"[MAN WHISTLES]" "Jesus Christ." "Ahem." "It comes to t280.1 7." "Where you been?" "Out of the country?" "Better stick with parking tickets. fella." "Funny man." "How can you be funny down here?" "Hey. uh. you give me too much now." "That's a tip." "Take it while I got it." "You wouldn't be getting this in China. believe me." "China?" "Don't take this personal." "but nobody's got nothing over there." "You know why?" "No." "Because everybody's gotta be equal over there. that's why." "If they take over here. forget it." "the same thing's gonna happen." "You think they're gonna take special care of you just because you're Chinese?" "[CAR ENGINE RUMBLING]" "[ENGINE KNOCKING]" "[ENGINE SPLUTTERS AND MAN GROANS]" "[ENGINE RUMBLING]" "ALEX:" "Forget it." "Money's gone. disappears." "Race track's gone." "OTB gone." "Vegas gone." "Can you imagine if Vegas goes?" "My God. then Puerto Rico goes." "the Bahamas." "Where you gonna go for the sun?" "They'll have all the places wrapped up." "Just like Castro and Havana." "know what he did?" "No." "Closed all the casinos." "Now he has to travel around with live chickens so nobody poisons him." "Can you imagine traveling around with live chickens the rest of your life?" "[TIRES SCREECHING]" "Cantonese." "Mandarin?" "What are you?" "Sushi." "Ah. heh." "What's that?" "Japanese." "Oh. you're Japanese?" "Oh." "Heh. heh." "That's a whole other story. pal." "I'll see you." "Okay." "Thank you. my man." "Okay." "This is for all the things you were supposed to do." "And this is for doing them." "Thanks. man." "Hey. anytime." "Okay. anytime." "Come on back. it's my pleasure." "ALEX:" "Smells like it." "You better take it easy on that shit." "your boss is very upset." "He just found out he was Japanese." "[LAUGHING] I have a telephone call for you." "Here. it's for you." "Here." "Oh. come on. I don't believe this." "ALEX:" "Who is this?" "You know who this is?" "No. I don't." "It's your mother." "saying go out with this man." "He's a wonderful person." "he'll take care of you." "How about that?" "You're very charming." "Oh. thank you very much." "[ENGINE SPLUTTERING]" "[ENGINE ROARS]" "[ENGINE KNOCKING]" "[ENGINE BACKFIRES THEN DOG BARKS]" "You're a week late. you know." "So. what are you gonna do." "slap me around?" "It'd be on your conscience." "Joey." "What's a conscience." "Alex?" "Harry." "look who's here." "HARRY:" "Who's here?" "A little late. ain't you." "Alex?" "ALEX:" "I was born late." "DEALER:" "Aces." "ALEX:" "Look what I got for you. big boy." "DEALER:" "Two aces." "ALEX:" "Look at that." "Ain't you gonna count it?" "HARRY:" "You're dumb to cheat." "l don't have to." "MAN 1 :" "That's 10." "ALEX:" "You don't have to count it?" "What's the matter with you?" "lt's good for your mind to count." "What's with you guys?" "You wanna have a meeting?" "Go rent a office. I'm losing my ass here." "HARRY:" "Okay." "let's play." "He's losing his hair." "look at this." "You're losing your hair." "Harry." "Hey. don't fucking aggravate me." "Alex." "Just trying to help you out." "you keep this up they're gonna call you Hairless Harry." "[LAUGHING]" "No." "Harry. I'm just kidding around." "Harry." "is that. uh. an empty chair you're hiding over there." "Harry?" "You got any money left?" "Are you kidding me?" "Well. sit the fuck down and shut up. then." "I have unlimited financing." "HARRY:" "You got unlimited bullshit." "MAN 2:" "Why do they always interrupt when I'm losing?" "Why don't they interrupt when I'm winning?" "Call me when you're winning-- MAN 2:" "Sit down." "and I'll interrupt you." "What's the game. boys?" "Heh. heh. heh." "Five-card stud. t500 buy-in." "Table stakes." "ALEX:" "All right. then." "MAN 3:" "Right here." "ALEX:" "I'm gonna play 500 hands." "and then I'm leaving." "That ain't funny." "Alex." "Thank you very much." "HARRY:" "You're welcome." "[LAUGHING]" "Harry. you're getting fat." "You must be eating your own food." "[MEN LAUGHING]" "Huh?" "He must be eating his own food." "That ain't funny." "Alex." "Nothing you say is funny." "Well. that's the difference between you and me." "I think that's funny." "and you don't think that's funny." "It takes all kinds." "liggy. this is for you up front. see." "That's a gift." "Thank you." "ALEX:" "So how come nobody's talking about my suit?" "HARRY:" "You look like a fucking ice-cream salesman." "Alex." "[MEN LAUGHING] I spilled ketchup. liggy on better tablecloths than the one you're wearing." "Harry." "[LAUGHING] I'm in." "Let's cut the bullshit and get to the game." "I'm glad I came." "JOEY:" "If you don't show on time." "it won't bother me none." "ALEX:" "Yeah. yeah." "HARRY:" "Tomorrow." "Kovac." "Gotta have the money tomorrow." "Look at this shit." "Look at this shit." "Sons of bitches!" "Sons of chicken-shit bitches!" "I'm here." "Come on down. I'm here now." "You chicken-shit bastards." "[HARRY LAUGHING]" "Yeah. ha. ha. ha." "People don't give a shit." "Tomorrow." "Tomorrow." "Alex." "Assholes!" "LILLIAN:" "I'm telling you." "you should stop smoking cigarettes." "Harvey." "It's terrible for you." "You know." "it's also terrible for your heart." "You should quit." "I need to talk to you." "You look awful." "I won't ask what you slept with last night." "Where's Alex?" "JERRY:" "He's not here." "Want some coffee?" "I would love some." "But I just don't have a minute to myself anymore." "Lillian. I don't have no money." "You think I come here just for the money?" "I come here to see you." "to see how you are too." "If you're really up against it I'll write a check." "But please don't put it in till Friday." "because we're having a little problem here." "Jerry." "With you. it's always a problem." "Your husband left you with his two kids and no money. not me." "Yeah. but you were married to me too." "Jerry." "Remember?" "That was before him." "I don't even know the kids." "Shh." "Don't say that to me." "Don't say that to me. that hurts me." "Okay." "lt hurts me every time you say it." "Okay." "How you doing. honey?" "Whoo." "WOMAN:" "Oh. fuck off." "[PEN SCRATCHING]" "Five hundred?" "Three's all right." "Three hundred smackeroonis for Lillian Burman." "[LAUGHING]" "[COUGHING]" "Good morning." "Mr. Kovac." "Morning." "Harvey." "I just took Mrs. Feldman up." "She seems upset." "Mrs. Burman." "Harvey." "She married Mr. Burman after she married Mr. Feldman." "Well. whoever she is. I just took her up." "Oh." "Jerry. I'm sorry." "No." "Are you sure it's all right?" "l mean. I don't wanna put you out." "Well. you are." "[LAUGHING]" "But it don't matter." "Aah." "Jerry." "[ALEX CLEARS THROAT]" "LILLIAN:" "Thank you. thank you. thank you." "I love you so much." "Isn't Alex looking good?" "You been working out?" "I jog to the store every morning for cigarettes." "Lillian." "l'm late." "She's late." "I'll walk her to the door." "I'll talk to you during the week." "Jer." "Bye. handsome." "ALEX:" "I'm up to six packs a day." "Lil." "She's a beauty." "Ah. ha. ha." "How much did you give her?" "l'd rather not talk about it." "Nothing depressing today." "I don't wanna talk about it either." "I wanna talk about good things." "Wonderful. magical. marvelous." "magnificent things. healthy things." "I had a wonderful day." "Jerry." "A wonderful. unbelievable day." "Yesterday." "How did you do." "with your old man?" "We missed connections." "Hoo. hoo." "Don't worry about it." "Jer." "Magical. wonderful." "You ready for this?" "Wonderful day." "I bumped into Yussie." "Remember Yussie?" "Yussie?" "Yeah. anyway. I get this tip from Yussie." "Yussie gives you a horse?" "Yeah." "How'd you do?" "I tied him up with two long shots and bought an exacta." "That's bright." "What?" "That's very bright." "Very bright." "Alex." "Jerry. what's your favorite drink?" "What you talking about now?" "Dewar's is your favorite drink. right?" "There's this first-time starter called Dewar's." "Jerry. I couldn't believe it." "You took a solid that Yussie gave you" "You believe that?" "JERRY:" "and you tie him up to a loser?" "That's how I felt about it." "What goes through your head when you do that?" "Wha--?" "Why didn't you just play him straight up?" "I'm talking about a wonderful day here." "What--?" "l'm talking about a marvelous day." "Why didn't you put him straight up?" "A wonderful. marvelous-- Would you listen to me?" "day!" "Did you win?" "Did you win an exacta?" "Would you let me tell the story?" "You won an exacta?" "Are you gonna let me tell the story." "Jerry?" "You won an exacta?" "Holy shit." "Okay." "You