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[Passos]

[Bebê chora]

[cão latindo]

Mulher: Pelo que está esperando?

Shh. Shh.

Nós vamos fazer isso, ou não?

Fica quieta.

Quero ter certeza de que ele não está em casa.

Oh, vamos, Danny. São três horas da tarde.

Você imagina se há alguém em casa,

nós não teríamos ouvido agora?

Nós simplesmente saimos fora, ok?

Não começa batendo essa merda mais.

Danny, apenas abra a porta.

[porta destrancando]

[porta fechando]

[suavemente, tilintando]

[Utensilhos caem]

Danny, você...

idiota fodido !

Eu simplesmente fracassei de abrir sua mente.

O que inferno você está fazendo aqui ?

[Rangendo]

Você realmente tomou a essa chave que deixei pra você.

3 anos fudidos!

Você me usou pra me arrancar, seu fudido!

Seu punk fudido fora da lei!

Eu comi merda por você,

seu filho da puta!

Todos os dias, todo fudido dia de sua vida,

e agora você vem me roubar, seu fudido!

Chore pra eu não arrancar seu coração, filho de uma cadela!

Tudo certo, agora.

Seu fudido senta aqui,

e me conta por que raios eu mereço essa merda de você!

Eu não tenho nada pra te dizer.

Oh, não? Comece a pensar,

por que eu jurei pra Deus que chamaria a polícia

acima disso, define B & E, um assauto,

de qualquer modo você fode e me sinto enrabado

e você o que essa cadela faz aqui!

O quê? Ahh!

Tira suas mãos fudidas daí, abaixa!

Abaixa essas mãos fudidas!

Você abaixa essas mão fodidas!

Certo.

Esse é todo um negócio fudido aqui.

Você realmente tem trabalhado nisso, não tem ?

Essa é sua família fudida agora!

Qual é o problema?

Não gosta que eu pegue algo que te pertença.

Eu não te falei merda nenhuma.

Bom. Por que seus bolsos estão chegando perto.

Ela não tomou nada dela.

É melhor pensar antes de de por as mãos em mim.

Pense sobre isso, huh?

Como você me quebrou na minha casa, filho da puta?

Você tem toda merda que mós pegamos'.

Bom ! Por que estou jogando contigo.

Quero respostas seu maldito filho da puta

sobre que pensa estar fazendo

achando que poderia vir até aqui e tirar de mim!

Eu penso que você poderia poupar isso.

O que você dissse?

Eu disse, "Eu penso que poderia poupar isso."

Danny, que porra você falando sobre isso ?!

eu foi menos para mim agora

que então você partiu.

Eu ouvi de um cara no trabalho

que você não vinha por enquanto,

então eu pensava que tinha uma coisa legal pra fazer, você sabe.

Sim, como o quê?

Supostamente você pensa que Está apenas me batendo

quando tentava manter isso diretamente, huh?

Você não fez? Você não fez?

você não fez, seu cabeça de merda bastardo?

você quer o que agora Não estou trabalhando', huh?

Você fez? Você fez?

You fuck!

'Cause I been bustin' my ass for so long,

I can't drag it out of bed anymore.

Yeah, how 'bout that, huh?

I guess you just thought

I could go on forever, right?

Well, fuck you!

I'm just takin' a couple of months off

that I can figure out what I'm doin'

with my sick fuckin' life!

And you come in here, and you give me this!

Man, that kills me.

That just about does the whole fuckin' job.

Come on, baby. Let's get out of here.

He's not gonna do nothin'.

Let's get out of here. You all right.

He'll give it back. Give me a minute with him.

Are you crazy?

He's not gonna give back nothin'.

You know, if I'd spent less time

worryin' about you when we were kids

and more time worryin' about myself,

I'd be a lot better off today.

You couldn't be any more pathetic

than you are right now.

Hey, all right,

you made your point already.

Look, man, I'm glad, 'cause now I'm gonna

give you the chance to make yours.

You got one more little visit to make today.

Let's just go, babe.

Hey, you shut up! You shut the fuck up!

You keep your mouth shut,

or I'll do it for you.

Danny: Come on. I know what you're tryin' to do.

I can see her car's right there.

What are you worried about?

I don't wanna see her. You know that.

Come on. It'll be a good time.

You can introduce mommy to your new woman.

Come on. You didn't hear me? I said I don't wanna see her.

Well, maybe you haven't noticed yet,

but I don't happen to give a fuck about what you want.

Come on! Huh?!

Come on! Little brother, come on, huh?!

Another shot? You wanna take another shot, huh? Huh?

Come on. Let's see what that shit can do for you.

Boy, you got some strange ways

of how you get your point across.

What did you say?

What did you say?

I said you're always talkin'

about how much you wanna do for him.

Seems to me like all you really

wanna do is make him bleed.

Yeah, and what about you, huh?

Why don't you tell me just what is it you do for him?

I keep his back warm when he's sleepin',

I get him high

when he can't do it for hisself,

and when he needs some head,

he never has to ask twice.

You know, I don't particularly enjoy hittin' women,

but you say one more word to me,

I'll gladly take your fuckin' head off.

Well, maybe if you had somebody

givin' you some, you wouldn't have

so much violence in you.

Danny, get in the car, will you?

Look, Manny...

I know what you're tryin' to do.

Why don't you just give it up?

