Kirk Carter@ WGA Copyright 2013
WINE MAMA (30)
NEEDY GREEDY
INT: ERIC SCHMIDT COMPOUND-MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA-8:30 AM
SCHMIDT SITTING AT TABLE, ATTEMPTING TO DIG CASHEWS OUT OF SALAD
SCHMIDT
"Why can't they just separate these little bastards, why am I forced to hunt for them?"
PAUL ZIMMERMAN-BUSINESS ASSOCIATE
"They just throw them in as garnishment Eric, they're not suppose to be the main course...just ask them to set your nuts to the side!"
SCHMIDT
"Who is that I have in there this week, that Paul Prudomme, whatever his name is?"
ZIMMERMAN
"A world class chef from New Orleans, he's quite good!"
SCHMIDT
"And he will be going back to New Orleans at this rate..."
ZIMMERMAN
"Quit, being such a prick, so he added a few cashews?"
SCHMIDT
"Zimmerman...I'm not doing well with this salad...but with this Cyncl out there, knowing that he's out there running around...no telling what's gotten into his mind, that crazy loony-tuned head of his...he could be walking up to my front door with a bazooka for all I know!"
ZIMMERMAN
"If we're lucky, he'll be carrying a big white flag, with an apology note from his Mother!"
SCHMIDT
"So, what if our glory boy doesn't show up, shall we just go about our plans without him?"
ZIMMERMAN
"It's hard to say, at this point, nobody knows anything, the commoner's are just squabbling amongst themselves, nobody seems to have anything on anybody, so why push it?"
SCHMIDT
"So, all this fuss and squabble is over nothing, without merit?"
ZIMMERMAN
"Hey, it was you that proclaimed that it was nothing more than thirty-five acres of dead vines, and who gives a shit...they have another auction coming up next month with all kinds of goodies, and failed farming operations, loans due, families loosing everything they have...the stuff you live for!"
SCHMIDT
"Yes, yes...and is it really our fault that we pointed out the necessity to place one's property in public domain to save the planet, and that poor defenseless ugly little Pup-Fish?"
SCHMIDT AND ZIMMERMAN LAUGHING
ZIMMERMAN
"I've heard of a Pup-Fish, but I'll be damned if I've ever seen one!"
SCHMIDT
"Does it bark, will it fetch, will it roll over, will it come to you when you call it over?"
ZIMMERMAN
"No sir, you must admit...Eco-Trends has been very good to us...all we have to do is point out a purpose, establish that immediate action must be taken or the earth may die, and collect their land deeds by mandate!"
SCHMIDT
"It will all be ours eventually, I agree...we have done quite well with the little game plan..."
ZIMMERMAN
"A little devious here and there, but hey...it is just a small part of the master plan!"
SCHMIDT
"You know Zimmerman...I look forward, to one day, being able to look at that big aquarium over there and see it fully stockpiled with Pup-Fish!"
ZIMMERMAN
"I can see that happening...no doubt..."
SCHMIDT
My Iguana IKE will eat well, he was always fond of seafood...and maybe if I fatten him up, he to may give his life to the dinner table...that big overstuffed lizard becomes the feast!"
ZIMMERMAN AND SCHMIDT LAUGHING
ZIMMERMAN
"How do you like your lizard anyway, braised or steamed?"
SHOWING CLOSE UP OF IKE THE IGUANA, DOING A DOUBLE-TAKE
ZIMMERMAN AND SCHMIDT LAUGHING AGAIN
(scene switch)
FBI CENTRAL OFFICE-SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA-9 AM
CHIEF AGENT LARRY O'BRIAN ASSEMBLES LAST MOMENT MEETING WITH PRINCIPLE WEST COAST AGENTS CLIFF MARKOV AND ADAM PERRY
CHIEF O'BRIAN
"Thank you gentlemen for showing up on such short notice, but our information and surveillance gathering on this Robert Cyncl has come to a crossroads."
AGENT PERRY
"Well, I'll hand it to him...he's smart, allowing his phones to go dead, there are no records of credit card activity, so about all we can do is wait this out the way I see it!"
AGENT MARKOV
"In a situation like this, we just wait for disparity to set in, it's only a matter of time before he makes a wrong move and exposes himself!"
CHIEF O'BRIAN
"So, we just sit this one out as far as Cyncl goes...that I will agree with, however, we have taps and connected sources that point toward certain affiliations with the Modesto Sheriff's department, a non-profit group called Eco-Trends, funded primarily through Google cooperatives, which trend toward confiscation of properties based on data collected from something called the Forest Collaborative which suggest which properties be mandated to be returned to nature,"
AGENT PERRY
"So, they come in, show cause and reason for the action, file an action through the EPA, that concludes that a mandate for evacuation of property be implemented, right?"
AGENT MARKOV
"Yea, this was common about ten years ago when a predatory threat was placed against the Pup-Fish, which ultimately caused the closure of thousands of acres of sensitive wetlands in the upper Napa valley."
CHIEF O'BRIAN
"There were billions of dollars lost in this decision to close the upper dams, where there was no irrigation allowed, holding back water that would have normally sustained this one nearly extinct specimen of fish, even if it was just left alone to start with."
AGENT PERRY
"So, there was a second opinion, did anyone take a moment to dispute the data presented, didn't they realise they were starving these farmers out of their ability to produce?"
CHIEF O'BRIAN
"Now we see it, but exactly...problem is we couldn't connect the dots back then, with the non-profits, all intermixed, presenting themselves as environmental groups, and it wasn't until these same groups started coming back with private funds, buying these people out for a dime on a dollar, then turned around and exclaimed that the Pup-Fish was never in any real danger, no threat to their survival...then we assumed the conspiracy of undermining the century owned family properties which had been mandated to shut down operations...but there was more than that..."