won. did you won?" "Fuck you. I won." "You won." "Why don't you let me finish the story?" "You won an exacta?" "You never let me finish a story." "How much?" "l don't interrupt your stories." "Don't be so full of shit. okay?" "Once." "l don't wanna talk to you." "How much?" "I don't wanna talk to you." "How much what?" "JERRY:" "Don't be an asshole. okay?" "Just don't be an asshole." "That's hard for me." "[LAUGHING] I won t1 5.OOO. Geraldo." "[CHUCKLES]" "[LAUGHING]" "Where's the money?" "Where is it?" "That's what you say when I win t1 5.OOO?" "What do you want me to say to you?" "I want you to say." ""Happy. happy. I am happy."" "Hooray." "Hooray." "Dance up and down." "jump up and fucking down when I say t1 5.OOO." "[BOTH LAUGHING]" "Where is it?" "I got the car out." "Huh?" "So I jumped down to Shotsie's." "and I paid Harry the six. right?" "l paid him off." "You paid Harry?" "That's right." "The whole thing?" "Yes." "The whole thing?" "Why are you questioning me?" "Did I say yes?" "The whole thing?" "Yes. I said yes. I mean yes." "Well. wonderful." "Say yes." "I know I'm wonderful." "you don't have to tell me." "You're wonderful." "You're beautiful." "You're beautiful." "So now I got close to 9 left." "No. 9000." "No. close to 9." "Jerry." "because I paid 300 for the car." "And I gave liggy a tip." "Okay." "Oh. you were playing poker." "l was getting bad cards." "Jerry." "Fucking Harry was needling me." "I hate needling." "Okay. the 9's gone." "I couldn't see my-- l couldn't see the cards." "I was so blind with fucking rage." "You lost the whole 9 grand?" "More." "If I won one hand. I won a lot." "How much more?" "Ten." "You lost 10 grand?" "Okay. okay. okay." "We owe Harry a thousand." "No. no. no." "Jerry." "No?" "l told you I lost the 9. right?" "l think so." "Well. I lost 10 more." "I lost 10 more on top of the 9." "[CAR HORN HONKING AND TIRES SCREECH]" "[METAL CRASHING]" "[SIREN WAILING]" "[CAR HORNS HONKING]" "I'm exhausted. I was up all night." "I'm gonna get a nap." "What is this?" "I told you to take the laundry in last week." "What's the matter with you?" "Are you in a cloud?" "If you're gonna leave it on the floor." "leave it in front of your own bed." "Here." "I'm hungry." "Come on." "let's get something to eat." "ALEX:" "Stop worrying." "I'll get us out." "Don't I always get us out?" "Yeah. for two weeks." "last July." "Alex." "Alex." "look what they did to the car." "ALEX:" "Jerry. things like that happen in New York every day." "What are you gonna do. worry about it?" "You gotta take the good with the bad when you live here." "Let's eat." "What are you gonna get from a menu you don't know by heart?" "You come here every day." "Just think what you want and order it." "JERRY:" "I can't concentrate." "WAITRESS:" "I'll be back in a minute." "Take all the time you want." "Hold it." "Verna." "Listen." "Jerry. salami sandwich on rye." "Orange juice." "large." "You see?" "WAITRESS:" "You got it." "ALEX:" "Okay." "Alex. are those girls hookers?" "Two coffees." "Verna." "You wanna talk to them?" "I'll get them. come on." "God" " Come over" "Will you relax?" "[LAUGHING]" "Relax. here." "You're full of tension this morning." "What are you thinking about?" "JERRY:" "The money." "ALEX:" "Don't think about money." "Clear your mind." "Jerry." "Clear your mind." "Relax." "You're all bottled up." "Here." "Iook. your brain's in a knot." "Here. relax your face." "Relax. relax. all that in there." "Just" " Attaboy. see?" "No wonder you can't concentrate." "Relax. close your eyes." "Relax your shoulders." "Relax your arms. relax them." "Just let them fall like sides of beef." "Look. just let them fall." "That's it. beautiful." "You're very good at this." "Think about something white." "White. smooth and white." "Big. like the side of a boat." "That's nice." "[CHATTERING]" "Nice." "You're getting tension in your eyes." "I feel the tension in your right. your whole" "Your lips." "Your lips are tense." "What are you doing with your fingers?" "You see this?" "You don't listen to me." "If you'd listen to me. you wouldn't be so...." "Oh." "I thought I didn't have to see you till tomorrow." "HARRY:" "Today is tomorrow." "as of yesterday. sucker." "I don't go by when the game ends." "I can't make sense out of those words." "You're talking with a limp." "HARRY:" "Look. motherfucker. at 7:" "OO tonight I'm gonna come by your place and I'm gonna ask real politely for my money." "At which time." "Alex will real politely give me my money." "At which time I will not pour acid on his fucking face." "You understand that. don't you." "Alex?" "Either he pays or he pays." "That's funny. that's cute." "Hey. I like you." "You're a cute little guy." "[CHUCKLING]" "Now. you understand." "Alex?" "Huh?" "Tonight." "What's so fucking funny." "Alex?" "l don't know." "HARRY:" "Seven o'clock." "Don't fuck up." "Alex." "[LAUGHING]" "How much money you got on you?" "Not much." "Perfect." "We're going to Vegas." "Las Vegas?" "I don't know any other Vegas." "I'll bring your other coffee when I get your order." "Jer." "ALEX:" "Pay her. pay her." "Jerry." "Pay her." "[DOORBELL BUllING]" "Those fuckers ain't in there. man." "Huh." "[MUSIC PLAYING OVER HEADPHONES]" "Lobby?" "JOEY:" "Don't get nervous. dear." "We don't wanna fuck you." "we just wanna talk to you." "What do you wanna talk about?" "You know Alex Kovac. don't you?" "Yeah." "Well. you give me a straight answer." "Where is he?" "Oh. I don't know." "She isn't nervous." "Just a little shy. ain't you. honey?" "HARRY:" "Where is he?" "I don't know where they went." "Went?" "HARVEY:" "I don't know." "Joey. did you hear "went"?" "I didn't say anything about "went."" "That's the word you heard." "l don't know." "HARRY:" "Where did they go?" "JOEY:" "Where'd they go. faggot?" "Vegas." "Watch this. watch my finger." "Don't look out there. see." "Ready?" "You ready now?" "Okay." "Jerry. here you go." "This is your life." "Jerry Feldman." "Ha. ha. ha." "WOMAN:" "Hi." "Jerry." "look at these...." "Do you have a light?" "No. I don't. honey." "What's your name?" "Rusty. what's your name?" "Jerry." "Rusty. give her a light." "Jerry." "Hi." "Jerry." "Hi." "ls that an original lippo?" "Yes." "Would you look at this action." "Jerry." "isn't this beautiful?" "Are you busy?" "ALEX:" "Give me what you got. come on." "Yes. we are." "Jerry. I'm sorry. honey." "Well...." "Happy trails. boys." "Happy trails to you too. honey." "You ever see someone so pretty?" "Yes. I did." "Jerry. once." "Was that chick a hooker?" "MAN:" "Over here." "Oh. excuse me." "Excuse me." "Excuse me. follow me." "Excuse me." "Pardon me. sir." "ALEX:" "Excuse me. excuse me." "Pardon me. step aside. please." "WOMAN:" "Young man." "ALEX:" "Thank you. move right in." "WOMAN:" "Can't you see there's a line here?" "l have an appointment here." "CLERK:" "Excuse me." "Excuse me." "Excuse me. gentlemen." "Excuse me." "This is Jerry Feldman." "Mr. Feldman." "Yes?" "We'd like our reservations." "Oh. boy." "No. I'm sorry. I don't show a reservation for a Mr. Feldman today." "Gee. that's surprising." "Well. wait a minute now." "JORDON:" "Could it be under another name?" "Another name?" "You gotta be kidding." "Bernie Gold made these reservations." "Mr. Feldman is a friend of Bernie's." "They talk personally." "I don't understand this." "Mr." "Gold made the reservation?" "Made the reservation." "JERRY:" "Is he talking to me?" "Oh. I don't know." "Was it recently made?" "Was this recently made?" "This" " About a week. right?" "About a week ago?" "A week. seven days." "There you go. seven days." "We were supposed to have dinner with Mr. Gold tonight." "His friend." "Bernie." "Do you have anything on a comp slip for Mr. Feldman?" "ALEX:" "I even turned down dinner on the plane." "JERRY:" "You know how Bernie is." "Yeah." "Bernie is Bernie." "Once an asshole. always an asshole." "[LAUGHING]" "Feldman...." "Yes. I do." "Full comp." "Oh. incidentally." "he likes to go riding with the boss." "Okay. thank you." "Well. I'm sure if Mr. Gold made arrangements to be here. he certainly will." "Let me make you as comfortable as possible." "That's wonderful." "JORDON:" "Front please." "What's your name?" "Jordon. sir." "Alfred Jordon." "That's it." "ALEX:" "Alfred Jordon?" "JORDON:" "Yes. sir." "ALEX:" "You know something?" "There was a time" "Can I have the key?" "I lost money in this place when there was no roof on it." "When this place was a convertible." "I was losing." "I used to know everybody here." "JORDON:" "Really?" "ALEX:" "That's