Let me get out of here.

Look, call it a break, all right?

She's not home.

She only lives 2 flights up, so she would have heard us by now.

Watch.

Hey, Ma!

Hey, Ma!

Manny...

See, like I told you, you caught a break.

Now, we either wait here till she shows up,

or you get in the car.

Danny, we don't have to go nowhere with him.

He can't prove we did nothin' now.

You know somethin'? She's right,

but I don't give a shit.

Now, you got 2 choices.

You can wait here till she shows up,

or you get in the car.

You better hurry up,

'cause I'm sure she didn't go far.

No, no, no, no, no...

In the back.

Comin', too, babe?

Good. You got the front.

Damn, Danny. He could drive us straight to hell,

and you wouldn't do nothin'.

[Woman vocalizing]

[Dog barking]

You remember this place, right?

Remember how we used to have fun here when we were kids

scarin' the shit out of each other?

Sh--yeah.

We always used to play that game...

"What would you do

"if the boneyard boogeyman started chasin' you,

and you got stuck in the mud?"

Yeah, that's right. We used to play that game

almost every fuckin' night.

[Car door opens]

She don't look like she likes this place much.

Manny...

What are we doin' here?

I wanna play that game again,

see if I can still put a scare in you.

Baby, I think you'd be tired of playin' games with him by now.

Yo, listen.

Why don't you just take this shit

and shut the fuck up?!

Get off me.

Come on. Come on.

Get off me.

Look...

Look!

Just--just hang with me, man...

A few minutes more.

Then I'll let you go.

You can go get high,

whatever the fuck you want.

All right?

All right?

Come on. I'll give you the first round.

Manny, why do you wanna play some stupid game for?

'Cause you scared the shit out of me back there.

Now I want my turn.

All right.

What would you do if a...

Jesus Christ.

Come on.

Danny, I'm makin' it real easy for you.

Maybe this time you could even scare me.

Maybe by now, you got the edge.

Don't worry about it, Danny.

She'll save you one, right?

In 5 minutes, you're a free man.

Look, there's really no point in me standin' here

and listenin' to this shit you're talkin'.

Just leave me the fuck alone, all right?

I had enough.

I'm sorry, Danny. Forget about it.

Come on back, now. Don't walk away.

You'll miss the surprise guest.

Come on.

[Dog barking]

Come here.

Come on!

Come on! It's a big surprise, Danny.

I'd hate to see you miss it.

Come on. Come back here.

You gotta give me this much.

Come on!

Check it out.

Kind of a funny feelin', right?

I mean, first, all those years

when you're wishin' the old man was dead.

Then all those years when you never saw him,

so he might as well have been dead.

Still, when you read about it here on the stone,

it's kind of a funny feelin', right?

What would you do right now

if you felt somethin' on your shoe,

looked down, and you saw the boneyard boogeyman

tryin' to crawl out of his grave?

You know what I think?

I'd kill that son of a bitch

the first chance I got.

Well, I'm sorry, Danny.

You're not gonna get that chance,

'cause he's already dead.

But you know what I can do? I can always, you know,

bury you next to him when you drop dead.

That way, you can stop over at his place

when you're lookin' for some cheap gin, get thirsty.

He can always stop over your place, you know,

when he's lookin' for some good smoke.

You never know. You might like bein' neighbors.

Manny, you're not fuckin' funny.

Hey, I'm not tryin' to be.

Listen, I want you to try to understand somethin'.

Nobody gave a fuck about this guy,

and he didn't give a fuck about anybody else.

Now, look what that got him.

I had a feelin' he was here, you know,

e-even before you told me.

I--I--I really did.

Danny...

Are you listenin' to me?

Now, he don't count anymore. He's dead!

You understand what I'm tellin' you?

Damn it, Danny, what the fuck are you lookin' at?

There's nothin' there!

There's nothin' there but fuckin' dust!

[Dog barking]

You don't get it, do you?

[Keys rattle]

What makes you think I give a shit?

There.

Now do you get what I'm sayin'?

Manny, you shouldn't've done that.

Why not? He never gave us any peace.

Why do we owe it to him?

It's over, Manny.

I'm out of here.

Where you goin'? Huh? Where you goin'?

Gotta try to understand what I'm tellin' y--

Danny, he doesn't mean anything to me anymore!

He doesn't mean anything to you!

It's just us now!

You understand what I'm sayin'?

It's just us, Danny!

What do you wanna run from?

Manny, hey, let me go!

Don't fuckin' run!

Stay--piece of shit!

You're a piece of fuckin' shit, Danny!

You hear me?!

Fuck.

[Birds chirping]

[Bell tolls]

[Bong]

[Bong]

[Bong]

[Bong]

[Bong]

[Coughing]

What's goin' on?

What's it look like?

Beats the shit out of me.

Yeah, well, maybe you should have

just kept walkin', then.

What happened to the car?

She got scared.

She couldn't handle stayin' here all night,

so I told her she could take it

and leave it back over by where we found it.

Don't worry. The keys'll be under the seat.

You really think she's gonna bring my car back, right?

Yeah, I do.

Look, I gotta go meet her

where we're stayin', so...

I don't understand, Danny.

I mean, why didn't you go with her?

Why'd you stay here?

'Cause no matter what, right?

