Scheduled
Shoot for Week 13
Production for Jan
28-29, 2006 (Saturday-Sunday)
Time: 12:30 A.M.
Location: Grandma
Pearls House
Address: 248 57th
Street N.E, Washington, DC
(Scene 21)
EXT. MS. FRANCES'S
WINDOW - DAY
Miss Frances
witnesses the whole incident with the police and Raymond from her window.
Miss Frances calls
GRANDMA PEARL.
(Scene 40)
MONTAGE - THE
SELLING OF DRUGS ON DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA STREETS
-- The street sign
of Orleans Place is visible; cars pull
into alleys; faceless drivers purchase drugs
from
sellers.
-- The street sign
of 14th and Clifton Street comes into
view; women having sex for drugs are visibly
on the
scene.
-- A barrage of
Washington, DC street signs flash before
the eyes while a myriad of drug transactions
come into
focus.
-- Big Sis and JJ
are in GRANDMA PEARL's basement bagging
large quantities of cocaine at the round
table.
END MONTAGE
(Scene 51)
EXT. TRACY'S CAR
Tracy and Raymond
turn onto W Street in Tracy's car.
Sgt. Silverman,
officers Morrison, Brennan and Tracey sit in a tinted-windowed Nissan Pathfinder truck in
front of GRANDMA PEARL's house.
Tracy parks his
car behind the Pathfinder.
Raymond Edwards,
III and Tracy do not realize that undercover police officers are inside the Pathfinder.
(Scene 53)
When Raymond
Edwards, III and Tracy get back into Tracy's car, Sgt. Silverman and the rest of his
undercover jump out squad follow them.
(Scene 54)
INT. UNMARKED
POLICE CAR - NIGHT
SGT.
SILVERMAN
Brennan, write
down the tag number and have the tags traced for an address.
OFFICER BRENNAN
(talking into radio)
5th
district to dispatch; dispatch, give me a trace of address on a DC tag number AL-601 as
well as ownership of vehicle.
DISPATCH
(OS)
Copy, one moment.
OFFICER
MORRISON
Sgt., I think we
should stop them and do a frisk.
SGT.
SILVERMAN
No, we can't do
that Morrison because our assignment today is observation.
Plus, if we were to find anything on them it wouldn't stand up in court
because we really don't have a good reason for a search.
They haven't done anything wrong.
DISPATCH
(OS)
133 5D.
OFFICER
BRENNAN
133 5D.
DISPATCH
(OS)
The vehicle
requested is registered to a Tracy Hillard of 718 Florida Avenue, N.E.
OFFICER
BRENNAN
10-4.
SGT.
SILVERMAN
We have to stop
tailing them because they're liable to figure this out.
What we'll do is set up an observation post at the corner of 6th
and Orleans Place. We will observe subjects
participating in drug activities then we will make arrests.
(Scene 68)
TWO DAYS LATER
INT. 5TH
DISTRICT POLICE PRECINCT - DAY
Officer Cannon is
sitting at his desk writing a report; his
cell phone RINGS.
OFFICER
CANNON
Cannon
here.
(Scene 69)
INT. HOTEL ROOM
Raymond is sitting
in one of the hotel room chairs talking
on the telephone to
officer Cannon.
RAYMOND
EDWARDS, III
Yeah Cannon, this
is Raymond. Meet me at the Crystal City
Gateway Hotel in an hour; I'll be in room 932.
OFFICER CANNON
I'll be there.
(Scene 70)
INT. 5TH
DISTRICT POLICE PRECINCT
Officer Cannon
hangs up the telephone.
Officer Cannon
gets up from his desk and grabs his sport coat from the coat rack.
(Scene
132)
MONTAGE
THE Q CONNECT
--
Raymond receives a large ship of powdered cocaine
--
Raymond ships packages of money to Los Angeles.
--
Raymond is receiving more and more cocaine.
--
Raymond is shipping more and more large sums of cash to
Los Angeles.
--
Moochie, Big Sis and Ree-Ree are sitting in Mamma
Pearls basement behind a table piled
full of money.
