A deluxe apartment with the latest in electronic security
and surveillance, and a profusion of mirrors and luxury
items... and a hefty, Indian-looking bodyguard (Ernie), eyes
quietly trained like a Doberman pinscher.
The boss, Frank Lopez, comes down a _ carpeted corridor,
dressed for dinner in an expensive suit and shoes, somewhat
preoccupied as he greets Tony, then Manny with a phony
effusion of warmth. He's of Cuban-Jewish extraction, now
Americanized in a rough and handsome sort of way, on the
heavy side, the face going slightly soft, but the eyes and
bulk carrying an odor of danger about him.
LOPEZ
How ya doing, Tony? Glad to meet
you. How ‘bout a = drink?
TONY
Mr. Lopez... real pleasure.
LOPEZ
Call me Frank, Tony. Everybody
calls me Frank. My Little League
team, even the prosecutors ‘round
town, they all call me _ Frank.
TONY
Okay Frank.
Frank shakes hands with Manny.
LOPEZ
Howya doing?
(awed)
. Fine yeah.
TONY
Manny Ray, he was with us on the
job.
LOPEZ
(to Manny) (X)
I hear you caught’ one?
Manny shrugs, works his arm, showing us the wound. doesn't (X}
bother him too much.
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(X)
Just the flesh. Went right through.
LOPEZ (X)
(heading for
the bar)
Yeah, Omar here tells me good _ thing
about you _ boys.
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TONY
(glances at Omar)
Yeah. Omar's terrific. LOPEZ Not to mention of course the nice job you guys did for KMgn that Commie sonufabitch Emilio Rebenga. TONY You don't have to mention it. That was fun. LOPEZ
(smiles, likes the kid's’. balls)
Scotch? Gin? Rum? TONY Gin's fine. LOPEZ
(pouring)
Yeah, J need a guy with steel in his balls. I need him close to, me JX guy like you Tony -- and your compadre here. TONY XDDDORK. well. Still a little overwhelmed by the opulence of the _ place, his clothes feeling narrow and cheap on him, Tony steps forward and puts the suitcase up on the bar with the gin, which Lopez passes to him, eyeing the _ suitcase. TONY ...that'sDXXMXM DkDDeaxXKXtwobkeys. Angel died ‘cause of this shit. And here's the money.
(produces the money)
It's KMMift to you -- from KX (X) Pause. Lopez shakes his head, sighs.
LOPEZ
It's too bad about your friend, Tony, if people'd do business the right way, there'd be no fuckups like this....
He glances hard at Omar who squirms.
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Without opening it, Lopez signals the bodyguard who takes
the suitcase and the money from under Tony's. nose.
LOPEZ
Don't think I don't appreciate this
gesture, Tony. You find in this
business, you stay loyal you move up
and you move up fast. Salud!
They drink the toast. With their eyes.
LOPEZ
Then you find out your biggest head- ache's not bringing in the stuff but
figuring out what to do with all the
goddamn cash.
(drinks)
TONY
Yeah, I hope I have that problem some
day.
Lopez looks, distracted., down the corridor from which he
came, to Ernie, the bodyguard.
LOPEZ
Where the hell's Elvira? Go get her,
will you, Ernie?
The big bodyguard exits smoothly.
LOPEZ
(to the others)
The broad spends half her life dressing, the other half undressing.
TONY
I guess you gotta catch her in the
middle, hunh?
Lopez laughs.
LOPEZ
Yeah. When she's’ not looking.- What do you say guys, to a little food?
(finishes his drink at his impatient pace)
TONY
Yeah sure, [J could eat a_ horse.
ERNIE (X)
Here she comes, Mr. Lopez.
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TONY
looks up, his eyes tumbling on the most beautiful blonde
he's ever seen. The lady, is coming down the glassed-in
elevator, adjusting her $10,000 Yves St. Laurent burgundy
dinner dress.
ALTERNATIVE
LOPEZ LOPEZ
Oooh sweetheart, you _ look Where you been baby, it's like a millions bucks. ten o'clock, I'm hungry.
She doesn't answer, her eyes ELVIRA
flicking disinterestedly _ You're always hungry, you
over Tony and Manny, knowing should try starving.
what the evening's going to
be and not too happy about Lopez laughs.
it.
LOPEZ
I want you to meet a friend of mine.
Tony Montana...Elvira...Manny Ribera.
ELVIRA
Hello. TONY Uh...hi. MANNY
(equally impressed)
Yeah, hi. ELVIRA
I assume we're going to be a_ fivesome.
Where are we having dinner?
FRANK
Oh, I thought we'd eat at _ the Babylon. t ELVIRA
Again? If anyone wanted to assassinate
you, you wouldn't be too hard to _ find.
FRANK
(coming toward
her, laughing)
Me? Who'd want to kill me? I got
nothing but friends.
