"Captioning made possible by lions gate entertainment" "[glass shatters]" "[Tires screech]" "[Car alarm sounding]" "[Car alarm chirps off]" "Woman:" "Bill was here." "[Laughing]" "[Promotional music playing faintly]" "Man:" "Can you take me to state and adams, please?" "I'm really in a rush." "[Woman talking on dispatch radio]" "Man:" "Go." "Ha." "Woman:" "The weather sucks." "I can't believe it." "I mean, I thought I had everything." "Mittens, everything in my hand..." "Child:" "Big, beautiful snowflakes and the snow and a snowman and a snow..." "Man:" "Hey, buddy, get that heap off the road!" "[Horn honks]" "Man:" "Yo." "Child:" "Why'd you tip him?" "[Overlapping voices]" "Man:" "Who the hell..." "[Siren]" "Man:" "Where's the driver?" "[Indistinct voices]" "[Horn honks]" "[Woman laughing]" "Woman:" "Don't touch that." "It's gonna break." "[Squeak] Mmm..." "Man on radio:" "Talk to me." "Yes or no?" "Second man on radio:" "Ah, I don't know." "You got an opinion, don't you?" "Yeah, I got an opinion." "Is he worth sleeping with or isn't he?" "[Sings tune] 5:57." "Mostly cloudy and cold..." "[Car doors open and close]" "We're going to the pillar of fire church on clifton and barry." "Do you know it?" "I know clifton and barry." "[Voices continue talking on radio]" "Girl:" "Daddy, I'm cold." "Just sit still." "Does the man have the heat on?" "I, uh..." "I got the heat up, you know, all the way." "Girl:" "It's still cold." "What did I tell you?" "It just, uh, it just takes a little time." "[Sighs] So, how you doing this morning?" "[Sniffs] I'm a little tired." "Been workin' long?" "I just started." "Some weather we're havin'." "Yeah, and the, uh..." "Weatherman says it's, uh, it's just gonna get colder." "Is that right?" "[Yawning] Ohh." "Excuse you." "Oh." "Sorry." "It is 6:00 in the morning." "Tell me about it." "Seems pretty early to be going to church, doesn't it?" "Doesn't it?" "Oh." "Well, uh..." "Yeah, sure." "And, uh, it's thursday." "Every day is a good day for church." "And we like to go before work." "Ah." "So, do you like to go to church?" "Me?" "No." "Oh, that's too bad." "You can sure come with us if you want to." "Uh, you know, I appreciate the offer, but I got to work." "Oh." "I know how it is." "Some things are more important than work, though." "Like your immortal soul." "You got me there." "Look what I found, mommy... gum." "Don't pick things up off the dirty floor." "Jesus christ is the most important thing in life." "He comes before work, before family." "He is family." "God the father." "You can't imagine the peace our lord offers us." "That's great." "Sit up." "Sit up." "Oh, you just can't imagine." "Tell the man how old you were when you were saved." "Tell him." "Tell him." "Do as I say." "4?" "That offer still stands if you care to join us." "Tch." "You know." "Sure." "I know." "Ow!" "[Man with pakistani accent] We can make the light!" "We can make the light!" "Driver:" "No." "No, we can't." "Why do you drive your cab so slow?" "You are the slowest cab driver I have ever seen." "Well, I'm not gonna get into an accident so you can get to work on time." "You should have left earlier." "You will never make any money if you always go this slow." "You have got to be quick." "Always be ahead of the other guy!" "What do you know about it?" "I drive cab on weekend." "I've driven cab for 18 years." "Hey, man, light is green." "Go now." "I'm getting late on my work!" "All right!" "I can tell you, you have not driven cab for very long!" "4 months." "4 months?" "!" "I would have thought less." "Please to make turn on lincoln." "It's quicker." "Much quicker!" "You know, my passengers complain all the time about the way the other cab drivers drive." "Who cares how they feel?" "Right!" "All I'm saying is what I do is my business and what you do is yours." "Yeah, and with that kind of thinking, how are things ever supposed to change, huh?" "You know what you're doing?" "You are segregating your own people." "Oh, that is bullshit!" "Driver:" "Hey, al." "Oh, hey." "Line movin'?" "No, not yet." "Will, though." "Doorman says a lot of checkouts today." "Over a hundred." "We ain't moved yet." "Well, I figure we got about 10 minutes, probably?" "Not everybody checks out at 8:00." "Hey." "Let's ask him." "You pick up black people?" "Put my window up!" "What, you hot?" "And I know you ain't smoking' in my car." "Do you pick up black people?" "Um, yeah." "You hear that?" "I pick up black people." "This guy picks up black people." "Jesus christ, I feel like standing up and saluting the goddamn flag now." "So what is your problem?" "It's a free country." "No, really, what is your problem?" "Listen, who you guys want to pick up... that's your business." "Ain't got nothing to do with me." "So what's with the hat?" "That "x" hat." "Malcolm x." "Malcolm x." "Uh-huh." "So, what do you think malcolm would say about you not picking up your own people?" "I read that book." "Really?" "What do you think malcolm x would say about you not picking up your own people?" "Let me tell you something." "Malcolm x don't drive this cab." "Malcolm x don't got to feed my wife and kids, and if he was alive today," "I doubt very seriously that malcolm x would want me to pick somebody up I didn't want to pick up." "And don't be acting like I'm the only one who feels that way, either." "Lot of drivers out here don't want to pick up black folks, especially white drivers." "What's that got to do with it?" "It's my decision." "Now, if you and this bald-headed motherfucker want to pick up black folk, that's your decision, but don't be tryin' to turn this into some kind of race thing and act like I'm some kind of uncle tom, 'cause I'm not." "What you worried about, being politically correct?" "Fuck politically correct shit." "I got to take care of my damn self." "You ain't gonna take care of me, are you?" "Are you?" "No." "And neither is nobody else, so if you want to stay on the south side of chicago and run up and down between 35th street and 95th street all day and all night, that's totally up to you," "but don't tell me how to run my damn business." "White folks rob cab drivers, too." "Listen, I