Wine Mama (19)-Getting No Where Soon

Kirk Carter@ WGA Copyright 2013

WINE MAMA (19)

GETTING NO WHERE SOON

INT: HUDSON VINEYARDS-MAIN HOUSE-7 AM

BRIAN

"Didn't think I 'd ever get you up, how you feeling girl?"

SANDY ALL HUNG OVER, HANDS IN FACE

SANDY

"Did we have sex...please say we didn't cause I didn't want to thank you for a good time I don't remember?"

BRIAN

"Here...have some of this, it's my own recipe."

SANDY

"What is this?"

BRIAN

"I call it Hair of the Port, it's Port, some Grey Goose, a powdered B One Hundred Complex, Magnesium, Calcium, Zinc, some Red Rooster hot sauce, and a fresh squeezed orange."

SANDY TAKING SIP

SANDY

"Wow, that's not not bad, no really, kind of perks you up, but what does it do?"

BRIAN

"Quenches your body's thirst for nutrients, primarily B vitamins and C...the other stuff feeds your nerves, balances your Serotonin, and if I'm correct...you should be horny as hell in about twenty minutes!"

SANDY

"Oh baby, did I leave that cheesecake around your ding-dong last night?"

BRIAN

"No, never plated it up, so to speak...it doesn't store well like that anyway, so I just left in the fridge until you were ready."

SANDY

""I swear, your never selfish, always looking after my best interest."

BRIAN

That's me...always trying to do what's best for you."

SANDY

"Brian?"

BRIAN

"What?"

SANDY

"Go get the cheesecake, I'm ready to plate it up!"

BRIAN

"Right away...kinda of miscalculated my timing though."

SANDY

"What do you mean?"

BRIAN 

"Only eight minutes have passed, I thought it would be at least twenty!"

SANDY

"Please shut-up and go get the cheesecake...now!"

BRIAN

"Yes Dear!"

(scene switch)

INT: FAIRFIELD VINEYARDS-JOHN GREY'S OFFICE-AM

JOHN GREY-DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, DOING HIS MORNING ROUTINE OF PRODUCTION PAPERWORK

PHONE RINGS, SHOWING BLOCKED CALL FROM MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA

JOHN ANSWERS PHONE

JOHN

"Morning, John Grey...what can I do for you?"

CALLER

"Ah, I have some information that says there has been a hit put out on you, so I felt I should call and let you know this!

JOHN

"Look...whoever you are, I'm a union boss, the director of operations of one of the biggest vineyard production facilities in the nation...do you realize how many times I've had these kind of calls, these threats...why should this be any different?"

CALLER

"Because this one will probably stick, it's got money and influence behind it...look you've got to listen, this is for real, just be prepared!"

JOHN

"Ah-huh, well either this is either a friend or foe of Kyncl, I'm thinking, maybe Schmidt, who is it?"

CALLER

"I'd rather not say, however...be warned, the threat is real!"

JOHN

"Hey well, thanks for the heads up..."

HANGING UP PHONE, HE GOES TO HIS ADDRESS BOOK, LOOKING UP TECH FRIENDS  SEE'S ANDRE STEWART, PUSHES DIAL-UP

JOHN

"Hey Andre, John Grey...what's up?"

ANDRE

"Hey sir, good to hear from you...well I'm currently working on that transfer app for alcohol density detection during the fermentation process...you'll be able to monitor your sugar, yeast percentages, mold activity from any of your vats on your cell phone from anywhere in the world!"

JOHN

"Great, I really need a way to keep my eye on those, hey look...you got any apps for following a person, like where a person is by using their cell number?"

ANDRE

"Oh yea, there's bunches of them...most of these are use'd by parents, you know...to keep their eye   on the kids...stuff like that."

JOHN

"You got something you can punch down for me?"

ANDRE

"Hold on one second, let me pull up this download...ah, yea okay go!"

JOHN PUNCHES PHONE MEMORY, SEE'S JOHN HEINZ NUMBER AND TRANSMITS IT TO ANDRE'S VIEWER

JOHN

"Did you get that?"

