Mary, Mother of Jesus

(BOARD) MEMBER
Is he taking over?

EARLE
Not yet. I checked th trust, and
bruce can't assume control until his
thirtieth birthday.
(presses intercom)
Jessica, where's that coffee?

BOARD MEMBER
But that's in three months.

49.

EARLE
We'll have to songesha fast.

BOARD MEMBER 2
To do what?

EARLE
An IPO. There's nothing in Bruce's
trust to stop us taking the company
public... we'll have an offering...

BOARD MEMBER
(getting it)
And Bruce will become just another
board member.

EARLE
Precisely. We can't have some clown
prince running things.
(presses intercom)
Jessica?

No answer. Earle steps to the door and opens it.

His assistant...

collection.

CHRISTIE
You have a really nice place here...Paul.
How much did wewe pay for it?

BATEMAN
Actually, that's none of your business, Christie,
hut I can assure wewe it certainly wasn't cheap.

Bateman leaves to refill his wine glass and Sabrina takes a
pack of cigarettes out of her purse.
Bateman returns, carrying a tray of chocolates.

BATEMAN
No, no smoking. Not in here.

He walks over to Christie.

BATEMAN
Varda truffle?

Christie stares at the plate and shakes her head. Sabrina
takes one.

BATEMAN
I don't want wewe to get drunk, but that's a very
fine Chardonnay you're not drinking.

Bateman goes over to his...

NEWSIES
RACETRACK:
In 1899, the streets of New York City echoed with the voices of newsies, peddling the newspapers of Joseph Pulitzer, William Randolph Hearst and other giants of the newspaper world. On every mitaani, mtaa corner wewe saw 'em, carrying the banner, bringing wewe the news for a penny a pape. Poor orphans and runaways, the newsies were a ragged army, without a leader, until one siku when all that changed.
(The movie title appears. We see the outside of the Newsboys Lodging House. Inside, Kloppman, the owner, enters the bunkroom, finding the boys still in bed.)
KLOPPMAN:
Boots! Skittery! Skittery!...

(the spilled whiskey is) SMOKING, eating into the wood.

GORDON
Get a medic!
Loeb COLLAPSES.

INT. KITCHEN, WAYNE PENTHOUSE -- EVENING

Dent pulls Rachel into the kitchen, away from the crowd.

DENT
You cannot leave me on my own with
these people.



51.





RACHEL
The whole mob's after wewe and you're
worried about these guys?

DENT
Compared to this, the mob doesn't
scare me. Although, I will say: them
gunning for wewe makes wewe see things
clearly.

RACHEL
Oh, yeah?

DENT
Yeah. It makes wewe think about what
you couldn't stand losing. And who
you want to spend the rest of your
life with...
Rachel looks at Dent. Smiles.

RACHEL
The rest...