got to pick up somebody." "I swear to god." "And what the fuck you know about malcolm x?" "What the fuck you know about being black?" "At the end of the day when you go home, you are a white man going home in your white skin, and I am a black man going home in my black skin in america, so don't come here telling me" "you know anything about it, 'cause you don't know shit." "[Whistle blows]" "Next cab!" "That's me." "Hope they're going to O'Hare, 'cause I didn't sit on line for an hour to take no short fare to northwestern train station." "I am so tired... it's a free country!" "Brad on radio: ♪ she ♪" "♪ She wanted to be ♪" "♪ Ah ah ♪" "♪ A secret girl ♪" "[Door opens and closes]" "Northwestern train station, please." "You got it." "♪ She wanted to be ♪" "♪ Ah ah ♪" "♪ A secret girl ♪" "So, how you doing today?" "Oh, fine, I guess." "Got a lot of shopping to do." "Time's runnin' out." "I know." "So, what do you do?" "I'm a lawyer." "Oh, really." "You got something against lawyers?" "Sure." "I mean, doesn't everybody?" "Let's face it, when it comes to your profession, it's just a big bag of..." "Uh..." "What?" "Uh, no, no." "Forget it." "No, no, no." "I want to hear this." "What is it about lawyers that you don't particularly like?" "The fact that they're all sharks." "Why do you say that?" "Do you know any lawyers?" "No, but I mean..." "Come on, they're everywhere." "You know, like..." "Hey, like court tv." "I mean, if you've seen the lawyers on that show, yeah, oh, boy, they make your hair curl." "Well, if you're talking about baggy pants lawyers..." "What?" "Criminal attorneys, you know." "Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, criminal attorneys." "Well, it's pretty well known in the profession that the worst lawyers are criminal attorneys." "Get out of here." "No, I'm serious." "They become criminal lawyers because, um..." "They're not smart enough to do anything else." "Are you trying to yank my chain here?" "No." "I may be a taxi driver, but I'm not stupid." "I didn't say you were." "Well, you can't go making a gross generalization like all criminal attorneys aren't as smart as the rest of the profession." "Woman:" "Yeah, hi." "No, I am not going to fuckin' wait." "Fuck you!" "I've been standing here..." "Look..." "I hope I didn't offend you." "No." "Well..." "That's, uh, 3 bucks." "Woman:" "No!" "No!" "You know what?" "She wanted me." "God!" "Oh, damn it!" "Hey!" "Hey, hey, hey!" "Taxi!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Take me to the state of illinois." "Could you be more specific?" "Very funny." "The building." "Well, goddamn son of a bitch." "What's the matter?" "Oh, I can't get my car started." "I'm having car trouble." "And I'm late." "Well, what's wrong with the car?" "It won't start." "What do you mean, what's wrong with the car?" "Well, you know, if it's just the battery... listen, I don't know what's wrong with the car, and I don't want to talk about it." "I don't want to have any little conversation here." "I just want you to take me to the state of illinois." "Building." "Ok." "Piece of shit." "Hey." "Hey!" "I'm going." "[Stammers]" "Hey!" "Whoa." "Hey!" "Hey, hey!" "Come on!" "Hurry up!" "Baby!" "The cab's here, baby." "Come on now, honey." "Here we go now." "Come on, out the door." "Take it easy." "All right, ok, here we go." "God." "All right, here we go." "Let me get the bag." "Let me get the bag, please." "Ok?" "All right, honey." "Easy, watch yourself." "All right, the cab's right there." "I see it." "I can see the damn cab." "I know." "I just want..." "focus." "Focus." "Ok, good." "Here we go." "All right." "Where you going?" "I'm going to the other side, baby." "No, no, no." "Will you just get in on this side?" "Oh, my god." "I can slide over." "I can do it." "Oh." "God." "God!" "Just get in the car!" "Just get in the car!" "All right, here we go." "Just go." "Take off." "Go." "St. John's hospital." "You know where that is, right?" "Ah, jesus, I think I do." "It's, uh, it's by, uh..." "Drexel!" "Drexel and hyde park!" "Right, right." "You get to drexel." "I'll get you there from there, ok?" "Just go, go." "You're doing great." "Shut up, all right?" "Nobody asked you nothing." "Just shut up and don't talk to me." "Don't you ever talk to m... ooh!" "It's... it's right down here, right?" "Don't you know where the hospital is?" "Well, yeah, I think I do." "They just let anybody drive a taxi these days." "Don't hassle the man, baby." "Let him drive." "Don't you tell me what to do." "I am in pain." "I am in pain, and it is all your fault." "It is my fault, baby, ok?" "Just sit tight." "Having a baby is stupid." "It's a stupid idea." "You are stupid." "I'm stupid." "I know, baby." "We'll be there in a minute." "Just chill." "Don't you tell me to chill!" "Ok, fine." "We'll be there in a minute." "Chill." "You son of a bitch!" "Don't you tell me to chill!" "Do you know how that sounds, talking to me that way?" "What do you want me to do about it?" "It sounds bad." "I don't want to hear you talk like that." "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." "I didn't mean to hurt your feelings." "But this hurts, ok?" "This hurts real bad." "Why didn't you guys just call an ambulance?" "Well, because the contractions were so far apart, we figured we'd just call a cab." "Yeah, what took you so long?" "You call a taxi when you really need one, and it takes 10 hours!" "It's not like it's easy gettin' a cab on the south side." "Yeah, it ain't 'cause we're black." "That wouldn't be it at all, would it, driver?" "Now, look, I get sent... he's here, isn't he?" "Yes, yes, yes." "Ok." "The contractions were so far apart that we figured we'd call a cab first, then, boom, all of a sudden it started happening." "We're not very good at this." "I should have married a doctor." "Not some ratty-assed gang-bang parole officer!" "I'm not a parole officer." "What do you do?" "I'm a social worker." "Hey!" "This ain't career day!" "Drive the fuckin' car!" "Ohh!" "[Horn honks]" "Ohh ohh!" "Is she gonna have it in the... no, no, she's not gonna do that." "You're not gonna do that, no." "You're gonna hold it in." "Hold it in?" "Kiss