For some reason, I--I--I didn't want

to leave you here by yourself,

so I thought I'd wait till I saw you leave,

and then I'd go the other way.

That's still my plan, all right?

Can I ask you for a favor, Danny?

Uh, Manny, I really gotta get goin'.

Look, I know I didn't go about things

the right way yesterday,

and I'm--I'm sorry I kept hittin' you...

But you broke into my apartment, Danny.

I mean, what do you expect?

How are your bruises? You all right?

Yeah, I'm all right.

It would really mean a lot

if you could come with me and go and see mom.

Manny, I'm sorry. I'd like to,

but I--I just can't do it, all right?

Even if it was just for 5 minutes,

it would mean a lot, you know?

How come? I mean, what's the big deal, Manny?

She is. She's my only deal.

And she won't even talk about you anymore.

She's tryin' to pretend like you never happened.

It's like she's not really all there.

Fuck you, Manny.

Fuck you, too, Danny.

She's losin' it.

You gotta help me out, all right?

We'll get some coffee...

And then we'll go.

Just do this much for me.

It won't take long.

Jesus Christ, look at this.

Have you ever been back here?

No. You?

Not for 15 years.

I was thinkin' of comin' down here

after the funeral.

Just got in the car and went home.

I'm tryin' to figure out if it feels funny

'cause it looks different

or 'cause it looks the same.

Yeah?

Yeah.

Remember this place?

Remember what happened here?

Come on.

The Fraposa brothers, with mud balls.

No.

It was a holiday.

We were walkin' down the street

on our way to Cody's.

A mud ball comes down,

almost hits me in the fuckin' head.

And I look up, and I see

Johnny Fraposa on the roof saying,

"Get off the street, you lowlife scumbag!"

Yeah, I think I remember him.

Yeah. He's probably still an asshole.

You were sayin', "Come on, Manny,

let's get out of here."

I said, "No! We're not goin' anywhere.

Thinks he owns the whole fuckin' block."

And I looked up,

and I see a brick

comin' right for our fuckin' heads.

I don't remember none of this.

Danny, what do you think?

You think I'm makin' this up?

I think you even got hurt when that happened.

Yeah, that's right.

I think you landed on somethin'. That's right.

That's when you cut your shoulder.

I can't believe

you don't remember any of this.

Here it is, the home of the brave.

Boy: Come on over here.

How you doin'?

I'm all right.

Who are you lookin' for-- Mike?

No. No.

Just lookin' around,

because we used to live in this buildin'.

Yeah?

Yeah. Long time ago,

before you were even born.

[Voices]

Hurry up, Gordon.

How you doin', chief?

What you lookin' for?

Nothin', Mikey.

I'm not lookin' for nothin'.

All right, man. You don't wanna

do business with me, that's fine.

Your boy here looks like

he wants to do some business.

Come on. Let's get out of here.

All right, my man. It's cool. That's cool.

Yo, you ain't gonna find better shit, man.

You ain't gonna find a better deal, bro,

not on this block, you ain't.

Can tell you that right now.

See you later.

Fuck you, you fuckin' leech.

You see this?

What?

What do you mean, "what"?

They're all gone--

Grocery store, tailor, bridal shop,

fruit stand, newspapers, coffee shop.

Well, tell you the truth, uh,

I don't remember all that good,

but it sounds right.

[Indistinct conversation]

[Door opens]

2 coffees, regular, please.

...sick this mornin', gettin' on my case.

Got cold last night, didn't it?

Are you kiddin' me?

It was fuckin' freezin' out there.

Would you like anything else?

Thanks.

Do you know somethin'?

I didn't even feel it.

Didn't even hear your girl start the car.

Somethin' to eat?

Nah. This is fine.

Yo, don't worry about it.

You want somethin',

just go ahead and order.

Really, you know.

Don't worry about it. Really.

All right. Uh, I don't know.

A piece of cake or somethin'.

Uh, give me a piece

of lemon merengue pie, please.

That all right?

Yeah, yeah. Lemon's good.

So...

What you been doin' with yourself

for the last 3 years?

Been doin' a lot of things.

Oh, yeah?

Like what?

Come on, Manny.

You know what I been doin'.

What the fuck are you askin' me for, huh?

Don't get upset. I'm just askin',

that's all, you know.

Don't gotta answer if you don't wanna.

I just wanna find out.

Waitress: Bye. See you later.

[Coins clink]

[Door opens]

How 'bout yourself?

What?

What do you mean, "what"?

You know, what--what have you been doin' with yourself?

Nothin'. Nothin' most of the time, you know?

Are you still seein' that girl, Cathy?

No.

Not much anymore.

Separated, that's all.

You and her got married?

Yeah.

Didn't last long, though.

Look, uh...

Can't take you over to mom's

lookin' like that.

I gotta get you cleaned up.

All I'm talkin' about is a shower, you know?

I mean, no offense,

but shower's not gonna hurt you any.

Yeah, but, Manny, I--I don't got that much time, you know.

How long's it gonna take?

Too long. I mean, I don't got time

for goin' all the way over to your place, take a shower.

You don't have time to go back to my place,

you know, we don't have to go there.

There's someplace nearby.

All right?

All right?

How much I owe you?

2.45.

How you doin'? You all right?

Yeah, I'm all right.

That's good.

Can I ask you somethin'?

Yeah.

The youth center, is it still--still open?

