"Harold?" "Uh huh?" "The water's ready." "The water's ready." "Just a sec." "I was crazy about my little doll." "It wore a blue bonnet and a clown's suit, with big, brass buttons." "I never let it out of my sight." "I never let it out of my sight." "I ate with it, I went to the bathroom with it." "And at night we rocked to sleep together." "One day I was playing on the floor and I crawled beneath the cupboard." "And I found the perfect hiding place..." "So everyday when I went to school I put my little clown doll down there." "They wouldn't let me take my little friend with me." "One day, I came home from school, and someone had found my secret hiding place." "One day, I came home from school, and someone had found my secret hiding place." "They had taken my little doll and..." "And cut it up into a million little peices." "I'm boring you." "No, ma." "I gotta get to work." "Don't mind me." "You run along." "I'll be back before you know it." "Course you will, pumpkin." "Run along and have a good day." "See you later, ma." "See you later, ma." "Ok, bye." "Next to your mother, a dog is your best friend." "Yo I got no beef with dogs dude, you know what I'm saying." "But I don't get a diamond-cutter when I think about 'em." "Some people go for cats." "Cats are cool you know." "They got a lot of respect for themselves yo." "You ever see two cats getting busy?" "No." "But you always see them dogs boning." "That's where they get that term doggy style from." "That's where they get that term doggy style from." "Respect's one thing." "Trust's another." "You can't trust a cat." "Na yo." "Cats are treacherous." "A cat is a very clean animal." "What's up, player?" "We gonna do this?" "No man, I never been in one of these places before." "You're the one that wanted to come along." "Everyone has a first time Harry." "Even you." "♪" "♪" "Whaddya need junior?" "What?" "You know why I'm here." "Mr. pinkwise sent me." "What?" "You know why I'm here." "Mr. pinkwise sent me." "I talked to pinkwise." "I told him next week." "Next week's too late, homie." "Wait a minute -- Wait a minute..." "You owe me that fuckin room!" "And I told you you better give me that fuckin' grip boy!" "Please wait a minute!" "Give me that fuckin' money." "Don't make me hit you!" "I'll pay!" "♪" "♪" "Screaming" "Harry, Harry man enough, that's enough!" "For chrissakes!" "Harry, Harry man enough, that's enough!" "For chrissakes!" "Five-o!" "Five-o!" "Come on, let's get the fuck out of here, come on!" "What the fuck got into you man?" "You fuckin' lost it!" "The bug wanted a schlumping, not an execution." "We're fucked dude." "We're way past fucked." "Is that guy o.K. In there?" "Homie was moaning when we left." "I hope I killed him." "What?" "I mean I hope I didn't kill him." "I mean I hope I didn't kill him." "Dude come on man." "What the fuck is wrong with you?" "Ma!" "Ma." "I got to go to the bathroom." "I'm in the tub, pumpkin." "Can't you hold it?" "No, ma." "I'm, like dying out here." "All right, you can come in now." "All right, you can come in now." "Sweetheart?" "What a dump." "Your mother deserves better than this, Harry." "Do I know you?" "Madden." "Name's madden." "I came here to see Kate." "You're gonna have to wait." "She's taking a bath." "Nice." "Wo!" "Wo!" "Wo!" "You can't go in there." "Wo!" "Wo!" "Wo!" "You can't go in there." "Why not?" "I told you." "She's taking a bath." "Okay, tough guy." "Move over." "Wo!" "Wo!" "Wo!" "Wo!" "Hey, calm down I just want to see some trim." "Jesus." "Remember that the next time you want to get nasty with me, or my mother." "Laughing" "yo, let me handle this." "Mr. pinkwise, I'd like to introduce you... to my friend..." "I know who he is." "Sit down, Harry." "Barnie, go wipe down my car." "Uh." "You gotta rag?" "Do I look like I carry a rag?" "All right, what did you do to him?" "All right, what did you do to him?" "Only what you asked for Mr. pinkwise." "Only what I asked for." "I asked Arnie for a schlumping, and what did you give me...?" "Pastrami." "Just the way you like it, able." "You finally get the deadbeat to square up." "So you're not mad?" "Mad?" "Get this..." "After the schlumping, get this..." "After the schlumping, fischetti comes over, so scared he's shivering in his shoes." "He comes with a box full of money -- Every cent he owes -- and more yet." "I never saw a guy so scared." "Even though he's clean, he gives me an extra thousand." "Insurance money, he says, so we don't send you over again." "What do you think about that?" "You asked Arnie to make him want to pay, and so we did it, that's all." "Harry, this your first schlumping?" "Harry, this your first schlumping?" "Uh huh." "How did you feel when you were laying into him?" "I dunno." "Like maybe you just couldn't stop?" "Yeah." "Maybe." "Give one to barnie." "This is just for you." "That's o.K., I'll split it with Arnie." "What he doesn't know won't hurt him." "I figure it's better to cross myself than to cross a friend." "That goes for me too Harry." "Something tells me we're gonna be very good friends." "I'd be honored, Mr. pinkwise." "I'd be honored, Mr. pinkwise." "You..." "You can call me able." "Two-hundred dollars?" "What the fuck you do man, give him skull?" "You definitely gave him skull." "Come off it, Arnie." "Fuckin' baseheads clean cars man." "He dissed me." "What was I supposed to do?" "What was I supposed to do?" "We're still partners right?" "Straight down the middle?" "Right." "O.K., partner." "I'll take the zipper head." "You take the register." "What are you doing with that?" "What's up man, you wanna get with the g-thang, you gotta have a gat you know what I'm saying?" "Arnie, come one let's go, I gotta go home." "Where you gonna go man, home to mommy?" "Cut it out Arnie." "Mommy's lonely." "Fuck you!" "Hey man!" "What the fuck you doing behind the pretzels yo?" "Harry!" "Help me!" "Do something to