right." "They took care of me." "I took care of them." "JORDON:" "Really?" "Well." "First things first." "I'll see you when we check out." "JORDON:" "Thank you." "Mr. Feldman. if there's anything you need. don't hesitate to ask." "JERRY:" "Hey. you're welcome." "JORDON:" "Will you take Mr. Feldman and his party to the Dr. lhivago Suite E. please?" "Are you Mr. Feldman?" "Jerry Feldman and Alex Kovac." "How are you?" "May I see your key. please?" "Sure." "GUARD:" "Thank you. second suite on your left." "ALEX:" "Thank you very much." "[CHATTERING]" "ALEX:" "That's new money." "ALEX:" "Here it is. the Dr. lhivago suite." "[ALEX HUMMING]" "Tell me. what is it like?" "Holy shit." "It's...." "[LAUGHING]" "This...." "l think we better go." "Good evening." "Miss Warner." "How are you tonight?" "Oh. hi." "Julian." "is this a grown-up--?" "ALEX:" "Aah!" "[PEOPLE CHATTERING]" "JERRY:" "You've asked for this for a long time." "ALEX:" "Come. come. I'm just gonna make mincemeat of you." "I'm playing with you." "I'm toying with you like a child." "And now I got you. I got you." "Oh. shit." "l got you" "You didn't." "l did." "You didn't." "And now the finishing touch." "No." "l'm telling you. I'm gonna" "No. wait." "[WHISTLING]" "Oh." "lt's a pool." "ln the room." "There's no broad in this pool." "We have to make a list." "Solve all these problems. otherwise I won't be able to sleep in my bed." "In my bed." "Jerry." "I won't be able to sleep here." "Look. they gave you a mirror so you could watch yourself sleep." "Isn't that wonderful?" "Oh. boy." "This is where l lived." "Geraldo." "Fell in love." "Lost a lot of money right out of this hotel." "when you were married to Lillian." "And I never even knew that a place like this existed." "That's it." "That's it." "That's where we know Bernie Gold from." "[LAUGHING]" "No." "You know where we know Bernie Gold from?" "The marquee in front of the hotel." "Bernie Gold presents Dean Martin." "Remember that?" "Alex. what the fuck's gonna happen when they tell this Bernie Gold his great friend Jerry Feldman is here?" "Let's not worry about that now." "[RINGING]" "Wait a minute." "How about now. maybe?" "[ALEX IMITATES PHONE]" "Hello." "[LAUGHING]" "Dom Pérignon." "Yes." "Who's that?" "Some guy wants to know if there's any particular brand of champagne we would like." "compliments of the house." "I wish you would've just told him at the desk the doorman's your cousin rather than this Bernie Gold baloney." "What do you mean?" "l mean. I'm...." "l mean we're over our heads here." "that's what I mean." "Over our heads?" "[DOORBELL PLAYING SONG]" "[LAUGHING]" "It's the door." "It's the door." "Look. I'll get it." "I'll get my hat and bags." "Hello." "It's you." "[CHUCKLES]" "Who's you?" "Who's her?" "Jerry. this is Patti." "This is the Patti." "Jerry." "Patti." "Patti. what a real pleasure." "Nice meeting you." "Jerry." "You finally made the big win." "Would you like a drink?" "Get her a drink." "How do you know Bernie?" "Let's just say." "Bernie knows us." "What do you mean." "Bernie knows you?" "What do you mean?" "Look. forget it." "You don't wanna know." "It's a very complicated story." "You are beautiful." "Thank you." "What is this?" "lt's water." "Would you like some ice with that?" "Thank you." "Yeah. get her some ice." "[DOORBELL RINGS]" "Saved by the bell." "Excuse me." "Hello." "Good to see you." "Come on in." "WAITER:" "Where would you like this. sir?" "ALEX:" "Put it on the coffee table." "What happened to you guys?" "You both from the same ward?" "Well. how about this. huh?" "Is this wonderful. or is this wonderful?" "Look at this." "Look." "Here we go. put it right there." "We're having a party." "We're having a party." "How long has it been. anyway?" "Six years." "Six years." "What are you doing here. anyway?" "I work here." "Doing very nicely at it too. I might add." "How long has he been keeping you?" "Jesus." "Oh." "God." "ALEX:" "Hold it. just a second." "Hold it." "Hold everything." "Hold it." "l said something wrong. didn't I?" "She's a hooker?" "patti:" "I don't wanna say nothing now." "ALEX:" "Look." "[PHONE RINGING] I did something wrong." "you explain it to me." "Maybe I'll apologize." "What do you want?" "is there anything else we can get for you." "Miss Warner?" "No." "How about the check?" "Give me the check." "WAITER:" "No check." "ALEX:" "I can't give you a tip." "you understand?" "Will you wait for a second?" "Will you please wait for a second?" "Please. please. please." "God." "What's the matter?" "Just sitting here listening." "Pick up the phone." "Hello. what have you got for us?" "Mister who Gold?" "Uh. it's" " Take it. will you?" "JERRY:" "What?" "lt's Bernie Gold." "Talk to him." "No." "l. what--?" "You talk to him." "You talk to him. talk to him." "What's he gonna do. throw us out?" "Heh. heh. heh." "Probably the best thing that could happen to us." "ALEX:" "I never carry cash." "Yes." "Mr. Feldman speaking." "We understand. sir." "l know you from someplace." "l don't think so. sir." "Yes. I do." "Maybe I don't." "I'm fine." "Bern." "How are you?" "Look." "let's just be nice." "You're a nice person." "I'm a nice person. how about that?" "JERRY:" "Riding?" "That's great." "Glad you're having a good time." "[JERRY LAUGHING]" "JERRY:" "What the fuck?" "Um. fine." "l guess I'll see you tomorrow." "You're too busy." "Next week." "Bern." "JERRY:" "Yes." "Next week." "Uh...." "l'll see you tomorrow." "Mr. Gold." "No. not tomorrow. next week." "Bernie." "Bernie." "Bernie." "Bernie." "What did he say?" "JERRY:" "Wants me to go over to his house for dinner and talk over old times." "That should be a hell of a conversation. huh?" "What's going on?" "JERRY:" "This guy thinks I'm someone else." "Yeah. what a break." "What a wonderful break." "Alex. he thinks he's a friend of mine." "but he's not." "Remember that?" "He is today." "He's a wonderful friend." "I'm crazy about this guy." "And we're gonna live like kings till tomorrow." "That's the way it's gonna go." "What. is that bad?" "I can't believe this." "I absolutely cannot believe this." "How far do you think you're gonna take this. huh?" "Yeah. how far?" "To the moon. that's how far." "As far as I can." "As far as I can." "I'm gonna take this one all the way." "I'm not gonna let you do this." "You're not gonna let me?" "patti:" "No." "Who are you?" "Who are you?" "What are you talking about." "you're not gonna let me?" "Who the hell do you think you are?" "You're not gonna let me." "Whoa. whoa. whoa. she's right." "Right. right. right." "The waiter." "I knew I saw that face before." "l gotta go." "patti:" "I've gotta talk to you." "l'll be back." "patti:" "I wanna talk to you now." "JERRY:" "Me too." "Me too." "We will talk. I'll tell you what you do." "Take Jerry downstairs to see that wonderful show." "Have dinner. a couple of drinks." "I'll join you later and we'll talk." "Get that frown off your face." "Makes wrinkles all down your body." "It would be very bad for business." "JERRY:" "Maybe me and Patti." "we'll stay here. rather than...." "There's nothing to do here." "Jerry." "It's a great show." "You will make arrangements for Miss Warner." "It's always up to me." "You know. if you're in a jam." "he's probably the best guy to have around." "Even though he probably put you in the jam to begin with." "Do you think I'm too short?" "Too short for what?" "Smitty Carpenter." "Smitty Carpenter. that's right." "Know where l can find him?" "He's on his break right now." "Where is that?" "Only employees are allowed in that area." "That's what they all say." "Honey. thank you very much." "Have a nice day." "Pardon me." "[MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]" "[AUDIENCE CLAPPING]" "JERRY:" "Ice skaters have great bodies." "[PATTl LAUGHS]" "Boy. oh. boy." "I think it's my favorite show." "patti:" "It's terrific." "ALEX:" "Smitty Carpenter." "Smitty Carpenter." "Dr. lhivago." "What are you doing here?" "I'm a fan of yours." "I'm a great admirer of yours." "I seen you in action years back when you beat the Silver Slipper for a lot of bucks." "Must have been t30.OOO." "Thirty-two five and change." "That was one of the great nights of my life." "Very graceful." "l know." "There's so much going on." "Maybe we better go back upstairs." "Jerry." "I never played the red board." "all those bullshitters." "Not me. those "could've." "should've. would've" guys." "I was upfront." "I can look you in the eye right now." "10 years from now I can look