Yeah, they're workin'.

Yeah, only now, they're running it

out of the grade school,

which is about--

He knows where it is, Jackie.

You don't got to tell him nothin'.

Thanks. You take care of yourself, all right?

That's all right. You do the same.

That's the guy from the bar.

You know that guy from where?

Three Dirty Birds.

What?

You remember, The Three Dirty Birds.

Dad used to drink in there all the time,

you know, before it went out of business.

You remember, it had a bumper pool.

Oh. Oh, yeah.

That old man back there was the first black guy

ever try to drink in that bar.

I remember, 'cause I was waitin' outside

when they threw his ass out.

You remember how he always used to

make us wait for him on the sidewalk.

Yeah, yeah. Yeah.

I was waitin' on the sidewalk.

And every day, I'd see him go in,

and every day, I'd see him get thrown right the fuck back out.

One day, they threw him out really hard,

and he's sittin' there on the ground,

and I said to him--I said,

"Mister, why do you keep comin' back here

when you know they're not gonna serve you?"

You know what he said to me?

He said, "The reason I keep comin' back

"is 'cause sooner or later, I'm gonna get my drink.

Justice can be one hell of a chaser."

From that day on, I used to root for that old man,

even though I would never say nothin'.

Did he ever get his drink, or what?

No, I don't think so. But I guess if he wanted to,

he could have had us thrown out of the coffee shop.

So what?

"So what?" So nothin'. I'm just sayin'

if he wanted to, he could have.

Stevie, you keep wavin' that stick around,

you gonna wave it good-bye, ok?

Bobby, please, please, get back in line.

Thank you. Thank you.

[Door opens]

Could you take care of them, please?

Woman: Yeah, ok. Come on, you guys.

Let's go. Let's go outside.

Excuse me.

Got a minute?

What can I do for you?

Well, this is gonna sound funny,

but I was wonderin' if my brother here

could use your shower just for a few minutes

just so he can get cleaned up.

Uh, not that it makes any difference,

but at one time, both of us used to belong

to the center here, believe it or not.

Well, uh--ahem.

I gotta ask the man in charge,

Mr. Simpson,

before I can let you do anything.

All right?

Just wait right here.

All right. Thanks.

Jerry.

What's up?

[Whispering] There's a couple guys out here

want to take a shower. Wanna come check 'em out?

What are they doin' over here?

Look, if they don't wanna let me do it,

we're just gonna go, right?

Look, there's not gonna be any problem,

so just chill out for a minute, all right?

This the only one needs a shower?

That's right. Just him.

How long before the kids

come back in from outside?

About a half hour.

Mr. Simpson, you'd really

be doin' us a big favor.

'Cause he really needs to have a shower,

and I live all the way

on the other side of the Bronx.

He's runnin' too late to go all the way

over there, 'cause he's gotta be somewhere.

Keep an eye on him for me?

[Sighs] All right. Derek will show him

where the shower's at.

Give him a towel and bar of soap.

Long as he's out

before the kids come back inside,

I don't see any problem.

Don't worry. He will be.

Thanks a lot, Mr. Simpson.

I appreciate it.

Go ahead.

Mr. Simpson.

Uh...You think you might have

any, uh, extra sweats lyin' around

I could buy off you or the center?

Just so he's got somethin' clean to change into

when he gets out of the shower.

I know I'm askin' you for a lot of things,

but I would like to pay for 'em if you got 'em.

I'd appreciate it

if you left everything

just as clean as you found it.

There's not any back door in the locker room, is there?

No.

There's no open window? Nothin'?

Mm-mmm.

You all right with this?

Yeah, I got enough to get me home.

I got some money there.

All right.

Derek, would you come here for a minute?

Would you leave these out for the other gentlemen.

So, Derek tells me you belonged to the club...

When it was back over on Clayton.

Yeah, that's right.

So how long ago was that?

Oh, about 15 years.

15 years? That's a long time.

Yeah.

That's what I'm findin' out.

[Turns on water]

Take a seat.

So...

Can I ask you

what brings you back this way?

My brother's been havin' some problems.

Thought maybe by comin' back here,

it would shake him up a little.

Not too sure it's workin' out, though.

You may be gettin' through to him

more than you think.

Most addicts would just as soon stay dirty

when given the opportunity

to take a shower.

Yeah? What makes you so sure he's an addict?

You kiddin'?

Any kid in that playground outside

could have told you that.

[Water shuts off]

You thought about gettin' him any help?

What kind of help you talkin' about?

Derek!

Be right there, Jerry.

How 'bout your friend

over at Crichton?

That's, um...

That's that, uh--that's a rehab place, right?

Yeah. Yeah.

I can give her a call,

but, uh, I don't know if she can do anything.

It's--it's wintertime. They're all booked up.

The waiting list has gotta be at least 6 weeks.

They say anything about how much money you need

up front before you can enter the program?

No, but the entry fee usually isn't too bad.

You know, I can't believe this city doesn't have

someplace he could go to without havin' to wait

for 6 months. It's crazy.

The only place the city's got for people

like your brother is Rikers Island.

I still gotta get that picture

of the choir for Mr. Allen.

Ok. I'll be right back.

♪ ahh

again.

♪ Ahh

How's it goin', Jerry?

I'm fine. How you doin'?

