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FLETCH
LIVES SCRIPT For the first time on the net... Laker Jim's Fletch Won Homepage presents Fletch Fans everywhere the 1988 Fletch Lives Script. A New Section will be added every FRIDAY (This is not for reprint or sale. This script is solely for entertainment or educational purposes only...enjoy) |
PART 1 - BEGINING (1) to FLETCH SENDS
GILLET PACKING AND FALLS ASLEEP(47)
PART 2 - FLETCH GETS THE CALL (48) to...ZIP
A DEE DOO DAH (55)
PART 3 - FLETCH SEES HIS BELLE ISLE (56) to
FLETCH MEETS CALCULUS (67)
PART 4 - FLETCH SIGNS FOR BELLE ISLE (68)
to FLETCH "BEN"DS OVER (77)
PART 5 - CALL ME HAM (78) to AN INTERUPTION
FROM THE KLAN (91)
PART 6 - WHAT CAN I DO TO YOU...FOR YOU?
(92) to BUGBUSTERS (110)
PART 7 - CALCULUS' SHACK (111) to THE
4,323rd TELEVISION MINISTRY (130)
PART 8 - IRWIN, COME ON DOWN (131) to...
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FLETCH LIVES SCRIPT CONTINUED...
68 EXT. THIBODAUX - AMANDA RAY'S OFFICE/TOWNHOUSE - NIGHT
A restored nineteenth century townhouse in downtown Thibodaux.CAMERA MOVES IN.
69 INT. TOWNHOUSE - NIGHT
The Security Camera PANS the downstairs office area. Voices HEARD from upstairs.
AMANDA RAY (O.S.)
More wine?
FLETCH (O.S.)
You're not trying to take advantage of me, are you?
AMANDA RAY (O.S.)
Not yet.
70 INT. UPSTAIRS APARTMENT - DINING AREA
AMANDA RAY
(handing him some documents)
You need to sign these papers.
FLETCH
Mind if I read them?
AMANDA RAY
Be my guest. Had you talked to your aunt recently?
Fletch looks over the documents.
FLETCH
It depends on your view of history. It's
been sixteen years.
AMANDA RAY
So this was a total surprise?
FLETCH
I'll say. Do I sign all four copies?
AMANDA RAY
Please. I was just wondering because she
changed her will three weeks before she died.
FLETCH
(signing)
Lucky for me. Why'd she do that?
AMANDA RAY
I don't know...She was old. Seemed to be under
a lot of strain. I'll bet she had fond memories
of you as a child.
FLETCH
He signs the last document.
AMANDA RAY
Congratulations.
FLETCH
Zip A Dee Doo Dah.
She takes the copies and hands him back his copy.
AMANDA RAY
I just think you should know...you could make
yourself some good money out of this. A local
realtor has contacted me with an unusually high
offer. Two hundred and twenty five thousand.
Fletch stops in mid sip.
FLETCH
Dollars?
She nods.
FLETCH
Let me ask you this: If they're that anxious,
don't you think if I wait around they might go up?
AMANDA RAY
They might.
FLETCH
And I just got here, didn't I?
Amanda Ray nods.
AMANDA RAY
No sale?
Fletch thinks.
AMANDA RAY
While you're thinking about it, what
would you do with the land, Fletch?
FLETCH
Well, I don't know. Raise chitlins...with the
chitlin market as high as it is. They're mean little
animals but their coats are worth a fortune.
(they exchange a smile)
Two hundred and twenty five thousand...What
do you think I should do?
AMANDA RAY
If I were you, I'd proceed slowly and carefully.
FLETCH
That's my specialty.
AMANDA
Want some dessert?
FLETCH
What did you have in mind?
AMANDA
How about something sweet and Southern?
DISSOLVE TO:
70A INT. TOWNHOUSE - NIGHT - LATER
An empty POV as the CAMERA moves slowly toward the stairs.
70B INT. AMANDA'S BEDROOM
Fletch sleeps soundly and happily alongside the equally contented Amanda.CAMERA CLOSES IN on Amanda's face. A pair of rubber gloves enters the frame. A chloroform-soaked rag covers Amanda's mouth as her eyes widen.
70C CLOSEUP - FLETCH
His nose twitches but sleeps soundly.
70D CLOSEUP - AMANDA'S ARM
A hypodermic needle is plunged into her arm.
70E CLOSEUP - AMANDA'S FACE
Her eyes close.
