Gail walks through the colonnade, and Chace walks with her.
EXT. ROME FIUMICINO AIRPORT -- NIGHT A PRIVATE PLANE taxis on the mist-shrouded runway. The clamshell air-stair descends, a black sedan pulls up, andtwo bodyguards whisk J Paul Getty inside.
75.
EXT. HOTEL AGOSTO -- NIGHT Getty and his coterie enter via the alley door, briskly movingthrough the kitchen.
INT. HOTEL AGOSTO -- NIGHT A group of furtive Milanese in black designer clothes hoveroutside a hotel suite.
OTTO:
Good evening, Mr. Getty.
GETTY:
Nothing good about it. Let's getdown to business.
OTTO:
Are you serious about making payment?
GETTY:
I wouldn't be here if I weren't.
OTTO:
Because there can't be any more games.
You know our price, and it's notsubject to negotiation any longer.
Payment must be made in cash, tonight.
GETTY:
I want the proof first.
OTTO:
After you.
INT. HOTEL ROOM -- NIGHT As he enters, Getty is overcome with emotion.
GETTY:
There you are.
REVERSE ANGLE:
there on the bedspread is a small painting: Albrecht D.rer's 15th Century "Madonna and Child in a Window."
OTTO:
Because of the painting's disputedprovenance, it can never be publiclydisplayed. As discussed, our priceis $1.15 million.
GETTY:
I'm afraid we weren't able to bringthe full sum. Liquidity, you know.