Ira, I love you and everything, but you tone-deaf, man.

[Door opens]

Man: Why do we gotta clean this again?

We just did it this morning.

The old man.

Derek dumps everything on Mike.

Mike dumps it all on us.

Smell that ammonia, man?

Get with it, Sam.

I'm goin' in the John. That shit is nasty.

[Muffled rap music playing]

♪ So my heart's made of wax ♪

♪ And it's real, for real... ♪

♪ Make your band wide swing ♪

♪ My rhythm and rippin' tunes ♪

♪ System of sound forsake style ♪

♪ A bass thrower

♪ Lyrics pull into tune ♪

♪ You tell the fools they're doomed ♪

♪ I'm just a mad tycoon... ♪

Simpson: Stevie, give me that stick.

Linda, Joanne, line 'em up.

Get 'em ready to go.

♪ With Mikes, ignored the force ♪

♪ Choice, I been, so I write ♪

♪ Tight, you're metrically intelligent ♪

I ain't goin' nowhere, man.

I'll be right here.

[Music fades out, tires skid]

Didn't I tell you

not to do business around the schoolyard?

Damn, Simpson. What the fuck you think you doin', man?

I tell you what I'm doin'.

I'm givin' you a chance to walk

before I make you run.

I don't give a fuck what you say, old man.

This block don't got your name on it.

And I tell you somethin' else.

You ever come at me like that again,

and I'll fuck your shit up!

I don't care who you are.

Did you hear the man tell you to move?

Get the kids inside, all right?

You got a badge? You better show me it.

Simpson: Get 'em inside. Yeah, man, I got a badge I'll put on you.

You'll wear it for the rest of your fuckin' life!

You ever think about comin' back here,

you keep me in mind,

'cause I would love it, baby.

I would love it.

Keep talkin'.

Keep talkin', motherfucker. You keep talkin'.

You keep fuckin' walkin'!

I hope you're not standin' there

waitin' for me to thank you.

What's the problem?

I didn't ask for your help.

That punk you were messing with,

he might look like a kid, but I guarantee you,

he don't play like one.

What are you talkin' about, Mr. Simpson?

I saw you yellin' at the guy.

I figured you needed a hand.

The only reason I could talk to that kid the way I did

is because his mother's a friend of mine, all right?

That's the only reason.

That Superman shit don't fly around here.

So what are you sayin'?

You think he's comin' back, right?

I don't know.

If he does, he won't be comin' alone.

I think your best move's

to start makin' your way out of here.

Don't worry about us, Mr. Simpson.

We'll be all right.

We both grew up in this neighborhood.

We know it inside out.

We can take care of ourselves.

I sure hope so, boys.

What's up?

I don't know. These kids are too wild

to be makin' any guesses.

All right, all right. Uh, here's what--

I--I can't run too great.

Don't worry about it.

We'll be all right. Uh, Mr. Simpson,

we're just gonna start walkin',

so if you could let out a yell

if you see 'em comin', just to

give us a head start, all right?

Thanks a lot.

Manny, what are we doin'?

Remember that shortcut we used to take

at the back of St. Charles?

Yeah. Yeah. The one through the alley, right?

Right.

That's what we're doin'.

Eh, yo, Mr. Simpson,

you seen geeters?

Nah, I ain't seen him.

Damn, man. I thought you said

he'd be by the schoolyard.

Jesus! Stevie!

Didn't I tell you to go inside?

Now, move it!

This is the right one?

I don't know.

It looks like every other...

We better get it right.

Let's try this wall.

It's gotta be stronger than it looks.

Manny, a-are you sure there's somebody chasin' us?

I don't know.

Be quiet for a minute. All right?

Better just go on up.

Maybe they know the shortcut, too.

Maybe there's somebody on both sides.

Watch your head.

All right.

It's just a short hop.

It's not a short hop.

It's a fuckin' jump, Manny.

Come on.

Come on. We used to jump

from roof to roof all the time.

Yeah, but that was a long time ago, you know.

Don't worry about it. It'll be all right.

Come on. It's gonna be real easy.

What the fuck?

[Kids yelling]

Guess we're not gonna be jumpin' today.

Now how are we gonna get down?

Oh, we could use the fire escape on the side.

But h-how come we could never do that before?

I don't know.

I guess just jumpin' was more fun.

You all right?

Yeah.

Look at that kid.

[Laughs]

Ow!

The other one's not so good, is he?

No.

Manny, what-- what are we doin'?

Uh...

Let's take a cab over to my place.

Your place? Yeah.

Y-you told me

we were gonna go straight to mom's

when I was done with my shower.

I don't got all day.

I'm sorry, Danny, you know, but I don't think,

uh, we can take a chance walkin' all the way over to the subway,

not with these guys following us.

Why don't we take a taxi to mom's?

'Cause I only got 2 bucks on me.

I don't think we should be showin' up, askin' her for money

not even before you're in the door.

What time is it?

I don't know.

What are you doin'?

I'm gonna give the kids a dollar

to get us a cab.

They might be willing to consider it.

Over here!

Is this yours?

Yeah, but you can have it.

Wanna ask you a favor, though.

You go up to the street and get us a cab.

I don't know you.

I'm not supposed to talk to you.

Come back here!

I'm not gonna play with you two no more,

'cause I got some money now.

Fuckin' kid took off with my dollar.

