Miami Blues

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In Chapter 43 of FILLMORE, Slim heads down to Florida to get some R&R after beating his court case and hooks up with a couple of new girls, but when he gets in trouble with the cops again, they head back to the Big Apple ...


EXT. SLIM’S APARTMENT - FRONT CURB - DAY
Slim puts his suitcase in the trunk.
Gets in the car.

Puts the key in the ignition.
Starts it up and drives off.

EXT. MIAMI BEACH - DAY
Slim drives down the beach boulevard
with a couple of new white girls (20’s),
a BLONDE and a BRUNETTE.

He’s wearing a fancy leather jacket
with a huge American flag on the back.

SLIM
Now this is what I’m talkin’ bout.
Surf, sand and PUSSY.

A siren WHOOP-WHOOPS behind him.
Slim looks in the rearview.

SLIM
Shit, fuck, godammit.
Cops be on my back EVERYWHERE I GO.

He pulls over.

EXT. MIAMI BEACH STREET - DAY
Slim’s Caddy rolls to a stop in the shoulder.
A POLICE CRUISER pulls up behind him.

An ANGRY-LOOKING WHITE COP gets out.
Walks over to the driver’s-side window.

SLIM
Good afternoon, officer.

ANGRY-LOOKING COP
Step out of the car.

Slim gets out.

ANGRY-LOOKING COP
Let me see your license.

Slim fishes it out.
Hands it to him.

The cop looks at it.
Nods. Hands it back.

SLIM
Why did you pull me over?

The cop looks at him, then the girls.
Then sees his jacket.

COP
I pulled you over
because of your jacket.

It’s illegal to have the American flag
on an article of clothing.

SLIM
This is some bull --

He catches himself.
Then takes it off.
Hands it to the cop.

SLIM
Really?
I had no idea, officer.
Please, take it off my hands.
Last thing I wanna do
is break the law.

Angry-Looking is surprised.
Takes it. Feels the soft leather.

ANGRY-LOOKING COP
(nods)
You have a good day now.

He goes back to his car.

SLIM
That does it.
How do you girls feel about
going to New York?

CHRISSIE, the blonde nods excitedly.

CHRISSIE
Yeah. I LOVE New York.

RONNIE, the brunette nods.

RONNIE
Yeah, let’s go.
I’ve never been.

EXT. SLIM’S CADILLAC - MOVING - DAY
Chrissie drives.

Slim lies on the back seat,
hiding under a plush blanket
with a big Cadillac logo on it.

EXT. GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE - NIGHT
The New York City skyline is breathtaking.
As is the famous bridge connecting
Manhattan to the outer boroughs.

CHRISSIE (O.C.)
We’re here.
You can come out now.

INT. SLIM’S CADILLAC - MOVING - NIGHT
Slim pulls back the blanket.
Sits up. Looks at the view.

SLIM
New York, New York,
the city so nice,
it got all the vice.
(looks at the girls)
And you ladies are gonna
bite the Big Apple for me --