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hey, tommy.

bob sherman sends his regards from saudi arabia.

look at that card.

what the hell's he doing

in saudi arabia?

straw boss of the arab electricians.

some hotel going up.

says he got winked off by a one-eyed whore.

that old fart ain't come in years.

he wakes up in the morning with a piss hard-on,

he's a happy man.

hey, chub!

chub! over here!

hey, yo! chub.

hey, chub!

how are you?

good. give me a scotch.

where is she?

"where is she?" just like that?

no kiss, no nothing--

what?

she'll be here.

she's really good, this chick?

i'm telling you,

she has got a tongue like an anteater.

ha ha ha ha!

i thought i was going to die.

i had to beg her to stop.

i swear to god.

oh, i gotta have this chick.

you'll have her. she's a gift.

hey, i told her what a stud you were.

you did?

yeah.

i can't do it tonight.

i forgot all about it.

i told phyllis i'd take her to the movies.

take her tomorrow.

no, i can't. i promised her, tommy.

you sound like a teen-ager.

i tell everybody my brother is a stallion.

he can't get away from his wife?

you really tell everybody what a stallion i am?

tommy!

don't look. here she is.

sylvia!

in a booth over there.

she's wonderful.

you're going to die when you see this.

what's she drink?

you're not going to the movies?

give me two scotch in the booth.

remember what i told you, huh?

remember what she likes-- stallone.

[whinnies]

nice, huh?

my asshole brother-in-law.

he is welcome to his discount business.

he's welcome to his house

and his saunas and the pool and the...

the whole bloody farmhouse, kitchen--

yeah, yeah, go ahead.

so you live alone?

just me and chauncey. it's my siamese.

oh, yeah.

cats have souls.

yeah, cats are great.

nat hated them.

nat?

that's my husband.

he left me two years ago.

he was a sick man.

he'd have to be sick to leave a pretty dame.

that's for damn sure.

i always pray for him.

you believe in the power of prayer?

see, your brother said you're very spiritual,

but i knew it the minute we met.

it's in your eyes.

yeah. you're a man with a deep soul,

a man with feelings, with a need--

a hunger to live in the joyous embrace

of the son of god.

let us bind ourselves

to the perpetual state of grace.

let us be children again and sin no more.

let us live forever chaste and forever clean!

oh, kiss it.

kiss it!

douche bag!

kiss it!

you should have seen your fucking face!

i'll break your goddamn arm!

what the hell is going on?

there. there.

wait. what the hell are you doing?

aw, come on, now.

and they're off and running!

like that?

i got no more!

that's it! that's it!

hold up. ok? enough?

ok. that's enough.

now it's enough!

ha ha ha ha!

hi, stony.

jesus...

if she can hump like she can bump...

butler, i'll kill him.

no. he's got those two shitheads.

i'll kill him.

i'm going to kill you! kill you, fuck!

fuckface! douche bag!

it's the man with the tan, it's chili mac!

slap me five, man!

ok, ok.

everything cool?

cheri's breaking his balls.

breaking his balls? is he climbing the walls?

with his hands on his dick,

and it's making him sick.

stone, take a run at old three-finger in there.

she's been checking you out for weeks.

i don't want no town pump.

why don't you take a run at her?

but it's you she's creaming for.

yeah?

there goes mott.

it's ok, man. it's nothing.

she's a whore.

right, right, right.

i really hate this.

getting him that fucking union card

has been a real ball buster.

red tape up to my ass.

i'll call fegan tomorrow.

that mick-- he thinks who he is.

you tell him he don't come through,

i'll break his arm. right?

yeah, right, right.

i figure stony, he puts in

his four years apprentice,

no. he'll be 23 when he turns journeyman.

journeyman's base is 13-- 13.25.

how much is that a year?

i don't know. say 20 grand, ok?

so then another two years, he'll be straw boss.

he's a smart little bastard.

that's better than college.

sure, better than college.

he don't go to dipshit college.

am i right?

you fuck around in college four years.

that's four years of fucking around.

he'd get a job

jerking off a pencil-- 8 grand!

he's too smart for college.

fucking-a, too smart!

fuck it! into the union!

where the action is!

am i right?

don't give me right, i ain't right.

you're right-- oh, jesus!

look at the tits on that one.

hey! hey! you want a ride?

hey, you need a ride?

we got a ride.

not like the one i give.

look at this.

what you got there?

what does it look like?

a prick, only smaller.

whoo!

oh!

whoo! mine's a flasher!

[buzzing]

[pounding on door]

hey, somebody's at the door.

cheri!

it's stony!

aw, shit.

go away, stony. quit it!

break this door, my folks will kill me.

hey, i can take care of this guy.

[buzzing]

get out of here!

thank you for a wonderful evening.

you balling this guy?

yeah, i am.

you love him?

no. i'm doing it for science.

you fucking...

hey, de coco. hey, fuckface.

come here, you guinea asshole.

what are you talking about?

don't talk back, you piece of shit.

you're making a mistake.

hey, de coco.

the car!

hey, it wasn't me.

come on, chubby. we were only kidding around.

and you, too, you irish fink.

come on. hit me.

what did you do with tommy? kill him?

i should have, the bastard.

i should have all of youse.

we picked up this chick, see,

with them out to here.

[telephone rings]

he's got her in the motel.

chub, it's for you.

watch it. may be phyllis.

here's your phyllis over here.

yeah, tommy.

what, you finished so soon?

stony, what's the matter?

how many guys?

i'm on my way.

the address!

you didn't give me the address!

[telephone rings]

yeah. it's me. it's me.

3-4-2. 3-4-2. i got it.

hey!

open the goddamn door!

quit banging on the fucking door, huh?

open the door, fuckhole!

