No.

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c AR WA S H

Third Draft Screenplay

by

JOEL.SCHUMACHER

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CAR WASH

FADE IN
l EXT. "DELUXE" CAR WASH- SIGN - EARLYMORNING, SUMMER 1
The screen is filled with the two words CAR WASHas the
camera pans off the sign and slowly begins to travel through
a closed Car Wash in downtown Los Angeles. It is a silent
moment as the camera moves through the empty, lifeless com-
plex in the early morning light. Slowly traffic and radio
sounds fade in.
CAR RADIOS
(mixed with
traffic noises;
fading in
and out)
••• President blah, blah, blah •••
Camp David •.• Talks resume with
blah •.• blah ••• blah •.•.
The sounds and light and slow movement of the camera. all give
the sense of the elaborate complex waking up, coming alive.
The camera continues to move sl.owly through ~he darkened
Car Wash and across the locked gate to include •••.

2 THE CORNER 2

where a bus stops and a young black man-.in his early thirties
gets off the bus carrying a paper bag and starts toward the
Car Wash. ae is Lonnie. ·
MORERADIO SOMEWHERE
••• The Coke Bottle Bomber struck
again last night. This time at
the Shrine Auditorium. Fortunately
one of the ushers spotted the Coke
Bottle Bomb minutes before ••••.

3 FRONTGATE 3

Lonnie moves to the front gate where the camera now includes
a huge, fat black man in his late twenties. He sits on a
petite motor scooter, and holds a transistor radio to his ear.
He has been waiting for Lonnie to open the gate. This is
Hippo. '
LONNIE

cu (opening the gate)

Hi, Hippo ••• how you doin' •••• ·
· CONTINUED
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3 CONTINUED 3
HIPPO
I got the rockin' pneumonia an'
the boogie woogie blues ••••
TRANSISTOR RADIO
(more news)
Middle East ••• Blah ••• blah ••• blah ••••

4 STREET - FRONT CAR WASH 4

As Lonnie opens the gate the camera moves to include the street
behind them where a beat up pickup truck full of Chicanos stops.
A young, -energetic Mexican in his early twenties jumps out of
the truck and slams the door. This causes one of the rusty
fenders on the truck to fall off, crashing·noisily into the
street. Some of the men on the truck tie the fender back on ex:
while the young Chicano joins Hippo and Lonnie but is busily
watching some "hot" looking girls who pass by. He crosses
himself and looks up to heaven as he catches a glimpse of one
of the girls bottoms in her tight jeans.
HIPPO
(indicates truck) ex;
All you need is some chickens ••••
CHUKO
Very funny, man •.• you know, some
day you gonna jump on that scooter
and •••
(he makes a loud
swallowing, sucking
sound)
••• it's gonna take Roto Rooter to
get it out ••••

5 STREET - .FRON~ CAR

. WASH 5

As the men enter. the Car Wash the camera moves to include an
old-Cadillac in perfect shape, with a FOR SALE sign in the
back windows. The car is being driven by Slide, a crafty black
man in his early thirties. He looks around for a parking spot.

6 ACROSS THE STREET 6

on a side street facing the entrance to the Car Wash a black

man in his mid-thirties, dressed very snazzily, adjusts the tilt
of his hat using a store window as a mirror. It is obvious
that everything he wears is brand new. He nervously adjusts
his tie now. He is T.C.
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7 ACROSSTHE STREET 7

Slide opens the back of his car and starts pulling out para-
phernalia: boxes, a small suitcase, what he needs for the
day. He closes the trunk and, taking out an official-looking
white canvas bag, he pulls it over the parking meter near his
car. The bag is printed: "OUT OF ORDER, L.A.P.D." Pleased
with himself, he heads for the Car Wash.

8 INT. CAR WASHLOCKERROOM 8

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Lonnie, Chuko and Hippo's transistor radio drones the news in

the b.g. An older black man in his fifties enters coughing.
He is Charlie.
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HIPPO
You coughin' better, Charlie ••••
CHARLIE
Yeah ••• yeah ••••

EXT. STREET - IN FRONTCAR WASH 9

An old army jeep, painted bright red and the victim of many (~
crashes, zooms loudly down the main drag in front of the
Car Wash and turns the corner near·the entrance. The young
black maniac in the front seat is Geronimo, who wears a head-
band with a feather in the back, and next to him a young, hip
American Indian named Goody. In the back seat is a young
white guy·, also in his early twenties, he has short hair and
looks like someone who just got out of the army.· This is
SCRUGGS. He hangs on to the roll bar of the jeep as they
zoom past a Mustang that sits stopped near the entrance.

10 MUSTANG 10
(X)
A young black boy in his early twenties sits with his girl·
friend ·in the Mustang. It is obvious they have just had an
argument. They both sit in silence, smoldering, as a car
radio somewhere babbles on with the news. Suddenly the boy
jerks the car door open and, jumping out, slams the door be-
hind him and. goes into th~ Car Wash. He is Justin.

11 THE GIRL FRIEND ll

She is very upset as she watches him for a long moment and
then drives off. As she drives off screen, the camera picks {>
up T.C. as he peers into the window of a small soul food
cb luncheonette
entrance.
directly across the street
The luncheonette
from the Car Wash
is- called The Five Spot.
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12 OMITTED 12
(0 12-A CLOSE SHOT T.C.
(X
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apprehensive as he enters The Five Spot.

13 INT. FIVE SPOT 13

An OLDERBLACK~ fries an egg as!.:..£:_ enters.

RADIO SOMEWHERE
Secretary of State ••• Blah ••• Blah •••
blah ••••
T.C. looks around.
T.C.
Hey is Mona here?
. OLDERBLACK MAN
She's late again, T.C ••••
T.C. is disappointed as he glances at the wall clock and
deliberates about waiting.

14 INT. CAR WASH 14

We are close on a cigarette machine as a young black queen

with dyed red hair gets cigarettes and studies his plucked
eyebrows in the vending machine mirror. This is Lindy.
RADIO SOMEWHERE
On the lighter side of the news •••
blah ••• blah ••••

15 INT. LOCKERROOM 15
Lonnie, Chuko, HiPfO, Charliei Geronimo, Scruggs arid Goody (X
finish dressing noisily as Slide unpacks some of his gear.
SLIDE
Okay, today we got the big three •••
The baseball pool ••• The fight •••
and the jai 'lai pool ••••
CHARLIE
Jai 'lai ••• ?

CONTINUED
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(X)

15 CONTINUED l!
SLIDE
Yeah ••• They playi~' jai 'lai in
Mexico •••.
Goody is on top of Slide.
GOODY
Come on, give me my money from
yesterday, man.
SLIDE
You ain't gettin' no money ••••
CHARLIE
(almost to himself)
I don't even know they had a game
called jai. 'lai ••••
GOODY
(pursuing Slide)
What're you talkin' about ••• I won
the pool ••••
·SLIDE
(looking in his
black book)
You still owe me for the Norelco
razor ••••
GOODY
That's separate ••••
SLIDE
My ass is separate ••• you still owe
me. for your mother I s toaster.· from
Mother's Day to a ••••
The other men push Goody out of the way to get to Slide.
There is mass confusion as everybody gets their bets in.
Everyone talks at once.
LLOYD
I know this is my lucky day ••••
FLOYD
I want the fight and the game, but
·you can shove the j ai ' lai .....
SLIDE
Don' know what you missin' ••••
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( X)

15 CONTINUED- 2 15
SCRUGGS
Can I bet an' pay you later?
SLIDE
Are you crazy nigger? You know
there ain't no credit ••••
GERONIMO
(pushing Scruggs
aside)
Outta my way, •••
Goody goes back to his locker angrily.
GOODY
(towards Lonnie
but for.every-
one's benefit)
Can you beat this man ••• We Indians
been ripped off by the white man •••
an' now the black man ••. Only color
didn' hit on us yet is the green
men from Mars ••••

c~ 15-A ANOTHERANGLE
Lonnie watches Justin, who is very disturbed. Lindy sails
in flamboyantly.
HIPPO
Watch it .•• here comes Ann-Margaret
••• You got your zippers closed ••••
Lindy passes Hippo, giving him a lot of attitude •
. LINDY
One thing you can be sure of in
this world, lloney ••• when I 'm around,.
your body i~ safe .••• .-.
There is hooting and whistling.
GOODY
Hey, Hippo ••• how you do it with
that belly ••• huh?

16 DOOR TO LOCKER.ROOM lf
Suddenly a jazzy young black man in tight-fitting "Tony
Orlando"-type clothes and platform shoes pops in. This 1s
Floyd. He carries a nylon garment bag.
CONTINUED
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16 CONTINUED 16
FLOYD
(very show biz)
Hi, Itm Floyd •.•.
He is joined in the doorway by his brother, who has the same
style and almost the same clothes, and also carries a garment (X)
bag. This is Lloyd.
LLOYD
And I'm Lloyd ••••
LLOYDAND FLOYD
We're Floyd and Lloyd. We're 'The
Futuristics' ••• ;
They imitate the Temptations in an elaborately rehearsed quick-
step routine as they hum their own musical accompaniment and
they end in a split. No one in the. locker room is impressed.
FLOYD
We gonna audition for a new agent (X)
today ••• How do you like our new
opening ••• ?
LINDY
Get some girls in rhinestone bras,
honey ••••
Lloyd goes over to :C:onnie.
LLOYD
Huh, Lonnie, what do you think of
it?
LONNIE
Looks fine, Lloyd ••••
LLOYD
It's down, huh ••• ?
... A long, low wolf whistle fills the room as T.C. enters in his
snazzy ouefit.
HIPPO
Well, excuse my foot ••••
LINDY
Carry on, honey ••• Ritzy Titsie!
GERONIMO
Hey, T.C., you goin' to a funeral?
T.C.
(embarrassed but
trying to be cool)
Okay ••• okay ••• somebody aroun' here
has got to have a little class ••••
CONTINUED
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16 CONTINUED- 2 lE
Hooting.
LLOYD
Little is right ••••

17 EXT. CAR WASH- SHOESHINE STAND 1'7

An old, thin black man carries a brown paper bag and shuffles
to the shoeshine stand which is part of the Car Wash complex.
He is Snapper.
RADIO .
Hurricane warnings ••• blah ••• blah •••
blah •••••
As Snapper opens up the shoeshine stand a beautifully kapt
Impala pulls in behind him into a special parking space.

18 CAR WASHPARKING LOT - CLOSE SHOT - CAR DOOR ,18

The door opens and· a very arrogant black man in his mid-
thirties steps out. His shoes are polished and his pants have
a sharp crease. This is~- He closes the car door and
c~ grandly passes Snapper.
SNAPPER
Morning, Earl •••.
!!El-_ gives him a grand nod without even.looking at him.

19 INT. LOCKERROOM- CLOSE SHOT 19

on inside of T.C.'s locker. The locker is rilled with his
colored drawings of his fantasy black Superman chara~ter called
"The Fly."
CHUKO
Hey, I ain't heard anything about
'The Fly' in a long time ••••
T.C.
That's how it is with 'The Fly' •••
You don•t-hear about him and then
all of a sudden ••• ·
(makes a fly
noise)
••• there he is ....
The camera has pulled back from the drawings to include T.C.
and some of the other men as T.C. quickly drops his trousers
in a vaineffort to hide a pair of undershorts he is wearing
with red hearts all over them and the words '' HOT STUFF• "
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20 THE GROUP ~C
This cripples them with laughter. T.C. pulls his cov~ralls
on immediately and tries to ignore theM as he glan,::es
through the window toward the Five Spot.

21 LOCKERROOMDOOR 21

Suddenly the mirth is cut by the appearance of Earl. He

stands in the doorway dramatically and glances at his watch.
EARL
I believe it is exactly two minutes
and eleven seconds to opening •••.
There is total silence except for Earl's clipped footsteps
as he grandly walks to his locker and opening it bends over
to untie his shiny shoes. As he does, the sound of the
loudest fart ever heard comes from somewhere in the locker
room.

22 EXT. CAR WASH- BIG JOE BURGERSTAND 22

On the corner near the bus stop, and actually incorporated

into the car wash complex, is a hot dog and ha'llburger
stand called Big Joe Burgers. This is run by Joe and T:?rry
Graziano, an Italian couple in their late twenties. Terry
thinks she is a sex symbol and Joe is insanely jealous ..
They are opening up the stand.
TERRY
I didn't look at him ••• we were both
stopped for the red 'light •••• ·
JOE
And you looked over at· him ......
TERRY
I glanced ••••
.JOE
Aha! You ad.~it it ••••
TERRY
I admit nothing ••• ~
. JOE
You admitted you glanced •..
glanced is look •.••
TERRY
Joe, you're rnakin' me crazy ••.•
CONTINUED
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22 CONTINUED 22
JOE
And if you don' watch it, I'm
gonna make you dead.

23 CAR WASH PARKING LOT 23

Behind them a beautiful new Cadillac pulls into the car

wash and parks next to Earl's ca·r. Mr. B., the· heavy-set
white owner of the car wash, and his nineteen-year-old so:1
Irwin get out of the car.
SNAPPER
Mernin', Mr. B ••••
MR. B.
Mernin', Snapper ••••
Mr. B. heads for the office. Irwin sports an "Afro" and
wears shades. He also wears a T-shirt with a picture of
Mao Tse-tung on it. Irwin thinks he is very cool and very
jive. He has adopted a kind of black "hip" delivery, but
it is really not natural for him.
SNAPPER
An' how you cioin' , Mr. Irwin? ..•
Ce IRWIN.
Hey, baby ••• what's happeni~g? ••.
He tries to give Snapper~ really jive, elaborate, cool,
"inside" handshake. Snapper has trouble keeping· up with.
it •.
SNAPPER
I just can't seem to get that ••••
IRWIN
Lay back, baby ••• Catch you later ••••
Irwin walks on ..

24 THE CORNER 2~.

C~rs begin to line up waiting for the car wash to open.

A taxi pulls up in front of them as Marsha, the white
cashier, arrives at work. Marsha is in her late twenties
and very sexy. She's got a bad nose but the greatest tits
in the whole world.
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25 STREET IN FRONT OF CAR WASH - ANOTHER TAXI 25

A bummy black Hooker who's been out all night sits in another
taxi in a traffic jam. She is wasted and in need of repair
as she casually watches Marsha enter the car wash. This gives
her an idea.
TAXI RADIO
..• Just to recap, the Coke Bottle
Bomber.... '

26 LONG SHOT - TAXI IN TRAFFIC 26

Quietly she opens the taxi door and, ducking down, sneaks
out of the taxi and into the traffic.

27 !NT. CAR WASH OFFICE 27

Marsha enters and goes to her cash register as she sees

Mr. B. in his small office behind her.·
MARSHA
(very seduc-
tively)
Good morning , -Leon ••••
MR. B.
Watch it, my son is here today ••• ~

28 EXT. CAR WASH 28

The black Hooker runs behind a truck as the traffic starts to

move and quickly makes her way into the car wash ladies
room.
RADIO
••• Reggie Jackson starred again
last night~ •• blah.; •• blah ••• blah •••
.against the Angels ••• blah ••• blah •••
bringing the A's ••••

29 GROUP SHOT 29

The camera moves from the·ladies room to the locker room door
a~ Hippo, Lloyd, Floyd, Chuko, Justin, Geronimo, Slid:ec Scruggs
and Goody run out like a team. Lloyd and Floyd do a little (X
special business from their act.
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29 CONTINUED 29

MEN
. (hoots and cheers)
Get down Reggie ••. All right •.••
Geronimo wears his feather and Goody wears Mickey Mouse ears
and chews pink bubble gum.

30 INT. LOCKERROOM 30

Charlie leaves with Lindy.

CHARL;J:E
How 'bout Mr. Reggie Jackson, huh? •.•
LINDY
Reggie who? •.•
Earl and Lonnie are the last to leave the room as Duane, a
black man who is a couple of years younger than Lonnie,
arrives. He is out of breath, disturbed, angry. He wears
a scarf of green, red and black.. The Black Liberation colors.
·EARL
C•"---.I Where were you yesterday,
Duane ignores him as he goes to his
Duane?
locker.
EARL -
And you're late today, Duane ••••
DUANE
(angry, disgusted)
How many times I gotta lay it on
you? Myname is Abdullah Mohammed••• (X)
AKBAR.
Earl smiles and leaves.the locker room grandly. Duane pulls
off his clothes angrily. An old saxophone hangs in his
locker next to a picture of Lumumba. Lonnie lingers in the
doorway looking back at Duane.
LONNIE
Y9u okay?
DUANE
(to himself)
••• ain't showin' respect for the
blood ••••
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CONTINUED

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17:·· 30 CONTINUED
\0 LONNIE
(affectionately)
30

Listen: Abdullah, are you okay?

DUANE
Go to work ••..
Lonnie hesitates.
DUANE
(a little (X
softer)
Go ahead ••• I'll be there in a
minute ••••
There is more to say, but not now. The camera stays with
Lonnie as he leaves the locker room and passes Slide and
Irwin as they get together in a private spot near the
locker room exit. Stay with Slide and Irwin.
SLIDE
Hey, Irwin.· •••
IRWIN
.,•···· Hey, my man ••• what's happening? •••
Ce They both look both ways to make sure they ca~ talk
privately.
SLIDE
I got the greatest shit, man •••
Two hits and you're gone ••• They
call it Guatemalan Brain Destroyer ••••
IRWIN
How much?
SLIDE
Fifty ••••
IRWIN
(sounds
expensive)
Fifty?
SLIDE
Try a taste ••• Here, you just
try a taste ••••
CONTINUED
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30 CONTINUED- 2 30
0(! -..,_--./
joint.
He slips Irwin a

3 o-;.. E~TRANCECAR WASH 30-F

Scruggs opens up the gas pumps as Geronimo passes by with

some towels. Geronimo notices Scruggs• long face.
GERONIMO
Whatsa matter with you •.. Did
we get laid las' night? ••• or
fil-~ get~?
SCRUGGS
I'm worried about Charlene •••
I ain't never stayed out all
night before ••••
GERONIMO
Don' worry boy it's good for a
woman to learn she can't ta~e
you for granted ••• She'll love
you all the more for it ••• ·•

c~
,••··

Scruggs is unsure ••.•

GERONIMO
Come on get to work nigger •••.•

31 INT. OFFICE 31

Mr. B. t~ns on the P.A. system that connects to the radio.

32 EXT. CAR WASH- CLOSE ON BIG CAR WASHLOUDSPEAKERS 32

ENERGETICDISC JOCKEY
Okay ••• L.A.aaay ••• What a day •.••
So what do you saaay? ••• It's
eight o'clock in the earlaaay ••••

33 EXT. CAR WASH- ANGLEON MEN 33

as they_ take their places.

CONTINUED
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33 CONTINUED 33
r;-- DISC JOCKEY
\0 •.. It's Friday,
July, and this
the twentieth of
is blah ••• blah ••••

34 NEAR THE BIG JOE BUR'2ERSTAND 34

Terry and Joe open as the taxi driver looks for the Hooker.
DISC JOCKEY
••• blah ••• blah ••• here is the num-
ber one record breaker.~ ••
Loud sound of records shattering over the P.A. system.

35 EXT. MENI s ROOM 35

Irwin ducks inside.

36 INT. OFFICE 36

Marsha sprays her hairdo.

DISC JOCKEY
••• and I hope you're ready for
this one ••• ~

37 CAR WASH 37

Duane runs from the locker room and joins Lonnie. He still
wears his Black Liberation scarf with his coveralls.
DISC JOCKEY
Good m9rning, America ••••
The entire Car Wash comes alive as the sound of a-dynamic
record starts their day.

