美国骗局 American Hustle Movie Script

IRVING ROSENFELD Richard, think about it. You got some big arrests. You got U.S. Congressmen. You look good. You're gonna be all over the news. You know what doesn't look good? A story about gross incompetence 205 SMASH TO: 205 FLASHBACK -- RICHIE KICKS OPEN THE DOOR OF LAWYER ALFONSE SIMONE’S OFFICE WITH A WARRANT IN HIS HAND AND TWO AGENTS BEHIND HIM.

RICHIE DIMASO: I have a warrant for - Richie looks around disoriented, we cannot see what he sees yet.

RICHIE DIMASO (CONT’D) I'm sorry, do I have the wrong office?(checks number on the door) Is this 701? Alfonse Simone?

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MAN’S VOICE (O.S.) This is 701.

-- WE REVEAL THE VOICE BELONGS TO A BLACK ATTORNEY -- TWO BLACK CLIENTS ACROSS FROM HIM -- SEATED AT WHAT PREVIOUSLY APPEARED TO BE THE DESK OF LAWYER ALFONSE SIMONE.

BLACK DIVORCE LAWYER My name is Roger Thigpen. I’ve had this office for 25 years. I’m a divorce attorney.

RICHIE IS STUNNED.

INT. AMADO’S OFFICE - DAY - BACK TO PRESENT SYDNEY PROSSER: You lost two million dollars of taxpayer money because you were confused about the location and the identity of Victor Tellegio's attorney?

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INT. POOL PARTY - LONG ISLAND HOUSE - DAY - FLASHBACK Where we first saw Irving at the pool party.

IRVING ROSENFELD (V.O.) The role of Tellegio's attorney, Alfonse Simone, was played by our friend Ed Malone - Camera pans from Irving to Ed Malone: IRVING ROSENFELD (V.O.) the “Cold Cut King of Long Island”- Ed Malone holds up two packages of cold cuts. Also holding the cold cuts are the two that frisked everyone at Simone’s office.

IRVING ROSENFELD (V.O.) Whose party we were at when Sydney and I first met.

Cut to Irving first meeting Sydney.

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INT. ALFONSE SIMONE’S OFFICE - DAY - FLASHBACK Ed Malone, dressed as Alfonse Simone, steps to camera to shake Richie’s hand.

ED MALONE: Alfonse Simone.

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INT. ANTHONY AMADO’S OFFICE - DAY - BACK TO PRESENT EDITH GREENSLY: People believe what they want to believe Richie.

RICHIE DIMASO: That’s because you conned me! You both f***ing conned me. You both got under me. You did!

IRVING ROSENFELD Well that doesn't sound so good, either. I mean -- and I don't know what you're talking about, but -- let's just assume you want to go with that story. Really? That's the story you want to go with? That's what you want the New York Times to hear? That you got conned by the very con men who you forced to entrap the members of Congress in the first place. That's what you want to go with? That doesn't sound so good for your whole thing.

Richie looks like he’s going to be sick.

IRVING ROSENFELD (CONT’D) And how ironic that the most creative minds, the ones who are working hardest to get the economy of New Jersey going, those are the ones that you round up. And why?

Because what, they're the easiest to go after? And what about the real bullshit artists? You didn't even come close to the big leagues.

Those big guys. The money men.

RICHIE DIMASO: That's what I was trying to go after.

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