him!" "Gunshot" "Harold, there's something we need to discuss." "You've been reading this book?" "No, ma." "I was just looking at the pictures." "So, what are you curious about?" "Nothing." "Honestly, Harold." "I find that hard to believe." "Don't be bashful." "I don't know what to say." "Have you had any experiences with girls?" "Of course not, ma." "Then you wouldn't know, but girls today are no good." "Their sluts, they're always trying to tempt good boys with their thing." "Thing?" "Thing?" "You know." "They have the sex thing, between their legs." "And I guess I don't have to tell you what it looks like because you know." "Boys always do." "Ma, please." "I don't want to hear anymore." "A man and a woman get together." "Yes, him on top of her and..." "Well, he has..." "His sex thing..." "And he puts it between her legs where the hair is and it goes up into her belly and she wiggles and squirms until finally..." "Please, ma." "Stop!" "Well you know, girls today have diseases between their legs..." "Well you know, girls today have diseases between their legs..." "Oh, I could go on, but it won't do any good." "Because soon as a girl comes along and tempts you with her thing, you'll run off and forget about me..." "In." "♪" "Speaking in a different language speaking in a different language hum?" "You wanna ruin your eyes?" "Put that away." "Out." "Out!" "Hey, able." "What'd you call me?" "I thought you said it was o.K." "I thought you said it was o.K." "Ditch it where it won't be found." "How'd it go?" "All fucked up." "Somebody made us." "Man yelling in Chinese" "relax." "You're not in any trouble unless you want to be." "Relax." "You're not in any trouble unless you want to be." "I didn't do anything." "Well, maybe you didn't do anything." "We just picked up your boss, able pinkwise." "He killed a man last night." "And we've got a witness who can prove it." "So?" "I don't know a Mr. pinkwise." "Lying son of a bitch." "The car you left in the alley was the getaway car." "Know what that makes you?" "The car you left in the alley was the getaway car." "Know what that makes you?" "That makes you an accessory to murder." "What car?" "The car you parked in the alley." "The stolen car." "I didn't park any car in any alley." "Lying son of a bitch." "The chinaman saw you park it." "The chinaman's wrong." "It wasn't me." "Harry." "Correct me if I'm mistaken," "Harry." "Correct me if I'm mistaken, but you did tell the arresting officers the car belonged to a friend." "I was scared." "They had a gun on me." "Lying son of a bitch." "O.K. You didn't drive the car." "Where were you last night at ten-thirty?" "I went for a walk." "Alone?" "Yeah." "Alone." "Anybody see you?" "Maybe." "I don't know." "Maybe." "I don't know." "Who's this?" "Your girlfriend?" "It's my mother." "Your mama." "Looks familiar." "Didnt we book her for tricking ass back in '84?" "You fuck!" "Harry." "Don't pay any attention to him." "He's just trying to provoke you." "She looks like a real sweet lady." "You two close?" "She looks like a real sweet lady." "You two close?" "Yeah." "I'm sure you wouldn't want to spend a year, and possibly a lot longer, away from your mom." "Take your friend, Arnie finklestein." "Armed robbery." "Cost him one year in cuyahoga." "I didn't have anything to do with that." "No of course you didn't." "No of course you didn't." "Now about the car?" "What car?" "Okie doke." "Harry." "I gave you the benefit of the doubt." "You gave me lies." "Help yourself bill." "Please." "You don't want to do that." "Funny?" "Look's like he's coming around." "The son of a bitch." "Good morning, Harry." "Now about that car?" "Now about that car?" "Go to hell." "You first." "Taking on a room full of cops, now that's a smart move, especially if you like jail cells." "Huh?" "Who are you?" "Rudolf sax." "Mr. varga's attorney." "When am I getting out of here?" "Five minutes ago." "The charges were dropped." "Technicality." "Five minutes ago." "The charges were dropped." "Technicality." "Lucky for you, you got friends." "Feel better?" "I feel like shit..." "Where's my mother?" "She's in good hands." "Ehhh!" "..." "He's the son." "Where's my mother?" "Mom's in the bedroom." "Harold?" "Ma, I'm so sorry." "Oh, my baby!" "My baby!" "Don't cry, ma." "Everything's gonna be o.K." "Look." "I didn't tell them anything." "You wouldn't be here if you had." "We send a couple guys over to take care of the chink witness, right?" "They go to a restaurant where the guy's supposed to be." "Only the place is crawling with chinks!" "So the guys come running back." "These gooks all look alike." "We can't tell one from the other." "What are we supposed to do, wax 'em all?" "Turns out, we got no problem." "The chink who fingered you decides to dummy up." "Automatic!" "They're like that." "But the funny part." "This chink tells the d.A. He can't I.D. You cause all white people look the same!" "Cause all white people look the same!" "Hello, iris." "Hello, Mr. pinkwise." "Louis, this is Harry." "I wasn't sure if you were finished with this." "Louis varga." "Nice to know you." "Nice to meet you." "You drink?" "Sometimes." "You like to drink?" "You like to drink?" "No." "Good." "In this business, drunks can be a liability." "You never know if you can trust them." "Just ask able here?" "Abie?" "That's right, Harry." "When it came to liquor I was a desperate feen." "That's an understatement." "We like coffee here." "Want some coffee?" "Sure." "Iris." "Sorry about the altercation with the police." "I guess I got a little out of line." "I guess I got a little out of line." "No, they did." "You did the right thing." "You showed alittle discretion." "How'd you know that?" "Bill." "Gentlemen." "Harry." "What the hell is this?" "What the hell is this?" "Harry." "He's with us." "What?" "Bennet, he's with us." "That's how we know you didn't talk." "That's a helluva a trick to play on somebody." "We