Quentin Tarantino
Reservoir Dogs - Ear Scene
VEGA pulls out a cut throat razor.

VEGA: 'You ever listen to K-Billy's super sounds of the 70's. It is my personal favorite.'

VEGA goes over to the radio and tunes it.

K-BILLY: 'Joe Egan and Gerry Rafferty were a duo known as Steelers Wheel when the recorded this Dylan-esque pop bubblegum favorite from April of 1974. They reached up to number 5 as K-Billy's super sounds of the 70's continues.'


THE MUSIC starts playing. VEGA starts dancing and singing along. He slashes the cop's face once, before grabbing him and begins to cut his ear off.

The camera pans away towards the top left of the screen.


VEGA: 'Hold still. Hold still ya fucking...'


VEGA stands up into the shot. He is holding the COP'S bloody ear in his fingers. He plays with it for a while, carefully examining it. He walks off camera remarking:

VEGA : 'Was that as good for you as it was for me?'

He stares at the screaming and panicking cop. He lights a cigarette.

VEGA: 'Hey what is going on...you hear that? Hahaha. Don't go anywhere I will be right back.'

We follow VEGA outside to the trunk of the car. He pulls out a can of gas and walks back into the room, dancing and signing. He slowly circles the COP, shaking the can and its' contents back and forth over him.
Vega pulls the gag off.

THE COP: 'Stop,stop , stop. Don't do this to me! '

VEGA: 'What? What is the matter, it burn a little bit.'

The Cop continues begging as VEGA pours the contents to make a trail, leading to the cop.

THE COP: 'Don't burn me please. I'm begging you. I don't know anything about your fuking guys. Please.'

VEGA: 'You through?'

THE COP: 'Please, I got a little kid...'

VEGA: 'You all done? VEGA mutters and holds up the light. His chest explodes into a bloody mess.

We pan to MR ORANGE, who fires multiple gunshots. MR ORANGE is holding his gun, he has just shot VEGA. Off camera, we assume he has died.