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1 #00766" Enjoy yourself -- every day above groundis a good day."ANONYMOUS, miami 19811A PROLOGUE crawls up the screen -- with May 1900,Fidel Castro -- in aneffort to normalize relations withthe Carter Administration -- openedthe harbor at Mariel, Cuba with theapparent intention of letting someof his people join their relativesin the United hours,Within seventy-3,000 boats were the next few weeks, itbecame evident that Castro was forcingthe boat owners to carry back withthem not only their relatives but thedregs of his jail thetime the port was closed 125,000'Marielitos' had landed in estimated 25,000 had is the story of thatminority --those they call 'LosBandidos.

2 'The prologue is shredded diagonally by the blade of astilleto and in the empty black void we:CUT TOOpening Montage -Documentary Footage:2 THE DISEMBARKATION from the harbor in Mariel, of every nature,waving masses, ;II. 3 THE CROSSINGi7 Sun and storm.,11234 THE LANDING - KEY WEST4 The flag of the United swooping over theragged coastline of the waters dotted withfishing trawlers and pleasure craft, an "America theBeautiful"-type Immigration theme surging over 'this.#021542 Rev. 11/22/825 THE PROCESSING5 Long ,Immigration and Nationalization Officials,Public Health,Babies bawling,FBI, Church and Relief over paperwork, refugees beinginterviewed by TV news,people crying, people eating,families huddled on music theme continuing in stately calm as we:CUT TO6 INT.

3 OFFICE- PROCESSING HALL - AFTERNOON - A FULL6andCLOSEUP OF TONY MONTANAant77the scar-faced one,in the young angry prime of his dwell first on the scar which he likes to scratch now move to the eyes, pure in their weencompass the face --the face of a man about to explode --muscle, tissue, brain --a man willing to live or die andon the increment of a moment,inflict or receive either is clothed in rags crossed with holes, his shoes brokencardboard, his hair unkempt,his complexion sallow this:VOICE #1 ( )Okay so what do you call yourself ?

4 VOICE #2 ( )Corn0 se llama?MONTANATony #1 Where'd you learn to speak the English,Tony?MONTANAMy old man --he was always know, y'know, one day Igonna come to see all #lSo where's your old man now?MONTANAHe's #1 TONYShe's dead too.(X)(XlCONTINUED .# #2 What kind of work you do in Cuba,Tony? con-struction # any family in the States,Tony?Cousins,brother-in-law?TONY( a beat) 's #IY'ever been in jail, Tony?TONYMe jail?No now reveal three men in civilian clothing in the darkafternoon light of the little it's aplywood office somewhere in the processing hall and we hearthe din from the hall over the question and ofthe men sit around a desk,the Third Man stands in a corner,staring at Tony,the most authoritative-looking of #l(checkingoff a list)You been in a mental hospital, Tony?)

5 TONY(grinning)Yeah, in the boat coming #1 How 'bout homosexuality, Tony? men, y'like to dress up like awoman?TONY(to Man #2)Never tried the fuck's wrongwith this guy,what's he think I am?MAN #2 Just answer the questions, voices of the men remain cool and collected (X)CONTINUED#021544(XlRev. 11/22/82i6 CONTINUED - 2and7 TONY(to Man #l)Fuck #1 Arrested? Vagrancy? Marijuana?TONYNO.. eye movements are rapid (over shoulders, sides, doors)and he does a lot of touching -- objects -- lightly with thetips of the #3 is stepping forward out of theMAN #3So where'd you get the beauty scar?)

6 TONY ? This?..(scratching thescar,shrugs)I was a should see theother kid.(a grim chuckle)And this?MAN #3He holds up Tony's hand and indicates the tattoo between thethumb and second finger --a heart with the word "Madre"scaled through that was for my #3 Sweetheart?(to theother men)We been seeing more and more of 's some kinda code these guys usedin the means an assassinor one's to tell us,Montana or you want totake a little trip to the detentioncenter?6ant7 TONYHey,so I was in the can once forbuying # - 3and76am7 MAN.

7 #3 That's pretty funny, Canadian #3 What'd you mug him first?Get himoutta here!(starts towalk out)TONYHey,so I fuck Castro, what's it toyou?You a Communist or something?How would you like it they tell youall the time what to think, what todo, you wanna be like a sheep, likeeverybody baa?Puta!Youwant a stoolie on every block?Youwanna work eight hours a day and younever own nothing?I ate octopus threetimes a day,fucking octopus is comingout my ears, fuckin' Russian shoes areeating through my want?

8 You want me to stay there?Hey, I'mno little whore,I'm no stinking thief!I m Tony Montana and I'm a politicalprisoner here from Cuba and I want myfucking 'Human Rights' just likePresident Jimmy Carter says, okay?.. 's a certain eloquence to the man s plea but7-it falls on disbelieving of them #lCarter should see this human 's s very doyou say Harry?ix:MAN #3(walking out) 'Freedomtown.'Let them take alook at long #021546P-6 CONTINUEDand7-4 TONYHey, that's okay, too, Harry.

9 Nohard #3 atthe door stops, looks me here,send me you can do to meHarry, Castro didn't do -- 12/16/82 That taunting smile on Tony'simmigration theme, we:7-AWT. FEDERAL BUS - HOUR LATER6ant7lips as,to the music of theDISSOLVE TO7-PThe bus is packed with the harder-looking windows are caged and we see INS noiselevel is high,like a sack of (Manolo) Ribera's got his feet up on an empty 's big, strong, handsome,(X)with dashing darkly feminineeyes-- younger than Tony,and dapper in his cheap 's eating a Baby Ruth candy 's I'll sit in your pushes his feet off, takes the Baby Ruth outof Manny's hand, peels out the bar of chocolate, thenreturns the empty wrapper to Manny,TONYSo what'd you tell them?

10 I told them what you told me to told them I was in sani-tation in didn't tell you toldyou to tell them you was in a sani-tarium,not bus pulling out #021546-A(XlRev. 12/g/827-ACONTINUEDIs that what you told me?..You didn'ttell me know if you hadn't opened yourmouth, they woulda thought you werea told you to tell them youhad TB and was you did nothing shoulda leftyou in miami FROM BUS- ESTABLISHING SHOT7-Bof miami as,to the music of the8 INT. TONY'S TENT - FREEDOMTOWN -Immigration theme, we:DISSOLVE TONIGHT (SIX MONTHS LATER)8A movie.)