Viva La Revolution

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In Chapter 37 of HIT & RUN HOLIDAY, fugitive screenwriter Friday Foster is arrested on the roof of White Line Pictures and brought to Beverly Hills police headquarters where the media has descended after her exploits have gone viral, to discover she's now a 'superstar' ...


EXT. WHITE LINE PICTURES - ROOF - MOMENTS LATER
Friday and Jimmy Joe stand on the roof.
Look down at the carnage in disbelief.

JIMMY JOE
The meek shall inherit the Earth.
FRIDAY
More like steal and destroy shit.
Check out the brothers
with the big-screen TV --

JIMMY JOE
So why did you do it?
Movie deals fall apart every day.

FRIDAY
Weren’t you listening?
They fucking outed me.
Now everybody knows --

A PAPARAZZI
sits on a nearby roof.
Shooting video footage of them.


A CHOPPER
circles above. WHIRRING rotors.
They look up.

JIMMY JOE
Go, RIDLEY.

CARRIE
It’s about deus ex machina TIME.

Friday and Jimmy Joe race over.
DUCK under the rotors --
as a SWARM of SWAT OFFICERS pile out.
Two GRAB Friday.

MENACING SWAT OFFICER
Friday Foster, you are UNDER ARREST.
You have the right to remain silent --

JIMMY JOE
Friday!

A BURLY SWAT OFFICER
grabs Jimmy Joe by the arm.

BURLY SWAT OFFICER
Stand back. She’s ours.

JIMMY JOE
I’m comin’ with ya --

BURLY SWAT OFFICER
NO. Stay right where you are.

Jimmy Joe REARS back,
PUNCHES Burly -- SMACK.

BURLY SWAT OFFICER (CONT’D)
HEY.
(GRABS Jimmy Joe)
Okay, asshole -- you got your wish.

And he DRAGS Jimmy Joe onto the chopper.

Zippy, peppy music over TITLES:

UP CLOSE 2NIGHT!
Edited in a blender, JUMP CUTS:
Palm trees. The Hollywood sign.
Grauman’s Chinese Theater.

The Santa Monica Pier.
The Cheetah Lounge.
The Beverly Hills Hotel.
The Laugh Factory.

Seated behind a massive, shiny desk, a
WILDLY SMILING BUFF ANCHOR and a
PREENING, AIRBRUSHED ANCHORETTE lean toward us.

WILDLY SMILING BUFF ANCHOR
Good evening, this is Harry Hart --

PREENING, AIRBRUSHED ANCHORETTE
And I’m Mary Wally.

Harry takes a sip from his mug.
Smiles.

MARY
What’s in the mug, Harry?
A little pick-me-up?

HARRY
You little rascal.
Why, it’s only water.
Who do you take me for, Pat O’Brien?

They both LAUGH MANIACALLY.

MARY
Today in Beverly Hills,
infamous fugitive Friday Foster
was taken into custody --

HARRY
After being apprehended
on the roof of White Line Pictures.

MARY
We go now to the story,
live as it unfolds --

HARRY
Live at Beverly Hills Police Headquarters.

MARY
Live at Beverly Hills Police Headquarters

MARY
You stepped on my line, Harry.
You sure that’s only water?

Harry takes a sip.
Winces like it’s strong.

HARRY
Whoo --
(toasts)
Take it away, Maui --

EXT. BEVERLY HILLS POLICE HEADQUARTERS - DAY
A MADHOUSE. A throng of MEDIA. PAPARAZZI.
SPECTATORS behind police barricades
clamor for a view.

COPS in riot gear PUSH them back.
A CHOPPER WHIRS overhead.

CROWD
Free Friday! Free Friday! Free Friday!

MAUI SUMMER (24) stands in front of
her CREW with a mike.

Breathtaking in a too-tight,
too-short shiny suit.

MAUI
This is Maui Summer, on the scene,
here at Beverly Hills police HQ --

A LARGE, BLACK SUV
comes into view behind her.

Slowly pushes through the crowd.
Pandemonium. SCREAMING. SHOUTING. PUSHING.

MAUI
Where Friday Foster is just now
arriving by motorcade, in custody --
(sees something)
OMG! Here she is, now!

The rear door of the SUV FLIES OPEN.
Out steps --

FRIDAY FOSTER.
Bruised and bloodied.

Smeared makeup. Still quite cute.
Despite the manacles and restraints.
Tired eyes blink in the sunlight.

GREASY PONYTAILED PAPARAZZI
Friday, over HERE.
Smile for ze CAMERA!

RUSSIAN PAPARAZZI
Friday, give smile!

EURO PAPARAZZI
Hey, Friday, bonus points
if I pee my pants?

GAWKER
Friday is the new Lindsay!

MAUI
(SHOVES microphone in her face)
Maui Summer, Friday,
Up Close 2Night.
Would you like to make a statement?

Another ANCHORETTE pushes her way in.

CHERRY
(SHOVES microphone in her face)
Cherry Blazer, Action Network News!
Friday, how do you feel?
Are you okay?
Have the police been mistreating you?

Friday whips her head around.
Stares. Wheels turning.

Raises her handcuffed wrists,
a’la Rocky.

FRIDAY
Viva la REVOLUTION, media WHORES!

The crowd ERUPTS in CHEERS.