6.1

6.1

Ext. Cook County Courthouse

Day

6.2

Int. “STAGE”

Day

[Billy Flynn]
Thank you, gentlemen. Miss Sunshine.
My client just entered pleads of not guilty. We look forward to the trial the earliest possible dates. Now is there any question? Miss Sunshine.

[Mary Sunshine]
As you know, my paper is dry. Do you have any advice for young girls, speaking to avoid the life of Jazz and drink?

[Billy Flynn]
Absolutely yes. Mrs. Hart feels that it was the tragic combination of liquor and Jazz, which lead to the downfall. Next question, please.

[Roxie Hart]
Ladies and gentlemen, I'd just like to say how flattered I am that you all
came to see me.

[Billy Flynn]
Mrs. Hart is very...

[Roxie Hart]
You see, I was a moth... crushed on a wheel. You know, butterfly drawn to the... I bet you want to know why I shot the bastard.

[Billy Flynn]
Shut up, dummy.

[Announcer]
Mr. Billy Flynn in the press conference.
Notice how mouth never moves... almost.

[Reporter]
Where'd you come from?

[Billy Flynn]
Mississippi

[Reporter]
And your parents?

[Billy Flynn]
Very wealthy.

[Reporter]
Where are they now?

[Billy Flynn]
Six feet under.
But she was granted one more start
The convent of The Sacred Heart!

[Reporter]
When'd you get here?

[Billy Flynn]
1920

[Reporter]
How old were you?

[Billy Flynn]
Don't remember

[Reporter]
Then what happened?

[Billy Flynn]
I met Amos
And he stole my heart away
Convinced me to elope one day

[Mary Sunshine]
Oh, poor girl, I can't believe what you've been through. A convent girl, a
runaway marriage. Now tell us Roxie.
Who's Fred Casely?

[Billy Flynn]
My ex-boyfriend.

[Reporter]
Why'd you shoot him?

[Billy Flynn]
I was leavin'.

[Reporter]
Was he angry?

[Billy Flynn]
Like a madman
Still I said, Fred, move along.
She knew that she was doin' wrong.

[Reporter]
Then describe it.

[Billy Flynn]
He came toward me.

[Reporter]
With a pistol?

[Billy Flynn]
From my bureau.

[Reporter]
Did you fight him?

[Billy Flynn]
Like a tiger.
He had strength and she had none.
And yet we both reached for the gun
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes we both
Oh yes we both
Oh yes, we both reached for
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun
Oh yes, we both reached for the gun

[All]
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes they both
Oh yes, they both
Oh yes, they both reached for
The gun, the gun, the gun, the gun,
Oh yes, they both reached for the gun
for the gun.

7.1

Int. The Onyx

Night

7.2

Night

Announcer]
And now, for all you Chicago's stay-up-laters. Night hours would only come
alive at the dark. We dedicate this tune. Chicago After Midnight.

[Billy Flynn]
This all took place in Lesurevelt? lncredible. All right. Thanks. They just
arrest this woman for triple homicide.

[Man]
Really?

[Billy Flynn]
Yeah, get this. She's an Aries! And her family is in the pineapple or
grapefruit, some kind of fruits. (camera changes)The demon Kitty works in something... She's playing house. On the north side in an apartment, she met Harry. What Harry does for living, no one's quite sure. But it doesn't really matter cause she's paying all the bills. Anyhow, Kitty comes home tonight. Harry was already in bed. She goes to change. When she returns, she notices something rather odd, extremely odd. There're strippers in the apartment. Kitty disappears for a second. And she returns, she gently wakes up Harry. Harry says, ''What? l'm alone!'' ''Alone?'' she says, '' you have two other women in bed with you!'' And Harry says, ''Come on, darling, you gonna believe what you see or what l tell you?''

[Announcer]
Good night, folks.

[Mary Sunshine]
Miss Baxter, Miss Baxter! Mary Sunshine from The Evening Star. Would you mind saying a word or two?

[Annie Baxter]
Sure l'll say things. Go to hell!

[Billy Flynn]
Please direct your question to the counsel.

[Annie Baxter]
Tell the counsel I want my money back!

[Billy Flynn]
It's not your money. It's your mother's money.

[Mary Sunshine]
Are you sorry, dear?

[Annie Baxter]
Yeah, I'm sorry that I got caught.

[Roxie Hart]
Okay, Miss Sunshine.

[Mary Sunshine]
Hello, Roxie.

[Roxie Hart]
I got a letter from a guy. He says he gonna hungry strike till I'm free.

[Mary Sunshine]
That's nice.

[Reporter]
Miss Baxter, did you know these two ladies personally?

[Annie Baxter]
Did I know these two ladies personally? Was that your question?

[Reporter]
Yeah, that's my... (Annie kick reporter)

[Mama Morton]
She's very hot spirit, isn't she? Miss Baxter...

[Roxie Hart]
Hey, Mr. Flynn.

[Billy Flynn]
-Yeah, hi, Tracy.

[Roxie Hart]
-lt's Roxie.

[Billy Flynn]
Yeah, sure, I'm just kidding.

