Quoted Text ETTA, a good-looking African-American woman |
Quoted Text JENNY, a good looking blonde |
Quoted Text MARCELLO, long hair, good-looking |
Quoted Text A good-looking saleswoman in her 40s |
Quoted Text The tenor sax player, a good-looking African-American |
Quoted Text ETTA Yes, ma'am, I'm a good cook. ROSA What you cook? ETTA Fried chicken, black beans, corn bread...dishes like that. |
Quoted Text Joey, tall, muscular, in his 60s stands on the kitchen doorway. |
Quoted Text JENNY I don't have any guy, the infection came by itself...a woman's infection. |
Quoted Text STEVE You've to decide. JENNY I'll talk to him. STEVE When, Jenny when? JENNY Soon... STEVE Swear. JENNY I swear...let's make love. |
Quoted Text He uses his strength to overpower her resistance and savagely rapes her. |
Quoted Text Joey calmly points the pistol at Steve's head and pulls the trigger. |
Quoted Text JOEY (whispering to himself) She'll follow you soon. You're going to fuck in hell. |
Quoted Text DETECTIVE #1 (to detective #2) Looks like a Mafia hit. 38. DETECTIVE #2 He was jogging. No documents. DETECTIVE #1 He must be from around here. DETECTIVE #2 Yeah. DETECTIVE #1 One shot and he died, no suffering. DETECTIVE #2 His family is waiting for him...what a fucking life. DETECTIVE #1 You don't full around with the Mafia, who knows what he did. DETECTIVE #2 Let's start working on this. |
Quoted Text As every day, she needs to be at the restaurant early to receive the delivery from the wholesale food market and for organizing the daily menu. |
Quoted Text A MAN in his 60s looks at her. 41. MAN Did the owner do something? Etta glances at him with sadness in her eyes. ETTA I don't know, I just work here, I'm a waitress. MAN He should have paid the PIZZO (protection money in Italian slang). ETTA Why? MAN Because it's the law of the bosses here. ETTA ...And if he doesn't want to pay? MAN (laughing) Next time the place will be on fire. ETTA Who gets the money? MAN Who gets the money...who gets the money...why you want to know? ETTA A few night ago, two men came to talk with the owner, they asked for money. MAN They are just soldiers, they don't keep the money. ETTA Who does it? A long silence. The man stares at her with a cryptic glance. MAN In this neighborhood is VITO...VITO SACARA. ETTA Where does he live? 42. MAN I don't know...but you can find him at the Italian Club on 14th street. |
Quoted Text ETTA That don Vito is not as bad as I thought. WENDY What happened? ETTA Well, he agreed to reduce the protection money...now, I pay only two hundreds a week. WENDY Did he ask anything in return? ETTA That I don't go to the police...I had told him I was going to denounce the rape. WENDY Smart...Did you have the impression he was against blacks? ETTA The usual disparaging remarks but nothing more offensive. WENDY To have his okay is good for your business. ETTA I hope, who knows. |
Quoted Text Definitely, the work of an interior decorator. |
Quoted Text VITO Talk. MAN #1 SAL wants to know what he has to do with GENNARO, the Hunchback. 55. VITO Whack him., he's a rat. But tell Sal to be careful, the body must disappear, capisce? |
Quoted Text VITO (CONT'D) You're a fucking good businesswoman...I wish you were white. |
Quoted Text VITO No, he's a musician...he plays black music. |
Quoted Text ETTA Your father told me you are a jazz pianist. |
Quoted Text MARCELLO My Dad ordered the killing of many people. If you refuse to pay, first they burn your place and then they kill you. |
Quoted Text MARCELLO Thank you very much ladies and gentlemen. Now, I would like to play a song I composed for a woman very dear to me. Etta, this is for you. |
Quoted Text Around a large tables sit Vito Sacara, SANTO PANELLA (70), SAL CATANIA (50), ERNESTO (Big Ernie) TONELLI (75), FILIPPO (Judge Phil) MODESTO in his 80s and Marcello. Vito stares at the group and offer a conciliatory smile. 70. VITO Thank you for coming. Today, we have to discuss a very serious matter, my son Marcello, how should I say it, is "infatuated" with a black woman-- |
Quoted Text ETTA BRENDA. MARCELLO Who's she? ETTA A good friend of mine from home...her parents are Italian-American, she came to New York looking for a job. She is a good cook, for now she's helping me with salads and other things. |
Quoted Text MARCELLO You know that I love you... ETTA I love you too but-- |
Quoted Text Marcello remains emotionally annihilated. His eyes shows an immense pain. |
Quoted Text For a few seconds, the room falls in an emotional blackout. |