you in the eye." "straight. proud." "Yeah." "Yeah." "I was starting to get a little pressure in the head. you know?" "But that's good." "You mean now?" "Yeah. right now." "It's in there. I can feel it." "And you know something?" "That's when I knew I was gonna win." "l know what you mean." "You. yeah?" "Sure." "You too?" "I'm standing right here." "Who do you think you're talking to?" "Right." "We're the same animal." "Yeah. but." "Jesus. I used to go crazy." "I get a little sick." "I'd bet on anything." "You know what I mean?" "I'd go to a party." "I'd bet on the hors d'oeuvres the lazy Susan." "the raindrops. anything." "Me too." "l'm sick." "That's no good." "l know. I know." "Me too. I'm like that." "And then I'd do bad things. you know." "You know what I mean?" "Yeah. I'd hurt people." "Oh. well. that's no good. to hurt people." "You don't think I always walked like this. do you?" "Huh?" "You're really terrific." "patti:" "Thank you." "You know." "I know a lot about you and Alex." "You do?" "Yep." "Well. I know a lot about you and Alex too." "He used to talk to you about me?" "A lot of times he would." "Did he really used to talk to you about me?" "Yeah." "Yeah. yeah." "He used to call me from here." "when I was married to Lillian and tell me about you." "Really?" "Yeah. but I'm not married anymore to her." "Well. that's too bad." "No. no. no. that's good." "I'm not with Lillian." "is that all right?" "And you're not with Alex. right?" "And that's good." "Right." "See?" "Think positively." "Don't look at the ground." "Look at the sky." "Yeah?" "Look at the sun." "Look at the birds." "Enjoy life." "[LAUGHING]" "How much would it take to get you back into action?" "Talking about big action." "[AUDIENCE CLAPPING AND CHEERING]" "Did you miss me?" "JERRY:" "You missed the tiger." "I didn't miss nothing. I missed you." "JERRY:" "Two elephants ran by like locomotives." "Didn't I tell you. have a good time?" "Look. is he beautiful?" "patti:" "Yes. he is." "ALEX:" "Just like a kitty." "Beautiful." "[ALEX BABBLING]" "Two elephants came by so close." "we thought they were gonna crash the rail." "ALEX:" "Elephants. schmelephants." "What about this?" "is this gorgeous. or what?" "What are you doing?" "Have I told you lately how beautiful you are?" "I think so." "Alex." "So I'll tell you again." "Oh. good." "is that bad?" "Tell her it's not bad." "It's not bad." "ALEX:" "Remember the last time we were together?" "patti :" "Yeah." "Yeah." "Yeah." "Excuse me." "Miss Warner." "Yes?" "Mr. Gold called and says he's coming in tonight instead of tomorrow." "Oh. and he said. don't tell Mr. Feldman." "It's gonna be a surprise." "patti:" "Oh. thank you." "ALEX:" "Thank you. thank you." "What did he say?" "Bernie's coming." "No. no. no." "It's a surprise." "They're gonna surprise him." "Let's go." "Come on." "What's the rush?" "I wanna watch the rest of the show." "Don't argue with me." "Don't argue with me." "We ain't got time." "Come on." "JERRY:" "Don't talk to me that way." "You stay here." "Just sign the check with Jerry's name." "I'll see you later." "Who do you think you're talking to?" "ALEX:" "I'm talking to you." "And leave a big tip." "Come on." "Bye." "Patti." "ALEX:" "Come on. come on." "[bull SAW WHIRRING]" "[SCREAMING]" "[AUDIENCE CLAPPING AND CHEERING]" "Not just a waiter. believe me." "Not just a waiter." "This is the guy that's gonna get us out." "I'll be at the Parisian Bar." "I have to call him up. see." "Okay. you go ahead." "What happens if we lose?" "lf we lose?" "If we lose." "we're gambling here. aren't we?" "If we lose. they get their money back." "If we win. we pay them back." "What are you thinking about?" "l don't know." "You don't know?" "Ten thousand?" "Ten thousand." "Jerry." "Cash the check." "Ten thousand." "I'll be at the Parisian Bar." "On the telephone." "Cash the check." "CASHIER:" "Yes. sir." "Can I help you?" "Yes. I'd like to cash a check." "CASHIER:" "Sir. do you have any identification?" "Yes. uh." "I'm Jerry Feldman." "a good friend of Bernie Gold." "CASHIER:" "Oh. yes. I know all about it." "You're all set." "How much did you wanna cash?" "Ten thousand." "Ten thousand." "Do you have your own check with you?" "JERRY:" "No." "I left my checkbook." "Sir. I'll let you sign a marker." "I'll make this out for 10.OOO." "I need to have you sign it right here. sir." "ALEX:" "We are ready to go." "Smitty." "Did I wake you up?" "Did I wake you up?" "Well. it's gotta be soon." "because we're all set." "I can come down and pick you up." "CASHIER:" "There's 5000 in each one of these bands." "That's 5000." "And that's 10.OOO." "l don't have to...?" "Don't worry about a thing." "Mr. Feldman." "It's all there." "Good luck to you. sir." "Good luck to you." "Nice to...." "Good luck to you. sir." "I'll be there in five." "Minutes." "Smitty. minutes." "All right." "You having a good time. sucker?" "Harry." "What a break." "I was just trying to get you in New York." "You're full of shit." "Alex." "I swear." "Harry." "Jerry's supposed to bring the money here any minute" "Garbage." "Garbage." "Your money." "Rusty?" "Hey. baby. come on." "let's go." "Oh. you're looking good." "I'm telling you. it's just timing." "It worked out." "l'm waiting for Jerry to bring your money." "You're full of shit." "Alex." "You're full of shit." "Alex." "Do you understand?" "Do you like the suit." "Harry?" "It's yours." "I'm waiting for Jerry." "Why would his drink be here?" "MAN:" "You look absolutely beautiful." "Patti. am I too late?" "Late for what?" "I need to be alone with you for a while." "It's urgent." "Uh." "Sidney. this is Jerry Feldman." "JERRY:" "Hi." "Look. I'm sorry." "But do you need her now?" "Huh?" "lt's very urgent for me." "patti :" "Could you excuse us?" "HARRY:" "Listen to me. scumbag." "You gotta do what you gotta do to get it." "Or you're gonna be up to your eyeballs in desert." "You know what I mean." "Alex?" "I want the fucking money." "You know what I mean?" "You know what I mean. huh?" "ALEX:" "Aah!" "JOEY:" "Do what you're told. huh?" "You understand." "Alex?" "Be a good boy." "Alex." "You be a good boy. huh?" "Hey. pal. give my friend here another drink. huh?" "You understand." "Alex?" "Give me a double vodka." "And a rag." "Give me a double fucking vodka!" "I like to do it in the dark." "is that why you brought me up here?" "Yeah." "Where else am I gonna take you." "Patti?" "Come on." "Jerry." "You're not like this." "Yes. I am." "Maybe I'm more nervous now." "but I'm like this usually." "This is me." "Look." "Jerry." "I'm involved with somebody that I like very much. okay?" "And he's very good to me." "and he's very good to my daughter." "Nothing the matter with that." "Patti." "Oh." "Jesus." "What did Alex say to you?" "Alex?" "Well. we don't have to do anything." "Oh. my God." "Okay. okay." "Look. I'll put my pants back on." "Here. take the money anyway." "Oh ." "I don't want your money." "Oh. this is cute." "I'm downstairs waiting for you." "and you're up here with my girl." "Your girl?" "Your girl?" "Where does that come from. huh?" "I'm talking to him. I'm not talking to you." "Look. I made a mistake." "She's a decent chick." "Alex." "She's a decent chick." "Jerry?" "She's a hooker." "She's a hooker." "Fuck you." "JERRY:" "She's got a kid too." "ALEX:" "Great." "Jerry." "A hooker with a kid." "Why don't you marry her?" "She's perfect for you." "patti :" "You don't give a shit about anybody." "I don't give a shit?" "You don't give a shit!" "JERRY:" "She's right." "You don't." "What about what you did to me?" "What about what you did to me?" "What about this. huh?" "You fucking people!" "JERRY:" "Oh." "Jesus" "You don't give a shit!" "What happened?" "Nothing." "Harry got tired of waiting." "that's what happened." "Harry's here?" "Yeah. and Joey." "Oh." "Where you going?" "I'll go downstairs." "I'll pay him before someone gets killed." "You're going nowhere." "We need that money." "JERRY:" "You got a death wish?" "You're not going anywhere." "Jerry." "We need the money." "For what?" "Funeral expenses?" "You stay here." "That money's our ticket to get out." "patti:" "Oh. what the--?" "Holy...." "What have you done?" "Are you crazy. huh?" "I'm sorry. I lost my head." "Yeah. well. that's not all you lost. pal." "Jerry." "Jerry. come on." "I apologized there. so come on." "Yeah. bullshit." "Bullshit." "I'm gonna go downstairs." "and you're not gonna stop me." "ALEX:" "That's right." "Get out of here and don't come back." "There's no more room in the front