weren't playing, Harry." "You bring in a new guy, you're taking a risk." "What if he's a squawker?" "What if he's a puss?" "You gotta minimize the risk." "Besides, I'd say you gotta the better end of the deal." "You broke my nose six ways to Sunday." "I'd do it again too if I had the chance." "Oh, yeah, fuck you too..." "Hey." "Hey now make nice." "Harry make nice." "Hey." "Hey now make nice." "Harry make nice." "Come on it's a job." "Sit down." "Things could've been unpleasant for us." "Except for you Harry." "We appreciate that." "You finish high school?" "Yes, sir." "Working?" "Odd jobs." "Here and there." "Let me tell you something." "Youngstown's changed." "Twenty years ago a high school graduate, guaranteed a job." "A good job." "Twenty years ago a high school graduate, guaranteed a job." "A good job." "Now a days, you can get left behind." "I know what you mean." "Things can be rough." "But, if you've got half the guts you showed in that jail, you could do well in this organization." "And that's a future to be proud of." "I think this calls for a celebration." "Good." "Here." "Go buy yourself some clothes." "This was your father's favourite suit." "♪" "Nice suit." "Why didn't you wear a sign on top of it "I'm a goy" just in case we don't know." "Oooh, that's a nice material." "I gotta tell you Harry, you look like shit." "I gotta tell you Harry, you look like shit." "This is the last time you're wearing it, you wear this again I'll break your arms and legs." "Shhhh I Wagner-schmagner, I'll take Mel torme any day of the week." "Come on stop drinking so much and eat." "Everyone speaking at once" "everyone speaking at once laughing" "milk, he drinks milk." "So where are we?" "Shandoites." "Shandoites." "What's that?" "Gentleman." "Mr. varga." "How wonderful to see you." "Gentleman." "Mr. varga." "How wonderful to see you." "Madame roise..." "Wonderful, how nice to see you." "May I present the ladies." "Precious where have you been, I haven't seen you in a while." "So Harry take your pick, it's my treat." "Come on don't be shy." "That's o.K. I don't want anything right now." "That's o.K. I don't want anything right now." "Well, I'm not bashful." "C'mon." "Harry." "Have some fun." "I insist." "Come on, baby, do me now." "Do me while I'm hot." "Please, Harry, now." "I'm ready now!" "No." "Let's talk." "No." "Let's talk." "Talk?" "I'm sorry." "I'm not in the mood." "You're kidding, right?" "Those guys out there... if I didn't come in with you, they'd never let me hear the end of it." "A lot of good that does me." "You'll get paid." "As long as we make them think that, well, you know..." "You'll get paid." "As long as we make them think that, well, you know..." "I get it." "O.K. Fine by me." "Thanks, huh." "Let's get dressed." "No." "Not yet." "We haven't been in here long enough." "Can I ask you something?" "Sure." "We've got alot of time to kill." "Sure." "We've got alot of time to kill." "You've been with a lot of guys, right?" "No, Harry, I'm a virgin." "Ummm... do I seem normal?" "Normal." "How do you mean?" "With girls." "Sexually." "You didn't want me." "Not a good sign." "You didn't want me." "Not a good sign." "Don't women turn you on?" "Not really." "How about guys?" "No." "I dunno." "Sounds like you need another type of professional." "Not so fast." "It doesn't take but a moment to show how much you care." "Kiss me again." "Who is she?" "Who is she?" "What are you talking about?" "Perfume." "I don't smell nothing." "It's perfume." "And it's nice perfume, too." "Any girls with you tonight?" "No." "Maybe I brushed up against somebody." "Harold, I hope you don't feel you have to make excuses." "Far be it from me to say anything if you have a girl..." "Ma, I haven't got a girl." "Ma, I haven't got a girl." "We..." "Went to this place, this house." "I didn't even know what kind of place it was until we were inside." "The other guys, they went with the girls." "I didn't to with any of the girls ma." "I only talked to one of them." "I swear, ma." "All I did was talk." "I only talked to one of them." "I swear, ma." "All I did was talk." "I know you have to provide for us." "And you're doing a fine job." "Really." "But you only have one childhood." "Nature will tell you when it's time to grow up." "Until then, you'll have me." "You'll always have me." "Harry, you don't need to be a bal toyreh to run a racket." "Harry, you don't need to be a bal toyreh to run a racket." "Everything you gotta know can be broken down into three simple rules." "I call 'em Max's maxims, because they were handed down to me by my dear Uncle Max." "First, buy now save later." "Having money and not flashing it is strictly for gentiles." "No offense." "Second, never forget the people that got you there." "Charity and generousity don't just make sense, they make dollars." "Do right by your community, and your community will do right by you." "Do right by your community, and your community will do right by you." "And finally, if you do get caught, God forbid, don't snitch." "Like Uncle Max used to say -- It's better to do time than end up in an alley with a knife in your back." "Abie, I didn't even know you had an Uncle." "Varga told me you were an orphan." "I was, and if not for dear Uncle Max I would have been totally alone in this world." "He'd come by the orphanage every chance he'd get, with presents, money." "He'd come by the orphanage every chance he'd get, with presents, money." "Always laughing, always kidding." "He said he liked me special cause I looked like him." "He travels all over " " California, Nevada, Chicago, even Canada once." "But wherever he is, he sends me a postcard." "Then one day the cards stop." "I don't know why." "That was twelve years ago and I haven't heard from him since." "That was twelve years ago and I haven't heard from him since." "Maybe we can find him." "Together." "Maybe, scout." "You know, you