"Whatever you say." "Do whatever I say!" "I'll find where you live!" "The party's getting started, homes!" "Get your fucking ass out of here!" "Look at this." "Look at this shit." "Man!" "Whoever did this is gonna pay." "You better believe it, eses." "Get out of here!" "Get these kids out of here!" "Barsek?" "Don't touch anything!" "Look at the rat, man." "What? "Look at the rat, man." You think that' s funny?" "Did you do that?" "Did you do that to that rat?" "Let him go!" "He didn't do anything!" "He's a good kid!" "You act like this is your place!" "Maybe you should take care of your place!" "Now get out of here!" "Get the hell out of here, you assholes!" "That's him now." "Come on, Bogart." "That shit is bad, bro." "Put that shit out, man." "Here comes Garfield." "You smoking the chronic, Cesar?" "No, man." "I ain't hooked on chronic." "I'm hooked on phonics." "You wouldn't know who vandalized Bungalow 86, would you?" "Bungalow 86?" "You guys know about Bungalow 86?" "Sorry, maestro." "Nada." "You know Garcia may not be able to prove anything  but you and I both know who' s responsible, don't we?" "I'm serious, man." "I don't know what the fuck you're talking about." "The ring, Cesar." "Give it to me." "You better watch it, man." "That's my trigger finger." "It's inappropriate attire!" "Are you finished?" "What?" "Am I finished?" "Is that what you said?" "Don't try to get crazy on me." "You wanna bring it on, let's go!" "What you gonna do?" "Get the fuck out of here!" "Fucking bitch!" "These conferences mainly focus on software now." "Y eah, well, software sells." "How's Jack?" "Jack' s good." "And how's Trevor?" "Has Trevor been behaving himself?" "What' s that supposed to mean?" "ls that supposed to mean something?" "lt doesn't mean anything." "I' m talking to the lady!" "All right?" "Sorry, all right?" "Forgive me?" "Should I grab this?" "Later." "Do you wanna see Jack?" "Jack, your mommy' s home!" "Come here, Jack!" "Come on, sweetheart." "Here, boy!" "It' s weird." "Usually he just comes when I call." "He' s right back here." "Oh, my God!" "Oh, my God!" "Jack!" "Don't look!" "Don't!" "Let me get to him!" "Don't look!" "Oh, my God!" "Don't beat yourself up too much." "Whatever it was, he jumped over the fence." "What can you do?" "Aspirin?" "Thanks." "You know, Trevor, I don't think that I can talk to you right now." "I'm so upset that I can't even drive." "I just think it would just be best if you just...." "If I was just alone." "I' m sorry, Ellen." "Paco, is that you?" "Stupid gato." "Stupid Indians." "They got some good shit!" "Where's the aspirin?" "Come on, you can do better than that." "I put it on my mother, detective." "So your teacher drugged you, then chopped off your finger?" "Y eah, it had to be him." "He smoked the mota for you too?" "Fucking nigger hates my guts!" "All right?" "Who you covering for, homes?" "This circumstantial bullshit ain't gonna hold up in court." "Too many priors:" "juvenile GTA, vandalism." "I know it was him!" "Listen to me, man!" "You saw his face?" "Y eah, I saw his face!" "Let me save you from perjuring yourself." "You' re full of shit." "I swear to God, I know it was him." "This guy's wasting our time." "You come up with the truth, you give us a call." "Later, homes." "File it under B, man." ""Bullshit."" "All right." "Name one of the four parts that make up the human hand." "Hands, please." "Christian?" "Metacarpals?" "That' s good." "Anyone else?" "Rita." "The wrist and thumb." "Very good!" "Come on, there' s one more very important part." "One more!" "Phalanges!" "Phalanges!" "Everybody wiggle your phalanges." "Please!" "Everybody wiggle them." "You too, "G's" in the back." "Phalanges!" "Can I come in?" "Hi!" "What happened to you the other night?" "I was gonna ask you the same question." "I went for a run." "You wanna go for Chinese later?" "There' s a new place." "I hear it' s good." "You know, I just" "I've got all this stuff I have to put into the computer." "Maybe some other time." "Sure." "I probably need to grade