seat. pal." "Yeah. and there never was. pal." "Why did I do it?" "Why do I do it?" "Why?" "Good evening." "What are you doing?" "l'm calling the doctor." "You don't have to do that." "Yes. I do." "Hi." "This is Patti Warner." "l was that close." "Can I get ahold of Dr. Green?" "That close to getting on. I blew it." "I blew it." "Why do I do things like that?" "There's something wrong with me." "Now. I gotta figure this out." "This is really crazy." "Why do I do that?" "patti:" "Doctor?" "I'm in the Dr. lhivago suite." "ALEX:" "What's he gonna do?" "He's gonna go out and give our money away." "Give it away." "My friend cut himself." "It looks pretty bad." "I was just wondering if maybe you could come up and take a look at it." "I'd really appreciate it." "Thank you." "You're lucky you got away from me when you did." "Now you're happy." "Let me see that hand." "I want you to know." "you meant a lot to me." "I just didn't have anything to give you." "that's all." "There. I said it." "So what?" "[CHATTERING]" "JERRY:" "Hey." "Harry." "I'd like to straighten out our problem." "Look. I'm sorry about what I said before." "I'm sorry. I was upset." "Coming here and finding you with Jerry." "He's got his pants down." "I should've laughed." "Ha. ha. ha." "It's funny." "After all the shit we've been through. I can't laugh at that?" "What's the matter with me?" "Then I got angry. see." "You forgive me. don't you?" "Yeah. I forgive you." "Of course I forgive you." "You got a kid. huh?" "Whew." "I know. I know." "I have a little 5-year-old girl." "And I'm so proud of her." "Well. that's great." "You finally got the family you wanted." "Yeah. I finally did it." "I'm happy for you." "After all those years." "I just don't want anything to spoil it." "What are you talking about?" "What's gonna spoil it?" "What's gonna spoil it?" "You know what he's doing now?" "He's giving the money away to Harry." "So. what good is that gonna do?" "Who's Harry?" "Who's the father." "Patti?" "Who's the father?" "Bernie Gold takes care of her." "And as far as Tosh is concerned that's her father." "Good for you." "Why do you wanna go in here?" "So we can have a little privacy." "JERRY:" "That's good thinking." "Harry." "You know. you ought to get rid of that creep Alex." "You could do a lot better than that." "Maybe." "He's okay in my book." "Okay. I killed better people than he'll ever be." "Come on." "That's enough." "What the fuck you touch--?" "Don't put your hands on me." "JERRY:" "I just didn't wanna hear any more about Alex." "HARRY:" "I don't give a fuck about Alex." "I don't give a fuck about you." "I changed my mind." "I don't have the money." "What do you mean?" "Give me the fucking money." "No." "Give me the" "[GRUNTING AND toilet FLUSHES]" "JERRY:" "I got it." "I got the money. I was kidding." "[HARRY CHOKING]" "Harry." "I got it in my pocket." "Bernie is enjoying all this pressure as usual." "How's Tosh's cold?" "She's getting much better. thank you." "Oh. that's good." "She's a healthy little girl." "She'll be over it in a couple of days." "Give her a big hug and a kiss for me." "l will." "Take care." "Patti." "You too." "You got lucky. young man." "I know it's just a puncture." "but I'd still get that x-ray if I were you." "Yeah. yeah." "Where are you going?" "Where you going?" "What are you doing?" "Oh." "Please." "Please what?" "Please don't." "Please what?" "Please don't." "I'll take care of the money with Bernie." "You just get out of here." "ALEX:" "I don't know if I'm gonna do that." "patti :" "It'll be okay. I promise." "He'll understand." "ALEX:" "Oh." "Am I glad to see you." "I'm sorry. I'm sorry. so sorry." "Jerry." "What happened?" "We're in big trouble. I did it." "l can't believe I did it. but I did it." "What" "What did you do?" "What did I do?" "I kicked the shit out of Harry." "that's what I did." "I must have gone crazy." "What about the money?" "What about the money." "Jer?" "I think I shoved some of it up his ass." "Up his ass?" "How much?" "JERRY:" "Not much." "A hundred or two." "ALEX:" "How much?" "A hundred or two?" "Jerry. you're beautiful." "You are beautiful." "JERRY:" "We're in big trouble." "ALEX:" "We're still okay." "Everything is all right." "JERRY:" "I'm not gonna talk about it." "Let's not even think about it." "That's beautiful." "Everything's okay." "You gotta help us out." "You gotta stall Bernie for a couple of hours." "JERRY:" "I thought Bernie wasn't coming back till tomorrow." "We're gonna go back out?" "ALEX:" "Yeah." "You got the money?" "JERRY:" "Yeah." "But I lost my hat." "I'm not gonna help you." "Bernie is gonna get every penny." "I promise you that." "Let's go." "I'm not gonna help you." "I gotta tell you. I never touched Patti." "Oh." "I never thought you did." "Jerry." "Yeah. I did." "Ha. ha." "No. I didn't. I didn't touch Patti." "[LAUGHING]" "[CAR APPROACHES]" "Smitty. they're here." "Smitty. you sweetheart." "I know you can do it." "ALEX:" "Are you ready?" "Dr. lhivago." "You boys have a good time tonight." "Hey." "Alex. come on in." "Make yourself comfortable." "Smitty." "Smitty. this is my friend and partner." "Jerry Feldman." "Oh. hi." "Jerry." "Hi." "SMITTY:" "I don't know which is worse." "you know shaving every day or shaving every week." "This where he lives?" "You get the money?" "Yep." "Oh. good." "Don't judge a book by its cover." "SMITTY:" "Hey. don't let this place fool you." "There was a time when I was a legitimate citizen." "Yeah. I was listed in the phone book." "I was married. had a house." "You know I was once an engineer?" "Yeah. I built dams." "l didn't know that." "Yeah." "I put all my mathematical knowledge together and put it into blackjack." "Yeah. and. oh. it paid off." "But listen. I'm a gambler." "Gamblers always wind up losing." "But I'm still the best one in this town." "Yeah. I'm a gambler." "But listen...." "Oh. shit." "What's the matter?" "SMITTY:" "I lost my razor." "ALEX:" "Here is your razor. right here." "Look." "look." "look." "Right there." "See?" "Oh. thanks." "I don't see too well without my glasses." "Sometimes I think I need glasses myself." "JERRY:" "Remind me to call Lillian." "Why?" "Maybe we should talk about the split." "The split?" "JERRY:" "That's a good idea." "Well. I only work one way." "Fifty-fifty." "l" "Smitty. I got a partner here." "It's gotta be a third each." "A third each?" "That's too tough for me." "Bad heart?" "Yeah. how'd you know?" "Wild guess." "Sixty-forty." "SMITTY:" "That means you wind up with less." "Oh." "At least he hears good." "We're taking the risk." "putting up the money." "We are taking a big risk here." "One of you is gonna handle the bets." "and the other is gonna handle the bank." "l'll handle the bets." "l'll handle the bank." "Oh. that's good." "That's good." "That is good." "Now. each stack represents a bet." "An A is a hundred." "B is 200." "C is 500 and D. four. is a thousand." "Now. you see. so when I ask for A. you bet the first stack." "A hundred." "." "Look. when the odds are in our favor you bet the third stack. 500." "You got that?" "How do we know when the odds are in our favor?" "ALEX:" "What kind of question is that?" "Look. it's a plus-minus situation." "Plus-minus situation." "Jerry." "SMITTY:" "A is one. which could be 1 O." "B is two. which could be 20." "And D is four. which could be a hundred-thousand-dollar bet." "We're gonna kill them." "You know it." "ALEX:" "Hold it. we gotta go around the back." "SMITTY:" "What's this about around the back?" "We gotta go through the kitchen." "SMITTY:" "What do you mean. the kitchen?" "I'm not a waiter tonight." "I'm going through the front door." "Don't get lost." "We'll see you in five." "I'm glad he got out. for our sake." "Driver. around the back." "JOEY:" "Follow that cab." "DRIVER:" "Wait a minute." "I got bags being put in the trunk." "HARRY:" "Wait for your ass to meet your mouth. pal." "You got it." "Jeff. block one. 1 1 tomorrow." "Forget next week." "That's it for this guy." "That's it." "Nick." "John." "Mr. Gold." "I tried to reach you on the radio." "The whole damn communication system went out after one damn telephone call." "We didn't know the meeting was cancelled till we got there." "I just wanted to remind you about the gaming commission." "They want their answer tomorrow." "and they're gonna get it." "Thanks a lot. men." "See you in the morning." "Hey. what a nice surprise." "My goodness." "Hello." "Hi." "How you doing?" "Great." "How you doing?" "l'm fine now." "Everything