can go a long way if you got somebody to show you the ropes." "I had Uncle Max." "You have me." "What's this?" "Open it." "Open it." "Congratulations, scout." "You're about to turn pro." "What's the matter?" "I dunno able." "I mean, I dunno if I'm ready." "You're ready." "I knew it the first time I laid eyes on you." "It's just that..." "Killing someone..." "I have to think on it a while." "You got three minutes to make up your mind." "You got three minutes to make up your mind." "Three minutes?" "!" "Harry, suppose I tell Louis you're not sure about the job, that you're gonna think it over." "And suppose after you think it over you decide you don't wanna do it." "Louis won't like that." "You know we're gonna hit someone." "That makes you a corroborating witness." "Furstache?" "Now, Louis considers it bad practice to have corroborators standing around loose, he likes them nailed down tight." "Underground." "He likes them nailed down tight." "Underground." "I'd hate to have to come looking for you, scout." "What the fuck you looking at?" "What the fuck you looking at?" "My first time, it felt like I just got a massage." "Wanna grab a bite to eat?" "No." "Just drop me at the office." "What's the rush, scout?" "Just to the office." "I think I forgot something." "Hello, Harold." "Mr. varga isn't here." "I need a drink." "There's no liquor, Harold." "I can fix you a nice cup of coffee." "Who's the broad?" "Feast your eyes on that!" "Feast your eyes on that!" "Madden?" "What are you doing here?" "Whaddaya think?" "Here take a drink." "For courage." "Watch this." "Wanna dance?" "Excuse me?" "Don't make this difficult." "Please!" "No!" "I don't want to hurt you." "I want to love you." "Don't be afraid, sweetheart." "Don't be afraid, sweetheart." "Arrggghhh." "You bitch." "♪" "♪" "♪" "I am not moving." "Modern kitchen." "New furniture." "You won't be ashamed to invite friends." "You won't be ashamed to invite friends." "I don't have any friends." "You can make friends." "Harold." "Don't take that tone with me," "I am not moving and that settles it." "Period." "Fine ma." "You stay here." "But I'm moving." "What?" "You heard me." "I'll give you money for rent and whatever else you need." "But I'm moving." "What's her name?" "Ma, it's not a girl." "I haven't got a girl." "You've got a girl and you're ashamed to bring her here." "I can fix the place up and..." "Ma." "I haven't got a girl." "Ma." "I haven't got a girl." "Then why are you abandoning me?" "I'm not abandoning you, ma." "Look I just want to move." "You won't move with me." "So I'll move alone." "But why?" "Isn't it obvious!" "?" "I had no idea you were so unhappy here." "Well, I am." "If you hate it here that much, then that settles it." "We're moving." "If you hate it here that much, then that settles it." "We're moving." "Yeah?" "Sonofabitch." "I didn't do anything." "Iris said you did." "Nisht gefonit!" "It wasn't me." "It was a friend of mine." "A former friend of mine." "She was so scared, she must've confused me with madden." "I'm going to confuse you with Mr. boot." "If she thinks you did it, then you did it." "This I need." "Like a hole in the head." "You want me to say I'm sorry?" "I'm sorry." "You want me to say I'm sorry?" "I'm sorry." "He's sorry." "Tell him, able." "He's like a God damn Romeo here." "Iris is very dear to Louis." "Now, because of you, she's quit." "You caused a hell of a big mess, loverboy." "I didn't do anything." "Stop bullshitting me!" "Let me tell you what you're gonna do." "You're gonna aplogize to iris." "You're gonna tell her what a beautiful lady she is, and you can't stand being without her." "And you're gonna make her like you so much she'll be dying to come back to work." "But I don't feel that way about her." "Make believe!" "Make believe!" "Make believe!" "Make believe!" "I don't know how to woo a woman." "Woo?" "What kind of word is woo?" "It means..." "I know what the fucking word means." "Just don't use it around me." "It makes me very nervous." "Now remember what I told you Harry." "Now sit tight, I'll bring her right out." "Come on." "It's o.K., it's o.K., just get in, you'll be alright." "So iris, what are we gonna do about Harry here?" "How do you mean?" "Harry's sorry, iris." "He doesn't know what got into him." "He's so ashamed of himself right now, he can hardly speak." "But I'm gonna tell you something I've known for a long time." "But I'm gonna tell you something I've known for a long time." "Harry would tell you himself, except he's too bashful." "This boy is very much in love with you." "I don't think so, Mr. pinkwise." "He's bashful." "Want to hear him say it?" "Not particularly." "This boy's frantic for you." "You do things to him, straight at the heart." "Harry doesn't know about romance." "He's never even been out on a date." "He's never even been out on a date." "That's why, when you two were left alone, the poor kid lost all control." "Now, he's so ashamed and sorry about what happened, he's nearly going crazy." "He'd like to apologize." "Tell her Harry." "I wanna apologize iris." "It's o.K., it's over and done with." "You probably hate me." "I don't hate you." "I don't hate anyone." "I don't hate you." "I don't hate anyone." "It's just that..." "You really scared me." "You're a beautiful lady." "Iris." "You deserve to be treated like one." "Maybe we can go out sometime?" "Maybe Friday?" "I'd understand it if you said no." "But I'd really like a second chance." "But I'd really like a second chance." "Well, I don't know." "I really can't say." "Sure, you can!" "Go ahead, iris, give the poor guy a break!" "Ma!" "How could you?" "A house is not a home without the things you love." "Yo, Harry, my man!" "Arnie's in the house!" "Arnie?" "Your original h.B. Straight outta level three when'd you get out?" "Yesterday money." "Yo this crib is dope." "Yo..." "This piece is macking, you macking..." "Yeah." "You