ANDRE

"Got it boss, I'll code the app to your phone...you can view their location anytime you want, however, if he get's within a mile of you, it will auto-dial and let you know they're getting close, okay...give me about five minutes and I'll dial you back."

JOHN

"That's perfect Andre, just vying for a little piece of mind, thanks!"

ANDRE

"Good luck...I'll be around if you need me, bye!"

(scene switch)

EXT: MOTEL EIGHT-DOWNTOWN MODESTO-9 AM

JOHN HEINZ SITTING IN RANGE ROVER WAITING FOR JACK AND BILLY TO EXIT ROOM, GET'S FRUSTRATED, DIALS THROUGH THE PBX TO ROOM

PHONE RINGS, JACK ANSWERS, DROPPING PHONE TO FLOOR

JACK

"Hey, John ah, ah...is that you?"

JOHN

"Well it's not room service, come on...get your asses down here, I take it you guys..."

JACK

"Hey man, we just got out, it's been five years, so yea, we tied one on last night all right...give me a minute, my brains still on the pillow!"

JOHN

"Alright, but all I asked you to do was be ready, but hey...I remember when I got out too...had to party a little myself...ah, look walk down the street, go right and walk two blocks down the street to the Norm's down there, see you in say...twenty minutes?"

JACK

"Thanks John, a little coffee, maybe an egg, some juice, sounds good...let me drag Billy up, see you there...later..."

(1 Hour Later)

JOHN, JACK, AND BILLY LEAVING NORM'S WITH COVERED CUPS OF COFFEE IN THEIR HANDS, GETTING INTO JOHN'S RANGE ROVER

JOHN

"So, I don't understand, can't we just get this stuff at an Army-Navy store or maybe a hock shop?"

BILLY

"No way man, you don't know if it's been warped, got old strings, how long the shit's been sitting around...you really need everything tight and accurate."

JOHN

"And we're talking about?"

JACK

"Crossbows man...nice, quiet, and deadly as a mother!"

BILLY

"We need to take everyone down quickly...without making a sound..."

DRIVING INTO DICK'S SPORTING GOODS

JOHN

"Okay, what are we looking at here on the money?"

BILLY

"I can't say exactly...here let's go in and we'll show you around, see what you think?"

JOHN

"Yea, I'm no resident expert on crossbows...or even slingshots, what am I saying?"

JACK

"It's gonna freak you out man, so many models, so much to learn, it's gonna blow your mind!"

JOHN

"Great, blow my mind..."

WALKING IN, THEY WALK DIRECTLY TO THE HUNTING GEAR SECTION

BILLY WITH EYES ALL GLAZED OVER LIKE A KID IN A CANDY STORE, A LOOK OF TOTAL BEWILDERMENT 

BILLY

"Whoa Jack look...looky here, they got that Ten-Point Carbon with the Accu-Draw thing...man is that pretty or what?"

JOHN

"Good Lord...that thing is twenty-five hundred dollars, are you for real?"

JACK

"Well, that's like the Ferrari of crossbows, I mean this thing auto-loads, ejects, resets, extremely accurate, no the one's we want to look at was like this Barrett Wildcat, about four-hundred...or this Penetrator for five bills..."

JOHN

"What's the difference?"

BILLY

"Accuracy, about thirty more feet per second, it's all in the pull distance on the yoke."

JACK

"Actually, it really comes down to the quality of the arrows...always use good quality arrows, like these...but then, they are sixty dollars for a box of six."

JOHN

"Ten bucks...for an arrow?"

JACK

"Yea, that's for the V Twenty-Two Carbons...Ten-Point makes them, best arrow out there...light, accurate, hey remember...look at the prey we're going after...no mistakes right?"

JOHN

"All right, all right, whatever, let's get out of here!"

WALKING UP TO THE COUNTER WITH TWO BOXES OF BARNETT PENETRATORS AND TWO BOXES OF V TWENTY-TWO CARBON ARROWS

JOHN

"Think of anything else you might be needing?"

JACK

"Yea...gloves and arrow wipes...takes any prints off the arrows before you shoot them."

JOHN

"Yea, that makes sense...a sir, sir...how much do I owe you?"

CASHIER

"That will be nine-hundred and seventy-two dollars, and that does include the gloves and the wipes...ah, cash or credit?"