38 ENTRANCETO CAR WASH· 38

Hippo lowers the chain and the first car drives in.
This is the way the Car Wash works:
Scruggs works the ga~ pumps and fills out· the tickets. (X

CONTINUED

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r"\ 38 CONTINUED 38
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Lindy and Hippo vacuum and clean the cars and hook them up to
a chain which carries them to where Lloyd and Floyd wash the
tires with wire brushes. The car then moves on to Slide,
Lonnie; Duane, Charlie and T.C., who actually do the washing.
Then Chuko, Justin, Geronimo and Goody jump in the· car and
dry it off and finish it up.
As the music fills the complex we see the first car being
washed and what each of our characters does intercut with:

39 BIG JOE BURGERS_TAND 39

Terry and Joe argue as they open up.

40 ACROSSTHE STREET 40
At The Five Spot, Mona arrives at work.- She is a tall°, good-
looking black girl who thinks she is Diana Ross.

41 T.C. 41
.
watches her as she enters the luncheonette. He tries to get
her attention but it is useless. (,Wash section.)

42 CHUKO 42
He stands waiting for the first car to come through as he
watches Marsha and her great tits through the office window.

43 THE TAXI DRIVER 43

He has parked _and is still looking for the hooker.

44 INT. LADIES ' . ROOM 44

The Hooker pulls off her wig and sings along with the music.

45 INT. MEN' S ROOM 45

Irwin smokes the j·oint.

· 46 SHOESHINE STAND 46

Snapper talks to Earl. But Earl pays no attention. We have

the sense that this is the way it is every morning.
CONTINUED
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46 CONTINUE:) 46
SNAPPER
Yes sir ... Pretty soon gorina be
fift~en years I been shinin' shoes
on this spot ..• Used to have a
stand right on the corner there
when this was just an empty lot •••
Fifteen years .•• I seen 'em all •..
All come an' go ••.•
Earl pays no attention. Snapper dusts off his photographs of
John Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Reverend Ike. (x:
47 ANOTHERANGLE 47
Mr. B. comes out of his office and moves to the Car Wash.
MR. B.
Duane ••• Duane, I want to· talk to
you ••..
Reluctantly Duane comes near Mr. B.
DUANE
My name is Abdullah .•••
MR. B ..
Where were you yesterday ••• ?
DUANE
Somethin' came up ••••
MR. B.
That's twice this month ••••
DUANE
~•m here, ain't I.~.?
MR. B.
Listen to me, Duane ••••
DUANE
My name's Abdullah and you want
the cars washed or don't you ••• ?
He goes back to work as Mr. B. , ·who · is not happy, walks back
to his orfice. He passes where Chuko finishes up the first
car~ a nice-looking Oldsmobile, and Earl approaches the white
owner.

,, 48 EXT. CAR WASHEXIT 48

( -~
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EARL
Good morning .•••
CONTINUED
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48 CONTINUED 48
OLDSMOBILEOWNER
Good morning .••.
EARL
I don't want you to leave here
without realizing what I could do
for your car ••.•
OLDSMOBILEOWNER
You taking over the payments?
EARL
Give it the greatest shine it's
ever had ••. myself, ?Y hand ••••
The Oldsmobile Owner is unsure. Earl points to his own car.
EARL
Look at that •.• like a jewel ••••

49 EXT. MEN I s ROOM 4£

Irwin exits. He is stoned out·. He drifts toward the office

and through the glass sees some Danish. He now has only one
purpose in life.

so INT. OFFICE 5(

Marsha collects money f_rom customers as Mr. B. looks at the

paper. Irwin enters and makes a beeline for the Danish.
MR. B.
Harold Gordon dropped dead yester-
day ••• Only forty-two years old •••
heart attack ••• never sick a day in
his life •••
..(he grabs the
Danish from Irwin)
Don't eat that garbage ••• Can you
imagine ••• forty-two years old ••••
Mr. B. is so caught up in his anxiety that he is unaware that
he is now eating the Danish.

51 CAR WASH EXIT SJ

Earl takes the Oldsmobile away as the Owner approaches the

Taxi Driver.
CONTINUED
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51 CONTINUED 51
OLDSMOBILEOWNER
You free ••• ?
TAXI DRIVER
Huh ••• yeah ••• I guess so ••••
They'walk towards the taxi.
TAXI DRIVER
You didn't see this black chick,
did you ••• ?

52 OMITTED 52
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53 SHOESHINE STANO 53
Snapper approaches Earl.
SNAPPER
You wanna play a number, Earl?
Earl takes out his car-waxing paraphernalia.
EARL
You jus' throwin' your money away
••• rt•s jus' a racket for fools an'
ol' men ••••
SNAPPER
I seen many numbers come in in my
time ••• but even if I ain't, I
wanna know what right you got to
be so uppity all the time?·
Earl smiles as he starts to shine the Oldsmobile.
EARL
'Cause I'm the nigger who doesn't
get wet around here ••• I'm the
star ••••
SNAPPER
You jus' a shiner like me,. only
you gotta stoop a little lower ••••
Snapper moves toward Slide.

54 ENTRANCE- CAR WASH 54

Two fat women get out ·of a car as Hipao maneuvers the vacuum
inside the car. The two fat women wa dle away.
HIPPO
Pew ••• they laid a fart ••••
He drops the vacuum as Lindy jumps away.

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55 INT. OFFICE 55

Music over the P.S. system as Marsha picks up the phone.

MARSHA
Dee-luxe Car Wash •.•
(to Mr. B.)
It's your wife ••••
They exchange pregnant looks as Mr. B. grabs the phone.
MR. B.
Yes ••• okay ••• is that all? ••• Gloria,
I'm busy ••••
He hangs up.
MR. B.
(almost to himself)
The new drapes aren't long enough
in the living room •• ~What does she
care.how much it costs me? ••• •.
He is distracted as he looks down at Marsha's tits. She takes
the money from the two fat women but manages to. smile up at
Mr. B. as Irwin passes by the office. ·
MR. B.
c~ Irwin enters.
Watch it ••• Watch it ••• my son ••••

MR. B.
(to Irwin)
I hate to interrupt your summer
vacation ••• But maybe you could
look over last week's receipts •••
Give us the benefit of what you're
learning in 'Business Management' ••••
IRWIN
I wanna work with. the men ••••
MR. B.
What? •••
IRWIN
I wanna be one of the workers •••
Dig? ••• One of the working class •• .-
Like Mao says ••• 'Workers of the
world, unite' ••••
MR. B.
Do you hear this? ••• A college man
and he wants to wash cars ••••
Irwin takes out his red book of Chairman Mao quotations.
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55 CONTINUED 55
. IRWIN
Mao says ••. 'In the class struggle
the proletariat •.•. '
MR. B.
That book again ••• I don't want to
see that book ••••
IRWIN
Come on, Pop ••• hang loose ••••
MR. B.
Why ask? Do what you want. Why
does anybody bother to ask me any-
thing? The drapes aren't long
enough in the living room •••• I only
pass this on in case Chairman Mao
has an appropriate quotation like
'Man who have short drapes have
crazy son' ••• Go ahead ••• Wash cars •..•
Irwin is gone.

56 CAR WASH 56

A lively black kid named Calvin skateboards into the car wash.
CALVIN
How 'bout Mr. Reg_gie Jackson ••••

56-A THE MEN S-6-

Calvin is the last person they want to see.

LLOYD
Is he here again? •••
LINDY
Good night,. Irene .....
HIPPO
Aw shit ••••
T.C.
Get los', Calvin ••••
FLOYD
Go play in the traffic, C~lvin ••••
Calvin is not bothered as he skates around. Behind him, Irwin
steps out of the locker room dressed in coveralls and rubber
boots. He is clumsy and spaced out as he approaches the men.
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56-A CONTINUED 56-

IRWIN
Hey, brothers, I'm here to unite
with you.
He goes into one of his elaborate jive handshakes.

36-3 THE ~1EN 56-:

They cannot believe what they see •
..
LLOYD
(to the others)
Oh••• I think the Car Wash Heir
wants to play in the water ••••
They grin from ear to ear as they realize the opportunity to
"get" Irwin. Lindy does a long take on Irwin.
LINDY .
An' stoned to the tits, honey .•••
As a ioud song stal;'ts over the loudspeakers Irwin joins the
men. It is his initiation. Naturally no opportunity j,s
spared to hose him, spray him, hit him with wet rags and
runny suds. He is so stoned and his own natural clumsi~ess
doesn't help the situation either as Irwin flounders and slips.
At the end Lonnie helps him up.
LONNIE
Are you okay?
IRWIN
(glazed)
Far out ••• Man••• Far out •••• (X

. 57 ANOTHERANGLE 57
Mr. B. has stepped outside the office to observe the confusion~
MR. B.
Stop horsing around ••• Wash cars •••
Come on, wash cars ••••
He starts to go back into the office, when Calvin skates by.
CALVIN
Hey, Mr. B••••
MR. B.
Listen, this is no playground,
sonny ••••
CALVIN
(not bothered
by anything)
Hey, how come all the other car
washes got machines and you still
washin' cars by hand? •••
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57 CONTINUED 57
MR. B.
That's the feature of this car
wash ••. We do it all by hand •.•
'The Personal Touch' ••• Can't you
read the sign? •••
Mr. B. points to an elaborate sign near the office door
advertising just what he has stated. Calvin looks at the
sign for a long time as Mr. B. starts·to move back into the
office.
CALVIN
I think you' re j us,· too cheap to
put in machines ••••
Mr. B. turns in the doorway and glares at Calvin.
MR. B.
Get outta here, huh? •••
Calvin gleefully skates away and past T.C., who is sneaking
away from the car wash action to~ards the public telephone
booth.
CALVIN
(twisting and
turning on his
skateboard)
Hey, T.C., I bet you can't do this ••••
T.C. ignores him and stepping into the booth quickly dials
a number.·

58 INT. FIVE SPOT LUNCHEONETTE 58

Mona, the Diana Ross waitress, plays a song on the jukebox

as the telephone rings. She answers.
MONA
Five Spot ••••

59 INT. PHONE BOOTH- T.C. 59

He sings into the phone.

T.C.
(imitating Nat
"King" Cole)
Mona Lisa ••• Mona Lisa men have
named you ••••
He hears a ioud click as she hangs up the phone.
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59 CONTINUED 59
n--.
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I
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Mona ••• Mona •..•
T.C.
~,-~../

He glances over to The Five Spot as he disappointedly leaves

the phone booth and Calvin skates by.
CALVIN
Hey, T.C., what's V.D.? •••
T.C. only has thoughts for Mona.
CALVIN
Huh, ya know what V.D. is? I
figured you would, bein' an expert
on initials ••••

60 EXT. OFFICE 60
They disappear o.s. as the camera travels to pick up Barney
za·linsky, a soft, round, "Elmer Fudd"-like man in his early
thirties who is the mailman. Barney makes his way to the
office, as the men in the car wash notice him.
HIPPO
Hey, here comes Barney ••••
FLOYD
The Polish Mailman ••.•
LLOYD
Hey, Barney, did you hear about
the Polish guy who had a prick
transplant? ••• But his hand rejected
it. • • • .
They start laughing. Barney ignores them .•
HIPPO
Hey, Barney, did you hear about·the
Polish girl who had an abortion? •••
She wasn't sure the baby was hers ••••
They laugh harder. Barney keeps moving toward the offi·ce,
ignoring them.
LLOYD
(breaking up)
Hey, Barney, did you hear they
closed the Polish Zoo? ••• The clam
died!!!!! - -

This cripples them with laughter. Everyone breaks up.

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61 INT. OFFICE 61
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Barney, used to all this, enters the office with the sound of
the laughter behind him.
BARNEY
~-1orning, Marsha ••.•
He delivers the mail.
MARSHA
Good morning, Barney •••
BARNEY
Morning, Hr. B ••••
Mr. B. watches through the glass as the men in the Car Wash
continue to laugh.
MR. B.
They never stop, do they?
BARNEY
(a very sensitive man)
It's just my luck, Mr. B., to be
Polish during the era of the Polish
,,.-.. joke ••• It's my cross to bear •••
\~'·.../ .
me ••• a sensitive, alert, intelli-
gent servant of the people ••• and to
most I'm just a Polish joke ••••
MARSHA (:
Poor Barney ••••
MR. B.
Courage, Barney ••• They're gonna
start.on the Vietnamese any day
now ••••
Barney starts to leave as Mr. B. looks at 1:he mail.
MR. B.
Oh ••• and, Barney ••••
Barney turns."
MR. B.
This isn't our mail ••••
BARNEY
What? .••
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61 CONTINUED 6]

Upset, he fumbles and changes the mail.

BARNEY
Oh, I'm sorry .•..
He leaves.

62 MR. B. AND MARSHA

Camera stays on them as they try to control themselves, then

they rush into Mr. B.'s office and break down laughing.

63 EXT. OFFICE 6:
Barney makes his way out· of the Car Wash as Calvin skates
.by.
CALVIN
Hey, Barney ••.•
BARNEY
Go away ••••

c··
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CALVIN
Barney, listen ••• ! had this Polish
kid in my class last year ••••
Barney ignores him.
CALVIN·
Barney, hey, wait ••• listen ••• I
went ·to school with this Polish
kid ••••
'·
Barney is still upset but he looks up at Calvin.
BARNEY
You did ... _?
· CALVIN
Yean, but at Easter they·sold him
for a ham! ! ! !
Calvin is delighted as he skates off.
BARNEY
(mustering up all
his Elmer Fuddness)
(\ Oh••• Oh••• oh ••• go eat a water-
\....~ ) melon ••••
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63 CONTINUED
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Calvin shrieks with delight as he skates off. Barney dis-

appears o.s. as the camera travels to the burger stand, where
Terry waits on two cops while Joe i·:atches jealously. ·

64 EXT. BURGERSTAND
TERRY
(very sweetly to
the two Cops)
Can I get you guys more coffee?
They are very cozy as Joe tries to control himself by stack-
ing jelly donuts on a tray. He steps forward now.
JOE
That's seventy-five cents with
the donut ••••
COP
T·erry usually gives it to us for
free ••• Don't you, honey ••• ?

65 CLOSE SHOT - JOE 6:

The Cops and ·Terry giggle as w~ see Joe's hand crush a. jelly
donut until the red jelly oozes all over him.

66 INT. LADIES' ROOM

The Hooker has taken over the bathroom and is doing a com-
plete toilette. She stands washing her armpits over the
sink. She is always singing along with the music.

67 EXT. CAR WASHENTRANCE 67

A beautiful new Mercedes comes careening into the Car Wash
and racing ahead of another car comes toward Lindy and Hippo~
As the car gets closer we can see a well-dressed Hysterical
White Woman driving as her eight-year-old son hangs out the
window, throwing up down the side of the car.
HYSTERICALWOMAN.
(shrieking)
Away from the car ••• Away from the
car.~ ••
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67 CONTINUED 67

She stops the car near Lindy and Hippo and gets out. She
races to the other side and shrieks louder when she sees the
car.
HYSTERICALWOMAN
Oh my God ..• it'll eat away the
paint •••.
Her last concern is for her son as she finally yanks him out
of the car.
HYSTERICALWOMAN
I told you away from the car ..• Oh
my God ••.•
She yanks the boy around.
HYSTERICALWOMAN
(to Lindy and Hippo)
Hurry up ••• I 'm la.te •••
(back to son)
Oh, look at you •••
(to Lindy
and Hippo)
Well, hurry up ••• don't just stand
.there ••• it' 11 eat through the
paint •.••

68 EXT. LADIES' ROOM 68

Lindy and Hippo exqhange looks as the Hysterical Woman drags

her son to the ladies' room. 9he tries the doorknob but it
is locked.

69 INT. LADIES' ROOM 69

The Hooker takes her time.

70 EXT. LADIES' ROOM 70

HYSTERICALWOMAN(o.s.)
Hurry up in there ••• this is an
emergency ••••

71 INT. LADIES' ROOM , 71

The Hooker is- lost in what she's doing. She's hardly aware
of the knocking. Music blasts over the loudspeakers.
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72 CAR WASH

Lloyd and Floyd have finished working on the wheels 0£ the

Mercedes as the car moves on.

73 DUANE 1:

The side of the car with the puke comes near him. He starts
to wash it, then throws down his rag and walks away. Lonnie
follows.
LONNIE
What's wrong, huh?
DUANE
I'm sick of this shit, man ••••
Lonnie becomes aware of Mr. B. watching them from his office.
LONNIE
Come on, Mr. B. is watching ••••
DUANE
I'~ sick of him too ••••
Mr. B. interrupts the music as he speaks over the loud-
speakers.
MR. B.
You·got a problem there, boys?
Lonnie indicates things are okay.
LONNIE
No, Mr. B •••
(to Duane)
Come on, you do the other side •••
come on ••••
Reluctantly Duane goes back to work.

74 EXT. LADIES' ROOM

The Hysterical Woman with her son in tow is pounding on the
door.
HYSTERICALWOMAN
What's going on in there? •• ·.This
is an emergency ••••
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75 I~T. LADIES' ROOM 75

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The Hooker sings along with the music.

76 CAR WASH_ 76
Lonnie watches Duane with concern while the other men talk
animatedly as they work.
T.C.
The~e is no Black Superman ••• don'
you see? ••• I'd be the Black Superman
••• The first! I'd be 'The Fly' •••
and I'd have this cape and this
helmet that looked like two big
eyes ••••
LLOYD
You full of shit ••••
T.C.
I'd scale buildings ••• walk up
the sides ••• I'd be invincible •••
I'd be 'The Fly,' man ••••
LLOYD
You'd still be full of shit ••••
T.C.
You wouldn't dare say that to me .
if I was 'The Fly.'
Lloyd walks over to him.
LLOYD
Oh yes I would ••• ' cau.se then you'd
be full of fly shit ••• and you know,
man, that's the worst kind of shit
there is ••• worse than elephant shit
... worse than kangaroo shit ••• worse_
than chicken shit ••• There ain't
nothin' lower than fly shit ••••

77 EXT. LADIES' ROOM 77

The Hysterical Woman still pounds.
HYSTERICALWOMAN
Open this door ••••
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77 CONTINUED T

Finally the door opens and the Hooker steps out. The
Hysterical Woman glares at her as she grabs her son and ~ushes
into the Ladies' Room.
HYSTERICALWOMAN
Pew ••• it stinks in here ••••
HOOKER
It's supposed to ••• it's the
toilet.
The Hysterical Woman slams the door as the Hooker looks
around.

78 HOOKER'S POINT OF VIEW 7E

·The two cops joke with Terry at the burger stand.

79 EXT. MEN'S ROOM- HOOKER 7S

The cops make her very nervous as she looks around and then
quickly ducks into the Men's Room.
DISC JOCKEY (v.o.)
Okay, L. Aaaaay, let's see if I
can give away two tickets to the
'Bad Benny' SoulWagon concert
tonight ••••
80 CAR WASH 80
T.C. gets very interested. Behind him at the entrance to
the Car Wash, a car with JUS!r. MARRIED."painted all over it ·
11

drives in.
DISC JOCKEY (v.o.)
The first person to call in·and
name this song and who's singing
it ••••
In the distance the honexwoon c~elp Lindy and Hippo
untie streamers from the JUS~ 0
car as T.C. makes
a mad dash for the telephone booth. The song begins. T .c. •
screams as he reaches the telephone booth only to find it in use.
On the radio the Disc Jdckey interrupts the record for a
second ••••
DISC JOCKEY (v.o.)
--
.,.. .. We have.a winner in Rolan Heights ••••
(_",:'?'') T.C. is crushed as he starts-back to work.
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80 CONTINUED 80
T.C.
I knew that ••. I knew that song ••••
Lloyd and Floyd pick up the song and start to sing it very
loudly. They sing it for T.C.'s benefit, happy for another
chance to needle someone.