lost weight." "You do look thin, Arnie." "You boys ready for some breakfast?" "You boys ready for some breakfast?" "Yeah..." "Gee!" "Arnie's been telling me about his trip upstate." "So peaceful." "It gave me a lot of time to think, Mrs. o." "About the future." "Did you come to any decisions?" "I got some ideas." "Harry has a very important job now." "Maybe he could help." "Yeah." "I hear you're the man!" "Don't believe everything you hear." "You strapped for cash?" "You strapped for cash?" "Na..." "Thanks dude." "You spend a year in the justice and people forget about you." "I'm sorry I didn't make it upstate." "That's cool." "It's just I ain't got shit going on right now." "So I wouldn't mind pulling your coat or something." "My coat ain't that long." "I know you wouldn't want to leave me under the gun..." "Not again right?" "I know you wouldn't want to leave me under the gun..." "Not again right?" "I'll see what I can do." "Alright thanks." "Yo these pancakes is marvelous." "♪" "♪" "♪" "Is there something wrong Harold?" "No, nothing's wrong." "Don't you like talking?" "Don't you like talking?" "No." "I love to talk." "Have you always lived here in youngstown?" "My whole life." "I was born here." "I like youngstown." "I don't." "What's not to like?" "It's ugly." "Factories." "Smoke." "My father had to leave Hungary." "My father had to leave Hungary." "This is where we had relatives." "So this is where we moved." "Anyway at least I have my little piece of heaven." "You live here with your folks?" "My folks are dead." "Sorry." "Me too." "Anyway." "I have a brother." "In California." "Iris I am really sorry about what happened." "Maybe we can go out again sometime?" "Iris I am really sorry about what happened." "Maybe we can go out again sometime?" "Is that lipstick on your collar?" "What are you talking about?" "About love, Harry." "I hears little iris locked up your heart and threw away the key." "Louis told me to make nice." "So I made nice." "That's not what I heard." "Yeah." "What did you hear?" "Nothing exactly." "Just that iris showed up for work today bright eyed and bushy-tailed." "No?" "No?" "Yeah." "And I heard she had problems sitting down." "♪" "Yo, Mr. pinkwise!" "Waz up man?" "He's a little excited." "♪" "Turn it down, barnie." "Jesus." "You fuckin' schmuck!" "What the fuck is wrong with you?" "Yo I'm sorry..." "That shit..." "Yo I'm sorry." "Alright ten minutes." "Yo you think I could call him able?" "I mean I feel like such a punk calling him "Mr. pinkwise."" "Ten minutes." "Alright?" "Alright." "So who we looking for, anyway?" "I dunno." "I never laid eyes on him." "♪" "♪" "♪" "Gunshots  screaming" "able..." "Abie, for Christ sakes." "We gotta get out of here." "Oh shit." "Oh shit." "Abie." "The contract came in from out of town." "The contract came in from out of town." "Different name." "Who could known it was really Max pinkwise?" "Of all the crazy fucked up things..." "Fate, that's what it was." "Crazy flukes, fucked up fate." "I'm talking a thousand to one, a million to one." "Should he stay here?" "And do what?" "No." "Take him home." "Give him one of these." "And whatever you do, don't let him drink." "Jesus, able..." "What are you doing?" "I guess we found him, scout." "It's the most fucked up thing that ever happened to me Harry." "Try not to think about it." "Just take this and get to sleep." "It's the most fucked up thing, Harry." "It's the most fucked up thing, Harry." "Maybe it wasn't Max." "You only saw him for a couple seconds." "It was Max." "Didn't you hear him call my name?" "Jeez, as long as I live, I'll never forget the look on his face." "A big question mark." "Then I killed him." "What's done is done, able." "It wasn't your fault." "That won't bring him back." "Nothing will bring him back." "That won't bring him back." "Nothing will bring him back." "My poor, sweet, funny Uncle Max." "I fucked him up." "Those pills working yet?" "Don't let me die Harry." "No one's gonna let you die." "Don't let me die." "You're not gonna die." "Just go to sleep." "How did you know I was here?" "I know everything." "I can't talk to you right now." "Can't a couple of pals spend some quality time together?" "A couple of pals?" "I got blamed for what you did to iris." "I didn't do anything you didn't want to do." "Bullshit." "Come on lose the halo, Harry." "You got blood on your tie." "She's not here." "Let's go." "No no no." "She's here." "I can smell her." "You dirty dog." "Iris!" "Open up!" "Hello, Harold." "Hey, iris." "You alone?" "Yes." "I was just fixing dinner." "Yes." "I was just fixing dinner." "What is it?" "Something wrong?" "Mind if I join you?" "Just one thing." "Is it always going to be like this?" "Do you want to be my girl?" "Yes, but..." "Good." "Then you're my girl." "Harold?" "Umhm?" "Did you really mean it... about me being your girlfriend?" "Yeah, yeah, I meant it." "At first I thought you hated me." "You were like a beast." "But now that I know you better," "I see you're gentle..." "Meek as a little lamb." "I see you're gentle..." "Meek as a little lamb." "Maybe I'm not as meek as you think." "You don't scare me, tough guy." "Seriously." "Why do you want me?" "I just like you, iris." "That's all." "But there must be some reason." "But there must be some reason." "What attracted you to me in the first place?" "Well.., you promise not to get mad?" "I won't get mad." "I think..." "Your affliction." "Funny." "That's the same thing that attracted me to you." "What?" "Your affliction." "But I have none." "But I have none." "What?" "Nothing's wrong with me." "I'm normal." "Let's not fight." "See any good movies lately?" "Think Cleveland's got a shot at the pennant?" "Which do you prefer?" "Cashews or pecans?" "I think he's giving you the silent treatment." "I think he's giving you the silent treatment." "How's your mother, Harry?" "Now I know he's giving you the silent