime,the only time when she'snot perched in her window iswhen she's asleep.

Mookie ent~rs thepizzeria and Pino ison him before the door closes.

MOOI<IE Hello, Sal. Hello, Vito.

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Pino look.aat his father. Be wants to be backedup on thisr all he gets isan amused look, and a smirk from Vito.

There's a knock on thedoor and Da Mayor enters. " SAL Come on in,Mayor.

Sal looks at Pino, who reluctantlygives Da Mayorthe broom.

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Da Mayor almost runsout of the pizzeria inhis hurry; soon as he finisheshe'll be able to get abottle.

10 EXTs SAL'S FAMOUS PIZZERIA- DAY

Oa Mayor sweeps the sidewalk,happy as can be. As soon aa he finishes he can get thatmoney and get thatbottle.

A group of youths ait on a stoopwaiting for someone. They are CEE, PUNCHY and the lonefemale, ELLA.

Ella stands up and yells.

Shelooks up into his window, thensits down.

Ahmad sitsdown with them.

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In the BG, wehear thedum•dum-dum of a giantbox. The aound gets louder asthe box gets closer. The youths lookdown the block and seea tall young man coming towards them. He has avery distinct walk, it'smore likea bop.. This is RADIORAHEEM. The size ofhis box istremendous and one hasto think how does hecarry somethingthat big aroundwith him? It mustweigh a ton, andit seems like the sidewalkshakes as the rapmusic blaresout. The song wehear is the only one Radio Raheemplays.

MEDIUM SHOT - RADIO RAHEEM

RadioRaheem stops in frontof the group, looks atthem and turnsdown the volume. It'squiet again.

Radio Raheemnods and turns up thevolume. Way up.

AHMAD .,. My people. My people.

Radio Raheemwaves to Mister se'irorLoveDaddy ashe walks by.

Mister Se?rorLoveDaddy gives Radio Raheema clinched- fist salute.

Da Mayor walks intoa newly opened fruitand vegetable deli stand thatis owned by Koreans.

DaMayor is looking for his beerin the refrigerated cases,his ice-cold beer.

0A MAYOR Alright. Alright. Y'knowyou're askinga lot to make a manchange hisbeer, that's asking a lot, Doctor.

Da Mayor has hiscan of beer (not Budweiser)and the brown paper bag iatwisted into a knotat the bottom. Be stops and takesa long swill.

MOTHER SI$TER You oledrunk. What did I tell ya aboutdrinking in front ofmy stoop? Move on,you're blocking my view.

Da Mayor lowers thecan from his mouth and looksup at hi• heckler. It's obviousfrom the look on his facehe'• heard this before. DaMayor contorts his faceand stare ■ at her.

Da Mayor changes his faceinto a more grotesquelook.

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Oa Mayor tipshis beat-up hat toMother Sister and takes a final swigof beer just for her.

An elderly PuertoRican woman, CARMEN,is telling off her daughter TINAin Spanish. Tina,having heard enough, closes thedoor on her mother's\rantingand raving.

ANGLE - TINA

Tina bends down andscoops her babyson HECTORup from the bed and holdshim for dear lifeto her breasts. She talks to her sonwhile walking aroundthe room.

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Tina kisses her son. Tina is seventeen yearsold, another teenage parent.

l7 EXT: STREET CORNER• DAY

Every day on thiscorner, summer or winter,spring or fall, a small groupof men meet. They haveno steady employment, nothingthey can ~peak of, theydo, however, have the gift of gab. These men can talk, talk,and mo' talk and when a bottlei ■going round and they'refeeling •nice,• they get philoaophical. Thsae menbecome the great thinkers ofthe world with solutions toall its ills, like drugs, thehomeless and AIDS. They'recalled the Corner Mena SWEE1'DICKWILLIE, COCONUT SIDand ML. All three are sitting infolding chairs up againsta wall in the shade.

ML The way I ■ eeit,if thia hot weather continues,it will surely melt the polarcaps and the whole wide world-• theparts that ain't water already•- will be flooded.

COCONO'l'SID You a dwnb-asa simplemother- fucker. Where didyou read that?

ML Oon't worry about it. But when it happens and I'm inmy boat and ya black ass isdrowning, don't ask me to throwyou a lifesaver either.

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ML Don'twor:ryabout it.

ML I'll beback on my feet. Soon enough.

Customers are in Sal's;it's lunchtime and it's fairly busy. Sal puts a hot slicedown on the counterin front of BUGGIN' OUT, AB-boy.

Buggin' Out looks at the slice.

Buggin'out slams his money downon the counter, takes his sliceand sits down.

ANGLE- TABLE

All aroundBuggin' Out, peering downfrom the WALL OF PA.ME,·aresigned,framed 8Xl0 glossiesof famous Italian- Americane. WE SEE Joe DiMaggio, RockyMarciano, Perry Como, FrankSinatra, Luciano Pavarotti,Liza Minnelli, GovernorMario Cuomo, Al Pacino and,of course, hov can we forgetSylvester Stallone as RockyBalboa, THE ITALIANSTALLION, also RAMBO.

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CLOSE UP - BUGGIN' OUT

Be looksat the pictures hoveringabove him.

CLOSEOP - MOOKIE

CLOSE UP- BUGGIN" OOT

BUGGIN' Ol11' How eome you ain't got no brothers up?

CLOSE UP -MOOKIE

ANGLE - PIZZERIA

BUGGIN' Ol11' Sal,how come you ain't gotno brothersup on the wall here?

BUGGIN' Ot.rr Sal, thatmight be fine, you own this,but rarely do I aee any Italian-Americanseating in here. All I've ever seen i• Black folks. So since we spend ~ moneyhere, we do have oome say.

Pino walks over to Buggin'Out.

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Sal comes from behind thecounter with hisLouisville Slugger Mickey Mantlemodel baseball bat. Vito is by his side, but Mookie interceptsthem, taking Buggin'Out with him.

They give each other five.

Mookie enters. \

Mookiewalks down the blockwith pizza box in handwhen he seesOa Mayor sitting onhis stoop.

Mookie turnsaround and goes back.

Mookie is hikingup a flight of stairs.

ANGLE - STAIRCASE

He puts the pizzabox down and takes abreather.

