Int. Yakavetta's house basement room night

Connor and Murphy are on their knees in front of Rocco, whom

they have sat back up in the chair. They are gently placing

pennies in his eye and sobbing as they begin to recite the

prayer. As they speak, Il Duce watches. He then begins to

whisper the prayer right along with them. Their words match

up perfectly. He leans against the wall, holsters his guns,

and withdraws a cigarette.

He rolls it along his tongue and twists it into his lips.

The boys are still reciting as he strikes a match. They react

instantly. Still kneeling they each point a nickel-plated 45

toward The Duke. They turn in time to see the light from the

match illuminate his face. Il Duce pauses then he strides

into the room and proceeds to recite the last half of the

prayer.

He stops between the kneeling boys and finishes off the

prayer. The boys are stunned as they realize this is their

father. He makes the sign of the cross over Rocco. Then he

looks down to the upturned faces of his sons. He places a

hand on each of their cheeks.

INT. CHEAP BOSTON HOTEL ROOM NIGHT 3 MONTHS LATER

Both sleeping boys throw their arms out, mimicking a crucified

Christ. Their father turns, sees this, turns back.

The boys wake with a start. Connor looks to his father, who

is already staring at him.

CONNOR

How far are we going with this, Da?

FATHER

The questions is not, "how far?" The

question is, "Do you possess the

constitution, the depth of faith to

go as far as is needed?"

INT. COURTHOUSE BACK FOYER AREA MORNING

Smecker opens the door from the inside and lets the MacManus

father and sons in. He walks one way they walk the other

through the grand courthouse halls.

INT. COURTROOM MORNING

The media, with their cameras and notebooks, are at the back

of the courtroom. Yakavetta is testifying on the stand. He

is cocky. The judge warns Yakavetta that he will have no

more of this behavior in his courtroom.

MEDIA MAN 1

(whispering to #2)

Look at his charisma. He's the next

John Gotti.

MEDIA MAN 2

He'll walk. Even with all this

evidence.

MEDIA MAN 1

Look.

(points to the left

and right sections

of courtroom seating)

All Yakavetta's people are on the

right. All the families of the men

he has killed are on the left.

Everyone wants some justice.

MEDIA MAN 2

Look at him. He doesn't have a care

in the world. He's gonna walk.

INT. FOYER TO COURTROOM DAY

The MacManusus stand in the foyer. There are a pair of doors

that go to the outside hallway and a pair that go to the

inside courtroom. There is an armed guard directly inside

the courtroom, in front of the doors.

The door opens a crack and Connor waves the guard into the

foyer and starts talking to him. Then dad zaps him with a

stun gun. The guard is on the floor, incapacitated and

drooling as the boys handcuff him.

Connor pulls out a length of chain and drapes it through the

door handles that lead from the hall into the foyer. He locks

them in with a padlock.

FATHER

How long do these put a man down

for?

MURPHY

Ten minutes.

The father zaps the incapacitated man a second time as he

lay.

FATHER

Twenty is a bit better.

They suit up, Connor and Murphy in their usual masks and

gloves, Dad is already in his usual dark hat and glasses.

The boys start for the courtroom door but dad gently holds

them back. He takes a moment, then slowly removes his hat

and glasses. His sons look at one another and then remove

their masks. The three look into each others eyes for a

moment.