[stony] get out of here.

douche bags.

cut it out!

[car horn honks]

chubby!

chubby!

up here!

chub!

i'm coming! i'm coming!

yeah, chub!

get the hell out of here!

what do you think--

stony!

i'm coming, stone.

i'm coming!

don't do this. come on!

get out!

i'm coming!

aahh!

you're all dead meat, you sons of bitches!

stone, i'm here!

aahh!

get out of here!

come on, you fucking creeps!

you know how to use them things?

i'll cut you to fucking ribbons.

you know what that feels like?

you're gonna find out.

oh, no.

get the fuck out of here! what do you think this is?

chubby, don't. don't, please!

what's happening out there?

chubby!

fuck him!

give me some room here.

all right, you.

now it's just you and me, you prick!

i killed lots of guys in the war, and i loved it.

what's your name, huh?

mott!

good. we got to know to identify the body!

mott!

we took them.

we did pretty good.

chub, you were beautiful.

yeah. we had them

shitting in their pants.

[coughing]

hey, you all right, chub?

are you ok, chub?

chub.

let's get some air, huh?

yeah.

chub.

yeah.

yeah, sure.

were you really in the war?

what war?

i wasn't in no fucking war!

ha ha ha!

fucking irish girls,

they don't know nothing about being in bed.

the church thing's got them screwed up.

i had a irish girl one time.

the first time we did it,

she complains she's got this weird feeling,

and the doctor says, "you had a orgasm."

are you listening?

yeah, i'm listening. i'm listening.

and i'll tell you something.

if you'd have stayed up there

instead of leaving,

you'd have had the best lay of your life!

what, are you kidding me?

"are you kidding me?"

don't you know

that women love violence?

four guys fighting over her ass,

she must have been dying for it.

you're sick.

yeah, i'm sick.

i'm dumb. i live in a tree.

i know what i'm talking about.

us italians are the only good stickmen around.

the worst is the irishmen.

they think eating out means not doing dishes.

jews is too busy making money.

greeks take it up the ass.

krauts do it by the numbers.

pollocks got foreskins like pup tents.

chubby, listen.

what?

how many chicks you racked?

like...

every time you ball, does the chick come?

what's the matter? cheri didn't come?

she moaned, you know? she moaned.

once she's started moaning,

you can fix a sandwich,

take a leak, watch the news,

you come back, she's still moaning

like you were never gone,

but she don't come!

i don't understand it. i tried everything.

forget about it!

hey, i'm married to your aunt phyllis

23 years.

i think she come three times.

that don't worry you?

no. forget about it.

look... i'm not saying

you got to be an animal all the time.

you got to use some psychology.

use a little sugar.

you know, eh...

relax the chick, you know?

right.

be tender, uh, and be polite.

yeah.

make her take a bath with you.

you'll have her coming

before she even knows it.

yeah, right. sure.

you gotta hang loose.

yeah. hang loose.

look, chub, i got bubba's car.

i got to go pick him up, all right?

yeah. go have a good time.

i want to thank you for helping me out tonight.

what are you thanking me, helping you out?

you're ours, kid.

the blood that runs in your veins,

that's de coco blood.

do you know what kind of family you got?

tommy, your mother, me--

tear our hearts out for you.

you know what i mean?

yeah.

stop waltzing me around.

i don't give a shit about your problems.

just give me the card.

all right. i'll listen.

yo, hey!

[tommy] i'm listening, i'm listening!

i'm listening to you.

all right. now you listen.

the de coco brothers,

we got friends.

hey, albert. come on!

your big brother talking.

give me the friggin' card!

vagabond, what time did you get in last night?

whenever you punched me in.

4 a.m. you smelled like a brewery.

you want eggs?

what's that i hear?

is the dead come to life?

oh, the crown prince

has decided to join us.

thank you.

let me see that face.

get out here, will you?

chubby tells me i missed some excitement.

your uncle had to save your ass again, eh?

nothing! drop it, will you?

no. what?

this don't concern you.

i don't want it anymore.

you don't want to eat?

where did we go yesterday?

dr. schindler.

what?

dr. schindler.

i can't hear you.

dr. schindler.

what did he say?

i weigh too little.

how little?

how little?

hey, leave the kid alone, will you?

what do you mean "leave the kid alone"?

who hollers on me,

"he's too skinny"?

he is too skinny.

like i don't have money enough to feed him.

i'm trying to make him eat!

the other kids are twice his size!

they're rough-housing in the playground,

and where is he?

he's up here watching the boob tube!

i'm trying to make him eat!

if you can do better, you make him eat!

who? me?

raising the kids is your job!

you ain't doing it good!

[stony] let's hit the beach.

no, no beach. no beach.

today's family day.

i don't want to drive around

looking for a g-rated movie.

we ain't going to the movies.

what? we're going visiting?

no. it's a surprise.

wear something nice, will you?

where are we going?

just do what i tell you, huh?

marie.

hey, marie.

♪ hey, marie ♪

♪ hey, maria ♪

get yourself dressed.

i got a surprise.

hey, pop, where the hell are we going?

keep your drawers on, sadie.

ha ha ha! ha ha ha!

hey, what's so funny?

ha ha ha ha!

huh?

you'll find out.

come on. i'll show you.

come on. come on.

marie, come here.

i'll show you something.

you're gonna love it.

how do you like it?

like what?

this.

this?

this is our place.

this is our place?

chub and me, we bought it through the union.

we're all going to die someday,

so we need a place.

so we can stay together.

marie, i'll be over there.

you'll be next to me,

and, stone, you'll be on my feet.

weird. this is very weird.

this is the surprise, huh?

you got us all dressed up for this?

i thought it would be some nice restaurant.

we'll wait in the car.