You told him he could have it.

Yeah, I didn't say he could run with it.

Gonna have to go up to the street, get our own cab.

Come on. Keep your eyes open.

Council boulevard and Richmond.

Yo, I'm goin' the right way, right?

You want me to go down this way?

Yeah, that's right.

Bye.

Yeah. We'll see you tomorrow.

Yo, yo, yo, my man,

that'll be $12.50 for right here, man.

We're just gonna check somethin' out

for a few minutes, all right? Just hang out.

We'll take care of you

when we're dropped off, all right?

Yo, but, like, both of you gotta go?

I mean, one guy can't stay in the car?

I wanna show him somethin'.

So how I know you comin' back?

Ok, all right, so now you got my jacket...

And my wallet.

Right here.

Don't take too-- so long, all right?

5 minutes. All right?

Yeah, yeah. 5 minutes. My time, all right?

What are we doin' now?

Just hang on a minute.

What are you lookin' for?

Listen, you've seen every other kid

in the Bronx today. How would it look

if you didn't see your own nephew?

You're kiddin' me.

You got a son?

Yeah. Kid with the red top.

Cabdriver: Come on, man. Let's go.

Manny: Hey, what I tell you? I said 5 minutes, all right?

Yeah. 5 minutes.

Said 5 minutes, all right?

Come on. Let's go.

He saw me already.

How you doin', big guy?

Good.

Woman: Albert, don't run off like that.

Oh, hello.

Can I help you with something?

No. No. I-it's ok. It's my kid.

Uh, his uncle wanted to see him.

Oh, yeah. I remember you.

I haven't seen you in a long time.

Well, you know, it gets--

gets kind of busy during the week, so...

I don't get much chance

to come to the school and see him.

Hey, al.

Wanna race?

Albert.

Albert!

Ah!

I won.

I won. I won.

No, I did. I won.

I did. I won.

How you doin'?

How you doin', big guy?

Good.

Let me see your muscles.

He's a bruiser. He's a bruiser. He's gonna--

Ahh!

See this guy?

He's gonna be a bruiser, right?

You ain't kiddin'.

Ow!

Ha ha! Aah!

You got any money for me in here?

[Albert laughing]

Got any money in here?

Alice, don't let him take him!

Will you stop? I'm not gonna take him.

What the fuck do you think you're doing?

You stop. You know I'm--

You don't come here without me knowing.

You don't come and see him without me knowing.

Will you shut up?

Don't tell me to shut up.

Shut your mouth for a minute so--

You gonna shut me up, Manny?

Is that what you came here for?

I see you have your drug addict brother here with you.

Is that where the money for the baby's going?

Uh, look, can I say something?

Take your fuckin' hands off of me.

Just get away from us, will you?

Just get the fuck away from us.

Manny, get out of here.

Get out of here. Come on.

Fuck out of here.

Go!

You wanna show him how much you love him, huh?

Well, why don't you start by paying his medical bills?

Why don't you come inside

and tell them why I can't pay the bill this month, huh?

Go ahead. Tell 'em.

'Cause that's what he needs right now, not you.

Manny, come back here! You got all day!

You come and tell...

Give me the jacket.

Give me the fuckin' jacket.

Ok, my man, that'll be $25 plus the stop, ok?

Go on. Get out.

Go on. Go wait for me on the stoop.

You got somethin' up there you wanna show me?

No?

Huh?

Good.

Man: Shit.

That's that guy Manny's brother.

Just can't--

I think you're right.

I can't stand that dude.

Every day, man, I gotta deal with this bullshit.

That's right.

Gotta deal with it.

Got no choice, just like I gotta deal with it.

Look, look, man, just pay me.

I wanna go home. That's all, ok?

The fuckin' whore that was yelling back where we stopped?

You hear what she said?

You hear her call my brother a crackhead?

That's what he is.

Look, my man, that's not my problem. I just wanna--

No, it's not your problem.

Your problem is you gotta wait

for 2 fuckin' minutes before you get paid.

[Telephone rings]

[Ring]

[Ring]

I'm gonna go back down, pay for the cab.

Just let it ring.

[Ring]

[Ring]

[Ring]

Manny.

See what time it is?

It's 12:00 already.

It's 11:30.

Look, I don't think I got enough time

to go see to mom, all right, so--

I mean, I was supposed to meet Jeanette

a couple hours ago, so...

You said you was gonna go over there.

Yeah, but I didn't know it was gonna take this long.

I didn't either.

I'm just gonna grab a few things,

and we'll go right over.

Just let me sit down for a minute,

and then we'll get movin'.

You lose somethin'?

Manny, uh, can I ask you somethin'?

Go ahead.

About how many--

How many vials did I have on me

when you took 'em off me?

I don't know. 7, maybe. Why?

7.

Aw, she said, uh, we only had 5.

I guess she could have lost a couple of 'em.

What makes you so sure she didn't find 7

and just told you 5?

'Cause we don't lie to each other. That's why.

Anyhow, I--I watch her back.

She's got mine, you know.

That's the only reason

why we're both still alive today.

Yeah?

Well, what a fuckin' love story that is.

What are you doin'?

Well, to find somethin' out,

you gotta retrace your steps.

Right?

So let's do it.

I was standin' here. Right?

I think...

I think I knocked you...

Like...

That.

And then what?