CLOSE-UP - MOOXIE

Sweat drips off hisface.

ANGLE - MOOKIE

He bends down to pickup the pizza box andtackles the last few flights.

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CLOSE UP - DOORBELL

Mookie pushes thebuzzer.

ANGLE- DOOR

A young Puerto Ricanwoman opens thedoor.

Mookie hands her thepizza.

Nilda hands him a handfulof singles. Mookie looksat the crumpled mess. Nildaattempts to close thedoor, but Mookie's foot says, •hellno.•

First he straightens outthe dollars, then countsthe bills.

MOOKIE \ Twelve is right,but no tip.

Nilda looksat him and sees rightaway he's not going anywhere.

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Nilda goes intothe apartment and we hearher talking in Spanish to amale.

Jade aits down nextto Mother Sister on thestoop.

Mother Sister handsher a bag that is at her side.

Jade unwraps a head scarf fromaround Mother Sister's head and a full"·headof.::longblackhairfalls toher shoulders.

Jade begins to part, greaseand comb out Mother Sister'• hair. .-.

MOTHER SISTBlt: Be gentle, child. Mother Sister is an old woman.

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ANGLE - DA MAYOR

DaMayor stands in front of thestoop, he's smiling for days.

ANGLE- STOOP

CLOSE UP- DA MAYOR

The Mayor tipshis hat and heada~up theblock.

ANGLE - STOOP

They both laugh.

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CLOSE UP - JADE

She looks up atthe white-hot sun.

CLOSE UP - MOTHERSISTER

She does the same.

X CLOSE UP - 'l'BEWHITEBOTSUN

ANGLE - MOO:KIE

\ ANGLE• DOOR

Nilda reappears and holdsout a lonely lone dollarfor him. Mookie has her holdit out for awhile, thenhe takes it.

Nilda slams the door.

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HOT, HOTTERAND HOTTESTMONTAGE

Right now, folks, we'regonna suspend the narrativeand show how pe9ple are copingwith the oppressiveheat.

2• People are taking cold showers.

2$ Sticking faces in ice-cold,water-filled sinks.

26 Heads stuck in refrigerators.

27 A wife telling her husband,"Hell, no, I'm notcooking.

It's too hot. The kitchen isclosed.•

28 Men downing six-packs of ice-coldbrew.

29' Faces stuck directly in frontof fans.

29A A young kids cracks an egg onSal's Cadillac. The

moment the egg hits the car hoodit starts to cook. The kids looks directly INTOTHE CAMERA and smiles, then looks up to see Sal, madas a motherfucker, chasing after him.

l-0 And how can I forget tne papers,the newspaper

headlines: New York Post: •A SCORCHER" New York Daill News: "2 Hot4 01• New York News ay1 •oa BOYi BAUD APPLE· New York Times: ·RECORD HEATWAVEHITS CITY·

CLOSE UP- JO!mNY PUMP

FOWi A powerfulgush of water fliesout RIGHT AT THE CAMERA.

Ahmad has justturned on the johnnypump and the white stream ofwater flies across the street.

This attractsall the people on theblock. It's a chance to cool offand momentarily beat thekiller heat.

ANGLE- CEEANO PUNCHY

They both scrapebeer cans on the sidewalk.

ANGLE - ELLA

She standswith caution away from thefire hydrant. Ella doea·not wantto get wet.

ANGLE - CEE ANDPUNCHY

They're stillscraping away.

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ANGLE- STREET

Folks,young and old, begin toget in the water andplay.

ANGLE- CEE ANO PUNCHY

Bothnow have cans wit.hthe endsscraped away, andgo to the johnnypump. Punchy bendsdown behind the hydrant and placesthe can over the water. The can now directs the waterinto giant streams.

ANGLE -ELLA

Ahmad sneaksup behind Ella and picksher up. She's kickingand screaming furiously.

Ahmad isnot having it. He carriesa kicking Blla into the middleof the street in direct lineof fire.

They both arehit with a blast of waterand are soaked to the bone. Ellastarts to punchAhmad who she chase• a~ter.

CLOSE - AA.D!ORAHEEM

CLOSE - RADIO RAHEEM

Raheem looks at Cee,he wants to get by andhe doe ■ n't want to get wet either. And if his box getswet, aC11Debody is gonna die. Ceeknows this too.

ANGLE - JOHNNY PUMP

·Cee·standain frontof the hydrant, blockingthe water •o Radio Raheem can.pa•••

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ANGLE - RADIO RAHEEM

He slowly bops acrossthe street as all eyeswatch. When he'• clear, Cee movesand the water gushesout again as folksplay.

ANGLE - STREET _

We hear a car horn blowing. People move outof the way as the vehicle speedsthrough the spray.

ANGLE- WHITE CONVERTIBLE

Anolder man, CHARLIE, stopshis white convertibleand blowshis horn.

CLOSE -CEE AND PUNCHY

CLOSE -CHARLIE

CLOSE -CEE

ANGLE - HYDRANT

Both Punchyand Cee sit in frontof the hydrant once again, blockingthe water.

ANGLE - WHITECONVERTIBLE

The car cautiouslyeases forward. Charlie doesn't trust Cee and Punchyat all.

CLOSE - CHARLIE

CLOSE - CEE:ANDPUNCHY

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ANGLE- STREET

The peopleall move to the car,for they know what is aboutto happen.

ANGLE- HYDRANT

Cee andPunchy leap off the hydrant,unleashing a jet bla•tthat flies directly intoCharlie's car. The whole blockis dying.

ANGLE- STREET

Charliepulls hia flooded car overto the curb, jumps out andruns to get hold of Cee andPunchy. Of course, he's elow,as both turn into trackstars and make like Carl Lewis.

ANGLE -CHARLIE

Charlie,a wet mesa, tries to buy somesympathy from the folks; noneis to be bought.

The rantingcontinue ■,and people laughat him.

A cop car screechesto a halt in frontof the man. Two officers, LONGand PONTE, get out.

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A complaint. I want thosefucks lockedunder the jail.

Officer Longgoes into his car andgets a wrench.

ANGLE - JOHNNYPUMP

Officer Longturns off the hydrant,then puts the cap back on.