[laughter continues]

we're...we're going to go...

we're going to go...ha ha!

we got space for mom and pop,

we want to move them.

move pop without his ok

over from st. raymond's?

he would stand up in his grave

and tear our heads off.

that's for sure.

hey, one quick-tempered old man.

hey, am i right, chub?

he don't know.

mean bastard with those hands of his.

yeah, but we got to give him his due.

he never let us starve, even in the depression,

he always kept a roof over our heads.

give him credit for that.

hey, that's right.

that's for sure.

hey, this is great.

this is nice.

i wish to hell i had a shovel.

i'd put you both underground.

little bastard. grab him.

albert!

hey, albert! help!

help!

that-a boy. come on.

move!

why don't you try the school yard!

you didn't touch your breakfast, did you?

i'm sorry, mommy.

i'm sorry.

i say "eat."

"albert, eat!"

i beg you.

the doctor begs you, we all beg you,

but no, no,

you break everybody's heart.

everybody who loves you, you break their heart.

i shop...i cook...

i pray to god... god, god, god, god...

let him like it, let him eat!

god! oh, god!

what did i do to deserve such a child?

why do you take such pleasure in torturing us?

mama, i'll eat!

what did i do...

look, look, i'm eating!

i'm leaving!

i'm eating.

mama!

mama, look, i'm eating.

i'm leaving!

you make me sick!

stop it!

[tommy] what are you talking about,

there's no private room?

i don't want my kid in a goddamn ward!

you want cash? you want more?

chub, gimme-- what you got?

two, three hundred.

hey, tiger.

hey, how goes it?

you're looking pretty good here,

looking pretty good.

you'll be ok, right?

sure, you are.

that-a boy.

you look kind of tired.

better go back to sleep

'cause i can come back.

that's what i'm going to do.

bring you a surprise, something you'll like.

ok?

ok?

naka magga walla.

how is he?

he's getting along. he's ok.

level with me.

what's wrong with him?

who are you?

i'm his brother. i just got here.

it's called anorexia.

on top, that means loss of appetite.

underneath, it's pure shit-eating terror.

what's your mother doing to that kid?

nothing!

she said he went into shock.

balls. that kid's been terrorized.

she didn't do nothing.

what the hell gave you that idea?

just look at him.

he's always been skinny and don't eat.

she wouldn't do nothing to him.

look at him.

she does it 'cause she loves him.

hey, doc, you do something for him, all right?

yeah, kid. sure. miracles.

i perform miracles.

well, do one.

when these run out, call.

i'll give him these...

what you call them?

valiums.

the other thing is out.

no way. no day.

explain why not.

one hour of therapy a week.

i'm thinking about albert,

not your medicaid rip-off.

what will his friends say?

you know how children are.

they'll call him a nut.

we're talking about one hour a week.

a doctor who wants an 8-year-old boy to see a shrink,

that's sick!

come on!

how do you like that jew doctor?

albert in a nut house.

he didn't say nut house.

he's talking about therapy.

he said albert needs a shrink.

for therapy!

what are you, driving me crazy?

what kind of hospital says an 8-year-old boy needs a shrink?

and these pills!

i don't trust them any more than i do you!

[breathing hard]

hey, come on in.

well?

get in here!

what have you done to him?

what have you done, bitch?

what have you done to my brother?

my baby.

hi.

hey.

catch.

do you like chinese food?

no, not very much.

that's too bad.

my wife made this chinese food.

she chinese?

this month.

so, how goes it at home?

all right.

what do you want to see me about?

albert. is he taking the valiums?

she ditched them.

she'll never let up on him.

she let up.

oh, christ.

she let up!

what'd she do, find god?

no.

i almost clocked her.

what?

i almost clocked her one.

whenever she starts on him, do it again.

don't talk crazy.

only follow through.

would you stop it?

i don't think i could do that again.

besides, she's laying off him now.

really. no kidding.

i mean it.

he's eating pretty good now.

he ate his whole breakfast this morning.

if he's getting a little tlc

and no pressure, it's ok.

you know how to use these?

i worked a couple of months

in a furniture factory.

i pumped gas.

you know, this stuff isn't bad.

i pushed a hack.

i worked an ice cream wagon.

modelle's wasn't bad.

sports stuff, you know.

i thought maybe they'd let me sell.

nothing but stacking boxes.

friggin' bore.

so what now?

you thought about college?

i filled out the applications,

but i never sent them in.

like, what for?

another four years of books, classes?

nah, i don't know.

so what are you going to do?

i guess be an electrician with my old man.

you don't sound too excited.

nothing interests you, huh?

did you ever think of doing something else?

no? you never thought of doing something else.

fire department? police department?

well, yeah. fireman. policeman.

sure, when i was little.

nothing interests you?

selling? civil service?

kids.

what do you mean, kids?

i like kids, work with kids.

come on. tell me.

a couple of summers, i was a camp counselor.

i had about 15 7-year-olds.

why don't you work with kids?

do you want to be an electrician?

it's a living.

if it hits you that way now,

how will you feel when you're 40?

look, nothing wrong with electricians.

i'm asking how you'll feel.

how the hell do i know?

want a job here?

recreation assistant in the children's ward.

it starts monday. yes or no?

wait. slow down.

answer now.

what's it pay?

peanuts. i got to get back to work.

come on. yes or no?

yeah!

yeah, sure. why not?

hey!

stone, hey!

turn that shit off.

yeah?

i swung it!

you start work with me monday.

looky, looky what i got.

thomas de coco, jr.

how do you like?

what's the matter?

huh?

hey, don't drool on me with gratitude.