81 EXIT OF CAR WASH 81

The Hysterical Woman and her son walk over to where Chuko
wipes off her car.
HYSTERICALWOMA.~
Is it all off?
CHUKO
Yes, ma'am ••••
She inspects the car.
HYSTERICALWOMAN
There's a speck over there ••••
Chuko looks, then wipes the door again.
CHUKO
It's in the paint ••••
HYSTERICALWOMAN
It is not ••••
CHUKO·
Lady, I'm telling you it's in
the paint ••• Look for yourself ••••
HYSTERICALWOMAN
Do you mean you refuse to do
your job?
CHtncO
Lady, it's in the paint ••••
H~ wipes the door again.
HYSTERICALWOMAN
You mean you refuse to do your
job ••• All right ••• just for that •••
No tip!!.
(.she gr~bs
..her son)
Come on, Raymond ••••
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81 CONTINUED a:
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CHUKO
( ', Okay ••• no tip ••. who cares ••. ?
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The Hysterical Woman shoves her son in the car and drives
off in a self-righteous huff. As they reach the curb, her
son throws up again, this time inside the car all over both
of them. The woman screams.

82 INT. OFFICE a:
As the honeymoon couple moon around outside as their car is
being washed, Marsha looks carefully at photographs of Elizabet!
Taylor and Barbra Streisand in movie magazines. She looks at
their noses and then at hers in a small mirror. ·~he presses
down on her nose, then looks back at photographs.

83 INNER OFFICE a:
Mr. B. sits reading the newspaper and glances at Marsha.

83-A HIS POINT OF VIEW 83-

Her round bottom in her swiveling open-back stool.

MR. B.
Did I tell you Harold Gordon
dropped dead ••• forty-two years
old ••• heart attack ••• never sick
a day in his life ••••
No response.
MR. B.
Did you hear me, Marsha?
MARSHA
(lost in
her dreams)
Uh-huh ••••
MR. B.
And he wasn't even in this
business ••• This busine~
could kill you,9 Marsha ••••
Beat.
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83-A CONTINUED 83-

MARSHA
Do you like Raquel Welch's nose?
MR. B.
What?
MARSHA
Do you like Raquel Welch's nose?
MR. B.
Who ever looked at her nose? ••• I
never got up that far •.• She could
have a pretzel there for all I
know ••••

84 EXT. LAUNDRYROOM 84

Irwin and Justin exit with fresh towels as they walk back
to the action. .
JUSTIN
How you doin' in school? •••
IRWIN
r·- .. School sucks ••• I was only goin'
\._e\ 'cause I had a good connection •••
But he got busted ••• I'm not gain'
back in September ••••
JUSTIN
Me either ••• Gonna get a job in
construction ••• You know how much
they're payin'?
IRWIN
I'm gain' to China ••••
JUSTIN
China?
· IRWIN
Yeah •..•
JUSTIN
You gain' to China? •••
IRWIN
Yeah, dig it? ••• I'm gain' to China
and unite the workers ••••

JUS~N
China, huh? •••
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84 CONTINUED 84
IRWIN
Yeah, but don't say nothin', I
haven't tol' my ol' man .•• gonna
tell him today ••.•
JUSTIN
Shit, I don't wanna be around' when
you tell your ol' man you goin' to
China •.•••
IRWIN
Do you think they still have opium
dens in China?
JUSTIN
Opium dens?
IRWIN
Yeah, you ever done opium? •••
RADIO ANNOUNCER(v.o.)
This is a test ••• I repeat: a
test ••••
The piercing sound of a test alert zings over the loud~peakers.
Everyone covers their ears and shouts as they wince.
MEN
Marsha ••• Hey, Marsha ••••
She turns it down and speaks into the microphone.
MARSHA (v.o.)
Sorry ••••

85 EXIT OF CAR WASH 85

Chuko waves to her.

CHUKO
That's okay, baby ••••
He makes an "okay" sign with his fingers as Earl passes.
CHUKO
She's driving me crazy ••• thass my
kind of woman ••••
EARL
Don ' kid yourself, 'wet back' you (}
got no chance ••••
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85 CONTINUED 85
CHUKO
Thass what you think ••• Women are
crazy for Latin lovers ••.•
EARL
Come here, I wanna tell you some-
thing, .• ~
He takes Chuko aside.
EARL
I wanna tell you something, Ricky
Ricardo ••. we all got tired of being
the niggers around here ••• so we told
Mr. B. we needed a nigger of our
own •.. so he went and hired you •••
you see, that's what you're here
for ••. you're· our nigger •••• ·
CHlJlCO
Then I'm the only nigger that can
tell you to go hump yourself in two (X
languages •.• Te Vaya chingar!!
He squirts the plastic water bottle he always carries .with
him at Earl, like a water gun. Earl raises a fist but Chuko (X
darts away gleefully.

86 INT. MEN'S ROOM 86

The hooker writes with her lipstick on the wall: MARLENE
AND JOE FOREVER. (X
RADIO ANNOUNCER (v. o. )
I'm gonna give away another pair
of tickets to the first caller •••
and I know you. all know this one ••••

87 CAR WASH 87

T.C. runs madly for the telephone booth as another song begins{X
He dives i~to the phone booth.
T.C.
No dimes •••
(-he tears at
his•pockets}
No dimes ••• shit ••••
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87 CONTINUED 87
RADIO ANNOUNCER(v.o.)
We have a winner ....
T.C.
Oh,. shit .•..
He kicks the phone booth.

87-A CAR WASHENTRANCE 87-

As the song fills the Car Wash an incredible Rolls Royce pulls
in, driven by a chauffeur in beautiful livery. Three extreme-
ly well-dressed Black Men sit in the back seat.

87-B THE MEN 87-

Awe-struck by the beautiful car. Calvin skates by.
CALVIN
Dyno-mite wheels ••. Dyno-mite!!!!

87-C INT. MENI s ROOM 87-

The hooker starts crying and crosses out MARLENEand JOE
FOREVER and writes MARLENEWAS HERE.

87-D CAR WASH 87-

The chauffeur and two of the well-dressed Black Men attend
the third passenger in the Ro~ls. He steps out now. He is
dressed extravagantly, wears diamonds and carries a gold
handled walking stick. It is REVERENDIKE. Calvin is the
first to recognize him.
CALVIN
Hey •.• it ' s the Rev ••• it ' s the Rev •••
Hey Reverend Ike .•••
Everyone reacts to this.
THE MEN
Hey Reverend Ike •••
Whatcha say Rev •••
What's happening •.••
His Aides usher Reverend Ike away from the growing mob and
towards Snapper's shoeshine stand. The men cluster around
the car as Lindy and Hippo start to vacuum it •
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FLOYD
c~ My ole lady says he's a crook.
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87-D CONTINUED 87
,,--. LLOYD
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', .. ./
Don' even look dirty ....
.
The chauffeur, disdainful of Lloyd points to a white spot
on the hood. Lloyd looks.
LLOYD
. You havin' the Whole car washed
caus@ there's one spot of pigeon
shit ••• ?
(to Floyd)
If he's a crook .• ~he ain't no
·dumb crook.
FLOYD
(leaning inside where
Lindy and Hippo work)
What's it like Lindy?
LINDY
Like bein' in church with Burt
Reynolds honey •.•.
LLOYD
Hey Hippo stop sniffin' the seats.

87-E SHOESHINESTAND 87

Reverend Ike sits like on a throne. His Aides attend him as

Snapper more thrilled than he has ever been in his life looks
up at Reverend Ike like he was God.
SNAPPER
. I been a loyal follower for these
past seven years ••• Praise God for
the glory of lettin' me polish
your shoes.... ·
REVERENDIKE
God is in you brother ••••
SNAPPER
Amen••• I only seen one other pair
of shoes like tnis in my whole
life ••. on Mr. Fats Antoine Domino
••• Yes, sir ••••
He goe~ to poli~h Reverend Ike's beautiful shoes but one of
the Rev.'s Aides stops him. He opens a beautiful silver can
of Reverend Ike's own shoe polish.
AIDE
Reverend Ike's special polish •••.
CONTINUED
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87-E CONTINUED 87·
SNAPPER
(delighted)
Yes sir ....
Calvin skates by.
CALVIN
When I tell my Granma I seen Rever-
end Ike she's gonna cream her jeans ••.•
Reverend Ike smiles as Snapper shoos Calvin away.

87-F CAR WASH 87-

The car comes through the Car Wash now. The men can hardly
wait to get their hands on it.
88
thru OMITTED
91
92 ENTRANCEOF CAR WASH

A very pregnant black Woman in an old car tries to get out

of her car but has a lot of trouble. Hippo helps her.

93 CAR WASH 9:
Slide, Lonnie, Duane, Charlie and T.c. wash Reverend Ike's car.
FLOYD
Shit, man ..• some guys got it made •.••
T.C.
Made in the shade with pink manna-
lade •••.
LONNIE
Just a car ••••
FLOYD
Just a car!!! The only.car ••••
LLOYD
Let me touch it again •••
(he does)
Man, when me and Floyd make it
big ••• we gonna have a car jus'
like this ••• with 'The Futuristics'
painted right on the side ••• right
rt there •..• ·
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93 CONTINUED 9

Calvin skates by.

CALVIN ,,
Watch out you don't scratch them
wheels, man, you scra~ch them
wheels you go to hell.
The men ignore him as they wash the car lovingly, lingering
over it longer than any other car.
DUANE
You all makin' fools outta your-
selves ••• over this abomination ••.
driven by the greatest rip-off
artist of all time •.••
CHARLIE
Shut up .•• he'll hear you ••••
DUANE
(getting madder)
I want h-im to hear me ••.
(more determined)
Yeah I want him to hear me! •••
He starts moving as the men finish with the car and it travels
on. Some of the men follow Duane.

93-A SHOESHINESTAND 93·

Reverend Ike steps down as his Aides help him.

DUANE
Your an ex-ploiter.pig ••• You ain't
foolin' me ••••
REVERENDIKE
What's your problem brother?
DUANE
My problem is you're rich an' I'm
poor an• you got rich off the poor
people •••.
REVERENDIKE
The best thing you can do for the
poor is not be one of them ••••
DUANE
You say you're a man of God and you
worshippin' money ••••
REVERENDIKE
Of course I worship money ••• Don't
let people tell you that money is
(;,.
\._;.
'
l
evil ••• It's the lack of money that
i ::.:~ I is the root of all evil.
SNAPPER
Amen •••.
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94 INT. OFFICE 94

The Pregnant Woman pays her bill. Suddenly, she winces.

MARSHA
·what's the matter·?, .•
PREGNANTWOMAN
Nothing .••
( she winces in
pain again)
I ... I ....

Marsha runs around the counter and helps.her.

95 EXT. MENI s ROOM 9:

The Hooker comes out and looks around. She sees the commotion
· near Reverend Ike and Duane.

95-A CAR WASH 9:

REVEREND IKE
Sane blacks have made self-pity 1
their
religion ••• Any kind of sob story you've
got ••• I can match it. I came from
a broken home. I walked four miles
to school every day and four miles
·back. You don't need any more sym-
pathy or welfare ••• You need a kick
where your brains are.. I could still
be·sitting in South Carolina, on a
log in the woods talking about 'poor
black me .•' · Instead when I. was a QOY
working in an auto mechanic shop the
head mechanic would say 'Boy do you
think you will ever amount to any-
thing• I would straighten up·,. hold
my shoulders back, tilt my chin and
answer 'Yes s.ir' .... ~ · ·
Snapper and Charlie and Calvi!\ applaud as his Aides guide him
towards his car.
96 9t
thru OMITTED tl
99 9!
100 EXIT OF CAR WASH lt

Chuko waits for the other men to finish drying Reverend.Ike's

car. Then he jumps in it and for a moment it is his car. He
takes on the attitude that matches the opulence of the car and
drives near the office for Marsha's benefit. He honks the
musical. horn.
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100-A BACKTO REVERENDIKE AND THE GROUP 100

Duane persists. Angrier than ever.
DUANE
Black people on welfare and you
driving around in a Rolls Royce ••••
REVERENDIKE
There's God in all of us and you
wouldn't want God driving around in
a Volkswagon ••••
DUANE
You're a hustler, out to enrich no-
body but yourself ••••
REVERENDIKE
I see your torment brother ••• and I
want you to know that in everyone
there resides the power to transform
torment into joy and scarcity into
abundance. Or as the scriptures
so wisely states in Proverbs xxiii,.
7, · 'As a man thinketh, so IS HE' ••••
He and his Aides start to get into the car.
REVERENDIKE
I come to you today lookin' good,
feelin' good and smellin' good.~.
not interested in pie in the sky,
bye and bye •. We want our pie now
with ice cream on it and a cherry
on top ••••
One of his Aides gives Chuko a big bill.
REVERENDIKE
After all, what's wrong with money,
success and prosperity ••••
The window rolls up and the car takes off, in the midst of
the commotion and some cheers and applause.

100-B CLOSE DUANE 10 1

He pantomimes spitting at the car.

100-C INT. OFFICE 100

The Pregnant Woman rests on a chair as a:'very sexy white girl
pays Marsha. The two women exchange charged glances.
CONTINUED
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100-C CONTINUED 100·

Marsha "is envious. Mr. B. watches the girl's behind in her
tight pants as she leaves.
MARSHA
Trash •.••
MR. B.
(watching the
girl's ass)
Yeah ••• scum ••• scum ••••
Now he turns to Marsha and whispers:
MR. B.
I'm gonna try and get away after
dinner ••• You gonna be home?
MARSHA
Maybe ••••
Suddenly the Pregnant Woman shrieks.

100-0 CAR WASH 100-

They reluctantly watch Reverend Ike's car disappear.' {}
LLOYD
I hate to see it go ••••
CHARLIE
When you been around as long as
I have ••• they all look the same ••••
LLOYD
Well, I ain't plannin' to stay
around that long, Charlie ••• we
gonna break in our act next weekend ••••
CHARLIE
I had· some plans, too, once ••• I was
gonna be a bartender ••• then someday
maybe have my own bar ••• yeah ••• j us '
didn' work out •••
(he coughs)
I'm still here ••••

101 INT. OFFICE 10

Marsha and.Mr. B. Fuss over the Pregnant Woman.
/'\ /
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. ____,.l MR. B •
What's your doctor's name?
CONTINUED
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101 CONTINUED 10
,r":. PREGNANT WOMAN
:r'\
I I
Hilburn •..•
\j

102 INT. INNER OFFICE 10

Mr. B. races into his office.

MR. B.
Marsha, come here ••.
(picks up phone)
Marsha ••••
She enters.
MR. B.
Hello ••. yes, listing for a Doctor
Hilburn •••
{to Marsha)
Call the newspapers •.• no, better
yet, call. the TV station •••.
MARSHA
Why•.. ?

MR. B.
(on phone)
6048 ••••
(writes it down)
She's gonna have that baby here
and we're gonna get a million
dollar's worth of free publicity •••
(dials the number;
. to Marsha)
Well, go ahead and call •.••
MARSHA
There's plenty of time to get her
to the hospital ••••
MR. B.
Marsha ••••
She has been carrying a movie magazine all this time, she
thumbs through it as she walks out and Irwin runs in.
MARSHA
(to Irwin)
Do you like Cher's nose ••• ?
IRWIN
Huh? ••• Yeah ••••
He is confused by her question.
CONTINUED
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102 CONTINUED lC
IRWIN
I don't know, I never thought of
it before ••.•
MR. B.
(steaming}
Marsha!! •..
She goes to another phone as Irwin enters the office and with-
out speaking goes over and grabs another disgusting Danish.
As he leaves the office Mr. B. looks down to the floor.

103 HIS POINT OF VIEW l<

Irwin has left a trail of sudsy puddles through the office.
MR. B.
Irwin! ! ! ! ! !"!
Irwin is long gone.

104 CAR WASH 1(

0
Near the dryers. u
T.C.
I gotta win that radio contest, man
.••• Get the tickets for Mona and me •••
You know I made it with her once •••
Did I tell you ?
LLOYD
Every day •••• .o
(h.
105 OMITTED 1oc:.
(X)
106 BURGERSTAND 10
The Hooker sits having coffee as a band of bikers cut out of
the traffic and zoom towards the burger stand. There is a lot
of noise and commotion as they arrive like a wild band of des-
peradoes into a w~stern town. The loudspeakers blast music
as the bikes flash by.

107 HIPPO 1(
He is thrilled by the beautiful machines.
HIPPO
Look at them bikes ••• you know
how much that's worth ••• ?

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108 HIS POINT OF VIEW - THE LEADER'S BIKE 1

and a
109 _LINDY l
I'd rather have what's on it,
honey ••• You know how much that's
worth ••• ?

110 THEIR POINT OF VIEW - BURGERSTAND 1

The camera pans up the bike to the Leader ot: t.h.~ Pack.
He is a cheap copy of Marlon Brando in The Wild One. He gets
off his bike aware that he is the center of attention and walks
up to the burger stand, eyeing Terry. Joe steps in front of
her like Gary Coope~ in High Noon.
JOE
Yeah •••.•
LEADEROF THE PACK
Hot dogs ••••
JOE
How many ••• ?

LEADEROF THE PACK

I'll tell you when to stop ••••
His pack cheers as the music blares.

111 CLOSE SHOT - TERRY l

hot and bothered.

112 CAR WASHENTRANCE ll.

Lindy gets in the front seat of a big _Chevy to clean it
when suddenly a huge Saint Bernard jumps. up from where he is
leashed to the back beat. Lindy screams and jumps out of the.
car.

113 INT.. OFFICE 1

Mr. a. eyes the bikers as the Pregnant woman gets up.
· MR. B.
Where.are·you going ••• ?

CONTINUED
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113 CONTINUED 1
PREGNANTWOMAN
I feel okay ••• Thank you •.••
MR. B.
But wait, your doctor said not
to leave ••••
He grabs Marsha.
MR. B.
Did you call the papers ••• ?

MARSHA
Uh-huh ••••
MR. B.
Well, what'd they say ••• ?

MARSHA
They said they don't give an 'F'
if she has 'the baby in the street ••••
MR. B.
Animals~ •••
Behind them, the Pregnant Woman starts to leave, when a pain
hits her again.

114 CAR WASH 1

Hippo and Lindy gingerly try to vacuum the Chevy as the
S-aint Bernard strains at his leash·and barks at them.

115 ANOTHERANGLE 11:

A Foolish White Father .and his two Brats watch the dog terrify-
ing Hippo and Lindy with glee.
FOOLISH FATHERAND BRATS
Look at Sparky ••• Hi, Sparky ••••
Calvin skates by.
CALVIN
See Sparky ••• see Sparky bark •••
See Sparky scare the shit out of
everyone.

,.. 116 THE BURGERSTAND l

I'· , /
\~ Two girls from the bikers dance together as the Leader of the
Pack notices Marsha.
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117 HIS POINT OF VIEW - OFFICE 1

Through the office window he can see Marsha helping the

Pregnant woman into a chair. Marsha bends low, displaying
her goodies in her low-cut sweater.

118 THE LEADER OF THE PACK 1

slowly he picks up his hot dog and pushes one of his girls
aside as he slowly walks towards the office.