[Roxie Hart]
Did you get my trial date yet?

[Billy Flynn]
-Listen, kid.

[Roxie Hart]
-I'm on top of your list, right?

[Annie Baxter]
Go to hell!

[Billy Flynn]
What a helling, huh? And social-like too. Her mother owns all the pineapples
in Hawaii.

[Roxie Hart]
What the hell do I care about pineapples?

[Billy Flynn]
All right... That's all for the questions. And l'll be happy to get back to you myself.

[Roxie Hart]
Billy...

[Velma Kelly]
How does it feel, kid? Pretty soon we couldn't find your name in the papers.

[Roxie Hart]
Mr. Flynn? (passes out)

[Billy Flynn]
Someone open the door immediately.

[Mary Sunshine]
Oh, my god. Roxie! What is it to you?

[Roxie Hart]
Oh, no. Don't worry about me. I only hope the fall didn't hurt the baby.

[Mama Morton]
Baby?

[Velma Kelly]
Shit!

8.1

Int. Cook County Jail

Corridor

Day

8.2

Int. “STAGE”

Night

8.3

Int. Cook County Courthouse

Prisoner’s Room

Day

[Roxie Hart]
What happened?

[Velma Kelly]
lt's Hunyak. She lost the last appeal.

[Roxie Hart]
So what does that mean?

[Velma Kelly]
What that means? Next week, she's gonna...

[Mary Sunshine]
This is Mary Sunshine, coming to you from the Cooke County Jail, where history would be made today. Katelin Helinsky would become the first woman in the state of lllinois to be executed. And so ladies and gentlemen...

[Announcer]
And now, ladies and gentlemen, for your pleasure and your entertainment, we
proudly present Katelin Helinsky and her famous Hungarian Disappearing Act.

[Crowd]
Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!

[Roxie Hart]
You know, it's really not that bad.

[Billy Flynn]
You're clear with everything you read?

[Roxie Hart]
Yup. I've been up all night rehearsing.

[Billy Flynn]
What do you do when Harrison come after you?

[Roxie Hart]
I sit still and look straight ahead. Never look the jury.

[Billy Flynn]
And?

[Roxie Hart]
And l look modest.

[Billy Flynn]
And?

[Roxie Hart]
And...

[Billy Flynn]
And say nothing.

[Roxie Hart]
That's right, that's right.

[Billy Flynn]
That was the deal, right?

[Roxie Hart]
Right.

[Billy Flynn]
You ask me back, I do all the talking and stuff.

[Roxie Hart]
Absolutely, Billy. Whatever you said.

9.1

Int. 

Cook County Courthouse

Prisoner’s Room

Day

9.2

Fantasy Courtroom

Night

[Court clerk]
Mr. Flynn, the honours are here.

[Billy Flynn]
Thank you.
(to Roxie) You ready?

[Roxie Hart]
Yeah.
Billy...
I'm scared.

[Billy Flynn]
Don't be. I've been around a long time. Believe me, you've got nothing to worry
about. It's all a circus. A three-ring circus. The trial, the whole world...
is all a show business. Kid, you gonna be a star.

[Billy Flynn]
Give 'em the old
Razzle dazzle
Razzle dazzle 'em
Show 'em the first rate sorcerer you are
Long as you keep 'em way off balance
How can they spot you got no talents?
Razzle dazzle 'em
Razzle dazzle 'em
Razzle dazzle 'em

[Mary Sunshine]
This is the moment we've been waiting for. Roxie Hart finally takes the stand
in her own defense.

[Billy Flynn]
And they'll make you a star!

[Mary Sunshine]
This is the moment we've been waiting for. Roxie Hart finally takes the stand
in her own defense.

[Billy Flynn]
And they'll make you a star!

[The Judge]
Order! Order! Proceed, Mr. Flynn.

[Billy Flynn]
Roxie, I have here a statement that you admitted having illicit relation
with deceased Fred Casely. Is this statement true or false?

[Roxie Hart]
I'm afraid that's true.

[Billy Flynn]
You're an honestly girl, Roxie. When did you first meet Fred Casely?

[Roxie Hart]
When he sold Amos and me our furniture.

[Billy Flynn]
In your personal relationship with him, you told the jury when that began.

[Roxie Hart]
When I permitted him to escort me home one night, I don't think I would've gone with him if Mr. Hart and me hadn't quarreled that very morning.

[Billy Flynn]
Quarrel?

[Roxie Hart]
Yes, sir.

[Billy Flynn]
Well, I supposed it's his fault.

[Roxie Hart]
Oh, no, sir. It was my fault. I supposed I just couldn't stop pestering him.

[Billy Flynn]
Pestering him? By what?

[Roxie Hart]
I didn't like him working those long hours at the garage. I wanted him home
with me... to done his socks and iron his shirts. I wanted a real home. A child.

[Billy Flynn]
So you drifted into this illicit relationship because you're unhappy at home.

[Roxie Hart]
Yes, most unhappy.

[Billy Flynn]
Roxie Hart! The state has accused you the murder of Fred Casely. Are you guilty or not?

[Roxie Hart]
I'm not guilty... I killed him, I did. But I'm not a criminal. l'm not a
criminal...