--
There are two men and one other woman cutting and
bagging packages of cocaine for street
sales.
--
Unmarked police vehicles are following Ryamond Edwards,
III everywhere he goes, including his trips
back and
Forth to Los Angeles, CA to see Q and the
Dapper Dons.
END
MONTAGE
(Scene
133)
INT.
GRANDMA PEARLS BASEMENT NIGHT
Raymond
Edwards, IIIs cell phone RINGS.
RAYMOND
EDWARDS, III
Hello.
OFFICER
CANNON
Raymond?
RAYMOND
EDWARDS, III
Yeah, whats up
Cannon?
OFFICER
CANNON
There
will be a raid at 704 W Street, N.E. and the search warrant will state certain items theyre
looking for, such as guns and drugs.
RAYMOND
EDWARDS, III
When?
OFFICER
CANNON
Tomorrow
at 3:45 p.m.
RAYMOND
EDWARDS, III
Woooo,
thanks for the heads up. There is something
else I need you to do for me Cannon.
OFFICER
CANNON
Yeah,
whats that?
RAYMOND
EDWARDS, III
I
need you to put this nigga named Chop in Trinidad to rest for me.
OFFICER
CANNON
Chop? I know exactly who youre talking about. Hes hot too.
He also gives me information on whats happening with that crew too.
RAYMOND
EDWARDS, III
Yeah,
hes the one who killed my man Tracy.
OFFICER
CANNON
I
can take care of that tonight. Ill
catch him going to his girlfriends house.
RAYMOND
EDWARDS, III
All
right man, let me start cleaning up. Well
touch base later.
OFFICER
CANNON
Yeah,
later.
Raymond
Edwards, III and officer Cannon hang up.
(Scene
136)
INT.
GRANDMA PEARLS BASEMENT - NIGHT
Raymond
Edwards, IIIs cell phone RINGS.
Q
Whats up Ray?
RAYMOND
EDWARDS, III
Aint shit, whats
up Q.
Q
Man,
I just wanted to let you know that I am in town and I thought we could hook up.
RAYMOND EDWARDS, III
Sure,
where are you?
Q
Well
right now, I am at Georgetown Park Mall inside the Unos.
RAYMOND EDWARDS, III
Okay
man, just stay there, Ill be there shortly.
Q
Thats
a bet, Ill see you then partner.
Raymond
Edwards, III and Q hang up.
On
his cell phone, Raymond Edwards, III calls one of his crew, Anthony from Hanover
Street.
RAYMOND
EDWARDS, III
Yo,
Anthony, yeah this is Ray. Look I need you to
ride somewhere with me.
ANTHONY
Okay
man, just swing by and get me.
RAYMOND EDWARDS, III
Okay man, Im
there.
(Scene 142)
EXT.
GRANDMA PEARLS NEW HOUSE NIGHT
INT.
GRANDMA PEARLS KITCHEN
GRANDMA
PEARL is sitting on a bar stool at the counter in her kitchen talking on the phone to Miss
Francis.
GRANDMA
PEARL
Frances,
I am so glad to be away from that place I dont know what to do. My grandson spent about $70,000 furnishing this
place for me. I gotta bring you out here some
day.
MISS FRANCES
Yes
Pearl, I would like that. I need to get away
from here sometimes.
GRANDMA PEARL
Whats
been going on aroung there Frances?
MISS FRANCES
Everything!! The same old stuff day in and day out. I think them police busted in your old house again
today.
(Scene
143)
Raymond
Edwards, III and Anthony take Q to National Airport.
At
the terminal, Q gives both Raymond and Anthony five (handshakes) before he boards the
plane.
Q
All
right champ, Ill be calling you in a couple of days.
So whats your plans, are you coming to Cally next week?
RAYMOND EDWARDS, III
Yeah,
but Im going to try and send some money out there to you before I come. Me and Anthony got three mill that were
trying to spend.
Q
Thats
cool, just hit me man.
