SMOKIN' ACES
Written by
Joe Carnahan
4/23/05
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A narration accompanies this passage: "The events depicted
herein were believed have taken place in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
All manner of record as they might pertain to these events
have been seized by the Department of Justice"
INT. VAN -- NIGHT
Wall-to-wall surveillance set-up. Two FBI AGENTS: DONALD
CARRUTHERS 30's and RICHARD MESSNER 30's, man the post,
staring at video monitors. Both hold telephoto images; shaky,
long lens shots of a mansion some distance away. Messner
tacks photographs to a corkboard on the van wall. One is
labeled "Subject SIDNEY K. SERNA: UNDERBOSS/Sparazza Family."