[Billy Flynn]
Roxie... Did you recall the night of June 14th? Could you tell the jury in
your own words the happening of that night.

[Roxie Hart]
When Fred came over, I told him a good news.

[Billy Flynn]
What was it?

[Roxie Hart]
That me and Amos are gonna have a baby. And it was all over between us.

[Billy Flynn]
What happened then?

[Roxie Hart]
Then...

[Billy Flynn]
Did he threaten you, Roxie?

[Martin Harrison]
Objection, your honour. Counsel is leading the witness.

[The Judge]
Sustained.

[Billy Flynn]
What does Casely say when you told him the news?

[Roxie Hart]
I'll kill you before I see you have another man's child!

[Billy Flynn]
Could you tell the audience... the jury, what happened next?

[Roxie Hart]
In his passion, he tore off my robe and he threw me on the bed. And Mr. Hart's
pistol was lying there between us.

[Billy Flynn]
And then!

[Roxie Hart]
And then we both reached for the gun and I got it first. And then he came
towards me with this awful look in his eyes. He was angry and wild!

[Billy Flynn]
Wild! And did you think that he might kill you?

[Roxie Hart]
Oh, yes, sir!

[Billy Flynn]
So was his life or yours?

[Roxie Hart]
And I just mine. I closed my eyes and I shot!

[Billy Flynn]
To defense for your life!

[Roxie Hart]
And to save my husband's innocent unborn child. (pass out)

[The Judge]
Order!

[Roxie Hart]
What a bull's eye, huh?

[The Judge]
Order in this court!

10.1

Int.

The Onyx

Day

10.2

Ext. Chicago Theatre

Night

[Announcer]
Ladies and gentlemen,
Miss Roxie Hart says Good Night.

[Roxie Hart]
There's man,
Everywhere jazz,
Everywhere booze,
Everywhere life,
Everywhere joy,
Everywhere
Nowadays
You can like the life you're living
You can live the life you like
You can even marry Harry
But mess around with Ike
And that's
Good,
Isn't it, grand?
Isn't it, great?
Isn't it, swell?
Isn't it, fun?
Isn't it...
But nothing
stays
You can like the life you're living
You can live the life you like

[Man I]
Didn't she kill a guy a while back?

[Man II]
Yeah, who can keep it straight anymore?

[Roxie Hart]
But mess around with Ike
And that's
Good,
Isn't it, grand?
Isn't it, great?
Isn't it, swell?

[Man I]
That's great. We'll keep in touch.

[Roxie Hart]
You know I'm not quite finished yet. I have a...Wait, don't go.I could... just a second...Goddamn it! Thank you!

[Announcer]
Here's your music, honey.

[Roxie Hart]
Thanks.

[Velma Kelly]
You know you're really pretty good.

[Roxie Hart]
Yeah. What are you doing here?

[Velma Kelly]
I've been making around.

[Roxie Hart]
Well, if not fooled up by you, I'll be swinging right now.

[Velma Kelly]
Come on, I was there to get you off. You should learn how to put things behind you.

[Roxie Hart]
Thank you. I'll put that at the top of my list right after finding a job and an apartment with a John.

[Velma Kelly]
Can you shut up and listen to me?

[Roxie Hart]
You really are something. Coming in here like some goddamn queen bee, full of advice for a poor slop like me. Let me tell you something, Miss Velma Kelly. I got a new life now. And one of the best thing about it, is it don't include you.

[Velma Kelly]
Fine. I just thought we could help each other out.

[Roxie Hart]
Wait, you thought wrong, didn't you?

[Velma Kelly]
Listen to me. I talked to this guy in downtown. He says one chance hurts nothing these days, but two... We can make a couple hundred a week. Think about it, Roxie. Faces back on the papers and names in the market. Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart.

[Roxie Hart]
Should it be alphabetical?

[Velma Kelly]
That could work.

[Roxie Hart]
A couple hundred? Maybe we can ask for a thousand. We'll worth it. Forget it, it'll never work.

[Velma Kelly]
Why not?

[Roxie Hart]
'Cause I hate you.

[Velma Kelly]
There's only one business in the world that's no problem at all.

[Announcer]
Ladies and gentlemen, the Chicago theatre is proud to announce the first. The first time anywhere that's been an act throughout this nation. Not only one little lady, but two. You red about them in the papers, and now here they are. Chicago zone killer-dealers, the lady-sinners, Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly!

[Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly]
You can like the life you're living
You can live the life you like
You can even marry Harry
But mess around with Ike
And that's good?
Isn't it, grand?
Isn't it, great?
Isn't it, swell?
Isn't it, fun?
isn't it?
But nothing stays
In fifty years or so
It's gonna change, you know
But, oh, it's heaven
Nowadays

[Announcer]
Okay, you babes of Jazz, let's kick up the bass. Let's make the party longer, let's make the skirt shorter. Let's all go to the heaven that makes all the people hot!

[Velma Kelly]
Me and Roxie would just like to say thank you.

[Roxie Hart]
Thank you!
Believe us, we could've never
done anything without you!