Gone in 60 Seconds (1974)

Preface
This transcript is being written entirely from scratch as I watch the film, and is far from finished. I will make more changes to it when I have time. Because of limited resources, there will be imperfections regarding persons and dialogue. I have a specific preference for writing, finding it easier to work patiently and maintain consistency. Therefore, for my own convenience, I sincerely request from the community no collaboration until I consider my own contributions finished. However, do let me know if there are guidelines I should be following while transcribing this film. Thank You - Windows95betatester (talk) 06:50, January 15, 2020 (UTC)

Prologue
[''It is early in the morning. A Cadillac Sedan de Ville drives quickly along a stretch of paved road. Inside the car is Maindrian Pace, who is a renowned insurance investigator working for Chase Research, as well as, quite ironically, the leader of a professional carjacking circle.'']

[''The Cadillac approaches the sight of a police investigation, where flares line the road boundaries and several cars are parked at the side of the road. Pace slows down as he enters the area and turns into an available space, parking his car.'']

[''The door opens and the car is turned off. Someone is there to greet him already.'']

Pace: Morning, Stosh.

Stosh: Morning.

[''Pace exits his car and closes the door. He shows Stosh some identification as they walk together toward the area of the investigation.'']

Pace: [showing Stosh] Chase Research. Have you seen Paul?

Stosh: No, I haven't seen him.

[''Pace and Stosh turn to the right and approach a couple of police officers. Pace readies his ID again. Stosh also presents his ID.'']

Officer: You with the railroad?

Pace: [showing the officer] No, I'm Maindrian Pace. I'm with Chase Research. I'm here to investigate the accident for the insurance company.

Officer: Okay.

Pace: Thank you.

[Stosh pockets his wallet and goes with Pace toward the scene of the accident.]

[''Workers already there are digging out unsettled dirt away from a railroad track. A whole freight engine has derailed and it tilts dangerously to one side. Other people are already investigating the accident. Paul, wearing a blue suit, is there as well. Pace and Stosh approach him. Stosh stops to write something down.'']

Pace: Morning, Paul. What a way to start a day.

Paul: Yeah. Morning, Pace. [shaking hands with Pace] Well, I always get the biggies...

[The three men walk toward the front of the toppled engine.]

Pace: What do you got so far?

Paul: Well, not much. No skid marks. I'm thinking maybe a possible brake failure.

Pace: How's the driver?

[One worker lifts up a new beam to put beneath the damaged railroad.]

Paul: Well, he died en route to the hospital. Looks like we're gonna lose the brakeman, too.

Pace: What's your liability?

Paul: Uh, old package.

[''They go to investigate a totaled tractor trailer. The first shot is a close-up.'']

Paul: [off-screen] Hope you can find something mechanically wrong with that truck.

Pace: [off-screen] You know me, Paul. If it's there, I'll find it.

[One worker uses a metal rod on a misshapen iron rail.]

Paul: [off-screen] Do your best.

[Stosh walks away from the wrecked truck with a briefcase while Pace takes photographs of the rig.]

Pace: [off-screen] Stosh, you get it back to the shop. Hit me when you find another car to switch over. It's about time you learn the business. I'll stay here and make sure I get all the pieces. See you later.

Switch-over 101
[''Cut to a junk car lot, where two men at a tow truck, which has hauled two cars, are inspecting the underneath of the tow truck. An auction is taking place inside the lot's building. Inside, people are writing down on papers, and a phone rings as declarations are being made.'']

Auctioneer: [off-screen] All-oil, $515. Detroit, $9607. Number 19, Lawrence, $268.99. [on-screen] Number 22, [off-screen] Taylor Webb Used Cars...

[A 1973 Dodge Challenger is shown, red in color and with the front left fender caved in.]

Webb: [raises hand] Yeah.

Auctioneer: [to Webb] Three-hundred-and-thirty-three dollars.

[''Webb writes down on his paper and then departs from the building. He waits for a tow truck at the car lot. It pulls up next to him and stops.'']

Webb: [to tow truck driver] Nineteen-seventy-three Challenger, number 22.

Tow truck driver: It'll be right here.

[''The tow truck approaches the requested vehicle, stopping ahead of it and then reversing toward it. Upon close-up, the plate identification is "000 GAL".'']

[''Cut to a workshop, where the vehicle is being stripped down and sectioned off in preparation for a switch-over. Pace and Stosh are there with Atlee Jackson and Pace's brother Corlis, fellow professional car thieves, as they tend to dismantling the Challenger.'']

Pace: [off-screen] Hey, Atlee, how come you never get called at five-o'clock in the morning?

Jackson: [off-screen] 'Cause I live right.

Pace: [off-screen] Well, I'll fix your living habit. Tomorrow morning, you can get up at five and start tearing down that truck to find out how come he hit the train.

Jackson: [off-screen] Okay, if Stanley helps me. I think two years in the Army gave him brain damage!

Stosh: [off-screen] Hey, hey, I'll learn the business next week. I don't even know how these switch-overs work.

Jackson: [off-screen] Well, Stanley, it goes like this. Taylor Webb buys a wrecked car. We cut it up, and save the serial numbers, the engine and trans, and junk the rest. Then we go out and steal one identical, and put these serial numbers from the wrecked car on the new one.

Stosh: [off-screen; with uncertainty] W-well, don't the police and the insurance companies check these guys?