treatment." "We heard about the bug's Uncle." "Now that is crazy isn't it?" "Two-hundred-and-eighty million Americans." "One bullet." "Small world." "We could lock your ass up so fast it would make your toe nails curl." "We could lock your ass up so fast it would make your toe nails curl." "But I like you, Harry." "You're good to your mother." "So I'm giving you one chance to walk away." "Clean." "Fuck you." "I know who my friends are." "Right?" "Ahhh!" "When the shit starts raining they won't even give you an umbrella." "When the shit starts raining they won't even give you an umbrella." "I got something for you." "In case you change your mind." "Fat chance." "Harry." "Don't be that way." "I'd hate to have to make this deal with somebody else." "Thanks." "You're making the right move here Arnie." "You're making the right move here Arnie." "There were times when I'd go alone into a dark room and sit." "Every once in a while you'd kick and I'd stroke myself to calm you." "Oh, it was such a delicious, delightful time." "I almost wished the nine months would never end." "And that's what the doctor said." "You were a breech, you know." "Well, it's a difficult birth, and when the doctor started having trouble delivering you, well, it's a difficult birth, and when the doctor started having trouble delivering you, he shook his finger at me and said," "'Kate, it looks like you don't want to give this baby up.' and it guess it was some sort of premonition, because right after that your father started to misbehave." "♪ How do you like it?" "♪How do you like it?" "♪ More, more, more!" "♪ How do you like it?" "♪How do you like it?" "♪ More, more more... ♪ How do you like it?" "♪How do you like your love?" "♪ How do you like it?" "♪How do you like your love?" "Ma..." "I swear to you there is one thing I will never be." "I'll never be like dad." "It ain't right, tricking him like this." "He stranded us on a hit." "It was a mistake." "He talked." "Look Arnie's a friend." "He wouldn't rat." "Bennet didn't pull that outta his ass." "Bennet didn't pull that outta his ass." "Look I know this is tough for you scout." "You brought him in." "I'll take him out." "Harry." "Keep him talking." "I'll take him from behind." "♪" "What's up man?" "Hey Arnie." "So I guess that kind of fucks it up right?" "Yeah." "Kinda." "Look man I was just trying to be a player really bad look man I was just trying to be a player really bad and then, you gave me the opportunity, and I..." "I choked." "It was too heavy for you." "Come on." "So what's up with able?" "He must be seriously pissed off at me." "Abie?" "He's a little disappointed." "Yo." "I gotta give you mad respect, you know what I'm saying." "I thought I was a dead man." "I thought I was a dead man." "A lot of homies woulda iced me for what I did." "What did you do Arnie?" "Huh?" "You know, back at the bar." "Is that all you did?" "You know there are worst crimes than killing a person." "Like what?" "Betrayal." "Yo!" "Yo!" "What the fuck are you doing man?" "I can't do it, Harry." "I can't go through with it." "Yo stay there man mother fucker, stay there!" "Yo stay there man mother fucker, stay there!" "You was gonna fuckin' pop me right bitch?" "That's fucked up, homes." "That's mad fucked up." "You're fucking like ray Charles and shit man." "You got your head so far up your mamma's cat you can't see." "That's a fuckin' problem, yo." "And I got the solution." "One in the chamber, fourteen in the clip." "Harold screams" "do him, able!" "I messed up, Harry." "I messed it all up." "Alright, alright man, I went to see them." "But I didn't talk, Harry." "I didn't talk." "I swear to God." "But I didn't talk, Harry." "I didn't talk." "I swear to God." "This is Arnie." "Remember, we go back to like second grade, come on remember we blew up the water fountain..." "And we paid Mary Kelly to pull down her panties... you, me and ding..." "Come on this ain't funny anymore." "Yo man what is this man?" "Somebody help me please!" "You're scaring me now, come on!" "You're scaring me now, come on!" "Please please stop it." "What are you doing man?" "What are you doing?" "Somebody help me!" "Somebody help me!" "Screaming" "Harry, I don't know what got into me, I just couldn't." "Harry, I don't know what got into me, I just couldn't." "Uncle Max wouldn't let me." "I understand." "Harry, don't... please don't tell Louis about this." "Don't worry about it." "I'm not gonna say anything." "Don't worry about it." "I'm not gonna say anything." "He might think..." "I can't do it." "Abie!" "Just go to bed." "Whistle and how do you spell relief?" "And how do you spell relief?" "You ever think about getting out of youngstown?" "All the time." "Hairs!" "A girl's, and pretty." "It's not the first time I found them." "It's not the first time I found them." "One in your coat, one in your shirt, and last night..." "One curled up in your briefs.." "Oh you know what, that must be iris." "Who is iris?" "Mr. varga's maid." "Mr. varga's maid has beautiful hair." "How do you suppose it got all over you?" "To tell you the truth, ma, I took her out a few times." "Nothing serious." "But you do like her?" "But you do like her?" "Yeah." "Well if you like her, I like her." "I want you to be happy." "Really, ma?" "Really." "In fact I think we should all have dinner." "Together." "The three of us." "Mother, son and iris." "Priest praying priest praying a long time ago this little guy named alberich happened upon a river filled with gorgeous maidens." "They're guarding this huge stash of gold, the rheingold." "This is no ordinary treasure, you understand." "It contains a crown that allows you to change form, and a ring that gives you unlimited power." "Alberich is no chump." "He figures if he's not gonna score with the maidens, alberich is no chump." "He figures if he's not gonna score with the maidens, he might as well go for the gold." "And