my ass, hold it in!" "I'm gonna throw up." "We're right on it." "We're comin' right in here." "Honey, it's ok." "Throw up if it'll make you feel better." "Woman:" "Get out of the car." "Keep your focus." "Keep your focus." "Ok, driver, here." "Keep the change." "Yeah." "You ok?" "Yeah." "I'm not gonna throw up." "Here we go." "Take a step." "Oh, jesus." "I got it, I got it." "Wait, wait, wait." "Hey, hey." "Thanks for the ride, driver." "No, hey, good luck." "Ok, thanks." "Thanks!" "Oh, god." "Ok." "Oh, god." "Oh." "Oh, jesus." "You're doin' great." "[Beep]" "[Honks horn]" "[Honk]" "Hey!" "I'm payin' in advance, man." "I'm payin' in advance." "Just don't think we're gonna run out on you." "We ain't gonna run out on you." "We pay everything." "We pay up." "Just don't think we're gonna run out on you, ok?" "Yeah, all right." "Don't worry about it." "Just tell me where you want to go." "We're goin' to the grocery store about f-f-five blocks from here." "You don't mind if I drink beer in your car, do you, man?" "Man, that fuckin' "c" is kicking my ass!" "Whoo, that was some good shit, some damn good shit." "He said if we come up with the dough, he'll come up with the shit." "Hell, we can come up with the dough." "That's the easy part." "Comin' up with the dough is the easy part." "Got any cash?" "Uh-uh." "What do you mean, "uh-uh"?" "I got to do everything?" "I thought you said you had some food stamps." "I ain't gonna give you all of them." "I thought you said you had 7 bucks." "I gotta buy a pair of pants." "Man, fuck your pair of pants." "If I don't come home with a pair of pants, my old man's gonna fuckin' kill me." "Fuck your old man!" "Do you want to do this coke or not?" "I gotta have my pants." "Pull up here." "Pull up here." "Jesus christ." "He wouldn't do it." "Motherfuck!" "Ok, we gotta go someplace else." "Driver, take a right on washburn, go about 3 blocks." "You shouldn't say that shit about my old man." "What?" "My old man's a fucking saint, all right?" "Fuck your old man." "He takes care of me." "When I didn't have a place to stay, he made sure... you hear what I said?" "!" "I said fuck your old man!" "And fuck your pair of pants, too!" "Look, it's homer!" "Stop the car, man!" "Stop the car!" "Just stop the car!" "This guy's a nut." "What?" "What do you mean?" "I mean, this guy is acting all crazy and shit." "Yeah." "This guy a friend of yours?" "No, man, I met him an hour ago at that bar you picked us up at." "What?" "I don't know this other guy." "You don't?" "[Knock on door]" "How much cash you got, homer?" "I got 5 bucks." "5 bucks?" "That ain't shit." "You got any food stamps?" "Hand 'em over." "Hand 'em over!" "Give me yours, too." "Would you count this shit up?" "I feel good!" "Ha ha!" "Oh, man, what about it, homer?" "Are we kicking some ass or what?" "You know it!" "Whoo!" "No, no, no, where you going?" "Take me down to wolcott." "Wolcott and..." "what the fuck is it?" "What is it, home?" "What the fuck is it?" "I don't know." "Just take me to wolcott." "What the fuck." "Whoo!" "Whoo-hoo!" "Whoo-hoo." "Whoo-hoo-hoo!" "Ah, just take me to wolcott." "I'll tell you what to do when we get there." "Uh, well, uh..." "Good." "What's the matter?" "You only gave me 4 bucks." "Yeah, so?" "Take food stamps, won't you, man?" "They're just as good as cash, man." "What?" "Don't you want to take me around anymore?" "!" "Huh?" "!" "Yeah, yeah." "No problem here." "Just, you know, just, you know, just tell me where you want to go." "Turn left!" "Make a left, go down about 2 blocks!" "Fuck this." "I wanna go straight to the man, get this shit straightened out." "He owes me a little money, and he ain't workin', so I know he ain't home... or he is home." "Or not." "He might not be." "He might be out." "He might be home." "Could be." "You never know." "Pull up here, driver." "Pull up here." "I'll be right back." "Let's get it on, motherfucker." "I'm goin' with him." "Keep it warm, baby." "Man." "You know, he's just all cooked up, that's all." "Yeah." "Hey, uh, listen," "I got nothing against you, you understand?" "Hey." "Hey!" "I'm taking off!" "What?" "I'm taking off!" "If you're staying, get out right now." "I don't have any money." "Oh, yeah." "I know." "Listen, uh..." "Would you buy me a doughnut?" "Supergrass: ♪ I'm not too happy with the state I'm in ♪" "♪ I tried to fix it, but I'm here again ♪" "♪ And there's so much ♪" "♪ Love for us ♪" "♪ To feel ♪" "♪ I need the taste, I need something clean ♪" "♪ With no reminders of where I've been ♪" "♪ And there's so much ♪" "♪ Love for us ♪" "♪ To feel ♪" "♪ I'm sad with my baby ♪" "♪ I mean what I say ♪" "♪ Don't be cruel ♪" "♪ I tried to escape ♪" "♪ Yeah, I mean what I say ♪" "♪ Don't be cruel ♪" "♪ I got to get out of this hole I'm in ♪" "♪ I lose the picture of who I've been ♪" "♪ And there's so much ♪" "♪ Love for us ♪" "♪ To feel ♪" "♪ I need the love, I want someone here ♪" "Goddamn it!" "Did you hear what he said?" "Yeah, he said, "goddamn it!"" "Woman:" "Just keep walking." "♪ But there's so much ♪" "♪ Love ♪" "♪ For us to feel ♪" "Bears weather." "Fuck the bears." "It's not cold here, you know?" "It's not cold." "In poland, it's cold." "Weathermen... such geeks." "[Click]" "Jesus." "You got to have these long boots for the snow and short boots to look cute in, and you got to have a short coat to look cute in." "I got your bears right here." "Here's your fucking bears for you." "I got your bears in my pants." "All of 'em." "Every one of 'em." "Man, it's cold as a motherfucker." "Well, it's chicago." "It's winter." "It's gonna get cold, I guess." "Yeah." "You gonna go buy a car?" "No." "I'm going to talk to the owner of the lot." "Yeah?" "Yeah." "This..." "This motherfucker been fucking me around, I think." "Maybe not." "I hope not." "He better not be." "What happened?" "I was in the lot 2 days ago." "Bought a '88 honda civic straight off the lot." "Paid for the motherfucker in cash." "I say, "what kind of warranty I get in case this motherfucker breaks down?"" "He say he fix anything that goes wrong with it in 2 months." "Well, I headed out yesterday, I was driving it, and the motherfucking engine