Raising Arizona

HI

Dragged several yards before the boot shakes him off, leaving him on his stomach in the middle of the road.

Hi looks up the road.

HI'S POV

Lenny is again sluing the bike around.

REAR WHEEL OF BIKE

Smoking as it skids around in the foreground, completing ist turn.

Boom up Lenny's back to reveal Ed stomping straight up the street toward him – unarmed, unafraid.

ED
I want that baby!

BACK TO HI

He reaches back to pull up his shirt, revealing a gun tucked in his pants in the small of his back. He grabs the gun.

OVER LENNY'S SHOULDER

As Ed closes in.

ED
Gimme that baby, you warthog from hell!

Lenny's arms rise into frame. With a roll of his wrists two knives appear in his hands.

BACK TO HI
 

On his stomach, sighting down the gun toward Lenny.

HIS POV

Ed stepping into his line of fire, blocking Lenny.

FROM BEHIND LENNY

Raising an arm to stab.

Ed Stoops to scoop the baby from the car seat, revealing: Hi, behind her. He fires.

LENNYS HAND

Drilled by Hi's bullet, drops its knife.

The exit wound spurts, not flesh and blood, but a brief jet of fire.

LENNY

Quick as a flash hurling the other knife at Hi.

HI

As the knife stings the gun out of his hand.

KNIFE ON THE GROUND AT LENNY'S FEET

Lenny bends to scoop up the knife he dropped.

TRACKING BEHIND ED

As she runs toward the bank, clutching Nathan Jr. to her chest.

INT. BANK

As Ed bursts in. The floor is littered with obedient hayseeds. From where he lies prone:

OLD TIMER
Just lie down on the floor, missie.

BANG: The front door bursts open before Lenny's roaring hog.

It sails off a step into the sunken atrium, and lands with a CRASH amidst the hayseeds.

TRACKING BEHIND ED
 

As she runs for the back door and pushes through it.

TRACKING BEHIND LENNY

As he slaloms through the wildly scattering hayseeds.

EXT. BACK OF BANK

As Lenny bursts out.

With a whipcrack effect he looks left, then right. He jerks the bike right, to where an alleyway flanks the side of the bank.

ALLEYWAY

Ed is running up the alley toward the front of the bank as Lenny enters. He roars after her.

LENNY'S POV

Roaring down the alley.

TRACKING IN FRONT OF ED

As the bike approaches behind her.

BACK TO LENNY'S POV

Closing on Ed as she reaches the mouth of the alley. A plank swings into frame, straight at the camera.

REVERSE

Matching action as Hi finishes swinging the plank into Lenny's face.

Lenny hits the ground hard as his bike spins out from under him.

THE BIKE

Riderless, twisting crazily into the street where it collapses.

HI AND ED
 

Lenny is rising to his feet beyond them as Hi nods encouragement to Ed.

HI

Run along now, honey.

Lenny is reaching back to throw his knife.

Hi, unaware, is turning to face him, presenting the plank as – the knife is thrown.

It thunks into the plank, piercing it through.

Hi backs up, swinging the knife – studded plank to make Lenny keep his distance.

TRACKING BEHIND LENNY'S SHOULDER

As he reaches up to unhook a chain from a ring on his vest shoulder.

LENNY'S HAND

As the free chain drops down into his palm.

LENNY

Swinging the chain – whoosh whoosh – at the backpedaling Hi.

THE PLANK

As the chain snakes around it and rips it out of Hi's hands.

LENNY

Grabbing Hi by the shirtfront.

LENNY'S OTHER HAND

Swings down and brass knuckles appear on it.

ON HI
 

As Lenny's fist swings into frame to club him forehand, then backhand.

An uppercut from his heels sends Hi sprawling back.

A PARKED CAR

As Hi lands against it, banging his head. He sinks to the ground.

Lenny is casually walking toward him, lighting a cheroot. Hi flops over onto his stomach and starts wriggling under the car.

FROM UNDER THE CAR

Hi's face in the foreground as he desperately seeks escape.

Behind him we can see Lenny casually reaching down and grabbing an ankle.

The shot is framed identically to the shot in the Arizona nursery where Hi pulled a baby from under the crib.

Lenny pulls. Hi is dragged away from the camera and out from under the car.

HI

Struggling to stand up.

Lenny wraps his arms around him and applies a tremendous bear hug.

HI'S ARMS

Crushed against Lenny. His hands paw futilely at Lenny's chest.

FULL SHOT

Lenny finally flings Hi away.

HI

Landing in the dust, all the fight beaten out of him.

LENNY

Tired of the fight: He saws out both shotguns
 

THE HANNERS

On the guns as Lenny's thumbs draw them back. He raises the guns to fire.

HI

The end of the road.

He wearily lifts a hand, defensively extending it in front of him – then stops, staring at:

HI'S HAND

A hand grenade pin hangs, glinting, from one of his fingers.

Pawing at Lenny's chest he must have hooked his finger through its ring.

HI

Reacting.

LENNY

Reacting to Hi reacting. He looks down.

LENNY‘S CHEST

On the bandoliers across his chest, silver pins glint in all the grenades – except one. Its squeeze-lever juts at a right angle from the grenade.

LENNY'S FACE

Hi's jaw drops.

LENNY'S FEET

The lit cheroot hits the ground between his boots.

HI

Scrambling to his feet.

LENNY

Trying to drop the shotguns to free his hands. In his panic his fingers tangle in the trigger guards.

HI

Starting to run.

LENNY

Finally freeing his hands.

HI

Diving behind the parked car.

LENNY'S CHEST