119 CAR WASH l

The Chevy goes through the Car Wash with Sparky, the Saint
Bernard, sealed inside and barking ferociously as he strains
on the leash. The men are scared to death as they hastily
wash the .car.
T.C.
Holy shit ••••
CHARLIE
It' s bigger than a lion.· •••
LLOYD·
Looks a little like Mr. B. 's wife ••••
Behind them the Leader of the Pack approaches the office.

120 INT. OFFICE 1

Marsha is unaware of his presence as she resumes her posi-

tion behind the register and takes money from the Foolish
Father and the Brats.

121 THE LEADEROF THE PACK 12

He walks slowly. He is almost at the office now.

122 HIS POINT OF VIEW l

The camera moves closer towards Marsha as she finishes with

the Foolish Father and he steps out of the way and she is in
full view. Now she looks up and as the camera moves closer,
she notices him. -

123 HER POINT OF VIEW 1

The Leader of the Pack stops outside the glass. wall and after
staring at Marsha for a moment starts to eat his frankfurter.
very suggestively. He takes his time and makes the incident
very sensual.
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124 MARSHA. L
!-
! ·~
' ( __) She is very cool. Behind her in his office Mr. B. puts down
the phone and suddenly becomes aware of what is going on.

125 CAR WASH EXIT l

The Chevy with the Saint Bernard comes through to Chuko now.
He hesitates and then opens the door to the car as Sparky
barks louder.
CHUKO
(terrified)
Madre di Dios ••• Nice doggie. Nice
doggie ••••
The dog continues to bark as Chuko freezes with fear.

126 THE OTHER MEN 1

They are getting a big kick out of watching Chuko.

127 FOOLISH FATHER AND THE BRATS l

They think everything is adorable.

FOOLISH FATHER AND BRATS
Oh, Sparky •.••
Isn't he cute •••
Look at Sparky, Dad •• ·•·•

128 CHUKO 1 ....

He reaches inside and finding the leash, undoes it and

jumps out. of the way as the monstrous dog leaps out of the
car and runs wild.

129 FOOLISH FATHER AND BRATS l

FOOLISH FATHER AND BRATS

Sparky!!!!
They chase the dog, who runs amuck.

130 ANOTHER ANGLE - CHUKO l

This is his chance. He quickly jumps into the Chevy and

finishes his job.
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,,-..... 131 OUTSIDE THE OFFICE 1

., . r-------..\
' \, _____
,,./ I
The Leader of the Pack finishes his hot dog even more sug-
gestively than he began it. Mr. B. can't take any more; he
opens the office door.
MR. a.
Get out of here, you animals •••
Get out before I call the cops ••••
The Leader of the Pack smiles and continues to stare at
Marsha.
MR. B.
Did you hear me? ••• Go ahe~d •••
get out •••
. (he turns inside)
Marsha, call the police ••••
She sits coolly.

132 THE LEADEROF THE PACK l

He waits a long moment and then turns and walks toward his
gang.

133 CAR WASH EXIT 1

The Foolish Father and his Brats try to corner Sparky.

Calvin skates by.
CALVIN
Oh, man ••• he's takin' a shit •••
Oh, man ••• it 1 s· like quicksand ••••

134 THE BURGERSTAND

The bikers and everyone around them watch silently as the
Leader of the Pack slowly gets on his bike. He j.wnps dramati~.
cally and starts his powerful machine. Then, after making as
much of the moment.as he can, he peels off as everyone watches.

135 THE LEADEROF THE PACK 1

He circles for a moment and then ••••

136 CAR WASH 1

••• races in front of some cars and ~omes flying through the
Car Wash.
CONTINUED
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136 CONTINUED 1
(,'
\...y·~
I I
The men clutch the walls and jump out of the way as water spray
\, ... __j
everywhere and the Leader of the Pack races to the exit, past
the Foolish Father and his Brats getting Sparky back into the
C!levy and circling the office. He stops for a second and gives
Marsha a parting "hot" look. Like the end of a terrible Wester
Theri he takes off into the traffic, his noisy bikers behind him

137 DUANE l

The bikers' performance has upset him the most of anyone.

He burns with rage.
DUANE
I'll kill 11,im••• I ever get my
hands on him •.•• I I ll kill him.

. 138 EXIT TO CAR ~ASH l

Earl picks up an empty blue bakery box from the garbage bin
near the burger stand and walks over to Geronimo and Goody.
EARL
Here ••••
GERONIMO
What's this for?
EARL
To clean up the dog shit •••.•
GOODY
We don' clean up no shit, man ••••
EARL
Don' give me no lip, clean up
the shit ••••

.GERONIMO
You clean it up ••••
GOODY
Yeah, you clean it up ••••
EARL
I don't get wet ••• and I don't
cle_an up ·no shit ••• and if you
don't do it right now I'm gonna
bust some heads around here ••••
CONTINUED
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138 CONTINUED 1:
r
. f'-\ Earl looms over them. Geronimo and Goody know he 1 s got
\ ·"·- •• ✓-
)
them. They are furious but finally Geronimo takes the blue
bakery box. During this a black car has pulled in near them
and a distinguished older black Ooctor heads for the office.

139 OFFICE L
The Doctor enters.
PREGNANTWOMAN
Oh, Doctor Hilburn ••••
DOCTOR
Mrs. Davis ••• how often are the
pains coming ••• ?
PREGNANT~OMAN
I don't know ••••
MARSHA
Pretty often ••••
DOCTOR
Come on ••• we'll get you to the
hospital ••••
PREGNANTWOMAN
Oh, Doctor Hilburn ••••

140 EXT. CAR WASH

T.C. watches the office.
T.C.
Hey, what's goin' on ••••
LONNIE
Looks like the lady's gonna
have a baby ••••

141 THEIR POINT OF VIEW l~

The Doctor and Marsha and Mr. B. help Mrs. Davis to the
.Doctor's car as, little by little, everyone from the Car Wash
becomes involved in it. It is very exciting for them. It ~s
suddenly their baby. They form a crowd towards the car.

/
CONTINUED

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141 CONTINUED 1
PREGNANT WOMAN
I just thought I'd have the car
nice and clean for gain' to the
hospital .•.•
MR. B.
Don't worry about your car ••.•
Everyone happily escorts her to the Doctor's car. Suddenly
Mrs. Davis winces from another terrible pain.
SLIDE
Startin' a 'baby pool' .•• choose
the hour of bi.rth ••••
Slide starts doing business.
MARSHA
Doctor, is she going to be all
right?
DOCTOR
Of course she is •.••
MARSHA
But I've never seen anybody in so
much pain ••••
DOCTOR
But, miss, this is childhirth •••
Childbirth, kidney stones·and
gallstones are the three greatest
pains in the world ••••
T·.c.
Oh yeah, and how about when your
sweetie-pie leaves you ••• ?
Everyone laughs.
Mrs. Davis gets comfortable in the car as the Doctor gets
in •.
DOCTOR
Mrs. Davis will be just fine.
Mrs. Davis leans forward.
PREGNANT WOMAN
Thank you, everyone ••••
LONNIE
Good luck ••••
CONTINUED
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141 CONTINUED- 2
Everyone cheers and waves good-bye as the Doctor and Mrs.
Davis pull out.

142 WIDE HIGH SHOT - THE CAR

·pulling out and everyone waving good-bye. We linger on this
for a moment. It's a nice moment.

143 CLOSE - LOUDSPEAKERS

DISC JOCKEY {v.o.)
High noon and this is Lawrence J.
Attila ••• but you can call me 'hon' .•••
A record sta:r:ts.

144 EXT. OFFICE

Irwin takes over the cash register as Marsha leaves the

office. She delivers a letter to Scruggs and runs into Lindy
on the way to the ladies room.
MARSHA
You lightened your halr ••••
LINDY
'Mango' ••• it's not right yet ••••
She shows him some pictures she has torn from movie magazines.
MARSHA
I think I finally decided how I'm
gonna have my nose done ••• I'm
thinking of Elizabeth Taylor from
here to here •••
( she indicates the .
bridge of her nose)
••• and Olivia Newton-John on the
bottom.
LINO.Y
Oh, that will be flawless, honey •••
flawless and not readable at all
••• I like the way you did your hair
today.~ ••
.a···
They chat as Chuko watches them.
U .
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145 OFFICE
A delivery boy delivers Mr. B.'s lunch.
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145-A ARCADE 1

Slide and Hippo gingerly sneak into the Arcade. Slide

makes sure Mr. B. is not watching. Quickly he takes out
some key~ and slipping the right one into the Coca Cola
machine, he presses a knob and suddenly over a dozen coke
bottles ~ome crashing down one right after the other. He
and Hippo grab them and leave the arcade quickly.

146 CAR WASH

Chuko watches Marsha as she goes into the ladies' room. Now•
he walks over to Goody.
CHUKO
Lend me your hat ••••
He indicates the Mickey Mouse ears that Goody always wears.
GOODY
You crazy ••.•
CHUKO
Come on, loan me your hat for a
minute •••• ·
GOODY
Why? ••.
CHUCKO
Come on, one minute ••••
GOODY
I don't like to be without my ears,
man ••••
CHUCKO
Come on, one minute ••••
Reluctantly Goody gives up his ears.

14 7 INT • LOCKER ROO?"

Checking that no one is really watching him, Chucko sneaks

up to the back. '.i'here is a frosted window up· high. He
stands on a garbage pail.

148 INT. LAPIES 1

ROOM
Marsha sits on the toilet looking at her movie star pictures
when casually she looks up.
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r. 149 HER POINT OF VIEW 14S

··n
.. "'~/ Chuko, wearing the mouse ears, has pressed his face against
the frosted glass so the whole effect is very grotesque and
weird.

150 MARSHA 15(

She screams.

150-A CAR WASH 150-

Slide has given one of the Cokes to T.C. who quickly takes
a slug.
T.C.
Thanks •••.
SLIDE
Only fifteen cents ••••
T.C.
Fifteen cents? •.• You jive mother •.••
Slide takes the Coke back.
SLIDE
You don' like my prices. Go pay a
quarter in the machine ••.•
Begrudgingly T.C. takes back the Coke and fishes.in his pocket
for the·change.
· T.C.
You gonna get busted ·someday
Slide ••••
151 OMITTED 151
151-A ANOTHER.ANGLE 151-P.
Chuko returnt.Goody's ears.
CHUKO
Thank you for your ears ••••
LLOYD
. ( lookin_g over at
The Five Spot)
Hey, they got ribs today ••• I'm
gonna have me some ribs ••••
er' !
FLOYD·
Me too ••• How 'bout you, Duane?
CONTINUED
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.151-A CONTINUED 151

DUANE
..llilllll ia AbrinJ lah an'
...I..:.ml • .7tlD--1IJY-
-~"1 :d:ao .'1:i:tt• ,.rm· :~:m::m-" ··'1!!!1l±aea. t- ...
I'm off the p:ig ... • 1 eat .natural
-.. food •. .na± sJ ava :food ... ~ ..

LLOYO
(to -P1oyd)
. Excuse ~. £oat, ~ ...-Is .r.ibs
;pig2 •••

."'?hey "¢-gg1• 'ltS Marsha. 'C'Cffle:S otit of tn:e "1ailies • room, walks
eve% .to where Goody stands laughing. His back is to her.
Grabbing a buc~et of sudsy wate.r, she overturns it on his
. bead .and. :th.en walks .aw.ay•
. 'GOODY
(tota.l.ly miffed)
... What •• ~Mhat ~- ..I . .d.o?, .

AJ.1 the- Ot.he:r''ll!l!ll hrealt up? e-spe.c:ially Chuko.

GOODY
.. -~..S:h:i-t.,-,mm. -lidlat !Ji .I-~- ... .she 's
.-~~.:..
.c:a:z:,:.. _..Get ·.her ~ tn:a i :ns .±n ner

,··
~ ..lllllli
J :n:ngs ••••
. - ···-~
;~· ·-~- llx>Jas·-to ·:chuko, :he reaJ.i'%e5 be is behind this.
GOODY
What ~A_you do with -~ -ears .man1 •••

- CHOKO
Nothin' I swear it ....
t:bdk~ . .st:m: Ls.-1:0 ::back· away.. -aqo4y, .beq;iml··t:r:,·-i::musa hi1ll. S·erugg~
approaches with his letter in his hand. He gets caught between
ChUko and Goody as they dodge and chase around him. Fi~ally
they run off and Scruggs makes his way nver to.where Geronimo
sits in the_ shade eating a hero sandwich.
SCRUGGS
I got a letter from my sister •••
Look she had puppies... ·
(he holds out
a photograph)
GERONIMO
Your sister?
SCRUGGS
No my hound dog Abigail •• ~my
sister's takin' care of her ••• till
I come back home •••
CONTINUED
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151-A CONTINUED- 2 151-P

(l SCRUGGS (Cont'd)
,_j ••• If I ever get home again ...
_Listen, I'm real upset about
Charlene ... I'm gonna call her ..•.
He starts to get up, Geronimo stops him.
GERONIMO
Relax ... I tole you it's good for
a woman to not take you for granted
... Tonight when you get home she's
gonna know who's boss ...
(Scruggs is unsure)
Trust me •.. I'm an expert on these
matters ... ain't I been married
three an' a half times .••.
152 OMITTED 152

153 ANOTHERANGLE 153

Duane buys a health food sandwich from a young white girl who
sells them from a b_asket. He is angry and distant as usual
as he pa~s her for the sandwich.
YOUNGWHITE GIRL
(open and friendly,
she tries to make
eye contact)
Peace, brother •...

153-A DUANE 153-A

He looks at her now. Her smile is so genuine and her manner
so open.
DUANE
.(softly;·· this
is hard for
him to do)
Yeah ••. yeah ••• peace •••.
She goes on her way. Goody continues to chase Chuko. Chuko
darts behind a car. Goody runs the other way and Chuko doubles
back 'eluding him once more. As they reach Mr. B.'s office they
stop running and casually pass by the office window as if noth-
ing is going on. Goody is a few feet behind Chuko. As they
pass the office window Mr. B. is reading a newspaper while Irwin
sits at the cash register. They nod politely, as if nothing is
wrong, Then as soon as they are out of Mr. B's sight the chase
begins agairi.

1S4 INT. FIVE SPOT 154

It is jumping at lunch time as T.C. enters and makes a bee-
line for the jukebox. He plays~ove song.
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1S4 CONTINUED 154

Behind him, Marsha enters the luncheonette and'sits down at

a small table. T.C. finishes his selections and sits down at
the counter. He stares longingly at Mona as she bustles about
the room ignoring him. -

155 ANOTHER ANGLE 155

The owner of The Five Spot, a black man in his mid-forties

named Hubert, stops by Marsha's table.
HUBERT
What are you gonna have today,
Marsha?
Marsha consul ts a page from a fashion mag,azine she carries
with her. It is her current diet.
MARSHA
Today I can have six ounces of
hamburger, some cottage cheese,
tea, no sugar, and a piece of whole
wheat toast with no butter.... ,
..····· Through the window behind Marsha we can see Goody still chas-
ing Chuko, as Mr. B. comes out of his office.

155-A EXT. CAR WASH 155-A

MR. B.
What's going on here ••• you think
this is a playground ••• wash cars ••••
GOODY
We're on our lunch hour ••••
MR. B.
Then eat lunch ••• Go ahead you heard
me, •••.•

Reluctantly they stop the chase as Mr. B. goes back ·inside.

CHUKO
You heard Mr. B ••••

GOODY
I' ll get you Chuko ••••
Justin guides Goody toward the Five Spot, as he still glares
at Chuko.
C
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155-A CONTINUED 155-

CHUKO (X)
In your dreams Pocahantas •...
Chuko passes Lloyd and Floyd who are rehearsing their act. (X)

156 INT. CAR WASHOFFICE 156

Mr. B. goes back to his newspaper and his lunch as Irwin fini-(X)
shes with a customer and turns to him on the swivel stool.
IRWIN
Hey, Dad .•• like, let's rap .•••
Mr. B. looks up.
IRWIN
Like, it's kind of important •••.
MR. B.
Not while I'm eating ••. Ray Hoenig
almost choked to death the other
day ••. he was eating a chicken sand-
wich and his son decides at that
moment to tell him that he's a
homosexua1 ••• he got a piece of
chicken caught right here •••
(indicates his
throat)
••• so please, we'll talk later ••••
IR.WIN
No sweat .•• It's cooL •••
Irwin turns back to the register.
MR. B.
You're not a homosexual, are you?
IRWIN
Not yet •••• ·

157 INT. FIVE SPOT. 157

Justin !!!.!. Goody s_tand waiting for coffee to take out. Goody
takes the rag he carries in his pocket and, taking some butter
pats that sit in a small bowl in front of them, he places a
butter pat on his rag and then, by yanking the rag taut,
catapults the.butter pat to the ceiling, where it sticks.
He and Justin are loving this. Justin loads butter pats on
the rag and fires away. No one else is aware of this. ·The
camera
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157 CONTINUED 15
\\...,_.,./ travels with Mona as she passes them with a stack of dirty
dishes and goes behind the counter where T.C. sits waiting.
MONA
(hardly looking
• at him)
What'll it be? ••••
T.C.
(real sweet)
Hi, baby ••••
MONA
Listen, I got no time ••••
T.C.
What's the special?
MONA
Ribs and wings •.•.
T.C.
Wings? •••.
,,,-,··•'" MONA
e Yeah, chicken wings ••••
He looks her up and down.
T.C.
I've always been a breast and
thigh man, myself.... ·
She is disgusted and starts to walk away as T.C. stops her.
T.C.
Bow ..come you so cold to me, Mona •••• ?

. MONA
I went out with.yotj, didn't I?
T.C.
Well, how about tonight?
MONA
T.C., it jus' ain't in the cards
for yo_u an' me ••••
T.C.
But why? ••••
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/\ 157 CONTINUED- 2 1:
k /. --,-✓
\

. \ .... She thinks for a moment •

MONA
You're just a nigger, T.C. I
ain't goin' out with niggers no
more •.• They got no class.
T.C. can't believe what he's hearing.
T.C.
You better turn around and look
in that mirror, gal •.. Your skin's
tryin' to tell you something .•••
He gets up to. leave ..
T.C.
You hear that song I played for
you on the jukebox •.• It's called.
'Inseparable' •.• It's dedicated to
your thighs .••.

158 EXT. CAR WASH 1:

.·-
~--- · Near the exit of the Car Wash, a. traveling lunch truck stops.
A large Chicano woman named Rosie blows a whistle she wears
around her neck. The truck features burritos and tacos and
is run by ~osie's three attractive daughters. The whistle
is music to Chuko' s ears, he is over. in a flash speaking
Spanish and flirting with Rosie's daughters.

158-A ANOTHERANGLE 158· •

Lonnie watches as a White Man in his early forties parks his
car, and getting out walks into the Car Wash area. Lonnie
is disturbed and goes toward the man.
MAN
(friendly)
Hello, Lonnie ••••
LONNIE
What are you doin' here?
MAN
It's our policy to visit our· men
from time to time at thei~ place
of work ••••
toNNIE
Listen, I report every month like
I'm supposed to ••• You don• have
to come here checkin' up on me •...
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158-A CONTINUED 158-

MAN
It's just part of my job •...
LONNIE
You think I've been lyin' and I
ain' workin' here no more?
MAN
Lonnie •...
LONNIE
Huh •.. you think I'm still such a
bad face I'm back to rippin' off
gas stations.
MAN
(uncomfortable)
Lonnie please •...
LONNIE
You embarrassed? .•. Huh? ••. Well I'm
not •.• I ~rved my time •.. didn' I?
•.• I got paroled ••. I report ••. I
keep my goddam job •.. I wash the
goddam cars ••. So how come you can't
leave me alone? .•••
. MAN.
I. told you I was just doing my job •••.
LONNIE
An' I'm jus' doin' mine •.• an' I
can't afford to lose it ..• It
wouldn' sit right with my parole
officer ••••
Lonnie turns bitterly and goes back to work.