a simple thanks will do.

i don't know if i want to do construction work.

what are you talking about?

i mean, i don't know.

hey!

what do you mean you don't know?

i mean i don't know.

i'll tell you what you don't know.

you don't know what this job means.

you listen to me.

all right. all right. the depression.

the depression? nothing, huh?

it's a word to you, right?

well, i remember it. i remember it clearly.

when a guy on the block got a job,

his mother would cry.

he'd get drunk,

and the two of them would light a candle in church.

understand what i'm saying?

they knew their kid would have something to eat.

keep a roof over their head.

get married, raise a family.

aw, stone, it was like giving them life.

i'm your father, stone.

what do i want most for you?

i want what's best for you.

you got to believe me, kid.

this is it.

come on.

hmm?

huh?

come on.

it's just that...

i don't know.

you don't know.

here.

sit yourself down here.

sit down.

here. write down

three things you want to be,

three things you want to do with your life

when you grow up.

you got one minute.

i'll be a son of a bitch!

"i don't know."

you got 10 seconds.

sieg heil!

hey, fuck the sieg heil!

here i come.

all right, what do you got?

what's this?

where's the three things?

this says "work with kids."

i want to work with kids.

you want to teach nursery school?

you want to run a romper room?

you going to call yourself miss de coco?

it's in a hospital, all right?

you're out of your fucking mind!

you won't make anything candy striping.

it ain't candy striping.

i'm going to be a recreational assistant.

you're going to be a what?

a recreational assistant.

recreational assistant is woman's work!

oh, oh. right, sorry.

sorry. i'll wear work boots.

then i'll be a real man.

don't you fucking talk that way to me!

i can still kick your fucking ass!

don't you ever touch me like that again.

all right.

you want to candy ass,

you candy ass...

on one condition.

do the two weeks in the hospital,

then do two weeks construction.

like a test.

ok?

do the two weeks for me.

then put on tights and turn toe dancer

for all i give a shit.

deal?

deal.

but don't take it so hard.

stony's going to come around.

don't act like it's the end of the world.

look on the bright side.

thanks.

yeah.

you're making good bucks.

you got a nice home.

you got a good wife by your side.

balls.

good wife by my side?

hey...

she used to be the cutest ass

on the upper west side.

i couldn't wait

to get my hands on her.

marie, with the smile like sunshine.

all right. so since albert was born,

her plumbing ain't the same.

that's my fault? is that my fault?

no.

hmm?

it ain't her fault, either.

what's the difference

what she looks like now, huh?

in her best day,

she couldn't hold a candle to suki.

suki.

ooh, that smoky bitch.

tommy, suki's 25 years ago

on the other side of the world.

let her go.

she was all gold.

them korean chicks is all gold.

cat face...

big, slanty eyes, you know?

sweetest smile.

whoo...

ha ha ha ha!

what the fuck

did i bring that up for?

i don't know.

stony...

he don't understand.

you only get one shot in life,

and you'd better not fuck it up.

come on, mohammed.

you stay there, all right?

quiet down!

hey, hey, hey!

come on. hey!

hey, hey, hey!

hey!

anybody messes around

loses tv tonight,

and that's no crap.

all right.

today i'll lay a special story on you.

it's special 'cause it's true.

stony, you're lying already.

hey, this is the dead truth.

now here it is.

a long, long time ago,

the tribe i belong to

used to live near a cave by the parking lot.

when a guy got old enough,

my tribe gave him a bravery test

because apaches are real tough.

to prove you had guts, they put you in that cave.

blindfolded, right?

you had to find your way out blindfolded

just by tapping the tomahawk on the walls.

you find your way out.

this special time,

my great-great- great-grandfather's turn

to do the cave.

his name was stony de coco, too.

this didn't scare him at all.

he's dancing around.

he's joking even when they take him

in the back, in the dark, blindfolded

and everybody splits.

and they're waiting there...

listening...

and they hear...

[tap tap tap]

then all of a sudden...

ka-boom!

oh, man! a cave-in!

oh, man!

what happened?

he died.

and that would've been that.

except... a couple of months later,

a bunch of comanches come sneaking up.

now, comanches-- real mean shits.

you don't want to fool around with them.

they're going to wipe the place out.

suddenly...

[tap tap tap tap]

out of that cave...

comes the ghost of stony de coco!

ah-woo-woo-woo!

he starts swinging his tomahawk at those comanches.

what did he do?

he kicked comanche ass all over the place.

when it was all over,

he walks into the cave, and he disappears.

after that, anytime any tribe member was in trouble,

he'd take care of business.

nobody messed around with his people.

you think he's still hanging around?

that's the weird part of this story.

just last week, i'm walking around

outside of the hospital here.

it's real dark out...

and nobody around.

very scary.

guess what i hear.

[tap tap tap tap]

was it him?

i can't look.

i bet it was.

he's standing there with this hard-ass look.

i wanted to split.

then all of a sudden,

he raises up his hand.

naka magga walla.

hey, i know everything is cool.

what's that mean?

naka magga walla.

it means blood brother.

he tells me i got nothing to worry about.

he's keeping me safe.

he starts laying this stuff on me

about how pissed off he's getting about the people

and the hospital screwing up his turf.

he's going to wipe it out.

don't fool around.

i'm scared for you guys.

i mean, the only one safe is me.

i don't know what i'll do to help you.

oh, i know.

i can make you all blood brothers.