Jackson: [off-screen] Ah, the odds are about five-thousand in one. Do you know how many cars have losses in this county alone? Over two million.

[''The Challenger is bisected, and the back half topples backwards, startling some of the guys. Then they also cut off the front subframe, which holds the engine.'']

Pace: [off-screen] Hey, Stanley, what's your new girlfriend's name?

Stosh: [off-screen] Jill. Why?

Pace: [writing] Imma name this car after her, 'cause she's a wreck, too.

Jackson: Hey, Maindrian, here's your trunk lock and key.

Pace: [while writing] Hey, Stanley, you got the mileage?

Stosh: [off-screen] Uh, yeah, it's, uh, six eight nine one, five-tenths.

[Pace finishes writing for now and deposits the license plate, which is on the desk, into a purple box.]

Pace: [off-screen] Hey, Atlee, what kind of tires are those?

Jackson: [off-screen] They're Goodyear E-7814.

Pace: [off-screen] Two-stripe or one-stripe?

Jackson: [off-screen] Uh, they have two-stripe.

Stosh: [off-screen] I'm going back in the Army.

Jackson: [off-screen] I think that's a good idea. Take Corlis with you; he's in a bad mood.

Corlis: [off-screen] Ah, cram it, you guys.

Stosh: [off-screen] Ha, that's 'cause his sweetie is in New York!

[''Pace finishes writing the documentation for "Jill", which he will use as a reference when they acquire the new car for the switch-over. He folds the paper and puts it into the purple box as well. He goes with the box over to a water heater and toggles a switch labeled "EMERGENCY". The top of the appliance gets pulled up, revealing a secret storage compartment, which contains a few license places. Pace slides the box onto the vacant top shelf, while the others slide the Challenger's engine out on a dolly.'']

Jackson: Alright, come give me a hand. Get those doors open...

Corlis: Do I have to do everything around here?

Jackson: [off-screen] Why you have been...

Corlis: [off-screen] Hey, I'm hungry!

Jackson: [off-screen] Oh, you...

Corlis: [whistling, off-screen]

[''Corlis takes his time opening a set of doors, behind which they will hide the engine assembly, beneath the desk. Pace closes the impostor water heater and comes back to tend to the engine as well.'']

Pace: [to Corlis] Come on, let's go! [opens one of the doors] Come on...

Jackson: [off-screen; to Pace] Want me to load this over there now?

Pace: Yeah, let's go, Atlee. Atlee, get the truck in here and get this back body section and these doors loaded. [rolls the engine inside] Now all we gotta do is go steal her twin.

[Pace and Corlis close the doors, hiding the engine.]

Completing the Switch-over
[''Cut to a parking lot, where Pace has found a match for their 1973 Dodge Challenger. He uses a screwdriver on the ticket mechanism to generate a parking ticket. He collects the ticket and walks away with his briefcase.'']

Automated message: [repetitiously] Please lock your car. Do not leave articles on the seat. Do not leave parking ticket in your car.

[''Pace walks over to the car he intends to steal and pulls out a slim metal strip from the briefcase. He slides it down into the windowsill and shifts it around carefully. He successfully unlocks the car using this method and pulls the metal strip out.'']

[''Pace opens the door and gets inside, setting his briefcase in the passenger's seat and opening it all the way. He replaces the metal strip and pulls out another tool with a pull handle. He uses this instrument on the ignition switch, tightening the tip inside the slot. After giving it a few tugs, the tool comes out with the switch.'']

[''Pace sets that tool back into the briefcase. He takes out a screwdriver next and inserts it into the open ignition. The car turns over, and Pace smiles in approval. With the gate lifted, he drives the car out of the parking lot.'']

Automated message: Please lock your car. Do not leave articles on the seat. Do not leave parking ticket in your car.

[''Back at the workshop, the guys do work with this second vehicle, replacing necessary parts while bagging personal items, and turning the Challenger into, essentially, a brand-new car for Taylor Webb. As they do, Pace marks out each item on the info paper he made for "Jill".'']

Stosh: [off-screen] Hey, Atlee, how did you get mixed up with Pace, anyway?

Jackson: [off-screen] Well, I'll tell you, Stanley. I used to steal trucks. One day, this dude comes in. He say he's Maindrian Pace from some insurance company, and he's here to investigate a truck outlaw. Well, he walks around the truck, opens his briefcase, and right away, I see these pictures of my truck all wrecked up and stuff. Then he said, "Mr. Jackson, do you realize you can go to jail for stealing like you can for lying?" Right then, I knew he had me, but he made me an offer. And here I is, me, investigator Jackson, stealing cars. I still haven't been caught.

Pace: [off-screen] Atlee, when you came to work for me, you became a pro. The amateurs are in jail; professionals never get caught.

Jackson: [off-screen] Well, what about Butch Stockton? He was a pro; over four-hundred cars, they didn't nail him.

Pace: [off-screen] Well, he got sloppy.

Jackson: [off-screen] You don't get sloppy in this business.

Pace: [off-screen] "Jill" just became a statistic: one of the thirty-two percent of the car stolen, never to be recovered again. Holy Christ! I've gotta meet Vilas in twenty minutes!

Stosh: [off-screen] Hey, want me to come with you?

[The switch-over is considered complete as the bonnet is closed, and the "000 GAL" license plate has been reinstated.]

Pace: [off-screen] No, they said to come alone, and for four-hundred-thousand dollars, I'm going alone. See you guys later, get this place cleaned up.