He climbs back in and pulls back onto the highway.
EXT. PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY -- DAY The car has stalled out by the roadside. Chace folds his sportcoat over his arm and puts out a thumb to hitch a ride.
EXT. GETTY ESTATE -- FRONT GATE -- DAY A GARDENER's old pickup truck pulls up and Chace climbs out.
CHACE:
Gracias, se.or. Muchas! The pickup truck drives away. The great gates open before us. Chace walks up the deeply sloping driveway, his shirtdamp with sweat. Finally, he reaches the crest of the hill - -- and stops.
CHACE (CONT'D) I'll be damned.
EXT. GETTY VILLA, MALIBU -- DAY Here, on this hill, J Paul Getty supervises the construction of a precise replica of Hadrian's Villa, complete withreflecting pool and Roman statuary.
GETTY:
Chace. You're looking damp. What happened to you?
CHACE:
Car-pooling.
GETTY:
It'll never catch on.
105.
Chace stands marveling at the sprawling Villa.
GETTY (CONT'D) It's an exact replica of my ImperialVilla, down to the last detail, butwith flush toilets. The mountain may not have come to Mohammed, butit sure as hell came to me.
Getty's Secretary approaches.
SECRETARY:
West Texas Intermediate, sir.
Getty glances at the ticker tape.
CHACE:
What does it feel like, reading thatslip of paper?
GETTY:
Vertigo. For a moment, money losesall meaning and becomes as plentifulas air. Like... flight. But then it passes.
Getty folds the paper and slips it into his pocket.
GETTY (CONT'D) What's all this I see on TV with Gail? Paying the ransom in full?
We both know she doesn't have it.
CHACE:
The lady's made other arrangements.
GETTY:
She doesn't have the money. What's going on? Come on, where'd she getit? Is she f***ing somebody?
Chace stares at the old man.
CHACE:
I think I'm finally beginning tounderstand what makes you tick.