man.
GERNSBECK
Nowlan. Bester. Better stick around.
Nowlan and Bester nod, and keep their guns ready.
Gernsbeck lifts two manila folders, giving a false smile.
GERNSBECK
Ive been looking over your files,
gentlemen. Interesting reading.
(to Merritt)
Mr. Merritt. Twenty five years hard
labor for the armed hijack of twelve
cargo shuttles...
MERRITT
Fourteen. There was two they couldnt
prove.
GERNSBE
man in coveralls caked with grease and dirty. He
looks the part of a yokel.
BOBBY
You Harlin?
DARRELL
Nope. Darrell.
BOBBY
Harlin around?
DARRELL
Hes up at the Look Out.
Darrell points a scraggly finger at a plateau in the distance.
BOBBY
Will he be back soon?
DARRELL
Doubt it. Hes dead. The Look Outs a
cemetery.
BOBBY
You own this place?
DARRELL
Yep.
BOBBY
Then why do you call it Harlins?
DARREL
Buffalo 66 Script
All forgotten yesterdays
School days remind me of
When l was a boy
All my life
lve been
this lonely boy
Do, do
[ Piano ]
- [ Man ] The gate
- [ Buzzer ]
[ Bell Rings ]
What do you want ?
- Can l use the bathroom here ?
- l cant let you back in here.
This is the discharge gate.
Hey, theres the last bus
into town tonight.
You better get on it.
Excuse me. You know where
the
man
throw you outdoors
Now the same man
is wearing your clothes
I want you
to tell Mama
Tell Mama
What you want
And Ill make everything
all right...
Hi, its Charlie.
Leave a message.
Hi, Charlie. Its Carol
from the LA Temp Agency.
Listen, Dr. Batels office needs you
for tomorrow. Is that okay?
Let me know. Bye.
Good morning, neighbor.
Hey.
Help yourself.
Oh, thanks.
I was out of everything.
what it is.
Im gonna tell you what it is.
Conspiracy, collusion, compllcity.
Thats all it is.
Let me break it down like a fraction for you
about my man Fred Bud Kelly.
Fred Bud Kelly made skates
out of whiskey bottIes...
...at his uncIes farm in the earIy s.
That was over there in Nova Scotia.
Im gonna tell you something else. You
never seen his name on the StanIey Cup.
You know why that is?
Man]
Did you ever meet Don Juan?
Never. Not once!
Then why are you in mourning?
Because Ive never met him.
Its amazing. I had no idea
my own funeral could be so delightful.
It certainly brought your
career to a happy end. End?
Leave off while they still
think of you as you were.
All these wrinkles,
these lines, these gray hairs.
Youd spoil any party,
even a funeral.
No, no, no, my friend.
This is
MAN walks along the Haul Road, a one-lane gravel
trail running parallel to the pipeline. The weather turns
sour -- rough wind and stinging snow cut across the mans
path.
??
??
DISSOLVE TO:
??
??
The man is ERIC DESMOND, twenty-four, clean-shaven,
determined. Hes clearly out of place here, dressed in a
business suit and a light, camel-hair topcoat.
??
??
Eric is trying to follow some footprints in
man, its none of my
business, but maybe you should
talk to someone. I myself
have consulted a professional.
I used to be up tight.
On Sams face. Its hard to imagine Rob being any more
uptight than he is. Sam takes some business cards out
of his shirt pocket and reads them off.
SAM
Hypnotherapy...Shiatu Massage...
Loss of Spouse support groups...
Single parent discussion nights...
Parents wi
mad, kid?
"He pulled a trick on me! "
Why did you help me out?
It was a pity youd get canned
for lousy bucks.
- How dyou know its ?
- I did that trick a million times.
And I know you cant
do it twice at the same store.
You get in, you do it
and you get out... thats it.
Unless you want
to get beaten and canned...
not necessarily in that order.
- You are a swindler.
- A dentist.
- The professional