okay?" "Great." "Good." "DRIVER:" "Hey. who's paying for this?" "ALEX:" "We" " Pay him. I thought you paid him." "How much is it?" "DRIVER:" "Ten forty." "ALEX:" "Come on. pay him." "lt isn't there." "Come on. it's here." "Where's the money?" "Come on. the guy's waiting." "Not that." "[JOEY  HARRY GROANING]" "DRIVER:" "Hey. what about the money?" "You all right in there?" "You okay. mister?" "Wha--!" "It's them." "It's them." "It's them." "Come on." "This way." "Open." "It's open." "Come on." "JERRY:" "Slow down. slow down." "ALEX:" "What?" "l forgot to call Lillian." "What?" "JERRY:" "I forgot to call Lillian." "I wish I never met you." "all that shit about Lillian." "Would you come on?" "Will you come on?" "You wanna die here?" "No. no. you don't wanna die here." "ALEX:" "Come on." "What have you got against Lillian?" "Wanna talk about that now?" "Why not?" "She's a pain in the ass." "JERRY:" "Yeah. what else?" "What else?" "She's selfish." "Jerry." "She's selfish." "JERRY:" "That's it?" "She's a liar." "She's a sniveling. ugly woman." "Like a piranha fish." "She's a fish." "Jerry." "that's eating away at us." "Nothing is open." "JERRY:" "That's all?" "ALEX:" "No." "It's your fault. because you" "You encourage her." "So. what's the difference?" "As long as you're happy." "She's taking care of her kids." "People shouldn't have kids if they're not responsible." "They're not your kids." "JERRY:" "Kids are kids." "ALEX:" "No." "Come on." "Shit." "The lion." "How much do I really mean to you?" "About that much." "Come on." "Well. what is this shit?" "I mean. why do you ask a dumb question like that?" "Because I have to know." "Don't you know?" "[DOOR OPENS]" "MAN:" "Good evening." "Miss Warner." "Mr." "Gold. have you got a minute?" "Just about." "Dean Martin's party is requesting six additional rooms for this evening." "We're just booked to capacity." "What do you wanna do about it?" "If Mr. Martin wants 20 extra rooms." "give him 20 extra rooms because if Mr. Martin weren't appearing here. we wouldn't be overbooked." "Can you grasp that?" "Yes. sir. I can." "Take care of it." "PAUL:" "Yes. sir. I will." "patti:" "There's a couple things I wanna talk to you about." "Okay?" "BERNIE:" "Okay." "[CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]" "This" " The stage." "I saw somebody tonight that. um." "I used to care a lot about. okay?" "I thought you were with Jerry Feldman tonight." "I was." "But I also saw his friend Alex." "Alex?" "Yeah." "Alex who?" "And what the hell were you doing with Alex?" "[WOMEN CHATTERING]" "[BOTH LAUGHING]" "Shh." "Shh." "DANCER:" "Hi. boys." "Excuse me." "Harry. I think we ought to get out of here." "A lot of homos." "[CHATTERING THEN SCREAMING]" "Hi." "SHANNON:" "Hello." "Miss Warner." "Hi." "Shannon." "SHANNON:" "Hi." "We have quite a few phone calls." "What does he want?" "I mean. does he just wanna see Tosh or...?" "What does he want?" "[AUDIENCE CLAPPING AND CHEERING]" "I think we're going down." "Alex." "We're going up." "Jerry." "JERRY:" "Alex." "Would you charge this to Feldman." "the Dr. lhivago suite?" "Give me another one." "Oh. yes. sir." "ALEX:" "That's it. pout." "Go ahead and pout." "[AUDIENCE LAUGHING]" "JERRY:" "Lillian's a lot more responsible than you are." "ALEX:" "You wanna go home. go home." "I'll go home when I wanna go." "Not when you tell me to go home." "l'll tell you when I wanna go home." "l don't wanna hear this anymore." "Look at this." "Will you look at this?" "What?" "Look at that." "Metro Club." "I told you I'd get us out." "Didn't I tell you?" "lt's unbelievable. isn't it?" "Look at that." "You're so full of shit. it's unbelievable." "Did I find the button?" "I found the button." "Just tell me. did I find the button?" "Think the button is gonna get us out of this?" "The button ain't getting us out of this problem." "Did I say that?" "Yes. you just said that." "All I'm saying is. I need some confidence from you somewhere down the line." "I need some confidence." "You're asking me for confidence?" "That's right." "You're asking me?" "Yeah." "Now you're making some fucking sense." "Push the button." "[AUDIENCE GASPS THEN APPLAUDS]" "I broke my leg." "They walk all over you." "Sons of bitches." "Blessed Mother Mary. blessed Mother Mary." "help me through this. will you?" "ALEX:" "Smitty." "Smitty." "It's post time." "Here we go." "Let's go." "You're 10 minutes late." "Right." "Come on." "let's go." "let's go." "Ten minutes ago they had a table." "you know." "Come on." "let's go." "But it's gone." "But it's not my fault." "because you were late." "Yeah. that's right." "It's not my fault." "You were late." "Alex. listen to me." "It's not gonna work." "Can I help you. gentlemen?" "This is. um...." "This is Jerry Feldman." "Mr. Feldman." "Welcome." "Mr. F." "We want our own table." "No other players." "We'd like to play some blackjack." "Can l--?" "That's why we're here." "He wants his own table. no players." "BERNIE:" "Baby. I accept the fact that he's here." "I just don't know what the hell to do about it." "I don't wanna lose you and Tosh." "I feel out of control." "And I'm not accustomed to that feeling." "I don't like it." "SMITTY:" "How much is it?" "JERRY:" "Ninety-seven hundred." "SMITTY:" "What's the limit?" "Five thousand." "you're sure?" "You're sure." "Money plays." "How do you want this. sir?" "Fourteen across. 13 on the end." "is something wrong?" "No. I'm fine." "WAITRESS:" "Hi. did you want something to drink?" "Yeah. give us a double vodka on the rocks." "a Dewar's on the rocks." "What do you want?" "Water." "ALEX:" "Water?" "Three waters. three waters." "WAITRESS:" "Three waters." "JERRY:" "Alex?" "ALEX:" "Yeah?" "He's playing seven hands here." "Right. that's right." "That's all our money." "Right." "Right. what happened to A. B. C?" "We passed it." "We passed it." "Ma'am. where can we get a drink?" "Um. there's the Parisian Bar over there" "Oh. no. no." "Go down the hall take the express elevator to th'e Metro Club." "That's the fastest." "Metro Club?" "Yeah. that's right." "Metro Club." "I was talking to the lady." "Yeah?" "JOEY:" "A lot of homos." "Harry." "DEALER:" "Blackjack." "SMITTY:" "Blackjack." "Huh." "Let's go." "Can you raise the limit to 10.OOO?" "PIT BOSS:" "Yeah. 1 O's okay." "Seventy thousand across." "Okay. mark up seven." "Seventy thousand." "ALEX:" "What is this. water?" "WAITRESS:" "That's what you ordered." "ALEX:" "Aw." "Here's t5 for you." "Thanks." "Mr. F." "Stay." "DEALER:" "Eighteen." "Alex. what the fuck is going on?" "Well. we just...." "We lost 40.OOO." "This we" " This is ours. the 30.OOO." "Make it 40 more." "Okay. 40 more." "Did I do that?" "You just called 40.OOO more." "Did the right thing." "Keep nodding." "SMITTY:" "Stay." "Split the deuces." "DEALER:" "Split the deuces." "Ten thousand." "SMITTY:" "Again." "Look at this." "Fancy." "Fancy." "This is where the high rollers are." "Joey." "This is the big time." "Big action. huh?" "That's how they keep the scumbags out." "Joey." "Cutty and water." "JB all right?" "Let me have one of them Salty Dogs. will you?" "You got it." "SMITTY:" "Stay." "MAN 1 :" "Keep the seven?" "SMITTY:" "Stay." "MAN 1 :" "Okay." "DEALER:" "Nineteen." "SMITTY:" "Seventy thousand again." "JERRY:" "It's his table. yes." "How you doing?" "I'm doing fine. thanks." "MAN 2:" "Five. five. five." "MAN 3:" "Winner." "MAN 2:" "Put your bets down." "[CHATTERING]" "SMITTY:" "Another 1 O." "PIT BOSS:" "Mark it up." "SMITTY:" "Stay." "Stay." "DEALER:" "Seventeen." "JERRY:" "Son of a bitch." "Alex. can you believe this?" "ALEX:" "What's the damage over there?" "What are we stuck?" "It's 1 70. sir." "ALEX:" "A hundred and seventy thousand dollars?" "JERRY:" "Fuck. I'm getting the fuck out of here." "ALEX:" "Where you going?" "You're going nowhere." "You know what's gonna happen?" "What?" "The desert." "Okay. raise the limit to 20.OOO." "A hundred and forty thousand across." "Mark it up." "Do you have a t1 70.OOO?" "No." "Then you better sit down." "Listen. don't worry about a thing." "This is negative financing." "Countries do this." "What the fuck is negative financing?" "ALEX:" "You owe and you owe." "and then you're ahead." "Don't let me have a drink. you promise?" "That's a lot of money." "WAITRESS:" "Is everything okay?" "Would you like to have a drink?" "SMITTY:" "Yeah." "You want a drink?" "What do you want?" "SMITTY:" "Yeah. double vodka." "Double vodka." "Two double vodkas." "a double Dewar's on the rocks." "WAITRESS:" "You got it." "MAN 4:" "Yeah!" "WOMAN 