[telephone rings]

all right.

shh.

everybody spit on your thumb.

hold it up.

naka magga walla.

pass it on.

naka magga walla.

now we're all blood brothers.

we're safe from danger.

anytime you're in trouble,

you raise your thumb.

you snaka magga walla.

he'll help out.

but in case he's busy

and can't make it--

he's having lunch with his girlfriend or something--

you got to help each other out.

anytime you see a friend

or one of the nurses or doctors,

you make them blood brothers, too.

the more blood brothers you got,

the better off you are.

all right.

mm-hmm.

hey, vin!

give me a beer, will you?

hey, stony.

hey, annette, how you doing?

ok.

have you seen butler around?

yeah. he left a half an hour ago.

can i help you?

no. yeah, yeah.

is the kitchen open?

yeah. ready to order?

i'm ready to order.

you sure look happy. what's up?

i just had a great day.

i mean, a real... a beautiful day.

doing what?

fooling around with some kids.

just you and some kids?

no more cheri?

nah. we split up.

so it's true, huh?

yeah, it's true.

i get off at 6:00 in a few minutes.

why don't i make you dinner at my place?

i can do better than they can here.

yeah.

sure. why not?

yeah? you're sure?

yeah, sure.

i'll get my stuff.

hey, chubby.

hey, banion.

where the hell is everybody?

who the fuck knows?

we're humping it on that building today.

it's hot.

yeah. there you are.

how would you know?

you're air-conditioned.

i'll join you.

good.

cheers.

tommy get home ok the other night?

yeah.

he really tied one on.

he's sore, but he'll recover.

father and son is the best thing,

and he knows it.

bullshit.

got a kid, got a knife in your heart.

kicked mine out three years ago.

paulie? how come?

paulie's a fag.

how do you know?

don't ask me! i know!

he sells fag jewelry shit

down at that buccellati's, fifth avenue.

yeah, well, three years?

why don't you call him or something?

you got to love your kid.

get back here.

you don't know what you're saying.

you have a kid?

stony's the best kid in the world.

he ain't your kid.

i had a kid!

i had a kid.

i didn't know.

why didn't you say something?

why didn't you tell me?

he's dead and buried so long ago,

it was like he never was.

louie de coco, jr.

13 pounds, 4 ounces.

biggest baby the fucking doctor ever delivered.

i used to get a kick out of,

people would get their first look at him,

their eyes would pop.

so...what happened?

what happened?

well, i come home one night,

i don't smell no dinner cooking.

that's funny.

i walk into the bedroom.

it's all dark.

phyllis is sitting on the bed.

she's got louie in her arms.

i can't see so good,

so i go to turn on a light.

she says, "don't! don't!"

i reach over and touch louie's face.

he was so cold,

i could almost feel the blue through my fingers.

so i found a newspaper...

and i wrapped him up in it.

then i drove over to ovini's funeral home,

i laid him down on the guy's desk,

and i says, "bury him."

she was feeding him, you understand?

yeah.

and she took him to bed with her.

she fell asleep...

and rolled over on him...

and he suffocated.

you should have had another one right away.

no, no.

right away!

no.

when stony was born,

i says, "i'll love him,

treat him like i would have louie,"

but uncle, not father.

nephew, not son.

father and son

is the greatest thing in the world...

but not for me.

i stick with stony.

"mays grand slams spahn, 4-3."

that was the headline on the newspaper

i wrapped him up in.

i used to love that willie mays until then.

but now i don't even like the game.

here.

come on.

to stony.

don't you ever get enough?

would you just get out of here, please?

go lie down. go to sleep.

right. lie down.

i'm never going to go to sleep!

annette!

it's 2:00 in the morning.

hey, what do you call that stuff you made?

quiche lorraine.

it's pretty good, huh?

not bad.

it ain't pot roast, but it ain't bad.

thanks a lot.

were you really built like that when you were 13?

swear to god.

13, boobs as big as i got now

and smoking two packs a day,

wearing tons of make-up,

walking real tough,

hanging around a lot with the older girls

so i shouldn't stick out.

hmm. so to speak.

yeah. so to speak.

oh, man, i thought i was such a hot ticket in those days.

15, i got knocked up by this ex-con.

this jerk tells me i can't get pregnant

if we do it standing up.

so why didn't they teach us in kindergarten?

god.

yeah. so then the whole bit.

i went to this bad girls' home,

had the baby, put it up for adoption.

and then i came home-- well, forget it.

i was living with this bartender up in albany.

oh, the sweetest guy.

yeah.

god, that was a good year.

that's the year i finished high school

and discovered that i had a brain.

hey, you know what?

i bet that's the first reason

i got a thing on you.

you remind me of the bartender.

yeah?

yeah.

what was the second reason?

well, i know how you talk about me behind my back--

three-fingered annette, the town pump.

come on! it's all right, really.

i do like to ball. you know.

yeah, i know.

with somebody i like,

and i ain't ashamed of the fingers.

really. i'm kind of glad it happened

because i used to be so pretty

and such a stuck-up bitch about being pretty

that i just didn't know.

know what?

know that life can hurt like hell.

once you're hurt,

it makes you feel for other people hurting.

like you.

wait a minute. i ain't hurting.

oh, you don't think so?

there's something chewing on you--

like you know that there's something out there

besides playing cool and making bucks

and getting yourself laid.

yeah. so that's the second reason.

that's two. what's the third?

well, the third...

nah.

i think i'm, uh, just going to

let the third be my secret.

you'd like that gift-wrapped?

we'll have it ready for you day after tomorrow.

thank you for calling.

yes, sir. may i help you?

hello, paulie.

we've met?

when you was a little kid.

i'm a good friend of your father's.

he sent you?

we're having a birthday party for him.

you'd make a beautiful gift for him.

look, i don't know how you found me,

but buy whatever you need, then go.

murray, help this gentleman, please.

murray, stay the fuck out of this.

listen to me, you snot.

i'll fucking drag you out of here,

you ignore me when i'm talking!

you got it?

i'm sorry. i got a temper.

i apologize.

i'm sorry. here.

sign the card. all right?

what's it say?

here. read it.

i don't want to read it.