CHARLI~ Whatabout my car? I want justice.

Officer Long sidesup to Oa Mayor who'sbeen looking on.

Da Mayor is quiet.

Officer Ponte goesto Da Mayor's other side.

Mookie emerges from thecrowd and leads Da Mayoraway from the interrogation.

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The man looks at thecrowd of Blacks and PuertoRicans around him and heconsiders what he justheard.

Both cops laugh.

ANGLE - STREET

Charlie drives away, fuming.

Cee and Punchy look down froma roof on all the havoc and confusion they've started. Both laugh• ..\

Mookie enters.

Re givesMookie a bag full of food.

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Vito and Mookiewalk down the block.

MOOKIE ..\. If you don'tmake a stand, he'• gonna be beatingya like a egg for the restof your life.

MOOl(IE That•a what Ithink.

JS EXT: WE-LOVE RADIO- DAY

Mookie and Vito waveat Mister Se~or Love Daddythrough the atorefront windowa.ndhe buzzes them in.

36 CHIT

37 INTz CONTROL BOOTH - DAY

Mookieand Vito very quietlywalk in, the mania on the air.

Mookiegoes to the mike.

MOO:KIE Misterse'irorLoveDaddy, I'd liketo dedicate the nextrecord tomy heart, Tina.

Be hitG the cartmachine ....

••• then cues upthe record.

MISTER safoR LOVE DADDY Here yaare. (hehands Mookie atwenty-dollar- bill) Keep thechange.

37 CONTD

MISTER sdloa LOVEDADDY Tell ya fatherhe makes the best heroesin Brooklyn.

On a stoop, a group ofPuerto Ricans sit talking,drinking •cervesa frio" and playingdominoes. One of theircars sits in front.of the s·toopfromwhich salsamusic blasts.

ANGLE - RADIO RAHEEM

As usual we hear the rapmusic of Radio Raheem.but underneath the salsa music. Radio Raheem doesnot like to be bested, the aalsamusic from the parked caris giving him competition,this is no good. Radio Raheem standsin front of the stoopand raises his decibellevel.

ANGLE - STOOP

ThePuerto Rican men lookat him, then begin to yellat himin Spanish. There isa staddoff, the rap and salsa clashingin a deafening roar. One of the men, STEVIE, getsoff the stoop and goesto the car.

ANGLE- CAR

Steveturns the car radiooff.

CLOSE- RADIO RAHEEM

Radio Raheemsmiles, nods, turnshis box to a reasonable listeninglevel and bops downthe block. Radio Raheem stillthe loudest. Radio Raheemstill the king.

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ANGLE - STOOP

The men curse in Spanishand shake their heads in bewilderment and Stevie turnsthe salsa backon.

Vito and Mookie see Buggin' Out ontheir way back to Sal'••

BUGGIN' OU'? No. I'm just a strugglingBlack man trying to keep my dickhard in a cruel and harsh 'WOrld. - Buggin' Outgives Mookie five anda menacing look at Vito.

Buggin' out iswalking down the blockwhen CLIFTON, a Yuppie, accidentallybump• into him, steppingon his new sneakers.

CLOSE• BUGGIN'OUT

Be looks at his sneakers.

CLOSE - SNEAKERS

There is a big blacksmudge on his newwhite unlaced Air·Jordana.

ANGLE - BUGGIN1 00T

Be runs down the blockafter Clifton.

Clifton turns around.

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This commotionhas attracted acrowd, including Ahmad, Cee, Punchyand Ella.

HERE WE GO!

BUGGIN' OU'l'(contd) Whotold you to step onmy sneakers? Who told youto walk onmy side of the block? Who toldyou to be in my neighbor- hood?

CLIFTON ..\ I own a brownstoneon thisblock.

The crowd likes thatone and they laughand egg him on.

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AWWW SHITl Whydid he get Buggin' started.

Buggin' Out looksdown at his marred AirJordana. The crowd, smelling blood,wants to see some.

• BUGGIN•OUT If I wasn't a righteousBlack man you'd be in serioustrouble. S~RIOOS.

CONTD

The crowd gives theirapproval.

BUC..GIN'Otrr(contd) Move back toConnecticut.

INT; SAL'S FAMOUS PIZZERIA- DAY

Mookieand Vito enter theshop.

MOOltIE Smackhim back.

Vito stands frozenin front of hisbrother.

Vito walks away andMookie ia disgusted.

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OfficersPonte and Long drivedown the block and at the cornerthey stop, glare at nTheCorner Hen.•

CLOSE -OFFICER PONTE

CLOSE• SWEET DICK WILLIE

CLOSE - OF'PlCERLONG

CLOSE - COCONUTSID

ANGLE - POLICECAR

ANGLE - CORNER

Sweet Dick,ML and Coconut Sid stare rightback at the cops.

ANGLE - POLICECAR

It drives off.

ANGLE - CORNER

ML What wasyou saying?

Coconut Sid blanks.

ML Look atthat.

ML points across the streetto the Korean fruit and vegetable stand.

ML It's a fucking shame•

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ML SweetDick Willie.

ML Do Ihave to spell it out?

ML OK, but listenup. I'm gonna break itdown.

ML Can ya dig it.?

CLOSE - ML

ML . Look at thoaeKorean mother- fuckers acrossthe street. I betcha they haven'tbeen a year off da motherfuckingboat before they opened uptheir Qwn place.

CLOSE - COCONUT SID

CLOSE- ML

ML A motherfucking yearoff the motherfucking boatand got a good business in ourneighbor- hood occupying a buildingthat had been boarded up forlonger than I care to rememberand I'vebeen here a longtime.

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CLOSE - SWEET OICX WILLIE

CLOSE- COCONUT SID

CLOSE- ML

ML Too longl Too long. Now for the life of me, I haven'tbeen able to figger this out. Either dem Koreans are geniusesor we Blacks are dumb.

This is trulya stupefying questionand all three are silent. Whatis the answer?

ML I'llbe one happy fool to see us haveour own business right here. Yea, air. I'd be the first inline to spend the littlemoney I got.

Sweet Dick Willie getaup from his foldingchair.

ML It'a·a motherfuckingshame.