Quoted Text SALESWOMAN These are very classic. Do you know the size? MARCELLO Well...no. SALESWOMAN Not a problem, we have a laboratory, we can adapt the ring. MARCELLO I'll give you the size...how much time you need for the adjustment? SALESWOMAN About two days. MARCELLO Okay, I'll buy it now and I'll come back tomorrow with the size. |
Quoted Text MARCELLO Very well, the owners wants to renew the contract...the people like the band. Last night, a big record producer came, we're negotiating an album, a vinyl. All jazz compositions from the sixties, with one exception... ETTA Which one? 83. MARCELLO The song I've written for you. Her sweet gaze caresses his eyes. ETTA My love... MARCELLO The producer loves the song, he said that it can be a hit. ETTA That's great, congratulations. I'm so happy for you. |
Quoted Text RONNIE Financially, this is how it's going to work. After we recoup the recording, printing and other miscellaneous expenses, you'll will have ten percent of the sales. Of course, we're not take anything from the royalties of your original song. For that, you'll get money from ASCAP. Do you have a publishing company? |
Quoted Text MARCELLO (CONT'D) Sweetheart, let's stop talking business... He begins to caress her tantalizing breast. She reacts moaning with pleasure. They kiss ardently then fall into the abyss of immense lovemaking. |
Quoted Text SALESLADY I agree. You don't need a ball gown, I would suggest a column dress style. It tends to hug the body and show any and all of your curves. Or you can try the mermaid silhouette contours to the body from the chest to the knee, then flares out to the hem. ETTA I'll try the mermaid. SALESLADY Good choice, you see, this is a very sexy look that highlights the curves of your body. For this reason, you must be confident and comfortable in your skin to pull off this dramatic style. |
Quoted Text Etta and Marcello sit around the table having a late-late supper. |
Quoted Text Etta stands in front of a group of workers, Otello, Brenda, four new waiters, LUIGI, (30), EMMA (40), ROBERTO (50), CALOGERO (30) and one busboy, PEDRO (20). All ItalianAmericans with the exception of Pedro, who's Mexican. |
Quoted Text ETTA (CONT'D) Any questions? OTELLO Do you have in mind who's going to be the maitre d'? ETTA I was thinking of you, but we'll see how it goes in the first couple of weeks. 94. BRENDA How are you arranging the kitchen. We need at least two dishwashers. ETTA I was thinking about this, I have called the agency, they will send me two Dominicans with experience in volume restaurants. BRENDA Are you staying in the kitchen? ETTA Of course, but you'll prepare most of the dishes. ROBERTO One busboy is not enough, we need at least other three. Tables must be cleaned up fast. EMMA How many sitting are we going to have? ETTA No sittings, customers will need to make a reservation, the street customers will be accommodated when we have free tables. They can wait at the bar. |
Quoted Text MARCELLO I love you. A radiant smile illuminates Etta's wonderful face. ETTA (softly) I love you very much. |
Quoted Text INT. WENDY'S APARTMENT - KITCHEN - DAY Wendy sits at the table sipping from a large glass of orange juice. A small TV is tuned to a New York station. It's news time. Wendy pays no attention to the ANCHORMAN reading the news. She appears pensive. The anchorman continues with his monotonous voice to read a medley of news when... ANCHORMAN BREAKING NEWS, the ill-famed mob boss Vito Sacara has been found dead in his car with a single gunshot to his head. An investigation by the New York Police and the FBI is underway. We will keep you informed about any new development. Wendy instinctively stares at the TV screen. Her expression shows astonishment and trepidation. INSERT - TV SCREEN ANCHORMAN We have another BREAKING NEWS, two charred bodies have been found by a fisherman in the New Jersey Meadowlands...RICK BONO reports from New Jersey. A panoramic view of the New Jersey Meadowlands. A NEWS REPORTER (30) stands a few yards away from several policemen, police cars with flashing lights and two ambulances. REPORTER The bodies have been completely burned. (MORE) 106. From the first investigation it seems REPORTER (CONT'D) that the bodies are of an AfricanAmerican woman and a Caucasian man. The Medical Examiner will provide more information after the autopsies are performed. From the Meadowlands, RICK BONO reporting. BACK TO SCENE Frantically, she calls Etta on her cell phone. The line is dead. In hysterical desperation she leans against the wall. WENDY (screaming) NOOO... |
Quoted from Fausto Warren, the premise of the story was to demonstrate the racism of the Italian-American community towards African-Americans. This was my intent. |