some papers." "Some of those kids are starting to care about a grade." "Even Cesar." "Today, for the first time since I took over for Eskander, he did some work." "You all right?" "I' m much better." "Thanks." "Finished." "Mr. G.?" "Finished." "It' s broken." "It doesn't work." "I need three copies of this article!" "You know, since your essay deals with gangs you probably could've left in some of those double negatives you like." "So now you want me to use bad grammar?" "Only when it suits your topic." "I know." "We' re all products of our environment." "I think everybody's responsible for their own actions." "Now, see, this is like hip-hop." "If you take out all the bad grammar it loses its impact." "You like hip-hop, Mr. G?" "No, I hate it." "What kind of black man are you?" "This really is a good essay." "You put in a lot of work." "It shows." "Thanks, maestro." "It comes from the heart." "You think I could be a writer?" "Miss Quinn picks two seniors to read their essays every year at graduation." "She ain't gonna pick mine!" "I don't wanna get up in front of all those people." "Make a fool out of myself." "Really?" "Why?" "You afraid it might be some kind of Pyrrhic victory?" "What's that?" "Tell you what look it up." "You see, you can't do that." "Either you'd need different software or you'd have to sweep your hard drive, taking two days." "Before we get sidetracked with viruses and TSR programs yesterday we were talking about e-mail." "So if you click the icon at the bottom of your screen you'll be able to send and receive mail." "Go ahead and click the white envelope." "You've got mail." "Okay, someone's way ahead of me." "All right." "Double click "open/read"." "That person isn't as anonymous as they think they are." "You've got mail." "That's bullshit!" "Better step off, Mrs. H!" "You can't fucking prove anything!" "And I know you can't afford to lose this minimum-wage job of yours." "You know, you' re right." "I can't afford to live in a big house south of the boulevard like you do." "Fuck you!" "Have you seen Stevie Littleton?" "No, haven't seen him." "You're not supposed to leave your classroom unattended." "Sue me!" "Benny Chacon's mother." "I told her Garcia had to leave early, but she just sits there." "She's been saying some pretty crazy things." "Mrs. Chacon?" "I' m Ellen Henry." "Benny's in my class." "I'm sorry, I don't understand." "What is she saying?" "You heard about that body they found in the L.A. River?" "She says she thinks it's Benny." "You say he's been missing approximately four weeks?" "Four or five weeks." "She speak English?" "No." "We get 80 to 90 bodies a month sometimes." "Gangbangers, illegals floaters." "Nobody' s even looking for them." "But if you ask me, this kid was dead before he got his head caved in." "Overdose of morphine." "That's what it looks like to me." "On the phone you said that the mother mentioned some identifying marks." "Y es." "She said he had pockmarks on his chest from a bad case of chicken pox and a bar-code tattoo on the back of his neck." "Did you find any rosary beads on the body?" "No." "Who is it?" "It' s me." "What's the matter?" "I just want you to tell me one thing." "If you had any idea what I was thinking lately, you'd think I was crazy." "You remember the body that they found in the L.A. River?" "It was Benny." "Who told you that?" "Benny's mother identified the body." "You know Benny was no saint." "He hurt a lot of people." "Before we go shedding tears over him, we should remember that." "In an odd sort of way he may be better off." "I know we are." "Don't you feel safer with Benny gone?" "Don't you think he deserved to...." "You don't know anything about Cesar' s finger, do you?" "Did you know Cesar beats his mother?" "He was here the night J ack died." "In the back." "What are you talking about?" "Jack was provoked." "It was no accident." "Cesar killed him." "What happened to Cesar was inevitable." "At some point, people have to take responsibility for their actions." "I mean, he and Benny were