Da Mayor sits on his stoopand a kid, EDDIE, run•by.

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Eddie■ tops.

·oAMAYOR (contd} Doctor, what'syour name?

He gives Eddie some money.

43 CONTD

Id.dieruns downthe block ju■ ta•Ahmad, Cee, Punchy and Ella pass him.

Oa Mayorstands up from his,seaacushion on the stoop.

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The teenagers look at DaMayor.

oaMayor sits back down onhis seat cushion onhis stoop•

ANGLE - PAY PHONE ON WALL

Mookie is on the phone.

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CLOSE - MOOKIE

CLOSE - SAL

CLOSE - MOOKIE

CLOSE - PINO

CLOSE - MOOKIE

The phone rings rightaway and Pino picksit up.

ANGLE - PINO

CLOSE - SAL

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CLOSE- MOOKIE

CLOSE -PINO

CLOSE -VITO

ANGLE - PIZZERIA

PINO \ EddieMurphy.

Mookie is smilingnow.

Pino doesn't answer,because he sees the traphe's alreay fallen into.

Mookie and Vito laugh.

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Witheach additional word Pinois hanging himself even further.

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RACIAL SLURMONTAGE

The followingwill be a QUICK-CUTTINGMONTAGE of racist slurs,with different ethnic groupspointing the finger at eachother. Each person looksdirectly INTO THE CAMERA.

45 CLOSE -MOOKIE

48 CLOSE• OFFICER LONG

49 CLOSE -KOREAN CLERK

so INT: WE-LOVERAD.IOSTATION CONTROLROOM - DAY

CLOSE - MISTERsmloR LOVE DADDY

MISTER sdoR LOVE DADDY Yol Rold upl Time outl Time out! Y'all take a chill. Ya need to cool that ahitout ••• andthat's the truth Ruth.

X CLOSE - WHITEHOT SUN

51 INTa SAL'S FAMOUSPIZZERIA • DAY

Mookie picks uphis two pizza pies fordelivery.

sal, justthi• once, do me that solid.

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Mookie leaves.

Mookie walks downthe block. The streetsare filled with kids playing. WE SEE stoop ball,double dutch, hand games, bike riding,skateboarding, etc.

ANGLE - MOOKIE

Radio Raheem approachesMookie.

MOOl<IE 1•11 beback after ·Imake this delivery.

Mookie stares at thegold •brass knuckles"rings Radio Raheem wears on eachhand. Spel~ed out acrossthe rings are the words •LOVE•and the right handand •BATE" on the left hand.

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He thrustsup his left hand.

He thrustsup his right hand.

Mookie is buggin'.

He locks his fingersand writhes, crackingthe joints.

Mookie doesn't knowwhat to say, ao hedoesn't say anything.

MOOlUE ·" I understand.

Radio Raheem enters Sal'swith music blaring.

53 CONTD

Sal grabshis Mickey Mantle batfrom underneath the counter. Everyone, Sal, Vito,Pino, Radio Raheem andthe customersare poised for somethingto jump off, STATIC.

CLOSE - RADIORAHEEM

Re smiles andturns off the beat.

CLOSE - SAL

Sal puts MickeyMantle back into itsplace.

S4 INT: TENEMENTHALLWAY - DAY

Mookie hands thepizzas over and takesthe money and counta1it.

S5 EXT: STREET - DAY

Mookie walks, aayahello to the peoplehe knows.

Mookie runs up stoop.

We hear a key in thedoor, the lock turns and Mookie entere.

Jade sits in a chair directlyin front of an air conditioner going full blast.

MOOltIE I just come home totake a quick shower.

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MOOl<IE Don'tworry 'bout me. I always getpaid.

What responsibilities?

Mookie turns on the showerand screams; thewater is ice cold.

/"'··· Mother Sister sits in herwindow looking outat the block. f ', ;

Da Mayor haa fallen asleepsitting on his stoop. Bia handsloosely hold a brownpaper bag that istightly twistedaround a beer can.

sweetDick, ML and CoconutSid each hold an umbrella forprotection from the hotand harsh rays. \

Ahmad,Punchy, Cee and Ella siton a fire escape,trying to keepstill, trying to finda cool spot in the shade. No onesays a word.

Sal..takea.a..seatatoneof thetables.

Pino sitsdown next to hia father.

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/) PINO ' I'm sick of niggers,it's a

bad neighborhood. I don't like being aroundthem, they're animala.

Pinois quiet.

64 CONTD 51

Mookie pulls the showercurtain back and stepsout.

61i. INT: MOOKIE'S ROOM -DAY

Mookie sits on hisbed, still wet.

ANGLE - JADE

Suggin' Out waves at Misterseri'orLoveDaddy aahe walk• by the storefront.

Buggin'out sticks his head inand yells:

BeforeSal and his two sons cananswer, Buggin' Out is gone.

Buggin'out has one foot up ona fire hydrant and tries to cleanhis soiled Air Jordan.

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ANGLE - JADE ANDMOOKIE

Jade and Mookie walkup to Buggin' Out.

BOGGIN'OO'l' Y'know all thosepictures he has hanging onthe Wall of Fame.

BUGGIN1Otn' Peace.

Mookie leaves.

DUGGIN'·OUT (contd) Every single one ofthose pictures is somebody Italian.

69 CONTD

Jadelooks at Buggin' Out like"are you serious?•

Sl'..L Mookie, you are pushingit. You're really pushing it. I'm not paying you good moneyto fuckingjerk me around.

Mookie hasncthing to say.

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ANGLE- DOOR

Jadeenters, and Sal looksup. He stops blastingMookie anda very noticeable changecomes over him.

Sal moves behindthe counter and goeato work. Pino and Mookie look at eachother in agreement,neither like• what he has seen. This happens to Salevery time Jade is in Sal's FamousPizzeria.

ANGLE - TABLE

Vito sits down withJade.

70 COOTD 55

The once white-hot sunis now turning into a golden orange glaze as it beginsto set. Ahmad, Cee,Punchy and Ella dance on the roofaround a box that is tunedinto WE-LOVE. Each one is tryingto come up with somenew moves, a new dance anda name for it.

