Terry Lines for CRACK

JOEY (15M) and TERRY (16M) are sitting in Joey's car,

discussing a heist.

TERRY

I'm not doing this, it's stupid.

JOEY

What are you talking about? This is

brilliant!

TERRY

We would be going to jail over

cardboard.

JOEY

Shiny, artsy, expensive cardboard that

we turn into cash.

TERRY

We already have a good thing going for

us right now.

JOEY

Is that what you call fighting tooth

and nail over collector packs?

TERRY

But That's legal, Joey. What you're

suggesting will get us arrested!

JOEY

But we won't

TERRY

And why is that?

JOEY

Think about it, the delivery guy picks

up a shipment meant to go to Jewel,

Target, or wherever, but instead he

goes to a private warehouse to stash

half of the boxes for himself?

TERRY

Remind me again, how do you know this?

JOEY

...don't worry about it. Anyways, I

got it all planned out, nobody will

see us, nobody will get hurt, and

we'll be swimming in dough by the time

prom rolls around!

TERRY

If I say yes, when are we doing it?

JOEY

Tonight.

TERRY

Tonight!?

JOEY (CONT'D)

Where are the cards!?

TERRY

Joey, they could be anywhere!

DELIVERY DRIVER

Hey! Whose in there!?

TERRY

Oh shit!

JOEY

It's him!

TERRY

Who?

JOEY (CONT'D)

Put you're hands in the air, NOW!

TERRY

Wait you have a gun!?

JOEY

Of course I got a gun. We're burglars.

TERRY

When did you get a gun?

The DELIVERY DRIVER is sat on the ground. TERRY ties up the

Driver's hands with a friendship bracelet, while JOEY

interrogates him.

JOEY

Where are the cards?

TERRY

Whoa whoa whoa, let me get out of the

way!

DELIVERY DRIVER (CONT'D)

Under the papers.

Terry then lifts up the papers to find a small box. He grabs

and opens it, which causes a bright, golden light to shine in

his face like the briefcase in Pulp Fiction.

TERRY

Oh my God, Joey!

JOEY

They're ju- YOU HAVE ENOUGH TO PAY A

FULL RIDE TO COLLEGE!

DELIVERY DRIVER

For cardboard?

TERRY

Why do you have these cards?

DELIVERY DRIVER

...I work for this other organization

TERRY

Yo you're a spy?

JOEY

So who do you work for, FBI, CIA-

TERRY

Peta?

DELIVERY DRIVER

No its... it's a group you've probably

never heard of, but the owner's son,

he's got astrocytoma.

TERRY

Asteroidea, like meteors??

DELIVERY DRIVER

No! Astro-CY-toma, brain cancer.

JOEY

Ooooohhhh. So he's

braindead.

TERRY

Ooooohhhh.

DELIVERY DRIVER

No! He's still conscious. He's got

trouble moving. He started having

trouble walking about a week ago, been

bed bound ever since. Maybe has a few

more months or weeks left.

TERRY

Holy shit man, I'm-I'm sorry.

Joey lunges at the Driver, shaking his shoulders.

JOEY

YOU DID WHAT!?

TERRY

Joey!

Terry, puts the box of cards down and pulls Joey off of the Driver.

TERRY (CONT'D)

Excuse us.

JOEY and TERRY exit the paper room.

JOEY

Idiot! THAT'S AN IDIOT IN THERE!

TERRY

Okay stop. You told me nobody was

getting hurt.

JOEY

Yeah, he's still breathing.

TERRY

You pulled a gun on him and started

shaking him!

JOEY

We are in a hardcore and elite line of

work, Terry. We put our lives and

wallets on the line out there to make

money.

TERRY

But pulling a gun on somebody!?

JOEY

We're moving up in the world. We gotta

upgrade our arsenal a little.

TERRY

And become killers?

JOEY

You know the type of people we deal

JOEY (CONT'D)

with, this is no different.

TERRY

This is different, this is a kid with

cancer! He could die if I coughed on

him! He can't even walk anymore!

JOEY

Who cares!?

TERRY

I care!

JOEY

Let's stop thinking about the kid for

a moment, do you realize how much cash

we could make from this?

TERRY

...Yes... so that's we should take

half.

JOEY

Half!?

TERRY

It's a good compromise! The kid is

happy, and we're happy!

JOEY

We have the entire box in you- where

are the cards?

TERRY

They're inside.

JOEY

You left the cards inside with him!?

TERRY

He's tied up, he's not gonna do

anything.

JOEY

Holy shit, he's got a gun!

TERRY

What!?

JOEY

Didn't you check him when you tied him

up?

TERRY

No, I didn't think he'd have a gun!

JOEY

IF YOU SHOOT AGAIN YO-

Terry tries to run away, but Joey stops him.

JOEY (CONT'D)

-no, we're staying- IF YOU SHOOT

AGAIN, YOU'RE DEAD!

TERRY

...What if he tries shooting again!?

JOEY

He won't.

TERRY

No Joey, I think he's gonna do it

again!

The DELIVERY DRIVER first freezes after the bucket falls,

then flinches when TERRY pulls the trigger. As the two

outside squabble, he looks back at the bucket, then the box

of cards still in the room, and back at the door. He's got an

idea.

CUT BACK TO:

I/E. PRIVATE WAREHOUSE - CONTINUOUS

TERRY

YOU DIDN'T BUY BULLET'S FOR THE GUN!?

JOEY

I didn't think we'd need them!

TERRY

OH SHIT!

JOEY

What did you tie him up with?

TERRY

I USED MY FRIENDSHIP BRACLET!

JOEY

Do you know how easily those bracelets

can break?

TERRY

I didn't have anything else!

JOEY

You could have asked me for rope!

TERRY

Oh you brought rope!? You brought that

but not ammunition!?