MUSIC IN: "Stone Cold Dead in the Market" by Louis Jordon
THE TITLES appear on black. They are intercut with CLOSE-UPS
of a fighter's body.
EXAMPLES:
Feet move.
Credit over black.
Body lunges.
Credit over black.
Fists swing and punch at the air.
Credit over black.
WE CATCH A GLIMPSE of young JAKE LAMOTTA.
THEN CUT TO:
INT. BARBIZON PLAZA THEATRE - DRESSING ROOM - NIGHT (1964)
JAKE LAMOTTA, wearing a tux, is shadow-boxing.
We are unsure of where he is -- he moves in and out of the
shadows. At 42, he's overweight and out of shape, but the
balls of his feet still pop up and down like they were on
canvas and his tiny fists still jerk forward with short
bursts of light. He is rehearsing a nightclub monologue.
JAKE
[Movie Script]Rachel Getting Married
RACHEL GETTING MARRIED
Written by
Jenny Lumet
1 EXT. HALFWAY HOUSE PORCH. DAY 1
KYM, a darkly beautiful girl in her early 20's, is smoking
furiously on the porch of an URBAN HALFWAY HOUSE. She glances
impatiently at her watch and presses her ear to her cell
phone. As she exhales, WE HEAR the rumble of thunder.
Irritated, she crams her cell phone into her bag.
ROSA a halfway house staff nurse is patiently handling
WALTER, an irate patient who is screeching...WALTER
I want my fucking Zippo now!
Walter starts yanking at his hair.
ROSA