Radio Raheem is walkingdown the block and there is something wrong, somethingis not quite right. AHAi His music is not loud,the rap song begins to dragand finally stops all together.

CLOSE - RADIO RAHEEM

He looks at his box andpresses the battery level indicator.

CLOSE - BATTERY LEVEL INDICATOR'-

The needle doesn't move. His batteries have had it.

CLOSE - RADIO RAHEEM

CLOSE- KOREAN CLERK

CLOSE·-RADIO RA.REEM

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CLOSE- KOREAN CLERK

KOREANCLERK

-·· C Duracell.

CLOSB •RADIO RAHEEM

Radio Raheempoints to the D batteriesbehind thecounter..

CLOSE - XOR.BANCLERlt

Bow many you say?

CLOSE - RADIORAHEEM

CLOSE - KOREANCLERK

1· KOREAN CLERK

Motherfuckeryou.

Radio Raheem hasto laugh at thatone.

,. Da Mayor is lookingat a bunch of cutflowers when Radio Raheem comes outwith batteries inhand, finally.

ANGLE - WINDOW

Mother Sister is sittingin her windowaa usual.

ANGLE - STOOP

Da Mayor walks up thestoop with a bunchof fresh-cut flowers i:1a discardedwine bottle for avaee.

ANGLE - DA MAYOR

Da Mayor holds them outfor Mother Sister,who doea not acknowledgehim at all.

J,·

75 CONTD 51

Da Mayor takesa seat on the stoopand puts the flowers to his face.

Mother Sisterdoes not answer. Be putsthe flowers down.

DA MAYOR {contd) Summertime,all ya can smell iathe garbage. Stink overpowers everything,especially softsweet smellslike flowers.

He looks up atMother Sister who immediatelyturns away.

Oa Mayor looks upat the setting sun.

X CLOSE - SUN

The aun is an orangeand purple glaze.

76 EX'l'iSTREBT - DUSK

Radio Raheem is backin action. He's alive,he's bad and he got his twenty •o•Duracell batteries,his box ia kicking.

ANGLE - CORNER

Radio Raheem bops bycoconut Sid, ML and sweet DickWillie.

CLOSE - COCONUT SID,ML and SWEET DICK WILLIE

All three shake theirheads in bewilderment as Radio ~heem goes by.

ML What can yousay?

76 Cc::NTD 58

sweet Dick.Willie getsup from his chairand goes to the corner, zip• down hispants and urinates.

ML What?

Swee~Dick Willie and CoconutSid laugh.

ML That•s OK. At leastmy moms didn't name me SweetDick Willie.

SweetDick Willie zips up hispants and returns tohis seat.

SWEE'?DICKWILLIE Why you gotta-talk 'boutmy mom.a?

ML Nobody talkin• 'boutya moms.

ML sweet Dick, I didn'tmean it like that.

ML I justwanted to knowwho named ya Sweet Dick Willie?

76 CONTD 59

ML ML stands for ML. That'sit.

ML Negroes kill me, alwaysholdin' onto, talkin' 'bout theirdicks.

An old PuertoRican man rings a bellas he pushes his cart on wheels. On the side of it ishand-lettered, HELADO OE coco,and a big block ofice rests on top surroundedby different colored bottlesof flavors.

ANGLE - CART

A group of kidseagerly wait for theices. The man scrapes theblock of ice, puta the shavingsin a paper cup and drownsit with syrup.

ANGLE - DA MAYOR

Da Mayor is walkingdown the street.

ANGLE - MISTERSOPTEE TRUCK

We hear the familiartune from theMister Softee truck as it comes downthe street.

ANGLE - EDDIE LOVELL

Eddie, the youngkid who earlier ran anerrand for Da Mayor, looks up fromthe sidewalk wherehe's playing and runs out into thestreet in pursuit ofMister Softee.

Eddie ia running inpursuit of the truck,unaware of the oncoming speedingcar in the oppositedirection.

77 CONTD 60

ANGLE- DA MAYOR

oa Mayorsees the speeding carbearing down on Eddie.

ANGLE - STREBT

oa Mayorrun• across the streetand knocka Eddie down, outof the way of the car. Both are thrown, just being hit 'by.therectlesadriver.

CLOSE - EDOIBANO DA MAYOR

Ed.dieia cryingas Da Mayor pickshim up.

ANGLE - STREET

A crowd gathers.

A woman in hertwenties, LOUISB, Bddie'smother. brea.ka through the crowdand h~gs her baby.

The crowd agree ■•that'•the way it happened,•and Louise st.and ■up.

77 CONTD 61

Eddie isquiet.

Eddie is stillmum.

WRAP! Louisehits him on da butt. Eddie starts to dance as his tn0therhitshard; she'sheavy-handed.

WHOP!

WBAP!

WBOPJ

Eddie runs away.

it·

77 CONTD

Louisegoes away, probablyto give her son another •whooping.• Da Mayor tipshi• hat to her.

78 INTa SAL'S FAMOUS PIZZERIA -DUSX

Sal sit•at a table talking toJade as she finishesher •special•■ lice.

Vito, Pinoand Mookie look on,watching Sal have thetime of his life.

) Jade getsup and Mookie helps her.

79 EXTz SAL'SPAMOUS PIZZERIA - DOSK

Mookie talcesJadeby the hand andpulls her out of view from Sal.

ANGLE - MOOKIEAND JADE

:ONTD 63 MOOKIE No, you're tripping. Don't come in Sal'•• Alright, read 'lff'flips.

Nice!

79 CC.TD

80 INTt CONTROL 800TB - DDSK

CLOSE- MISTER SmfoR LOVE DADDY

MISTBR SEiORLOVE DADDY A• the evening alowlytall• upon us living here inBrooklyn, New York, this ia yaLove Daddy rappin' to you. Rightnov we're gonna open up the LoveLinea. Bello, you're on LoveDaddy'• Love Line. No name ■,please. Let•• keep it-anonymoua.

MISTER SENOR""'LOVBDADDY Hownice of you.

FE.MALEVOICEt2 (VO) I thinJc.youhavethe sexiest · voicein the world. Allyou haveto do i• talk.

MISTER s!MoRLOVB DADDY LoveLine, you're on.

MISTER SENOR-·LOVEDADDY She's feelingit.