1 :" "You got it. all right!" "WOMAN 2:" "Yeah." "I got no idea what in the fuck he did." "All I know is when I came to I had this money stuck up my ass." "Ha. ha." "Feldman done that?" "Jesus Christ." "It ain't funny." "Joey." "He's a sick. weird little fuck." "And I'm telling you." "between me and him. it's personal now." "You and me. we're gonna hurt him." "We're gonna hurt him bad this time." "We're gonna take care of him." "gotta do it right." "JOEY:" "Having a nice time in Vegas. ma'am?" "Yes. thank you." "What have we been doing for 20 years?" "We'll never see this kind of action again." "Will you let me play a hand?" "Will you let me play a goddamn hand without crying?" "A hundred and forty again." "ALEX:" "Just let me fucking play the hand." "Hold it." "Hey. hey." "Leave him be." "JERRY:" "Rusty. hey." "RUSTY:" "Hi." "JERRY:" "Remember me?" "You remember me?" "RUSTY:" "Sure." "Bye." "JERRY:" "We shoot the works at this table." "Holy smokes." "[LAUGHING]" "JERRY:" "Shovel them up." "ALEX:" "You're full of shit." "l'm not full of shit." "l know when you're full of shit." "Stay all the way across." "l know when you're" "Stay?" "JERRY:" "Bust him. bust him." "ALEX:" "He did it." "JERRY:" "Oh. my God." "Okay. please." "ALEX:" "All right. he did it." "Okay. take me down a hundred." "Call 1 40.OOO." "ALEX:" "Okay. count them." "How much we got?" "JERRY:" "Pay them and go home." "ALEX:" "We don't have to worry." "SMITTY:" "We can't go home." "JERRY:" "Can we go?" "ALEX:" "Get your hands off that." "Let's go." "We're on a run." "We know each other." "Jerry. we're on a run here." "Look at that guy over there." "ALEX:" "I can't go. no. no. no." "l'm gonna cash out." "You can't. you're Jerry Feldman." "l'm not Jerry Feldman." "You are Jerry Feldman." "I'm not Jerry Feldman." "l know you're not Jerry Feldman." "So?" "ALEX:" "Jesus." "SMITTY:" "Stay. stay." "Hit me." "Split the sevens." "Hit me." "Split the sevens." "Don't split the sevens." "JERRY:" "Leave him alone." "Double down." "Why don't you leave me alone?" "DEALER:" "Twenty." "ALEX:" "Again." "SMITTY:" "Double down." "ALEX:" "See what's happening?" "The man's a master." "You working for us or you working for them?" "ALEX:" "Can he do it?" "Yes. he can." "SMITTY:" "Double down." "DEALER:" "Twenty." "Nineteen." "JERRY:" "Oh." "ALEX:" "Wonderful. wonderful." "Okay. okay." "Take down my markers." "DEALER:" "Win everything." "ALEX:" "Now you see what's happening?" "Everything goes." "JERRY:" "That's our money." "ALEX:" "Aren't you glad we stayed?" "JERRY:" "Okay. yes. you were right." "You were right." "So we'll go?" "SMITTY:" "A hundred and forty again." "Jerry Feldman?" "[CHUCKLING]" "What table is he on?" "BJ-2." "Don't worry about it." "Tom." "The man's a born loser." "He just can't help it." "I promise you." "he'll drop it all before he checks out." "Okay. thanks." "Tom." "What the hell's the matter with this thing?" "I don't see any Jerry Feldman." "He's right in the middle." "Tricia. that's not Jerry." "This guy's got no hair." "Heh. heh." "Holy shit." "patti:" "Honey." "Holy shit." "patti :" "Honey." "let's be civilized. all right." "BERNIE:" "Shannon. I want a read out on Jerry Feldman." "I wanna know what kind of paper we're holding on the man." "Third. third. third. 33 and a third." "ALEX:" "You weren't paying attention in the room." "You said 60-40." "You said" "He didn't agree-- -l didn't say 60-40." "look." "He went" "He didn't laugh at it." "Stay. stay. stay." "He said he could bend to that." "l have a part. a third. a third. a third." "There's a game going on." "Thousands of dollars at stake." "JERRY:" "Okay." "What are you talking about?" "JERRY:" "Okay. I don't" "ALEX:" "Look. we busted" " He busted!" "JERRY:" "Okay. okay." "ALEX:" "Do you see this?" "JERRY:" "Okay." "What's happening here?" "Okay." "l know when you're full of shit." "Everything goes. same thing." "Let me count them." "How much we got?" "Like 140 and 180." "You're right." "Okay. that's it." "We stopped the game." "Cards are out." "Oh. it's too late. gentlemen." "The cards have been dealt." "That's the rule." "I did the wrong thing." "You're right. I did the wrong thing." "JERRY:" "Okay." "SMITTY:" "Stay." "lt could be worse." "SMITTY:" "Split the eights." "DEALER:" "Twenty." "SMITTY:" "Split them again." "DEALER:" "Twenty." "SMITTY:" "Stay. stay. stay." "Hold it." "Double down." "PIT BOSS:" "You got 20." "You got 20 showing." "I want that next card. sonny." "Mark him 20.OOO. PIT BOSS:" "Marking him." "That card's worth a half a million dollars." "That's it. that's it." "That's it." "That's the game." "That's it. he fucking did it." "Jerry. he did it. you did it. you did it!" "JERRY:" "That's the game. that's the game!" "DEALER:" "Mr. Feldman." "ALEX:" "I love you." "I'm just trying to pay you." "He did it." "Oh. my God." "ALEX:" "I love you. I love you." "JERRY:" "Oh. my God." "Sounds like someone is winning." "I hate those lucky bastards." "[JOEY LAUGHING] I'll be a son of a bitch." "Joey." "look at this." "ALEX:" "I love you." "JERRY:" "That's it!" "ALEX:" "I love you." "SMITTY:" "Pass the money!" "ALEX:" "I love you. I love you." "Watch it." "I love you. I'm happy." "l'm happy. I'm happy. I'm happy." "SMITTY:" "You got to count it." "We're wealthy. wealthy people." "Oh." "Harry." "Harry and Joey." "I knew you'd show up just in time." "Just when we have some money for you." "What are you looking at?" "Look at me." "GUARD 1 :" "Mr. F. please don't embarrass yourself." "Harry. money." "Look. t4000." "GUARD 1 :" "These gentlemen will escort you." "What are you--?" "Look at the chippies." "Hey. hey. hey." "Did you steal my hat?" "Yeah. I got your fucking hat." "ALEX:" "Hey. take it easy." "Harry." "Joey. you...." "BERNIE:" "Hey." "Patti?" "That's us." "Patti." "ALEX:" "Here's the money." "look." "JERRY:" "We did that." "ALEX:" "So here. here." "Harry." "Harry." "look." "One thousand. 2000." "Here's a thousand dollars." "I'm Jerry Feldman." "I'm a good friend of Bernie Gold's." "Oh. really?" "Well. I'm Bernie Gold. friend." "ALEX:" "and whatever expenses." "We're square." "Transportation" "We'll never be square." "ALEX:" "Easy. you can't do that in here." "HARRY:" "You fucking" "Hey!" "ALEX:" "Take it easy." "Hey. hey." "Harry." "Joey." "say hello to Bernie Gold." "He's in charge of operations here." "It's the owner." "That man is the owner." "The owner of the hotel." "[LAUGHING]" "Things may seem strange to you." "Things. being as they are." "may seem strange to you." "But I'm about-- l'm gonna pay you what I owe you." "I don't wanna be paid with my own money." "lt's all the money I got." "Alex." "Alex. we really shouldn't be doing this." "Not now." "So. what is it?" "The initial 10. right?" "Plus what?" "Room. dinner and the show." "That'd come to about 500." "I'll give you a thousand." "So it's 1 1 .OOO." "Great show by the way." "Oh. the elephants were nice." "Worth every nickel." "Who the hell do you think you're dealing with here?" "You." "Mr. Gold." "Bernie Gold." "Jerry Feld" "[SMITTY SCREAMING]" "ALEX:" "Smitty." "WOMAN 1 :" "Oh. my God." "Help me out." "ALEX:" "Smitty." "Smitty." "Oh." "God. somebody call a doctor." "Call a doctor." "GUARD 1 :" "Get him off the floor." "ALEX:" "Smitty. hold on." "Get some water." "Please. somebody get some water." "GUARD:" "Get him off the floor." "ALEX:" "Pills. he's got pills in here." "GUARD:" "Let's get him out of here." "ALEX:" "Here. I got them. I got them." "Smit." "Hold on." "Smitty. hold on." "Somebody get some water." "Get some water. get some water." "goddamn it." "Watch the chips." "GUARD 2:" "Here you go." "Bring him down. easy. easy." "Here." "Smit." "I got the pills. here. here. here." "Smitty." "Smitty." "Smitty." "Where the hell is the water?" "Here's the water." "We got lucky. ambulance is across the street." "They'll be right in." "Take these." "Smitty." "Come on. take the pill." "Smitty." "Keep it in." "Smitty." "Smitty. what are you doing?" "Smitty." "Please. what are you doing?" "You can't die like this." "You just won a half million dollars." "Step back. please." "Smitty." "PARAMEDIC 1 :" "Clear these people out.?" "He's gonna be okay." "Please. sir." "Smit." "Oh." "Smitty. you're gonna be okay." "PARAMEDIC 2:" "He's not breathing." "He's not breathing." "PARAMEDIC 1 :" "Can you move these people back?" "GUARD 1 :" "Move back." "JERRY:" "Alex." "Alex." "What's going on?" "patti:" "What do you think you're--?" "ALEX:" "Goddamn it!" "[GRUNTING AND patti SCREAMS]" "WOMAN 