JOHN

"I kinda of wish it was neither, but you only get one chance to go hunting with your boys, they grow up so fast."

CASHIER COUNTING OUT THE TEN ONE-HUNDRED DOLLAR BILLS JOHN JUST GAVE HIM

CASHIER

"Yep, you only get one shot at helping them become men..."

JOHN

"But for now, just taking them out in the elements and just letting them be boys."

CASHIER

"Oh wait sir, I still owe you some change and your receipt of course...let's see that's twenty-eight dollars...there you go, thanks you very much for shopping at Dick's, good hunting!"

BILLY

"Thanks Dad!"

JACK

"Yea Dad...your the best, man!

JOHN TURNS TO CASHIER

JOHN

"Sweet kids, one blood, one adopted...I just Love 'em!"

CASHIER

"Of course you do, have a nice day!"

(scene switch)

INT: HUDSON VINEYARDS-MAIN HOUSE-AM

BRIAN GETTING READY TO LEAVE FOR WORK

BRIAN

"Well, I want to thank you for another nice evening, the serving suggestions..."

SANDY LAUGHING

SANDY

"Well, thank you kind sir for keeping me company, I am so blessed right now...if you find anytime in that demanding clock of yours, maybe we could mess with the grapes later on, you think?"

BRIAN

"I really don't know what we're doing today...I'll give you a call later."

SANDY

"I need to go to the store and get some stuff, but I'd rather wait for you..."

BRIAN

Great idea, but I'm telling you, if you decide to go out and play with the grapes, pack your forty-five...I like my Mama packing if she's going to be doing any picking, you hear me?"

SANDY

"Okay...that's a deal lover!"

WALKING OUT TO HIS VAN, THEY BOTH EMBRACE

SANDY

"Have a good day!"

BRIAN

"You to girl, later!"

(scene switch)

EXT: BACKWOODS ROAD, ABOUT TWO MILES FROM THE HUDSON VINEYARDS

JOHN EXPLAINING SITUATION, SHOWING PICTURES OF BRIAN AND SANDY

JOHN

"Now, as I was saying...they come and go, Sandy has a blue Range Rover and Brian has a blue Chevy van...she keeps the Rover in the barn, but what we want is to have them both there at the same time, both home...it would just keep things a lot simpler."

JACK

"Does he work, what time does he come over here?"

JOHN

"yea, he owns a restaurant down always, he's in and out...usually here about five-thirty or so."

BILLY

"So, the front has the security, so can we just come through the back of the property?"

JOHN

"What would probably be better is to come in from across the street from the forest and cross over down the road a ways, there's too much brush, stickers, and thorns back there."

(30 minutes later)

JOHN PULLS INTO ANOTHER BACK ROAD INTO THE FOREST ABOUT A MILE AWAY FROM THE VINEYARD

JACK AND BILLY RETRIEVE THEIR PACKS WITH THE CROSSBOWS AND ARROWS

JOHN REACHES OVER AND HANDS THEM EACH A SEVEN-ELEVEN BAG

JOHN

"Look, here's some sandwiches, burritos, some trail bars, and a gallon of water for each of you...kind of tide you over...just make sure you see that blue van pull all the way in before crossing over...and oh yea, almost forgot, here's a Trak-phone, just call the number in the memory when the job is done, and I'll come scoop you up right here, okay?"

BILLY

"Did your homework man, gotta hand it to you there!"

JACK

"Don't worry man, we won't let you down!"

JOHN

"Good luck...I'll be listening for you..."

JOHN PULLS OUT OF ROAD AND LEAVES

BILLY AND JACK TAKE THEIR STUFF INTO WOODS, LOOKING AROUND

JACK

"Hey, did you bring anything to kill the time with...knowing you?"

BILLY

"How'd you know, managed two blunts of chronic at the bathroom in Norm's, and oh yea...a couple of pints of Smirnoff to take off the edge...oh yea!"

JACK

"My man, always thinking...I just think we might get through this afternoon after all..."

BILLY

Hey, let's go back here and find us a stalking post, wait...look up there on that hill, all them bushes?"

JACK

"That's perfect man...Mama we're on our way!"

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