AGENT MARKOV
"And the sad part of it all, cause I remember all this now, is that they didn't tell them right to their face to seize operations, but rather they just shut down their water supply, their source of irrigation, knowing full well, that over the course of time, their farms would dry up and shrivel up, knowing also..."
AGENT PERRY
"That most already had outstanding bank and farming loans...I mean they couldn't even get permits from the EPA to drill because they were following the suggestions from Eco-Trends...what could they do, the ecological data was presented as the gospel, the EPA could only stand by since they didn't have any time, nor funding to put together a blind study...they couldn't petition the courts without solid evidence, which had already been verified and filed into the system by Doctor Rays and one Eric Schmidt, a concerned environmental billionaire to the Google empire."
AGENT MARKOV
"So, where does Cyncl come into this, we've gotten way off the subject here?"
CHIEF O'BRIAN
"From what we know, he was their goon...use'd to orchestrate the take down of a little thirty five acre property in Modesto, owner by a one Sandy Hudson, called the Hudson Vineyard...seems like he was brought in to obtain and set up the crew to do the hit...when that failed, his bosses forced him to turn himself into the authorities, where upon he ran, and that's pretty much where we're at now!"
AGENT PERRY
"So, we just wait?"
CHIEF O'BRIAN
"Yes gentlemen, we just wait!"
(scene switch)
INT: BRIAN"S HOUSE-COMPUTER ROOM-10 AM
PLAYING HOOKY FROM WORK, BRIAN DECIDES TO DEVOTE HIS TIME TO THE VINEYARD
BRIAN
"Hey Sandy, I'm going over to the vineyard this morning, I'm having two truck loads of top-soil delivered, did you you wanna come?"
SANDY
"Wow, your actually inviting me back to my place, the war zone, are you sure it's safe?"
BRIAN
"About as safe as it will ever be...hey I wanted to ask you, does that little Ditch Witch bulldozer thing work...the one parked behind the barn?"
SANDY
"Frank bought that thing second-hand from someone down the street...I remember seeing him use it once, but he didn't have the manual and couldn't figure out the levers, ended up knocking down a Lemon tree and then it rolled full blast into the back fence...finally Frank caught up to it, and just turned the thing off...not sure how it ended up behind the barn?"
BRIAN
"So, he didn't know how to drive the sucker, is that the way he approached things, he could have mowed your house down with that thing?"
SANDY
"Look...Frank was my first Love, he became an architect, he drew pipes and stuff...he was a good husband to me, honorable, always remembered our anniversary...he will always be Frank to me, now unlike you Mister Hollywood, moving into my life with all these ideas, dreams, and passions, your just so damn full of yourself!"
BRIAN
"Let me explain it from my angle...Frank would be the guy I would contract to do my pipes, my plumbing, to pick and choose what I needed, to design and put the project together...that's it!"
SANDY
"So, your go to man would be Frank, for that particular project?"
BRIAN
"Right, for that project...but when you go and expand your ideas to say a restaurant a club, a bar, growing grapes...whatever, you must be able to have a broad range of vision on the overall concept, who you employ, what your budgets are, where can you get commercial credit, where's your cash flow coming from, where is it best put, it's like a symphony, and I am the conductor!"
SANDY
"But, how did you get so gifted in all these areas, you make it look effortless?"
BRIAN
"A lot of trial and failure, learning from mistakes, and hanging around quality people in the business who were willing to share their experiences with me...that helps a lot!"
SANDY
"So, no simple solutions, no schools to attend, just get out there and plug away!"
BRIAN
Look for people who are attentive, full of possibilities...for instance you, you are like a specific piece of the orchestra, a your like a fine violin...plucked gently, you make beautiful sounds...but played too aggressively you sound like Jack Benny practicing in his bungalow!"
SANDY
"I saw the Jack Benny show a couple of times, so he played like that?"
BRIAN
"Actually, Jack wasn't bad...you have to be able to start out playing something someone recognizes to fuck it up properly...he was a genius with his musical bits and his dry-wit!"
SANDY
"So, he was really absorbed with the way the whole act appeared?"
BRIAN
"Back then, that was real show business...because of the times, the war and all, people just wanted to be entertained, get their mind off of things, they just wanted escape!"
SANDY
"So, where does that place you?"
BRIAN
"Economizing, using resources on hand, thinking things out, then sticking to the plan...hardest part of the business..."
SANDY
"So, you see me as an opportunity?"
BRIAN
"Yea, what's wrong with that?"
SANDY
"Nothing, just validating my purpose, why your in my life, making it all dreamy and stuff!"
BRIAN
"So, your saying...you find me dreamy?"
SANDY
"Oh yea, your like my knight with the Love van...who dares the odds, perceives the challenge, and allows me to tag along for the ride, because after all...I am a girl with opportunity driving off the untraveled road, pulling off the unimaginable, all that shit fascinates me...I feel like a Queen sometimes the way you spoil me...but at least your humble about it...in that, I feel lucky...what girl wouldn't want to be a part of your dream?"
BRIAN
"Wow, you ramble with such finesse my dear...you surprise me!"
SANDY
"Your not a criminal for stealing my heart, it's just...that I've never met anybody like you...you know, you make me feel important, like a key figure in all this, showing me purpose, I know I'm a very lucky girl!
BRIAN
"We've both been blessed...that's for sure..."
SANDY
"So, what time do the big trucks show up?"
BRIAN
"About eleven, let's boogie!"
SANDY
"You want to eat something?"
BRIAN
"Yea...you, come here!"
SANDY SQUEALING
BRIAN
"I can make us some breakfast when we get over there..."
SANDY
"You could also show me how to pluck my strings?"
BRIAN
"I'll tune you up!"
SANDY
"Practice makes perfect..."
scene ends
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