blew up." "Now, I called him this morning, 'cause he towed it in yesterday to take a look at it, and now he says it's gonna cost me for the tow and he ain't fixing' it for nothin'." "Now it's gonna cost me $800." "I ain't got $800, and if I did," "I wouldn't give it to him no how." "Well, man, did you sign a contract or anything like that?" "Uh-uh." "Well..." "I don't know if you got a leg to stand on, because if you can't go back in there with proof that you bought this... proof?" "This motherfucker shook my hand." "And then he says he ain't gonna work on the car until I give him 50 bucks for the tow?" "I ain't got that kind of money." "I just spent 2 gs on the fucking car." "Well, what are you gonna do?" "I'm gonna tell you what I'm gonna do." "I'm gonna explain how he said he was gonna fix my car." "I'm gonna remind him." "Motherfucker arab don't belong in this country anyway." "Am I right or wrong?" "Am I right or wrong?" "I'm gonna remind him how he said he was gonna either fix my car or he was gonna give me a new car." "Don't touch me!" "I'm sorry, man." "Oh, wow." "Well, what if he says no?" "He ain't gonna say no." "We made a deal, you know what I'm sayin'?" "And if he does say no, I got a friend." "I ain't sayin' we gonna fuck him up or nothin', but if he don't be right by me, he gonna be awfully motherfucking sorry, 'cause I got a friend." "Well, man, be careful." "You don't want to go to jail 'cause of this asshole." "He ain't gonna call no police." "Are you sure?" "He ain't gonna call no police." "[Horn honking]" "Man:" "Garage." "Hi." "Yeah, uh, I need to talk to somebody about, uh, getting my cab fixed." "What's wrong with it?" "Um, the armrest came off." "The armrest?" "Yeah, you know, um..." "The thing you shut your door with." "Oh." "Bring it in." "Well, what's it gonna run me?" "I'm a contractor." "I'd say about 185 bucks." "185 bucks?" "We got to get a new one." "For 185 bucks?" "Parts and labor." "You comin' in?" "Jesus." "My home is on hutchinson, just east of broadway." "Very good." "So, uh, what do you do?" "You mean..." "For a job?" "Yeah." "I'm a lawyer." "Oh, really?" "You're the second lawyer I've had today." "Really?" "Let's hope you're not too tired." "Excuse me?" "Where are you from?" "Rockford." "Originally." "What brings you to chicago?" "I couldn't find a job in rockford." "So you drive a cab." "I can't find a job in chicago, either." "You're a funny guy." "This is good." "Pull up here." "Woman:" "All the way to the back." "Um..." "All right, that's 15.60." "[Engine stalls]" "[Engine starts]" "Driver:" "Welcome to hell." "I hate this motherfuckin' job." "Superette:" "♪ waitin' outside ♪" "♪ Waitin' for you ♪" "♪ Gun in my hands ♪" "♪ Sweat in my shoes ♪" "[Register beeps]" "♪ Touch me ♪" "♪ I'll put you down ♪" "♪ Give me ♪" "♪ A little piece of your brain ♪" "Thank you." "[Sniffs]" "Wait here for just a second, please." "All right." "[Bell striking]" "Can you take us to the ohio house, please?" "Sure." "I can't wait." "Look at my hands." "They're shaking." "Did you bring the bananas?" "I can smell them." "[Sniffs]" "I can smell you." "I'm ready." "I've been ready for hours, waiting, waiting for you." "I love you." "I love your tits." "Yes." "I gotta have you." "I gotta have you right here." "Right now." "Oh, hey, man, man." "Hey, what are you doing?" "Turn around, driver." "This really isn't any of your business." "Hey." "Yeah, right." "Eesh." "Hey, uh..." "Mind if I smoke?" "Sorry, driver." "[Person whistles]" "[Person whistles]" "You almost missed us." "Yeah, I just caught you out of the corner of my eye." "That's a hell of a whistle, let me tell you." "Yeah." "Ha." "What, was that yours, ma'am?" "Yeah." "My father taught me when I was a kid." "Well, I'm impressed." "We're gonna make 2 stops." "First we're gonna drop her off at 600 west fulton, then we're gonna go to my apartment at 900 north michigan." "Think you can handle that, sport?" "Sure can." "So, you ski?" "Sure." "Where do you go?" "It's been a long time." "Oh, we should go sometime." "Yeah?" "Yeah." "Have you ever been to vail?" "Oh, we could go to vail if you want to." "Vail?" "Yeah, it's beautiful." "Absolutely." "Especially this time of year." "Yeah." "Gets a little touristy, but you get that everywhere." "Speaking of beautiful, you are absolutely beautiful, you know that?" "Stop." "No, you are." "You probably get that all the time, though, right?" "No." "Come on." "You do, too." "I do not." "Oh, right." "Ok." "You should call me." "I will." "I mean, you should call me more often, you know." "Ok." "I will." "This is good." "Driver." "Here." "Bye." "Bye." "Man:" "So, don't be a stranger, ok?" "I'm serious about vail." "Bye." "Bye." "You have lipstick." "Man, she's good lookin'." "Right?" "Yes." "Yes, she is." "She seems like a real nice person, too." "Yeah." "Is she your girlfriend?" "No." "No." "No, she's just some little chickie I keep around to fuck every now and then." "Oh." "Yeah, she's a receptionist, you know." "Whenever I'm in town, I like to call her up, see if I can fuck her and..." "You know." "Uh-huh." "I'm from downstate." "Carbondale?" "I own a chain of delicatessens." ""Steve's deli!"" "That's me, I'm steve." "You probably never heard of us, 'cause, you know, we're only in the college towns downstate right now." "I mean, we got one store up in evanston." "Doing really well, actually." "Yeah." "I started this business when I was in college." "Now it's 10 years later, I got 6 stores," "I'm makin' money hand over fist." "I mean, we serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner." "And I..." "I keep it open late, so we get the kids comin' in drunk that are lookin' for a late-night snack, so basically we're fleecin' 'em 4 times a day." "[Woman laughs]" "Yeah." "Yeah, it's my real hair." "[Horn honks]" "Why don't you go?" "I can't." "I got this old woman in front of my car." "See, this is how I got where I am." "You never hire anyone over 25, and you never hire niggers." "Hello?" "Too slow." "I took a vacation a while back." "Went to paris." "Those fuckin' people..." "Woman on P.A.:" "3 cabs to monarch west." "3 cabs to monarch west." "And