takers." "They want what they want when they want it." "And we can't expect the system to protect us." "Where did you get these?" "I admire you." "Like you, I used to think the world was this great place where everybody lived by the same standard I did." "Then some kid with a nail showed me I was living in his world." "A world where chaos rules, not order." "A world where righteousness is not rewarded." "That' s Cesar' s world." "And if you' re not willing to play by his rules then you're gonna have to pay the price." "I don't know you." "I don't know who you are." "I don't know you!" "You do know me." "I'm a teacher." "Just like you." "I'm talking to you, Garfield." "I know what you did to Cesar." "I' m thinking maybe you did Benny too." "Is that possible?" "Did you bash his skull in?" "What did you fuck him up with?" "You killed my friend!" "Let me by." "I want an answer!" "Leave me alone!" "I'll kill you" "Schoolgirl bitch!" "What the fuck is your problem?" "You' re fucking maestro!" "What you talking about?" "Garfield killed Benny." "You' re crazy!" "Don't turn your back when I' m talking!" "Come here!" "You think you better than everybody else?" "Because you ain't!" "Shut up!" "You forget all the good times we had?" "We all had our time with you." "What the fuck you fucking that nigger for?" "You think he'll protect you?" "IKeep me from doing what I want with you?" "Fuck you!" "Stupid little bitch!" "You want some meat on a roll?" "Come on!" "Rita!" "Garfield better watch his back!" "What the fuck you gonna do?" "Fuck you, bitch!" "The death of Benito Chacon is not gang-related." "That is something you heard on the news." "It is wrong." "It is misinformation." "Wait a minute." "How can you be so sure?" "We' re talking about the safety of my kid." "Everyone, please just stay calm." "Thank you, Mrs. Ford." "The police at this point aren't even sure if it' s a murder case." "The reason we' re meeting is to quash all rumors that may be floating around out there." "This is what we do know." "Benny Chacon ultimately died of a drug overdose." "Technically, it was morphine, which is what heroin breaks down into." "That's bullshit!" "Benny was no junkie!" "I know who did it." "It ain't the gangs you gotta be worrying about." "It's the teachers!" "That's exactly the kind of rumor we don't need." "It was Garfield!" "Sit down!" "Say one more word and you' re suspended." "You' re a fucking murderer, Garfield!" "Maybe I can't prove it, but he fucked up Cesar and killed Benny!" "Victor, please." "It's the truth, ain't it, G?" "Ask him." "Touch me and I'll sue your ass!" "You' re dead, G!" "You' re fucking dead!" "Garfield, wait up, man!" "Come on!" "You' re not gonna let that punk get to you, are you?" "He's a tweaker, a speed freak." "Don't let that punk scare you." "What do you want?" "How can I help you?" "How about you give me a ride home?" "My old lady wouldn't give me the car this morning." "She's a bitch." "You smell like beer." "I only had two." "I swear that's all I had." "Come on, give me a ride." "I live right over here off Chandler." "I'll buy you a drink." "Come on!" "Get in!" "What do you drink?" "Scotch?" "Bourbon?" "Beer?" "Gin?" "Hurry up, will you?" "I gotta pee." "I had a similar situation happen to me about the time of the Night Stalker." "Whole city was scared shitless." "My old lady thought that the mailman was the Stalker for a couple of weeks there." "But then some mental midget from my 4th period gets this idea." "He starts this rumor that I' m the Night Stalker." "I mean, even after they caught that Ramirez." "I could still hear this guy saying, "No, no, you got the wrong guy." "Childress is the stalker, ese."" "Idiots!" "It's getting late." "I better go." "Thanks for the soda." "Hold your horses, man!" "can't let you leave without meeting the kids." "Come on." "Come on back." "What we got here?" "Well, this gun is from Czechoslovakia." "This is a CZ. 22 automatic 1 0-round clip." "Glow -in-the-dark sights." "ain't that a beauty?" "All right." "I got a custom Smitty 9 milli with extended grip." "Because as you know them Smith  Wesson they kick like a mother!" "Here it is." "This is a beauty." "This is a Glock. 