"year by year, my love grows, father, dear."

please go.

take this $50. sign the card.

you'll never see me again.

all right?

please go.

i'll be right back.

i hired you in good faith on a long-term basis.

now you want two weeks off.

i've got this heavy number

with my father, my uncle.

they're both electricians, right?

they're both in the union.

my grandfather, he started the union.

this hard hat is waiting for me, like a crown.

i'm heir to the throne.

look, mrs. pitt!

i really dig this job!

why don't you give me a break?

naka magga walla.

where did you pick that up?

you really started something.

it's a dumb story i told my brother.

usually i wouldn't do this,

but the children like you.

you get two weeks.

now move out of my way.

i have work to do.

hey, mrs. pitt!

you're a peach!

hey! how you doing?

say hello to stony.

how you doing?

hey, how's it going?

hey! hey!

here he is! here he is!

good to see you.

haven't seen him in years, huh?

nice to see you.

stop playing with yourself.

hey, kid!

you're on the deck with malfie.

don't pair him with that bastard.

the new man gets malfie.

pick up some rails. follow me up.

you lift like that, you'll leave your balls on the floor.

never stoop, always bend.

he's with you today.

let's go, shithead.

hey, sig!

you don't need any help, do you?

i'm ok.

you got it?

hey, stony! hey, stony!

what are you doing

bringing wire up here?

who told you to bring it up?

cable, not wire. cable.

this kid don't hear so good.

what's done is done.

you're the gofer today.

you got pencil and paper?

no? all right.

get all the guys' coffee orders.

right now?

now--and fast,

so the coffee don't get cold.

i'm black, no sugar.

regular, double sugar.

cheese danish.

no sugar.

double sugar.

ham and egg--

ham and egg sandwich with cheese.

with cheese.

it's my go, right?

what?

cheese danish.

black, no sugar. danish.

coffee!

sanka, no sugar.

here.

orange soda, ice cold.

wait.

do i stutter? orange soda!

cold.

here.

two coffees.

get yourself a coke.

stony, save yourself a trip.

take the wire down.

i'll give you a hand.

all right. up and over.

got it? go.

fast! fast! fast!

pick them up!

coffee, black!

you get down artie's order?

not now!

ooh!

you're busting them.

here he comes.

hey, where you been? canarsie?

it's about fuckin' time.

you stop for breakfast?

you're holding up the show!

hey, stony. stone.

it's a bad start.

i ran all the way.

dead grandmother would've been faster.

it's cold!

i told you no sugar!

i'm a diabetic!

this is 7-up. i ordered pepsi.

huh?

hey, hey!

your pants suddenly feel too big, huh?

no.

why?

we're kidding your ass off.

i warned you, stony!

expect everything!

huh?

welcome to the--

scabs!

get him!

yeah! yeah! yeah!

stand back, everybody.

here come the de cocos.

and we can lick the whole fucking world!

oh, hey, stone.

say hello to stony.

first day on the job.

first day at the hangout.

does banion know about the party?

is everybody inside?

i think so.

let's go. let's do this.

hurry up.

hey, guys, get that table.

come on.

hey, pat!

put your hat on.

what the fuck are you doing?

what the fuck is happening?

what the fuck's going on?

where's my hat?

where's my fucking hat?

all right! hey, richie!

come on! are you fucking crazy?

♪ when irish eyes are smiling ♪

♪ sure 'tis like a morn in spring ♪

♪ in the lilt of irish laughter ♪

♪ you can hear the angels sing ♪

♪ when irish hearts are happy ♪

♪ all the world seems bright and gay ♪

♪ and when irish eyes are smiling ♪

♪ sure they steal ♪

♪ your heart ♪

♪ away ♪

yay! yay! yay!

blow them out.

that-a boy.

yay! yay! yay!

look at this.

is that beautiful, or what?

look at this!

all electric, four speeds.

it's a motor!

you, you, huh?

hey, tommy. come here.

hey, stone, get the other chair.

easy, easy!

he's a fat fuck, huh?

look who's talking! chubby!

throw that in the street.

make a lamp out of it.

hey.

oh.

how do you like it?

feel good?

you guys.

you fucking guys.

fucking guys.

hey, schmuck. you going to cry,

or you buying us all a drink?

i'm going to cry!

yeah?

then buy you a drink.

yay! yay! yay!

give me a double, rocks.

i want scotch.

i'll have rye and water back.

and that's what it's all about.

you!

the old man left his mark on this town.

fucking buildings-- they'll be here after i'm gone,

that's for sure.

willowcheck towers.

they were going to give me a bonus

for putting in that new terminal.

really? how much?

never got it. they give me this instead.

fuck.

hey.

listen to what i'm telling you.

what you'll do in this job is pull cable.

now, that's work for mules.

you can do it lousy.

who the fuck will know? nobody, right?

except you.

you'll know.

some guys, they say, "so what? who cares?"

those guys are shits.

a man that don't take pride

in his work,

he don't take pride in himself.

you don't be like that. you understand?

yeah.

this job's been very good to me.

there's never been nothing we've ever needed.

you've been eating meat every night.

right?

right.

give it your best.

it'll turn around and do the same for you.

ok.

let's go hump. we got to go.

all right! let's go!

you're staying with it, huh?

i don't know.

it's not a steady high

like i get working with kids.

i can't do that all my life, either.

there's no dough

in being a recreational assistant.

yeah.

i don't know.

i'm so tired of thinking about it.

you can go to college...