that's exactly what he does." "Total sucker punch." "The maidens never see it coming." "Now alberich's golden." "He's on top of the world." "One day, these gods, wotan and loge pay alberich a visit." "They ask him to demonstrate his powers." "And that's when alberich makes his big mistake..." "He forgets to watch his back." "And that's when alberich makes his big mistake..." "He forgets to watch his back." "Alberich changes himself into a toad, the gods cart him off." "What's on your mind, Louis?" "See, Harry." "We can't make the same mistake that alberich made." "We got to watch our backs." "This taft, he's a nudge." "And able thinks it's time to to turn himself into a lush." "He's a worry, and he's a pain in the ass." "What do you expect?" "Give him a few days, he'll get over it." "What do you expect?" "Give him a few days, he'll get over it." "I don't got a few days." "So?" "So maybe you won't go for it." "You're the boss." "Even so..." "Maybe you won't go for it." "Alright speak to me." "Take him, Harry." "I'm soft." "It wont work." "Let's wait a little." "Maybe you're too excited." "I'm not excited at all." "Touch me here." "I'm telling you, it won't work." "No lead in your pencil?" "Shut the fuck up!" "Harold!" "You know the rules, Harry." "No gun, no fun." "Shut the fuck up, madden!" "Shut the fuck up, madden!" "Don't be mad, iris." "I'm not mad." "Just a little confused." "Who do you think you were talking to?" "I was talking to madden." "He wasn't in the mood today." "That's why I wasn't, you know, in the mood." "That's why I wasn't, you know, in the mood." "This is terrible, Harold." "You must purge him from your thoughts." "I'm really sorry, iris." "I don't want this." "But I..." "I just..." "I need madden." "Can't you be with me without pretending you're someone else?" "You saw what happened when we tried." "Nothing happened." "You must try again, Harold." "You must try again, Harold." "Harder." "Madden isn't here tonight." "Are you?" "Yeah." "I think so." "What's in the box?" "What's in the box?" "Put it on." "A mourning veil?" "Wear it." "In bed?" "Yeah." "You happy Harry?" "Your mom like the the new place?" "You like your work?" "I'm happy Louis." "Then quit procrastinating." "I'm not procrastinating." "I'm just waiting for the right moment." "The right moment is now." "This is strohanthin." "Consumed with alcohol it's effects are lethal." "This is strohanthin." "Consumed with alcohol it's effects are lethal." "Death within thirty minutes." "Painless and short." "You offer able a drink." "If he can resist we know he's on the mend." "If he can't he'll fall asleep." "Forever." "Where'd you get that?" "You left it at the office." "What's the matter?" "You come up here just to have a drink?" "No." "To tell you the truth, able, Louis asked me to talk to you." "What about?" "About your drinking." "What about my drinking?" "What about my drinking?" "He'd like you to stop." "That's it?" "That's it." "I don't buy it." "What do you think I'm here for?" "Louis is a friend, Harry, but I don't trust him." "I'm a killer, okay, but I got feelings." "Louis..." "Louis has no feelings." "Louis would eighty-six your ass and he wouldn't bat an eye." "He makes like he's gentleman." "He makes like he's gentleman." "But he's no gentleman." "He's just a killer who doesn't have the guts to do his own dirty work." "Well, he'd like you to dry out." "He think's your dangerous." "No one has to ask me to quit." "I still got my self-respect." "I'm finished." "For good." "I'll be a hundred-per-cent different man..." "Starting tomorrow." "I just need a little something to help me sleep." "I just need a little something to help me sleep." "Don't." "Why not, Harry?" "Because you don't need it." "Maybe I don't." "Ma, we're home!" "Ma, we're home!" "Harold is that you?" "Yeah." "I'm here with iris." "That's fine, darling!" "I'll be out in just a minute." "Make yourself comfortable." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "Yeah, only me and ma know how to sit in that chair." "Are you sure I look okay?" "My hair?" "Oh yeah." "You look beautiful." "I'm just a little nervous." "Don't be." "Ma wouldn't hurt a fly." "Good evening, my dear!" "Good evening, my dear!" "Aren't you going to kiss mother?" "That's better." "Well, now!" "So this is the young lady." "Yeah ma, this is iris." "How do you do, iris." "I'm very happy to meet you." "I'm happy to meet you, too, Mrs. Odurn." "I'm happy to meet you, too, Mrs. Odurn." "Call me Kate, dear." "Will you do that?" "If you want me to." "We want to get along well, don't we?" "We do." "Sit." "Harold." "Come sit beside me." "Forgive me, dear, but you've had him to yourself all day." "Permit me." "I'm hungry, is supper ready yet ma?" "Be patient." "Iris and I have to get acquainted." "Be patient." "Iris and I have to get acquainted." "Are you in love with my Harold?" "Yes." "You are forward." "You asked me, Mrs. odum." "Well, Harold is not in love with you." "It's hard for Harold to admit his feelings of affection." "I know he cares for me." "That's all that matters." "No he doesn't." "I'm his mother and I know him a great deal better than you do!" "I know Harold the way you never could know him." "I know Harold the way you never could know him." "What do you mean by that?" "Ask your son." "Ma!" "This was supposed to be a nice evening." "It will." "But it is not fair to have iris here under false pretenses." "I'm your mother, and I love you, but I can't stand by and let you make a fool of an innocent girl." "You must tell her how you feel." "Yes, mother." "Yes, mother." "Well?" "Well what?" "You must tell her, here and now, that you do not love her." "I insist." "Tell her." "I don't know, ma." "You don't know what, Harold?" "I don't know whether I'm in love with iris or not." "You mean you might be in love with her?" "You mean you might be in love with her?" "Maybe." "Oh!" "I