VERBAL
He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say
his father was German. Nobody believed he
was real. Nobody ever saw him or knew
anybody that ever worked directly for
him, but to hear Kobayashi tell it,
anybody could have worked for Soze. You
never knew. That was his power. The
greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was
convincing the world he didn't exist. One
story the guys told me - the story I
believe - was from his days in Turkey.
There was a petty gang of Hungarians that
wanted their own mob. They realized that
to be in power you didn't need guns or
money or even numbers. You just needed
the will to do what the other guy
wouldn't. After a while they come to
power, and then they come after Soze He
was small time then, just running dope,
they say...
INT. SOZE'S HOME – DAY
Three of the Hungarians come bursting into Keyser Soze's
home. They grab his five children and round them up in the
front room. One of the men grabs his wife and back-hands her
across the face.
VERBAL (V.O.)
They come to his home in the afternoon
looking for his business. They find his
wife and kids in the house and decide to
wait for Sate.
INT. SOZE'S HOME - LATER
The front door opens and in walks Keyser Sate. We are never
allowed to see his face.
Sate's wife lies in the corner, beaten and bruised. Her dress
is tattered to shreds. She cannot look up at her husband.
The three Hungarians stand to greet him. Two hold guns in
their hands. The third holds a straight razor. He grabs
Soze youngest boy and holds the razor to his throat.
VERBAL (V.O.)
He comes home to his wife raped and his
children screaming. The Hungarians knew
Soze was tough. Not to be trifled with.
So they let him know they meant business.
The Hungarian smiles. Soze's wife SCREAMS IN HORROR.
The Hungarian holds up a BLOOD SOAKED RAZOR.
SUDDENLY, he grabs another child. A little girl no older than
six.
VERBAL (V.O.)
They tell Soze they want his territory -
all his business. Soze looks over the
faces of his family... Then he showed
these men of will what will really was.
SUDDENLY, Soze pulls out a pistol and shoots the two men with
guns. He turns and aims at the third man holding his child.
The man threatens to cut the child's throat, slicing just
enough to draw blood.
SOZE FIRES.
The stunned Hungarian watches the child fall from his arms.
Sate turns the pistol on the next child, then the next and
the next. He kills his children one by one in front of the
Hungarian.
VERBAL (V.O.)
He tells him he would rather' see his
family dead than live another day after
this.
SOZE walks over to his wife, crying and beaten on the floor
and holds up her head. She gives him the strangest look. One
of trust perhaps, saturated with fear and humiliation.
He puts the gun between her eyes and fires.
VERBAL (V.O.)
He lets the last Hungarian go, and he
goes running. He waits until his wife and
kids are in the ground and he goes after
the rest of the mob. He kills their kids,
he kills their wives, he kills their
parents and their parents' friends.
A dark and looming figure of a man walks in front of a wall
of fire - a black shadow blurred by waves of heat.
VERBAL (V.O.)
He burns down the houses they live in and
the stores they work in, he kills people
that owe them money. And like that he was
gone. Underground. No one has ever seen
him again. He becomes a myth, a spook
story that criminals tell their kids at
night. If you rat on your pop, Keyser
Sate will get you. And nobody really ever
believes.
INT. RABIN'S OFFICE - DAY
KUJAN
Do you believe in him, Verbal?
VERBAL
Keaton always said: "I don't believe in
God, but I'm afraid of him." Well I
believe in God, and the only thing that
scares me is Keyser SOZE.
Extra: Kevin Spacey winning an Oscar for The Usual Suspects.
Extra: Kevin Spacey winning an Oscar for The Usual Suspects.
Dianne Wiest:
thank you. The category Best
Supporting Actor might be a little misleading. In any role of every size each
actor supports every other actor in the cast. Though the dynamic characters
they portrayed five actors each nominated for the first time gave their
strength and spirit to their fellow actors and gifted us with striking
performances. For Best Actor in a Supporting role the nominees are:
James
Cromwell in Babe
Ed
Harris in Apollo 13
Brad
Pitt in 12 monkeys
Tim Roth
in Rob Roy
Kevin
Spacey in the Usual Suspects
…And the
Oscar is presented to Kevin Spacey in the Usual Suspects.
Kevin Spacey: Well, whoever Kaiser Soze is, I can tell you
he's going to get gloriously drunk tonight. And that's a question that I'm
often asked: Who is Kaiser Soze? And I've always been very cryptic about
my answer. But tonight I'm going to tell you who Kaiser Soze is for me. The
person who pulls the strings, the person who manipulates, who hovers over us,
who gives us life and breath. For me, Kaiser Soze is Bryan Singer the director
of this film. And I thank him for his friendship and for giving me an
extraordinary part and for making me a better actor i ever thought I could be.
I have dreamt of a moment like this my whole life. I thank my manager Joanne,
my agent Brian Gersh. And on a personal note to my mother, I'm so proud that
you can be here tonight. Thank you so much. Thank you so much, Mom, for driving
me to those acting classes on Ventura Boulevard. when I was sixteen. I told you
they would pay off! And here's the pudding. Thank you.