...

80 CONTD 65

Da Mayor is walkingby Mother Sister inher window when she calls him.

CLOSE - MOTHER SISTER

ANGLE- DA MAYOR

Da Mayor stops and looksat her. A smile comesto his face1 after eighteen yearshas he finally brokendown her defenses?

CLOSE - MOTHER SISTER

CLOSE - DA MAYOR

CLOSE -MOTHER SISTER

...

11 CON'l'D

'' MOTHER SISTER (contd) between you andme. You did a good thing andMother Sister wanted to thankyou for it.

ANGLE - STOOP

Da Mayor tips his hat.

Mookie enter■•

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don't want to hear it.

Mookietake ■the pie and looks atthe addre ■■•

MOOJ<I2 Is thia the right name and address?

Mookie ringathe bell and a «fine• PuertoRican aiater answers thedoor.

83 Cc:NTD 67

MOO!t.IE Delivery fromSal's Famous Pizzeria.

Tinawatches Mookie watch her. When she's throughwatch- ing, shetakes the pizza fromhis hands and puts iton the floor. Mookie grabs herand starts to kiss. Tina is Mookie'swoman, the one he'sbeen on the phonewith earlier. We've heard the voiceand now SEE the person.

MOOKIE ~ Shits I forgot.

TI!m And I reallywanted some ice cream:t:.oo.

84 CONTD 68

MOOlUE I can't be atayinglong anyway.

'r-INA You a blue-moon fool.

)

TINA .,. Trust you? Because of trusting you we have a son. :Rememberyour son?

Mookie pushesTina back into her bedroom.

Mookia sitsTina down:on her futonbed, turns off the light• and turnson WE-LOVE RADIO asMiater Senor Love Daddy_serenadesthem with alow jama.

CONTD 69

Be laughs his sinister laugh.

ANGLE - MOOKIEAND TINA

Mookie unsnaps her bra, thenpulls her pantiesoff. Tina isnaked as a jaybird.

MOOI<IE Tina, you're sweating.

Be getsup.

Mookiewalks into the kitchen andsees CAFOEN, Tina's grandmother,fixing some food on\thestove.

MOOJ<IE Bello, Mrs. Ra.mpolla.

Carmen staresat him, it's a lookthat would definitely atop traffic,she mutters some Spanishand goes into her bedrpom, slammingthe door behindher.

ANGLE - MOOKIE.

He opens the refrigeratorand takesout all the trays of ice.

Mookie sitsdown on the bedwith a bowl filled with ice cubes.

CLOSE - TINA'SFOREHEAD

Mookie rubsan ice cube on herforehead.

CLOSE - TINA'SNECK

Mookie rubs anice cube on her neck.

CLOSE - TINA'SLIPS

Mookie rubs an icecube on her fullmoist lips, then puts it in her mouth. NI MISTER SENOR LOVEDADDY (VO) Yea,children, this is the Cool OutCorner. We're slowing it down forall the lovers in the house. I'll be giving you all thehelp you need, musically, that is.

CLOSE - TINA'S THIGHS

He rubs an ice cubeup and down her thighs.

87 CONTD

CLOSE - TINA'SBUTTOCKS

Be rubs an ice cubeon her round, firmbuttocks.

CLOSE - TINA'S BREAST

Be ru.baan ice cubeon her breast.

M)()KIE(VO) Thank God forthe right nipple ••• Thank God forthe left nipple •••

Both Tina and Mookieare dying. Mookie now hasan ice cube on the left andright nipples and WE SEE before

,· our very own eyes bothget swollen, red and erect.

CLOSE - TINA'S MOUTH

Mookie kisses her.

Officers Ponte and Longare awaiting their orders. ~ SAL It's almost ready.

Sal goes over to the oven, takesout their food and wraps it up.

OFFICERPOW!'E What do we owe you?

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OFFICER PaiTE Here.

The officers leave justas Mookie enters.

rocket or ■ omething,cuzI can't run withpizzas, all the cheese ends upon one side and shit.

WhileSal laughs at his corny joke,Pino pulls Vito into the back.

·"---" I'm still your brother.

VITO

,i· Iknow this.

89 CONTD

VI'l'O Bowdo you know this?

89 CONTD

,90: BOT CITY HIGHT MONTAGE_

THE BLOCR. WE'VESEEN it at daytime,but now WE SEE it at night. Even thoughthe white-hot sunis gone, none- theless the heat isstill stifling. And in a peculiar, funny sort of way, it'sworse. You expectit to be hot. during the light ofday when the sun isbeating down on the cement and tar,but at night it shouldbe considerably cooler; well, not tonight,it's hot. Allthe resident.a of The Block: TheCorner Men, MottierSister,Da Mayor, Jade, etc., all thepeople WE'VE SEEN throughoutthe day are now copingwith the nighttime heat,plus it's humid as •hit. Everyoneis outside, sittingon atoops, on cars and you knowthe kids are playing,running up and down the block. Now it's the hottestnight of the year.

Buggin' Out sits down ona car next to Radio Raheem;as usual, his box is blasting.

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91 CalTD 75

/ '\:!. down. Didn't even say please. i

Who the fuck he think he is? Don Corleone and shit.

DUGGIN' OU'l' You gotmy back.

91 CONTD 76

Vito, Pino andMookie are cleaningup.

Sal is looking intothe cash register.

( will alwaysbe a place foryou

at Sal'sFamous Pizzeria. Y'lmow, itahould be Sal's and Sons PamouaPizzeria.

ANGLE - VITO, PINOAND MOOKIE

All three look at eachother. The horroria on their faces, with the proaP4ctof working, 1lavingin Sal'• and Sona Famous Pizzeria,trapped for the restof their lives. Ia this their future? It'• a f~ighteningthought.

ANGLE - DOOR

Ahmad, Cee, Punchy andElla enter.

Mookie goes over to the tablewhere Ahmad, Cee,Punchy and Blla ait:.

92 CONTD

You got it.

1'KX>KIE Good. No joke. We all wanna go home.

OB NOl We hear thedum-dum-dum of Radio Raheem'abox.. As everyone turns theirheads to the door,Buggin' Out and Radio Raheem are insidealready. We havenever heard the rap music aa loudas it ia now. You haveto scream to be heard and that'swhat they do.