2:" "Oh. my God." "patti :" "Chief. he's crazy." "BERNIE:" "Tricia. get out of there." "ALEX:" "Stop it!" "Stop it!" "BERNIE:" "Just stay out of this." "Officer. it was nothing personal there." "Stop it." "Stop it. stop. stop." "You son of a" "[HARRY MUTTERING INDISTINCTLY]" "[WOMAN 3 SCREAMING]" "patti :" "Well. you got 82 guards around here." "BERNIE:" "Well." "look at yourself." "Look at that." "BERNIE:" "Get out of here." "patti:" "I don't care." "MAN 1 :" "Move back now." "BERNIE:" "We'll take care of it." "You just stay out of there." "ALEX:" "I can't breathe." "JERRY:" "Alex." "MAN 2:" "Come on there. come on." "MAN 3:" "Get up." "HARRY:" "You" "[WOMAN 4 SCREAMS]" "That's enough of that shit." "That's enough of that shit." "Knock it off!" "I don't allow that." "I want him. I came for him. I want him." "Just take a look around you." "You are dead." "unless you put that piece away." "Look around." "You're a dead man. understand?" "Yeah. I understand." "You don't understand." "l want him." "ALEX:" "What's with the gun?" "That fucker right there." "ALEX:" "A gun?" "What is this. huh?" "A gun?" "[WOMEN SCREAMING]" "You fucker." "You" "What's the matter with you?" "One man just died here." "Isn't that good enough for you?" "What's the matter with you?" "MAN 4:" "Stop fooling around." "ALEX:" "My eye." "MAN 5:" "Come on. watch it." "MAN 6:" "You're gonna hurt him." "JERRY:" "Alex. what's the matter?" "ALEX:" "Oh. shit. he hit me in the eye!" "l know that." "JOEY:" "Come on. buddy." "This man is a total complete fuck up!" "What are you--?" "How the hell--?" "What--?" "He's always been that way." "GUARD:" "Son of a bitch." "Hey. come on." "Watch it. careful." "Be careful." "You watch your step." "Why did you do that?" "HARRY:" "Because you're fucking" "patti:" "Stop it!" "JERRY:" "Alex." "Watch this shit." "Alex." "Alex. watch this shit." "patti:" "Stop it." "Jesus Christ." "MAN 7:" "My God. he's at it again." "[PATTl SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]" "patti :" "Don't touch him." "Tricia." "patti:" "Animals." "[GUNSHOT]" "Shit." "BERNIE:" "What the hell are you doing?" "I don't know. it just went off." "BERNIE:" "It just went off?" "Yes. sir." "Sonny...." "GUARD 3:" "I'm sorry." "Just take a walk. relax. take it easy." "GUARD 3:" "Yes. sir." "It's okay." "It's all over." "Just take it easy. relax." "It's all over." "I'd like to apologize for the inconvenience and wish you all the best of luck. et cetera." "Please continue your game." "Have fun." "MAN 8:" "Hey. fellas." "Ease up." "MAN 9:" "Security here." "I'd like to get a couple of things straight here." "Who are you two maniacs?" "Maniacs?" "They're just some guys we owe some money to." "Get these two guys on the first plane to anywhere." "Just get them out of my sight." "I don't ever wanna see you two guys again." "Don't ever come back here again." "Hey. get my hat." "HARRY:" "You're happy. are you." "Alex. huh?" "Give this to him and tell him to put it away. sonny." "Okay. now the way I see it." "you owe me 20.OOO bucks." "What are you talking about?" "Well. I'm willing to give you a break." "ALEX:" "Look." "Mr. Gold." "Just give us what we won." "take out whatever you want." "How about that?" "Let's get another thing straight." "You didn't win anything." "The only man who won here is the waiter." "and he's dead." "That money goes on ice. it's frozen until the courts decide who gets what." "What you talking about?" "That's my money." "That's the law." "You can't push people around and steal from them." "BERNIE:" "Both of you ought to be in jail." "I'm trying to save your ass here." "I've got it under control." "We won that money." "BERNIE:" "I've got it under control." "We won that money." "The waiter won that money." "We won that money." "Smitty Carpenter's the greatest gambler the world has ever seen." "And he won that money for me." "patti :" "I don't believe you." "Can't you understand that money isn't yours?" "You people are all wrong here." "You're stealing from a dead person." "Everything you say is wrong." "Alex." "ALEX:" "Everything you say is wrong." "l gotta talk to you." "l don't wanna talk. I just want my money." "Just listen to one thing." "Patricia has a little girl." "Her name is Tosh." "She's your daughter." "It's your little girl." "What's that supposed to mean?" "I want my money." "Don't think I'm gonna make things any easier for you." "BERNIE:" "Work it out on your own-- -l don't want your help." "ALEX:" "I want my money." "BERNIE:" "You're not getting it." "Smitty won that money for me." "Did he win that money for me or what?" "BERNIE:" "I can't deal with this guy." "He won the money for me." "Jerry." "Alex. please listen to me." "l don't wanna talk to you." "Please." "Jerry." "Please listen to me." "l don't wanna talk to you!" "Please." "Jerry. please." "I don't wanna talk to these people." "He's trying to understand you." "and he's been extremely kind." "[GROANING]" "Okay." "For once in your life. please" "JERRY:" "He's never gonna understand." "he ain't really trying." "He's trying." "Jerry." "Yeah. well...." "Mr. Gold. I don't want your money." "And. unfortunately. he does." "but that's the way he is and. uh. I can't help that." "But he's my friend." "and I take the good with the bad." "I think we should get out of here." "Alex." "How about that?" "You gotta know who your friends are." "[CHATTERING]" "[WOMAN MOANING]" "[JERRY MOANING]" "[JERRY CHUCKLING AND WOMAN WHOOPS]" "[WOMAN SHRIEKS THEN MOANS]" "Hi." "About the money." "it'd be better for both of us if I give some cash in the morning." "Don't worry about it." "your friend took care everything." "He's really a sweet guy. you know." "He did." "How do I get out of here?" "Thank you." "Bye." "JERRY:" "I gotta thank you." "Alex." "That was the greatest thing." "Forget it." "Alex. what do you say we stay over a couple of days?" "You know. that girl liked me." "Well. I mean. really liked me." "We're leaving in the morning." "Jerry." "is something the matter?" "Where'd you get the money?" "What money?" "The money for the broad." "I'm a resourceful human being." "What. do I have to tell you everything?" "Did you cash another check?" "No. I did not." "You should have." "Bernie would've covered it." "Son of a bitch would've covered anything." "Well. that wouldn't be right." "Good night." "Alex." "patti:" "Honey. this is a very good friend of mine." "Mr. Kovac. right here." "And over here is Mr. Feldman." "This is Tosh." "Hi. baby." "Are you okay?" "Yeah. I'm okay." "You know what happened to me?" "I was crossing against the light." "[LAUGHS]" "You don't wanna ever do that." "You don't wanna ever cross against the light." "Remember that." "Where are you from. honey?" "Las Vegas." "Nevada." "Las Vegas." "Nevada?" "You know where l'm from?" "Me and Jerry. we're from New York City." "Hear that siren?" "They have a lot of sirens like that in New York City." "Noise all the time." "That's where they have the tall buildings." "New York City." "My daddy goes there all the time." "Your daddy goes there. huh?" "Your daddy's a...." "He's a nice man." "You are too." "JERRY:" "I'm gonna get a cab." "Taxi." "Can I go play with my teddy?" "You sure can." "JERRY:" "Goodbye." "Patti." "You should marry that guy." "He's loaded. you know." "Okay." "JERRY:" "That guy was wearing my fucking hat." "patti :" "Come here." "Another one." "Another one." "Okay." "You know. pal. that was some move you made when Harry had his gun out." "That's nothing like the move Smitty made." "Doubling down on a solid 20?" "The guy's got a six showing." "Did you see Smitty's face when he got the five?" "How'd he know that was a five?" "How did he know that was a five coming up?" "How did he know?" "He knew." "That was the old plus-and-minus situation." "[LAUGHING]" "My name is Smitty Carpenter." "You owe me t500.OOO." "CASHIER:" "One moment. please." "John. the figure is 486.300. not the half." "Okay." "Will you get your head out of there?" "CASHIER:" "Would you like me to get a security guard to escort you out of the casino?" "SMITTY:" "It's all right." "No. thank you." "[LAUGHING]" "Las Vegas is a lot of fun. isn't it?" "[LAUGHING]" "Goodbye. we're going." "Bye." "Las Vegas." "Hello. boys." "You did it." "Smitty. you did it." "Here." "Here you are. my friend." "Don't spend it all in one place." "[SMITTY  WOMAN LAUGHING] I didn't think it was this much." "God bless you." "Smitty." "God bless you." "Have a good time." "Someday." "[LAUGHING]" "[ENGLISH SDH]"