he leans over the front seat, and he goes, "see?" "That's how I got where I am." ""Never hire anybody over 25 and never hire a nigger." Hello?" "Sounds like a class "a" jerk to me." "And all the rest of the ride, he's going on and on about what a hotshot businessman he is, how he's making money hand over fist, like he's at the top of this kind of ladder," "and he just spits down on all the rest of us here in a heap." "Boy, that pisses me off." "People." "But what really pisses me off is what he said about that receptionist." "Man, you should have seen this guy." "He was talking so sweet to her." "And she was just eating it up." "So, what do I do?" "What do you mean, do?" "Man, I can tell her." "I know where she works." "Don't bother." "Why not?" "She don't care." "I can't believe that." "She's getting what she wants off of this guy." "As long as he keeps spending the money, who cares?" "Look..." "I just don't think she was like that." "Pearl jam:" "♪ come to send ♪" "♪ Not condescend ♪" "♪ Transcendental consequence ♪" "♪ As to transcend ♪" "♪ Where we are ♪" "♪ Who are we?" "♪" "♪ Who we are ♪" "♪ Trampled marks ♪" "♪ On your souls ♪" "♪ Change is on ♪" "♪ You're a part ♪" "♪ Seen it all ♪" "♪ Not at all ♪" "♪ Can't defend ♪" "♪ The command ♪" "♪ Take me for a ride ♪" "♪ Before we leave ♪" "♪ Circumstance ♪" "♪ Clappin' hands ♪" "♪ A-drivin' winds ♪" "♪ Heaven sends ♪" "♪ Off the tracks ♪" "♪ In the mud ♪" "♪ That's the moss ♪" "♪ In the aforementioned verse ♪" "♪ Just a little time ♪" "♪ Before we leave ♪" "♪ Stoplight ♪" "♪ Plays its part ♪" "♪ So I would say ♪" "♪ You've got a part ♪" "♪ What's your part?" "♪" "♪ Who you are ♪" "♪ You are who ♪" "♪ Who you are ♪" "Oh, hey." "Hi." "Hi." "Remember me?" "You're..." "I'm the cab driver." "I..." "I just dropped you off." "Yeah!" "Yeah, well, I have to tell you something, but let me start out by saying this..." "I don't want anything from you." "I'm gonna say what I have to say, and then I'm gonna go out that door, and you are never gonna see me again." "You got that?" "What is it?" "Because I don't want anything from you." "You understand that, right?" "Because I don't." "Right." "Right." "Excuse me." "Well, um..." "But..." "I came back here today because I wanted you to know that that guy you were with just now in the cab..." "Mm-hmm." "Well, that guy is a real asshole." "What happened?" "Do you know what he said about you?" "Do you know what he said?" "No." "I said you seemed like a real nice person, and, uh, he said," ""oh, that's just some little chickie" "I keep around to fuck every now and then."" "He did?" "Yeah." "And..." "I'm sorry, but I had to tell you." "You seem like you're a real nice person, or you could be a nice person, and that guy is a real asshole." "Yeah, well, we're not seeing each other." "I mean, we're not dating at all." "We're just friends, and we had lunch." "That's all." "I know, and I know it's none of my business because it's not, and, uh, it isn't, but I felt like if you were seeing him or if you were thinking about going out with him," "or something, which is, I mean to say, it's none of my business, but the guy is an asshole, and that's all I wanted to say." "Ok." "I mean, it's bad enough, it being christmastime and all, and if you're all alone, it's damn hard." "I know it is." "Not that I'm saying you're all alone." "I'm just saying I know how it is, and it's bad, but..." "Jesus." "Are you all right?" "Yeah." "I, uh..." "I gotta go." "Hey, I... um..." "I ho..." "I hope I didn't bother you." "[Door closes]" "God!" "This is terrific." "Mm-hmm." "This is it." "Goddamn it!" "You are so weird." "You are so weird!" "[Starts engine]" "What is the matter with you?" "Uhh!" "God!" "What you wanna do..." "Is you wanna grab from the corner here." "You gotta pull up, you take from the corner, and you never..." "you never bite a hangnail." "That's what you did." "You, uh..." "On your thumb, yeah." "I do that." "It's stupid." "I had my cat declawed." "It was horrible." "I took her to the vet, and..." "They just pulled them out." "Right out of her hands." "They just yanked them, like with pliers or something." "So I rush back there, and I see billy on the floor in a pool of blood." "He's absolutely surrounded." "And his wrist, it looks like a ham hock." "His hand has been sliced off by the table saw." "And the blade was still running." "I can see you have a finger problem." "I blew my guts out." "I blew my guts out right there on the floor." "I, uh, used to surf." "Evening, madam." "Where to?" "Madam?" "Is that what you called me?" "I ain't no madam." "My name is Shalita." "Well, hello, Shalita." "Hey." "Where are we going?" "We're gonna pick up my boyfriend and we're gonna go out and get something to eat." "And the address is?" "The roosevelt hotel." "Nice neighborhood." "No, it ain't." "Um, mmm." "So, how you doing?" "[Sighs] Can't complain." "You?" "Shit, yeah, I can complain." "My boyfriend pissing me off again." "Seems like he's always acting like an asshole." "He calls me up to tell me he don't want to see me no more," "I find out it's 'cause he's out fucking somebody else." "Oh, isn't that nice?" "Hell, no, it ain't." "We been going out for 5 years." "He pulls this shit all the time." "Last time he did it was just 3 weeks ago." "He wanted to fuck this other bitch, so he didn't need me no more all of a sudden." "Then he calls back last week, all apologizing and shit, talking about, "I love you." "I'm sorry." "I fucked up."" "Should have told him to kiss my ass right then and there." "Don't you think I should have told him to kiss my ass?" "Oh, uh..." "Well?" "I don't know." "I don't know your life." "I know, but I'm asking you what do you think." "Well, you know, listen," "I'm only getting your side of this thing." "Yeah?" "But it sounds to me like the situation could be better." "Yeah, it could be a whole hell of a lot better." "All he does is treat me like shit and then act real nice when he wants a piece of ass." "Time to tell this guy to take a hike." "Yeah, I ought to." "But I don't know, 'cause I ain't seeing nobody else." "Well, you're not going to be seeing anybody else as long as