158-B PAROLEOFFICER 158-B

He writes something down in his notebook and walks back to
his car.

158-C BURGER STANO 158-C

Joe ~atches angrily as Rosie does some business. Hippo

stands at the.burger stand, his transistor radio pressed
to his ear as Terry serves him the 99¢ hamburger special.
Hippo eyes the hooker who is also at the counter. She ignores
('······ him and walks away. In the distance T.C. leaves the Five
Spot and walks back to the Car Wash. Calvin skates by Hippo.
CONTINUED
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158-C CONTINUED 158

CALVIN
It's a sin to eat horsemeat on Fridays ...•
Joe raises a meat cleaver as Calvin skates off.
159 OMITTED 159

160 ENTRANCETO CAR WASH 160

A white woman drives in. Next to her a man sits dressed in

a suit but his head and hands are totally wrapped in bandages.
He only has two narrow slits where his eyes are. The Woman gets
out and moves to the other side of the car as Lindy approaches.
WOMAN
You want to get out, Harold? ••.•
MAN IN BANDAGES
(a weak, frail,
whiney sing-song)
Eeeuuuunnnhhh •.• Eeeuuunnnhhh •••.
She understands this to mean "no".
161 161
thru OMITTED thr
••
Q
163

164 EXT. 'NEARLOCKERROOM

163

164

Lonnie sits in the sun finishing a sandwich. A saxophone from

somewhere plays a blues.

165 INT! LOCKERROOM 165

Duane sits alone playing the sax. Outside in the distance

we can see Lonnie sitting finishing his lunch. As Duane
finishes playing, Snapper .shuffles into the locker room and
. pµ~ hi• thermos bottle away. Then he watches Duane as Duane
<PU~/his, saxophone back in his locker.
• • ••d • • 0

SNAPPER
You' re wastin.' your time here ..•
You got real talent ••• I mean it
••• You wastin' your time here ••••
DUANE
I gave up my music for the 'Movement'
•.• Now the 'Movement• gave up ••.
(he is sad for a
moment, then becomes

•••
~ .. . bitter again)
An' don' you worry, ole man ••• I
wouldn' be here if my welfare hadn'
run out ••••
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165 CONTINUED 165

SNAPPER
(cheery, lost in
his own thoughts)
I used to know 'Bird' ... you know,
Charlie Parker ••. but all of his
friends used to call him 'Bird' •..
So. one day I says,. 'Bird, ' why
don '·t· you ••••
DUANE
(lashing out
bitterly)
Why don' you cut the shit ••••
.
SNAPPER
Wha'?

DUANE
I'm sick of your-mouth •.. all €he
time shootin' off how you know
this one and that one ••••
Lonnie- hears this.
SNAPPER
But. I did ••••
DUANE
Yeah ••• the~ how come you shinin'
··shoes in a chicken shit car wash.
Snapper is hurt and confused as Duane storms out of the room.
Snapper moves to the doorway and looks at Lonnie.
SNAPPER .
I ... I did know them ••• Lonnie, I
did .... .
LONNIE
I.know you did, Snapper ••• He didn'
m~ nothin' ••••

Lonnie gathers up his stuff~-

166 OMITTED 166

(X)
167 CAR WASH 167
The Men wash the car with the bandaaed man inside. This is
very weird.
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167 CONTINUED 167

T.C.
You think it's the Invisible Man.•..
FLOYD
(trying to control
himself)
Sssssh •.. don' make me crack up •.••
He tries to control himself, but it's no use; the sight of the
bandaged Man just sitting in the closed car as they wash is
too much for him. He turns away.

168 LLOYD 168

He watches three good~looking Black Girls get out of a car at

the entrance.
LLOYD
Well, good morning, heartache.
He watches them as they leave their car to Lindy and walk
~awards the burger stand. As they reach the stand, four
black men in yellow coveralls arrive. The back of their

re·
.. coveralls advertises a rival car wash.

Hey, Chuko ••••

LLOYD

Chuko stands nearby about to eat a burrito. Lloyd gets his (X)
attention and indicates the burger stand.

- 169 LLOYDAND CHUKO 169

They smile at each other. Chuko carefully puts his burrito (X)
down. Goody watches him.

170 170
Duane goes back to work angrily as Lonnie joins him.
LONNIE
How come you talk to Snapper like
that ••• huh? ••• he don't mean no
harm ••••
DUANE
He gives me a pain in the ass •••
Hey ••• leave me alone, huh ••••
Lonnie starts working.
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( 171 BURGERSTAND 171

(_ The four men in yellow place their orders. The Hooker sits
at the counter; she eyes the men casually, but they are
interested in the three black secretaries who are also order-
ing their lunch. The loudspeakers blare.

172 EXT. C1\R WASH 172

Justin gets in the ·car with the Bandaged Man.
JUSTIN
Hi ••• how are you doin'? ••••
The Bandaged Man just makes his pathetic whine.
BANDAGED
_MAN
Eeeeuuuuuuuuhhhhhh ••••
JUSTIN
That's good ••.•

173 BURGERSTAND 173

As the four men in yellow try to get cozier with the three
black secretaries, Chuko, Lloyd and Floyd arrive. The four
men in yellow eye them suspiciously as Chuko and Lloyd and
Floyd look them over, smiling.
LLOYD
(very loud for
everyone's benefit)
Hey, Floyd ••• you heard of The Four
Tops? ••••
FLOYD
Uh-huh ••••
LLOYD
Well, what we got here is 'l'he Four,
Bottoms ••••
This cracks them up along with some of the girls.
MAN IN YELLOW tl
Go wash the cars, nigger ••••
Lloyd comes closer now.
LLOYD

•
(~--- How are things
wash?
at the wrong car

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173 CONTINUED .173

. MANIN YELLOW#2
Automatic ..• that's how things are •.•
completely automatic ••• the cars wash
themselves .•• we barely gotta touch 'em ••.
Not bustin' our ass in dirty water
like some tired niggers I know ••••
LLOYD
We're 9raftsrren and artists here •••
We give the personal touch ••••
MAN IN YELLOW#2
(indicating his crotch)
I got your personal touch ••••
His companions crack up as the girls snigger.
LLOYD
Save it for your mother .•••
Chuko loves this and chimes in.
CHUKO
Yeah save it for your- mother ••••
The Man in Yellow #2 moves close to Chuko.
MAN IN YELLOW
(menacingly)
You wanna start somethin' spic ••••
CHUKO
(seriously very respectfully)
No sir ••••
He is face to face with The Man in Yellow and raising the
plastic spray bottle he always has hanging from his pocket,
he squirts the Man in the face.

174 THE.·MAN IN YE:LLOW 174

As. Lloyd and Floyd crack up the Man in Yellow reaches for his
spray bottle and sprays Chuko in the face.
MAN IN YELLOW#1
Now you got a wet front to go with
your wet back ••• Spic!
Chuko squirts again. The Man in Yellow squirts again. The
Hooker .senses what's coming. She moves away from the stand.

••
(~:- /

CONTINUED
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174 CONTINUED 174

HOOKER
I'm gone, honey ....
The black secretaries scream and jump aside as all hell breaks
loose and Chuko and The Man in Yellow squirt wildly at each
other and everyone grabs for their plastic sprayers and the
gunfight at the O.K. Corral breaks out with water bottles.
Behind them the car with the Bandaged Man sits waiting at
the exit. The water fight takes Lloyd and a Man in ·Yellow
close to the car. The Bandaged Man starts to whine as he sees
them coming near him.
BANDAGEDMAN
Eeeeeuuuuuuuuuhhhh ••..
He is·terrified as they jump around the car which sits with
the door open, waiting for the driver to return.
BANDAGEDMAN
(terrified)
Eeeeeuuuuuuuuuhhhh •• ,. Eeeeeeeuuuuuuuuuhhh, •••
Lloyd and The Man in Yellow squirt around the car and over
it as the Bandaged Man continues his pathetic whining,

174-A GOODY 174·

He watches the action from afar. Then he looks over to Chuko's
purrito. Next he quickly runs over to Rosie's truck.

174-B BACKTO CHUKO 174·

He grabs the nozzle off his water bottle and dumps the water
straight on the Man in Yellow.
The girls scream and the fight gets wilder.
i

174-C ·ANOTHERANGLE 174

Goody returns from Rosie's truck carrying a red bottle marked (X)
"HOT 11
He heads for Chuko's burrito.
•
. '

174-0 BACKTO THE FIGHT 174-

(X)
The Man iri Yeilow follows Chuko and pulls the top off his
bottle now. Chuko ducks and it hits Joe behind the counter.
JOE
Hey, wait a minute ••••
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17 4-D ·CONTINUED 17 4·

Joe jumps over the counter as Chuko grabs a glass of water

sitting on the counter and filling his mouth spits a gusher
at The Man in Yellow. In the distance, behind them, the Woman
quickly gets in her car and drives away with the Bandaged Man
who is still moaning.
175 OMITTED 175
(X)
176 JOE 176
He gets in the-middle of the fight as sudddenly Terry throws
a pail of water at all of them and Mr. B. comes rushing out
of his office.
MR. B
What's going on here?.,.Get back
to work, all of you •••
(to the Men in
Yellow)
You, too •.• or I'll call your boss ••••
They start to leave reluctantly.
MAN IN YELLOW#1
A (to Chuko)
~-/ You jus' come by our place, Taco
Bell! ••• You'll never walk again ••••
CHUKO
The smell, huh ••••
MAN IN YELLOW#2
Your mother smells ••••
CHUKO
Besame culo! ! ! !
Calvin skates by.
CALVIN
(to the Men
in Yellow)
Go eat the hairy canary ••••
MAN IN YELLOW#2
So's your mother ••••
CALVIN
Up yours, yellow drawers ••••
The men continue to hurl last minute insults at each other as
Terry hands Joe a towel.
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177 CAR WASH 177

Irwin takes advantage of the confusion to confer privately
with Slide.
SLIDE
Dynamite shit .•• right •...
IRWIN
Well, I don't know ••• You think I
could try another taste •...
SLIDE
Sure you can ••••
Irwin gets real excited.
SLIDE
For fifty bucks, Baby •••.
Slide smiles. Reluctantly, Irwin reaches for his wallet.
Behind them Chuko returns to work like a triumphant warrior.
CHUKO
Didja' see them man ••• they was
shi ttin' •.. we had ..them on the
run •••.
He is pleased with himself as he bites into his burrito.
177-A CLOSE - CHUKO 177
Almost like in a cartoon, his face goes beet red and his
eyes boil •.• He drops the burrito and runs for the men's room.

177-B INT. MEN'S ROOM l 77·

He pushes his mouth under the faucet as cold water rushes

into his mouth. Goody appears at the door now.
GOODY
Don' ever mess with an Indian,
man ••• we known for our revenge ••••
Chuko sputters and chokes. Water running all over his face.
GOODY
We took care of Custer and we can
take care of you ••••
Goody walks away as he lets out with a war whoop.
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)
l77-C CAR WASH 177-
I\ "\ ', . , (X)
...._·•,,,.
DISC JOCKEY (v.o.)
Okay, let's try for another winner .•••
T.C. starts moving.
DISC JOCKEY (v.o.)
I'm givin' away two more tickets ••••

178 PHONE BOOTH 178

T.c. runs for the phone booth as a song begins. T.C. reaches
the phone booth but the Hooker is using it. He pounds on the
booth but she ignores him.
T.C.
Oh, shit •.••
DISC JOCKEY (v. o. )
We have a winner in Downey ••••
T.C.
Oh, shit •.••
He kicks the booth and storms away.
~-
~_./;

178-A INT. PHONE BOOTH 178-.

THE HOOKER
.Al'l••• hello ••• is, uh, Joe there •••
Uh, Joe ••• You ain't got no Joe •••
Well, this is the number he gave
me ••• No, huh ••. Okay ••.•
She hangs up. She is sad for a moment and then leaves the
phone booth.
179 CAR· WASH 179
T.C. goes back to work.
T.C.
I knew this song ••• I've known
every song they played today ••••
Behind him Chuko watches Marsha as she returns to work. The
camera travels past Chuko to where Justin works wiping the
inside of a car.

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180 INT. CAR lS-0

Justin works on the windshield.

181 HIS POINT OF VIEW 181

He becomes aware of his girl friend, Loretta. She has parked
her car and now walks toward him.

182 JUSTIN 182

He gets out of the car and walks to~ard her. There is much
tension between them.
LORETTA
Hi ...•
JUSTIN
I'm workin' ••.•
LORETTA
(looking at
her watch)
I have to be back in fifteen
minutes.... ·
(~
~,/,·
They stand awkwardly.
LORETTA
I've been upset all morning .••
since the fight ••••
JUSTIN
There's no fight ••• I'm not gain'
back to school •.••
LORETTA
Justin, please ••••
JUSTIN
I listened to you and my folks
long enough now, and what do I
have to show for it? ••• I'm gettin' (X)
a real job ••• we're gettin' married •••
no more waitin '., that's it ••••
LORETTA
(this is very
painful for her)
Then •.• then ••• I won't marry you ••••
(~,---···
td What? •••.
JUSTIN

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182 CONTINUED 182

'
(:) Behind them Mr. B. becomes aware of them from his q_ffice.
LORETTA
I won't marry you unless you
finish school ••••
JUSTIN
You're talkin' crazy ••••
She starts to cry.
LORETTA
I'm not ••••
Chuko, aware that Mr. B. is watching them, whistles sharply.
Justin becomes aware of the situation with Mr. B.
JUSTIN
I gotta go back to work. Listen,
stop talkin' crazy ••• you'll·do
what I say, Loretta ••••
LORETTA
I won't ••• You'll never see me
again •.
Mr. B. steps outside now.
CHUKO
Hey , Justin ••••
JUSTIN
I gotta go ••• we'll talk later ••• ~

LORETTA
(crying)
No ••••
She sobs as she runs back to her car. Justin goes back to
work\

183 OFFICE 183

Mr. B. goes back inside. He makes fun of the song that is
playing.
MR. B.
Dah.·. ~dah ••• yata dah ••• Don't they
get sick of it ••• you think once,
r\ ..._... maybe just once a Frank Sinatra •••
~ a Perry Como••••
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183 CONTINUED 18
MARSHA
It's your place .•. Play what you
want ....
MR. B.
You think so, huh? Just watch.
He turns the dial to a station that plays standards. A slow
ballatl fills the car Wash.
184 CAR WASH 18
The men all react to the square music. They "boo" and for
Mr. B.'s benefit.do an elaborate pantomime of working in slow
motion.
MR. B.
See ••••
He switches the music back to soul as in the distance through
the glass window an old Chevy convertible full of-Surfers
pulls into the car Wash.

185 EXT. ENTRANCE- SURFERS 18

~- Their car radio blasts. The Surfers jump out of the car and
~---
. __./ pool their money to wash the old Chevy which has obviously
never been washed. (X

186 INT. OFFICE 18

A smartly dressed Black Woman pays for her car wash as she
notices Marsha putting on nail polish.
--·SMARTLYDRESSEDWOMAN
Oh, I didn't know that they made
that color any more ••••
Marsha hesitates.
SMARTLYDRESSEDWOMAN
Now with the new 'Summer Frosties'
here .•••
MARSHA
'Swnmer Frosties?'
suddenly the Woman opens her black attache case and an entire
cosmetic line appears.
CONTINUED

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186 CONTINUED 186

~)
1 ',._ ,
SMARTLYDRESSEDWOMAN
'- \.: Hi ••. I'm Janine Everett .•• 'Essence
of Afro Cosmetics• ••.•

Marsha is thrilled by the display.

187 EXT. CAR WASH 187

The Surfers put the old top up on the Chevy as Hippo and
Lindy vacuum.the car. Hippo watches the Hooker who sits
nearby drinkin-g from a beer can with a paper bag wrapped
around it. She is aware he is cruising her, but plays it (X)
cool. He finishes with the Surfer's car and sends it on
as suddenly he grabs his stomach.

HIPPO
Ooooh .•••

He calls to Irwin who is heading for the laundry room.

HIPPO
Hey, Irwin •.••.

IRWIN
What's wrong? •••

HIPPO
I got a real bad stomach ache ••••

Irwin walks over.

HIPPO
Could you cover for me a minute?

·IRWIN
Sure ••••

RADIO ANNOUNCER(v.o.)
And now the Super Soul Sure
Shot ••••

A song begins as Hippo walks toward the locker room. He

passes the Hooker on his way, and reaching the locker room
door turns back and stares at her with what he considers
his most seductive stare.
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188 188
,~\ and OMITTED and
\_ ·,.
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i
191 191
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192 THE HOOKER 192
She's cool.

193 HIPPO 193

He tries to get her attention now.

HIPPO
Pssst ••• hey .•••

194 THE HOOKER 194

She takes her time, but looks at him finally.

195 HIPPO 195

He motions for her to follow him.

c;~
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196 THE HOOKER 196

·She looks around and then taking her time slowly gets up and
trucks casually in his direction.

197 HIPPO 197

He is excited as she comes near him. He glances around to

make sure they're not being observed. As she comes closer
he speaks to her.
HIPPO
It's real hot, ain't it ••• ?

THE HOOKER.
(almost to
herself)
Uh-huh ••••

198 INT. LOCKER ROOMVESTIBULE 198

He ducks inside and waits excitedly as she nears the entrance.

she hovers in the doorway. They are very close.
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,,,..-----.,
198-A HIPPO 198-A
( )
\_...... ~·· He is breathing fire as he touches her arm.
HIPPO
Real hot •..•
Then he touches her tit. He almost faints.
HIPPO
Hot .•• hot •••.
THE HOOKER
(nothing phases
her)
If you really wanna feel something·
hot you oughta put your hand on
this beer ..•.
They disappear into the locker room.

199 CAR WASH 199

The old Surfer's Chevy goes through. As the men start to
wash it the water pressure proves too strong for the old
convertible top and it begins to shred away. In seconds
there is just a metal frame· attached to the car, and the
car is filled with water.

199-A THE MEN 199-A

They are upset at first as the top dissolves in front of
them but then ~he humor of it strikes them and they crack up.
In fact it is the greatest laugh they have had all day. T.C.
laughs so hard he is crying. Charlie has a coughing fit and
even Duane, who is always so sour, breaks down.

200 THE SURFERS 200

They have been playing with the pinball machine in the Glass
Arcade ~hat separates the Car Wash from the customers. Sud-
denly ~hey notice the car.