You don't remember?

[Telephone rings]

No.

[Ring]

Then what happened?

Then you started hittin' me.

How many?

[Ring]

4.

And then what?

[Ring]

And then you did your usual stop,

make sure I wasn't dead.

[Ring]

Then you just kept right on goin'.

[Ring]

Yeah.

Well, you're lucky,

'cause sometimes I don't even bother.

[Ring]

[Ring]

That was it, wasn't it, Manny?

That was what Cathy was talkin' about.

[Ring]

[Ring]

[Ringing stops]

You hit her, Manny?

I don't know.

It was just one time.

Just one.

You know what I think I ought to do?

I think maybe I should see about gettin' my gun back.

Sit in the chair and do it like this.

Manny...

Why are you talkin' like this?

What did you say?

What the fuck are you talkin' about, Danny?

You been killing yourself

every fuckin' day of your life.

Every fuckin' day!

Now, you tell me what that's about, huh?

You tell me what that's about.

Look, I-I'm just gonna, uh...

Hey, you wanna go, you go ahead. Leave.

Well, go ahead. What I gotta do now?

I gotta show you how to use a doorknob?

No, Manny, you don't gotta

show me nothin', all right?

Fine, but just answer me one thing, you know,

seein' as you got to ask me one.

What do you wanna know?

Whose idea was it to break in here,

you or that girl of yours?

Mine.

Uh, I mean...

You know, she was all for it

once I told her about the keys,

but, um...

It was my idea.

How could you do that to me?

How could you possibly do that to me?

Manny, I--I mean, what can I tell you?

You know?

I only had a few dollars left.

There's no money comin' in

at the end of the month.

I wasn't thinkin' about you, just--

You know, I just wanted to get a couple

of nice things I could turn over.

I'll tell you, though...

Soon as I got in the door,

I knew you was home.

If you knew I was home, then why--why'd you risk it?

Um...

I don't know. I don't know.

I don't-- who the fuck knows

why I do half the shit I do, anyway?

Here.

What's this?

Some clothes and stuff, you know?

Made sure there's enough in there for two.

What do you mean, "Two"?

Wanna hear it?

Made an appointment for you

in a clinic upstate.

Why did you do that, Manny?

I can go up there with you.

I can get a job.

I'll sleep in the car till I find a place.

You always make everything sound so easy.

I'm not sayin' it's easy.

Just sayin' if you wanna do this,

I can be there with you.

You know, Jeanette,

she's waitin' for me.

You're tellin' me to flat leave her.

You don't need her, Danny.

Look...

I--I can't just run off with you and leave her,

not-- not without tellin' her

and n-not when she ain't got money to hold her over.

Yeah, but, Danny, you know,

if we're gonna do this,

we gotta-- we gotta do it tonight.

Manny, you don't know

all the shit we've been through together.

Maybe not, but I know that inside,

she don't feel nothin' for you.

She don't feel nothin', period.

Look...

I-I'll tell you somethin'.

I--I can't just...

I can't just flat leave her like that.

No way. That's just not the way we do things.

You don't understand.

She tried to do the same thing

a couple months ago, you know,

the whole rehab deal, all that.

She did.

The motherfuckers wouldn't even see her.

What about you, you know?

Why didn't you go in there with her?

Ah, nah. That's--

That was her thing, you know, back then.

But even so, you know,

even though when she went down there,

she made sure that I had enough to last me.

You know?

She's true to me, Manny.

I mean, even though now she's runnin' more wild than ever,

she's...

I mean, I...

She's never crossed me.

I--i can't say that about anybody else in the world...

Not even you.

[Door opens]

[Locks door]

[Loud arguing]

[Woman vocalizing]

[No audible dialogue]

Danny: See? What'd I tell you, man? The car is right there.

Yeah, yeah, that's right. Yeah.

We gonna do this now?

Gonna have to let me go up first, you know.

'Cause I know she's gonna be a little

shook up when she finds out you're here.

This is gonna be good for everybody, right?

Just try to cut me a little slack, you know,

if things don't go so good at first.

All right.

Hey, don't make yourself

look too good, you know?

She might think I hired a stand-in or somethin'.

Come on.

Come on.

Stay right here, all right?

Take that.

You'll be all right.

Where have you been?

I've been calling you all day.

Some girl took the car

for a joy ride last night.

Yeah.

Come home from shoppin', I see it's gone,

I think somebody stole it.

Now today I see it

parked across the street, and frank,

the old guy who lives off the lobby,

he said he saw some girl

brought it back and parked it.

Ma, I know all about this already.

What do you mean you know about it?

What do you know?

Why are you standin' in the hallway?

Ma, I wanna tell you somethin'.

Why don't you close the door?

What's goin' on?

Ma, I wanna leave the door open.

Manny, close the door. Why you wanna leave it open?

Why do you wanna leave it open?

Ma, I wanna leave the door open,

and I wanna tell you somethin'.

I saw Danny today.

Where? Where you see him?

It doesn't matter.

Doesn't matter where I saw him.

You know, I saw him.

I got him here with me.

He's--he's waitin' outside.

He's in the hallway.

I'm gonna bring him in...

So we can talk with each other,

get to know each other...

Again.

All right?

Danny.

Danny?

No. I can't.

I--I gotta give her some time.

Forget about it, Manny. It's not gonna work.