said maybe ma." "There's no reason to get angry." "Angry?" "Why, I'm delighted!" "Iris, can you ever forgive me." "I would never have spoken to you that way if I'd known you were Harry's special girl." "Please." "Can you find it in your heart to forgive me." "Really, it's nothing to get upset about, Mrs. odum." "Then you forgive me, iris?" "Of course, Mrs. odum." "It's nothing." "Now that we understand each other, I know we'll get along fine." "There are a lot of things I'll want to teach you - how to draw Harold's bath, how to make some of his favorite dishes..." "Ma, you sound like we're getting married or something!" "Well?" "I'm not getting married to anybody!" "I'm not getting married to anybody!" "Look at him." "Aren't men pathetic?" "They never seem to know what hit them until it's too late." "Laughing" "what's all that about?" "Secrets!" "Women's secrets!" "Dear, how about a cocktail before dinner?" "Yes, that's a fine idea Mrs..." "Kate." "Yes, that's a fine idea Mrs..." "Kate." "Harold, go the store and get us some gingerale." "But ma!" "Ladies never drink their whiskey straight." "Pager beeping" "yep?" "He's alive, Harry." "I know." "You better have a good explanation." "He quit drinking." "What kind of bullshit explanation is that?" "That's no explanation." "It's true, Louis." "I'm tired of sugar-coating." "You better do it or I'll find someone else who will." "Ma." "Where's iris?" "She left." "Where's that gravy boat?" "What do you mean she left?" "Just what I said." "Is she coming back?" "Is she coming back?" "Who?" "Oh." "I don't think so." "Ah, there it is." "Ma." "What did you say to her?" "She's a slut." "A filthy, conniving little slut, and you had the nerve to bring her into this house!" "But, ma, you..." "I know what you two have been up to." "Disgusting." "Filthy." "You insulted her, you shouldn't have done that." "Ma!" "She's not gonna get her claws into you!" "I love her and I'm going to go apologize." "I love her and I'm going to go apologize." "You don't apologize to filth!" "Don't you dare leave me and go to her." "Don't you dare!" "After all I've done for you." "I brought you into the world." "I nursed and nourished you." "When your father deserted us, I sacrificed and slaved to keep a roof over our heads." "I sold my body for you Harry." "I was a whore for you." "I sold myself until I was broken and weak." "I sold myself until I was broken and weak." "If you want to abandon me now, go ahead." "Your father did." "Stay right where you are!" "Now's my chance to get at those blackheads." "Don't be such a baby." "Phone rings oh, that must be Louis." "Hello?" "Harry, it's me." "Oh." "Hold on a minute." "Oh." "Hold on a minute." "It's that little bitch, isn't it?" "Be gentle." "She's young and in love." "Firm, but gentle." "Harold, can I see you?" "Can you meet me someplace?" "No, no iris." "But why, can't you tell me why?" "I don't have to give you any reasons!" "Gently, Harold." "Gently!" "Is your mother there?" "Yes." "Yes." "Is that why you're talking this way?" "Mother has nothing to do with it." "Do you know what your mother said to me?" "I don't care." "We need each other." "I can help you." "Don't you see what your mother's doing to you?" "I don't want to talk to you." "I don't want to see you ever again." "You're parroting her." "You're saying what she wants you to say." "I'm hanging up now, iris." "I'm going to California, to be with my brother." "I'm going to California, to be with my brother." "I'm hanging up." "And you don't care?" "I could care less." "I'll be on the seven o'clock bus." "If I don't see you..." "Have a nice trip." "That wasn't so hard, was it?" "Eh, just the man I wanted to see." "Hello, able." "Two days, Harry." "I've been dry for two days." "I'm beginning to feel like the ole bug again." "I'm beginning to feel like the ole bug again." "I know I let things get pretty bad." "But I'm going to make it all up." "To Louis and to you." "What's wrong with you ha?" "Sit down for chrissakes." "Relax." "You're giving me the creeps." "Scout." "Everything's gonna be o.K." "Miss me?" "After a fashion." "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" "You've got a one track mind." "You o.K., mister?" "You o.K., mister?" "Yeah, where's iris?" "She's gone." "Moved to California." "Where the hell are they?" "There's no place like home." "Harold, Harold baby." "What's wrong?" "Are you hurt?" "What's going on?" "Go to your room!" "Go to your room at once!" "Do you hear me?" "I can't hear you!" "I can't hear you!" "Get out." "Get out of my house." "Get out." "Get out of my house." "Oh Harry, I've waited so, so long." "Ma, ma where are you?" "Phone rings." "Harry?" "Is that you?" "Something terrible's happened." "You're damn right something terrible's happened." "You just waxed able in front of a dozen witnesses." "You stupid goy... you out of your fuckin' mind?" "You've got to help me." "Why?" "My mother." "She's dead." "My mother." "She's dead." "Dead?" "Your mother's dead?" "My mother's dead." "What happened?" "No." "Tell me later." "I'm sorry as hell, Harry." "But we're getting out of town right now, and you're coming with us." "Yes." "I want to go with you Louis." "Terrific." "The boys will take care of your mother." "You keep your chin up." "I don't want you worrying about a thing o.K.?" "Thanks, Louis." "Thanks, Louis." "Meet me at the airport in an hour." "You know how to get there?" "We'll take a taxi, Louis." "We?" "Who's we?" "Me and my mother." "She gets very lonely without me." "Your mother?" "I thought she was dead." "She won't be in the way." "I promise." "I have a better idea." "You stay right where you are Harry." "We'll be right over." "Car horn honking" "hey Harry." "Sorry about your old lady, Harry." "I didn't come out clean." "Huh?" "I took a bath." "But I didn't come out clean." "Shut the fuck up!" "Just do it!" "Gunshot gunshot" "car horn honking"