take courses working with kids,

get a degree.

that would mean more money.

i've been thinking about that.

why don't you do it?

you know you want to.

there'd be no games with your father.

i am not playing games!

my dad sweated getting me in that union.

a card means you are set!

ok. you're set.

damn right!

right!

what are you mad at me for?

i ain't mad!

you don't sound happy.

because i am going nuts!

it's like everybody's coming up--you, too--

saying, "what will you do?

school's over. what are you doing?"

and i don't fucking know!

listen, there's nothing wrong with not knowing.

take your time.

that's all i'm saying.

i mean, don't push.

it's just... i don't know nothing

except the bronx, neighborhood.

i never been anywhere

except friggin' new jersey, summer camp.

i keep thinking...

got to be something else out there.

why don't you take a look?

all right. sure.

i'll pack my bag, take a little hike.

i ain't saying that.

that is one bitching step. you know?

it scared the hell out of me.

does it scare you?

scare me?

look, i want to split, i split.

i got it.

i mean it.

stony, wake up.

stony.

come on. let's go.

what time is it?

time to go. come on.

i don't want to.

forget the watch. let's go.

albert, it's 8:00 in the morning. go away.

we've got to go to get some seats.

albert!

you little punk.

you're going to get it.

this whole last week,

chubby brings me flowers and candy,

takes me out to dinner,

makes love to me,

asked did i come.

scaring the hell out of me.

i think he's sick.

i could use some of that sick from tommy.

trixie.

trixie, i'll call you.

ok.

you practically ruined his day not being there.

creep.

he sits there,

and he looks at my ass and my titties

while i'm doing laundry,

and he plays with himself.

i should tell his mother, you know?

she'd kill him.

jackie!

hey, come on.

there it is.

bruce lee, all right? all right.

i think the bad guys are going to win.

ooh! that's too scary.

tell me when it's over.

bruce lee will rescue them.

he can't. there's too many guys.

look. he just hit both.

this is going to give me bad dreams.

albert...

come on, stony.

don't be scared.

i'm here with you.

shut up, will you?

hey, shithead! move it.

are you letting him get away with that?

forget it. he's a jerk.

forget it, my ass! go rip his fucking tongue out.

it's nothing. he's nobody.

what are you doing after work?

i just got here. what do you mean?

hey, shithead, i left my tool belt

in the can. get it.

yo! hey, you--asshole.

yeah, you.

who the fuck you giving orders to?

it's all right.

what's this "shithead"?

he's got a name.

so what?

so use it.

what's he gonna do about it?

kick the living shit out of you.

maybe i'll kick the shit out of you!

me? you cocksucker!

let the kid take him, tommy.

let him have it!

that-a way, stone!

don't let him do that!

hey, stone!

don't let him do that!

don't let him do that!

come on, stone!

come on, stone!

[cheering]

all right! all right!

all right!

you were beautiful!

no more, no more. we beat him, baby!

you did it, ba--

get up.

get up, baby.

come on. on your feet.

get off your knees.

come on, baby.

come on. that's my baby.

come on, baby. that's it.

[cheering]

tell me you're in, baby.

tell me you're not leaving the job.

tell me you're in for good.

fucking-a! i'm in!

[cheering]

thomas de coco, jr.

master fucking-a...

electrician!

fucking-a!

[music playing]

hi, stranger. how you doing?

oh.

where's the geek?

he ain't here.

we're having, like, a trial separation.

i missed you.

right. sure. yeah.

i never wanted us to split,

but you weren't being serious.

now i hear you're working.

yeah, yeah. i'm working. i'm working.

i'm a construction electrician.

do you like it?

yeah, i like it.

it likes me. good bucks.

that's what i heard.

yeah. great bucks.

want to dance?

yeah. maybe later.

how about a drink?

sure. hey, allen.

rum and coke for the lady.

i'm getting some cigarettes.

i'll be back.

yeah.

you from korea?

[woman] mr. decapio.

your receipt.

oh. oh, jeez, i got your pen.

that's for you.

what's the room number?

uh, it's 408.

mr. and mrs. decapio.

is that your real name?

that's my motel name.

and you're suki.

woo!

hey! why didn't you let me know you were coming?

what happened to your eye?

nothing.

nothing? that's a deep cut.

i got in a fight on the job.

i thought maybe it was your father,

got upset when you told him you were quitting.

i ain't quitting. i'm sticking.

you're kidding.

have you thought it over?

i decided.

i ain't got to think about it anymore!

boy, i said it.

if you didn't watch out,

you'd turn into a full-blooded de coco.

fighting and boozing,

chasing snatch.

you're right back on course, huh?

the whole ball of wax.

you nowhere asshole.

town pump.

"mr. and mrs. decapio."

son of a bitch.

cheat on me?

cheat on me.

cheat on me!

cheat...

honey, got change for the machine?

two quarters-- all i got.

oh.

well, take them.

i'm coming back in a little while.

is your mother home?

she's at work.

nobody there at all?

well. if i come up in half an hour,

will you be there?

ok.

[doorbell buzzes]

[buzz buzz]

who is it?

me.

here are your two quarters.

you have a rubber?

rubber?

a rubber.

oh.

oh, a rubber.

yeah.

not for me. for you.

oh.

oh, yeah.

for christ's sake.

[whimpers]

what's the matter?

[whimpers]

i can't...

i can't hold it.

think of something else.

think of what?

something! anything!

[gasping]

[crying out]

ah!

jackie!

[telephone rings]

[ring]

yeah?

mr. de coco, i won't give my name.

i'm a neighbor of yours.

what about her? what happened?

who the fuck is this?

who is this?