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ELVIRA You never know, do you? Maybe the catcher on your Little League’ team. Neatly avoiding his intended smooch, she _ slips by him (X) towards the door, her throat flashing a $20,000 strip of jewelry. ELVIRA Come on, Frank, let's’ go. Tracking a cool, polished hauteur, she exits the apartment. Lopez, after a pause, snaps at his men. LOPEZ Okay, let's go. CUT TO EXT. THE BABYLON CLUB » NIGHT 54 We know this is no workingman's dive when Lopez piles them out of his Rolls, and the carhops are moving Bugattis, Lamberghinis and Corniches in a long snaking line down the driveway. Single girls in high-collared silver lame jumpsuits with cinched waists, prowl like big glistening tents back and forth across the entry doors, rich young coiffed playboys in their Porsches honking their horns’ in appreciation. Brain drain. INT. BABYLON CLUB «# NIGHT 55
The interior is built like three or four’ plush apartments
that run together onthree separate levels with imaginative
angles, mirrors, swimming pool, bars, twenty-piece band,
hundreds of tropical plants, dance floor, video’ games,
computers and a restaurant. Jt'g a lavish fun spot that
will play a central role in [POOR Ridrug dealer haven
and nighttime capital of South America.
The crowd, a combination of Caucasian and Latin, is mostly
young, rich and happy and a lot of them coked; the girls,
upperclass in sleek dresses, trim figures, heels, hats,
sensuous bodies, yell as they dance to a black American
music beat, "Celebrating" or "Partying Down Tonight"....
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The waitresses, mostly blondes, wear little coco channel hats pinned to their heads and the barest pants with hose and high heels. Rich young guys with a lot of gold and diamonds on their necks and hands huddle briefly in groups or chat. Down at the vid games are younger chicks in jeans and tough-looking tank tops with "Motherfuckah" and "Fuck Me" written on them. Manny's coming from the toilets, tries to pick one of them up. MANNY So whaddaya say, hunh? He flashes his tongue. She looks at him, amused. CHICK You got a_ buck? MANNY Sure I got a buck, whaddaya think I am, poor? CHICK
(indicates the machine)
Put it in, let's. play. MANNY I-had other things in mind. CHICK You check out on this and we'll talk about other things. MANNY
(looks off, concerned, then confronts the complex machine} Puck, how do you play this thing? CUT ‘TO INT. BABYLON CLUB 56 Frank Lopez, intoxicated, takes his heart pill with a slug of champagne. He sits next to Tony, who is agog at all this wealth. Omar and Ernie look on. Elvira is in con- versation with a girl friend who has_ stopped by. They’ re
sitting at the best table in the place, finishing up a
giant meal. The empty spot belongs to Manny.
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LOPEZ
(to Tony)
.,.QOver there that's Ronnie Echeverria.
Him and his brother Miguel they got
a big distribution set-up here to
Houston and Tucson....
Their point of view -- Ronnie Echevarria, powerful, competent-
looking man in conversation with a party of people.
LOPEZ
That guy there, in the purple shirt --
Gaspar Gomez. Bad news. Stone killer
there ever was one. Stay away.
Their point of view -- Gaspar Gomez at a table with another
guy and gorgeous woman.
LOPEZ
...the fat guy, with the chicas is Nacho Contreras -- El _ Gordo. Wouldn't
know it to look at him but he's’ got
more cash than anybody in here. A
real haza....
Their point of view -- El Gordo is fat, dressed like a cheap
slob and playing up to a bunch of chicas.
LOPEZ
..you know what a haza is, Tony?
TONY
"Haza'>? No Frank, what's a haza?
LOPEZ
It's Yiddish for pig. It's a guy he's
got more'n what he needs, so he don't
fly straight anymore, y'know. That’s
the problem in this business, Tony,
there's too many ‘hazas' and they're
the ones you got to watch out for. If
they can fuck you outta an extra dime,
they'll rip you and flip you and then
fuck you with a stick for the pure
pleasure of it. See it all comes down
to one thing, Tony boy, never’ forget
it! Lesson number one -- don't under-
estimate the other guy's’ greed.
ELVIRA
Lesson number two -- don't get high
on your own supply.
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; The girl friend has departed and Elvira turns her attention
be back to them, bored.
LOPEZ
" That's right. Course not everybody follows the rules.
(eyeing Elvira)
HEAD WAITER
There you go, Mr. Lopez.
He's popped the champagne cork and pours Dom Perignon for
Lopez.
LOPEZ
(sipping)
This the '64?
Head Waiter nods.
LOPEZ
Give it to everybody and bring another, willya Jack?
. (to Tony)
Five hundred fifty dollars for this
bottle Tony, what do you think of
that, hunh? For a bunch of fucking
grapes -- isn't that something?