201 THE MEN'S POINT OF VIEW 201

The Surfers freaking out. This only makes them laugh harder.
CONTINUED
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201 CONTINUED 20:

LONNIE
(trying to yell
while laughing)
Mr. B •••
(he cracks up)
Mr. B ••••

202 INT. OFFICE

Mr. B. becomes aware of the commotion. He gets up and passes

through the outer office where everything is being held up
as Marsha looks through the complete line of cosmetics •
. SMARTLYDRESSED WOMAN
Then there '·s 'Copper Sheen' eye
shadow.- •••
MARSHA
I'll take it ••••
SMARTLY DRESSED WOMAN
And this new eye cream ••.•
MARSHA
I'lltake it •••
(she takes
another bottle)
And one of these •.••
SMARTLY DRESSED WOMAN
Well, I don't think you need this
one ••••
MARSHA
Why not?
SMARTLYDRESSED WOMAN
Well, this is a skin bleach.-

Oh ••••
Marsha goes on to the next products eagerly as Mr. B. passes.
MR. ·B.
Marsha, please.~ ••
I

She ignores him as he goes outside. The Surfers confront

Mr. B. as the. men continue to break up.
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203 ENTRANCECAR WASH 203

Lindy vacuums a car as Irwin reads to him from Chairman Mao's
red book.
IRWIN
'Every Communist working in the
mass movements should be a friend
of the masses and not a boss over
thern •.. an indefatigable teacher
and not a bureaucratic politician'
••• Can you dig it?
Lindy is unimpressed.
LINDY
Who'd you say said all that? •.••
IRWIN
Chairman Mao..• Mao Tse Tung ••. The
' .. · head dude for all the Red Chinese ••.•
·:,,. ...
~ '•
·
LINDY
Is he anything like Bruce Lee?
IRWIN
Lindy, this'is Chairman Mao•••
r'\'.
,
\~-----./.
I (he points to
his T-shirt)
••• leader of 700 million people
••• don't you know anything about
what's goin' on in the world
situation?
LINDY
Honey, I only care what's goin'
on in the DeLuxe Car Wash ••• and
at the Montonero's Beauty School,
where I will soon graduate and
open up a string of beauty parlors
get very rich and announce my
engagement to Mr. Robert Redford ••••

204 EXT. LOCKERROOM 204

Hippo leaves the locker room sheepishly. He scurries back
to work. ·It is the first time we have seen him without his
transistor radio.

205 HIS POINT OF VIEW 205

\~·-,-···
Mr. B. arguing with the surfers.
~-
CONTINUED
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205 CONTINUED 205

' ... \ Hippo takes his place at work.

HIPPO
Thanks, Irwin •••.
IRWIN
Sure ••. You feeling better? ••.•
HIPPO
(a big smile)
You better believe it ••••

206 INT. OFFICE 206

Mr. B. storms in followed by the surfers. Marsha continues

to test lipsticks, etc.
MR •. B.
I'll give you one'free car wash ••••
SURFER
You owe me for a new top ••••
,,,, MR. B.
0 ,, '
I do not.
and it's
Here,
a gift.
one free
· •
car wash

SURFER
Listen, my father's a judge ••••
MR. B.
~ake two free car washes.
He goes behind to the register. Marsha is into the cold cream.
MR. B.
Marshall!!!
MARSHA
I dropped my contact lens in the
cold cream ••••
He hands the free passes to the sur;ers .• •••
SURFER
You owe me for a new top, you fink
••• I'll get you ••• we'll come back·
at night and destroy this place •••
we'll picket it ••• you're a lousy
fink.
His friends drag the surfer out.
CONTINUED
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206 CONTINUED 206

MR. B.
My brother begged me not to go into
this business. He said go into
parking lots .•. I told him he was
crazy and today he can buy and
sell me •••.
He talks with a small voice and goes into his little office
closing the door. Marsha continues to sample cosmetics.
Beat.
Suddenly, the door flies open and he yells.
MR. B.
Marsha!!! Will you stop that!!!

207 CAR WASH 207

The surfers drive off as the camera travels to include the
wash team as Irwin works with them.
IRWIN
But somebody has to take the
responsibility· of getting Mao's
word to this Car Wasn ••• to over-
throw the reactionary ruling class
••• to unite ••••
No one is impressed.
IRWIN
ouane •...
Duane glares at him.
IRWIN
I mean Abdullah ••• you dig where
I'm coi:ning from?
Irwin pulls out his red book.
IRWIN
Mao says ••• 'Revolutionary war is
the anti-toxin •••• '
Duane can't take it any longer. He moves over to Irwin.
DUANE
Look, son of the exploiter pig •••
I
I want you to dig where I'm coming
~-- from •••
/~
~
CONTINUED
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/---..
207 CONTINUED 207
I
',
\
I
DUANE (Cont'd)
...... -1
'•. .•• The revolution you talking about
. .• When it happens •.. an' it's gonna
happen •.. Then you gonna be working
here for real •.• not jus' foolin'
around' playin' in the water ••. An'
I'm gonna be in that office over
there dockin' you every time your
white ass is late ••• You understan'
what kind of revolution we gonna
have now? •.• We gonna run your white
ass and you all get to sing 'We shall
overcome' in Chinese ••••
He takes Irwin's book and throws it in a barrel of water.
IRWIN
That's not what I meant •.••
Irwin goes to get his book. Lindy has ~een watching and
listening to all of this. He saunters up toward Duane now
with a disgusted look on his face.
LINDY
I'm so tired of you runnin' off
your mouth ••• it's gettin' me down
honey .•• Why don' you get outta here
an' be an assassin •• -.or is the only
thing you good at shootin' off is
that big mouth •••. Go burn somethin'
honey ••. Go burn your bra ••••
Some of the men, especially Lloyd and Floyd enjoy Lindy's
standing up to Duane.
DUANE
You're a damaged soul Lindy •.••
LINDY
Who you callin' damaged?
DUANE
You, you poor unhealthy soul •••
Destroyed by the system ••• It's the
system's way of destroying our real
men, now when we need our men the
most. ••••

He is sad for Lindy. Lindy steps closer to him and putting

his hands on his hips glares at Duane.
LINDY
Honey, I'm more man than you'll
(,>.....
· ever be ••• An' more woman than
you'll ever get ••••
6=::ri
"€s?'
CONTINUED
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207 CONTINUED- 2 207

The men hoot and cheer as Lindy walks off in a grand huff.
At the· same time Duane becomes distracted by a black man wear-
ing dark glasses and watching Duane from the glass arcade.
Duane speaks to Lonnie.
DUANE
cover for me .••.
208 OMITTED 208

209 LONNIE 209

watches as Duane moves out of the Car Wash to meet the black
man. Lonnie seems disturbed.

209-A CAR WASHENTRANCE 209-A

A Strange Man wearing a black hat and coat leaves his car with
Lindy and Hippo. Hippo eyes the man suspiciously.

210 GLASS ARCADE 210

r-.--··. As Duane me.ets the black man with glasses the vending machine
man arrives and is filling the machines.
~ I .

211 OMITTED 211

211-A HIPPO 211-A
As Hippo watches. Strange Man buy a coke, .but empty the contents
and go to the Men~s Room.

211-B GLASS ARCADE 211-B

Slide talks with the vending machine man.
SLIDE
we got to-watch the action on the
machines. Earl is wise ••••

211-C CAR WASH 211-C

Hippo watches as the Strange Man in the Black Hat and coat
exits from the Men's Room.carrying a brown paper bag. His
eyes bug out and he g~ts T.C.'s attention.

rf 211-0 CAR WASH 211-0

\..._'.···

Hippo gets T.C.'s attention.

CONTINUED
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211-D CONTINUED 211-l

HIPPO
Hey, T. C •..
(he motions)
Come 'ere •..•
T.C. goes over to Hippo.
T.C.
What is it? •••
HIPPO
You see that guy?

212 THEIR POINT OF VIEW 212

The Strange Man moving toward the office.
T.C.
Uh-huh •••.
. HIPPO
Well, you know what he's got in
that bag ••••
T.C.
No • •••

HIPPO
A Coke bottle •.••
T.C.
You call me over here to tell me
that guy's got a Coke bottle ••••
HIPPO
A Coke bottle with silver foil
pluggin' up the top ••••
T.•C.
So? •••
HIPPO
So???????? ·
Hippo points to a glass-enclosed newspaper seller. On the
front page is the headline "CO.KEBOTTLE BOMBERSTRIKES AGAIN"
and a photograph of the Coke bottle bomb with the silver foil
plugging up the top.

212-A CLOSE - T.C. 212-P.

This appeals to his every dramatic instinct.
CONTINUED
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212-A CONTINUED 212-~

T.C.
Be cool •.• just be cool •••.

213 }LASS ARCADE 213

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T.C. enters th~ arcade followed by Hippo.

214 ANOTHERANGLE 214

T.C. and Hippo gingerly make their way down the Arcade to
where the Strange Man watches his car being washed.

215 T.C. 215

He strains over the Strange Man's shoulder and looks into the·
bag.

216 INSERT - HIS POINT OF VIEW 216

The top of the Coke bottle stuffed with tinfoil.

217 T.C. 217

His eyes bulge·as he moves quickly away from the Strange Man
and Hippo follows.
T.C.
It's him ••• he's got the bomb ••••
HIPPO
He's gonna blow us up •••
(he starts
to shriek)
we're the next target ••••
T.C. grabs him and puts his hand over Hippo's mouth. ·
.T.C.
He'll hear you and drop it as sure
as shootin ' ••••
Hippo's eyes are crazed as T.C. lets him go.
HIPPO
(trying to whisper
hysterically)
What are we gonna do?
<~',-··
I

. T.C.
This is a job for ••• ' The Fly' •••
I got to get it away from him ••••
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,,,,,...____ 218 THEIR POINT OF VIEW 218

, \
\ C /
··'•• ... The Strange Man walks into the office now.

219 T.C. 219

He follows sl~wly, sticking close to the wall. Hippo cowers
down at the end of the arcade. T.C. reaches the glass wall
near the office.

220 HIS POINT OF VIEW 220

The Strange Man steps up to pay ~arsha. As he takes out his
wallet, he sets the paper bag with the Coke bottle down on
the counter.

221 T.C. 221

'
This is his chance. He dashes into the office and grabs the
bag. Marsha screams and the Strange Man shouts.
STRANGEMAN
My bag •.••

222 GLASS ARCADE 222

T.C. runs out into the,crowded arcade.

T.C.
I got it .. .-.
The Strange Man runs out, now followed by Marsha and some of
the other customers.
STRANGEMAN
He stole my bag.

T.C. and Hippo barrel down the hall shrieking.

T.·c.
Out of my way ••••
STRANGEMAN
Be's got my bag ••••
A male customer hears the Strange Man and tries to stop T.C.
There is mass confusion.
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(_,----...,\ 222-A T.C. 222-1

I
'-., J/

"'-... He throws the bag to Hippo. Hippo screams with terror as he

catches it and runs out of the Arcade into the Car Wash. The
crowd pursues, led by the male customer, T.C. and The Strange
Man.

223 THE CAR WASH ·223

Hippo barrels through the Car Wash as the growing crowd pursues.
HIPPO
(screaming}
Watch out .•• watch out .•••
Hippo slips and slides on the wet pavement.· He juggles the
bottle in the bag as he tries to keep his balance.
T.C. shrieks as he tries to make it to.Hippo, but he slips
and slides through the'•"§ti'<!st·· also. Just when it seems that
Hippo has got his footing,
;
he slips and crashes to the ground.
T.C.
(screaming)
Hippo •..•
,0···
~ As Hippo hits the gr-0und, he throws the bag up in the air
\ ... /·
in T.C. 's di~ection.

223-A T.C. 223-1

Miraculously he catches it.

224 ANOTHERANGLE 224

Snapper stands on his shoeshine chairs peeping over the

partition watching.

225 ANOTHER
ANGLE 225
Duane and the black man wearing dark glasses become aware
of the excitement. Marsha and Mr. B. are _outside the office.
Everyone is jJivolved in the chase now.

226 T.C. 226

( .
He runs wildly as the people try to catch him.
\_\_/
{.. : ~) .. CONTINUED
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226 CONTINUED 226

/ "'"'\, T.C.
! ;
'-.\~ / Out of my way ....
MR. B.
What's going on here?

227 CAR WASH 227

T.C. runs wildly toward the exit. The male c~stomer in

hot pursuit. T.C. sees a big barrel of water and races for
it, but the male customer tackles him and T.C. goes down
screaming as the bottle in the bag flies out of his hands ••.•
T.C.
It ' s a bomb ••• !
Everyone screams now and dives for cover.

228 THE BOTTLE IN THE BAG 228

In s.low motion the bottle spins in the air as all hangs

suspended. It comes down and splatters all over the pavement.
There is dead silence as the film returns to normal speed.

229 T.C. 229

He lays with his head buried under his arms. After a moment
of the silence he peeks out. There is nothing. He sniffs
around.
T.C.
Piss •..
(he sniffs again)
It's piss ••• it's piss ••••

· 229-A ANOTHERANGLE 229-A

The Strange Man steps forward now.

STRANGEMAN
I ••• I was just taking, a sample
to my doctor .•••
The crowd sighs with reli.ef. There is much commotion and
laughter now. .
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230 T.C. 230

He feels like a fool.

OMITTED 231
(X)
232 :;EAR THE OFFICE 232

Mr. a: esccrts the Strange Man.

MR. B.
I ••• I'm terribly sorry, sir •••
I'd like to replace ••• ! mean
I can't replace it •.• but •••
(he slips the man
five dollars)
••. and, of course, the car wash
is for free •••.
He escorts the Strange Man into his office as he glares at
T.C. through the glass.
STRANGEMAN
It took me two days to go ••. You
know,· I had this operation •••.
They go inside.
\ _ _.,,,/.

233 CAR WASH 233

Lloyd comes up to T.C.

LLOYD
You just ain't cool, man ••• You
just ain't cool ••••
T. C. and Hippo look to each othe,r sheepishly as the camera
moves to include Lonnie, who watches Duane as he bids good:-
bye to the black man wearing dark glasses and comes back
to work.
LONNIE
Isn't that Tony Fr~dricks ••• ?
DUANE
Oh huh ••••
LONNIE
When they let him out ••• ?

DUANE
Las' month ••• he got a smart
lawyer ....
CONTINUED

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233 CONTINUED 233

LONNIE
Thought you was through with 'him.

Duane gets angry now.

DUANE
What's the matter .•. He ain't good
enough for you, Lonnie? •. He ain't
good enough ~ause he's an ex con .•.
I guess you forge~tin' something huh?
This is embarrassing. Everyone is listening.
LONNIE
I ain't ±orgettin' nothin' .•..
DUANE
Then lay ~ff me an' my friends ..•
He didn' bust no head open of no
gas station attend~~t •.• How many
stitches -did they have to take in
that guys head? .•• or did you forget
that too?... ·

/'"_-, .... Lonnie is seething but he tries· to· remain cool.

,,r-,,
\ ;
\. ~~
LONNIE
I tole you I didn' forget nothin' ••••
DUANE-
I hope not .•. Just because you a
Uncle Tom·candy Ass to Mr. B. don't
think your shit don't stink.
Lonnie reaches the boiling point. It is all he can do to keep
from killing Duane. Charlie, sensing the moment, quickly puts
his hand on Lonnie's shoulder.
CHARLIE
Come on Lonnie ••• just walk away ...
· Just walk away·••••
Lonnie and Duane glare at each other for a long moment more.
Something inside of Lonnie hears Charlie, and painful though
it may. be he allows Charlie to walk him away from the trouble.
CHARLIE
Don' listen to him Lonnie ••• You paid
your dues ••• Don' let the hate an'
evil in him destroy all you worked
( ,• so hard for .••.
~:~
~
CONTINUED
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233 CONTINUED- 2 233

LONNIE
Go back to work Charlie ....
Lonnie needs some time alone. Charlie goes back to work
coughing.
LONNIE
Charlie •...
Charlie turns.
LONNIE
Thanks., ..
Charlie smiles.

234 WIDE SHOT - CAR WASH 234

The Car Wash is crowded. There is still some commotion
about the bomb incident. Many cars wait in line to be washed.

235 EXT. LOCKER ROOM 235

~· The Hooker steps out of the locker room now.
. )

RADIO ANNOUNCER(v.o.)
Tired of the same old job, ladies?
Getting nowhere in your career?

236 BURGERSTAND 236

She listens carefully, as if he is talking directly to her,

as she walks to the burger stand.
RADIO ANNOUNCER (v. o.)
Begin an exciting new career in
Beauty ••• Yes, enroll now i~
DaVinci's Beauty School and .oecome
a licensed Beautician, Cosmetolcgi$t,
or Manicurist ••.•
The Hooker decides this is right for her. A golden opportunity.
She approaches the busy burger stand.
RADIOANNOUNCER (v.o.)
Call now for a free interview •.•
Sunset 4-6604 •.•.
( . /
'-..::,-··
She fishes through her huge handbag for a pencil.
CONTINUED

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236 CONTINUED 236

RADIO ANNOUNCER(v.o.)
Once again ... that number was ...•
HOOKER.
Wait a minute .•..
She tries to get Terry's attention but she is too busy handling
the mob at the burger stand.
HOOKER
Hey, honey .•.•
RADIO·ANNOUNCER(v.o.)
Sunset 4-6604. Call today ••.•
HOOKER
6604 .••
(trying to get
Terry's attention)
Hey, honey •.•.
Finally Terry notices her.
TERRY
You want somethin', honey?

~)
'_,..,,"
236-A THE HOOKER 236-A

It is the story of her life. She has lost her interest

and inclination already.
HOOKER
A beer •••.
As Terry gets the beer, a smooth white. salesman approaches
the stand. A dramatic love song plays over the loudspeakers.

237 CAR WASH ENTRANCE 237

(X)
Two Businessmen, waiting for their car to be dried off approach (X)
Scruggs as he works the gas pumps. The Businessmen watch him
for a ~oment, then they look to each other and one of them
walks over to Scruggs.
BUSINESSMAN#1
Listen ••• can I talk to you for a
min·ute •••.
SCRUGGS (X)
!'
' \
~--"
/ Sure~ •••
1::;;fj; CONTINUED
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(X)

237 CONTINUED 237

/' -'\ BUSINESSMAN #1
' I
. ·-1·,,
This is kind of confidential .•.•
Scruggs steps aside with Businessman #1 as Businessman #2
watches.
BUSINESSMAN#1
We're from out of town •...

238 SCRUGGS' POINT OF VIEW 238

An Illinois plate on the Mercury'.

BUSINESSMAN #1
I don't know h_ow to say this •••
but •.. well. .•
(he squirms with
discomfort)
You see •.• you see •.• my brother
•.• He's ..• well, he's a queer ••..
SCRUGGS
(very serious)
Oh, I'm very sorry ••..
t:::· . '
~-
\ / BUSINESSMAN #1
... almost
It broke my poor mother's
heart ••••
SCRUGGS
I bet ••.•
BUSINESSMAN#1
(sadly) ,
••• He ran away from home ••.
came out here ••• and now ••• now
Mom's dying ••• And I got to find
him ••• it's her last wish to.see
him again .. ~-.
Scruggs is very mqved.
BUSINESSMAN #l
You gotta help me ••••
SCRUGGS
How could I help?
BUSINESSMAN#1
Well, I don't know where he lives
I
\.,..>-•' , •• but I heard that they have
' \ these here queer bars ••• I thought
··e-
,~~~-~

I'd start looking there ••••

CONTINUED
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(X}

(\ 238 CONTINUED 238

\, ) SCRUGGS
That's a good idea ...•
BUSINESSMAN #1
But I don't know where they are ...•
SCRUGGS
Neither do I ••..
The man is disappointed.