2 1." "The lightest handgun in the world." "The barrel, firing pin are made out of metal, but everything else on this is made out of plastic." "Go ahead." "Feel that." "Go ahead, take it!" "Because you know you never can be too prepared." "My pukey little Colt.380!" "You wear that thing to school?" "Come on, Garfield!" "Jesus Christ!" "They don't check teachers with the metal detectors." "I got a.357 in my desk." "Of course you know that!" "I was paying attention." "You should've seen the look on your face." "You know, Jose...." "I told you!" "Stay in your cotton-picking seat, boy!" "Don't tell me you never wanted to blow one of these bastards away." "Speaking of blowing, you ever wanna fuck a high-school chick?" "Because I caught your girl Rita!" "Caught her in the utility shed couple of months back busting the train." "Must've had 5 or 6 cholos lined up back there." "Let's face it, brother, the girl's a slut." "She's a slut!" "Come on, man, I know you did her." "I know you had her." "Even I had her!" "You're drunk." "So fucking what?" "I'm drunk." "I' m kicking it with you, you know." "I'm sitting here  I'm talking to you about screwing broads and you're sitting here copping the self-righteous attitude." "So what gives?" "I mean, did...." "Did you do it, Garfield?" "Did you whack Benny?" "You can tell me." "I ain't gonna tell anybody." "What about Cesar?" "I thought it was generous just taking off his little finger." "I would've cut off his balls." "Go to hell, Dave." "What?" "You did do it." "Son of a bitch!" "You crazy motherfucker, you did!" "You probably think you and I are alike." "We' re not." "Good night." "Good night." "Peace." "You're still in school." "You're just 1 5." "Yeah, I am." "What kind of a future plan do you have?" "I know I'm gonna have to tone down my looks." "There's a lot of jobs where you can actually wear hats." "Go ahead, Nicky." "Go ahead, just do it." "Pull it, pull it!" "You got an empty chamber in that gun!" "Put an empty chamber in that gun!" "I don't thin k she' s coming today." "What you doing here?" "I missed you this morning." "What happened?" "I came by to make sure you' re all right." "You okay?" "If you don't take finals, you won't graduate." "I ain't going back, so forget it." "I promise you Stevie and Cesar won't bother you." "It don't matter." "School's just for other kids." "Not me." "Come on, you know you don't mean that." "You're doing so well." "Don't throw it all away." "How about that essay?" "How'd you do?" "You still wanna be a writer, don't you?" "Listen, I...." "I know about Childress." "What?" "He' ll never touch you again." "I promise." "He' s full of shit!" "Get out!" "I don't need your pity." "I don't need you." "You made a mistake, that's all." "You see these?" "Phone calls about you." "Good ones." "Cesar' s mother told me how you tried to help him." "You' re evidently a good teacher." "However  I'm afraid I'm gonna have to let you go." "As much as I'd like to have you stay until the end of the year  I can't overlook the seriousness of certain accusations." "Is it true that you had meetings with a female student at your house?" "I was trying to help her." "The implications are still there." "I can't afford to open the door for another lawsuit." "I' m sure you can appreciate my position." "You can stay till Friday." "I hope that'll be sufficient." "I don't think you' re being an alarmist." "He gets a little overzealous at times like some other people I know." "I don't think the rosary adds up to much either." "Why?" "It' s probably his." "When I received my First Holy Communion all the boys got black rosaries, all the girls got white rosaries." "Trust me, there must be millions of black rosaries filed away in desk drawers from here to the Vatican." "The guy's been through a lot." "The system failed him." "I don't think any of us can really appreciate what he's been