杰瑞发布于2022-10-16
(off his look) I don't think he planned on dying. He thought that was negotiable, too.HINGE: Yes, well. As a result, the Gettyestate has become a family fortunein search of a family.TAX ATTORNEY: You see, the estate was structuredas a charitable family trust.GAIL: Did he ever give any money to charity?HINGE: No. The trust enabled Mr. Getty tobuild his fortune without payingtaxes. The problem is, the trusthas rules. It throws off interest. The interest must be spent. It's a staggering amount of money.GAIL: What do you want from me?HINGE: How do I put this. The King is dead, and the throne is vacant. Someone has to take his place.GAIL: That money destroyed my family.HINGE: So you don't want it. We HOLD on Gail. Then:GAIL: No. Give it to me. The other attorney slides a stack of documents toward her. Atop the stack is the beautiful gold fountain pen that sheused to sign her children away. She twists off the cap. The nib is as sharp as a knife. She sets it down and signs on the dotted line. EXT. GETTY VILLA, MALIBU -- DAY The iron gates open before us, and a CROWD enters the grounds. They wear sneakers, jeans, t-shirts. 118. They snap pictures with Instamatic cameras and carry cans ofsoda. Fletcher Chace is among them, his suit freshly pressed. INT. GETTY VILLA -- MAIN OFFICE LOBBY -- DAY Chace sits in a lobby chair, waiting for his appointment.CUT TO: GAIL'S SIGNATURE scrolls across the signature line of a bank check. She sitsat Getty's old Louis XIV desk, her bearing modest but somehowregal:she has become Getty, after her own fashion. She tears the check from the register and offers it to Chace.