She can't even look at me.

What do you expect, huh?

Expect her to throw her arms around you?

Hey, this is none of your business, lady!

You just gotta hang with it for me, all right?

I told you this was gonna happen.

Mom.

Mom.

I'm gonna have to bring him in, all right?

It's just he's standin' in the doorway.

People are startin' to look.

All right, ma?

Don't let him sit at the table.

Have him sit in the livin' room.

All right, mom.

[Whispering]

All right, ma...

I got--I got him sittin' in a chair, so...

We just come by so he can say hello.

We come a long way to get here,

and we've been through a lot together

already, all right, so is...

There anything you wanna say to him,

anything you wanna talk to him about?

Come on, ma. You know, give him a chance.

Ma, why don't I bring him over here?

You don't gotta open the door if you don't wanna.

You don't gotta say anything if you don't wanna.

Just let him say hello, and then we can do

whatever you want, all right?

Come on.

[Soft crying]

Mom.

Mom, this is Dan.

I just wanna ask you how you're doin'.

Did Manny tell you your father's dead?

Yeah, Ma. I know.

I didn't go to the funeral.

Me, neither.

Look, Ma...

Hmm?

I know I said a lot of things

that weren't true,

so you don't gotta believe me

if you don't want to, but...

I do miss you...

And I, uh, think about you a lot of times.

I really...

Really need you to know that...

I'm to blame for what I been doin'...

Not you.

Not you, Ma.

Not anybody.

Just me.

Me and Manny have been doin' a lot of talkin'

since this morning, and...

I'm gonna go upstate with him tonight.

I'm gonna get cleaned up.

When I'm clean...

When I'm really clean...

I'm gonna come back to see you.

All right, Ma?

Hey.

Come on. Let's go.

You did good, all right?

I'll wait for you outside, all right?

Ma.

I gotta take the keys for the car.

All right?

You got about, uh-- about $40 in your purse.

Is it all right if I take 30?

Take it all.

I'll go to the bank tomorrow.

All right. I gotta-- I gotta get on the road

'cause, you know, gonna be late.

Manny...

Tell him I'm sorry I didn't see him.

It's all right, Mom.

He knows.

Don't worry about it. She'll be fine.

You really think so?

[Intercom] You know how she gets.

You know, not that I'm braggin' or anything,

but, uh, I had a feelin' you'd come around.

Really?

Yeah.

That's why I wanted to see al, you know,

'cause I figured after we leave,

I'm not gonna get

another chance for a while.

Yeah. But when we come back, we can go see him,

bring him somethin' nice,

like a big wheel bike or somethin'.

Manny, wait a second.

Hey, fuck her!

Let's just get out of here.

Hey, come on. Just give me 10 minutes so I can talk to her.

I'm goin' with you, all right?

I just--I got some things I need to say to her.

All right.

I'm through chasin' you.

Danny: All right.

Where the fuck you been at all mornin'?

Come on. I wanna talk to you for a minute.

Yeah? Well, I don't wanna talk to you.

I did everything you told me to do.

I put the car back,

I put the keys under the seat,

and then I've been waitin' outside

a buildin' for you all mornin' long,

lookin' like a fool, so you wanna talk?

I don't wanna talk to you.

There ain't nothin' to talk about.

Just relax.

Just relax, all right?

Just, you know, calm down.

If you don't calm down--

You had me waitin' all fuckin' day.

What I wanna tell you is that...

I'm goin' away with my brother tonight.

I'm gonna go to a clinic upstate.

I'm gettin' off.

That's where you were goin' now.

You were just gonna leave me

and have me waitin' here.

You believe anything

that fool-ass tells you, don't you?

I'm goin' with him, all right?

I'm gonna check it out.

If things are goin' ok,

I-I'll get a letter to your sister.

You--you can come up if you want.

What the fuck are you talkin' about?

I don't need no clinic.

I can take care of myself.

Manny: Sold all my tools, Danny!

What?

What?

Tools are gone.

Car's still warm.

She wasn't bringin' it here.

Why did you do that?

I told you to bring the car straight here.

Well, I did it, didn't I?

You weren't even gonna tell me, were you?

You got high this morning from selling his tools,

didn't you?

So what?

So maybe this is all workin' out just right.

I wasn't no crackhead

till I started runnin' with you, Danny.

I had gold around my neck

and money in my pocket!

You think you somethin' special now,

don't you?

Don't you?!

Don't you?!

And you think you just gonna walk on me?

[Gunshot]

Son of a bitch.

Are you hit?

[Wails]

Manny?

Fuck!

Fuck!

Danny. All right.

You're gonna be ok.

Danny, let's go.

He ain't makin' it, man. Let's go.

Fuck her, Danny. I'm not goin' anywhere.

It's just gonna be you, Danny,

you and nobody else.

You gonna be all alone.

[Wails]

He's not makin' it, Danny.

You're all right.

You'll be all right.

Fuck.

You're gonna be ok, Manny.

Come on, Danny. Let's go.

Ohh!

Oh, fuck!

No!

[Sobbing]

[Gasping]

[Woman vocalizing]

[Tires skid, horn honks]

Ohh!

[Woman vocalizing]

[Music, vocalizing stop]

[Guitar playing]

[Vocalizing]

[No audible dialogue]

[Music playing only]

[Woman vocalizing]