239 SCRUGGS' POINT OF VIEW 239

Lindy.
SCRUGGS
But I know where I can find out •.•
I'll be right back ••••
Scruggs goes off, leaving the man with hope.
240 OMITTED 240
241 BURGER STAND 241
~--
' .. J The Hooker sips her beer as the Smooth Salesman pays Terry.
SMOOTHSALESMAN
Thanks,· Honey ••••
TERRY
Anytime ••• oon't mentiqn it ••••
Joe watches jealously as the Smooth Salesman winks· and walks
toward the office.
JOE
That ' s it ... I ' ve had it ••••
He throws down his apron.
JOE
I can't take any more ••••
He storms out of the stand.
. TERRY
Joe ••• for God's sake ••• Joe ••• wait
a minute ••••
~----·· He storms away.
~
C:"':
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242 CAR WASH 242

Scruggs talks with Lindy. Then he walks back to the Mercury (X)
where the Two Businessmen sit waiting anxiously.
SCRUGGS (X)
There's one on Small Street down-
town here called 'The Flamingo'
and there's one in the Valley on
Riverside called 'The Shack' ..•.
Businessman #2 jots down the information while the other one
watches. Now that they have the information they drop their
act and we see what big queens they really are.
BUSINESSMAN #1
Thank you, Mary •.. If we get laid
tonight ... it's all because of
you ....
They drive off waving, as S~ruggs stands bewildered. (X)

243 OMITTED 243

(X)
244 BURGERSTAND 244 ·

(::;;;;,: Terry is upset as the Hooker sips her.beer.

9 ~_,,/•··

THE HOOKER (X}

I'm all in my blues over a guy
named Joe, too ••• 'No Go' Joe ••.
that's what I call him •.•
(she sighs)
., •• 'No Go' Joe ••••
Terry is very upset.
TERRY
I'm always in trouble with my
Joe ••• always ..•.
She starts to cry.
TERRY
I can't help it if I like to
party ••••
THE HOOKER
I know, 'honey .••.
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I'm only human ••.•
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244 CONTINUED 244

The Hooker's eyes fill.

THE HOOKER
I know, honey ....
They both cry as the Hooker shoves the beer toward Terry.
She takes a sip.
TERRY
It's a rotten world ••.•
THE HOOKER
I know, honey ..•.
They are both crying as a man comes up the stand.
TERRY
What do you want?
MAN
A Big Joe hamburger.
This only makes Terry cry more •
. THE HOOKER
(to Man)
Can't you see this woman's havin'
a nervous breakdown and all you
care about is feedin' your face.

245 INT. OFFICE 245

The Smooth Salesman waits in. line to pay Marsha. They are
both aware of ·each other. Behind her, Mr. a. sits in his
office doing the payroll. The line moves up and.the Smooth
Salesman is closer. As she finishes with the last customer
befora ~im, she gets up and closes the door to Mr. B.'s
office.
MR. B.
"What are you doing?
MARSHA
It's so noisy out here, Leon ••.
(she smiles sweetly)
I thought it might disturb you •••.
He smiles.
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You're a sweet girl, Marsha ••••
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-···-" She smiles again as she closes the door. She stands against
it for a moment as she and the Smooth Salesman look at each
other as the music over the loudspeakers reaches a crescendo.

246 MARSHA 246

She comes to the register now.

MARSHA
That's five-fifty •.••
He hands her the money.
SMOOTHSALESMAN
What's your name?
MARSHA
Marsha ••.•
SMOOTHSALESMAN
Hi ••. I'm Kenny .••.
MARSHA
Hi ••• Here's your change and here's
your rain check •.• you get a free
~--, car wash if it rains ••..
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She is in love.
SMOOTHSALESMAN
What if it rains today?
MARSHA
Then come back tomorrow .•••
KENNY
(very sexy)
Well, what if I couldn't wait 'til
tomorrow? What if I had to come
back tonight around ••• ~
He looks around.

247 HIS POINT OF VIEW 247

The sign that says they close at_eight.

248 KENNYAND MARSHA 248

KENNY
Eight ••.•
MARSHA
Oh, it would be too late ••• you
couldn't get your car washed then ••••
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248 CONTINUED 248

KENNY
Yeah •.. but let's say I was to
come back at eight o'clock anyway •...
A man behind him speaks up now.
MAN BEHIND
Hey, come on, will you? ..•
The Smooth Salesman gives her a passionate smile as he steps
aside and the line moves up.

249 MARSHA 249

She is breathless as the Smooth Salesman leaves the office.

250 HER POINT OF VIEW 250

He stops outside the window and makes the number eight with
his fingers.

251 MARSHA 251

She can hardly make change.

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252 A YOUNGBLACKBOY 252

Behind her on the busy street a Young Black Boy rides his
bicycle _towards the Car Wash. A Little Black Girl sits on
the handlebars.

252-A CAR WASH 252·

Lonnie looks up from his work as he sees the Boy and Girl on
the bicycle. His whole face lights up.
LONNIE
(to-Duane)
Cover for me.••• -~
The Boy and Girl get off the bike.as Lonnie reaches them.
BOY AND GIRL
Hi, Oad ••• Hi, Daddy ••••
He embraces them. He is thrilled to see them.
LONNIE
Hi, babies ••• how ya doin' •••
ly· . How' s Mama today? •••
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252-A CONTINUEP 252-

BOY
Okay ... Dad, can I play the pinball?
LONNIE
Sure ••••
He hands the Boy some change as he runs off.
LONNIE
How's my little girl today?
LITTLE GIRL
Fine •.• Look what I drawed for you ••••
He helps her open up a large drawing with lots of colors.
LONNIE
Gee, it's beautiful, honey .••.•
She points to it.
LITTLE GIRL.
See, here's the Car 'wash and
there ' s you ••••
LONNIE
That's me? •••
He laughs.
LITTLE GIRL
And this is our house and there's·
Mommy.
LONNIE
(he is really
touched)
That's beautiful, sugar ••••
LITTLE GIRL
I't ' s for you ••• I drawed it for
you •••.•
Behind them two policemen walk into the Car Wash and go
toward Mr. B.'s office.
LONNIE
For me? ••• Hohey, it's the most
beautiful thing anybody ever
gave me ••• Thank you, honey ••••
He hugs her tightly. He is so proud of her.
LONNIE
You know what· you are for me:,
honey?
G:-··
(-,-,,-\ No~ •••.
LITTLE GIRL
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(\ ) LONNIE
<._c· You're Christmas •.•.
LITTLE GIRL
But it's the swnmer ...•
LONNIE
I know, but you.' re Christmas for
me anyways •.•.
In the distance the.two policemen walk with Mr. B. to where
the men are working. Lonnie notices this as son comes
back from the arcade.
BOY
Hey, Dad, I got 4027 this time •••.
LONNIE
That's great, Champ •.••
BOY
Can I play again? •••
LONNIE
No, I think you should take your
sister home •••.
BOY
Aw, Dad .••.
LONNIE
Go ahead ••. I gotta get back to
work •...
BOY
(reluctantly
taking the Little
Girl's hand)
Come on ••••
LONNIE
I'll be home soon •••
(to Girl)
Bye, honey, thank you for my
beautiful picture •••
(to Boy)
You ride real careful, J. J •••
okay?
BOY
Sure ••. bye._ •••
( ... ·;··· LI'l''l'LE GIRL
,.-d Bye, Daddy ••••
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the Car Wash as the two policemen approach Slide.
POLICEMAN#1
Do y.ou have a Cadillac with the
license plates 345 KBD?
SLIDE
Why, yes, Officer ••.•
POLICEMAN#1
May I see your license.
SLIDE
(going for his
wallet)
Yes, but •..•
The men whisper to each other.
CHARLIE
This is it .•• they gonna throw away
the key ..••
LLOYD
You think this is the first car
wash to ever get busted ••••
LINDY (Xl
(eyeing the cops)
I love a man in a uniform, honey.
Slide shows his license.
POLICEMAN #1
Mr. Percy Farrow ••• ?
FLOYD
Percy.! ! ! ! ! ! !
Lonnie hushes Floyd as things get more serious.
POLICEMAN#l
You're under arrest ••••
SLIDE
What ••• What for •••.
POLICEMAN #l
You have over seventeen traffic vio-
lations you haven't paid ••••
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SLIDE
~ But I gave it to my sister-in-law
Margie to pay them all ••• Honest,
Officer ••••
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253 CONTINUED 253

The policemen start to handcuff him.

POLICEMAN #1
I want to warn you that anything
you say may be held against you
and you are entitled to an attorney ••••
SLIDE
Hey ••• wait a minute ••••
MR. B.
(to cops)
Isn't there somft way we can
straighten this out •••.
The crowd and curiosity grow as the policemen ignore Mr. B.
Calvin skates by.
CALVIN
Hey, Slide, you goin' to the slam-
mer .•• ?

Lonnie tries to hush Calvin •

. SLIDE
· (to anyone)
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, Ca·ll my sister-in-law, she works
at the May Company ••••
The police start to lead him away.
CALVIN
You better not look in his
locker ••••
Lonnie grabs Calvin and claps his hand over his mouth.
LLOYD
See you on visiting day,. Slide ••••
FLOYD
I. guess this !"":-~.u.::; all debts is
cancelled, Slide ••••
SLIDE
It does not ••••
LINDY
I'll bake you a file cake, honey ••••
They are in the squad car now and about to drive off.
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253 CONTINUED- 2
SLIDE
Call ~y sister-in-law at the May
Company.
They are gone.
Irwin watches Slide go off sadly.
IRWIN
There goes my last good connec-
tion •.••
LLOYD
Don' worry, you can always go back
on Robatussin or Duce Cement ••••
. FLOYD
Hey, Mr. B., can I have the key to
Slide's locker ••••
He grins.
MR. B.
Nobody's touching anything ••• Now
get back to work ••• Wa.sh cars •••
Wash cars ••••
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254 STAY WITH MR. B. 254

as he goes into the office.

255 INT. OFFICE 255

Mr. B. enters.
MR. B.
What's the number of the May
Co~any ••• ?
MARSHA
Which one ••• 1·
;\lR. B.
I don't know, anyone ••• This is
all I needed ••• 'Drug Bust in Car
Wash' ••• I can see the headlines ••••

256 EXT. TRAFFIC 256

'-.-;-·· A Black Woman yells to Calvin from her car.

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Come on, Calvin ••••
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257 CAR WASH 257

CALVIN
I got to go home now ••••
No one is interested.
CALVIN
I'll see you tomorrow ••••
HIPPO
, Don~t do us no favors ••.•
FLOYD
Yeah ••• go over to the Bluebird
car Wash ••• give them your business
for a couple of years.... ·
Calvin skates off as Mr. B. begins 'to hand out the pay envelopes.·
LLOYD (X)
He's a real pain in the ass ••••
DUANE (X)
Go skate under a truck.

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Calvin skates into the traffic. Suddenly, there is a terrify-

ing ·screech of brakes as a truck and several other cars come
to a halt. It. is a terrible moment.
LONNIE AND DUANE (X)
Calvin!!!!!!
Lonnie and Duane lead as the men tear fromthe Car Wash and run(X)
towards the traffic. Suddenly, the real affection and concern
they all have for Calvin shows. They run wildly to .where the
truck ha_s stopped. Dreading ·what they'll find, they look around
the other side of the truck.

259 THEIR POINT OF VIEW - CALVIN 259

shakes his ass at them on his skateboard.

CALVIN
Made you look ••• Made you look ••••
His mother is out of her car and grabs him now, giving him a
good swat on his ass.
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260 THE MEN 260

They are relieved as they start back to work.

261 DUANE 261

He looks in his pay envelope and reacts with a shock. He does

a slow turn and then shouts toward Mr. B.:
DUANE
You firin' me? ••••
Mr. B. turns around.
MR. B.
Come into the office, Duane •...
DUANE
I don' need your stinkin' office,
man .•• You can fire me right here •••
You pig exploiter ••••
MR. B.
I warned you, Duane ••• you missed
a day last week and yesterday •••
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I need someone reliable ••. ! warned
\. --··/ ..· . you ••••
DUANE
An' now I'm warnin' you ••• I'm gonna
get yo~ for this, you fat pig ••• (X)
You understan' me? ••• I'll burn
this place to the ground ••• You think
I need your chicken shit job ••• You
think you're gonna always be the
boss ••• Well, you ain't ••• I'll get
you for this ••• I swear it ••••
Lonnie takes hold of o.uane.
LONNIE
Come on ••• come on ••••
MR. B.
(to everyone else)
Come on, everybody, get back to
work. · • (to Duane)
I'm sorry, Duane.· •••
Ur. B. is upset. He turns toward his office.
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261 CONTINUED 261

DUANE
My name's Abdullah, you pig sucker. (X)

Mr, B. keeps walking.

LONNIE
Come on Abdullah, come on .••.
Duane pushes Lonnie away and storms off toward the locker
room.

262 INT. OFFICE 262

Mr. B. enters.
MR. B.
Where's the Alka Seltzer?
MARSHA
In your bottom drawer •.••
He goes into his office as Lonnie enters and follows him.
LONNIE
Mr. B., I think you should give
Abdullah another chance •.••
MR. B.
I've given him a thousand chances ••••
LONNIE ·\ ..
Mr.~-, he's just confused •••• (X)
MR. B.
(too upset)
Please, Lonnie ••• Now is not the
time ••••
Lonnie starts to turn away, then turns back.
LONNIE
Mr. B ••• Every week I try to talk
to you ••. and every week you say
it's not the time ••• I been workin'
for you for over a year now, Mr. B••• (X)
When is it gonna be the time?
MR. B.
I don't want to talk to you about
Duane ••••
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262 CONTINUED 262

LONNIE
Then let's talk about me •••
(he holds out
his pay envelope)
Mr. B., I need more money ••• I can't
make it on what you're payin' me
... I got two kids ••••
MR. B .
••. Listen, I'm sorry about Duane
but he had it coming ••••
LONNIE
Mr. B., I need more money ••••
MR. B.
I can't, Lonnie. The Bluebird
Car Wash ••• they're gonna put us out
'K)f 'business.

LONNIE
B., I got a lot of ideas
Mr. for
· this place ••••
MR. B.
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.. Yeah ••• I know •.• Listen, Lonnie, don't
rj __ I always pay you extra to close up
for me on Friday nights? •••
Mr. B.- pats Lonnie c:,n the back.
LONNIE
Aw shit ••••
Lonnie leaves the of'f ice.

263 MR. B. 263

Upset, he has never seen ·Lonnie this way.
Irwin enters dressed in his regular clothes.
IRWIN
Hey, I think you should reconsider
.about Duane ••• I mean, Abdullah •••
MR. B.
You, too? •••
IRWIN
Hey, come on, Dad ••••
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263 CONTINUED 263

. MR. B.
Not now, Irwin •..• Back the car out •••
we're leaving.
264 OMITTED 264

265 INT. LOCKER ROOM 265

Lonnie enters. The locker room is empty. He walks over to
Duane's locker. Everything is gone, even the saxophone.

265-A LONNIE 265-A

It is a moment of pure frustration and rage.
LONNIE
Godammit ..•.
He punches one of the lockers savagely. The door springs open
and a large piece of paper slides to the floor.

265-B LONNIE'S POINT OF VIEW 265-B

.,-:;;Q'', His daughters drawing lies on the.floor. It calms him. Slowly

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266 CAR WASH 266

Life goes on. The Car Wash goes on. The radio goes on.
RADIO ANNOUNCER(v.o.)
Okay, two-tickets to the 'Soulwagon'
Concert~
'\
T.C. ' starts moving.
RADIO_ANNOUNCER (v.o.)
To the first caller to name this
song ••••
He runs frantically for the phone booth.
RADIO ANNOUNCER(v.o.)
Who will it be ••• Lomard 3-03355.

267 INT. PHONEBOOTH 267

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...
~erry heads for the booth but T.C. runs in front of her and
•··- -· ..); jumps into the booth.
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267 CONTINUED 267

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It'll be me ..• rne•.••
He dials frantically as the song begins.
T.C.
Come on, answer, .answer ..• It I
s
'Born to Love you' ••••

267-A CAR WASH 267-A

~he Announcer breaks into the record.
RADIO ANNOUNCER(v.o.)
We have a winner from the Deluxe
Car Wash •.••
.E • --'.ryone cheers.

268 EXT. PHONE BOOTH- THEIR POINT OF VIEW 268

T.C. ecstatically leaves the phone booth.
RADIO ANNOUNCER(v.o.)
Mr. Theodore Chauncey Elcott ••••
LLOYD, FLOYD, HIPPO, LINDY,
CHUKO, GERONIMOAND GOODY
Theodore Chatinceyl!!!!!!!!
T.C.
Well, T.C. got to stand for
something ••••
CHUKO
I thought it stand for 'Tough
Chit' .•••
T.C.
Hey, I won ••• I won ••••
He glances automatically toward The Five Spot. Mona is
busy, unaware of T.C.'s triumph.

269 PHONEBOOTH
Terry is on the phone, riddled with anxiety.
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269 CONTINUED 269

TERRY
Hello, Ma... have you seen Joe •••
What do you mean, isn't he with
me? ••• If he was here with me would
I be asking you if he was there
with you? Never mind, Ma•...
She hangs up the phone unhappily.

270 INT. OFFICE 270

Mr. B. gets ready to leave. He talks guardedly to Marsha.
MR. B.
I'll try and get away later •••
Are you gonna be home?
MARSHA
No •.• I I m going to visit my sister ••.•
MR. B.
(disappointed)
Oh ••• well, maybe tomorrow_ night ••••
MARSHA
Maybe •• _••
MR. B.
Watch it ••• my son ••.•

271 CAR WASH· 271

Irwin is ready to leave.· He stops to say good-bye. (X)

IRWIN
. (to everyone)
Catch you later ••• Be cool ••• I
really dug gettin' it on with you
guys ••••

It hangs in the air. Lonnie saves it._

LONNIE
Take.it easy, Irwin.
Irwin goes over to Justin and shakes his hand.
IRWIN
Good luck, Man••••
JUSTIN
You, too ••••
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271 CONTINUED 271

Mr. B. joins them now. He looks through the Car Wash.

MR. B.
Where's Lonnie? ... Huh ••. Where's
Lonnie •...
Mr. B. is nervous.
CH.~RLIE
Haven't seen him for awhile.Mr. B •..•

Mr.B. panics. He looks to the street and then back to the

Car Wash as Lloyd approaches.
Llovd
Mr. B., Floyd an' me got this
real important audition with a
new agent ..•.
Mr. B. is nervous about Lonnie.
MR. B.
Huh ••. what •.•.
LLOYD
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Well we was wondering if we could
leave a little early tonight ••••
MR. B,
Not now Lloyd •.• I'm tryin' to find--
Lonnie .••.
LLOYD
Come on Mr. B. it's real impo.rtant ••• ~
MR. B.
Go ahead ••• go now ••• what does any-
body care about me or the cars ••.•
Lloyd is happy.
LLOYD
Thanks Mr. B•.••
MR B.
Where the hell is Lonnie.

271-A THE MEN 271-

( . They look to each other. Things look bad.
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271-B MR. B. 271-B
\_:~; Still in a flap he circles behind the rest rooms and toward
the locker room.

271-C INT. LOCKER ROOM 271-C

Mr. B. enters. The CAMERAis only on him.· He stops for a
minute and breathes a little easier.
MR. B.
Lonnie •.••

271-D HIS POINT OF VIEW 271-D

Lonnie sits at the end of the room, quietly.

MR. B.
Lonnie ••• I ••• I didn't know where
you were ••••.
Lonnie doesn't. answer.
MR. B.
Listen ••• I have to go now ••. Lonnie
••• But I promise that we'll sit
down and talk tomorrow ••••
Lonnie still remains silent.
MR. B.
Honest Lonnie we'll talk about all
the things on your mind ••• I prom-
ise ....
Mr. B. comes closer. Lonnie still doesn't respond.