SAL

\ ,,/ What da fuck! Are you deaf?

Ahmad,Cee, Punchy and Ellastart to dance while Mookie takesa seat, thG impartialobserver that he is.

92 CONTD

Sal graba hisMickey Mantle bat fromunderneath the counter andbring• it down on RadioRaheem•s box, again and again andagain. The music stops.

CLOSE - RADIORAHEEM'S BOX.

Radio Raheem'•pride and joy is smashedto smithereens.

It'• going tothe junkyard quick.

ANGLE - PIZZERIA

There is an eeriequiet as everyone is frozen,surprised by the suddeMeaa of Sal's action, the swingsof hia Mickey Mantle bat. All look at RadioRaheem and realize what is about tohappen.

ANGLE - RADIO RABB.EM

Radio Raheem scream.a,hegoes crazy.

Radio Raheem pick• Salup from behind thecounter and etarta to choke hi•ass. Radio Raheem' ■prizedpossession - his box, t.heonlything he owned of value-- hia box, the one thing that gavehim any sense ofworth -- hi• box, haa been am.ashedtobit■• (Radio Raheem,like the large majority of Blackyouth, is the victimof material! ■• and a misplaced aenseof values.) Now he doesn'tgive a fuck anymore. He'•gonn& make Sal pay withhi• life.

Vito and Pino jwnp onRadio Raheem who only tighten■hi■ grip around Sal'• neck. Buggin' Out tries tohelp hi ■ friend. Mookie juat atandaand watches aeAhmad, Ce•, Punchy and Blla cheerlead.

The tangledmass of chokinq,biting, kicking, screaming confusionflies through thedoor of Sal's out onto the sidewalk.

CLOSE -EDDIE

The kidyells:

CLOSE - DA MAYOR

He looks up.

CLOSE - MOTHERSISTER

She looks up.

CLOSE - SWEET DICK WILLIE

He also looks up.

ANGLE - STREET

The people on TheBlock run to Sal's FamousPizzeria to see the STATIC •

ANGLE - DA MAYOR

The fight continues. Da Mayor is smart enoughnot to get in the middle of thiswar, when we hear sirens,somebody has called DA COPS.

ANGLE - STREET

The cop cars come rightthrough the crowd, almostrunning

-

over some people. Theccps get out with nightsticksand

CONT'D 80 guns drawn. WE RECOGNIZE twoof the faces, OfficersLong andPonte. Anytime there iaa skirmish between a Black man and a White man, you canbet the houae on who the cop•are gonna go for. Youknow the deall 8u99in'Out 1•pulled off first, then Vitoand Pino, but RadioRaheem 1•a crazed man. It takes allsix cops to pull himoff Salwho is red aa a beet frombeing choked.

ANGLE• COPS

Handcuffsare put on Duggin'Out aa he watches theother put a chokehold on Radio Raheemto restrain him.

ANGLE -RADIO RA.BEEM

Be's stillstruggling, then he justatopa, his bodygoes limp andhe falls to the sidewalklike a fifty-poundbag of Idahopotatoes.

ANGLE - STREET

OfficersLong and Ponte kick him.

Radio Raheem justlies there likea bump on a log.

ANGLE - CROWD

The crowd stareaat Radio Raheem'sstill body. Be'a unconscious ordead.

ANGLE - STRUT \

The officer ■alllook at each other. They know, they know exactlywhat they've done. The infamous Michael Stewart choke hold.

The officer ■pickup Radio Raheem•• limp-bodyand throw him into the back seat. Buggin' Out ispushed into another car.. The cop eara speed off, intheir ha ■ teto beat it, they haveleft a crowd. It' ■atthis point t.hecrowd becomes anangry mob. -

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93 CON'rD

ANGLE MOB

The mob looks at•••

ANGLE - HOB POV

Sal still on the aidewalk,being helped tohie feet by Vito and Pino whoare in bad shape themselves.

ANGLE - MOB

The mood/tone of themob ia getting ugly. Once again they have seen one of theirown killed beforetheir eyes at the hands of the cops. We hear the murmursof the folks go through the crowd.

The cops, in their haste toget Radio Raheem outof there, have left an angry mob of Blackfolks with a defenseless Sal,Vito and Pino.

Themob looks at them.

VOICESOF\MOB (contd) WON'T STAND FOR IT THE LAST TIME PUCKIN1 COPS THE LAST TIME IT'S PLAIN AS DAY DIDN'T HAVE TO KILLTHE BOY

HIGHANGLE

Mookie looksat the crowd andnotices he'a on thewrong side. Be leaves Sal and his twosons.

ANGLE - STREET

Da Mayorwalks in front of thecrowd.

CONTD 82

ANGLE - STREET

Mookie picks up a garbage canand dumps it out intothe street. Be walks through thecrowd, up to Da Mayor, Sal,Vito and Pino.

CLOSE -MOOKIB

__) He screams.

SLOWMOTION

Mookiehurls the garbage can throughthe plate-glas ■ windowof Sal's Famous Pizzeria. That's it. All hell breaks loose. The dam.has beenunplugged, broke. The rage ofa people has been unleashed,a fury. A lone garbagecan thrown through theair has spurred a tidal wave of frustration.

ANGLE -STREET

Da Mayorpushes Sal, Vito and Pinoout of the way as the mobstorm11into Sal's FamouaPizzeria.

The peoplerush into Sal's FamousPizzeria, tearing it up.

CLOSE -CA.SBREGISTER

The cashregister is _opened. WESEE only coins, Sal ha ■ the paper•

95 EXTr DAMAYOR'S STOOP - NIGHT

oa Mayor leadsSal, Vito and Pinoback to his stoopwhere they watchin horror.

Someone lightsa match. WHOOOSB!

Sal's Famous Pizzeriais going up in flamesand now it's a carnival.

One might have thoughtthat the elders,who through the years have beenbroken down, whipped,their spirits crushed, beat into submission,would bedocile, strictly onlookers. That'snot true except forDa Mayorc. The rest of the elders areright up in itwith the young people.

CLOSE - PHOTOS ON WALLOP"FAME

The photos of famous Italian-Americansareburning.