you're stuck with this guy." "You know, I mean..." "That is unless you like taking his shit." "No, I don't like it." "I hate it." "He ain't got no job, borrowing money off me all the time." "He's a fucking low-life." "But he is good-lookin'." "And he's kind of funny sometimes." "I know, but I'm gonna tell this guy off." "See if I don't." "This is good." "Just pull over right here." "Driver:" "Ok." "[Sirens]" "[Rap music playing]" "Bitch, what the fuck is your problem?" "I been standing out there for 10 minutes." "I told you I might be late." "Fuck you did." "And don't be calling me no bitch." "What?" "You heard me." "Fuck you." "You wanna go or not?" "Yeah, just don't be calling me no bitch." "Please shut the fuck up." "Driver, we're going over about 23rd and michigan." "Coulda walked the motherfucker in the time it took your slow ass to get over here." "Maybe you just should have." "What?" "Nothin'." "What the fuck did you just say to me?" "Don't you ever talk that way to me." "You shouldn't be talking that way to me, all right?" "'Cause I didn't do nothing." "You catching this shit, driver?" "Bitch be back-talking me and shit." "I swear to god." "You know what?" "You don't love me." "And you act like you don't even like me." "Look, you and me is just fucking and shit, right?" "So I don't know why you be trippin' about that, 'cause you know that." "God damn." "I cannot believe you'd say some shit like that to me." "You know, even this man says it." "Even this man says I ought to drop you like the piece of shit that you are." "You call me a piece of shit?" "Uh..." "Come on, you call me a piece of shit, driver?" "Driver?" "I'm talking to you, motherfucker." "You call me a piece of shit, motherfucker?" "!" "See?" "Why you... you shut your motherfuckin' mouth!" "You shut your fucking mouth!" "Why can't you try being nice for a change instead of treating me like shit and talking shit to me and acting like I was some kinda ho?" "!" "'Cause I ain't no ho!" "Not yours or nobody else's!" "And fuck you if you think that I am!" "I'll crack your mother... if you touch me," "I will scratch your motherfucking eyes out." "Stop the car, driver." "Stop the motherfucking car!" "[Tires screech]" "Bitch motherfucker." "Where you going?" "The crib." "Call me when you get your head out your pussy." "I ain't gonna call you!" "Yeah, well, fuck you, then." "Yeah, well, then fuck you, too!" "I hate that motherfucker." "Man:" "Mind taking us to the south side?" "Driver:" "I just got back from there." "Good fare, man." "Bridgeport." "South oakley." "Yeah, all right." "Good deal." "All right." "[Blues music playing] ♪ christmas everywhere ♪" "♪ Merry, merry christmas ♪" "♪ Christmas in the air ♪" "♪ Christmas in chicago ♪" "♪ New york, too ♪" "♪ Way down in new orleans ♪" "♪ And right here with you ♪" "♪ Merry, merry christmas ♪" "♪ Santa claus coming to town... ♪" "What's the matter with you?" "Like you don't know." "So now I'm a mind reader, is that it?" "I'm a fuckin' mind reader like that jag-off on carson when carson was on?" "The amazing fucking what's-his-name." "Now I'm supposed to be the amazing fucking what's-his-name." "I don't want to talk about it." "Fine." "Hey, how about them bulls, huh?" "They killing' them or what?" "Yeah." "Yeah." "We gonna go 72 again?" "75?" "What do you think?" "Oh, well, I don't know, but that's not important." "If you get all hurt and tired and everything... don't pull this shit on me." "What did I do?" "Just tell me what I did, huh?" "I heard what you said at mary's party last night." "What?" "What did I say?" "I don't want to talk about it." "I can't believe you, man." "You were standing around with tony and billy and that asshole Jim Carelli." "And Carelli says to you, "yeah, brenda," ""she used to fuck everybody on the block." "She was all the time fucking everybody on the block."" "And what did you say?" "You are taking... and what did you say?" "!" "You said, "yeah, and she's probably fucking everybody on the block now."" "It was a joke." "You are my boyfriend." "You are supposed to defend me." "But you did fuck... fuck you!" "Fuck you!" "You did!" "Brenda:" "Fuck you!" "If that bothers you so goddamn much, why did you ask me out in the first place?" "You know who I am, you know where I've been." "Why did you ask me out if you think I'm such a slut?" "It's just the way guys talk." "Huh?" "If you was a guy, you'd understand." "It's just the way we talk." "I can't believe I know you, man." "I can't believe I'm associated with you." "What are you doing?" "Hey!" "Ah!" "You know what, I never even want to see you again." "After we get out of this cab," "I want you to go your way, and I don't ever want to see or smell your big, fat, ugly ass ever again." "You disgust me." "I hate my life." "Brenda?" "Driver:" "Ahem." "[Man sighs]" "I wish I was dead." "[Beep]" "[Honks horn]" "[Honks]" "[Prolonged honk]" "[Glass breaking]" "[Dog howling]" "45-38, come in, please." "45-38, come in, please." "Dispatcher:" "Go ahead, 45-38." "Yeah, I'm down here at 1120 east 75th, and there ain't anybody answering the horn." "As a matter of fact, I can't see it very well because somebody shot out the light or something." "But I think this address you gave me is a burned-out building." "Cancel out." "Get the hell outta there!" "[Tires squealing]" "What am I, stupid?" "Am I insane?" "I'm a white guy." "I should not be driving on the south side." "Fuck this." "I'm going north." "Aw, man." "[Radio playing heavy metal music]" "What the fuck you staring at?" "!" "[Heavy metal music ends]" "Driver:" "Evening." "Where are we going?" "Hello?" "Where are we going?" "Up the street." "Ok..." "But where up the street?" "Up the street." "Ok, but where?" "I need to know where up the street." "I'll tell you when we get there." "Well, is it past division?" "I need to know where we're going." "I told you." "Up..." "The street." "Yeah, but I need to know how far we're going, see?" "I told somebody I'd pick them up in 15 minutes, so, um, I can't be going too far." "Mmm." "So?" "[Sizzling]" "Past division." "How far?" "How far past division is it?" "Past division." "About 4 blocks." "So