Goodfellas Scene 3 lyrics

[TITLE UP - IDLEWILD AIRPORT: 1955]

[EXT. WIDE SHOT - IDLEWILD CARGO AREA]

HENRY *V.O.*: By the time I grew up, there was thirty billion a year in cargo moving through Idlewild Airport and we tried to steal every bit of it.

[EXT. AIRPORT DINER - PARKING LOT - DAY]

[ANGLE - GREY LIZARD SHOES AND SHARP GREY PANTS and UP TO SEE HENRY standing in parking lot, when a large
truck pulls up. WE SEE TOMMY DESIMONE standing with him.]

HENRY *V.O.*: You've got to understand, we grew up near the airport.. It belonged to Paulie. We had friends and relatives who worked all over the place and they tipped as off about what was coming in and what was going out.

[WE SEE DRIVES get out of track with engine still running and leave door open. He nods to HENRY who does not respond and the DRIVES casually walks toward the diner.]

HENRY *V.O.*: If any of the truckers or airlines gave as trouble, Paulie had his people scare then with a little strike. It was beautiful. It was an even bigger money-major than numbers, and Jimmy was in charge. Whenever we needed money, we'd rob the airport. To us, it was better than Citibank.

[INT. TABLE IN DINER]

[WE SEE DRIVER rise from debris of breakfast dishes, leave a tip and pay the CASHIER. Be walks out the door toward his truck in the parking lot.]

[HOLD ON the door.]

[DRIVER rushes back in through the door toward the CASHIER.]

DRIVER *flushed and agitated*: Hurry, gimme the phone. Two n*ggers just stole my track.