美国骗局 American Hustle Movie Script

EXT. ROSENFELD & SON GLASS REPAIR CO. - DAY 1940’S Young Irving and his Father and Mother standing outside thefamily's glass repair shop in the Bronx as some toughcontractors march up to them.

IRVING ROSENFELD (V.O.) I would rather be on the takingside than the getting taken sideany day of the week, especiallyafter I saw how my father gottaken. I mean, seeing that scarredme for life.

EXT. UNDISCLOSED STREET - DAY 1940’S Young Irving runs by a store front as he throws a rockthrough each window on the store, smashing them all.

IRVING ROSENFELD (V.O.) (CONT’D) I took it upon myself to drum upbusiness. I became a different kind of guy than my father. I became acon artist -- from the feet up, forreal.

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THE BRONX: STOREFRONT WITH SMASHED WINDOW. - DAY - PRESENT Irv shakes his head, surveys the damage.

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IRVING ROSENFELD I was gonna survive no matter what.

I still had the glass business and a few dry cleaning stores on the side.

7G INT. IRV’S DINGY OFFICE - DAY 7G Irving paces around his office smoking a cigar and talking on the phone. What looks to be stolen art sits on the floor all around him.

IRVING ROSENFELD (V.O.) And I did some art dealing on the side. Stolen or forged art.

EXT./INT. POOL PARTY - LONG ISLAND HOUSE - DAY Chicago’s “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?” fades up. Jamming early 70s HOLIDAY party -- LONG ISLAND LADIES IN BIKINIS WITH HUGE HAIR IN FUR COATS SMOKING OUTSIDE THE GLASS ENCLOSED POOL -while inside steamed glass SHINY BIKINI CANDIDATES FOR NOSE JOBS; A FEW OTHERS WHO ARE LARGE, SEVERAL GUYS WHO LOOK MOBBED UP, pale, out of shape, gold chains, in swim trunks, EVEN MORE BURT REYNOLDS TYPE GUYS, slim, hairy, chains.

IRVING ROSENFELD (V.O.) So, one January I go to my friends pool party in Long Island.

Irving sits holding court with some friends by the pool when he turns and sees Sydney for the first time.

PUSH IN ON: Irving. He looks up, they lock eyes across the party.

SYD REACHES FOR A SLICE OF FRUIT ON HIGH SET PLATE WHEN IRVING’S HAND GRABS HER ARM -- she turns, taken aback IRVING ROSENFELD Is that Duke Ellington on your bracelet?

She does have on a Duke Ellington charm bracelet.

SYDNEY PROSSER: As a matter of fact, it is. He died this year, you know.

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IRVING ROSENFELD I know. I doubt anyone else here knows or cares about it.

SYDNEY PROSSER: Well I care. He saved my life many times.

Irving takes a good look at her, impressed.

IRVING ROSENFELD (impressed) Mine too. Which one?

SYDNEY PROSSER: Jeep’s Blues.

IRVING ROSENFELD (smiles, warm) Jeep’s Blues. Oh yeah.

Awkward pause.