LA Confidential.pdf - Screenplay.com
LA Confidential.pdf - Screenplay.com
LA Confidential.pdf - Screenplay.com
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PATCHETT<br />
Wait. Our deal still holds?<br />
Bud nods, his patience running thin.<br />
PATCHETT<br />
I needed a Rita Hayworth to fill<br />
out my little studio.<br />
BUD<br />
What little studio?<br />
PATCHETT<br />
There's Gardner, Hepburn, Grable,<br />
Turner. Lynn Bracken is my<br />
Veronica Lake. I use girls who<br />
look like movie stars. Sometimes<br />
I employ a plastic surgeon.<br />
BUD<br />
That's why her mother couldn't<br />
I.D. her... Jesus fucking Christ.<br />
PATCHETT<br />
No, Mr. White. Pierce Morehouse<br />
Patchett. Now, I sense you're on<br />
your best behavior, but that's all<br />
I'll give you. If you persist,<br />
I'll meet you with my attorney.<br />
Now, would you like Miss Bracken's<br />
address? I doubt she knows<br />
anything, but --<br />
BUD<br />
I got her address.<br />
PATCHETT<br />
Of course... this is personal with<br />
you, isn't it, Mr. White?<br />
Bud turns, heads down the walk. Patchett hits his golf<br />
ball. It lands just past the koi pond, with the rest.<br />
Ice.<br />
EXT. 1736 NOTTINGHAM, LOS FELIZ (LYNN BRACKEN'S) - DAY<br />
A modern-looking triplex. A projector's flicker strobes<br />
against the closed curtains. We hear a PHONE RING.<br />
INT. 1736 NOTTINGHAM (LYNN BRACKEN'S) - DAY<br />
The film is This Gun For Hire with Alan Ladd and Veronica<br />
Lake. It's projected on a wall in front of which stands<br />
Lynn Bracken and an OLDER GENTLEMAN, in his underwear.<br />
Lynn's long, blonde hair hangs down over one eye. She