SISTER ACTbyPaul RudnickJuly 19, 199lPage 1.SISTER ACTFADE IN:INT. ST. ANNE'S ACADEMY - AKRON, OHIO - CLASSROOMWe are in a parochial school classroom, in the lateSixties. The children all wear uniforms and sit at littledesks. SISTER IMMACULATA stands at the front of the room;she is a middle-aged nun, very severe. The children areall terrified of her.SISTER IMMACULATAWho can name all the Apostles? Yes?ANGLE ON CHRISTINE CARTERA thirteen-year-old girl sitting at a desk. She raisesher hand.SISTER IMMACULATAChristine?CHRISTINESister, may I be excused?SISTER IMMACULATAChristine...CHRISTINEIt's an emergency. Real bad.Sister Immaculata nods, pursing her lips. Christinestands and heads for the door. CUT TO:INT. GIRLS ROOMChristine is now in the deserted St. Anne's girls room.She is standing on tiptoes, looking in the mirror. She hastaken her hair out of its neat barrettes; she is combing itout. She applies lipstick.Christine reaches into her schoolbag; she pulls out astack of glittery bracelets and slips them on. Sheunbuttons the top few buttons of her stiff white blouse.She sprays herself with dime store cologne.
CUT TO:EXT. HALLWAYChristine opens the girls' room door; she looks both ways.No one is around; she saunters down the hall.Page 2.ANGLE ON A DOOR MARKED BROOM CLOSETChristine opens this door. She looks into the closet.There is a very nervous thirteen-year-old BOY waiting forher inside.CHRISTINEHi, Jimmy.Christine slips inside the closet and closes the doorbehind her.ANGLE ON SISTER IMMACULATAStriding down the hall, with a bloodthirsty look in hereye, and a nasty-looking wooden ruler in her hand. Sheflings open the broom closet door,ANGLE ON CHRISTINE AND JIMMYin the broom closet. Jimmy's face is covered withlipstick. Christine's hair is awry. The couple hasclearly been making out.SISTER IMMACULATA(outraged)Miss Christine Carter! Again! Don'tyou know what happens to girls like you?Don't you know what they become?INT. CHRISTY'S APARTMENT - ANGLE ON A LARGE, TATTEREDPOSTER-NIGHT (TODAY)Taped over a crack on a wall. The poster shows aglittering CHRISTY VAN CARTIER: singing star of a fifth-rate Vegas lounge. Christy wears tight spangles and amajor wig on the poster. She has clearly lived up, ordown, to all of Sister Immaculata's expectations.The CAMERA PANS through the dark bedroom in which theposter hangs; a neon sign flashes outside the window,casting a red and blue haze over the premises. A dressingroom table is cluttered with dozens of bottles of nailpolish and makeup, and garish clothing and flashy jewelryare scattered everywhere.We hear the movement of BED SPRINGS as someone sits up inthe dark.
CHRISTY'S VOICECome on, Vince -- hold me a minute.VINCE'S VOICEI'd love to. babe -- but I've got to go.It was great. Like usual.CHRISTY'S VOICEIt was twenty minutes. Like usual.Page 3.VINCE'S VOICEThe best.VINCE LAROCCA stands at the mirror, adjusting his clothingand checking his hair. Vince is a powerful, charismaticman who rules an organized crime empire with personalmagnetism and threat. Vince's hold over Christy isobvious, if unfortunate; he can seem expansive and generousone minute, ruthless and dangerous the next.VINCE(half to Christy, halfto the mirror)You are something else.Christy turns on a lamp and lights a cigarette.CHRISTYCome on -- stay. Just a little. We cantalk, I'll get a pizza. Pizza in bed,we'll have fun. And you still haven'ttold me what happened. What did she say?VINCEWhat did who say?CHRISTYWho? The other woman. Your wife.Vince turns to face Christy, turning on the charm.VINCEYou are so damn sexy.CHRISTYVince...VINCEHow did I get so lucky? What is it now,five years we've been together? Who do Ithank?CHRISTY(not buying it)Today was the deadline, Vince.
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