it's up by north avenue?" "It's up by north?" "Make a left here." "I thought you said it was up by north." "Make a left here." "Are we getting close to where you want to go?" "Just keep going." "Couple of blocks?" "Just keep going." "Make a right in the alley." "Make a right into the alley." "Uh..." "I don't want to." "Make a right into this alley." "I gotta be back pretty soon." "I told them I'd pick them up in 15 minutes." "Man:" "Here." "Here." "Driver:" "Here?" "That's 6.60." "Is it?" "Yeah." "Merry christmas." "Yeah." "You, too." "[Door closes]" "[Music playing]" "Announcer:" "Jordan, trying to set it up on marley..." "Could not." "Announcer:" "Jordan might have touched it." "Joe crawford says last touched by the bulls." "[Laughing]" "I want you to take me to the wooden nickel lounge." "It's over there across the street from truman college." "On wilson and broadway." "That's where I want... yeah." "Ok." "I've been drinking." "I know." "Well, fuck it." "It's christmas." "I can have a drink if I want." "No law against it." "Hell, no." "You know, I went to see my old man today." "Your husband?" "No." "My father, and I asked him to give me some money, you know?" "He give me some, but..." "[Scoffs]" "That tight old son of a bitch." "I'm on welfare!" "Money can get pretty tight, you know." "Boy, I... yeah, I know it can." "Yes, indeed, it sure can." "Hey, hey." "Here." "Yeah?" "Oh, hey, that's nice." "Hey, you're a good guy." "What's your name?" "A real good guy." "I sure appreciate you picking me up." "No problem." "You know, that old fat son of a bitch, all he does is just sit around all day and just... oh, fuck him." "I hate him." "You're a real good guy here." "You married?" "No." "How about coming and having a few drinks with me at that lounge?" "I'm buying." "Ah, boy, you know, I'd love to, but I gotta work." "You know how it is." "No, I don't." "I'm on welfare." "You know, you're a pretty nice-lookin' guy, too." "Thanks." "You know, you remind me of this guy that I used to know in junior high." "His name is kevin shaw." "You look just like him." "You don't mind if I call you kevin, do you?" "Uh, yeah." "Don't call me kevin." "It's not my name." "All right, you don't have to get sore." "Huh?" "I love you, you know that?" "Oh, that's great." "No, I really do." "I really love you, and I'm gonna give you $10 here for the fare." "Show you how much I love you." "There's 5 of it right..." "well, there it is." "Whatever." "Yeah, 'cause I really love you." "I love you a whole lot." "I wish you were my boyfriend." "Well, you know, you can't have everything." "No, I know it, but I sure wish you were." "I love you." "I love you very much." "You know that?" "[Laughs]" "I really... hey!" "What are you touching me for?" "What?" "I just don't like people touching me!" "There was a guy touching me earlier today." "It was a fucking guy, you know?" "I just don't like it." "It just bugs the shit out of me." "Are you a homo?" "Look, all I'm doing is taking you to the wooden nickel lounge." "That's all I'm doing, all right?" "I'm not like this guy you knew in junior high school." "I'm not like him." "I'm not him at all." "You understand that?" "Yeah, I understand that." "What, you think I'm stupid or something?" "I didn't say that." "Yeah." "Good." "I love you." "[Basketball game on radio]" "Man:" "Hey, wait!" "Ha ha!" "Hey, cabbie!" "[Yelling and laughing]" "Hey!" "Oh!" "Oh!" "What do you know?" "A white cab driver." "Boy, are you a sight for sore eyes." "Do you speak english?" "English?" "Yeah." "Ho ho!" "Ho!" "Man!" "We got a fucking bonanza here!" "Oh!" "Oh!" "Oh, where the fuck am I, man?" "We're in chicago, dipshit." "Hey, we're going to hooters, man." "I don't know where the fuck I am!" "Will you shut the fuck up?" "You're drunk!" "Hey, look, look, cubs sign!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Cubs suck!" "You suck!" "Come on back!" "You suck!" "You suck!" "You suck!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "You guys from outta town?" "Yeah, we're from new york city." "Never would have guessed." "You know why they call this place the windy city?" "You're gonna tell me why, aren't ya?" "Yeah." "It's because chicago blows." "Face it, new york is great!" "Chicago sucks!" "We're great!" "You guys suck!" "All your sports teams are a bunch of pussies." "When's the last time cubs took the series?" "What was it?" "1900... 1850... 1898!" "Huh, dad?" "What was it?" "Grandpa?" "1908, I believe." "1908, he believes!" "You blow!" "We're great!" "What about the bulls?" "What about 'em?" "Michael Jordan is a 6'6" bald-headed faggot." "Ha!" "He's a cock-smoker!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Leave michael out of this." "Or what?" "Or I'm gonna cry." "He's gonna cry?" "Ha ha!" "He's going to cry!" "You're a very funny guy!" "You're all right." "Why don't you come to hooters with us?" "I can't." "I gotta work." "Come on, it's a great idea!" "Come on!" "Come on!" "Take a little break!" "Come on!" "We're gonna get some pussy, man!" "Look at us!" "I can't!" "I gotta work!" "Well, fuck you then." "Hey, there's another one." "Hey!" "Hey!" "Cubs suck!" "Cubs suck!" "Come here!" "Bite me, you moron!" "I'm only going 3 blocks." "Take a right on lincoln and then the next right." "Ok." "[Horn honks]" "[Sighs]" "I just got raped." "What?" "I just got raped." "I'm sorry." "Did you call the police?" "What do you think this is?" "I'm so sorry." "Did... did you know the guy?" "Yeah, and I'm gonna kill him." "I'm gonna kill the son of a bitch." "Have you ever been raped?" "No." "It's bad." "Are you all right?" "No, I'm not all right." "Do you want me to take you to a hospital?" "No, I've been there." "Then why didn't the police take you home?" "I don't know." "I didn't do anything." "I wish it hadn't happened to you, ma'am." "I am so sorry." "You don't have to be sorry." "You didn't do anything." "I know, but I'm sorry anyway." "This is good." "Right here." "That's 4.20." "I'll stay out here till you get inside." "[Whistling]" "Oh, thanks a lot." "How are you doing?" "Where do you want to go?" "Ok, I was wondering if you'd do me a favor." "I'm only going a