through." "I say we give the man a break." "You dogs ready to do this?" "Once we go in, we don't come out till that nigga's dead." "You hear me?" "Got that right." "Then you down with lK.O.S." "That's what I been waiting for, ese." "Y eah, I' m down." "Any of you leave  I'll kill you myself." "You know what to do." "Where' d you jack this car from, homes?" "Shit' s nasty." "Let's smoke this bitch." "I'm in here, Cesar." "Don't you move, Garfield." "Don't you make a move." "You killed my homeboy Benny." "And you cut off my finger." "Now let me hear you say that." "Y eah, I did it." "I told you, man!" "Fucking A!" "Let me do him." "No." "This nigga's mine." "You ever seen Deer Hunter?" "Put it to your head  pull the trigger." "You gonna do yourself." "That macho enough for you?" "That make me a man?" "Take more than that to be me." "Y eah?" "Then you do it." "Come on, maricon." "Do it!" "Vato's scared." "He' s trying to weasel out." "He' s fucking with your head!" "Come on." "That's not how we playing the game." "Not man enough to play your own game?" "Where's your cojones?" "Shut up!" "You gonna hide behind your homeboys?" "Where's your pride?" "Come on, I pulled three times." "You ain't pulled once." "What are you doing, man?" "You disrespecting me?" "You saying I ain't a man?" "I'm saying you're a fool." "Don't be doing that shit, man!" "You the man, Cesar." "You the man, and you ain't shit!" "You hear me?" "He got character and you ain't got shit!" "What the fuck?" "Y eah, shoot his ass, homey." "Your turn." "You got some respect back now?" "The only thing you respect is stupidity." "You willing to die for stupidity?" "See, I am, if it'll teach you something." "You can't kill me, homeboy." "What I am, what I was, died over a year ago." "Everything I've ever wanted has been taken from me." "And no matter how many of you I get rid of  I can't get it back!" "I was a teacher!" "I wanted to help you!" "You can't kill me!" "And you can't scare me!" "He' s crazy, man." "That's right!" "Isn't that what you respect?" "Loco!" "Come on, Cesar!" "If you're gonna be stupid, be all the way stupid!" "Put it to your head, pull the trigger!" "Do it!" "Do it!" "Do it!" "Your whole way of life is bullshit!" "Macho is bullshit!" "It's all I got!" "So now you' re the victim?" "Let me take your turn for you." "Shit!" "He's out!" "He's fucking out!" "He smoked himself!" "Let's go." "Oh, man!" "Let's go, homey." "He took my turn." "What?" "I could' ve taken my own motherfucking turn." "So fucking what?" "He' s dead." "Let' s go!" "Come on!" "I've gotta do this." "Fuck this!" "What are you doing?" "Let's go!" "I got one in six chances." "I' m gonna beat this bitch." "What the f--?" "Why' d you do that, man?" "What' s the fucking point?" "Somehow  the sight of my own reflection increased my loneliness." "The title of my essay is  "Mi Salida"  "My Way Out"." "There' s been a lot of tal k the last cou ple of weeks about whether Mr. Garfield done what they wrote about in the newspapers." "He once told me that you can't blame everything on your environment." "But I think you can push a good teacher too far." "And he'll go bad like anybody else." "I don't know if Mr. G. done all those bad things." "But what I do know is that teachers don't get no respect." "I' m up here today because of him." "He was there for me when nobody else was." "The thing is, I should've been there for him too." "I didn't wanna stand up here today." "But Mr. G. asked me if I was afraid it would be a Pyrrhic victory." "And I asked him, "What' s up with that?"" "He said to go look it up, so I did." "This is called a city." "Human beings used to live here." "It refers to this guy named Pyrrhus." "He was a king around 300 B. C." "Pyrrhus defeated the Romans  on two separate occasions." "But those victories cost him a large part of his army." "So now whenever somebody says that something is a Pyrrhic victory they mean it' s a victory gained at too great a cost." "A teacher wrote this movie." "Subtitles brought to you by:" "PicNiK"