[slams down telephone]

get the fuck out of here!

marie?

where you been?

the laundry room.

what you been doing?

nothing.

what have you been doing?

nothing.

who you been laying for?

no! no!

aah! aah!

cut it out!

tommy, don't!

i'm going to get you, you fucking tramp!

let go! let go!

aah! aah!

aah!

tommy! tommy!

what have you done?

you tramp! what have you done?

what have you done to me?

who phoned me?

come on. who phoned me?

come on out! come on out!

hey, what the hell is this?

come on out!

i didn't do anything wrong.

i didn't do anything wrong.

there's no broken bones,

but he worked her over pretty good.

the ambulance guys had to hit him with a needle.

no idea what it was about?

no. you tell me.

does he have any history of nervous disorder?

what are you talking about?

does the little kid know what happened?

he don't know nothing.

the wife refuses to press charges,

which means we can't lock him up.

you can't go in, chub.

you...you ok?

irregardless of what you think...

nothing happened.

stony, i swear. nothing happened.

yeah.

so you're ok, right?

nothing happened.

look, chubby's taking you to his place.

spend the night with aunt phyl, ok?

you go along.

chub.

i'll take her. that's ok. i got her.

i'll be back later, all right?

oh, jesus.

don't look at me.

i'm so ashamed,

i can't...

i can't look you in the face.

i thought you'd like to know

that she's going to be ok.

that's what i'm...

i've been praying for that.

i've been praying she'd be ok.

pop, she... she didn't do nothing.

she just didn't do it.

hey, i been laying here...

thinking.

how do i make it up to her?

how many flowers i got to buy?

oh, god.

i just want to crawl in a fucking hole

and die!

hey, come on. it's all right.

it's all right.

i'll make it up to her, man.

i'll make it up to all of youse.

no, i...

stone, i swear.

i promise you.

things are going to be different.

stone?

yeah.

things are going to be different.

you'll see.

i promise, kid.

i don't believe this.

i don't want to talk to you.

i may be the town pump,

but at least i'm not afraid to face the truth.

i'm so sorry i called you that.

come on in.

look...

my mother...

my mother is crazy.

scared all the time--

out of her head scared.

of what, i don't know.

i think everything.

i can't even get sore at her anymore.

i just...

feel so sorry for her.

it makes me sad.

then there's my old man.

he's a...

a 45-year-old pussy chaser

hanging around some bar up in yonkers

with his putz in his hand.

he's scared, too.

like he missed something.

but i love them.

i mean, that's it. i love them.

i keep thinking i can help them.

stony, would you wake up?

you can't help them.

you've got to worry about your own ass,

because theirs is way out of reach.

do you know what i'm saying?

look, i got to go now.

i'm sorry. really.

tommy?

tommy?

where are you?

how long ago did he call?

what time was he checking out?

i don't know, about an hour.

he wouldn't stay all night.

so where the hell is he?

you got anything to eat?

look in the fridge.

hey.

where the hell you been?

i been to banion's.

what are they saying over there?

nothing.

what are they saying?

nothing.

i'm asking you what they're saying.

they talked about it.

they heard what happened.

the people in the building know. it's no secret.

what happened?

no, i mean...

what do they think happened?

just that you got sore at her. that's all.

why are they congratulating me,

slapping me on the back,

shaking my hand,

saying they'd do the same thing?

who knows?

she's fucking guys behind my back!

that's what they think, right?

the fucking bitch.

i should've known they'd guess.

the bitch! what did she do to me?

there'll be a showdown when she comes home.

i'm going to lay down the fucking law!

she'll toe the mark around here!

you understand?

so is everyone else!

no more fucking around with you.

tomorrow, you're wearing that hard hat

and you're out pulling wire,

or i'll kick the living shit out of you!

not another word about that prick hospital!

no more, "what about my life?"

i'll tell you what you do,

too goddamn much permissiveness in the house--

in the whole fucking country!

pop, it don't matter.

hey!

get into your fucking room.

no back talk, no lip,

nothing!

just...

just get into your room.

pop.

he didn't mean that.

wait for me.

hey, wait for me. tommy, wait for me.

[many people talking loudly at once]

what the hell's that for?

i'm going.

you're going where?

i don't know. just going.

come to say good-bye...

and to tell you that i love you

and i love mom

and i love chubby.

i ain't going against you.

i just got to go.

good-bye.

stony, you don't mean that.

ah, let him go.

he wants to go, he can go.

who's stopping him?

go ahead, go.

are we stopping him?

no.

[tommy] it's ok with me.

you're breaking your father's heart.

what, you gone fucking nuts or something?

how you gonna live?

don't come begging to me.

you'll never see another cent from me!

cab!

you can starve for all i care!

i got money. i got 4 0r 500.

such a lot of money!

you're not going anywhere

till i decide what you're going to do.

i already decided!

it pays to have kids, huh?

all of a sudden, they walk. no warning.

that's love for your family, right?

i'm sick of telling you i love you.

move and i'll break your neck!

here, here, here.

i got money.

it ain't enough.

how much you give him?

whatever i got-- $50, $60.

$60? nothing!

he'll be back inside a week.

the hell i-- will you get going? go!

stony!

stony!

ok! ready?

are you ready?

let's go.

how much?

ok, i got it.

in the cab.

now the greyhound station, or what?

come on, get going!

it may not work, you know?

i don't know how long the money will last.

there's no telling how soon they'll find us.

but if it don't work

and they come take you back,

or i have to bring you back,

and i got to go on myself, without you,

what are you going to remember?

huh?

you'll be thinking of me?

that's right.

don't you ever forget that. right?

i'll always be thinking of you

and loving you

and figuring some way we can swing it.

some...someday we will, right?

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