Bela lies sleeping in bed, pasty and pale.
NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS of his hospital stay are tacked up.
Ed anxiously tiptoes in. He quietly speaks.
ED: Bela, wake up.
Bela stirs lethargically. Ed puts on a fake smile.
ED: I've got some good news. The doctor says you're all better. You can come home.
BELA: (so weak, he's barely audible) Really? I don't feel so great.ED: No, you look good. And the tests came back fine. (a poignant pause) C'mon...Ed gingerly helps Bela up.
The theater doors CRASH open. The angry mob pours out.
Ed spins wildly around... and sees a cab approaching.
ED: Stop!
KATHY: STOP!
Kathy runs frenziedly into the street and throws herself at the cab. It screeches to a halt. Everybody sprints over and jumps in. The cab ROARS away.
INT. CAB - SAME TIME
All of them are breathing heavily. They watch in the rear window as they drive away from the rampage. A nervous silence. Until Bela speaks.
BELA: Now that was a premiere.
All of them LAUGH.
Bela and Ed stroll down the street, in high spirits.
Bela smokes a big fat cigar.
BELA: Last night was quite a romp
ED: Did you see that kid grab Vampira's tits?
BELA: I envied him.
(he chuckles) Hell, I envied you too, having a girlfriend that would jump in front of a car like that.
ED: Yeah, she's really somethin'.
BELA: I know none of my wives would've.
Ed laughs. Bela puffs his cigar.
BELA: Eddie, I want to thank you. These last few days have been a good time.
ED: I just wish you coulda seen the movie.
BELA: No problem. I know it by heart...
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