271-E MR. B. 271-E

This is hard for him but slowly he reaches out his hand.
MR. B.
I promise ••••

271-F LONNIE 271-F

He looks up, he sees that Mr. B. is sincere. Slowly he

reaches out and shakes Mr. B.'s hand. The two men smile.
They seem hopeful.
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271-G CAR WASH 271-G
', EARL
\·:•': Everybody better watch their ass
aroun' here now ••• you know when
Mr. B. ain't here ••• I'm in charge ••••
SNAPPER
That's news to me••••
EARL
He's gonna announce it soon ••••
Behind them Irwin sits in the driver's seat of .the big
Cadillac, revving it up as Mr. B. jumps in beside him and
they take off.

272 CAR WASH 272

The men go back to work.

GOODY
Hey, how come the Jews always
gotta go home early on Friday
nights?
LLOYD
I~
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if they ain't home by sundown, the
skin grows back on their dicks ••••
They all love this.

273 INT. CADILLAC 273

Irwin sits in the driver's seat as they wait for a li.ght at
the corner.
IRWIN·
So how long .you been.banging Marsha?
Mr. s. almost chokes.

273-A ENTRANCECAR WASH 273-A

Hippo lets in a last minute car and then puts up the chain.
Scruggs locks up the pumps.

·273-B SCRUGGS' POINT OF VIEW 273-E

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A Pinto pulls up with a young blonde girl, who. looks like a
\©:1 Country and Western singer at the wheel.
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/,.-\ 273-B CONTINUED 273-B

(' <) SCRUGGS
(delighted)
Charlene ••••

273-C ANOTHER ANGLE 273-C

Geronimo watches.
GERONIMO
I knew he'd have that woman eating
out.of his hand.

273-D HIS POINT OF VIEW 273-0

Scruggs runs toward Charlene who remains seated in the Pinto.

SCRUGGS
Hi Charlene .•••
Charlene smiles sweetly but at the same time opens the car
door and throws out Scruggs suitcase which flies open and
clothes spill everywhere. She backs up in a flash and peels
off into the traffic ••••
SCRUGGS ·
Charlene wait ••••
274 274
thru OMITTED thru
277 277

278 BURGER STAND 278

Terry starts to close up as Joe returns.

TERRY
Joe ••• I've been worried sick .• ~
Where have you been?
JOE
Jus' walkin' around ••••
TERRY
I've been crazy ••••
JOE
(still hurt)
You'll get over it ••••
She touches him now.
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278 CONTINUED 278

TERRY
Joe, don't you know I'm crazy about
you and no one could ever take
your place ••••
JOE
I get so jealous ••••
TERRY
. I know ••••
She thinks for a moment.
TERRY
I know •••
(her big
confession)
That's why I do it ••••
He melts.
JOE
(smiling)
Someday I'm gonna kill you ••••
TERRY
Not if I get you first .•••
They kiss and hug •.

279 ANOTHERANGLE 279

Nearby the Hooker sits on a bench watching them. She is

happy for them as she sips another beer.

280 ·CAR WASH 280

The last car ~Qes through as the men cheer and throw their
rags up in the air.
T.C.
(shouting)
Quittin' time ••••
They all shout together. They love this game.
THE MEN
I'm the boss aroun'. here, I get
to say when it's quittin' time •••
... H.• (they all shout}
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281 INT. OFFICE 281

'<</ Marsha is very excited as she gets

makes use of all her new cosmetics
ready for
referring
her date. She
to Movie Star
photographs as her guide.

282 INT. LOCKER ROOM 282

Lloyd and Floyd are dressed in the special outfits they
brought to wear for their audition. They look very flashy
as the other men enter and begin to undress. The other men
whistle and give them recognition. Charlie applauds.
LLOYD
Thank you ..• thank you •• ~an' now
for our next number we'd like to
do Tina Turner ..••
FLOYD
Yeah •••
(pointing to Lloyd}
He'll -do her in the front and I'll
do her in the back .••.•
This cracks them up,. but gets "boos" from some of the others.

282-A T,C. 282·

He looks around his locker.

T.C.
Hey, wnere's my pomade?
Lloyd has it and passes it behind his back to Floyd. T.c.
· turns to them.
T.C.
You got my pomade and you're a
dead man •.••

They continue to pass it.

T.C.
Give me my pomade ••••
Lloyd drops it and it hits the floor. They all dive for it
but T.C. gets it.
T.C.
'The Fly' flies again ••••

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282-A CONTINUED 282-
LLOYD
(\:) Yeah, triumphant after catching
the Coke Bottle Bomber •..•
Some of them laugh at this.
T.C.
You bunch of punks ••. you jus'
jealous 'cause I won the tickets
to the concert ••••
LLOYD.
Too bad you're goin' alone ••••
T.C. is trying to pomade his hair but is making a mess of
it. Lindy comes over and takes it away from him.
LINDY
Here, I'll show you how ••••
Lindy takes charge of T.C.'s hair.
FLOYD
Wooooo ••• wooooooo ••••
LLOYD
I see who you're takin' out tonight ••••

283 ANOTHERANGLE 283

Chuko is whistling as he puts on his shoes.
CHU.KO
My Aunt Sophie's makin' refried
beans tonight.
HIPPO
Be sure an I
wear your cork tomorrow ••••
CHUKO
Look who's talkin' ••• Hey,· Hippo,
how you do it with that belly? (X)
••• Huh ••• you got to lie down
in a wheelbarrow an' they roll
you into the girl ••••
HIPPO
(memories of
earlier in the day}
I do okay ••••
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283 CONTINUED 283

GERONIMO
Hey, where's your radio .•. I never
seen you without your radio ...•
HIPPO
I ... I broke it ..•.
GOODY
(to Scruggs)
Hey, let's go ••• we can catch the
las' couple of races •..•
SCRUGGS
I gotta go find Charlene ••••
Charlie walks over to Lonnie.
CHARLIE
You wanna ride home, Lonnie •.. ?

LONNIE
No. thanks, Charlie, I got to close
up ••••

CHARLIE
We'll wait for you ••.• ·
LONNIE
No thanks .•.•
Floyd and Lloyd put on their hats.

284 ANOTHERANGLE 284

Earl leaves grandly. He looks around the room contemptuously.

EARL
Try not to leave the locker room
too messy •••••
He leaves.
FLOYDAND'LLOYD
(singing)
Ding Dong the Witch is dead •.••
They sp~n with a .flourish and linking arms leave stylishly
with a very biz" exit.
,,,.-··•, Lloyd
See you on Soul Train!! ••••
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284 CONTINUED 284

CHARLIE
Good luck .... (X)

Some of the other men shout after them. Justin leaves now. (X)
JUSTIN
So long ••. See you tomorrow .••.
THE MEN
Bye Justin .•• Take it slow ••• Catch
you tomorrow •••.

285 EXT. LOCKER ROOM 285

Justin leaves and walks to the street. He looks around

hopefully but his girl friend is nowhere in sight. He
takes a seat on the bus stop bench next to Snapper.

286 OTHER SIDE OF THE CAR WASH 286

Earl gets inside his fancy car. He puts his key in and
is about to start it when suddenly he notices something.

c:: 287 HIS POINT OF VIEW 287

The bright blue bakery box that he made Geronimo and Goody
clean the Saint Bernard shit_ with earlier that day now sits
on his hood.

288 EARL 288

He jumps out of his car and runs to the front of the hood.

289 289

It is face down, without a cover.

290 CLOSE SHOT - EARL'S FACE· 290

slowly he lifts the box. We have only to see his face to

know what is dumped on top of his car. Suddenly a wild
Indian war whoop comes from behind him. He· whirls around.

291 HIS POINT OF VIEW 291

.,......
\/ .\

c;.;.,§ Geronimo and Goody peel out in their cherry-red souped-up

Ford, laughing and screaming Indian war whoops.
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292 EARL

fuming as they drive away.

293 THE BURGERSTAND 293

Terry and Joe leave together happily. As they walk away the
Hooker tries to call to them.
HOOKER
Bye, honey •..
(timidly)
Bye ....

They do not hear her. A song plays on the loudspeakers.

294 THE BUS STOP 294

Snapper and Justin sit wait.ing. Ju·stin looks around appre-
hensively. Realizing no one is coming he sits back.
JUSTIN
Some day today •.• huh?
SNAPPER
I don't know, son .•. you know old
Snapper here, I been up, down •••
in and out so many times ••.
sometimes I think nothin' phases
me ••••

Justin is really preoccupied with his own thoughts.

SNAPPER
Reminds me of a fellow I used to
know from New Orleans ••• he used
to have this nightclub ••. an'
nobody aver went to it •.• so he
.hired these three girls an' then
you know what the.three girls
did ••• oh, here's our bus ••••
The bus_ pulls up. Justin waits as a few people get on
before them.

295 TRAFFJ;C 295

Suddenly his girl friend pulls up in h~r car.

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295 CONTINUED 295

LORETTA
Justin ....
JUSTIN
Loretta .•..
He beams and starts toward her.
JUSTIN
I thought you weren't coming ••.•
LORETTA
I wasn't ••• then when I decided I
wou~d I was afraid it was too late
••• Oh, Justin, I'm sorfy ••••
JUSTIN
Wait a minute.

296 JUSTIN 296

He runs back and grabs Snapper who is about to get on the

bus.
JUSTIN
Come on, we'll give you a ride ••••
~\
'
SNAPPER
,/
No, you young folks go on ••••
JUSTIN·
You' re sure ••••
, SNAPPER
Yeah, I' 11 see ·you tomorrow •••
I'll tell you what happened with
the th~ee _girls in New Orleans .•• ~

Justi~ is long gone and back to the ·car.

297 CAR 297

JustinJllld Loretta kiss.

LORETTA
Listen, I've
been thinking and ••••
JUSTIN
Let's not talk about it for a week •••
Then we'll sit down calmly and discuss
it ••••
LORETTA
But I ....
He hushes her.
JUSTIN
One week ••• a deal? CONTINUED
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297 CONTINUED 297

LORETTA (X)
(she smiles
and hugs him)
A deal. ...
JUSTIN (X)
Come on, move over ••. I'll drive ....
He gets in and they drive off. (X)

298 EXT. LOCKER ROOM 298

Lonnie comes out and passes a Black Man wandering around the
Car Wash.
BLACK MAN
Hi ... I came to pick up my car .••
my wife left it here •.••
LONNIE
Oh••• yeah •.. Over there.
(he points)
How's your wife?
BLACK MAN
~""· Just fine ••. we had a little boy •••
(
/
\_.. (he fumbles in
his pocket)
Here, have a cigar .•••
LONNIE
Thanks ••. congr~tulations, that's
just great •...
BLACKMAN
We're gonna call him Carlton~ •.•
LONNIE
That I
s fine ••••

BLACKMAN
I'll jus' take my car,
okay? •••
LONNIE
Sure ••• good luck ••••

299 IN'r. OFFICE 299

Marsha is in a tizzy as Lonnie enters.

MARSHA
I got a date ••••
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299 CONTINUED 299

LONNIE
You go ahead .•. I'll close up ..••
MARSHA
Thanks ••..
She gives her hair a last shot of hair spray and leaves.

300 CAR WASHEXIT 300

Hippo gets on nis tiny scooter. He starts to leave when he
notices the Hooker sitting in the spadows. They exchange
looks. It appears that the Hooker would not mind going with
him at all.

301 . HIPPO 301

He thinks for a second and then takes off.

302 HOOKER 302

.She is disappointed, but pretends she isn't •

...,

r'~
.., .A
303 EXT. STREET IN FRONT OF"CARWASH 303

The beat-up pickup truck arrives and picks up Chuko. As he

takes off he blows a kiss to Marsha who stands waiting in
front of the Car Wash.

304 MARSHA 304

She ignores Chuko and.· adjusts herself. Now she tries several
different poses to be discovered in.

305 INT. FIVE SPOT .305

It is busy as ·T.C., dressed.to.kill, enters. Mona exhibits

her usual disdain as he sits down at the counter and she
passes by.
T.C.
No congratulations for the big
winner?
MONA
What? •••
. T.C.
I won two tickets to the Soulwagon
,······. Concert tonight •.• knew the title
of a song in three seconds ••• I'm
goin·' to pick up the tickets now ••••
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305 CONTINUED 305

She turns her back on him.

MONA
Listen, I'm busy ••••
He stands up and comes close to her behind the counter.
T.C.
You listen to me, Mona••• I know you
waitin' for some high class prince
to come an' get you ••• but he ain't
comin' .•• I'm your prince •.• ain't
nobody as crazy about you as I am
an' you know it ••• so get your black
ass in gear, woman, an' start payin'
me some respect •.• or Iain' comin'
'round no more ••• an' if you don'
wanna step out with me tonight to
the concert •.. then I'li find some-
one who will ••• and that's that ••••
He marches to the door. He is very pleased with himself. As
he is about to leave •••• ,
MONA
~·· T. C ••••
I :,' ..
\~···

He turns.
MONA
You. come back in an hour ••• I'll
be through then ••••
T.C.
Yes, ma'am •••
.(he smiles and
as he leaves,
almost to himself)
•~ Fly' flies again ••••
He makes his little "fly" noise. ·

306 THE OWNER 306

He smiles for T.C. as one of the pats of butter that Goody
shot up on the ceiling falls on his bald head.

307 HIS POINT OF VIEW - THE CEILING 307

as another pat comes unstuck.

308 CLOSE - THE OWNE;R 308

••• and falls on his cheek.

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309 FRONT OF CAR WASH 309

A song blares over the loudspeakers as Marsha assumes another

pose as the Smooth Salesman pulls up in his car. Marsha is
excited but playing it cool. As she comes closer to the car
she notices that a Sexy Blonde sits next to the Salesman with
her arms wrapped around him.
SMOOTHSALESMAN
Hi, honey ••• What was your name
again?
MARSHA
(confused)
Marsha •••.
SMOOTHSALESMAN
That's right, Marsha ••• meet Bernie ••••
He indicates the back seat, where a plump, balding salesman
leers at Marsha.
SMOOTHSALESMAN
Hop in, Marsha ••••
She hesitates but is in the car before she knows it.
~···. SMOOTH.SALESMAN
\.)··· Wel1, should we go to The Polo
Lounge ••• or some restaurant ••• or
straight to the hotel room?
They all laugh except Marsha.
SEXY BLONDE
- Oh, Kenny, you ' re fabulous ••••

310 GROUPSHOT . 310

They drive off as the camera moves to include Lonnie's

reflection through the office window as he closes. up. The
Car.Wash i• deserted now except for Lonnie.

311 INT. OFFIC:E: 311

It is almost dark outside as Lonnie counts the cash and

prepares the bank deposit. The regimented drone of a news-
caster can be heard outside the Car Wash still coming from
the loudspeakers.

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v-·-
(::::=.:;
~ He continues to work when he hears a noise.
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311-A CONTINUED 311-A

LONNIE
( looking around)
Is anyone there?
There is nothing. He goes back to his work as we become
aware of someone in the shadows, far behind him. Lonnie is
unaware as the shadow moves closer. Suddenly he s~es a
reflection in one of the vending machine mirrors. He turns
around quickly.
· LONNIE
Abdullah ••• what are you doing
there?

312 HIS POINT OF VIEW 312

Duane hesitates .in the shadows.

313 LONNIE 313

LONNIE
I'm glad you came back ••• You
shouldn't have run off like that ••.••
~----
( ' ..
'\,.,.::i'
Duane seems very strange.
LONNIE
I'm gonna talk to Mr. B. tomorrow
••• He' 11 take you back ••••
DUANE
I didn't come to talk, Lonnie
••• I came for the money.
Duane moves forward into the light now. He holds his hand
in his windbreaker pocket where the light now picks up the
bulge ..of. a. gun.
.
. ·~-~; . . . . .

. ;~: :::;~·:·."·..
LONNIE
'Nhat you talkin' about? •••
DUANE
Give me the money ••••
Duane seems desperate.
LONNIE
Is this what you was plannin' with
Tony Fredericks this afternoon?
~...,,· ••• How to rob this place? •• ~
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/.-\ 313 CONTINUED 313

DUANE
;~/. I don' need Tony Fredricks .•• !
can do this on my own •. · .Jus' give,
me the money •.••
LONNIE
Listen •••.
Sweat pours down Duane's face.
DUANE
Jus' give me the money, Lonnie •••
I don' wanna hurt you ••••
Duane moves closer but Lonnie holds his ground.
LONNIE
Well, tha's the only way you gonna
get this money ••••
DUANE
You'd protect the exploiter pig's
money? ••• ·
LONNIE
Iain' protectin' Mr. B's money,
I'm protectin' you ••• This ain't
no way, Abdullah ••• ! learned it (X)
the hard way.

Duane moves cl·oser. He seems even more desperate.

DUANE
Get away from the money, Lonnie
••.• Did you hear me ••• get away ••••
...
They are face to· face. Lonnie holds his ground.

314 DUANE 314

Every·emotion runs through him now in a split second.· He
finally breaks. He can't hurt Lonnie-. ·
LONNIE
(gently)
Give me·the gun, Abdullah ••• come
on ••• give me the gun ••••
Slowly, Duane removes a piece of metal pipe from his jacket
pocket. He puts it down on the counter as he breaks down.
✓-···· .

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(~
314 CONTINUED 314
. I ·,, DUANE
\:<___ I ••• I don' know what to do ••.
Everything's a mess •.. I jus' can't
seem to get anything together ••••
He continues to break down as Lonnie watches painfuliy.
LONNIE
Why don' you try an' get back
with Rose ••••
-DUANE
(this makes
him sadder) ·
I can't ••• I can•t ••• I hear she's
back on the stu££ ••• you know
what'll happen to me if I go see
her ••. Nothin's workin' ••. it's all
a mess ••• I don• know what to do ••••
Lonnie touches him now.
LONNIE
I know, Abdullah ••• I know ••••

~- Lonnie holds him, feels very deeply for him, then. smiles.
~ /···
LONNIE
Listen, you come home with me for
dinner ••• we always have fishcakes
and spaghetti on Friday nights •••
The kids will love it ••• and Muriel
don' get to see people much these
days ••• Come on ••••
DUANE
No, I can't ••••
LONNIE
.... ._. _else you got to do? •••
DOANE
(pulling himself
together)
Ah, Lonnie ••••
LONNIE
Come ,on ••••
..
Lonnie.begins to turn the lights off.
~-···
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() 314 CONTINUED- 2 314

.
\.i~--
i LONNIE
Things are gonna get better .•. I
know it ... Hey, you got your saxo-
phone with you? ••.

315 EXT. OFFICE 315

Lonnie continues to shut the lights out as the camera travels
AWAv
iigna
£~ ~_..a.nd
go ou~.
__cz_l.o.wJ~-:~"'
A Raaio Announcer
-,a.1,o.- l".2~--~
arones
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the news.
the

As the camera continues through the darkened Car Wash the

radio is shut off and the last few lights go off. The sound
of a transistor radio can be heard now from somewhere in the
shadows of the Car Wash.
RADIO ANNOUNCER(v.o.)
.~.And those are the headlines on
the hour ••••

316 EXT. CAR-WASH 316

,,., Slowly the Hooker appears from the shadows with Hippo's
~
(' ·\f.•
transistor radio pressed to her ear •.. _ A song begins now.
As the song plays, the Hooker slowly moves to the curb, where
she puts out her thumb and starts hitching.

317 WIDER SHOT 317

The Booker hitching~ with the Car Wash in the b.g.
All the cast, credits and titles appear now in a crawl as
she continues to hitch and the song plays.

-·-•
·•-t~b~~~--
~--
Th•- iOflg' :fadaa.

FADE OU'r

THE END