분야
hwp by Paul Rudnick
July 19, 199l
Page 1.
SISTER ACT
FADE IN:
INT. ST. ANNES ACADEMY - AKRON, OHIO - CLASSROOM
We are in a parochial school classroom, in the late
Sixties. The children all wear uniforms and sit at little
desks. SISTER IMMACULATA stands at the front of the room;
she is a middle-aged nun, very severe. The children are
all terrified of her.
SISTER IMMACULATA
Who can name all the Apostles? Yes?
ANGLE ON CHRISTINE CARTER
A thirteen-year-old girl sitting at a desk. She raises
her hand.
SISTER IMMACULATA
Christine?
CHRISTINE
Sister, may I be excused?
SISTER IMMACULATA
Christine...
CHRISTINE
Its an emergency. Real bad.
Sister Immaculata nods, pursing her lips. Christine
stands and heads for the door.
??
CUT TO:
INT. GIRLS ROOM
Christine is now in the deserted St. Annes girls room.
She is standing on tiptoes, looking in the mirror. She has
taken her hair out of its neat barrettes; she is combing it
out. She applies lipstick.
Christine reaches into her schoolbag; she pulls out a
stack of glittery bracelets and slips them on. She
unbuttons the top few buttons of her stiff white blouse.
She sprays herself with dime store cologne.
CUT TO:
EXT. HALLWAY
Christine opens the girls room door; she looks both ways.
No one is around; she saunters down the hall.
Page 2.
ANGLE ON A DOOR MARKED BROOM CLOSET
Christine opens this door. She looks into the closet.
There is a very nervous thirteen-year-old BOY waiting for
her inside.
CHRISTINE
Hi, Jimmy.
Christine slips inside the closet and closes the door
behind her.
ANGLE ON SISTER IMMACULATA
Striding down the hall, with a bloodthirsty look in her
eye, and a nasty-looking wooden ruler in her hand. She
flings open the broom closet door,
ANGLE ON CHRISTINE AND JIMMY
in the broom closet. Jimmys face is covered with
lipstick. Christines hair is awry. The couple has
clearly been making out.
SISTER IMMACULATA
(outraged)
Miss Christine Carter! Again! Dont
you know what happens to girls like you?
Dont you know what they become?
INT. CHRISTYS APARTMENT - ANGLE ON A LARGE, TATTERED
POSTER-NIGHT (TODAY)
Taped over a crack on a wall. The poster shows a
glittering CHRISTY VAN CARTIER: singing star of a fifth-
rate Vegas lounge. Christy wears tight spangles and a
major wig on the poster. She has clearly lived up, or
down, to all of Sister Immaculatas expectations.
The CAMERA PANS through the dark bedroom in which the
poster hangs; a neon sign flashes outside the window,
casting a red and blue haze over the premises. A dressing
room table is cluttered with dozens of bottles of nail
polish and makeup, and garish clothing and flashy jewelry
are scattered everywhere.
We hear the movement of BED SPRINGS as someone sits up in
the dark.
CHRISTYS VOICE
Come on, Vince -- hold me a minute.
VINCES VOICE
Id love to. babe -- but Ive got to go.
It was great. Like usual.
CHRISTYS VOICE
It was twenty minutes. Like usual.
Page 3.
VINCES VOICE
The best.
VINCE LAROCCA stands at the mirror, adjusting his clothing
and checking his hair. Vince is a powerful, charismatic
man who rules an organized crime empire with personal
magnetism and threat. Vinces hold over Christy is
obvious, if unfortunate; he can seem expansive and generous
one minute, ruthless and dangerous the next.
VINCE
(half to Christy, half
to the mirror)
You are something else.
Christy turns on a lamp and lights a cigarette.
CHRISTY
Come on -- stay. Just a little. We can
talk, Ill get a pizza. Pizza in bed,
well have fun. And you still havent
told me what happened. What did she say?
VINCE
What did who say?
CHRISTY
Who? The other woman. Your wife.
Vince turns to face Christy, turning on the charm.
VINCE
You are so damn sexy.
CHRISTY
Vince...
VINCE
How did I get so lucky? What is it now,
five years weve been together? Who do I
thank?
CHRISTY
(not buying it)
Today was the deadline, Vince.
Vince sits on the bed. He takes Christys hand, and
kisses it.
VINCE
I want us to be together. Like people.
Honest, decent people. In the eyes of
God. Babe, today... I went to
confession.
CHRISTY
You did what?
Page 4.
VINCE
For the first time in I dont know how
long. I wanted everything done right.
Open and above board. I told Father
Antonelli I was in love. I told him it
was a special love, for all the ages.
CHRISTY
(starting to fall for
it)
You said that? And what did he say?
Did he say you could leave her? Did he
say wed be happy?
VINCE
(looking deep into her
eyes)
He said that if I got a divorce Id burn
in Hell. For all eternity.
Vince kisses Christys hands again and drops turns away
and starts putting on his shoes.
CHRISTY
What?
(outraged)
VINCE
You want me to go against a priest? Get
excommunicated? You think Im nuts?
CHRISTY
You bastard!
VINCE
(trying to calm her)
We can still see each other. Just like
always. Its a different kind of sin.
Smaller.
CHRISTY
You pig!
Vince backs off, and starts searching for his jacket.
VINCE
Babe, its not me! I love you! Its
God!
CHRISTY
You lying sleazeball! The best years of
my life! What am I, garbage? Am I l