RAYMOND EDWARDS, III
All
right man, peace.
Q
boards the airplane.
(Scene
144)
FIVE
HOURS LATER
Los
Angeles International Airport - NIGHT
Qs
plane arrives at the airport.
When
he gets off the plane, Q pulls out his cell phone and calls his cousin Ricardo in
Columbia.
Q
(On
his cell phone)
Yo, Ricardo, were
on man.
(Scene 156)
THE
NEXT MORNING
Q
drops Raymond and Anthony off at the airport.
Raymond
Edwards, III and Anthony exchange good-byes with Q.
Scene
160)
THE
NEXT DAY
The
mouth of an unknown crewmember is shown on the phone talking to FBI agents and telling on
Raymond Edwards
FIRST
MOUTH
I'm here to tell y'all man Raymond
Edwards is responsible for more then 90 percent of the killings in this city.
FBI
AGENT
Can
you tell us who you are? We will give you a
reward.
A
gloved hand hangs up the telephone in the telephone booth.
(Scene
165)
FBI
agent Joe Crushfield and DEA special agent Chuck Albright put under surveillance, Slim
Rawls and his crack house with other FBI and DEA officials ready to do a raid.
(Scene 167)
DEA
Special Agent Chuck Albright informs FBI special agent Joe Crushfield that Mayor Maryan
Clarion has just went inside the crack house and the raid has to be put off for a few
hours.
DEA Chuck Albright
Albright
to special agent Crushfield.
Agent Crushfield
This
is Crusfield, go ahead.
DEA Chuck
ALBRIGHT
You're
not gonna believe this, but the Mayor has just walked in the crack house sir.
AGENT
CRUSHFIELD
Shit, the fucking
Mayor?
DEA
CHUCK ALBRIGHT
That's correct, sir.
AGENT
CRUSHFIELD
All
agents, stop all movement. Repeat, stop all
movement until further notice; damn!!!
EXT. MS. FRANCES'S
WINDOW - DAY
Miss Frances
witnesses the whole incident with the police and Raymond from her window.
Miss Frances calls
GRANDMA PEARL.
(Scene 22)
INT. GRANDMA
PEARL'S HOUSE
GRANDMA PEARL's
phone RINGS. She answers it.
GRANDMA PEARL
Hello.
MISS
FRANCES
Pearl? Is that you?
GRANDMA
PEARL
Yes.
MISS
FRANCES
Yeah Pearl, this is
Frances, they got that boy out there again. This
time it look like they meant business. They
had the S.W.A.T. team and dogs it looked like to me.
GRANDMA
PEARL
Is that right
Frances? Where are they now?
MISS
FRANCES
It look like they
gone now. I know they had Lil Ray and them
two little bad boys dat be with him. They
show did have them on the police car checkin' dey pockets.
Dey aint lock nobody up dough.
Ray Sr. walks by and
looks at GRANDMA PEARL as she talks to Miss Frances.
Ray Sr. realizes
that GRANDMA PEARL is talking to Miss Frances and he shakes his head in disbelief as to
how nosey Miss Frances really is.
GRANDMA
PEARL
Ok Miss Frances,
I'm gonna finish washing my clothes and cleaning this house. I'll call you back later.
MISS
FRANCES
Ok Pearl, you make
sure you call me back okay?
GRANDMA
PEARL
Okay, I will,
goodbye.
RAY
SR.
Well if it ain't
the old signifying monkey, Miss Frances. What's
the latest news Momma?
GRANDMA
PEARL
Miss Frances said
the police had Lil' Ray down there checkin' his pockets and stuff. Ray Sr., I don't know what you done to that boy,
but one day you gonna regret everything you taught him and he will too.
RAY
SR.
GRANDMA PEARL, I
only taught him what I know. Every father
teaches his son what he knows in hopes that the son can take the torch and run with it. It's all in being a man.
GRANDMA PEARL
Well, the torch you're handin' him is
trouble. Now, whether he runs with it or
walks with it, it's gonna take him to the same place and you know where the hell I'm
talking about!
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