couple of blocks to that little diner up on Melrose and Broadway." "I'm gonna pick up some food and come right back here." "You don't mind waiting, do you?" "No." "Great." "So how's your day been?" "Uh, I'm really tired." "I've been working all day." "Yeah, me, too." "I'm working right now as a matter of fact." "Just have this late dinner and get right back to it." "What do you do?" "I'm an architect." "That's cool." "Eh, sometimes." "Sometimes it is." "♪ Sleigh bells ring ♪" "♪ Are you listening?" "♪" "♪ In the lane ♪" "♪ Snow is glistening ♪" "♪ A beautiful sight ♪" "♪ We're happy tonight ♪" "♪ Walking in a winter wonderland ♪" "♪ In the meadow we can build a snowman ♪" "You're in a good mood." "Yeah, I guess I am." "Must be nice." "Yeah, it is." "That's a good way to be during the holidays." "Well, you can't count on it, though, can you?" "You can let me out right up here at this corner." "Hey, man, you know your thing fell off back here?" "No." "I had no idea." "Thanks." "Thanks a lot." "I called ahead so it shouldn't take too long." "Why does everything have to be so fucked up?" "!" "All righty." "You can take me right back to where you found me." "Will do." "It's gonna take me a little while longer to get back there, though, 'cause of the..." "One-way streets." "That's not a problem." "I just didn't want you to think" "I was jacking up the fare." "I wasn't gonna think that, man." "♪ O, tannenbaum ♪" "♪ O, tannenbaum ♪" "♪ Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo ♪" "♪ Doo doo doo doo, o, tannenbaum... ♪" "You going home for christmas?" "No, not this year." "I am." "I'm going to rockford." "It's gonna be a rough one on me this year." "Christmas, I mean." "It'll be the first one I've ever spent without my mom." "Oh." "Yeah." "She died of cancer last february." "I'm sorry." "Well, what are you gonna do?" "She was a good woman, and she led a good life." "That's good." "I'm gonna miss her terribly, though." "Christmastime is a lot harder, as you can probably imagine." "Yeah." "Your folks still alive?" "Mine?" "Yeah." "You're a lucky man." "Last year, my ma called me and told me she found a lump in her breast." "And then when the test results came back, they were inconclusive." "And then, right in the middle of it all, the doctor just had to go out of town for a week, so it was just taking that much longer." "Man, I thought I was going to have a nervous breakdown." "Is she ok?" "It was benign." "But I kept asking myself, what if it hadn't been?" "Because there was nothing I could do about it." "Everything..." "It comes out of nowhere, you know?" "Like, one day, everything's fine, and the next, you don't know if your mom's gonna die." "And you feel helpless." "Yeah." "Like this woman I just picked up." "She'd just been raped." "Just now." "And..." "There was nothing... there was nothing I could do for her, man." "I could tell her how sorry I was for her, but I couldn't do anything for her." "I couldn't even tell her" "I knew it was all gonna be all right, 'cause..." "I knew it wasn't gonna be all right." "And it wasn't." "There really isn't anything you could have done for her." "I know, but I wish I could have." "But you couldn't." "I kept telling her over and over again how sorry I was for her." "What else could you do?" "Nothin'." "That's just it." "That's the point." "Goddamn it." "You probably helped her out a lot just by being with her in that moment." "It's not enough, though, man." "It's never enough." "You know, when my ma got sick, we didn't know what it was at first." "One day I go into her hospital room, she looks over at me and she goes," ""well, it looks like it's the big "c."" "By the time the doctors got to it, it was inoperable." "And my mother hated doctors, so for the next few months, she was coming in and going out until finally she passed." "But all I could do was love her." "In the moments when she was awake and realized who I was, all I could do was give her my love." "That's all we can do." "That's all any of us can give." "I kept that woman's money." "Her fare was, like, 4.20 and she gave me 6 bucks, and I kept it." "Man, I could've let her keep it." "You're a cab driver." "I'm sorry." "Why?" "You... you gotta get back to work." "That's... that's 7.20." "Mmm..." "Here." "Now, you keep that for yourself." "No." "Please." "Please." "No, man." "Come on, it's christmas." "All right?" "Well, hey, merry christmas to you." "Merry christmas to you, man." "Merry christmas." "[Faint whistle]" "[Overlapping voices]" "Woman:" "If you touch me, I'll scratch your fucking eyes out!" "[Voices growing louder]" "[Crying]" "[Heavy metal music playing]" "[Static]" "Lena horne:" "♪ ..." "A merry little christmas ♪" "♪ Let your heart be light ♪" "♪ From now on ♪" "♪ Our troubles will be out of sight ♪" "♪ Have yourself ♪" "♪ A merry little christmas ♪" "♪ Make the yuletide gay ♪" "♪ From now on ♪" "♪ Our troubles will be miles away ♪" "♪ Here we are ♪" "♪ As in the olden days ♪" "♪ Happy golden days of yore ♪" "♪ Faithful friends who are dear to us ♪" "♪ Gather near to us ♪" "♪ Once more ♪" "♪ Through the years, we all will be together ♪" "♪ If the fates allow ♪" "♪ Hang a shining star ♪" "♪ Upon the highest bough ♪" "♪ And have yourself ♪" "♪ A merry little christmas ♪" "♪ Now ♪" "Captioning made possible by lions gate entertainment pearl jam:" "♪ paint a picture ♪" "♪ In 40 shades of gray ♪" "♪ Light your pillow ♪" "♪ lay back, watch the flames ♪" "♪ I'd tell a story ♪" "♪ But no one will listen that long ♪" "♪ It's hard to imagine ♪" "♪ It's hard to imagine ♪" "♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪" "♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪" "♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪" "♪ Things were different then ♪" "♪ All is different now ♪" "♪ I've tried to explain ♪" "♪ Somehow ♪" "♪ Things were different then ♪" "♪ All is different now ♪" "♪ I tried to explain ♪" "♪ Somehow ♪" "♪ Things were different then ♪" "♪ All is different now ♪" "♪ I tried to explain ♪" "♪ I hope this works somehow ♪" "♪ Things were different then ♪" "♪ All is different now ♪" "♪ I tried to explain ♪" "♪ Oh, somehow ♪"