\

The mob now moves acrossthe street in frontof the Korean fruitand vegetable stand. Sweet Dick Willie,Coconut Sidand ML stand at thehead of the mob.

ML It's your turn.

CLOSE - KOREAN CLERK

Be'sscared to death, as themob is poised to tearhi• placeup too. The clerkwildly swings a broomto hold themoff.

99 CONTD

CLOSE -ML

ML Me Black. Me Black.

The mob atartato laugh1 they feel forhim.

ANGLE -MOB

ML Himno White. Him no White.

sal,.Vito, andPino look on as Sal's FamousPizzeria goe• up in smoke.

CLOSE .. VITO

CLOSE - PINO

DISSOLVETOt

ANGLE - STREET

Jade is running throughthe mob, looking for herbrother.

ANGLE - MOOKIE

Mookie i• running aroundwi.ththe rest of the mob.

/ ANGLE - STREET

Thewail of fire trucks andpolice,.sirens•is•nowadded

a· tothe night. ,

as

The mob moves back toin front of Sal's as thefire trucks and police, in fullriot gear, pull upin the street behind them.

The firemen rush to hookup their hoses, thepolice force themselves betweenthe crowd and the burning Sal's Famous Pizzeria.

The mob doesn't listen, theywill not be moved. The mob will not be moved until theysee Sal's Famous Pizzeria burn to the ground.

ANGLE - SAL'S FAMOUSPIZZERIA

The firemen douse the pizzeria,trying desperatelyto stop the fire from spreadinginto the adjoining buildings.

CLOSE - MOOiCIE

CLOSE -MOTHER SISTER \

ANGLE- MOB

It willtake fore~ to move thismass of people.

POW!

The hosesare turned on the mob.

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102 CONTD 86

WE SEE Mookie,Mother Sister, Sweet DickWillie, ML, Coconut Sid,Jade, Ahmad, Cee, Punchyand Ella, etc., go down beforethe powerful blast of thefire hoses.

It would take forceto move them and that'sexactly what the mob got. Peopleare trying to holdonto each other, care, railings,anything to keep frombeing swept away.

Oa Mayor, Sal,Vito and Pino watch in disbelief. It's unbelievable whatis happening before theireyes.

THEIR POV

People are screaming,kids and women are notbeing spared from the brute forceof the fire hose either.

105 EX'l':WE•LOVE STOREFRONT- NIGHT

WE SEE the reflectionof the fire in the storefrontwindow as Mister Se~or Love Daddylooks on.

ANGLE - JADE ANO MO'l'HERSISTER

Jadeand Mother Sistertry to hold onto a street lamp asa gush of water hitsthemr their grip loosens,the water is too powerful andthey slide away down theblock andoa Mayor runs after them.

CLOSE- PBO'l'OS

Someburnt photos on the floor.

CLOSE -MICKEY MANTLE BAT

TheMickey Mantle bat burns.

CLOSE -RADIO RAHEEM'S BOX

Radio Raheem'sbox has melted intoa black mass of goo.

CLOSER -MOIO RAREEM'S BOX

Aa WEMOVE IN TIGHTER ON themelted box, we begin to hear

,· the rap songthat we've heardthroughout. All other

Mf CONTD 87

aound drops out as the rap songgets louder and louder until it gets deafening, thenwe ·

CUT TO BLACK.

THE HORNING AFTER

PADE IN1

Na EXT: THE STREET - TO INTt RADIOSTATION STOREFRONT

The CAMERA, FROM HIGB ABOVE, CRANESDOWN ON The Block. Thesidewalk is deserted, brokenglass is everywhere and it looksexactly as how one expectsit to look, themorning after an uprising.

TheCAMERA NOW MOVES IN ON the WE-LOVEstorefront where Mistersef!orLove Daddy is in his familiarplace behind themike.

CLOSE -MISTER SENOR-LOVE DADDY

CLOSER -KISTER SENOR LOVE DADDY

He screams:

MISTER SENOR LOVE DADDY WAKEUPI

CUT'l'Os

109 IN'l'tTINA'S BEDROOM- DAY

Mookie jumps outof her bedr Tina sleeps byhis aide and their son Hector iabetween them.

Jt·

109 CONTD 88

MISTER SENOR"""LOVEDADDY (VO} WAKEUP!

Mookie is puttingon his clothes.

TINA \ Act like one then. Be a Man.

Mookie leaves.

Da Mayorwakes up in Mother Sister'sbig brass bed (she

·- wae bornin it), at first he hasno idea where he'• at,

then·seesMother Sister sitting downacross the·room smiling athim. ·

109A CONTD 89

MOTHER SISTER Good morning.

0AMAYOR Is it a goodmorning?

DaMayor gets up out of herbig brass bed.

Da Mayorand Mother Sister both lookout the parlor window to see THEBLOCK and Mookie.

110 EXTs SAL'SPAMOUS PIZZERIA - DAY

Mookie walksup to Sal'• Famous Pizzeriaas it still smoulders inthe morning light. Salemerges from the wreckage, he look■like he might havealept there.

Sal looks at Mookiein disbelief.

110 C~TD 90

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Sal haa hadit.

Sal pulls outa wad and quickly peels offhundred dollar billa.

110 CONTD 91

Sal throwsthe •c• notes at Mookie,they hit him in the chest and fallto the sidewalk.

Mookie is stunnedby Sal'a outburst. Be picks up the bills.

__) SAL

Xeep it.

Both look at thetwo one-hundred bills on thesidewalk and refuse to pickthem up. It's a stalemate. \ MOOltIE Thia isthe hottest Christmas I've known.

Mookie counts hismoney.

110 CONTD 92

MOOl<IE I can dig it. It'sgonna be HOT as a motherfucker.

Gotta go.

Mookie turnsaround and goes back.

SAL

Mookie thinksabout it, looks at the two •c"notes still smiling up athim. He quickly scoops themup.

HIGH ANGLE

J\aMookie turnsand walks away, Sal goes back intoSal'• Famous Pizzeriato salvage what is salvageable,and '

•

Bl CQITD 93

The Block begins to awakefrom its slumber, readyto deal once again with the heatof the hottest day of theyear.

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