71 INT. BEDROOM - MORNING
The bed is in disarray. Amanda Ray lies naked on the bed, half covered by the sheet. We hear the SHOWER and Fletch whistling "Dixie".
72 INT. BATHROOM / BEDROOM
He has finished his shower, and moves back to the bedroom door.
FLETCH
(looks at the clock).
I can't believe we slept this late.
(then at his watch)
What time zone are we in anyway?
He looks over at her and she hasn't moved. Amanda Ray's hand falls heavily from the sheets. He goes to her. She isn't breathing.
FLETCH
(continuing)
Mandy?...It was good...
(now realizing)
...but not that good.
A73 EXT. TOWNHOUS - DAY
Established police activity.
73 INT. TOWNHOUSE - FULL SHOT - DAY
A chaos of police have invaded the place. The body is being removed from the flat. Fletch sits in the living room, tired and distressed. SHERIFF HENDRICK approaches.
SHERIFF
(friendly)
Morning, Mr. Fletcher. I'm Billy Jo Hendrick.
FLETCH
Howdy.
SHERIFF
What's your relationship to Amanda Ray?
FLETCH
Amanda Ray is - was - my attorney.
She was working on my briefs.
SHERIFF
You come into town and you all just
hit it off?
FLETCH
So to speak.
SHERIFF
The sparks just flew, that's what you're
going to say?
SHERIFF
I wonder why things like this don't happen to me.
FLETCH
Wonder why....
SHERIFF
Were you using a little drugs you brought
from California, by any chance?
FLETCH
Just some Beaujolais.
SHERIFF
(thinking)
Beaujolais?
FLETCH
It's a pretty popular drug made from grapes.
The sheriff is no longer friendly.
SHERIFF
You feel like making a statement?
FLETCH
(statesmanlike)
Yeah...Ask not what your country
can do for you, ask what you can
do for your country.
SHERIFF
(weary)
I guess you just want to make it hard on
everybody. Well, we'll see how you feel after
some time in the tank. You all come.
FLETCH
(looking over his shoulder)
All of us?
SHERIFF
Just you.
FLETCH
What's the charge?
SHERIFF
Pissing me off.
FLETCH
Is that a felony or a misdemeanor?
74
to OMMITTED
76
76 INT. JAIL
FLETCH
Not much ventilation.
(pause)
How's the chow?
The Man turns in the darkness as Fletch sits on the lower bunk. He stares at Fletch for a long moment. The man presses closer, his crimson lips in a wicked smile.
FLETCH
You shouldn't use so much...eye shadow
...it makes you look...cheap.
MAN
You're sitting on my bunk.
FLETCH
Oh...Sorry.
MAN
Shut up.
The man throws Fletch across the floor into a corner.
MAN
(approaching him)
Take your pants off.
FLETCH
(rising, hand on belt buckle)
Gee...I, uh...don't even know your name...
MAN
(growling)
Bend over.
FLETCH
Ben...Nice to meet you. You wouldn't have
a middle name would you? Everyone else
around here seems to...
No answer. Fletch extends a hand.
FLETCH
What are you in for?
MAN
F*cking a dead man.
Fletch does a tap dance to show his vital signs are still vital.
FLETCH
There's no crime in that. That's your right
as an American. I'm trying to quit, myself.
Suddenly the door CLANGS open and Ben recoils. Fletch takes a breath.
77 INT. JAIL - ANGLE - HAM JOHNSON
A man in his forties dressed in a rumpled linen suit comes down the stairs with a jailer. The man (HAM JOHNSON) comes to the cell door. Fletch sits in a corner while Ham speaks to the creep we have called BEN DOVER. The Sheriff opens the cell door for Ben.
SHERIFF
Get out of here and stay off the
booze. Three strikes and you're in.
FLETCH
(as Ben is leaving the cell block)
Ben...If I don't hear from you on Valentine's
Day, I'll be very disappointed.
SHERIFF
(ignoring this)
Mr. Johnson...I'm surprised to see you here.
The judge usually assigns these small potatoes
to Buddy Bill.
HAM
Well, he's on vacation and this is the price
I pay for the close proximity of my office.
FLETCH
Excuse me, sir?
Ham turns.
FLETCH
(continuing)
You don't have a card, do you...
or a price list?
HAM
(extending a business card)
Hamilton Johnson.
FLETCH
(reading the card)
Mr. Johnson, do you take other cases,
or just specialize in transvestite necrophiliacs?
CONTINUED Next week in SECTION 5
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