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ELVIA
(to Tony)
In France, it cost $100 but don't tell anybody in Miami. Tony catches her eye. She looks away, interested. INT. BABYLON CLUB = NIGHT 57
A Manpasses the table. Lopez calls out.
LOPEZ
Hey, George -- buddy.
MAN
Hey, Frank.. .how's the case coming?
The Man's eyes thread the table. He looks sharp, heavy-
lidded, cigarette-eyed, his voice a hoarse croak, a cigar-
ette dangling from his mouth, his manner cool but amicable
with Lopez. This is George Sheffield, Miami lawyer.
LOPEZ
Oy, I shoulda come to you ‘stead of that putz, Neufeld.
SHEFFIELD
Jack's a good lawyer. I taught him everything he_ knows.
LOPEZ
Yeah, almost everything. SHEFFIELD
(to Elvira)
Elvira, you look terrific...
(to all)
Enjoy ‘yourselves.
He ambles off.
LOPEZ
... best goddamn lawyer in Miami. Cost a brick to pick up a = phone.
Tony looking off at him, remembering it.
LOPEZ
(raising his. champagne glass)
so.. .here’s to old friends...and new
friends.
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They toast, Tony tasting it like it was Holy Water.
LOPEZ
Well, Tony?
TONY
Hey, yeah, you're not kidding, this is good stuff, Frank.
Lopez laughs, likes the kid, tweaks him on the check.
LOPEZ
(checking
Tony's threads)
Yeah, get you some new clothes, some
$500 suits, you'll look real_ sharp.
I'd like you and your boys to handle
some stuff for me, Tony, work with
Omar here. We're doing something
big next month. Running a string of
mules out of Columbia. You do good
on that, there'll be other’ things.
Omar doesn't like it but glances away.
TONY
Hey, that sounds like fun, Frank. Thanks.
(%
The music shifts to slow dancing. (x
ELVIRA
(waving away cigar smoke)
SO, you want to dance, Frank or you want to sit here and have a heart
attack?
LOPEZ
Me dance? I'd rather have a heart attack.
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ELVIRA
(rising)
Don't foam into the Dom Perignon. Glancing at Omar, sitting there obediently. Her eyes say forget it. ELVIRA
(to Tony)
How about you? Tony nods sure, looks at his_ boss. LOPEZ
(waves )
Go on! They go. INT. BABYLON CLUB o» NIGHT 58 It's interesting to watch Tony walk to the floor, leading Elvira. It's not so much an act of walking as it is an act of war, a tank bouncing anything or anybody off that gets in the way. Be just proceeds in a straight dead line, eyes forward. It's not that he doesn't see the people he _ bumps off, it's that he couldn't care less. LOPEZ
(to Omar)
What do you think? OMAR I think he's a fucking peasant. LOPEZ Yeah -- but you get guys like that on your side, they break their backs for you. CUT ‘TO INT. BABYLON CLUB DANCE FLOOR «# NIGHT 59
Tony and Elvira are dancing semiclose to a slow Billy Joel
dance tune. He‘s no great shakes as a dancer, leaden in
the legs and_ shoulders.
TONY
---SO what's your name, Elvira what?
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ELVIRA
St. James. TONY Elvira St. James. Sounds like a nun or something. So where you from?
He bumps into an elderly couple dancing, ignores them.
ELVIRA
Baltimore....
TONY
Baltimore? Where's that?
ELVIRA
Look, it doesn't really matter. I'm getting a headache.
TONY
Just trying to be friendly.
ELVIRA
I've got enough friends -- and I don't
need another one, 'specially one who
just got off the banana _ boat.
He makes a point of looking at her.
TONY
Hey, I didn't come over on no_ banana boat. I'm a political refugee here. ELVIRA
Oh, part of the Cuban crime wave?
Tony, pissed, bangs once more into the elderly couple.
The man stops dancing, looks at him exasperated but Tony
doesn't see.
TONY
Whatta you talking crazy _ for, whatsa matter with you?
ELVIRA
(interrupting)
1m Sorry. I didn't know you were so sensitive about your. diplo- matic status.
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oe 59
TONY
...Why you got this beef against the
world? You got a nice face, you got
great legs, you got the fancy clothes
and you got this look in your eyes
like you haven't been fucked good in
a year. What's the problem, baby?
Elvira laughs at him, _ furious.
She whips
OMITTED
ELVIRA
You know you're even’ stupider’ than you look. Let me give you a crash
course, Jose whatever your name is,
so you know what you're doing around
here.
TONY
(interrupting)
Now you're talking to KX
Y
baby!
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I
ELVIRA
First who, where, why and how J fuck is none of your business, second don't call me '‘baby,' I'm not your baby and last, even if I was blind, desperate, starved and begging for it on a desert island, you'd be the last thing I'd ever fyck, You got the picture now -- so fyck off.
TONY
Hey, thataway.
off the floor, pissed. He watches her, amused.
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